Etsu backed up against the bedroom wall. The bed she had just been sitting on was now a pile of slime on the floor. She could feel her heart racing as footsteps could be heard rushing towards her. She knew she was going to be blamed. She always was. With a quirk like hers, people always assumed she meant harm.
"What have you done!" Her foster mother, Fuji, screeched as she saw the pile of slime where a bed had once been, and her daughter sitting in the middle of it. She rushed to her child's side and fate filled eyes landed upon Etsu. "What did you do!"
"I didn't…. I didn't mean too." Etsu said quietly, but Fuji wasn't hearing it. She angrily got to her feet and pulled Etsu away from the wall and threw the young girl to the ground.
"Did you try to harm Kitashi?" Fuji demanded.
"No… I'd… I'd never harm Kit." Etsu sobbed as she quickly hugged herself. Making sure her hands where hidden.
"Don't you dare call her by that ridiculous nickname." Fuji demanded. She took a step towards Etsu and slapped her hard across the face. "I want you out of this house. I can't ignore your villainous quirk any longer!"
Etsu nodded and slowly got to her feet. She should have seen it coming. It happened every other time a family found out what her quirk was. A Villain's quirk. She slowly headed for the exit. Knowing she was just going to be placed in another foster home if she stayed.
She hadn't meant to melt the bed. But Kitashi had gotten on her last nerve. The younger child had only wanted her attention. But Etsu had just wanted to be left alone. Being bullied at school again for a quirk she couldn't control. For a quirk every one claimed to be villainous.
As she reached the door, Etsu paused. She knew if she touched the door knob at that moment, she would melt it. A slight panic hit her. Her foster mother would be coming down the steps at any moment to find her still in the home. She reached out with a trembling hand, when the door opened. Her foster father, Takashi stood there with a smile on his face.
"Well, hello there Etsu. Where are you heading off too?" He asked. Etsu didn't give the man an answer. He had always been the nicer of the two foster parents. But she knew better, even at only ten years old, once he thought she had tried to hurt his daughter, his attitude towards her would change.
She took off down the street. Her quirk leaving handprint cutouts in her shirt. She had been lucky that her quirk didn't work on herself. She would have been melted years ago. She wasn't watching where she was going. Not caring where her feet were carrying her. She just knew she had to get away from the house. Away from the accusing eyes of her foster parents. And the frightened eyes of Kitashi.
She ran till her body couldn't physically take it any more and crumbled into an alleyway. She had no clue where she was. It was a place she had never seen before. So she was sure she had gotten far enough away. She sat up against the brick wall and put her face in her hands. Pulling at her blue gray hair. Her quirk was still activated she could feel her fingertips tingling. All she could do was keep her hands on herself. If she touched anything else. It would quickly melt away.
"What do we have here?" A gruff voice said as a shadow loomed over Etsu. She didn't want to look up. She couldn't. She already knew what kind of out come this could have. It wasn't the first time she had run away from a foster home. Always being scolded of the situations she could have run into if found by the wrong person. A situation she was now finding herself in.
"Please stay away." Etsu said in a soft whisper. "I don't want to hurt you."
The man chuckled and grabbed her arm with a leather gloved hhand.his lips spread wide across his face in a toothy smile. His yellow eyes boring down upon her face. He wasn't as large as Etsu had originally thought. But his presence was still terrifying none the less. "Hurt me? Aren't you being a bit cocky for such a small child."
He yanked Etsu to her feet and she let out a small yelp of surprise.
"Please… please don't touch me." Etsu begged. "My quirk isn't stable. I… I could end up killing you on accident."
The man chuckled again. "You threatening me now?"
He tightened his grip on her arm and brought the girls face to his own. His foul breath ghosting over her face. "Good luck getting past these gloves dear. They are more protective than they look. Made to with stand almost every quirk known so far."
A look of horror took over the girls face as she reached up and touched the hand that had a hold of her arm. She knew betthan any one that those gloves wouldn't withstand her quirk. Her first foster parents had tried something similar. The gloves had only lasted a few seconds before her quirk melted them to slime. It was no different this time either. The moment her finger tips came into contact with the gloves, they slowly started to melt away. They did last a bit longer than she had expected though.
