The bell rang, and its sound engulfed the school. It was finally lunchtime. Kiyoshi had almost forgotten what real classes felt like since Gojō scouted her at such a young age.
But even so, recalling such memories of her past wasn't the best either. She spent most of her time alone during her pre-HHAO days. She only had one friend who knew sign language. After Gojō scouted her, she never saw her friend again.
Cementoss exited the room, and students of class 1-A began standing from their seats. A certain pink-skinned bubbly girl approached Kiyoshi. "Hi! I'm Ashido Mina! You can call me Mina!" Mina greets the moment she gets near Kiyoshi. "What do you think about the sports festival, Inumaki-san?" She queries, sparking a conversation with her.
Kiyoshi fished out her phone and went to her notes app to type her reply. Mina, on the other hand, hums in confusion. Then, Mina just remembered that Kiyoshi couldn't normally talk like them, and she gasped. "Ah, right! You can't–"
But Kiyoshi already showed her screen, and it read:
I'm excited since there'll be pro heroes and other people around to see us:)
You can call me by my first name, Mina:)
"I'm excited too, Kiyo-chan!" Mina said with enthusiasm.
Another classmate of hers arrived near Kiyoshi's chair and introduced herself. "Hi! I'm Uraraka Ochaco!" She said.
"Konbu." Kiyoshi greeted her as she dipped her head down.
"How come you only talk about ingredients? Is it connected to your quirk?" Ochako queried.
Kiyoshi had heard of this question so many times that she already had a saved note of her explanations in her app. She clicked it open and showed it to Mina and Ochako.
The two girls nodded in appreciation. "So that's why! It must be a very difficult quirk to handle, huh?" Mina chimed. Ochako and Mina talked about Kiyoshi's quirk and began to tell her about their quirk in return.
"Everyone's excited, huh?"
"I'm kinda nervous too. Imagine everyone's eyes on us...."
Mina heard the conversation of the boys chattering among themselves at the front. "I'm excited too! Even Kiyo-chan is excited!" Mina exclaimed, earning the attention of Īda Tenya and Midoriya Izuku.
The two boys approach them, and Īda introduces himself first. "I'm Īda Tenya! Class 1-A's president! If you need help, please don't hesitate to reach out to me!" He said, his arms moving in a stiff manner.
"Konbu," Kiyoshi replied as she dipped her head.
"Huh?" Īda couldn't help but mutter in bafflement. Konbu?
"She can only limit her words to onigiri ingredients, Īda-kun," Ochaco explained to Īda for Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi mentally thanked Ochaco. Her quirk was really a handful when it came to communicating with others.
"I see! It must be hard to control your quirk, then. Oh! I didn't mean to offend you or anything!" Īda added, afraid to hurt the girl.
Kiyoshi shook her head as she waved her hands. "Okaka!" It's fine! Kiyoshi thought. She wished she could talk to them with onigiri ingredients without being misunderstood. The way her colleagues would understand her in HHAO.
"Inumaki-san? May I speak with you for a moment?"
They all turn to Izuku, who has been hiding behind Īda. "Sha-ke." Kiyoshi agreed and stood up.
Kiyoshi walked out of the room with Izuku trailing behind her. The both of them stood outside of the room, facing each other, and Izuku kept fidgeting out of nervousness.
"I'm not sure if I'm right... but your name sounded really familiar to me...." Izuku began to talk, looking everywhere to avoid her eyes. Kiyoshi felt a fleeting familiarity with the boy as well. She pulled her mask down to show the marks on her face, and Izuku felt his heart leap in joy.
"It really is you, Kiyoshi-nee!" Izuku chimed as he immediately hugged Kiyoshi, surprising her. Kiyoshi smiled and patted Izuku's back.
He still sees me as his sister. Kiyoshi thought.
Some things never change. Izuku always liked Kiyoshi to be his sister. He liked how she treated him like his own family and even helped him when he was mistreated by Katsuki.
By the door frame rests red eyes staring intently at the two. Tch. No wonder the girl seems oddly familiar to Katsuki. He always found her aiding Izuku with band-aids. The boy would sometimes see them together at a playground.
