Akari had eventually let me go. When the match with Katsuki and Kirishima was about to start I left for the prep room. Akari stayed behind wishing me good luck. Though, she had a worried look on her face as I left. When I opened the door to my prep room I saw Izuku bandaged up with a cast on one of his arms sitting on a chair whispering to himself. He turns his head but I immediately close the door and start to walk away.

"Wait! Where are you going," I hear Izuku as he quickly reopens the door.

I took a deep breath, turned, smiled, and said, "I don't know what you're talking about?"

"Why are you walking away," he asks.

"I don't know. Just felt like it."

"Was it something I did? Or is it something else? You don't usually try this hard to avoid me and if you wanted to, you would have just ignored me."

I scratch my head in frustration, "Oh I don't know. Maybe it's because my secret has just been outed. The story events are different and things in the future are unclear. My next match is with Todoroki. Or maybe it's because of something else. It hurts my head just thinking about it."

Izuku grabs one of my arms firmly with the still injured hand. "Then why don't we take it one at a time. There's no need to go through all of it at once," he looked me in the eye.

I looked back into his eyes and felt at ease. I take in another deep breath, "Ok. Sorry. I'm a little bit off the hinge and tired."

"Alright. Now that you've calmed down a little bit, let's take it one step at a time. Your match with Todoroki takes precedence. Do you want to talk about that first?" Izuku lets go of my arm.

"Yeah, let's do that one first," I sigh. "Todoroki… I can beat him but with only one move. I'm not as fast to adapt in battle as you, Katsuki, or Todoroki." I tilt my head downward and break eye contact with Izuku.

"You can't be thinking like that. Aim to win. Know that you can and will win. I've been with you for a long time. I know what you can and cannot do with the fights you have with Kacchan. You don't just have one shot. You have so many options. You can blind him, cloud his judgment with extra emotions, give him your fatigue, wear him out from the sky with your air, use his own ice and fire against him."

"I could do all of that but I'm afraid that my own body will give up on me before Todoroki. Even with you holding back and all he withstood multiple hits from you. I wouldn't have been able to do that. Plus I accidentally used my blinding technique too soon in the tournament because I got too excited so he's probably prepared for that." I crossed my arms and felt like shriveling into a corner. Where did all my confidence go?

"Then mix it up or use multiple of your techniques at the same time. I know you can do this. You just need to get out of that thinking space."

I tilted my head back up a little and made eye contact with Izuku again and I saw that his eye was full of confidence towards me. Was that where my confidence went? I laugh, "I knew this day would come but just when did you get out of that weak little brother phase? It used to be me trying to get you to cheer up but now it's the opposite."

"I haven't gotten out of that weak little brother just yet. I'm still so much weaker than you and Kacchan. But I know you are stronger than both Kacchan and Todoroki. Because you have one strength that they don't have."

"And what's that," Izuku had a smile on his face. It felt like his eyes glowed. And that a sudden gust of wind would come and sweep me away at any moment.

"You are my hero."

These four words that I said from so long ago now said back to me by the same person I said it to. I laugh again, "Hahaha. You can't use my own words to cheer me up. It doesn't work that way." I hug Izuku and he winces in pain, "Thanks for the pep talk. I owe so much to you. I don't plan to win this tournament. Beating Todoroki one-on-one is enough for me. So I'm sorry since I will be hurting myself again."

"Why? Why do you want to beat Todoroki so bad that you are willing to hurt yourself just to beat him?"

"I…" I closed my eyes and crossed my arms to think. Why did I want to beat Todoroki? Part of it was because he beat up my little brother. Another part was because I wanted to prove myself that I can fight just as well as the main characters. But my main reason was simply that my hero is watching me. I got out of the hug and opened my eyes after thinking and said, "I should ask you the same question. Why did you break your arms and fingers just to help Todoroki?"

Izuku became tense but soon relaxed, "Maybe it's a small grudge from him freezing you during the battle training," he chuckled. Then he raised a fist in front of him, "I had to show the world that I am here. But my main reason was that my hero was watching me help the people they couldn't."

It had to be a coincidence that he said that. There is no way he just read my mind. That's not even one of his quirks. I was half thinking I had spoken my thoughts out loud. His real reason should be because he just couldn't stop himself from helping. I flinched when hearing that but I composed myself, "Well I have similar reasons." I turned to leave for the arena but Izuku grabbed my wrist.

