Chapter 1 The Old, the Young and the Restless
Fifteen. Fifteen years had passed since the American Government had illegalised hero work and public quirk usage. To say the transition had been difficult for the supers was a gross understatement. Having to hang up their capes to settle for menial jobs was difficult to say the least. And for some, having their way of life made into a crime was nothing short of a death sentence; former supers had become homeless, having been unable to hold down non hero jobs. There was a large spike in vigilante numbers as well as many heroes chose to go over the law's head to continue their past heroic duties; some were caught and jailed while others remained at large. One of them was Mr Incredible.
The former number one American Hero, now known only as his secret identity, Bob Parr, had found himself with one of the worst cases of midlife crisis. Not only having to work for an insurance company, one in which he spent hours having to deny claims to the unfortunate (though sometimes secretly directing them to other departments that could help them) or get yet another breathing down his neck from his boss, but also knowing criminal activity was still commonplace and not being able to do anything to help, had put a heavy weight on his heart and spirit. Even moreso on his body as the strong hero had grown rather fat over the years of inactivity- he could hardly go to a gym, his quirk would show for certain and even then the weights were nothing to him.
So as he sat in his tiny cubicle, having just got off another earful from his boss about authorising payment for some home invasion victims, Bob felt the desperate need to clear his head as he brought up the news on his computer. The top article discussed an interview with Japan's number one hero: Endeavour. Bob frowned as he scrolled through the article coming across an image of a skeletal man with shaggy blonde hair and sunken blue eyes.
'Toshi' It had been a few months since All Might had retired as both a hero and the Symbol of Peace when he sacrificed his power to stop the villainous tyrant, All For One. A battle that shook the world as millions watched his final victory as well as his send off words:
"Now...it's your turn."
Bob, Helen and Lucius were all deeply saddened to see their old friend join them in retirement too, though seeing him go out in a blaze of glory and showing no regrets did bring the three of them peace of mind. Whatever Toshi was doing now they were sure he was still smiling. And it only made Bob even more frustrated knowing that unlike his friend, his body still had plenty of fight left in it and yet he was being forced to let it go to waste.
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While her husband's desire to return to heroism remained as strong as his quirk, Elastigirl couldn't say the same for herself. Helen Parr had done her best to embrace her 'quirkless' lifestyle, having become a dedicated housewife and mother. Though it would be a lie to say she didn't miss being a Super, she knew there was nothing that could change the Government's mind so better to roll with the changes and appreciate what she still had to be happy about and that was a loving husband and three beautiful children, two of which were currently sitting with her in her car.
One was a young boy of around ten years old with blonde hair, named Dash and the other was a baby boy with a spiked tuft of brown hair atop his head and wide blue eyes whose name was Jack-Jack.
While the baby didn't appear to have any quirk to speak of (not that he could even speak being only one) Dash, as his name implied, had a quirk which allowed him to run incredibly fast. So fast in fact that he couldn't be seen by the naked eye or even a camera for that matter as his school teacher had tried to use to catch him pulling a prank in class; the ole pin on the chair trick to be precise. Despite getting away with it, the lad wasn't happy as he looked away from his mother who sighed.
"Dash, this is the third time this year you've been sent to the office. We need to find a better outlet. A more...constructive outlet." She suggested as Dash scoffed back vehemently.
"Maybe I could, if you'd let me go out for sports." Helen frowned. This wasn't the first time her son had brought this up.
"Honey, you know why we can't do that."
"I promise I'll slow up. I'll only be the best by a tiny bit." Dash insisted.
"Dashiell Robert Parr, you are an incredibly competitive boy. And a bit of a showoff. The last thing you need is temptation."
"You always say, 'Do your best'. But you don't really mean it. Why can't I do the best that I can do? Plus Ultra?" Dash questioned raising his fist with a hopeful smile; his mother wincing at the mention of her old friend's motto.
"Right now, honey, the world just wants us to fit in, and to fit in, we just gotta be like everybody else." Dash's smile fell as he furrowed his brow.
"You mean the country wants us to fit in." Dash corrected bitterly. "They're to scared to go beyond." He spat, his frustration visible.
"It's the same result for us. The law's the law, even if we don't like it."
"But Dad always said our quirks were nothing to be ashamed of. Our quirks made us special."
"Everyone's special, Dash." Helen stated.
"Which is another way of saying no one is." Dash muttered as he returned to staring out the window.
They kept driving for a few minutes until they eventually reached a high school where Helen spotted her third child, first born and only daughter, Violet standing by the steps of the school.
