Author's Notes:
Enjoy the new chapter! It's slightly longer than the previous one, and filled with more details, so hopefully it will fill you in with more of any questions that you may have concerning Yuuki.
Thank you for your patience, your reviews, your follows and your favourites! They're a great motivation for me to continue writing more of this series. I hope I won't disappoint you with this.
Hahahahaha ^^"
Disclaimer: I do not own Boku no Hero Academia, I only own my OCs!
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Chapter 5 : Why does the bread always falls butter side down?
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It's been ages since I last wrote. By the time I'm writing this, it's been…. 10? Or was it 11 years has passed since my arrival onto this brave new world?
Shirai thought it would be a good idea for me to write a diary, because my anxiety levels keeps on rising so bad. I'm not taking any medications, but judging from the worried looks he keeps on shooting at me, I wouldn't be surprised if he makes me take it because I can't stop getting these attacks.
I hadn't planned on writing anything down, it would be bad if I ever leave traces of my diary like this. Paper trail or not, it would be really bad if someone does pick it up and hand it over to those idiots I call my friends. I knew that my family would be able to dispose of this diary before any of them could get it, but…
Ah forget about it. I better draw the line over there and stop being a worry wart.
I can't help it, alright? It's in my nature, and that damn bishounen administrator is not helping at all. He told me far too many things that I need to set right, and I swear, for all the things that it brought me, this new life Is not worth it at all.
I love Izu-kun and Katsu-kun, along with that silly Symbol of Peace and the entire Class 1-A and off course, the ever cat-loving homeroom teacher of mine, but still…
I wonder, when did things started to go so wrong? When did things started to seem to be so different from how I remember seeing them as with Mellie?
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Fukuhara Elementary school is just like any other elementary school you can find in the area. It has a playground outside, a small garden filled with a variety of flowers and crops, a small zoo for the school animals, there are about 20 students in a classroom, and while this place isn't the best or the richest one, this school is arguably the only school that the Symbol of Peace stopped by and gave a short tour on.
Everyone knew that the Symbol of Peace is busy beating down villains across japan. He went on public tours here and there, but never did he ever once stopped to a school, and an elementary public school, none the less. To say that the journalists are having quite a bit of a field day is an understatement.
Flocks of journalists gather around the school, trying to interview anyone they could. There are teachers, that, thankfully, helped the young students to be ushered easily into the school, without having the need to have the journalists trying to get answers form them.
From her seat by the window, Yuuki held back a sigh.
Lessons for today haven't even started yet, and yet she could already feel just how troublesome the day is going to be.
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"Hey, Kelcie, have you ever wondered what it means to be a hero?"
Mellie. Her childhood friend. She's there, in front of her, looking so alive and so young unlike the last time she saw her. This memory… wasn't this around the time when Mellie is having a sleepover at her place?
"A hero? Are we talking about your favourite manga again?"
"Well, yes and no. I mean, I was thinking about Psycho Pass and then it just got me thinking… about the society that we're living in and the one they have in the mangas… it just got me thinking, just to what extend is a society and its people considered good and bad, that's all."
Kelcie scoffed. Isn't she just over thinking things again? From what she knows of the two completely different anime, they're both already completely different in the themes that they're talking about. To find and think of the things that could connect them to one another… it just made Kelcie wonder what is she aiming for now.
"You're just thinking of this because you're trying to find answers to questions you don't even know yet." Kelcie answers, sighing at the look her childhood friend is throwing at her. "I think the problem here, instead of asking what it means to be a Hero, you should've asked first what is it that you're really thinking about."
"I was just thinking, after all of this people and all of this topics, I just, well, wonder-" She pauses momentarily, before her next words somehow itched itself into my brain.
Those words rings deeply in me. Back then, I didn't understand the reasons why, but as Arima Yukki, those words rang somehow much too similar to my current relationship with Izu-kun.
"How do you save someone who does not want to be saved?"
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By the time Yuuki meets with Izuku again, he's limping and failing to hide what looks suspiciously to be bruises and burnt marks on his arm and leg. This is the worse than the wounds that he would usually get from Bakugou. She knows – she's been paying close attention to the both of them, after all.
