Welcome back to the Third chapter of this story. In this chapter, this the set of how meeting Mei Hatsume changes fate for Izuku Midoriya. Massive Author's note at the end.
And as always I do not own any rights to Marvel or MY HERO ACADEMIA or any of their characters.
With that let's begin
After a quick ride to the police station, Izuku and Inko were led to a side room where chairs were waiting for them. The opposite wall of the chairs was a one-way window that led to an interrogation room. After a few minutes of waiting, the police officer dragged the pink-haired girl into the room. He walked her over to one of the chairs and then attached the cuffs around her wrist to a chain that was attached to the ground.
"Wait here." The police officer said, then disappeared through the door.
As Izuku and Inko went back to waiting, Inko turned to Izuku and asked, "Honey, did you steal anything from that girl?"
Izuku looked up at his mother and shook his head, showing he was just as confused as to what the girl wanted from him. "She just suddenly appeared at the beach. I think she was looking for some kind of battery. She had some kind of device that pointed itself at me and then she started to claim that I had stolen a batter from her. I'm surprised she followed me home, all over a non-existent battery.
Izuku looked through the one-way window and watched as the girl began pulling stuff from her pockets. Izuku was surprised she had managed to smuggle that much stuff through processing. From everything on the table, the girl began to fiddle with the material, acting as if she was building something. Izuku wasn't sure until a toy helicopter took form, then the girl pulled an AA battery and inserted it into the helicopter. The blades began to spin and the toy helicopter looked as if it was going to achieve lift but then the battery must have died as the blades stopped rotating.
The girl huffed as she grabbed the helicopter and pulled out the battery. Izuku thought that was the end of that, but then the girl began pulling out more and more batteries. Testing each of them, but none of them had enough power to get the helicopter fully into the air. As the girl tested the batteries, Izuku was amazed that the girl had been able to build a seemingly fully functional toy helicopter from scrap.
The other issue was it had no power. With that thought, Izuku looked down at his hands. The girl claimed she was looking for a battery, was it to power the helicopter or to power something else better? Izuku was drawn out of his thoughts as he heard something hit metal. He looked and saw the girl's face planted on the table in front of her, seeming out of frustration of her toy helicopter not being able to work.
That confirmed Izuku thought that she had been looking for a power source. Izuku thought of the device the girl had, she claimed it had been built to detect electrical waves. Had it locked onto his quirk and led her to him? Izuku chuckled to himself under his breath and mumbled, "She was looking for a battery and instead found me.
A knock came from the door Izuku and Inko had entered through, then the police officer from before walked in and asked, "Are you comfortable?"
"We are Officer. I'm just not sure why you had to put that little girl in an interrogation room." Inko said. She didn't personally know the girl, but seeing the girl in that kind of room made Inko a little nervous. The girl was young and didn't know any better.
"Well in the eyes of the law, she is a criminal. She was found stalking and trespassing on private property. So it was either this or a holding cell and until we get the whole story it's going to stay like this." The officer seemed a little amused and confused at the situation he was in. He knew when his co-workers heard about this, they would laugh. He always seemed to be the one to get these kinds of cases.
"Officer, I think this is simply a matter of misunderstanding each other." Izuku said without taking his eyes off the girl, "She came to the beach looking for a battery, which she would use to power that device she has," The officer looked at the device the girl had discarded and looked a bit panicked as she had it. How she had gotten all that through processing? Hold on was that the scanner from processing, "At the beach, she had a sensor, one that she claimed was built to look for batteries that still had power in them. Her sensor must have picked up on my quirk and directed her to me. She must have thought I got to it first and stolen it."
Getting over his concern about what else the girl had broken apart for pieces, the officer looked over the group of discarded batteries on the ground. It would make sense the girl was looking for new batteries if all the ones she had were dead. But why not just go to the local store? The officer looked at Izuku and said, "That's a good working theory." Shoot it was better than any he had come up with, the best being that the girl was mentally deranged and needed to be admitted to a psych ward, "But the best way to figure it out is to talk to her."