Kiyoshi, Ochaco, Izuku, and Īda sat together at a table in the cafeteria, eating their lunch together. The four of them, excluding Kiyoshi, talked about their reasons about why they wanted to be a hero.
Surprisingly, the reason why Ochaco wanted to be a hero was for the money that pro-heroes earned. Her family was poor and owned a construction company. Becoming a hero to help them financially was her solution.
Kiyoshi wasn't the type to judge, so she took out her phone and typed her comment.
You'd become a great hero, Uraraka.
This is what Ochaco read from Kiyoshi's phone screen. Ochaco's cheeks turned pink at Kiyoshi's compliment. She waved her hands around and said, "but you haven't seen me do anything! Please call me Ochaco!"
The two other boys read the typed-out text on Kiyoshi's phone screen and also agreed. This made Ochaco become bright red at the compliments she's been receiving.
"I have found you, young Midoriya!"
The four of them flinched at the sudden outburst and appearance of All Might. "All Might?!" Izuku exclaimed as he looked at the pro-hero.
"Is there something wrong?" Izuku asked.
All Might stood straight and showcased his lunch box. "Let's have lunch together." He sheepishly stated.
"Can I?" Izuku asked, and he shifted his gaze to his classmates as if asking for permission to leave. The rest of the three nodded their heads, and Izuku excused himself.
"I'll see you later, Kiyoshi-nee," Izuku said with a low tone, and Kiyoshi dipped her head to a slight bow. Izuku left with All Might after that.
"Kiyoshi-nee?" Ochako asked.
Kiyoshi typed on her phone and showed the curious ones her screen.
Izuku's a childhood friend, and he's like a younger brother of mine
The two of them nodded in realization, seeing as Izuku looked more fond of Kiyoshi. Now that Kiyoshi thinks about All Might and Izuku, she forgot to ask what quirk Izuku got.
The bell had rung a few minutes ago, and Kiyoshi finally stood up after packing her things. She still has some other matters to deal with in the principal's office.
Kiyoshi strode towards the door and saw Īda, Izuku, Ochako, and Mineta. Īda slid the open door while Kiyoshi gave the three an eye smile.
"Excuse me! But do you need anything from our class?" Īda's question seemed to spark the attention of class 1-A, and they all turned to the door.
Surprisingly, several students from different courses were huddled outside the door. Kiyoshi and the rest couldn't swerve their way out.
"They're here to check us out, idiots. We survived the villain attack, after all." Katsuki grumbled as he approached the door as well.
"Sha-ke." Kiyoshi agreed with a slight dip of her head. Mineta couldn't help but quiver in shock as he couldn't believe how Katsuki said those without fear.
"They want to know how strong we are." Katsuki sneered and scoffed. "But that's pointless. Move aside, bystander A." He added. Izuku, Ochaco, and Mineta almost fainted in fear while Īda scolded the blonde boy.
Kiyoshi fished out her phone and typed her declarations away. She needed to get out as soon as possible.
I'm sorry for the way he acts, but please know we need personal space
The ones that read her screen made way for her. Kiyoshi bowed in gratitude and got out of the crowd.
Shinsō saw Kiyoshi, and he remembered her as the odd girl with the strange uniform. She was still wearing them now. He shifted his gaze back to the raging blonde.
"Why did you let her out and not me?!" Katsuki yelled, wearing the most vexed expression ever.
Kiyoshi planned to leave the crowd alone, but Shinsō spoke. "You're right. We came to see what you guys are made of, but I didn't think you'd be this arrogant."
If it was possible, Katsuki could've lost all his teeth from that grinding. "Hah?!"
"Are all the kids enrolled at the hero department like this?" Shinsō added, and Kiyoshi turned around to see as much as she could hear the conversation.
Shinsō discussed how general education students could transfer to the hero department. And so as vice versa, they just needed to do better in the sports festival. With that, Shinsō declared war.
A man with silver hair emerged from the crowd. Kiyoshi didn't care to listen to what he had to say and instead turned to look at Shinsō. But the said boy was already looking at her. A glance that screams another declaration of war, but towards her this time.
