Flames Intertwining (Katsuki Bakugou Love Story)

The Truth in Our Family

Before anyone reads this chapter, watch Episode 6 of BNHA Season 2 (contains spoilers)

"You cheated so I won," I said, walking first through the front door.
"But I beat you, so I won," said Shouto, coming up behind me and pulling me back. I pouted as he walked away. I grabbed both of his wrists and slid underneath him, making him fall backwards. I got back up, looking down at him, smirking in triumph. He pouts then grabs my ankle, pulling me down to the floor with him.
"Hey, no fair," I whined. Shouto tried to pin me down to the ground, and it turned into a friendly wrestling match.
"Homura! Shouto!" boomed a loud voice. We both froze, still in our wrestling position. We looked up and saw our father, towering over us. He was in his usual stance: his arms crossed, his chest sticking up and his legs apart. Me and Shouto looked at each other with the same look in our eyes. When he stood and spoke like that, it meant he wanted to say something important. It usually enquired something from us, so it wasn't always good news.
"Stand up," he boomed. We slowly disentangled ourselves and stood up. We glanced up at him without moving our heads up. Neither one of us didn't particularly like him since he was very strict about Quirks, being the second best hero after All Might. "Homura, Shouto. I want you both to now practise twice as hard with battle techniques, using all of your power." His eyes fell on Shouto who's head dropped a little. I could see his eyes burning with rage. I slightly frowned. Shouto hated using his left side. After everything we went through and the pain and suffering we had to endure he refused to use his left side in battle. Whenever we trained, he focused more on using his ice, and only used his fire to melt it when we finished.
"Stop it," I said, glaring at the tall man. He looked down at me, glaring at me harder.
"Be grateful with the gifts given to you. I made you to perfection, of course, without knowing I'd have twins, so be lucky you're alive, Homura," he said. My eyes widened in disbelief. Did he just call me... a mistake? Shouto was the original product and I was only the remains. I felt my self esteem drop, and it was then my turn to lower my head in anger and sadness.
"You're unbelievable," growled Shouto, gritting his teeth in anger at Father. He took his eyes off me and landed on his son. "You really don't care what you put us and others around you through."
"I'm just preparing you for your future," he stated, but got interrupted by Shouto.
"Don't lie to us!" He suddenly yelled, "you're only doing this for your own pleasure. You don't care about us, so don't push us down further with your words!" Silence took over the room. I felt the heat radiating off our old man, as his flames circling his head got wilder as he glared down at us.
"Stop with this foolish tantrum of yours. You don't understand the power I've given you. Until you're ready to accept it for its full potential, I expect you to be the best you both can be," and with that, he turned around and walked away from us. We stood there in silence and listened to his heavy footsteps stomp away from us. I closed my eyes in rage.
The old man's desire for power not only made us angry, but in a way, it scared us. If he hadn't been a hero, we thought for sure he would have turned his back to the light and head towards the dark side of society without hesitation. The way he treated us with power was too much for us sometimes. I sometimes wouldn't go to his training sessions, and practised on my own, as I hated the idea of training till I fainted. Whenever I did that, I received a punishment that even Shouto couldn't bear to think of. I took off my shoes, keeping my eyes at the floor. Shouto glanced at me.
"You okay?" he asked, feeling bad of what the old man said to me. I shut my eyes, trying to block out his words to me.
"Y-yes," I said.
"Don't lie," said Shouto, coming next to me. I tensed up, biting my lip. I didn't want to answer. I wouldn't mind him telling me I was adopted, because it made me have the feeling of being wanted, but the fact that he called me a mistake, a sort of addition to his plan, made me think that I didn't have an actual purpose. My head was exploding with negative thoughts. My eyes slowly filled up with small tears. I bit my lip again, trying to be quiet. I took a quick glance at him, making a couple drops of tears escape my eyes. His eyes widened, but no words left his mouth.
"I'm sorry," I whimpered, and turned my back on him. I sprinted out the door, sliding it shut quickly. I ran barefoot away from our home, tears flying behind me. How can a parent say that to their own child? I gritted my teeth, and felt the warmth of my flames take over my palms. Fire exploded from my hands, shooting me up into the air. I wanted to escape from here. I wanted to leave the house and never come back. If I'm a mistake, then aren't mistakes meant to be erased? I flew higher, letting the wind blow wildly through my hair. I closed my eyes and stopped using Quirk.
I felt myself slow down before gravity held onto me and pulled me towards the earth. I opened my arms, letting the cold air rush past me. I stayed a couple more seconds like this, and sensing that the ground was near me, I propelled myself upwards, mixing in a couple flips to steady myself before landing behind a bush a few streets away from my home. I slid roughly on my feet, causing me to wince in pain slightly. I sat down, clutching my bare feet with my hands. Small cuts were lined under my feet, some of them bleeding a little.
"You never learn, huh?" said Shouto, coming in front of me. I looked up at him, slightly surprised he found me that quickly, but gave him a slight shrug as he squatted down to me. He placed his hand next to my sore feet, letting off a cold mist for my cuts to cool down and not hurt as much.
"Thanks," I said, giving him a small smile. He sat down next to me, placing his hands behind him, leaning back and outstretched his legs in front of him. We stayed in silence, feeling the cool air brush past our skin.
