Chapter 8
"All right, Broccoli, Carmilla, do it again."
Izuku and Himiko both groaned "Why do we have to do this?" Himiko asked.
Because a lot of people think their quirks can get them far, that is false, you should always be in good physical shape! Right now your arm strength is not up to par, you can't even do one pull up, and Broccoli doesn't have good flexibility, so we need to fix that! Keep on training your arms, Broccoli keep doing the yoga routine!"
Izuku and Himiko exchanged a look of exhaustion before getting back to it, Himiko started doing assisted pull ups.
They kept on going until Izuku's muscles were sore and Himiko's arms were screaming at her.
"Nice work both of you! We need to keep this up later, you're free to leave."
As both Izuku and Himiko go back to the bar they talked.
"Thanks... Zuku..." Himiko said while throwing a small glare at izuku
"Hey, you were the one to ask me to have lessons with Hare."
"I just thought you were working out with him! I didn't think it was torture!" Himiko slaps her forehead
Izuku chuckled, "Well, do you still want to come with?"
Himiko's grin came back, "Oh of course Zuku! I still want to learn how to fight and to get strong with you after all!" Before pinching Izuku's subtle muscles, causing Izuku to fluster and wave his hands.
They were back at the bar after a few minutes of walking, when they entered, they went back to Izuku's room and changed into the bar tender outfits. After seeing other bartenders work, Izuku's fashion sense has changed as well, going from joke t-shirts and simple shorts to something more classy, Now, Izuku wore a black dress shirt with a forest green brocade vest with golden buttons, alongside black fitting dress pants with a subtle pin stripe pattern, he wore a forest green tie to compliment his vest. Putting on his iconic quirkless shoes the bar have known him for from the two years he spent at the bar and amongst the cove, making him 9 now. He puts a simple gold pocket watch on a chain in his vest pocket, he insisted upon it after seeing a patron walking in with such an accessory and basically begged Tetsuchi for one. Lastly he puts on black silk gloves with small golden ring pattern around the fingers, however these gloves were armed with metal rings sewn between the fabric. Putting that extra force when things get dirty. Himiko after seeing Izuku wearing such a suit, also wanted to copy him. She wore the same thing, except the dress shirt is crimson red and the tie was black like her vest it had silver buttons and with a silver chain pocket watch. Also with white silk gloves with silver rings pattern around the fingers, armed also with metal rings in the inseams. She chose white because "It showed the blood better."
After they were done changing in their separate rooms. They went back downstairs to meet Tetsuchi.
"Hey kids! I need you to come with me to deliver some things to Hinode, mind coming with?"
"Sure!" "You got it Bloodsmith!"
They were sitting in the car as Tetsuchi drove, a big van, apparently he had to deliver some supplies to Hinode and to meet up with someone, but there were simply too many and he needed some extra hands.
"So, Carmilla, how has things been going for you?"
"It's great! I get so much blood now thanks to daddy and mommy! They don't judge me and I feel so much stronger now!" Himiko flexed her arm to prove the point.
"Besides with all this blood, my skin is so much clearer! I get to be much cuter! Right Zuku?"
She fluttered her eyelashes at Izuku.
Izuku blushed "Y-Yeah Himi..."
Only a matter of time... Tetsuchi thought
They kept on driving but an explosion in the distance stopped them. Tetsuchi immediately pulled over to the side and got out of the van, a crater being present where they were. They got out of the car and looked forward. It was a villain attack, Izuku knew who he was, from talks in the bar, he identified that the man was Ending, with the quirk Whiteline. Makes him able to control lanes painted on the road, just now he triggered a gas explosion underground.
"BRING ME ENDEAVOUR!" He cried out, Izuku just also remembered how mentally ill he was, completely suicidal. Wanting to be killed by a hero, especially someone as ruthless as Endeavour, He was a Class C villain bordering Class B due to him being on the run for so long.
Of course, it wasn't long before heroes actually showed up. Izuku identified them, it was Native and Slugger, two heroes that came from other parts of Japan but came here to do some partner work according to the news. They communicated to each other for a while before they started to engage the villain. Slugger pulled out a metal ball from his back pocket and threw it at Ending, the metal ball flew at unimaginable speed towards Ending, nailing him right on the chin, making him stumble, as Izuku and Himiko both think the fight is over as they see Native approach the villain, but he seemingly starts to monologue as he runs towards him, doing unnecessarily flamboyant maneuvers. Both Izuku and Himiko were confused. Even though they weren't fighting experts, they knew for sure what Native was doing was exposing himself to weaknesses and it showed, he also constantly seemed to eyed to his side. Izuku followed the sightline and sees the cameras, he instantly knew what he was doing and he clenched his fists in anger. Ending seemingly noticing this took advantage of this and whipped Native in the head with a white stripe. Seeing that more heroes are showing up. He started to run away. "I'M NOT STOPPING UNTIL I GET KILLED BY THE ONLY HERO WORTHY OF ME!" Native and Slugger started to run after them, but he can hear Slugger yell out "I should not have agreed to that!"
Did they coordinate that?
Did two heroes coordinate how to fight a villain, not to beat them but how to get more media attention?
Seeing this he groaned in anger before getting back into the van, Himiko and Tetsuchi, seeing the threat gone, decided to pick up their pace back to Hinode.
"Zuku... what did you notice....?" Himiko timidly asked in the van. Looking at an Izuku that is in a state of intense rage.
Izuku sighed before replying "I... I saw that Native was paying more attention to the cameras than the actual villain. All those poses you see him do, that was fake, all for the damn camera. I heard Slugger also say that he shouldn't have agreed to something, I think the agreed that Slugger would take down the villain and Native would capture him, but we all saw how that went."
Himiko grimaced "Why can they be heroes when people like us can't! What makes them better!"
"They have "normal quirks" Himi, it's like people only care about quirks, not the human who has it. It makes fake heroes like them... heroes that don't help people, only when it benefits them..."
Himiko looked outside the window with a look of disgust. "You can be a much better hero than them, Zuku, hell, you already are! You help people have good lives, what they do is messed up, no wonder so many of us are forgotten."
"You're sounding a lot like Stain there Broccoli, do you think people like them should... y'know..."
Izuku shook his head. "Oh no! That's not what I mean! I just think they should lose their careers, not their lives! Just someone should hold them accountable, I don't think any of those heroes will last long anyway, but I guess people like them make me want to be a hero even more, quirk or no quirk."
"What, why? Zuku, you want to be one of them? After all those times heroes ignored you and even after that!" Himiko looked at Izuku with a face of disbelief.