She was a teenage girl of about fifteen, with long black hair which covered one of her eyes. She appeared to be watching one of her classmates, a boy, and he might have noticed her himself if her head hadn't suddenly vanished into thin air. After he walked away, she deactivated her quirk and crouched behind the steps, a little flustered.
"He looked at me." She whispered before she heard her brother call to her.
"Come on, Violet!" After getting into the car Helen threw her daughter a knowing glance.
"I saw that, missy, so to speak to ." Violet shrank in her seat at being caught while Dash snickered.
"Busted."
"You're one to talk, young man." Helen reminded him causing Violet to smirk before turning her gaze to her phone. The screen showed a picture of a boy with glowing green hair about her age, maybe a year older, battling a giant monster while carrying a little white-haired girl on his back.
Violet narrowed her eyes as she stared at the picture, as though she recognised the person in it from somewhere.
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The family all arrived home soon enough, Bob's being the most eventful after a mishap involving his car and a skateboard. Let's just say he didn't have to worry too much about his witness when they saw him lift the vehicle over his head in anger.
The man sighed as he headed to his study; a room adorned with framed newspaper clippings of his past heroic deeds; an old telephone the authorities or people of power would call him on for aid; and his old super suit sitting in a glass display case.
Bob looked about himself before he opened a drawer on his desk containing a lockbox which upon opening contained stacks of dollar bills and a post-it note on top which read 'New Life.' Bob reached into his pocket pulling out fifty dollars which he added to the pile.
"Not a big investment this month, Bob, but every penny counts." He said to himself before locking the box again and putting it away.
"Still adding to the emergency fund?" He jumped at the sound of his wife who was standing in the doorway behind him.
"Always good to have a safety net." He answered. He knew he couldn't hide the box from Helen but she at least didn't know his true intention for the money he was putting in it. He doubted she would agree with his plan at this point; better to tell her when he was closer to his goal.
"It was a good idea when you told me about it. Those stories about college funds the other parents say are true you know?" Helen chuckled as she looked at the framed pictures on Bob's desk. She frowned when she came to one of a pre-teen Violet at about ten years; her hair was shorter and she was laughing as she was sitting on All Might's shoulders who was holding a five year old Dash in the palm of his hand, the little boy copying his famous grin.
And next to that one was another of the two siblings only with a third child, a green haired boy, standing between the them with his arms around each of their shoulders and all three laughing. Bob noticed his wife staring at the picture as he frowned as well.
"Been a while since we last saw Vi laugh like that." He noted.
"She's only gotten shyer." Helen added sadly. "Maybe it wasn't a good idea to save our gift from Toshi for so long. That little taste of freedom really changed her."
"I would have hoped for the better." Said Bob. "She really is a gifted girl, she shouldn't have to hide it."
"Bob, we've been over this." Helen sighed knowing what he was implying. "Let's just go eat, OK?"
"...Yeah. Let's." Bob conceded though he couldn't help thinking back to the day they took that picture.
~~~Five Years Ago~~~
The tickets that Toshinori had given Bob and Helen were no ordinary tickets, but ones specifically made for heroes. They didn't have a set date so they could be used at any time in the future.
Having had two of their children at this point and also having gone through their first move, Bob and Helen thought they could really use a holiday. It had been ten years since they last saw Toshi in person, though they did occasionally write to him when they could so they decided it was a good time to use the tickets.
After letting him know ahead of time, they met All Might at the airport whereupon the Symbol of Peace greeted them with open arms, which he used to scoop the Parr couple up into a crushing hug.
"Bob! Helen! It's been far too long! How are you, my friends?!"
"It's good to see you too, Toshi." Bob smiled. "You look almost the same as when we last met." All Might laughed loudly in response, his friends not catching the hint of nervousness carried in it.
"Sorry I can't say the same about you, Bob. You look like you've put on a pound or two."
"Hey it's not exactly easy for me to stay in shape these days." Bob rebuked causing Toshi to bite his tongue.
"Ah. Yes, I forgot. Sorry."
"It's alright, Toshi."
"But anyway, don't you wanna meet your Niece and Nephew?" Helen asked with a smile.
"Of course! Let me see them!" Toshi grinned before he spotted the young Violet and Dash peeking out from behind their parents.
"Kids. Say hello to your Uncle Toshi. He's an old friend of your Father and me." Helen introduced him as the Number One Hero got down on one knee to look at them with a smile. Both children seemed at a loss for words as they stared at his giant form before Violet beamed and ran over to hug his leg.
"Hi, Uncle Toshi! I'm Violet!" She greeted him causing him to laugh joyfully and pat her head.
"Well I'm very happy to meet you, Violet. You have a smile as wide as mine." He grinned causing the little girl to copy him as best she could, her brother soon doing the same. "And what's your name, little man?"