"Did you fall down the stairs again, Izu-kun?" Yuuki asks sarcastically, using the excuse that Izuku has thrown at her the last time she inquiries about the injuries from Bakugou. He's still so young, and his bullying is far from physical… but at the rate that this is going, it just wouldn't be far before he's going to start bullying him physically.
She takes a closer look at the injuries. Those injuries on his leg are worse than the one that looks suspiciously burnt…
"Ye-Yes, you know how clumsy I can be after all, Yuu-chan." Izuku laughs it off, despite of the fact that he knows fully well that his laughter and words does not convince her at all.
They're always like this – He knows that she's always coming back injured from her practices, and thanks to her insistence, he will never ask about it again. He does, however, sometimes slips some All Might band aids into her bag, to which Yuuki will sigh at his sentiment but use it on the next injury that she got from practice. The smile that Izuku shows her somehow made her feel like something's so wrong and yet so right, but she dismissed it without much of a thought. And whenever Izuku is injured from the bullying that he knows she's aware of but does not act because Izuku told her not to, she will always be there for him to help him nurse his injuries. They'll talk, they'll play in the playground together, and when it's dark, they'll be on their ways back home.
That's how it's always been, and yet…
"How long will you let them walk all over you, Izu-kun?"
Surprisingly, Yuu-chan is the one who breaks the unspoken deal between them. Izuku is confused as to what he should make of his new friend. She's really smart, her grades are easily the best of the grade. Nobody knows what her quirk is, and whenever someone does asks, she'll flippantly avoid the subject and steer everyone's attention away from her quirk. She's pretty strong too, as she could easily beat everyone's records in Physical Education. She's really quiet and borderline cold sometimes, but if anyone is brave enough to ask her to teach them about a question they don't understand, Yuu-chan is always willing to teach them properly until they understand it.
Everyone marks her as the smart, quiet kid who's really smart but helpful. She's not really talkative, as evident from the fact that whenever she's interacting with her friends, its mostly her friends who do the talking instead of her. She say something here and there, but it's always usually Teruhashi-san who does most of the talking. They're pretty close to one another, now that Izuku thinks about it.
Teruhashi-san is one of the girls that most of the girls in their grade that would avoid playing with the girls because of her quirk. They said something about her being a siren – a reason that Izuku still fails to understand as to why would it even be a valid reason as to why most people avoided her.
Except Yuu-chan. And the principal. Some of the Senseis even kept Teruhashi-san at a distance length too! But then again, Yuu-chan has always been the unique kid ever since she transferred into their school. The principal is a retired pro hero, so it would be warranted that he wouldn't be afraid of anyone.
"Walk all over me?" Now that's the first time he ever heard of that expression. Sometimes, Izuku wonders why does Yuu-chan always talk with expressions like an adult. He knows adults talk with those figure of speeches and metaphors or something like that. He haven't done a proper research about it yet though, and in his mind, Yuu-chan is easily someone who can pass off as an adult if it wasn't for the fact that she looks as young as him.
"I mean, how long will you let them keep on bullying you?" She asks, looking straight at him. Her expression is grim, and he thinks he can see trying to voice something about. She's always so subdued and quiet, but he thinks, underneath all of that silence, where he would have the habit of mumbling his thoughts, her thoughts are always kept under and deep within her, only visible through the glimpse of expressions that he could see through her grey eyes. "Why don't you fight back? Why don't you ask the teachers for help, Izu-kun?"
"You know why, Yuu-chan." He answers, giving her a strained smile. "Not everyone is born equal, and I'm quirkless. They just don't think that it wasn't a big deal."
They just think that I'm not worth helping. Is the words that he left unsaid, but he knows – if it's Yuu-chan, she'll get the words that he left unmentioned just fine.
"Then why did you stop me from confronting them?" Yuuki asks, prodding him. "I can help you if you want, Izu-kun. All I need to know is if you want me to or not. If you don't want, then I won't. They can't keep pushing you down like this. You may be quirkless, but you still don't deserve to be bullied like that."
"They're just playing a bit rough with me, that's all," He answers. He knows, if she wanted to, the smartest girl in the grade would help him. He knows. But Kacchan… he's already taking it badly that Yuu-chan is better than him in terms of academics, if she does help him out, then Kacchan wouldn't stay silent about this at all. "I'm fine, Yuu-chan. Don't worry. You're fine with your injuries, and I'm fine with mine as well. You don't have to worry about me. In fact, I think you have it worse than me, Yuu-chan."
