Chapter 17.5: Kids

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As I was sitting on the still and steady swing on the playground, I looked down at my little, dangling feet. My tiny hands were holding onto the swing's chains. "Hey, (Y/N)!" I heard a familiar voice call my name out. I turned my head around to see Bakugou running towards me. "I heard you got your quirk!" He said with a big smile on his face. I jumped out of the swing, causing it to move back and forth.

I hummed in agreement and I nodded my head. "Yeah! It's super cool!" I cheered.

"What did you get? Is it fire breathing? Is it speed?" Bakugou asked excitedly with clenched fists. "Or is it a fusion of both?"

"I got fire breathing!" I announced to him.

"Wow," his jaw dropped in awe. "You're so awesome, (Y/N)! You're like a dragon! I hope I can get my quirk soon too. Oh, I'm so excited!" Bakugou closed his eyes and gave me a toothy grin. "One day when we're old enough, all three of us will get our quirks. You, me and Deku! I want to fight bad guys with you! What will our pro hero team name be?"

I shrugged my little shoulders. "I don't know," I admittedly said. "We'll just have to wait and see!"

"I should give you a nickname since you got a quirk," Bakugou thought about it for a while. "How about 'Nensho'? It means 'Burning' since you got fire breath as a quirk!" He suggested with enthusiasm.

"It's perfect!" I smiled.

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Bakugou got his quirk not too long after I got mine, only a few days later. "Wow, Bakugou!" I stared at his palms that were producing sparks. "Your quirk is awesome too!"

He scoffed, "I know that! I am amazing. We both are!" Bakugou turned to me and gave me a short hug before pulling away. "All we have to do now wait for Izuku's quirk, then we can all go to UA High together and become pro heroes!"

"Should I give you a nickname too?" I asked, pulling away from the hug. "I mean, you gave me the name 'Nensho'..."

He nodded with a smile, "What are you thinking about?"

"I can't think of any good ones now..." I put my hands together and started fiddling my thumbs. "I can think of one but it's not cool..."

"What is it?" Bakugou asked, curious.

"I... I don't know..? Maybe... King... Explosion... I don't know..." I sighed in disappointment. I was never really good at names.

"King Explosion?" He thought about it. "It's cool! I'll use it when I grow up! Maybe you'll think of better names then?"

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"Nensho! Have you heard? Deku's quirkless," Bakugou informed me.

I frowned at the news, "Really? Then, we can't become pro heroes together then..."

"Why not?" Bakugou exclaimed, confused.

"You said it before," I explained. "It was supposed to be the three of us. But now what do we do when Izuku's quirkless?"

Bakugou grabbed my small hand. "Then the two of us become pro heroes together!" He gave me a big smile.

With a frown on my face, I shook my hand out of his grasp and stood back. "I don't want to leave my cousin behind, Bakugou... He wanted to become a hero just like All Might. He must be feeling sad right now..." I gulped. "I'm sorry, Bakugou, I'm going to follow Izuku from now on. You can go to UA High, but I'll only go there if Izuku is planning on going. Which he most likely won't..." I lowered my head.

"Fine then!" Bakugou yelled at me. "I'll become number one pro hero by myself, you hear me? You go follow that quirkless Deku around! I don't care!" I see small tears starting to form in his eyes. "You'll be watching me rise to the very top, Nensho... You're going to regret leaving me," he scoffed before turning around and walking away.

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