I Don't Run An Orphanage!

Chapter 16

Please remember that these are shorts. They do not take place in chronological order.

A new world

Izuku loved quirks.

Despite his lack of one, he'd always had an appreciation for their power, their uniqueness, and all the ways they could be used.

For example, right now Izuku was watching as Sansan held the new boy in place while Kioku used her quirk on him.

The boy was feral. Raised in the woods his whole life. He didn't understand a single thing about language, or how to act in a civilized way, or anything like that. And teaching him would likely take a long, long time and a lot of painstaking effort.

And while Izuku wasn't averse to hard work, but he had a lot of work to do.

So he decided to cheat.

Kioku's quirk lets her insert years worth of memories, within a few hours. Essentially letting him cram a lot of knowledge directly into his head.

Of course, this did have a few issues. For one Kioku couldn't teach him anything she didn't know, but that wasn't an issue here as he only wanted her to teach him basic Japanese and how to act in civilization.

They also had to erase some memories of his. The brain could only handle so many memories, so to cram this much knowledge into him, she had to remove some other memories. But since most of his memories were just him trying not to die in the wild, Izuku didn't have an issue with this.

It took hours, many, many hours. But by the time the sunset, they were done.

"Finished." Kioku sighed. "Daddy I'm tired."

"Thank you Kioku. Here." Izuku handed her her favorite treat. Chocolate with nuts.

The girl quickly took the candy bar and started unwrapping it.

Izuku turned his attention to the boy.

The boy looked...overwhelmed. His red beady eyes looked around the room constantly, although he was no longer struggling against Sansan's grip.

Izuku walked in front of the boy, whose eyes focused on him.

They just stared at each other for a while, before the boy tried to talk.

"Da...daddy?" The boy spoke words that were foreign to him. His mind had been properly taught them, but his body had never even tried to say them before. "Daddy give food? Daddy give...home?

It makes sense that the first thing he would ask about is that. He's been trying to survive for his entire life after all so food and shelter have always been on his mind. Izuku gave his best smile, to try and reassure the child. "Yes, I'll give you all the food you want. And you can stay here for as long as you want. If you want, that is."

The boy's eyes shined. He was aware now of the new situation he was in. He would no longer have to look for food day by day, he would no longer have to sleep on a cold cave floor, he didn't need to fight animals anymore.

The boy felt something. Something he did not recognize.

He searched his new memories for context.

Peace. That's what it was. He felt at peace.

The weight of having to worry about his survival...was suddenly gone.

For the first time since he could remember, his body relaxed.

"Oh, I forgot. You need a name." Izuku said. "I already have one in mind, but if you don't like it you can always just say no...I was thinking...Yami."