I want to say I'm incredibly sorry for the enormous wait and thank you to those who have favorited and followed this story. It means a ton. Now on with chapter 17.

Forms of speech:

"Talking out loud"

"Inner thoughts"

"Text"

Chapter 17: Intentions

(Kisara's house)

It is now Sunday and Kisara has called Hayato and Snow over to her house to talk about their outfits. Unbeknownst to the two ice users they didn't know the exact context of the conversation. They would shortly find out once they entered her house.

The doorbell ringing could be heard from Kisara's at-home workshop. She places the instrument she was holding on the workbench and takes off her gloves before leaving the room. She opens the door and greets Snow and Hayato with a friendly smile. This was a guise to hide her true emotions.

"I was wondering when you two would get here. Come on in." She gestures the duo in and they follow her into the living room. Snow and Hayato take a seat next to each other on the sofa and Kisara stands in front of them with an angered look. Hayato wore a confused look as to why Kisara was mad.

"Hey Kisara, everything alright? You look pretty ma-" Hayato was cut off by Kisara's yelling.

"MAD DOESN'T EVEN DESCRIBE HOW I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW!" Hayato flinched and Snow kept his mouth shut and tried to not draw any attention to himself. Kisara saw how Snow was slowly inching himself away from Hayato and she wasn't having any of that. She affixes her gaze to Snow and speaks to him in a slightly less angered tone. "I'll get to you in a minute!" Kiasra returns her glare back to Hayato and verbally chews him out for the state of his hero outfit. She chose her words carefully though due to the presence of Snow being around. She didn't want him to hear any vulgar words coming out of her mouth. Once she was done Hayato didn't have any rebuttal,all he could do was just hang his head in shame. She looked over to Snow. "As for you." Snow sat at attention and looked rather scared considering he's never seen Kisara this angry before. "You had your costume for A DAY! A DAY! How could you possibly destroy it more than your father did within a span of 24 HOURS! Scratch that even less,it took you 7 HOURS to destroy my work!"

Much like his father Snow hung his head in shame and also apologized. "I'm sorry Kisara…. It won't happen again. I promise."

"Don't make any promises you can't keep Snow." Exclaimed Kisara. Snow flinched knowing full well he couldn't keep that promise. Kisara lets out a big sigh,folds her arms and loudly taps her foot against the floor. The shoes she was wearing made an audible tapping sound. "Now then what would be a suitable punishment for you both?" She says half knowingly what she wanted for each person. She looked over to Hayato. "Hayato,you will be taking half of my paperwork for next week. It'll be a nice change of pace for the CO-OWNER of the agency." Hayato has a tendency to leave all the paperwork to Kisara and now was the perfect time for Hayato to do some desk duty.

Hayato was about to argue his punishment but the moment he opened his mouth Kisara glared at him even harder. Which made Hayato instantly close his mouth. "I'll get on it first thing tomorrow morning." Hayato says with defeat in his voice.

Kisara looks over to Snow and he audibly gulps for what Kisara has in store for him. "Snow, you'll be here first thing after school tomorrow and first thing in the morning on weekends to help build a new suit."

"Y-yes Kisara." Snow said with a similar tone his father had responded with.

With that out of the way Kisara asked for specifics as to what happened to her creations. Hayato went into great detail about the cobra villain and the fight that ensued between the two of them. Snow was amazed by his father's heroics and Kisara was just glad that he was alive. Much like Saori, Kisara also worries about Hayato's well-being while on the job. They may not be related by blood but Kisara and Hayato's relationship has always been a strong sibling bond. When Kisara asked Snow what happened she was dumbfounded like Saori but was glad he was ok.

The air in the room was lighter after Kisara vented out her frustration. Her facial expressions softened a bit and she spoke in a much lower tone than she did before. "With that out of the way if anything does come up Hayato just wear your pajamas." Kisara said sarcastically.

Hayato was annoyed by the comment considering it was a running joke for years. Kisara had always called the minimalistic hero costume he wore in the past pajamas and that even extended to his under armor he wore underneath the coat. "They're not pajamas." said an irritated Hayato.

"Pajamas?" Snow's voice was filled with curiosity and Kisara couldn't help but laugh.

"Me and your mother used to call Hayato's first hero costume pajamas as a joke. What he wears underneath the coat is what he used to wear." Kisara explained. Snow nodded as he understood what he was being told. "And for you Snow in the event that you have another exercise before we can get your suit finished, I already developed an under armor like your father. But you need to be careful with it, the material is light and won't provide much protection."

"R-right Kisara I'll keep that in mind if we have another exercise this week."

"Good."

For the following weeks Hayato and Snow diligently work through their punishments. Lucky for them not much happened that required them to have their hero costumes. Through their work Hayato and Snow both go through realizations about the work they were doing. Hayato realizes there's a lot that he needs to oversee in terms of the agency's background work. There was also a lot of work he needed to do for his hero network. His hero network is composed of people like himself. Syndicate members given the chance to become heroes and protect the cities and countries he found them in. There's even agencies within those cities that are branches of Libra. This is only possible because of the Hero Public Safety Commission. The HPSC reached out to Hayato once he caught their eye in Kowloon after a small syndicate incident happened there.

As for Snow's realization, he realized how much work went into making his costume. Throughout the weeks Snow became more invested in the work he was helping with so he decided to ask Kisara to be more detailed in her explanations on certain things. Everything else for his costume was already they are working on the top part of Snow's costume.

While Snow helps handing Kisara various instruments he looks over to the blueprints and asks Kisara some questions. "Hey Kisara, what's the process of putting the small needles into my suit?"

Kisara puts down the instrument and looks over to Snow. She was delighted to answer Snow's questions. "Oh that's easy. Over there in that corner there's a machine I use, that will place the needles once the costume is done. Here I'll show you." Kisara grabs a piece of cloth and gestures to Snow to follow her. They both get up from their seats and head to the cylindrical machine. It was tall enough to put a whole costume in there and had a small pedestal for smaller items to be placed on. Kisara opens the hatch and places the cloth on the small pedestal. She then closes the hatch and starts to hit a few buttons on the console to the side of it. Once done 2 small claws emerge from the inside of the machine and start to slowly place barely visible needles.

Snow was amazed as to how the process worked and his curiosity started to flare. "So Kisara, how did you come up with the idea of the needles?"

Kisara had a smile on her face from Snow's question. "Well when you first started to develop your quirk and expressed an interest in being a hero. Hayato and I started to brainstorm a way to help better control your quirk." "And a much better teaching method than what Hayato went through." Kisara looked over to the machine and saw that the cloth was filled with needles,she then turned off the machine and took out the cloth. "Me and your father brainstormed for months on end until that one time I took you to get your booster shots."

Snow quickly put two and two together and finished Kisara's thoughts for her. "The process of using a syringe and injection is how you came up with it!" Said an excited Snow

Kisara had visible excitement from Snow's quick deduction. She gave him a light applause before saying "Correct. Glad you caught on quickly." She hands Snow the cloth. "Go for it."

