Shinso is nervous. He is in-front of his foster house with his new family behind him. Rephrase, it's more like a mansion and it makes him sick looking at it. He knows his foster parents are horrible, he just doesn't know if they will let him go for some strange reason. It has happened before with other people who wanted him. He just hopes the people behind him are prepared. Aizawa shaved and has his hair washed and up with a nice button up shirt and slacks along with Yamada. Instead of his banana hairstyle, Yamada has his hair down to hide his identity. Inko also has her hair down with a nice dress. Izuka was originally planned to stay behind, but she forced Aizawa to bring her along, causing confusion between the three parents but they let her. Izuka has her hair down, wearing what the men are wearing, except with a green bow tie. Apparently, this is what she always wears when he heard arguing. The only thing they didn't argue about were the shoes, which is apparently the only other difference beside the tie.
The family have agreed to have the meeting a hour after Izuka's class so everyone has a chance to dress up, including Shinso, who is matching everybody. Aizawa knocks on the door and he feels a hand on his wrist, looking beside to see Izuka gripping his wrist in a comforting way, it easing his nerves. She pats him on the back, looking up at his eyes with a small smile before looking forward and pulling back from him. It gives him some confidence as his foster parents open the door.
"Hi, come in, come in!" His foster mother kindly answers, letting them in. Shinso seriously hopes they can see through their facade. The three parents introduce themselves politely as they shake his foster parent's hands, but when it comes to Izuka, she just says her first name, shaking their hand before moving on with her hair covering her eyes. Did she see through already? He also notices Izuka looking at Aizawa before he nods. His foster parents lead them to the large living room, having them sit down and asking if they want beverages, all of which shake their head. Shinso is forced to sit in between his foster parents.
" May I ask what brings you to our house today?" Shinso's foster dad asks. Aizawa takes the lead.
"We have come here to adopt Shinso." His foster parents have that usual look they have when someone tries to adopt him.
"Oh really? May I ask why?" Shinso's foster mother asks. Aizawa nudges Yamada.
"Shinso deserves a forever home, and he has the same attraction we felt when we adopted Izuka here. The feeling that they are meant to be in the family. We have been looking to adopt for a while, and Shinso is the boy we want to be our son." Everyone in the group nods except Izuka, who is quiet.
"You felt something for the brat beside you?" Both Inko and Yamada bite their tongues to be quiet, leaving Aizawa to respond.
"Yes. She is like this because her quirk causes her to lack emotions. Once you know her, she is the perfect side-kick for anyone."
"That seems like arrogance to me, but I will slide though. Well, the thing is, we are planning on adopting Shinso soon. He is such a precious boy and the perfect son for us."
"Lie." The whole room goes silent. Everyone in the room looks toward Izuka who said such thing. Shinso's foster mother is sputtering, so his father takes over. His father stares down Izuka.
"What did you say little girl?"
"I'm saying your wife is a liar. My quirk allows me to tell who is lying if I am paying close enough attention." Silence once more. The rest of her group looks at her strange. They never heard of that before.
"Go to your room, Shinso." Shinso's foster father sternly says. He knows better than to argue, getting up and leaving. He gets one final look at his new family before leaving.
"What is your quirk, little girl?" Shinso's foster father asks. Izuka is forcing herself to stay still. She knows something is wrong. That is why she had Aizawa turn on his recorder. She can only force the situation down through a threat.
"Lie-detecting quirk." Izuka asks, her eyes still hidden. The father nods, now stiff.
"Why do you want our future son? He has a villain quirk after all." Izuka bites her tongue. She knows what is going on. She has been using her earth bending quirk the whole time. Aizawa saves the day for now.
"A quirk isn't a villain, only the person wielding it can be."
"He is not the best kid either."
"I have seen his grades, and they are great. I also don't expect him to be the best. I expect him to try his best. That is all I can ask."
"I'm not sure if I can trust him around...her." Izuka knows her is meaning her, but she could care less right now. She waits, checking the time often. The gun shots. Not wasting a second, Izuka stands up and spreads her arms, stopping all the bullets approaching them, leaving puzzled men. She chuckles darkly, looking up with golden eyes.
