Astral Training
After the exam ended, Aiden went home with a talkative Kendo and a jolly Mina. As it turned out, Kendo actually lived in the same direction as the two of them. Kendo and Mina seemed to immediately hit it off as Kendo was an all around nice girl and Mina's enthusiasm was contagious.
After the three separated Aiden headed home and took a quick shower. Standing under the flow of water he thought back to the exam and the 0 point robot.
'How am I supposed defeat something so big?'
For the first time since becoming an assassin, Aiden had no idea how to take out a target. He had never dealt with an opponent who could expand their size and was left distraught as he realized another weakness of his quirk.
Thinking this, he tried to think of ways that his quirk could be useful against such an opponent.
His ability was more than just construction. This was clearly seen with his astral shifting technique. It was better to say that his quirk was about manipulating the energy inside of him than just making weapons. If he could learn more about his ability he'd have more options to employ during a fight.
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-One week later-
Aiden got the admission hologram for U.A. and had a small celebration by going out for food with Mina and her mother.
After that, he started his search on the laws of energy. His method was to meditate and feel the energy flow through his body before slowly letting it pour out. Unfortunately he wasn't having much success as he realized that the energy he was releasing was dissipating faster than he would have liked.
'*Sigh* If I can't keep the energy active for long then whats the point of me doing this...'
He couldn't help but grumble internally about how slow he was progressing. Suddenly it struck him on what he could do.
Closing his eyes again, he started practicing a breathing technique that the old man taught him.
If he couldn't understand why the energy was dissipating after leaving his body, then all he had to do was focus on utilizing the energy in the way he already knew how.
'Construction.'
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-One week later-
Aiden had figured out that his hypothesis was right. Instead of trying to use his energy in a way he didn't understand, it was better for him to focus on what he was currently capable of doing and to proceed from there.
Standing in a abandoned building, Aiden allowed his energy to travel throughout his body before letting it gather in his right hand.
During the past week he had been completely focused on achieving a greater degree of control over his energy. Now he was able to isolate it to one region on his body before letting it flow normally again. He felt proud that he was starting to get somewhere, but he also felt like his combat ability hadn't risen at all and wondered if he should continue.
After trying for a week to use his energy in a different way, Aiden thought that if his idea truly worked out then he should think of ways to implement it into his fighting style. He started coming up with different types of enemies he'd face and how he could counter them. Taking out his assassination techniques and focusing solely on his fighting ability, he found that he could use the sword techniques he learned from the old man on his pole. Unlike his knives the pole had a similar length to a katana and could be used in nonlethal situations.
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"Are you excited?" Rumi asked before shooting a demon in the face.
"Should I be?" Sprinting down the hall he picked up a power pack and started his massacre.
"Of course you should! Your going to UA!"
Picking up a chainsaw, Aiden watched his character split a demon in half.
Sitting in front of his tv, Aiden held a black controller in his hand and was talking through his headset. He had a pizza box next to him and a soda at arms length. Based on looks alone, anyone would mistake him for a typical teenager.
"So what you been up to while waiting for school to start?"
He told her a bit about his training and how he was researching ways to improve his strength. Unlike Rumi's quirk "Rabbit" his wasn't as straight forward as he felt it had a lot of potential that was just waiting to be unlocked.
"Wow! You think that'll work?" She asked after hearing what he was trying to achieve.
"I didn't at first." He shook his head. "But if I use it in the same way I do to construct my knives, then it should be possible."
"If you succeed then you'll have covered one of your weaknesses." She praised.
"Is that praise I hear?" He teased.
"Ha! Don't get full of yourself kid, even if you do manage to achieve it I'll still kick your ass."
"Kick my ass? You could barely touch me last time." He mused.
"Ha! I wasn't even going at you at 50% of my true power!" She snorted.
Shaking his head, he couldn't help but smile.
"You're such a sore loser."
"Don't project yourself onto me. I've never lost at anything in my life."
"Except *cough* becoming number 1 *cough*. Wow, I didn't know my throat was so dry. Good thing I have my drink near me."
"...."
Dry throat?
Dry throat my ass!
Feeling a throbbing vein appear on her forehead, Rumi really wanted to find Adrien and beat the living daylights out of him.
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"I heard UA does internships, are you planning on coming home to work with me?" She suddenly asked.
"Hmm~" Truth be told, he actually hadn't given the topic much thought and could only respond to her question with a question of his own.
"Do you want me to come back?"
"I-"
She stopped herself from continuing. Ever since he left home 3 months ago she felt as if she had lost something precious to her. She knew that his reasoning for becoming a hero wasn't a noble one and he was mostly doing it for the license. But even so, she wanted him to at least have the same experiences as the rest of his peers and knew that if he interned with her then it was likely that he wouldn't take it seriously.
"I... Don't think you should come back."
"Eh?" He was confused. He and Rumi liked to joke around a lot and life with her was truly relaxing. Not to mention the fact that both of them treated the other like family so he found it weird to hear her say that she didn't want to see him.