Capítulo 2078: 8
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Toru stood outside the train station wearing her favorite black and pink shoes along with blue jeans, a light pink cami with a pastel yellow cardigan over it. She smiled since she liked this outfit, but she hadn't had a chance to wear it recently.
She saw Izuku coming up in a black jacket and dark green shirt that read 'suit,' jeans and his usual red shoes. He grinned sheepishly "how are you always waiting for me when we meet up?"
"Guess I'm just more punctual than you. Also, really a shirt that says suit?"
Izuku smiled a bit more steadily as they walked. "Yasuda got it for me last year. She likes my weird shirts and how much Nemuri gets annoyed at them."
Toru shook her head before asking, "so what can I expect when we get there?"
Izuku tapped his chin as they waited for the train to show up. "Hm, Yasuda being a big sis, and the younger kids get really excited. They don't know I'm coming to see them."
Toru chuckled. "I can handle some excited kids. They'll probably be super weirded out by my quirk, though."
Izuku groaned "ah, I forgot to ask your dad about how your quirk and his works."
"Oh, I asked him yesterday. Here ya go." Toru said as she pulled a folded-up piece of paper from her pocket. "I know they're not Midoriya level notes, but it's what he said to me."
Izuku took the paper and unfolded it before quickly reading it. His eyes widened. "Oh my... wow, that's... Toru, if you could... that would be so cool."
Toru chuckled as Izuku started mumbling. She let him go down whatever rabbit hole he had found before gently prodding his side, making him jump and blush "a-ah, sorry. I thought maybe your quirk made you transparent, but no your cells just passively refract light, thus making you invisible. If you could learn to control that, you could do so much stuff with it."
Toru listened to him go on about her quirk, something about flashing people and lasers. Neither of his explanations made much sense as she could barely keep up with his talking. Their train showed up, and Toru jabbed him again so he would board. The ride was relatively short, and the two sat in comfortable silence. In no time, they were off the train and headed down the street to the orphanage.
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Yasuda grunted as she picked up the laundry basket. Honestly, some days she wished Izuku still lived here. She had gotten spoiled by having him help with chores, but she was happy that he had found a family to call his own. A really hot family that Yasuda had some questionable fan-made content of. Yasuda shook her head, dismissing the thoughts. It was already hard to look Kayama in the eye; she didn't need pervy thoughts, making it harder.
As Yasuda hung the laundry out on the clothesline in the garden, a small girl with curly teal hair and bright green eyes came up to her. "Yasu..."
Yasuda smiled and knelt "hello, Mawabi, do you need something?"
The girl gripped her sea-green shirt and frowned. "I was wondering if Izu said anything about coming back to see us."
Yasuda smiled sadly and tried not to ruin the surprise, but this girl was so cute and seeing her pout broke Yasuda's heart. "I don't think he has, but I haven't checked my phone in a bit, so maybe he said something this morning. How about we go check it together?"
The young girl smiled, showing off her shark teeth "yeah. Maybe he said something!"
As they passed by the front entrance, it opened, and Mawabi gasped loudly as Yasuda chuckled at the timing of it all. Izuku smiled as he walked in "hey, I'm back."
"Wow. it's Izuku; I can't believe it." Yasuda said in an over-exaggerated way before Mawabi tried to tackle Izuku in a hug.
Mawabi sniffled. "Izu!"
Izuku smiled as he got his shoes off while Mawabi still clung to him "hello, Mawabi. How have you been?"
She giggled as he picked her up but quickly put on a pouting face "super lonely. I miss my big bro! We all do. Though Rui got adopted while you were gone, so she's got a new family to love her."
"That's wonderful news, and I'm sorry you felt lonely but guess what I'm not alone today. I couldn't bring Nemuri cause she was busy, so I brought a friend of mine this is Toru Hagakure."
Mawabi looked around where Toru's face was most likely at. Toru starred as the girl's eyes grew wide as she let out a soft "wow. So cool."
Yasuda chuckled as she came up and gave a slight bow to Toru "it's nice to meet you, Hagakure. I'm Yasuda Azuki, basically Izuku's big sis. I took care of this little twerp while he was here. He's told me a lot about like a lot honestly it's embarrassing-"
Izuku shoved his hand over Yasuda's mouth while he gently let Mawabi down. The little girl ran over to Toru, who was laughing, and tugged her shirt "hey, big sis, can I introduce you to the others?"
Toru nodded "sure thing. I'd love to meet all the others."