"What kind of quirk is this!" the man demanded as he quickly threw the girl aside and examined his hand. He had gotten away just in time. Her hand hadn't touched his skin. "Oh I know some one who would love to play with a girl with you."
"No, please." Etsu let out a small squeak. The man reached out for her once again, but before he could grab ahold of her, he was pulled away.
"You!" the man growled as he looked up to see the hero who had stopped him.
"It's ok, because now I am here." The hero said and Etsu's eyes widened in shock. She had seen this hero on tv quite a bit. The number one hero. And he was there saving her of all people. "Are you ok, young lady?"
The man who had attacked her chuckled. "Why waist your time with her. Her quirk is a villain's quirk. Why save a girl who will inevitably try and take you down one day?"
All Might turned to the man and roughly took his shirt collar in his hands. "A quirk is neither hero nor villain. It is the person that chooses how to use their quirk that makes it either or. I'm going let you off with a warning. Get out of my sight."
The man didn't have to be told twice and he quickly took off down the alley and onto the street.
All Might turned his attention back to the young child who had slunk up against the alley wall. Her hands hugging her middle. It didn't take him long to see the hand shaped holes in her shirt. "Did your quirk leave those holes?"
The girl looked up in horror and nodded. All Might took a few steps forwards but soon realized that wasn't a good idea. The girl quickly backed up even closer to the wall.
"I'm sorry to frighten you." All Might said calmly. "I will keep my distance. But are you willing to answer a few questions?"
Etsu nodded. "I just don't want to accidentally touch you."
All Might was taken back by this. What could this girl have gone through to be so frightened of her own quirk. "Are you unable to control your quirk?"
Etsu nodded.
"Why are you here alone? Where are your parents?" All Might took a seat on the ground and Etsu couldn't help but feel a bit guilty. Here was the number one hero, sitting on the dirty ground, trying to comfort her of all people.
"Did you really mean what you said. You don't believe quirks are villainous?" Etsu asked nervously. She felt a bit better when she saw the hero nod his head. She gulped and looked away from him once more. "I don't have any parents. I'm a foster kid."
"Then who is supposed to be looking after you?" All Might asked and the girl flinched.
"There was an accident again." Etsu said as she tried her hardest not to cry. "They don't want me any more. I almost hurt their daughter. I didn't want to get moved to another home so I… I just left."
All Might was silent for a moment. " Do you get moved around a lot?" The girl nodded silently. "I have a couple people I would like you to meet. Heroes like myself. Would it be ok if I called them?"
Etsu looked up at him in surprise. "I guess."
All Might nodded and got to his feet. He walked over to the end of the alley way and took out his phone. He dialed the number then held the phone away from his ear as the man on the other line answered. "I have some one I think the both of you need to meet… yes the both of you. It is important that you bring him along for this one."
He hung up the phone and smiled at the frightened girl. "I am going to stand a bit farther down the alley so I can bring them to you. Do you want to join me or stay here?"
"Here." The girl said and All Might nodded. Etsu wasn't sure who he had called, but she trusted the hero.
A few moment later, the two people All Might had been waiting for were there.
"This had better be good. You pulled the both of us out of class." The man with dark hair seemed to growl. All Might quickly pulled the two out of earshot of the girl.
"I seemed to have come across a girl needing a home, Aizawa." All Might said with a pleading look in his eyes. He hadn't even looked at the blonde man, but kept his eyes on the other.
"We just got Hitoshi settled." Aizawa growled. "We made it very clear that we aren't taking in any more kids for the time being."
"Then this one must really need our help." The blonde said with a wink at All Might.
"Hizashi." Aizawa warned, but All Might quickly cut in.
"She wont let me get close to her. Because her quirk is unstable and dangerous." All Might said sadly, keeping his eyes fixed on Aizawa. "She told me that she has been jumped from foster home to foster home. She's here alone right now because she almost hurt some one in her foster home. She is scared. And by her reaction to something I said, I am guessing she has been treated badly because of her quirk. Believing its villainous."
