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after that dinner, I went to bed and woke up to start an extremely intense regimen to train my quirk and body to their highest limits and then triple those limits for the next 11 years getting harder every day even with school. By the time I was 10 I could easily control over 40 shadows and lift up to 220 pounds. When I made it to middle school and people learned of my quirk I was ostracized for having a villain's quirk and whenever I was around people they would try to make their shadow as small as they could so as not to give me any power. Yet that harsh treatment and the stigma people attached to my quirk were driving factors in my willingness to get better and stronger so as to be able to show the world that no quirk is evil only the wielder. Halfway through my 6th-grade year, the school I was at was attacked by a single villain who seemed to have a quirk to sense others similar to how I can sense shadows. From how he acted I guessed his quirk showed him the closest people based on how powerful they are. Because of his quirk, he automatically targeted me running at me with a knife in the back of the class as everyone including the teacher is hiding under their desk. He grabbed me and held the knife to my throat whispering "Try anything stupid and I will kill you," which made me smile, "does that mean I can do something smart?" after hearing this the knife tightened around my throat and even began biting into my neck. after he stopped and just held the knife there I closed my eyes and used his shadow to hold his legs while Yoru and my shadow restrained his arms. after he was completely immobile I slammed his head into a desk knocking him out. I picked him up and walked out of the school turning his shadow into a hogtie keeping him completely immobile as I waited for pros or a police officer to come to collect him. Eventually, he was picked up by a hero named Froppy, who seemed super nice. After he got picked up I went back to my classroom and sat back down with everyone just staring at me for taking him out so easily.

Even after I helped the entire school by taking out the villain I was still told I was a villain and that my quirk was evil, actually now that people had seen the power I had accumulated they seemed to harass me more even though they knew I could easily take anyone in the school student or teacher. It only took a couple of weeks before someone decided that I was a vulnerable target since I look like a stick. They decided to attack during our lunch that day.

As I sat alone once again I could feel a shadow following quickly behind someone walking rather arrogantly. I didn't really care since there is always someone arrogant because they think their quirk is cool. As I lifted my lunch to eat, my instincts told me to block so I did, and I caught the hand of the one stupid enough not to just leave me alone. "Can I please eat my lunch?" He tried to swing his other hand which I also caught. "Trust me on this dude, just leave me alone and let me eat," I said giving him a final warning. He once again tried to attack me this time with his knee, I let this one hit and faked actual pain making sure there were witnesses that would say it was self-defense. 'Great we have a cocky dumbass to deal with now' I thought as I got up from the floor. "U wanna fight inside or out?" I asked curiously if he would pick one or the other to help him win with his quirk. in response, he threw me through a window outside, I land in a spiderman position. 'Why does he seem familiar' I ask myself as he charges at me while I simply evade him. 'Hmm is he the child of someone famous? No, teacher's kid? no, oh right' I though finally realizing who he was. "Hey, you're the strongest guy here right? Everyone fears your rage quirk," Rage: The user has the ability to become 'enraged' increasing speed, stamina, strength, and overall power at the cost of intellect and strategy. The more enraged the user the less strategic they are. "Huh, thought you would be taller," I said trying to piss him off more. He finally charges full speed directly at me with the sun ever so slightly behind him making his shadow very useable so I decided to fight back a tiny bit and flicked my wrist making his shadow grab and slam him into the ground destroying any hope he had of being conscious. 

As soon as the dust cleared some of the teachers went to retrieve him from the 20ft crater his body sat in, while others dragged me to the principle's office. I knew that even though I had barely given any effort I was in trouble for hurting another student, I simply hoped that there were enough unbiased witnesses.

"Do you understand how much trouble you are in?" I was asked by the principle as he sat behind his desk. "I know how much trouble I'm in, I am simply curious if the one who started attacking me for no reason is going to get punished as well?" I replied looking down at my feet. "You put him 22ft into the ground," he said seemingly getting angry. "He threw me through a window," I said trying to work the case against my enemy while also trying to show that I was defending myself. "We are going to talk to people that saw what happened, you may leave the office, you will be on a two-week suspension until further notice." "I understand sir," I say getting up and going to leave.

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