Chapter 5
Izuku was having really mixed feelings about the situation he was in, on one hand, he was having the time of his life talking with Present Mic, the hero was really kind explaining some things about his quirk he had questions about, on the other hand, he interfered in a hero fight, and you could say that he illegally used his techniques to stop a criminal. Now here he was in the cafeteria of the police station "At least I'm not in a cell" about to give his statement about the incident. He was so deep in his mind that he didn't notice Present Mic stopped talking and was giving him a sad look
"I must thank you, little listener, Shota is my best friend and one thing I know about him is that he doesn't make false claims" Izuku could see the eyes of the hero begin to glisten "So when he said that you saved his life I know he said the truth" Izuku's eyes widened when the hero bowed his head "Please little listener accept my deepest gratitude"
"Ah! Please raise your head Present Mic-san! You don't have to thank me, I'm just glad that I could be of help" Izuku was blushing wildly, he never take compliments well "I just hope that this doesn't blow my chance to enter the Hero course"
"Of course it will not little listener!" Present Mic shouted and raised a fist to the sky "I swear on my and Eraserhead's name that this will not hinder your chance in becoming a hero, after all, you already have the heart of one if someone asks me" Izuku blushed again and his eyes got wet
"I like how you're really eloquent with your words Mic, but I still need to take the statement from…" The person who arrived was dressed in an overcoat and hat and was reading a stack of paper "Midoriya Izuku right?"
"Yes sir!" Izuku stood up straight as a rod completely nervous about what was about to happen
"Don't be nervous Midoriya this will only take a few minutes" he started to read the papers humming to himself "So let's start with my name, I'm detective Naomasa Tsukauchi, ok first some basic questions, here says that you are thirteen years old is that right?"
"Yes sir, about to be fourteen, sir!" Naomasa and Mic chuckled at the nervous display of Izuku
"Relax kid, okay we already have the statement from Eraserhead, he said that you appeared out of nowhere when he was beaten down and you threw knives at the criminal?" Izuku was sweating seeing the raised eyebrow of the detective
"Yes sir, those are my kunai and shurikens I use when training my aim and I plan to use them as a support item when I get into a hero course, sir!" Naomasa nodded
"Ok next question, what were you doing that far from the city, here says that you live in an apartment building in Mustafu, you were really far from home" Izuku fidgeted a little in his seat
"Well I was training, running a bit and I decided to push myself a little more and ended over there" Izuku saw detective Naomasa eyes narrow a bit
"You know Midoriya I probably shouldn't tell you this but my quirk is called lie detector" Izuku's eyes widened "Yeah, so you want to try again with that answer?" A few seconds later Izuku blushed
"I was trying to catch a small toad," he said barely audible, he saw the weird look detective Naomasa was giving him and decided to elaborate "My sensei sometimes sends toads to check on me, but this particular one is a little rascal that likes to spit water on my face, so I was trying to catch him to give him a lesson but little bugger is really fast!" he saw Naomasa's face still trying to understand what he said when Present Mic talked
"Is he saying the truth?"
"Yeah… his story even if it's weird it's true" The detective scratched the back of his head "Ok so you were chasing a small toad " Izuku groaned at the playful tone "when you run into the criminal… Brick" Present Mic chuckled at the name "At what point you decided to intervene? "
"Well after the little bugger escaped" Izuku growled with a blush on his face "I turned to see Brick kick Eraserhead against a wall, and he was about to attack him again. That's when I decided to intervene"
"Alright, I must thank you because if what Eraserhead said is true-" Again Present Mic intervened
"It's true Naomasa and you know it" Izuku saw Present Mic fist clench
"Right, well Eraserhead said that he wouldn't be with us if not for your intervention" Naomasa nodded at him "Here said that he gave you explicit permission to help him" Izuku nodded "Okay last two questions, first the officers said that you and quote begged on your knees that we do not call your mother"
"My mom is a very nervous woman sir, and she has an out worldly big tear glands, I just want to avoid getting the police station flooded" Again Naomasa raised an eyebrow at the weird truth Izuku said
"Right, well we had to call her, but managed to convince her you were completely all right and her presence wasn't needed"
"Great… I need to buy a new mop on my way home" Izuku whispered with his head down, Naomasa chuckled a bit before asking his final question
"Just to finish this, I have a doubt about your quirk" Izuku tried and failed to not sweat in nervousness "Here says that your quirk is energy manipulation and I fail to understand how you managed to create barriers from the floor or walk on walls as Eraserhead statement tells"
"Ah, that's easy to answer!" Izuku said too cheerfully "Those are parts of my abilities, I can mold my energy in my feet for example to grab myself to a wall, and my rock walls are made by the same principle I use my inner energy fuse it with the floor and mold those walls" Naomasa and Present Mic had their eyes wide open
"Alright your quirk seems pretty handy, that would be all the statement I need for that case" Izuku sighed in relief "Now, out of the case I want to talk to you about your weapons" Izuku immediately tensed again "Crap"
"It says that you have permission to use them as part of your training," he said looking through the papers on the table "Still using sharp weapons is really dangerous and shouldn't be allowed to anyone that isn't at least in a hero academy you could hurt someone" Another voice joined the conversation
"With the little demonstration he gave me, I know he is very skilled with those tools Naomasa, that kind of skills are only achieved with years of practice, the only reason someone is going to end hurt because of those weapons is if he deliberately attacked someone and it has not happened" Aizawa turned his head at Izuku "How much time have you trained with those tools?" Izuku didn't miss the way he referred to his weapons as tools
"Seven years approximately sir"
"How many incidents you have in his papers in those five years Naomasa?"
