DEER
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Disclaimer: Boku no Hero Academia belongs to Horikoshi Kohei
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Genre(s): Adventure/Hurt/Comfort
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Warning(s): Typo is my most loyal fan, spelling mistakes because English is not my mother language, Possibly OOC. NO BETA, so beware of grammar mistakes
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Summary: Shota thought discovering their 'Nightwalker' to be a kid was bad enough. Not to mention how the said kid is literally Quirkless, meaning the law cannot touch him.
"I don't wanna be a Hero. It's too troublesome"
And then this?
Maybe it's not too late to ask Nezu for a raise this year…
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Or, being a good citizen and stopping an illegal back-alley transaction resulted in him getting some High-Ranking Villain's attention. He didn't even raise a hand at those A-holes. Just glaring at them hard enough, they turned tail.
This second-chance of life is so not worth it. What a drag…
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Kan observed as Class 1-A and 1-B duked it out, causing collateral damage to the simulated ground around (though most of it came from his class), doing damage as much as possible with little movement and sound strategy. They looked focused. Determined. Blood Hero assumed it was because of yesterday's news. When a humongous Nomu attacked the metropolitan, and Hawk tried to contained the beast before it could cause unrepaired damage to civilians alike.
Along with Midoriya Izuku and a fire villain named Dabi at his side.
Greeny, he could understand. No matter how much he hated to be clumped together as one of the heroes, he'll be there to help those in need in a flash. UA's staffs were actually ready to jump in on the action. To get the kid out of the danger zone (Kan wasn't the only one who was agitated at his heroic deed. Why won't he rest? He's just a child. Why won't he trust the other heroes to do the job? Not all of them are bad. He may often argue with Eraserhead about who's class was the best, yet that doesn't mean he hated them. He cared about every single one of them. He wanted to protect them. Why won't they kid give them a chance, please. Give us a chance!) and helped the number two hero in fending off the monstrosity. They understand Izuku's need to help others (he just didn't want people to experience the bad thing he experienced). But Dabi?
Dabi is a villain. One of the League of Villain's members, even. The sight of him appearing out of nowhere, blazing with blue fire and gave the monster one hell of a brunt, baffled them. Enough, that it silenced the reporter from commenting and the other Heroes—ready to go to the battlefield—halted their step for a good minute. Both Izuku and Hawk didn't even bat an eyelash at his appearance. There was a bit of wary there, sure. But they have a common enemy as of now. So, even if they have a different standing in this line of justice, they produced a sound teamwork. A very good teamwork, for a bunch of different people with different personalities. Where Izuku cowed the Nomu with his immense aura, Hawk rerouted the monster's path of destruction, and Dabi caught it off guard by rising a pillar of blue flame right under its belly whenever possible.
(It was like watching a new era being born. Hero, Villain, and Vigilante—sort of—put their difference aside for them to move in sync)
When the backup arrived, Izuku and Dabi were gone. Leaving only Hawk to reassured the citizen that everything is okay now, the Nomu had been incapacitated. The birdman said—chuckling amusedly, more like—that the black-haired teen whisked Greeny away like a princess, using his fire to propelled himself while carrying Izuku in bridal style. Yes, he prioritized other people's safety instead of pursuing a villain that seems to be trying to turn over a new leaf. Yes, he wasn't worried about the child's safety because, if he recognized Dabi as a threat, Izuku will just subdue him right there and then and won't even let him come so close as touching a hair away. Yes, Hawk basically let them go because it was clear the greenette didn't trust us, heroes, anymore. He won't even come out to the light if you guys won't give him any space to breathe. When the times come, he'll definitely be there.
Not all of them agreed with Hawk's conclusion, thinking that Dabi is still a bad guy and he just kidnapped Izuku in broad daylight once again. Especially class 1-A, as their determination burned even more brightly, not giving his students a chance to do any counter-attacks (having Izuku as their friends must've taught them not to let their guard down in a setting called 'battle'. Even if it was just a practice round). However, Kan disagreed. People may say he was cold-blooded. His face was unpleasant, with the furrowed eyebrows and all. And he mostly tried to incite a fight toward annoying people. Especially to newbie heroes who thought they were the best of all and people should revere to them without question. But he was sensitive to emotion and personal growth. No matter how sparse their interaction was—be it to the students from the other classes, his own comrades in this occupation, or the nameless, sometimes faceless, people he saved in his work—he'll take care of them all as best as his power allowed him to.
If that means giving them time to sort their thought, without other people hovering over them, then so be it.
Pursuing the heroism as their life-long job is a hard choice to commit yourself to. And sometimes, you have to harden yourself so the guilt of failing to save others won't crush you down. Izuku wasn't a hero. Not officially. Yet his action spoke otherwise.
(That hollow, dead gaze of his, spoke otherwise)
When the child decided to come back to them and let himself be healed, Sekijiro Kan won't hesitate to offer a hand.
Because honestly, in his opinion, hero is a fancy title for a 'field therapist' anyway.
(A/N): [DELETED FOOTAGE FROM AN UNKNOWN CCTV]
Izuku: "I'm not like my leader. I can't trust you"
Dabi: "I know"
Izuku: "I could even kill you in your sleep if you move a step wrong"
Dabi: "I know. But I want to thank you anyway"
Izuku: "For what?"
Dabi: "For saving my siblings"
Izuku: "…"
Dabi: "You know they missed you, right?"
Izuku: "*snort* Right back at you, Todoroki-san"
Dabi: "touche"
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I mean…it wasn't canon yet, but the evidence is right there. It's almost like Prof Layton; Miracle Mask. Where it was clear who's the villain was and you're just sitting there, frustrated that the author won't reveal the secret because the flashback wasn't enough :'D