Rin moved her right leg. It wasn't broken anymore. Recovery Girl must have fixed it. She moved her eyes to meet Nezu who was standing on a table. He probably did this to be eye level or taller than Rin. "Not only did you attack a student with an unauthorized weapon, you suddenly magically got the ability to use another quirk? I knew immediately that you somehow used an earth quirk. Your quirk was teleporting, right? So why don't you tell me how you magically got the ability to take someone else's quirk and why you would try to hurt someone with malicious intent? I could see in your eyes that you had no mercy for her" Nezu's voice was stern. He was looking down at her. Rin was sweating. She looked at the heroes around her. There were 2 men, 1 woman and Recovery Girl. They all looked disgusted in her, but Recovery Girl had a sympathetic look on her face. It must have been pity. Rin didn't know what to say. She went to open her mouth to tell them about Atlas, but nothing came out. Her throat started to burn. She heard a whisper. "As much as I love to be in the spotlight, in this situation I don't want you to tell them about me. We don't know what they will try on us. Make up some bullshit about Alira would you?" it was Atlas. He chuckled, and his voice disappeared. Nezu started tapping his foot. "Well Rin? I can't even figure out how you used a different quirk. Start explaining yourself before we have the police perform an interrogation on you as well" Nezu was small but frightening. He seemed serious. Rin took a second to think. If Atlas wouldn't let her talk about him she would just have to do what he said. "I-I don't know how it happened! It just… happened?" Rin gave them a confused look. 'Yeah that wasn't convincing anyone' Rin thought. Nezu sighed. "You haven't met any villains, have you? I heard about a horrible one being able to give quirks and seeming as your mother-" Rin tried to jump up and shook her cuffs in anger. "Oh, what? because my mum was a villain suddenly I'm the bad guy and want to do villainy things? You wouldn't know the first god damn thing about villains. I haven't met anyone, and I haven't done anything. My parents were killed in front of me. Do you not think-" Nezu cut her off the same as she did to him. "Enough! It was just a plausible theory. I'm sorry about your parents but you can't just get another quirk randomly! Its genetic. You've been in U.A for a while now, we know how your quirk works. I want to know how you were able to do this. You're already in enough trouble for using a weapon on another student. It makes absolutely no sense to me that you just picked up a random quirk!" Rin stared at the floor and decided to think. She was angry, but she hurt another student out of her anxieties. Whatever she said here wouldn't matter because she would be expelled anyways. She bit her lip and stared Nezu in the eyes.
"Listen. When Blake held me paralysed it just reminded me of how helpless I was when my family got attacked. Amethyst said to me do I call myself a hero? It just reminded me of what that villain said to me. I freaked out and activated my dad's glove without realizing it. I didn't realise what I did until I saw her passed out, so I ran because I feared the consequences. Ever since mum died I've been having weird dreams and-" Rin felt her neck grow tighter. Atlas was listening. "A-and I learnt her quirk wasn't just teleporting. But I don't know anything! I've never been able to do that before! I swear on their graves" it was a hurtful lie but if she could just convince Nezu then maybe she would just get a slap on the wrist. There was a long silence. Nezu wouldn't stop staring at Rin. It made her extremely uncomfortable. She knew of his quirk too. He could probably see through her. He sighed. "I'm going to suspend you at least because of the danger you put your class mate in. Even if it was a 'villain' exercise. We don't expect you to try and kill them. I'll notify your fath-... No, sorry... Your guardian of this. He's in the police force so he can decide if he will take you in on this or not. Accidents happen, and you've gone through hell, so I'll sympathise with you. I wish you didn't push him into a corner to bring you back here. I don't, however, believe that this is the first time you've used either an earth quirk or someone else's quirk. You seemed to know what you were doing" Rin looked back at the floor. She never pushed Kenji to do anything. He saw through her too. One of the heroes walked around to the back of her chair and unlocked her cuffs. They were the same ones that they had used in the practice today. She sat angrily in silence. Her hands were shaking. "I want to protect Sho and Hizashi more than anything. If I didn't do something I would have been as useless as always. They have such potential and I have nothing going for me. I didn't even get to learn my father's quirk or the truth about my mother before they died. I don't have an amazing quirk. I don't get how I can be a hero like dad…" Nezu let out a sigh and sat on the edge of the desk.
