2 2: To Be A Hero

{Akira POV}

Why do I want to be a Hero? To meet the characters I read in the manga? No, that's just pathetic. At first, I wanted to be a Hero since it always seemed so cool reading it... But now? I'm going to be a Hero to avenge and be more like my father.

#Flashback#

'Hmm, if I wear gloves, will my quirk still work?'

"...This just in, The Tokyo Sky Egg was blown up by a Villain with the alias "Number Six", but luckily All Might was there to save the day!"

"All Might again..." said Akira with a sigh.

"I've just been informed that there were some casualties. Some residual debris fell on some very unfortunate people." informed the reporter.

...

*Knock* *Knock*

"Aki~ Can you get that?" asked Minami

"Coming!" shouted Akira. He went to the door and opened it.

"H-hello, uh, you must be Akira huh?" asked the man, on the verge of tears...

"Yes...? What did you need, mister?" asked Akira.

"Kuhum, I am Kishi Mamoru, I know your father from work, can I talk to your mother please?" said the man.

"Okay! Mom? Someone is looking for you!" said Akira.

...

*Muffled Noises*

Akira went to ask his mother to buy him gloves but instead, he learned some devastating news.

"Ma'am, I-I am sorry to inform you... that your husband was part of the casualty of the Tokyo Sky Egg explosion..." said the man in a sorrowful tone.

"Huh...? Wh-what do you mean by that Kishi-san?..." asked Minami in a shaky voice.

"Ose-kun died while saving a woman and her kid..." replied the man in a trembling voice.

'So... That's why he was here. My father died... Huh?' thought Akira.

'I-I'm tearing up? It seems like I loved father huh..." thought Akira.

*Sniffle*

#Flashback Ends#

It has been four months since that news, and after the funeral, my mom has been indulging all of her being in managing her Café. That isn't necessarily bad, but she hasn't given time in grieving. All that would do is eat her out from the inside. Every few nights, I can hear her sobbing in her room. So, next week, I am going to use my child charms to ask her to take a vacation. But before that, I am experimenting with my quirk.

(Test #1)

Since I need to touch the object I want to affect, I wanted something that I could use to solve the reach problem. So I took a pencil, "Elongate", "Enlarge" and still holding the enlarged pencil, I stuck it on an eraser and "Enlarge", but it was a fail since the one who enlarged was the pencil.

"Shrink"

This is going to be a long week...

(Test #2)

I tested it on a book this time since maybe my quirk can't work on rubber. But to no avail, it still failed.

...

(Test #8)

I need a conductor of my quirk. Wait. That just gave me an idea... I took the enlarged pencil and, "Conduct". I stuck it on the book again, "Enlarge"...

Still a fail. I think what I just did was make the pencil into an Electric Conductor. Sigh. There is still a word I can think of that may work but I can't use it. It's 'Transmit' and it's an 8-letter word.

Another way I can think of is to use something that's made of my DNA. Maybe my hair, just like what Mirio did on his suit, that would take a long time and the only weapon that would be created using my hair is a whip or lasso. That has a lot of weaknesses. It would take a long time but it's a thing I could try.

•-•-•-•-•

I asked my mother for a week away from her Café and surprisingly she agreed. We went to a beach resort.

"Mom?" I said to my mother.

"Yes, dear?" said my mother with a forced smile.

"W-why did Dad die?" I asked her. When I looked at her, I see her widen her eyes, tears threatening to come out...

"I-I don't know, honey..." she said with a sad look.

"But I do know, that his death saved a family" she added and tears fell down from her eyes.

"It's okay, Mom. I'm going to be a Hero to protect you and to be like dad!" I exclaimed.

"Tha-that's nice, Aki. Come here..." she said, hugging my little body.

...

My mother and I talked some more and when we went home, it seemed like a lot of weight has been lifted from her shoulders. Her smiles aren't forced anymore, she's generally more joyful.

•-•-•-•-•

Now, before I get back to my experiments, I need to train my quirk further...

{

Goals:

•Train quirk.

•Able to use a weapon to affect other things instead of physical contact.

•Get into U.A.

•Intern

•Become a Hero

}

...

While enlarging and shrinking a stuffed bear, I was thinking if I could essentially use 2-3 words to affect things. Just thinking about it, "Blast Away"... I think it's possible...

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