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A My Hero Academia Fanfiction: Age of Heroes Chapter 9 Thoughts by RVasil

It was all a blur.

The moment Kinus laid down on the stretcher and closed his eyes, he passed out. From then on, he drifted in and out of consciousness, getting hazy visions and scenes as his body desperately tried to force him to rest after such a harrowing event. At one point he was being carried to the clinic, then after that, he was being treated for his wounds. Recovery Girl was there, possibly giving him a piece of her mind. The dragon couldn't remember honestly. The hero's lips were moving but no sound was coming out of her mouth. Kinus lost consciousness once again the moment Recovery Girl used her Quirk on him. He fell into a deep slumber, losing track of time entirely as his body shut down.

The dragon's mind, however, was wide awake.

The boy found himself standing in the streets of the Fire Zone once more. The smell of ash, burning debris and smoke filled his nostrils. The sound of shouting and fighting emanated from the distance. Kinus looked around, and was shocked to find a piece of white cloth standing out amidst the dull pile of debris.

"Ojiro?"

He was about to move towards his friend. When a voice cut above the noise.

"He's dead you know."

Everything went silent and for a moment Kinus thought he had gone deaf. He turned around to face the source of the voice to find none other than Blur standing menacingly in front of him.

"N-no! That's not true!" he spat back.

The villain snapped his fingers and bodies began to appear in front of the man's form. Kinus reared back and gasped. The lifeless bodies of his friends laid there in front of him. Some were missing some limbs, others were clearly bloodied and bruised. It was a horrifying sight to behold, something straight out of a nightmare. Blur walked to one of the bodies and knelt down.

"See, Kinus, this is what happens if you don't fight like you mean it. You don't have the conviction to see things through." Blur grabbed one of the bodies and Kinus's eyes widened. "Poor fellow," Blur remarked, tapping Tokoyami's beak. "He tried so desperately to fight me." He dropped the bird's body back on the floor, where it landed with an unceremonious thump. "You lack the drive to do what's necessary. To end things when they should. Because of your hesitation, your friends have died. Your cause is admirable, Kinus, but some people are never going to change, like me."

Kinus blinked and Blur disappeared. The dragon frantically looked around and stopped as the blade of a scythe pressed close to his throat.

"And that's why..." Blur lowered his head to meet with Kinus's ears. "You're going to die too."

"NO!"

Kinus woke up with a start, sitting upright so fast, he felt the room spinning around him. It took a moment for him to recover his entire composure and for his vision to clear. He looked around. Blue walls faintly illuminated by the sunlight spilling in from the window. A computer at the far corner of the room, atop a desk cluttered with paperwork. A large closet hiding in the corner. His breathing began to relax as he recognized where he was.

He was in his room.

Kinus sighed and laid back down. He was drenched in sweat, and his heartbeat was still coming down from that high. Admittedly, the dragon wasn't one for nightmares. Most of the time he slept, he had nothing but dreamless sleep. Maybe a wacky dream or two here and there, but nothing that ever stood out. It was always just staring into that black, inky void. Losing consciousness for one second, then the next thing he knew, morning was here and he was refreshed and ready to start the day. He couldn't even remember the last time he had a nightmare. He tossed around the bed, still feeling a slight ache in his body. What time was it anyway? Better yet, what day was it?

The dragon looked towards the desk near his bed and was glad to see his phone placed there. His mother must have left it there for him. Reaching outwards, he grabbed hold of the device and focused his eyes to make sense of the digital display. It told him that it was Saturday, and school was going to start an hour from now.

The dragon blinked. That can't be right? He read it again, and sure enough, he was right. School was going to start in an hour. He overslept! The dragon forced himself out of the bed, flinging the blankets off him. His body revolted, his head threatening to spin the room once more. But the dragon pushed through. Kinus was determined to not miss a day of school. Hero training was important after all, and he wasn't going to let simple muscle ache stop him.

He stood on shaking legs, and his entire body felt heavy to carry. Doubt began to crop up in the dragon's mind but he pushed them back as he walked towards the door, rubbing his eyes. He opened it and was greeted with the sound of the TV broadcast in the living room, and the smell of a fresh meal being cooked in the kitchen.

"M-mom?" he called out. His voice sounded raspy.

The familiar red scaled dragoness poked her head out of the kitchen's open door frame. "Kinus?" she called out. "Oh, Kinus! You're awake!" She immediately finished up what she was doing and made her way to his son who was sheepishly smiling at her. "How are you feeling?" she asked, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Do I have to answer that question?" Kinus asked back, offering his mother a warm smile. "I'm okay, mom. Why didn't you wake me up? I'm going to be late for school."

Ruby stroked his son's cheeks and gave it a loving squeeze. "Ever the go getter, I see. Don't worry. U.A. cancelled classes for today."

The blue dragon blinked. "Why is that?"

"They wanted to buckle down and double their security efforts after what happened," she answered plainly. "Go wash your face while I get your breakfast ready. You must be starving."

