(Have an extra chapter for you troubles.)
Time Skip (6 months)
I've now been training with the Pussycats for the past half a year. I told my dad about it and he was happy I was already making connections and trying to master my quirk. He said that he actually knows the Pussycats well. I don't know how they met, but it's not hard for heroes to meet. I've also made some good progress on my quirk. My general idea on how my quirk works is, I breathe in a sort of spatial energy and store it in my body. The more my body grows, the more I can store. The more I train my quirk, the quality of the energy increases.
So far I can do a few interesting things with my quirk. Right now I'm working on portals. I try to connect one point in space with another But I can also increase the force of gravity, change the velocity of an object, create/destroy space, and make spatial attacks like the bullet I used on the tree. Each use has its energy requirement. Portals, like teleportation, are based on the distance between the space you teleport to and from. Right now, I'm able to portal up to 20 meters (66 feet) and teleport up to a full kilometer. How teleportation works actually has 2 variations. Remote, I delete the space between myself and my target, this usually has the drawback of requiring more energy than the alternative and can only be used in places I can see. Long Range, I must know the exact coordinates on the xyz plane and must have a clear vision of where I'm trying to teleport, for the vision I'm also able to send part of my senses to the coordinates to get the vision. The idea for long range is to not delete the space but change my coordinates to the ones I imagine, this usually requires more focus and time to do but lets me go further.
The rest of the uses are kind of self explanatory, so I won't be going into too much detail on them. Right now however, I'm actually training with the Pussycats on a platform that Pixie-bob made. I'm actually with Tiger rightnow and GOD I LOVE THIS GUY. Yawara is a tall, muscular man with short brown hair and a small triangle shaped beard. He has blank white eyes with black markings surrounding them, Tiger's suit is also brown. "What are you doing zoning out in a fight, Ota?" I get a swift punch to the chest for my ignorance. "Oof, don't you know I'm only 5 year old? Normal kids aren't supposed to be hit that hard," I say in a complaining manner. "And a half, you can take it," he says, thinking the half makes a difference. He then tries to get another jab in. I use my control of velocity to change the direction of his attack and try to get a shot in on his liver. He bends in a very strange way and easily dodges, this is his quirk in action, Pilabody. Pilabody lets Yawara stretch and flatten his body, this grants him inhuman amounts of flexibility that he has no problem holding against me.
While this is happening a sneaky rock flies towards me in my peripherals, I quickly change the velocity of it and send it towards Tiger who easily grabs it and spins it around to sling shot it at me. I'm forced to dodge because it's going so fast and the floor underneath me sinks a bit, throwing me slightly off balance. Tiger tries to seize the opportunity and land a hit, but I quickly throw a portal up and his hand goes through and hits himself on the back of the head. I use the newly allotted time to get away from Tiger and voice my complaints again. "Ryuko (Pixie), that's cheating!" "There's no cheating in a real fight, as a hero you'll have to face multiple opponents, most stronger, and with more experience than yourself," she basically said tough titties and we continued training.
In the middle of our training, Mandalay (Shino Sosaki), the last and final of the Pussycats, comes on the LOUDspeakers (Telepathy) and warns us. "There's a forest fire spreading in quadrant 7 of the forest, Ragdoll spotted some teens and assumed they were smoking." 'Wow, people are dumb, it's dry season and they're smoking in a forest?' "We'll meet you there," she tacs on and goes silent. Tiger and Pixie get ready quickly and I grab my backpack with some water. "You're not coming," Tiger instantly shuts me down. "I was able to hold myself against you and Pixie, I can handle a forest fire," I protest. "No, it's not about how strong you are but about the law," Pixie jumps in and states. "In public areas, yes. But you all govern over the forest, if you grant me permission then the police won't interfere."
"No," Tiger says in a very stern tone, slightly intimidating. But seeing him use his body as a swing for me to use that one time kinda makes it hard for me to see him as anything other than a doting big brother. "Fine, then I'll go and not use my quirk," I say triumphantly and start speed walking toward the disaster. Tiger gets annoyed and is about to throw me in the house that we're next to but then Mandalay hops on call, "Also bring Ota, it could be good rescue training." 'Haha, Mandalay always had a weekspot for kids.' I stick my tongue out at Tiger and start jogging to quadrant 7.
It doesn't take long for us to reach that section of the forest and to meet up with Mandalay and Ragdoll. Ragdoll talks first and tells us about the situation, "It seems the teens are trapped in the middle of the fire in a clearing. Ota, you're strong, you can teleport in and out can't ya?" Ragdoll crosses her arms and rests them on the top of my head, also giving me a nice view. Wow, this is nice, "Probably, do I make a good armrest?" "The bestest. Get a move on, with my quirk I can say you should teleport 257 meters Northeast and 7 meters below us," she gives me proper displacement and points in the direction so I start channeling my quirk. I focus on first sending my senses over, I focus the energy into my eyes and ears and start making an exit point at the coordinates.
I see 3 kids, 2 are boys and 1 is a girl. One seems to be a kid Jiro, kind of hard to imagine someone else having headphone jacks as earlobes. 'Anyways, it seems they're in a nice opening so I guess I'll just teleport on top of that rock.' I start channeling my energy throughout my whole body. I then try to send it to the coordinates on top of the rock. I'm able to get the distance from where Ragdoll told me to the rock purely based on sight. Another thing that comes with the quirk is a good judge of distance and measurement.