"Dashiell. But my hero name is Dash!" Dash grinned before he began to run circles around his hero Uncle which surprised him.
"WHOA! Now there's a quirk that goes with the name." Toshi laughed. "And what can you do, Violet?" He looked down to see she wasn't there anymore. "Violet? Where'd she go?" He asked, looking all around while Bob and Helen chuckled in amusement.
"I'm over here~." He heard his niece's voice as he realised what she had done when he saw her clothes floating in midair.
"Oh I wonder where she could be?" He asked playfully before he felt a tap on his back and in a flash he whirled around causing her to squeak and reveal herself.
"You're a sneaky little duo aren't you?" He grinned as Dash came to a stop next to his sister. "These are two amazing kids you have here." He smiled at Bob and Helen who nodded proudly before Toshi handed them his phone.
"One for the family album." He suggested as he placed Violet on his shoulders and placed Dash in his palm. "Everyone say 'Plus Ultra!'"
"
PLUS ULTRA!" the three of them yelled as Helen took the picture.
"Now then." Toshi said as he put the kids down. "While I go drop off your bags at my place why don't you four take some time to see the city?"
"You can't come with us, Uncle Toshi?" Dash pleaded.
"Don't worry, I'll join you all later. Just thought I'd save you from wasting time with your luggage. You all go have fun and I'll meet up with you soon." All Might said as he picked up the family's bags and leapt off into the air.
"Is it just me or did Toshi start steaming just now?" Bob asked, swearing that he'd seen wisps of vapour coming from his friend.
"Yeah, I thought I saw it too." Helen agreed. "But let's take his advice and see the sights for now. The kids are looking rather antsy."
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As the Parr family went about touring Tokyo they were amazed to say the least with how many Supers were on the streets. Those who weren't heroes could be seen wielding their quirks for whatever task they were applying them to and even Super children were running around playing games with their powers.
The family eventually reached a park where Dash began to speedily play on everything he was tall enough to reach while Violet watched some koi fish in a nearby pond. All the while their parents sat on a bench enjoying the view.
"I'm glad we waited till we had the kids." Helen smiled.
"I know, just look at them; not a care in the world." Bob agreed before adding in thought. 'And nobody forcing them to pretend to be 'normal.'
"It's just such a shame they can't do the same back home." The couple turned their heads when they heard Toshinori's voice, but as they did so they gasped when they saw not the tall muscle bound hero but a short scrawny man with wild blonde hair tied back in a ponytail and sunken eyes.
At first the Parrs thought they'd mistaken the man's voice for their friend's, but when he grinned at them they knew it was in fact All Might.
"T...Toshi?! Wh-What in the-?!" Helen spluttered.
"Yeah, pretty gross, huh?"
"How...?" Bob asked as Toshi sat beside them to explain why. But as the parents listened they didn't notice what was happening with their children. As Dash continued to run about the park, he didn't see where he was going and suddenly collided with someone knocking them to the ground.
"Oops, sorry." He apologised as he saw the person he'd knocked down was a boy about a year older than his sister with spiky pale blonde hair. As he looked back over his shoulder Dash froze when he saw the boy glaring at him with blazing red eyes and gritted teeth.
"Hey..." He growled. "What's your problem?" Dash felt his knees shaking as the preteen boy stood up.
"I-I-I d-didn't-"
"If you have something to say say it!" The angry kid snapped. "Quit stuttering! I get enough of that from Deku!"
"Hey! Leave my brother alone!" Violet spoke up having noticed the situation.
"This brat's your brother? Well tell him to watch where he's going!"
"He's only five, let it go." Violet scolded which only irked the boy further.
"You're not the boss of me, girl. So how about you take this little runt and beat it before I blow you both to kingdom come!"
"Stop it, Kacchan!" Another voice was suddenly heard causing the blonde boy to groan. Violet and Dash saw anothe eleven year old boy had arrived on the scene with curly dark green hair and freckles.
"Oh great, as if I didn't have enough to be pissed off about. Get lost, Deku! I gotta teach these extras a lesson!" Kacchan snapped.
"No! That little boy didn't mean any harm and his sister's only defending him. You can just walk away."
"Typical Deku, always trying to be the pacifist. But then, that's all a quirkless loser like you can do isn't it? And you can't even do that right!"
"Dash, go get Mom and Dad." Violet murmured to her brother who nodded before zipping off.
"Kacchan, please just leave them alone. I don't care what you do or say to me; I'm not gonna stand by and let you hurt them." Deku refused to back down, though he was trembling. This brought a sadistic grin to Kacchan's face as his palms began to spark which made Violet's eyes grow wide.
