My Hero Academia: Overcoming Fear

There's Always a Good Ending... Right?

Hikari

I slowly nodded. "Now you get it. I have more control over my shields than my flames. But... you know how the only way to get your quirk stronger is to use it? I never use my shields, so they're probably really weak compared to my fire, since I use my fire all the time."

"Wait," he said. Then he start shaking his head. "This doesn't fit. What you're telling me doesn't match up."

I frowned. "What do you mean?"

"You're saying that your flames are more powerful than your shields. But when you use your fire, doesn't that experience count towards your shields, too? So shouldn't your shields still be stronger?"

"When I train myself, my physical body, that's when it counts towards my Shield quirk. Using my fire quirk doesn't count towards my shields because I'm not using it."

"What about your brother? I've never seen him get hurt by his fire, and he used to be a pro hero."

"He doesn't have my father's flames."

Todoroki stopped, his mouth open like he was going to say something but then suddenly forgot. 

"Aku-san was born without my father's quirk," I said quietly. "He only got my mother's. My father thought he was a disgrace, and nearly beat him to death before my mother stopped him. Aku-san was in the hospital for almost 3 weeks before he came back home. He never forgave my father, and deep down, he still hates him, even after all this time. That's why Aku-san wanted to get away from home so badly. When father tried to pay for Aku-san to get recommended into U.A, he told father that he would get in without his help.

"He barely managed to get in, but when he did, he was so different when he would come home. Almost like he forgave my father for beating him when he was younger. Then, when he was going to choose a hero for his internship, he decided to choose 13, even though my father had put himself on his list, and Aku-san would have been training underneath the second best hero."

I stared at Todoroki. "He hated my father, but he loved my mother, even though she was a villain. He treasured her quirk and made sure it was used for good this generation. But me... I was always afraid of father when I was young. I loved my shields, until I figured out that mother was a villain. Then I started to fear them."

I shook my head. "If Aku-san had flames, my father wouldn't have beaten him almost to death, and I bet he would be the strongest hero ever. But he doesn't, and I'm the one stuck with the double-quirks, and I'm afraid to use my mother's quirk. It might be my first, but it's not my strongest."

He raised his eyebrows, his moment of shock gone. "That was quite a long story."

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up, Todoroki. I was just telling you about Aku-san and my father."

Then I sighed. "I guess I should tell you something else, too, while you're here."

He frowned. "What is it?"

I touched my hair. "You know this isn't my actual hair color, right?"

He blinked a few times. "What?"

I laughed. "My hair is actually white, like your's and Aku-san's. I just dye it because I don't like the color."

He looked so surprised it made me laugh harder. "Oh my gosh, your face!" I exclaimed. "You seriously never figured it out?"

"I-I thought maybe your mother had brown hair," he muttered. 

I shook my head. "Well, she did have brown hair, I just didn't get that gene from her. Oh my gosh, that was so funny. Now help me get out of this stupid room."