My Hero Academia: Yashiro The First Quirk
Ch.21- A Long Day Ends
We spent the next few hours dealing with the Todoroki case, we had all Shoto's siblings in to talk. We were using the stadium as our and police's base camp for investigation. Shoto was still resting in Recovery Girls office with Shouta.
I sighed and stretched my back this was turning into a very long day. Now I was heading back to check on Shouta, he would wake up soon. I wanted to get him up to speed as soon as possible. Walking past the room I left Yashiro in I stopped and peeked in. She was still asleep, but her expression worried me.
I gently shut the door and headed to the clinic room, I needed Shouta. Yashiro had been right, I was tired, I stretched myself thin to handle the trial and festival. She was too observant, and from what Nezu said, had been planning brilliantly to save Shoto.
"Ah I was just going to go find you," Shouta stated leaving the clinic room.
"I figured you'd be getting up soon," I replied, he walked over to me.
"What's going on the old lady wouldn't tell me anything other than Todoroki-kun had a breakdown." He demanded I leaned against the wall.
"Endeavor assaulted him, gave him a few burns. Yashiro had Nezu and All Might in on a plot to save him today. She somehow guessed he would flip if, or when Shoto failed to win the tournament. She raced and got Endeavor off him and All Might took over. The class came and got all the teachers, the girls stuck together with Yashiro." I explained, he leaned next to me I could see him tighten in frustration.
"That girl…" he grumbled.
"She's still sleeping, she pushed herself too hard had a breakdown too," I added, he sighed.
"Where is she?" he asked, I got off the wall and offered my hand.
"Let's go to her," I replied, I led us down the hall and we soon entered the room.
As we got in Yashiro was awake, she looked to us with a tired wary smile. Shouta let go of my hand and went over and sat next to her, I followed his movements and sat on her other side. We both wrapped our arms around her back.
"Dad I'm sorry…" Yashiro said he leaned his head over hers.
"Just don't do this again." He hummed, she leaned toward him.
"If you're feeling better can you explain to us everything again?" I asked she nodded.
(Yashiro's POV)
"Alright, so how much I am going to have to kill him?" Dad asked I puffed out my cheeks.
"You cannot kill Uncle Toshi!" I whined, he groaned.
"Well the others are waiting for you to wake up, I think Toshinori-san is in the hot seat right now," Papa stated, poor Uncle Toshi, not that he didn't deserve it a little.
"I want to be there; I am feeling too much murder from Dad," I stated, Papa nodded, and Dad scoffed.
"We better head up then." Papa chimed, I nodded and we all got up.
It didn't take us long to get up to where the other teachers were, Nezu was sitting back at the head of the table sipping tea. Meanwhile, Toshi was sitting in a chair sweating bullets as Auntie fiddled with her whip. Seems like I had to worry about the others too, Papa rubbed my head.
"I am here to keep you all civil got it?" I stated and walked over leading Yagi to the chairs opposite Nezu. "Everyone, sit down."
"Keep us civil?" Cementoss stated looking confused till I turned to glare at Dad and Auntie. "Oh, I see."
"Yagi, did you turn my niece against me!?" Auntie hissed standing up.
"Auntie I gave him a good blast earlier for this," I stated, she smirked.
"Good girl." She hummed sitting down.
"I believe we should let Yagi-san begin." Nezu chimed, the staff settled down.
(Later)
Uncle finished his story the whole room had remained completely silent during his explanation. Then I saw a glint, I quickly summoned a shield to block Dad's capture weapon. He huffed as it recoiled back to him and he stood up hands on the table.
"You are an absolute moron…" Dad began, I pushed Yagi into his seat. "You gave a boy a quirk the day of the entrance exam, did not teach him to use it, and knew it would cause a violent rebound. Still, you did not tell anyone but Nezu. Then after he got in you kept it a secret to the point, he has been forced to use said Quirk destroying his body further. After over a few months of school, you still haven't trained him to use a quirk properly. Then today you had him advertise his inexperience to the world to possible villain or villains who would want him dead for said quirk. Still, you tell no one." Dad listed, "Only after my daughter puts you in your place do you decide to tell us… You the Symbol of Peace and number one hero… My student's life has been in danger since you gave him a quirk and you didn't even give him full details…"
"Yes…" Uncle Toshi replied.
Dad's hair began to float as he activated his quirk, I could see the red light of his eyes. I felt a cold shiver run up my spine, the room felt heavy in an instant. Papa had his scary look on as well, he was looking down looking far too serious. Auntie was gripped her whip so hard I felt like it might break.
"I have half a mind to feed you to those villains myself!" Dad yelled I flinched hard at his tone. "But no that would be too good! You basically forced that child into a life of pain and fear and for what?! He could have been a hero without a quirk!"
I knew Dad would be angry, I knew it because I had been… But I felt this fear building up inside me as I looked at him. No, stop it! I saw flashes and he was replaced with that man. No! I turned to Yagi and I saw a flash of my brother.
Soon I saw everyone in the room had changed expressions, they all turned to shock. I felt hot tears prickling on my cheeks and then I felt my lungs and throat were hurting. Had I been screaming, Dad looked at me his face in shock. Then I felt a pair of arms wrap around me, no! I swung my fist and I felt it make contact with something. Then I saw I had hit Papa square in the cheek.