"Think about it Himi, in this society, who do people listen to? The heroes, if you buy merch, who will be on it? Heroes, they're everywhere, I admit, I'm a hero fanboy and I respect them, but I'm not dumb enough to believe that they're perfect, especially with what I've seen, people just think they can solve everything. A lot of the former villains that come to the bar also say that they find this dumb, heck, it's what drove some of them to crime. Even though I believe that, I've seen where crime can take you, I also know that if I stay where I am now, things won't change for people like us in a wide scale. Imagine if All Might came out tomorrow and donated a million yen to a foundation that supports mutants and quirkless. Do you realize the effect that will have on people? He's the symbol of peace! People like us are always considered useless or future villains, if someone like All Might thinks we're good, society may be more open to people like us, especially kids. In the beginning I wanted to be a hero like All Might to save people with a smile on his face, but now, I want to be a hero for people like us, the people who don't even have the privilege to get saved."
HImiko's face turned to one of thought, pondering Izuku's words, in the deepest parts of her heart, she knew it to be true. All people cared about were heroes. If society wanted change, heroes have to be the ones to bring it, though big events could bring change, the cost was usually not worth it.
"Broccoli's got a point, the ones who bring change need to be the ones in power, I get his logic."
All three sat in silence for the car ride. Something in Himiko's mind formed.
Both of them got to Hinode, it was the first time they ever step into a cove, they stepped out of the van into what seems like an old town, with short buildings packed together, they seemed run down, a look inside suggested it was used as a storehouse, but further in, they found some buildings that seem to also be in disrepair but the buildings did have some work done, with new windows and painted buildings. They meet with a plain looking man, around 25 years old, he was quirkless based on his shoes, he had a bandana around his neck wearing some baggy jeans and a T-shirt with shoulder pads, with a cap and armed with two katanas on his back alongside with a handgun holstered to his hip.
"Hey! Bloodsmith, how's the supplies?"
"It's good Senko! Don't worry by the way the kids with me, they're part of the cove."
"Ah! Hello there! You must be Broccoli and Carmilla, looking dapper today you two! You can call me Senko, I'm part of the regiment here in Hinode." Senko flashed a sigil at Izuku, it was the same sigil he had, a hexagonal sigil with a koi fish jumping over a seigaha. except the six points of the hexagon are bright orange along side the eye of the koi fish.
Seeing Izuku and Himiko, confused faces, Tetsuchi proceeded to explain "Senko here manages the security and just basic everyday operations of Hinode alongside other people, they have sigils like that to prove it, they are chosen by the people here. Senko is just sent out to help with us today. "
Izuku and HImiko nodded before helping Tetsuchi unload the stuff from the van. They set up a table and started to unload, there were the basic stuff like food and medicine but also some out of place things, an entire box was just weapons, knives, katanas, spears. They were simply explained by Tetsuchi as "For the regiment here".
The started to unpack and more locals exited from the buildings, some seem to be shop owners as they haggled with Tetsuchi over the prices of some of the supplies and then proceeded to carry the crates back to a building.
Izuku and Himiko just started giving out the supplies to the people who needed them, there were a lot of people with mutant quirks that made them look wildly different. Some were quirkless, and some just seemed like normal people, most likely having "villainous quirks". The locals first see the pair of children with some skepticism. But after a while, after seeing that they don't care about their quirks. They started to get along, some gave them their numbers if they needed something, some showed off their quirks to Izuku after hearing he is learning quirk analysis. All thanked Izuku and Himiko for their help.
Eventually after 2 hours, all the supplies were managed, and the people went along with their day. Izuku observed. They had people sitting on ratty chairs drinking some beer, some people were doing some work on the buildings, some were just reading a book under a tree.
They were just normal people.
They weren't freaks, villains or useless.
They were people.
Izuku observed the scene,from a secluded tree, a feeling a mix of pride and sorrow as he watched the people around him. They were just like anyone else, living their lives despite the hardships they faced. His gaze lingered on a young boy, clearly quirkless, wearing worn-out shoes. Beside him, a man and a woman, presumably his parents, held hands and shared ice cream, their love and support for their son evident in their smiles.
A pang of sadness pierced Izuku's heart as he watched them. Memories of his own past flooded his mind—the ridicule, the loneliness, the feeling of being unwanted because he was quirkless. The echoes of harsh words and cruel laughter filled his ears, drowning out the present.
"Hey that's a defect!"
"Why do you keep a son like that?"
"Fucking Deku!"
His eyes started to dull and smile gone, he looked at the scene with jealousy.
Why couldn't he have a family like that?
Suddenly, a warm hand grasped his own, pulling him back to reality. Izuku blinked and turned to see Himiko standing beside him, concern etched on her face.
"Zuku," she said softly, her voice steady and grounding. "Breathe. You're not alone anymore."
Oh yeah,
He did have a family.
Izuku smiled "How did you know what I was thinking about?"
Himiko hugged Izuku, "I know what you're thinking about dummy, I have those thoughts too, why couldn't I have a family like that, I've seen you look at my family from afar with those eyes, I know what you think. It's ok, you're not there anymore."
"Thanks Himi."
"Anytime Zuku."
They sat down on the grass in silence and watched Hinode, a place for people like them prospering.
"Zuku, how was it like growing up quirkless?" Himiko asked.
"Like hell, you were somehow the cause of everyone's problems. In school, someone broke something? It had to be the quirkless kid! I was just a scapegoat for everything. It felt as if I was sub human. The breaking point was when some people broke into our house and broke our things, even gave me those nasty gashes on my back. At that point my parents decided to ditch me, I attracted trouble wherever I went it seems." They both shared a moment of silence before Izuku spoke, "Did you ever have a breaking point?" Himiko nodded. "In elementary school... There was this boy, Saito, I found him so cute... He was constantly getting into fights, having blood all over his face, I loved him, I wanted to be him, so I attacked him, trying to get blood out of him, it wasn't enough to kill him thankfully but when I tried to go home. They locked me out. I know now that I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't have any blood, but I still feel sorry for it..." She started tearing up "Why couldn't we have been normal?"
Izuku hugged her. "I'm sorry to hear that Himiko, well, we can't control what we got in life I guess. The best we can do is just try out best to live it, no matter rain or shine, we got to smile through it and give our best shot besides if we were born normal, we wouldn't have met these people now would we?"
Himiko nodded and smiled a bit. "I guess you're right Zuku..."
They both sat down on the dirt, not caring about their classy clothes, they thought more about their past and they started crying together.
Tetsuchi, from a distance saw and decided to give them some space.
