MHA- Dabi's Second Chance

7- Nomu Attack

[Todoroki Family's house]

Fuyumi went after her father.

"Father, I'm sorry about Natsuo. He's just been real sensitive ever since... the incident." the older sister said, hoping to calm the father down. "No. He's right. It was my fault."  

Fuyumi stared at her father. Her father used to be abusive, not in his right mind, crazy. But he was trying to change. Why couldn't the others see that? Why was Fuyumi the only one to understand? No. Even Fuyumi couldn't understand. She hated her father as much as her brothers and mother does. It was hard. But who else could do this? Back when... Touya was alive, he would try and put the family together. But he died. He died at the young age of 13. 

But her father didn't kill Touya. Touya died because of a quirk malfunction, that was it. "It wasn't your fault, father. Touya... he died because of his quirk. It wasn't your fault." 

"Fuyumi. Quirks can't be activated without a reason. Fire activates when angry. Touya was angry... with me. It was my fault his quirk activated. I should've been a better father..." 

'You just realized that?' Fuyumi wanted to say. But she didn't. Instead she told her father, "I'm sure Touya doesn't blame you." that was a lie. A white lie. 

"Fuyumi." she looked up at her father, he looked sad, "There's a school a bit far from here. I went there a year ago. There was a kid with blue flames. The school wasn't the best place for kids. The kid died from getting burned alive." it was her first time hearing this. "If I had saved him, the kid wouldn't have died. I let two kids die. What kind of hero am I?" 

"Da...father. Not every hero is perfect. But that school... what kind of-" 

"A school built by the current president. A toxic abusive school. People like who I used to be... they built the school to raise weapons, shields. The school's name... it was Dorushi Private School." the name made her remember something... something important... something about Touya. But what exactly?

[Year 2021 October 3rd, Hawk's office]

"Alright, so guys. We'll be doing patrol around the city. Just follow me and don't try and do things alone. Got it?" Hawks asked. "Yes", the fellow bird answered, aka Tokoyami. "You too, Dabi." The guy sighed before answering, "Alright." 

Hawks led the way as Dabi and Tokoyami followed. They soon arrived on the city streets. Hawks didn't want things to be awkward so he tried to start a conversation, "Umm... Did you hear that the other pros and their interns are gonna be attacking that group that makes quirk erasing bullets?" "Really, Hawks? So that's why the others all went somewhere together..." "Mhm. I think the name was Shie Hassaikai." 

"Shie Hassaikai?!" Dabi shouted. The hero looked at him in surprise. "You know them?" "The LOV tried to do business with them. I don't know what happened after though." Dabi shrugged. Should he tell this to the heroes, Hawks thought.

They kept walking around without much difficulties so he and Tokoyami chatted. Dabi walked from behind, not talking much. Hawks couldn't help but think of how Dabi's eyes reminded him of someone's...

"Help!!" He turned around to see civilians getting attacked by a hideous creature. A nomu, a big one.

The nomu had a big eyeball on the center of its forehead. It had dark purple skin and a small brain on the top of its head. If you could call it a head. It had claws for fingernails which led to a muscular arm. In other words, it looked disgusting.

"A nomu! Tokoyami, do you think you could call Dark Shadow?" he asked the student. "It's too bright. Dark Shadow needs darkness, he-" Tokoyami couldn't finish the sentence as a civilian was screaming as the nomu had grabbed her by the neck.

Hawks ran towards the nomu. He cut off its arm, freeing the civilian. "Hawks!" her legs gave in and she collapsed. Hawks focused on the nomu. The nomu was regenerating its arm the second he cut it. He had heard from Tokoyami that nomus' weakness was its brain, so he attacked the brain. He went behind the nomu, stabbing the back with his feather. 

But, his red feather turned into dust. Hawks quickly went off the nomu's back, processing what happened.

"What the-" he stared in horror. What could possibly have made his feather disappear like that? Was that Shigaraki's quirk or maybe... fire! The nomu's quirk was fire, his weakness. 

The nomu turned around and a punch was aimed at Hawks. For once in his hero life, he was too slow. He flinched in fear. 

"Ke-" Dabi rolled Hawks over to safety while saying something. Dabi's scar below his eye had blood coming out of it. Was he hurt? 

Dabi looked up at the nomu. The villain stood up, giving a hand to Hawks. Hawks took Dabi's hand, getting up to his feet. Dabi started to whisper something to him. 

"That nomu's a Near High-End Nomu. Usually the brain would be the weakness, but in this case, that eye in the middle of its head is its weakness" Dabi said while still staring at the nomu. 

Hawks stared at the nomu's eye. Dabi didn't have his quirk, so he should be the one to attack, was what he thought. He was still in thought when Dabi ran towards the nomu. 

"Wai-" Oh god. The Commission was gonna kill me. And UA would too. But, Dabi wasn't hurt. In a few seconds, he had taken a building pipe from a store and hit the nomu's weak spot. Dabi went inside the store again and this time, he came out with a kitchen knife. He held the knife so that the blade would face away from him. He must've learned knife skills somewhere. 

In one swift move, he went behind the nomu, stabbed the nome's neck and while the nomu tried to regenerate, he locked its head and stabbed its eye. And kept the knife stuck there. When the fight was over, he stepped on the nomu's head, crushing it. 

"Woah. Where'd you learn?" Oh, should've explained better, Hawks thought. He had a habit of not finishing sentences, which led to difficulty in conversations. But, Touya would always know what he meant...

"I learned when I was younger. And I learned about nomus while being with the LOV. AllForOne would teach me about these things often." Oh, he understood. Hawks couldn't help but think that Dabi seemed to know much more about him than he thought. How unusual... "Why'd you..." 

"That nomu. It's a Near High-End Nomu. It would've killed you. And did you never learn to NOT flinch while fighting. Keep your eyes open. Even if death is near, got it?" he stared at Hawks with a stern look, like a brother would. No, it wasn't like family... it was more like...

"Hey wait! The nomu's getting away!"

Too late. It had already ran away. Oh well, he thought. He turned his attention back to Dabi.

"Hey Dabs, wanna be friends?" he asked. Out of context. "I just saved your life. I think you owe more than just being friends." he said, was that a joke he was trying to do? 

So...yeah, the two became friends.