Bab 10: That’s A Hero???
< Shota Aizawa POV >
After restraining the villains I went to check where the kid and the guy with the All Might jacket fell. But before I could get closer I saw what looked almost like a blur running past me, but I managed to recognize it. It was the kid that followed me from the convenience store…
"Brat!" I shouted with a stern tone. He suddenly came to a stop and looked at me. "Yes?" He said as he glanced with a weird expression at the villains that I restrained.
Now that he stopped I looked back at the restaurant only to see that the trio from before were gone.
*Sigh~*
I turned towards the kid again, he had long snow-white hair and peculiar eyes, they were bright yellow and had a weird white light in them.
"Where are your parents?"
"At work" He replied as he got closer, I could see some cuts and blood on his arms and back… 'This kid isn't normal… He doesn't even show a reaction to blood or injuries,' Now that he got closer I could see his face better, his eyes were calm, too relaxed for what looked like a near-death experience from before with the giant villain…
I even saw his scars on his feet and hands… Those scars weren't something you get from torture or anything. You get them from continuous training, calluses, and even the cuts on his knuckles and feet...
I activated my erasure quirk just in case, he could be an impostor or something, as this kid's steps and movements were incredibly perfect yet fluid as if he could react to anything unexpected.
My eyes turned red, which seems to have gotten his attention as he raised an eyebrow with a look of curiosity. I saw that his appearance had no visible changes, not even his eyes.
'So he just looks like that.'
I realised another sigh. "Come with me to the police station, kid."
He just nodded and stuck close to me.
"What's your name?" I asked as we waited for the police.
"Shiro Takeshi." The kid replies without missing a beat.
"Takeshi, why were you following me?" My question got a little reaction from him, his mouth twitched a bit and said almost as if mumbling. "...because you looked like a villain…"
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"Brat… Did you follow me just because of that?"
"Well, your presence was kind of lacking… you know, like you were barely noticeable."
"Just that?" I pressed him to tell me more, I knew he was hiding something.
"... I just thought that your technique was good… so I wanted to learn it..." He said as if afraid that I would get him in jail for learning my footwork...
My eyes widened a bit. 'Is that why his presence began to be harder to detect? But he followed me only for a few minutes, he shouldn't be able to learn my footwork just like that…'
If all that is true then… is it a quirk? Or just monstrous talent?
Before I could make a conclusion.
I began to hear the police siren from afar.
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< General POV >
A few minutes later in the police station…
Minori looks at Shiro and Aizawa with a wry smile.
"Causing trouble on the first day, Huh?" He said as Shiro tried to avoid eye contact with him. Aizawa raised an eyebrow at this, he was interested in what was going on now.
"He was here before?" He asked to which he got a nod from Minori. For what he thought, this might've been a case where the kid escaped… but Shiro was rather obedient to him, so that couldn't be the case. So he took his hero license and gave it to Minori. "I'll need the information of the kid right here" He said as he pointed at Shiro…
Minori nodded, he scanned the hero license, after confirming the authenticity, he began to type on the keyboard. He printed a few papers and gave them to Aizawa.
While Aizawa began to read the documents, Minori took Shiro to eat at the back of the offices and also to change clothes.
"What even happened out there?" Minori asked.
"I don't even know, it was just about a suspicious businessman that was holding a case or something, from there I chased him and suddenly he went berserk with his quirk. That's the short story of it."
"You might have to testify, you know?" Minori spoke.
"Yeah I know," Shiro answered. But he himself knew that he wouldn't give away Koichi's information, he wouldn't turn against someone who wanted to save him.
While Minori and Shiro went to eat. Aizawa was reading Shiro's information.
{Name: Shiro Takeshi
Parents/Guardians: Tsuchiya Takeshi & Ishimoto Takeshi (Biological Father & Mother)
Birthday: 2XXX July 15th
Gender: Male
Quirk: None}
The moment he read Shiro's quirk, or the lack of it. Aizawa was surprised, but he just thought of him being a late bloomer and hasn't been tested again yet… Although he still had a hunch, but that was for later as he began to read about his case…
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"So you just wanted to get some candies and ended up in all that mess?" Minori asked, surprised.
"Yup, I, in no way, expected to start my day like this after coming from that forest." Shiro said reaffirming his alibi just in case…
"But... *Chuckle* Did you really think he was a villain?" Minori said with an amused expression.
Shiro had a troublesome expression, "...yeah… But don't lie, I saw how you looked at him, you thought he was a villain too until you saw the cops take in the actual villains." He accused Minori, to which he just raised his hands in defeat. "Fufufufu you got me."
