Concert (2)

Six sighed, his thoughts muddled due to his inability to sleep. The images of Willow being impaled burned into the back of his eyelids. And in four days, he had to sing a song for the entire school to hear. But no matter what he wrote, he felt that wasn't right. It was like he was missing a spark of some sort. Deep inside, he knew that he didn't want to let go but had to.

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'Life,' he thought as he yawned, 'Why do you have to be so difficult?'

"Six, did you hear what I just said?" Veronica asked as she lightly tapped Six's shoulder.

"No," Six yawned as he stood there in the classroom of 1-B.

"The long and short of it," Veronica sighed as she handed Six a folder. "Their play was canceled due to them over-drawing from the students' budget. Their reason? 'Being better than class 1-A!', courtesy of one Monoma."

"Great," Six yawned again as he made a mental note to be slightly more strict with him.

"That's not all," Veronica said as she pointed to the folder. "They withdrew several hundred thousand yen. Right now, they have to make do with a basic food stall and to make up what they withdrew."

"Okay," Six said as he stifled a yawn, "And this is important to me because?"

"Someone has to watch them," Veronica stated.

"I got a song to sing," Six replied as the two filed out of the room, "Remember?"

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Veronica huffed and stomped her foot, acting like a spoiled child.

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"You're acting like a child," Six commented.

"No. I'm not," Veronica huffed and turned her head away.

"Look," Six yawned, "I know what you're trying to do. You feel like you're responsible for my nightmares. I understand you are just trying to help me find closure. But this? This is just embarrassing."

"Look," Veronica sighed, "I just thought that, well, you could use the distraction since you keep getting those nightmares. Hell, even I get those sometimes. But, I just don't want you to break again. I know you were and still are in a bad place after Willow died." She told him. "As your sister, I just want you to be happy."

"Thanks, but I can't just yet," Six answered. "I have too many demons, some of them are just too clingy to let go. Too many bodies and not enough time to go through them all."

"Still, it's time to let her go," Veronica pleaded, "Let her rest, knowing you will be okay."

"I will," Six sighed, "Trust me, Veronica, I will."

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Six sighed once more as he looked on at the assembling crowd. More and more students, civilians, and heroes came into the assembly hall. He stood by the top of the stage and watched as the students of class 1-A worked on the stage, getting it ready for the performances. Present Mic was there as well helping out with the setup. Six was just providing security. Pretty soon, everything was in order except for some missing rope that was needed. Izuku volunteered to go buy some more but Six stopped him and took some out from his [Pip-boy]. Izuku thanked him and went back to work while Six took a quick walk to clear his head before the upcoming concert.

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'I still don't know what I'm going to sing,' Six thought as he walked through the woods the school had, for some reason. 'All I know it has to do with life and death and missing someone when they're gone.'

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As Six was walking through the woods, he felt the ground dip and flex downward like a rubberband. Caught off guard, Six was thrown a few feet away. Six rolled to a stop and drew his gun, looking for the quirk user responsible for it. Finding nothing on the ground, he glanced at the sky. There he found the recent internet celebrity that's been all over the internet, the 'Gentle Criminal', standing on top of a building that was outside of UA's campus walls. The weird thing was that he was pouring what appeared to be tea into a cup. Only it was missing the cup and splashing onto a midget that was standing next to him.

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"Well," Six muttered to himself, "At least I'll be able to take my mind off of it for a bit."

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Six watched as he could just make out that they were speaking but couldn't hear what as they were too far away. Soon enough, Six watched as the ledge they were on bent and then bounced them up into the air and over UA's walls. As they flew, the midget latched onto his leg. Six was dumbfounded as they managed to get into UA without activating the defenses.

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"Note to self," Six muttered as he watched them land, "Have Nezu extend the defenses up more."

"See, La Brava?" Gentle spoke with gander, "UA's defenses are nothing compared to our love!"

"YES!" The midget known as La Brava shouted, "GENTLE!"

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And Six was immediately weirded out by the duo. One appeared to be a man in his sixties with his white hair while the other seemed to be in grade school. Suffice to say, Six was put off by them declaring their 'love'. Then again, they were criminals so it was par for the course.

As Six readied himself for the confrontation that was about to occur, the male of the duo leaned down, picked up the midget, and kissed her. Confused, Six just waited until they were done before asking them what that was about. However, before Six could even ask, the male glowed pink and set the midget down.

Six blinked and suddenly found a fist coming towards his face. Unrestrained, Six reacted as fast as he could and grabbed the offending fist. Twisting as fast as he could, Six spun and Judo grabbed the arm and rolled. Six felt the arm pop out of the socket and then planted his boot onto the back of Gentle. With great force, Six planted Gentle into the ground hard enough to crack it. La Brava was shocked as she could barely see them move before Gentle was unconscious on the ground with a dislocated arm.