"Do you mind if I talk to her first?" Izuku asked, still not looking away from the girl.
The officer rubbed the back of his head. It was usually protocol that the stalker was not allowed to see their target, yet the girl didn't seem to be dangerous, "It's unusual, but she doesn't seem too dangerous." The officer had no idea of what to say but he knew he wasn't going to send Izuku in.
However, Izuku had taken the officer's words as him giving Izuku the okay to go in, so Izuku stood up and walked over to the door that led directly to the interrogation room. He opened the door and walked in. Before Izuku had a chance to close the door, the girl looked over at Izuku and said, "Thief."
The girl glared at Izuku, but he was used to getting death glares from Kacchan. So her's did nothing to Izuku as he calmly closed the door. He then turned and walked to the table and sat across from the girl. He looked her in the eyes and said, "I am not a thief. My name is Izuku Midoriya."
The girl instinctively introduced herself as, "Mei Hatsume. If you're not a thief then where is my battery? Where did you hide it?"
"Funny thing, there was never a battery. Did you manage to sneak in that sensor of your's?" Izuku asked as it would be useful in explaining his point.
Hatsume nodded as she reached into her overall pockets and pulled out the sensor. Izuku could only imagine the officer's reaction to how Hatsume had managed to sneak that in. Izuku gestured for the sensor, so Hatsume put it on the table and slid it across. Izuku then grabbed the sensor and looked it over, there were several buttons and dials on it, luckily Izuku found one that was labelled power.
The screen turned on and Izuku saw several options, not wanting to mess with anything he selected the option that said, "Continue the previous session." The screen flashed green and two beeps went off, then after a few seconds, a black arrow appeared and spun around. Around 10 seconds the arrow turned green and pointed itself directly at Izuku.
Izuku then slid the sensor back to Hatsume to look at. She looked at the arrow and saw it was still directly pointed at Izuku, "You have my battery on you. Give it to me." Hatsume tried to lunge at Izuku again but was stopped as the chains attached to her cuffs stopped her. Hatsume lost her balance and nearly biffed her chin on the table.
"I told you there was no battery. You device things were picking up my quirks, it was reading the bioelectricity within my body." Izuku said.
"Prove it. Prove then my baby was reading your quirk." Hatsume said.
"Um." Izuku said as he thought of a way to show off his quirk. His phone was completely charged and there was no specialized multimeter able to read his quirk. Izuku's attention then fell on the toy helicopter. He reached forwards and grabbed it, he then inserted his left pinkie into the battery slot as far as it would go. The next second the helicopter blades began to quickly pick up speed making the motor humm loudly. Until the blades were going too fast and broke away from the helicopter, making Izuku and Hatsume duck from the sudden flying knives.
As Izuku sat back up he saw that Hatsume had a massive grin and stars in her eyes, "You're perfect. With you, I won't have to worry about ever running out of power for my babies again. I never thought I would see that quirk that would be able to power my babies."
Hatsume launched herself again at Izuku, but this time she looked to be grabbing him instead of trying to hit him. Izuku quickly stood up from his chair, knocking it over as he stepped back.
The door that led to the side room flew open and the officer stopped in with Inko behind him. "Midoriya, I think that's enough. Hatsume your parents are here to pick you up."
The officer then walked over to Hatsume and unchained her cuffs. He then put a hand on her shoulder and directed her out of the room. Izuku and Inko walked them to the front room of the station. Two people with similar characteristics to Hatsume were waiting in the lounge.
The moment they spotted Hatsume, they stood up.
"Mom, Dad. I finally found something powerful enough to power my babies." Hatsume said, hopping over to her parents. Her father was wearing a similar outfit to her but had fewer grease stains over his overalls. Mrs Hatsume looked more presentable, with a simple pair of jeans and a dark blue short-sleeved shirt. She obviously recently washed her hair, as it was done up in a ponytail, while her husband's hair was full of dirt and hung loose around his neck.
"Um, what is she referring to?" Inko asked, turning Hatsumes' attention to her. Hearing Mei referring to something as babies was a little concerning for Inko. Mei was only Izuku's age, so she shouldn't have kids of her own.
