A Pledge and a Promise

The world around her was black and gray, the only sound that was heard around her was only the sound she heard. Reina found herself standing in the middle of a burnt down village as she couldn't help but wonder how she had gotten there or why she was even there in the first place. The air smelled rotten and ashes had been scattered across the sky and clouds. She walked through the old burnt village as she kept her guard up; she dared not to look below her feet as she heard an unnatural crush under her feet, flinching at the sound ever so slightly.

She soon stumbled across an old broken down sign that hung on it's side, causing her to tilt her head.

"Welcome to…" She started to read aloud, "... Nakagata…?"

She couldn't help but wonder why the name sounded familiar to her as she backed up from it. That's when she noticed the path looked different, when she looked around the area once more. She saw that to her right she saw what looked to be an amusement park that looked to be abandoned. She saw that the park rides within weren't active, and it had been all void of color, just like everything else.

She saw a sign above the entrance.

"Herotown...?" She read, "... That's strange… Why do I feel like… I've been here before…?"

She was soon drawn to the sound of someone crying. She turned to her left and saw that connected to the path of the village, it had been the hospital she stayed in before it had been decided that she would go with Shota that had been void of all color as well.

She saw herself sitting by the fence crying her eyes out as she saw that her outfit was covered in dirt. Reina's expression softened a little as she looked to herself.

She remembered that day clearly.

She wanted to play with the other kids, but they ended up rejecting her because they overheard the doctors talking about her Quirk. The kids pushed her into the dirt, and made her feel helpless. She stayed out there the entire afternoon, crying to herself as she didn't bother to go back inside. She wanted to be alone that day.

As Reina saw herself cry she couldn't help but feel tears roll down her cheeks, as she couldn't help but recall the kind of pain she felt that day.

"I just…" She found herself saying to herself as a child, as she put her hand over her chest, "... I only wanted to play…"

Reina found herself falling to her knees as she played back what happened before. "I only asked for one thing…" She started to say, "... Only one thing… How could they have been so cruel… Why… Does the world hate me so much…?"

Just than she had been taken back, when she saw something, or rather someone walk by that had been the only thing that kept his color. It had been a young boy, who had taken notice of her.

"Wha… What… Who is…?"

The boy soon approached her only asking one thing.

"Hey… What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

Reina's eyes seemed to be focused on the boy as she watched the scene play out. For some reason she felt safe when she saw him.

She reached out to the boy, to just give him a tap on the shoulder.

"That boy… I know him…"

***

Reina opened her eyes only to find herself back in Chiyo's nurses office staring at the ceiling while her hand had been out. She appeared to be in a daze for a few moments before she pulled her hand back looking at her open palm, as she sat herself up. She rubbed her face a little only to find it was a little wet because of her tears.

"... That boy… It wasn't the same one I've been seeing… But… I swear I know him…"

She placed a hand over her chest as her hand shook slightly; She felt her heart beating a little fast as if it had been ready to burst.

"This feeling… Why is it familiar…?"

Reina soon let out a scream when she felt someone give a tap on her shoulder, making whoever it had been jump.

"Will you stop screaming damn it!?" A familiar voice said, "It's just me!"

Reina turned and saw that it had been Katsuki who had just stood at her side. She let out a sigh of relief, "You surprised me Katsuki-kun…"

"DON'T SAY THAT SO CASUALLY!" He yelled, bonking her on the head, "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT STARTLED ME!"

Reina rubbed her head as she let out a groan, "You didn't have to hit me that hard."

"I'LL DO WHAT I WANT, YOU BOUGHT IT UPON YOURSELF SO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!!" Katsuki shouted, causing her to flinch a little.

Reina soon stood up on her bed as she started to stretch her arms, groaning out of relief as she did, "At least the pain's gone away from my head. That second round was really a doozy."

Reina heard a click from Katsuki's tongue, and though he held his usual look his eyes told a different story. "Are you mad again?" Reina asked.

"You're damn right, I'm mad again!" He replied a bit harshly, "And do you wanna know why I'm pissed off as hell right now!?"

Reina thought about it for a moment before she gave her reply, "Is it because of the placement we got in the cavalry battle?" She asked, making Katsuki's eyebrow twitch, "Come on, you shouldn't let that get to you Katsuki-kun. Besides second place isn't that big of a de--"

"I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT LOLLIPOP HEAD!" He yelled.

This took Reina back a bit; She thought he would be mad about not getting the number one spot during the cavalry battle. She always knew Katsuki as the person who wanted to be on the number one slot, since nothing pissed him off more than losing. She didn't know what else could make him mad; but then it hit her as she remembered why she was in there in the first place.

"Oh… Right…" Reina said as she slapped herself, "... I overused my Quirk…"

She felt Katsuki hit her on the head again at this, "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU EVEN THINKING BACK THERE!? WERE YOU TRYING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED!?"

