Thank you for your patients. Over the last few months I have worked on this with my friends, on character design, personality, redesign, restructuring story lines, and this is turning into a whole new sort of story. One not only about the main characters, but about so many others.

The first chapter is set to release on April 20th 2020

I hope this catches your interest.

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Yami's PoV

Age 9

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"Ok, class as you know today is career day and two of your classmates have a very special surprise for us. Yami, Ume, would you like to introduce your parents?" smiled at my brother and I.

We raced to the front of the classroom, our mom and dads outside of the room.

"M-my name is Ume Ashido,"

"And I'm Yami Ashido, and our parents are the coolest ever!" I couldn't wait for everyone to meet them

"Yeah! They are heroes! They save lives, fight bad guys, and they saved us too!" Ume's smile was probably bigger than mine… I had to smile harder!

"So here are our parents!" I threw the classroom door open, and my mom, dad, and pater came through.

"Hiya kids! I'm the Pro hero Alien Queen!" Momma waved

"I'm the Pro hero ChargeBolt!" Pater grinned

"And I'm Pro hero Siren. We are Yami and Ume's parents." Dad smiled softly

I liked his smiles the best, he had almost the exact same quirk as me!

"Any questions for us kiddos?" My momma knelt down to our level

"Is your skin naturally that color?"

"Yes, yes it is!"

"What are your quirks?"

"Well I can create electricity, Siren can control people's minds, and Alien Queen can produce acid from her whole body. Mines the coolest though!" Pater laughed

"Why do these kids call you all their parents? Who are the twins' actual parents?" An older lady in the back asked, and my parents faces fell

"We don't know, we found them in the wreck of a villain attack when they were infants. We decided to take them in." Dad explained

I hated this game. Momma, Pater, and Dad said that it was a game of pretend, that they weren't actually our parents, because people wouldn't like that.

Because they wouldn't understand.

I wanted to stop playing but they said not yet. I don't get it. If my momma, dad, and pater love each other why should people care?

Suddenly there was a beep from my parents wrists.

"Sorry kids, duty calls!" Pater flipped his glasses down

"We'll be back soon okay kids?" Dad knelt down to Ume and me.

"Ok Dad!" We tackle hugged him

"Goodbye my darlings! I'll see you at dinner tonight!" Momma kissed the top of our heads

"We love you both!" Pater left just as quick.

"Well class, do we want to watch the news coverage in a bit? I'm sure we would all love to see the Ashido Twin's parents on TV!" clasped her hands together

"Yeah! I wanna see them beat some bad guys!"

"Alrighty, we will ask to get the TV, and for now why don't we move on!"

I sat down as quick as possible, I just want to see the fight.

Ume and I were going to be heroes some day! We were gonna go to school where Gramps and Grandpa work, where Aunt Eri just graduated from! U.A.

Where the best heroes are made, like Deku!

Deku is so cool, he has the coolest husband and the funniest son! Setoshi was my best friend, and he was going to be a hero too!

Ume thinks that Ground Zero should be the number one hero, but that's because he's on of our Parent's best friends, and his husband Red Riot is super nice, but I can't tell anyone, they are playing a game of secrets, but their daughter is my age and she's super pretty! Asume is Ume's best friend!

Then we have Makoto, his mommas are super cool! Creati and her wife are really nice.

They all keep talking about their friends and how they have more kids!

We get to play together and have sleepovers, maybe one of these times Hanako can come!

Suddenly the building started shaking, but we had drills so I wasn't scared, I slipped under my desk and waited for the shaking to stop.

When it finally did all the parents started checking their phones,

"Looks like a building collapsed a few blocks away, they think one of the heroes fighting the villains was still inside." The mean old lady spoke first

"Yami, do you think that it was—"

"No Ume, you know that our parents are the best heroes around! They would never get caught in something like that!"

I grabbed my emergency phone. My parents said we weren't allowed to use it for games so they blocked those features. It was only for emergencies.

"It is a terrible scene over here in the Saitama Prefecture, the League of Villains targeting a rival group within one of the office buildings. Three Pro heroes entered to attempt to apprehend the warring groups. The building began to collapse shortly after the villains began their escape."

I saw my dads in the background trying to dig through the rubble.

"Yami, where's mom?"

"I'm sure she's just not in the frame. She's the number twenty-three pro hero! She's just helping others."

The pit in my stomach wasn't going away.

I don't like this, where is Momma? Why aren't the cameras showing her?

"It looks like pro hero Uravity just arrived on scene!"

