Class 1-A
"So guys..." Mina began leaning down further into her desk
"...have you decided on what pro agency you want to go for?" She finished less enthusiastically then she usually was
"Mt. Lady is my top choice!" Mineta turned confidently
...
"Mineta, are you thinking something perverted?" Asui questioned as the boy shuttered
"P-Possibly?!?"
"You made it pretty far in the tournament. It's weird you didn't get any offers..." Ojiro neared the group
"I Know!!" Mina stood up
"Hey Deku, who's on your list?" Urakaka questioned the boy as he was in deep thought muttering to himself
"There he goes again-"
"Oh!" Midoriya perked up
"W-What did you g-guys s-say?" He stuttered nervously
'So he didn't get any offers either...'
"Hey, that's okay. I settled on my pick!" Uraraka began
"What agency?"
"The one that the Battle Hero Gun Head runs!" She said confidently
"Gun Head's a big brawler, are you sure that's where you want to intern Uraraka?" Midoriya asked the brunette
"Yup! He sent me an offer!"
Komei sat behind the bunch, watching the scene as she picked up her list of agencies. She knew exactly where she wanted to go, but was hesitant as she side glanced at a specific half hot yet half cold headed boy.
She was nervous to ask Todoroki with his mysterious demeanor, but no. Nothing was going to change her mind.
The Endeavor Hero Agency it was.
'But what's his deal?' She bit the inside of her cheek trying to crack the riddle that was Shouto Todoroki.
Endeavor the number two hero, sent her an offer. He must've seen potential in her. There's no way she could turn that down.
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Flashback | Komei household
"Woah, you're choosing Endeavor's Agency? Are you sure about that Kari-Chan?" Rosa asked her older cousin in weary
"He's wicked scary if you ask me-" She muttered twirling her pasta
"But super strong-" The pinkette lightly blushed in amazement transfixed onto the papers
Renji and Asuka smiled.
The number two hero took interest in her. Endeavor. One of the heroes she admired for years, chose her.
Ever since she was young, All Might was the hero to look up to yes... but Endeavor fascinated her even more.
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The Next Day | Train Station
"Everyone has their costume's right?" Mr. Aizawa questioned all the students before he sent them off
"Remember, you don't have permission to wear them out in public yet. Don't lose them or anything-"
"Gotcha!" Mina jumped in there air with her spunky attitude
'Looks like she's feeling like herself again-' Komei sweat dropped
"Speak properly. It's yes sir Ashido" Aizawa shot her down
"Yes sir..." She groaned
"Make sure you mind your manors with the other heroes during your internships. Now get to it."
"Yes sir." They all nodded before stepping forward into their own directions
...
'If I take the train to Shinjuku and get off at Shinji-- I should be there in an hour or so' The girl thought as she eyed the tv screen revealing the train times.
Walking over to the stop waiting for the train, the pinkette began to take out her headphones before noticing the red and white haired boy standing off to the side.
"T-Todoroki?" She stuttered in the midst of untangling her headphones
"Hello." He spoke walking closer to her, only to pass by her
The train was approaching.
'Hey? Only a Hey?' She puffed out her cheeks following him inside the train
Komei leaned against a pole as Todoroki reached up and grabbed one of the handles.
'Damn these boys and their height'
"What agency are you heading to Komei?" He asked the girl calmly catching her off guard
'He's talking to me?'
"I--um...well..." The pinkette stuttered grabbing the boy's attention
'Oh crap, i'm in the hot seat now...'
"En..dea...vor...." She mumbled into her hand inaudibly making Todoroki look at her questionably
"Huh?" He rose an eyebrow skeptically
"Y-your father's...." She slowly repeated making his heterochromic eyes widen in surprise
"Oh."
It was quiet for sometime as the train doors opened and closed.
"I'm heading there too." He spoke up this time taking the girl by surprise
"You are?" She uttered in disbelief
'I thought he hated his dad!?'
"Yeah."
"But why?" She asked abruptly he glared at her
"Oh sorry-" Komei looked down thinking she offended the boy
"Because if I don't-" He began
"I'll never hear the end of it."
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Endeavor Hero Agency
"Woah! Look at this place!!" Komei shouted twirling around, eyeing the giant building
There were many heroes and sidekicks everywhere. Being the agency of the number two really was no joke.