Shiro just looked at him with a blank expression… "Please don't laugh like that."
"Ack! What a sour kid you are." He said with a pained expression.
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*Sigh~*
'This kid's life is a mess if I've ever seen one… it's not clear how he survived in the wilderness for 3 years, but I can guess that someone trained him there. He is clearly experienced and knows how to keep calm in bad situations. I remember seeing him use the giant's hand as a platform to change directions in the air, from there he landed on some umbrellas, although he ended up with some cuts, the bleeding had already stopped the moment I went to check on him. He didn't even need any stitching when the police arrived.
Then there is the fact that he managed to copy my footwork in less than half an hour…'
Aizawa put the documents down. After he finished reading Shiro's report and began to contemplate on something…
'No, I should make sure what quirk he has.'
With these thoughts he saw Minori and Shiro come back, Shiro had an All Might lollipop…
"Have you tested his quirk yet?" Aizawa asked Minori. "Hm? Well, not yet." He replied looking at Shiro who then added. "Don't you need my parents permission or something like that?"
Aizawa just looked at him and spoke.
"You used your quirk in public without any authorisation nor supervision. That is a crime on itself."
"...are you threatening a child with jail time?" Shiro said as if he couldn't believe what he heard. He couldn't say that he had no quirk, despite that being the truth. He has shown capabilities above a normal human already so he can't say that he is quirkless without being tested.
"If you use the 'I'm a child' card, then you should definitely not be taken as one." Aizawa said with a smirk.
"...petty…" Shiro grumbled.
Minori saw their interaction holding back a chuckle. "If it's needed for the case, then it can be done without their permission."
"Good, let's do it right now, I'm using my day off for this." Aizawa said in a tired tone as he looked at his phone.
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While Shiro had his blood samples taken by the doctor, Aizawa watched the procedures step by step, he wanted to make sure that there was no alteration of his information… Maybe he was a bit paranoiac, but it was what his intuition told him to do.
After confirming that Shiro is in fact, quirkless as he even had an extra joint in his pinky toe, Aizawa's mind went blank for a second.
Shiro's body lacked something called Plus Alpha, which is a mechanism that has been added to the basic human body after the manifestation of quirks; these Plus Alpha are collectively called the Quirk Factor.
Aizawas quirk deactivates these Plus Alpha mechanisms, it makes mutant type quirk lose effectiveness and it completely erases the effects of the other type of quirks.
'This brat! What the hell does this mean? He lacks a quirk but somehow he is able to move and react at incredible speed… What about his strength?'
After some thought, he came to another conclusion.
"Let's do an X-ray test, he lacks a quirk but what about his body composition."
"But his DNA is completely normal, I don-" The doctor tried to explain.
"Just do it." Aizawa said in a stern tone. The doctor did as told and made Shiro stand in front of a machine.
After a few minutes, the results came…
"...Incredible..." That was what the doctor said after seeing Shiro's muscles and bones composition from the X-ray results.
Aizawa just waited for an explanation from the doctor while Shiro was just there waiting to get his lollipop...
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Shiro just went to the waiting room with a lollipop and got on a comfortable chair while Aizawa was getting an explanation from the doctor.
"So the thing is, his muscles- no, his entire body has been broken down and reconstructed an incredible amount of times. It should mean that he would gain more mass on his muscles and bones. And sure enough, an average 10 year old weighs around 70 pounds (31kg) while measuring 138cm of height, but this kid is 93 pounds (42kg) and measures 149cm. But it's not that simple, it's not just just muscles and bones being denser, they are special too.
AND! There's more! His organs seem to be the same, they are not just denser, their makeup should be special just like his muscles and bones! I'm sure they should b-" The doctor wanted to keep going with his explanation but was stopped by Aizawa.
"But he won't be having some type of health complications, will he?"
"Hm? No, in no way he could be diagnosed with an unhealthy body, it's the oppos-" but he was interrupted again.
"Good then, destroy the information of his X-ray tests, leave only his blood tests and diagnose him as quirkless…" He said in a serious tone. 'This kind of thing can't be shared to the outside, Takashi might be kidnaped again…' The doctor was reluctant of course, but he agreed in the end.
Aizawa made sure to watch him erase the information while also making sure the fact that Shiro is quirkless becomes absolute, as it would be better for him to not get tested anymore.
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< Shiro Takeshi (MC) >
After finishing the 4th lollipop I saw the hero coming out of the room. My senses were good so I heard what happened and also… the fact that he called the police station telling them that I would be under his supervision….