"Well what was I supposed to do!?" Reina said, "Sit there and do nothing!?"

"IF IT MEANT NOT GETTING YOUR ASS KILLED, THEN YES!"

"Like I said, it's an occupational hazard for Heroes!"

"THAT'S NOT A REASON DAMN IT!"

"Of course there's a reason! It was my choice and I'd do it again if it meant helping you!!"

"IF YOU KEEP MAKING STUPID DECISIONS LIKE THAT YOU'RE GONNA END UP KILLING YOURSELF! AND WHAT'S THE REST OF US SUPPOSED TO DO IF THAT WERE THE CASE?!"

The two of them stopped when they realized how close they were to each other, at least face wise anyway, as there noses practically touched one anothers. Their faces turned red as they backed up from each other and thus there was an awkward silence between the two of them as they avoided their gaze. "I--" Reina started to say as she stammered as she went to make her way out of the room, "--I need to--Use the restroom--To cool--I mean wash my face so I can cool o--I mean wake up!"

Just as Reina went past him, Katsuki immediately moved from where he stood as he reached out. "W-Wait a second!" He called out.

Reina turned around just as she was near the door. Before she could say something she heard the door open causing her to get pushed, taking Katsuki by surprise as she fell forward. They both let out a scream as they fell into each other and tumbled. It was revealed to be Eijirou, Chouko, Mina, Denki and Sero.

"Hey Bakugou!" Eijirou said, "You're in here ri--Whoa."

"Oh my." Chouko said, surprised at the scene before them.

"Oh my God!" Mina said with a smile.

"Get a room at least!" Denki said.

"Now that's picture worthy!" Sero said as he quickly snapped a photo.

Reina and Katsuki both found themselves in a very awkward position again as their faces turned completely red. Since they had tumbled earlier, Katsuki had ended up falling on top of her, as he just hovered over her making the both of them steam up and sweat nervously as they realized their lips were practically touching each other. Katsuki pulled back as Reina put her hands over her mouth.

"I--I--I--I--I--" Reina tried to say as her eyes became all swirls.

Katsuki struggled to form words but he couldn't do it as his body shook slightly. "I--You--Uh--" Katsuki tried to say, "This isn't--I didn't--"

Their attention or at least Katsuki's attention had soon been drawn to Eijirou as he couldn't help but whistle a little. "Now that's manly Bakugou!" He said with a smile as he gave him a thumbs up.

"SHUT UP SHITTY HAIR, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!!" Katsuki yelled as he shot a glare over at Eijirou, "THIS--THAT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT!"

"Are you sure it was an accident?" Chouko asked with a smile, "Because it looks like what we think it is."

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH CHICKEN WINGS!" He yelled, "YOU'RE NOT HELPING!!"

"Not to alarm anyone, but I'm pretty sure Rei-Rei has stopped working." Mina said as she pointed to how Reina had been in a daze as her body shook.

"Yeah, I think she's broken." Denki said, looking over at her as she continued to stammer while also speaking gibberish.

"HEY LOLLIPOP HEAD! GET IT TOGETHER!" Katsuki soon yelled as he saw the look on her face.

Floyd soon stepped into the room, "Hey guys, you wanna grab some lunch?" He said, "They're serving up a special that's said to knock your--" Floyd stopped in mid sentence as he saw the scene before him; His eyes laid on Katsuki being on top of Reina as he had been trying to snap her out of it.

Floyd's eyebrow twitched as he soon yelled, "GEEZ! AGAIN WITH THIS SHIT?!" He took out his ink hammer as he yelled "I HAVE SAID THIS MULTIPLE TIMES! QUIT DOING WEIRD SHIT TO REINA!"

"Easy tiger!" Eijirou shouted as he held him back.

"I'm sure it's a big misunderstanding Aihara-kun!" Mina added as she held onto his shoulder.

"DOESN'T MATTER, IMMA KILL HIS ASS!" Floyd shouted as he let go of their grip and shouted "HERE'S FLOYD AIHARA!" As he rushed in for the kill, though, Katsuki immediately countered by blowing up right in his face as he stood up, knocking Floyd to the ground after helping Reina to sit up.

"DON'T YOU START INKHEAD!!" Katsuki shouted as his hands sparked, "IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT I HAVE TO HEAR THIS KIND OF SHIT FROM THESE GUYS! BUT TO HEAR IT TWICE IN ONE DAY FROM YOU IS CROSSING THE LINE!!"

Floyd yelled back as he stood up from the floor, "OH UP YOURS, YOU DICK! IT'S YOUR OWN DAMN FAULT YOU'RE THIS WAY! FOR ONCE CAN'T YOU ACT LIKE YOU LIVE IN SOCIETY INSTEAD OF SOME VEGETA LIKE CHARACTER?!"

