Problematic kitten

Chapter 1

Usagi in picture

Usagi Matsuda, now 14 years old, pull her red scarf higher and hide half of her face behind it. Her lip and cheek still hurt after the beating even that all evidence of it has long ago disappeared. She sigh and pop one of her sugar pills in her mouth. Soon familiar sweetness fill her tongue and pain start to ease quicker. She has learned long ago that caffeine and sugar boost her quirk, even that it will cost as tiredness later. She push her hands deep inside her pockets and turn to familiar alley. It didn't take long until she hear familiar rustling and quiet meow.

Usagi start to smile and turn to greet little black kitten. "Hey Kuro, have you been good? No new injuries this time?" She talk gently and crouch down. Kuro meow again and shake its head. She chuckle and take little bag of cat food out of her pocket. Cat's ears perk up. "I think you don't need any painkillers or healing pills this time." She say and put the food on little piece of cardboard she find nearby. She move little back so cat can move to eat in peace. They didn't like at all when she last time caught them to treat their injured leg.

Kuro glance at Usagi before going to food. She chuckle when they set down so they can see her. "Not this time Kuro. You aren't injured and your movements look good too." She chuckle and wait patiently for them to finish. There really wasn't any reason to hurry. Mr Matsuda don't wait her to come home before dinnertime. She sigh and unconsciously rub her right arm that he almost broke last night. She was careless and didn't feel the air in house, how much he has been drinking. She shudder from the memory. 

He never has been warm father to Usagi, she couldn't become a hero with lame quirk like hers, that only could help herself. He loved Hisako more than everything and how he has been waiting for her brother to born but then that robber murdered them. He blamed her for not protecting them, being only one who survived. He didn't start to hit her until little over four years ago. First year was just yelling and things thrown to her way with his telekinesis quirk. Then his drinking got out of hand and he throw first bottle at her. After that it start to happen more and more, then other objects, like knives and books, start to fly, then he slapped her. His anger spiraled to full beat ups after six months and has been going on so far. 

Usagi sigh and hug herself. She didn't blame him, he is right after all. She is only good at getting beaten up and running away. She snap out of her head when Kuro let out quiet sound. She raise her head to look at them. Kitten stare at her with their amber eyes while tilting their head. She snort and smile to it. "I'm fine Kuro. No need to worry about me." She assure the cat and stand up. For her surprise it didn't go away but continue to stare at her. "It is nice to know you are doing good. I will come back tomorrow or day after tomorrow, okay? Don't disappear on me." She laugh and wave to the cat before continuing her way to home.

Usagi slip inside the house and listen carefully for any disturbance. She only hear quiet snoring from living room and sigh in relief silently. She sneak her way in kitchen, collect some food and rush the stairs up. They still live in their old house. Two-storey house with an attic. Her room or whole floor is attic. Has been for as long as she has made her experiments. She is glad that her bathroom were ready before her world flip upside down so she doesn't really need to leave the floor, only for food and occasionally to leave the house. She has continued Hisako's hobby of parkour and gotten quite good at it. She could climb down from outside if necessary. 

Usagi was middle of finishing her newest set of energy pills when she hear loud crash and lots of swearing. She freeze. He has woken up, clearly pissed of already. She thought and feel coldness stream up her spine. "TRASH, WHERE ARE YOU?! I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN THIS PLACE, YOU USELESS PIECE OF SHIT!" She pale, he hasn't told her that but she should have known it. "Stupid, stupid, stupid." She blame herself and rush downstairs. She know she will get punishment but it will be even worse if she didn't show up. 

"There you are, trash. Look around you, this look like shithole." Aiki Matsuda curse to Usagi and slap back of her head while she rush past him. She didn't let out a sound but start to collect empty bottles as well as trashes that are on floor. "Useless waste of space." He scoff and go to kitchen. She speed up, hoping to get ready before he is too drunk again. Soon she is ready and rush back to her room. Hoping that he won't come up today, he is way too furious if he come up there which means hellish night. She lock the door and quickly put new set of pills in little bag. 

Usagi managed to make some painkiller pills too before she hear first stomp in stairs. Her breath hitch in throat. "Traaassshhhh..... Your punishment..." He slur. She frantically look around, knowing that she couldn't handle it now. Not with earlier injuries and still manage to stay awake tomorrow in school. She decide to do something she never has done before, she decide to run.

Usagi open the window, slip past it and close it almost shut, leaving only enough space for her fingers to slip under it to open it again. She see how door handle move and rush to edge of roof. She whip herself over it without hesitation, grab on familiar spots in stone and climb down. She already could hear angry yelling and slamming from her room and after one glance she run to streets while hoping that even some of her equipment will survive. It has been quite operation to build all of them from scratch, especially the centrifuge and microscope. 

Usagi start to slow down after 10 minutes of running in full speed. She isn't even panting much after that. "Huh, all that training and outrunning bullies really has done something good for me." She mumble and pull her black hoodies hood over her head to cover her hair as well as her gender. It really isn't that nice part of city after all.

Usagi walk around for ten more minutes until yelp of fear catch her attention. She raise her head just in time to see woman being pulled on alley. She grit her teeth and try to ignore her urge to go help her. What could she do? Useless, selfish, waste of space. But her body disagree with her head and she realize that she is running toward the alley and start to curse under breath. What she could do, get killed too?