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Chapter 1:The Day
"Talent"... "It's a word humans didn't really think about until a unexpected change of events came into play. What started it all was during a blackout at a hospital on a snowy day. During this the doctors found a extremely unnormal baby who could radient light from it's body. After that, soon began a Renaissance in the human race as People possing these super powers or as the Government called them "Talents" became known to the world. Whoever was granted or born with these "Talents" were given the title fitting to them known as "Ultimates".
Some choose to use their Talents to live their life more peacefully and more easier than the average human being. Yet, some decided to use their "Talent" to plant seeds of fear and despair into the hearts of the citizens not caring if they were talented or not. However to combat this looming disaster, many Ultimates took matter to their own hands and become "Heroes." What was once a comic book fantasy is now a everyday scenario. However in order to become a Hero, "Ultimates" must graduate from the number one hero school in the world called "Hope's Peak Academy."
"Anyways.. I guess I should introduce myself. I'm not so special that I *have* to introduce myself, Infact I feel a little embarrass each time I have to. My name is Hajime Hinata and there's only one reason why I came here...Because I admired Heroes. To me, it's more of a dream of mine to become a Hero since I was little. However there is a *roadblock* you might call it that seals off my dream and the reason is because..."
"Get out of the way reserve trash!" a couple of male students shouted knocking Hajime to the ground. His books and papers spread across the ground as it fell out of his backpack.
"Can't believe they let trash like him near us at all" the male student said as his friends laughed with him.
Hajime stared down at his scattered papers and books before sighing and looking up at the school the males students were heading towards: Hope's Peak Academy.
"I'm talentless and always have been"
Hajime mouth was stuffed with Red bean bread as he ran across the street.
'Even if I'm Talentless I don't wanna give up hope' Hajime narratived as he arrived at his destination. He went into in a huge crowd as they all stood behind some police tape. A few policemen and policewomen took cover behind their police cars holding their guns towards a criminal.
"Release the hostages and get on the ground!" One of the officers shouted.
The criminal laughed as he held up two females handcuffed and blindfolded at both his sides. "Don't you Blue Uniforms Bastards realize who I am?! I'm the Ulimate Robber! So how about letting me go unless.." another arm came out of his shirt wielding his own gun. He held it to the head of one of the females hostages. "You want a innocent women blood on your hands?" He smirked as his now fourth arm came out adjusting his black sunglasses.
"Damn it..." The police officer muttered seeing they were at a stand-still.
"What? Can't sacrifice the life of one women in order to stop a criminal like me! What a bunch of cowards!" He shouted again before laughing outloud.
Suddenly his laughing came to a halt as his jaw connected with a 180MP fastball. The impact caused him to drop the gun held hostages onto the ground.
"Using not one but two innocent women as your own bodyshield is the definition of a true spineless coward" a man voice appeared on the scene. He was dressed exactly like a normal baseball player even wearing a helmet and holding a metal bat in his hand. The Number:18 was imprinted on the back of his jersey.
"No way is that "The Pitcher?" A man said nearby Hajime.
"That... freaking...hurt! I'll make you pay for that!" The criminal shouted as a few of his teeth were missing and his mouth was dripping blood.
"Oh be quiet! If you can't handle one weak Fastball then..." The man known as the Pitcher then threw up four baseball into the air. Before getting into a batter stance and put his bat back behind his head. "Try catching these fastballs!" he said glaring at the criminal.
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
BANG!
Four baseball soared from the bat towards four different spot on the Criminal. The first ball smashed into his right ribcage making him drop the other hostage in shock of pain. The second ball and third ball crashed right into his other two hands causing the gun to be dropped to the ground too. The criminal body acted on their own and he was able to dodge the last Baseball.
"Ha! 3/4 that's ballgame for your ass!" The criminal shouted bending back down to pick up his gun.
"Nope it's just the seventh inning stretch and time for a performance!" a female voice echoed onto the scene.
From out of nowhere, jumped out a young women with long Blue hair wearing a outfit designed for the lead singer of an all girls pop-star group.