"Rin, your quirk has a lot of potential. We wouldn't have put you in a hero class if we didn't think your quirk could be used for something. Teleportation can help in a lot of ways like sneaking, intel, capturing villains, hostage situations… there will be countless opportunities. The path you're going down will never allow you to be a hero. You're not your father. This doesn't simply excuse what you did because you're hurt. I shouldn't have allowed you to come back here. That was my mistake. You're going to go through a lot of hurtful situations and just hurting back isn't the hero thing to do. The only reason I suspected you of getting another quirk is because you've never shown any signs that you could either copy or gain other quirks. You're the daughter of a villain. I would suspect she would have connections or you've been in contact with some villains without knowing it. At the end of the day a villain is still a villain. I want you to at least think about what the hero thing to do will be. You need to rest. Mr Aizawa and Yamada can handle themselves. They're both top students. You don't need to protect them. Come back to school when you're ready" Nezu stood back up and jumped off the table. Rin was in shock. She put her hand over her mouth. 'A villain will always be a villain' kept ringing through her head. She felt anger and guilt. She looked down at the ground and muttered "So everything my mother did to erase her past was for nothing? She gave up everything to give me a good life…" Nezu stopped in front of the door and turned to her. "She was a villain who killed people Rin. There is no redemption for people like that. I know who she was before. I've seen her fight. Gunslinger did the wrong thing by letting that 'yandere' into his life. He should have left her in jail" Rin clenched her teeth and stood up immediately. A hero jumped in the way and Rin set off Gunslinger's glove once again. The hero grabbed her arm and her eyes met Nezu's. "You didn't know anything about my mother or what she sacrificed! She was a great fucking mother who loved me no matter what!" Tears ran down Rin's face. Half of her somewhat believed Nezu. She didn't know her mother's life. She never asked. But the other half of her hated to even believe him. "You don't know anything either Rin. You didn't see the people she killed or the hero's families. You're like her in a sense. Hot headed and easy to irritate. You will never be a hero if you idolize her. I know who she was, and I was friends with people she killed. I had high hopes you would turn out like Gunslinger." Nezu widened his eyes and gave her a serious look. "He should have never allowed her to be your mother" Rin screamed and struggled against the hero in front of her. Kenji swung open the door and rushed over to her. He hugged her and started shushing. Rin looked at Nezu with anger. "Nezu even if you had history with Alira you can't get emotional about it. Rin is a different person and Alira acted different when she had her. This is unprofessional!" Kenji yelled at him. "Why do you bother defending it? She killed people you knew too but you choose to ignore it. I tried my best to act natural, but she is already showing villain signs! How do you know that Alira hasn't tainted her?!" Nezu snapped back at Kenji. "Because she was immortal and killed herself to save Rin! How the fuck could a villain do that?! She was forced to do horrible things! She asked me to protect her. She loved Rin! She would have never wanted Rin to do the things she did!" Rin stopped struggling against Kenji. Her mouth dropped. She was frozen. She couldn't process what was happening. Nezu and Kenji stared at each other aggressively. Both were breathing heavily. Both seemed to be acting young and stupid.