When both of them returned from Hinode, it was about 6:30, they started to work in the bar.
The patrons were happy in the bar, some people with mutant quirks were sitting in a few of the booths, some were eating raw meat, as required of their quirks. A person with a bobcat mutation was picking their teeth. In the back corner some vigilantes were talking, laughing, some were inspecting their weapons and guns. Izuku was behind the bartop talking to the patrons and making drinks.
"So yeah, basically, this guy asked me out, and I'm really conflicted on whether or not I should take it." A woman with swirly irises and hands said. "It's tempting but I've been on fake dates before, and I'm scared my record would fuck it up. What do you think Broccoli?"
Izuku pondered for a moment. "If you genuinely want a date, I think give it a go, if it goes bad then at least you tried. If he doesn't show up without a good reason, the cove can find him. I bet your friends here won't let him go even if we didn't try and find him. He smirked to see two other aggressive looking women gave the swirly woman a thumbs up.
"Thanks guys, you guys are the be-" Before she can finish the sentence ten masked men burst in with weapons while carrying some sack that looks like a person is inside of it, no one in the bar even flinched as Izuku grabbed a few knives from the bottom of the bar top and threw two of them at the men, it stabbed two of them in the shoulder, Himiko rushed and bit one of them on the neck while punching another to the ground, the brass knuckles in her gloves doing their job, a few of the vigilantes got up and fought the rest of the men, with sounds of katanas, bats, and bo staffs rang out against the men's weapons. Two patrons from the bar top got up, one opened her mouth and multiple tentacles shot out, her eyes losing color and shot out at the men, the other one got a bottle and conked one of the men on the head while dragging the sack towards the bar top. The woman with the swirly eyes got up, and looked at them as her eyes started to spiral, floating the masked men up, the rest of the bar just watched in amusement, this wasn't the first time people have came to attack this bar, so they were pretty much used to it at this point.
The woman with the tentacle town wrapped them up, before grabbing a knife and cutting her tongue off, properly securing them. Tetsuchi peered out from his office "Any damage?" Izuku and Himiko shook their head. "Good I'll call the cops."
"What kind of filthy place is this! Full of mutant scum!" One of the men yelled, earning a glare from the mutants in the booth seats.
Izuku grabbed pieces of duct tape to tape the loud men shut, a close look at the skull masks made it clear that they were members of the Creature Rejection Clan, they claim to be oh so powerful, but in reality they were just a bunch of crazies that wanted some form of "purity"
Izuku opened the sack, to see a man with a lizard mutation coughing and crawling out. He had pink hair and was wearing jeans and a tank top. At the sight of this some of the patrons in the bar, especially the mutants got up and put him on a chair, feeding him some food and water.
"Holy shit you good man?" A man with a fox mutation asked. "It's all good, their done for, captured those bigot motherfuckers, they ain't gonna get any of us." A woman with a wolf quirk bared her fangs and growled at the men.
"T-Thanks guys....Holy shit where am I." The lizard man asked.
Izuku smiled. "You're at the Iron Haven a bar, I don't know why these men brought you here in the first place but know that it's a bar where anyone is welcome, mutants, quirkless, "villainous quirks", former villains, you name it, you don't start anything, you won't get hurt." One of the men, one that Izuku stabbed, snorted, "Do that again and you'll have a knife in your other shoulder, I despise bigots like you." Izuku said coldly, the sight of a nine year old was somehow enough for him to shut up.
Izuku held the lizard man's hand, "What's your name, or what would you like us to call you? Majority of us go by nicknames anyways."
The lizard man opened his mouth but no word came out, he thought for a second before responding. "Spinner, you can call me Spinner."
"How can you be comfortable with that fr-" The bound man couldn't get a word out before getting kneed in the face by Izuku.
"You should go see that guy in the office there, he can help you out with life." Izuku gestured towards Tetsuchi, he gave a wave back to the lizard man, gesturing for him to come here.
"Alright, thanks...."
"Broccoli"
"Heh, guess that fits, thanks Broccoli."
Chapter 9
It has been a few years now. Izuku was now wiping the bar top while standing on a stool. He's now 10 and have been a staple within the TFC community of Musutafu. The quirkless kid that stands behind the bar top constantly wearing an outfit consisting of a forest green dress shirt. black slacks and shoes and a black vest with gold buttons with a red tie. Like a little bartender, constantly with a smile on his face. Bright enough to make the sun jealous has become a favorite and considering his talents, People appreciate him and trust him enough that Tetsuchi even allowed him to handle code greens and some code yellows. Not to mention he makes a killer katsudon. Not to mention the blond girl that was with him. Always with a small cheshire grin, wearing the same attire except with a red dress shirt and a black vest with a black tie, and somehow an expert in blood and knives. The two make an amusing pair that seemed to brighten up patron's day just at the sight of them.
"Hey Broccoli a latte please!"
"A bottle of beer for me darling~ Thankssssss!"
"A beer for me as well! School has been killing us! I need a drink!"
Izuku smiled and replied "I got all that! Good luck on your studies people! Especially with your physics Mino!"
The table snickered. Mino looked at Izuku with mock offense "Oh really? Don't see you trying to solve electromagnetism!"
Izuku smiled "I'm 10 Mino I just started the elementary school version of that. Not to mention you got stumped by the work Insight gave me!"
"Yeah! Not to mention you didn't understand a word of the book I gave you!" Himiko wearing the same outfit except with a red vest teasingly quipped
"Hey you guys learnt English from a young age! Besides that book was some old pre quirk literature and the title was weird like 1984 that's just a year You can't blame me!"
"Excuses am I right or am i right Himi?"
"Oh definitely!"
"Oh come on don't switch to English on us now! How did you guys even learn it"
"I read a bunch of books and learnt it that way alongside videos of people talking about horror movies and literature I like. Broccoli learnt it thanks to Insight"
"Ah We're just messing with you! Anyway, Himi their drinks are done"
Himiko went ahead and grabbed the groups drinks and served the college students drink on a tray
"Hey Carmilla, how has the lessons with Hare coming along?"
"Me and Broccoli are getting really good! I found about Hare 6 months after I caught Broccoli going to a warehouse. I'm getting really good at the throwing knives and knives in general. Broccoli's getting better with the staff and katanas. He started on the bow and arrow but we both are still improving our CQC and we are starting on stealth which i am really excited about."
"That's good to hear How-"
"BROCCOLI!"
Insight rushed into the bar and ran to Izuku wiht eyebags and scruffy messy hair
Izuku was startled "W-Woah Insight what's wrong?"
