Mahoraga Deku (Nah he'd adapt)

Chapter 6: Overhauling the cycle

10 whole years. It has been 10 years since Izuku Midoriya was abandoned by society and handed to the cruel and had grown to the age of 14. Although looking at him one would think he was an adult, and no one could blame you for it considering his freakish height of 2 metres. Not to mention a body littered with scars and marks one would think only a thirty-year-old could accumulate.

"Okay I'm finished, take Eri to her room Midoriya." Chisaki spoke plainly

"Yes Overhaul." Izuku took the 5-year old Eri in his arms and went to their room. Eri started crying.

"Izuzu... will it ever stop?" Eri asked while sobbing.

Izuku didn't answer, he just put her on her bed and looked at her. He was silent for a few seconds before answering Eri. "Eri, it will. Will you trust me on that?"

Eri sniffled shortly "Y- yes Izuzu."

"Good. Okay Eri I have to go do something. If anyone asks, just tell them I went to the bathroom. Okay Eri?" Izuku spoke with a gentle tone.

"Okay... You will come back right?" Eri asked with a slight tremble.

Izuku gave her a smile. "Eri, I will." He ruffled her hair and hugged her. "I won't ever leave you."

Eri showed a little smile and hugged back. "Okay Izuzu, please be safe"

"I will be Eri." Izuku then left the room "And you stay safe too." Izuku spoke to himself.

At first, when Izuku was handed to the Shie Hassaikai, he thought it would be a waste to memorize anything for an escape since he had no hope left. But that changed when he met Eri. Seeing her go through what he was going through made his heart ache and he wanted it to stop. To break out of a cycle of suffering, to overhaul this cycle.

Izuku made his way to a room he knew had a phone. He had to be on timing since it was impossible for him to be stealthy. A large figure walking around isn't exactly hard to miss so he had to make sure he followed every second that his head counted.
Making it to the room and entering, Izuku found what he was looking for. A common use Shie Hassaikai cellphone. Due to Izuku always having been so well behaved, Chisaki never cared where he brought Izuku. In fact Izuku had become akin to Eri's "handler" for Chisaki and so went around the complex a lot. This allowed Izuku to gather a lot of information and it helped him put the plan together, a plan so precise that any small traces could be covered up. One of these traces would be the phone, if it just went missing Overhaul would be quick to have it searched for since the people he hired weren't the type to accidently take such phones. Izuku quickly got a spare and covered up the empty space in the spares locker.

Izuku made his way out the room and took a different path, this path unfortunately crossed with Rappa, one of the Eight Bullets.
"Hey Midoriya, what're you doing here?" He turned and looked at the boy.

"Oh, I got lost again while coming back form the bathroom Rappa." Izuku answered. Izuku knew he could get away with this excuse because due to his lack of memorizing the layout since the Yakuza group took him, he got lost easily. Although he started to memorize after Eri was taken as well, he kept up the act of getting lost

"Again?" Rappa chuckled "Maybe Overhaul should give you a map, not as if you'd run away anyways."

"Yeah, yeah. So which way to me and Eri's room again?" Izuku asked

"Straight and right, you know which door." Rappa answered before walking in the opposite direction.

"Thanks Rappa." Izuku walked down the hallway to his and Eri's room. "Phew..." Izuku got into the room and found Eri sleeping. Izuku smiled at this, still a crooked smile because although the ability to smile returned after he met Eri, the feeling of the face muscles moving to such a formation was still difficult to get right.