Mawabi led the group as Yasuda chuckled, "you know Izuku, if you didn't want me to embarrass you, then you shouldn't have brought her with."
Izuku's blush still hadn't gone down as he spoke, "I wanted to introduce my friend to my family, and you guys are all still family even if I don't live here anymore."
Yasuda put a hand on her chest "aw, that's so sweet." she hugged him. "You're still such a softie! Never let that part of you change."
Izuku's face was discovering new shades of red as Toru and Mawabi both giggled. He was spared more embarrassment as a chorus of kids gasping sounded before the pitter-patter of feet as Mawabi smiled and introduced Toru to the small crowd of staring kids. They were amazed by her quirk and very excited when they finally noticed Izuku standing beside Yasuda off to the side.
Toru and Izuku sat down on one of the couches and were surrounded by the kids who took turns asking questions about either Toru or Izuku's new home. Yasuda smiled at Izuku, grinning with much more happiness than she ever saw before. She couldn't be happier as she came over to join them "alright settle down, ya little demons. Mawabi, get these little punks in line and go get some games to play."
Mawabi grinned "yes, big sis! Right on it!"
Izuku watched with surprise as Mawabi got her fellow children to back off and go search for board games. "When did little Mawabi start being in charge?"
Yasuda smiled as she sat across from the two teens "pretty quickly after you left. She started helping out as best she could to make up for you not being here now. Though we don't let her do as many things as you did."
Izuku chuckled. "I'm glad to see they're doing ok. I was worried about how much Mawabi and the others would fair with how much they cried when I left."
Yasuda chuckled "you cried more than them, and I have the video to prove it. Hagakure, you wanna see it?"
"Heck yeah!" Toru bounced out of her seat and sat by Yasuda before Izuku could try and stop her.
Yasuda played the short video showing Izuku on the floor swamped by the kids, all of them crying their eyes out as the orphanage staff watched with a mixture of concern and amusement. Toru giggled, and Izuku's face flushed as he hid it in his hands "wow, I don't think I've seen Midoriya tear up like that."
"The boy's a leaky faucet. Just be ready if you ever get him a gift or praise him heavily for something he'll break." Yasuda said as Izuku groaned louder.
The two girls chuckled, and Yasuda asked, "so Hagakure Izuku said you want to be a hero. What kind of work have you put into that already?"
Toru grinned "well, my quirk is pretty passive, so I've been focusing on staying in shape and even learning how to be sneaky. It started with some youtube videos, but I found a lady near my house who's teaching me; she's also teaching me how to fight. Midoriya has some ideas about my quirk that I'm gonna test with my dad later."
Yasuda grinned "oh did he tell you the ideas, or have you seen his notebooks?"
"I saw my entry in his notebook. It had a lot of detail about me and my quirk."
Izuku felt like his face might actually explode and kill him. He wouldn't mind if that happened either. Yasuda was grinning, and he could tell by Hagakure's posture she was probably just as excited. "He's been making those notebooks since he was six. You'll have to check his next one and see if you're in that one as well. His favorite people always end up getting put into the new notebook before he adds new heroes."
Toru giggled. "I'll be sure to snag it from him."
The two chatted about Toru's training while Izuku let his face return to normal. Once Yasuda was satisfied, she looked at Izuku "what about you, Izuku. How's your training going?"
Izuku nodded "it's alright. I've been staying in shape and going through the basics that you and Nemuri taught me."
"And what about your quirk?"
The question itself was a totally innocent one that would make sense to ask any hero hopeful, but for Izuku, it made him tense as he looked away. "I-I haven't done any training."
"Since when?" Yasuda asked as her eyes narrowed. She knew the answer, and she didn't like it. Izuku hadn't used his quirks in such a long time because of the bullying; she wasn't totally sure he remembered how.
Izuku stared hard at the floor. "It's been a while."
Toru saw how uncomfortable Izuku looked and made her way to sit by him. She kinda got the whole not wanting to use your quirk to avoid the bullies thing. She had hated how she couldn't turn her quirk off no matter how much she wanted to. Yasuda watched as Toru lightly tapped Izuku's shoulder, getting him to look at her. "Why don't you ask Kayama for help with quirk training?"
Izuku sat up, still not looking at either of them fully. "I know I should... it's just hard to try and use it."
Yasuda smiled. "I know you went through a lot, but you're gonna need to train your quirk for a chance at UA."
"I promise to bring it up with Nemuri."
"Good now, Hagakure; you wanna see some embarrassing photos of Izuku when he was a little kid."
