NOVEL NEXT Chapter 28: 28
Midnight stood with her hand on her waist, her arm pushed against her upper assets making them more valuable for the eyes. She wore a very sexy grin, with her eyes on the whole class waiting for her next prey. I stood; I had already chosen my nickname; I went to the front of the class. "Show us what you got, Mr. Representative", she exclaimed with excitement. I flipped the whiteboard I held and said loud, "Pale Specter". The silence roomed, and Midnight's eyes flamed. "A cool name represents your white hair and the fact that you are watching for your allies and waiting for your foes. Not bad, Midoriya, you can go to your seat." She illustrated.
Asui stood tensely. Mina was roasted by Midnight before her, and I was too serious with the name that hers looked like a joke. She took it step by step, walking on a thin wire in front of all these eyes. She stood facing the class and flipped her whiteboard. The class stood with sacred in their eyes and exclaimed to their queen their love by saying her name out loud for the world to know "Froopy…Froopy…Froopy". I watched the class stand just for what Asui did, taking out all the fears of the class to the trash with her name. now, they could express their names out loud with no fear or hesitation. "cute name, Asui, it represents your quirk outright, and it's really cute, so good jo,b, Froopy." Midnight patted her shoulder softly and sent her to her seat next. One by one they stood and exclaimed their names and let Midnight praise them and illustrate why or roast them.
"Now it's my time. thanks, Ms. Midnight," Eraserhead got on his feet and took off the yellow sleeping bag. Midnight waved her hand and left the class without a word. "now I think it's time for real business". He took out 2 big sheets and nailed them to the board. "this one shows how many offers you get from your performance at the festivals" he aimed at the first one with statistics. Momo was on the head with more than 4000, then Tokoyami, Todoroki, me, Kaminari, Ayoama, Ida, and finally Bakugo with one offer. The second one had a headline with Arial "Hero Undertraining". "the one that didn't get one; the UA had its heroes for that purpose and you will have the same "hero undertraining" as the one with offers for you Shinso, due to being in a different course you weren't considered. However, the principle put you under me for hero undertraining process" he pulled a pill of papers, and walked between the seats giving everyone their own paper with his name on it. "the academia organized all of them to suit everyone. for the one with offers, it excluded most of them and left the best of the best except for Bakugo, he had the best already." All eyes landed on Bakugo who returned them with flaming eyes of pure hatred. for no reason, he loves to be like a villain.
I looked at my paper back and forth excluding 6 names from the 10. Leaving 1-Edgeshot 2-Mirko 3-Gang Orca 4-Majestic. I used "dedicate" and closed on myself inside my head.
Edgeshot isn't bad, but our ways of fighting aren't the same. Yet his usage of melee weapons is what kept him on the list. Mirko, I want her moving technics and fighting style, especially since I don't use my legs much. Majestic had a lot under his sleeve, and the vague around his quirk was what kept him on the list, but I will put my curiosity aside; there were no matching skills for me to learn. And that left me with Gang Orca. My best option; his quirk matches perfectly with my new one, and his ability to climb the ranks to 13 isn't bad; maybe if he was less evil-looking and wasn't a full mutant, he would be the 4th or 5th.
I returned normal "Your lessons end here. You have the whole day to think about what way you are taking. It's an important choice you make and it's your first one. Once you choose, inform us and come take your costume" he dragged his yellow sleeping bag and left through the door with a warning "you only have today".
The class spread: some left, some went to the gym, some were in the cafeteria, some in the training fields, and so on. I was in the gym hitting the limit of 700 as my deadlift. I kept deadlifting until I turned dead. "quirks supremacy" I uttered this word. It took me 2 years and some life lessons to realize that people with quirks are like gods to quirkless people like me. We have superior powers and our limits are far more than our imagination. If I used the same "living shotgun" that I used against the Zero robot against Bakugo. I would break some bones and make deep holes but never reach any close to killing him or even stopping him from beating my ass. I wiped the sweat with a small towel. I headed to the bathrooms, but no one was there, and that was very weird. I got naked and went under the water. After refreshing my body and mind, I left the academia with my new costume case; I had ordered it long ago when my former was torn, and when I awoke all these quirks, I needed to change it again. it finally reached my hands.
I walked home after that but I remembered I wouldn't be allowed to enter it without Akira in my hand to prove to Midnight that I apologized for what I said. "good that my costume had a mask." I was still worried about what would come. I chose this way to protect her but it seemed that both of us had to suffer. I sighed and went to a dessert shop and tried to find anything special, yet I'm not a lover of sweets, more into salt, so I chose the classic chocolate box. Nevertheless, it was a simple box, not a heart, not any weird shape, just a square blue box with black tape.
I knocked on the door. Footsteps followed by the door opening. I met the most horrifying eyes I had ever met in my life: the eyes of an angry mother. "is Akira home?" I asked with a cold sweat on my back. "yes," she said with a normal tone. However, in my ears, I heard the melodies of death. "I come to apologise and correct my mistake", I said with my head low. "better you do", she raised her head in a sadistic way and left me in my trauma 'don't annoy a mother' a mental note. I walked in and went to the salon and found no one. So I headed toward her room, and knocked. "come in".
I opened the door to meet the pouted Akira. I walked in, put the box at her desk, and sat on a chair, looking face to face with her. She didn't face me after she saw me. "you said enough yesterday. what do you want to say too?" her voice was drier than ever. "first, I'm sorry," I said with my head low "Okay if that's it; the door is there, and you know where's your home." She said, "Second, both of us felt the meaning of losing someone we love" I continued ", In any second, I might die. My way is the way of my death. and You don't deserve to feel this again". She didn't say anything "I know you know that and you chose that as your path but here comes the third" I stopped to inhale "If anyone searched deep enough he might find the roots of my dead family and if anything happens, I won't be able to forgive myself." I waited any response from her but nothing "fourth, there will be someone better than me out there if you just sear-" "there's always someone better but only one that we want." She cut my talk. She didn't look in my way just pulled her legs to her face.
I stood and went to the bed she was sitting on and sat next to her. I looked at her right hand and noticed that it was normal. "I don't know how my sister saw you as a fucking hero." She said, "The same way my mom did when I was quirkless, they had faith in me while I didn't". we stayed in an awkward silence.
I put my hand over her shoulder. "I bought you some chocolate", I smiled a little "My price is higher than a box of sweet chocolate", she exclaimed. "I know," my smile got wider "Can the precious you lower it for the poor me?". Again I was met with killing silence.
"Izuku, why do you fight?" she asked. "I don't want anyone to feel the pain I felt", I answered with a dead voice, "but I keep failing; I want to learn how to not fail but how when all I do is fail." I added, "Failing is part of the process, and correcting is another part." She said, "I want you to correct what you did" She stood, looked at me with teary eyes, and yelled. I couldn't keep that eye contact and faced the ground "How?".