The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)
Chapter 5 - Middle School & Troubles {EDITED}

[POV Reo]

Another year passed since we started attending Middle School. This is a kind of Elite School where you are forbidden from using your powers. The school is completely filled with geeks and nerds... in other words, BORING, with a Capital and Bold B. ​​

In this school, I really had to work hard... very very hard. Not for studies. I ain't gonna lie and say that I am a top student but I am in the top 15... maybe. I don't know Momo keeps a note about stuff like that. As long as I can stay in this school beside Momo, I don't need anything more. Now let's talk about why I had to work hard.

Everyone in this goddamn school wants to work as a researcher or in the support department and for that, they need financial support. And here comes my dear Momo-chan, they already know about her from her last name, so they try to get close to her so that they could get to her money. Momo also understands that, so she just sticks with me. Even some girls try to ask for favors from her when she goes to changing room or lavatory.

I never thought that kids could think like that and I am probably right, the kids must be getting urged by their parents to befriend Momo. Momo was from one of Japan's richest families, so befriending their heiress would elevate their family status.

So now I am known as a delinquent throughout the whole school but I don't care. Teachers don't say anything to me since I never laid a hand on anyone. But because of this reason, all other students tried to destroy my image by declaring me a delinquent. But that never worked since only one person was important to me, Momo. What the others think, doesn't matter to me.

Finally the bell rang... finally the school is over, I released a huge sigh. Both of us are now 12 years old. Both of us still follow Carmine's training regiment and we had decided to continue following that until we start to attend UA High. My family is still the same, mom and dad are still working on the same jobs. Momo never brought our status difference between us and I am truly happy for that.

"So where to Momo-chan?" I asked Momo who was gathering her stuff so that we could leave quickly. If we weren't quick enough then Momo would get surround by annoying kids who would try to bother her. She gave me a brilliant smile before she started speaking in an excited tone.

"Let's go to the Arcade" she declared excitedly. What can I say, I will just allow her to drag me. I pulled out my phone (given by Mrs. Yaoyorozu).

"First let me inform your mother... we can go, after that" I told her but it didn't bother her because she kept leading me outside. I texted Mrs. Yaoyorozu and told her about our plans, she immediately replied back to me and told me that she would be sending her car to pick us from the Arcade.

We exited the school premises and I bought two Ice-Creams for ourselves. I have to say Ice-Creams are nice... like really nice. Like a ray of sunshine on a rainy and dampy day... now enough of my spiritual rant. We kept walking towards the Arcade when I suddenly noticed a van following us. I wasn't sure if the van was following us or not but I could feel something was odd, so I immediately took out my phone and texted the driver to come quickly.

I grabbed Momo's waist and pulled her towards me. She immediately knew that something was wrong so she didn't react.

"Someone is following us, right?" Momo asked me looking slightly worried. She wasn't scared because she knew that I would protect her and this whole place was filled with metal so it was the worst place anyone can plan to ambush me or in this case us.

"Yes... I think so. Don't react or turn around. Let them attack, I could already sense that they are loading their guns" I told Momo, she didn't react but I could clearly see the worry etched on her face.

There were six men inside the van and five of them were carrying weapons. They seemed like a mercenary group to me. Well this was going to be their last assignment because even of they survive, Yaoyorozu family would make them disappear. Things like this always happened in the real world.

I sensed a gun a being pointed towards me but I didn't react. They were still inside the van so I destroyed all the cameras in this area while they were still getting ready. I used my Quirk and made sure that the bullet won't move from its initial position, this would make the gun explode in the guy's hand. The next moment a bang was heard and a man started to scream.

"Momo-chan, can you make some iron rods for me?" I asked Momo. Even if there was metal all around me I didn't want to damage public property or someone else's private property. Police would declare me a villain before I could even say Sorry.

"Iron rods coming right up" Momo said cheerfully and she started to create iron rods out of her hands. By this time the remaining five guys had left the van so that they could attack us but I was faster than them and bound their hands and legs with metal rods. The whole traffic stopped when they saw heavily armed men right in the middle of the road. Those five men dropped on the ground and they were trying to get out of those bindings but that wasn't going to happen.

"What did you do to him?" Momo asked me pointing towards the man, who just rolled out of the van while cudding his hands. Both of his hands and face were slightly bloodied. He could no longer use his left arm because anything below the wrist was completely gone.

"I don't know... I think the gun exploded in his hand?" I didn't want to tell Momo that I was responsible for that.

"You don't need to lie to me, I don't care what you did to them because if you didn't do that, then either of us could have ended much worse" Momo said seriously. Sometimes she really surprises me, when she suddenly becomes so serious. She is a really intelligent girl.

I didn't answer her but gave her a smile, I looked around and pulled away Momo with me. I was still holding her by the waist. We walked away from the scene because nobody saw me taking any action and only Momo knew that it was my Quirk. I tried to pull away my hand from her waist but she grabbed my hand and placed it again around her waist.

"I like it, when you hold me like that Reo-kun" Momo said while blushing. I knew Momo must have started to develop feelings about me because girls matured much faster than boys.

"Then I will keep holding you like this" I replied to her. This intensified her blush but she also gave me a bright smile.

Both of us walked towards the Arcade and found Guran-san was already waiting for us. Since we were no longer in danger, we decided to forget about it, for now, so that we can have some fun in the Arcade. We enjoyed ourselves for a couple of hours in the Arcade before we decided to leave. We entered the car and drove back to the Yaoyorozu compound. I had already texted Mrs. Yaoyorozu about the incident on street and she had said she would take care of it.

After reaching the compound, Momo gave me a tight hug and ran away. Mrs. Yaoyorozu was standing at the door and saw both of us. I was worried about how she would react.

"Don't worry Reo-kun, if she decides to date you then I have no problem. Both, me and my husband approve of you" after saying that she went inside. After hearing that, I released a sigh... I know if I want, nobody could stop me from doing whatever I want, but I respect both Mr. & Mrs. Yaoyorozu for what they have done for me... I can never forget that. If they didn't get Carmine as a trainer for me I would have been a lot weaker right now. They were also paying for my school and they were going to keep paying even when I enter UA High.

I also entered the compound and went towards our house. I opened the door "Mom, I am back" while saying I entered the house and went towards the kitchen. Mom was on the couch watching TV.

"How was your day Reo-kun?" mom asked me while ruffling my hair. She had given up on combing them a few years ago.

"Just like normal... which means boring" I didn't tell her about the attack because she would only get worried without any reason and I don't want her doing that.

"I will take a shower and then I will go to train with Momo-chan" I told her while walking towards my room.

"Don't overwork yourself" my mom told me before I closed my door. I entered the bathroom and put all the clothes in the basket. I was lean and muscular, I was quite tall for someone of my age. I was already 4'9". I stretched my body before entering the shower. After leaving the shower, I wore clean training clothes and went towards the training room and found that I was alone. I decided to do some warmup before Momo-chan joined me.

I did a few stretching exercises and started to work on my daily routine. I have grown a lot stronger since last year. I could now feel metals about 76 meters away from me and move metals about 55 meters away from me. If I was serene then I could easily work with 60 meters of distance. The amount of load I could pick up has also increased. While I was thinking all this, Momo had already joined me.

I saw her and remembered the small chat I had with Mrs. Yaoyorozu, it made a small smile appear on my face but it would still take some time before I would act on my hormones.

(A/N: The next chapter will contain a timeskip that will directly lead to the end of middle school. But the next chapter will mainly be about UA High recommendation exams)