Yeah, yeah, I know I broke my promise and all, but what can I say? I'm doing things and getting burnt out so please forgive me if the updates are sporadic. As for The Yokaze Legacy, I'm going to update it, but it will be more inconsistent than this story's updating pattern. Once I stop doing renovations, I should be able to balance out both stories better. So, without further ado… enjoy the chapter!
The next day
All Might showed up to the hospital and brought some breakfast pastries. He bought two croissants, one cheese Danish, two vanilla frosted donuts and a glazed donut. He met up with Dr. Fujitora who waited for him outside the hospital. He was dressed in more civilian clothes and didn't have his typical white doctor's coat with him and merely smiled and waved to him. They walked in and went up to Kagura's room. They knocked and walked in. They then saw a beautiful tall doctor with silver hair and steel colored eyes. She then looked at the two men and said kindly:
"Oh good! We just finished up. Now Kagura-chan, I'm going to just step outside with and speak to these two about what we talked about. Is that okay with you?"
"Hai", he said with a more stoic and cold expression than dead like yesterday.
She smiled at him and merely walked outside and motioned the two giants to come outside with her. She then looked at the two of them and smiled at them. She then said sadly:
"I'm glad Kagura-chan has some visitors. Apparently, he doesn't have any other family that's alive and all of the family friends are too scared to visit him."
"That's very sad indeed doctor", said All Might with even more sadness.
"I'm Dr. Gintaka, head of child psychiatry in this hospital and former forensic psychiatrist of the Hosu police department."
"Very nice meeting. Now can you tell us a bit about if Kagura is okay or not?"
Her face then contorted to that of severe worry and a hint of her serious side came out.
"Well I can start by telling you that he is definitely not homicidal nor was he intentionally homicidal and he killed those men. He's not suicidal; he did have several nightmares throughout the night and even while talking to him, it's pretty obvious that he was severely traumatized. But the worrying thing about it all is the extreme lack of emotional response to the events."
"Is that a good thing?" asked All Might.
"I'm not so sure. And I can tell he lost some of his capability to feel emotions because I had a nurse with an emotion sensing quirk check him. And keep in mind, this nurse has a specialty in patients suffering from trauma and she said he's completely lost touch with his emotions".
"So… he's suffering from minor dissociation?" asked Dr. Fujitora.
"It's much more serious than that Dr. Fujitora. He literally lost touch with his emotions and that's something seen in patients with either complex trauma and/or being witnessed to multiple traumatic events."
"Well it is natural for a patient suffering from trauma to experience symptoms like these, no?"
"Yes, but for such a horrible symptom to occur when he is so young is just heart breaking."
"So, he's okay to be interviewed by the police for his events behind the massacre?" asked All Might seriously.
"I don't recommend they interview him today. But then again, I know the police seem to never listen to recommendations and just want to interrogate him right in the heat of the moment."
"Now that's not very nice doctor!" said a dark-haired man along with a dyed blonde-haired man in police uniforms.
The young doctor merely scowled at the two officers and crossed her arms in front of her small chest and said:
"Here to take him away?" she asked coldly.
"Yes ma'am. We have orders from detective Sadaharu himself to bring him in for questioning", said the blonde-haired man with a cold tone.
"You guys are seriously just going to take away my patient without my consent to discharge him?" she said fiercely
"Yes. He killed about six people, wounded two others and completely caved a grown man's face in. As well as used his quirk with malicious intent on civilians and is responsible for some minor property damage. So yes, he needs to come and be interviewed not only for his side of the story, but for Japan's safety as well."
"This boy has been traumatized severely, he has been screened for psychopathology and he is not a danger to anybody! If the police treat him as a criminal than I will perso-
"Are they here for me?" asked Kagura with no emotion.
"You must be Kagura. Yes, we want you to come with us buddy. We aren't hurt you, we just want to get your side to things. Is that okay?"
"Yes. I'll go with you", he said with no emotion.