Snow knew what she was telling him to do. He takes the cloth and activates his quirk. It's more visible to him on the process of how the needles work. He sees them filled with his blood and rapidly head up to the base and freeze the entire cloth. "Wow." Snow said in amazement. "You're really smart to come up with this Kisara! I can't imagine it being easy to engineer something like this either."

Kisara lets out a small laugh from the compliment. "Thank you Snow and you'd be correct that it wasn't easy to make those needles. Your father helped with the lengthy testing stages naturally."

"Speaking of which, do you have the blueprints for dad's hero costume?"

"Sure thing. Give me one second." Kisara heads over to a filing cabinet and opens it. She starts to look through the many folders of blueprints for her inventions. She eventually finds the one she was looking for and pulls it out. Kisara hands it over to Snow and he happily takes it.

Snow opens the folder and reads the name at the top right corner of the sheet. "Hyorinmaru β suit." Snow looked over the blueprints and was again amazed at Kisara's craft. "So how did you come up with the idea of dad's outfit?"

"Oh I actually didn't do that blueprint. Your father did." Kisara stated. Snow was surprised that his father came up with his own suit and even left such detailed notes. He never doubted his father's intelligence but the idea of his father making something on the level of Kisara was shocking. Kisara noticed Snow's expression and decided to elaborate for him. "Yeah I had the same look on my face as well back then. I remember the day he handed me those blueprints like it was yesterday. Hayato is a lot smarter than he likes to lead on. He even helped me make the costume as well."

"To think dad did this. I wonder if I could do something like this?"

"Of course you can Snow. Spend enough time with me and you'll be able to make your own costume in no time." Kisara said in great confidence. Snow smiled at Kiasra's words and nodded his head in agreement with determination stretched across his face.

Snow starts to ask additional questions about his father's costume and Kisara answers all of them. There was one question that didn't seem all that important but Snow decided to ask it anyway."Kisara it's say's here on the blueprint that this is the β version of his costume. And the color scheme doesn't match the one he's wearing right now. Why's that?"

Kisara starts to reminisce on the significance of the color change. The β design for Hayato's outfit is the same as his current one but instead of streaks of blue they were streaks of red. When Hayato got his first major costume change he wanted it to represent fear and rage. It was only until he married Saori and had Snow was when he wanted to change the dark red into a light blue. "Well that's easy but you should be able to figure it out. Even the tiniest of hints will immediately give away the answer."

Snow furrows his brows and places a hand on his chin and starts to think. "Why would dad change from a dark red to a light blue? What could that color…..mean….to…him." Snow unfurrows his brows from the realization. Kisara has a knowing look seeing that Snow figured it out. "It's because of mom right?" Snow asking for confirmation.

Kisara nodded but wanted to correct Snow's answer. "You're half right. You probably don't remember it since you were really young but you used to have light blue hair. It was only when you were about 3 that you got your dark blue hair. When he changed the color your father wanted it to be a constant reminder why he's a hero." Kisara explained. Snow has a soft smile on his face knowing that he and his mom were the reason for Hayato's change in color.

(Debriefing/observation room)

All of class 0 stand in a familiar room in front of Minato. Everyone had slight upgrades to their costumes, nothing too visible. With the exception of Snow with his newly made mask that he has yet to put on. His mask rests inside of his pocket only slightly visible. He also has a belt with pouches that hold some support items his father uses.

Minato clears his throat before speaking. "I see that everyone made some adjustments to their costumes and even the addition of support items." He says that last part while looking over to Snow. "Today's lesson will be about a field I'm proficient in. That would be stealth." Snow had a confident smile forming on his face and Minato noticed that. "I'll make sure he goes last during today's practice." Minato looked over to the other students' expressions and they ranged from Jack's visible excitement to Deuce's apprehensiveness. "I know some of you may be wary and that's perfectly normal. Stealth isn't something everyone can do. This is just to gauge where you guys stand in the field and if you don't do well it's alright. I'm sure there's a field for each and everyone one of you." Minato finishes with a reassuring smile. This puts some of the students at ease knowing if they fail it won't affect them. Minato holds up a remote and presses a button and the screen behind him shows a camera view of a room. "This is where you will be starting." The room was spacious and had a door to enter and to leave on the opposite side. Minato then pressed a button on the remote he was holding and the screen divided into 4 sections showing off 4 different layouts. "These are the rooms you'll be passing through. As you can see the rooms are half lit in certain areas along with walls and pillars to provide cover. There's also some staff members to act as guards. Getting spotted by them or the camera's we have in place will mean the test is over." Minato then points to a specific spot on a screen. "This is a turret gun that shoots paintballs. It'll detect you through its infrared sensors. Getting hit by it will also result in the test being over." The screen turns black and all of the students focus their attention towards Minato. "There will be a room at the end of this, you'll go in and push a button letting me know you made it through. With that out of the way we'll start the testing in reverse alphabetical order."

Snow's eyes widened from the sudden realization that he was last. "Why do I have to be last!" Snow knew he had nothing to be worried about. His father's training had prepared him for this but he was letting the pressure get to him. At least he has time to mentally prepare himself before his turn comes up.

"So Toyosaki you're up first." Minato says while looking towards Cinque.

"OK!" Cinque says in a chipper tone. She heads on over to the door to the right of Minato and walks down the hallway. She heads into the room at the end of the hall and instantly recognizes that it's the room she was just shown. She spots the camera and has a bright smile on her face and starts to wave at it. The rest of the class couldn't help but laugh. Even Minato let out a small laugh.

Minato presses a button on the keyboard accessing the intercom. He leans forward to speak into the microphone."You may start Toyosaki."

Cinque nods her head and makes her way to the door. She opens it and enters the room. It was too dark for her to see so she started flailing her arms around to get her bearings. "I can't see!" Cinque said in a bad attempt at a whisper. Her hand brushes up against a wall and she places her hand on the wall and lets out a sigh of relief. "Thankfully no one is in this first room." she said aloud. The next thing she knew was that there were 2 flashlights beaming on her already and She instinctively put her hands in front of her face to block the sudden rays of light.

"Wow, that was fast." Minato thought in surprise. Minato shook his head and spoke into the microphone. "Toyosaki the test is over. Just come back the way you came in."

"Wait, I just started!" Cinque exclaimed. She drops her head in defeat and starts to walk out the testing site. "Man, I thought I was doing good too." she said lowly to herself. She rejoins with her classmates and Minato wants to talk to her before the next student starts testing.

"Uhh Toyosaki you made way too much noise entering the room. Next time say all your thoughts in your head,ok."

Cinque slightly blushed from embarrassment. "Oh ok." Was all she could say. She now rejoins the rest of her classmates.