"You will be coming with me, kid." He said with that bored tone of his.
"But-" Before I could answer he tied me with his bandages, I didn't try to escape as I knew that it would just make things worse…. But I wanted to speak my mind.
"I never thought about being kidnaped by a hero…" I grumbled. While he dragged me outside. But strangely enough, he didn't even respond.
After a few moments he started to talk.
"Kid, you seem to be strong despite not having a quirk. Don't go showing it off, you will attract unnecessary attention to yourself. Got that?"
"Yes I get it, but I can't hide my strength forever if I want to be a hero…"
There was a moment of silence after he heard my answer. The tone of his voice became serious as he asked me. "Takeshi, do you really want to be a hero?"
"The strongest." I answered without hesitation. That seemed to surprise him a bit.
"Hm?" He intoned.
"The strongest hero, that's what I'm gonna be." I continued.
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"What's a hero to you?" He asked after some thought.
'Well… Uncle could be considered a hero, the same for someone like Koichi. Someone who doesn't need a reason to help others… ironically it's not all about strength like I used to think…'
"Someone who can risk it all to save one person…"
"Hmm...At least you have the basics, but it has more to it."
"I want to learn what a hero is then."
"I'll see if you have it in you."
And so he kept dragging me… for like almost an hour… Doesn't he have a car or something? Are heros poor?
While I was about to feel pity for the hero, he came to a stop.
"Just call me Aizawa, you are gonna be here for a while" He said as he realised from the bandages.
I got up to his side and saw a… abandoned building?
Before I could even say anything he walked inside, I just followed him and scanned the building with Spirit Sense. It was an apartment building that had a few rooms still usable, but what caught my attention was the basement. It was a big space and had all kinds of equipment to train, I could sense some kind of weights like I used in my past life.
"There" I saw him pointing at the first room at the entrance.
"Bed and bathroom, that's all you need, go to sleep. I'll need you to wake up early." As soon as he finished explaining he went to another room that seemed to be his.
So without any options I just went to the room, it was small and just as he said, it just had what I needed. The bed was comfortable... or maybe anything is comfortable to me as my standards have lowered a lot for living in the forest, just like food.
'I'll think of that later.' I thought as I laid on the bed.
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[Next Day]
"Follow me" Was how he greeted me as soon as I woke up...
I followed him to the basement, I had a guess about what he wanted to do. Since he wanted to know if I had what it is to be a hero. When I entered I could smell blood and sweat, it seemed like he trains a lot too, the smell was especially strong on those climbing ropes attached to the ceiling.
"Show me what you did when you got out of that restaurant." He said as he walked to the center where there was more space.
I nodded. I got into the ready to run pose, I didn't have to but I wanted to show him how exactly I did it. I slowly began to imagine the process of my body liquifying. His eyes show some curiosity, I guess that the process really looks weird for him.
*wosh*
Because I implemented his footwork with mine, I managed to make Super Dash almost silent, someone would have to be at my side to notice any sound.
I appeared at his side, to someone as experienced as him, I looked a bit more clear unlike before when he first saw me. The difference this time was that he was putting all his attention on me, unlike before where I pretty much went past him when he was off guard.
He didn't say anything at all, he just went to where I was and crouched taking a good look at my footprint on the ground, it only looked a bit burnt but that was it. No noticeable cracks or anything of sorts.
"Is that the fastest you can go? If so, how long can you keep it up?" He finally said something.
"Yes, and I can go for at least 10 hours before starting to run out of breath. it's a technique that let's me go at my fastest speed without having to build up momentum." To be honest, I wasn't bothered in teaching my techniques or letting them be known, not like many could recreate them like I do.
"3 Years…" He said trailing off.
"Hm?"
"Who taught you how to fight when you were in the forest? From the report, apparently you came from the North area of the forest where there were no residents or barely any hunters."
"Alan." I answered without even bothering to think of an excuse. Which shocked him, maybe he expected me to not say anything?
I was gonna tell a white lie, if I remember correctly, the survival guide for the wilderness is still in the forest which will make it more suspicious whenever it's found, people are gonna investigate the place I stayed for sure. So I'm gonna technically not lie and talk about waking up with the book beside me and learning from Alan.
"I learned from someone called Alan, I know that he wanted to become strong and he taught me how to become strong myself. Aside from that, there is nothing." I added.
He was looking at my eyes the entire time, I guess that he wanted to find out if I was lying.
"...ok." He spoke as he got up, "Show me what he taught you about combat."
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