Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Palm of my Hand. Enjoy the 4300-word chapter. I do not own MHA, Shonen Jump, Kohei Horikoshi, and a few others do.
Kendo hummed and looked at Shou, only paying as he sighed, looking down at the ground, something that continued to vex him. it always would, always seemed in the brief time they had been a team what needed to be dealt with for now.
Kendo could hum as he looked downwards at the time being and yet he seemed to try and figure it out.
Shou was utterly thrown off for now, something that continued to vex him in more sort of ways. He sighed before he looked at the ground, water slowly starting to try and figure it out.
She sighed and grabbed his hand before clenching her hands over her fingers. She had a lot more to grow through and she knew that he had to keep going as well as did she know.
"Are you going to be, ok?" Kendo asked as she watched him hum.
"Just a bit thrown off, for now, something is bugging me… There are a lot of things for now, all of this is getting to me… Not you. The mission, I mean." Kendo heard as she sighed.
"Hero work is scary, isn't it? There are a lot of things in life that are not easy to deal with…. But I can understand what needs to be done… There are a lot more things we have not dealt with yet… Just too much." Kendo said as Shou nodded and looked downwards for a moment.
"You, ok?" Shou asked as Kendo hummed and sighed to herself, unwilling to say much.
She was tired as she refused to let their hands down for now, she hummed to herself, looking at Shou as he looked at her while sighing. He knew point blank how awkward it was for now, something about it seemed to keep banging around their brains.
"Life is very weird when it comes down to it, you know. So much about is going to be weird… Both of us go to a superhero school, dealing with saving the world… Well, maybe you… I do not know how to control all this power yet I am going insane because of it." Kendo heard as she hummed, looking down at the ground with amusement on her face.
She nodded and leaned on the streetlight next to her. She was utterly thrown off at the time, knowing what else seemed to matter would continue to keep growing now.
She hummed, watching him sigh to himself, ready to try and explain himself again and again… So much more the better at the time being… There was a lot to unravel and yet she did not know it.
"You don't know what is going on, do you?" Kendo asked as Shou shook his head before he hummed as he sighed to herself.
Kendo could only watch, not knowing what to try and figure out. She did not even know what to say next as the terror within her threatened to double down, something that had to keep going… It was an urge that had to keep banging around her brain.
What she did do next? It really would not at all matter for now, something that had to be a bother for now, a desire to try and figure it all out.
She did not know Shou, did not understand him but she was well aware of what was going on for now, a desire to surpass herself at the moment.
Who were they? Whom were they going to be at the end of the day? Something about it seemed to be odder and odder… A measure of madness that could only continue to grow for now… It felt odder and odder now, a desire to try and see and try something that could and would allow something before she sighed.
"You're nervous about not doing good enough to get into UA?" Kendo asked as Shou frowned.
"Yes, not doing good enough to try and figure out where I am going to be in school among other things. There is a lot of life in the world and a lot of quirks and I get the ability to splash people with water." Shou said before laughing to himself for now.
"It almost makes me want to laugh if it wasn't so pathetic," Shou said as he sighed and then looked downwards at the ground.
"You are not pathetic… You just do not know what you are going to do when hero work happens." Kendo added before he hummed.
"Life isn't going to be easy, sometimes you fall down and sometimes you need to get up and keep going," Kendo said, clutching his hand as water ran down his fingers.
"This is not the most perfect quirk, Kendo. I do not know what the hell to do with this quirk. I do not even know how to control it, Kendo." Shou said before he sighed to himself and looked downwards.
"Are you going to be, ok?" Kendo asked as she hummed to herself and then sighed. "Life is not easy, you know… That is why we have quirks to help when it comes down to it." Kendo said before she hummed and smiled.
Shou was able to figure out as he hummed, they had something else to deal with as he snapped his fingers once more and sighed once more. She was right, however, which made him feel off as he sighed to his mind once more.
He clicked his tongue against the roughness of his mouth. This was not going to be odder than usual than it would be usual.
It felt very odd for now, odd in a way that it only seemed to make sense when it was broken and when it was all smattered across the ground… They had so much more to try and do for now, a desire to end it for now, something that continued to be superior to him for now.
He sighed to try and figure it all out. So much more time spent pondering something that had to be confirmed for now, a desire to end it for now… A lot more than he had dealt with for now.