"Hold on! He needs to be-
"I figured Dr. Gintaka would give you two a hard time. So, I decided to come here personally to run the interview", said an average sized man with spiky brown hair and grey eyes. The silver haired doctor only glared at the man and coldly said:
"It's nice to see you again detective Sadaharu", she said with malice.
"Likewise, Satomi. Now then Kagura, let's go into your room. Nobody interrupts this interview."
Kagura and detective Sadaharu walk into the room while Dr. Gintaka is glaring at his back, All Might is talking to the officers and Dr. Fujitora just looked at the door in patience.
Two hours later
Sadaharu leaves the room with a still passive expression on his face. He then says:
"So Kagura told me his side of the story and I can say professionally, that Kagura will not act out and become a villain. Though his reaction to when I told them he killed people, wasn't what I expected, he shows a willingness to undergo quirk counseling and has shown some remorse for what he did."
"Told you", said Dr. Gintaka
"When I asked him for future aspirations, he said to be a hero. It seems that violence is not in his nature when I asked him about family history, past history of violence, trouble in school. He just simply experienced an abnormal reaction to his parents being dead. But I am concerned about his quirk as when I asked him about his quirk, he seemed to tell me that he can control the four natural forces of nature. Is that true?"
"Yes. But so far he can only control electromagnetism and gravity detective."
"I see."
"What do you plan on doing with him detective? Should we arrest him?" asked the dyed blonde.
"No. This child will not be a future danger to others nor will he be a possible threat to Japan. He expressed his desire to help people, rid the world of villains and even make the world a better place."
"However?" asked Dr. Gintaka with suspicion.
"However, I will mandate an order on therapy, extensive quirk counselling for dangerous quirks and ask that he be court ordered to be adopted by a hero or a former hero to keep him from being a villain."
"Then that case I can take him, correct?" asked Dr. Fujitora.
"N- wait! You're that famous doctor with that can change identities. Of course, you can take him in. I apologize for not noticing you sooner."
"It's alright detective", he said warmly.
"Well that's all everyone. I'm going to get going. I'll leave Kagura in the hands of Dr. Gintaka for now, but in my records, I will put Dr. Fujitora as Kagura's new caretaker. Then Kagura will have to show up in family court within a month or two to be officially acquitted of his crimes and to officially have written on paper, that Kagura is going to be doing and following these mandated court orders. He also has to attend court for in order to get into the extensive quirk counselling program. However, it will be up to the judge for consequences of not following these orders and it will be up to the judge for how long he will be doing these orders for as well as additional orders he has to follow too. Any questions so far?"
They all shook their heads. The detective smiled, said his goodbyes and then officers followed suit after him. Dr. Gintaka then sighed and said with a smile:
"Finally, he's gone. I absolutely cannot stand him! Anyways I plan on discharging Kagura-chan today as he's definitely okay to leave. I'll give you some numbers to call for therapy as well as the hospital's outpatient psychiatric clinic so that you may continue to see me as his doctor and see on of our best therapists in Tokyo", she said happily.
"That's quite alright Dr. Gintaka. I already have somebody in mind for Kagura-kun", Dr. Fujitora said kindly.
"Oh no. I must insist Ken. He needs the best kind of treatment for this and the therapist I have in mind for him and myself are by far the best team in the country for treating patients suffering from trauma. So, I am not suggesting, I am telling you, he is seeing me as his doctor and Dr. Oga as his therapist", she said sternly which even scared All Might a little bit.
"If you insist, then I cannot refuse Dr. Gintaka", said Dr. Fujitora with an empathetic smile.
"Good. Now then, I will leave the two of you to visit him. He should be able to leave within the hour, we just have to wait for some medications to come up for the nightmares and some referral cards for our clinic and a doctor's note explaining why Kagura didn't show up today in school."
"Sounds good Satomi. We'll be here talking with Kagura while we wait for you".
She then left the two men and they walked in and gave Kagura two donuts to eat. He ate them voraciously. The two men mostly talked to each other until Dr. Gintaka came back and said he was cleared to leave. Kagura said goodbye to All Might and he went with Dr. Fujitora. He had just a basic newer addition Ford sedan. They got in and drove into the warehouse district in Camino ward. They stopped in front of a derelict warehouse. Dr. Fujitora parked the car and turned off the ignition. He then got out of the car and so did Kagura who was able to register that he was in a dangerous area. He then asked stoically:
"Where are we Dr. Fujitora?"