"I know you want to keep Shinso so you can have him brainwash people to give you more money basically. I do not recommend fucking around with me." Izuka drops the bullets, grabbing the guns and pulling them towards her before squashing all but one, handing the one to her mother. Izuka grabs the rest of the bullets and makes plates, capturing the five men in the room plus the parents and raising them up to immobilize them. "Shouta, Mom, I need you two to get Shinso and get out of here. Hizashi, stay with me for defense. There are more coming. " Izuka slams the seven people against the wall. The parents look at her surprised, but they nod as they move. Izuka gives quick directions for the two of where to find Shinso and they run. "Hizashi, when I say go, I need you to scream, okay?"
"Got it, little listener!" Yamada responds, facing a certain way with Izuka behind him. Unfortunately,the directional speaker had to be left behind as it looked strange, but she knew Aizawa had his scarf, thus why he is with her mom.
"Group of twenty, that is it. Use your quirk...now!"
"GO AWAY!" Yamada screams down the hallway, disabling everyone for a precious moment. Izuka used the leftover bullets to capture all the men and put them against the wall before she grabs everyone, locking their cuffs together and then attacking everyone in groups of four in an awkward position to keep them from moving.
"Good job, little listener! You said no more?" Yamada asks. Izuka nods her head, already feeling the dreariness from using her quirk. He grabs her hands, her telling the directions to find the trio.
Shinso was in his room, already nervous when he heard bullets coming from downstairs. He quickly gets up, grabbing his bag with his very few things before running down the hallway.
"Shinso!"
Shinso turns to find Aizawa and Inko, running towards them. Inko is on the phone with the police.
"Is everybody okay?"
"Yeah, Izuka managed to stop all the bullets. We need to go before more arrive." Aizawa responds quickly as they run, Shinso leading the way since he knows his way around when they come across another villain. A huge crocodile.
"So these are the birds that are causing trouble, huh? I got this." Aizawa runs in front, having his scarf in hand. Normally, Aizawa would let the creature approach him first, but he has Inko and Shinso behind him and he can't do that. Thankfully, it's only one with half a brain. He runs forward, avoiding a punch as he lassos the arm to force the dude down. Taking that free moment, he kicks the crocodile in the head to knock him out. Glad he got that over with quick.
"Shouta, Shinso, Inko! Come on!" Aizawa looks up to find Izuka and Yamada at the far end of the fall. The trio runs and the group leaves the house, finding the police standing out there.
"HANDS UP, ON THE GROUND!" The group of five do what they are asked, but Izuka was reluctant, being more weary than usual. That is one major downside to her quirk, now that Aizawa thinks about it. Her quirks provides an adrenaline rush, and the same thing that saved her life could kill her as even though she does think straight, she can struggle in this state and too weary, focusing on the wrong things. He never considered that a possibility till now. In her eyes right now, the police are wrong unless they have an illegal officer. Aizawa looks over. Izuka's eyes should be green by now. They aren't, and something is wrong. The police probably won't recognize Eraserhead or Present Mic in this state. One of the officers walk up. Best let the officer have control for now.
"Names and quirks?" Aizawa speaks up for the group.
"Aizawa Shouta, also known as pro-hero Eraserhead. My quirk is erasure." Aizawa tries to stand up, but the cop stares him down to stay. Suspicious. He moves to the next person, Shinso, but skips him over to Inko.
"Midoriya Inko, levitation." Next is Yamada.
"Yamada Hizashi, Present Mic. Voice." Finally, Izuka. She...remains quiet? Aizawa looks over. She is looking down. Everyone looks at her nervous.
"What is your name and quirk, kid?" Inko looks at her daughter in fear. No response.
"Kid?" Yamada is ready to comfort or attack if he needs to.
The cop pulls out a gun, pointing it at her, "Better talk." Shinso is scared. Then, Izuka chuckles darkly, her aura spreading among everyone, a shiver rolling down their spine.
