1 Childhood.

This chapter was mainly inspired by the DragonflyDream fanfic Another Path. I recommend reading, is much more detailed than mine.

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Quirk, this word has become something common nowadays. Thanks to these powers, our reality is now made up of Heroes and Villains.

There are several different quirks, but since the appearance of the first quirk there has been a consensus that the most common quirk in existence is fire quirks.

Wherever you go, you'll always find someone with that quirk. Despite being the most common quirk, they will always have great potential, as seen with Japan's number two hero Endeavor.

My dad is also a hero and guess what quirk he has. Correct, a fire quirk. Even though it's one of the most common quirks my dad has earned a rightful place at the top of heroes with her.

Of course, me and my younger brother being the sons of such a hero would certainly inherit his legacy as fire heroes as well.

Unfortunately that was not the case for me, Sawada Tsunayoshi as I was named.

My brother Sawada Ichigo happily inherited our father's quirk, Sky Flame. As for me, even though I didn't have the joint in my toe, I never awakened a Quirk.

The world can be cruel to a child, even more so to those who don't have a quirk or who have a "bad" quirk. Having a Hero father, naturally I would have that dream too. And well, at the age of 4 this dream was completely destroyed.

Being the son of a hero, maybe I wouldn't suffer so much, right?. How I wish things were like this.

My father, Sawada Iemitsu, being a full-time hero had little chance to stay home and watch my brother and me grow, I heard he wasn't even present at our birth.

My mother Sawada Nana is a faithful woman, but even she was sad when her husband was not present... Iemitsu is a lucky man to have someone like Nana as her wife.

Thanks to Iemitsu being away from home for so long, Ichigo was our mother's comfort. Yes, you didn't hear wrong, only Ichigo was our mother's comfort.

Until the age of two, Ichigo and I were very similar, almost like twins. But from the age of three we became more and more different, I became more and more like my mother, my brother with our father Iemitsu.

And well, with our father so far away from home, our mother came to love and care for Ichigo much more, he who was like a little Iemitsu. I think it was during this time that I began to realize that I was moving further and further away from my family.

The breaking point was at age four, when Ichigo awakened his Quirk and as I said before, the same one as our father, Sky flame. Luckily for me, the doctors said I didn't have the joint in my little toe, so it was just time for me to wake up my Quirk.

When our father learned that Ichigo had awakened the same Quirk he had, Iemitsu returned home the same day to share the happiness.

The distance between me and our family only increased after this event. I as a child thought that once I got my Quirk, that distance would narrow.

My comfort at that time was that our father was still trying to keep the love equal between me and my brother, of course that didn't forgive him for being so far away from us, but it gave me the courage not to give up.

Unfortunately this courage didn't last for long and this time it was mainly my fault.

Why do you ask ?. Simple, even though I was the older brother I was still a clumsy and somewhat cowardly child.

Father's "dangerous" games, such as those where the father throws the child in the air to catch him again, were the only things that Iemitsu knew how to play with his children and well... Being the cowardly child that was, the games ended in a few seconds.

Ichigo was the opposite of me, that only made our father love and appreciate him even more. Somehow I knew that if I didn't do anything, the distance would increase even further.

As soon as we entered school, while Ichigo showed off his proud Quirk I started to improve myself, I also wanted to be loved by our family.

So came the first test I ever had. Thanks to my study I got the maximum grade. My happiness was short-lived, I didn't expect it and I didn't realize the hidden danger that grew beside me, Ichigo.

As soon as Ichigo saw my test result, I felt something burning inside me, not understanding what it was, I just saw him running to the teacher and talking into her ear with tearful eyes.

Thinking it was nothing, I continued to talk to my classmates and for the first time in my life I acted with pride and smiled openly.

This didn't last long until the teacher stood in front of me with a ruler in her hand. The strange burning sensation inside me kicked in again.

Before I could react, I felt a sharp pain in my hands and felt the teacher pulling my ear out of the classroom.

The teacher took me to her room and put me in the punishment corner.

This was the first time in my life that I was completely frozen and unresponsive. I couldn't understand what was happening.

But what shocked me most was the teacher picking up the phone and calling someone, by the voice I knew she was my mother.

"You are very in trouble Tsunayoshi." It was the only thing I heard from the teacher while I was feeling short of breath.

To my happiness, I remembered that my father was home that day, but everything was broken in mere seconds when Iemitsu and Nana entered the room completely angry, fighting with me.

I still didn't understand what was going on until the teacher started talking about how Ichigo saw me cheating on the test and how I said at home that no one would see me doing it.

Iemitsu and Nana looked at me extremely angry asking me to apologize to the teacher and students in front of the classroom.

I was just a child, I could only obey while I still didn't understand why my brother had told such a lie.

Ichigo?. He was crowned an exemplary student who fights for justice even against his brother. At home he received several toys, while mine were removed.

Even without understanding what had happened to make it all end this way, I understood a simple truth. That day my relationship with my family broke down.

My days have not been smoother at all.

After studying so hard, my grades wouldn't be bad, but whenever I got a high grade I was always blamed. The only solution I had was to stop getting the issues right.

Punishments for cheating stopped after that, but I was already labeled a cheater and after Ichigo spread the word around the school that I was a Quirkless, things started to get even worse.

Perhaps out of fear of my father, who was a known hero, I didn't suffer for a certain period of time and lived in peace. Until Ichigo started the so-called Bully, I might never have suffered from it, but when Ichigo started doing that, all the classmates followed him.

Ichigo was the born leader of the school. I felt the teachers knew this, but they never stopped them as Ichigo was my brother.

Even at home Ichigo acted different, but Nana never stopped him, never commented on it. She always said that I needed to take care of myself.

But whenever I tried something with Ichigo, I was punished.

It took me to realize the situation I found myself in.

Each day was worse than the next.

Nana only took care of Ichigo, leaving me alone. Even as a child I had to learn how to prepare food and bathe myself alone.

It got to the point where I thought I no longer existed in this house.

In a way the only one who recognized my existence was Iemitsu, but he always left me aside in favor of Ichigo.

The only thing that kept me going was my dream. But even he was mercilessly torn apart when I asked my father if I could still be a hero like him.

"Of course not, you haven't even awakened my Quirk and you're clumsy too. But don't worry, I'll train your brother so he can protect you and your mother. Ichigo is very talented. I think you gave all your talent to he." That's what Iemitsu said jokingly while laughing.