CH 9: Escape
"Hm?"
Inside the nearest police department of mustafu, A single officer with tired and sleepy face since he was on duty for many hours and it is already an over time for him. But there are things he need to do so he can't afford going home early.
He had a calm day, straight for a year and there is not really a major happen in this area except the immediate order of arresting the mysterious vigilante who killed thousand people in a single night.
It sounds ridiculous and unbelievable for him but that's the truth.
Ring Ring Ring
"Hello?"
He wonder if there is another minor cases happen or another kind of love affairs filed by the complainant.
"[H-Help!]"
"!. Who are you!?" His Expression of his face from being sleepy become serious. To whom is calling looks serious; serious than what he initially thought especially tested by him many times. He replied back and his sweat run down to his chin and something like his adrenaline kick start his whole body.
"[I-I am is not necessary, But I have kids here that was kidnapped and used as an animal livestock!]"
"!"Ok this is really serious. His hand froze from the spot as well as his facial expression.
'What the hell'
"Where are you now!?" He begun reaching for his note pad and ballpen ready to write what will the person in the other line say.
"[We are in the old oil refinery! at Nakasode Street. Chiba!]"
"You mean that abandoned oil factory!?"
"[Y-yes!]"
"Just hang on. we will contact the local hero and the nearest police department."
"[Thank you]"
"Thank you"
He bring back again his phone inside his pocket.
"Ojii-san. I want to see my mommy.."The little boy tugging his shirt
"Don't worry kid. The rescue will arrive soon"Patting his head
Its a sudden turn of events but that little girl give him an option for start over again enough for him to live peacefully.
Because of being sick with his job, he plead for another start. This path he choose, he will treasure it.
It will enable him to live his life even though he will falling straight inside the jail later. Yet this would the best decision than choosing to be killed right away.
As soon him and the kids open the door leading to upstairs, They manage to go up from the main basement of this abandoned oil factory without having impediments.
They walk until they leave the main building and now they are outside.
The cooling towers, other rusty junks and a bright night sky with a lot of stars meet them all as the kids become happy as they thought they never see this ever again.
"Oi! Kid. This way,"
He witness a kid walking as he straying from the path they need to go. If this kid continue farther it will become a problem and extremely hard to find him especially the surroundings have no to little presence of light. What will happen when he was late to notice him?. He will be blame because of his carelessness.
Fortunately, the kid stopped and enable him to walk up to the kid
The kid remain his back facing him while the other kids waiting in the distance
"What's wrong?"He ask
The kid never respond. He remain standing like he didn't heard him. Yet even though his voice is enough to be heard by someone who distance 50 meters away, The kid should be able to heard him unless this kid is a deaf. If its the case then it is acceptable.
'I got a bad feeling in this' He thought continue his advance.'
"Hey"
As he already close to the kid, He decide to tap his shoulder to bring him back to his senses
But as much to his horror, He see the face of the kid who silently crying while his tears continue to pour down from his cheeks.
"Ojii-san"While his voice shaking and the man found the large bomb from the chest of the kid with a count down.
[00:05]
"Everyone run!"He immediately look back and called the kids and warn them. He repeat again with his hand move in arc fashion from left to right horizontally.
[00:04]
"*hicup*"He look back again to the kid feeling helpless. It is so many lock and and he don't have a time to destroy and free him
[00:03]
"I'm sorry kid"He whisphered as he close his eyes in helplessness before he himself abandoned the kid.
"*hicup*"
[00:02]
DASH DASH
With a one second, He distant himself and run faster with all his might abandoning the silently crying kid.
[00:01]
"Quirk: air barrier!"
[00:00]
BOOOOOOOOOMMMMM.
50 meters is the diameter of the explosion and any structure within the raduis are either turn into ashes or devastated.
Yet on the other hand, they manage to cover an enough distance before the explosion burn them alive adding the quirk use by the man. But still, he and the kids are not unscathed from the shock wave created by the explosion.