"I have the right to remain silent when you shouldn't be a cop." Izuka plainly states. The emotion is gone.
"You're just mad I caught you, kid."
"I know you work along side the family inside. You became a cop to protect the business, specifically a high ranking cop. Every other cop here is innocent except you."
Izuka uses her mother's quirk to pull the gun away quickly before standing up.
"FIRE!" Nobody fires. Izuka stands and walks up to him before slamming her foot in the dirt, trapping the man. The cops are shaking as she looks up, her golden eyes sending fear.
"Good fucking try, but you do not mess with karma bitch." Izuka growls, "One of you call the nearby cop station. Your guys stations are fucked up right now. Corrupted." Izuka then faces Shinso with a comforting look as everyone stands up, " Welcome to the family. Sorry if it sucks." The small group can't help but laugh at the dark humor.
"Got to be better then this one." Shinso responds. Inko runs up to Izuka, slapping her harshly before pulling her into a hug.
Everyone is home after the drama, and Izuka made dinner, not bothering to eat and went straight to sleep. Somehow, after everything, Izuka can still cook. This leaves Inko, Yamada, Aizawa, and Shinso to celebrate. They actually were allowed to keep Shinso due to everything without having to worry about the whole process. She even made a cake. However, Inko has to go home. Inko hugs him tightly, ruffling his hair before leaving. This leaves the trio of men. Aizawa calls out for him to sit. Shinso sits on the armchair while the men sit in the chair. Aizawa starts.
"I'm going to go over the house rules quickly so you have a basic idea. I only expect you to keep this place clean, but you have Izuka for that. All I ask is that you help her as much as possible. If you are going anywhere besides school and home, you have to text Hizashi or I of where you are going and when you get there and leave. Oh, and no doing drugs. That is it." Shinso looks at him confused. Everything else makes sense, but the drug part. Normally, it would be a joke, but in this case, it was serious. Aizawa seems to pick up on it, " Izuka was smoking when she first came here, that is why I put it there." This shocks Shinso.
"Really?" Both men nod.
"Yeah, one more thing. We care about you and Izuka equally. There will be times she receives more attention due to her thought process and emotions not being in the right place. Most of the time, you probably will get more attention as you are more accepting of it, okay?" Shinso nods. Yamada speaks up.
"It'a bedtime. You had a rough day. Good night, kiddo." He walks over to give Shinso a hug along with Aizawa before they head to their room. Shinso moves to his own room and passes out.
Shinso actually slept for once until he woke up around midnight. He was about to go back to sleep until he heard a faint sound of a door opening and closing. There is another insomniac in the house? Well, Aizawa would make sense for one. However, he heard a different door open and close. Time to investigate. Shinso gets up and leaves his room and finds that the front door is not locked. He knows for sure it was locked before. He opens the door and looks out, finding a mop of green hair going to climb the stairs. Shinso quickly follows as quietly as possible until they arrive on a roof. Shinso makes sure to stay far enough back for the girl not to notice. For Izuka not to notice. Izuka stands at the edge of the roof, taking deep breathes before catching her arms on fire. Shinso can't help but watch in awe because they aren't burning her.
"I know you are there. You are not that quiet, Shinso." Izuka says tiredly. He looks at her surprised. He walks beside her.
"Is this common?"
"Yes, this is the time I woke up to become a vigilante." There is silence between the two except for the crackle of the flames. Oddly enough, it's comforting to Shinso. He decides to try and bond with Izuka.
"Why did you become a vigilante?" Shinso normally would not ask a question like this, but Izuka is willing to tell. He knows.
"I was taken by villains when I was ten for a month. I saved myself. I did not want anyone else to suffer that fate, so I became one a week after I got back." Shinso can never stop being surprised by the girl. Normally, vigilantes are what they are for selfish reasons. Izuka was not. No wonder she is so skilled!
"May I ask a kinda personal question?" Shinso asks. Izuka nods. "Did you know something like that was going to happen?" Izuka sighs.