She then performed a pose, "It's showtime Hun" she said ending it with a wink and a twirl of her finger to him. She then started dancing around the area Infront of the criminal
Almost like a puppet on string, the criminal's body started mimicking the popstar's dance moves for each step, spin and arm movement. His muscles burned and bended in places he never thought were possible.
"I.. Can't dance!... Anymore!" The criminal cried out as he was breathing heavy and his face very red as he was dancing for what felt like 6 hours straight. His body was in a strong trance and no matter what orders his brain sent they were ignored.
"Time for the big finale!" The popstar cheered doing a backflip and ending up in her Iconic pose at the end. Her left arm stretched out and her right leg up in the air bent leaving her right kneecap showing.
The criminal did the same backflip but his feet remained in the air and his face was planted on the ground.
"That's a our Pop Sensation: Psyidol!" The crowd (and by crowd mostly the men and Police-Men) cheered for the blue hair heroine.
"It was all my pleasure!" She replied to them smiling ending it with another wink.
"Hey you stole my moment! I totally had him if you didn't use your talent to make him mimic every dance movement you perform!" The Pitcher shouted at Psyidol walking towards her.
"Oh! I didn't see you from all the way over there Leon hehe" she giggled embarrassed.
"Please refer to us by our hero names while we're in public Manzio" Leon/Pitcher sighed lowering his head in disbelief.
"Smile for the camera you two!" A million of reporters shouted rushing out to take pictures of the two Heroes standing over the Ultimate Robber's unconscious body.
"They're so cool.." Hajime said.
"You love seeing Hero's like these in action huh?" A old men asked standing beside him.
"Oh! I didn't mean to say that out loud" Hajime replied blushing a little embrassed.
"Nothing to be apologizing for! Infact it's great to see kids like you enjoying these hero's actions" the old men said patting him on the back.
"Who knows someday you might be out here saving people too" The old men added causing Hajime to look over at the police officers. Two officers were calming down the female hostages as they removed their captive restraints of handcuffs and blindfolds.
"Me.. Saving people" Hajime muttered out loud.
Hajime sat at his desk staring out the class window. He could see Hope's Peak Academy in the short distance.
"I'm sure you all here are excited about your future careers while you begin your wonderful four year adventure in the Reserve Course session" Hajime's teacher spoke in a dull tone that it sounded like any form of joy was forcebly sucked out of their soul.
"It's would be a miracle, if any one of you will be lucky enough to manifest a Talent by the end of our journey together" the teacher spoke again.
"You better have not included me in that you shithead!" A loud female voice shouted from infront of the class. She had long blonde hair, grayish olive eyes and permanent blush marks on both her cheeks.
"I'm the real and only "Miracle" here! So don't stand in my freaking way!" She shouted turning around to face her classmates with a grin.
"Tough talk but aren't you forgetting you're in the Reserve Course too!" One female student named, Sato shouted at her.
She didn't lose her grin but instead flip off Sato as a couple of gasps went off. It wasn't just from the rude sign language but her whole middle finger was Incase in a icy frost form.
"My Talent only just manifest six months ago and once I pass the "Hope's Peak Academy Talent Exam" I'll leave you all in my dust. You got that Bitch?" she commented.
"This is Natsumi Kuzuryu, rude, short tempered and being a cussing loud mouth is just barley touching her personality. Her family beside her and her brother are unknown but there are rumors saying that her family is part of the Yakuza. Yet news came up saying her older Brother is heard to be attending Hope's Peak Academy. So why would being a Hero help a group like the Yakuza who's main profits are criminals? Is what I told myself" Hajime narrated.
"Why don't you losers all try and be like Hinata over there!" She pointed her non frozen finger towards Hajime.
"He's wants to have a talent and attend Hope Peak's Academy but he knows his place and stays realistic" Natsumi added.
"What?!" Hajime questioned standing up from his seat.
"Don't go wasting this compliment because I'm saying you still hold onto your dream even knowing that it won't come true" Natsumi answered.
"You don't know that for sure! Look at you! If your Talent could manifest in just six months then mine-"
"Shut up Shithead! There is one more major difference that separates a "Ultimate" like me to a "Reserve Course student" like you and that's determination!" Natsumi shouted her eyes glaring daggers into Hajime body.
"Determination?" Hajime asked confused.