"I'M IN NO MOOD FOR YOUR STUPID POP CULTURE REFERENCES!" Katsuki barked back, "I TOLD YOU TO QUIT ASSUMING THESE THINGS!"

"SCREW YOU!" Floyd shouted as he flipped him off via his quirk.

"Oh man, this is like some kind of love triangle or something!" Eijirou said as he sweated.

"Yeah, Rei-Rei sure is lucky to have two guys such as Bakugou-san and Aihara-kun.." Mina said as she played with her hair.

"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! QUIT ASSUMING SHIT!" Floyd and Katsuki shouted.

"You sure you two aren't brothers in another life?" Sero asked.

"If that were the case than I would welcome death!" Katsuki said with a cringed look on his face.

"YEAH I WOULD KILL MYSELF ON THE SPOT!" Floyd shouted.

Reina still spoke a bit of gibberish as she stood up and made her way out of the room. "Gotta--Go--To--Bathroom!" She said as she started to walk in a robotic way.

"Hey Doraemon? Are you okay?" Floyd asked.

"Fine--Mesa bombad fine! Just bombad fine! No need for yousa to worry about mesa! Mesa bombad fine!" Reina said as she turned the corner. Everyone looked to each other as they were confused by how Reina spoke just now; even Floyd and Katsuki were taken back as they seemed to have lost their anger.

"What just happened?" Eijirou wondered aloud.

"Did she just talk like Jar Jar Binks from the Star Wars series?" Denki asked.

"Call me crazy but I think she did." Mina said.

"It's official." Sero said, "Reina.exe has stopped working."

"Oh my God…" Katsuki said as he slapped himself in the face while his face turned red again; he tried to keep himself from laughing out loud at what he just witnessed.

"She is too goddamn cute!" Katsuki soon thought in his head.

Floyd said turning to Katsuki, "What is it, Bakugou? Are you responsible for this?"

"Again no, Inkhead!" He said to him immediately after recovering, "Do you really wanna die that badly?"

"Maybe I should go check on her." Chouko said before she went out the door following Reina.

Floyd glared at Katsuki again before he yelled, "OH NOW YOU JUST PISSING ME OFF!"

He took out an ink guitar as he said, "FINNA BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU NOW, JINYU!"

"TRY IT, YOU HARUHARA WANNABEE!" Katsuki shouted as his hands lit up.

"Did they just use a FLCL reference?!" Sero and Denki exclaimed.

All of a sudden the small group was taken back when small hammers hit them both on the head; courtesy of Aaron who had stood outside of the doorway having seen the whole scene take place. Katsuki and Floyd both fell on the floor with a thud, making all of them jump.

Aaron said as casually as he looked over the two boys, "Okay Ken and Ryu. Save that for the actual match."

"Woah! The pro-hero, Art Frenzy!" Mina said as she started to blush "He's so cool! Wait--Are Aihara-kun and Bakugou gonna be okay?"

"They'll be fine!" Aaron replied "They should wake up by the time they get back to the stadium!" He soon noticed a certain someone missing from the room, "Hey where's Reina-chan?"

"Oh about that..." Sero said, "... She went to the bathroom after she and Bakugou were in an awk--"

Katsuki immediately recovered and smacked a hand over his mouth as his face was red again, "Do NOT mention that right now!"

Mina looked surprised, "Wait, is Bakugou ACTUALLY embarrassed about it?"

"I think he is!" Denki said as he started to laugh.

"Now THAT'S out of the ordinary!" Eijirou said with a smile as he laughed.

"I'M NOT EMBARRASSED, SHUT YOUR FACE!" Katsuki shouted as his face was still red.

Floyd on the other hand started to laugh at the look on Katsuki's face, "Oh man! You were embarrassed!"

"I'LL MURDER YOU!" Bakugou shouted as he tried to blast Floyd only for him to dodge.

"Try again, loser!" Floyd shouted as he flashed his butt to him.

"YOU DAMN AMERICAN HALF-BREED PRANKSTER!" Katsuki shouted as he got ready to use his Quirk again.

"Come on, Floyd. Try not to tease him too hard." Aaron said to his little brother.

"Sure thing!" Floyd said before giving Katsuki a leer.

"ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GONNA MURDER THIS SON OF A BITCH!" Katsuki thought in his head.

"Uhh… Shouldn't you stop this?" Denki asked Aaron.

"Oh don't worry. They should stop eventually." Aaron reasoned as he couldn't help but record the current fight that was taking place.

***

Reina had currently been in the restroom trying to cool down as she had been fanning herself. She took deep breaths as she had collected her thoughts at what had just happened in the nurse's office. "Jesus Christ, that was really really awkward!" She said to herself trying to lose the blush on her face, "That was the most embarrassing experience ever to happen in my life! I couldn't imagine what Nemuri-san would say if she found out!"