"My injuries are my own fault. Those injuries of yours are no way your own fault." Yuuki answers, stepping closer to him as she took out her small first aid kit from her bag and began to treat them. "There is no way that you're just playing rough with them, Izu-kun. Who is it? Is it this Bakugou and his lackeys that you're always with at lunch time who keeps on bullying you?"
"Yuu-chan–" Stop, don't ask. Please don't try to approach them. Kacchan, he's–
They're eyes met, and for a moment, she waited. She's waiting, for him to explain himself.
But how can he say that he doesn't want her to hurt Kacchan? The only reason why he haven't told Kacchan that he's friends with Yuu-chan is because of how much Kacchan hates her. He hates her so much, saying something about how she's so much better than she is, but when Izuku asks what he meant by that, his childhood friend only snapped at him and left him on his own. He tried to chase after him, but Kacchan and his friends only continued to push him away.
He knows. He knows that Yuu-chan has a point. This isn't good for him, but…
"Yuu-chan… even… even if you do approach them, you will only talk to them, right?"
He knows. He could already imagine Kacchan already blowing up at the fact that she would even approach him. He looks afraid, for some reason, at the mere presence of her. He doesn't understand. Kacchan is the most bravest kid he ever knew, he wasn't even afraid of Sensei or those mean third graders who would always try to push them down and pick on them. And yet, when he saw Yuu-chan… from her grades and her performance at school, it's almost as if he instinctively marked her as someone he doesn't want to cross at all.
Yuu-chan nods. "As long as they don't try anything, then yes, we'll just be talking."
"Okay." Izuku nods. Though he knows, their conversation will anything but talking considering Kacchan's temper, but he thinks that this would be for the best. The Kacchan he knows is always the one who would face his problems head on, not avoiding it and pretending it doesn't exist until he's force to face it. With this, he hopes, even if they didn't stop looking down on him, Kacchan will at least stop hating and avoiding Yuu-chan. "Okay. You can talk to them about this, Yuu-chan."
Yuuki gave him a smile. "Thank you, Izu-kun. I'll make sure that things won't escalate to a fight."
I don't want to hasten the destined fight that you and Bakugou will have later after All Might's fall, after all.
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Suzuki Keita knows that he's not the most brightest tool in the shed -He's quoting Arima-chan's words- but even he knows that everyone has mixed reactions to Arima-chan's arrival to Fukuhara Elementary school.
She's too… quiet. Too mature. Too grown up, he remembers some of their Senseis describe her as. For Suzuki though, he has only one thing that he wants to ask her – are her grey eyes always meant to be that sharp? Everyone that he asked, they would always say that when she looks at them, it's like they're glaring at them. A quick talk with Teruhashi-san quickly rectify those rumours, but even so, her arrival to Fukuhara is almost a breather.
Before her arrival, there's always that kid with an explosive quirk who's really smart and really arrogant who keeps on bossing his friends around. Before her arrival, some of the Sensei won't even bother to help those kids who are being bullied by their friends. Before her arrival, there's also the unspoken hierarchy that's so clear even within the students. The third graders are on their own, and the explosive blond haired kid is always on top. The older kids usually would mind their own business, but there are sometimes bullies who would try to bully the younger ones when teachers are not looking.
There's also the fact, that before her arrival, All Might came to their school and made a short appearance to them. The Symbol of Peace himself, gave a short speech about heroism to them! The future children with amazing quirks that has the power to change society for the better! The Number 1 Hero, gave a short speech and shook hands with them before leaving abruptly in order to defeat the villains that was causing trouble in the neighbourhood nearby.
Their school was the only elementary school that All Might ever came and gave a speech to! How cool was that?!
And then Arima-chan came.
And then, as sudden as the leave of the number 1 hero, her arrival changed things for the better.
The unspoken hierarchy between the students are always there, but Arima-chan doesn't seem to care. She even helped Deku, for goodness sake. She helped and befriended the most bullied kid in their grade and doesn't seem to be troubled by it at all. Some of the other students tried to bother her for it, but all it took was what he could see to be only a stare from her sharp, grey eyes and suddenly they stopped bothering her and Deku at all.