I looked back and Izuku was looking at my hand, "I guess this was what Youta was feeling when he thought it was his fault for letting you go back in junior high. Todoroki is a strong opponent. I figured that you would have to go all out. But this time I know you can beat him." He lets go of my wrist, "I'll be rooting for you. Come back soon."

Somehow this little action that he did just didn't sit right with me. Something was building up in me and it was now bursting. I know he is the protagonist and a protagonist who fights for justice but his character not changing even a little with my influences disturbed me. I held the arm he had grabbed after I noticed it was shaking, "I allowed you to be hurt so that other people could be saved. I knew all along that the villains were going to attack but didn't tell anyone which led to Thirteen, Aizawa sensei, and All Might being injured more than they should. You know I'm still keeping secrets from you yet you disregard asking for them. Don't you have an ounce of distaste towards me after hearing the truth about me from me!"

Izuku answered with no hesitation almost like he was expecting it, "Without you, I would have never met Akari or Youta. Without you, I might've given up on my dream to become a hero. Without you, my life would have been darker. So of course I have some distaste towards you! I wish you could hang out with me more. I wish you didn't have to get angry for me. I wish you didn't have to hurt yourself."

I'm still faced away from Izuku and I shout, gripping my arm tighter, "Is that it!? You should be more resentful than that! I could change the story but I choose not to! I could prevent a hero from being injured right now but I'm letting it happen for the sake of someone else's development!"

"Even if you never told me or anyone else about your secrets. Even if you are allowing people to be injured by choosing to keep to yourself. I can't bring myself to resent you."

"If you can't bring yourself to hate me then why don't I give you reasons to. I did lie about not remembering anything. The name you call me isn't even my real name. You would've done everything up until now exactly the same even without me. I could have chosen not to be your sister but I did simply because helping you was convenient for me." I covered my mouth in disbelief. These words weren't mine but it was I who said it. Why did I say it?

Izuku raised his voice, "So you're saying that Akari and Youta are also just people you helped because it's convenient! I don't need Akari's quirk to see that you're lying! You keep relating our lives like it was a story. With character development and events that you can change whenever you want. Then where is your character development and events!"

"If I knew that I would have known everything about who I am by now. And don't bring Akari and Youta into this! They have nothing to do with the story and events!"

"Then what are they if not a character in your story! Because I have an easy time believing in this world full of uncanny abilities that you might have multiple quirks."

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't! I didn't absorb anything when I found out about everyone. Because it turns out I already knew what will happen in the future! But the thing is, I don't remember everything. That's why I had memory issues! Youta and Akari are just big outliers I had accidentally made when my memory wasn't as filled in as it is now!" I used my hand to force my mouth shut to stop myself from saying anything more. Just why am I saying all of this? My head is feeling really fuzzy right now.

"So that's it, they are just outliers to you! What about all the time you spent together with them! Helping them! Wasn't it you who brought them together again! Does it all mean nothing to you!"

(Third Person: Flashback to Izuku's meeting before the Tournament)
"So what did you guys want to talk about," Izuku asked Akari and Youta. They had just entered a prep room for the tournament.

"It's about Akumi," Akari answered in an unsettling manner. Izuku looks at Youta who was leaning on the wall by the door to the room with his eyes closed.

"Wh-what's wrong?" Izuku said with uncertainty.

"Her color… It's not the same as it was before," Akari continues. "Like she's a different person."

"Well, she has been through a lot with the villain attack and all—"

"No! That's not all! If that was all, she would only have a slight change like you and Youta…" Akari shouts.

There was a moment of silence then Youta breaks it, getting off the wall, standing upright arms crossed, and staring straight at Izuku, "On the outside, it looks as though she is completely normal. Fine as she would say it. But I've been keeping an eye on her since the start of UA. It's gradual but it looks like something happened after the villain attack that accelerated it. I had an uneasy feeling and thought that if Akumi was around familiar faces it would make it go away but it didn't. And with Akari here confirming my fears... Izuku, you were there with Akumi when the villain attacked. What happened exactly?"

Izuku understands that they were just as concerned for Akumi as he was and so he explained all he could about the event excluding the secret information about All Might. Both Akari and Youta listen intently, not missing any details. And though Izuku was separated from Akumi for a time during the attack, he knew what had happened to her from the other students who were with Akumi before she was also warped to him.

After Izuku finishes, Youta says, "So that's why. She just kept saying she overused her quirk. That might be true to some extent but…" Youta motions his head towards Akari.

