章 8: Terrible At Feelings.
When Alexander left the Estate he sighed as he jumped over the giant fence around his Father's home. His Step-Sister Victoria was the classic example of millions of people in this world who were born with weak Quirks.
They believed that as long as they pushed themselves they could Reawaken their Quirks or develop an Awakened Ability. Neither was guaranteed even for an S rank like him and Mikhail as it was based on pure luck. Victoria had it worse since her sisters were mere children and had outclassed her by just the strength of their Quirks.
Alexander also made it much more difficult on her as he was the biological son of the Man who raised her and the obvious favorite. An S class even as a child while she was stuck at C+ not even B rank despite the many years she had pushed herself.
It was quite sad if he was being honest so he was sent out to drag her back home before she got into trouble. Neo Moscow was a very advanced city, but there were areas in the city where the youth went to hang out and more often fight.
Victoria had a bad habit of going to those places and picking fights which she often won except when she pissed at those with stronger Quirks than her. Such fights between young people were encouraged as experienced fighters were needed to fight against the Varients and Monsters.
Unlike in the original world of My Hero where the only threats were other Quirk users, in this world that contained the world of One Punch Man, monsters ran rampant. As he knew fully well, there were even aliens out in the cosmos so the better trained the youth were the better.
That was where Alexander was headed which was both a park and unofficial fight club where teens went to fight for money, respect, or training. Those places were legal and ignored as it was better for the young to get experience fighting in a relatively safe rather than die against a variant.
Society had adapted to the constant danger posed by the threats to Mankind so Quirks and Awakened were freer everyday use. Eventually after making the trek he arrived at the Park where he was sure Victoria was.
When he entered, he saw there was a wide variety of young kids to teenagers here at the park. Some stood out for their Mutation Quirks that made them look like Varients.
When he walked in, he was instantly recognized as no one in Russia and Moscow didn't know who he was. He focused on his sense of hearing which was far stronger than normal thanks to his high Alter Factor running through his body.
As he focused he began to cycle through the many fights going on. Eventually, he heard what he was looking for. He heard Victoria locked in a fight with someone who was kicking her ass.
He sighed as he made his way over there until he made it to the arena which was dug into the ground with hundreds of kids and teens making bets. He pushed past the crowd until he looked inside and saw Victoria get tossed like a ragdoll against the side of the arena.
When her back slammed into the concrete it cracked and she got lodged inside. He cringed as that would have killed a regular person, but people in this world were just built differently.
"Ooof."
Her opponent was a very large teenage girl who had her whole body billowing fire as her veins glowed bright red. She began to walk toward Victoria who picked herself up with a nasty burn on her right cheek.
She held her hands out as they were covered in a freezing aura. All over her body frozen streams of frost caused the temperature around her to drop.
"I ain't done yet."
Alexander shook his head as he reached into his coat and pulled out his flask. He popped it open and took a swig as he watched Victoria fight. The fire girl cackled as she charged toward Victoria again.
"YOU WILL BE!"
Victoria shook her head as she charged back with her arms covered up to her elbows in dense frost. Before they could clash, Alexander jumped high into the air and landed between them.
"STOP!"
With a single bellowing roar and the release of his aura, all of the kids felt oppressed under his S-class strength. As for the fighters, Victoria and her foe buckled to their knees as they were hit with the full brunt of it.
Alexander shook his head as he walked to Victoria who was still kneeling.
"Why are you here again?"
When she looked up and saw his face she frowned.
"Alexander, leave me alone, I was fine."
"Sure you were."
He stopped releasing his aura which allowed the kids around him to gasp for air. Being around an S class was not easy when they didn't control themselves. He reached down and picked her up by her arm.
"That burn looks bad, I am taking you home to get healed."
She tried to snatch her arm away, but she couldn't even with the light grip he had on her.
"Let go of me."
He scowled as she was just acting like a child now.
"No. You have proven that you can't be trusted so I am treating you like a kid. Get moving, Now."
She scowled and pulled even tighter.
"Fuck you, Alexander."
He scoffed.
"In your dreams. Don't make me start treating you like a child in front of everyone here. Now go."
He wrapped his arm around her waist and bent his legs before jumping high into the air making her scream. When he was gone, the girl fighting picked herself up before looking up at the crowd.
"Does that mean I win?"
The one who set up this fight was a small boy around 10. He was one of the connectors as his Quirk was A ranked. Quite uncommon so his strength allowed him to keep control of all the rowdy teens.
"All bets are off."
A bunch of groans and scoffs were heard as everyone returned the money they had bet.
