TRAINING CAMP, DAY ONE, 1:30 PM
There were rustles heard and the three adults perked up, they got the bucket of ice and water ready. (Y/n) appeared, she was in a fairly rough shape—there were gashes all over arms and surprisingly legs. Her uniform shirt was torn and dirty while her face was scratched up all over. Her nose was bleeding—the blood traveled to her neck. "Did you really have to...give me all of the big monsters?"
She limped and fell face flat—a groan passed her lips as the grass dug into her skin. "Aw come on little kitten! You did great, your classmates still have a long way to go even if they have smaller monsters." Pixie Bob tried to encourage but failed as the girl groaned out louder. "You look like shit." She sent a glare towards the black haired man "At least i don't look like shit everyday stupid old geeze-!"
Ice cold water was poured onto her body making her relax—her forearms muscles had stretched and it hurt. "More." She was still overheated—the water had evaporated only some seconds after touching her skin. "Woah! How hot does your fire get? The water evaporated by just touching your skin." Mandalay got closer and poked the girls cheek.
"Ouch!" she flinched back as a small touch was enough to burn. Her finger turned red and she blew on it "Now...who in the right mind..?" (Y/n) pinched the bridge of her nose with a sigh. "Hey Kota! Bring the hose!" the little boy did as told but with the same scowl. "Who's the kid?" she questioned and stayed up in the same position on the ground but with her face turned to look at the people around her. "Mandalays second cousins son." she nodded.
The little boy brung the hose over and walked away after—Aizawa took the chance and hosed the girl off. It only took five minutes for her skin heat to cool down, but she was still hot. "Go take a shower—the hotsprings will be for later today." she stood up weakly and followed Mandalay who lead her throughout the camp. The girls and boys were separated so she put her suitcase in the room—and took out different clothes to use.
The soap made her gashes sting but the blood washed away—thankfully she brung another towel to dry herself with for the rest of the week. The one she used after the shower was now stained with blood, there was a knock at the door. "Might want to hurry up, the Pussy Cats want you to help them make dinner." she rolled her eyes and slid her tank top on. "Okay, i'll be right there." she placed her dark blue track pants on and some socks.
The blue haired girl grabbed her things and put them back inside of the travel bag; Entering the kitchen—Mandalay and Pixie bob were still in their hero costumes, cooking. She didn't see the little boy anywhere in sight "Hey (L/n)! Eraser told you that you would help us cook right? It's a lot of food so we sort of need some help." She nodded with a small smile "Yeah of course."
Kota arrived with a box of vegetables in his arms, (Y/n) felt comical lighting pass through her head and her body moved before she could even think a single thought. The boy slipped on a pencil that had fallen onto the floor—thus making the vegetables fall and he was sent tumbling. The thing that made her move on her own was the fact that he was heading straight for the stove—the stove that had multiple pots of very hot substances.
He crashed into it—thankfully only his back, but it made the pots rock frontwards. "Kota!" Mandalay and Pixie Bob dropped everything and started running. The boy looked up only to find two metal pots heading right for him, his eyes widened and then were screwed shut tightly. He braced for impact with his arms covering his head—it never came.
(Y/n) grabbed the pots and pushed them back, only a little bit of the food spilled but it was fine. Everyone paused and processed "Oh my god..." the blonde was the first to react and quickly rushed over along with the other pro in the room. "Are you okay Kota?!" Mandalay quickly checked him for any injures but he didn't really say anything—only looked towards the girl who was flicking food off of her hands.
They looked red—"I'm fine." he got up and stormed away. She glanced at him "I'll go check on him, don't worry." The two pro heroes nodded and went back to cooking while she quickly followed after the five year old—she grabbed the hat that had fallen off of his head. 'How far did this kid go?!' she been looking for him for a while—maybe she was a little bit lost...but that didn't matter right now!
The blue haired girl made it to a cliff eventually, the boy had his knees to his chest as he just stared at the view. "Oi, here's your hat, you dropped it on the floor when—well, you know. You hurt your arm." She pointed out the small cut on his forearm, it looked like it was bruising. "What are you doing in my secret hideout?! Did you follow me!" He stood up with a hostile aura, she rose an eyebrow.
