Total Command

Chapter 16: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

"OOOoo what about giant gauntlets on your hero suit?" asked her best friend, Izuku

She smirked "of course, the villain needs to know their end is near when they face me" she looked at the scribble he was working on "is that supposed to be my costume?" she asked

He smiled and pulled the paper up "yeah- gauntlets that looks like gre- greana-"

"grenades? Awesomeee" his smile turned a little prouder "that'll intimidate them, if they have time before I bash their heads in"

"yeah, you'll show All those villains what for!" He chirped, the words sounding too grown up for his 4-year-old body, it wasn't like her own way of speaking matched her age either.

"YEAH! I'll Kill them All"

"and I'll be right at your side!"

Her face twitched

"...yeaH! Izuku and Katsumi- the tag team heroes!"

Her eyes opened softly, staring at the still unfamiliar ceiling of her dorm-room, she rubbed her head, could already feel the headache coming.

Why did I-

She sat up and looked at the poster Izuku had given her on her birthday

Why did I dream about that again?

She huffed and got up, shedding her sleepwear, a white tank-top and panties, anything more made her sweat, and she had too many prior sleep-explosions for that to be safe.

Why am I still stuck up on the past?

She scowled while putting on her school uniform

She didn't pay attention to class, most was just introducing the syllabus anyway. Her eyes landed on his back and she was glaring holes through it.

How did we get here?

He didn't seem to notice it, nor was she wanting for him to notice. She needed time to think

If only I-

She shook her head

No, I couldn't have known.

Older kids were starting to talk about him, her friend, the only guy in the neighborhood.

She didn't like their tone of voice

"did you see the boy in the apartment complex?"

"yeah, he was playing heroes and villains, right?"

"yeah- its so cute he thinks he could be either"

Her hands sparked.

No, he can- he's smart as hell- not having a quirk wont stop him

...

He has too much drive for it to stop him

Her face soured, and the explosions on her fingertips stopped

...

The next day she managed to see something she shouldn't have- not when she was 4.

It was a newsreel, talking about the latest murdered hero.

Suddenly something clicked in her head.

Heroes throw their life on the line; Every. Goddamn. Day.

And even trained pro's with impressive quirks died on the field.

I can handle that- my quirk Is awesome-

But-

She knew about this. She knew about deaths in the field before but-