She looked in the mirror's reflection as she put two of her fingers to her lips.

"But just now… Katsuki-kun and I… If we were any closer… We would've… Almost--!"

Her face turned red again at the thought of what could've happened; She let out a scream as she rubbed her head.

"OH GOOD LORD!!" She yelled, "WHAT THE HELL AM I EVEN THINKING!? IT'S KATSUKI-KUN FOR GOD'S SAKE!! I SHOULDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT!! HE'S NOT--I MEAN--HE CAN'T--GAH I DON'T KNOW!"

"What's there to be embarrassed about Rei-chan?"

Reina jumped a little at a familiar voice; when she looked in the mirror's reflection she saw that same boy with the red hat sitting on the bathroom counter just next to her, swinging his legs. She backed up a little from the boy, though she looked at him with curious eyes.

"Y… You…? What are you doing here?" She asked.

The boy let out a laugh as he smiled at her, "That's a ridiculous thing to ask. I've always been by your side, Rei-chan, like I've told you before. You remember, don't you?"

Reina walked over to the young boy before saying, "I… I don't… I don't remember what you said, or who you are… Or… Even if you were a real person."

The boy looked at her with his red eyes, as his expression softened. "Please…" Reina said, putting her hands at the boy's side as she stood in front of him, "... I feel like your someone important to me, but… Everything you're showing me is vague and I don't really understand any of it! Everything is all mixed up and I can't put any of it together to where I should start looking! I want to say I do know you, but… I don't!"

She froze when she felt the boy's hand on her head, his expression was of worry. "You do know me…" He said softly, "...You just need to remember."

A sudden flash of an unclear image seemed to have gone through her head as she felt a sudden ring causing her to groan as she nearly fell to the ground; she managed to catch herself before that happened. She looked up and saw once again, the boy was gone.

"Why…" She started to say to herself as her body shook a little, "... Why can't he just give me a straight answer…?"

She soon felt something drip onto her hand which took her back a bit. She felt her face and she had realized that it had been her own tears.

"I'm… Crying again…?"

She soon noticed a pair of feet stepped in front of her; Looking up she saw a pair of familiar gray eyes and a purple ribbon on the back of her head. "Fubuki-chan?" Reina said, a bit surprised to see her.

Fubuki pointed to her face, specifically to her eyes, as if to ask, "Why are you crying?" Reina wiped away the tears as she replied, "I'm fine, don't worry."

Reina stood up from the ground as she wiped away her tears, and Fubuki looked at her with worry. "Really, I'm fine, Fubuki-chan. Just thinking about something." Reina said to her with a reassuring smile right when she was about to leave. Fubuki grabbed her wrist, stopping her, and merely shook her head and pointed to her face, this time her mouth. She drew a smile on her own face before she shook her head.

"Are you trying to say… My smile fake?" Reina asked as she put it together.

Fubuki nodded her head looking at her sadly.

"You really are perceptive like your brother huh?" Reina said, impressed before she gently pried her hand away from her, "Thanks for worrying about me, but I'm alright." Fubuki kept her hand on her as her hand shook a little, taking Reina back when she suddenly gave her a hug.

"Fubuki-chan?" She said as she was hesitant about what she should do.

Fubuki soon broke herself out of the hug before she took her hand so that she would follow her. Reina was surprised at this but didn't protest as she thought she just wanted to find her brother so he could translate for her. Though she was surprised when she realized when she saw that she had brought her over to one of the break rooms that had been provided.

"Fubuki-chan?" Reina said, "How come you brought me here?"

Fubuki held up a finger as if asking her to wait before she ushered her to one of the many vacant chairs. Once more Reina didn't protest as she sat down while Fubuki went to retrieve something. She soon came back with a whiteboard and marker as she took a seat next to her.

"I guess she wants to talk to me herself." Reina thought in her head.

Fubuki soon removed the cap before she started to write down; eventually she turned the board over in her direction.

"I'm sorry that I hugged you like that." Is what it read, "I didn't mean to startle you."

"You don't have to apologize about that." Reina reassured her, "Believe you me, it's not the first time someone's taken me back with a hug."

Fubuki turned red a little and soon erased what she wrote before she wrote something again.

"But I'm really sorry." Is what she had written, "You sort of reminded me of my brother when you looked sad earlier. I thought you could use one."

Reina had been taken back by this as she looked to Fubuki. She noticed how her eyes looked as if any moment she looked as though she could cry herself; Her expression softened a bit at this. Fubuki soon noticed the way Reina had been looking at her as she tilted her head slightly.