"I'm going to have you meet someone Kagura-kun. You trust me, right?"
"Yes".
"Then you trust that I have the best intentions for bringing you here, right?"
"Yes."
"Good. Now let's go. This man you are about to meet is very eager to meet you."
They then walked over to the warehouse. Kagura normally would have been terrified but for some reason he wasn't so terrified anymore. In fact, he foresaw that he was going to get a very pleasant surprise from this. They walked over to the warehouse and knocked on the man-sized door. The door opened and revealed a man shrouded in a black mist in a bartender outfit opened the door. He then looked at Kagura who only looked at him in slight interest said:
"So… this is the boy that took on Demon Company? He radiates power and even exclude an aura of a King. Very much like sensei."
Kagura merely thanked the man and the man let them in once inside, they came face to face with weird disgusting creatures that seemingly had no effect on Kagura. They then walked towards the back of the warehouse where they came across a very tall man dressed in all black with no visible face, eyes, ears or nose. He had pretty much scar tissue covering his whole face. He gave off a smile at the boy that was somewhat warm but more ecstatic and impressed if anything. He then said ecstatically:
"So, you must be Kagura Uchiro?"
"Hai", said Kagura with no emotion.
"Do you know who I am Kagura my boy?" asked the man gleefully
"No".
"I am All for One. Leader of The League of Villains."
"So, you are the one responsible for my parents being dead?" said Kagura with animosity.
"No, my dear boy. I'm not responsible for the attack. The outrageous villain group, Demon Company is responsible for the events that transpired, which I am so graciously sorry for by the way."
"But what makes your group so different from them? Your villains after all," said Kagura as the gravity in the room increased by twofold.
"We have a different mission than from common villains. We wish to abolish superhuman society and bring back the fear of quirks again. We wish to end a society of heroes so people do not get crucified for using quirks to defend their families, be shunned as outsiders in fear of being villains. We have been wronged by heroes, they unjustly punish us and humiliate us even though they don't do anything to solve problems such as poverty, trauma and other real criminals that actually come. So I guess the difference between us and them, is that we all have good intentions ad have been wronged by the hero system in general. You even have been wronged by the hero system."
"How?" he said lowering the gravity in the room.
"The heroes simply didn't show up at first; those civilians didn't do anything to stop those criminals from using their quirks and then when your parents were completely at the mercy of villains did a hero show up? Did a civilian do anything for you? Could your parents fight back without being persecuted as criminals? I think not Kagura my boy", he said passively.
Kagura then froze and ceased all the gravity in the room. His eyes were widened and he let loose a few tears at the sad reality of this. But All for One didn't stop there, he then said:
"What were the police there going to do to you when they first showed up Kagura?" asked All for One.
"Detain me, then question me", he said painfully.
"Then when you were at the hospital, what did you think the officers that came to pick you up and take in for questioning were going to do to you?"
"Arrest me", he said tears now pouring out at an alarming rate.
"Yes, and did they?"
"No, but-
"But they still had treated you as if you did something wrong. They did not praise you for saving the countless other civilians, in fact. Did any of them express their gratitude for you standing up to those men and saving their lives?" he said with passion.
"No", he said angrily.
"They didn't properly treat you as a victim Kagura. They still think of you as evil. But I do not see an evil boy before me. I see a boy who was simply trying to do the right thing and save people. Do you agree?" he said sympathetically.
"Yes", he said as more tears poured out and his voice cracked.
"Now listen to me very carefully and tell me if this makes sense to you. Anyone can take the role as hero if they are in danger or others are in danger. Heroes, as an occupation are abolished, because everyone has the right to fight and protect as a hero should the situation call for it. There are no more quirks, everyone is equal, none are divided and all bow under the same rules and laws. Would you like to live in a world like that Kagura?"