"WE NEED TO GO TO THE WAREHOUSE NOW I HAVE A HYPOTHESIS FOR YOUR QUIRK I SWEAR!"
Izuku immediately understood and ran out the bar leaving a dumbfounded table of college students and an excited Himiko behind.
"Quirk?" Cherry asked
"Yeah Insight says Broccoli had a good chance of a latent quirk so he's taking him out to test it!"
"Oh good for him!"
"You're not jealous Cherry?" Salazar asked
"Why would I be? I'm not bitter that I'm quirkless. I'm bitter because people treat me like shit because I'm quirkless. I'm confident that Broccoli won't let it get to his head even if he gets a strong flashy quirk."
"Yeah you're right Zuku's not the type."
The entire table looked at Himiko
"Zuku?"
Himiko blushed "O-oh it's nicknames we call each other..."
They all looked at each other and then Medusa asked
"Ssssssooo when will you confessssss?"
Himiko flustered "I-I don't know what you're talking about! I-I need to clear a table now bye!"
The entire table was thinking the same thing Oooh that girl has it bad!
Izuku was at the warehouse with a panting Insight.
"Alright Broccoli you remember all the possibilities we tried over the years. We have established your quirk is something heat or fire related. Since there have been multiple times you have emitted heat only it never lasted long. We have tried to imagine fire coming out of you. Imagine fire being pulled out of you but what if, It's a mental imagery quirk?"
"A what?"
"A mental imagery quirk! A lot of times people imagine things coming out of them in the real world but what if you imagine a completely different space in your mind. Instead of imaging your body pulling flames or generating flames. Imagine flames in a world of your own.
"I still don't get it..."
"Your mother had telekinesis which led me to believe perhaps your brain has something to do with your quirk. So i came up with the idea of a mental imagery quirk. Try to imagine a black space and a singular fire sparking and raging, calm down and imagine a black space and a big fire."
"Ok..."
Izuku sat down cross legged after a few moments he heard Insight gasp and yelp in joy "BROCCOLI KEEP THINKING OF THE FIRE OK? THEN OPEN YOUR EYES!" Izuku was startled athis sudden exclamation. He so far have only managed to feel heat but soon later when he opened his eyes he noticed that his uniform was on fire in a blaze of green. But it wasn't burning away the actual cloth. Izuku yelled in surprise before the fire stopped.
"HOLY SHIT! IT WORKED! OH MY GOD!"
Izuku didn't say anything. After an entire decade, an entire decade of suffering and discrimination.
He had a quirk
"ALRIGHT SCREW YOUR SHIFT WE ARE DOING THIS!"
"YEAHH" Izuku yelled back.
Izuku went to write on a piece of paper
Izuku Midoriya
Quirk: Telefire
"Really? Telefire? Surely you have something better than that. We don't even know if it has any telekinetic abilities."
"Well that's what we're trying to find out now isn't it?!"
"Alright we established that if you imagine a fire at the back of the mind like a separate space of your mind then you can generate fire. Now let's see if you can imagine the fire differently. Like making it a long thin shape like a rope then try to imagine the fire shooting out ok?"
Izuku then sat down and imagined a campfire at the back of his mind. While keeping his eyes open. It was harder to focus considering the whole having a quirk thing but eventually green flames appeared. As it appeared he got a closer look, his body parts were on fire, barely visible except for his face. His green hair caught on fire and flickered. Making Izuku seem like his hair was made of fire. Insight was sat nearby with an infrared thermometer with his eyes wide open and slack jawed but as he was doing this. Izuku imagined the fire thinning out and spreading into thin rope shapes. Izuku's fire started to change. The fire then morphed into around 2 tendrils of green hot fire, he felt a headache. In a moment, they were moving around randomly. Izuku was in awe. Then Izuku imagined the campfire shoot out of their side. Resulting in the fire shooting to his right and setting a small flame to a pile of cardboard. Izuku panicked as Insight rushed to a fire extinguisher and put out the flames quickly."
"That was so cool!"
"It certainly was something. Now let's review somethings. We have revealed that you can imagine the flames and my theory was that you imagine the flame and then change it into a tendril shape. Then you imagined the fire in you shooting to your right then that's what happened correct?
Izuku nodded. "I imagined a campfire. My whole body was lit up when i did. Then i imagined it turning into small thin ropes then imagined it shoot out to my right. You're correct"
"Alright that brings me to my second question. Did you feel any discomfort during that whole show of fire. Did you feel like you were overheating?"
"No i felt a bit warm like wearing two coats at summer noon but other than that it wasn't a big deal."
Insight went and touch Izuku on the shoulder. The clothes were burning hot "OW!" he yelped. "Your clothes are so hot like they're on fire and you feel fine?!"
"W-well I guess it's maybe because of fire resistant skin?"
"No! none of your skin shows attributes that resist fire. No obvious difference in body hair, pores whatever! That is very impressive and scary at the same time Broccoli. You know why?"
Izuku shook his head before Insight turned his thermometer around to reveal a reading.
1450 degrees celsius.
"WHAT!"
"Do you understand how hot that is? That is hot enough to melt steel. Normal people with fire quirks will be rolling in their grave right now if they reach that temperature! and yet here you are just dusting it off like two coats in noon as you call it."
"But how? I don't feel anything bad."
"That's what we're trying to figure out try doing it again but this time just imagine the fire burning and run around the warehouse and I will set a timer and thermometer to see what drawbacks this has. Try keeping yourself aware through out the whole thing alright?"
Izuku nodded before sitting down and imagining the fire. His body was alight once more. He started to run around. After only 3 minutes he started to feel discomfort. Before falling on the ground clutching his head after 2 more minutes of running.
Insight rushed to him and asked if he was ok. Izuku nodded and lied on the floor recovering.
"What did you feel?"
"A big headache like I just got hit by a hammer hard."
"Ahh i see the potential quirk exhaustion. Since your fire is mind based, your body isn't taking the strain but your brain and mind is. If you kept on going there was a good chance for a nose bleed or even worse brain damage. I hypothesize that the heat of your flames have something to do with it. Since it was in the 1400s the entire time through. Do you wish to continue or call it a day?"
"No keep going i have so many things I want to try!"
"Alright then let's take a rest before we try anything else."
They sat there is silence. As Izuku contemplated his life. He now had a quirk and it seemed really powerful. He could be a good hero if he trained hard enough.
"Insight, would i be betraying you guys?"
Insight looked in confusion. "Why would you be betraying us kid?"