"Although our family has had trouble, it doesn't change what we want and what we have with each other," he suddenly said, making me slightly glance at him, "That old man may think he's in charge, but, like how I work with my Quirk, we have our own way of using our power, right?" He looked at me, sliding his hand on top of my head, gently patting it. I have him a sad smile, but felt my head drop down a little. "I'm glad you were born." My eyes widened slightly, making me turn my head to him. He looked at me with calm eyes, giving me a warm smile. That was the first time someone said that to me, even him. I felt tears blur my vision before wrapping my arms around his neck. His arms wrapped around me, hugging me tightly.
"Thank you," I softly said, burying my head into his shoulder.
"Ha, it's okay, but try not to drool on my shirt, please," he chuckled softly. I giggled, leaning back and wiping my eyes. He smiled at me again. "Be brave for your own sake." I smiled a little and ruffled his hair.
"And you should, too," I said, grinning at him. He closed his eyes and chuckled to himself. We started to head back home, exchanging class notes and tricks and techniques for training. As we entered the house, Father was waiting for us. I tensed up but Shouto lightly grabbed my wrist, trying to calm me down. As Father loomed over us, I couldn't help but glare at him. No one spoke at first, and the silent tension was insane.
"Prepare yourselves for training straight away," he boomed, but before we walked away, he motioned to us that he wasn't finished. "Soon, I will send you both to a school where you can train yourselves into being the top heroes, as well as my personal training. You will be going to U.A High next year, and I expect you both to give it your all." Our eyes widened, not only because we were going to the number one hero school, but because he never let us practise anything else other than his own techniques to us. It was surprising how he wanted us to go there. I forgot it even existed, let alone wanting to go there when we were little. We stared in silence at our father, but he spoke again. "Shouto, come here," he said, motioning him to another room. I looked at Shouto as he tensed up but walked away. I saw as they both entered another room and closed the door. I obviously went to the door, listening closely. "Shouto, you know exactly why I'm sending you there, so don't be a child over there too," said Father. There was silence. "Although your sister is powerful with my Quirk, even though I didn't plan on her becoming a part of your story of surpassing All Might, I expect you to use my power as well as your mother's to become the best. Use all of your power to become like me, or even beat me in strength." My eyes widened. Surpassing All Might himself? That's impossible. Not even the number two hero stands a chance against him, let alone anyone else. I wondered away from the door, all the way to my bedroom, collapsing on my bed. Later on, I heard footsteps coming to the closed door. I ignored everything for a second, just staring up at the ceiling in shock. Before I knew it, Shouto's head came over mine, looking worriedly at me.
"You heard, didn't you?" he asked. I stared blankly at him, then turned my head to the side. He sighed, and sat on the edge of my bed. "That old man never told you why we trained so hard, but only told you because he thought-" "I wasn't going to be born, yes, I know," I said, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Yes, I'm sorry," he said, speaking calmly but quietly, "I'm sorry I never told you the true reason but I didn't want to make you feel bad. You know how much he wants to become number one hero, but All Might is the most powerful, and our father sits in second place. He always hated it, so he wanted someone else to get rid of All Might so he could rise over all of us. We were born. He didn't know that he was having twins but thought it'd be great for two people to get rid of him. 'It'd get done quicker,' he used to say. So when our Quirks developed, he was proud to have someone like him, which is you, but saw that his plan had worked when my Quirk happened. Mother's Quirk mixed with his, which is why I'm half and half. It didn't effect you, which I'm glad as you don't have to feel this much pain, but Father still wants to broadcast himself through you. Even though he wasn't aware of having twins, he still wanted to go through with our 'purpose'. He only told you that he wanted us to be the best, twisting the reality for you, but giving me the truth. I'm sorry I never told you," he said. I didn't face him, feeling like I shouldn't believe any of this, but it felt so true. Shouto sighed and stood up. "This is why I don't use my left side in battle. It's him, and when I use it, it reminds me of his stupid plan." I clenched my fists in anger, feeling tears appear in my eyes. I stood up really fast, sprinting to Shouto. I collided into him, hugging him tightly. I let out my tears as Shouto held me, stroking my head.
"I'm sorry you went through that," I said, my tears still streaming, "why didn't you tell me this sooner? I could have helped you overcome this pressure or at least comfort you!"
"Sorry, but I didn't want to worry you," he said.
"Shut up," I screamed, "I'm your sister. I'm always going to worry for you. You promise me that you tell me everything from now on!"
"Right, sorry. I promise," he said, hugging me tighter. I heard him sniffling and we stayed like this for a while. When my eyes dried up, I let go. I stared deep into his eyes.
"If you never use your left side, I'll support you, remember that. Use your right as much as you can with as much strength you have, and I'll do the same for my Quirk, even though I'm starting to dislike it a little because of that bastard." Shouto smirked a little. I pinched his cheek, giving it a little shake. "It's going to be fine. We'll be heroes without our father behind us with his greed." He smiled at me.

From that moment, I started to dislike my Quirk for the first time. However, at the same time, I improved it with everything I had, as well as Shouto, only using his left side. Our adventure for U.A High had begun, but there was some twist that I never pictured happening.