"Yes", he said contently.
"Would you like to join me and make mi- no. Our dream, a reality?"
"Yes", he said with determination.
"Then all you need to do, is this one final thing, then you can join me, and make this world a better place".
He then snapped his fingers and out appeared the remaining twenty men that got out unscathed the wounded two men by shuriken wounds and the man with the caved in face. Hot rage then boiled out of Kagura and he saw red again like yesterday. He then started levitating and the men who were in only in prison garbs and hospital scrubs looked at him in fear and in mock agitation to scare him away.
"Kill them all Kagura. Don't let a single one live and you can join me".
Kagura didn't even respond as he wordlessly flew over and proceeded to indiscriminately slaughter all of them. He repelled them back so far into the walls they died on impact, he slammed them up and down as he reversed gravity, then reversed it again and slammed them down harder than ever before. He used magnetism to repel them into each other with enough force to kill both of them and then for his final trick, he attracted them all together around one person. Then he rose the gravity around them so hard fast and so hard that the roof of the warehouse nearly collapsed and they all got crushed into a giant heaping pile of meat.
When this was over, All for One let loose a monstrous smile and clapped. He motioned Dr. Fujitora and the black mist guy to clap with him. Then people poured out from hiding places and applauded with them. Sooner or later there was a crowd of three hundred people surrounding them, clapping for Kagura. All for One then motioned for silence and walked over to Kagura. He chuckled and said delightfully:
"Very good… my student. I shall now christen you as Carnage. As every time you let loose your quirk, you let loose a massacre in your sights".
He simply nodded at him.
"How do you feel Kagura-kun?" asked Dr. Fujitora who now spoke in a sadistic glee.
"I feel… happy…" he said with a faint smile on his face with tears in his eyes.
Then Kagura let loose a torrent of tears and sobs. He dropped to the ground and was literally on his knees with his hands in his face. All for One and Dr. Fujitora went over to comfort him, but then they heard chuckles. Which turned into laughing, which then turned into a psychotic laughter. They thought their colleagues were laughing but it turned out to be coming from Kagura. He was laughing his head off and he was levitating as well. The two men looked at each other, Dr. Fujitora in concern and All for One in triumph. He then mouthed to him: 'he is ours now'. And Dr. Fujitora finally understood and smiled at All for One. Eventually Kagura calmed down and went back to his emotionless state. He then got off the floor and looked at All for One and said:
"What would you want me to do, sensei?" he asked stoically.
All for One grinned and said: "get stronger. I will train you along with another protegee of mine so that both of you may co-lead The League should something ever happen to me. Dr. Fujitora will be responsible for your strength and fitness training, you'll pay attention in quirk counselling and in the meantime, we will find you a worthy partner to work with someone of your strength. Then you will recruit him into our ranks and you and him will officially be able to go on missions. Do you understand?"
Kagura nodded.
"I see many great things for you Kagura my dear boy! Just you wait! I can make something out of you", he said with excitement.
With Inko
Inko was completely flabbergasted and shocked by what happened on the news. She never would have guessed that Kagura could do something like this and for his parents to be dead. She was just shocked, she even dropped all the dishes and covered her mouth to choke back some sobs. Izuku heard and came running, and Inko quickly telekinetically grabbed the TV remote and changed it back to a kids anime. Izuku looked at his mom asked:
"Are you okay kaa-chan? You look like you saw a ghost."
"Yes. I'm fine sweetie. No hurry up, you're going to be late for your MMA classes."
"Hai", he said running away to go back to his morning routine.
Inko sadly looked down, cleaned up the mess and said to herself:
"I hope you're okay Kagura-kun…"
Well, that's all I wrote (I know it's she, but you know what? I want to be a metaphor rebel). I'll work on chapter four sometime this week. Expect it to come out Saturday. Please vote on my poll about my story, the poll is now public. So, you can vote on the fate of IOBC (please do, I'm highly indecisive about what to do and literally no joke, all I'm getting are big fat zeros which means, you guys are not voting! So… vote… now!). Until next time guys.