No One's POV:
"What." Izuku replied. "I want to ask you if you want to be a hero and teach at UA. Nezu has found an interest in you, so it's either this or go to prison. I know you're a kid, so please at least think about it." Aizawa explained. "Why would I be a hero when all they do is let you down." Izuku replied glaring, but wasn't seen due to his mask. "What do you mean? No hero can save everyone, and even when we try not all heroes let others down." Aizawa questioned.
"I met a hero once, the number one hero actually, I asked them if someone could be a hero even without a quirk. You know what he said, he said I shouldn't because I would only get in the way of true heroes and that I should give up on my dream. He said to never become one and then left me alone on a roof. I was tempted to jump, my life isn't the best. After that, I wanted to still save people so I became a vigilante. That's why I will never be a hero, I would rather rot in prison." I glared at him. Why was I telling him this? He seems to have this calming and trusting aura around him. Weird. He looked shocked, then looked kind of angry. Why was he angry?
"He said WHAT! WHY WOULD HE SAY THAT TO YOU?!" he sighed and shook his head in disappointment "I'm really sorry kid, you shouldn't have ever been told that, no one should." I look up shocked. Why would he apologize? No, why would he care? "Why do you care...no one has ever cared for me before...why are you so nice to me...I-I-I don't understand" I whisper loud enough for him to hear and start to tear up. No one has ever truly cared for me, let alone love me, so why? He slowly nears me until he is standing right above me.
He then kneels down in front of me, and does something I was not expecting: he gave me a hug. I haven't had a hug since...since...since before the abuse started. Even though the night was cold, his embrace felt so warm and safe. My arms that were at my side slowly go and hug him back. I start to cry, something I haven't done in a while. He lifts me up like I'm a baby and jumps to the top of a tall building . We stayed there, hugging. As soon as I calmed down, he let go but held onto my shoulders.
Aizawa's POV:
"Hey kid, are you okay?" I ask. The stuff he said earlier about not understanding why I am nice, just what has this problem child been through? He said All Might crushed his dreams, and I know there must be more than that. He has no family, no one to trust. I know he is Izuku but saying that I know might frighten him and that's the last thing I need to do right now. He just continues to look down.
"Why do you care. You only just started to know me, and I'm a vigilante, I probably cause trouble for you. So explain to me, why are you so nice?" He asks, his voice breaking at the end. I can see a few tears coming down his face, so I wipe them away. "I care because you don't seem okay, and I'm nice because it seems you aren't used to being cared for. And yes, while you do cause trouble for me, it is rather fun to go against someone who can equally match me." I respond, pulling him into my chest again. Why do I care so much, especially since I only recently met this problem child. And yet, I feel the need to protect him like my own son.
"If I tell you everything, will you turn me in?" He asks looking up toward me. His eyes look so dull, so lifeless. This poor problem child.
No ones POV:
"No, I won't turn you in since you haven't really done anything wrong and it would be too much paperwork." Aizawa replied tiredly. The green haired boy could only look back down and nod his head yes. "Well, I guess it all started when I was 4. My family was perfect, I had the most loving mother, the perfect father. And yet, I guess things can't always stay perfect...things must change...for better...or...for worst." Izuku continued looking down as he told his story.
"Like every child at the age of 4 on their birthday, I went to the doctor to see my quirk. I have a really powerful quirk, so powerful the doctor told me not to tell anyone. So he told my parents I was quirkless and put that in the system. The drive home was silent, but once we stepped foot into the house all hell broke loose. My mother was screaming at my father and my father was screaming at her. They argued and argued about how it was each others faults that I was useless. The next day I went to tell my best friend, but he yelled at me and told me how useless I was. The same day is when the beatings would start. It was small at first, just a few slaps here and there and name calling, but as time went by the beatings got worse. I got bullied at school for being quirkless and my best friend was the one who told everyone and started the bullying." he stated. His voice broke retelling the story of his life, a life no kid should ever experience.