"It's the same…" Reina suddenly said, taking Fubuki by surprise this time, "... Back during the rescue training… You and Todoroki-san… You both looked sad about something." Fubuki looked down at the ground as her hands started to shake a little, though Reina put her hand on hers as she tightened it slightly.

"I know, you and him see me, Izuku-kun and Floyd-kun as rivals but…" Reina said, "... Believe me when I say that I want to help you."

Fubuki looked up at Reina as this time she gave an unsure look to her; Reina soon continued, "... I want you to know, even if you or Todoroki-san don't think about it, I care about the well being of others, even yours and your brothers. I don't want to see you or him sad… I want to see you and him happy."

At this Reina's head started to feel fuzzy as an image appeared in her line of vision; she could've sworn was standing right in the middle of what looked to be a festival before she found herself in the waiting room. "Huh…" She said in her head, "... What was that…?"

She soon saw Fubuki's eyes brightened a bit before she wrote something down, "...You really are a good person, Reina-chan."

-Faculty and Student Entrance-

Two familiar people were currently hanging around the entrance; of course the two people had been Izuku and Floyd, as Floyd himself had finished telling him exactly what happened in Recovery Girl's temporary nurse office.

"Reina-chan talked like a Star Wars character?!" Izuku couldn't help but say out of confusion.

"Yep." Floyd replied, "And just like that she bolted out of the door before I even knew what happened."

"I knew Reina-chan was a fan of the franchise but I didn't think she would talk like one…" Izuku said, "... I wonder what Kaa-chan did that made her that way though…"

Floyd's eyebrow twitched before he said, "Gee, I wonder."

"Midoriya. Aihara." A familiar voice soon said, "I thought I'd find you two here."

Izuku and Floyd jumped when they turned to the direction of the voice; they saw it had been their classmate, Shoto Todoroki; they were both surprised as he was without his twin.

"Todoroki-kun?" Izuku said, a bit surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"And why isn't your sister with you?" Floyd said.

Shoto seemed to have ignored them before he asked, "Do you two have a minute to talk?"

Izuku and Floyd looked at each other with a bit of confusion as they looked back at him.

"Uhh sure, what's up?" Floyd asked.

Shoto took his place just across from them as he put his hands in his pocket, "Back in the cavalry battle…" He started to say, "... I was overpowered. So much that I nearly broke my pledge and promise to Fubuki."

Izuku's expression softened a bit at this while Floyd looked confused. "Hold on, what do you mean by that?" Floyd asked.

"In the second round…" Izuku started to explain to Floyd, "... When he stole the ten million points from my team, he didn't use his left side to his advantage when we went to steal it back."

Floyd nodded in understanding as he said, "Oh yeah, that's actually something."

Shoto soon continued, "Iida, Yaoyorozu, Tokoyami, Uraraka… None of them felt it. I was the only one who was overpowered. Only me who experienced All Might's power first hand…"

Izuku and Floyd started to sweat nervously at this.

"What… Does that mean?" Izuku said as he gave a gulp.

"It means I felt something similar coming from you." Shoto explained to Izuku.

Izuku and Floyd had become more nervous at this. Floyd quickly tried to change the subject as they stammered, "Say man, nice weather we're having today!"

Shoto looked to Izuku as he couldn't help but flinch, "Tell me something Midoriya…" Shoto started to say, "... Are you All Might's secret love child or something?"

***

Reina anxiously waited as Fubuki wrote down what she wanted to say next. Eventually she turned the white board back to her as it was written.

"You know every teacher here in U.A and some outside of this place." Is what she had read, "That includes our father, doesn't it?"

"Yeah." Reina replied, "He's the number two Hero on the top ten hero list. Though from what I understand, Enji-san wanted to be in the number one slot as long as I've known him. Why?"

Fubuki soon wrote down in reply, "The truth is he's always wanted to surpass All Might-sensei. Since myself and my other siblings were kids it's all he ever thought about. But he couldn't do it with his own strength, so he had to go with another option."

"Another option?" Reina said confused, "... What do you mean by that?"

Fubuki wrote her reply, "... Our father only saw my brother as a tool at his own disposal. Every second of his life I would watch as my father took him away to undergo harsh training. He forced him to push his limit with every training he went through. I couldn't stop it, nor could my siblings. My mother tried to stop it all. But it only ended up hurting her." Reina looked down at her feet before giving a solemn look to her. She knew that Enji gave off a scary aura, but she had no idea it would be that extreme.

She thought he was scary before but this had been on a whole new level.

She noticed Fubuki had written something else, "I saw how my brother was. I noticed how much he suffered. I was like you. I wanted to see my brother smile, like my other siblings did. But they couldn't because they were afraid. I wasn't, at least back than. So, I did the only thing I could think of."

"What did you do…?" Reina soon asked as she was curious.

