Chapter 7: A New Bond
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Few days had passed since school has started. Today was also the day that Yozora is going to train Midoriya. No words could describe how taken aback the girl was when All Might heard the news that she agreed to his request and how he reacted to it.
She remembered him being elated and thanking her profusely, which she reacted blankly.
Classes ended that day, and Yozora told her companions to leave without her. They obliged and the three of them headed to a nearby restaurant that opened recently to feast.
After packing her bags, she waited outside class for her acquaintance, Midoriya. The students from 1-A streamed out from their classroom, some of the girls staring at Yozora, including the boys.
"Thank you for waiting, Yozora-san," Midoriya spotted her and approached the lone girl. His green orbs stared into her different coloured ones and she ignored the whispers around them.
"Who is this cute girl?"
"Nice. Nice face, nice body!" A midget stared up at her, almost drooling.
She shot the midget a bone chilling glare and she turned away with Midoriya following behind her.
"Who is that? She's scary," one of the girls said.
Meanwhile, Todoroki simply stared and finally walked in the opposite direction, wanting to head home and rest.
"Where are we heading to?" Midoriya asked while fidgeting with his hands.
His question wasn't answered. The girl opened a portal, which led to boy to have even more questions. She stepped into it, which the boy followed right after. They were in the middle of a pink petal filled land, with trees lining up either side of the path.
"Let's start. Show me what you've got," Yozora stood in front of the boy, facing him.
"O-okay!" He stuttered. He stood there for a couple of seconds, probably half a minute, and before he could unleash his power, a hard object hit his head, causing him to yelp out in pain.
"Ouch! Why?!"
"Too slow. In a battlefield, I don't think any enemy would be so patient to wait. Stop hesitating and get to the point," she crossed her arms while gripping onto her katana.
"Let me try again," he breathed.
A course of energy rushed to his hands, red glowing veins apparent to the eyes. With a shorter time taken, he leapt towards her and pulled his arm back.
"One for all!" He let out a battle cry.
With a swing, Yozora diverted the attack to the skies, completely evading the blunt attack. As she did that move, the impact around her cause a strong gust of wind to blow all the scattered petals up, the sight was pretty beyond words.
Midoriya thought he had landed a punch on her, but he realised the truth after the petals settled down back on the ground. He did not manage to scratch her, or even make the girl flinch.
After a few more unsuccessful attempts, the boy's arm started to bruise, his fingers broken.
"This might be the only quirk I'm extremely willing to use," Yozora muttered as she took long strides towards the kneeling boy, green glow erupting her. With a single touch, the freckled boy's wounds began to heal. He looked up at her in shock.
"I thought your quirk is Full Counter?"
"There's no time for questions. Stand up and try again without inflicting injuries on yourself."
The boy bit his lip, holding back the urge to ask questions as he tried again. And again. Finally, Yozora decided to point out a few things.
"Now I know why. This quirk does not belong to you," she watched as his face showed evident emotions that confirmed that her statement was right.
"Don't worry. I won't expose you. And also, when you use your quirk, you must let it course through your whole body, if you put it on one part of your body, that part will not be able to handle it, hence the injures happen."
He looked at her with contradicting expressions. Realisation and confusion.
"I'll give you time to let it sink in. Come at me once you're ready," Yozora suppressed a yawn as she listened to the boy mumble incoherently.
"I'm ready!"
"Finally," the girl sighed. The sun was beginning to set and she hoped she can get it right this time.
"One for all!" He let out a yell and Yozora noted that he had taken her advice.
Finally, for the first time in countless tries, he didn't break a body part. But the look in his eyes didn't seem convincing, she believed that he got lucky, something like beginner's luck. That's why, she didn't divert or dodge the last hit.
She erased it.
"Eh?! You-"
"Good job. Well done. Once you master how to do it, I'll be your punching bag. But for now let's call it a day. Look at the mess around us."
The petals from the trees were almost gone, making the tree look like it had withered. Midoriya chuckled sheepishly and he bowed, thanking Yozora for teaching him and healing his injuries.
After entering the portal she had created, they waved goodbye and returned to their own residence.
Once she was back home, she took a long shower and sat at the dining table.
"Thank you for not eating dinner without me," she smiled. She was never used to being alone, hence, she was unable to go out alone or eat alone.
"No worries. You have social anxiety after all," Kaisei smiled at his role model, sister, best friends. They weren't related by blood, but he calls her big sister everyday, persistently. That's how much he adores her.
"Oh, the salmon smells great!" She smiled and began to dig in.
"Itadakimasu!"
"So where did you go earlier?" Hōzuki asked casually in which Yozora replied truthfully, leaving out the part where Midoriya is quirkless. She did say she won't expose him after all.
The night ended peacefully with nothing out of place and they sat on the same table, flipping through the textbooks when doing their homework.
"It still amazes me how Principal Nezu labelled us delinquents," Kaisei suddenly said.
"Well, better than the rest of the school knowing immortal mythical creatures are lurking on the streets," Itsuki sang.
"But maybe in this era people wouldn't think that we're monsters, like a decade or two ago?" Kaisei replied, his opinion confusing his own mind.
"And also to prevent Musō from finding us, silly," Yozora pointed out and the rest hummed in agreement.
The study room was filled with discussions over homework, also complaints.
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𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 [Shōto Todoroki]
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