"See you say that word like you're asking a question instead of knowing your answer" Natsumi scolded as she then picked up her bag.
"I'm out of here" Natsumi said holding up her bag and headed to the class door. "This is the last time we will see each other you shitheads!" Natsumi said closing the door behind her.
"That little bitch!" Sato muttered as her pencil seemed to be absorbing into her hand.
'Natsumi... What do you mean by that? I may not have determination but my dream should be enough!" Hajime thought
(Flashback 7 Years ago)
"Mom! You got to rewatch this with me!" A young Hajime cried out to his mother who came out from preparing Dinner.
"Alright but this is the last time for today" His mother said ruffling his head before pressing play button on the Tv remote.
"We have live footage of the killing school showdown as the territoist Monokuma faces off against Shining Hope!" one of the reporter said as it showed a muscular young man wearing a green hoodie with a red logo on the back. Most noticeable was his brunette color hair had a Ahoge sticking up. The young Hero was Currently fighting with a Black and White Bear as the camera zoomed to show off the Bear's eyes were different. The man grabbed the bear and jumped off from the ground high into the air.
"Monokuma your killing game ends here and now!" Shining Hope shouted spinning the Bear known as Monokuma around before throwing the bear down to the ground causing it become a crater.
"Why?" The hoodied hero asked himself as his right hand curled into a fist before a bright glow swirled around it.
"Because Hope always wins in the face of Despair!" He shouted striking Monokuma face with his glowing right fist destroying the bear's face into pieces and junk parts. Revealing the terrorist was Infact nothing but a robot.
"I will never give into Despair!" The male shouted holding up his fist in victory.
"He's so awesome!" Hajime cheered jumping off the couch.
"Heroes and Talents are so cool! When I get my talent, I want to become such a awesome hero too" Hajime said grinning at the screen showing Shining Hope.
'Sadly fate had a change of plans' Hajime thought as the school day was over and he stood looking at Hope's Peak Academy by a fountain.
'I will never give into Despair!" The teenager hero's voice echoed in Hajime's mind.
"He's right I can't either but..." Hajime was cutoff by many other harsh voices coming into his head.
"He has no Talent!"
"It's pointless to try and be a hero!"
"His parents are retarded too!"
"How about paying your way into being a hero too!"
Hajime gripped his chest until someone bumped into him. He heard video game noises and fingers clicking rapidly. Hajime looked down to see it was definitely a girl who bumped into him. The girl then freed herself from his shoulder with a huge gasp before looking back up at him with a blush on her cheeks. He looked back at her speechless.
"A-Are you okay?" Hajime asked her.
"Yeah" she whispered before resuming to her game and started walking away from him.
He was about to do the same thing but heard a familiar victory ring from her console.
"Is that Gala Omega?" Hajime asked her.
She stopped in place before turning to face him.
"You know it? It's such an old game!" She ran towards him again. She then went on her tippy toes to close the distance between them.
"It's a classic, don't you think?" She asked very excited. "Right?!"
"Y-Yeah" Hajime said blushing trying to back up from the gamer girl.
"I once played through it five times in a row" Hajime added which only increase gamer's excitement.
"Really?" She asked getting closer.
"Y-Yes!" Hajime replied.
"Ten times is my limit!" She said looking back at the game.
"That's more impressive than my limit" Hajime Joked.
"But I've never met anyone besides me who could play that much before!" She said still excited. "Hey, show me sometime. Promise?" She suddenly asked him.
"Uh..sure" Hajime replied before she extend her hand to him.
"Chiaki Nanami" The gamer girl said smiling.
Hajime smiled too before taking her hand.
"My name is Hajime Hinata" he introduced himself shaking her hand.
"Well, I'll hold you to that tomorrow, Hajime" Chiaki said waving goodbye before going back to her game.
"Wait what do you me-" before Hajime could finish talking to her. Chiaki teleported away from him and the fountain park area.
"..."
'Someone like her is a Ultimate too?' Hajime thought speechless but unlike just a few minutes ago. Not one discomforting voice came to his head.
Sato was walking home from school as she gripped her bookbag straps tight remembering how Natsumi embarrassed Her Infront of the whole class.
