Secrets
'So this is a provisional license.'
Standing with the rest of his class, Aiden looked down at the plastic card in hand. Whilst everyone else was giddy about passing the exam, he suddenly felt a feeling of loss. Looking at the card in his hand, his feelings towards it became complicated. Not to long ago he and his friends would laugh at the people standing here today. But they were gone... and now he's here.
"You okay?" Momo's voice sounded out after seeing the blank look on his face.
"I... I'm fine." He smiled and reassured her. While he would never forget the past... he wouldn't let it shackle him.
The grade needed to pass the exam was 50 points. Momo got 94, Deku got 71 and Aiden got 83. For the examiners who didn't have the greatest impression of him, 83 points were as far as they were willing to compromise.
"Hmm... Where's Camie?"
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"You finally picked up! Where the hell have you been Toga!?"
Holding the phone up to her ear, Himiko Toga walked out from the shadows of an alley and released her disguise of Utshushimi Camie. "How rude of you to ask a lady such a question." She playfully pouted.
Not wanting to go along with her craziness, Mr Compress sighed. "Just don't forget to make contact at the specified time. If one of us gets caught then we're all in hot water."
Hearing this, Toga giggled. "Relax old man, I've come this far without getting caught right?"
"Old man!?"
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After getting their licenses, the students of class 1-A returned to their dorms to celebrate. Initially wanting nothing to do with it, Aiden was eventually convinced by the others to stay the night and celebrate with them.
"LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!" Mina cheered and turned the music up.
Watching his classmates descend into a state of chaos, Aiden shook his head and chose to go and sit next to the lone Shoto.
"Yo." He smiled and handed him and cup of pop.
"Hey..."
Hanging his head down in shame, his scrunched up face betrayed his feelings.
Knowing that the results of the exam were still bugging him, Aiden decided to stay away from that topic and sit down next to him.
With nothing to actually say to the other, an awkward silence befell the two of them.
'Shit! This is awkward as fuck! I have to get him to talk! Wait!? What to teen boys normally talk about?'
"So... Who's your favorite porn star?"
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After an extremely uncomfortable conversation with Shoto, class 1-A's party continued on further into the night until all the students became weary and returned to their rooms.
Saying good night to Mina and Momo, Aiden lay in his bed and reflected on his fight with Gang Orca. With his current abilities, he couldn't say taking down Gang Orca was a good indicator of his power. If he wanted to truly know how strong he was, he would have to fight against the top ten heroes. That being said, he was already had the ability to beat Rumi in a one on one fight 7/10 times. So only heroes above her ranking should be able to give him a more accurate reading on his power level.
Remembering the fight between All For One and All Might, Aiden felt pressured to get stronger. While he didn't believe that anyone as strong as All For One would be appearing anytime soon, he'd rather be safe than sorry.
Letting out a long sigh, he was surprised to hear the sound of the front door closing.
Furrowing his brows, he stood up from his bed and went to check out who had just left through his window. To his surprise, he saw Bakugo and the green fucker heading out together. Not expecting to ever see these two together, Aiden was quite curious about the reason they were sneaking out.
With nothing for him to do in his room, he decided that it would be more entertaining to follow them. Shifting through the window, he made himself lighter on his feet and started shadowing the young students.
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"You were a quirkless, good for nothing weak-ass little bitch. But by some miracle trash like you got accepted into UA. And by an even bigger miracle, your quirk just so happened to manifest itself out of thin air."
Listening to Bakugo speak, Izuku hung his head down in shame.
Hiding inside one of the buildings, Aiden sat beneath one of the windows and quietly eavesdropped on the conversation.
"This whole damn time you've done nothing but piss me off and act like your the shit. But you know what? I finally put the pieces together... The sudden emergence of your quirk, the techniques you use and your closeness... It all made sense once I thought about it rationally... That quirk of yours... You got it from All Might right?"
'WHAT!!'
Opening his eyes wide, Aiden felt like he had just been struck by lightning. If what Bakugo was saying was true... Then that meant All Might willingly gave that unqualified piece if shit the power to disrupt the Japanese hero society! If word got out then...
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"From what I could tell, that guy who fought All Might back in Kamino could snatch other people's quirks with just a snap of his fingers and bestow them to others. Heh at the time I couldn't believe such a thing to be possible. But lo and behold, one of the pussycats was suddenly forced to retire due to the disappearance of her quirk. Quite shocking right? Not to mention those Nomu fuckers could use multiple quirks."
Standing in silence, all Deku could do was listen as Bakugo spouted off his theory.
"And from the way they were fighting, I could tell that All Might and that Masked bastard knew each other..."
Listening to the conversation from within the building, Aiden wanted to go out and ask some questions himself, but he chose to stay inside and see how it all played out.
"After you met All Might you begun to change... All Might wouldn't give me a straight answer when I asked him about it, so now I'm asking you. So answer me, did All Might give you his quirk?"