"Oh sorry, that's what our little ball of energy refers to her invention as. Sorry if she caused you any issue." Mrs Hatsume asked, placing a hand on Mei's shoulder. It was a habit that Mei had picked up from her father before his wife made him break it.
Inko took a deep breath, as she felt her worry begin to disappear. She hadn't made plans to press charges, if anything with Mei stalking Izuku, Inko might be able to use that to scare Izuku out of his solitary life, "Everything is fine, it was just a simple matter of misunderstanding. In the end, no real harm was done."
"So what did you find, my little girl?" Mr Hatsume asked, wrestling a hug out of his daughter. Mei tried to wiggle out of it but failed. Mei admitted defeat and suddenly pointed at Izuku with only her right hand. Leaving her left hand by her side, revealing that only her left hand was still in cuffs
With greed in her eyes and voice Mei simply said, "Him."
"Um... Hi." Izuku asked, giving a small wave. He didn't like being around new people and being the centre of attention. So the two adults looking at him were quite unnerving, especially when they were the parents of his new stalker.
Mr Hsatsume looked over Izuku then threw a confused glance at his daughter, "Him? What do you mean?"
"His quirk," Mei said though that cause made her parents even more confused. Leading them both to look to Izuku for an explanation of what their daughter could possibly be talking about.
"My quirk, Static cell, allows my blood cells to generate a high amount of bioelectricity, turning me into a living battery," Izuku said, reminding himself he needed to come up with a better way to explain his quirk.
"Aw, that explains that. My little ball of energy is always making new projects, big projects and they all require a high amount of electricity to run. Store bought batteries just don't cut it. So she found you and thought she had to do whatever she could to use you." Mr Hatsume laughed at his comment, while Mrs Hatsume and Inko blushed.
"How about dinner, tomorrow, on us? To make up for the trouble our daughter has caused you." Mrs Hatsume offered, holding her hand out towards Inko.
"There's no need for that. As I said, no harm was done." Inko said, shaking her head.
"Then let's just say it's more to ease our consciousness." Mrs. Hatsume offered, but Inko shook her head again, "Then how about a new friendship, despite its strange beginning. My daughter knows about your son and his quirk, she's going to be looking for him again and again."
That made Inko chuckle a bit as she thought about the offer. In the end, she accepted it with a handshake. Then as Mr Hatsume led his daughter out to the car, Mrs Hatsume handled the paperwork and finalized dinner plans with Inko. When all was settled the family parted ways until tomorrow evening.
Inko and Izuku drove to a grocery store where they found the Hatsumes waiting for them. Across the street was an expensive Japanese Barbecue restaurant that Mr Hatsume led the group to. Upon entering they were immediately led to a table and given time to look over the menus. Inko looked over her menu and noticed how high the prices were. Inko expressed her worry about not wanting to take advantage of Hatsumes' generosity, but Mr Hatsume said she didn't need to worry.
"We can handle any kind of bill. You see, our family business is making support equipment for pro heroes. It allows us to live a small bit of luxury but nothing too major." Mr Hatsume explained and Izuku's eyes went wide.
"What heroes do you make equipment for?" Izuku asked as his eyes turned into stars.
"Mostly the local heroes, Airjet and his kind. Or up and coming pro heroes that can't afford the bills from the more expensive support companies." Mr Hatsume said with a chuckle. As he continued to answer Izuku's question Mrs Hatsume leaned over to Inko and said, "You've got a little fanboy there."
"It's been his dream to be a dream since he got his quirk. He looks up to them, more than the other kids. But with his quirk, he can't discharge any of his electricity like others can, so becoming a hero became less and less likely to happen. He would need some powerful equipment to use his quirk properly. Just look at his phone, he had to modify it and its battery can withstand being charged by his quirk." Inko explained.
"Izuku is into engineering?" Mrs Hatsume asked.
