My Hero Academia: UA UK/Chapter 1

The first chapter of the fanfiction series UA UK, written by GazzaB9.

Plot (Unfinished)
A well-dressed man stands in front of a podium speaking into a microphone to a small group of people.


 * Well-Dressed Man: "In this superhuman society we live in, 80% of the world are gifted with Quirks. That is a full 20% of people who do not have Quirks. And yet we are still treated as second-class citizens! We are treated as the lesser! Quirkless individuals are looked down upon! We are bullied in schools! We are told we can't be Heroes! We are--"
 * Man In Crowd: "Oi! Shut up!"
 * Well-Dressed Man: "Hm...?"
 * Man In Crowd: "We don't let Quirkless people be Heroes for their safety! If you tried to be a Hero, you'd get crushed!"
 * Well-Dressed Man: "Then give us suits to combat Villains! Give us items to help us!"
 * Man In Crowd: "Do you not know how much money that would cost!?"
 * Well-Dressed Man: "They have money to give Heroes suits to help them but you're claiming they don't have the money to help Quirkless people be Heroes?! Face it, the only reason you don't want us to be Heroes is because you see us as inferior! The only way that we can be truly equal is if Quirks stop existing or if you allow Quirkless people be Heroes!"

The crowd gossip among themselves about the man's words. Standing in the crowd is a Japanese spikey-haired teen in a jacket. The teen appears to be listening keenly to the man's words.


 * Spikey-Haired Teen: "A world without Quirks. What a world that would be..."

The teen walks away with the speaker continues talking about his opinions.


 * Takeo Narautani (Narration): "My name is Takeo Narautani and I live in the United Kingdom. So, yes, that does mean I'm a Japanese guy with a thick English accent. If you think that's odd, don't worry, most people also seem to for some reason. As that guy back there said, 80% of the world's population have superhuman abilities, called Quirks. If you work hard enough, you can become what's called a Pro Hero and defend citizens from criminals. But... honestly, there are some downsides to Quirks..."

A man with incredibly sharp, knife-like fingers attacks Takeo, slicing at him. However, he manages to dodge out of the way.


 * Takeo Narautani (Narration): "One of those downsides are those before mentioned criminals. We call them Villains. They use their Quirks for selfish reasons, like robbing banks or, in this bloke's case, attacking people on the street for more or less no reason."

He continues trying to slice Takeo, who continues to dodge the attacks. The people on the street walk away from the attack, seemingly unsure what to do.


 * Takeo Narautani (Thinking): "Okay, how do I beat him? How do I beat him? How do I beat him?"

The Villain slices at Takeo again, but this time he is unable to dodge the attack. However, he suddenly stops and is seemingly unable to move. Takeo lowers his guard and stares at the Villain. Then a white-haired teen walks up behind Takeo and Takeo turns to him. The white-haired teen turns to Takeo before wordlessly punching the frozen Villain a few times. The Villain then unfreezes and drops to the ground, gripping his sides in pain. Takeo smiles upon realizing what's just happened.


 * Takeo Narautani: "Hey, thanks for the help there! What's your Quirk then?"

The white-haired teen walks away.


 * Takeo Narautani: "...Oookay."

The Villain stands back up and tries to attack Takeo but a pink bubble suddenly forms around the Villain's head and his face is slammed to the ground, knocking him unconscious. Takeo turns and sees the unconscious Villain. A black-haired girl with a star on her shirt then walks over to Takeo.


 * Takeo Narautani: "Oh, thanks for the save there."

The girl smiles at him.


 * Takeo Narautani (Narration): "Aw, cute smile."
 * Star Shirt Girl: "Man, that dafty did not wanna stay doon, did he? Had tae summon mah bubble 'round his head and slam 'im tae the ground tae beat 'im! And ah never have tae do that!"
 * Takeo Narautani (Narration): "Oh God, she's Scottish..."
 * Alexa Barriette: "Ah'm Alexa Barriette, by the way. And you?"

Alexa offers Takeo a hand shake and he reciprocates.


 * Takeo Narautani: "I'm Takeo. Takeo Narautani."
 * Alexa Barriette: "So, were're ye fae?"
 * Takeo Narautani: "I was born in Japan but I moved to London when I was three so I don't remember a lot about it."
 * Alexa Barriette: "Ah, goat ye."
 * Takeo Narautani (Narration): "Who pronounces it 'goat'...?"

Takeo starts walking away and Alexa follows him.


 * Takeo Narautani: "Are you... following me?"
 * Alexa Barriette: "No intentionally."
 * Takeo Narautani: "What?"
 * Alexa Barriette: "U.A. High School opened up a branch 'ere, you prolly 'eard. And, guess whit."

Alexa reaches into her jacket and pulls out a student ID card for U.A. High School.


 * Alexa Barriette: "Ah goat accepted! Failed the written test but ah goat 'nough points in the practical exam that ah goat in anyway!"

Takeo stares at the card for a second before reaching into his jacket and pulling out a U.A. ID of his own. Alexa's eyes slowly light up after seeing this.


 * Alexa Barriette: "Oh my god! Awesome! Yer goin' tay the same school as mae! This's gaun tae be great!"

Alexa hugs Takeo, swaying his body a bit due to her excitement.


 * Takeo Narautani (Narration): "This was a mistake..."