"Oh Kaori, you're not a monster. You can't help your quirk sweety, such things are far from our control."

She was sick of it. Kaori was sick of hearing her mother tell her those words, over and over and over again. The lies wouldn't help her overcome her fear of Kaori. It wouldn't change the fact that she was constantly checking if Kaori wore the restraint bracelet on her left hand, or making sure she didn't anger the girl too much for the beast to come out. It didn't change the fact her mother tiptoed around her like Kaori was a ticking time bomb about to go off.

"Kaori, how could I ever be afraid of my own child. I love you, honey."

Stop that! Stop lying to me! I know you're terrified of me. I know you blame me for Dad leaving. Just stop pretending you're okay with everything already!

Kaori wouldn't mind. There was nothing wrong with her mom admitting she was scared, or that part of her still blamed Kaori for everything bad that had happened. It was only normal to be afraid. It was okay to place some blame on her other than make up some sugar-coated explanation that no one would ever believe. Kaori wouldn't blame her mother at all for feeling any of that since there were times she felt the same way. She just wanted her mother to stop lying, to stop hiding everything and making it seem like everything was fine.

"Ayumi, stop being stubborn. There is no way you can't raise that child given her, condition." Grandfather was right. "Just give her to the family already, Ayumi. We'll take care of her." But he still terrified Kaori. Every look the elderly man sent her spelled out his disdain and hate for the blue-haired girl.

A small part of her was even selfish enough to want to stay with her mother. The other part of her just wanted to run, run away where no one would ever find her.

"Kaori is my child, father." If only Ayumi could sound as sure and confident as she did then whenever she tried to reassure her daughter. "No matter what, no one will ever take better care of her than her mother. Thank you for your concern, but you have nothing to worry about. I love my daughter and I will raise her, no matter her condition."

There is was. The same hollow tone for the same hollowed words. 'I love you'. Kaori was starting to doubt they held any sentiment at all by this point. For all she knew, this could just be her mother being stubborn. Grandfather had said plenty of times before too, during his monthly visits to try and convince Ayumi to hand Kaori over to the family. Kaori wondered if her mother even believed she loved her anymore. She tried to act like she did always smiling and supporting her, sounding cheerful and trying to cheer Kaori encouraging to make friends.

If only she knew there were cracks in her smile, a false sense of cheerfulness in her tone. Besides, it wasn't like any of the kids at school or around the neighborhood wanted to be friends with Kaori in the first place. Even if they had moved from where the first incident and last had happened, rumors and whispers always followed Kaori. Sometimes she hadn't even said a word and her peers, even teachers, were already judging her based on rumors they'd heard around. At least they were open about their feelings though even some of the teachers acted just like her mother.

"Is it true, Himura?" Sayano Kawa, one of the girls in Kaori's class approached her during recess while the later had been drawing peacefully. Her group of friends was behind her all with curious expressions on their faces. "That you totally turned into a dragon and ripped another person apart?"

No, Kaori thought while remaining completely silent her amethyst eyes focusing on the half-finished drawing of a flower. The blue haired girl knew better than to actually answer that question. It didn't matter what she said, or how many times she corrected people they wouldn't listen or believe her.

"You did, didn't you!" One of the other girls gasped while they all began to murmur around themselves Kaori's right eyebrow twitched. "You totally did!"

Kaori stayed silent though her grasp on the notebook and her pencil tightened. If you were just going to assume then why bother asking at all? Just go away.

"I heard that the bracelet she wears is to keep her from transforming."

"She's going to be a future villain, isn't she?"

"Scary."

"Why do they let someone like her just walk around freely?"

Having had enough, Kaori stood up abruptly making all the girls surrounding her and even some of the other kids around flinch. Their eyes watched her wearily and from the corner of her eyes, Kaori could see a few teachers standing by ready to interfere if anything happened. It was a considerate distance but perks of her quirk were that all her senses and physical capabilities were enhanced. They sometimes came in handy, sometimes they just made it incredibly hard to focus on anything else, like class or homework.

Now, they came in handy in telling the blue haired girl find another quiet place to draw just until recess was over, and then she would use them again during lunch. She wasn't anti-social, or introverted, or anything of the sort actually, Kaori loved going out she wanted to have friends, and talk to her peers. However, most of them spent their time talking behind her back or just keeping clear of her because of the rumors, because of her quirk. It wasn't like she'd asked for any of this though. Kaori couldn't change the quirk she was born with.

I wonder if I could have been better off being quirkless, She thought finally finding a quiet place on the roof of her school. Maybe then, I would have some friends. Dad would have stayed, and Mom wouldn't have to be so on edge around me. If only had I been born quirkless. If only I had never been born. This isn't the life I want. I don't want to have to live forever like this!

"To deny such a wonderful quirk, it almost seems like a crime," Kaori gasped turning to look backward at the sudden voice that had entered her new quiet sanctuary. She'd been completely unaware of his presence. Just as she'd been unaware of the tears that had just started to drift from her amethyst eyes, even if for only a second. "Besides, someone as young as you shouldn't be thinking about death so early in life Himura-chan. That sounds more like old people talk."

Ushio Takaeda. A new teacher at the school that had just started this year. He taught Homeroom to class 4-B, right next to 4-C which was Kaori's class. The blue-haired girl had seen him around, though the first thought that had entered her head about the man was how young he looked. In fact, if Kaori had to guess, the crimson eyed man was probably barely out of University. Nevertheless, she had never been one to judge just on appearances. He could be older than he looked for all Kaori really knew.

Maybe he's secretly fifty and has a quirk that allows him to look younger, Kaori thought to herself while simply staring at the adult.

