Chapter 5: Real Reunion

After Julieta cooked a lot of food for her brother, Beringia created a portal to the front of the hospital he was staying at.

They all looked around, surprised at several things…

"So those are cars…" said Camilo.

"I haven't seen them in so long." Said Alma.

"I'm going to a convivence store… call me when you're done." Said Beringia.

Rosetta nodded.

"Why is he leaving?" asked Antonio.

"He has a tendency to say dumb things…" said Rosetta.

The older members of the family already knew this so they didn't say anything.

That was when Dolores flinched.

"Are you alright?" asked Felix.

"It's so loud." Said Dolores.

She wasn't used to a city after all.

"Oh I'll ask a doctor for some ear plugs." Said Rosetta.

Rosetta led the family to the entrance desk and talked to the nurse and also asked for Earplugs to help Dolores explaining that she had a her hearing quirk and then she led the family to Bruno's room.

They got to his room.

The moment they entered Pepa got angry.

"Bruno Madirgal!" she yelled as she started to storm, "How dare you run away without telling anyone!"

She continued to yell at him.

However a nurse popped in.

"Excuse me, but ma'am can you please control your quirk. It's causing problems throughout the hospital." Said the nurse.

"Quirk?" asked Pepa.

"That's what they call Gifts here." Said Bruno.

"Her quirk is tied to her emotions…" explained Rosetta.

"Okay… I get it… but please control it." Said the Nurse.

Pepa started to calm down.

"Bruno can you please explain what happened the last 10 years." Said Alma.

"Well it's a long story… but I'm going to guess that's why you're here." Laughed Bruno.

He began to explain how he got to Japan and how due to everything tied to his illegally making his way to Japan he ended up in debt to the Yakuza.

"Oh Bruno…" sighed Agustin who was the only one who knew what the Yakuza was.

"What is that?" asked Camilo.

"A type of criminal gang…" said Agustin.

"Bruno…" said Alma.

"It wasn't that bad." Said Bruno, "They didn't give me too many jobs involving crimes . And the boss was actually a good man… despite being a criminal…"

Everyone looked at him in disbelief.

"The problem was his adopted son." He said.

He took a breath.

"Pepa… do you think you should take Antonio out for a bit…" said Bruno.

"Are you trying to get rid of me?" asked Pepa.

"It's not like that." Said Bruno, "Look I'm not exaggerating this but what I'm about to tell you all is something that will make you want to murder him… especially Julieta and Agustin."

Pepa was surprised and looked at her sister and brother-in-law.

She could tell that her brother wasn't joking.

Whatever he had to tell them was bad.

And it was wasn't a good idea for her to be inside when hearing a story like that.

"I'll go with them…" said Dolores.

The three left and Bruno told Eri's story. About how she was the original boss' granddaughter who accidently killed her father the first time she used her gift, followed by her mother abandoning her. How he was put in charge of her by her grandfather but then Chisaki discovered how her quirk worked, wanted to use her, put the boss under a coma then proceeded to use the girl to make bullets to erase gifts forever.

And the way he got what he needed to repeatedly kill her and revive her.

He looked at his family… Alma looked like she was on the verge of tears, Isabela was crying (at one point in the story, Alma had told it was all right to cry), Luísa was hugging Mirabel tightly, Camilo didn't know how to feel, looking like he wanted to cry or rage, Julieta cried like her daughters while Agustin reassured her and Felix was fuming.

Even Rosetta was horrified.

And he left out the part about Chisaki killing him multiple times and bring him back to life as well.

He didn't want the man to be electrocuted, smashed to bits or develop a mysterious case of Hanahaki Disease while in prison.

"Where is he?" asked Alma.

"Don't worry, he's in prison." Said Bruno.

"I didn't know all that, but I was informed of a large group of heroes preforming a raid and saving them." Said Rosetta.

"That's' right! I saw a boy personally defeat Kai." Said Bruno.

"Really a boy?" asked Alma.

Before he could explain what happened there was a knock on the door.

As it turned out it was Mirio and Izuku.

"Oh you have guests." Said Izuku.

"That's a lot of people." said Mirio.

"Are they even allowed to be in here?" asked Izuku.

"Yeah Nezu pulled some strings so his family could come." Said Rosetta .