I felt my arms drop as I felt my body tremble, I had hit my Papa, I hit Papa. Instinctively I closed my eyes, I was preparing myself for it. I was gonna be hit, I was going to die! I felt the arms tighten around me instead, no, this was Papa… I felt like I had run a marathon, my lungs hurt, my heart was racing.
(Shouta's POV)
A silence hung in the room, no one moved it seemed like no one breathed except her. She was gasping out of breath between loud coughs that felt like stabs to the chest to me. I was frozen, I had done this, my voice my anger… She had even stuck Hizashi, then she acted like she was going to be hit…
"We are done…" Hizashi hissed, he picked up Yashiro and walked to the door breaking it with his quirk he walked off.
"I am going to make us all a big pot of tea," Nezu stated and went to the small kitchenette in the back corner of the room.
Everyone stood in silence as he made the tea, I felt like I had been frozen in spot, my hands frozen half-clenched. My eyes burned from my dry eye; I couldn't even tell if I was using my quirk anymore. A few other teachers began to return to their senses. Cementoss had sat back in his chair his face in his hands. Snipe was turned to the wall glaring his arms crossed.
Finally, I got up and I left the room, the silence was eating at me. I stalked down the hall in the opposite direction Hizashi took Yashiro. As I reached the end of the hall, I groaned leaning my forehead to the wall. Well, this was a shit show…
"You okay Shou?" Nemuri stated, I groaned.
"Fuck off Nemuri," I grumbled, I felt her turn me.
"Don't try that with me Shou-chan!" she hissed, I leaned against the wall as she sighed. "Come on talk to me?"
"What is there to say. I triggered my daughter and learned one of my students is in deep shit because of one man's inability to ask for help." I muttered.
"I think anyone would have triggered her Shou, I mean she already had a breakdown today," Nemuri stated leaning the wall to my right.
"Why wouldn't she come to me or Hizashi!?" I cried, she sighed.
"Hun that's how she acted for a long time; she still isn't used to having parents that are there to help her. She is almost too considerate for her own good. She noticed Hizashi was spread thin and she knew you had your final healing." Nemuri explained I knew that! "She cares about you two so much, I bet to her it made perfect sense."
"Why did she come to this meeting? She was stressed enough?" I rambled, she smiled.
"She cares too much, despite everything she cares about Yagi-san too much to let this ruin his life. I remember she had even tried to vouch for the students who assaulted her in the cafeteria a while back. That's just that kind of kid she is… It's part of what will make her such a good hero. We just need to teach her that taking care of herself is just as important." Nemuri stated, she put a hand on my shoulder. "I know you know this too; you're just upset."
"I hate when you're right…" I grumbled, she chuckled.
"Trust your big sister more Shou-chan." She joked; I felt a smirk grow on my face. "We'll deal with this Yagi shit show when we all calm down. Now let's go get that girl something to cheer her up."
"What were you thinking?" I mumbled as I began to follow her to the nearest exit.
"Sweets and something cute!" she chimed, I smiled.
"Sounds good," I replied.
(Hizashi's POV)
Yashiro was calming down again, we sat on the couch and I held her like she was a smaller child. She was leaning into my chest sniffling as she came down from her anxiety attack. Shou's angry triggered her, I knew that feeling. At that moment she forgot who any of us were. I did that once and I had hit Shou when he tried to calm me down.
She had put too much on herself today, way too much. It made me feel like a failure as a parent. But I knew why she did it, she wasn't used to receiving this help from her parents. She loved us and was just trying to cause us trouble. It was how she had been raised, a hard thing to break in a month or two.
I knew I was nearing my own limit, but I was able to stay grounded for her. Even though I wanted to scratch at my neck I instead ran my fingers through her hair. To be honest I think we were both comforting each other. I clung to her gently soothing her but her breathing and warmth helped me.
"Papa can I put on some music?" she asked, I nodded and she shifted to pull out her phone.
"Feeling better?" I said she put on a playlist tossed her phone onto the floor nuzzling into my chest.
"A bit." She muttered; I rested my chin on her head as the soft music played. "I am done with today…"
"Me too." I agreed, "I say when we get home we put on a movie and do nothing."
"Ghibli marathon?" she hummed, I smiled.
"Sounds perfect," I replied.
I heard a knock on the door, we both didn't move. The door creaked open and we saw a giant plush Cinnamoroll was pushed in. Then behind Hello Kitty plush that was just as big. Then a basket with sweets was pushed through the door. I felt a fond smile grow on my face, Shouta and Nemuri must be behind this.
"I wanna go home and watch Ghibli movies," Yashiro whined, I smiled.
"I want to eat greasy take out," I added.
"Does that mean we can head home?" Shouta asked we both untangled and Yashiro picked up her phone then the two plushies hugging them close.
"Yes, thanks Shou," I replied picking up the basket of goodies.
The door opened and he looked at us a soft smile on his face, Nemuri was behind him smiling too. Today was one of the longest days of my life. I put an arm around Yashiro as we all began to head out. The only sound was the soft music still playing from Yashiro's phone. I can't wait to go home…
(Yashiro's POV)
We order take out and ate it as we watched Porco Rosso to start off our Ghibli marathon. We had laid the floor of the living room with futons and blankets. I was hugging my new Cinnamoroll plush close to my chest as I ate and watched the film.
Auntie had taken the couch as her domain as I was settled between Dad and Papa. It was calm, warm, I felt like the world had stopped. Today had taken everything I had, but right now I was at peace. Tomorrow I can deal with life. Right now, I just want to sit here with my family and relax.