How?

"speech" 'thoughts'

4 - How?

~~~~~~1st person POV~~~~~~

After a good night's rest, I immediately started to train my body early in the morning. After warming up I started off with regular pushups before doing more intense exercises.

If my speculations are correct, my body will need to be strong enough before I awaken my quirk or I will not be able to even use it without severe repercussions.

People usually awaken their quirk anytime before their 4th birthday with some exceptions that they call 'late bloomers', and considering that there are only 3 months left before this life's 4th birthday, I'm hoping to make enough progress with my body to be able to use atleast a percentage of my quirk's power.

Since my body wasn't strong enough to even do basic exercises like pushups before a few months ago, I have lost a lot of time doing nothing except accompany Tsuko who occasionally goes on morning jogs every so often. And even then she had to carry me for more than half the journey. I had a lot of time to make up for.

After 50 minutes passed, I sat on my bed and drank water to properly hydrate my young body.

Although I wanted to make as much progress as possible I also needed to keep in mind the limits of my 3 year old body else I may risk causing irreversible damage to it and eliminating any hope of executing my future plans.

As I was about to stand up and change, my door suddenly opened.

"Big brother Hy! What are you doing?"

It was Nejire. My little sister. Not even mentioning the fact that she was my favorite character in all of mha, I never had a sister in my 1st or 2nd life which made it a lot easier for me to consider her my sister than accepting Tsuko and Kio as my parents.

Speaking of, it seems that Tsuko has some budding suspicions about me and my behavior. You usually wouldn't expect a 3 year old to act as mature as I do, even I only act childish when I'm with with Nejire the way an older person would with a child.

I was suddenly broken out of my thoughts––– a habit I seemed to have gottten into in my old age –––by someone poking my nose. Nejire was looking at me with a pout.

"You didn't answer my question! You really need to stop spacing out like that! I heard the maids saying it made you look like an old man" she added the last part with a cheeky smile.

She was just like I remember her in the anime albeit a little more childish. I am impressed that she managed to keep that same happiness and excitement even when she became a student at UA.

"I'm sorry little Nejire, I was just about to take a shower after working up a sweat"

"So that's why you stink!" She said with a laugh "Also how many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that! I am not little!" She pouted.

Little Nejire was what I've always called her since this body could speak, she has always told me off but I can tell she doesn't mind it. Though that's probably adding another one to the list of reasons to why Tsuko is suspicious of me, but I'm sure an older sibling calling their younger siblings with 'little' as a prefix isn't that rare right?

"So why did you come looking for me? Did you miss me or something?" I said in a teasing tone.

"Always!" She said cheerfully. Right. Teasing her with stuff like that doesn't work on her, a stark contrast to someone I left behind in my previous life.

"But that's not the only reason why I'm here!"

"Hm? What is it?" I said curiously, although it has only been 3 years since I've personally met her, which is a relatively short time compared to how long I've lived, it felt like I could give up the whole world for her if she asked me to.

It wasn't like me to be so easily swayed, but ever since I arrived in this world I've felt different. I didn't notice it in my 2nd life before because I was much younger when I died in my first life compared to how old I mentally am right now, but it's like I'm old and yet young at the same time.

I still have my memories, and the experiences I acquired in my 2nd life, but everything else like my ambition, my impulses, my desires; were stronger. I felt younger. Not just physically but mentally as well, I felt like how I was when I reincarnated for the first time. Mostly at least.

But those things were for me to ponder about in another time, it seems Nejire is getting more and more upset by the second.

"Sorry little Nejire, I did it again didn't I? Please continue" I said apologetically.

"Hmph!" She harrumphed while looking away before turning back to look at me and saying "I said come with me! I want to show you something!"

She grabbed my hand and I let her drag me around the house until we reached the door to her room.

She opened the door and ran inside "Come quickly!" She said, her excitement seemingly increasing by the second.

"Okay okay calm down, I'm coming" I entered her room and she gestured for me to come and sit on the bed.

She then quickly opened one of her drawers and took something out of it. She closed it shut while hiding her hands away from my sight.

She then turned to me slowly with her hands behind her back and started carefully treading closer and closer until she was right in front of me.

"Ta-da!" She stretched her arms infront of herself to show me.

What I saw in her hands was a box.

I took the box out of her hands to look at it carefully.

It was small blue jewelry box adorned with a black ribbon tied around it to hold it in place.

"I got it for you! As thanks for being the best big brother in the whole world!" Nejire said cheerfully.

This only made me feel worse for spacing out on her so much. I'll make sure to make it up to her later.

"Thank you little Nejire, you really didn't have to this for me" I said truthfully, I don't think I've done anything that good for her to do this.

Nejire sighed mysteriously and shook her head at my words.

"Go ahead and open it!" Her excitement returned.

I nodded my head and undid the knot that the ribbon was in. When I opened it, I saw something that made my eyes widen.

'What in the plot bullshit is this?' I asked myself incredulously.

Inside the box was a necklace in the shape of a snowflake.

The large blue jewel and the gold particles inside it's core gleamed as the light was cast upon it.

The very same necklace I wore on my deathbed was now once again in my hands.

It had returned to it's rightful owner.

But the question is...

'How?...'