'My Talent only just manifest six months ago and once I pass the "Hope's Peak Talent Exam" I'll leave you all in my dust. You got that Bitch?' Natsumi voice echoed making her feet stop.
"Her...being a hero?! The only thing she'll be good for is a villain! Her whole family is full of scums like her!' Sato thought as she saw her hand leaking and quickly wiped it on her skirt.
"Sato!"
"Oh! Mahiru? Sato asked hiding her hand before her back. She turned around to meet her red-headed bestfriend who was carry some groceries.
"Shouldn't you be getting ready for your exam soon?" Sato asked her.
"Did you forget that isn't for another three months?" Mahiru answered with a smile.
"O-Oh O-Ofcourse.. I guess I did forget us Reserve Course students start school a month early and go year-round " Sato replied.
"Hey Sato are you feeling alright? You seem distracted by something" Mahiru asked but before she could get a close look. Sato then backed away from her and turned around leaving just her back to her.
"Sorry! I just have a...headache" Sato replied slowly holding up head.
"I could run back to the store and get you some medicine to help your headache" Mahiru offered.
Sato smiled "You're so sweet Mahiru but I'll be fine with some rest...See you later" Sato waved off to her as she walked away.
"Sato..." Mahiru said before deciding to trust her friend and walked back to her home route.
'Don't worry Mahiru' Sato thought lurking behind a streetpole as she watched Mahiru leave.
'I'll make sure Kuzuryu will never stain the title of Hero that belongs to you...only you alone..." her thoughts and mind soon became messy. Her lips form into a sinister grin as green liquid was begining to drip down from it.
(Around 11PM, Nighttime)
A subway train arrived at it's destination and stopped. The doors slide open as many people walked off of it. No one noticed a small figure wearing a dark green colored hoodie with a big red logo on the back walk among them. Once he exited out of the train station he pulled out his cellphone. He then dialed a number as he placed the phone next to his hear.
"Hello?" He paused for a moment before speaking again.
"Yes I've arrived here safely" he spoke into the phone.
He paused listening to the voice on the phone speak.
"No, I haven't decided yet but isn't that why I decided to come to teach at Hope's Peak?" He replied.
"With my luck...a successor should be here" he said seeing the school in the mere distance.
(The Next Day)
The defeated music ranged out of Hajime's console as his screen was covered with the words "GAME OVER"
Hajime relaxed his shoulder and hands before looking over to his right. "I didn't know you were such a pro at this game, Chiaki" Hajime said to her.
"Oh! I'm not just a pro at this game but others form of video games genre too like Shooters, Fighters, Puzzlers, RPG, MMO and more" Chiaki replied.
"People at the arcade I go to often would call me "The Ultimate Gamer" instead of just being another "Ultimate" but since my talent is related to video games, I understand why they do" She added still looking at her game screen.
"So in a way you have two talents instead of one" Hajime said.
Chiaki then shook her head "I don't really consider my powers as my real talent" she said.
"Why not?! You can become a Hero because of your powers and saying that isn't your real talent is just crazy!" Hajime said defensive.
"Ah! What I mean is-" Hajime stopped talking and looked down waiting for Chiaki to snap back at him.
"What do you mean by having a Talent makes you a hero?" She asked him in a calm voice still sitting besides him.
"Don't you realize what world we live in? Having a talent is the only way to become a Hero because if you don't have it.." Hajime began.
"Then you can't become a hero right?" Chiaki finished for him. "I don't think having a talent just automatically makes you a Hero...I think" she added.
'Saying that at the end doesn't make you feel confident' Hajime thought.
"Well what do you think makes someone a hero?" He asked her curiously.
"Hmm... I guess their final decision" Chiaki answered.
"Final decision?" Hajime questioned her.
"Yes, you know when the player is asked with a question by the game's final boss and if they choose wrong they get the bad or normal ending but if they chose the right choice. They Achieve the path to earn the True ending" Chiaki explained getting excited again.
Hajime then had a smile on his face deciding to end the discussion after seeing her get so fired up by her video game base explanation. He didn't know why and couldn't explain it either but he could feel his and Chiaki's forming a bond.
