Quirkless Rejects

Old Friends

Hitoshi groaned as he sat under a tree in Kenya. It had been just over a year now since he had begun traveling through Africa chasing after Deku and Aizawa and he had just gotten off a call with Jester saying that they had gotten a card from Deku informing them of having LEFT Kenya a WEEK ago!!! He hit his head against a tree, ignoring the looks of passerby's. Hitoshi had just gotten to Kenya today...

He huffed and leaned against the tree. Hitoshi unrolled a map of Africa. He started at the top so if I move a few forward and go to Zimbabwe... Hitoshi stood up sharply. I'll meet them there!

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Shouta eyed his son who was currently watching people from behind a tree in Tanzania.

They had been in Africa for just over a year now. They don't get calls often because they have to stay undercover so when Shouta got the call a year ago that Cateye was trying to catch up with them, Shouta took it with heightened seriousness. He never told Izuku in fear of frightening the incredibly jumpy and paranoid male, but he did try to slow him down. However, his labor seemed to not bear fruit. Shouta felt the phone in his pocket buzz. He glanced at Izuku. He estimated a three-minute zone to be able to answer this call. He whipped it out and answered it.

"No time, what is wrong?" That's how he started most of their calls. Doom was on the other side. "Cateye is staying moving forward and staying put in Zimbabwe." Shouta nodded. "Okay. Tell him it will be a couple of months." Shouta glanced at Izuku who had just raised his hand, the tendrils starting to peak from his fingers. "Have to go, bye." He hung up without another word. The man quickly pocketed the phone and turned to his son. Izuku retracted the tendrils and walked away. Shouta followed the boy.

Hold out memory, just a couple more months.

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Izuku bounced his foot as he sat in Zambia. They had just finished up and were about to leave for Zimbabwe but Dad had to use the bathroom so here he sat waiting outside it, jittering with a nervous energy that he did not know why he had. He mind was always racing at a million miles an hour and he always felt tense. He couldn't help but be on edge all the time. He thinks he looks normal, disguises set well and all. But someone could have been following them just waiting for the chance to pounce and end everything. He eyed a stray dog that went by. Everyone had deserted this place but that didn't apply to animals. That dog could be an enemy. Idiot, of course not. But maybe. The dog stopped and stared at Izuku. Izuku froze and stared back. The dog whimpered and scampered off.

Something tapped his shoulder. Izuku jumped, releasing a wave of power. The ground crack and the windows in a nearby building. He rolled out of the way and jumped up, getting in a position to fight.

Dad. Dad stood in front of him with his hands out in front of him. Izuku took a deep breath and stood up straight. He connected their brain waves.

'Sorry,' Dad immediately apologized. Izuku shook his head.

'It's fine. I was just a bit startled. Are you ready?' Dad nodded. Izuku touched his arm then Dad's arm, increasing their walking speed exponentially. They sped-walked through Zambia and to Zimbabwe. They should make it there by nightfall. And they did.

Izuku and Dad crossed into Zimbabwe silently, conversating through the mind waves about random subjects. They climbed into a tree for their lodging for the night.

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Izuku woke up in his silent world with the sun filtering through the leaves and into his eyes. He groaned and covered his eyes. Izuku couldn't help the way he subconsciously activates an x-ray quirk when he wakes up to check his surroundings so he couldn't help but freeze when there were two other people in the tree. Now, Dad was a given but there was a person next to him. They were sitting on a branch seemingly talking. Does Dad know this person? Danger, that was all Izuku felt. He connected the mind waves between the three of them and pretended to be asleep still.