"Rin wait outside" Kenji gave her a soft smile. She took one last look at Nezu. He looked embarrassed. Rin walked outside of the door and turned back at Nezu. "I don't know my mother's story… But I already know she was more of a hero than you" she turned her back to her before she could see his response. She kept walking until she reached the front gate. Rin broke down and started to cry. She sat on the ground and wrapped her arms around her knees. "I've seen the rat before. He did see her fight at least" Atlas said. Rin looked up to see a human like figure. Head to toe it was pitch black and looked like gas was surrounding it. Rin wiped her tears. "I don't want to deal with you" she muttered. "If it eases your mind, she never wanted to kill people. I hated that about her. She was forced to make hard choices about who she could keep alive. The rat makes it seem like she killed many, but she only killed a handful. How could he say that about her though… Hmm I wonder" Atlas sat down next to her and let out a cheeky smile. Rin knew he was trying to get her to feel a certain way. "Why did she kill people then?" Rin already knew Atlas would trap her. "Like I said, she was forced to. She would always end up in situations where she tried to save others but to do that she would have to fight. The heroes don't see what the other side of the world is like. They only know 'what's right' and what their hero gods have said" they sat in silence for a little. Rin bit her lip. She had stopped crying, but her heart hurt. "Why do you hate heroes so much?" she turned to him. Atlas gave her a confused expression but quickly changed to look happy. "If it wasn't for idiotic heroes I would never have been a spirit. I could have just died years ago. They did experiments to keep 'good' people alive forever. Too bad I wasn't good. I will admit I disliked hanging around Alira, but I didn't like how the heroes viewed her. She had apologized and did her time in jail before getting with Arthur. You could feel their eyes on the back of your neck. They looked at her like she was scum. They did the same to you so Alira changed her appearance and did everything to be someone else. The rat's IQ could tell who she was though. Gunslinger begged to get you in U.A seeming as that's the school Aizawa and Hizashi were going to" Atlas looked at Rin and realized he had just vented some bit. He looked angry. "Or some shit! I don't know!" he yelled. Rin sighed and stared at the sky. "We're stuck in this together, right? What should I do?" It seemed almost pathetic asking Atlas for advice. Atlas looked annoyed "I think we should pursue Buster. I could feel your emotions when you attacked that girl. I mean I love a good slaughter but if I was you I would at least see where this will go. You and I barely know anything about Alira. I know what I saw. I didn't know she gave up her immortality to keep you alive. I did think it was odd but then again, I can refuse death if I wish it. She must have used me on you and that's how we ended up in this dumb body together. I'm a tired old man. Do they really deserve us as heroes? They already look at us like we're scum. They have no faith in us. We were useless at defending your friends. We could protect them more from the other side, right? We could sabotage plans against them and we would be so much stronger! You aren't hurt because you're in denial. You get defensive over your parents because you don't want to believe they're gone. Shouldn't we at least make sure the same thing doesn't happen to anyone else?" Rin stood up. She looked determined. "I don't know if you're trying to trick me or what but… I'm on your side this time. I agree that we should make sure he doesn't hurt anyone else" Rin turned to Atlas and smiled "That's what Nezu said right? To think about what a hero would do?" Atlas stood up next to her, but he didn't seem happy. "I gave you advice out of sympathy. You did something I wanted to happen, and I was proud of you. This will be the only time I work with you. Think of it as a prize. I will still try to take over your body and end this stupid world for what it did to me. I am curious about Alira, but I'll deal with you for now. You at least listen to reason instead of back chatting" Atlas held out his paw hand and Rin shook it. He suddenly grabbed her wrist and clawed it down to her hand. She screamed at the pain. Four long wounds had appeared, and Rin was losing blood fast. She applied pressure to it and looked up at Atlas as he smiled. "We're in this together… right?" He chuckled and disappeared. Her wrist had stopped hurting. She lifted her hand to see four lines that had already scarred. 'That was a deal with the devil wasn't it?' she thought smacking her head. Kenji hugged her out of nowhere. Rin yelped. "I'm so sorry Rin… I'm so… so sorry!" he said pushing her head into his chest. She knew he blamed himself for everything even though nothing was his fault. "I promised to protect you and I'm doing such a bad job. I haven't been a father to you and I just feel so bad! I want to try to be a good role model and make you feel better, but I can't woof. I miss them too much and I'm sure you do too. I'm so sorry I allowed you to go back to school I should-" Rin pushed back from his hug and interrupted him "Kenji! It's fine! You've been doing great. I'm the one being stubborn! I shouldn't have forced you to make me come back here. I just wanted to be with my friends but I'm not ready! Everything is happening so fast". The two of them sighed and stood awkwardly near each other. Kenji put his paw on her head. "I have to bring you to the chief but afterwards we'll get something you want for dinner, okay woof?" Rin smiled at him back. It hurt to pretend. "Okay, 'father'" Rin sarcastically said. Kenji's face lit up and he looked like he was about to cry. He could never replace Arthur, but he wanted to do this for Rin. Rin meant it as a joke but if he was happy then it was okay.