"Oh, secret hideout? Im sorry, i didn't know—i'll leave you be if you'd like. Just wanted to give you your hat back." she threw the hat and it swiftly landed onto his lap. She stuffed her hands into her track pants pockets and started walking back to camp. "Wait—!" she paused and glanced back. "Uh, yeah?" she turned to face him again. "Why?" she shifted her weight to her left leg "Why what kid?"
He turned away with a pink tint of embarrassment on his cheeks. "Why'd you save me?" He turned back around but only to be greeted by a small boop on the nose "Why not?" (Y/n) leaned back up and started walking towards the main camp. Kota got up from his criss cross position and placed his hat on—he followed after her. It was out of character for him but he wanted to know.
Who just was (Y/n) (L/n)?
Weird question, but he wanted to know why she was first out of everyone else, why did she leave all of her friends behind? Why did se have such bad drawbacks? Why did she have such odd features like those weird birthmarks that people rarely have nowadays? Why did she have two quirks that were so different from each other? And why did it look like natural instinct for her when she saved him from getting hurt? "Hey wait up!"
The black haired boy struggled to catch up with the tall and fast walking girl—he doubled over with heavy breaths. She stopped in her tracks "Want me to carry you?" she smiled at him cheekily but he scowled "I walk just fine." She kept her cheeky smile and lifted him by his armpits. He would've struggled but he realized how high he was—it would hurt falling.
So he let her place him on her shoulders and start walking—he wrapped his small arms around her head for balance and she grabbed his legs. "So, what's on your mind little dude?" she ducked down and the branch barely grazed his hat. The five year olds lips went lopsided "Who are you?" She knew what he meant by that, she would understand his confusion too. "I'm (Y/n) (L/n), hero in training and super cool vigilante with a psychotic yakuza boss as a father."
"Waddya think of that?" she offered a playful smirk and he gifted her with a dumb expression "You're crazy old hag." She gaped "What?! I'm only older by eleven years, i'm not a middle aged woman i'm a high schooler!" she reminded and he only stuck his tongue out at her. "Old lady." Her veins popped out comically "Little shit."
TRAINING CAMP, DAY ONE, 5:20 PM
"The rest of the litter is almost here." Pixie Bob announced with a hand covering her eyes from the sun. "That took a lot longer than i expected it to." The burgundy haired woman commented. (Y/n) licked her chapped lips and looked up as there was rustles along with heavy breathing. Shoto had frostbite all over his right side, Bakugos forearms were throbbing, Iidas engines were stalled, making him limp.
Midoriya was worn out, Kaminari was in his quirk overuse mode, Uraraka was about to throw up, they all looked pretty...rough. Most fell to the ground in a similar way like she did herself. "You said it would only take like three hours and (Y/n) is already here!" Sero groaned also falling to his knees and then face planted to the ground. "I guess we time it based on how long it would take us...sorry."
"Now you're bragging about how much better you are? That's so mean." Sato frowned as Kirishima who was next to him—fell on his butt "I'm starving! This is hell." his stomach rumbled loudly. Pixie Bob put her paws up to her face. "Meow meow meow meow meow, i thought it would take you kids even longer to get here but you did much better against my dirt monsters than i thought. You guys were seriously great especially...the four of you!"
The hero pointed at Iida, Bakugo, Midoriya and Shoto. "It seems like you've got quite a bit of experience." she licked her lips ready to pounce on the four. "Gonna have fun three years from now! I'm marking them as mine!" she launched at them, they got into a defensive stance. The blue haired girl appeared in a flash and caught the woman by the collar, she dangled from her clutch with her lips still puckers and paws twitching.
The blonde squirmed as the four slowly opened their eyes—they had expected to have been pounced on but noticed a dark aura behind the woman. "Touch my darling and that'll be the end of the line for you freaky spinster." (Y/n) let go and walked over to the four "Thank y-!" she walked right past the other three and went straight towards Todoroki. She threw him over her shoulder easily and he just dangled.