That was when Izuku noticed her.

"Oh you're Rosetta the international translation hero!" said Izuku gushing.

Rosetta blushed.

"Yeah… I owe your Principial a bunch of favors…" said Rosetta, "And when you owe favors to the rat god… you have to do it…"

Izuku started Rosetta while Mirio laughed it off.

"Well if your family is here maybe we should leave you be." Said Izuku.

"Actually I was about to tell them about you." Said Bruno looking at right Izuku.

"Really why?" asked Izuku .

"Because you beat Kai." Said Bruno.

His family looked at Izuku… after all he was a small boy who was very adorable with big green eyes and freckles.

"How old are you?" asked Isabela.

"I'm 16." Said Izuku.

"Well… at least he's older than Camilo and Mirabel." Said Agustin.

"Also it wasn't much… I mean if it wasn't for Eri I would have been able to defeat him." Said Izuku, "If she hadn't been using her quirk I wouldn't have been able to use mine at full power…"

The Madrigal family stared at Izuku confused.

"Wait… you mean the bone breaking thing… right?" asked Rosetta.

"Bone breaking thing?" asked Julieta.

She looked at his hand… one of them was heavily scarred and looked like the bones weren't healed properly.

"Yeah… I have a strength quirk… but if I use too much of the power then my bones break." Said Izuku.

He looked right at Rosetta.

"But I've gotten much better at using from the Sports Festival." He clarified.

"That's good to know at least." Sighed Rosetta.

"Wait you have Super Strength too?" asked Luisa.

" I do… it's a pretty common Quirk." Said Izuku.

Actually his quirk was a lot different BUT it was just easier to say it was super strength.

"Can you help me… my strength is fading and I don't know what's happening!" she cried.

"Luísa… you shouldn't bother him…" said Alma.

"It's fine." Said Izuku, "I know of a couple possible causes… are you stressed."

He researched possible causes for strength quirk problems… for certain reasons.

"No.,.. I'm not stressed. Why would you think I might be stressed." Said Luísa.

Her eye was twitching very badly.

Everyone in the room could tell she was lying.

"If it's stress it might be a case of Atlas Syndrome." Said Izuku.

"Atlas syndrome?" asked Luísa surprised.

"It's a condition that sometimes happens to people with super strength quirks. It's phycological, where the person starts to see themselves as not being strong enough so because of that their strength starts to wane… stress is one of the most common causes." Said Izuku, "But I'm not saying that's what you have… I'm saying it's a possibility…"

"No… I think you might be right." Said Luisa.

"But it's better to see a doctor to get it confirmed." Said Izuku, "I'm just a creepy quirk nerd after all."

"He thinks he's creepy?" asked Camilo quietly.

"Oh yeah… I've been meaning to ask…" said Bruno to Mirio, "About the bullet that hit you."

"Oh it was temporary." Said Mirio.

"Are you sure?" asked Bruno.

That was when Mirio's shirt suddenly phase through his body.

"See… I'm a-okay!" said Mirio.

Izuku sighed at the older, as Alma stared at the shirtless young man… Julieta sighed and looked at.

Isabela looked away from him with a huff but from the corner of her eyes was clearly checking him out.

Both Mirabel and Luisa stared at him. Though it was clear for different reasons.

Camilo eyed him to take in for the future due his ability to shape shift.

The two father just ignored the shirtless young man.

However that was when it hit Bruno.

"Wait! You that guy from the Sports Festival a couple years ago who ended up naked?" asked Bruno.

"Yeah that me." Laughed Mirio.

"What?" asked Alma.

Mirio put his shirt back on.

Right when Pepa, Dolores and Antonio returned .

"Oh you must be the boy who saved Bruno." Said Pepa.

"How did you know?" asked Izuku.

"I heard everything and told them" Said Dolores.

"You have a super hearing quirk?" guessed Izuku.

Dolores nodded.

"By the way you just missed a shirtless guy…" whispered Isabela.

"I know… whispered Dolores.

"Are you really the ones who saved my brother?" asked Pepa looking at him.

"I didn't do it alone and I had a lot of help… OI mean just because I defeated Chisaki doesn't mean I was the only hero there…" said Izuku blushing bright red.

