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The rain had finally stopped. It was nearly sunset when the storm had ended. The rain did cause some damaged to some areas but not enough to harm anyone. The party was mostly had ended early due to the end. No doubt that it was canceled and Haruto would try and reschedule the party for a better day. Izuku was beginning to worry that her family will ground her from going out in the yard now. That was the only freedom that she had. She feared that they would have her being watched 24 hours of the day now since she had disappeared at the party.
Tenko had kindly walked her home. He didn't have to but he did. He said that a young girl like her walking around in the city this late will be dangerous. Izuku had told him that she could walk by herself. But Tenko had made up his mind. Saying that she looked too vulnerable to walk home by herself. Besides, it wouldn't be so gentlemanlike if he leaves a lady alone at dusk.
Izuku was walking behind Tenko barefooted since her shoes were starting to hurt her feet. She didn't mind walking like this. Her shoes had water in them from the rain anyway. Deep down, Izuku was afraid of facing her family. Perhaps having Tenko walking her home would ease her family. Seeing Izuku with someone would calm them down a little. Hopefully.
"You've been quiet back there. Not well?" Tenko asked.
The little green-haired girl was pulled out of thoughts when the older boy asked her that question. Truth is, she wasn't. But she didn't want him to worry about her. Right now, she just wanted her family to yell at her and be done with it. She just wanted to rest after a long day today.
"I'm fine," Izuku lied to him.
But Tenko seemed to have believed her. The walk to her house was kind of long. She could have just go back to the same path where she entered the park. But Tenko had said that it was very likely that some of the trees could have fallen because of the rain. Making the trip back home longer and dangerous to take. So she went through the city instead.
Even when she could recognize the areas, Tenko still walks her home. For a while, Izuku and Tenko didn't say a word to each other. Izuku actually wanted to see him again. Tenko had been friendly with her. He had actually liked seeing her showing her real emotions. She felt glad that Tenko was happy to see her tears.
She didn't have to be like a doll with him. Looking like a toy that needed to be treated with carefulness. Tenko had actually treated her like an actual person instead. Her two suitors had actually treated her with respect and said that she didn't have to marry after high school if she didn't want to.
"I... I was..." Izuku was now saying that she wanted to see him again. Izuku wanted to say that she wanted to become friends with him. However, the girl had felt that he didn't want to become friends with her since she was Quirkless and younger than he was. But she still wanted to try at least. Maybe Tenko would agree to her friend request. However, Izuku also knew that her family wouldn't approve of Tenko like they do with Kacchan.
"What is it?" Tenko asked.
They were near her neighborhood. It won't be long until she was with her family. What would she say when she sees them? How can she explain her behavior at the party? Her aunt Hatsu would be so disappointed in her for leaving the grounds without asking an escort with her. Izuku even herself had no idea why she ran away from home. Maybe seeing Yuzu making love with Ken Hisakawa had caused Izuku to feel a little confused. But she was the one that caught them in their act. Either way, Izuku would have to accept her punishment now without any complaining. She was a good girl. Good girls listen to their families.
"I was wondering if you can meet me at the park at the same place we met?" She finally asked.
The older boy stopped to look at her as if she was crazy. This girl here actually wanted to see him again. Considering the way the neighborhood they were in, she was most likely from a rich family. Her family wouldn't want her to be anywhere near someone like him.
"I could bring my notebooks so maybe you could learn how to use your Quirk in different ways," The green-haired girl offered.
Tenko wondered why was this girl wanted to see him again. Didn't she had any friends of her own age? Someone who's from a rich family would be very popular at school. But here she was, asking him to meet him at that gazebo at the park. Thinking of this had made him scratching his neck again. Perhaps this will change her mind of wanting to see him again. People are usually disgusted by his neck scratching.
"Are you alright? Is there something around here that is making you itching, Tenko?" Izuku asked with worriedness in her voice.
Tenko couldn't believe that she was indeed worried about him. Shaking his head, Tenko knew that he needed to bring this brat home before she brings trouble with her.
"Are we getting close to your house?" Tenko asked, not answering her question.
Izuku was taken back when he didn't ask her questions. But she didn't complain since she knows that he has something better to do than walking her home. Seeing that they were finally in her neighborhood, Izuku nodded.
"Yeah, this is my neighborhood," Izuku said.
Seeing her house was right in front of her, Izuku was frozen at this point. Scared that her family would forever ground her from stepping outside. But she knows that she needs to face them. She was tired anyway to even make an excuse of running away in the first place. She brought this on her own. Izuku had to deal with the consequences of her action. She made her bed, now she had to lay on it.
Turning around to face Tenko, Izuku was glad to have met someone as kind as him. But there was still one thing that she needed to hear.
"Thank you for walking me home, Tenko. I'm still wondering if you still wanted to see me again at the gazebo?" She said.