He reinforce a 5 inches thick air shield with 3 meters in length and 2 meters in height and let it collide to the shock wave. Unfortunately, the air shield broke and affect them. Even though the air shield he made weaken the shock wave coming, but the force remain strong enough to make them stumble in the ground.
"GAACK!"
He fall down facing the dirty ground together with the kids as the shock wave hit them hard
He use his two hands to recompose himself and stand to look including his body if there is something wrong. He was glad his body remain intact except his cloth dirtied by the ground.
"Anyone of you alright?"He look at the kids who had a same boat as him. They groan in helplessness. One by one, they stand to their feet without any bruise or wounds.
"Yes mister" "Yes"
"That's good..."He sigh in relief. He should quickly get out of here soon together with the kids before other members found him letting the kids escaping.
He led the kids to the shortest route out of this factory.
"Wait. That kid. he escape together with me while still inside. How the hell he got those bombs in his chest!?"
In his memory, The kid who explode is the one who help the other kids to leave out the cell by encouraging them that 'if they leave that room and escape, They will see their parents' He was surprise when he heard those words especially that kid mention the girl in red black dress that she bought them some time. But unfortunately, it remain mysterious why he had the bomb in his chest?
Is someone put it? But there is no other presence of other people besides them?
How in the world it happen.
"W..wait!...Bomb!"
As realization struck him like a bolt of lightning, a chill run down to his spine and swiftly look to his surroundings. There is only someone can do to kill people like that.
He found a man walking with his cloak and having a skull face mask covering his face.
"Of course. There is no one would do that other than me"
"You had a potential among the disposable pawn. But you betrayed us easily like you were breathing"
". I need to live!. This job is not I want!"
"But you accept"
"I thought. I will only deliver goods but not this kind of Goods!"
"You join this work knowing the consequence yet you decide to leave?"
"I said I don't know!"
"Atleast. you know you are delivering goods. Its your fault for finding out what kind of goods you where delivering"With a cold voice, He readied his square box in his hand with an L.E.D. pulsating.
"I'm afraid. I need to kill you here"
"Now. Maybe I will disable you after I let you witness how I slowly kill this kids in front of you"
"[This is slightly more complex than you bring down the four organization]"
"Is that so?"
"[You're so relax.]"
"I don't care about this guys at all. I will peacefully sit in the side eating human eyes dripping with fresh blood like a popcorn and watch izu-chan rampant as much as he like"
"[You say You want to preserve his innocence?]"
"Did you say. We can't let izuku remain innocent? especially you are nagging me about the truth of all of this telling izuku would be the best Idea. Now that it starting to reveal the truth itself Why you're not happy now?"
"[I said it. Slowly but surely. He will absorb everything as within in his threshold. I concern this time]"
"[This time, Its like a surging large current isn't fit for a small passage.]"
"You mean. There is high probability he will break? for absorbing too much of information and revelation?"
"[Yes. That's why, I just want you to train him, He still a kid. 'A kid']"She emphasize the word 'kid'.
"I'm still a kid when I receive my power, don't say we are different because once we become one, Our personality might be mixed. That's why If I can bear all the killings, I know he also can. For we are One"
'He definitely' She thought. Mika always reminding her that izuku and she is one entity in different body and remain majority of their personality. But it doesn't mean their personality is identical with hundred percent.
Mika explained it to her that some of their personalities have mixed and some is like exchange. And for Kurumi, she was not sure if she had a personality of izuku since she doesn't witness of herself acting like izuku.
"[Any way, His behavior is identical to someone who had a split personality]"
"Now you mentioned it. He looks like He is not in his own self but rather someone darker possessing him"
"[How so?]"
"His personality he display this time, I can't even say it is similar to mine"
"*sigh* even I. can't understand why. except he had that personality in the beginning]"
"[For your surprise face, I will tell you what's in my mind; It looks like, It manifested once I give him the power"
"[Didn't I told you, the power I gave to you is the same yet different to the original power you know]"
" You already said it to me"
"[Just to clarify]"
"heh~?"