"But that doesn't exactly explain her complete change of color. It was like it was replaced or maybe moved somewhere else. By something else... It's difficult to explain what this means since this is the first time I've seen this but it doesn't seem to interfere with her outward appearances. Akumi taught me to trust my instincts and not just my quirk. In this case, my instincts say she's fine but my quirk says something is wrong," Akari continued. Izuku realized Akari never once activated her quirk during this conversation. "I don't know which to believe."

"I'll talk to her," Izuku says. "I'll find a way to get her to open up. I've been wondering about many things about her myself. I'll get to the bottom of this for all of us." Izuku had always wondered how his sister could act like everything was fine even when it wasn't. He couldn't see that something was wrong with Akumi because he was so focused on controlling One For All. Now that it's been brought into the light Izuku starts to notice that something had changed in Akumi after the villain attack. Especially when the detective Tsukauchi said that Akumi had known nothing about the League of Villains.

Akari is weeping, "I want to be there for her but… I know she trusts you the most out of anyone… We'll do our best at hiding it but please. If anything was wrong it's our job to fix it before it gets worse." Akari saw that whenever Akumi was near Izuku her color would change back for a moment. She had a feeling that Akumi would lie to her if she asked what was wrong. She wants to do something but she knows she doesn't have the ability to do it.

Youta goes to comfort Akari. "Akari is reliant on you for some reason, Izuku. Akumi probably won't open up to us about her inner problems as easily as we did with her. So I guess it's up to you to bring her back before it's too late." Youta had watched over both Akumi and Akari from the shadows. And though he also saw Akari change a bit it wasn't as big of a concern as Akumi. He knows Akumi and she wouldn't be so expressive if it wasn't for something. In Youta's mind if he were to talk with Akumi about this then she would just play it off as a joke and dodge the questioning.

(First Person: Back to the present)
"Akumi Midoriya. Your match will begin shortly. Please proceed to the arena," said a voice through the speaker in the hallway.

I don't know what compelled me to say all of what I just said and to Izuku no less. This was our first real domestic fight since we became siblings. I uncovered my mouth, "I-I should be going now."

I start to walk away then Izuku shouts, "You still haven't told me! Does it all really mean nothing to you!"

I felt tears run down my face as I turned to face Izuku, "Of-of course they meant something to me! They're precious memories! Akari, Youta! They were my first ever real friends in over fifty years! And I will hate to see that this was all fake when I wake up! My past wasn't very tragic but around this age, in my original body, I was so focused on being an adult that I didn't have time to properly enjoy time as a kid! Not because I had to but because I needed to. So that when they passed they wouldn't have to worry about me. I made dumb decisions during that time but eventually, I finally had a grip on everything I needed! But by that time I had no one to enjoy it with! But this time it was different. A new start. But it was just a superhero and villain world that I knew all too well about! But who cares? I've already given up on returning to my old world after ten years here! There's nothing back there that I would want!" Unlike before these were my words that I chose to say. I saw Izuku but my head was still fuzzy and my vision was blurred by my tears. So I couldn't make out what expression Izuku was making. A moment of silence goes by as I wipe my tears and turn away again, "If nothing else needs to be said. I'll be going now."

We didn't laugh and we didn't try to say anything to fix this situation. As I walked away I clutch my head. I had a lot of things going through my head. Memories from my past life were leaking out. Not more memories of this world but memories of what I did in my original world. Just great, why does this all have to happen right before my match with one of the strongest character in the story as of right now.

Forget it, this doesn't matter for now. Only the fight with Todoroki does. I need to win, I have to win. If I don't then I don't know what to do. Why do I even try to be a pro hero? It's not within my capabilities. I guess, deep down I did pity Izuku. Living in this new world has changed my view of things. In the past, I had always managed to avoid conflicts but in this life, it's the exact opposite.

I arrived in the arena. Todoroki was already there. How was this going to play out, I don't know. I guess we are on even grounds because I can tell he still has that same lost persona as before. I could see the crowd cheering but I couldn't even hear it. I knew that present Mic was talking but the only thing I could hear from him is when he announced the start of the fight.

Todoroki's signature giant ice glacier comes and I expect as much as I take to the sky. I didn't use my hands but I was flying. I don't know how I was doing it but it was so much easier to control my flight ability. I look down at Todoroki and it looks like he was waiting for me to make a move. Suddenly my vision went black.