Chapter 4: Training On the Way

Kold's POV

"Mom!" I screamed as I opened the door, but I was just greeted with silence. 'Don't tell me she's out buying groceries, it just got destroyed. There is no way she is going there…' I thought leaving my shoes behind and stomping my way towards the kitchen where she usually is.

"Mom, where are you?! I really need to talk!" I yelled but nothing seems to be answering me at the moment. 'She really is out… but where is she?' I thought, but the most important thing is that I can't really discuss why she decided I should go to UA.

In frustration I shook my hair, trying to ease it by glaring at everything around the kitchen, including the stove, fridge, and anything present in the kitchen. It was like, accusing someone who didn't do anything to you at all. 'I'm sorry… but I really need to blow steam and I don't know how!' I thought angrily, but later then decided to just head to my room to freshen up.

With a quick trip to the shower room, most of my worries and anger washed down the drain. It felt good to let those emotions go, but one thought still remained in my head. How come Mom decided to enroll me to UA, I know I have a quirk and all, but isn't it a little too extreme to just decided to go to UA on a whim.

After that shower Mom is still nowhere to be seen, so I guess she is going to be late or that she had some urgent business to attend to. However, what confused me is that where is mother, this isn't like her to just go and leave me like this, because usually, she would leave a message or some sort to let me know where she is. 'This is not like her at all.'

I started to get worried for her… something might have happened to her without me noticing, this is not like her at all. I look at the clock and it is way past 6 and she would have been here already to prepare dinner an hour ago.

I grabbed my phone, calling her number if there is any chance she could just give me a clue as to where she is so that I can stop worrying over her. The phone rings and it gave me hope that she was alright, and she is coming back anytime soon.

The call answered "Hello mom! Where are you, it's past 6 already where are you? And also I need to talk about UA?" I said in frantic and worry mix into one.

"Hold their short stuff…" a man's voice answered the phone, and it made my worries come back in a second. "We got your mother… and she looks beautiful by the way," the man from the other line said and it is giving me worries like none other. It was like awaiting the results of an exam without me studying for it and hoping to get a good mark.

"Who is this and why do you have my mother's phone?!" I asked in anger, this is not happening to us at all.

"The simple answer my sweet dear child is… I have your mother at my disposal and it was my idea for you to go to UA…" the man said, and it made me boil in anger. So, this man is responsible for letting me enroll at UA without me knowing about it.

"What is this all about?!"

"I just need something from inside the school and I want you to get it for me... in exchange for your mother of course" he replied laughing at the phone hysterically, I might add.

"Can I hear her, just to make sure you didn't do anything to her…" I gritted my teeth in anger, I can be sure about this man, he could just be a snatcher for all I care.

"you really do love your mother… okay," he said and I hear him shuffling the phone towards another person. "You have 3 minutes…" the man said and I hear a door closing from the phone he must have left.

"Mom, are you alright? Do you remember where you are or something?" I asked in a hurry, trying to decipher where could she be and maybe let the heroes know so that they can help me get her out of there.

"No son… do not, I repeat do not let the heroes know or anyone for that matter, I am counting on you to save me on your own," she said in the other line and it made me quite confuse, why won't she allow me to call for help.

"Are you feeling alright mom, why can't I get help?" I asked quietly.

"Yes, I am alright, but I just need you to trust me on this and do what he says" she replied in sorrow and I know when she is keeping herself from crying, she grits her teeth and unconsciously heaps a sigh.

"Mom… are you sure about it?" I asked just to clarify my confusion and I know in stressful situations to trust my mother, she has instincts like Tsunayoshi Sawada's Vongola Intuition.

"Okay… I'll trust you on this one, just be safe… for me mom…" I said trying to reassure myself from her words of assurance or is it just me convincing myself that this is a great idea to trust mom.

"I will be okay, my quirk ensures me of that," she said before the line got cut off from her and the man's voice is back again.

"Now that you know your mother's alright. I'll trust you to get me what I want from UA" the man said, and in anger I gritted my teeth succumbing to what he will say. "Your first mission… is to get into UA, and be sure to show off… I can't let anyone be suspicious of you because of your lack of presence"

'So the option of coming in short of the exams is out' I thought. "You got it… I will definitely get in no problem" I replied.

"I'll text you for the next instruction maybe after you get in, be sure to reply so that I know you read the message" he warned and I took mental note of it. "That's all… and be sure to get in…" he ended with an annoying tone of his voice, he was like teasing me in the other line, like this is just all a game to him.

The call hanged up without even me saying bye to my mother, but that is not the problem at hand right now. I need to get the handle of my quirk to get into UA without a hitch, and I don't even want to know what will happen to my mother if I failed this.

With newfound determination, I grabbed the rest of the decks in my bag and started to uncover all the units I had at my disposal. I started to read every detail I could from the cards and guide books, hoping to find some kind of clue about my new quirk. After reading for hours… nothing, I had nothing, no clue, and no hope to figuring this out. I look at the clock and it's already past 8 and I have never even studied for school or did my homework, and this is getting frustrating.

'I think it's time to get some rest and figure this out tomorrow, I still need to pass junior high before going to UA for hero school work' I sighed in frustration and plopped to bed to get some not deserved rest at all.

****RING******

I woke up in fright, making me stumble out of my bed like someone who witnesses a crime at his house early in the morning. 'Ugh… I need to prepare for school…' with this thought, it made me a little sad that my mom is not here to prepare breakfast for me like always, but another thought burned into my head, this made me determined to accomplish the task the man gave me.

