Hi! Welcome back to another chapter of In The Right Hands...You know, now that I think about it, there isn't really much else to say here, is there? Hm, well, I guess that's it then. Enjoy the chapter!

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Oh, and just so you know, there will be at least one major character death later on in the story. Have fun with that~.

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More silence.

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"Ah..."

As Izuku calmed down and realized that this thing hadn't even moved an inch yet, let alone tried to attack him, he got back up to his feet and looked at the figure a bit more closely. It wasn't by any means intimidating now that he got a good look at it. It had the figure of a small child not unlike himself. There was a certain air around it as well. It felt almost...familiar. Looking into it's beady yellow eyes was almost like looking into himself for some reason. Looking at the whole thing was a little weird though.

"What are you?" Izuku asked to no one in particular as he walked around the figure. It's main body was a steely white, with blue armor-like pads covering most of it's chest and it's shoulders. The padding on it's shoulders had spikes jutting from it, curious enough. The young mind of the Yagi child could only guess what this thing was and for what it could do. Or even what it's purpose for being here was. Even more curious though, was the fact that it had some sort of self imposed tunnel vision with how there were a pair of blinders on either side of it's face obscuring its peripheral vision.

The figure never moved or made to speak, even after several minutes of Izuku inspecting it and trying to figure out what it was. And after some deliberation on his part, He finally decided to try and touch the similarly sized figure. However, when e went to touch the arm of it, he found that his hand went right through it. It startled him a small bit, retracting his hand away before looking to the face of the creature. It again did nothing, but he was still cautious as he inspected it a bit more. As far as he knew, this wasn't a ghost or spirit. Those normally don't end too well for whoever even see them. It certainly didn't look like any spirit he's heard or read about at least. Which still left him with the question of what exactly it was. That was until a thought occurred to him that made his mind spark with a huge jolt of excitement and hope.

"Could it be...my Quirk!?" Izuku exclaimed loudly with a bright face and sparkling eyes. Was this his Quirk? After all this time, when he thought that he was Quirkless, he actually did have one? Were all of those tests and doctors wrong? Did he finally have a viable chance at becoming a great hero?

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"No, couldn't be." Izuku stated plainly as the expression melted off his face and turned back to one of contemplation. There were a few things that he had total faith in when it came to matters of the physical world. One of them being science and another being reason. Using solid science that had been working for as long as Quirks became a thing wasn't going to change simply because of a single child worked hard enough. So this couldn't possibly be a Quirk. Besides, there had never been a case where a child's Quirk manifested this late in life. Ever. So that ruled it being a Quirk out. But if not a Quirk, then what?

"So many questions..." Izuku murmured to himself as he tried to examine every feature of the figure more intensely to see if he missed something. And luck would have it, he did find something that he hadn't noticed before. In it's right hand were a pair of what he assumed to be air pouches embedded into the palm. He tilted his head in curiosity and suddenly realized that he should be taking notes on this strange phenomenon.

"Oh oh oh! Stay right there! I'll be right back!" Izuku stated as he quickly turned and walked to one of the desks that he had. It was as he pulled out a drawer and picked up an empty notebook that he felt a sort of tug on his core. It felt strange. Like he was pulling something along. It puzzled him for a moment before turning around to see if the figure had moved anywhere-

"OH MY GOSH!" Izuku exclaimed as he threw the notebook and pencil in his hands up in the air. He had been near scared to death when he saw that the figure was right behind him! It took him a few moments to realize that it once again was not attempting to harm him before he took a deep breath. And it took one more moment to start connecting the tugging in his core to the fact that the thing had moved. He raised an eyebrow at it before picking up the paper he dropped along with the pencil. He flipped to the first page and started jutting down notes on what he had found out so far.

"Strange being manifested in my hideout. Appears to look like a child. Animal? Alien? Humanoid. Whitish color with blue armor and gold accents. Yellow beady eyes..." Izuku started mumbling to himself as he started pacing around the hideout. He stopped when he noticed that the tug from earlier was acting back up again and turned to see that the figure was indeed right behind him. He stared at it for a second or two before turning back to his note taking.

"Follows me around for some reason. Tugging sensation when it follows. Meaning? possible link." Izuku continued. He didn't really know why this thing was following him around, but he was determined to figure it out.

After writing down everything that he thought was important, he drew a picture of it and put his pencil down, satisfied with what he had been able to come up with for now. He sighed, closing the notebook. He was going to put it away before he noticed a glaring mistake that he hadn't noticed before.

