Brainwashed - A Villain Shinsou AU

Chapter 15 - The Meta-Liberation Army

~~Nobody's POV~~

Ikki walked to his room, closing the door behind him before taking off his mask. The man sighed, setting the object on his neatly made bed. "Yoshiro Osamu... damn," he mumbled. Ikki walked over to his nightstand and opened a drawer, pulling out a small framed photograph of his family. In the back stood his mother and father. Ikki's mother had long black hair and red eyes. She was smiling sweetly into the camera. Ikki's father had short dark gray hair and yellow eyes. He had one hand on Ikki's shoulder and another on the shoulder of a young girl with black hair who looked like a younger version of their mother. "Iragashi..." Ikki whispered as he scanned over the photo. He looked to the far right of the picture where a young boy of about three or four stood. He had bright green eyes and gray hair like their father.

Ikki then trained his eyes on the boy in the middle. He was about six or seven years old and had brilliant yellow eyes. Ikki chuckled at the sight of himself as a child. "This was before my quirk manifested... I always thought I was quirkless," he said to himself. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door and Ikki quickly put the photo away. He grabbed his mask off of his bed and put it on, opening the door. "Hey, are you okay?" Nanami asked. The woman looked up at Ikki gently.

Ikki sighed, letting Nanami into the room. "Just thought about Yoshiro."

"Your little brother?"

Ikki nodded then chuckled a bit. "I almost called Hitoshi by his name."

Nanami smiled bittersweetly. "Maybe you should just try to get closer to him. You obviously see something in him that reminds you of Yoshiro."

Ikki sat on his bed then looked up at the ceiling. "I guess so. It was just so weird to think of Hitoshi like a little brother."

Nanami sat by Ikki and rubbed his shoulder a bit. "It's sweet though, don't you think? He doesn't have a family any more, and maybe you can give him that."

Ikki leaned on Nanami, smiling under his gas mask. "Yeah."

The two sat together for a bit in comfortable silence until Ikki fell asleep. Nanami got up and gently laid Ikki back on the bed before walking out. "You gonna shower?" Devon asked with a chuckle.

Nanami rolled her eyes. "We just talked."

"I see the way you look at him," the man said, smirking.

Nanami blushed, her eyes widening. "Whaaat? No!"

"Whatever you say," Devon teased before walking away.

Nanami paused and smiled to herself before walking to the common room to see Toga and Twice engaged in conversation. "I don't like it here. That Shinsou kid is a fun-killer," Toga whispered.

"We don't have much of a choice though. Shigaraki says he wants to control this league too. Plus, there's Ikki... He's done lots for us," Twice replied.