Chapter 2: Upbringing Part 1
Lord of the Rings and My Hero Academia aren't mine, this story is but that's about it. Can't say enough about how great these franchises are, so, if you haven't watched either, do so.
He had been sat in the back of the police van for a few minutes now. His plan had worked and now he was free, well free from confinement in that lair. Now he was just bound by society but perhaps that was for the best.
He was thinking about his next steps, he had admittedly gotten caught up in the thrill of his last scheme to plan this far ahead. He had his end goal though so he knew which direction to aim for just not how to get there. Thankfully that was about to change since that hero who had 'rescued' him was now walking towards him.
"Hey kid, I just wanted to ask you a few questions if that's okay. It's alright if you can't manage to answer some but anything you can give us will help."
"It's fine, I will answer any question you want, you did save me after all."
"Heh, yeah sure, more like you saved yourself. You were super brave. Anyway, you said that he was your 'supposed father' down there, I was wondering. Are you actually his son?"
"Well, biologically yes, anything else would be a no. I mean I don't think most fathers imprison their children, or hell, just have children to eat them in the end. I hate that man if you are thinking it has any bearing on who or what I am."
"I could've guessed that. Still, needed to know. So, what's your name kid, and what was that power you used back there?"
"Well, the answer to the first question is that my name is Mairon, no last name, and I don't want his so Mairon is fine by me. As for the second, well, it happens to be one of my, quirks? Is that what they're called? Yeah it's my quirk I guess, along with me having a few other bit's I inherited from the 'parents'."
"Pretty neat quirk, I know I would be real lucky to have one like that. Still it doesn't look entirely safe."
"It's not" replied Mairon matter of factly. "In fact, it is dangerous. But I want to use it to help others and prevent anyone else from going through what I have gone through."
"That's a pretty noble goal you have, sounds like you wanna be a hero. Do you?" Mairon only nods. "Well, I know for a fact that you'll probably just be put into the system, but I'd feel bad knowing I could help you harness that power. So, what do you say, do you wanna be my son and I'll help you become a hero. I'll also get you into school and help teach you since I'm pretty sure you didn't have much of an education down there."
"You would be correct about that. I agree, I'll be your adopted son, probably be a much closer relationship with you than anyone from down there."
"Neato, I'll get the paperwork sorted and then we'll go get some chow, sound good?"
"It's a plan then." Mairon responded with a grin. Not because he liked the thought of food, he didn't really need it, he could survive on magic alone. No he smiled because he practically now had a shining path which lead directly to where he wanted to be.
It seams that in this world, he'll have good luck.
Over the course of the next few days, Mairon was adopted by Lighter (real name, Kai Maia, that came as a real shock to Mairon). He was enrolled in a elementary school and given a place to live. He picked out some clothes and was tutored a bit by Kai about the world.
This world was called Earth, which set of some alarms in Mairon's mind before being calmed by the fact that the Earth didn't look to much like his previous world, but still close enough to be unnerving to him. People had suddenly developed quirks about 200 years ago and originally only 20% of people had them, but the inverse was now true.
Mairon learnt this and lot's more, being as Kai called him, 'a sponge for knowledge'. After a full 3 weeks being tutored on the world Mairon eventually was going to school. It was a bit weird though since Mairon actually said he was 13 rather than 12 as he looked.
Still that moved him up a year into his new class. He now stood in front of all of them. Most were disinterested and two were actively not looking at him. One had spiky blond hair and he was leaning back in his chair looking at the ceiling whilst absent-mindedly making small explosions in his hands. The other had messy green hair, he was writing in a book whilst trying to seem as small as possible, clearly timid.
Mairon then spoke "Hello everyone, my name is Mairon, that is my only name because I don't have a family name due to them not giving me one. Probably because they were villains and were only keeping me alive so they could feed on my life energy to prolong their own. I'm pretty into hero's and love knowing about all the different quirks, but they aren't everything it's often the hero's personality that matters." That got the green headed kid to look up and stare with a smile on his face.
The blond on the other hand finally paid attention and slammed his chair back down before storming up to the front of class. "Extra, just so you know, we already have a worthless quirkless deku in our class, we don't need one more. Especially if you're also obsessed with being a hero and analyzing quirks. A hero's personality doesn't mean anything, all that matters is how strong they are. That's why I'm going to be the number 1 hero." Most of the class seemed to support what this kid said.
Mairon looked around and started shaking his head before simply saying "Alright peasant" and walking to the back and taking a seat. Meanwhile the whole class was stunned, this new kid was completely un-phased by Bakugo's threat and even dismissed him with an incredibly derivative insult before just going and sitting down like nothing happened.
For a certain green haired boy with unkempt hair however, this new kid seemed really cool. He thought that the personalities of hero's was what made them cool, he stood up for himself and made a point. He seemed like he could be a really great hero.
For the Blond boy though, he was filled with rage. Who did this kid think he was? Stealing his rightful admirers, he didn't even prove how strong he was. He was probably super weak, especially with what he said about a hero's personality. He'd show him who's boss as soon as the stupid teachers weren't around.
So later that day when classes were stopped for break Bakugou approached Mairon. Who was simply sat on a bench in one of the greener parts of the school whilst reminiscing on all he had done in his past life. Whilst simultaneously strengthening his magic by letting it flow through him and strengthen his body.
