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Vigilante Watch:
Purpleinsomniac: Did you guys see where Watcher was said to be helping the heroes yesterday?
Crimisonrocks: Wait Watcher was on scene? Wouldn't the heroes arrest him since he is a vigilante?
Zero: He wasn't on scene. He hacked the communications to communicate with the heroes. If he had been onsite I'm positive there would have been less casualties.
Unknown: Are you serious, Zero? If anything more heroes would have died if they had listened to Watcher. The little freak probably got those heroes killer!
Purpleinsomniac: Okay who the fuck let the troll back in? The mods kicked him out last time.
Unknown: You will never get rid of me!
Zero kicks Unknown from Vigilante Watch
Zero: There I have banned him.
Purpleinsomniac: Good. Thank you Zero.
Zero: Anytime. Watcher is a good man despite what he's doing is illegal.
Crimisonrocks: Sounds like you approve and don't approve.
Zero: No comment.
Purpleinsomniac: You're an odd one, Zero.
Zero: Pot meet kettle.
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The following morning found Izuku sipping coffee in Mirai's office. The bitter taste was slowly waking him up as he read through the forums. Neither of them had gone home the previous night. There was too much work for Mirai to do and he didn't want Izuku to disappear again. Izuku didn't blame his soulparent he can and would disappear if it became necessary. The idea came up between him and Kavar and where he would go. Dagobah beach was the closest option from the house he shared with his mother.
A knock on the office door caused both vigilante and hero look up. Izuku felt the blood drain from his face when Chisaki entered. Why was this guy back?
Chisaki glanced at Izuku coolly and said to Mirai, "I see you found your kid. Do you have your report? The Undergrounders want to get together and discuss the," he glanced at Izuku, "Vigilante situation."
A shiver ran down his spine. Did he know? No that was impossible. Izuku covered his tracks the only person who would be able to track him was Nezu. There was a reason he avoided the rat the last thing he wanted was that kind of attention.
Mirai stood from behind his desk and picked up a folder. He gave Izuku a look and ordered, "Don't leave my office. I'll be right back."
"I won't," promised Izuku.
There was a long look from the man. He had the sudden childish urge to stick his tongue out at his soulparent. Barely he was able to stop himself from doing so and Mirai left the room. Once it was safe to do so he checked the city's cameras and his programs.
A few low level villains and criminals appeared and he added them to notes. He would make real notes when he was sure Mirai wouldn't re-enter and look over his shoulder. A check was given of the forums and news. What he found surprised him.
News sources were up in arms about him. Only recently aware of Watcher's existence they were now wanting to know more. They wanted to know about the vigilante who went after Stain and tried to help the heroes against Kage. They were discussing the possibilities of his quirk and why he wasn't in hero school.
That made Izuku snort. No one would ever guess that Watcher was just a teenager. The only person who knew besides Kavar was that boy Shinsou. He wondered if they would ever meet again. Unlikely unless Shinsou went to UA. Then again his soulparent was Present Mic.
The vigilante watch forums were interesting. Apparently he inspired a few older vigilantes to come out of retirement. Noise had returned which was interesting. Izuku had met him a handful of times but always at a distance. He had looked after Musutafu and Hosu off and on for years. His activities had died down to next to nothing a year before Watcher appeared on scene.
Crawler also made an appearance. Which was strange Izuku could have sworn Crawler went straight years ago. Tsukauchi was going to throw a fit over this. The two had a history and hearing that an old Musutafu vigilante was back would certainly annoy the man.
The door suddenly opened startling Izuku and causing him to jump in his chair. This made his coffee spill down his front. He swore violently and tried to clean up the coffee. Regret filled him about the loss of caffeine.
A familiar blond came in and Izuku yelped, "Tsunagu!"
Tsunagu blinked at him and smiled, "Good morning to you too, Izuku. Did I startle you? My apologies."
Izuku waved him off as he said, "It's fine. I wasn't expecting you to walk in. What are you doing here, sir?"
Tsunagu gave him a look as he answered, "You disappeared last night. I was alerted in case you showed up at my place."
Heat rushed up his face in shame. Worrying both of his soulparents was not been his intention. Izuku had every intention of returning before his guardian knew he was gone. What he didn't expect was someone checking on him at night. No one did that after the declaration of his quirklessness.
"I'm sorry," muttered Izuku, "I didn't expect anyone to realize I was gone. I expected to be back before morning. No one... No one has checked on me at night for a long time."
There was a wince from Tsunagu. He understood what Izuku was implying but not saying. A flash of guilt passed through his light green eyes. An echo of which filled Izuku. He didn't mean to make his soulparent feel guilty of not being there for him. It happened. It was his life. Izuku long ago had accepted his fate and now he was learning to readjust. Readjust and trust his new guardians.
Tsunagu cocked his head to the side and said, "There is more to it," Izuku looked away unable to meet Tsunagu's gaze, "You're not going to answer me are you? It's fine for now. You have secrets and I understand that. Maybe one day you will trust us to tell them. Until then as long as it doesn't put you in danger we can wait."
Slowly Izuku nodded. While he couldn't always keep that promise he could do his best. Besides it was only once a month that he went out.
