The Imprisoned Hero

Chapter 35

"Detroit Smash!" Deku yelled as he punched one of the villains in the face. 

The villain went flying as another went to attack Deku's blind side. I jumped in and touched the guy's forehead. His head burst off and his body fell onto the ground.

"Thanks for the backup," Deku said.

"I came right in time," I said.

"Where's Sunlight?" Deku asked and kicked one of the villains.

"She's getting Eri to safety."

"Eri's out here?" he asked.

I nodded my head and touched another one of the villains, "Yeah. We wanted her to get used to the outside world before she was able to leave the U.A. building."

"Do you know where Sunlight went?"

"No. All I told her was to get her to safety. She could of gone anywhere."

"I see. Let's deal with these guys before anything bad happens."

I was about to attack one of them, but I was tackled mid-air. I fell onto the ground as I was separated from Deku. I looked around, wondering where the other heroes are and who had just tackled me.

"You're the once villain Overhaul," said the villain.

I looked up at him. There were a few villains behind him. He must be the head of this small band. I wiped off the dirt and ran my hand up and down my arm as it itched.

"Yeah. What about it?" I asked.

"Seems like you're wanted with other criminal organizations."

"Seems so," I said.

"They're paying a lot of money to the people who bring Overhaul to them."

"Why is that?"

"You're the only known villain to be reformed into being a hero. A lot of people want to bring you back over to the villain side and make you one of theirs. Why don't you join us?"

"Like I would want to join you!" I yelled and reached over to them. I grabbed one of them and their entire body exploded. The other villains were shocked to see that one of their members had completely exploded. 

"They weren't kidding when they said your quirk was a strong one."

"That's right. You don't want to mess with me when I'm pissed."

"What should we do, sir?" asked another villain.

"Leave him. Let's see if another gang of villains will be able to crack him. Believe me when I say this, Overhaul. You're not going to be a hero for long. You're going to break and want to be a villain once again."

The villains fled the scene and I was left standing where they once were. Deku rushed over to me to see if I had suffered any major injuries. If I did, it didn't matter now. I ran down the alleyway I had come from and searched for Y/N and Eri. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone. I dialed Y/N's number and waited for her to pick up.

"Chisaki."

"Y/N, are you ok?"

"Yeah. Are you?"

"That doesn't matter now. Where are you?"

"I'm not too far from where you ran off."

She gave me directions to where she was. I ran down the streets and saw she was standing outside of this one store. She was still holding onto Eri. I ran up to her.

"Are you ok, Eri?" I asked her.

She nodded her head, "You're a hero, Chisaki!"

I smiled, "Yeah." I took off my mask and smiled at her, "I guess I am."

"Not only are you a hero, you're my hero," she gave me a wide smile.

That really touched my heart. Even if this was the second time seeing her, she seemed to fully open up to me to call me her hero. Even after everything I have done to her, she seemed to learn how to smile again.

"I'm sorry I did all that bad stuff to you, Eri."

She tried to get down from Y/N's hold. She set her down and looked up at me. She held her arms up. I knelt down and picked her up. She wrapped her arms around my neck and smiled at me once more.

"It's ok, Chisaki. All is forgiven now that you save people instead of harm them. You even saved me," she said and pointed at her arms. "That's how you saved me. You also saved Y/N."

I looked over at Y/N and she smiled at me. I looked back at Eri and nodded my head, "I guess Mr. Aiawa told you that I saved Y/N once."

She nodded her head, "A true hero to me!"

"What do you want to do today, Eri? Today is your day. We can do whatever we want."

"I'm hungry," she said.

"What are you hungry for?"

"Apples!"

I smiled, "Apples it is."

We headed over to a nearby farmer's market and Eri got all the apples she wanted. We took her to a small park to see the wildlife and see other people. I showed her a small creek that was filled with small fish and crayfish. She seemed to be intrigued by these smaller creatures. She tried to grab one, but they all swam away from her. I watched her for a good ten minutes as she tried to catch a small fish. She eventually did, but it flopped out of her hands and back into the water. 

It seemed like he was very good with Eri. It was definitely a huge change from before. I remembered when I had first met Eri. She had escaped from wherever she was in that warehouse and managed to get me to realize that Overhaul was using her. I guess she was the reason I wanted to help him change. And the fact that I had fallen for him. I was distracted from my thoughts as a small child walked up to me. He had a flower in his hands. I smiled at him, but his mother ran up to him.

"I'm so sorry. I turn away for one minute and he's gone," the mother said.

"No he's alright. He wasn't bothering anyone," I said.

"Y/N!" Overhaul yelled.

I looked over to see he was waving for me to come over. The mother looked over at Eri and Overhaul. She had a smile on her face.

"Is she your's?" she asked.

I looked over at Eri and Overhaul. A sad smile appeared on my face, "Sadly, no."