A Bolt of Hope

Chapter 22 - Family Matters -

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Hey y'all! Sorry for disappearing for a bit! Have a lot of projects that I can hopefully release soon! Thank you so much again for reading this story! Crazy to believe this all started practically on a whim! Hope you enjoy this chapter!

"I swear to god how many more times am I gonna pass out?" Leizcio mumbles as he slowly begins to open his eyes.

But he quickly closes his eyes for a second as a blinding light surrounds his vision. After he adjusts to the brightness, he sees that he's in some sort of field, practically an abandoned stadium.

"Man what kinda dream is this?" All Leizcio could remember was that he was about to head home from UA and everything kinda faded. Wait a minute...

Looking further ahead, he could see someone standing in the distance. It was the same girl who was with Mashito back at the sports festival. But why is she here?

"About time you woke up Esperanza, now stand up, you have a match right now."

Looking at the stands, Leizcio sees Mashito looking down at the both of them, standing with a serious posture.

"So not only are you going to reappear in my life after being gone for years but you're also going to kidnap me so that you can see if I'm 'worthy' of carrying your pathetic excuse of a legacy?!" Leizcio yells with a bit of a raised tone.

"You remember Hisako? She's the one kid who didn't end up being a disappointment, but you on the other hand, managed to suddenly rise to the top with that quirk of yours. It's about time you prove yourself." Mashito says, ignoring Leizcio's words. He takes out a small device and with a tap of it, the stadium is suddenly locked down with a strange barrier. Leizcio tries punching it only for his fist to be left in mild pain.

"You're not going to be leaving anytime soon. Not until you knock Hisako out and make yourself worth the trouble of being my prodigy or if you're still nothing but rubbish."

Leizcio has a small scowl on his face. There's nothing that he can do other than to comply and fight Hisako. But there has to be a chance that she doesn't want any of this to happen. Right?

"Look, Hisako, we don't h-"

Leizcio gets smacked in the face by a flash of light. Getting back up, he barely dodges the next attack. But from what Leizcio can gather, it seems that Hisako's quirk is something along the lines of making some form of construct.

Hisako Sokudo

Quirk: Electric Constructs
Using Kinetic Energy that they build up, the user is able to expel electricity and construct it into whatever form the user likes!

This battle wasn't in favor of Leizcio, Hisako was able to land blows left and right despite his speeds. Mix Mashito's training and Hisako's observations from the sports tournament, Leizcio's chances of winning this were looking slim. But then again, he wasn't really planning on throwing any punches.

Each time he tried to say something, he was cut off by either having to dodge or with a construct hitting him. He didn't know, but with each hit Hisako made, the stronger her constructs became, going to the point where Leizcio swore he could hear something in his body crack. It also didn't help that her quirk practically negated the electric part of his.

As Leizcio is knocked down to the floor, he tries for a desperate move in hopes that it works.

"Hisako, please listen! Don't you see how stupid all of this is?" Leizcio yells, clutching his ribs from the damage he's taken.