The invisible girl gasped with excitement as Izuku hid his face in his hands again. He was saved by the kids finally coming back with half a dozen board games they had found. Izuku quickly dragged Toru away from Yasuda, and they spent several hours playing games and eating snacks with the children. When the end of the visit came, the kids cried and made Izuku promise he'd bring Big Sis Toru back again. The invisible girl was glad no one could see her blushing face as she agreed to come back with Izuku again.
As they walked to the train station, Izuku sighed heavily "thanks for coming with."
Toru smiled as she walked with a noticeable pep in her step "no problem. It was fun getting to meet all of them. You've got a pretty big family, huh?"
Izuku smiled "yeah, and they're all over the place."
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Izuku looked up from his notes as Nemuri came home. It was late, but he felt like he needed to ask now, or he'd keep avoiding it. Nemuri smiled worriedly "you're still up. Did something happen?"
Izuku shook his head. "N-no, not really. I just... Yasuda asked when the last time I had used my quirk was, and I realized how long it's been since I had even tried to use it. I-I'm doing physical training, but I haven't trained my quirk. S-so I was wondering i-if you'd help me out when you have some free time."
Relief washed over Nemuri as she smiled and relaxed "of course I will. School is almost over, so we'll have plenty of time for quirk training. Though I will also be increasing your physical training."
Izuku sighed and rubbed his face "that's fair... thank you, Nemuri."
"It's no problem, Izuku. Now go on and head to bed. You need your rest."
Izuku nodded, and the two said goodnight. Nemuri was about to head to her room when her phone buzzed as she got a message from Aizawa about a case he was working on. Nemuri sighed and headed to her room to grab some supplies. She could always not agree to help him, but he was one of her best friends, and she was a hero, so there was no way she wouldn't. Nemuri informed Izuku she'd be heading out to help Eraserhead and laughed a bit as he geeked out and wished her luck.
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Toru was running behind. She had texted Izuku to go on ahead and not wait. Of course, the day finals were going to start, she messed up and slept through her alarm. Now she was rushing to get to school. She ground to a halt as she saw something that made her stomach churn. Near the entrance to an alley, two older guys were obviously harassing a girl with a mutation, and no one was stopping them. The people just looked away or pretended not to see it.
Toru ground her teeth and ran over, intent on stopping it. The invisible girl used her few lessons on stealth to get close to the boys who had their backs to her. She could hear them poking fun at the girl's pink skin and the small horns poking out of her curly hair. Toru waited till she got up right behind them before shouting, "Hey! Why the heck are you two harassing this girl for?!"
The boys jumped and started to spin around to look at Toru, but the pink girl had other ideas. Toru watched as a clear liquid pulled in her hands before she threw it on them. The two boys staggered then started whipping off their faces, but their skin started turning red, and Toru heard them cursing up a storm about how much it hurt and how it was all over them now.
The pink girl grabbed Toru's hand and laughed as she ran "serves you right dicks! That'll teach you to mess with me!"
Toru felt a giggle bubble up in her chest as she was dragged along. She didn't notice the skeletal man shaking his head. He was disappointed by those boys harassing someone just because of how she looked, but he was also proud to see that some people still stuck up for others.
The two girls stopped running and caught their breath. Toru noticed the pink girl's black and gold eyes and couldn't help but stare. She hadn't seen someone with eyes like that before, and it distracted her to where she almost missed the girl speaking, "I'm Mina Ashido thanks for the save back there."
Toru blinked. "O-oh, um yeah. I'm Toru Hagakure, and no problem. Though it looks like you can handle yourself. What was that stuff you threw?"
Mina giggled "just some weak acid. It'll burn and leave red blotches all over them but nothing permanent."
Toru was gonna keep talking till she saw her watch and nearly shrieked, "oh, I'm gonna be late! It was nice meeting you. Stay out of trouble, bye!"
Mina laughed and said goodbye as the invisible girl ran off.
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Toru barely made it to school on time. She didn't even have a chance to talk to Izuku before the finals started. Toru was expecting the worst, but she was surprised by how much easier it was than she thought it'd be. It wasn't easy, but she answered a lot more than she thought she would. By the end of the day, though, Toru's brain was fried as she walked alongside Izuku.
"Honestly, Hagakure, your morning sounded pretty rough. I'm glad you were able to help that girl."
"Yeah... she looked really cool. I don't know why someone would pick on her for that." Toru said as they left school.