Aunt Ochaco. I bet now Momma's gonna run over to talk to her.

But she didn't. She ran straight for our dads and began to lift all the rubble she could, as more heroes arrived to make sure everyone was ok, and to clean up.

But Momma never showed up.

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Ume and I walked home from school, eyes still glued to the phone. We got to go home early because the villain attack was so close, but…

"Yeah, I agree." He murmured

We took a turn towards the business center of the prefecture.

"Come on! I'm sure the cameras just weren't focusing on Momma with all the heroes arriving!" Ume ran ahead of me, he was always faster

"Ume! Wait! My legs aren't as long as yours!"

Suddenly he came to a dead stop, and I only realized why when I stood next to him.

Dad and Pater were crying.

Uncle Sero was hugging both of them.

"Dad? Pater?" I started running towards them

"Yami wait up!" Ume followed

We were stopped by Uncle Eijiro

"Why are they crying? What's going on?" My brother's lip started to tremble

"Kiddos, listen. Your mom was still in the building when it collapsed."

No.

No, that's not real.

"B-but she said we would see her at dinner." I don't like this dream

I wanna wake up now.

"Listen, we're gonna find her ok?" I could see through the fake smile

"No, you guys found something didn't you?"

"Let's get you guys home." He picked us both up

"No! We want to see our Pater and Dad! Why are they crying?" I started kicking at his chest

"Let us go Uncle! We can help!" My brother was crying

"We want to help find Momma!" I screamed

"We want to help find her! She said she would see us at dinner!"

"Momma!"

We never got to have that dinner.

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Age 11

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"Alright class, today we will be working on our projects about heroes of the past. You may select any dead or retired hero to study, and write a report on." explained

"I bet the twins are gonna do their mom." Someone snickered behind me

"Please, she wasn't their bio mom anyway, why do they care?"

"They don't talk as much as they used to, what did they lose the ability to speak?"

"You hear that they wanna go to U.A.?"

"Yeah, so they can end up like Alien Queen?"

"Just ignore them Yami, they don't know shit." Ume made eye contact with me

"I won't say anything if you don't" I rolled my eyes in response

The rest of the day was a blur, more whispers, more talking each other down.

I didn't want to talk about it, why was that all the class ever talked about.

My dead fake yet real mom.

"So who are you going to do the project on? I'm thinking the first Ingenium." Ume walked over to me

"You could always call the second Ingenium to see if you can schedule a meeting." I smirked

"True, I'll text Hanako and see if after the next training session if we could visit her uncle." He smirked

"What? You like her or something?" I snickered

"No. Why would I want to start dating at age 11?" He flicked my forehead, he was already a good head taller than me, but I would find a way to be the same height as him.

"Back to the subject, who are you doing the project on?"

"I was looking through some old new stories, and I found that the youngest Number two ranked hero in history was killed on a mission no one knew about?"

"I see, what was his name?"

"Hawks, I'm gonna ask Setoshi to try and get me a meeting with Endeavor, he's the one who Hawks worked for when he started out."

"Well if it isn't the freak twins? Planning on how you are gonna make all the teachers feel sorry for you with the project?" One of our classmates walked over to us

Silence

"What? All the stories about how you don't talk anymore, they true? Swear I just heard your voices." He kept poking at us

"We don't like talking with idiots, sorry." Ume bit back

"The hell you just say?"

"He called you an idiot, which is true since you keep trying to provoke us." I rolled my eyes

"The only reason anyone actually tolerates you two, is because they feel pity for a pair of orphans who lost a parent for the second time."

I fuckin decked him.

"Bitch!" His friends joined in, got a few solid punches but Ume was bigger than both of them.

"Talk to us again, and you won't be able to walk away next time." I sneered

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Age 13

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"One two three, one two three, one two three. Now passé into tour en l' aíre."

Next was sixth into a promenade. Finish with a glissade allegro into a pirouette.

The music shut off.

"Very good students, remember no class on Wednesday, Yami could you stay for a bit longer?"

"Sure thing."

My classmates filed out, but not before Megumi shoulder checked me

"Teacher's pet"

"What's up Aunt Eri?"

"I heard that you got into a verbal altercation in the dressing room. Mind telling me what caused it?"

"They were spreading rumors about me." I looked away

"Yami, I understand that you have your pride, but what is the worst a bunch of preteen girls can say?"

"They were saying that the only reason I've gotten anywhere here is because you're the teacher, and that I possess people to get my way."