"Now knowing I have a quirk I genuinely want to try my shot at being a hero but I want to keep helping people here. Can i do both or do i have to sacrifice all this to be a hero. If so then wouldn't I be betraying you guys? I want to be a hero to change the world so that people don't have to be scared of the people we take care of! Mutation quirks, "villainous quirks", recovering villains, quirkless and even the people who need our help for other reasons. I want there to be someone well-known in this world and then to say. That these people deserve our attention too. Let's help them! But i'm scared that i'll lose you guys and can't get to help you guys anymore since i'm not the quirkless kid being bullied and mocked by society anymore. I'm scared that people will think I'm not part of them anymore."
Insight softly smiled.
He knelt down to the boy's level, his eyes soft with understanding. "You know, being a hero isn't just about having a flashy quirk or wearing a costume. It's about having a heart like yours, a heart that wants to help people and make the world a better place."
He reached out and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. "You don't have to choose between being a hero and helping people here. You can do both. In fact, the best heroes are the ones who never forget where they came from and who they're fighting for."
Insight's voice was steady and warm. "By becoming a hero, you'll have a bigger platform to tell the world about the amazing people here. You'll be able to show everyone that mutation quirks, so-called 'villainous quirks,'quirkless people and even those who've had a tough past deserve love, support, and understanding. You can be that bridge between our world and the world out there."
He smiled, a twinkle of pride in her eyes. "And as for losing us? That's not going to happen. We are basically family at this point, you are one of us , You are part of a family that can be found almost anywhere in Japan and can provide a home for you. You have shown us compassion and understanding and all of us know you aren't the type of person that will let a flashy quirk get to your head like that and we will always be here for you. No matter where you go or how high you rise, you'll always have a place here with us. If you become a hero. You will mean so much to so many people. A member of The Forgotten Cove being a hero and spreading the need of support for these people. Remember your roots and you will be fine, being a hero doesn't mean leaving behind those you care about—it means fighting even harder for them."
"You can be a great hero"
As Insight was done. Izuku was crying on his shoulder. "Y-yes Insight, T-thank you!"
They sat there and Izuku kept on crying. They stayed like that for what seems like forever.
After a while Tetsuchi walked in the warehouse with Himiko.
"Hey Insight what's going on with Broccoli?"
"Yeah Zuku looks sad!"
Insight walked over to them and whispered into their ear about what happened. Tetsuchi and Himiko walked towards him and hugged him.
"He's right kid. You don't have to worry about losing us. If you want to be a hero go for it! We believe in you."
"Yeah Zuku you can do it!"
"T-thanks Bloodsmith T-thanks H-Himi..."
"Actually what's your quirk. Insight told me it was something to do with fire?"
Izuku and Insight both grinned. "Yeah Broccoli's quirk is one of the rarest i've seen! It's fire but it's produced by his mind! It reached 1400 celsius and he can run around for like 15 minutes before he passes out! We are trying to figure out how to either extend his limit or trying to make him last longer!"
"Woah..." Tetsuchi and Himiko muttered.
"Yeah! Now I have a suggestion Broccoli. Try imagining your fire but weaker. maybe instead of a size of a roaring campfire. What about a flame of a candle?"
"Ok!"
Izuku started to imagine a candle at the back of his mind and his body caught on fire again but this time he felt cooler still hot but not as hot as 1400 celsius.
"I feel much better and relaxed" he said.
"I think that's because this fire is around 600 degrees. around the temperature of a normal wood fire."
"That's so cool!"
Izuku's fire went out at that moment.
"Why did his fire go out?"
Izuku smiled sheepishly. "Well i have to focus on my mind. I have to think of the fire. I got distracted so it was gone."
"I see that's still so cool Zuku!"
"Alright that proves that you can regulate your flames. Now i want you to imagine the fire in some ways. I want you to imagine something and then it's caught on fire. Or the fire morphing into a shape of something like a sword for example. Then try to see if your fire can be separated from you. Some people can create fire constructs. Then try to make the fire solid. It's rare but possible. I think trying to imagine the fire being rigid and not flowing or flickering can help. Lastly try to see if you have telekinetic control over your potential fire constructs."
"Yes Sir!"
Izuku stood and imagined the fire. His body lit up again. He then imagined two small parts of the fire separating. Two small fire balls appeared around him and floated in front of him. He imagined them spinning around him and the fire complied. He then imagined the fire coming together to make a katana. It took a moment but a katana made of green flame appeared in front of him. He imagined the katana spinning rapidly. However it barely maintained it's form. Then Izuku concentrated hard. A small headache starting to flare up in his head. He imagined the flickering of the flaming katana to stop. He closed his eyes and concentrated. After a while he imagined it as a glowing green katana. He imagined it spinning around and the katana had a better and more clear shape. He then went to try and touch the katana. He slowly approached it and closed his eyes. Expecting to grasp at air. He touched the handle of it. He then proceeded to grab it and follow Hare's teaching routine of katanas. His katana flowed with him as if it was one made of steel. He felt like it he was at one with it. He didn't even realize his fire was out.
"Hey Broccoli? Your fire is out."
"Oh what?"
When Izuku looked around him. He realized the green fire is out but the katana was still there. What's more interesting is he could still control his katana through telekinesis. However when he grasped at it, and releasing his telekinetic control, he couldn't control it again, what's more is that when he tried to strike the katana against a steel beam, the katana broke.
"Interesting how did you feel when you made the katana?"
"It felt hard I had to concentrate really hard to stop the flickering."
"But it seems to stay behind even after your fire is burning. Are you imaging a fire right now?"
"No I just imagine pulling this katana around and it's working."
"It seems like any flame construct you make can survive even without you imagining a fire and you have telekinetic control over them but it seems to be pretty fragile, like glass, I think with enough training, it can get better. That is an amazing ability indeed according to my thermometer that katana is around 700 celsius the rough temperature you were burning at the time and yet here you are holding it in your hands and all fine and you controlling these constructs seem like how a standard telekinetic quirk works. We'll wrap it up today. Write down everything in those notebook of yours you hear! This is all important!"
"Yes sir! Thank you Sir!"
Later that night Himiko knocked on Izuku's room door
"Zuku... Can i ask a question before I leave."
"Of course Himi what is it?"
"Can someone like me be a hero?"
"Of course Himi! Why do you ask?"
"I saw how you wanted to help people after you got your quirk. Do you think I can help with my quirk? I always wanted people to stop hating people like me for their quirks. It means I can prove to people that people and heroes that even with villainous quirks I can still help right?"