Minato instructs Rem to head on over to the starting area. And she makes her way to the testing area. One by one everyone would fail in different ways by either making too much noise or getting spotted. All but 6 students passed with minor hiccups here and there except one. But first how the other members of class 0 failed the test. Rem's wings draw too much attention to her and are too big to hide behind cover effectively. Jack, much like Cinque, made too much noise and wasn't caught by the staff members but he completely forgot about the camera's in the room. Ace and Trey had a novel idea of using their cards and arrows respectively to act as distractions but made the mistake of being too predictable. Which ultimately led to them being spotted. Deuce had treaded lightly through the testing area until it came to the paintball gun and couldn't figure out a way around it so she got pelted with paintballs.

Now onto the students that did pass. Saya already had some training in stealth because of her mother but was still inexperienced at it. She made use of her knives that doubled as grappling hooks to get through the rooms fast enough before anyone spotted her. And it worked but the act of her throwing the knife,the noise it made when impacting a wall and the noise of the wire reeling in caused some close calls. Sice with her naturally dark outfit used the shadows to her advantage, but her costume design fought against her causing some close calls. The chains she has around her make noise through her movements. Machina and Cater used their speed to their advantage and quickly made their ways through the testing area. The hiccup they faced was that the camera and even the staff there would catch a glimpse of something moving past them. Now for Flare,he has zero experience with stealth but surprisingly did ok for a first attempt. Flare had stuck to the shadows and tried to pay attention to the camera movements. He only moved when the camera's weren't facing his direction. The hiccup that Flare had faced his own temper by the amount of patience needed for stealth. When he eventually got to the paint ball room he immediately launched a dead spike at the machine destroying it completely. Currently Minato is calling for a replacement while also trying to explain how a student totaled the machine in an instant

Minato had told Snow to just wait here until the replacement paintball gun was moved in. While waiting Snow double,triple and quadruple checks his support items and reminds himself on what they all do. Saya saw Snow frantically playing around with his pockets and wanted to make sure her friend was ok.

"Hey Snow you ok? I don't think your gadgets are going anywhere anytime soon."

Snow was knocked out of his frantic state and looked over to Saya with an embarrassed look on his face. "Y-yeah I'm fine,I'm just making sure I have everything and reminding myself what everything does."

Saya looked at Snow's right hand and saw the gadget he was holding and decided to ask Snow what it's for in an attempt to get him to calm down. Getting Snow to explain something seemed to calm him down at times like this. "Hey Snow what's that for?" she says while pointing at his hand.

"Oh this. It's a noisemaker,all I have to do is press this small button here and it'll make a low noise that gets progressively louder." Snow explained. Snow's gadgets consisted of noisemakers,smoke pellets, and a modified version of the optic cables that Hayato uses. They were modified in a way so that Snow wouldn't need an opsat to use them. They were bigger in size as well to compensate for the fact that he doesn't need an opsat.

"Huh that's pretty neat. Pretty helpful for this test, don't you think?"

"Yeah,all of what I have right now was great timing by Kisara to have this done for me."

Snow's mask caught Saya's eye. "Hey, is that your mask?" Saya says, pointing at Snow's right leg.

Snow looked down and forgot he even put it there. "O-oh yeah I forgot I put it here." Snow placed his hand over it and was a bit hesitant to grab it or even put it on. Odd to be self conscious about something that hides your face,usually it's the exact opposite. Snow finally grabs it and shows Saya. "Just like my dad's. I'll put it on once testing starts."

Their conversation was cut short once Minato began to get everyone's attention. "Alright now that the repairs have been made,Arisato you're up."

Snow nods and starts to head on over to the starting area. Before he was out of earshot Saya shouted "Good luck Snow!"

Snow turned around and smiled. "Thanks Saya!" He continues his way towards the starting area and starts to put on his mask.

As he's walking he passes by Flare and Flare catches a glimpse of Snow's mask and deja vu hits him hard. "That mask….It's like the one that hero wore! Could Arisato have encountered him at some point?" Flare is left to ponder while the answer is the farthest from his mind.

(Starting area)

Snow enters the room and waits until he's instructed to start. He stands in front of the door to ready himself. The intercom starts to crackle. "You may start Arisato."

Snow inhales and exhales and an icy mist seeps through the mask. His demeanor changes to cool, calm and collected. "It's showtime." Snow enters the room and immediately ducks behind a wall. His eyes quickly adjust to the darkness of the room and peeks around a corner to get a good look at what he has to deal with. "There's 3 staff members here." Snow surveys the area and notices the next wall he should go to. "Everyone here walks back and forth in a set time, I'll follow their movements as their backs are turned." Snow waits for the right opportunity to enact his plan. Once it presents itself he emerges from his cover and walks very slowly with one hand in front and another behind his back ready to grab one of his gadgets if the need arises. Snow approaches the wall and immediately places his back against it and slowly moves against it to once again rear his head behind cover. He looks over and sees a camera above the door he needs to enter. Snow uses the same idea with the staff members with the camera,timing his movements with the camera, only moving when it wasn't looking his way. The camera rotates to the left and as it is rotating to the right he makes his move, he once again slowly moves to his destination and once there he slowly opens and closes the door behind him.

The next couple of rooms consisted of the same things: a mixture of guards and cameras but the layout was different. Some rooms were more enclosed and some were more spacious. For the enclosed room Snow made use of his noisemakers for distractions and for the spacious rooms Snow stayed near the edges of the room and moved around slowly. This is where the design of his hero costume came into play with the dark colors he was able to blend in nicely with the shadows.

Snow was near the end of the test and faced no trouble at all. All that was left was to get past the paintball gun. He enters the final room and hears the buzzing of the rotating paintball gun. He gets behind a nearby wall and notices that a few changes in the room that his fellow classmates didn't have to go through. For starters there were 2 staff members stationed at the door. To accompany them as well there were 2 cameras on the opposite sides of the room both rotating at separate intervals. Snow noticed that they eventually converged in the middle of the room and took a mental note of it. He also noticed that there was minimal cover and this room was more well lit than the others.

"This won't be easy. Noisemakers won't help here and the other tools I have won't help due to the infrared sensors on the paintball gun." Snow ponders as to how he'll get past the obstacles. "The room isn't small but it's not exactly large either." Snow takes out an optic cable and rears it behind the wall he's currently behind. He looks through his end of the cable and sees where exactly the guards are positioned. "Right in front of the door too." Snow puts away the optic cable and realizes this might not be possible. Until a specific memory played in his head. The memory in question was when Kisara was explaining Snow's costume when he first got it and remembered specific details of his costume. Along with what he did when his father went over the details of the mask "My suit naturally keeps me warm unless I take it off." Snow's brain immediately thought of a plan. "I'll take off the top part of my costume and conceal my presence with the ice mist. It 'll drop my temperature so I won't be detected by the paintball gun." Snow reaches into his belt and takes out a noisemaker. It rests in the palm of his hands as he looks down at it. "I'll throw the noisemaker while moving in the mist to distract the guards at the door." With his plan formulated he begins to take off the top part of his costume. Underneath laid the under armor he wore similar to his father's minus the harness. He puts his costume on his right shoulder and begins to inhale air and lets it all out through his mouth creating a mist cloud. The mist cloud rapidly grew in size and volume eventually enveloping the entire room. Snow starts to feel the cold air get to him and quickly activates the noisemaker and throws it to one of the corners in the room.