"Oh sweetie, have you talked to your dad about this? He would understand better than anyone else." She smiled

"We may have similar quirks, but at least people don't look at him like he's a demon." I would not cry over this

"Yami Ashido I'm telling you to listen to my words. Just because he didn't go through the exact same sort of hardship, doesn't mean he can't help you. I met plenty of people who went to middle school with Hitoshi, they were scared to speak to him."

"I'm sorry. It's just, this is my safe space, and they were taking that away from me." I felt little dribbles hit my hands

"It's ok, it'll be ok. Just promise the next time instead of calling those girls mean names, you come talk to me instead ok? Now on the topic if you got into this class just because I am your aunt, put that whole concept out of your head. Those girls watch you every practice with extreme jealousy, because you are far more flexible, and have greater strength than them. Not to say they aren't good, but try to recognize that they want to be like you, that's why they are mean."

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Age 14

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My back slammed against the mat for the third time in a row.

"Come on Ashi, you aren't paying attention, or else you would've seen that right hook coming." Asume laughed

"Whatever Baku, I just got a lot on my mind." I rubbed the back of my neck

"Doesn't excuse the fact that you let your guard down," She punched my arm harder than needed

"I'm sorry ok? Geez, show a little respect for your senpai would you?" I joked

"You may be older than me, but let's consider who is more mature."

"Whatever you say princess."

A loud beep signaled the end of practice, and we all gathered in the center of the room.

"Alright kids, remember next week is when you are all scheduled to take the U.A. entrance exam." Uncle Shouto smiled kindly at us

"So, the normal exam was today?" Makoto inquired, glitter seeping out of everyone of their non existent pores

"Yes, the normal exam was today. You all already knew that, but remember one thing, just because you have gotten recommendations doesn't mean you are a student yet." Uncle Katsuki explained

"People will tell you, that since you were given a recommendation you haven't had to work just as hard, if not harder than the kids who didn't. There will always be those who are stronger than you, and you have to learn to respect everyone's journey. Some kids are greatly gifted but don't come from a position in life to receive the opportunities you have. So prove to everyone that you deserve to be at U.A." Aunt Ochaco grinned at all of us

"Alrighty, let's do this." I smiled at my twin

We would prove that we weren't defined by our tragedy.

That we were more than what the world made us out to be.

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Icarus's PoV

Age 15

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"Run." My dad shoved a bag over my head

"What's going on? Where is Pére?"

"I'm going back for him, but you have to run." He urged me

"Why? Who are those people? Why did the one with blue hair call you traitors?"

First a blonde woman shows up at our house and tells my dads that Shigi-something is coming for a visit, now there is a fight?

"Icarus, your Pére's and my past just came for a visit, take the train tickets and get out of here, we will find you. I promise." With that my father took off back towards our villa.

I can't just leave them!

I ran up the back path to see what was happening, my Pére was on his knees, wings turning to dust.

"No, what's happening?" I whispered in horror

"Shigaraki enough!" Dad shouted from across the backyard

"Well if it isn't traitor. How have ya been? Enjoying life here in Massif Central with a washed up hero?" He kicked Pére in the head.

"Don't you touch him!" Dad roared, flames igniting across his entire body

"YOU LEFT US! This is the least of what you deserve!"

"I finished my mission, the quirk users responsible for soulmates were killed!"

"NO THEY WEREN'T! Not the third, she is still alive. You used her power to get all of this, so I'm going to turn it to dust, starting with your husband."

"FUCKIN BASTARD!"

He ran at the intruder, blasting him with different forms of blue flamesI have to help him, I can't just watch my parents die!

Suddenly somebody grabbed my shoulder, there was my Pére. I had been so focused on the fight that I hadn't noticed him sneak up on me

"Icarus, why are you still here?" I could see blood seeping through his clothing

"Why is this happening?"

"Because, your father and I decided to betray some very bad people, a long time ago. We have to deal with the consequences."

"But why? Why do you have to? Why can't I do anything to help?"

"You have your entire life ahead of you, we want you to live, find love, never regret what you have had." He pressed a kiss yo my forehead

"We love you, now go. If Shigaraki finds you he will not hesitate to kill you."

With that he pushed me towards the path and began to limp back over to my dad.

This couldn't be happening.

Make it stop, please.

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Icarus and Yami

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I don't care how long it takes.

I don't care what I have to do.

I will find Shigaraki, and I will kill him.

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Alrighty! That's the preview chapter, make sure to stay tuned on 4/20 for the release of Heroes of Tomorrow

See you guys there!

—Jade