Secret

She remembered that day with disdain, she hated that day.

The doctor walked in when she was six, the doctor spoke to her parents which led her mother to break down and the father to comfort her.

That day was when she found out she was powerless, Akari Hoshi was labeled an outcast by society.

Her parents comforted her and tried their best to make her happy, she wanted to be a hero a person that could save others while being looked up to.

Her parents admired her dreams even at the age of five she had her goal set, but all of that was thrown out of the window because of some rare gene in her system. In the coming weeks she was slowly excluded from others, they found out about her situation, and was isolated by her classmates and former friends. She slowly hated herself for what others called imperfect, to the world she was ugly.

She heard of power implant surgery, a process where surgeons could implement powers into you, but her parents couldn't afford it on a middle-class income. High school was worse for her, when she was in middle school at least they ignored her but now their not afraid of hiding their thoughts about it.

She hated herself, for not being perfect, she hated that her parents told lies to her always saying she was a late bloomer and it would come in one day. She decided that she had enough and found herself at night on top of the Belleza building, one step away from this hell she was placed in.

" Taking your own life on top of the most recognized beauty company isn't a good pr stunt" a voice called out

She looked behind and right there was a tall figure, his face was hidden behind an elegant mask and he was dressed in a unique suit that combined many cultures like Mexican and Chinese.

"Get away, you can't stop me from jumping" she threatens

"Drama queen much hahaha, so what your problem miss?" he questions her

She doesn't say anything at first but then breaks down

" I don't have powers, my parents are likely ashamed of me and I get bullied every day, It's so hard just to live my life without being reminded that I'm not perfect because I don't have powers"

"Hmm, then why don't you take surgery?"

"Tch you must be rich for asking that, try to convince my parents to afford something so expensive when they only work a middle-wage income," she says with anger

"hmm true true, then how about drugs?"

"Is that some sick joke?!" she yells

he breaks down in laughter

" You don't know and I thought you stayed in school kid, this is a special type of drug"

he brings out a small briefcase, opens it, and grabs a small vial with black liquid inside

"We call this miracle tool Zetan, the effects are enabling powerless weirdos like you into having powers"

She looks confused as if this was a scam or not

he rolls his eyes at her, " is this the state of our education right now, look our powers are like a virus and it comes and infects us giving powers to those, but there are individuals that are immune to that virus, just like you"

" how do I know that you're not lying and trying to use me as some experiment"

he tilts his head to the side " If was lying why does it matter, you have 3 options jump off and end your suffering, backing out and continue with your hell or try this life-changing drug that could save you from your torment"

She looks at him and then looks down at the streets below. She wanted so badly to be a hero someone who could be a symbol and here's her chance to potentially become one. If she did take her life it wouldn't matter she would just be a number to the amount of daily fatalities the reporter would say. She looked at the vial in the man's hand tempting her to grab it.

"I'll do it, I'll take your offer"

She climbed over the railings and walked over to him, she grabbed the vial from his hand

" what do I do now?" as she studied the vial

he grabs a needle syringe from the case and stabs it into the vial absorbing all the liquids

"give me your arm", he then injects the substance into her bloodstream

She waits for a moment and then asks " what now?"

She then feels a whole amount of pain that washes over her, she collapses down to the ground trembling. She feels her body constricting and rapidly moving around her, and her chest feels heavy as it continues to build up.

" MOM DAD I'M SCARED" she screams out while in the fetal position. her body feels like it's burning while the heavy feeling in her chest continues to form.

The man watches while backing away from her

She screams out in pain as the building-up pain finally releases a massive electrical discharge from her. the beams of electricity last for only a couple of seconds before fizzling out.

"Bravo, that was magnificent! it seems your original power was electricity" he compliments her

She was too busy clutching her face from that burst of power

He kneels and removes her hand from her face. "interesting, you're still new to it but you manage to hurt yourself as that electrical scar seems to show"

She takes a few minutes to recover while the man waits for her

"So, I finally have powers right?"

" Temporarily but yes you do" he responds while closing up his case

she stops " temporarily? so I won't be able to have this"

" Unfortunately no, it's like a vaccine, your immune system will find a way to fight off the virus"

"so I need to keep using it? but doesn't it cost money?"

" Yeah, this one was a freebie but this isn't a charity so it's five thousand per vial"

" So, how am I supposed to pay for that then?" she questions

"There are multiple ways to pay, traditional payment, working for us, and becoming an informant"

" Becoming an informant?" she asks curiously

"like being part of the law enforcement to government jobs, but guessing on your appearance you seem to be in high school so maybe get into U H university"

She backs up unsure of what to do " what type of information?"