"Yeah that's what that means and of course! There are so many ways you can help with your quirk. You can confuse villains into thinking you are one of them. You could break into their bases. You would be perfect for infiltration. I've seen you doing training with your quirk with Hare. You could stay transformed for so long now and you don't even need to worry about the clothes! You just shapeshift with the person's clothes over your own! I wouldn't be surprised if your quirk changed some way in the future but even as it is right now, You could definitely be a hero. We could go to hero schools and really train ourselves with pro heroes!"
"Which hero school do you want to go Zuku?
"Well if it were up to me then definitely UA since it's regarded as the best!"
"O-oh..."
"What's wrong Himi?"
"I asked Bloodsmith about hero schools after hearing you say you want to be a hero. I want to go to Shiketsu... I hope you aren't mad..."
"It's ok Himi! Shiketsu is considered to be the main competitor to UA they are still really good but why Shiketsu though?"
"I-I searched up UA's practical test and it says it was fighting robots... Even if my weapon and fighting skills were good enough. I couldn't do much against robots... Besides Shiketsu has a specific test for underground heroics. They will still train under the official hero course and that's the field of heroics I want to go into if I could... I want to be like Hare. Besides you said it yourself. My quirk is really more suited to underground heroics with stuff like infiltration... so yeah."
"It's fine Himi I'm not mad at all. I'm really proud that you can know what you want and be a hero. Besides we both work at this bar. Heck I live here. So it's not like we will see each other less right? You can come visit anytime outside of school and I'll likely be right here for you!" Izuku flashed her a bright smile. "I never knew you had an interest in heroics Himi. What spurred this on?"
"W-well aside from you getting your quirk and seeing how you want to help people like us really inspired me. It started way back when you saved me from that kid with the explosion quirk, and then that talk in the van after seeing Native and Slugger about how if we want to change the world, we need to be more than what we are now, but the main reason is I think I was given a second chance at life and want to do it for something good... Even if I know not to c-care about them. I s-still get people c-calling me vampire or v-villain when i need to d-drink blood in public. It feels bad. I am so t-thankful for mom and dad for defending me. But i keep thinking: If I hadn't met you that day. There's a g-good chance that I'll be a villain. I d-don't want that to be true but I had no one. It w-was only a matter of time before I started to hate e-everything. Thinking no one would love me. Until one d-day I would do s-something too far... I just t-think I want to prove to myself that i can do good and to others like me that they can be a good p-person even with a q-quirk like mine, even today I sometimes attack people, and yet people understand, sometimes whenever I see a quirkist I just want to gut them, to let my hate just take them... Why..." When Himiko was finished she started sobbing into Izuku's shoulder. Izuku embraced her and softly replied
"It's ok now Himi, what matters now is that you have people that do love you. People who are with you. People that will support you no matter what. You don't need to think of a world where you're a villain because you aren't one. You are a great person. Listen to me, those people who insult you are wrong. But no matter rain or shine or what they say. We should smile through it because time won't stop for us if we sit here and think about what could have been. Instead we could focus on what could be and that is being a hero to people like us. People who were forgotten. To make sure people realize that we exist!"
"But, don't you think that? Just think about it, I did some things that I weren't proud of, but I think that If I didn't find people like you, I would have hated this world. I would have actually killed someone... just taken what I want, what if that's who I was meant to be? Sometimes my blood urges still pop up an-"
Izuku looked at her with a soft and gentle look and hugs her,"Himi, that's not who you are now, nor will you ever be. You are not a villain. You never were, and you never will be. What they say, what they think about your quirk—it doesn't define you. You define you."
Himiko's eyes widened slightly, tears brimming at the corners as she gazed at him, her lips trembling. Izuku squeezed her hand, wanting her to feel the strength in his grip, the reassurance he was trying to convey.
"Those urges, those feelings—they don't make you evil," Izuku continued. "They're just a part of you, like any other quirk is a part of someone else. It doesn't make you a villain, Himi. It just means you have something more to overcome, something that makes you stronger when you choose not to let it control you."
Himiko swallowed hard, trying to process his words, but the doubt still lingered in her eyes. "But what if one day I lose control? What if one day... I can't fight it?"
Izuku shook his head, his expression resolute. "You won't lose control because you're stronger than that. And you're not alone. You have me, and you have others who care about you. We'll help you, Himi. We'll be there for you, every step of the way. You don't have to carry this burden alone."
Himiko's tear fell out at that statement and feeling a wave of realization before hugging Izuku harder.
"Thank you Zuku.... Thank you so much..." Himiko sobbed before nibbling on Izuku's neck
" Do you want to sing a song Wave taught us to calm down."
"Yes please..."
"Alright then let's do something simple."
"Somewhere, over the rainbow..."
Chapter 10
Name: Midoriya Izuku
Quirk: Mindflare
Description: The ability to generate green energy by imagining it with his mind. Drawbacks are mental strain and potential brain damage."
"Really? This is what i'll be sending to the quirk registry?"
"Yeah! We can't give away everything now can we? Trust me you don't want to raise a lot of attention with a quirk like yours. I know the HPSC takes special notice on powerful quirks and you don't want them to give you extra attention. I worked for them before... It's not pretty."
Izuku shuddered at the insinuation "Alright then..."
"Alright! So you got yourself a quirk but you better expect for the training to get harder! Understood?"
"Yes Sir!"
"Alright this time around I will focus on Carmilla and let you have half the session trying out your quirk. I heard you can make weapons so try to train yourself in that since according to Insight, It's quite hard for you to make it solid. Also try to make multiple things solid at once. You got that? But also try to think of different ways you can use your quirk since it's really versatile. What's your current time to make something solid?"
"Like 10 seconds?"
"Alright get it down to 5 seconds. If you manage to do that then you can try to make multiple things solid alright?"
"Yes Hare!"
Izuku then proceeded to try imagining the fire and tried to get the flickers down as quick as he can. He timed himself and the fastest was still only about 9 seconds. He tried this for 30 minutes before getting stopped by Hare.
"Broccoli maybe you're going about this wrong. How about try imagining the fires differently. Like maybe there's a better way than just imagining the flickering stop. Do you have any ideas?"
Izuku ran to his notebook on a table to the side. He flipped through it before stopping on a page and then smiling to himself "Yes I have an idea Hare..."
Izuku then sat down and instead of imagining a campfire as he always did. He imagined two green glowing swords. When he did. Two flaming daggers appeared in front of him but his body was not on fire. "Woahh" Izuku muttered. He maintained focus on green daggers at the back of his mind. He took it in his hand and then stopped imaging it. The green daggers remained. Radiating heat throughout the room. Izuku holds one dagger in his hand while spinning the other dagger around him. He proceeded to do the sword fighting routine with parries, blocks and strikes. All while having a dagger spinning around his body. However, the one he was spinning, shatters and the one he was holding crumbles after hitting it on the wooden table."