Inko shocked her head, "Not heavily. He likes to take things apart and put them back together, but others seriously pass that. When he worked on his phone, he had some help from a gentleman in our neighbourhood who did work as an engineer for the city.
"Oh, still the kid has all that electricity and no way to use it." Mrs Hatsume said then seemed to get lost in thought for a few seconds. She then looked at Izuku and then back at Inko, 'Would you say Izuku still wants to become a hero?'
"He hasn't talked about it for years, but yes, I think he wants more than nothing to become a hero." Inko said.
"Then how would he be up for receiving some help from a local hero support company?" Mrs Hatsume asked.
"What do you have in mind?" Inko asked, noticing a cheeky smirk on Mrs Hatsume. A similar smile that her ex-husband always got, when he had an idea that could either make him millions or blow right up in his face. Inko smiled a bit at that, but quickly shook her mind away from her ex-husband and refocused on Mrs Hatsume.
"I know our families might have gotten off on an awkward foot, and I know you think this dinner makes up for it. However, I have an idea. One I would like to run by your son and see what he thinks of it. If he could come by the shop after school on Monday, I believe we would have something that would excite him." Mrs Hatsume had already pulled out a business card. She put it on the table and slid it in front of Inko, before tapping it twice.
Inko looked over the business as she thought over Mrs Hatsume's offer. It read Hatsume Industries, Helping Those That Help Others. Inko couldn't deny they had met in a bizarre way, however, the Hatsumes seemed like genuinely good people. If they thought they could help Izuku, Inko would accept it, more so if they could help her with her idea of helping her son, "I'll ask Izuku about it and see what he thinks."
Inko accepted the business card and Mrs Hatsume nodded and made no other comment about the situation for the rest of the night. The group enjoyed the rest of their dinner, afterwards departing. Inko did bring up Mrs Hatsume's offer for the entire drive.
Inko didn't bring it up until Izuku was ready for bed and already over his cover. She then knocked on his door and said, "Hey Zuzu can I talk to you for a few seconds
Confused about what his mother wanted to talk about, Izuku walked over and opened the door. "Yeah, mom. What do you want to talk about?" Izuku asked as he looked down at his mom. She had a thoughtful look on her face, one that she only had in passing and one she thought Izuku never noticed before.
Inko walked into the room and sat down on Izuku's bed, gesturing for him to join her. Once Izuku sat down she continued, "I know this past few years have been hard, with your father not being home and stopping with the phone calls. And I know you still want to be a hero." Izuku was about to say something but Inko stopped him, "We don't talk about your dream much anymore, but I know you still have. And I'm sorry that I haven't been able to help in any way, but…" -Inko took a deep breath, "but during dinner, Mrs Hatsume gave me an offer. She said that their company might have something that could help you with your quirk. Something that could help you become a hero.
Inko pulled the business card from her pocket and held it out to Izuku. Izuku took the card and looked it over. He hadn't fully given up on his dream of becoming a hero, but he came to terms that he never could. The Hatsumes seemed like nice people, maybe a little weird but they helped new pro heroes. So if they thought they could help Izuku, he should take the offer.
But what if in the end, they couldn't help, that would just reaffirm just how impossible it was for Izuku to become a hero. Would he lose the last bit of hope he had? Was it worth taking that chance, then again if anyone could help Izuku it seemed that the Hatsume were the best option. They helped all different kinds of heroes and would be best suited for helping Izuku.
Izuku recalled something his father used to say, "It's better to try and live with the experience, then always question what could have happened."
With that thought Izuku nodded his head. He would ask the Hatsume for help and if in the end they couldn't, Izuku would just work twice as hard to keep his hopes up. That he would eventually find a way to become a hero. He would keep his dream until lock and key, knowing he would never be able to live with himself if he stopped trying.
Izuku focused back on the business card before taking a deep breath and saying, "It can't hurt to see what they have."
Inko nodded and stood up from the bed, showing the first genuine smile she had towards her son in years. Being about to hear the optimistic kid was still in him, he was still hoping out hope that he could be the best he could be. Inko took the business card and said, "I'll give them a call in the morning."