The pro hero could only hold the boy tighter, afraid he might break even more. He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a scream. It sounded to be a few alleyways away so Izuku left the warm embrace a jumped toward the sound. Aizawa was right behind him but Izuku was quicker. When Izuku got there he saw a little boy being held by a man with a gun pointed to the little boy's head. There was a lady on the floor crying holding her arm.
Izuku's POV:
I can see the lady, probably the boys mother, holding her arm. She probably got hurt by this man. I quickly run silently behind the man and kick the arm holding the gun. He drops the boy as he lets the boy go due to the surprise attack. I then try and grab the gun only to feel pain in my chest but I ignore it. I grab the gun and point it at him.
"It's over buddy. So why don't you stick around for a little while til the police have a chat with ya?" The man then shot something out of his body and into my stomach. Then he was wrapped in a white scarf, probably Aizawa's capture weapon. The pain in my chest and stomach start to burn more and more, to a point I'm on the ground screaming.
Aizawa's POV:
I finished up tying up the guy when I hear a scream behind me. I turn around and see the young vigilante on the ground screaming. I run toward him to see a knife in his chest and a weird spike in his stomach. Wait, it has a purple liquid on it. Then it hit me: he's been poisoned. I quickly bring out my phone and call the police and ambulance. Shit the ambulance is gonna take too long, he's gonna die by the time they actually get him to the hospital. Then I see Detective Tsukauchi come from a cop car.
"Hey Tsukauchi, get this man into custody. This kid was poisoned and I need to get him to the hospital now." I saw, getting up and holding the boy in my arms. "Hey, isn't that the vigilante Shadow?" Detective Tsukauchi asked. "Yeah it is, and he'll answer questions once he is ok and in the hospital. See you there." Then I left jumping on rooftops. I kept glancing down at the boy and I could see he was becoming paler. Shit, no no no come on kid. His face kept getting paler and his breathing was slowing.
No Ones POV:
Aizawa rushed into the hospital bursting through the doors, startling the people inside. "SOMEONE HELP! THIS KID'S BEEN STABBED AND POISONED!" Aizawa yelled. A few nurses came running and taking Izuku on a stretcher. Aizawa was following close behind until they reached the doors leading to the ER. He then sat down in one of the chairs and pulled out his phone. After a couple rings the person on the other line spoke. "Hey Sho what's wrong? You never call when you are on patrol, not even when you are hurt?" "Zashi, I'm in the hospital and nothing is wrong with me but the vigilante Shadow is Izuku and he explained his past to me and we talked and I told him about the deal Nezu made and then we heard a scream so we went to check it out and we found a mother holding her son while a guy pointed a gun to their head and Izuku jumped in and we both fought and he got hurt Zashi he was so pale and he was barely breathing Zashi he was dying what if he's dead ZASHI WHAT IF HE DIED AND I WAS TOO LATE OR-" SHOTA AIZAWA YAMADA YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN. Now take a few deep breaths and tell me what hospital you are in. I'm coming and I'm bring Hitoshi and we will talk about this when we get there ok? Now just calm down and wait for us ok?" the man known as Hizashi said on the phone. "Yeah ok, ok I think I'm a little more calm. We are at xxxxxxxx hospital." Just as Aizawa hung up Detective Tsukauchi came running in.
"What happened is the kid ok?!" Detective Tsukauchi asked trying to catch his breathe. Aizawa slowly looked into Tsukauchi's eyes, "I don't know, he stopped breathing when we got here, and he was so pale, so very very pale..." Aizawa said in a hushed tone, spacing out towards the end and letting his thoughts consume him. He can't believe another person might die on his watch: right in front of him. Before his thoughts could consume him further, Hizashi and Hitoshi arrived. "Sho love! Are you alright?! Please tell me everything that happened." Hizashi said running and pulling his sad husband into a tight hug.
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In the Shadows
ActionIzuku Midoriya is a 15 year old boy who is to be quirkless, or so everyone is told to believe. When Izuku was 4 he went to the doctor with his parents to see what his quirk was. His doctor told him that had a rare and powerful quirk and was to tell...