"Fine. It's always more fun taking my anger out on you, anyway. Just know you asked for this, Deku!" Kacchan roared as he lunged towards the green-haired lad, his palm reeled back in preparation to attack seconds before Violet threw herself between him and Deku.
The park was soon filled with a loud explosion which drew everyone's attention to the scene. As the dust settled Kacchan looked on with an anticipated smile waiting to see the damage he'd done. But his expression soon turned to shock as he saw before him a large purple bubble made of light. And inside the bubble were Violet and Deku behind her, both unharmed with the former holding her hands out and the latter shielding his face with his arms.
Deku opened his eyes when he realised he wasn't hurt and gasped when he saw the bubble. Violet lowered her hands, which made the bubble disappear, as she glared at Kacchan.
"What was that?" Deku whispered in astonishment.
"My force field." Violet smiled. "It's part of my quirk, along with my invisibility." She explained before smirking at Kacchan. "Try all you like, but you can't touch me. And I won't let you touch my friend either."
Kacchan snarled as a vein popped on his neck. "Friend? Who'd wanna be friends with a loser nerd like him?! He doesn't even have a quirk!"
"So what? He stood up for me and my brother. That's all I need to call him a friend." Kacchan growled as he looked ready to fight again but out of the corner of his eye he saw Dash was coming back with his parents in tow. Knowing the game was over he sucked his teeth in relent.
"Tch. You aren't even worth my spit." He said before he trudged off not long before the rest of the Parrs arrived along with Toshinori.
"Vi, is everything alright?" Helen asked concerned. "We heard an explosion."
"Yeah, Dash said some kid was picking on you both." Bob said with equal concern.
"I'm fine, Mom and Dad. I was just helping my friend after he stood up for me and Dash." Violet explained as she showed them Deku who offered them a shy wave with a smile to match. Helen smiled as she approached the boy
"Well thank you for defending my kids from that bully, young man." She said patting his head thankfully.
"Yeah, that was real brave of you, kiddo. Is it alright if we know your name?" Bob asked with a friendly smile.
"Oh, his name's Deku, Dad. That's what the other kid called him." Dash answered though Deku waved his hands.
"Oh, no-no. 'Deku's' just a name Kacchan says to make fun of me. My real name is Izuku. Izuku Midoriya." The boy introduced himself.
"Izuku, huh?" Violet said. "That's a nice name." She smiled sweetly.
"Th-Thank you." Izuku replied a little shy from the compliment. "What was your name again?" He then asked.
"Violet Parr. This is my little brother, Dash, and these are my parents, Bob and Helen. Oh and that's my Uncle Toshi." She gestured to All Might who gave Izuku a wave and grin.
"Nice to meet ya, kid. And thanks for sticking up for my Niece and Nephew."
"You're welcome." Izuku replied, completely unaware he was talking to the Symbol of Peace.
"Hey, you wanna come hang out with us, Izuku?" Dash asked eagerly.
"Oh, I'd love to, but I was just passing through. My Mom's expecting me back, we're earring out tonight."
"Oh? Where at? Maybe we can meet up there later?" Bob suggested. "It's our first time visiting Japan, so we're open to something new."
"Really?" Izuku asked. "Well it's a ramen restaurant we go to sometimes. Here's the address." He scribbled on a journal he pulled out of his backpack and handed the torn page to Bob. "I guess we'll see you there then; we eat at seven."
"We're looking forward to meeting your Mom." Helen smiled as Izuku went on his way, waving goodbye as he did so before she turned to Violet. "Well look at you, Vi. Our first day here and you've already made a friend."
"Yeah, he's cool, even if he doesn't have a quirk." Violet said cheerfully as she watched him go.
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The month the Parrs spent in Japan would be remembered as one of the best vacations of their lives as they not only spent some quality time catching up with Toshinori, but also found new friends in the Midoriyas.
After following through on their offer to dine out with them, Bob and Helen found themselves quickly befriending Izuku's mother, Inko after meeting her. The woman was shown to be as emotional as her son as she tearfully and repeatedly thanked Violet and Dash for their kindness, mentioning how lonely Izuku had been without any friends (a detail which embarrassed the boy something fierce).
The Japanese family took it upon themselves to be the Parr's personal tour guides during their stay, which ended up being an unintentional favour to Toshinori as he was often having to take off throughout the day to carry out his hero duties; something that did irk Bob somewhat as he couldn't tag along since he no longer carried a hero license.
Despite that however, the holiday lead to many happy memories being made for both families which only made the farewell all the sadder when it finally came time for the Parrs to return to the States.
"I'm gonna miss you guys." Izuku sniffled as he and his Mother came to see them off at the airport.
