Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 2 - You're so far gone

Midoriya hopped along the rooftops, before he slid down a pip and landed firmly on the ground. A faint meow rang out from inside his hoodie, and Midoriya sighed.

"Rei, I told you already. A few more minutes and then we'll be there."

Reiko, or Rei, as Midoriya called her, was a five year old kitten. She had all the traits of a Maine Coon, but with her small size, there was no way she was a pure breed. His foster mother didn't allow pets in her house, as after what she did to Reiko's mother? There was no way Midoriya was going to let Reiko stay in his room without him.

Reiko was smart. She always knew when Midoriya's foster mother was about to barge into his room. That was one of the rules imposed on him. Midoriya was not allowed to lock his door. Reiko always knew when to hide under Midoriya's bed, to prevent his foster mother finding her.

Midoriya often brought her out whenever he went out doing his vigilante stuff. She often helped him with reconnaissance, alerting him when people were nearby, or just sniffing out trails whenever possible.

He didn't exactly want to bring her into his dangerous life, tangled with fighting villains and avoiding cameras, but it was a much better fate than if his foster mother found her. All his hoodies had a compartment sewn into it, which Reiko stayed in as he rushed and jumped around, and his school bag also had another secret compartment where she would stay in as he went to school.

"Hey! Look what I found here! The animal!"

Midoriya scowled, and made his way towards the sound. He hated it when people were biased against animals simply for being animals. It was the genetics thing all over again.

He peered down the rooftop, and found five men surrounding what looked to be a bear? A large dog? He couldn't tell in the absence of light, but he just watched. Maybe they were just tracking down a lost pet, or a wild animal? Midoriya thought it was unlikely, hearing the tone they spoke with, but it was possible that they were just tired and snappy.

One of the men brought up a knife, "An animal with a quirk, huh? What utter bullshit!"

"You're not a human, you don't deserve to be treated like one."

With that, they struck, and the bear swerved to the side, letting one man crash into the wall, and dodged a slash of a knife. Midoriya hopped down from the rooftop, smashing into a villain, knocking him out, before he proceeded to knock out the remaining four men.

He realised that the bear, wasn't just a bear.

It was Nezu, the principal of U.A. High School, an extremely rare case of an animal who manifested a Quirk.

He promptly took out his phone, and texted Tsukauchi. The detective knew him, as a vigilante, and he was probably too exasperated with him to figure out how to catch him. His phone was also untraceable, so they couldn't trace him anyways.

He had come close a few times, but Reiko was a huge help in letting him escape.

He put his phone back, and turned to Nezu.

"Are you okay?"

"I am fine, thank you very much." Nezu nodded, "And you are? I don't think I know a hero with your appearance and size."

"Void." Midoriya replied. That was the name he usually went by, and all the heroes he had encountered knew him by that name. He didn't want to hold a conversation with Nezu, as much as he liked and admired the animal hero, and leapt up a ladder, climbing up onto the roof.

He made his way to the park to take a breather. He often stopped by the park in the dead of night. Reiko liked the fresh air, and Midoriya just enjoyed the peace and quiet.