But before Tenko could answer her, the front open. Alarming, Izuku turned around to see her aunt Azuki coming her way. The black-haired woman didn't say anything to Izuku when she looked at her. But her silence was enough to tell Izuku how much trouble she was in.
Azuki bowed to Tenko as if thanking him to bringing her troubled niece home. Tenko didn't anything to the older woman but he nodded his head. Azuki quickly grabbed Izuku's wrist, very hard.
Izuku didn't say anything to her aunt. She was trying not to cry while Tenko was near. She looked back to him to see that he was leaving already. She wanted to say goodbye before he left. But her aunt was pulling her along said with her as they walked back into the house. Izuku knew that her family would no doubt scream at her for doing something so foolish.
Living room
Azuki dragged Izuku inside the living room. Izuku was crying on the inside since she didn't want to make things worst for her already. When Azuki finally let her niece go, Izuku saw that her whole family was there. Everyone but Grandpa Masanori who Izuku believed was sleep.
Izuku could see that Emiyo was crying and holding onto Yuzu. Her two uncles Haruto and Habiki were taking on their phones. Her aunt Hatsu was drinking her wine which she usually only gets when she has a stressful day. Akira was facing the wall where she could hear him angrily gruffer to himself. Yafumi, Shu, and Raki were nowhere to be found. Izuku wondered if they were upstairs in their rooms.
"Look who I found outside out of our house?" Azuki said, making everyone room aware of their presents.
Akira quickly went up to his cousin and grabbed her wrist like his mother did. He roughly put her on the couch as the rest of the family looked at her with great disappointment towards her. Izuku couldn't handle the angry looks that her family was giving her. But she deserves this. She was a horrible person anyway. She disobeyed them when they were just trying to help her. All she did was running away from her beautiful home.
"Izuku, where the hell have you been?!" Akira shouted at her
The green-haired girl winced when her cousin was shouting. Emiyo was crying hard as she hugged Yuzu. Yuzu herself had a look worried on her face. She looked at Izuku with sadness but she didn't say anything to her. Izuku knew that Yuzu would lose her job if she said anything out of line.
"Izuku wanted that comic book! She begged me to get it for her, Daddy!" Emiyo shouted as she continued to cry. Izuku didn't know what was going. Was she in trouble for running away?
"Izuku, we found this in your room while you were gone," Haruto said as he brought out the All Might comic book that Izuku had just gotten.
"You know that in this household, we decide what can or can't you have in your possessions without our asking," Habiki said as he fixed his glasses.
Izuku felt her heart sunk. Her beloved cousin Emiyo had left her in order not to get in trouble with their family. But Izuku never felt so betrayed in her life like right now. She couldn't believe that Emiyo would sell her out like that in order not to be in trouble with her parents.
Izuku saw her All Might things on the floor. She had a bad feeling about this. The fireplace was one. It was still summer but autumn was near. But the sight of the fire gives her a bad feeling.
"Why are my All Might things are out of my room?" Izuku asked. But she felt that the answer was not a good one.
"Izuku, since you have been getting in trouble, we believed that you have been spending too much time having those things in your room. It's time for you to grow up, honey," Hatsu said. Her wine cup was half full.
"We were worried sick about you, Izuku. Did you any idea how long we've been looking for you, young lady?!" Azuki shouted in anger.
"From now on, you're not allowed to leave your room without anyone watching over you," Haruto said.
"This for your own good, Izuku. I'm sorry, but this is for the best," Habiki said. With a snap of his fingers, two butlers came and took her All Might things into the fireplace.
Izuku watched in horror as her precious possessions were being tossed into the fire. She tried to ran to the fire but was held back by Akira who looked like he was enjoying this.
"No! No, please! No!" Izuku cried. She tried to break free from her cousin's grip but he was too strong.
Tears came out as she watched helplessly as her belongings were burned away. Izuku felt something in her chest. Something bad. The darkness in her heart had grown now. The pain in her heart had become unbearable to handle.
"Izuku! My darling! Are you alright?" Masanori said as he came downstairs.
He quickly went to Izuku's side and gently pushed Akira away from her. Seeing her dress was wet and she felt that she was cold. Masanori turns to Yuzu who was still handing Emiyo.
"Yuzu, go and prepare a bath for Izuku right away. Before that, take Emiyo to her room," Masanori said.
Yuzu bowed and lead the younger girl to her room. Masanori hugged Izuku who seemed to be frozen to where she was sitting at. He looked at his children and in-laws.
"I've told you this will happen. Izuku was overwhelmed at the party and meeting those two boys," Masanori said.
"Father, she has broken the rules of this house. We give Izuku her punishment like..." Haruto was about to say more when his father interrupted him.
"Haruto, please not right now. Let Izuku rest. She had a long day," Masanori said.
