A Hollow's Rencarnation: An Izuku Yagi Story

九: I'll Lend Whatever Power You Need...!

(WARNING: This chapter has a small section which contains gore/uncomfortable topics, if you do not wish to read that section, there will be an extra warning for the beginning and end of that scene. Otherwise, enjoy reading.)

A small, young girl of around 7 years of age tried running as fast as she could with her short legs. Her long and messy bluish-white hair blowing in the wind as she ran as fast as she could away from him. Today she had finally gained the courage to escape the man with a bird mask and his cruel experiments, and any hope left in her heart was begging for anyone to come and finally set her free from her chains.

That flower of hope started to bloom as she saw someone who had looked strong and willing to save her. The person was dressed in all white, with white hair and skin and strange black eyes, she thought it was a part of his quirk. She ran to him and cowarded behind him, her small hands holding onto the man's white pants.

"Hm?" Zangestu muttered, not expecting a child with blue hair, red eyes and dressed in rags and bandages to just latch onto him while he walked around. "What is it, kid? What got you so worked up?"

The girl shook a bit at his tone, harsh, but not promising punishment like the man with the bird mask's always had. "T-The man with the bird mask has kept me somewhere, and I tried to escape. P-Please, help me sir. I-I don't want him to hurt me anymore!" She started to cry as she explained herself to the albino, the tears getting his pants a tiny bit wet, but not much.

Hearing the girl talk about a man with a bird mask made him remember something that the chimera principal had told him before he went on this walk. Nezu had told him about him being offered to help in a mission to stop a man called Overhaul, and this girl fit the description of the small child Overhaul had captive. "What's this bird masked man's name, kid? Does the name Overhaul ring a bell?"

The girl immediately nodded her head, which Zangetsu felt through the fabric of his hakama, as the small child was still holding onto it desperately. "Well, it just so happens that I've heard about him, and was sent to 'talk' with him."

As the words left the albino's mouth, a man with short brown hair, gold eyes and a bird-like mask walked up to him. "Hello, young man, my daughter seems to have hid behind you and I will take her back. My apologies for the inconvenience, I will teach her more proper manners so this doesn't happen again," Overhaul said, his left hand going to his right to slowly remove its white glove. The action startles the blue haired girl, hiding herself to the best of her ability behind Zangetsu.

Zangetsu smirked, holding onto the child behind him and reaching for the longer of his two blades of white steel, "I don't think that will be the case, Kai Chisaki. This girl is mine now, and your life will end here." The boy's words made Overhaul scoff, his sense of pride starting to overtake him.

"Who are you to decide that? Are you a hero or are you pretending to be one?"

The albino's smirk got even wider, malicious even as he started to cackle like a sociopath. His longer blade pointed directly at Overhaul, directed towards his throat. "I'm no hero, but I am your judge, jury and executioner. I hold your fate in my hands."

With his other, unused hand, Zangetsu digs into one of his pockets to give the child a small pair of soundproof headphones. The girl took them from the teen's pure white hands as the latter said, "Put those on and cover your eyes with your hands, I will tap your shoulder when you can take them off."

(This is where the warning stated at the beginning will take place, if you don't wish to read about gore, please skip to the end of this section.)

She did what the albino told her to, not exactly sure why she should do that. Once the blue haired child did what he asked, Zangetsu's smile got even wider as he stepped closer to Overhaul, the edge of his white steel blade creeping closer to the latter's neck. "Now, how do you wish to die? Having your limbs torn from your sockets? Or your innards spilling from your body and onto this alleyway floor?"

"You wouldn't dare threaten me when I am the stronger of the two of us. Not like you have the gu-" Overhaul's words were stopped by the large spat of blood that flew out of his throat as he looked down and saw his insides becoming outsides.

A massive wound was now on his body, starting from the end of his neck to the beginning of his hips. Blood oozed from the gash, followed by the end of his large intestine sliding out and onto the ground with a wretched wet sound. His organs flowed out like a waterfall after his large intestine fell out, all creating a pile of gore in front of him as his corpse fell down with a thud next to it.

(This is the end of the gore section, in case you had skipped it due to personal reasons.)

Zangetsu then extended his hand out to absorb the life energy from Overhaul's corpse, erasing all evidence of the grizzly death the man endured, but Kai Chisaki wasn't someone who deserved sympathy. Afterward, he taps the shoulder of the girl, and she opens her eyes and takes off the headphones to see Overhaul is nowhere in sight. "Where did he go?"

"We won't bother you anymore, kid. I forgot to ask, "What is your name?"

"My name is Eri, and thank you for saving me sir."