A high pitch noise that started off low increasingly got louder and grabbed the attention of the staff members. One of them was holding himself from the sudden cold and looked to where the noise was being made. "H-hey I'm gonna check it out." The other staff member nodded and watched as his partner walked away from visibility. The mist got so thick that it was beginning to get harder to see. Not only for the staff members but for Snow as well. Snow moved as best he could from memory to avoid bumping into anyone or anything. His plan was going well. His low body temperature concealed his presence from the paintball gun and the mist cloud concealed his presence from everyone else in the room.

Snow nears the end of the room and halts in his path. Although barely visible he can make out a single figure within the mist. "Only one of them left. What am I gonna do now?" Snow quickly thinks as to what his father would do in this situation. "Well he'd probably knock this person out but that's not really an option here. So I guess he would go for some type of distraction. But would it be auditory or physical?" Snow quickly makes up his mind from seeing the mist starting to thin out. "I'll go physical." Snow walks around the line of sight of the staff member and gets close to their side. He extends his arm out and taps them on the shoulder.

"Huh?" He looked to his left and saw no one there."I could've sworn someone just tapped me on the shoulder." While the guard stares in confusion Snow already makes his way behind him and starts to open the door quietly. Once inside the room he sees the obvious red button he needs to press. To delay no longer he speed walks to the button and fastly presses it ending the test. A buzz could be heard to signify he's done.

The intercom starts to crackle and Minato's voice can be heard. "Great job Arisato! You've passed the test. Take the door to your left and just walk down the hallway,you'll be back here in the observation room."

"Right." Snow starts to head towards the door he was told to go to and walks down the long hallway back to the observation room.

(Debriefing/Observation room)

Snow rejoins the rest of the class and is bombarded by praise from everyone. Well minus Flare but who saw that coming. Flare however did stare towards Snow's direction because he still had on his mask. Everyone had also noticed that Snow still had his mask on and started to compliment the addition to his costume. Cater being herself also had to throw in a compliment or two about Snow's under armor. It was tight like a muscle suit so naturally it hugged his body in certain areas mainly his chest and abs. Snow wasn't built like a bodybuilder but definitely more in shape than your average teenager would be.

"As your classmates have already said, you did an amazing job Snow. Suffice to say you passed with flying colors. Excellent use of your quirk and support items throughout the test especially towards the end."

"Thank you ." Snow says with a smile.

Minato checks his watch and sees that he ended the test right on schedule. "Alright everyone, great work out there. I'll go more into detail about the different fields of hero work after your lunch period. Go get changed and enjoy your lunch everyone." Minato finishes with a friendly smile.

(Cafeteria)

Everyone was currently bombarding Snow with questions of his knowledge of stealth along with how he got so good at it. Suffice to say Snow was having a hard time trying to answer everyone's question. Saya is amused and watches quietly as Snow was dealing with the sudden attention. "He's so cute when he's flustered."

"Snow, you have to teach me! You were moving like a ninja!" Jack exclaimed

Snow lets out a nervous laugh from Jack's enthusiasm. "I'm not sure if I'd be a good teacher for that. My dad taught me everything I know, and I still have a lot to learn."

Trey started to speak up. "So was this the first time you've done something like this?"

"Kinda,my dad had me go through some small tests here and there before school started."

"Is he still training you?" Trey asked

"Sometimes on the weekend. It's really up to me to stay on routine. He's been pretty busy with work as of late." Snow says while trying to contain a laugh. Hayato was still on desk duty because Kisara loved to torture him but caveat was that his hero work was late at night.

Snow continued to answer any questions everyone had. While this was going on Flare made some progress into talking with Machina. Rem even joined in on the conversations they had and Flare didn't mind. Currently they were talking about the test they just had.

"So Izayoi, did anyone teach you how to sneak around like that?" Machina asked

Flare shook his head no before answering. "No, that was the first time. I was honestly just going by feeling and mimicking what Sawashiro did."

"That's pretty impressive though that you were able to complete the test by going off feeling." Rem said.

"Thanks Tokimiya." Flare quickly realized that Rem didn't make it far and thought of something for her if she wanted to be better at stealth. "Hey Tokimiya,it might not be the field for you but I think if you shorten your wings you would pass no problem. Oh and maybe your quirk would be a pretty good distraction of misdirection."

"Hmmm,I never thought of that. Thanks Izayoi! I'll keep that in mind if I decide on being a stealth based hero."

"Yeah no problem." Flare said with a small smile. It felt good for Flare to stop putting up his cold attitude and open up a bit to some of the classmates. Although there was always that cold staring contest he and Snow had on a regular basis.

(Class 0)

"Alright class today we'll be covering hero work fields. As common knowledge that everyone knows there are 2 different types of heroes. Spotlight and underground." Minato looks around while deciding on who to ask a surprise question on. "Let's see….." "Hanazawa." Deuce lifts her head up from her notebook and is at attention. "What kind of hero do you think I am?"

"Hmmmmmm,considering you said stealth is a field of expertise and your costume is mostly dark colors. I wanna say you're an underground hero." Deuce deduced.

"Yep,you guessed correctly Hanazawa. I am in one of the 7 different hero fields,well actually 3. I'm also a recon hero due to the nature of my quirk and an offensive hero. Now to go over the different fields,first we'll start with spotlight and underground heroes. Spotlight heroes are the ones you hear about on the news everyday. All Might, Endeavor, and even Aptos' very own grim reapers count as spotlight heroes." As Minato was talking everyone was diligently taking notes."Underground heroes are not known to the public outside of special cases. Even the villains we fight aren't known to the public outside of special cases. We take care of things that some heroes can't see. These 2 fields are basic generalizations and you'll be placed in either category along with a specialty. Any questions so far?" Minato was met with silence and took that as no. So he continues with his lesson. "Now for the other 5 fields of hero work,first we'll go over the most basic ones. Offense and defense. As their names dictate there are heroes that are more offensively inclined and some that are more defensively inclined. My quirk doesn't really specialize in defense and you guys are aware first hand it's very much an offensive quirk. Most of you here have offensive quirks but there's a handful of you who have defensive quirks."

"I wonder if my quirk would be considered defensive? Dad and I do use our quirks for defense most of the time. But there are exceptions like against that dreadnought I fought and when Saya,Izayoi and I fought Kirigaya." Snow raised his hand to see if Minato could answer his question.

Minato took notice of Snow's hand. "Yes Arisato?"

"I was wondering if my quirk would be considered defensive or offensive?"