'I need to get my mother back, as soon as possible… I don't know what will happen to her in that man's arms… and the thought of her not eating or worse…' with the thought getting darker and darker, I slapped myself back to reality.

Mother said to trust her, and I need to give her that faith she asked of me. I brushed my teeth got dressed and did not bother taking breakfast because the cafeteria exists when you are in a pinch. While walking, I started to reread the guide books and my cards to just maybe stumble in a clue of some sort.

That is until I bumped into someone without notice, "Ugh…" I groaned falling down at the pavement, with my butt first. "Sorry, you alright?" someone asked handing me his hand to help me get up from sitting in the road.

I looked up to the person and see the most gorgeous blue hair and eyes on the planet, he is beautiful at first glance, to top it off he also displays that sincere and friendly smile that can melt anyone's heart. "Y-yeah…" I answered taking his offered hand.

"I'm sorry for stumbling at you like that" he apologized scratching his cheeks in embarrassment.

"O-oh no! It wasn't your fault, it's mine… I wasn't looking where I was going…" I spat in embarrassment and this made him laugh at my awkwardness.

"Is that… Vanguard?" the boy asked.

"Yeah… you play?" I said trying to strike a conversation, not really caring that I may be late for school…. 'Well, I do worry about school but I can skip a few classes here and there, I am not that dumb of a student to not go'

"I love it! Especially when playing with my friends, but the most special part is that you have to imagine them to actually play it. I mean, there are machines for it, but I think imagining it, suits the game much better!" He said in joy, happily smiling while talking about vanguard.

"You must really love the game that much…" I mumbled out and another round of embarrassment came from him.

"S-sorry... did I blabber too much?"

"No, it was relieving that someone actually knows the game… my mother said that it is slowly becoming forgotten by the people with all these heroes popping left and right" I explained and I think he got the gist of what I was pointing out.

"Yeah… however after that one incident at that shopping district it rekindled the light that was already lost, that's what it feels to me," he said shrugging his shoulder.

"Why do you think so?" I asked curiously as to why he thought of such a thing.

"Well… if you think about it, Vanguard relies heavily on the image one can picture… if people start to forget, then they'll start to perish like a speck of dust in the wind, remembered but then forgotten" he explained, "It's quite a sad thought though…' looking down at his wrist and when he noticed his watch it was already 8. "Is that the time! I better get going!" he said running off like a speed star.

"I didn't even get his name…" I thought looking disappointed as to why I didn't ask for a name.

With that encounter at the back of my mind, I sped towards school, not because of worry but because I don't want any unwanted attention as to why I am late today.

I arrived at the school in time for the third period to start, and I am quite relieved that nobody asked where or why was I late for some unknown reason. As I sat on my seat at the very front I thought back to what the blue-haired kid and I talked about. He said that the game Vanguard relies heavily on the image one can picture…

A sudden thought came rushing in my brain like a dam that broke because of the weight, 'What if my quirk relates to imagination… what if I just need to imagine them here and now to summon them' the thought of that excited me for some reason. Thinking back at what happened in the shopping district, I didn't think of anything except for the thought of making the fire go away.

This line of thought I had taken it down into the guide book, at the very front which I also read

"Imagine… you have stepped foot in the planet Cray leading your soldiers to battle. You are the Vanguard, the one that leads the clans to Victory"

This may be also a clue at what I needed to do, in order to activate my quirk, 'I should definitely do this at home when I get back from school!.'

Tons of ideas came rushing into my mind like none other, it was a flurry of ideas that I need to quickly do, uncover, and maybe make another idea out of it. This kind of thing really makes my mind boil in excitement. But all those thoughts got hindered because of the sudden image of my mom trapped in something that I didn't know. I griped my knuckles until it turned white and I may have been spilling Killing Intent without me noticing.

"Did the room just suddenly turned cold? Or is it just me…" some of my classmates asked and at that moment I noticed that I am getting angry by the minute when I keep thinking of my mom.

"It's just the wind outside no need to worry, except for a pop quiz!" our history teacher said holding papers above his head like a child being given his favorite toy to play with.

"Ugh… come on!" "No! I didn't even study last night!" "I hope it's easy though..." these are what most of my classmates thought, or say and I was just plain worried too because I couldn't review last night for the reason that I was up late studying the cards and guide book like it is the end of the world. 'It is technically the end of my world if I lost my mom this early.'

I mentally slapped myself for thinking such a thought and focused on my studies at this moment, I looked back at the two childhood friends for curiosity's sake, if they were still the same the other day or had gone back to normal. But it proved to be a new record because Midoriya looks really tired, and then Bakuguo is still ignoring the presence of Midroiya and the entire class.

I looked back at my quiz paper, just wishing the day to end so that I can practice my quirk or just get started into training, because I have roughly wasted a week from the 10 months of training, and I need to step up my game because I am behind everyone else that wants to go to UA.

Hi there, if anyone is reading this I hope you guys can forgive me for not updating yesterday. I was initially planning to upload but then the weather and my body couldn't cooperate with what I planned for the day and I was mostly bedridden for the entire night and day. So, I hope you forgive me for the late update but in the future, I'll try and uphold my schedule in updating every Tuesday.

Thanks for reading and being understanding, if you did not, then I am sorry but I hope this update will suffice for it. See you next time guys for the next update.