Bonding

After a long day of training, class 1-A found themselves under the night sky preparing curry using pre electric methods.

Helping set the table, Aiden still couldn't understand why they were eating curry. When he asked Mina, the only answer he got was "because its summer!!" Whatever the hell that even meant. He started to wonder if this was the Japanese version of how the Americans had barbecues during the summer. He quickly dismissed that thought once he recalled that curry was spicy whereas burgers and other barbecued meat wasn't.

Tossing these thoughts out of his head, he finished his job and went to make sure that the others hadn't fucked up. Surprisingly enough, he found Shoto lighting a fire for the pot while Mina cheered by saying "BURN BURN BURN!! INCINERATE IT!!" It was low-key disturbing.

Shoto on the other hand was seemingly ignoring her while having a complicated look on his face.

"Used to it yet?" Aiden asked after seeing the way he was staring at the fire.

Knowing what he meant he nodded but his eyes never left the flames.

Not being one to comfort others, Aiden smiled and left him to his own devices.

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"THANKS FOR THE FOOD!!" Everyone yelled before digging into the food.

Watching all of this from the side, Aiden still couldn't understand why they were eating curry.

Not to long after, he was bored by the conversation and left to train by himself.

Following a path he hadn't seen before, he took his time walking until he found himself situated on top of a small hill.

'Spacious, isolated, good place to train.'

Just as he was about to start training, he detected someone else in the area and frowned. Following the person's heartbeat, he found the kid that the Wild Wild Pussycats were taking care of sitting at the edge of the hill.

'So they were his footprints...' Realizing that the footprints he saw earlier were actually fresh, he once again complained in his heart about having to leave the city. He wasn't trained for assassination in the wild and felt like he was at a disadvantage. This could be seen as he couldn't even tell how fresh the tracks he saw earlier are.

"Its you." Kota said when he saw Aiden.

Not knowing why, Aiden walked over and sat next to the child.

"Its a nice spot."

Unlike the others, Kota instinctively felt that Aiden was different from the rest. Unlike the green haired kid that kept trying to talk to him, Aiden had a sad aura about him.

"Are you okay?" He abruptly asked.

"Hmm? I'm fine, though I'm sure I should be asking you that." He smiled. For some reason, the look in the boy's eyes reminded him of his younger self.

For a time, the two sat in silence and gazed at the stars.

"Why aren't you with the others?" Kota suddenly asked.

"I got bored." He shrugged.

Staring at the purple eyed boy next to him, Kota grit his teeth and lowered his head so that his hat was covering his face.

"I don't get you guys... Why are you all trying so hard to become heroes? Spending your entire lives trying to improve your quirks. Its pathetic, really pathetic." He said darkly.

Unlike Deku, Aiden didn't know about Kota parents or their identities as heroes. But even without that knowledge, he could relate to the anger hidden inside of Kota.

"Aiden-san... Why do you want to be a hero?" Kota asked without looking up.

Taking a moment to think about the question, Aiden looked to the sky and had the stars reflect in his eyes.

"Originally I told myself that I was doing it for the license... I thought that if I had it then I'd be free to act more openly without having the law on my back. Then I convinced myself that I was doing it in hopes of finding someone who embodied the true meaning of what I thought a hero should be." While saying this, a small smile appeared on his face.

"What about now?"

"Now? I don't even know anymore... To be honest with you I actually hate heroes."

"Really!?" Kota said in shock.

"Yeah, heroes, villains, vigilantes. You wanna know what ties all of them together?"

Kota nodded.

"Its using their quirks in public. What they're doing is showing off that they have power and that everyone else in the world is below them. The heroes justify themselves by saying they do it to rid the world of villains, the villains do it for personal gain, and the vigilantes are a bunch of psychos who want to protect their identities so they sneak around in the dark beating people to a pulp and reveling in the feeling of dominating over others."

"Then why train your quirk? If you hate them so much why train to become one of them?"

"Because if there's one thing I've learnt in this life of mine, then its that strength is the only thing that matters. And right now, the heroes are society's top dog."

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Over the course of the night the two really bonded with each other and Kota even told Aiden about his parents. Knowing what it was like to lose family, Aiden understood the hate inside of Kota, but for some reason he didn't want to see him to turn out like him.

Seeing that it was getting late, Aiden took Kota back to the lodge by carrying him while he light stepped off the hill and into the distance.