Shadow's Vengance

Four- First Day at UA

A couple months after her mother's death, Narako was on a swing alone, slowly swinging back and forth. She couldn't get what had happened out of her head... She felt a small but gentle hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Izuku next to her, looking worried. "Are you okay?" He asked, his green eyes showing his worry. Narako had been awful quiet, and since she was staying with him and his mother for the time being, he had noticed it big time. Narako nodded, hiding her pain for the moment. Maybe one day she would tell him... Just... Not yet...

A few minutes later, a few bigger kids were picking on Izuku. Narako watched silently as they stole Izuku's favorite All Might action figure from him, keeping her head down but the anger was rising in her. She had been silent and still for two years, but her mother's death had been the final straw.... "Hey!" She shouted, finally speaking for the first time in months. All attention was directly on her, all showing faces of shock at her sudden words. Izuku was a bit startled at the change in his friend. Her words were laced with a venom as cold as ice, and if looks could kill, these three bullies for fourth graders would be dead by now. "Cut it out." Narako snarled.

"Oh, what're you gonna do about it, cry?" The leader asked, not noticing Bakugou not too far away from them. He was hiding behind a tree as he watched the new Narako. Where had this side to her been for the past two years?

"Give me Izu-chan's toy... Now." Narako held out an open hand, fed up. The boy placed in his front overall pocket.

"Come and get it, pipsqueak." The leader challenged as his friends stepped up to his side, intimidating Izuku but Narako standing her ground, tall and proud.

"You don't scare me." Narako growled. The leader violently pushed her to the ground, causing Narako to fall sharply on her back and her confident demeanor to fall for a minute.

"Look at her lip tremble, she is scared." One of the fourth graders laughed as the leader leaned over her with his hands on his knees and a cocky smirk on his face. Bakugou growled and started storming towards them. They were so gonna get it!

"Cry, little baby. Cry, cry...." The leader was cut off when Narako flat out kicked him in the face, his friends groaning. Izuku shrank and Bakugou came to a stop, his red eyes wide in shock. Did she really just do what he thought she did? The leader ran his tongue over his teeth for a second, making sure she hadn't knocked any out before glaring at her. "Oh, you just don't know when to quit, do you?" He growled, activating his claw quirk and swiping at her, managing to cause a cut on her cheek. Bakugou charged, blasting the bully off Narako.

"Pick on someone your own strength, jerk!" Bakugou yelled, sparking a few more explosions in his hand and making the boys run. Meanwhile, Izuku ran to Narako's side.

"Are you okay, Nara-chan?" He asked, his green eyes full of tears. Why couldn't he just fight back for once? Be able to defend her for a change?

"I'm fine, Izu-chan." She replied, looking down for a moment before taking his All Might action figure out from under her and holding it up to Izuku with a small smile. "Here you go." A bright smile spread across Izuku's little face, taking the toy back and hugging it as Narako got back on her feet. Katsuki turned to her.

"You ever pull a stunt like that again, loser, and I'll be kicking your sorry butt." He told her, glaring her down. She stuck her tongue out at him in response.

"We'll see about that." Narako replied sassily. The bully had been right about one thing... Narako never knew when to quit....

A week after the entrance exams, Narako still hadn't told either of her old friends what had happened, sitting at her apartment kitchen table with the envelope containing her results in her hands. She turned it over so UA's seal was facing her before she opened it. A hologram disk slid out and activated the moment it touched the table. When the picture cleared, Narako recognized Izuku's favorite hero before her. He was dressed in a yellow suit with black pinstripes and a blue tie, but his signature bunny ear-like hair was hard to miss. "All Might?" She asked, partly in disbelief.