In the Hospital. Again.

Fumio was currently driving to the hospital. Akane almost killed herself, again. This wasn't the first time she threw herself in harm's way, but this time it was far worse than usual. She had third degree burns all over the front of her body and her body was currently trying to recover from shock. Incredible amounts of natural painkillers were currently coursing through her body and her body tried to reduce them again.

Akane was unconscious for a while now and Fumio didn't know when she would wake up again. Fumio was currently running down the hall to her room, finally reaching it and immediately opening it, revealing an unconscious Akane laying in the hospital bed, and her sister Etsuko and her lover Rumi sitting beside it.

Fumio currently couldn't think straight, so she walked to her girlfriend and dragged her up the collar. She was furious and Rumi couldn't see her in the eyes. Fumio wanted to scream at her, how she couldn't keep her promise, but before she could she felt a hand on her shoulder.

It was her little sister.

"Esteemed sister, I understand you anger and grief, but this isn't the time to let your anger out on your girlfriend, she attempted her best in protecting my niece, but you know how she is. Fumio, Akane would always put herself in harm's way to protect others, and there isn't much we can do about that if she set her eyes on a goal."

After hearing these words Fumio calmed down. Etsuko was right, it wasn't Rumi's' fault, but she just had this anger in her chest that she wanted to get away, then she heard a sigh in her hands. Rumi sighed, seemingly accepting whatever would come next to her.

"Look Fumio, I know I did a bad job at protecting our daughter, but you know I can't just prioritize her over everything! You know that I as a hero must save the lives of civilians before everything else! And I know Akane would think so too, you know her opinion on society and heroes and all and as that you would know that she wouldn't be able to forgive me, if I prioritize her over everything! But I know that I can't excuse my behavior at not jumping in as she held 'igniter' in that leg choke and for that I am sorry."

Rumi bowed down in front of Fumio, before standing back up, straight, pointing her finger at her chest.

"Punch me, kick me, push me, scream at me! Do everything that would help you relieve that anger in your chest! I am sure I can take it! I am not without a reason japans number five!"

Fumio started to laugh at her girlfriends' antics, before flicking her nose.

"'Our' daughter? I guess you can call her that if you want too, seeing that you already resolved to spend your life with me. I might be angry at you, but if I am honest with myself, it's that I am angry at Akane, I just can't seem to get these tendencies out of her head! Oh well, what did the doctor say about her treatment?"

Etsuko and Rumi exchanged looks, before answering her.

"I don't know how to say it esteemed sister, but it looks like Akane developed high self regeneration abilities, without actually having a quirk, the doctor checked her DNA again, but he still can't find any factor indicating a quirk, instead it just seems like her cells chose to run at double time, with no apparent reason. Her skin tissue that should be currently undergoing necrosis, is instead regenerating itself, replacing dead matter with living matter. The doctor didn't ever see something like this before, he described it as 'it's as if her cells itself want to live so badly, that they speed up the natural regenerating process'."

Fumio nodded at her words, Akane had higher self-regenerating abilities, that in itself was something good, but she was worried that some maniacs wanted to dissect her bodies, to see how that process would work, she knew that she couldn't reveal this ability to the rest of the world.

"How long do you think she'll need to recover, little sister?"

"I don't know, sister. She could surprise us like always and wake up in a minute, or she could recover like a normal human being, possibly staying unconscious for a month or more."

Fumio nodded, that was a fair assessment, Akane was known for her fair share of surprises, the first time she heard of her insane training regime was the first time in her entire life that she spat out her tea in surprise in someone's face and that wasn't the first time Akane surprised them like this, her insane aptitude for music, her capability to grasp a rooms structure even better than them, her overly sense of compromising for things she normally shouldn't back off of.

The girl had her fair share of surprises, even now.

"Well, normally I would say that it is rude to talk about someone who is listening, but I forgive you all, because the state my body is in."

The all turned around, seeing an awake Akane.

"Aw geez, how am I awake right now? It feels like my heart isn't beating often enough for me to be conscious, and I can't see anything, not even with my echolocation, if feels like my senses are all turned off to a minimum. I am not hallucinating or dreaming, right? Mommy? You can hear me, right?"

She looked very unnerved around the room, as if she really couldn't see anything, Fumio approached her, touching her right shoulder. She jolted up and the sensation.

"Mommy? That is, you, right?"

She turned around to my general direction, not looking directly at me, but at the nearby vicinity my touch reached her.

"Yes Akane, your mommy is here, now lay back down onto your bed and rest, you still are very tired and exhausted, you shouldn't be awake right now, so please fall asleep again, my little precious cinnamon roll."

Upon hearing these words, she apparently just fell limp, sleeping again.

"Rumi, Etsuko, how do you interpret this situation."

Etsuko just shook her head. She couldn't really make heads or tails with this situation. Rumi rested her fingers on her chin, intensely thinking.

"I once heard that there was an important thing that one couldn't count on, but if it was there the patient would recover in a tremendous pace."

"And what is it?"