"A name. What should I call you?" Izuku asked as it just floated there. It hadn't said a word at all the entire time it had been here. He tapped his chin for a bit, not really knowing what to call it. After a few moments, he let out a sigh and looked to the clock on the wall. It had only been about an hour and a half since he left the house. Looking back on it, he was starting to feel terrible for how he snapped at Kacchan. He made up in his mind that he would get her something when he returned. But for now, he still needed to know what to do with the figure. And most importantly, what to call it. Because honestly, calling it a 'figure' more than half the time was getting old.

So he wracked his brain as much as he could, trying to think of a good name for it.

'Follows me around. Doesn't really do anything. just stands there...stand. Stand?' Izuku thought, an curiously interested expression dawning his features.

"A...Stand. A Stand. It...could work." Izuku thought out loud to himself. He kind of liked how it rolled off the tongue. It felt right, almost. He couldn't think of anything better, so he just went with it. So looking at the Stand, he wondered where it came from. Or whether or not anybody else could see it.

"The only way to know is to go out there, I guess." Izuku said, already putting away the notebook in another drawer. He needed to go out and get something to apologize to Kacchan anyways. Now if he could find his All Might Piggy Bank...

"I know I put it somewhere. Where is it?...Oh! It's over on the...top shelf." Izuku said with a deadpan expression. He tried remembering just how it managed to get up there before shaking his head and getting a chair to try and reach it. As he stood on it and attempted to grab his money, he saw that the arm of the Stand went up and grabbed it for him. The strangest thing though. It looked to have melded into his body, with the arm extending out of his. It surprised him a bit. Almost made him fall off the chair. He got down quickly and saw that the Stand came back out of him and placed the money bank on a desk next to him. Izuku looked to his arm, then to the Stand, and to the money bank before going back to his arm.

"That's...new." Izuku stated to himself before shaking it off and decided that he would worry about it later.

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"I'll just take my notebook just in case." Izuku said as he reopened the drawer and took the notebook along with a few pencils. He placed them all in a small backpack before putting it on and headed for the exit of his hiding spot.

"Alright, now to see if people really can see you." Izuku thought to himself as he looked to the Stand one last time before walking out of the Generations Headquarters.

"So no confirmation on if anyone can see it. At the very least, no one has said anything about it." Izuku said as he wrote in his notebook. He officially decided that he was going to dedicate this one to the Stand. He was currently at a small playground, away from the other kids. If it wasn't apparent before, they did not like him. And it didn't get any better when word got out that his father was hospitalized. He didn't do anything about their bullying because...well...he didn't really care all that much. It hurt, yeah, but a true hero never shows weakness or sadness. Even when they feel it the most...

"The Stand can also phase through objects and people. Though, can interact with things physically." Izuku wrote down. He noticed that when someone was going to walk right in to the Stand, they simply walked right through it. However, he knows that it could grab things physically if the money bank incident earlier wasn't evidence enough. He wondered what enables it to be able to touch things and interact with them one moment and phase through solid concrete the next. All things that he needed to know in order to fully understand it all. What exactly was this Stand and why was it connected to him?

He closed the book and put it back into the bag before heading out. He didn't want to stay here too long. The other kids might see him. Or an adult might start to question him as to why he was out here all by himself. He didn't want to get his Go-Chan in trouble for him leaving. Though, now that he thought about it. Leaving without telling her was also not a very good Idea.

"I'm going to be in so much trouble when I get home. Oh well. I at least got something out of this." Izuku said as he walked from the park to a candy store that he and Katsuki would visit often. He knew exactly what to get her in order to make her feel better. A bunch of hot candies. It was almost comical how her taste in candy matched her Quirk. Explosive and a little dangerous if you take too much.

"Hi." Izuku greeted as he walked in and headed towards the counter of the small store. The man behind the counter was checking over the amount of some candy that Izuku couldn't see before he turned to see the small boy. He smiled and leaned over the counter to properly great him back.

"Hey there Izuku. Haven't seen you in a while. What can I get'cha?" He asked. He had heard about what happened to his father and knew that it was probably a touchy subject, so he didn't bring it up. He, like Izuku, was Quirkless. He opened up this shop after accepting the fact that he couldn't become a hero and has actually made a happy living by running this candy store.

Izuku smiled before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a few Yen, handing it over the counter.