Minato has a smile on his face. "That's a good question, Arisato. Well let's think back to our exercises we've had in the past. Against me and Izayoi you showed long range capabilities not to mention you encased some of your strikes in ice." "Probably shouldn't bring up the 0 pointer incident yet. Don't need Arisato to be overwhelmed with questions." "But within those same instances you've used it in a protective manner for yourself and others. So I would say you would be in both categories and it's not all that uncommon for quirks to work that way. Does that answer your question Arisato?" answered Minato

Snow shook his head yes before answering "Yes it does,thank you ."

"No problem,now then before I move onto the 3 other fields, does anyone else have any questions so far about what I just talked about.?" Minato was once again greeted with silence and took it as an answer to keep on going. "The next 3 fields we'll be talking about are specialty fields. Now keep this in mind there's even more specialty fields then the ones I'm going to talk about today. These are just the more popular ones heroes tend to fit into. First we'll talk about recon heroes. These heroes mostly focus on gathering information or scouting potential threats. Their quirks are typically high mobility or something sensory related. I fit into the high mobility category along with being able to hide in plain sight as a murder of crows. Next we have rescue heroes. They focus on helping civilians from various unfortunate circumstances. Typically those with high mobility or a quirk that can help clear debris fit into this category. Finally we have support heroes. These heroes are not really combat inclined at all. They typically help heroes before they get to the field,on the field or after everything's calmed down. They typically have quirks that have healing properties,high intelligence,or their quirk acts as a buffer to other quirks."

All of class 0 diligently take notes and absorb the information given. All of the students had even started to categorize their quirks into the fields they were just taught about. Deuce saw that her quirk was perfect for the support role. Machina took in consideration that a rescue or recon is a potential field for him to look into. Sice took note that she could possibly be an underground recon hero. Flare and Snow wanted to be the kind of hero Hayato is and many of the other students started to think where they would fit into the different fields. Before they knew it the day had ended and everyone was packing up to go home. As a regular occurrence after school some of the students would hang out for a bit before going home. Snow and Saya are usually accompanied by 1 or 2 more friends. Machina and Rem typically ask Flare but he declines mostly due to him not being ready for the next level of their friendship. Rem and Machina don't mind at all since they both know Flare isn't too sociable and he might still feel overwhelmed from having friends. Rem however does take full advantage of the times her and Machina are alone together. Unfortunately for her Machina is still oblivious to her feelings.

(Burger place)

Today Snow and Saya are accompanied by Trey and Cater and they are currently inside of a burger place waiting for their orders. "Snow I don't think you ever told us but what kind of hero is your father?" Cater asked while sipping on her iced tea.

"Oh uhhh." Snow was caught off guard by the sudden question and remembered a conversation he had with his father.

(Flashback)

All 3 members of the Arisato family and Kisara are in the living room. Saori and Kisara are watching Snow and Hayato play various songs on their respective guitars with some vocals here and there from Snow. It always brought smiles to both of their faces seeing both father and son bonding with each other.

After Snow's first big hangout with his friends Hayato,Saori and Kisara had collectively thought that Snow should keep Hayato's existence hidden. Saori knows what kind of agency Libra is and the member that is on the run by both Hayato and Kisara.

Kisara and Saori leave the living room and head into the kitchen after Hayato shot them a knowing look. Once they're out of earshot Hayato rests his guitar between his legs and turns towards Snow. "Hey Snow?" Snow looks towards his dad while also setting his guitar down to the side of him. "I need to talk to you about something. It'll be quick."

"Sure dad. What is it that we need to talk about?" Snow wore an inquisitive look on his face.

"It's about your friends. They can't know that I exist or rather my identity as a hero needs to be kept secret." Hayato didn't want to go into too much detail considering it'll scare Snow and possibly have him shun away his friends for their own safety.

"Why's that dad?" Concern was rising in Snow's voice.

Hayato notices his son's change of voice and calms him down by saying "It's nothing to be worried about Snow. You can tell your friends I'm a hero but you can't under any circumstances reveal what my costume looks like or anything related to Libra. You need to be vague but convincing with your answers. I'm an underground hero after all these things need to be kept hidden." Saya was exempt from this rule since she already knows that Hayato is a hero and what his costume looks like.

"Oh ok, I already told them you're a hero and that you've been teaching me but I didn't go into too much detail." Snow quickly remembered that he told his teacher that his father is an underground hero. Snow was a bit hesitant to bring it up but knew his father had to know. "Dad,I also told my teacher you're an underground hero but nothing more."

Hayato started thinking about Snow's actions and how he should handle it. "Might have to ask Kisara to run a background check on Snow's teacher but I doubt he'd connected to Takehaya in any way." Hayato unfurrowed his brow and gave his son a soft smile. "That's alright Snow you didn't go into specifics which is good. We'll come up with cover stories and answers for any questions you'd be inevitably asked."

(Present)

"My dad is a hero like Kirigaya." Snow answered.

"Oh cool guess that explains a lot. Thanks for sharing Snow."

"Yeah no problem."

Their orders came and the group of teens bounced around various topics while eating their food. They went from what they just learned today about hero fields,how their quirks may fall into different categories and non hero related topics. After their meal Snow left to go to the restroom and the rest of his friends waited at the table they were seated at.

As they were patiently waiting for their friend to come back, loud shouting could be heard from the front of the restaurant. Bystanders and hero trainees all looked over to the direction to see why the noise was being made. "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY UNLESS YOU WANT A BULLET IN YOU!" A man shoved an employee on the ground and pointed a handgun at them. The man came into view for everyone to see. He had on an all black get up from top to bottom. Their face wasn't covered by a mask and didn't have any defining features. But the clothes he was wearing did have 1 defining feature on it,on the left side of his arm there was an insignia. It was bloodshot red and the shape resembled a flaming hound. He gestured behind himself and then came into view 9 men all wearing the same outfit with the same insignia.

The man took a chair from one of the tables and put it in the center of the room. He spoke again but with a lower tone but still carrying the aggressiveness in his tone. "Everyone is to stay where you are. Anyone that tries to be a hero won't get back up again." He finishes the last part of his threat by pointing the gun at the fallen employee while also showing off their quirk before sitting down. They had basic flame manipulation and showed it off with their free hand.

"I have to let Snow know to stay in the restrooms! But how?" Saya was coming short on ideas and felt utterly useless. This feeling was shared between Trey and Cater as well. Another thought crossed between their minds was how would they get a message out to the heroes of the situation at hand. Saya kept her attention on the men while whispering in a low tone. Cater and Trey are listening in on Saya's plan. "Trey since you're sitting in front of Cater you can provide cover for her. Cater I need you to slowly take out your phone and try to contact Snow. Since he's in the bathroom he'll have a better chance of not being caught while calling for the police."