"Come on-" Todoroki scoffed as he walked through the automatic sliding doors turning around to see the pinkette with stars in her eyes
Imagine Midoriya fanboying over All Might, but Komei fangirling over Endeavor.
"Morning Todoroki-kun"
"Shouto! Mornin'!"
"Your pretty popular huh?" Komei put a hand up whispering to the boy as he stood silent
The elevator doors then opened allowing the duo to walk in.
"These so many floors!!" The pinkette shouted as Todoroki clicked one of the buttons
"Wow, this place sure is amazing-"
...
"I've been waiting for you Shouto. It seems you are finally ready to take the path of the mighty, huh?" The flame hero spoke as he stood up out of his chair
'Oh my god-'
'It's Endeavor!'
He turned around, raising his eyebrows in surprise.
Honestly Enji Todoroki didn't expect to see another student come to his agency alongside his son.
He sent out offers to students before, but none of them ever chose him due to his frightening appearance.
He began to chuckle eying the girl.
"You wanted to learn from the best, good for you on making the right decision little girl." He scoffed making the pinkette's cheeks heat up
"I have no intention of going down a path you made." Shouto shot him down making Komei go cold
"I will take my own path."
'He can just talk to him like that?'
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A few days went by and Todoroki and Komei were hard at work. They assisted many sidekicks with their daily routine, did patrols, and trained. The two were working out on the gym floor of the agency. Anything you could imagine was in that gym. Treadmills, weights, mats, there even was a whole sparing section!
"Komei-" Todoroki began
"Hm?"
"Why did you choose my father's agency?"
That question surely caught the girl off guard.
"You had a ton of our offers? So why did you choose my old man's?"
"Or was it because he's the number two-" He questioned sitting down on the training mat grabbing his water
Todoroki was wearing a white tank top with black sweat pants and Komei had her hair up in a high pony tail wearing peach leggings with a black crop top.
"No, it's not because of that." The girl walked over
"I...I want to be able to control my thunder the way he controls his fire. That's my goal. That's the dream."
Todoroki watched her in astonishment.
"Excuse me for not knowing your past or family matters-" She sat across from him
"But learning from a pro I watched ever since I was little... no way i'm going to give up that chance." She spoke confidently this time hitting a nerve making the boy scowl
"If only he treated his family the way he treats the rest of the world..." He muttered catching the girls attention
"It would just be better if he wasn't here at all-" He said scornfully clenching his fists
The girl did not like the expression he was emoting.
It almost scared her.
'There's no way... He's not thinking of what i'm thinking of right?'
'One hundred percent he was. With that look?'
"Todoroki..."
"D-don't you dare-" Komei mumbled watching the boy
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" She shouted grabbing him by the shirt
"My parents died when I was just a kid... I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HAVE THEM AROUND!"
"A-And you..."
"Todoroki, you might have a fucked up family but at least they are still here!! Alive!!" She snapped gripping harder on his shirt making her lips quiver
"..."
"Your dad is what gave me hope when I didn't have any... so shut up..." She released him slowly, body sitting on top of his before grabbing her water bottle and rushing to the locker room
Shouto stood there staring at the mat in front of him.
Did he really say just all those things?
'Damn it you idiot-' He smacked his hand against his head
And just around the corner a certain flame hero heard the whole thing.
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The next day, Komei was outside trying to work on her quirk control independently.
Todoroki really pissed her off yesterday and she really needed to blow off some steam.
This time she had her hair down wearing a t-shirt and short shorts.
"DAMN IT I WAS SO CLOSE!" She screamed as a strike of lightning missed the glass cup by a few feet
Steadying it on a tree stump, the girl was at it for hours.
She laid down on the ground staring at the sky.
"If you want pinpoint accuracy, you need to position your body for a more manageable distance-"
'Huh?'
Komei shifted her head backward to see Endeavor upside-down walking toward her.
Spazzing, she sat right back up and watched the flame hero as he took the position where she was practicing.
'Woah... I never seen Endeavor without his flame beard before-'
"See, on an angle-" He showed her as his arm began to flame up snapping her out of her trance
"Your stance is important, if your not firm on the ground you will be off balance-"
Komei nodded furiously in amazement.
She watched the flames cascade around his arm and shoot forward towards the glass.