(When he asks, they said that the way that she stared at them made them feel so… small. He wonders if her quirk has something to do with that?)
Then there's also Teruhashi-chan, the one that everyone tries to avoid because of her quirk. Her quirk earned her the nickname Siren because of her quirk that can make you follow her orders through eye contact. Everyone avoided her and pretended that she doesn't exist, but then Arima-chan just approached her like there's nothing wrong or scary about her and just became friends. Just. Like. That.
Arima-chan is weird. Even his classmates can agreed with that.
She's really smart, but she's not arrogant like that explosive kid at all. She's really quiet, but when she does speaks, everyone listens to her. She's fair, and she doesn't take sides to anything. And when she does, you know that she's always doing it for the sake of everyone. If you're brave enough to ask her for help, if she can, she will. If she can't, then she'll tell you where to go to get help.
Arima-chan is… kind. She's fair, and yet, for some reason, despite of all of the things that he knows of her, nobody know what her quirk is.
Everyone knows she has a quirk.
After all, there is just no way that a quirkless kid could be so mature and has this presence among them simply by being there… right?
He meant, how else can he explain otherwise why that explosive kid seems to be backing away from Arima-chan just like that with no good explanation? She must've have a really powerful quirk enough to bring the previous number 1 kid in third grade down!
Her arrival is sudden, with her arriving at the middle of the semester, and yet, for some reason, Suzuki can't help but really feel convinced that Arima-chan really changed the school for the better with her arrival.
At this point, it's just no wonder that if people do ask why do people listen to her more often than the Sensei, everyone would say, with pride – "Because she's Arima-san!"
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Over the course of a month to her arrival to Fukuhara Elementary school, She somehow managed to tame the entire student body into obeying her. Without her intending to at all. How did that even happen? What has she even done to deserve their respect so much?
(She didn't want their respect, she didn't want their admiration. She's not their leader – she's not someone they should be looking up to. She's just someone who was sent here to screw things up.)
(So why do they keep on look up to her for all the things that she did simply because she could?)
In fact, it wasn't for the fact that she noticed that Bakugou of all people, is avoiding her, she was sure that she didn't even realise just how much she has changed the entire dynamics of the school.
That's it. This is not the first time she tried to approach Bakugou with the purpose of talking to him concerning Izuku, but for some reason every time she tries to find that child that child always slips away from her.
In fact, it's almost as if he's purposefully avoiding her at all cost!
"Izu-kun." She asks, right after she concerned the said child who, once again, has been left behind by Bakugou and his lackeys. "What are you doing here? Where is Bakugou-san?"
"Kacchan?" He asks, his eyes looking away from her. She observes him. Why in the world does he look at her with such hesitation? She thought that Izuku was already comfortable with her as his friend? "Kacchan is not in class, Yuu-chan. I think you missed him."
Missed him? How? She was pretty sure that he haven't even left the classroom yet! She even left class 5 minutes early too to make sure she didn't miss him this time…
Something feels wrong, she can't help but feel. She wonders what has she done now. With her rotten luck, and without Mellie's luck to back her up, she's sure that she messed up something in the timeline again.
"Alright then, do you want to eat lunch then, Izu-kun?"
"Sure!"
A short talk with Teruhashi-chan cleared up some of her questions.
"Ehhh? Arima-chan, could it be, you don't really don't know just how popular you are to everyone?"
Popular.
She, of all people, is popular.
What.
"Popular? How am I even popular? I haven't done anything for them at all!" She tries to reason with them. Aside from being friends and amiable with her classmates, she's pretty sure she haven't even done anything to warrant their respect at all! Even if she is friends with Izuku and stopped his bullies before the bullying gets too far – shouldn't it mark her as another target for them to be bullied instead of being respected?
"But Arima-chan. You changed everything." Teruhashi answers, as if it's the most obvious fact to her. "You ignore the unspoken ranks, you're really smart, you're really athletic, you're really helpful, and even Akagami-sensei listens to you more than most of us! He and the rest of the Sensei likes you a lot, Arima-chan! And not to mention… you befriend me too… despite of well…"
"I became friends with you because I want to." She answers. Just where is the logic in being friends with her is wrong? How did this educational institute could ever raise potential future heroes when even from a young age they're already alienating someone for no good reason? She knows that her quirk has a villainous aura to it – but she has a perfect control over her own quirk! Why in the world would she even be marked as a Villain from such a young age just because of her quirk?