Trey and Cater slowly nodded at Saya's plan and immediately enacted it. Trey straightened up in the booth and covered Cater as best he could. Meanwhile Cater slowly looked in her bag for her phone. Thankfully it didn't take too long to find it. Once in hand she quickly goes through her contacts and finds Snow. She starts to type out her SOS. "Snow stay in the restroom and call the police It's an emergency" She quickly hits send and she looks at Saya. Saya looked at Cater and read her face well. The message was sent all they needed to was wait on Snow.

Snow feels his pants vibrate in pocket as he's washing his hands. Snow dries his hands off with a paper towel and looks at the text he received. His eyes widened from reading the text and quickly dials his father's number. When he lifts the phone up to his ear he's not met with ringing. Instead all he heard was a deadline. Snow quickly looks at his phone and notices that it suddenly has no reception. "But I just received a text!?"

Meanwhile in the main room one of the men had an enormous device on their back with an antenna on it. Another man was pushing some buttons and it gave off a loud hum when activated. "Is the jammer up?" The man in charge asked. The man that activated the jammer gave a simple nod to answer the question. "Good, we know who we're looking for. Go find them and if anybody resists use non lethal force. We don't want to cause a scene here unless we have to." The men dispersed and inspected all of the hostages looking for this mystery person. They looked at all of the hostages and inspected them thoroughly but none of them matched the description given.

One of the men went to the leader and whispered in their ear. "None of them have blue hair sir"

The leader spoke in the same whispered tone as well."That's impossible, our source says he was just here." The man looked around and noticed the restroom sign. "Check the restrooms he might be in there." The grunt simply nodded at the instructions and made his way to the restrooms. Saya and her friends were panicking at the thought of Snow being found and wanted to do something. But they all knew this was a delicate situation and one wrong move could cause some serious damage.

Meanwhile Snow puts on his spare gloves and mask. "Alright I have no idea what's going on out there but I should be able to peer through the door to get an idea. Don't worry guys, I'll get us out of here." Snow heads towards the door and places his ear against the door to at least hear what's going on. He waits a few seconds and hears faint footsteps approaching. He backs away and heads deeper into the restroom. There was a small hallway with a wall when you turned the corner. He hides behind the wall and psyches himself up. The door opened and heavy footsteps could be heard. They get progressively louder and Snow raises a fist and covers it in ice. The man comes into view and Snow immediately punches the guy in the face knocking him out instantly. The man slumps to the floor with an audible thud. Snow looks at the man he just harmed and gets a good look at the insignia."When I get out of here I'll let dad and Makoto know what I saw." Snow grabs the unconscious man's arms and holds them against the wall. He starts to make ice bindings in case they wake up."You won't be going anywhere anytime soon."

Snow heads back to the door and opens it slightly and peers through the seam. "Hostage situation, no one seems to be hurt as far as I can tell." Snow looks around as best as he could but still can't grasp what he's dealing with. "I need to get out there without being spotted but how?" Snow keeps on looking and notices that there's some cover he can hide behind. Snow crouches before opening the door very slowly and crouch walks out and slowly closes the door behind him. Snow is currently hiding behind a booth. He takes out his phone and angle's it to get a view of the entire room. His first priority was to see if everyone was safe and he was happily greeted with such a sight. "They're scared but at least they're safe." Snow continues to angle his phone and starts to count the amount of men in the room. "There's nine plus the one I took out which makes 10 in total. And of course one is blocking the entrance. Even the kitchen is guarded,what do I do!?" Seeing how there's virtually now way to get out of the current situation Snow starts to think of practical distractions he could do with the environment around him and his quirk. "Distractions might do more harm than good here considering I don't have any of my support items or my suit. I got it. I'll repeat what I did in my stealth test today." Snow inhales and exhales,this creates the mist cloud he did earlier to a much wider effect. Everyone starts to feel the sudden cold in the air. They were met with a giant mist cloud that you could barely see out of. While the other hostages were scared Saya and her friends were relieved that Snow was safe.

Snow starts to move around with the cloud consuming the room. The leader of the group smirked. "It seems we have a visitor." He raises a hand and fire starts to come out of it. He then closes his hand and opens it letting out a heatwave that disperses the mist cloud. Snow quickly dove for cover behind a booth. The man began to speak with bravado in voice. "So then are you trying to play the hero or are you the real deal? Either way it's best you come out of hiding or things will get messy for you."

"Dammit! What do I do now? Planning an escape route should be my priority but there's way too many people here. Not to mention they know I'm here now. I'll have to pick some of them off silently." With his mind made up Snow looks around and spots a napkin container that can serve as a distraction.

Snow moves further down the booth he's behind and creates a small ice pebble. He positions it on his thumb and flicks it at the napkin container making an audible noise upon impact. The armed thug checks out the sudden noise. "Could've sworn I heard something here." Before the thug knew it in Snow's crouched position he kicked the leg closest to him and this caused the thug to buckle his knees. Snow then falls onto his back and extends another kick but this time to the thug's face knocking him out instantly,Snow uses his momentum to roll back into cover to avoid any eye contact. The thug fell onto the ground with a loud thump which caused some heads to turn. The restaurant was spacious enough so it gave Snow time to escape while someone else would check out the sudden noise. While he made his way to where the kitchen was located the leader of the group instructed one of his men to check out the noise.

Once given the information that one of his men was taken out the leader spoke again. "So then it looks like you're trained. You took out someone here and in the restrooms without getting spotted,I gotta say I'm impressed. But there's only so many hiding spots here,only a matter of time til one of my men finds you." He finished with venom in his voice. He waves his hand in a forward motion and everyone starts to fan out. Snow was near the kitchen door and heard footsteps coming towards him. He flattens himself against the cover he's behind and waits. The moment he's someone's leg he does the same maneuver from earlier but instead lets the thug fall onto the floor from the loss of balance. He then places a knee and hand on the person's back to hold them down before delivering a blow to the back of the head knocking them out. Snow once again quickly moves to get away from the sudden noise he's created.

Snow reaches the point where there's a space between him and the next place he should use for cover. "A simple 'u-turn' should be fine. I just gotta make sure no one sees me." Snow takes out his phone and angles it to see the open room and sees that he's in front of where Saya and his friends are but also in front of who he presumes is the leader sitting down on a chair in the middle of the room. The leader of the group wasn't staring at his direction so he took the opportunity to maneuver to the other side. Little did Snow know that the leader of the group was well aware of their surroundings and through his peripheral vision he saw Snow taking cover. In an instant Snow was grabbed by the back of his shirt and tossed onto the floor. He tries to get back up but the attempt was snuffed out by the sudden pain he felt on his chest.

The man digs his boot into Snow a while letting out an amused laugh. "There's no way you were giving my men trouble.' He looked down at Snow amused while Snow had an angry scowl on his face. "Then again you may fit the description of the person we're looking for." Snow got angrier as the man kept on talking. His eyes started to glow a hue of light blue that enhanced his cerulean eye color. "I love the look in your eye kid" He finished with a sly smile. He goes to reach for a picture on his side to confirm that Snow's the one he's looking for.

