Notes: Well, I officially welcome you to Act 2! A bit of introduction, so the pace might be slower than usually. As I've said in the Q&A, here we're still with the vigilantism thing (yeah, yeah i know the same thing. Let them have some FuN). Without further delay, let's dive into the chapter.
Chapter Summary: After the massive revelation, Yoichi and Iris talk. Then we see a glimpse the usual day for the crew outside their nightime activities. Also Kouji is super cute and has squishy cheeks.
TW: None!
Iris PoV
I sat in my chair in the dream. I knew that I was inside my mindspace, currently occupied by the few Vestiges - Yoichi, Kudo, Nana and En. The rest either didn't want to reveal themselves or were occupying Izuku's mindscape. Either way, Vestiges pulled me there - and I knew the reason behind it. They found about my heritage via that flashback that I got when I was talking with Zuku. All the intel I told him I got directly from the Vestiges, mostly from Kudo. He was the one who had the biggest awareness about the events during the Dawn of Quirks.
Yoichi looked shocked but also super tired - I could relate. I spent so much time, running away from my legacy and the mess it left to deal with. He clenched his hands on his shirt and then looked me in the eye - silver met the dark gray. I knew that eyeshape - it was something that was passed on from one generation onto another. Also we shared the same jawline - one of the distinctive traits of the Kanai family. My surname came from my mother.
-"I believe that we meet like this for the first time, Iris" - Yoichi began
-"For the record, you can use my birthname, Arisa. We're literally inside my mind, but don't use it in the outside world...it's uncomfortable" - I replied tensed
-"Then Arisa...how did you find out about your ancestry?" - The First asked
-"The social services were desperate to find for me any living relatives. Though it didn't do shit but as the result, they run through multiple blood tests. It showed my ancestry, mostly from mother's side because I never met my father and he was announced deceased shortly after I was born. Along with his entire family" - I started explaining -"Anyways, much later I heard AFO saying something about his younger brother, Yoichi in front of All Might. I knew AFO's Quirk and then I started to piece it together, along with my own weird Quirk".
-"Right, I was about to ask...What's your Meta?" - Second questioned
-"My Quirk is super complicated. I awakened it when I was 6, due to extremely stressful and traumatic events that I experienced. Back to the point - my Quirk allows me to steal a bit of other's people Quirk energy as foundation to create a Quirk. Those Quirks are split between two categories - the permament ones that I shaped for days using a hefty amount of stolen Quirk's energy. And the fickle ones that don't require much Quirk energy and I can shape them in about 20 to 30 minutes" - I said on one breath
Silence befell the mindscape - I wasn't surprised. My Quirk was just as unique and rare as OFA or AFO. Or even New Order from Stars and Stripes, No.1 Hero of United States. But the process of gaining mastery over the Quirk and the training I endured was something that still plagued my dreams.
-"Wait a second...you've said that your father...had a family?!" - Yoichi frowned
-"Oh, yeah. I'm a product of a short love affair - there was quite a big age difference between my mother and my father. I think nine or ten years. The affair didn't last long because my mother got pregnant and she left for some good job at Tokyo" - I anwsered bluntly
-"Did...Did my brother chase you?"
...
-"It doesn't matter now, anyways".
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Shouto's PoV
I looked over the counter to see a small girl with a candies in her right hand. She was dressed in a sleeveless red dress and white sandals - it was already quite hot, considering that summer was incoming very soon. I put my phone on the desk and I went back to my job as a cashier. Me and Blondie were able to get a job at the local convienient store, 20 minutes away from the motel. It was the best that we were able to get - the authorities stopped being so eager to put us down, and announced that we were deceased. Which is why it was easier to operate under the false names.
I chose Touya Himura for my false identity. Touya was my older brother that died when I was a toddler. Himura was my mother's surname before she got married to Endeavour - not that it mattered. I was more than one hundred years in the past. Though I was curious if there were before any Todoroki's or Himura's during the Dawn.
When the girl walked away from the counter with her candies, I went back to texting on the group chat.
Group Chat:
Iwantmygreenback: I hate this job. I needed to listen to some old lady's rant on her soup
(Izuku changed his job as waiter due to higher payment).
DaddyIssues: Sucks to be you
Not - a - Vigilante: Relax. Medidate, take deep breaths or whatever. Just try your best to not get fired, without smoking weed. Your breaths stinks after that.
FluffyHair: What's weed?
I tried my best not to wheeze.
DaddyIssues: F
Iwantmygreenaback: F
Not - a - Vigilante: I'll explain when I'm home, okay kid?
FluffyHair: Yes, mama
Not - a - Vigilante: I already told you not to call me mom. I feel old - but you can call me Big Sis. It feels way more natural. I'm way too young to be a mother
DaddyIssues: My mother was only 4 years older than me when she gave birth to Touya
Iwantmygreenback: What the hell
Not - a - Vigilante: Language. There's a child here
FluffyHair: I'm not a kid
Not - a - Vigilante: Yes, you are. Now go back to doing homework from Kanji. I'll check it when I'll be back from work
FluffyHair is offline
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