Reasons

„I am what? A holder? Of a Meta-Spirit? Why me? I don't have any strengths. My physical condition doesn't speak for it either, so I think that would be unfavorable."

"You're scared, I can feel it clearly. You don't want to face that, do you? To be a hero means to carry a lot of responsibility with you. You have to be always vigilant, you won´t see your normal life soon. Do you really think that you are up to it? I mean, you are only a high school student. Should I put this burden on you...?"

Stop! Please, I want to be a hero, I've always wanted to be! Yes, I'm afraid. I feel too weak both internally and externally." "Well, then we have to change a few things! We don't have much time until the Spirits will wake up again. I don't know more details. I have a bad feeling about this. "My gut feeling never lies" "Even if nobody believed you, I will! I don't know why I play such a special role, but I don't want to sit around idly! I want to make this society a better place, no matter what the cost. Even ... if I had to give up my life for it!"

Hope started to smile, and looked up into the glowing orange sky: "You know little one, in all these years I've wondered if there is anyone who would like to continue my ideologies. But at some point I started to let go of that thought. And now I meet a boy who is a superhero fanatic. You have something that I see in very few people these days. Your heart is in the right place, and that's a good thing, because that's exactly what heroes need. A positive attitude towards society. And you only have something like that with the right heart, right? "

Takeru's eyes shone in the sunset. He gasped and asked, "Can you help me become a hero? Please make me your student."

The young woman looked embarrassed at her counterpart. She eyed him for several seconds. There was silence and suddenly she teleported right in front of Takeru: "You have to know, there are many things that you have to know before you can become a hero. But before we can work on all of these things, we first have to find out which Meta-spirit you actually have..."

"Are there several Meta-Spirits? How do you know?" "I once worked for an organization dealing with supernatural powers. The subject of "Meta-Spirits" was very important there. According to their information, there are ten of them. And you are one of the ten holders. You must have been very lucky. But hey, that makes you special!

Takeru blushed, he wasn't used to being called like that: "Um ... well ... how do you find out something like that? So, which Meta-Spirit do I have?" "Quite simply ... "said Hope. "We put your body and mind under stress, and see what happen ..." "So what?" Hope had teleported behind him, and gave him a strong kick in the back. He fell to the floor. But before Takeru could get up, the heroine was sitting on top of him: "And? How does that feel for you?" Takeru gasped for air, but his lungs were crushed, he found it difficult to breathe: "Please ... get off me." "Come on, you have to fight back Takeru Sarugaki! Show me all your strength!" Nothing happened. No matter how hard Hope tried to stress Takeru, his body showed no response.

It was now 10:00 p.m. The moon was already shining in the night sky. Takeru lay exhausted on the floor while Hope was still thinking about how the boy could develop his strength. Takeru's cell phone rang instantly. It was his grandma. She must have been worried. "Oh crap, this is my grandma. I forgot the time. I'm coming home late. She'll kill me!" "No problem, we can do that very quickly. Tell me, where do you live?" "You know my first and last name. Don't you also know where I live then? "" No, I don't know. By the way, please stop sighing me. Just call me Hope. We don't have to be formal ..." "But you are my mentor!" "Who said that? You are not my student yet! Hold your horses there, cowboy." I know you don't ask a woman something like that, but how old are you actually?" "Pff, always this youth. So you'd better tell me now where you live, or I have to think about being your master!" "Ah, I'm sorry Master, I didn't mean to hurt you, damn it I'm so sorry!" "Yeah, well, kid, tell me your address now, or do you want to keep trying to crystallize your strength?" "No, please, I can't do this anymore…"

And so Hope teleported her together with Takeru in front of the Sarugaki's house. She pretended to be the boy's tutor. His grandmother looked a bit confused, but just took it. For Takeru, however, there was no dessert because he had not given notice. At the dining table, his grandpa said to him: "My boy that happens when you don't eat your grandma's food in time! She complained a lot. "His voice turned into a whisper:" But just between us, the pasta she made today tastes totally different than usual. I think she should stick to the old recipes and nothing new try out." "Oh, you know Grandpa, I'm not so into new things either. I prefer to stick with what I have. "From the kitchen one heard sullen noises:" Maybe you two should start growing up too!" "Shit, your grandma heard us. Anyway, then we're just the philistines. But rather philistines than following the trend, or Takeru?" " Yes, you are definitely right!"

Takeru went straight into the bathroom to brush teeth after dinner. He didn't even know how to proceed. Hope hadn't spoken a word to him after saying goodbye. "How did my mentor imagine that? I mean, she didn't even give me a cell phone number or an address? Well, she'll already know what she's doing..."

So Takeru fell asleep thinking that he might soon become a hero.

It happened that same night. Paranormal abilities broke out all over the world. The Spirits found their way back into society. Thus a world was born in which superhuman powers were part of everyday life...