Meanwhile Saya was about to get up and tackle the man that had Snow pinned down. Trey and Cater also being on the same page as Saya all readied themselves for their assault.

Suddenly the lights went out and a chill in the air could be felt. One of the guards starts to shout. "What's happen-" A body dropping could be heard but not before a few audible striking sounds could be heard. One by one each armed thug was taken out swiftly by a mystery assailant. It was only until the lights were turned back on and the mystery assailant was revealed. He was currently running at the man that had Snow pinned down. Their eyes met and the leader of the group was reeling back with a hand covering his face from the sudden punch he just endured. The leader of the group looked at his assailant and saw the black and blue attire accompanied with a face mask. Saya immediately goes to Snow's side and helps him up while they both look at Hayato's quiet anger.

"He's lucky there's civilians around." Hayato and the leader stare each other down briefly before the thug aims a fist at Hayato. He blocks it with his elbow effortlessly causing the leader to reel his hand back from the sudden pain. Hayato then strikes the person's neck and delivers a kick to their leg which causes them to kneel. Hayato then doesn't let up in his assault he then punches them in the gut causing them to stand up;then another low kick to the leg but this time breaking it and palms the back of their head raises his knee to their head knocking them out. He looks over to Saya and Snow, his expression softens slightly before returning a serious look while turning around. "The room is secure, the police will be here shortly along with paramedics in case anyone has sustained any injuries." Hayato then makes his leave through the front door of the establishment. Saya helps Snow up and hugs him tightly while burying her face into his chest. Snow hugs her back as well just as tightly while whispering into her ear reassurance that he's ok. Both of them made sure they weren't going anywhere.

Police arrive shortly after and get everyone outside with the EMTs give everyone a once over. Detectives soon arrive at the scene as well pulling people aside to get an idea as to what happened. One detective in particular got on scene and immediately made his way to the group of teens joined with a woman. Snow immediately recognized the two as Makoto and Kisara and was more than glad to see them. But it did raise the question why his mom and dad aren't here. Kisara immediately engulfed Snow and Saya in a hug. "I'm so glad you two are ok!" She pulls back and gives them a once over. "You're not hurt are you?"

Snow shook his head no and answered for both him and Saya."We're ok Kisara." Snow said with a soft smile. He was still shaken up from the experience he went through but who wouldn't.

Kisara looked to the side of Snow and saw Saya along with 2 people she didn't recognize. "Oh I'm sorry this must be confusing for you two. My name is Kisara Tsunemori,I'm Snow's guardian and a friend to Saya's parents." She looks back to Snow and Saya. "Your parents know that I'm here to pick you two up. But before we leave you two and your friends are gonna need to answer some questions that Kobayashi has." The two teens nodded. "And I'd be more than happy to drop you guys off at your parents house." Kisara says to Trey and Cater.

Trey spoke for both him and Cater. "We'd love that ,thank you so much."

"Of course, anything for Snow and Saya's friends."

Snow was the first of the 4 to take the interview. Makoto took him over to his car where no one could hear them. "Ok Snow, I'm gonna be honest with you, your father told me everything that had happened from his perspective. You just need to fill in the blanks for me and then we can corroborate a story."

"Corroborate a story?"

Makoto breathes in deeply before letting out a sigh. "Snow what you did today was borderline vigilantism. Do you know how much trouble you could get into?"

Snow wore a shocked expression. It never occurred to him during this whole ordeal that he was using his quirk to harm people without a license. "But Makoto I-"

"Snow…. just tell me the truth." Snow simply nodded and started to recount everything that happened. He made sure not to miss a detail and even showed the text he got from Cater and his call history. "They didn't exactly see Snow take those 3 people out. They could easily believe that he was still in the restroom. Hayato and I can definitely work off of this." "Thank you for telling me the truth Snow. And now that I see you trying to escape for help was a priority I won't be as hard on you that should. But that doesn't excuse what you did."

"I-I know Makoto. I was just trying to do something." Snow said why hanging his head low.

Makoto puts a reassuring hand on Snow's shoulder and their eyes meet. "I know Snow. You had nothing but the best of intentions in mind. Come on, let me walk you to Kisara's car." The two made their way to Kisara's car. Snow got in the passenger seat and Makoto stood near the driver's seat.

Kisara looks towards Makoto."So what are we dealing with here?"

"They had some sort of jammer so he wasn't able to make a call out to you or Hayato. No one saw him take these people out so we could easily say it was Hayato that did it. Even the mist he put up we could say it was Hayato's doing as well. There's still some details we need to iron out like the mask and gloves but for now we have a good basis." Makoto explained

A weight was lifted from Kisara's shoulders knowing that Snow was for the most part unknown to everyone. "That's good to hear."

"Yeah you and me both. I'll be calling Hayato later today so we can put this story together." Kisara looks over to Snow with some worry still in her eyes. "I'll leave you two alone. I have to go interview his friends." Kisara thanked Makoto before he made his leave. He rejoins with the teens and tells Saya he'll interview her next. He too takes her near his car and simply asks Saya what happened. Saya explained everything that had happened. "Seems she knows it was Snow's doing that caused the mist cloud but unsure of who was taking out the armed thugs earlier, minus the ones she saw Hayato take out. Her other friends are likely to say the same thing minus the identity of the hero"

"And that's everything I know Makoto,sorry if I wasn't too helpful."

"No,no you were more than helpful Saya. You cleared up the timeline for me. Before I let you go,promise me you won't reveal the identity of the hero."

"Oh, sure I understand why Hayato's identity would need to be kept a secret with being an underground hero and all."

Makoto nodded his head to Saya's answer."Glad we're on the same page. Kisara's car is over there but before you go tell both of your friends to come. Their version of the story is likely to match up with yours so there's no point in individual questioning."

"Ok I'll go get them." Saya made her way to Trey and Cater and told them where she'll be and that they'll be questioned together.

After the questioning of Trey and Cater they both made their way to Kisara's car. Makoto's theory was proven correct, that both Trey and Cater had identical stories to Saya. Makoto made sure to see them off. Currently Kisara is driving towards Trey's house. As Kisara was driving she made small talk with Trey and Cater to get acquainted with them. They all wished that this was under better circumstances. After the introductions the car drive was a silent one but the atmosphere was very calming. Once parked in front of Trey's house Kisara reached into the glove compartment and took out a card. She turns around and reaches her arm out towards Trey. "Here you go Nakamura." Trey takes the card and looks at it. "It has information about the agency I work at." Kisara withheld her ownership status for the time being. "The number there leads to the front desk. If anything like this should happen again, call this number and specifically ask for me."

"I will, thank you for everything ."

"No problem and goodnight." Trey thanked Kisara once more and said his goodbyes to his friends before leaving the car. Next was to drop off Cater and once they reached her house Kisara said the same things to Cater before her departure. After dropping off Cater, Kisara makes her way towards Saya's house.

