The Quirkless At U.A. (Student Reader x Aizawa)

Chapter 43.

Some part of me was convinced I was invincible. Invincible due to all the support I'd received since joining U.A.. Due to getting stronger. Fighting back against my bullies since I was a kid. But now I'd had a cold hard slap in the face from reality.

I was not invincible. I was still human. A human that needed to get even stronger. Not just physically, but mentally. That experience had truly made me into a different me.

Where I had messed up back in England, was in my handling of panic. I tried to keep cool, ignoring my panic and running around the South. But what I needed to do was embrace and accept this panic, calm down, and think logically. I had it down at first; I thought through the situation and what to do. Then I lost it all to panic after I realised how far away I actually was.

I didn't talk much to anyone over the next few days. I remained stoic unless someone talked to me, constantly analysing the events in my head; thinking where I went wrong, and what I could have done to resolve the situation quicker. Through this, I realised a shit ton of stuff I did wrong back then.

Through this, I ended up feeling nothing when recalling the event. And when I did, I did some bad things to myself. Even though Katsuki threw my old thing out of the window, it wasn't exactly hard to find a pencil sharpener and screwdriver.

I was growing. But looking back, not with the best method.

"L/N...?" Katsuki whispered from next to me. We were sitting in English, and I was staring into space thinking about how if I had persisted with the heroes more, maybe they would have helped me.

"Huh?" I asked, snapping back to the present. He simply nodded towards the board, that everyone was staring at with a surprised face, including Hizashi.

Mic was pulling up the past week's news from English-speaking countries for us to write down a summary of the article in English, as an exercise.

This particular article read 'Young pick-pocketing girl fights off 5 officers in Brighton Market, without using a quirk'. There was a video that a passer-by took on their phone; the thumbnail showed me in the midst of slamming the poor man to the ground.

"It was their fault for using unreasonable force!! I needed the money, okay? I tried to run away but they were round every damn corner..." I said, smiling nervously.

"...Click the video sensei!" Denki asked him. A few others nodded in agreement.

"I-I don't think we should-" The teacher started, clearly not wanting to put me on blast in front of everyone.

"Nah, go on." I really wanted to see this for myself to be honest.

He sighed, clicking play. It showed me right as I floored one officer to the ground, and swept the feet out from below another one. I tackled another and threw him over my shoulder, taking out another officer. I punched the last officer, grabbed his head, and smashed it into my knee. I then threw away all the wallets I took and fucking bolted it. Throughout the video, the kids were cheering and clapping at my terrible crimes.

"L/N! You can't assault officers of the law!" Iida scolded me.

"Dude. If I got arrested there, no passport, no ID, illegally in their country, they'd never let me go. Like you said, I did what I had to do. I needed those wallets, only took the coins, so I could eat." I shrugged, finishing my defence.

"Pretty impressive though..." Yamada mumbled, much to Iida's disappointment.

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My head rested against the desk, still full of thoughts about England. Especially how I assaulted a bunch of police officers... Was it truly justified?