"That's so cool Zuku!"
"Thanks Himi! It's so amazing to look at!"
"That's good kid try some different shapes would you?"
Izuku then imagined a fire with ten glowing tendrils coming out of it. Izuku's back popped out around 2 tendrils as he was lit on fire. Izuku then imagined two of them shift position to a place in the fire facing forward. As he did the two tendrils shifted out to his arm. He imagined the tendrils reach out and Izuku tried to grab on to the water bottle. Only for it to melt. Izuku panicked a bit. The fire flickering away before he refocused and tried to imagine the tendril to not glow as much. After he did he tried to grab a nearby knife. Izuku's fire didn't melt it. Instead picking up as if it were another limb of Izuku. Izuku then tried to use it as a grappling hook by shooting it upwards. But noticing losing control of it traveling about 15 meters.
"Why did you stop controlling it after a little while kid? You need to take this seriously!"
"I did try to control it! It just seems that may be my telekinetic range. I don't think i can try grappling in the traditional sense..."
"How about you control the part of it where it is in your range maybe imagine the fire moving or the tendril shortening Zuku!"
Izuku nodded with understanding before trying just that. He was flung up immediately and slowly sensed to gain control of the part of the tendril that was out of his range only to crash against the roof and the tendrils shattering, earning him the laughs of Himiko and Hare
With all this new knowledge Izuku then went on to try multiple different ways to imagine his fire.
He made a small buckler that was able to physically block attacks while setting the projectiles and hits on fire. (Courtesy of Himiko's knives and Hare's unfortunate pants.)
He made small 1 square meter square platforms that separate from his fire and is able to put it in a 15 meter range around him and climb up using them before shattering.
He even tried to make more complex weapons like his own fire version of a bow and arrow and smaller knives and even thin gauntlets and armor around his limbs.
"Good job! This session alone you manage to find so many ways to use your quirk. Good job on transformation times and stamina Carmilla! Now come here! I want 150 sets of Luna Ring, Luna Rush and Luna Fall, both of you use your quirks to make it better, you need to hit all the pressure points I taught you and attack this dummy. Come on let's go!"
"Yes Hare!"
Izuku went back to working at the bar top before Tetsuchi called him and Himiko into the office. Inside sat a white haired lady who looked like she was crying.
"Ok look I know both of you want to be more involved in information gathering and here's a chance I want to guide you through this. This woman came to me and gave me a red omamori and a black one at the same time. She is likely to have been a victim of a crime so I want you to try and ask her calmly what she needs ok?"
Izuku and Himiko nodded before quietly approach the white haired woman and got behind the desk. Izuku started
"Hello miss! You can call me Broccoli and this girl Carmilla. What can we call you? and what do you need? Do you have crime to report?"
The woman looked up in confusion. Himiko intercepted.
"I know we seem young miss but we really want to help! Bloodsmith is there and will listen and handle your problem! You can trust me on that miss!"
The woman nodded hesitantly before replying "Y-you can call me Frost. I-I'm here because I just couldn't take it a-anymore..." The woman started sobbing. Himiko and Izuku waited patiently and smiled softly before the woman continued. "I was abused by my h-husband. I got married off for a quirk marriage. He was a horrible man... He's a hero and he wanted his children to be heroes as well... They trained them so hard. My eldest was the first. He had great power so my husband trained him. However after years he realized that his quirk did not make him suitable as a "Successor" since it had such a negative effect on his body since his skin didn't go along his quirk. We kept on having children until they had the perfect blend of a dual quirk. That would be my youngest. My eldest hated the fact that he was replaced and couldn't be the one to succeed my husband. My husband wanted to make someone better than All Might... and my eldest just couldn't see that we stopped training him for his own good and wanted to be the one to surpass All Might. He wanted to be a hero like there was no other option in life! I think it would be better if my husband were to just listen and talk to him but he avoided his problems and instead focused on training our youngest. He was always so harsh on him. Whenever I defend my child he would hit me... One d-day I couldn't take it and I lashed out and hurt my youngest b-boy... I was so startled to see him I thought it was my husband about to hit me..."
She sobbed some more before continuing. "After I lashed out he sent me to a mental hospital... T-they kept me there for g-god knows how long. I admit I wasn't right in the head when i l-lashed out but I... They just wouldn't even visit me in the hospital. It felt so lonely... I stayed for so long. I passed all the tests given to me! I should have been free to go but still they wouldn't let me! I wanted to meet them. To atone, to try and fix the family. But I couldn't even talk to them. Until one day. Some n-nurse didn't lock the door at night and I escaped to you guys. I h-heard from someone that y-you guys might be able to help me since he said you helped him s-secure medical treatment there and can also help with abuse cases like mine. He told me after hearing about my situation... The hospital's probably looking for me now..."
Izuku nodded "I see miss. We can help you with getting you a new place to live and to find work. We can even offer you a chance at a new identity if you wish and give you access to psychiatrists. Do you have any other requests?"
Frost nodded slowly "I don't know if this is too much to ask... but my eldest son was deemed dead after an incident but i think he ran away. I don't think in my heart that he died! My husband trained and pushed him too hard and my son couldn't take the fact that he was replaced and still wanted to be a hero! I wanted him to explore the world. Not being clouded by his father's judgement and views, then decide his own path. But he trained in secret hoping to regain his father's favor. He trained in the mountains until. He started a mountain fire. That was also when he created blue fire. They assumed he died in the mountain fire but there was not even a body! My husband probably told the police to not look into it! I think that man wanted to cover his mistakes by disguising his so called death as an incident! He is hateful but as a mother I can't help but care for him. I don't want him to end up as a vigilante or a villain... If you can help me find him before he's too late or at least confirm his status then I will be forever in your debt!"
Himiko nodded and asked "Do you know what he looks like?"
Frost nodded " His name is Touya Todoroki...He would be around 19 years old... He has a fire quirk. It makes blue fire. He had white hair and blue eyes. He might have scars all over since the doctors said his skin is not made for a fire quirk so he might suffer scars all over his body... He is absolutely out of control though. He is brash and aggressive. He has been told all his life his purpose is to be a hero but after my youngest. Who my husband deemed "The perfect combination" He was neglected and told he shouldn't be a hero. since his quirk actively damaged him. But he didn't listen! He kept going and getting hurt even more..."
Izuku and Himiko's eyes widen at the name mentioned
"I see miss. Do you want to report this to the heroes?"
"NO!"
