Shinigami (Vigilante Deku Au)

I messed up - part 3

Deku's Pov

I immediately dropped the knife and unwrapped my arms from around who I now knew was Shinso. I stared in shock at the people in front of me. I was so overwhelmed with relief that I sank down to the floor and stayed there. I know I am getting weird looks from the family, but I couldn't care less. Shinso tried to pick the knife up off the floor after he calmed down, but I snatched it. Keep your guard up. Shinso backed away with his hands raised in surrender. He's scared of me. Well, I would be scared too if someone just held a knife to my throat. My hands were shaking from adrenaline. Aizawa stepped forward to hug me, and I gratefully accepted it. I was still shaking from adrenaline. I started to recite off information off the top of my head to calm myself. "Shota Aizawa, aka Eraser Head. Family: Hizashi Yamada, husband, Hitoshi Shinso, son. Quirk: Eraser. It allows him to erase quirks as long as his eyes are open. The effect ends when he blinks. Hizashi Yamada, aka Present Mic. Quirk: voice. He can create sonic waves from how loud his voice can get. Because of this, he's UA's announcer. Yamada also runs a radio show. Hitoshi Shinso. Quirk: brainwashing. His quirk is simple. Answer a question, and he can take control. There are no limits to what he can make you do. This makes him extremely useful and dangerous. His hold is easy to get out of, though. All you need to do is have enough damage done to your body, such as a hard shoulder tap."

Everyone was staring at me. "Where did you get that information?" Shinso asked in aw. "Observing." I said. "Were your reading off something, little listener?" Yamada asked. I shook my head, looking at Aizawa, expecting him to say something. "So... all that information you rectied on Endeavor was true?" Aizawa asked. He was nervous, you could tell. He was hoping I was lying. I nodded my head and watched the disappointment cross his face. "I'm glad you took that bitch down then." Shinso and Yamada looked confused. "But wasn't Endeavor taken down by... wait!" Shinso screamed. "You're Shinigami!?" I nodded my head again and winced as he screamed again. "But you look like you're 10! How did a 10 year old take down the #2 hero?" Yamada looked stunned from the events in front of him. "I'm not 10." I answered, and Shinso stopped yelling. "...How old are you?" Yamada's voice was soft and comforting. I pondered if telling them was a good idea or not, but they already knew my face. Might as well. "14." Shinso's and Yamada's jaws dropped to the floor, and Aizawa just nodded. "You're my age?" Shinso asked. "Your quirk must be amazing to have taken down Endeavor." That made me angry. I've dealt with quirk discrimination my entire life, even from my parents. My dad left because, "My son's not quirkless. That thing is not my son." My mom abandoned me because my dad left, saying it was my fault for being quirkless, like it was something I could control. I was bullied, abandoned and abused, all for being quirkless. Hell, the heroes standing in front of me expected me to have a quirk, like life was impossible without one. So, when Shinso said that, it pissed me off. "It's always the quirk, huh? It's impossible for me to have done it without some type of super natural strength." My face held a twisted smile, and I watched them shiver. "I'll give you one try to guess my quirk."

Shinso had been in thought for the past 10 minutes, trying to figure out what quirk I may have. He threw his hands up in exasperation. "I give up. I can't come up with any quirk that could beat the number 2 hero." I chuckled darkly, and everyone's face turned to me with fear in their eyes. Soon, my chuckle turned to hysterical laughter, and everyone flinched. When I had composed myself enough to speak, I turned to Shinso and said, "exactly." Confusion flashed across their faces. Aizawa gasped. "You're quirkless?" He asked. Nodding, I said, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have places to be." I walked out the door and started heading to my lab.

Knowing where every hero in this city lived and how to get to places from them really helped me find my way to my lab, or else I would be totally lost right now. I walked into the door, walking through the mess of machinery to the computer, and got started. All of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. Ignoring it for the time being, I went back to work. The knock sounded again, and I sighed. I ripped the door open to see Shinso. "What do you want?" I asked, trying to keep my voice even. "I feel like I may have offended you with my comments earlier. I apologize." I was stunned. I've dealt with quirk discrimination for so long that it started to feel normal, and not once had anyone ever apologized to me. Against my better judgement, I began to tear up. Shinso looked surprised, and I wiped the tears away. I hugged him and said, "Thank you. I've seen a lot of quirk discrimination throughout my life. Even my parents were guilty of it. No one has apologized for it though. Thank you." Shinso hugged me and said, "I've dealt with it too. I know it sucks. But you are amazing. You took down the #2 hero without a quirk. Do you know how awesome that is? And, sorry to ruin the moment, but dad and papa want you back home. Like, right now." I looked at Shinso strangely. "I punched one in the throat and karate-chopped the other in the neck." He shrugged and said, "Nothing they aren't used to. Occupational hazard." I laughed, grabbed Cancer and some other things I could tinker with, and followed Shinso out.

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I just want to say that anyone who has read this far in my story is amazing. I never expected more than 5 people to read my story and I'm already at 14. I know that 14 is a low number, but I only had 2 chapters out. I'm thinking about updating twice a week, because I realized that once a week is going really slow. I want you guys to choose which other day I update, but it can't be Friday, because I'm already updating on Friday, and it can't be Thursday either. Any other day is good though. Thank you, for reading my story, and thank you for read this announcements. I know these things can be annoying. You are all amazing and I hope you have a good day.

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Sorry for the late update. I thought I had published this chapter after I wrote it Friday. Apparently not.