More rounds of playing Gala Omega passed in just a hour. Chiaki let out a huge yawn "So sleepy..." Chiaki said while yawning again.
"We can call it a day" Hajime offered to her seeing she was clearly exhausted.
"Alright..." Chiaki muttered rubbing her eyes as she then stood up.
"Hey" she then turned to face him again with sleepy eyes.
"Could we do this again tomorrow same time?" She asked him.
"Sure" Hajime replied to her.
Chiaki managed to let out a dreamy smile before waving goodbye to him as she left.
Hajime then let out another sigh before reaching into his pockets. He pulled out a folded piece of paper and unfolded it revealing it to be a bill.
(Flashback)
Hajime walked into the kitchen getting ready for school when he saw his Mom sleeping on the table with a bunch of bills around her. He noticed a few bills were from Hope's Peak. He carefully got close and grabbed one before quickly stuffing it in his pants pocket.
"Mmh Hajime...Is that you?" His Mom asked him.
"Yeah, I'm heading off to school" Hajime said opening the door.
"Okay sweetie... have fun" she muttered yawning again before falling back into her dream as Hajime looked at her one more time as he closed the door.
(Flashback ends)
'So many zeros... Mom and Dad can't afford this!' Hajime thought clutching the bill in his hands as he stopped walking.
'In exchange for letting us without talent attend the Reserve Course class which is used as a last resort for the school to locate and know if someone ordinary is secretly hiding a talent the user may not even know themselves. We get charged with a pricey bill use to support the school. If you can't pay up then the school finds no use of you and kick you out. Hajime narrated.
"I'll be of no use...I'll become worthless" Hajime whispered shutting his eyes and clutching the bill harder.
He was knocked out of his inner conflict by a loud noise that almost sounded like a splash of water.
"W-Who's there?!" Hajime shouted looking around feeling scared. He didn't notice some green sludge going under his feet. He waited a few more minutes for someone to show themselves to him.
"Hey! If this is some sick joke then it's not funny!" Hajime shouted but no one replied.
Hajime shook his head thinking it was just some of his paranoids bugging him. He then looked back down at the bill still in his hands. "I have more important things to worry about" he said.
Suddenly a strong grip grabbed hold of his legs underneath him. It was solid and also fluid rising from the bottom half of his body up to the top.
"H-HELP! IF ANYONE'S OUT THERE PLEAS-" His words were caught off as the fluid plunged into his mouth.
"You...You...Aren't...Kuzuryuu...Yet...My..Instinct..To...Kill.. is un-bear-able!" Hajime heard a distorted female voice.
He managed to break his hands free of the sludge monster hold and tried to clawed at the fluid covering his mouth.
'I can't breathe!' Hajime thought desperately trying to break away from the solid fluid.
'It's no use! I'm not strong enough to escape! Why should I be! I'm useless without a talent!' Hajime thought as he could feel his body getting weaker from the struggle and oxygen holdup.
He thought he saw someone jogging by them as he outstretched his hand to them.
'Please! Help me!' Hajime begged before gagging on more sludge. He felt his hand about to fall back into his killer body and accept his death. When suddenly he felt a stronger force grab hold of it.
"I got you!"
The strong force pulled Hajime out from the monster body as he hit the concrete ground. His vision was fading fast as he saw a huge figure infront of the monster before his view was engulfed in darkness.
"Hey! Are you ok?" Was the first thing Hajime heard as he regain consciousness. He then rolled over onto his stomach as he puked on the ground. The unnecessary fluid exited out of his body as he coughed out loudly. He took in some deep breathes feeling that he could breathe normal again.
"T-Thank you s-so much" Hajime thanked turning to look at his rescuer. He gasped as he started shaking and his eyes were bugging out.
"Good to know, sorry I wasn't here early but I'm here now" His rescuer said. He was a tall, big over-muscular man wearing a open black jacket on the outside with a zip up green hoodie on the inside. The bottom of his outfit contained black jeans and red sneakers. However most noticeable was his wasted-out hazel color eyes and spikey brown hair with an Ahoge on the top of his head.