"What me and Kacchan usually get, please." Izuku asked, giving the man a beaming smile. The store owner simply laughed before nodding and putting the money into the cash register.

"Got it. Coming right up." The man said before moving over to a few of the tubes that held the candy that he and Katsuki would normally get. For him, sweet pineapple and cherry flavored candy with some chocolates while Katsuki usually preferred the spicy cinnamon ones. He tried one before and it felt like his tongue was going to burn off. So he just stuck to eating his pineapple candies. He liked the actual fruit too, but the candy was a great substitute.

Izuku stood there, looking around. He then turned to the Stand, which had still done absolutely nothing since it had showed up. Well, other than grab his money from the top shelf for him. That was rather nice of it. Still not really sure what it was meant to do here though.

'Maybe I should bring this up to Go-Chan and Kacchan...when they're not mad at me at least.' Izuku thought before being brought out of his musings when the door to the shop had opened and a rather large man entered. He was almost unassuming at first, if not a little dirty. But something in the man's hand caught Izuku's eye.

It was a gun.

Panic quickly fell over the small boy. Fear set in quickly afterwards. He himself had enough sense to duck under the bridge that separated the store to behind the counter and hid behind there. He was lucky that the man hadn't noticed him as he walked in, but he knew that the store owner was not so lucky.

"Hey there, welcome. What can I-"

"Shut it. Give me all the money you got and nobody gets hurt." The large man threatened as the store owner turned to try and greet him. The candy man immediately stopped what he was doing and assessed the situation. He then took a small gulp and nodded before slowly reaching for the cash register. However, the large man noticed two things. One, a pair of bags with candy laid on the counter. And two, there was a small backpack at his feet.

There was someone else in the store.

"Who else is in here?" The robber asked the clerk. For a brief second, the man's face froze in abject fear before he answered.

"I-it's just me here. I-I swear. I don't know if anyone else is here." He lied. He knew that Izuku was there with him. He even caught a small glimpse of his green hair under the counter, hiding. He just hoped to god that the man didn't look there.

"Oh yeah? Then how come I don't believe ya?" The thief asked in a rough voice, placing his finger on the trigger and pointing it towards the store owner.

"I swear. I-I'm alone here. So just take the money and go. Please." He begged, just trying to get the guy out of here as quick as possible. He didn't want to endanger Izuku's life more than now. The man looked to him for a brief moment before turning to the rest of the store and walking through the isles to see if he could find anybody else that was there. He made sure that there was always a clean shot for him to take at the store owner in case he tried anything funny.

When the man was far enough away, the store owner looked down to see that Izuku had tears in his eyes and fear written all over his face. He quickly looked to see if the robber was looking his way before leaning down to whisper to the small child.

"Izuku, you need to get out of here. There's a back exit behind the doorway here. Leave and get help." He said, making the small boy look to him, then to the doorway that was behind them before looking back and shaking his head. He was only eight for crying out loud! This was too much for him to handle right now! Besides, what's going to happen to the store owner!? He couldn't just leave him here!

The store owner gave him a small smile, trying to sooth the scared kid.

"Hey, it's okay. I'm going to be alright. But if he finds you, we're both going to be in trouble. So go." He whispered. The words made Izuku stare once again at the doorway before steeling his resolve and nodding. The store owner nodded and smiled. However, as he was going to get back up and wait for the robber, he noticed that the man himself was staring right at him.

"Who were you talking to?" He asked as he quickly made his way back to the storefront. The store owner quickly became scared again and shook his head, denying whatever he was trying to accuse him of.

"N-nobody." He said, holding his hands up. He knew he was probably going to die here. But at the very least, he could die knowing that he was able to save at least one person. Like the hero he always wished he could be.

"You've got to the count of ten to tell me who was there with you before I blow your brains out." The man threatened, already aiming the gun right at his head. Izuku had already crawled through the door frame and had a clear shot at the exit. But hearing what the robber said made his blood freeze. He was actually going to kill him?

"One...Two...Nine..." The robber counted, already putting pressure on the trigger. The store owner had taken a deep breath, accepting his fate.

But in that one moment, Izuku's legs moved on their own, dashed back through the door frame and tried to pull the man out of harms way. But he realized too late that he was just too far away, and the trigger had already been pulled. So he just swung his arm at him in vain. The store owner would die, and he'd be next.

