Hi! So this takes place in the future after they leave school and become heroes! If you don't know how MHO was supposed to end for Artimis he was going to college in France to study in fashion and ends up breaking up with shino because of the long distance. So! This is kinda an au thing ig? In my version Artimis is 29 and is back in Japan as he finished college, he's the number 4 hero. SUE ME, HES SO OVERPOWERED AND I WILL STAND ON THAT. He's ofc a fashion designer and one of the most famous ones if not the most famous, I also like to think he'd do some modelling to advertise his clothes! As for him and shino they didn't keep in contact, shino just like in school is an anti-hero (I think that's what it's called?) he does the same thing as before but bc he's an adult now it's a lot more serious. I also think Artimis would have found out about the club and what they were doing, and ofc wasn't happy with it and that is part of why they broke up and shino ended up having his hero licence taken away from him. Anyway enough with the context, let's get started! :3
Artimis pov!
I look out the car window thinking about my new mission I had been given, from the paperwork it seemed to be someone getting involved in some crime instead of leaving it to the heroes, an anti-hero is what I'm guessing. There quirk? Some kind of light quirk, makes me question why I got given this instead of someone else. The person seems to be working alone but I can't rule out the possibility of them being in some sort of gang, it's not often people like this work alone. Safer to work in big numbers, even criminals know that. My job? See who it is and take them to the police station without causing a fuss with the locals, no reason to worry people over an anti-hero, it's hardly a problem.
We arrived close to their suspected hideout, making sure to keep a distance so they don't notice the car and realise they've been found out and try to make a run for it. I'm really not in the mood for a chase. I climbed in through a window, the place was some old run down factory that went bankrupt a few years ago, hardly anything of value. The place was dark besides a few flickering lights, honestly a perfect place for my quirk. The place was massive which was slightly annoying, it would make finding this person a lot harder and take longer than I'd hoped. I could just use my shadows to move quicker around the place but since I don't know who I'm up against I'd rather save my strength just in case.
I looked around, trying to find any clear indications of someone staying here, food rappers, blankets, sleeping bags? But so far my search has come to no success, did they realise I was coming somehow and left? I abruptly stop when I hear footsteps from behind me, I quickly activate my quirk, my eyes glowing purple and my hair sweeping with white. "Who goes there? State your reason for being here! This is private property! Please be aware I'm Umbra and anything you say can and will be used against you!" There was silence, the lights stopped flickering and it almost felt like everything was standing still. "Artimis?" A shiver goes down my spine, that voice seems so oddly familiar. Before I could think about where I had heard it from a masked figure stepped from the shadows.
I impossibly took a step back and prepared myself for a fight but nothing happened. He just stood still, maybe waiting for me to speak first. "This is private property, you aren't allowed to be here, let me escort you out and you can explain why you're here" I said in a firm voice but my nervousness was blatantly obvious. Once again he said nothing for a while, the silence making me slightly uneasy "Artimis? It's me, don't you recognise my voice?" He took a step forward, I took two back. He put a hand on his mask, removing it entirely, reviling his face. He was smiling, he was- "Shino!?" My eyes widened and I stumbled back, his face looked terrible, like he hadn't slept in years and was living off coffee. I hadn't seen him since Monarch so of course he'd look different but he seemed like a completely different person, to be fair so did I.
He looked at me warmly, maybe a bit pitifully which I didn't appreciate nor understand. "Hay, been a while hasn't it?" He said casually like we'd hanged out last weekend. "Been a while!? What on earth are you doing here!? And what happened to you!?" I questioned, walking closer to him to get a better look. He was bleeding slightly down the face, a minor cut on his forehead. "You look terrible!" I commented, mostly with concern, mostly. He chuckled "wow, missed you too?" He crossed his arms "I wish I could say the same for you but you look better than ever" he complimented, though I was in no mood for flattery. He leaned against one of the pillars behind him "what are you doing here anyway?" He asked, "I asked you first!" I snapped back, he smiled "would you believe me if I said I was lost?" I scoffed, "not even slightly"
"So, still into designing fashion?" He asked, trying to make small talk. "Still breaking the law?" I asked back, this seemed to slightly annoy him but not a lot. "You know why I'm doing this, I've explained it to you before-" I cut him off "yeah I know, hero society sucks. I don't see how doing this is going to help much on fixing that." I said coldly, last time we spoke, when I found out about what he was doing, he'd tried explaining it all to me. How it was corrupt and he wanted to do what was best, how he was apart of the group that got our teacher, a farther killed. I frankly didn't care or want to hear it again. Though I'm angry, well I am, but not really at him. Just in general, how he could believe putting his life in danger was doing anyone good?
I grabbed bandages from my handbag, I didn't have much but I had some 'just in case' medical supplies. I stepped closer to him and wrapped some around the cut on his head, he flinched slightly. "You'll be fine, it's not that deep." I said while finishing it up "come on, let's go to the hospital. They'll properly bandage that up, cheek for any infections. While we there you can explain everything and I'll decide what to do with you" I said while taking a step back and begging to walk off to the exit, expecting him to follow, when I didn't hear footsteps I turned to see he'd hadn't moved. He tilted his head and smirked "yeah, I'm not about to walk off with the 4th hero when your holl reason for being here was to bring me to prison" there was no anger behind his voice, more 'matter of fact' than anything. "I can't just leave you here" I said, taking a step closer. "You broke the law, you have to come with me!" I said, a bit desperate. He stood up properly and stretched his arms "then we have a problem here don't we?"
HIIIIII! I hope you enjoyed this! I'll probably make more parts of this but I think this is a good place to end the first part! :3 Please let me know what you think of this concept of there future! I might do a fun drawing of them at some point! I hope this wasn't to short lol, anyway have a nice day or night!