That was when was when An tugged on his sleeves.

"Thank you saving my uncle." Said Antonio.

Izuku looked at the little boy.

He tried his best not to cry at the thanks…

He failed badly as tears poured from his eyes.

"Are you okay?" asked Mirabel.

"Sorry I'm a crier." Said Izuku wiping away the tears.

"He's right…" said Alma, "I had thought that my son had died, but you saved not only him but my newest granddaughter was well… We owe you a debt of gratitude…"

Izuku thankfully managed not to cry again.;

"Anyways… we wanted to let you know that we're being discharged later." Said Mirio.

Izuku nodded and told him, "We'll be back to visit you and Eri soon."

The two boys were about to leave.

"Wait…" said Julieta taking out some of the food she made.

She gave it to Izuku.

"My gift let any food I make to heal someone." She explained.

"Oh thank you, but these injuries are old." Said Izuku, "I don't think they will help."

"I've healed old injuries before." Said Julieta.

Izuku decided to try it, just to see, as he was bit of a quirk nerd.

He took a bite of the arepa he was given and his arms felt better, since a fight he had during the summer his arms have been in almost constant pain.

He looked at his hand, the scars were faded though to completely and his hand overlooked better.

Combined with the fact he wasn't feeling exhausted at all… meant something crazy.

"HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE"! he yelled, "I have never heard of a quirk like this… to heal like this… this is insane!"

It was clear to everyone that something broke inside of his mind…

"I need to get X-rays done!" yelled Izuku suddenly.

"See you soon!" said Mirio dragged Izuku out of the hospital room.

"Was it a wise idea to bring in that boy?" asked Pepa, "I mean… he has to be so young, even if he did save you."

"He older than me…" said Camilo.

"Also he wasn't the youngest there. Some of his classmates also helped, in fact I heard he was actually the oldest in that group." Said Bruno.

"He might be young but I wasn't extricating when I say we owe that boy…" said Alma, "He might have also solved Luisa's problem…"

Pepa was surprised at that part as well.

"He does seem to have some self-esteem issues." Said Julietta .

"Yes… it's something I noticed a long time ago." Pipped a voice.

They all turned to the doorway and saw Nezu.

The family wasn't sure how to react…

"Am I the only one seeing this?" asked Mirabel.

"No… I see it too…" said Isabela.

"Is he the rat god you keep mentioning?" asked Camilo.

"He is…" said Rosetta.

"Hi there!" said Antonio.

"Oh hello there… are you Antonio." Said Nezu.

"I am." Said Antonio.

"Well I'm going to guess you have a gift that lets you speak to animals." Said Nezu, "Well I'm actually speaking human right now so that's why you can understand me."

"Did he just say "Speaking human"?" asked Mirabel.

"That's what he's doing… he enjoys trolling my gift… each word he's speaking is in a different language." Said Rosetta.

"Oh…" said Mirabel.

"Alma Madirgal… I wish to discuss the vision that brought you son to Japan." Said Nezu, "After all his vision told him of you budling a second version of you house in a land far away…"

"Yes what about it?" asked Alma.

"You see the school I run has plenty of land… including a lot of lot that is currently unused." Said Nezu.

"Really?" asked Alma.

"Yes…" said Nezu.

Alma eyed the animal principial somewhat suspiciously.

"Why are you doing this?" asked Alma.

"From what I heard… you had no idea about your gift from the start." Said Nezu, "I'm a very curious creature… I just want to see what your gift does."

Alma looked at the creature, she looked at Rosetta.

"Don't worry you won't owe me any favors." Said Nezu.

"Do it…" said Rosetta.

"What?" asked Alma.

"Nezu is the smartest being on the planet… and the fact he's willing to help you no strings attached… yeah… I'd say do it." Said Rosetta.

"All right then… I'll accept." Said Alma.

After all, she did need the land. She knew that the vision had to come true one day…

And soon that vision would come true soon… but first they had to figure out how her powers worked exactly…

Next Time: The Madrigal family finds themselves at UA (after tying some loose ends). Alma tries to figure out how to build the second Casita, Luísa and Julieta meets the school's nurse to discuss some things and the family meets the other students who helped save Bruno and Eri. What will happen? Find out next time!