Gah, children. She'll never get their logic in their heads.
And what is this unspoken ranks she talks about anyways?
"I meant, you know, like that word you use… hierarchy, wasn't it? Yes! We have a hierarchy of our own, you see." Teruhashi explains further. "Among the students, Bakugou-san used to be the number 1. He has this really flashy explosive quirk and wouldn't hesitate to use it at all. He's the smartest and the most athletic among us until you came along, Arima-chan. Even the Senseis don't try to correct him, because they know that in the future, he'll be a pro hero for sure! Someone like me would be like um… third or fourth from the bottom because of my siren-like quirk…and then quirkless kids like Midoriya-san would be at the bottom of them. He's usually the one everyone ignores and avoids whenever Bakugou-san isn't there for him. They're childhood friends, you see."
What is wrong with this school? Ranks? Cliques? And all of this is unspoken?
Quoting Minamoto-sensei's words, What the hell are these bloody motherfuckers are they even talking about? And isn't everyone supposed to be only in Grade school?!
Why oh why should she even bother with this insignificant politics between children. More like, why are there even these politics-like problems in between all of the students? And here she thought that this elementary school life of hers is supposed to be easy.
And isn't Japan supposed to be the country with the most polite people in the world?
What an irony. What is this, pot calling the kettle black? And here she thought that most of the people here are meant to be civilised!
"Teruhashi-chan. Do you know who creates these unspoken ranks?" Yuuki asks, chewing on her food with more force than she needs to. Who in the world are teaching these kids unnecessary stuffs like politics?!
"Who creates them? Well… Even I don't really know how to answer that, Arima-chan." Teruhashi answers, confusion evident in her face. She frowns, as if she's thinking really hard, before continuing on, "I don't know when did all of this started, but I think this started around the time when Senguchi-sensei started to rank our quirks for the entire grade. He said something about the one on top having more power and ever since then everyone started competing for the number 1 spot I think."
Senguchi-sensei? Yuuki never heard of that name before.
"Who is he?"
"He's the new principal for Fukuhara Elementary. The previous principal retired a week after All Might's tour to this school, I think. I remember Akagami-sensei saying that the pro hero is here because the principal wanted to nurture the future generations of heroes who are chosen by All Might-"
At the word All Might, Yuuki promptly sighed and leaned against the table, and start banging her head slowly against the table. She listened to Teruhashi going on and on, despite of the fact that she may or may not have been acting out unreasonably.
But what else can Yuuki do? Off course everything has to start because of All Might. Off course everything has to begin because a certain number 1 hero did it.
It's not his fault, it's society's fault, and also partly because I exist. Yuuki thought, trying to contain the very feeling of annoyance and the need to deck the number 1 hero. She may not know if there is ever a canon story detailing Izuku's and Bakugou's elementary years, but she certainly knows enough to know that clearly, this is not normal. This is not meant to be part of the Canon story.
But still, now that the beginning is slightly messed up, how should she go around cleaning up her mess?
"And er, Arima-chan? Please stop banging your head against the table. You're scaring me."
"Right. Sorry."
She still doesn't stop banging her head until at least another full 5 minutes after that. Gah, just what has she done now?
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When in need of support, the best people who can help her is without a doubt, her family and her Ruthless Teachers.
"Right, so I need help." She began, only to which Ruthless Teacher number 3 spat out his coffee and look at her dead straight to her eyes.
"Who are you and what have you done to my student."
"I'm Arima Yuuki, I'm not a clone, a body double, or an impersonator, Kurosaki-sensei. Now will you please help me figure out who is Senguchi-sensei." Yuuki replies without missing a beat.
"And here I thought you said that you're living an easy life as an elementary student," Kurosaki-sensei, whom without a doubt is the kindest amongst all her ruthless teachers, sighs. "Alright, I'm in. Who is this Senguchi-sensei you're referring to?"
"The current principal of Fukuhara Elementary school, possibly fanatic fan of All Might, a retired pro hero, someone with a teaching degree and quite possibly has relationships or connections to the previous principal of Fukuhara." She chirps, paraphrasing the information she got from Teruhashi.