Izuku stood there in complete and utter shock while Floyd couldn't help but laugh out loud at what Shoto had been suggesting. A secret love child created by All Might? He had to be kidding right!? Right!? Floyd was laughing hysterically while Izuku sweated a lot.

Floyd said as he laughed, "Y-yeah! Funny joke there!"

"Floyd-san! Stop, it's not funny!" Izuku said to him as his face turned red from embarrassment.

"Well are you?" Shoto asked, making Floyd laugh even louder and fell on his knees. "N-N-No! That's not it at all!" Izuku stammered, "I mean, even if it was, I would say it wasn't so I don't think you'd believe me, but anyway that's how it is!"

Floyd added as he wiped his tears, "Oh man, this is comedy gold!"

Izuku soon cleared his throat as he said, "Look aside from that… I'd like to ask you something… What do you really think about me, Floyd-san and Reina-chan?"

"Since you said, that's not how it is…" Shoto said, "... That must mean there's a connection between you three and All Might you can't talk about right?"

Izuku and Floyd looked at one another as Floyd himself stopped his laughter as they looked at one another a bit nervously.

Shoto spoke up again, "Endeavor is Fubuki and my old man. You both must know by now that he's been stuck at the number two slot forever. If you, Reina and Aihara have a relationship with the number one hero… Then Fubuki and I have more of a reason to beat you three."

"Okay, dude seriously!" Floyd said, "What is your deal with beating us!? I can handle piss for brains bragging on and on about him wanting to be the number one Hero, I have since middle school, but you--What is your problem!? I don't get it!"

"Floyd-san calm down." Izuku said as he gave him a pat on the shoulder.

Shoto started to explain himself, "My old man… He has a strong desire to rise in the world. As a hero, he won a name for himself with a crushing force. Because of that, the living legend All Might is an eyesore to him. Since he couldn't surpass All Might he moved on to his next plan."

"Todoroki-kun, what are you talking about?" Izuku asked as he had been concerned, "What are you trying to tell us?"

"Tell me… Have you two heard of Quirk marriages?" He asked the two of them.

"Quirk marriages?" Izuku said confusingly.

Floyd soon answered for him, "Oh yeah I've heard of that. My big brother Aaron explained it to me! That became a thing after the second and third generation superpowers started to appear. People would choose another to strengthen the Quirk and pass it onto their children, it was basically like arranged marriages." Floyd's eyes widened, "Hold on… Don't tell me Endeavor did--!"

Shoto nodded his head as he replied, "He won over our mother's relatives and got her Quirk. He was trying to fulfil his own desires by raising me to be a Hero to surpass All Might."

Izuku and Floyd noticed how Shoto's expression changed to what looked to be a pissed off look on his face. "I won't become a tool for a scum like him…" He said, "...Not after what he put our mother through… And what he did to Fubuki..."

"What? Fubuki-chan? Your mother?" Izuku said.

"Wait..." Floyd asked as he grew more concerned, "... What did he do?"

***

Reina waited for Fubuki to write up what she wanted to say next. She had to admit, now that she was getting to know Fubuki and even her brother, she was starting to have mixed feelings about the hero known as Endeavor. She knew he was a Hero and helped people for the greater good. Though now that she was hearing this she didn't expect him to be one of the abusive parents.

Fubuki soon wrote down her reply, "My brother only had our mother and I. If it hadn't been for us, he wouldn't have known what compassion and love was like. While our mother gave him comfort and told us stories, I gave him what he would've lost a long time ago."

"A chance to be a child." Reina said as she started to put it together, "That's what you gave him right?"

Fubuki nodded, showing what she had written next, "Whenever our father was away on a mission, or whenever he was asleep, I would play with him like our siblings did with me and each other. A simple game of catch, hide and seek, or a video game; anything that would make him smile."

Reina couldn't help but smile at this, as she had read Fubuki's words. She knew she was a bit jealous before, but she couldn't help but envy them a bit more. She didn't remember if she had any siblings though she felt lonesome when she was growing up as an only child; She always wondered what it would be like to have a little brother or sister, or the other way around at least. To hear this kind of noble act from Fubuki to do for her brother, she could tell how much she loved him.

The next set of words she had written however took her by surprise, as she noticed how her hands shook when she wrote what she wrote; she saw the last few words were smudged across the board.

"Than one day, our mother was sent to the hospital because of something she did. On that day our father found out what I was doing, and he---"

"Something she did?" Reina said aloud, before pointing to the end of her sentence, "... Wait… Why is this part erased?"

She noticed the way Fubuki had looked, as noticed she shook more violently. "It's okay." Reina said gently, "Just take your time. I won't force this out of you."

Fubuki bit her bottom lip as she gulped. She erased what had been on before writing something else. She showed what she had written and Reina's eyes widened in horror by what she read.