I suddenly appear on top of the rock in the middle of the ring of fire. 'It's kind of cool and serene, like being in the eye of a storm. Chaos all around you but you're completely fine,' I snap out of my serenity. "HEY! Come with me if you want to live," Arnold baby, let's go. Their heads all snap back to look at me, 'There's that feeling again, all eyes on me.' "Who are you," a teen boy questions. "I'm a wanna-be hero training with the Pussycats. Now enough dumb questions and come here, I have a warping quirk." They all seem a bit hesitant but they all gather around me. I grab their hands and tell them to do the same with each other. I then start letting the energy flow through everyone, but I'm unable to get everyone. 'Looks like it's one at a time.'
"I'll be back, I can only do 1 at a time right now." I then take Jirou first and we teleport back to Pussycats. Right now, Pixie is setting up earth walls and snuffing out fires. They're trying to isolate this part of the forest to stop the spread. Ragdoll is probably looking at everyone and trying to find others while Mandalay is talking to the kids in the ring. I bring Jiro to Tiger and I get ready for another teleport. 'God I'm tired,' I wipe some sweat from my brow and teleport back in. I successfully get another one out and go back in. 'Shit, I'm a bit tapped out.'
"What are you waiting for," the last teenager and probably the oldest questions. 'Wow dude, I'm out here saving you and you're questioning why I don't save you faster?' "Yeah yeah, I'm getting there," I say dismissively and sit cross legged on top of the rock and start working on my breathing. "What are you doing," he says in a fit of anger and slight despair. I ignore him and continue my breathing, with proper breathing I'm able to recharge faster.
I assume Ragdoll sees us and Mandalay talks, "Do you guys need help? We can send Pixie in but without her the fire might spread." 'Jesus, can noone give me a minute to breathe?' I hold up an OK sign with a 1 seconds sign afterwards. Ragdoll gets the meaning and Mandalay comes back on, "Ok, make sure you don't push yourself too hard Ota. Heroes will be here soon and Pixie will come in after 3 minutes if you're still unable to get out." I nod my head and then focus on my breathing.
Two minutes pass and I finally feel able to warp. "Alright kid, let's go," I hold out my hand which he takes and we warp away. On the other side I find that the fire has not spread, I then find a floor with my face in it. 'Shiiiiit, I'm tired,' I mentally start complaining. "Ota are you ok?" I hear Mandalay's voice and feel as her hands flip me over. "Tired," I'm unable to say anything else and promptly fall asleep.
While I'm asleep the heroes do their hero thing. Tiger carries me and Jiro while Pixie finishes putting up a wall that will stop the fire from spreading before other heroes more suited arrive. Mandalay and Ragdoll question the 2 teens about what happened. The general consensus is that the oldest teen was smoking and showing off. Jiro isn't really connected to these people, brothers of a friend of hers, sounds like the wrong group of people to hang around with. Anyways, the cops eventually arrive and take statements, I'm still unconscious but the Pussycats cover for me allowing me to sleep. Both the heroes and the police tell the kids off and Jiro especially looks disappointed in herself.
Eventually everything gets over and done with and Jiro actually asks to stay for a little while to thank me when I get up. I do eventually wake up after an hour in the Pussycat's place. I find Jirou and the pussycats talking while news reports report about the disaster on TV. 'Guess I'm finally getting my debut. It feels weird seeing yourself on TV, though it is only a picture.' I'm a 5 year old with broad shoulders and a slightly pointed chin. I've got black spiky hair that stands up slightly with a bit laying down up front. I have red piercing eyes and sort of pointed teeth which makes me look like a villain.
I stop paying attention to the news and start to listen in on the conversation. "So why is Ota with you?" It's Jiro who talks. I assume the conversation has been going on for a bit and Jiro has picked up my name from it. "He wants to be a hero. We found him in the forest one day and took him in as a sort of apprentice" Mandalay says, explaining the situation. "Where are his parents," asks in an expectantly sad voice. "Well and fine at home, thank you," I say, sitting up from the couch. I'm currently missing my top so my well shaped 5 year old body is very much exposed. I also have bandages over my head right now which I feel with my hand and get a promptly sharp pain shoot through my head.
I suddenly look down to find Pixie's hands wrapped around my chest while her head rests on top of mine. "Puuuurfect," she makes a slight purring sound which reverberates in my skull, slightly irritating my bruise / cut. "Get off me please, you're hurting my head," I say in a dismissing manner waving my arm above my head in a shooing kind of motion. 'I've now grown accustomed to a wannabe cat lady hanging all over me, what has my life devolved to? Kinky cat roleplay?' Before I can enter into a deep questioning state, a voice pulls at me. "Thank you for saving me," I look up to find a kid Jirou bowing her head on the other side of the couch. She looks up at me, blushes, and then promptly turns away. "Eeeeeek," I say in a very monotone and sarcastic voice while slightly covering my chest with the blanket.
"Anyways, you ok? What's your name, kid?" Everyone looks at me a bit funny calling someone the same age as me 'kid,' but she speaks. "I'm Kyoka Jiro, and I'm fine. Are you ok? You hurt your head when you fell," her face is still a bit blushed and she moves in her seat a bit. 'Jeez, were kids always so readable?' "Yeah I'm ok, nothing a little sleep can't fix." We continue talking and I learn where she lives and she also asks if she can join us for training. "Sorry, but that's up for them to decide," I gesture to the Pussycats and they start convening. 'If this happens it might significantly change the story. Though, after living here for 5 years, this is no longer an anime to me. This is my life, so I'll do what I want with the knowledge I have and deal with it.'
The Pussycats stop having a team discussion and look at me a bit. 'Wow, not sus at all, she will definitely not notice that the decision is on me. Whatever, I'm interested in how things will end up.anyways.' I nod and then Mandalay talks, "You can train with us, but only at the same time Ota does. We can't take more time out of our hero duties." She nods to this and thanks them, she then turns to me with a radiant smile. This might be interesting.