Rin and Kenji didn't say much on the way to the police station. Rin found it odd he didn't discipline her for what she did. She assumed that he thought Nezu had lectured her enough. She wanted to ask about Alira giving up immortality, but she didn't want to get on that subject again. It hurt that the person she thought was her mother was just a fake shell of who she really was. They both exited the car and did the exact same thing as last time. Rin opened the door to see Ota. She closed it behind her and stood in front of his desk. "It's becoming time Rin. I heard about the 'little incident' you had today. I may have accidently lost that file. My bad right?" Ota had a smile that made him look like a maniac. Every time he smiled Rin felt herself shudder. How the hell did this man become the police chief? He cleared his throat and begun to speak again. His voice was deep but also sounded like nails on a chalkboard. "Are you still going with our plan?" Rin took a deep breath. "I am. I'll make sure what happened to my family will never happened to anyone else. What do you need me to do?" She felt like she was giving him her soul. It felt wrong, but she agreed with Atlas. Only she could do this. "I have the students picked out already. You will 'kill' or 'badly hurt' them. They're in on the whole thing and they won't get hurt. After you've done whatever you wish to do to them, run. There are heroes there, so you will need to be quick on your feet. You do have a teleporting quirk, right? Use that and get away. It should be on the news and in theory the group we want you to watch will approach you. You may have to lay low for a few days but there's an old abandoned warehouse somewhere distant that will keep you safe. I'll divert the police operations in the wrong way. You're suspended right? Tomorrow will have to be the day this all happens. The group is moving too fast for me to track their activity. Crimes are happening all over the city and I'm guessing it's all this one group. You'll be looking for a girl with a bow and blonde hair, she's in your class. She said she'll wear a blue bow. You're also looking for a boy with green eyes and cat ears. They're your target. You can do whatever you like, they'll be healed. Just do the damage so that the group will see you on the news. No one has the balls to attack U.A students. Are you ready?" Rin nodded. She was nervous and scared. This would change everything. In some way however she felt relief and almost like she had found her purpose. "You can go to U.A whenever you like. When the kids see you, they said they'll get in the way. Don't disappoint me." Rin scrunched her lips together and looked out the window. "I won't sir"
Rin walked out and saw Kenji smiling. She felt bad for what she had to do to him, but she believed that it was for the better. They walked into the elevator and Rin looked at the doors to Ota's room. It was too late for second guessing herself. The way Ota said things made Rin think she was doing a great deed by sacrificing herself. She would infiltrate villains and help the crime situation. They reached Kenji's car. He started talking about dinner and they agreed on a burger takeaway. They got Maria something and had dinner together. Kenji acted like nothing had happened and Rin felt guilt for what she was going to do. He would benefit from it. Rin kept telling herself it was right. It eventually became night and Rin was lying on her bed. She didn't know what to do or how she would pull this off. She looked at her phone. Aizawa and Hizashi weren't talking. They typed things like 'what the hell happened today' and 'Rin are you okay?'. She rolled her eyes and put her hands over her eyes. How the hell would she explain what is going on. She texted back. 'I'm fine. I just want you guys to know I love you both. Please don't be mad at me and please forgive me'. They would think she was talking about today, but she was talking about what she was about to do. Aizawa responded 'I heard you got suspended. I saw a bunch of police officers crowding the room too. We weren't allowed near you. What happened?'. Rin had a worried look on her face. She rested her head on her arm and texted back 'I snapped. I deserved to get suspended tbh. I shouldn't have come back so early'. 'YOOOO THE HELL HAPPENED GIRL WE WERE SO WORRIED' Hizashi butted into their conversation. Rin wanted to tell them everything, but she couldn't. She sent one last text before she would turn off her phone. At least she told herself that. 'Sho, Hizashi. I love you both. You're going to be great heroes one day. I don't think I'll ever be a hero like dad. I'll watch you both from the sidelines, alright? Promise me you won't hate me for what I'm going to do' Rin sent it and waited. Aizawa seemed worried and started texting about what she was going to do. 'You're not going to try to kill yourself right?! I'm on my way over fuck' he sent. 'Sho please I wouldn't do that, you know me. I could never hurt you guys like that! I'm just tired. I need to think about so much and I don't know what to do. Just know I love you guys and I'm always going to be watching you two grow' she turned off her phone and saw one last message from Aizawa. It was a private message. It simply said 'I'll always love you and support you, please tell me if you need me'. Rin tried to fight back the tears. She turned off her phone and kept repeating in her head it's better this way. She would just drag them down. She closed her eyes and tried to sleep.