Izuku and Floyd couldn't help but wonder what it was Shoto had been getting at, as they saw his eyes filled with rage when he mentioned something about his mother and sister.

It hadn't been long before Shoto gave his reply, "I only had two people that looked out for me when I was a kid, that was my mother and Fubuki. Whenever I had been upset they would always comfort me and tell me it was alright. Our old man told my other siblings not to interrupt the training he put me through, but Fubuki was stubborn. She found ways to sneak past my old man, and let me play games with her, or talk just to get my mind off of everything."

They soon saw his expression change, as he had what looked to be a look of solemnness. "But that doesn't change how I remember our mom." He grasped the scar on his face as he continued, "... All I can remember about her was that she had always been crying… 'Your left hand is unsightly'. That's what she said to me… As she poured boiling water on me."

Izuku and Floyd's eyes widened in horror at what they just heard. Izuku stood there stunned while Floyd had been currently processing the information.

Floyd said as he stammered, "W-w-what?! Your own mother did that to you?!"

"It wasn't like it was on purpose." Shoto told Floyd, "He drove her to that point because of what he was trying to make me do."

Floyd said to Shoto as he grabbed a hold of the neck of his jacket, "Why didn't you stand up for yourself?! How can you let this happen to you?!"

"It's complicated." He merely replied calmly.

Floyd couldn't help but yell at him. "BULLSHIT! THAT'S NO REASON FOR A MOTHER TO DO THAT TO HER SON AT ALL!"

"Wait… What about Fubuki-chan?" Izuku soon asked, "You said that something happened to her…"

Shoto went silent at this as he looked to his feet; Floyd let him go. "Does it…" Izuku started to ask, "... Does it have something to do with that scar on her neck?"

Floyd added "What happened to her?"

"... Our old man found out what she was doing for me, and needless to say he wasn't happy." He explained his body shook with rage, "After he put our mom in the hospital I found out she ran out of the house after he confronted her. By the time I found her, the damage was already done. The doctors checked her over and they told us… There was severe damage with her laryngitis and thorax. Because of that… She could no longer speak."

"You mean--He--" Izuku started to say when he put together what happened.

All Shoto did was nod his head in reply, which made Izuku have his own look of sympathy at the thought of Fubuki and what . Floyd on the other hand was a bit enraged to hear this.

"That bastard....That's not just uncool…" Floyd said, "It's pure… Just pure evil!"

"Fubuki developed a phobia over fire after what my old man did to her. I made a promise to her, and a pledge to myself because of what happened to her and our mother." Shoto said, "Since you, Reina and Aihara are connected to All Might, I chose to pick a fight to show him what I can do without using his Quirk." His eyes changed once more with a look of determination, yet still with a bit of rage, "No… I'll reject him completely by winning first place without using it."

Izuku and Floyd couldn't help but find this sounding a bit familiar, at not using a Quirk. Both of them had thought back to Reina and thought in a way they were both similar. Though their reason for not using their own Quirk had differ they both had the same ambition. In a sense they wanted to prove themselves, whether if it was just for many, or for one person in particular. But they noticed that there had been a significant similarity, Reina was afraid of her own Quirk and held herself back for the sake of others safety, Shoto held it back because of Enji; at the very least that's what they had gotten from this.

They soon watched as Shoto started to walk away from them. Just as he turned his back to them, he had said, "I don't care if you can't tell me what your connection is with All Might. No matter what you are to him… I will rise above you three, with my right side. Sorry for wasting your time."

Floyd gritted his teeth and said, "You son of a--"

Izuku soon gulped before he said, "Wait!"

At this Shoto stopped in his tracks and looked over to him. It was than Izuku had said, "I was--Always supported by others. That was the case in the cavalry battle too. I'm here because of the people that supported me. Floyd-san has his reasons for being here, and so does Reina-chan. Though they're different from mine, we've always respected the choices we made."

"Even though Reina-chan could be hiding something from me and Floyd…" He thought to himself.

He clenched his hand as he continued, "Saving people with a fearless smile, the greatest hero--All Might. I want to be like him. In order to do that I have to be strong enough to get to the top. Our motivations might seem trivial to yours, but… I can't lose either, none of us can. I have to live up to the hopes of those who supported me."

Floyd let out a sigh as he soon added, "Same goes for me, fire and ice! I mean I'm the Son of Led Zeppelin and Caligraphine after all! Gotta have to show the world what I can do, right? Make sure you give it your all as well at 200 percent!"

Shoto merely looked at them in silence as Izuku soon said, "That declaration of war you gave us earlier--Floyd-san and I will return it. I'm sure Reina-chan will do the same too. If one of us will get to that point… WE'LL beat you."

Shoto had taken their words to heart, without saying one another, Shoto took his leave leaving Izuku and Floyd to contemplate on what Shoto had told them.