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"W-what?!" La Brava squeaked. 

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She didn't even see the two duke it out as it was over in a second. All she knew was that she powered up Gentle and he disappeared like he'd usually did. But the next second, he was on the ground with a dislocated shoulder. What she didn't realize was that Six was without his iconic duster as Eri still held onto it so she didn't realize who it was. That was until she saw his iconic helmet with glowing red lenses.

She started to shake when she realized who he was. Thankfully, she didn't pee herself just yet.

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"La Brava, was it?" Six asked after he finished checking on Gentle to make sure he didn't kill him by accident. "Good news, he's alive. Bad news, he's out cold. Even worse news, you're both under arrest," He said as he glanced at her.

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And that did it, La Brava peed herself. The sight of those red lenses made it appear as if the devil was looking at her. Six sighed when he saw the dark stain start to appear on her crotch. Pulling out a pair of handcuffs and cuffing the two of them, Six called Hound-dog who was working as security for the school grounds with other heroes. Once he arrived, Six excused himself as he was about to miss the concert. 

Rushing back to the assembly hall, Six managed to get there minutes before the concert started. As Six changed from his normal wear to [Daniel's Outfit], he went over the partial song lyrics he had. Still having no clue of what to sing.

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"Excuse me, Six-sensei?" A voice called out to Six as he finished changing and walked out of the room he was in. As Six turned around, he found Jiro there with two guitars in her hands. One of them being Willow's.

"I thought I left that in my room." Six commented as he adjusted his hat.

"Veronica-sensei gave it to me," Jiro told him, "She said that you're gonna need it for your song."

"I see, thanks," Six said as he gingerly took the guitar from Jiro's hands.

"Sensei," Jiro called out to Six, "I don't know what you've went through, but I can tell you regret a lot of what you did. And some you wish you did differently. But, my father said once that everything we go through is just God testing us."

" 'God', huh?" Six sighed as he thought back to Joshua Graham and Daniel whose outfit he was wearing. "Thanks. I think I know what to sing now."

"Wait," Jiro said as she watched him tune his guitar, "You still haven't figured out what to sing!?"

"I think I just did," Six smiled at her. A rare and genuine smile.

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Elizabeth was guiding Eri as they made their way to the assembly hall, escorting them was Veronica who was right behind them as they walked with the crowd. Eri held onto both Elizabeth's hand as she tightly held onto Six's duster with the other. Veronica offered to carry Eri but she declined. 

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"So Eri, Liz," Veronica called out to them, "Are you excited for the concert?"

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But before they could answer, several students started talking about how 1-A and Six were just showoffs and a bastard who shouldn't be here. Veronica could deal with them bad mouthing Six and the students, but Elizabeth was pissed. Veronica managed to rein in the girl but not before she spoke some choce words to the students.

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"Relax, Liz," Veronica told her as she held him back, "They just don't know them, they don't know them like you do."

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Once Elizabeth was calmed down, somewhat, they made their way to the assembly hall dispite the glares that some of them got. Dispite the cold reception the assembly hall and all the viewing screens were crowded. All waiting to see how these songs would go.

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Six sighed, he had just watched Present Mic preform his song, "Hero Revolution'. A song about the Heroic Revolution that started it all. Six was impressed with how well it came out as he talked about it for a week straight and had about the same amount of time to write it and design the music. Then came the musical that most viewers were waiting for, Class 1-A. 

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|Play: Hero Too|

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What am I to be?

What is my calling?

I gave up giving up, I'm ready to go

The future's left unseen

It all depends on me

Put it on the line to follow my dream

Yeah

Tried all my life, I've tried to find

Something that makes me hold on and never let go

Oh

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set (my heart is set) and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn't make a hero

True heroes (true heroes) stand up for what they believe

So wait and see

So wait and see

What do they think of me?

Who do they think I'll be?

I could not care less, I don't wanna know

Am I doing right?

Am I satisfied?

I wanna live my life like it's meant to be

Yeah

Tried all my life, I've tried to find

Something that makes me hold on and never let go

Oh

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set (my heart is set) and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn't make a hero

True heroes (true heroes) stand up for what they believe

So wait and see

People will judge for no reason at all

Yeah they might try

To say your dream's dumb, don't listen

They may look down on me and count me out

I'm going my own way

They may look down on me and count me out

I'm a hero, I've got music

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn't make a hero

True heroes stand up for what they believe

Yeah I'll be

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn't make a hero

True heroes stand up for what they believe

So wait and see

I have met so many heroes in my life

Gave me the strength and courage to survive

Gave me the power to smile everyday

Now it's my turn to be the one to make you smile