Izuku sighed "kinda wish I could have seen her. It's not unusual for people to have mutations that don't have anything to do with their quirks, but from what you said, you'd almost think she had a mutation or transformation type quirk, not an emitter like acid."
Toru giggled. "I'm sure you just wanted to check out the cute pink girl. It's ok, you can be honest with me, Midoriya."
Izuku looked over at Toru. "I do not. you're the one who was checking her out with how detailed your description of her was."
Toru blushed and scoffed dramatically "wh-why I never. I would never do such a thing-"
Izuku held up his notebook. "I wrote what you said, and there's a paragraph and a half about how nice and cool her eyes are."
"Well, they are! You weren't there Midoriya, you didn't see how cool she looked."
Izuku shook his head as they walked before pulling his phone out. "We're gonna have to make a detour. Villain attacks in two different areas. They're blocking the roads."
Toru groaned as she followed Izuku down their new course. "I'm surprised you don't want to go watch them."
Izuku shrugged. "I could, but I wanna get home and do some training. I haven't used my quirk in awhile, so I need to get a feel for it again before school's out."
"Did you talk to Kayama already?"
Izuku nodded "she'll start teaching me after school, so I may get a bit busy."
Toru sighed dramatically "whatever will I do without my best friend around twenty-four seven? How will I cope with his absence?"
Izuku blushed and shoved her lightly. He was going to retort till his face scrunched up "ugh, what is that smell?"
Toru wanted to make a joke, but the smell hit her, and she nearly gagged as the sewer drain behind them exploded off, and a mass of sludge came crawling out. "Oh, a meat suit, come here, kid!"
Izuku yelped as the sludge jumped him and started trying to force its way into his mouth. Toru felt herself freeze with panic as her friend was being suffocated by a sewage monster. Izuku's eye glanced over at her, and a shock ran down her spine as she rushed in and punched the eyeball of the monster.
The sludge villain pulled back and howled with anger. Izuku took that moment to shove his hand into its mouth before a thick green smoke started to come off Izuku's arm. Toru realized he was using his quirk and backed off before the gas could reach her. The sludge monster started to list and loosen its grip on Izuku as it fell asleep. Izuku pulled himself free and staggered away before vomiting. Toru rushed over and started patting his back just before a hulking figure jumped from the sewers. "Do not fear for I... am here. Oh, he's knocked out."
The two teens looked on in shock as All Might smiled down at them. "Young ones, am I to assume you two took down this dastardly villain?"
Izuku was a little too starstruck and also still vomiting to speak. Toru cleared her throat "u-uh yeah. He tried to get inside Midoriya, but I punched him in the eye, and Midoriya used his quirk to put him to sleep."
All Might looked between them as he grabbed a discarded soda bottle. "Well, good work, you two. I'm impressed. I had been chasing this monster through the sewers, but the system is quite complex, and I lost track of him. I'm glad you weren't hurt."
Toru grabbed Izuku's backpack as the boy finally pulled himself together. "All Might, sir, can we get an autograph?"
"HAHA, of course. Who is this going to ?"
Toru grinned as she pulled out Izuku's hero analysis notebook, "Izuku Midoriya and Toru Hagakure."
All Might took the notebook and scrawled out his signature, and wrote a short message for them. "Well, Young Midoriya Young Hagakure, what is it you two wish to do?"
Izuku, finally able to speak and process the world around him, spoke up, "we're both aiming to go to UA and become heroes."
All Mights laughter boomed through the streets "well, with how you handle this villain, I'd say you're doing a good job. I hope to see you out here on the streets one day as future heroes! Now I must be off!"
As quickly as he showed up, All Might was gone, and Izuku squealed as he opened the notebook and saw the autograph. "OH my god, thank you, Hagakure!"
Toru laughed weakly as she felt her legs shake "oh man, I think I'm gonna fall over."
With the adrenaline and fear gone, Toru's legs nearly gave out. Izuku caught her, and the girl quickly demanded a piggyback ride. Izuku relented and put his backpack on his front before crouching and letting Toru climb on. "I can't believe we ran into a villain, fought it, and ran into All Might. That and how my morning went. Today's been pretty intense for me."
Izuku chuckled "yeah, it has. Hopefully, it'll be easier tomorrow."
Toru sighed as she laid her head against Izuku's fluffy hair and said quietly, "yeah, hopefully."
Notes:
This chapter ended up as a sorta setup chapter for what's to come. other than that I've got no random fanfiction questions to ask so I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
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