You had forgotten how much time had passed. It wasn't like you were trying to keep track anymore.

???: Come on (Y/n)~!

A female voice called for you, beckoning to follow after her as she joyful pushed onward. You could only jog to keep up with her as a large grin spread across your face. The girl skipped forward with real pep in her step, swinging about a familiar bag of candies. The girl finally came to a stop as she nearly rushed forward over a guard rail. The girl planted herself and turned to you with a happy glint in her yellow eyes.

(Y/n): Himiko why did you want us to come here? We've already walked like three miles!

Himiko: I just wanted to show you all the cool places I knew. And this one should be the last one!

You walked up next to the girl and honestly found yourself surprised. All that jogging had brought you to a scenic overlook of Tokyo.

(Y/n): Woah...

Himiko: Pretty cool, right~?

You looked down at Himiko and smiled once more. 

(Y/n): Yeah. How do you find these places, Himiko?

Himiko shrugged her shoulders a bit as she moved forward and rested her upper body on the guard rail. 

Himiko: When you stop worrying about other people and more about yourself, you can take yourself to cool places!

You opened your mouth to say something but didn't exactly know what you wanted to say in the first place. You followed Himiko and began to lean against the rail, gazing out at Tokyo as the setting sun bathed it in an orange glow.

(Y/n): You have these weird bursts of being spontaneous and then other times you're strangely poetic... 

Himiko turned to you with a pout on her lips.

Himiko: That's not very nice (Y/n). I didn't know you were such a meanie.

(Y/n): What no I'm not mean!

Himiko: Nope too late.

(Y/n): Aww come on you know I didn't mean it.

Himiko: Then make it up to me.

(Y/n): How?

Himiko paused for a bit and looked out at the view, seemingly searching for a request or order in her brain that would suit her. In the time you had known the blonde girl, you had strangely had fun. She was weirdly hyper and crazy and yet she seemed nice enough to you, despite talking about scars and wounds a lot. Himiko turned to you with a soft blush on her face, though she grinned widely.

Himiko: What made you decide to become a hero?

(Y/n): I'm not a hero?

Himiko: You go to that hero school, right?

You felt your eyes widen a bit. You wanted to question her how she knew before you were once more hit with the realization that your abilities and matches had been televised. Your shoulders dropped and the mood instantly died for you, leaving you in a similar state to the one you had been before you met the blonde girl.

(Y/n): Yeah... but I really can't give you an answer.

Himiko: Why is that? 

(Y/n): I...

You let out a sigh and looked out over Tokyo. As the sky darkened more, the city began to light up slowly, reminding you that you needed to get home sooner or later. You opened your mouth to say something and once again found your mind blank to an answer. then were your mind failed to answer, your heart seemingly took the job instead.

(Y/n): I think I wanted to become a hero because I was raised by my grandparents who were heroes. It was the thing I wanted to do you know? Back in my hometown, all we ever dealt with were petty thieves or maybe a bulger if you were lucky. Once I came here it was a whole new world I was ill-prepared for. As everyone around me excels and achieves this dream of being a hero... I can't even control my Quirk properly anymore... I feel lost somehow and nobody seems to have a proper answer for me. I just keep hearing the same thing from heroes and all I get are these cryptic messages about overcoming my worries. I don't even know what my worries are! How the heck am I supposed to overcome them if I don't even know why the hell it hurts to even sit down in that damn classroom?! I'm sick of sitting there and watching everyone move past me and go further beyond and I'm lagging behind!

Himiko: Didn't you place 2nd at the festival though? And you seem like you would have a high-class rank too!

(Y/n): Those are total flukes. I can't use my Quirk without hurting my self in some way and the one time I fought a villain I ended up getting beaten so badly I lost an eye and it wasn't even from the villain! It was my own stupid fault! Gah, I-

You were silenced as a soft hand moved forward and gripped your chin slightly, its soft finger cupping your chin and cheek. It turned you to look at Himiko.

Himiko: There.

(Y/n): What?

Himiko: You don't have a reason to be a hero.

(Y/n): Well I-

Himiko: You just want to make everyone else proud instead of yourself. Why should you try to impress those heroes when they won't even help you with your Quirk?

She was starting to sound a lot like someone you really don't like...

Himiko: Forget about them! You should do what you want to do! Who cares about being a hero when you can be you? And  I think you are totally cool! 

Your heart lept once more at the blonde girl's words. She was right in a way... you couldn't really deny her words as you pondered over them. You wanted to be a hero to save people... but how can you save people when you can't even save yourself?

Himiko: If you can't believe in yourself... then just believe in me! Because I know my friend can do it!

(Y/n): Himiko.

Himiko: Hmm?

You had to stop her for just a moment. You reached up your hand and took her's into your palm, feeling the warmth of her hand within your cold fingers. You squeezed her hand slightly and she returned it, giggling a bit at the feeling.

(Y/n): Thank you Himiko. You really opened my mind up to some things.

Himiko: Then how about you repay me~?

You glanced at her and her devious smile. You didn't know what she had in mind and it concerned you slightly.

Himiko: You know how I said you would look cool with a few more scars~?

You felt your eyes widen slightly at what she said but you strangely didn't feel a sense of revulsion you would usually feel. Maybe you were numb to this sort of thing now...

Tsuyu looked at her board with intrigue. She had been thinking of her codename for a while, but something else gnawed at her thoughts as she sat at her desk. You had not come home until very late and when you walked in, you simply offered her a smile, pet her on the head and moved toward your room. Usually, you are upbeat and excitable, telling her all about the people and places you went but lately, you seemed to be troubled all of the time. After your mini breakdown in front of her, you seemed to be doing better, just not as well as she had hoped. That wasn't the only thing that concerned her though. She glanced over at you and found you looking at two bandages on your hand. Your face held a neutral expression as you gazed down at your fingers, two of which had been injured in some way. You never told Tsuyu how it happened either which further concerned the girl about what happened. It was then that she noticed you had moved from your seat, moving toward the front of the room to present your name. Your eyes seemed so distracted as you lifted the board to everyone and read off what the black marker had written. 

(Y/n): The Sculpting Hero, Redux.

Midnight: Redux? Oh because you take materials and bring them back as new creatures! Sounds perfect!

The class clapped for the name all hyped and smiling except for the usual bunch but Tsuyu noticed something. You had always been excited to get a hero name growing up but now that she looks at you... you weren't smiling at all.

Himiko swirled a small vial around in her hand. She giggled as a blush spread on her face, the crimson liquid exciting her immensely as she looked down at it. She was so enthralled by the liquid she barely registered the masked male that walked up to her.

???: So what do you think of him?

Himiko paused for a bit and pinched her chin in thought, looking at the liquid as she brought it up into the light. It was then that a large smile grew on her face.

Himiko: I think I like him~

A/n: Hey folks glad to be back with you once again. I'm gonna be updating a lot more with this in the forefront. Thank you all for reading and if you enjoyed don't be afraid to leave a comment. Thank you and see you all very soon!