"Righttt… So why do you need information on the current principal of the school? What are you trying to blackmail him into? Is elementary school too boring for you? I told you before that you don't need to attend elementary school, being home-schooled is a better option for you concerning our family's uniqueness."
"I'm only in elementary school because the Number 1 Hero wanted me to be 'normal'." Yuuki answers, emphasizing on the word normal on her speech. "And no, I'm not trying to blackmail him. I want to know what is he up to. He's only in the school for a short amount of time and yet I feel like he's already making the school into a competitive workplace. I don't get it – what would benefit for him by making elementary kids being pit against one another by their quirk anyways?"
"Competitive workplace?" Ruthless Teacher number 3 muses. "Your imagination is sure quite wild, Arima. What is this with children being competed against one another with their quirks? Fukuhara is an elementary school that prohibits the usage of quirks in their school grounds, you know?"
"There's an event every month in Fukuhara that makes the children compete against one another using their quirks. The battles are divided by the grade they're in. The one who gets the number 1 spot will get automatic favouritism from the teachers, as in orders from the Principal himself."
It's all done in the name of a friendly competition, and surprisingly, it seems that this competition is restricted to the students of Fukuhara and the teaching staff only. It's a small event that parents won't know about, as the students are kept under silence in the name of a 'friendly competition' held in the school.
She suspects that something is more than it seems, because there's just no way that Senguchi could make everyone keep their silence in the name of a friendly competition. Perhaps he has a quirk that manipulates perceptions or memories of people?
And what's more – this event is held monthly. Monthly. Quirks don't just change or evolve that much in a short span like that. They may be children, but they are still that – children. Their quirks are not meant to be strained that much, and something about this entire competition that makes Yuuki feels like something is wrong.
Heck, the entire plan sounds so half-baked that it just sounds so wrong.
"…That's the first time I ever heard of something like that. Wasn't the tour All Might has on that school about 3 months ago? It's only 2 months after that tour that All Might himself finally won the small fight between him and Minamoto that allowed you to enrol into Fukuhara Elementary."
"Please don't remind of that incident. I much prefer to remain ignorant of it all."
The small fight that All Might has with Ruthless Teacher number 2 happened only because he finally snapped and confronted the said man about the increasing injuries that Yuuki has from the daily practices that she has with Ruthless Teacher number 2. Minamoto-sensei, the one who's all about making sure that Yuuki is capable of fending for herself, and All Might, who believes that someone her age should not learn how to defend herself instead should focus on being protected. Needless to say, the very conflicting ideals between the two stubborn men is not something that could be easily convinced with mere words.
The fight between number 1 hero and an high ranked member of the JSDF is not something anyone would be looking out for, and thus the fight between them is almost settled through the civil court.
Yes, they almost went through the freaking court.
They couldn't talk it out to one another, and the matter almost has to be settled through court.
Needless to say, neither Sayuri or Senri or Hayami is pleased at all. Doesn't the man understand that there are limits as to how much a hero can interfere with the public's life? A 'quick talk' between Sayuri and the people at Might Tower, a 'quick compromise' with Minamoto-sensei, and thankfully, everything is sweep under the rug quickly.
And to think all of this happened in a span of a week without Yuuki herself noticing what just happened until Minamoto-sensei told her about it. Needless to say, that was the first time ever Ruthless Teacher Number 2 ever felt so proud of his student cursing in a multitude of languages that he himself are not too familiar with.
But back to the present.
"So this competition is held every month. And the next one will be held… in the next 2 weeks?" Ruthless Teacher 3 begins, patting Yuuki's hair slightly in a poor attempt to get her attention back on track.
"There's no official announcements, but I can guess that the next one will be around that time." Yuuki answers. "But don't bet on it yet. I'm a new student and they haven't informed me of anything of it yet. Just wait a bit more, I'll have to ask around again if I am to be prepared about whatever competition it is that I suspect Senguchi-sensei is holding."
Kurosaki-sensei nods. "Alright then. And speaking on information about him – Arima, you might want to put that bag school bag of yours down before you read this." By this, he meant the information that he is reading on his tablet.
"Huh? Why?"
"Because I don't want you to deck me with it."