"None, but that doesn't mean he won't put people at risk" Aizawa narrowed his eyes and fished something from his pocket "My shurikens!"
"Catch Midoriya" he tossed them to Izuku that caught them expertly, then walked to the kitchen and took four plates "I want you to use your shurikens to destroy these targets, are you ready?" Izuku almost didn't have time to think when Aizawa threw the four plates into the air
Izuku saw his targets and threw both shurikens in a wide arc, when the arc closed two plates exploded when the shurikens went through them. The arc closed more and both shurikens clashed against each other and ricocheted to the other targets blowing them to pieces too
Naomasa and Present Mic have left again with wide eyes and mouth open at the display
"As you can see Naomasa I barely gave the kid time to think and still he hit the targets, I believe that is enough demonstration to say that he has enough training and won't hurt anyone if he didn't mean to do it" Izuku felt really thankful at the tired-looking hero
"Yeah… I can see that. Well then that would be all then" Naomasa cleared his throat "Again thank you Midoriya for saving Eraserhead and please don't make habit of it" Izuku bowed his head
"Thank you so much detective and don't worry I'll pay for the plates" The detective just chuckled
"Don't worry about it Midoriya I'll fill a report and take it from Aizawa's payment" The tired hero just grunted at him and with that, the detective left
"That was amazing little listener!" Present Mic suddenly shouted, "How did you do it, it was practically an impossible shot!" Izuku scratched the back of his neck
"A lot of practice, actually my sensei made me train similarly," Izuku said while remembering the Old toad
"He must be an amazing teacher then" Present Mic said while giving him an ok sign
"Yeah he is the best" Izuku recovered his shurikens and got closer to Eraserhead "Thank you so much to talk on my behalf Eraserhead-san," He said while bowing
"I said I would take the fire from you, so don't worry about it" Aizawa presented Izuku's notebook to him "These are some… amazing notes you have here Midoriya"
"You really think so?!" Izuku said with stars on his eyes
"Yeah actually do you mind if I make a copy of my entry, it gave me a few ideas" Izuku was practically vibrating with excitement
"OH MY GOD YES!" he blushed at his loud voice "Please I would be honored"
After making copies of Eraserhead and Present Mic entries both said their goodbyes to Izuku
"I know you may be tired of hearing it Midoriya, but thank you for saving me" Izuku couldn't help but smile widely at him "Are you sure you don't want us to take you home?"
"No please you don't have to!" he hugged his notebook "You already made so much for me that I wouldn't want to give you more troubles" Eraserhead nodded at him and used one side of his capture scarf to wrap Mic and the other to pull himself over a building"
Izuku was smiling widely looking at the cool exit the hero made and hugged his notebook again
"I can't believe that I had two pro heroes' autographs now" he muttered to himself "I can't wait to tell mom about this!" he looked around checking if anyone was close, when he was sure he was alone he said "Hiraishin!" and disappeared in a green flash from sight
A few buildings away Eraserhead was using a pair of binoculars to watch Midoriya, only to him to blink out of existence
"You really feel like a bunch of problems" he said while smirking
"So you're telling me that after fighting a villain, getting interrogated by the police, and getting late home, you didn't expect that your mom would be angry?" Kirishima asked.
Kirishima Eijiro was one of two persons Izuku could call a friend, after changing school he decided to be alone, after all, his training required a lot of time. So he thought that if he didn't have friends he will have the time to train with Fukusa-sensei and on his own. But Kirishima had other plans. Two days in his new school and apparently Kirishima decided that they would be friends, at first Izuku was reluctant but pretty soon he understood that having Kirishima in his life was not a choice. So he went with the flow, and now here he was seven years later with the best friend he could have asked for.
"If you say it like that, it sounds pretty dumb Kirishima" Izuku complained. Both were walking through the school preparing to go home after classes
"It is pretty dumb Midoribro, what I don't understand is why the cops didn't call your mom?"