The girl then stuck her tongue out at the woman on the grass. "No fun~!" she cried out with comical tears rolling down her face. "Mandalay, has she always been like this?" Aizawa questioned with a raised eyebrow, the latter shrugged nonchalantly. "She's worried about being a spinster forever." Midoriya turned to her. "A spinster? You're that old?"
"Who's old? Not me!!"
"Hey, i've been wondering since we got here earlier." The green haired boys voice was muffled due to the paw on his face—it covered his mouth. "That boy, who's child is he?" he questioned. "Oh! This little guy—he's actually my cousins son. He just lives with us now, don't be shy Kota. Say hi to everyone, you're going to be around them for the next week after all." he walked up to the boy.
"Hi, i'm Midoriya from U.A high school's hero course. Nice to meetcha." he bent down slightly. (Y/n)s eyes widened as she recalled what he had suggested to the little boy earlier before the class had arrived. "Wait, Midoriya That's not a good idea!" she yelled but it was already too late. Kota had already punched Midoriya in the balls, the teen paled considerably with a small grunt.
He started falling and the blue haired girl caught him by the upper chest. Shoto was still on her shoulder, but he was sleeping—the warmth got to him. "Holy shit!" she gaped as Iida came running over "What a low blow! You fiend of a child! A punch to the scrotum is unforgivable!" he yelled out. "Hey nephew! Why'd you punch Midoriya in the junk?!" Mandalay turned to face him.
"I cant abide by jerks who want to be heroes." the black haired boy glared with gritted teeth. "Abide?! How old is this kid!" Bakugo surprisingly smiled "Cute kid." (Y/n) side-eyed him while she let Midoriya in the class reps arms. "He's like a mini version of you, you two are a lot alike." The ash blonde snapped his head towards her "A lot alike? Buzz off. Don't wanna hear anything from you Ms. Threw-The-Match." she snickered quietly.
"Still hung up over that? Sorry." she back handedly apologized. "Enough playing around, get your stuff off the bus. Once your bags are in your rooms we'll have dinner in the cafeteria. After that you can bathe and sleep. Tomorrow your training starts in earnest, you'd better get a move on." the black haired teacher gestured everyone into the buildings doors.
(Y/n) entered the cafeteria to everyone chatting and eating simultaneously. She quietly sat down next to Todoroki who was next to Tokoyami and in front of Koda. "Are you not going to eat (L/n)?" She blinked as the whole place went quiet and turned to her— 'What is everyone looking at me for..?' she looked at the food—her stomach churned and her throat itched "Nah, not hungry." They continued.
Kaminari gasped and stopped eating "I smell beef!" he exclaimed and Kirishima next to him also perked up, they turned towards Pixie Bob. "Hey wait you got meat over there?!" the ex-vigilante grimaced at mushed up food in their mouths that they were unconsciously showing. "Well yeah, geez; It's like you guys haven't eaten in a week or something. Anyway, today is the only time we're doing this for you so make sure you kids enjoy it."
"Can you pass me that cup of water (L/n)?" she nodded and grabbed the clear red cup with her body slightly shifting to the right. Her fingers tense around the plastic and she quickly set the cup down before she could drop it. 'Ouch.' Another gash had appeared on her middle finger—her hands throbbed and cramped up. 'That hurts.' she placed hands down on her lap to keep anyone from noticing. 'What a pain, literally.'
(Y/n) pursed her lips as she pressed down on the fake silicone colored skin. The layer wouldn't come off because of the water, would it? She couldn't risk them finding out about her tattoos right now, it would be such a pain to deal with. She wrapped herself in the towel and fixed her hair to cover the noticeable parts of the layer on her back—entering the hot springs, it was humid. The girls were splashing around carelessly.
"Hey (L/n)! Why did you take so long!?" Mina whined out and she just shrugged "Fixing something." She walked closer to the edge and dropped the towel off of her body—thankfully no one was looking so she quickly got in the warm water. Her eyebrows furrowed "Hey, does it feel hot enough for you guys? Or is it just me?" They were fairly surprised she was talking to them but appreciated it either way.
