"Alright everyone, it's time for me to go! Thank you, Tokyo!" Nora spoke into her microphone while smiling and waving to her audience. The audience cheered while the singer stood there for a minute before turning and walking backstage.
"Wonderful performance as always, Nora!" Ryu, Nora's manager, praised with a grin. He had been the first to get to her after the stage technician helped her with her microphone and was now leading Nora to her green room. "All we have left now are the last two performances here before the tour is over."
"Great," Nora said, giving a smile and a wave to the few stage workers they passed on their way to her green room.
Ryu closed the door behind her as Nora sat down and took out her blond hair extensions. "On another note, I just got an update about the UA recommendation."
Nora, who had taken out all of her hair extensions and was pulling her hair up into a loose ponytail to become the famous pop idol's true identity, Noriko Hiromi, stared at Ryu. "And?"
"You were accepted," Ryu said with a small smile.
Noriko took in a breath. Ryu had brought up the idea of Noriko enrolling in UA's hero course after her studio was attacked by villains and running numbers on how it would most likely affect her popularity. Ryu had insisted the time off would end up paying off and that Noriko had the abilities for it. Noriko, on the other hand, hadn't been as excited.
Unlike Noriko's younger brother, Shiro, she had never really had the intention to become a hero. Singing had always been her passion. And as much as she loved heroes and enjoyed pretending to be one with her brother when they were little, the thought of truly becoming a hero had never really interested her.
When Ryu first brought up the idea to her months ago, she had been completely against it. She didn't want to become a hero just for fame or because one villain decided to invade one of her recording studios - even if that event had been scary. She had other things to focus on besides a dream that wasn't hers. But after talking about it with her brother, she no longer hated the idea. But even after becoming more open to the idea, the main reason she had let Ryu recommend her for the program was because she didn't expect to actually get in. Though, she knew that had been a dumb thought since she knew how good Ryu was at selling things and probably easily convinced the school that having her in the hero program would benefit all parties.
"Look, I understand if you want to turn it down, but I think this will turn out to be good for you," Ryu started after a long minute of silence. "There aren't that many popular singers who are also heroes. You'll be a huge inspiration, and isn't that what you want? To inspire people?"
Noriko sighed, "Yeah, I just, didn't really expect to actually get in."
"Why not? You're talented and smart and have special circumstances that would make any school want you." Ryu said.
"I just..." Noriko trailed off and lightly shook her head before grabbing the change of clothes that were laid out for her on a stool next to the bathroom door. "Nevermind, I'll be out in a minute."
Noriko stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind her before letting out a long sigh. She took off the navy blue dress she had on for the second half of her performance and changed into a silver-blue hoodie and leggings.
UA's hero course. Is that really something I want to do? Noriko thought as she stared at herself in the mirror. She messed with her hair a bit in the mirror before slapping her face with water. It was strange to her how much extensions and a little bit of makeup could do.
Noriko had never really had problems with keeping her identity private since she debuted over a year ago. Even after she became popular and gained obsessed fans, no one managed to find out anything about her private life besides what she told them. Thinking about it, it was probably because Ryu had a team dedicated to just keeping rumors about her identity and private life on a leash. Though, Noriko had always been careful when it came to her private life. She shared very little about it with the public. No one even knew she had a brother or anything about her parents.
"Hey, Nori, are you done?" Ryu questioned from behind the door, snapping Noriko out of her thoughts. "Crowds are starting to clear out and I wanna get going before traffic gets bad."
"Yeah," Noriko replied, opening the door and walking out of the bathroom.
Ryu glanced up from his tablet, which Noriko assumed had one of his overly complicated schedules for her for the next few months on it."Let's get everything packed up and head home."
"Yeah, ok."
* * *
"We're home!" Noriko called through the house. It had been nearly two hours since the end of Nora's concert and now it was almost midnight.
"Hey, Nori," Shiro greeted from his spot on the couch, not looking up from his phone. A show was playing on the TV in front of him, but it was ignored by everyone in the room.
Noriko slipped off her shoes and made her way to the couch, sitting down next to her brother.
"How'd it go?" Shiro asked after a minute of silence.
"Good," Noriko replied simply. There was a little more silence before Noriko shifted in her seat and continued, "But I'm not really sure what's going to happen now."
"What do you mean?" Shiro questioned, looking up from his phone.
Noriko sighed, "Ryu got me accepted into UA's hero course."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
Noriko watched her brother take a deep breath before he said, "I thought you said you weren't gonna do that."
Noriko shrugged, "I don't know. We'll see what happens."
"Yeah, sure."
"Hey, you were the one who talked me into this," Noriko retorted, earning an eye roll from Shiro. "It's not like I have anything against becoming a hero. That seems like it would be fun and beneficial. But I don't really know if it's right for me..."
"You have the opportunity of a lifetime and you're second-guessing it?" Shiro questioned, glaring at Noriko. Shiro had always dreamed of being a hero. Unlike Noriko, who wanted to inspire people in a different way. The idea of fighting villains scared her, the last thing she wanted to do was get hurt fighting someone, or hurt someone herself.
"If you had the same schedule I did, you'd be questioning if this really is an opportunity of a lifetime." Noriko countered.
Shiro scoffed, "Oh yeah, because being a super popular singer with unlimited opportunities is so taxing."
"Do you want to go a month with my schedule and then tell me how you feel?"
"No."
"Exactly."
Shiro rolled his eyes and Noriko let out a small laugh. After a minute passed, she said, "I think I am gonna do it."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah," Noriko echoed, leaning back into the couch and staring ahead at the show that was on the TV. "I know it hasn't been my dream like it has been yours, but I think I'll end up liking it. And no matter what, if I do end up in the class, I'm not going to half-ass it."
"Good," Shiro replied, giving his sister a small smile.
Noriko smiled back before standing up, "Now, I'm going to bed. And you should too."
"Goodnight," Shiro said before Noriko could say anything else.
Noriko lightly shook her head, but had a smile on her face, "Goodnight."
-Author Note-
Hello everyone! Welcome to the rewrite of Idol Hero! I have a few things I wanna talk about.
First, thank you so much to everyone who supported the original story on my old account. Idol Hero was my first big book on here and the fact that it has over 100k reads is still insane to me.
With that being said, welcome old readers from the original book. Just as a quick heads up, a lot of things in this will be the same as the original. The biggest change, though, is that the story is now in third person instead of first. So it's different but the same.
And new readers. Hello! Idol Hero was a story I started writing a long, long time ago and may have been the first BNHA fanfic I ever wrote, so it holds a special place in my heart. For you new readers, I'd suggest not reading the original unless you really want to because it will end up having spoilers and stuff like that(also, my grammar is probably shit in that, so be warned). I am still leaving the story up and this version of it will probably be much different, but the original will still have some sort of spoilers in it no matter what. So you've been warned.
Anyways, I'm very excited to finally go back to this story. I was really upset that I gave up on the original version of this story and am happy to be bringing it back. I hope you all enjoy what's in store and have a great day!
-Starlight