"Thanks, mom."

Kinus made his way to the bathroom to go freshen up. He turned on the lights and stared at the dragon staring back in the mirror. His ocean blue eyes practically glowed under the dim light, and his two yellow horns that protruded from the top of his head framed his entire face perfectly. He flicked his ears back and forth to make sure they were still in good working order. But the one thing that stood out the most was what happened to the right side of his face. He gingerly tapped the skin, feeling the deep cut that had now become a scar. The scar reached from the bottom of his face, scratched his eye, and etched all the way to the top in a tilted angle. He covered his left eye and sure enough, his vision blurred slightly. He could still see, but he just had to focus now if he needed to see with only his right side.

"Damn..." he said to himself. "I look horrible!" A smile formed at the corner of his lips in a show of amusement.

Kinus cupped the water with his hands and began to rinse his face, the cool water dripping down his skin like scales. He then reached for the towel to rinse off and made his way back to the kitchen. Ruby was applying the finishing touches on the dinner table, and he joined her for a hearty meal of breakfast. Kinus helped himself to a piece of toast as he directed his attention to the news broadcast.

It was a news report about the attack at USJ, and was showing the aftermath of the incident. The large gaping hole that was at the side of the USJ building was depicted front and center, and Kinus was amazed to find out that it was All Might that had done that. Pros were truly on a different level.

"...we reached out to Principal Nezu for comment in regards to this brazen attack on the hero academy."

Principal Nezu appeared on screen. It was always an amusing thought to think that the person leading the charge on the future of heroes was such a small figure. But despite his size, Nezu stood proud and tall, looking surprisingly cheerful despite the circumstances. "I understand that everyone is concerned for the safety of their children after this incident," he began, "and I would like to take this moment to tell you that your children are all safe. We are currently working hand in hand with the police to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. For now, however, we will cancel classes for a day to address the damage that has been caused by this tragedy, and allow us to heighten our security efforts..."

Kinus sighed, now taking a sip of cool water. He couldn't imagine the amount of stress Nedzu must have been going through after an ordeal such as this.

"Kinus?"

The boy raised his brow. "Yeah, mom?"

"How's your eye doing?" she asked, looking at him with concern. "I was told by Recovery Girl that you won't be going blind but...there might be some lasting damage..."

It was evident in her tone that she was worried for his son. "I'm okay, mom," he answered, offering a confident smile. "I can still see your beautiful face."

His mother chuckled. "I'm glad your sense of humor is still intact."

"Seriously though, it's a bit blurred," he continued. He covered his left eye and looked at the TV. The scrolling text on screen was a bit hard to read, and it required him to focus in order to decipher them. "I'll live though. I still have my other eye after all."

Ruby nodded, and the two continued to watch the news report.

The shot was now changed to the news host that was standing in the studio. "We've received some update news about the breakout that occurred a few days ago. The police have evidence to suggest that the League of Villains were responsible for the breakout, and thus explains why there were able to amass such a large quantity of villains in such a short amount of time. As for another update," Pictures flashed on screen, one of them showed an establishment that had smoke billowing out from its broken windows. A mess of debris, broken foundation and items laid strewn about as firefighters fought to quell the fires inside."The police are now actively determining if there is a link between the League of Villains and the recent string of bomb explosions that have been rocking the city."

"There was a breakout?" Kinus asked, turning to his mother.

Ruby nodded. "It's honestly been a mess at the department, Kinus. We've been trying to sort this out for a few days now, and it's only yesterday that it came to bite us in the ass. If only we had known they intended to target U.A., we could have done some preventative measures to counter this."

"Don't feel too bad, mom. You couldn't have known that was going to happen."

"I know..." Ruby lowered her head. She faced him once more, her eyes looking somewhat watery. "I was so worried when the call came in, saying something had happened at U.A. I was..." she choked up, and had to take a moment to regain her composure. "After your father died it's just been the two of us and..."

It honestly tore Kinus to see his mother like this. The boy stood up and went over to comfort his now crying mother who was wiping away the tears from her face. "It's okay, mom. It's okay. I'm alright." He grabbed one of the napkins on the table and offered it to her.

Ruby took it and began to wipe away the tears. "I know, I know...it's just that, I don't want to lose you. They hurt you, Kinus!" she said, looking at him. "You're lucky that you can still see!"

In an effort to try and lighten the situation, Kinus pouted. "I'd like to believe that I'm still alive because of my skill."

His mother chuckled. "Oh you, come over here." She pulled her son into a hug and Kinus smiled, feeling the warm embrace of his mother. "I know I can't change your mind in your decision to want to be a hero but...just be careful, alright?"

"I always am, mom," he answered. "Besides, I could say the same thing. You're line of work isn't exactly the safest one too."

Kinus spent the rest of the day being at home. Since there was no school for the day, he took advantage of the situation and did what any teenager of his age would do. He took the time to finish any remaining school work he had left and took the chance to catch up on his studies. But as the dragon buried his face into his notes and books, his mind drifted and thoughts of what happened at USJ began to prop back into the forefront of his consciousness.