Takaeda-sensei laughed causing Kaori to jump startled. "Now wouldn't that be a cool quirk to have. Sadly though, that's not mine and I am rather young to be a teacher." He looked at the blue haired girl be bemused while Kaori only narrowed her eyes at him.

Creepy adult, She thought watching him blanch as if Kaori had said the words out loud. She hadn't, had she?

"Now, what a mean thing to say," Takaeda-sensei pouted like a child.

"I didn't say anything."

He didn't hear her. "And to think I came here out of the goodness of my heart to check on my poor crying student."

No one asked you to, Kaori thought with a frown before amethyst eyes widened as her head processed all that he had said. "I wasn't crying," she denied instantly but Takaeda-sensei just sent her a deadpanned expression.

"Liar," He accused her.

Kaori's right eyebrow twitched. "I don't lie."

"That's a lie." Just who was this person? How annoying. "Everyone lies, Himura-chan. It's a human trait by default. To say you don't lie is a lie."

"What if I'm not human?" Kaori questioned earning a gasp from the teacher before he burst out laughing. Not an easy laugh either, but a doubling over almost gasping for breath laugh. It sounded easy and just rolled away from him like ocean waves. The sounds causing Kaori's own lips to twitch slightly. What a weird teacher, she thought staring at him laugh at her question. It wasn't even that funny.

"No-now, now," Takaeda-sensei gasped for breath before sitting himself down on the cemented roof of the school. "Don't be rude. And I was only laughing because I wasn't expecting that at all. Who would have known the little ice princess had a sense of humor?"

"I-Ice princess!" The blue haired girl parroted feeling like she had just been offended. Is that how she was coming off to people? "And I wasn't rude."

"Calling people 'weird' is rude Himura-chan," He scolded her with a grin leaving Kaori to stare at him before gasping and dropping her pencil and notebook. "Oh, have you figured it out?"

"Reading people's thoughts is an invasion of privacy," Kaori blurted out and swore that she just saw Takaeda-sensei's crimson eyes brighten. What a weird person.

"True, but I sometimes can't help it," The young teacher shrugged before standing up. "People tend to sometimes think too loudly. It's a little bit irritating actually, but enough of that." He waved his own statement away before pointing at Kaori. "How about we address your problem young lady? That's the whole reason I'm here after all."

"What problem?" Kaori questioned blinking at him oddly. And just what are you doing here exactly?

"Himura-chan," Takaeda-sensei took on a serious tone causing the blue haired girl to tense. "You need to start making friends with your fellow peers."

Kaori almost fell over like the people in manga and comics often did when someting completely rediculous happened. "Wha-what?"

"Far too often I've seen you on your own. Young girls like you should be making friends and laughing and enjoying life! So far all I've seen you do is read manga in a corner or draw or keep completely to yourself. How can you expect to advance further in life if you never develop those social skills?"

Was, was this guy for real? No, no he had to be joking, Kaori thought staring as the 'adult' man before her began to keep venting about the need for social skills and friends. He didn't seem like he was going to stop talking any time soon either, and recess was almost over. So, when he hadn't been looking, Kaori had grabbed her notebook and pencil and sneaked back insode the school before running back to her classroom. Secretly though, Kaori couldn't help but wonder how had someone like that gotten hired as a teacher at all.

The next day during recess again, Takaeda-sensei appreached Kaori. She had been on the back of the school where the guarden was, and sometimes art class would take stundets there to sketch. Kaori hadn't known how he'd found her, she didn't really want to find out either. However, as soon as he had arrived he started by asking Kaori if she'd made any friends. There had not been an actual answer but regretably her thoughts had rattled her out.

It didn't take him long, a few seconds in fact, to start with the same lecture from yesterday about friends and social skills. Kaori had walked away half way through once more hoping that that would be the last she ever saw of that teacher. Sadly fate had other plans for her, since the same thing happened the day after that, and the one after, and so it went for an entire month. It didn't matter where she hid, for some reason, Takaeda-sensei always found her.

Then, Kaori snapped.

"I'm never going to have a friend okay!" She'd yelled at the top of her lungs when he'd found her on the roof once more. "No one wants to be friends with me because they think I'm a monster. Everyone scared of me and only listen to those stupid rumors or because they actually saw me transform. It doesn't matter to them that I couldn't control my quirk because until then I didn't think I had one. All that matters is that a little girl turned into a mythical moster and attacked people!"

In her anger, Kaori was only briefly away that her pupils had turned into slits, teal blue with a twinge or to of amethyst scales had begun to mark her usually pale skin, and her nails were turning into sharp curled claws. The clouds had even closed in turning darker as sign of upcoming rain, before the young girl had begun to calm down.

Her breaths were turning shallow, and Kaori glanced down at the floor. "It's almost like I'm cursed."

"Then, why not turn the curse into a blessing?" Takaeda-sensei questioned a small eased smile on his lips as he simply stared at Kaori.

"Curses don't turn into blessings," Kaori told him with a confused frown as the teacher only chuckled.

He walked closer to her and placed a hand on her head, ruffling her blue hair. "Sure it can," The teacher encouraged crouching down to Kaori's eye level as his crimson eyes shinned almost like a ruby in the light. "It all depends on how hard do you plan to work to achive that goal. Nothing has ever been impossible Himura-chan. We just like to assume it is because that way it's easier to give up."

Kaori didn't say anything else marely watching Takaeda straighten back up to his normal height.

"I'll be checking up again tomorrow if you've made any friends, okay Himura-chan?" He'd called out over his shoulder just as Kaori looked up at him.

A smile graced her features. "Okay, you weird teacher."

And.. OMG I can't believe I got this done! Like seriously cannot believe I just did this! Honestly I've been brainstorming and trying to come up with a way to make this fanfiction possible and I did it!

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