He had a lot more problems on his mind to try and relax once more. He cracked his fingers and then looked down at the ground, smirking to himself as he looked upwards and into the sky a few seconds later.
His mind was utterly unable to fight out as he relaxed once more. This would not end, not even for a moment as he relaxed once more, they had so much to try and figure out as he looked downwards at the ground.
They continued to walk, unsure and unable to do something about it all.
"We have got a lot more to see and do… And part of me seems to try and figure it out properly." Shou said as he continued to walk forwards.
She did not let her friend remove his hand, not out of some crush the two had on their sort of thing, both could tell the other was scared in some sort of way. He was scared, she was scared, and friends stuck together.
That only meant they had a lot more to keep sticking together at the end of the day, something that had to keep growing.
"We can figure it out as friends," Kendo said, offering a smile as he nodded to himself.
"You know we are probably going to be screwed when it comes to school… I uh, I think when it comes down to it." Shou said as Kendo hummed.
"U.A. is not that tough to get through when you have friends. The school has a lot of people with quirks." Kendo reminded him to which Shou hummed and looked downwards.
"Doesn't mean every single hero wants to be friends sadly, I couldn't tell from looking at you that you'd be a good friend," Shou said as Kendo hummed.
"Guess we just have to figure out who is a friend and who isn't," Kendo stated as Shou nodded. "I memorized every single hero in our class, all that's missing is me asking them," Kendo said to which Shou nodded and raised an eyebrow.
Shou did not at all know what to try and do next but he did know that more heroes would exist at the end of the day. Something about it all seemed to become better and better, making him eager to try and figure it out for the time being.
Whatever they do next? He could get behind it sooner or later, it was fun to a degree and he wanted to be more and more open with what he was… Hopefully at the end of the day, something that he could only continue to deal with for now.
They had so much to deal with, so much they could continue to fixate upon sooner or later.
So much had to be dealt with before now and ended oddly of now. She did not even want to know can and where they should go next, only that she and he were going to walk the same path for now.
She hummed and clutched his fingers tighter, wondering if he had run if she did not stop him. Maybe he wanted her to, but he did not fight it as much as she expected him to for now which had to mean something at the end of the day… They had a LOT more in common now.
She knew point blank that he was trying to put up the façade of being brave, there were rapid blinks in his eyes. He was rubbing his side with his free hand, and the one hand she clasped within her own was sweaty and clammy.
"I'm scared too, you know," Kendo said as Shou turned to look at her. "UA is one of the top hero schools around, getting in is not at all easy. Then you got to work hard to get in there, work a lot harder than you have ever worked to stay there, and cut it as a hero." Kendo said before clutching his hand.
"Maybe we aren't friends but we trust the other a little, yeah?" Itsuka asked as he blinked but shyly nodded. "Then I'll be brave for you and you can be brave for me, ok?" Shou heard as he nodded to himself and looked downwards at the ground, something about it all seemed to keep growing now.
Both heroes turned to look downwards at the ground, all too prepared for what to see and do next. It was a long time for them to grow and both were perhaps scared of what to see and do at the next moment.
"You still uh…. Holding my hand." Shou said as Itsuka shrugged.
"It is fine, dude. I am not mad about it… I want you to know I have got your back so I am going to keep doing what I think I got to do at the end of the day." Kendo said before she hummed.
"That, and I have a feeling you are going to run away in fear if I do not. We are both going to UA, might as well go at the same time." Itsuka said as she looked downwards at the ground.
"I am not THAT scared," Shou said as he looked downwards at the ground.
"Dude, you're sweating a LOT for someone who's on their first day of school," Itsuka said as she smiled. "As I said, do not be. I will be brave for you. It is what needs to come next, that is the important thing." Itsuka said before she looked downwards at the ground, amused more and more at the end of the day.
He could only sigh, aware of what came next at the end of the day, unsure of what needed to be done at the end of the day… This was not something that needed to be properly done at the end of the day… This just was not going to be her day.
Perhaps life was odd but he did trust her at least, trusted her enough to know something like this would not end well at any point.
Shou did not know and part of him did not care… They had enough at any juncture and knew where this was going, knew where it was going to lead for now.
She knew again and again with each little measure of peace once more, something that could keep growing more and more at this moment, this was not going to end anytime soon, she did not at all know what to see and do for now.