"Y-You're S-S-Shining Hope!" Hajime managed to say out loud in his shocked state. He didn't believe the Hero that inspired his love for Heroes and attending Hope's Peak was standing near him.
"Yes I am! I was out for my simple afternoon jog when I heard someone yell for help. I jogged to where I heard the voice coming from and saw you being attacked by that slime monster" Shining Hope replied.
"I didn't think a monster like that existed" Hajime said to him getting a bit out of his star struck state.
Shining Hope nodded holding up a bottle filled with Green Liquid that was trying to escape it's containment. "They won't be going anywhere for a while" Shining Hope told him referring to the Sludge monster that was now trapped within the bottle. He then put the Bottle in his jacket pocket.
"Now if you excuse me, I must get going and hand this criminal in" Shining Hope said.
Hajime gasped "W-Wait!" He shouted getting back onto his feet.
"Maybe I'll see you around someday Kid" Shining Hope replied before taking a huge leap off the ground into the air.
Shining Hope was soaring through the air over the city heading towards the nearest Police Station. However he felt his legs were more heavier than normal as he turned his head down and gasped.
"H-Hey! What the hell are you doing! Trying to get yourself killed again?" Shining Hope shouted at Hajime who had both arms wrapped around both his legs.
"Please! Wait! I just want... to ask you...a question!" Hajime exclaimed.
Shining Hope face turned into a nervous one as he rolled up his sleeves and checked a bangle on his wrist.
"'Damn! My time's running short but...I can't just leave him" Shining Hope muttered looking back down at Hajime.
"Please! Shining Hope!" Hajime shouted again in more of a plead.
Shining Hope clenched his teeth before stopping in midair. He searched for the closest building with a open rooftop before finding one close by.
"Hold On" Shining Hope said to Hajime as he flew down before letting Hajime's feet touch solid ground first.
"Alright..make this quick I'm busy" Shining Hope said as he touched the rooftop ground. While looking back at this bangle which could read "2:00 minutes left"
"Well...Um..." Hajime tried to say as his words suddenly became nonexistent and his whole mouth become dry. His mind was then filled with despairing thoughts
"Why don't you try paying to become a Hero?" The"Ultimate" Student from Hope's Peak told him.
"There is one thing that separates a "Ultimate" like me to a Reserve Course student like you and that's determination!" Natsumi voice echoed in the back of his head.
"They're right...Sometimes I do feel like I'm a failure and useless by being normal but.." Hajime thought before his mind drifted back to his talk with Chiaki.
"I don't think having a talent just automatically makes you a Hero...I think" Chiaki's daze voice said.
'Chiaki... you didn't seem to think being a Hero meant you had to have a talent or not' Hajime thought as he swallowed down all his worries down.
Hajime then shut his eyes and clutched both his hands gathering up all the bravely he had. "Shining Hope! Could someone as plain and ordinary like me who has no Talent at all! Could I ever possibly become a Hero?!" Hajime asked him.
Shining Hope sighed frowning at Hajime's brave confession. "No..in this world you need to have a talent to become a Hero or else you could get killed very easily" Shining Hope replied.
Hajime nodded as his face expression was very close to breaking down.
"Sorry-" a lullaby ringtone was heard coming from Shining Hope's wrist-bangle. Shining Hope looked down at it in horror seeing the time clock was "00:00"
'Dammit! Not here! I need to leave or else' Shining Hope stopped as smoke was emerging from his body. His muscles and height were shrinking down fast too.
"I...understand, I knew it was a stupid question to ask from the beginning but..I just had to confirm someone else's question with your answer" Hajime said opening his eyes looking at the ground.
"Ever since I was a kid, I've thought having a talent was the coolest thing you could have in the world" Hajime said smiling a bit.
"I wanted people to see my fearless smile and feel safe knowing a "Hero" is here and be a kind of hero everyone looks up to..." Hajime continued speaking.
"Just like you!" Hajime finished moving his eyes back up at Shining Hope seeing the smoke around his body faded away.
In Shining Hope's place was a rather thin and petite build man who was only a few inches shorter than Hajime.
Hajime was frozen in place as only a phrase escaped from his mouth.
"Wh-Wh-WHAT THE HELL!"
End Of Chapter 1
To Be Continued!
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