"No. I think if you went on your own, none of it would have happened. I would not have put any of you in danger. However, the reason I went is because I was suspicious of your parents and I wanted to gain a reason so no other kids have to suffer them. It took a turn for the worst and I am sorry about that."
"Do you feel regret?"
"No, but I am trying to figure out if there was a better way of handling the situation. That was too close for comfort." Shinso nods, remaining quiet. Izuka still has her arms on fire. "You should go back before you get in trouble. I am going to stay for a while. I am already used to the consequences. Good night."
Shinso nods as he leaves, however when he goes to the stairwell, he finds Aizawa waiting for him.
Shinso asks, "Did you hear everything?" Aizawa nods.
"Go get some sleep. I need to talk to her. I don't mind if you two do this, but Izuka only does this if she is breaking on the inside." Shinso leaves quickly.
Aizawa walks over to Izuka, grabbing the back of her neck and pulls her back from the edge gently. He doesn't know her emotional state, but she normally doesn't like the shoulder, not that the would neck seems any better. Izuka looks up, him able to see her with her flame arms. He remains quiet, rubbing her neck gently.
"I know you have things to say to me. Just do it now." Izuka skips straight to the point.
Aizawa looks at her, asking,"You sure, kid? This can wait."
"You have been looking to chat with me since the USJ attack. I want it done now. " Aizawa sighs.
"Alright, I rather not do this at night be oh well. Sit down, Izuka." The two sit side by side, Aizawa still rubbing her neck, but Izuka pulls back. He can understand she wants full attention in the conversation. "Izuka, I understand why you did what you did at the USJ. You stayed back so the villains would have a reason to stay. You did everything right, but I wish you did it a different way without you risking your life. I know you are still angry that you let the two villains go, but I rather you still be here then kill yourself from exhaustion. Hell, I rather you not be involved in the situation at all. However, I know you would have forced yourself in anyway. The only thing I wish you did different is you let me in. Didn't you sense me at the door?"
"I did, however, that would mean I would have to move position and quickly open the door, risking both of our lives. I was only able to force it to stay open earlier because I was not in combat yet. Either way, I rather you stay with the students to protect a bigger number. One kid down is better than seventeen. You are thinking this way because you are my father."
"They had Thirteen."
"Want me to tell you what happened to Thirteen?" Aizawa nods, even if he doesn't want to know, " Thirteen was ripped in half. They survived, but they were fucking ripped in half." The emotion that was barely there is gone.
". . .what about me?"
"Your elbow was destroyed from what I think was that decay quirk and most of your bones were broken. You were covered in blood. Somehow, you survived..." Izuka's tone is dark. Aizawa is silent. Izuka looks up at the stars, already done with this conversation.
"I'm sorry you had to see that."
"I do not give a fuck, it never happened." Izuka's tone is bitter.
"That is something that will still affect you, Izuka. You have to learn to accept-"
"Next topic." Izuka cuts him off.
"Izuka..."
"Shouta, please. This is pissing me off." Aizawa sighs. While Izuka has been getting more open, only one emotion has been easily acceptable to her. Anger. The disadvantage is that any emotion that should be that switches to anger.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why are you angry?"
"Do not fuck with me. We both know I do not understand."
"Then try."
"No, I am done for tonight!" Izuka growls, getting up shakey. Aizawa stands up at well, grabbing her wrist because he know it will not burn him but she struggles, trying to pull back.
"Izuka, you need to calm-"
"NO, GET AWAY!" Izuka screams, flipping herself to get out of his grip, jumping to the over side of the roof, shakey. The fire licking her hands is gone, thankfully leaving no burns but leaving a panting Izuka.
Shinso didn't run. He stayed and watch the whole exchange to the point of the screaming. He knew at that point help is needed. He runs quickly downstairs back to the apartment and enters, knocking on the door of his new parent's bedroom loudly. Shinso can hear movement before the door open, revealing Yamada.
"Hey kid, is something wrong?" Yamada asks gently.
"I was on the roof with Izuka when she asked me to leave. I went to leave and Shouta was there and went to go talk to her. I stayed and now Izuka is starting to panic I think." Shinso summarizes.