'Oh wow.'
The glass didn't shatter but melted instead.
"I didn't hit the tree. See that. Control."
With a burst of flames like that you'd expect to see the whole tree stump on fire but there it was perfectly intact.
"Right!" She nodded stepping forward shifting her position
She rose up her right arm, closing her eyes allowing the electricity to flow through her body.
'Focus. Concentrate on a single point...'
'You can do this!' The girl snapped open her eyes as lightning shot from the pinkette's arm straight to the tree stump
Komei flew back as the power was too much.
Sitting up, the girl gawked in horror.
Well at least she hit it. The whole perimeter of the tree stump was set ablaze.
'Holy crap. I just embarrassed the hell out of myself in front of Endeavor...' She spazzed as she slowly turned her head to see the flame hero
'Oh dear god save me.'
But he just watched her in curiosity crossing his arms.
Her heart dropped watching the pro hero beginning to walk away.
"Get suited up-"
'Eh?'
"We have patrolling to do." He spoke firmly heading back to the agency
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Hosu City 8:40 pm
'That's weird, why was Endeavor out patrolling with us? He doesn't have to, being the number two and all-' Komei thought as she stood along side Todoroki trailing behind Endeavor and his trusty sidekick Burnin'
'Unless this isn't a patrol...'
'All the way in Hosu? Strange-'
Her eyes then shifted towards Todoroki.
Right. They still weren't on speaking terms.
"Hey look, I'm sorry-" The pinkette began
She couldn't take this uncomfortableness anymore.
If they were going to be aspiring heroes, they couldn't hold grudges against each other.
"No, It's my fault" Todoroki cut her off
"Todoroki I-"
"Shouto."
"Huh?"
"You can call me Shouto-"
"Okay... S-Shouto-" She repeated
"Still, I shouldn't have lunged at you like that... sorry."
"It's fine." He whispered back
"Hey girly-"
"Hm?" Komei looked up towards the hero and sidekick
"What kind of quirk do you got anyways? I haven't seen you in action yet short stuff" Burnin' questioned the girl making her sweat drop
Wasn't it obvious at the point? Her boomerang weapons were in the shape of thunderbolts, and she wore black and yellow...
"I have a lightning quirk-" She spoke up to the flame heroette
"Oh is that so?"
"With a quirk like that, she'd be great for my Shouto" Endeavor scoffed out a laugh leaving the girl dumbfounded
'What do you mean by she'd be great?'
"Don't start with that crap again-" The boy growled rolling his eyes
"Again?!"
"Hey, What's he talking about??" Komei questioned the boy as he sighed
"An arranged marriage."
"He thinks you and I should have one." He turned to face her with a blank expression
AH, classic Todoroki.
"W-WHAT?!?!" Komei exploded
"An arranged marriage!?"
"What? W-WHY?"
Shouto exhaled beginning to explain.
"People with strong quirks arrange marriages so they can produce offspring of the next generation of heroes..."
"Take me for example--" He starred as his open palms
'Half hot, half cold. Yeah that made perfect sense' The pinkette thought as her cheeks began to heat up now understanding what the flame hero was thinking of.
'WAIT-'
'TODOROKI AND HER!? THERE'S JUST NO WAY-'
"T-That's f-flatteringg b-but-" She stuttered uncontrollably
"I-I-- w-we- w-were t-too y-young!" The pinkette started to spazz in the way Iida would with his arm gestures as her face flamed
"Look at you guys, Adorable-" Burnin' teased
"W-whatttt n-nooo!" She hid her face as Shouto held the bridge of his nose
"There's trouble ahead-" Endeavor spoke as the team began to sprint
"I'll show you two what it means to be a hero!" He proclaimed as Komei nodded
"Damn it! Shouto wait!" Endeavor turned around watching the boy run in the opposite direction
"Where the hell are you going!?" He shouted reaching a hand out
"The ally way. 4210 Echo street. If you finish what you're doing or see extra pros send them there. I'm leaving you here to take care of this trouble, i'm sure you can handle it"
"M-My friend might be in danger..."
"S-Shouto!!" Komei screamed
Not knowing what to do she looked up to the flame hero who was in distraught watching his son run off.
"I'll go after him sir!" She reassured the man
'Wherever he's going, i'm sure he can't do it alone...'
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