When she woke up she found it odd Atlas didn't talk to her. Kenji had gone to work, and Maria was out. It was 11am. She put on Gunslinger's cloak and his glove. She was lucky Kenji didn't confiscate it. Rin dug through the pockets of his cloak. She never actually dug through it. In it there was a mouth mask. It was pitch black and covered her neck. She put it on and looked in the mirror. She looked tired, but she had an 'evil' aesthetic. This was her new life. "Are you ready?" Atlas muttered. Rin spun around in fear. He was in his 'human' form again and was sitting on the edge of the bed with his face resting on his hands. "God dammit can you not scare me?! Fuck" she held her chest and took a few deep breaths. "I think I'm ready, but I don't know if I can out run them" she sighed as she played with her hair. Atlas chuckled. "How about this… I'm going to defend you against them, so we can at least run away from them. I think we need to pick up a gift from your old house though" Rin knew exactly what he meant. Gunslinger had his guns in a place where not even the police would be able to search it. When fighting the villains who attacked him he had used what he called his 'at home' guns which were different than his pro hero guns. Gunslinger had a thing for pistols and collected many. "Let's go Atlas" Rin said. Atlas disappeared, and Rin's eyes turned red. This was it. They walked to her old house. The police had locked it up, but Rin knew there was a spare key in one of the bushes. She grabbed it and walked in. It had been cleaned. It barely looked like anyone had been murdered here. Rin walked to her parent's room. Their room had two bedside tables each side of a queen bed in the middle of the room. There was a giant cupboard over to the left. Everything was wooden. "Atlas can you help me move the bed? Dad had a way of doing this, but I need to see it to do it myself" Atlas appeared again and pushed the bed and the bedside table with no hesitation. Underneath the bed was a floor board that didn't quite look like it belonged. Rin carefully pulled it up. It was a bit difficult for her. She looked at Atlas and he ripped the loose floorboard up. There was a metal lunchbox. Rin opened it and there was Gunslinger's favourite guns. She picked them up and put them on the bed. She noticed inside the box was a necklace that belonged to Alira. Rin felt empty seeing it. She grabbed it and walked towards the cupboard. Inside of it was a gun holster. She took the two and put it on belt. She walked out and noticed something in the living room table. It was their wedding rings. Perhaps Ota had left it there for her without anyone else noticing. She put Alira's ring on her left ring finger and Arthur's on her right ring finger. It was the last thing she would collect from them. Rin locked the door and walked to U.A. Her heart was intensely beating. She was nervous and scared. She decided to send one last text to Hizashi and Aizawa. 'I love you'
It was lunchtime. There were no guards at the front gate or any security. There hadn't been any attacks on U.A so there was no need to have it with pro heroes around. No one noticed Rin however as she snuck around the back. She could see her whole class scattered around. Rin took one last deep breath and walked out towards the group. She noticed the girl with blonde hair who turned around to look at her. They made eye contact and the girl squinted her eyes. She walked over to her causing a scene. "You're not meant to be at U.A! You're suspended! As the student council president, I think you shou-" before the girl could finish Rin grabbed Gunslinger's gun and shot her in the chest. The loud gun shot alerted everyone around her. She felt guilt. The girl fell next to her and blood was splattered all over Rin's clothes. Everyone looked terrified. Rin showed no emotion. Two arms appeared from Rin's back and covered the front of her. It was atlas' hands. They were massive in comparison to Rin, but it made it more terrifying. Her second target appeared, the green-eyed cat boy. He tried to act as a hero and screamed "NO!" Rin shot him too in the kneecap. He fell to the ground. She could tell he was in