At that Aizawa seemed to perk up a bit. "Where is the child?"
All Might smirked and nodded gratefully. "She is down the alleyway a bit."
Aizawa nodded and started to head down the alley. The other two heroes just stood back, both with smirks on their faces. Knowing that Aizawa may look a bit gruff around the edges, but he had the biggest heart out of them all. And he had a soft spot for kids with misunderstood quirks. Causing most of the foster kids he and Yamada took in to have highly dangerous quirks.
Aizawa spotted the small girl's long curly blue gray hair peeking out behind a couple boxes deeper into the alley than he had expected. He guessed that after All Might had left, she had attempted to leave, but was forced to stay as the alleyway ended in a dead end. He noticed the girl's clothes were in rags. Hand print holes scattered all around them. His best guess was that her quirk had something to do with erosion. He put his goggles on and let his quirk get to work. The girls head shot up in panic as she realized her quirk was no longer active. She looked up and spotted Aizawa. Her eyes filled with terror and Aizawa at once froze in place.
"It's ok. I am friends with All Might." He said putting his arms up to show he wasn't going to harm her. "Your quirk has stopped hasn't it."
Etsu looked down at her hands and nodded. Aizawa nodded as well. "That's my quirk. I can cancel out quirks. My hero name is Eraserhead. What's yours?"
"Kishi, Etsu Kishi." Etsu replied as she was still looking down at her hands. "You really canceled out my quirk?"
Aizawa nodded and held a hand out to the girl. "Give it a try. Touch my hand."
Etsu flinched and shook her head.
"I wouldn't suggest touching me if I didn't trust you or my own quirk. I promise, you will not hurt me." Aizawa said and the girl hesitantly reached out and lightly touched his palm. Her eyes lightened when she realized she didn't melt his skin. "See. My quirk only works while I don't blink. So if I do your quirk will come back till I open my eyes again. But don't be frightened. I'll make sure you don't hurt any one ok?"
Estu nodded. "What's going to happen to me? Are you going to send me to another foster home?"
Aizawa felt his heart break for the young girl. "Yes."
The girl looked up at him in fright. And Aizawa smiled at her. "Mine. The paper work may take some time, but with a referral from All Might, the process should go by quickly. Does that sound ok with you?"
Etsu hugged her knees and let out a small sob. "For how long? Till I have another accident and you send me off just like the others?"
Aizawa was taken back again. He motioned for the other two to join them. "My husband and I aren't like most foster families. We take those that most foster families wont. I am actually surprised that you haven't been sent to us prior. We wont give up on you. Accidents happen. We are both heroes and teachers. We can help you learn to control your quirk. And until we can find a way to control it, I wont leave your side. You wont have to worry about hurting others again."
Etsu let out a small sob as All Might and the other hero with blonde hair joined them.
"Kishi, this is my husband Hizashi Yamada. And my real name is Shota Aizawa." Aizawa said then looked over his shoulder he held out his hand to Yamada, and the man quickly took off his jacket and handed it over. Aizawa put the jacket over the girls shoulders. "How about you give me the name of your foster parents. We will go get your things."
Etsu bit her lower lip. She didn't want to go back there. Not when she had scared Kitashi as bad as she had.but in the end she reluctantly gave them the name. Aizawa nodded and Yamada scratched his head.
"I've never known them to throw out a foster kid before." He said more to himself than to the people around him. "Do you mind me asking what happened? It may help us with figuring out what triggers your quirk."
Etsu looked up at Aizawa and he nodded his encouragement. He was also curious on why that family had been so willing to kick this girl out. He had known quite a few of the foster parents in the area. They always kept him and Yamada in mind if they came across a dangerous quirk. The family that this girl was staying with were known to take troubled kids.