Yuzu returns downstairs to come and get Izuku, leading her away from the Fukui family to her bedroom. The only place that the green-haired girl could have freedom.
"Come along, Izuku-sama. Your bath is nearly ready for you," Yuzu said, holding Izuku's hand as they walked upstairs.
Izuku didn't say anything. She felt her head was spinning around. Her heart was arching. Having her All Might possessions getting destroyed by the very people that she came to love was the most awful thing that she could have gone through throughout her entire life. She had always felt her beloved hero All Might was giving strength in her darkest moments. But now that her All Might things were forcefully gone, Izuku felt so hollow.
Izuku's room
Izuku was sitting on her bed while Yuzu was finishing her bath. Never did she felt empty until now. Even worst, her little cousin Emiyo had sold her out in order not to face punishment from their family. Akira had strongly held her down from going towards the fire. Izuku had felt that Akira did so because he didn't want her to be burned. But Izuku didn't know what to feel at the moment. She actually felt numbed.
"Izuku-sama, the bath is now ready now," Yuzu said as she entered the bedroom.
Izuku walked into the bathroom. With Yuzu's help, Izuku took off her wet dress. Her panties and bra were also wet. After taking everything off, Izuku was completely naked. Yuzu helped her into the bath. The water had roses in it. The water was warm. It was perfect for her.
"Izuku-sama, is the water alright?" Yuzu asked.
Izuku didn't say anything but nodded her head. Feeling a little relaxed now, The green-haired girl wanted to be left alone in the bathroom. But Izuku knew that could never happen now. The fact that she could never leave her room without supervision. Yuzu would have to keep on an eye on her now. Speaking of Yuzu, the maid was washing her body. Yuzu was told by Izuku's aunt Hatsu to wash the younger girl's body.
"Yuzu, can I tell you something?" Izuku asked. She didn't turn to look at her beloved maid.
"What isn't, ma'am," Yuzu asked her.
"I've met someone today," The green-haired girl said. Her mind went to Tenko Shimura. The older boy was kind towards her and praised her for working harder than anyone else on her Quirk analysis. She remembered that she tried to hand his hand on the way back home until he reminded her that he could have decayed her arm. Izuku blushed in embarrassment forgetting about what his Quirk could do. His eyes were beautiful and red. She found herself becoming lost in them whenever she looked at them.
"Are you alright, Izuku-sama?" Yuzu asked.
Izuku was pulled out of her thoughts when Yuzu had asked her if she was alright. She didn't say anything to her maid but nodded in silence. Yuzu was almost done washing her body and hair. The young maid would probably let the younger girl put on her own nightgown by herself. Izuku had actually hoped that her family would let her do things in her own bedroom.
"Izuku-sama, you said that you met someone today. Was it at the party?" Yuzu asked.
The little girl shook her head no. Izuku could never lie to Yuzu after all the latter had done for her, "No, it was at the park. The one near the house," Izuku said.
"Izuku-sama, are you sure about this person? He could take advantage of you," Yuzu said with worriedness in her voice.
"Yes, I'm sure. He was so kind to me. He had a dangerous Quirk but he was sweet to me," Izuku said.
Yuzu didn't say anything. After finishing washing Izuku's body and hair, the young maid helped the little green-haired out of the bath. After drying her a little, Yuzu leads Izuku to her bedroom and went to the girl's dresser to pull a nightgown out of it and laid it down on the bed.
"Good night, Izuku-sama. Things will be better in the morning, ma'am, they always are," Yuzu said, bowing down to Izuku and left her young girl alone in her room.
Izuku put on her pinkish/whitish nightgown and went to bed. But she couldn't sleep. Everything was spinning in her head. It was a miracle that her family hadn't found her notebooks and burned them too. Izuku could feel tears coming down from her tears. Her beloved All Might collection had been destroyed by her own beloved family. Her cousin Emiyo had lied and said that Izuku had begged her to get the comic. Now her family even forbidden her from leaving her room without an escort now. Her heart felt like it was starting to crack.
Turning to her left side, Izuku looked at the picture of her mother Inko. She deeply missed her mother very much. There was nothing more than to be with her mother again. But Izuku knows that would be selfish of her wanting for wanting her dead mother to come back to life. It took an hour but the little girl had finally fallen asleep. All the life in her had been taken and the darkness in her heart was starting to play with it.
While Izuku was sleeping, she had no idea of the future that will happen. Whatever she likes it or not, Izuku will found herself in a world that can destroy her and her family apart. Her chance of meeting with Tenko Shimura had changed everything in her world and her future.
Okay, everyone, that's it! I hope you liked this chapter. If you're still confused, you can go and read my other story "Helpless, Little Quirkless Girl". Anyway, I hope that you all love reading this chapter.