"[Maybe the personality he show this time includes in the 'difference' I telling you"
"Judging in your words, You sounds like your not sure"
"[Because what I said is just a probability, And it happen to be a high one"
"High one?"
"[meaning, It might be the case and might be not]"
"So. I. Have a another different personality exclude izuku's and my own. Is that what you mean?"
"[Well. There's a high chance]"
"*sigh*"
Kurumi could only do is close her eyes and look in exhaustion. They talk again about izuku and his growth; A never ending conversation about izuku.
Yet, Her lips form an down arc like a letter 'u' since they talking about izuku after all. She and mika will look for answer later when it begun to show more of it
"[Just bear with it. After all, You should be happy that you get a body and control the power you are not allowed to possess in the first place ]"
"Did I complain?"
"[No. but it sounds like you are one]"
"i did not"
"[of course you are.]"Mika flatly said.
Kurumi Shrugged off the usual antics of mika which slightly tic her off and she doesn't like it. When she gesture her hands, at the same time she move her head in the right slightly below before something caught her attention.
"[What's wrong?]"
"Nevermind. I see how that Man struggling to protect those kids from explosives"
"[Why not helping them?]"Mika look at her from the above
"I don't feel like one? And I said I won't intervene?"
Mika look again at kurumi then crossed her arms. Her lips form a smile
"[Really? You don't like? Then explain why are you leaving the shadow and start running towards to them?"
"What!?"She was surprised
Kurumi realize she jump from the rooftop of a tower and land perfectly in the ground then start running towards the wounded man who protecting the kids with his air barrier quirk stalling the other man who had a skull mask; an enemy who keep attacking the man by throwing a lot of high explosives objects.
She found herself her body moving in its own like someone possessing her.
"[Kukukuku... I will enjoy this *smirk]"
"*pant* *pant* *pant* *pant*..."
"You can be persistent. If you're tired. You may now hand over this kids"
"..*pant* *pant*..."
"You are not only had a mere potential. But a great one. It such a waste if you will be killed"He look down to the man who kneeling down from exhaustion and the most visible damage in the body is either burn clothes and it looks like it turn into a rug clothes similar to the common beggar as well as he received burned wounds.
"..*pant*. *pant*"
"Hand over this kids. If you do. I will let this slide"
" *pant* *pant* *pant* Never."
"You still choose death. That's my last offer but you reject it. *sigh* From the start. I should take you seriously and kill this kids in front of you"
"Is that so *force his smile* Then try to come at my grave. *pant* hehe *pant*. But unfortunately, You will be behind the jail if does that happen"
"Trying act high and mighty?. What kind of facade is this"
DASH DASH
"What!?. Air bar- Kuaack!"
Thud
The man with a skull face run at him with a speed enough for his victim can't retaliate in short amount of time.
"Really. You are something"He look down at the pitied state of the man
"Fuck off...Kuaack!"
"*sigh*..."
The man trying to protect the kids found himself lying facing the ground while His face is bloodied from the punches he receive.
"Ku.."
"you really like the hard one huh then I will give you one"
BONE CRACK
"GAAAAAAAHHH"He scream in a top of his lungs as felt an acute pain from his left leg
"*pant* Hah. hah."He felt numb in his left leg and watch the other man go to his other leg
"*pant* She will kill you! Definitely!. *pant*"He shout to him while glaring. He know that girl will chase this guy and kill him once that little girl know what happened
"Oh. Should I go cower in fear?"
"If I *pant* can see your movement. *pant* *pant* I can't see how she kill those bastards like you. She's faster and deadlier than you kuaack!"
The man with a mask kick his face to shut him up
"Really. then there is someone can match her speed"
"!"He try to move his aching body and forcefully look at skull mask man in shock
"I mean she's dead now."
"Lies!"
"Lies?. I'm telling you the truth. Then if she's alive. Why she's not with you? And let you being tampered with my foot?"
"..."