It went without saying that the quirkless boy had become close friends with the Parr children over the course of their stay. Almost becoming an honorary brother of sorts to them as they bonded over the time they spent playing together. Their favourite game was Superheroes; Izuku would always dress up as All Might when they did, which almost lead to Dash mentioning his Uncle Toshi in context.
"We'll miss you too, Zuku." Violet called him by the nickname she and Dash had given him. The two of them were growing teary-eyed as well as they hugged their green haired friend whilst Inko embraced Helen.
"You and Bob have raised such wonderful children." she said as he pulled away to hug Bob goodbye next. "It's made me so happy to see my baby make such good friends with them."
"Well it's only because he made it so easy for them to like him." Helen chuckled. "You've done well yourself in raising Izuku, so I've no doubt he'll make friends besides our kids in the future."
"You're right there, honey." Bob agreed. "Your boy's got the heart of a hero; quirk or no that's a fine trait to have as a person." He smiled as he ruffled Izuku's green locks.
"You keep on standing now, Izuku, you here?" He said to the boy he'd grow to see as the nephew he'd never had.
"I will, Uncle Bob." Izuku grinned. "And next time I see you all I'll be a great hero just like All Might!" Bob's grin twitched slightly with a smidge of envy at that.
"You know, Mr Incredible's a pretty great hero too." He recommended, Helen hiding her amused smile behind her hand. "But I agree that it sure would be nice to come back again, though I can't say when."
"Well you'll always be welcome in our home if you ever do." Said Inko kindly.
"Thanks, Inko." Helen smiled before the announcements came over the loudspeaker. "Well that's our flight, time to go, kids."
"Bye, Zuku." Dash said giving him one last hug. "I don't care if you don't have a quirk; you're a hero to me."
"Yeah! You're gonna be awesome!" Violet grinned as she hugged him too.
"Well so are you two. You've got the coolest quirks ever so I know you're gonna be pros some day." Izuku responded. Though the parents knew it was unlikely their children would get the chance, considering the circumstances, it still warmed their hearts to see them believe in each other; and also broke their hearts, not knowing if they'd ever reunite as they tearfully waved goodbye until out of sight.
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But the confidence they gave one another wouldn't last long after their departure.
For only a couple of months after the Parrs returned to America to resume their 'normal' lives, an incident occurred that would bring about an unfortunate change in their kids. It was during one of their schooldays that Violet found herself happening upon another bullying incident. Thinking back to how Izuku acted, the little girl instively ran in to defend the victim and in doing so she revealed her quirk in front of the entire school.
Since the intention of the govenrment's bill was to all but erase the concept of Supers from the country, Rick Dicker (the Parrs' assigned agent) was forced to step in to cover up the event using his memory wipe quirk to make all the witnesses forget what they'd seen Violet do. Not only that but the family were forced to move for a second time so that the witnesses memories of the event wouldn't resurface.
The whole ordeal shook Violet to her core. All she did was protect someone and it got her family in so much trouble. What if it happened again? Though they got off with a slap on the wrist, mainly because she was only a child, she'd overheard Rick telling her parents there were only so many times he could cover for them. Despite being permitted to use his quirk only for government purposes like this, even he was on thin ice with the top brass.
This resulted in Violet shrinking away from her once social self. She stopped trying to make friends, for fear her quirk might show around them. Nor did she try to help people in trouble anymore for the same reason. She took her former heroic personality and pushed it deep down inside herself, knowing that if she ever let it out, her family would pay the price.
And as for Dash, seeing his once heroic big sister become a miserable loner filled the young boy with rage because he knew whose fault it was. This coupled with their Mother becoming more restrictive on matters that could expose their quirks lead to Dash becoming a troublemaker, wanting to get back at the 'stupid suits' for making him and his family live like they were on constant trial.
And to top it all off, their phone book was lost during the second move, meaning they weren't able to call Toshinori or the Midoriyas again. So it went without saying that the next five years wouldn't be easy for any of them.
~~~Present Time~~~
As the family sat down to dinner together, Dash couldn't help being distracted by the faces his Mum was making as she tried to get Jack-Jack to eat.
"Mom. You're making weird faces again." He pointed out to which she denied.
"No, I'm not."
"You make weird faces, honey." Bob sided with Dash as he was reading the paper.
"Do you have to read at the table?" Helen asked though her husband seemed too engaged to notice.
"Uh-huh. Yeah." Helen sighed before noticing Dash, who was having trouble cutting his food, had resorted to using his teeth.
"Smaller bites, Dash. Yikes! Bob, could you help the carnivore cut his meat?" As Bob went to help, Helen decided to take the opportunity to remind her son of what he got up to today.