pain but in some way, it felt okay. The guilt was gone. She felt the adrenaline flow through her. In a strange way, she liked it. She felt powerful. Nezu had appeared in front of the group "What do you think you're doing?! You'll pay for this! They were your classmates!" he shouted in distress. Rin pulled down her face mask and smiled. A tear ran down her cheek. "A villain will always be a villain, right?" she opened her eyes wider and put her mask back on. A hero with speed had come up to her quicker than she could process. He kicked her, but Atlas grabbed his leg and threw him into the wall. Cracks appeared when the man impacted the wall. Rin turned her attention to Nezu and she raised Gunslinger's gun. Everyone was evacuating as heroes were running towards her. She lowered her gun as Aizawa and Hizashi stood there in shock. Aizawa looked shocked and depressed. "Why the hell are you doing this?!" Hizashi yelled using his quirk. Rin covered her ears. "Did we mean nothing to you?!" Aizawa shouted. Rin turned away as Aizawa tried to use his quirk on her. It didn't work seeming as she wasn't using a quirk. Atlas was but his eyes weren't visible. "I really fucking tried but this is the only way I can protect you" tears were falling from her eyes. It hurt her to stand in front of them. "Protect us?! How is killing someone protecting us?! I really did fucking love you! How can you do this to me?!" Aizawa screamed as he started to cry. The heroes were getting closer. Hizashi shouted in pain to use his quirk on her. It hurt but she started to feel numb. They were right. How was this protecting them? The heroes jumped in the way ready to fight Rin. She raised her hand almost as if she was gesturing to stop. She could see a shadow grow on the ground. She looked up and saw Atlas. She was terrified of him as he towered over her. "Man, it feels good to be me!" he yelled as he slammed down onto the ground. He smiled at the heroes as they froze for a second. No one had seen something like this. He picked Rin up. "Hey! What are you doing, this wasn't the plan!" she yelled. "Oh Rin… I have a much better fucking plan" he laughed maniacally. Light started gaining at his mouth. Rin had seen this in a game but never real life. It was almost like a solar beam. Was he going to exterminate every hero here? "Atlas!" she yelled, struggling against his grip. He was going to kill everyone including Aizawa. She begun to hyperventilate. She wouldn't be able to fix this. In her panic she raised her hand and her eyes glowed blue. "STOP" Alira and Rin both said at the same time. Atlas' eyes glowed blue as he roared to struggle against it. Light blue veins appeared all over his body. Rin hit the ground and Atlas disappeared. She felt like all her energy had gone. Before she had time to react a hero with strength appeared and almost hit her in the head. She teleported behind him and jumped out of the way. She took one last look at Aizawa and Hizashi. Both their expressions were anger as tears streamed down Aizawa's face. Rin smiled and looked at the sky. 'I fucked up' she thought as she teleported to the front gate and started running.
Rin ran and teleported as far as she could. She could hear sirens. She found some tall trees to hide in and climbed it to the top. She waited as a few police men were shouting and examining the area. She teleported tree to tree until finally she was far enough away from them. She kept running and running and eventually ended up at the abandoned warehouse. There was a wire fence. She scaled it, but the fence was so old it cut her hands. She still had an adrenaline rush and ran into one of the warehouses. It was next to the ocean surprisingly. It was a large building with two floors. She noticed that there was a way to get to the roof. She jumped up to the inside of the roof which had long cement blocks to walk on. She managed to get across to the other side where there was a window and a platform. She sat down and was hyperventilating. If the police came they wouldn't be able to see her. Rin looked down at her hands. They were bleeding. She wiped it on her shirt. She had done it. But was this really what she wanted to do?