She looked downwards at the ground before she clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth. She sighed once more and then clicked her fingers against her.
Her hands enlarged, and water flowed over his fingertips, wrapping like a snake in the grass as she did so. Something about it all seemed to be building up into a crescendo like this.
"You ok yourself?" Kendo heard Shou hum and then looked downwards at the ground, continuing to try and figure out what his next move was.
He cracked his fingers as he hummed to himself, ready to face the music coming his way, music he knew for a fact would not be finished anytime soon, it was not going to be easy… But he was not a coward. Is this going to get him further along the road than before? Then so be it.
She still did not let go of their hands, knowing that it was better to face the fear together, combined as a team for now, and knowing that whatever came next? It was better to face them as a pair, a team to the very end.
She clicked her fingers against one another as she seemed to try and see what to do against the roof of his mouth. She had a lot more to see and do anyway.
"Are you ok? There are a lot of things at the end of the road that we are going to need to adapt to." Kendo stated before she sighed and looked downwards at the ground.
"I am going to be ok at the end of the day…. What about you?" Shou asked before he raised his eyebrow.
"I'll be good as long as you are," Shou stated before he sighed, frowning to himself once more. "The longer we act at the end of the day? The more we can act closer and closer." Shou said before he looked downwards at the ground.
He did not at all know what to try and figure out what to see and do next before it all came to an end at the moment… They had a very long amount of mercy at the time being, she was going to keep feeling utterly honest for now.
This was odder and odder now yet he was utterly relaxed once more, he would keep going and going… Knowing that whatever came next? He had a lot more on his brain once more as he clicked his tongue.
The boy said nothing, knowing that he could be allowed to relax, knowing that if anything? He had a LOT more to try and deal with for now. He had a LOT more to try and figure out as of now… It would be dealt with but unwilling to try and deal with it all.
She was certainly odd, managing to make it so even he and he alone might have some trouble dealing with it all… Yet? He had a little more amusement on his face.
Perhaps he had gone mad. Shou would not doubt it, he did not doubt it at this point but he did doubt the idea that he had been able to regain it at any point.
Shou paused only to look at Kendo. She smiled; her teal-colored eyes seemed only to gleam with energy.
Perhaps it meant something… But to him? it meant little, little in the face of what was coming.
"Your… Going to hold my hand the entire way, aren't you?" Kendo heard.
She nodded, tightening her grip upon his hand. He felt her fingers, elongated enough, wrap inwards around his, gripping them like a spider gripping its prey and ensnaring them, interlocking them with hers.
Shou merely rolled his eyes, realizing he could not even move his fingers to attempt to unlock them much less run away. It felt almost like she WANTED to try and drag him to U.A. No matter how he felt.
"You should know that the longer the walk? The sillier this is going to be dealt with one way or another." Shou said before Kendo shrugged. "Nothing is stopping me from running when we get there," Shou stated before he hummed as he looked to the ground.
He sighed before he sighed to try and figure out something, he had a lot of time as he looked downwards at the ground. He did not know what was going to be dealt with for now as he smirked at him, he had a lot more problems for the time being.
All of it seemed to be dealt with, all of it, an idea that was not utterly thrown off… He had a lot more to try and figure out.
"So… You said you wanted to be a hero to help others? Is this your way to try and help me for now?" Itsuka heard as she paused before she looked downwards at the ground.
Yet? it seemed to try and figure something out for now… He had a VERY large amount of mercy that could be dealt with for now… It would not be dealt with in its way.
"Yep," Itsuka stated before she looked downwards at the ground.
This was not going to make him relax even a little bit, for now, it would not need to relax… He would need to be able to relax, to tire himself out for now, exhausting his options, not willing to try and figure out as of the time being.
What did he deal with? It would be fun if he hummed to himself and again.
Perhaps it continued to be something that he could deal with… Yet? Shou laughed internally, knowing what would come next as a result… He had a LOT of anger, a LOT more to try and figure something out.
He said nothing as of now… It would continue to deal with, for now, it was a madness that had been dealt with… A lot more to try and deal with… It could not and would not be something that cut through more and more… An idea that would not be dealt with anytime soon.