"Well, it's sort of humid but..." Asui trailed off and Hagakure nodded—probably. "Oh, alright." the blue haired girl sunk her body in lower and her eyes flickered like flashlights. Steam started to roll off of the water as the area got warmer. The girls sighed in sync, the water made their muscles relax. The pink haired girl got overly excited and bounced over to the other who's eyes stopped flickering.
Before she could react—Mina threw herself at her "Thanks (Y/n)-chan!" she clung onto the girl like a koala—accidentally flashing her along with smothering the girl with her chest. The ex-vigilante gripped the girls bare hips before she could fall off of her 'Oh my god...OH MY GOD..!' her face turned beet red as she continued to cling onto her. "Yo..You're welcome Mina." There were three jealous auras that raged.
(Y/n) would've laughed if she wasn't being smothered—Jiro, Uraraka, and Yaoyorozu huh? She's been trying to ignore them for a while now since she knew they had feelings for her, along with some of the boys in the class though some of them really haven't figured out their feelings yet. But they were just confused, they didn't know her—they fell in love with the illusion of being with someone that wouldn't give them what they want.
They were just confused.
They were confused because if they truly knew who she was they would fear her, be cautious around her. Their actions and attitude towards her were nothing—they weren't actually in love with her. People tend to throw that word around too much even if they don't know the true meaning to it, or maybe it was just her who didn't know what it truly meant to love someone. So she never bothered messing around with it—tender kisses on the forehead weren't anything like the looks of admiration she got from the people who think they like her.
They were confused and messed up admiration and attraction with love and infatuation.
Pink hands grasped her chest making her tense "Mina....please stop grabbing my boobs." comical puffs of steam puffed out from her head. "I'm sorry (L/n)! It's just that yours look bigger when you don't have clothes o-!" she slapped a hand over the girls mouth "The boys are next door Mina." she squished the girls cheeks making her blush this time. Everyone paused their actions as they heard voices from the other side. "This shameful Mineta!"
The girls eyes widened and they all lowered themselves deeper into the water—(Y/n) stood up but her lower side still in the water, she covered her chest with her arm. Her right arm lit on fire and was about to launch but there was a familiar voice coming for the wall. "Before you become a hero—you should learn how to be a good human." there was a loud smack as they saw the little boy standing on top of the inside of the walls.
"Mineta really is the worst isn't he?" everyone nodded in agreement. "Thanks so much Kota babe!" Mina called out with two thumbs up as she sat on the rocks. The blue haired girl face palmed and covered her body. The boy turned around "Gah..!" he stumbled and tipped over; Her eyes widened and she shot out of the water at top speed— "Kota!" she jumped up without the use of her quirk thank you Mirko and grabbed the little boy by the back of his shirt.
Thankfully he was barely just falling—the problem was...she was crossing over the wall. 'Shit! I put too much power in that jump..!' The boys didn't realize since they had only seen a blur of blue. A large splash and they snapped their heads towards the middle of the hot springs—she had successfully avoided from getting Kota wet. But she was now in the boys side, naked.
"Ah! I'm sorry!" she quickly slapped her hand over her eyes once she rose up from the water. The boys gaped—speechless "W-What are you doing here?!" Sero voiced everyone's thoughts in panic. The ex-vigilante didn't open her eyes whatsoever and sensed around her surroundings to maneuver herself out of the water. "Shut up idiot! I caught the kid, i jumped too high." she shushed him.
"Everyone turn around immediately!" Iida yelled and the girl swatted him away. "Don't worry about it." Their faces went beet red as she was starting to rise up from the water—but any impure thoughts her banished from their minds once she had lit her body on fire to serve as some type of coverage. She kept the boy away from her body—even if he was passed out she wasn't going to hug him closer like that. "Um...where's the door?"
Midoriya got out of the water and took her hand in his "I'll go with you." he quickly led them out of the hot springs—he could hear the others whine. "Midoriya you lucky bastard!" Kaminari, Sero and some others yelled out. She opened she eyes and rubbed them "You guys didn't see anything right?" His face flushed "No! Of course not; Here's a towel." he handed her a grey one and she took it gratefully.
"Thanks Midoriya."
"What happened to freckles..?"
"Ask yourself that."