Though none of them seemed to have noticed that a certain boy with ash blonde spiky hair had been listening in on their conversation, and left before one of them had noticed his presence.

Reina had to take in what Fubuki had written as Fubuki herself couldn't help but cry a little at the thought. Honestly she didn't know what to think. Their mother gave Shoto that scar, and even Enji going as far as to actually hurt Fubuki beyond repair. She watched as she placed the whiteboard down on her lap as tears began to fall from her face at the thought; the tears smearing whatever what had been written.

"Fubuki-chan…"

Reina honestly didn't know what she should do at this point. She wanted to help her, but what was she supposed to say after hearing that? How could she cheer her up after she told her this kind of thing?

"How can I help her? How can I help them? I've never dealt with this kind of thing? I want to help them, but… How? What should I say? What should I do?"

When Reina blinked she saw the boy with the red hat just standing next to Fubuki who had been sobbing quietly. Reina looked a bit surprised, but kept quiet so as to not alert Fubuki. The boy looked over to Reina, taking her back a little.

"It's like staring into a mirror, right Rei-chan?" The boy said as he looked at her.

Reina's eyes widened slightly at the boy's words before she looked back at Fubuki. At this she knew what she had to say.

"Fubuki-chan?" Reina said gently, putting her hand on her shoulder, "I appreciate you telling me all of this, and… I'm sorry that all this happened to you. Here I thought you, your brother and I were different, but in a sense… You're both a bit like me huh?"

Fubuki stopped her crying as she looked over to Reina a bit confused. She noticed the expression before she started to explain herself, as she was a bit hesitant with her words, "... Growing up… Was hard for me too. I didn't have a normal childhood like Izuku-kun, Floyd-kun or even Katsuki-kun's. Your brother was lucky enough to have you, but as for me… I had no one for the longest time. I had no one to rely on."

Fubuki's eyes widened at this when she had heard this; Though Reina on the other hand felt something buzz in her head, as she couldn't help but groan a little.

"Why did it feel wrong to say that…?" She thought to herself.

Reina shook off the feeling before she looked back at Fubuki, "... I may have not experienced the kind of pain you have felt, and I'm not gonna say I understand it… I had my own version of it. Not many of the other kids wanted to play with me because they saw me as…" Reina noticed her hand shaking, as she went to grasp it before she picked her sentence back up, "... Different. Some of the children, and even some pro-heroes saw me as someone they thought I was. Because of that I was shunned away, and often criticised if you can believe it. I was even following Todoroki-san's example and not relying on my Quirk. But…"

Fubuki soon noticed that Reina give a warm smile as she said to her, "... A really good friend of mine taught me that I wasn't strong enough to make it through my own physical abilities; he told me that sooner or later I would have to rely on it to help me get through certain obstacles. And look where I am now. I didn't think I would make it this far, honestly."

Fubuki wiped away her tears as she had managed to stop crying, though that didn't stop Reina from placing a hand over her own.

"I won't try to tell Todoroki to use his left side, it would be pointless to try anyway." Reina said, "Although… I think the best thing for him and for yourself is if he sees his Quirk as his own power rather than Enji-san's. I know he made a promise to you and your mother, though I think it'll help him, don't you think?"

Fubuki scratched underneath her chin a bit to think, while Reina sat there in silence. Though Fubuki had been unable to answer her, she couldn't help but give a smile to her. It was almost as if she was thanking her, causing Reina to smile back at her.

"I hope you take my words to heart, Fubuki-chan." Reina thought in her head, "That way, you nor your brother… Won't turn into someone like me."

"Hey there you are."

Reina and Fubuki both turned and saw Chouko standing at the door entrance, nearly surprising them. "Chou-chan!" Reina said, a bit surprised.

"I thought I would find you in the restroom, but I didn't think you would come back to the waiting room." Chouko said before she nearly laughed to herself, "I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I found you outside trying to cool off after what happened!"

Fubuki tilted her head curiously while Reina turned red, "Too soon Chou-chan! Too soon!" She immediately said.

Chouko laughed while Fubuki looked confused as to what she had been talking about. Reina tried to hide the red on her face but had failed miserably at it. "Well since I found you here with Fubuki-chan, what do you say we go grab lunch?" Chouko suggested, "You know, before we go into the third round?"

"Ye-yeah okay!" Reina immediately said, standing up from her chair, "Let's do that!"

She soon turned to Fubuki, holding a hand out to her, "Wanna come eat with us, Fubuki-chan?"

Fubuki looked at Reina's hand, before looking back up to her, as she still gave a smile. Fubuki soon gave a smile of her own before she took her hand, as if to say, "I'll be happy to!"

And thus the three of them headed towards the cafeteria, to have themselves a nice meal before the Sports Festival had continued.