Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 75 - If you're near or far

"Oh, heroes! It's the quirkless boy who was in the UA Sports Festival, and was involved in the Kamino Incident!"

"He may be quirkless, I didn't expect him to be so cute!"

"I admit, it's pretty brave of him to be fighting villains without a quirk..."

Togata looked at the pedestrians, who were making comments either about Midoriya's quirklessness, or his involvement in the Kamino Incident. He was initially worried that the attention may be too much for the green haired boy to handle, but aside from the random comments about him being cute, Midoriya seemed to be handling it just fine.

"Oh, right. You never really did go on an internship." Togata muttered, trying to lighten the mood, "Sir and Bubble Girl are the ones actually watching the target today. We're just on patrol! I'll teach you a bunch of stuff, so just stick with me, okay?"

Midoriya just blinked at how energetic Togata was.

"Now that I think about it, we haven't told each other our hero names, huh?" Togata spoke up, and Midoriya stopped walking.

"I'm Lemillion! I don't have to save everyone, but a million people... that's what I want to do, so that's why I chose Lemillion! Once we put on our costumes and go out into the streets, we're heroes. Don't let your guard down."

Midoriya didn't exactly agree with that, "You don't need a costume or a name to be a hero."

"I mean, with the provisional licenses, sure." Togata shrugged, "But we don't just save people's lives. We need the costumes to show other people that we're here, and that everyone will be safe! I know you don't really like attention, but don't worry about it too much."

Midoriya didn't want to argue with Togata anymore, and they were about to continue walking, when suddenly, Midoriya caught the sound of tiny footsteps, hurried and soft, like someone was running away from someone without wearing any shoes.

"Are you okay?" Togata asked, and Midoriya nodded, turning towards the alleyway they had been standing by. He could hear the sound of panting, like someone was out of breath, and he carefully walked down the alley, looking out for anything.

Much to his surprise, a small girl with bluish-white, messy hair and a horn ran out from around the corner, running right into him. She fell backwards from the impact, but he quickly caught the girl by the shoulders before she fell. She sank to the floor, shaking, and Midoriya crouched down to get at eye level with her.

He seriously doubted that this girl knew sign language, much like Kota, so he quietly asked, "Are you okay? Can you stand?"

"Now, you know... you can't go around causing trouble for the heroes."

A voice rang out from the alleyway, and the girl flinched. A man walked out, a bird mask on his face and wearing a green jacket with some purple fluff, and the girl turned around slightly, trembling with fear.

Midoriya bit back a growl as Chisaki came into view. He could tell the signs of abuse when he saw it; the girl was clearly terrified of the Yakuza, and her arms and legs were wrapped with bandages.

"I'm sorry about my daughter, hero. She likes to play around a lot, and keeps getting hurt. I don't know what to do with her..." Chisaki put up a fake smile to try and placate the heroes, but Midoriya had been living a life with lies constantly being thrown in his face, and could easily tell that the older man didn't mean what he was saying.

Midoriya decided that Chisaki was the least of his worries. Sure, he had a dangerous quirk, but out in the open, the Yakuza couldn't do anything to them, or they would be able to apprehend him immediately. He quickly inspected the girl, making sure she didn't have any major injuries that had to be treated right away.