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18: Rescued

It's been over a year since you last saw Chisaki.

Admittedly, you're surprised. Given how stubbornly obsessive he is, you didn't expect him to give up. He's clearly proven that he won't shy away from ambushing you right in front of the orphanage and demanding you come back home with him. You were lucky that he didn't use his Quirk to hurt anyone, but even then, you weren't convinced that you'd actually gotten away with it. You half-expected him to be back the next day. Perhaps with a more forceful method in mind.

But no, that hasn't happened. You haven't laid eyes on him since. Naturally, you're relieved, but there's always this feeling of discomfort that eats away at you. This unpleasant, foreboding sensation. Like you're never entirely safe from him.

It's easier said than done, but you try not to torment yourself too much by imagining what Chisaki might have in store for you. For all his flaws, he's not an idiot. He's not the type to act rashly and put himself in a precarious position.

Anyways.

Thank god for Pops.

"My daughter left the other day," Pops says, taking a slow sip of his tea. "I still don't know where she got the idea to leave Japan all of a sudden. But I suppose it's selfish of me to want to keep her here. Our lives are very different. She left home for the same reason you did. Not to mention that she has a child now. I'm sure she made the decision that was best for her new family."

You offer a reassuring smile, but you feel a twinge of guilt in your chest, because you know all too well why she left.

After all, you're the one who told her to.

It's the best course of action you could come up with. You aren't strong enough to protect Eri yourself if she happens to fall into Chisaki's hands. By that point, it'll already be too late. Even if you try alerting the authorities, she will inevitably suffer trauma and abuse. The safest way is for her to avoid coming in contact with Chisaki altogether, and in order to ensure that, they need to be separated at all costs.

You told Big Sis mom to move. Of course, you hid the exact reason why, but you confided to her privately, during one of her visits to the orphanage. You told her you worry that Chisaki isn't a good influence, and you don't want Eri to ever be near him. You explained to her that you left because you didn't feel safe in that home anymore. She didn't seem to understand why you were so insistent that she move far, far away, but you begged her to leave. At least for a couple years. Until you get stronger.

She promised you that she would take good care of Eri, but of course, if her husband ends up meeting the same fate as in the canon series, it means he'll die, and she will be left alone to take care of Eri by herself. When that happens, you don't want her to feel tempted into abandoning Eri and passing her onto Pops.

It's also possible that small changes may result in bigger ones. For instance, if Eri isn't in Japan when her Quirk manifests, and there's a different environment, a change in scenery, maybe her father won't even have to die. It's a phenomenon known as the butterfly effect. While the end result may not necessarily be what you're hoping for, rather than allowing things to remain stagnant and have fate take its grisly turn, you're choosing to make a gamble.

Big Sis was confused when you first breached the topic. You could tell that she just couldn't wrap her head around why you were so set on this.

Still. You may not be her daughter, but over time, she's grown to care for you. You've forged a close bond.

And so, she listened.

It took a while for her to convince her husband, and for him to find a new job elsewhere, but they finally made the big move. Eri is officially out of the country. She's the furthest away from Chisaki she's ever been.