"I begged them not to, imagine the ruckus my mom would do on the police station! The floor on the principal's office is still wet and she was getting good news at the time!" He said waving his arms wildly
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure your mom has two quirks, I mean is physically impossible to cry that much and not dehydrate!" Kirishima joked and Izuku chuckled
"The best part was that I got two new autographs in my notebook! I would have loved to talk more with them, all the stories they could have told me!" Izuku eyes were shining
"Only you put having signatures on a notebook over fighting and winning against a villain Midoribro" Kirishima punched his arm jokingly "Now you have an advantage over me, not only your abilities make you more flashy, now you have more field experience!" Kirishima was, apart from his mother the only one that knew about the truth of his abilities
"You'll be an amazing hero Kirishima, you don't need more flashiness to be one, and one simple fight won't put me ahead of you, remember I may try to save everyone, but you will be the wall that protects them from harm" Kirishima grinned happily, in his mind he was grateful to have someone like Izuku by his side, someone that always reminded him what he could become "And above all you'll protect your beautiful Pink princess right?"
Now Kirishima regretted ever meeting this mischievous green traitor, putting Izuku in a headlock he started to mess with his hair playfully getting revenge after Izuku's remark, and at the same time trying to hide the bright blush on his face.
"Huh! I don't know what you're talking about. Your imagination is getting really out of control you little green!" he rubbed Izuku's head while he waked his arms wildly.
"Ah what do my yellow eyes see?! A bully, Stop that Ki-ri-shi-ma" A pink blur appeared by their side scolding Kirishima playfully that ended redder than before, out of Instinct he lifted his arms in surrender.
"Kirishima you know how hard is to control my hair why would you do that!" Izuku turned to greet the new person, Ashido Mina from the other class on his year was the pink princess he was talking about, and the other person Izuku considered a friend. She was the only girl that really approached him with the intention of friendship. Not saying anything about the rest of his classmates all were really good people but he never connected with anyone besides these two.
"Ashido-san thank you for saving me from the vicious hands of this bully!" Izuku really like the personality of Ashido, someone that stopped the bullies every time she saw one, was someone he was happy to have in his life
"No problem Midori that's the job a hero!" she said putting her hands on her hips doing a hero pose "After all, you're seeing the next number one hero in the world Alien Queen!"
"Are you still going for that name? I thought Midoribro made you change your mind" Kirishima said with a much less red face, just a small blush dusting his cheeks
"Well Midori does put up some really good points, but I like the name and when Villains hear my name they'll have so much fear that they'll surrender before my acid!" Ashido exclaimed while making weird Acid noises
"I tried to change her mind Kirishima but her head is harder than your quirk, I can only do much" The three friends keep walking to the exit bantering and laughing between each other when Kirishima looked at the gates of their school and someone caught his attention
"Midoribro could you describe me the hero you helped last night?" Izuku looked at him curiously but complied
"Well he had a black costume with a utility belt, he had long hair and tired eyes, but the more distinct equipment he wore were his yellow goggles and his long white scarf, I told you to read the entry on my notebook Kirishima I have a sketch of him on it… but why do you ask?" Kirishima pointed to the entrance gates of the school and Izuku eyes widened
"What is Eraserhead doing here?!" hearing his shout, the hero looked at him and started walking at him
"What did you do Midoribro?!" Kirishima whispered nervously
"What is going on?!" Ashido asked not knowing yet what happened last night. The hero heard their voices and approached them
"Midoriya, sorry for coming here without calling but I need you to come with me, I already contacted your mother and she said it's okay for you to come with me"
"Is Midori being kidnapped with his mom's approval?!" Ashido's wild imagination was something Izuku tended to just go with the flow with her, but even for him that was too farfetched
"He is a pro hero Ashido-san he won't kidnap me… right?" he turned to Aizawa who's eye was twitching
"No I wouldn't Midoriya, now come with me, we have something to discuss with you" He turned around and started walking to a taxi that was waiting for them. Izuku nodded and turned to say goodbye to his friends
"It seems that I won't walk with you guys today, see you tomorrow be careful on your way home!" he was about to walk to the taxi when he turned around and got close to Kirishima's ear "Be sure she gets safely to her castle" he whispered to Kirishima who blushed again and tried to grab Izuku but he was already running to the exit
"That little…" Kirishima muttered
"What? What did he say?" Ashido asked tilting her head
"Nothing you have to worry Ashido, let's go, I'll take you home"
"But what did he say?! Wait what were you talking about him saving a hero?!" Kirishima smirked, for all her playfulness Ashido really worried for her friends and every time they do something stupid she would scold them "I'll tell you while we walk, let's go" in his mind was just one thought "Revenge you green traitor!"
Izuku reached the car and opened the door on the other side from Eraserhead
"So where are we going Eraserhead-san?"
"My boss was really interested in talk with you, we're going to U.A." Izuku nodded in understanding, suddenly something clicked on his mind and his head snapped at Aizawa, looking at him with his eyes wide as plates
"We are going to U.A.?!"
I honestly didn't expect to put up this chapter this soon but I suddenly had a writer's good mood or something because I sat down and started writing the parts I had left from it
This and the next chapter would feel more like fillers, but I have a reason for them I swear!
Hopefully you guys like this chapter, and see you next time :)