"General information, schedules to background checks of teachers to documents they have" he then hands her a card from his pocket

"here gives this a call when if you're accepted into the university, your powers will last for two more months before they are gone so hopefully you perform well"

He walks towards the door before stopping " also a reminder that if you decide to be a rat and try to get the law on us we will find your family alright, have a good night girl"

she leans on the railing looking up at the night sky, she couldn't help herself from laughing realizing how ironic this was.

* The world has seen a new introduction of illegal drugs that enhance the powers of individuals, such as a drug called spice*

The smell of the subway station reeks of filth and piss as some of the vagrants take shelter there, she got off the train and walks up to the surface. She checks the time, she has to be at the meeting spot soon, she took the closest train that was near the slums which were unfortunately with the homeless.

She's not a fan of them but tries to be mindful of their situation which is hard when she hears arguments about who took their bottle of rum. She found one of the entrances to the slums which were stairs that go down to the many shanty houses below. While walking down past the cracked concrete steps she gazes over the rooftops of the many-sized buildings, she remembered lectures from her history classes that the slums used to be a mega city before the Final war. The government of eclipse decided to work on the development of a bigger section of a newer city which led them to ignore the residents of the slums.

She walked through the streets of the slums the lack of maintenance shows potholes and weeds poking out of the roads, and the houses around her were boarded up or vacant. She checked her notes as she was told to meet up at a location called the memorial monument, she noticed a huge pillar in the distance which she assumed was the location.

She was thankful as it wasn't too far in the slums as it was a ten-minute walk from the surface, when she started to get close she saw graffiti covering the monument saying vile slurs like " Fucking monsters" to " You brought this on to us killers".

She saw the same man from two months ago standing at the base of the pillar, he was staring at the pillar before him.

" You know it's quite a sad tale for veterans of war to be treated with hate and disgust by society" he then looks at her " I assume you have information for us"

She then shows him a pdf file of this month's schedule, he grabs a hold of her phone. " Here you go madam, I downloaded the files already, thank you"

"What will you do now with that information?" she asks

"That's for us to know, but continuing the deal here's your payment"

he hands her a small container.

"That should last you for another two months" he informs her

"What should I- "CRASH!"

She turns around facing the sound of the noise she then turns back but her mysterious acquaintance has already left

She walks towards the source of the noise but notices someone familiar, "Mitsuki?"

Mitsuki who was across from her and looked pissed turned to her in confusion " Wait it's you, ahh Akari right?"

" What are you doing here?" Akari asks

Mitsuki's fire returns to her eyes as she says with spite " Some fucking speedster snatched my purse, I followed him down here but lost him"

She was about to say something but spots someone in the corner of her eye a boy around her age with black hair carrying a large duffel bag

"Wait I know you your that quiet kid that's in my class!" She exclaims

"Oh, it's you Kiyoshi," Mitsuki says with a deadpan face.

He stops and says nothing "who are you again?"

"It's Akari and this is-" "MITSUKI, how the dare you forget me!" she was offended by his question

"What are you doing here anyways Kiyoshi?" Akari who was taken aback by Mitsuki's rudeness

"I was grabbing the last couple of things from my house since I'm moving into the dorms" he explains while looking neutral expression

"What about you Akari why are you doing here?" Mitsuki asks her with suspicion in her voice

"Err I was aah- meeting up with someone?" she tells them but both doubtfully looked at her as her voice gave it away

before Mitsuki could interrogate her even further they were interrupted by a loud voice

"YOU THREE ARE UNDER ARREST FOR SUSPICION OF ILLEGAL TRADE"

A massive monstrosity of steel was behind them, the machine was one of the Judicator Suits that the law used to combat superpowered criminals.

The group looked at each other confused at the Judicator who mistook their meeting as a drug trade

Akari tries to walk towards the small mech " This has to be a misunderstanding sur-" She was cut off when the Judicator aimed his arm towards Akari. During that split second she watched as the bullet exited from the suit's gauntlet she closed her eyes expecting pain but opened them when she didn't feel anything. She has moved away as she was being held by " Kazuya?" she says with confusion

Kazuya looked different, he was wearing a bigger jacket with a medical mask covering his face, and small shades were underneath his white bangs.

He looks at the others " we need to run."

Kazuya Kokoro

Description:

Long white hair

Purple eyes

athletic body from constant runs

5'10

Power: Teleportation

Can go between space and time and move himself or others to a different location. He can use this many times but it will depend on his endurance as it's like an aerobic exercise. He can teleport to a certain distance as long as he focuses and is already familiar with the general location. He can also teleport quickly if he's in trouble as long as the locations are in his vision.