Blur. Who the hell was he? From what Kinus could gather from the sparse dialogue they had with one another, and from how Blur acted, he was a professional hitman. But that brought up the question, who sent him? And better yet, why?

Those two questions burned a hole in Kinus's head. Kinus never had enemies. Or at least were never at odds with anyone who would've resorted to hiring someone to kill him. That was way too extreme. He saw himself as a nice person, and never made it a point to be in conflict with anyone. The question left the dragon utterly baffled. As he quietly mulled this over, another question popped up into the dragon's head. What now? Clearly he survived the planned hit on him. Would they send someone else again?

The mere thought of it made the dragon laugh to himself inside the silence of his own room. "What am I even thinking?!" he cried out. "This can't be happening to me..." he muttered. "What am I supposed to do...?" The dragon thought for a moment. "I suppose I can tell mom."

But the dragon shot the idea down as quickly as it came. That wasn't a good idea. His mom would begin to ask questions and he wasn't exactly keen in revealing to her yet that he killed someone.

I killed someone, he thought to himself, feeling a shudder pass through him as the words echoed in his head.

No matter how many times the thought crossed his mind, the weight behind the phrase 'I killed someone' would never seem to go away. The dragon felt an empty void forming itself inside of him as his mind vividly replayed the memory of what transpired between him and Blur. In his defense, it was an accident, and even then, Kinus didn't mean for it to happen. Yet it still did, and Kinus wasn't sure what to feel. He became a hero because he wanted to save people and save lives. But now he ended up killing someone in the process because he had to defend himself.

He knew deep down what he did was wrong; killing was never the answer.

But thinking hard on it, maybe there really wasn't a choice to begin with. Blur wasn't exactly going to stop even if he asked nicely and he wasn't in any position to be able to knock him out.

The dragon sighed. "Where the hell did it all go wrong...?" he muttered. "Does All Might even have to deal with stuff like this...? Am I going to jail? I'm too young to go jail!"

A loud thud echoed in the room as the dragon's forehead collided with his desk, perfectly encapsulating Kinus's confused state.

Even as the day became night and Kinus opted to play video games to distract himself, his mind refused to relent. It was even getting to that point where his mother was noticing his apparent withdrawal.

"Are you okay?" she asked while the two of them were eating dinner together.

Kinus was swirling his food around with his spoon and was brought back to reality by the sound of his mother's voice. "Huh? Sorry, what?"

"Are you okay, Kinus?" his mother repeated. "Is something the matter?"

The dragon shook his head. "I'm fine," he answered. "I've just been thinking...a lot..."

"Oh?" his mother cocked her head to the side. "About what?"

Where on earth was he going to start? About how some random stranger out there somewhere was after his life for whatever reason? About how he killed someone by accident? About how he was confused and didn't know what to feel?

"Just some school stuff," he answered. He needed someone to talk to. His mother, however, wasn't the person he was looking for right now.

Ruby looked at him skeptically. His son wasn't the type to keep secrets from her but she knew well enough that it wasn't best to force him. Kinus would probably tell her when he felt it was the right time. "I understand. Still, if there's anything bothering you, you can tell me, alright?"

"Yeah, mom, thanks." Kinus stared at his food, wondering if the answer he was looking for was somewhere in the soup he had made.

"...This isn't about a girl, is it?"

"MOM!"

"A boy then?"

Kinus blushed furiously. "NO! Of course, not!"

Ruby shrugged, a knowing smile on her lips. "Okay, just checking. You are nearing that age after all."

Kinus buried his face in his palms. "Oh my goodness, mom! Please, no! You're making this awkward!"

Fast forward one embarrassing awkward dinner conversation later, Kinus was now back in the comfort of his own room, idly playing a video game on his computer. He ended up pausing his game when the sound of a chat notification came from his speakers. He viewed the application and it turned out it came from the group chat of Class 1A that he was part of.

His eyes trailed over the conversation that had been ongoing so far. They were talking about homework...some school projects...there was a joke here, a joke there. Mineta trying to ruin the conversation by being weird again...It was par for the course.

That was when the idea crossed his mind. He couldn't talk about the stuff that was bothering him to his mother...but maybe he could talk to one of his classmates. The dragon glanced at the contacts list and began to think who would be the best choice. Someone who he was close enough to confide in. Someone that, maybe, would understand how he felt...

After a few moments of mulling it over, he nodded to himself. He reached for the mouse and clicked the person's username.

"Hey, you there?"

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Author's Notes:

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Internal drama! I'm sure you can imagine the type of stress that Kinus would be undergoing right now. It's not exactly common for people of his age to be able to say that they actually killed someone already. Granted, it was in self defense, but the point still stands. And that type of shock doesn't go away easily. Any guesses as to who he's contacting for some emotional support is highly welcomed. (Beta-Beta thinks it's Tokoyami)