Confused, she complied anyway. She grabbed her bag and set it down before grabbing the tablet from Ruthless Teacher number 3's hand and began to read.
"…..What is this."
The more she reads, the more she wants to deck a certain quirk specialist.
So All Might is not to be blamed for everything after all.
"Arima? I can already feel your killing intent all the way from where I'm at," At that, she noticed that he slowly walked away from where he has been seating a few moments ago. "Minamoto would be proud of you, but please, Arima – I know your quirk. It's as versatile and as powerful as it is as dangerous. The human body is made up of 70% water, so please take it easy on Shirai, okay?"
"The human body is made up of 70%, so what? We can still drown anyway, Kurosaki-sensei," Yuuki answers cheerfully, fully aware of just how mad she is right now. Shirai-hakase has no right to do this to her at all. If he is unwilling to trust her, then she might as well teach him that hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
Sending all the information on the tablet to her email, she put the tablet and grabbed her school bag, ignoring the small jolts and buzzing noises from her. Small electric sparks emerged itself from her form for every step that she took as she made her way out of the room.
"Thank you for your help, Kurosaki-sensei. Now if you'd excuse me, I have to talk to someone that we all know very well."
As she left the room with the door slammed shut, he ignored the small prickles of pain he felt on his arm from the small electric shocks he got from his student's previous presence in the room.
And to think that they almost diagnosed her as quirkless too… Who knew that the girl that they once thought to be quirkless would be holding one of the most dangerous and versatile quirks in their family?
Kurosaki shakes his head in pity for a certain specialist. Arima is not easy to be angered, but when she does get angry… well, it seems that the saying hell has no fury like a woman scorned rings very truly right now.
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On paper, Shirai Takumi has the quirk that allows him to form empathetic bonds with others as long as he has physical contact with them. He calls himself an Empath, someone who would be able to understand and feel what his patients are feeling. He's also a quirk specialist, someone who studies quirk biology and someone who counsels young children who has trouble controlling their quirks.
Over his years of staying and living in this world, he has come to understand his reason of being in this world is to be a connection between the people who are born through special means into this world and to the Administrator himself. It is, arguably, his second quirk, the ability to feel and sense the Administrator's presence in this world. He's like a priest, like one of those chosen people who can help his family in guidance with the Administrator's will.
For the long -he won't call it short. He did die when he's 23 and he's turning 38 soon this year- life he has lived, there is never a time that he ever felt that he has to ever fear for his life anymore. He's living a world where there's heroes and villains, a world where everything seems to be more just and peaceful in comparison to his previous one.
Never… until the time when she saw one of his patients smiling at him with a smile that leaks of killing intent.
And it is such a familiar killing intent indeed. He's getting Goosebumps and a very familiar feeling of small, electric shocks running through him already – oh wow, just how fast did her quirk developed ever since the last time he saw her?
"Ara, Arima-chan!" He has to play it easy, right? He does not dare to touch her to form the bond that he so needs to understand what is going on through her head. If at this distance he could already feel the electric shocks, just how much more could he get by touching her? "Is there something that you need from me? Do you need some help with controlling your quirk?"
She says that one word –
"Senguchi."
– And it told him all that he needs to hear before he braced himself for the inevitable.
"Ahhh, that Principal of yours? It's for a perfectly good reason that I sent him there, Arima-chan." He explains, perfectly aware of how empty the hall is. How strange, he's pretty sure that someone has to walk pass here, why oh why is nobody walking into them to save him from this small child who he has learn to never underestimate again? "You did told me how you wanted to avoid your key characters at all costs, so I thought that with this competition, you could forge some distance between them. By now, Bakugou and Midoriya should be avoiding you, and we still don't know how this Yagi Toshinori is yet, so-"
Ah, this is bad. Her killing intent is rising. Minamoto has always told him that he's useless at talking without his quirk, and by this, he thinks that with this incident, it has already proven itself to be true.
"Eto, Arima-chan? Your killing intent is rising to levels that Minamoto would be proud of, but why are you walking at me with that smile? Ite! Arima-chan! Stop, I beg for your mercy! Please! Arima-channn~!"
Needless to say, by the end of the day, Shirai Takumi has learnt two things:
One, his life by now will not be as peaceful as it used to be.
And Two, hell has no fury like a woman scorned.
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