Kobayashi Trauma

Chapter 12

The licensing exam. We have orientation first in a small room. Then the walls drop. All the applicants split. I run to the city zone. The buzzer goes off indicating the beginning of the test. I quickly get someone out. Dodging balls left and right. I decide to get to higher ground after seeing someone flying, wind whipping around them. So I scale a building. I see the person who was flying across a road from me. I take a running start using fire to propel myself across the road, to land on the same roof as the flying guy. He launches several balls at me. Someone climbs up the building behind him. In mid-air I use my fire to flip, dodging the balls. Then in quick succession I send 3 balls at the one behind him, hitting 2 of their targets. He turns to see them and hits the last one.
"Steal my kill much?" I laugh.
"Hey, they were fair game." He says.
"Saw you flying, and was curious. So I figured I'd say hi." I say.
"Oh, ok. I'm Inasa Yoarashi. I'm from Shiketsu." He says.
"Aiko Kobayashi. I'm from UA." I say.
"UA huh? You know Todoroki?"
"Yeah... He's my ex. He was more obsessed with my brother than he was with me." I say.
"Oh who's your brother?"
"Ever hear of Junichiro?"
"Oh, yeah. He your brother? Cool." He says.
"See you around. I'm going to look for prey." I say running off. A rain of balls comes down and I use ice to make shelter. Going inside a building I see a group of people. I sneak up and get someone out with none of the rest noticing me. Then I head to the end zone as I've gotten 2 people out. There is a few people there including Yoarashi.
"Hey" he says seeing me.
"Hey, was that rain of balls you?" I ask.
"Yeah, I kinda thought you got caught up in it" he says.
"Nah, I got inside just in time."
"Well, guess you're lucky."
"It's more than luck" I chuckle.
"Oh really? Prove it." He says launching a gust of wind at me. I stomp my left foot in front of me and a wall of ice shoots up.
"When I said 'inside' I meant my ice barrier." I melt the ice with my blue fire.
"Wow another one bred to be a hero!" He says in an almost hurtful tone.
"Actually I'm the black sheep of my family." I say.
"Why? You're trying to be a hero." He asks.
"I mean its kinda personal. I don't really know you." I say. Shoto walks up. He appears to have heard our conversation.
"Oh, you mean how you're an affair baby or the fact that you'd spread your legs for your brother if given the chance." Shoto says... But there is clearly no way for him to know about that night.
"That's cheap coming for someone I caught rummaging though his underwear drawer." I say. Haru seems to appears out of nowhere.
"He did what in my underwear drawer!?" Haru says.
"Not you. My other... Haru!? Wh- I wasn't expecting you to be here." I am shooketh.
"Hey, Haru. Glad you made it" Yoarashi says.
"Who's this?" Shoto asks.
"One of my buddies." Yoarashi says.
"Aiko? How do you know him?" Shoto says but the question really means 'did you sleep with him?'
"He's my half brother." I answer.
"We met at a party the night there was all the coverage on the heroes attacking the LOV." Haru says.
"You met him the night we broke up?" Shoto asks.
"That 1 night was like a week of stuff for me." I say "And there was 0 planning."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Shoto asks.
"Oh I don't know maybe because you made me choose between 2 of the most important people in my life. That day there were 5 guys who were important to me. You put one of them in jail which I got over, but then you tried to stop me from rescuing another when he got kidnapped. That dropped you from the list."
"What do you mean? Who did he put in jail?" Haru asks.
"Shh. Everyone has their secrets." I say. Shoto is muttering to himself.
"Jail? But I never... Except Stain" his eyes widen for a moment. "But how does she know?" He continues muttering. Did he actually figure it out?
"Wait. Is Stain someone important to you?" Haru asks.
"I mean... I figured out who he was years ago, and I've been writing letters to him since he was imprisoned."
"Aren't letters monitored?" Yoarashi asks. "Couldn't that ruin your chances of becoming a hero?"
"Yeah... But that's only if the wrong person finds out. And I'm careful... So as long as 1 of you doesn't tell. No one will know. Besides if I can't be a hero I'll just be a vigilante." I say.
"You sound like little Stain" Iida says walking up.
"Awe... You think I want to be like Stain?" I walk up to him and whisper in his ear. "I'm gonna be better than Stain."
"What are you gonna do? Stab me?" Iida asks me. I create a sharp icicle and stab 1 of his targets so I don't actually hurt him.
"The answer to that question is always yes." I say.
"And why is it always yes?" Haru asks.
"Because it's basically a challenge... You are almost asking me to stab you." I answer. Iida leaves shocked speechless.
"You're kinda psycho... I like you." Yoarashi says. Then he nudges Haru and quietly says "Your sister is kinda hot."
"Yeah. I'm aware." Haru responds.
"Only if you'd like my sloppy 2nds." Shoto says.
"We didn't even fuck... And besides I'm with Tsuki-chan." I say.
"Tsuki-chan? You must be close." Haru says.
"You are probably only into him because he took 1st place at the sports festival." Shoto says sounding salty.
"Oh. You mean that Bakugou kid, right? He's so angry why do you like him?" Yoarashi asks.
"Maybe because he isn't dating me to get to my brother?" I say. "He knows about some of the worst shit I've been though and doesn't think of me different for it." I hear footsteps behind me but they seem to go to a different group.
"Well I could do that." Yoarashi says.
"I doubt it. Here's a hypothetical. If I told you something along the lines of... One of my best friends was a villain they're apart of the LOV and I have used that connection... What would you do?" I ask.
"Well I'd have to report it." Yoarashi says.
"So you wouldn't really have my back. You'd be more on the side of the law. That is why you aren't my type." I say. I hear footsteps again... The same person from the sounds of it, walking towards me. I pick up the scent of caramel as an arm goes around my shoulder. I look to see Katsuki.
"I couldn't have said it better myself." Katsuki says.
"Tsuki-chan were you intentionally standing down wind?" I ask a little startled.
"Of course. How else am I supposed to surprise you? Unlike some people I don't forget about your heighten senses." He says with a chuckle.
"Well. I'm out." Shoto says walking away.
"So how serious are you 2?" Haru asks.
"I mean we've only been dating a couple weeks..." I say.
"Why do you want to know? Not like you're close." Katsuki says.
"Just curious about my sister's life." Haru says.
"You should have been curious for the last 9 years." Katsuki says.
"My parents never talked about her, and I don't have many memories from that long ago. I didn't know I had a half sister until her brother showed up and started yelling at my parents." Haru explains.
"Tch. Whatever. I'm ready for the next round." Katsuki says. The next round is explained. Its a search and rescue.
"Hey I love you and you need to actually rescue peop-" I start to say, but he cuts me off with wide eyes.
"You love me?" He asks. Shit he didn't hear anything other than that.
"I... Yeah." I say. He pulls me in and kisses me. Then the walls drop and everyone starts running off. He runs off too. I head onto the field to find people. Hunting people down with my nose. I lead others to them.
"How does she find them so fast?" Someone asks. I look at them.
"Because I can smell them." I answer. I find lots and help dig most of them out. While digging someone out a block of cement falls on my mid section I manage to get the civilian out of the rubble still under it myself. Another student helps me get out from under the rubble. As I stand I think my period finally started. I'll deal with it later. The test ends, and when the results go up I see that I passed but Katsuki didn't. The idiot forgot to save people.