Izuku and Himiko both flinched
The woman calmed down before continuing. "Sorry... My husband is a pro hero... If you report this he might get wind of it... As for my eldest. I'm ready for whatever news it could be. I just want to try to search for him at least once... I will repay you tenfold for this in the future i swear upon it!"
"It's ok miss we'll help!" Izuku flashed her a bright smile. Soothing the young woman.
Tetsuchi piped up from the entrance "Frost we can help you with all that I can send some folk to find people that fit your son's description. These two can help you find a place for now. We can hammer out the details about work, mental help and a new identity once we got you a place to live. For now I have rooms at the top of the bar. Broccoli lives there also. If you need anything you can ask him. As for payment. We don't need it. This won't take too much on our resources but if you do wish to repay us. Then do so when you have more than enough for yourself ok?"
Frost got on her knees and clasped her hands "T-Thank you all so much...."
"It will be fine. Broccoli take her up stairs will you? Come back here after so I can guide you through the process. Miss if we want to start searching for your son, your name will be a good start."
"Rei... Rei Todoroki but my maiden name is Rei Himura..."
All the other three's jaw dropped. Before Izuku escorted Rei up to her rooms.
"Ok Bloodsmith, Zuku, isn't Himura that rich family with all those powerful ice quirks? Aren't they like uber rich? What is it they do again?" Himiko asked when Izuku came back to the office.
"You're right Carmilla they have a hand in a lot of businesses. They sell ice mainly. but they help a lot of big companies with their frozen processed food. All the big companies world wide have used their services. Making them really wealthy. Which doesn't make sense to me why they would agree to a quirk marriage..."
"What's a quirk marriage Bloodsmith?"
"It's when two people agree to marry each other but only on the basis of hoping their quirks can be enhanced and then be passed off to their offspring down the bloodline. It is pure eugenics. In Frost's case. Judging by the fact that her eldest has a fire quirk but apparently his skin is not made for a fire quirk..."
"Then that means his skin may be more suited to an ice quirk!" Izuku added
"Correct! Which means she married someone with a fire quirk! Now i guess it's no surprise that powerful families like the Himura want good quirks but according to Frost she was married off meaning the Himuras gave her up... Now the part that confuses me is that that means the Himuras. The rich family that has a hand in business worldwide! Has become desperate enough to marry someone in their family off... Since quirk marriages involve a lot of money and that they're heavily scrutinized in today's society. Maybe they could be suffering an in house crisis."
Izuku slammed the table and exclaimed. "Wait! Todoroki is the last name of Endeavour right?"
"Yeah you're right Zuku! When we watched those old videos of the UA sports festival it did say his name! It checks out on how her son can have a strong fire quirk! But that also means..."
"Endeavour participated in a quirk marriage and abused his wife and kids..."
Everyone in the office stopped for a second. All the evidence pointed towards the current number 2 hero being a piece of shit.
"Oh my god... Someone like him... The number 2 hero..."Izuku muttered curling his fists.
"I want to see his blood... what a fake..." Himiko gritted her teeth.
"It's disgusting yes but I guess we can forget the whole getting her legal help I was thinking of. No lawyer would commit career suicide by going against the number 2 hero. For now let's focus on getting her safe. I want you to try and go through the files. What properties fall under ownership of TFC members that are willing to rent it out. Then consider how many resources and money we can spare. Then after that think of which place would be safe for her. I'll get people to give her some documents and a new identity and to start on the manhunt for his son. Obviously we can't just ask her about the whole Himura and Todoroki thing. With that said: Everyone start!"
Izuku and Himiko immediately began to look through the files of land owners in contact with the TFC and properties owned by the TFC.
"This one's too expensive!"
"This one's too far!"
"The owner can't take anymore people for now with this one!"
It took them hours before finally settling on an apartment complex a 20 minute train ride from here. It was chosen because Rei could realistically afford it when she found work. It was safe since it had cameras and guards hired by the owner of the complex who was a part of the TFC and it was big enough to accomodate her and her son if they ever found him.
"Here Bloodsmith! We chose the place!" Himiko grinned while rushing towards Tetsuchi. "What do you think did we do good?"
Tetsuchi smiled. "Good choice! I can tell all those lessons are paying off. Soon enough I can start teaching you hero stuff. It'll be good for any hero to learn how to gather information."
Izuku and Himiko grinned to each other as they embraced. Himiko started nibbling on Izuku's neck. She has started doing that as a sign of affection. Although Izuku didn't understand it. He was glad that Himiko was happy.
"Alright I'll give this to Frost. Alongside the new government papers and identity to live under. You guys did good! Himiko you can wait her for you parents to pick you up. Izuku follow me to Frost's room"
Izuku followed Tetsuchi and opened a door seeing a somber looking Rei.
"Hey there Frost. We have some news for you"
Rei looked towards them in a slight smile and nodded signaling for them to continue
"From now on your name is not Rei Todoroki or Shimura, It will be Shimo Risa and we have found this place to be willing to give you a place to live. You can look over this file for details of the property. I can assure you it is safe and inconspicuous. No one from your husband's family should find you there. If you so wish I can arrange for someone to change up your appearance if you'd like."
"No it's fine Bloodsmith. I'm sure at this point you know i am married to Endeavour?" Izuku and Tetsuchi nodded
"In that case I have nothing to worry. I barely left the house. No one in the public should know I'm his wife. I'm sure why you know how going after him would be a bad idea. I was put in a mental hospital. That alone could make me not a suitable witness. Now i just want to have a chance at a new life with hopefully my eldest and all my children that are still under him..." Rei started to sob as her mind wandered to the other kids under him.
"It will be ok Frost. I believe one day his crimes will come to light. Unfortunately that will not be today but we can start by helping you. In regards to your eldest. Given the few hours. We have someone that does fit his description. After all blue fire quirks are quite hard to come by. He was last seen by the southern harbors. People learnt he had a blue fire quirk after people seeing him attack some thugs that tried to rob some of the boats there. My contacts have asked him questions regarding his upbringing. It matches your story. However we couldn't even get him to agree to a meeting. Would you like for me to take you there to meet him instead. He's currently staying at some abandoned building there. We can meet him there in a few days. He wouldn't be going anywhere in the mean time. Apparently he wants to stay because there's been an uptick in thieves around the harbor and says it would be "Good Traning"."
Rei's eyes widened and nodded "Please take me to see him! I just want to make sure he's at least safe!"
Tetsuchi nodded and picked up his phone and texted someone. After a while he said
"Alright next week Monday we can meet him. It's Friday today. You can stay here in the meantime."
Rei nodded and whispering under her breath. "Please come home Touya..."