(Sasaki household)

They eventually made it and Kisara nudged Snow shoulder since he was dozing off. Snow rose his head up and looked around his surroundings. Looking out the window he saw that they were parked out in front of the Sasaki household. Snow also heard the seat belt unbuckle and did the same. "I'll be right back Kisara."

"Take your time Snow." Kisara said with a soft smile.

Snow takes his leave and heads to the back seat door and opens it for Saya. "Thank you Snow." Saya gets out of the car and Snow walks beside her to the doorsteps. Snow rings the doorbell and turns to Saya. Saya turns towards Snow and instantly gives him a hug. This one was a lot less tighter. After what felt like an hour they slightly broke away and looked each other in the eyes. Snow had a soft smile and Saya felt even more at ease while being in his arms. "I love him." Is all Saya could think of in intimate moments like these. Both the teens' attention was turned to the sounds of the door unlocking. As much as they didn't want to, they quickly separated from each other as the door was opening. Yukina was the first to open the door and envelop Saya in a hug and Akatsuki soon after joining in for a group hug.

"Are you ok!? You're not hurt are you?" Yukina says while looking over Saya.

"I'm fine mom, just tired." Saya says to reassure her mother.

"How are you holding up Snow? Asked Akatsuki.

"I'm fine Akatsuki,thanks for asking."

"I'm glad both of you are ok. Make sure to thank Hayato for us Snow." Snow nods his head. Akatsuki raises his voice so Kisara could hear. "And thank you for getting Saya here, safe and sound Kisara." Kisara shot them a friendly smile and hand gesture acknowledging their thanks. After some more talking Snow said his goodbyes to the Sasaki family and headed home with Kisara.

(Arisato household)

Saori couldn't wait until Snow got home. She just wants to hold her baby boy and never let go. Hayato on the other hand wanted to talk about Snow's actions but he figured that could wait until later. For now he just wants to see his son safe and sound. Saori and Hayato wait anxiously at the front door to see Snow and Kisara.

The sound of the door unlocking brings Hayato and Saori to attention. As the door was opening the moment Saori caught a sight of blue she immediately ran to the door and enveloped Snow in a crushing hug. "OH THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE OK SNOW!"

"Mom….I….Can't…..Breathe!" Snow barely got that sentence out.

Saori quickly loosened her grip from realizing she might be hurting her son. "I'm sorry Snow!" She looks him over and is glad to see there are no marks or scratches on him.

"It's ok mom." Snow says to calm her down. Snow lets out a sigh of relief just to be back home. He starts to look around and sees his father. Hayato wore a relieved expression but Snow knew he had something to talk about. Before he could open his mouth he was enveloped by a warm hug by his father.

"Please don't scare us like that again. I'm not sure if either of our hearts can take it Snow." Hayato finished with a small laugh.

"Sure dad, I promise." When Hayato released Snow from the embrace they let him sit down in the dining room to eat something small. While Snow was eating they told him that they he had nothing to worry about the news or anyone else knowing what he did. Snow was relieved to know that he won't be labeled as a vigilante. But they didn't let him off the hook easily.

"Snow, Makoto already told you what you did today was brave but also wrong. Saori,Kisara and I know you had the best intentions but you could've seriously gotten hurt. Especially when you activated frost end." Hayato finished with concern in his voice.

Snow looked towards his father and was confused about the last part."I activated frost end!? When did I?"

Hayato's look of concern went straight to confusion when he saw that Snow was also confused. "Did you not know you activated frost end? Snow shook his head no to answer the question. "He wasn't hurt badly nor under any extreme stress. Unless…" Hayato contemplates before asking this question but asks anyway to get a definite answer. "This may be hard to remember but, I need you to tell me exactly how you felt during all of it."

Snow breathes in and exhales loudly. "I'll do my best dad." Snow starts to remember the emotions he felt and say them as they came to him. Scared,nervous,determined and to end it angry. "When I was caught I got really angry. If I had stayed scared or nervous the entire time eventually my fight or flight responses would've kicked in for frost end. But I didn't, I'm….not sure what happened."

Hayato and Saori stared at each other. They both knew what they wanted to say, Hayato nodded and Saori spoke. "Here we thought you only had your father's quirk. Snow, you're right if you had stayed in those emotions frost end would've triggered. But it seems like you have a part of my quirk in absolute zero. My emotions can dictate how my rose petals act."

"But don't emotions normally affect quirks?"

Kisara decides to chime in."Not all quirks are affected by emotions. Like my quirk for example, healing touch isn't affected by emotions. It will function the same way regardless of how I feel. The grim reaper's quirks aren't affected by emotions either."

"So….How do emotions affect your quirk mom?"

"When I'm generally in a good mood my rose petals come out a vibrant red. When I'm sad or anything like it my petals come out wilted and dead. Lastly when I'm angry my petals not only come out as a vibrant red but also become sharp. The intensity at which I can make them also fluctuates." Saori finishes explaining and looks at Snow quietly absorbing the information. She sees the serious look on his face and the gears turning in his head.

After some pondering Snow spoke. "From what I understand my anger activated frost end unwillingly?" Snow asked for confirmation and all 3 adults in the room simply nodded. Snow looks at his hands and clenches them. "Things could've gotten ugly not for myself but for those around me….." Snow hung his head in shame. Knowing what could've happened, the feeling of guilt and shame took over rapidly. Snow starts to speak lowly "I'm…sorry"

Snow was then enveloped in a warm hug by his mother. "You don't have to apologize Snow. Everything happened so quickly. You didn't know." Saori knew why Snow was apologizing and wanted to reassure him that everything is going to be alright.

"She's right you didn't know Snow. It's better to know now then to let something bad happen in the future. We may not have a solution yet but all of us plan on helping you in any way we can." Hayato added.

Snow lifts his head up with a small smile. He's grateful to have a supportive,understanding and loving family. To know that his intentions were pure and know he only wishes to help.

Author's notes:

I just want to say I'm extremely sorry for the long wait. I only wanted to take a month off but that month break got out of hand. Like I said earlier I appreciate those who followed and favorited this story. And I'd like to thank those that stuck around for so long. Life comes at you fast and I couldn't really find the time to sit down and write this chapter. Which is why I made this chapter longer to hold people over until 18 is done. Chapter 18 is already planned out. I just need to sit down and type it out. The content for the next chapter will be about the leader of this mysterious group and a lot of background information. Going over events in the past and present.

No references to really go over this time. I just wanted this chapter to be a bridge for the next chapter,slight foreshadowing, a bit of character development and showing a difference between Snow's quirk from Hayato. I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter and I plan on getting this next chapter in a reasonable time.

Again I just want to say I'm sorry for the long hiatus but I'm back and I don't plan on going anywhere until I finish this story along with a few others I have drafted out.

Take care and see you guys next time.