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As for Alexander, he slowed down his fall with a burst of dark purple fire from his legs allowing him to land out of the park without destroying a large amount of concrete. When he landed, he looked to his right and he saw Victoria was shaking.
He dropped her on the ground causing her to fall on her ass.
"OW!"
He reached into his pocket and pulled out his flask before taking a swig. He shook his head as he looked down at Victoria who was picking herself up.
"How many times do I have to do this for you? You go and get yourself into fights, and I pull you out. Or my Dad has to pull you out of them. It is annoying you are 15, not 10 act like it."
When she was up, she looked down as she didn't want to look at him.
"Stop it. You don't know how lucky you have it."
When she looked up at him, he saw her eyes were swollen with one of them quite purple. Even worse was that she was crying as he was everything she wanted to be.
"I do know how lucky I am. My Father is a powerful S-rank hero, and I have an S-rank Quirk. I am rich as fuck, and I have a Father who was there for me when I needed him. So yes, I do know how lucky I have it. I think it is you who does not know how good she has it. Sure, you only have a low-rank Quirk, but you are extremely wealthy through my Father. Isn't that enough for you?"
"NO! IT ISN'T! I DON'T WANT MONEY! I WANT TO BE-"
He finished her sentence for her.
"Strong? Well, tough luck you aren't. You are a C+ and for the most part that will be your limit unless a miracle happens."
"Shut up."
He could see that she was now really crying and he didn't feel bad. She wanted to act spoiled, so he was here to break that.
"Stop crying, it is not that big of a deal."
She covered her face and she looked away while she wept.
"I hate you."
He put his flask away and then he picked her up into his arms in a princess carry.
"Shut up you bratty kid, no you don't. You need someone that doesn't tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. You have been begging for years to be allowed to enter the Siberian Varient Zone right?
Well, Dad and I have decided to give you what you want at long last. We will do our best to keep you alive, but you have to make sure you live. You got that?"
When she heard that she looked up at him while wiping her tears away.
"You c-c-called me -w-w-weak."
"That is because you are, I am not taking that back."
So now he was walking back to the house while carrying a 15-year-old girl who was crying like a little kid. Then again, he was mean sometimes because he was tough but fair. If she wanted to act like a kid, he would treat her like one.
For now, while she was crying her eyes out he didn't mind carrying her back home since she was still a really cute girl. Not as pretty as Kumiko, but pretty cute as she kind of reminded him of a much more cutesy teenage Esdeath.
Of course, nothing topped the dominatrix vibes from Esdeath. Regardless, since they were within walking distance of his mansion, he made the trek back on foot to give Victoria the chance to calm down.
When they were back, he jumped the fence again with her still in his arms before putting her down. She sniffled a little as she wiped her eyes. He sighed as he patted her on the head.
"You are such a baby sometimes."
She wiped her eyes for the last time before glaring at him.
"You are just mean, girls are sensitive you know."
"Tatsumaki and the other S ranks would say otherwise. Even some of the strongest of the A rank are women so you are just a crybaby."
He ignored her as she was in a better mood now after venting. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his flask again as even if drinking made him strong, his Quirk and Alter Ability made him want to do it all the time.
He took long drinks from his favorite support item, his Flask which through a combination of space expansion technology, Quirks, and Awakened Abillities contained enough booze to fill up an Olympic swimming pool.
It also was practically weightless through the unique methods in its creation. As he and Victoria made it inside he put his flask down as there would be time for drinking later. As he closed his flask Katerina who was waiting by the door walked toward Victoria with a scowl on her face.
She grabbed her daughter's swollen and even singed face.
"Look at you, how many times do I have to tell you to avoid messing up your face? Mikhail and Alexander are men and can get as many scars as they want but us ladies need to stay pretty. Come on."
"Mom, I am-"
Without listening, Katerina picked up her daughter with a single hand before carrying her off to their resident healer. A maid with a Quirk that allowed her to speed up the natural healing of any of those she had physical contact with.
A much stronger Quirk than Recovery Girl as while the former had an A+ rank Quirk, Recovery Girl's Quirk was only ranked as a low B in the healing department. As Katerina took her daughter to get healed, Mikhail walked over before motioning him to follow.
"Come on, I got a good vintage from Mexico I wanted to share with you. Straight Tequilla."
"Hell yeah, love you, Dad."
Mikhail laughed as he grabbed Alexander in a headlock before dragging him off to get shit-faced. All in all, Alexander loved his family, both his Mother and his Father's side of it.
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