"I had gotten home from school. I was picked on again because I had melted my pencil in class and the teacher made me stand in the hallway till the end of class." Etsu said she then turned her face away from them and hugged her knees tighter. "Kitashi came to my room and was pestering me to play with her. I kept asking her to leave me alone, but she wouldn't . I was clinching the bedsheets when I felt my quirk. Next thing I know, the bed was gone. Kitashi stated to cry. That's when Fuji came in. She saw me backed up against a wall and Kitashi in the middle of the slime that had once been the bed. She got angry. Called me villainous, slapped me and told me to get out. If I had pushed her away… if I had accidentally touched her…"
Aizawa put a comforting hand on her head and ruffled up her hair. "You did nothing wrong. You tried to protect Kitashi by touching the bed instead. and by the wholes in your shirt, I can assume you made sure not to touch any one while your quirk was activated. That tells me, that you have never once wanted to hurt some one. And that is the farthest thing from a villain."
Etsu smiled up at the man then looked up at the other two heroes. They both smiled back at her. And for the first time in her life, she felt safe. She looked down at her hands and then up at Aizawa. He hadn't been using his quirk on her. She wasn't sure when he had stopped. But he seemed to trust her enough to not use it. And that once again made her feel safe.
Aizawa knocked on the door and waited a bit impatiently. All Might was next to him and by his body language, he was feeling a bit tense as well. They had promised the girl that they would talk to the family first, while Yamada went to go file the emergency change of guardianship paperwork. Etsu stayed behind in Aizawa's car. Promising that she would work on calming breathing techniques that Aizawa taught her on the way there.
The door opened and Aizawa had to fight the urge to wrap the woman up in his scarf at the sight of her. She looked at him then up at the man standing behind him.
"All Might! What brings the heroes here?" She asked with a slight blush on her face.
"Kishi." Aizawa growled and All Might placed a hand on his shoulder. Knowing the other hero could have a short temper when it came to children.
"I found Etsu Kishi being attacked in an alleyway. She informed me of the situation that had happened here and I called for Aizawa and Yamada to assist me." All Might said sternly. "Why don't you explain to us the situation that had happened here earlier."
Fuji crossed her arms. "The girl tried to hurt my daughter is what happened."
Aizawa clinched his jaw. "Is it true that you wish for her to be placed into a different foster home."
"NO!" A small voice called out from somewhere in the house. Soon a young child cam rushing up to her mother. "Tsu didn't mean too! Don't send her away mommy."
"We've been through this Kitashi." Fuji said sternly. "We cant have such a dangerous person around you."
"Did you ever try to work with her on controlling her quirk? Or just let her be a walking time bomb?" Aizawa couldn't hold his anger back any longer. "If you are set in your decision ofsending her away, then all we need is your verbal consent to take her belongings. We have a home waiting for her."
Fuji snorted. "Good luck with that. She had been passed around since her quirk manifested. Who ever takes her, pass on a little advice for me. Don't bother with her. She'll destroy anything she touches.."
Aizawa narrowed his eyes. "I'll heed your warning. But I assure you. My husband and I wont have any issues with her.."
The woman looked at Aizawa in complete shock. "You…. You are taking her? I have heard of you and Yamada. I wish you luck, but that girl is trouble. I hope you can help her before she actually kills some one."
Aizawa growled and the woman gulped. "Um.. well… she doesn't have many belongings. Only the clothes she is wearing. She came here with absolutely nothing. The clothes she has now were left by our last foster child. And most she has melted."
Aizawa raised an eyebrow. "You never thought of buying her new clothes?"
The woman looked down at her feet and hugged her daughter close to her. "We aren't a wealthy family. We hardly scrape by as it is. With how she had gone through clothes, we couldn't afford to keep buying them."
Aizawa just nodded his head. "If you find anything personal of hers, send it to me at UA."
The woman nodded and shut her door. All Might smirked down at Aizawa. "Bringing out the papa bear on this one haven't you."
"Not a word."
AN: I went through and revamped this chapter a bit. I had originally uploaded it so the app could read it to me, so I could find mistakes a bit easier. the app I had used before decided it doesnt need to work any more. go figure. well any ways. hope you enjoy!