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Izuku's eyes widened when he saw the Stand spring to action and also swipe at the empty space between him and the store owner before that same space just...disappeared. In the next instance, the store owner lost his balance and fell down before the bang of the gun resounded and the bullet burrowed into the wall. The robber's eyes also widened at his victim just teleporting away before he saw the small child and narrowed his eyes. Pointing the gun at him instead.

On instinct, Izuku held his hand out, as if raising a futile defense against the gun. However, what Izuku didn't expect, was the Stand to go forth and punch the gun out of the robber's hand, making him curse out loud.

"What the hell!? What the hell was that!?" He exclaimed. However, before he could say anything else, the Stand suddenly unleashed a full high speed barrage of punches into the large man and wailed on him for a solid five seconds before delivering a killer uppercut, knocking the man out cold.

Nothing happened for a beat. Izuku's adrenaline was starting to calm down now. And he could firmly say that he had no idea what just happened.

The Stand once again did nothing, as It had since it showed up.

"What happened next?" A police officer asked Izuku as he was wrapped in a blanket. He was telling the nice lady what exactly happened, or, what he remembered happened. He took a breath before giving his honest opinion of what happened after he went to try and save the store owner.

"Well after I came out of my hiding place...I'm not sure what happened. One moment, I'm out in the open, the next, I'm on the ground with the robber beat up and thrown across the room." Izuku explained. The police woman nodded, writing what he said down on a notepad. It was then that Izuku realized something. The store owner!

"Oh! Is the candy store owner okay?" He asked, making the woman look up from her writing and stare at him in confusion before smiling at him.

"Yes, he's fine. Now a few people are going to come by and do a few tests on you to make sure that you aren't hurt in any way. After that..." The woman continued, but by then, Izuku tuned her out and just sighed in content that he was able to actually save someone's life.

The rest was a bit of a blur at that point. But after a few moments, Izuku heard the call of a familiar voice.

"Izuku!" Came Mitsuki's voice. He turned to her and saw that she was rushing over to him with worried eyes. Katsuki was with her too, which made him feel a little sad that he didn't get the candy he was going to give her. Enough of that though. He had to worry about Mitsuki not grounding him for the next two months because he ran out of the house without permission.

"Oh my gosh, Izuku! I was so worried! I thought something horrible happened to you!" Mitsuki cried as she picked Izuku up and hugged him as tight as she could. Izuku just smiled and hugged her back enjoying the moment. Mostly because he knew that her angry side would take over now, and he'd be grounded for the end of time.

"Izuku...next time you go out, please be more careful next time. I love you with all my heart. I don't want to lose you. Please." Mitsuki begged as she held onto him. Izuku was surprised at how...desperate she sounded. Never out of all the time he knew her did he hear her sound like that. It made him feel even more terrible about running out like that.

"Okay Go-Chan. I'm sorry. I won't do it again." He promised, feeling a few tears escape him. He stayed in her embrace for a little longer before she pulled back and set him down, kneeling down to be on his level.

"Thank you. Now I already spoke to the officers and got everything cleared up. Come on, let's go home." Mitsuki said with a small smile. Her tears made him sniffle a little bit as he nodded. It was then that he noticed Katsuki standing across from him with a nervous expression, as if unsure if she could get closer or not.

"Izuku I...I'm sorry that I made you mad earlier. I didn't mean to-" Katsuki tried to say, but was interrupted by Izuku suddenly wrapping his arms around her in a warm hug. Her eyes opened wide in surprise before she hugged back.

"It's okay. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you in the first place. I'm sorry." Izuku said. Their hug lasted for a few seconds before they both pulled back and smiled at one another.

From there, Mitsuki took them both into her car and started driving them home. It had been an emotional day and they all felt like heading to sleep once they got home. With all of them resting in a comfortable silence. Izuku leaned on the window and watched as the different houses and building went by. It was a little chilly that night, and a light fog clouded the windows. Izuku stayed there for a moment before willing something to happen.

Between the time that the Stand saved his life, he learned a few things. One, It was indeed linked to him. In fact, it almost seemed to know what he wanted on a subconscious level. And two...his Stand was pretty dang powerful.

So as he focused and had his Stand draw his name out in Kanji on the window, he smiled to himself. One thing was for sure, even if this Stand wasn't his Quirk, it still opened up a lot of doors for him.

Who knows, maybe it might be the key to becoming the next Symbol of Peace! Only time would tell.

And so it begins...