"Dash, you have something you wanna tell your father about school?"
"Well, we dissected a frog." Dash said nervously, trying to avoid the subject, but Helen was having none of it.
"Dash got sent to the office again." She said though Bob was focused on cutting as he muttered.
"Good. Good."
"No Bob, that's bad."
"What?"
"Dash got sent to the office again." Helen repeated.
"What?! What for?" Bob asked, now fully alert.
"Nothing." Dash literally lied through his teeth with a glare aimed at Helen.
"He put a tack on the teacher's chair...during class." Helen emphasised.
"Nobody saw me. You could barely see it on the tape." Dash sulked which appeared to impress his Dad.
"They caught you on tape and you still got away with it? Whoa! You must have been booking. How fast did you think were you going?" He couldn't help smiling at his son's feat.
"Bob! We are not encouraging this." Helen scolded him.
"I'm not encouraging, I'm just asking how fast-"
"Honey!" A sudden crack broke the conversation as Helen noticed too late that Bob had been cutting Dash's food too long and sliced strait through the plate. The man fell back in his chair, annoyed by his blunder.
"Great. First the car, now I gotta pay to fix the table..."
"The car? What happened to the car?" Not in the mood to discuss it, Bob gave Dash his plate and left to get a replacement for himself.
"So, how about you, Vi?" Helen addressed her daughter, hoping to raise the mood.
"Nothing to report." Violet droned back.
"You've hardly touched your food."
"I'm not hungry for meatloaf." The girl said as she continued to poke at her meal.
"Well, it is leftover night. We have steak, pasta. What are you hungry for?"
"Tony Rydinger~." Dash sang his sister's crush's name.
"Shut up!" Violet hissed.
"Well, you are."
"I said, shut up, you little insect!"
"Well, she is."
"Don't shout at the table! Honey!"
"Kids! Listen to your Mother." Bob said from the kitchen, though Dash couldn't resist dropping another remark which pushed Violet over the edge as the two began to fight each other.
She began by tackling Dash from his chair while invisible but her brother was able to wrestle out of her grip and began running circles around her, slapping her each time he passed until Violet stopped him in his tracks with a barrier.
"Hey! No forcefields!"
"You started it!"
"Bot of you sit down!" Helen shouted as she attempted to tie her kids down with her arms. Meanwhile, Bob was still engaged in the article he'd been reading.
"'Simon J. Paladino, longtime advocate of superhero rights, is missing?'" He read aloud as he recognised the person in the paper. "Gazerbeam." He murmured before his train of thought was interrupted by Helen calling for him.
"BOB! IT'S TIME TO ENGAGE!" The man hurried back to find his wife laying on the table with her arms wrapped around Dash and Violet who were now fighting under the table.
"Do something! Don't just stand there! I need you to intervene!"
"You want me to intervene? Okay! I'm intervening, I'm intervening!" Bob said as he picked up Botha he table and his family (save for Jack-Jack who was laughing at the whole fiasco).
But just as the fight showed no signs of slowing down, the doorbell rang, causing the super family to quickly put everything back the way it was before Dash answered the door.
"Hey, Lucius!" He smiled at the arrival of Frozone. The only friend the Parrs had been able to maintain contact with
"Hey, Speedo! Hey, Helen. Vi, Jack-Jack." The man greeted the family.
"He-hey! Ice of you to drop by." Bob joked.
"Ha! Never heard that one before." Lucius said sarcastically before Dash called out to him.
"Oh, Lucius!" He garbled before spitting some water he was drinking into the air.
"WHOA!" In a flash the man froze the water in mid air and catching the icicle before it it the ground. "Ha ha."
"Aw... I like it when it shatters." Dash whined as Bob went to join Lucius at the door.
"I'll be back later."
"Hey, where are you two going?" Helen asked to which Bob replied.
"It's Wednesday."
"Oh. Bowling night. Say hello to Honey for me, Lucius."
"Will do. Good night, Helen. Good night, kids." Lucius said as he and Bob went out the door. Helen glanced at Dash and frowned at the small grin on his face.
"Don't think you've avoided talking about your trip to the principal's office, young man. Your father and I are still gonna discuss it."
"I'm not the only kid who's been sent to the office, you know."
"Other kids don't have quirks. Now, it's perfectly normal-" Helen was suddenly interrupted by, to her surprise, Violet who seemed offended at the mention of the word.
"Normal? What do you know about normal!? What does anyone in this family know about normal?!" She asked angrily.
"Now, wait a minute, young lady."
"We ACT normal, Mom! I wanna BE normal! The only normal one is Jack-Jack, and he's not even toilet trained!" Violet ranted as her baby brother laughed.
