Koji Koda better known as Anima was not a particularly popular hero. He wasn't unpopular it's just a lot of people didn't tend to notice him.
And he was fine with this. He didn't particularly like being bothered by the press or swarmed by people anyway.
One day he was patrolling as he normally does when he spotted trouble.
"S-stop!" A young boy cried.
Bullying.
A little boy, looking about ten, was being beaten up by three other children at around the same age.
Acting fast Koda walked up the four boys.
The boys looked at him and instantly recognized him as a hero due to his costume, even if they didn't know who he was.
"Carp a pro scram!" One of them said as they all ran away.
"T-thank you." The boy said as Koda helped him off the ground.
"Are you ok?" Koda said. He didn't really like talking but sometimes it was necessary.
"Y-yeah." He said. "Ahhh!"
The boy fell back down to the ground.
Koda looked at the boy, and due to his experience, he knew that there must be something wrong with his ankle.
"Don't stress yourself. I'll carry you home." Koda said.
The boy sniffed. "Ok."
"What's your name?" Koda asked.
"S-Sabishi. Sabishi Tsuiho." He said.
Koda nodded and with no further words he lifted the boy up and the boy gave him directions to his home.
After a small trip, the two had reached the residence of the small boy.
He knocked on the door and it opened almost instantly.
"Sabishi!" A woman, presumably his mother, cried. "What happened?"
"I-I got beat up again," Sabishi said quietly.
"Oh, my poor baby." She said before looking up a Koda.
"What happened?" Asked a man, presumably his father.
"Oh please take him to get some rest dear." The mother said.
The father nodded and took the boy from Koda and brought him into the house.
The mother bowed. "Thank you so much for bringing him back home safe."
Koda nodded and paused before asking. "Why is he getting picked on?"
She sighed. "His quirk is what people would call...villainous. I would rather not get into details but because of it, the other children tend to either ignore him or treat him badly. And he doesn't even have any friends to stick up for him."
Koda stood there for a moment contemplating what to do before he suddenly got an idea.
A few days later.
The doorbell rang at the Tsuiho household.
Sabishi looked up in curiosity as his mother opened the door to revel Koda standing there.
"The hero?" The boy said.
As he was wondering what the hero was doing here a dog walked in next to him. A puppy.
"A puppy!" The boy said.
Koda smiled and said. "Go to him."
The puppy instantly went over to the boy, who immediately started petting it.
The dog seemed to like this and responded by jumping on him and licking his face.
The mother and Koda smiled at the sight.
"Thank you so much for this." The mother said. "It may not be a human but at least it's something."
"It's fine. Animals don't judge based on things like evil quirks. He will protect him." Koda said.
And so the two smiled as they watched the beginning of a brand new friendship.