"You, extra punk. You think you're so tough then come on and fight me." shouted Bakugou, who was flanked by his two closest cronies.
"No, I am trying to strengthen my… quirk, not weaken it. Now, go bother someone else with your inferiority complex." responded Mairon who didn't even turn to look.
"I'm not inferior you are, you just haven't learnt your place yet." raged Bakugou who proceeded to fire an explosion right at Mairon. He watched as his explosion raced towards the taller boy a smile on his face as Mairon didn't even move. 'Probably dumbstruck by my awesome power' thought Bakugou.
He watched the explosion reach the kid. His smile slowly vanished however as he watched his explosion slowly vanish as it approached Mairon. Until all that was left was a small ball of explosions that Mairon simply held in his hand, just looking at it.
Mairon in turn looked up for a couple seconds before firing the explosion back at Bakugou at twice the power. The explosion hit Bakugou straight on as he wasn't expecting his own explosion to shoot back towards him. He and his two cronies were sent flying back by the explosion landing in a pond with some koi fish (Karma really)
Mairon himself just stood up and walked away whilst the three boys were still in the pond. He ended up wandering about a bit, he had something he wanted to do. He searched most of school before finally coming across what he was after.
That what, was actually a who, called Izuku Midoriya. Midoriya was sat on a bench writing in a book, specifically he was writing his latest entry into book 12 about a hero called Lighter who he had seen on the news recently after raiding a villain lair.
Mairon approached him and he seemed not to notice so Mairon was pretty much right in front of him watching what he was doing. It caught his attention that Midoriya was writing about his adoptive father. It was as good a conversation starter as any he supposed.
"Hey, you're writing about hero's huh." It was a rhetorical question, but seemed appropriate for a young teen to say. It was also a good starter.
"Uh… yeah, I'm writing about this hero called Lighter specifically. He has a really cool quirk that allows him to set himself on fire and it only burns what he wants, it also improves his strength and speed when he's coated in fire." Spouted Midoriya oblivious to the rhetorical nature of the question before spouting a load of information about Lighter.
"I can see, I take it you watched the news about that villain lair he raided with a few other hero's."
"Yeah, he was super cool in the interview he gave about it. He said that he saved a child who was being used by the villains to keep them alive. I hope the child's okay and that the hero's weren't hurt to badly." Answered Midoriya, unknowing that he was talking to said child.
"I'm fine thank you. I'll admit, I'm still having a hard time adjusting to normal life, thankfully my quirk helps me out a bit." replied Mairon.
"Wait, you were the child that was rescued. Why are you here? I would've thought you would be injured or at least needed therapy or something, It was only a few days ago." Exclaimed a rather shocked Midoriya.
"No I'm fine. In truth I was actually free before the Lighter found me, I was just able to escape safely with him. He then actually went on to adopt me seeing as my parents were both villains using me." replied Mairon in his usual matter-of-fact tone.
"Wow, you must be really powerful if you freed yourself. It's also super cool that you got adopted by a hero." replied Midoriya whilst fanboying over Mairon.
"Yeah, I guess I am. I mean that blond jerk just tried to attack me and ended up sitting in a pond after I hit him with his own explosion only with twice the power." responded Mairon with a small smile on his face for the first time in a while.
"You used Kacchan's own quirk to attack him? How does that work? Can you copy other peoples quirks? In that case I'm useless to you then. Still that's super awesome that you got to use someone else' quirk. It must be really powerful, especially if you said you used it at twice the strength he did." started Midoriya, slowly getting faster and quieter.
"Calm yourself. My quirk is called dark magic, It's really versatile. I just used it to contain an explosion he sent at me and shot it back after powering it up a bit with my own energy. Secondly, you are far from useless. You have managed to discern the quirk of a hero after only watching it be used for about 10 seconds I'm guessing. Knowledge is a power all of it's own. Third, I still don't know your name, so don't fan-boy over me just yet, I need to know your name so I can thank you." replied Mairon, who ruined the mood with his final point. Albeit unwittingly, I mean, he may be several thousand years old but he hadn't exactly been 13 year old human teen before. On in a different, more technological world at that.
" Thanks, you're right, knowledge is a sort of power. My name's Izuku Midoriya, and you said your name was Mairon right?" replied Midoriya now more cheerful.
"Yeah, my names Mairon. It translates to 'the admirable' I believe. So, I take it you want to be a hero then judging by the analysis on hero quirks and the fact that blond jerk said you were quirkless." answered Mairon.
"Yes, I really want to be a hero. Even without a quirk, I know it will be harder for me, but I'm willing to try my hardest to become one." replied Midoriya.
"Well, if your serious about wanting to be a hero, my adoptive father is going to be helping me and is offering to train me as best as he can. If you want you can join me, I don't know how much it'll help but surely it's worth it." responded Mairon who was by now beginning to like Midoriya.
"Really? That'd be great, I'd really like to." answered Midoriya with a big grin on his face.
"Really. Come to Dagobah beach on Saturday morning at 9, I'll meet you there and we can begin training together." replied Mairon.
"Cool, I'll be there" stated Midoriya.
With that Mairon said "well, class will be starting again soon, we'd better go." to which Midoriya nodded and both ran back to class together. Of course, three students didn't return to class and instead ended up in the infirmary. With on being punished for supposedly attacking two of his fellow students.