KLEXOS ≽⁺. [ My Hero Academia ]

Paying a Visit

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I was sat back in the car. School was temporarily closed for today, letting us all rest from the events. Tsukauchi was doing investigations around the school throughout the day too. But right now, I was in the car with him, on our way to the hospital. In fact, yesterday I made a get well soon card for both Aizawa and Thirteen, and today, I got small bouquets of flowers for both of them too. Which, even if they don't know me, what they did shouldn't go unrecognised.

It definitely didn't. Everywhere, hours on end were news reports being played on any screen they could tap into, broadcasting the USJ Incident. As the car went passed the busy streets, I saw images of the broken building flash onto the screen, then an image of the school crest. It soon vanished as Tsukauchi drove his way into the hospital's parking lot.

"We're here now." Tsukauchi turned of the engine and we both proceeded to remove our seatbelts and get out of the car. He helped me get the flowers from the car and we walked into the building.

The lady at the reception was now leading us through the hallways of the hospital. Like twelve years ago, the intoxicating colour of the walls enclosed around us. A common aroma of the hospital smelt of anxiety for me. It bubbled up and we were turning the corner. The lady had led us to two doors opposite each other. One led to Thirteen and the other led to Aizawa. Tsukauchi went to the door to our right, opening it to see the a half broken space suit propped to the side of a bed. I slowly walked in, resting one of the flower bouquets onto the desk, along with the card I wrote. I took a deep bow, then returning back up. I walked out of the room, Tsukauchi gently closing the door behind him. We  then turned to the other door opposite us. He reached for the door and opened it.

I took a breath in and out, before stepping in. I observed the light that went into the room, creating shadows along the floor. I scanned, left to right. I saw the binding cloths that always wrapped around his neck, lying on a table. Covered in blood, torn into rips and some pieces. I let a small shaky breath before placing the bouquet and card to the bedside table. I rubbed my eyes a bit, then looked over at Aizawa. His face was covered in bandages, his cast arms lied on top of his blanket. I gulped seeing him just lying there, his scanner beeping, filling the silence. Images of my mother's body in the hospital those years ago flashed in my mind. Something about Aizawa allured to me. I don't know whether it's because of our quirks, or whether it was because I don't like seeing people severely injured. Just something about the time I met him on the rooftop clicked. I don't understand this feeling at all... I closed my eyes and took another sincere bow towards him.

"I'll be a hero..." I whispered, clutching my jeans tightly, then rising back up to meet the sleeping pro hero, "...that you can be proud of."

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"For today's homeroom, we're going to be discussing something big, something to prove yourselves to everyone around the country." Vlad King announced as we were sitting in out seats the next day. "If you can't tell by what I am saying already, I'm talking about the U.A. Sports Festival. This is a chance to gain recognition from other pro heroes in this world. Once every three years, you have three times to prove your worth. This is coming soon, so from now on, we are going to be training you to the best of your abilities, and surpass that as well."

The class started to get riled up a little; the UA Sports Festival was one of the biggest events in all of Japan. Like what Vlad said, it's a chance to prove yourselves that you'll be the next biggest hero. I used to watch it on the TV whenever it came on and it was always fun to watch people with different quirks flourish under the pressure.

"But, Sensei! What about the villains that attacked on wednesday?" Reiko commented, putting a small hand up to the air. That was also my biggest concern.