NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6: Hero Costume.
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-Kaminari POV-
I watched the sun rise at the beach, woke up like 3:00am sweating and trembling, the nightmares came back strong tonight, they're always the same and so are the effects, my scars are itching and the panic attacks are hard to subside so I just ran to the beach and dove into the water.
My scars are... they're rare even for scar standards I suppose, called Lichtenberg figure scars, they're lightning like burns that usually people have them as a side effect from getting hit by lightning strikes. Mine come from the neck and go down through my torso front and back, both my arms and down my left leg. They are hard to see since I'm almost always fully clothed and my skin tone is dark enough to not make them too much visible.
The sunrise was beautiful, I came back home feeling relieved, hit the shower and get ready to school, perhaps the classes can get me back into reality.
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I was so wrong, the classes didn't help a bit, I'm still dozzing off and not paying attention even if I want to.
"You're sick or something?" Jiro Kyoka asked, startling me since I would never think someone would pay attention to me at all. I look at her, she has this bored look while resting her chin on her hand, while fickling her earphone... ears... with the other hand.
"Just a bad night of sleep, that's all" If there's one thing I don't want is people knowing about my past o-.
"White noise." Her abrupt, immediate response caught me off guard.
"Come again?"
"White noise helps me when I can't sleep." Once again answering on the spot. "Just buy a white noise maker or have like a 10 hour loop video on a bluetooth speaker overnight."
Woah... Never mind the white noise stuff, I didn't knew she could make small talk with other humans normally, she's often closed off to interactions. I can't just cut the chatter now.
"I normally use white noise to study, it's great for concentrating, but relaxing? That's news for me, I will try it, Jiro, thank you!" I open up a big smile to show my appreciation. "Don't mention it." She gives a little smile and looks foward towards the class. Oh my... The little smile caught my attention bad, didn't even noticed I was staring too much until I felt Aizawa looking at me annoyed.
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"I AM HERE!" The most recognizable voice of all country shouts behind the door, I can't help it, the feeling of seeing him face to face is overwhelming. All Might opens the door and rapidly enters to be at Aizawa's side.
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-Narrator POV-
The class roars as All Might shows up, the number #1 hero is here, ready to present the Heroes Course. Kaminari shares this excitement as he's well aware of who All Might is, more importantly, what he represents, although he isn't Kaminari's favorite Hero, another has this spot.
All Might presents what's going to be the core of his class today: Battle Trials. Kaminari feels as if All Might gut punched him. He immediately thinks about having to use his quirk against his classmates and injuring them. What looked like what was on the verge of being a panic attack was suddenly subsized by a reconforting shoulder tap by Kirishima, who eagerly told Kaminari to not be nervous.
Normally Kaminari would just appreciate the kindness but this act opened more questions: How did Kirishima knew? Was it that evident that he was not looking good? No matter, at this point he needed to take deep breaths and calm down.
And so he did as All Might explained the details of the Trial, Heroes and villains, two on two duels, taking the bomb, no need to subdue or to actually fight. Kaminari was relieved, though he notice he wasn't the only one scared as others such as Mineta and Midoriya were also more visibly scared.
All Might ends his presentation by announcing the students will be issued their Hero Costumes. The feeling of happiness is more than enough to complete nullify the former feeling of dread. Indeed, the hero costume was what he was waiting for, one step closer into being just like his father and accomplishing Ana's dream.
The students head to the lockerooms to change, in there, their names are stamped into a casing, inside are their costumes awaited to be worn.
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-Kaminari POV-
When I made my requisition form for my hero costume, I had in mind my father's hero costume. His caped white-and-blue costume was held at the house's galery, magnificent to see. I wanted something different, it's my first costume, I can change it as time goes by so I don't need to overthink it. Simple and useful, that's how I picture my costume.
I put on my costume and look myself into the mirror. From top to bottom.
Since the idea is to conceal identity, hiding my face is optimal, so I opt for a face mask that covers my chin to nose, from ear to ear¹.
A black T shirt with a yellow lightning stamp at the center, as I said, simple.
A big brolic black hoodie with golden details on the inside, nice to blend in, doesn't draw as much attention as say a colorful bodysuit.
Black track pants following the same pattern as the torso with golden stripes running down the sides, it's made with a special friction resistant material.
Following along the rest of the outfit colour palette, the shoes are also made from resistant material, designed for running at high speeds.
I really did thought about having an utility belt, eye mask and whatnot, but for now I will only add what I see fit to carry, going light is what I'm going for at the moment. It looks like I'm going for a night out with friends, but I think I look cool and that's what All Might focused: "LOOKING GOOD!", he shouted.
I look over and I see some very nice ideas, bodysuits rule as the majority, some others such as Ojiro went for a Martial Arts gi, which is very unique, Some are clear blatant homages such as Midoriya and others are just horrendous such as Todoroki... Half Iced body.
We head out for the battle trial, since I can choose to not engage, I'm more confident into using my quirks, but I need to tough it up, I do know that there will be moments where I will have to engage, but I won't do so unless I have to.
We're ready to begin.
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