Building Manager Office
"The rush from the fall likely caused him to faint, thank you (L/n). Eraser warned me one of you boys was a little girl crazy, so i stationed Kota up there to keep watch. I suppose thats the danger of teaching kids your age." The burgundy haired woman placed a damp towel on Kotas forehead as he was laid on the couch—passed out. The green haired boy and (Y/n) stood next to her as she sat down on a chair.
"Well anyway, i'm just glad he's alright." she said peering down at the small child. "You must be pretty fast to catch him." The blue haired girl rubbed her neck. "I guess you could say that..." she trailed off. "Um..he doesn't like héroes very much does he?" Midoriya questioned and they turned to him. "It's kind of weird only cause' i've been surrounded by people who want to be heroes, and that includes me."
"So i thought it was kind of unusual for a boy his age to not be more interested in all of it." he thought out loud as her face twisted. 'If he doesn't like heroes then he doesn't have to.' the hero leaned back while she closed her eyes and sighed. "How observant. Of course he isn't alone—there are many in our society that don't approve of us, if he'd have a normal childhood maybe he would've admired heroes like you guys did growing up." she sat back up and leaned her arms on the couch.
"What happened?" the door opened to show Pixie Bob. "It was Mandalays cousins, Kotas parents that is. They were heroes too but they were murdered." (Y/n) offered a lopsided frown. "It was a villain, two years back, Kota was still so small. They were killed by a villain while they were protecting citizens, perhaps the most respectable way for any hero to die but how do you even begin to explain that to a child that his parents died horrible deaths?"
"That was their entire world, everything, but to him—his parents had left him behind and all the while they were being praised. Everyone kept telling him that his parents sacrifice was noble. Honestly he doesn't seem to like us that much either, we're heroes like they were. I'm sure he feels like he's stuck here because he has no where else to go. Heroes just don't make any sense to him, after all if his parents hadn't been hero's they would still be here." (Y/n) placed a hand on Mandalays shoulder.
"I never liked heroes growing up either, a lot of people have their own story for not liking heroes or loving them. Guess you could say i was angry at the world for not helping me when i needed it the most. Kota, i sort of see myself in him sometimes—maybe that's why he likes to hang around me. He sees himself in me too, we both just don't want to be abandoned anymore." she started walking towards the exit of the office building.
She glanced back with a playful grin "But hey, that's something some people wouldn't understand—but keep him close to you. Don't let go alright!" There was a small flicker in her pupils but they two heroes nodded either way—she was confusing in a weird way. As if she knew everyone and everything, as if everything was in her control. Midoriya didn't know what she mean by her being abandoned.
He would regret not connecting things sooner.
"I'm hearing voices all the time and they're not mine." Iida didn't know what to say, it was around 2:30 in the morning. He couldn't sleep well so he decided to take a late night stroll, the place was fairly pretty. Of course it was prohibited to go in too deep into the forest but the roof wasn't off limits. He went up—only to find one of his close friends smoking of all things. She had quickly corrected him though,
it was a herb mix.
Dried up roses, lavender—just multiple things that would calm and relax the body. She reassured that it wasn't bad for the lungs whatsoever, he trusted her. So he let it be, of course when she offered for him to have some, he declined. She respected that, so she let it be, they two were having a deep talk. It wasn't uncomfortable or forced, they just started and the trauma just flowed out of their mouths like nothing.
Iida was in a lot of pressure to become a hero, he knew that but sometimes it got to him. (Y/n) looked conflicted, she was holding major things back, he let it be—it wasn't his business, it was hers so when the time came—he trusted that she would confide in him. Small streams of smoke had flowed out just like the next sentence did "I'm hearing voices, and im pretty sure im genuinely losing my mind." He didn't know how to respond, how was he supposed to?
Who comforts someone that thinks they're mentally unstable and show barely any signs of regard for it? "It gets better (L/n)-san." she shook her head with a laugh. "Things don't get better Iida, you just get used to them and that's that." she gripped the herb stick and set it on fire "But hey, if it really does get better—it must just be different for me." He held her hand and let actions talk louder than any words could.
But sometimes...things like that don't work out either.
-kiyo (4439 words)
In some parts of this chapter i used the manga to write so it might've been slightly different than the anime.