"Damn it, Shouta." Yamada mutters as he dashes past Shinso, getting his shoes on and runs to the room, Shinso following behind him.
When the two get on the roof, Aizawa is still trying to calm Izuka, trying to approach her.
"Izuka, I'm sorry I brought that up. I should have shut up. However, what I am trying to tell you is that any other emotion you should be feeling right now is becoming that anger because that is the only thing you understand. I need you to take deep breathes so we can talk this over."
"JUST GET OUT, I CAN HANDLE IT!" Once again, Izuka screams, a ring of fire appearing around her instinctively to protect herself. Her eyes are glowing green.
"Shouta, let me handle this." Yamada says as he comes out from the stairwell. Aizawa looks over before he sighs, tired as he walks past, meeting up with Shinso.
Aizawa speaks, "Hey, thanks for grabbing him. Sorry you had to hear that though...oh, and you should practice sneaking around. That is how I knew you two were up here because of you." He ruffles Shinso's hair as he leaves, Shinso walking along side him.
"I don't mind, I would have to know eventually anyway." Shinso responds. Aizawa nods and the two are quiet and just head to bed, even if neither can sleep.
Yamada takes Aizawa's place, but he is much calmer than Aizawa. The problem is that Aizawa treats Izuka like an adult, and that is not exactly how the situation should go. Physically and mentally is fine because she does act like an adult. Emotionally... she acts like a child. You have to look through that rough exterior to find that information though. While Aizawa does know that, he is not the best with kids anyway, he is used to teenagers and adults. Does not help he lacks social skills. Yamada, on the other hand, can help.
"Izuka, it's me little listener, can you hear me?" Yamada asks her from a distance.
"Of course I can, I am not death or stupid!" Izuka replies. She is still angry.
"Making sure you are not having an attack. May I come closer please? We need to talk."
"That is what Shouta said. Why do you think we are in this position now!?"
"Forget Shouta for a moment, I will deal with him later. I'm worried about you. Before you say I shouldn't, this is my choice because I care about you like you are my own genetic child." Yamada looks up with a shakey smile, " May I come forth, my lady?" Izuka face palms. It takes a moment of recovery for Izuka to nod. Yamada walks forward, leaving a few feet between them as much as he wants to comfort her. She looks tired, done. As if she heard him, she says.
"Come here, you clingy man. I am not mad at you." Izuka knocks the fire out, leaving the stars as their light, Yamada approaches quickly and hugs her as tightly as possible. Izuka, surprisingly, hugs back.
"May I ask why you are mad?" Yamada asks while rubbing the back of her neck gently.
"I don't know," Izuka mumbles. Yamada listens carefully. " We were talking about the USJ. He asked me what happened if I did not take part. He...all his bones were broken, Thirteen was ripped in half, and...I don't know. I...I am sorry you are having to deal with me...all of you..." Yamada pulls back, bending down to match height.
"Izuka, we asked for this, and we don't regret a moment of it. You have saved a class. You have saved Thirteen. You have saved Shouta. You have saved Shinso. I have told you to be selfish, yet you are still saving lives. Izuka, that is way more than what we can ask from anyone in the world, especially a teenager. Your emotions are just a slight downfall, but we embrace you fully. You will make mistakes, but you have to accept them or else you will not grow as a person, alright?" It takes a moment for Izuka to nod, spreading her arms for another hug. Yamada smirks before picking her up like a child, hugging her tightly.
"Drop me or we will have problems." Izuka glares him down, trying to pull back. Thank goodness she wore herself out from quirk practice.
"Nope! Now, bedtime." Yamada starts carrying her back to the apartment, Izuka struggling at first but she shut up and just hugged him back. He enters the house and lays down on the couch, laying Izuka between him and the couch like before.
"Good night, little listener, love you." He can barely hear it, but he does when Izuka whispers.
"Good night, love you too..." Yamada smiles as the two pass out cuddling.
When Aizawa hears the door and the soft voice of Yamada, he can rest easy again, even if he still is angry with himself.