A new friend

The first day of school has been normal for the most part. Our homeroom teacher was a young woman with short brown hair, we call her Shizuka-san.

" Ok class, can everyone please come up to the board one by one and introduce yourselves. ". None of them really caught my eye until the last girl.

" Hello everyone, my name is Itsuka Kendo and this is my quirk [ Big Fist ] ". She then enlarged her hands for the class to see. While the kids in class were excitingly talking about her quirk, my mind was still spinning in thought.

' Hmm... I didn't expect to meet another canon character here. Not only that she's the " big sister " in class 1B. How... peculiar '. Breaking me out of my thoughts was a call from Shizuka-san.

" Hello, my name is Maxwell Moon. My quirk is [ Barrier ] ". I said with a completely stoic face and an even tone. After that, I returned to my seat.

And it's safe to say that I have ruined any chance of making new friends since the demonstration combined with my weird hair color, foreign name and me being taller than all of my classmates made me into a really intimidating figure. Heck, almost all of them are wary of me and some of them are downright scared sitting near me. Well, almost all them.

" Hey, your name is Maxwell right ? Are you a foreigner ? Is your hair always like that ? ". She asked in a curious voice with a smile on her face. I blinked in surprise.

" Yes, my name is Maxwell. No, I'm not a foreigner. And yes, my hair has always been like that ". I answered the cute girl. Wait... Cute? Since when di... Before I could continued my internal conflict, she continued :

" Wow, your hair looks so curly and cool. Oh yeah, my name's Itsuka Kendo, you can call me Itsuka ".

"... Very well, Itsuka. You can call me Max if you want to. "

After that, we continued talking about various things like our quirk, family and dreams of becoming a hero. I learnt a lot about her that the show didn't mention, her father apparently owns a dojo that teaches different types of martial arts and has been teaching her how to fight since last year to prepare her for her dream of being a hero. And that she's quite a tomboy ( even if she doesn't realise it herself ).

We were waiting for our parents after school ended when a giant of a man with four muscular arms came and picked up Itsuka while giving her a dotting smile.

" Hey there princess, how was school today ? Did you make any friends? ". She gave him an excited nod.

" School was awesome daddy. And Max is my new friend ". She said while pointing at me, making him look at me.

" Hello Mr Kendo, my name is Maxwell Moon. It's nice to meet you ". I finished with a bow to the big man. While I was talking, I noticed he was observing me with narrowed eyes. Most likey noticing my constant stance as a fighter, he kept staring at me with a narrowed gaze while I was returning a dull one myself. After a while, he asked me with smirk on his face:

" Say kid, want to come to my dojo and train how to fight? ". Making me raised an eyebrow and Itsuka exclaimed in surprise:

" Really dad? You're going to let him join our dojo? You never let any of my friends join though? ". He then gave her a closed eyes smile. " Don't worry about those boys, princess. I'm sure they were busy with something ". My eyes twitched at what he said.

' ... These are just little kids and you're already like this... I am quite interested in seeing what you'll do once boys actually started to notice her. ' ( ... The unfortunate part is that I get to experience it first hand...)

" Bye Max. See you tomorrow. "

" Good bye Itsuka. See you soon. "

Life certainly got better after that.