And there's chapter three. We get to meet Mei Hatsume's parents and truely see what they do for a living. We get to see how their work will be in important in helping Izuku become ready to become a hero learn (With the original way this story was going Mrs and Mr Hatsume will going to disappear for the most part and Mei would be the main Hatsume for story. However reworking these early chapter and what I added in future chapter, I'm going to bring them back. Not massively but they will be heard form more often then originally intended.
For the massive author note, I would like to rely my thoughts that occurred as I began writing this story. The first and one I had a lot, was this story is not original in any way. Many of you thoughts it best to voice that opinion and I agree. Many MHA/Marvel crossover have Izuku becoming one of the main six avengers, most having Izuku become Iron man.
So I know that idea is not original. Then again look at the website you reading this story about, its all about writing a given story in a different way with a few exceptions. But I originally begun this story was a way to improve my skills as an author before diving head first in a writing a book I would like to one day publish. I wrote a lot before I began posting so I had some ground to work off of and that I didn't rushed to have a new chapter ready every two weeks. And that's why I'm reworking theses earlier chapters, because I'm a before author or I would like to think I am.
Now for the other reviews. A lot of you are angry that I gave a Izuku a powerful quirk but nerfed it so hard that it's practically useless. In retrospect, yeah I did, but again I don't like writing overpowered characters too much that don't have some kind of limit. Then there's no feasible growth for them. For the author reason of Izuku's quirk, I didn't want to go the route of having Izuku be quirkless and building the arc reactor. Many of done that and that was the first step I took in trying to be different. So I made Izuku's quirk be the stand in for the arc reactor, so he is producing the electricity not a device. However to new readers, the arc reactor still plays a part, it's just too iconic to be left out. Next chapters bring it in.
For not allowing Izuku to discharge electricity I have two points for that. The first one I touched on, I hate writing overpowered characters. If they're all power, then they have no real challenge except for personal reason, like they want a good fight. I suck at right those characters. Like if I made Izuku able to discharge his electricity, then in my mind he would have no issue standing against any villain. Shigaraki, All for One or any of the Nomu.
I'm a logical thinking person, so I see it as. Here I am with a characters that can currently shoot a bolt of lightning with 3 gigajoules of electricity. When it takes as little as 42 volts to kill the average human being. So shooting lightning with 3 gigajoules, logically no one would be alive after being hit. So Izuku won't have any really challenge, he could fight into the meet of fight and just kill everyone. So I made Izuku have the challenge of not being able to discharge. That's the challenge he has to overcome every time he fights, as every hero has to have a challenge to over come. And it went in line of making Izuku's quirk the substitute for the arc reactor. For my story I work the struggle that each character feel more natural and not forced for story sake.
Look had cannon, Izuku isn't all power because while everyone has had their quirks from a young age. Izuku has only had One For All Anime wise barely a year and within the story it's always brought up how much more Izuku has to train more than classmates. To catch up to their level. That's his struggle through the story, and I'll briefly touch upon how easily Izuku caught up to his classmates. One for All is busted and to match his classmates, Izuku has to strain/destroy his body. Even then the heavier hitter, IE Bakuo and Todoroki. Up until Post mid-season six, I would say Izuku was evenly or slightly less powerful then them.
Second point is by allowing Izuku to discharge his quirk, it would make him a better version of Denki Kaminari. One thing I don't want to do and I don't like seeing other authors do is substitute Izuku with another student of class 1-A. One example I have seen and a story I even thought about writing was. Is when Izuku is made into a speedster, IE The Flash or Sonic the Hedgehog, its makes Ilda irrelevant quirk wise or they just completely remove him from 1-A. Allowing Izuku to discharge his quirk would mean Kaminari had no true purpose in the story, and having him in the story would just put in far in the background.
Side note: Denki Kaminari is one of my favorite side characters. so I absolutely refuse to take him out of the story in anyway. So I tried not to write Izuku too similiar to him.
So that why Izuku is able to produce high amount of electricity but unable to discharge it.)
Next time: New and Old Friends.