Prologue

I was just a normal guy with a normal life. My quirk let me stretch my arms, which didn't make me stand out, I was single, and all of my friends were normal. There's no reason that I would stand out in a crowd.

So why am I singled out right now?!

Out of all the people in the world, it was me who was the victim of a robbery. A guy with a hood was choking me against a wall in an alleyway, his hand reared back to punch me again if I struggled. His quirk seemed to strengthen him in some way, because he held me in the air like I was a feather.

"Hey, I SAID to give me your wallet!"

"Urk…! I-I already told you, I don't have-!" He slams me against the wall, tightening his grip. I could barely breathe at this point.

His face was scowling, clearly getting angrier. "Don't play dumb with me! Do you wanna die?!"

His words pierce me. I couldn't scream for help, and my bones were paralyzed. P-please, someone, anyone, save meeeeee!

As if an answer to my plea, a high pitched voice suddenly yells, "Hey!"

"Huh?"

I look over to my right, and standing there was a girl with blonde hair. She had a sailor uniform with a sweater on top of it. The robber grumbles, "Who're you supposed to be?"

She ignores him and walks straight towards us. "Let him go now."

The guy grins and starts to mock her. "Oh? And what happens if I don't? YOU'RE gonna stop me?" He laughs at his own joke, but he doesn't let go of me.

The girl stares straight at him, unfazed. In an instant, she charges at the man with something sharp in her hands and jabs it into the robber's stomach. "Urgh!"

He lets go of me, staggering. The girl then walks up to him and kicks him to the ground.

I back away, scared. W-what the…. Is he even alive?! I stutter out, "D-d-did you…. K-kill him?!"

"Eh?" She turns and looks at me, and that's when I see what she's holding in her hand.

A…. Needle?

The girl waves her hand and says, "Oh, no, I didn't stab him with anything deadly. This is a tranquilizer. He'll be out cold for the next hour or so." Putting her needle back into her pocket, she holds out her arm towards me. "Are you okay?"

"Huh? O-oh, yeah! Thanks!" She pulls me up, and soon she dials the police.

While waiting, she says, "Umm, could you do me a favor and not tell the police that I was here?"

I look at her, dumbfounded. "What? Why?"

"Well, I'm late for school, and I don't want to get called into my principal's office. You know how strict schools are when it comes to villain attacks, right?"

I take a moment to consider this. I mean, she did save me, and if she doesn't want to be bothered…. "All right, it's a deal."

The girl smiles and says, "Thanks!" She turns around and says, "Well, I gotta get going! Take care of yourself now!"

Before she leaves, I call out to her, "Wait! At least tell me who you are!"

"Me?"

She turns around to face me, a grin on her face as she announces, "I'm Toga Himiko, hero in training!"