MHA: Unity In Red

5 years was a long time for anyone to adapt to their new life. And for a certain girl, the phenomenon was drastic. Under the effect of a growing brain and the peaceful environment, she had become softer, more caring and more emotional. The daily interactions and many heartfelt memories had introduced unfamiliar, but welcoming, feelings. Incorporating the newfound emotions into her personal goals, Ina had found her purpose for becoming stronger. 

' Not only for myself, but for those I care about. ' 

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' 25th January, 2240

Dear diary,

today is one of my rare cheat day. No training, no reading, just family activity. I went to the supermarket with my mom. She and I talked a lot about me, specifically my enrollment next year. She was really sad that we will be staying together less per day, despite being apart for 6 hours. She was also very worried about me being bullied and ... '

Ina stopped writing in her diary as she noticed someone peeking from the door.

"What are your doing here, little brother? "

Ina Minaru asked with a hint of playfulness at the small intruder walking brazenly into her place. He was a handsome lad despite the baby fat. Both Asa and Kenji had joked that his nickname should be Lupin, as he would steal maidens' hearts when he grew up. But now, he was just a kid, donning the red from head to toe, with a super-sentai toy in hand and a pair of frog flippers underneath.

"Mom's busy. I want to play with you! "

Arai Minaru exclaimed, while climbing up the chair to sit with his sister. He was trying to read what Ina has written inside the opened diary but she closed it before he had had a peek.

"You are no fun onee-chan! "

Shouted Arai, annoyed, as he was pushed off immediately with no hesitation from Ina's side. The two bickering and playing on the bed for an entire evening, leading to both being scolded by their mom for being sweaty.

"Tomorrow do you want to go play with my friends? "

Asked Arai full of expectance.

"Friends ... Can I ask who they are? "

Inquired Ina, a little surprise that someone could handle this brother's temper. She was sure that he would remain a loner until he was much older. 

"No, that is a surprise just for you "

Ina agreed without giving much of a thought, thinking that the probability of encountering a member of the main cast was exceedingly low.

Oh how wrong she was, Ina thought, as a green, freckled beanie stood beside her brother.

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" So who is this friend of yours? Where are his parents? "

Ina asked out of formality, for she knew who he was, the protagonist, the one who brought changes to the world, and at the core of it, the one whose future she must altered. Who would had thought that such a weak boy could one day killed the godfather of criminals, All For One. 

" I'm Izuku Midoriya, what about you, big sis? "

The green boy chattered, eagerly to meet a beauty, as well as his friend's sister.

"I am Ina, my brother must have told you about me. I have always wondered, since when did the two of you become friend? I am curious. How this little devil can get such a good friend like you. "

Hearing such compliment from Isa, Izuku's ears turned red the shade of pomegranate. Flushed from the embarrassment, he recounted how he met Arai with such haste that it took Ina great concentration to make out anything coherent. What she got out of the blubber was rhat they first met at one of the many giveaways for heroic merch for All Might. While her brother had made a bet with one of his friend at his school and had lost, Izuku simply wanted anything All-Might-related in his bedroom.

Such coincidence led to this friendship, and Isa's headache as most of her plans in life now needed to be alter to account for a thread of relationship with the main character. Causality around those the Storyteller favoured also spread to their connections like a web of possible future, interlocking with the absolute origin being to the main character.

 Ina wondered whether or not disfiguring Izuku could affect the envisioned future, but at the end, she couldn't do it. To sever the destiny threads was to induce the wraith of the Storyteller. Diverging from the foreseen future was shooting herself in the foot. The information, no mattter how basic it was, she got drom her reincarnation only detailed the main events and characters involving in those. She could influence the boy little by little by befriending him and wrapping him around her finger. The first step, was to form a friendly connection.

"Hey Izuku, you are already my brother's friend, so do you want to become my friend too?

"YES ..., ah yes! we ca, can be friends. "

Izuku stuttered at his third friend, after Kac-chan and Arai. He was so surprised by the notion of someone like Ina befriending him.

After becoming acquaintances, the three spent the evening goofing around in the park until Izuku's mom came to pick the boy up. Ina exhanged some pleasantries with her and then they both went back to their own house.

" One possible way to control Izuku is to play with his emotional side. "

Thought Ina after getting back inside whils brushing her teeth. She was brainstorming different means to affect the main character's behaviour.

" The only other way is misinformation, to mask evil in the skin of goodness, to hide malevolence in goodwill. "

Written Ina into her notebook as any idea she could come up with fail to be covert enough or too risky to commit to.

But even with underhand tactics, a basic foundation in power must be achieved to achieve a goal.

"Tomorrow, I must also meet dad's partner's family for their daughter birthday too ... So boring. "

Thought Ina as she fell asleep, not looking forward to the comming meetup.