"Lucky. I meant about being normal." Dash added under his breath while Helen sighed. Not exactly an ideal family dinner.
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Just outside the house, Bob was sitting with Lucius in his car, the two friends laughing as they reminisced about the good old times. The ice hero was currently recounting a particularly funny encounter he had with a villain.
"So now I'm in deep trouble. I mean, one more jolt of this death ray and I'm an epitaph. Somehow I managed to find cover and what does Baron Von Ruthless do?"
"He starts monologuing." Bob snickered.
"He starts monologuin! He starts like this prepared speech about how feeble I am compared to him. How inevitable my defeat is, how the world will soon be his! Yada, yada, yada."
"Yammering."
"Yammering! I mean, the guy has me on a platter, and he won't shut up." At that moment a police radio in Lucius' car crackled to life as a message sounded through it. Bob fiddled with it as he listened to the code.
"23-56, what is that? Robbery?"
"This is just sad." Luscious muttered.
"Yeah, robbery. Want to catch a robber?"
"No. Tell you the truth, I'd rather go bowling. Look, what if we actually did what our wives think we're doing? Just to shake things up." Luscious suggested. As it turned out, 'Bowling Night' was actually when Bob and Lucius listened in to the police scanner to sneak out and perform vigilante justice. it being the closest thing they had to re-experiencing hero work, though Lucius was clearly beginning to lose interest.
Unbeknownst to the two heroes turned vigilantes however, just across the street a car was parked with its lights off. And it's passenger, a woman with silver hair, was watching the pair and talking into a phone.
"He's not alone. The fat guy's still with him. They're just talking." She spoke to the one on the other end as Lucius and Bob continued to talk.
"What are we doing here, Bob?"
"Protecting people."
"Nobody asked us."
"You need an invitation?"
"I'd like one, yes. We keep sneaking out to do this, and...you remember Gazerbeam?"
"Yeah. There was something about him in the paper."
"He had trouble adjusting to civilian life, too."
"When's the last time you saw him?
"I don't see anyone from the old days, Bob. Just you. And we're pushing our luck as it is."
"Oh, come on. Toshi always-"
"Toshi lives in a whole different world from us, Bob." Lucius frowned. "You can't compare this to what he does, or did at this point. When even he's retired by now, it may be time to think about getting with the program."
"It's not like he chose to retire, he was forced into it after that fight. But we can still do good." Bob insisted.
"It was fun the first few times, but if we keep doing this, we're gonna get-"
"We have a report on a fire..." the police scanner reported which sparked a buzz of excitement in Bob.
"A fire. We're close! YEAH, BABY!" he cheered as Lucius started the car, knowing he'd lost the argument.
"We're gonna get caught." He muttered nonchalantly before they drove off with Bob hollering all the way, the mysterious car tailing after them unseen.
XXX Japan XXX
On the other side of the world however, it was morning in Japan and Izuku Midoriya was waking up in his room at the Heights Alliance dorms of UA High School. The young hero stretched as he got up and opened his curtains to another day of training to become a pro hero. Contrary to how his long lost American friends remembered him, Izuku had grown far beyond anything any of them could have imagined; and the reason why would be just as unbelievable to the Parrs if not moreso if they knew.
Izuku made his way to the kitchen where he found a few of his friends/classmates having breakfast together. They consisted of Ochako Uraraka, a girl with chestnut hair and pink cheeks; Tenya Iida, a tall boy with dark blue hair and glasses; Tsuyu Asui, a girl with dark green hair and a face similar to a frog; and Eijiro Kirishima, a boy with spiky red hair and sharp features.
"Hey, guys." He greeted them with a smile which they returned.
"Good morning, Midoriya. Good to see you well rested." Iida said.
"Hi, Deku. Any plans for today?" Ochako asked Izuku as she sipped her tea. It happened to be Saturday at the time.
"Outside of getting some training in at the grounds, not much." Izuku replied as Tsu spoke up.
"Well Momo mentioned a new tea shop opened up near Bogano Park. Ochako and I were planning on checking it out later if any of you wanna come along, ribbit." She croaked.
"Bogano. I haven't been there any ages." Izuku said with a hint of nostalgia. "Sounds fun."
"Indeed. A tea shop is not only a relaxing location but also a suitable hot spot for studying." Iida said enthusiastically.
"Of course you'd find a way to work school into it." Ochako chuckled.
"So you're all looking to slack off today, huh?" The group jumped as they looked around to see their home room teacher, Shota Aizawa (A.K.A. Eraser Head) standing there, his baggy eyes staring into their souls through his matted black hair.