How the hell did I get into your rivalry? Kiyoshi thought.
Ignoring the random glare from Shinsō, Kiyoshi turned around and went toNezu's office.
"You'll be transferred to our dorms. Your instructor already approved of this." Nezu said, and Kiyoshi nodded. She was sitting on a chair before Nezu, a table separating them from each other.
"Now that's said and done, we'll make the arrangements now!" Nezu cheered. "Also," he added, "there'll be a teacher living next to you. Of course, for safety purposes."
Kiyoshi nodded again, thinking and hoping the teacher would have a pleasant personality.
The door creaked behind Kiyoshi, and she turned around and saw a woman with dark purple hair. To say Kiyoshi wasn't surprised by the costume would be a lie. The woman wore a bodysuit that hugged all the beautiful curves of her body. Kiyoshi merely assumed it had something to do with the woman's quirk.
With a warm and welcoming smile, the woman greeted Kiyoshi. "Nice to meet you, Kiyoshi! I'm Kayama Nemuri—hero name's Midnight!"
"Konbu..." Kiyoshi greeted back.
Nezu witnessed the exchange between the two and smiled to himself. Putting Kiyoshi under Nemuri's care might be a good idea after all.
There was only a week before the sports festival, and everyone was preparing for it. Although some preferred to train alone, and that includes Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi wanted to train in the HHAO's training grounds and asked Nemuri if she could. The pro-hero declined. So, Kiyoshi suggested using one of the large training grounds in the school.
Nemuri agreed since it was within the school's premises and went to Nezu for permission. Kiyoshi had brought dumbbells, and a katana with her before she and Nemuri went to Ground Beta.
"I didn't expect you'd weightlift, Inumaki-chan," Nemuri stated.
The girl ignored Nemuri and proceeded with weightlifting. Kiyoshi spent a few minutes warming up, which was mostly weightlifting. Kiyoshi looked up and saw villain bots. They were the two-point robots that the school used during the examination.
From atop a building, Midnight could hear the mechanical clanks of three evil robots as their eyes lit up.
Kiyoshi lowered her mask, revealing the marks on her face. She unsheathed her katana, and her eyes turned to slits. She observed the robots' movements toward her.
"Don't move."
The robots stopped moving from a mere meters away from Kiyoshi. The girl sprinted to the robots and jumped to slash off their heads. Nemuri stared in admiration at Kiyoshi's quirk, but the girl wasn't done yet. There were still more robots in the area, and she had created a goal of destroying the rest with her quirk.
Kiyoshi could feel a slight soreness in her throat. But she needed to surpass her limits. Her eyes landed on three more robots.
"Crush each other!"
Kiyoshi moved her legs and ran before the robots could crush one another to death. As the robots closed in, she slid under them and heard a loud impact behind her. Kiyoshi turned around and spotted smoke emerging from the area where the robots had been. There was a loud stomp, which startled her.
She cocked her head forward and caught sight of two more robots. These were considerably larger than the first. They were zero-point robots.
Violet-colored eyes stared at the robot's glowing ones.
"Explode!"
The sound waves directed at the robots reached them, and by command, the robots exploded.
The UA pro-heroes applauded while Kiyoshi panted heavily. The soreness in her throat grew worse. Her hands shook as they tried to find their way into her pockets for medicine.
Nezu laughed as he continued applauding. "Her documents stated the heavier the speech, the more injured her throat would get! Ha ha!" He said.
Aizawa's eyes squinted at the screen. Despite his amazement at Kiyoshi, he began to wonder how many people as skillful as Kiyoshi are in HHAO. For now, he felt grateful that they didn't wage war against them.
Kiyoshi continued to hone her abilities with the same exercise throughout the week. And it was finally the day of the awaited sports festival.
Sorry for ghosting everyone for six months🙏🏻 I was prioritizing Villain Arc and completed it last week! If you happen to like villain female leads, check it out!
Anyway, for everyone's clarification, the original author mentioned that there'd be no cursed techniques or cursed energy. The abilities that characters from Jujutsu Kaisen have will be called quirks. I hope there'll be no complaints, and this is FANfiction. Thank you!