"Now. I will let you see this children died because of your failure"
"Hello little kid"Withing a second, He move faster before the kid could react and restrain him completely.
"aaaahhh!"
"No!" He helplessly shout as he try to move his body and trying to get up and muster his strength. His exhausted body added with his bones broken by the skull man, he can't get up.
The man with skull mask put a c4 in the chest of resisting kid as he restrain him tightly with his other free hand.
"Say good bye to this one"
"NOOOO!"
Tit. BOOOOOOOOOOOMMM
the man with skull mask move away quickly and detonate the bomb along with the kid which create 20 meters explosion. Much weaker than the previous one but still enough to have an instant death to someone who doesn't have protection.
"Easy as that"
". Now. which one is nex-"
BANG
"KAACK!"
He felt something sharp penetrate his shoulder and its so painful that he lost his cool and twisted his face beyond recognition.
The penetrating power is too high that he can't see his left arm attach to his body.
"GAAAAAAHHH"
While the skull man was in pain, the man who are trying to save the kids looking at the direction to where the shot came from.
'That gun fire! Could it be!'
"Good day to you~"The little girl greet him with a smile while carrying the little kid that was supposed to be in the middle of the bomb which explode a moment ago. She tossed the kid in the side with astonishing strength doesn't fit for her appearance.
'She's...not?'
The little girl he anticipated to come is identical yet different to the person he unexpected to see
He was confuse as hell why this little kid has a same red black dress and net bow supporting her hair especially comparing the little girl he encounter inside the factory and this one, both had an unbalance twin tail and ivory color skin.
The only difference is their hair color and their face.
"W...who are you?. Are you that little kid before?"He ask in curiousness
"Me?. nope. she's my younger bro- S-sister."
'Imouto!?. Then I've been saved.. wait what!?'A visible shock come to his face as he can't understand anymore what happen.
'What's this!. Two siblings merely trying to kill an entire company!'Something cross in his mind that this two little girls are merely playing heroes and stuffs; a hero wannabe.
He was overwhelmed from the sudden turn of events and it rapidly changing while him can't keep up. He need someone fully explained it to him.
While him is in the state mixed with shock and confusion, Kurumi on the other hand a sweat come down to her chin then scratch her head a little before saying something to her mind.
'I forgot izuku is a boy and he look likes me when he transformed'
'[Next time. be careful to your words. You closely blurt out his true gender]'
'I know'
"Hey kid! Look out!"
Tit. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM
"Finally. "
The mask man stay from the top of the tower gazing to the large explosion happened engulfing an area two times massive than what he place the kid's chest.
After the explosion, A fire ball rose up from the sky together with the black smoke.
"That's what will happen to you if you aren't aware in your surroundings"
"Is that so?"
"!!"He Swiftly look behind then try to grab his daggers as he turn around to face his enemy but failed to do so with his remaining healthy right arm
Before the mask man could jump off, Kurumi swiftly appeared to her enemy's while pointing her gun to his chest nearly touching it since it only separated with a distance less than 1 inch.
"*hold*"
Kurumi with her petite body and little hand grab the body of the mask man before he escape and restrain him with the assistance of multiple hands as the said mask man trying to free himself.
She lean her face then remove the musk. It revealed a terrified looking man gazing at her while his blood coming out to his mouth.
"Let's see if you still have a use. Eleventh bullet. Yud aleph"
BANG
"GAAAAACK"His chest was penetrated as the damage part become hollow and he can't feel his heart nor even his lungs. Then he fell unconscious as the light in his eyes gone
[mana: 200]
[experience: 1]
"...At least. You pay the same amount of mana to replenish the bullets I waste to you. You may now rest in peace"
[experience: 2]
"Where I am?"
He look at the darkness surrounds him while he can't reach the ground as he was floating from a vacuum of space.
"You finally awake"
The little girl smirk at him without any malice. Its a smile that any little kid could do when amused.
"I died right? And you are the angel of death?"
"Fu. fu. fufu..fuaHAHAHAHAHA."