Yet? He for the life of himself that he could cut through for now. Kendo seemed utterly relaxed, unsure of what it seemed to be dealt with, they had a LOT more to deal with, a LOT.
"So, what do you think we are going to be dealing with when we get there? School is not going to be easy, not when they have so much to deal with." Itsuka heard before she looked to the sky.
Shou had a LOT of options on his head as he paused to look around the room, the street began to feel more like a hallway, ever-expanding as he looked to the grey streets ahead of them.
He had been silent, collecting his thoughts in his way. He paused, closing his eyes before he looked downwards at the pitch-grey street. It felt more and more like a tomb.
He had been utterly thrown off by her and by everyone else, it had been something that he had dealt with in its way.
"I don't know to be honest," Kendo stated before she paused, utterly thrown off now.
She clenched her fist, pausing to take a deep breath, knowing what was going on. She did not want to bother Shou but she did not want to push something that could be kept dealing with for now.
Yet? She would not back down, not now, not ever. Kendo would be damned if she did not manage to become a hero at the time being.
It would not deter her at the end of their day… Not when it could be dealt with personally. She had other options to try and figure out and this just pushed her further and further down the road.
Shou for his part simply did not care, not wishing or caring what would be dealt with for now… All madness within her was going to be dealt with slowly and surely. This was just going to be dealt with for now and for good.
They had a LOT more to try and figure it all out for now. They had a LOT more to try and cut through for now.
Their madness seemed to confuse them more and more with each second, that alone seemed to keep them going and going, convinced it would have been for nothing otherwise… To be fair?
They had more and more madness that she could be fighting through for now … Too easily done with, dealt with for now, and a measure which had been done and dusted.
It was too hard to figure out and much too hard to fathom, he was scared, he had a lot on his mind and all Kendo was doing, kneading her fingers deeper into his? That was just making him shyer.
"I think there are a lot of things they can do if I am honest. It will be a lot harder to think of it that way but it is something fascinating at the end of the road." Kendo heard as Shou hummed.
"Nervous about school or me?" Shou heard.
"Both you are intense and so is this school. I can think of several different ways you terrify me but I will bring it down to one, you are too intense for me to be less scared of." Shou stated before he hummed.
"You are making me less scared of the school and more scared you will rip my hand off if I don't keep walking with you don't seem to be scared of anything," Shou stated before pausing to think.
There was a lot more to try and figure out. Shou could tell that she cared less about trying to be utterly done with her antics and utterly relaxed. He felt like he was diving through butter and then swimming into the fire at the end of the day and all of it? all of it just seemed to be more intense than relaxed.
He paused, tired, worn down only by something.
This was just too much to this as Kendo paused, relaxed, tired for now as she paused to keep relaxing for now, too tired, and then unsure of what will be as of now. This was a lot more to try and figure something out.
She paused, interested in what was coming, in the idea of something beyond this, it was just too much to try and figure out, too much to deal with for now.
The idea, for now, is a click in the chaos which would continue to be something to keep growing for now. It made them think for now and then keep thinking of it.
This was going to hurt, it would burn brightly then die out sooner or later, it meant something to be cut through for now, an idea that meant something to be utterly baffled. It was beyond saving, beyond all cuts to the idea… There was little to see and do next, it meant something beyond it all at the end of the day and it would be done and dusted.
Something about it all meant something to him, too tiresome to relax and finish, it was a lot harder to swallow than before.
Yet? He cut into it like butter, he cut all the way down to the quick, an idea which buried him, which seemed to be making him wish to relax and then pause to finish it for now.
There was a lot more to this, something he could relax upon dealing with this all… He had a lot more to this… And yet? he had been too interested in what was going to be too relaxed for it all to end for now as he cracked his fingers to be relaxed once again making it for now.
Shou was tired, too interested in what needed to be said and done… He had enough amusement left on himself to realize he had been too exhausted for now, too interested in what was going on for now, he had been too interested in something like this.
There was a lot more to this than this, for now, pausing to think for but a moment.
He had no such reason to think otherwise, no logic within him saying that it could be done and could be relaxed. He had been too interested in what was coming next as Kendo held their hands up like some sort of trophy. She knew that he had been too relaxed, too unable to fathom it.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out next chapter will be delayed. The next chapter will end up being in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words and will end up showing both Kendo and Shou reaching U.A. Until then? Lighting Wolf out!