"It's the will of a person, if someone truly believes in something without a doubt and unconditionally think it's the truth and they manage to do it, the human would recover at a tremendous pace and I don't talk about the placebo effect. I am talking about the will of humans, I once heard that a sprinter got his legs crippled, the doctor said to him that he will never be able to run again, guess what he did, he gave a fuck about the doctors words and started to train again, against everybody's advice to rest, to go at it easy, but he ran, running was his life for him and so he ran and ran, gradually recovering, no, even surpassing his old personal best! Just through his iron will he did something that everybody thought was impossible to happen and showed them that nothing was impossible. What I want to say, is that Akane is a strong-willed girl, if she truly set herself on something, she beelines directly at it, removing all obstructions in her way. You remember that mind manipulation quirk guy, how did she describe it? Her mind is like a world, a world that is completely in her control?"

"Do you want to say that this 'world' represents her will? A will strong enough to get classified as its own world?"

Rumi just shrugged.

"Don't you think that your daughter puts in too much effort in everything? Even just resting?"

Fumio nodded, even if it was just something like sleeping, it seemed like Akane was putting effort into it, how she sleeps affectively, how to control her dreams, how to sleep with minimal stiffness, etc.

Akane was a perfectionist, trying to stand above her peers in everything, despite her huge handicap.

"Do you think, I should force her to take things easy, that she doesn't have to be better than everyone else?"

Etsuko shook her head instead of Rumi.

"Even if you tried, esteemed middle sister, I am sure she secretly wouldn't budge down. What was her life motto again 'don't regret your choices, ever, because you won't be able to change them anymore after your decision'? I think she would do anything to continue, after all, not being able to stand in front of her peers might come back as regret? You know, when she is suddenly below them in ability? I think it wouldn't sit well with her if she gets oppressed again."

Fumio grit her teeth, is there really nothing she could do about it, about the condition of her daughter.

"JESUS CHRIST! MOMMY! I CAN FEEL YOUR FRUSTRATION ALL THE WAY IN MY COMA DREAM! It's really annoying! Feeling others emotion so strongly I mean! Did you really think I didn't know how you felt all these years mommy, but there is nothing I can do about this! About this society I mean, at the end strength is here anything, it's a survival of the fittest world and the only reason we still life in a society, is because we all stand on that huge pillar of hope, that is All Might! The moment he doesn't have a successor is the moment were anarchy is going to break out with the powers that exist! I can't stand being weak, helpless, in this limited body! That is why I go above and beyond of what I should be able to do! To be able to keep up with everyone! I want to win, I want to show everyone my true worth, I want to life without regrets! I don't care what happens to my body, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger! I promise you that I'll reflect about things, but I won't stop moving on, just because you say that to me mommy, even if you are sad, angry, or frustrated at me. I want to give everyone hope, that everyone can be a hero if they just try! That everyone can be a good person if they just try! They just have to try! I can feel it."

Finishing her rant, she fell unconscious again. Fumio just sighed at her sight.

"Geez, what should I do about you? Want to show your own worth to the world? Show that everyone can be a hero if they try? Humhum, truly a big enough ambition for you your big head."

Fumio kissed her daughter on her forehead.

"Show them Akane, I'll believe in you, I mean even if I wanted to, I can't stop you even if I wanted to, so try your best, again I'll always be there for you, my sweet cinnamon roll."

Everyone felt warm around their hearts, seeing the scene of the dotting mother and her willful daughter, they had the feeling that Akane will keep her promise, they had the feeling that she will make it big in this world.

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Currently in a kombini, two certain childhood friends:

"Well, what should we get for Akas' get well gift, Yui?"

"I still can't believe you slapped her across the face just because of something like that, KanKan."

"Well, what did you think would happen the moment I thought she would sacrifice you?!"

"I didn't know you would feel so strongly about it."

Kanade started to blush.

"It's not just you, I would have felt like that with each of you!"

"Even with Aka herself?"

"Of course! Of course, I wouldn't be able to slap her across the face, because she is hostage, but I still would be angry at her sacrificing things."

Yuiko nodded at her childhood friends answer. It was silent between them. Then suddenly Yuiko pulled Kanade out of the Konbini, bringing her to the back of the building, before performing a kabedon on her.

"YUIKO! What are you doing? What is suddenly getting in your head?"

"You know, the incident yesterday made me think about a few things, including the fact that Akane would do apparently do anything for us at any time, I mean suffering third degree burns? Isn't that insane? Well, but that's beside the point. Want I want to say is, is, is..."

With each 'is', Yuiko started to blush more and more. Seeing this Kanade started to blush too.

"What do you want to say to me, idiot? Don't waste our time, we have something very important to do and I want to get that behind me."

Hearing this Yuiko was flustered, but she didn't want to give up just yet.

"Kanade, sometimes people don't know that their true love was just on their side all the time, before realizing too late, or being too ashamed to admit it, but the near-death experience made me realize something, something very important to me..."

Both girls started to blush very intensely at these words.

"Kanade, I, I, I lo - lo..."

"Jesus Christ! Just say it idiot, don't make me wait! I am getting all nervous!"

"I love you Kanade!"

Ending her confession, a big kiss was placed on her lips.

"I love you too, my idiot."