"!". He look confuse. He mean, How come this place is not a purgatory or something since he made a lot of sinful things including this. He shouldn't be here. he should fall straight to the hell.
But his thoughts are all wrong when he see the little girl laughing hard seems amused from his question
"Sorry. sorry. This is the second time I was called that. Anyway, I should apologize for my behavior. To tell you, I'm not the angel of death and for your first question. You are inside in the shadow itself"
"Shadow?"He look surprised.
'Shadow?. H-. No. maybe it is her quirk that's it' He thought it with understanding.
"Yes. And even those kids."
Instantly the kids he try to escape appeared at him instant while they are unconscious.
"Unfortunately, I'm too late to save the two kids. I quite hesitating to help all of you."
"..."He look down again to the empty dark world with melancholic face. He visualize the two little kid which has been killed by the two bombs. He should move one. He's not all might to save everyone nor he had a powerful quirk.
'Finally. I can rest now..hm. My leg!'
"My le-" He look Instantly in his left leg who receive submission and broken. Now, he can fully grasp his leg like it wasn't happen before.
"I fix it"
"Before you ask, I could restore anyone like what my little sister did to you"
"So. you know she heals me?"He ask
"Because I am observing her"Kurumi crossed her arm while closed her eyes.
"Thank you"He starting to bow to her. Those two little girls save him for two times and he cannot repay this debt especially healing him back to his original state
"Don't thank me yet. you have a present need to be delivered"
"present? delivered?"He look confused
"Yes. Do you still remember what my little sister said to you?"
"said to me-"
-Escape this kids along with you. Don't ever try to escape from the authorities got it?
"Ara. You finally remember"
"Would you. not. help me?"
"Asking too many question eh?. I've already help you escaping"
"From the bomb exploded which I intervene and let you escape together with the kids unscathed and helping you to kill that suspicious guy"
'I was saved!?. So what I see is not an hallucination'
When he was being submitted in the ground, he shout to warn the remaining kids that the mask man planted c4 extremely close to them whom trying to kill the little kid in red black dress.
It is too late for him and if the little girl didn't help them, Maybe they will follow the two kids who already gone. He imagine the corpse of the kids lying in the ground burned or much worst it will destroy in the explosion.
"There still you want to ask?"Kurumi happen to see the man look down with a melancholic expression akin to someone who lose his/her precious one's. Can't help her curiosity, She ask right away.
"!. Is just that..."Base in his movement, he was quite hesitating to speak about his problem yet as he put his courage one where he inhale and exhale, he look at the little kid who patiently waiting for his reply.
"..."Staring at him, The man felt uneasiness as the look of the little kid urging him to continue what will he going to say.
"That kid"
"What about it?"
"He was crying while I helplessly can't remove the bomb in his body"
"Is that so"She shrugged her shoulder
'Such heartless' He thought
"Don't worry about it, me and my sister will manage that after this mess"
"What will you-"
"Its a secret"She smile
"Now. Go. your path is already cleared. I telling you. There is no one can harm you."
Kurumi open a path to the real world and let him see its already late in the evening
"Thank again. What's your name kid?"
"Its Yumi. "
"Arigatou. yumi-chan~"
"Don't call me with '-chan' thing. We're not even close"
"Is that so?"
The guy walked out with a lot of kids carry in his back one by one and put it into the ground then leave the shadow world to real world.
He glance back again to see the smiling little girl with black hair as the shadow starts disappearing.
He had given a time for a second change. He can't afford to waste it. And it is lucky for him to be stay alive after his first encounter with the mysteriously powerful kid who save him from death.
"I need now to move."
Before someone could possibly hinder him from the escape, he use his quirk to put an air barrier horizontally with an area of 2 square meter enough to carry all the unconscious kids.
He had enough power to maintain and move the air barrier at his will. after all, this kids are light so it won't consume some of his energy.
Along with the moving invisible square carrying a bunch of unconscious kids. He take a slight jog to quickly get out of this place once and for all.