Element

20: Mr. Aizawa Tries to Drown Me

Your POV

After the trip to I-Island, the next big event was going to be the training camp in the woods.

The first couple days after I got home from the trip, I visited my mother every day. It seemed as though the facility was treating her well, or at least, as well as they could.

Although she was still pretty unresponsive to me, there was a huge difference in her mannerisms, considering the facility had a strict no-alcohol policy.

The dark cloud around her had lessened considerably.

I spoke to her about my days, and about my problems and triumphs. About my friends, my father, and Todoroki.

Funnily enough, there was quite the coincidence that came to my attention the other day. When I was leaving my mother's room, the last person I expected to see was coming out of the room next to me.

"Shoto?"

"Y/N. I wasn't expecting to see you here,"

"Me neither. You're visiting your mother then?"

He nodded.

"How is she?"

"She's actually doing much better — thank you for asking. We've been able to talk more freely lately about everything."

I smiled. "That's lovely, I'm glad!"

"And yours?"

"I think she's been doing much better as well. I've been talking to her about many different things, and although she doesn't respond, I feel like she's hearing me for the first time in years. Like really hearing me,"

He smiled back at me. "That's good,"

We fell silent for a couple seconds, but it wasn't awkward. It was more like...understanding.

We fell in stride beside each other as we left the building.

"It's funny isn't it?" I laughed slightly.

"What?" he questioned.

"Our fathers being total dicks and our mothers being sent away to facilities. I mean, what are the chances?"

"You're right. It seems we're connected in a way."

Connected.

Later that day, I was wondering what all my other classmates were up to. But for some reason my mind kept going back to Shoto.

He's the only boy I know that makes me slightly nervous, and I can't figure out why. Sure he's good looking, and tough, but kind. So what?

But more pressing was the matter of my new power.

Aether. The fifth element. And the ability to manipulate matter, space, and time.

If my father was correct about the extent of my power, then using it would make me unstoppable. But I couldn't use it. Not yet, at least.

In the two times that I've used it, it was unintentional.

What if it happens when I don't expect it? And I hurt someone close to me?

But no matter what, I wasn't ever going to ask my father to take my power back. That man had taken enough from me already.

I'd probably sooner ask All For One.

But he had me trapped. His organization is extremely powerful and he seems to have many powerful Quirk users under his control and reach. I figure the best thing to do would be to tell Mr. Aizawa about his organization, and hope the Pros can somehow take care of it.