C8: Progress & Changes

In one of several parks found in Musutafu Japan, you can see several people doing their own thing. Children playing, teenagers hanging around with their peers and adults talking with each other. You can also find a young man, at the start of his teenage years, jogging. Wearing a black jacket and shorts with navy blue sneakers. The young man could be called cute if described by girls or older women with his short smooth white hair, cerulean eyes and healthy young skin.

Yet, despite the young man's appearance, it can't mask how mature the presence he lets out. That young man is the protagonist of this story, Todoroki Touya.

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[ TOUYA'S P. O. V. ]

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Taking a seat at one of the benches of the park after my run, I took a big swig of my bottled water. While taking a break, I can see several people around me with mutant quirks that still surprises me from time to time. Dont get me wrong, I dont discriminate, it just surprises me is all. It shows how quirks physically and mentally changes a person. Heck! when my quirk awakened, my previous black hair and eyes changed to white hair and cerulean colored eyes. Probobly because I inherited my mothers quirk, I also took to her appearance which I am thankful for.

Thinking about changes reminds me about the changes within my life.

I'm currently 12 years old but due to all the exercise and workouts that I do, my body is quite physically fit. I'm one of the tallest boys in my class along with those with mutant quirks. You can see muscles forming but not to the point that they're popping out but thats okey, afterall, I'm still growing.

Like my previos life, I've taken up to learn Judo when I was 6years old. I taught about learning a different martial art but I decided otherwise because Judo is already something I'm familiar with and its compatible with my quirk. Judo is all about using your opponents momentum against them and with its different techniques, like takedowns, locks and holds, combined it with my quirk, I can easily subdue my opponent. Judo may not have that many offensive techniques but I compensate with that with my quirks multiple capabilities. I convinced my siblings to take Judo with me and ofcourse because their kids, they were reluctant at first. Most kids their age want to play most of the time but after just a few sessions, they've come to enjoy it. That just shows how good our sensei really is.

My quirk is developing pretty good as well. I have pretty much recreated all the moves I could remember from my previous life and combined it to what I made myself, I have quite the arsenal to choose from. I also practiced hard to shorten the manifestation of my quirk as well as the density of it.

Due to all that training I have done, I wonder how strong my quirk is. My backyard is not big enough and I dont know a place where I could go ham with my quirk to know my limits. Knowing your limitations is important because it gives you perspective and ideas on what area to further improve. If possible, I would also like to spar with someone with our quirks. That kind of training will give me experience on how to deal with villains in the future. Hopefully when I get into HeroSchool, I can get that kind of training to improve.

Aside from all my training, school for me is pretty normal I guess. I dont have someone whom I could call a best friend or any group of friends that I'm particularly close too. Due to how mature I am, its hard to befriend kids because of our different perspectives. With all that said, I still talk and hangout with my classmates from time to time and I wasn't getting bullied or anything, so I'm fine how my school life is right now. I wonder how different things would be in middle school a few months from now.

Me aside, things are going pretty well within the family.

Mom is still the caring and gentle mother that she is. It helps that me and my siblings are well behaved and dont bring much trouble to her. I did notice that she would zome out from time to time with a troubled expression. I haven't forgotten how tense she is around Enji and it got worse over the years. Everytime I asked her whats the problem, she wouldn't give me a straight answer. Fuyumi realised this too so I asked her to keep an eye on mom incase something happens.

Fuyumi herself grew up to be a bit more mature than her peers at the age of 10. She is still the same energetic and curious girl though and quite the caring older sister to Natsuo. It warmed my heart greatly when she said that she would be the greatest big sister in the world because I am the greatest big brother in the world. She has an ice based quirk like me and mom but its not that strong. She basically has the same capabilities and dimensions with her quirk like mom.

Natsuo himself grew up to be your typical 7year old. He is energetic, curious and really playful though he becomes timid when Enji is around. Like mom and Fuyumi, he has the same quirk and its capabilities.

Due to Enji's negligence of being a father, Fuyumi and Natsuo grew up quickly in mentality. When Enji's around, Fuyumi does her best to include him to the family dynamic. She asks him questions and try to start up a conversation but only getting a single word or grunt as replies. She is the only one who tries her best to have a complete family. Natsuo on the otherhand is timid and quite when Enji is around. It seems like he has given up on Enji but I can see the longing in his face.

I cant blame them though nor I can reprimand them. I try my best to be a big brother to them and to be a rolemodel but I cant be a father figure for them. I myself have given up on Enji unless he himself is the one to reach out to us and fix things. Until then, I will continue to do my best for my siblings.

And speaking of siblings, I have another one! A younger brother named Shoto who is currently 4years old. Its quite odd that Enji is paying a bit more attention to Shoto tough but it didn't bother me that much. Unlike the rest of us brothers who has all white hair, shoto has half each being white and red. The same with his eyes with brown and like mine. He is quite the shy little fellow and a mama's boy which is pretty cute to my opinion. Due to his nature, me, Fuyumi and Natsuo do our best to get him out of his shell. We would always play with him when we are free and do everything we can to be attentive and caring older siblings.

Thats how my life had been so far and I hope it only gets better.