"Mr Aizawa!" Izuku said with a start. "We were only planning to go after our training, Sir." He insisted nervously.
"I know, I saw. That was a joke." Aizawa said, though with his usual tone always being dull as lead, a joke was the last thing his students thought he was making.
"So you won't mind taking Eri with you. I hear Bogano is a well enjoyed park and I feel she could use some time outside. That and I've also been called in for a staff meeting this afternoon."
"An excellent suggestion, Sir!" Iida concurred, rapidly pumping his fist. "The young lady needs to get out of her shell at every opportunity."
"Plus it'll help for her to have some familiar faces with her." Tsu added.
"Good. I'll bring her by the dorm after your training. I'm gonna nap." Aizawa droned as he slouched off.
"But didn't he just get out of bed?" Ochako said bewildered.
"That's Aizawa for ya. He sleeps like Iida studies. Too much." Kirishima joke.
"Hey!" Izuku shook his head with a smile as he finished his breakfast and stood up.
"Well I'm heading off, but I'll see you all later." He said.
"See you then, Deku." Ochako waved along with the others as he went. The green hero jogged as he made his way to the training grounds, passing the main school building where a car was pulling up. The door opened and All Might stepped out in his yellow pinstripe suit.
"Oh, good morning, Young Midoriya!" He greeted as Izuku passed him by.
"Morning, All Might!" Izuku waved back as he carried on. Toshinori watched him go before heading into the school to go over any papers he needed to mark.
As the afternoon eventually rolled in, All Might made his way to the school board room, where he found the faculty members waiting for him. Aside from Aizawa, the members also included the heroes Present Mic, Midnight, Cementos, Snipe, Ectoplasm, Power Loader and Vlad King. And at the head of the table was the head of the school: Nezu, the mouse hero.
"Ah, All Might right on time. Have a seat." He greeted Toshi who sat next to Aizawa. "Now then, the matter I'd like to discuss with you all is one that I fear we have failed to notice for too long; mostly due to the troubles we've been handling here over the past year."
"And what's that, Sir?" Cementos asked curiously.
"As I'm sure you remember, the world of heroes suffered a great loss when the United States government illegalised heroism along with quirk use over a decade ago."
"It...was a sad day for history." All Might agreed, his mind immediately going to the thought of his old Super friends.
"Indeed. But lately there's a matter that's been bothering me. At first I thought it was just happenstance, but now I feel it may be part of something much bigger and more sinister." Nezu then turned on a monitor which displayed several missing person articles, including the one about Gazerbeam.
"Many of the people in these articles are former American heroes." Snipe recognised the names and or faces.
"That is pretty ominous." Present Mic noted. "But heroes go MIA all the time in every country." Present Mic added.
"That is true. So what compelled you to gather these reports, Sir?" Midnight queried.
"The fact that all these people are heroes isn't the only similarity." Nezu stated. "The manner in which they went missing is also similar. Their last recorded action was leaving the country on an uncharted flight." That last detail got a reaction out of some of the faculty.
"I received word a few weeks ago from Tsukauchi that one of Japan's Pros is the most recent among them." All Might spoke. "From what he told me they were last seen taking a flight on an unbranded aircraft."
"That's right. The Stone Hero- Mortar. The agency he's with haven't heard from him in a month." Vlad King mentioned.
"Which lead to me drawing a connection between our missing hero and the others from the past six years. This demands a serious investigation as I have reason to suspect that an unknown villain is behind these disappearances." Nezu stated as All Might thought to himself.
'Bob. I sure hope you're ok, pal.'
But as the retired pro pondered his thoughts, far away on an uncharted island, the missing hero, Mortar, was in the middle of a dense jungle. The Stone Hero was bloody and beaten with a limp in his step.
'I have to get out of here. They need to know before it's too late.' He thought, clutching his arm which appeared to be broken until he felt a giant shadow loom over him and he barely had time to turn and face the source before he was crushed by a giant, black metallic claw, his attacker glaring at him with a single blue eye.
To be continued...
Hey, everybody. So here's the next chapter and despite the schedule I've tried implementing, life continues to get in the way of my writing. Not only that, but I've also been spending time trying to plan out how the story should progress.
You see, our young heroes won't be meeting the Incredibles until they reach the island, so I've been trying to figure out which scenes from the movie I can afford to skip over and which ones I should keep in. If any of you have some suggestions on what movie scenes you think I could cut, let me know since I want to unite the characters as soon as possible but not at the cost of rushing the story.
Thanks for reading and please comment, no flames.
My Hero Academia belongs to Kōhei Horikoshi
The Incredibles belongs to Brad Bird, Pixar and Disney