Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 122 - There's no pain that

"Here, this way, kero." Asui spoke up, as both she and Midoriya exited the train station. They had to walk through quite a few streets and roads to reach the harbor, where Midoriya saw a woman with light blue hair and a sleeveless white sailor uniform next to a large ship.

The woman looked up, and she smiled brightly, waving, "Hello! Froppy! It's so good to see you again!"

"Sirius!" Asui waved, "Come on, Midoriya, kero."

She quickened her pace, and Midoriya tried to follow suit, as Sirius turned towards the ship, calling out, "Guys! Froppy's back!"

Several guys, also in sailor uniforms, opened up the windows, and leaned out, waving.

"Hi Froppy!"

"Welcome back!"

"Hi! I missed you guys!" Asui smiled, and waved back, as a humanoid-looking spotted seal walked up onto the deck, and hopped down beside Sirius.

"Hello, Froppy!" Selkie gave her a huge smile, before turning to Midoriya, who was right beside her, "And you must be Hakryuen, right?"

Midoriya nodded, and Selkie stuck out his hand, "Good to have you here."

The green haired boy hesitantly took his hand, and Selkie gave him a firm handshake, grinning toothily, "You kids are famous now, huh? How are you guys?"

"We saw you were involved in the raid on the Eight Precepts of Death! That must have been scary!" Sirius spoke up.

"We're good, kero." Asui replied, thinking, "That raid... well... it was scary, I admit! But we managed to save a little girl, so I think it was all worth it!"

"I'll let you guys catch up a bit." Selkie turned back towards the ship, "I need to finish some paperwork before we go out on patrol, so get ready and get suited up in a few minutes."

"Yes sir!" Sirius and Asui replied, before Sirius smiled, turning back to Asui, "So, Froppy, you remember when I told you that I realized what was really important for being a hero, and I told you that you had to find the answer to that yourself? You think you've figured it out?"

Asui brought her finger to her cheek, thinking, "I think... it's about being diligent. And it's only when you're persistent and hardworking that you can keep up and continuously improve?"

Sirius grinned, and patted Asui's head, "Every person would realize something about themselves that's really important for being a hero. And being diligent and hardworking? That's your answer. It's important to you."

The blue haired girl turned to Midoriya, "What do you think? Why do you want to be a hero? What's important to being a hero for you?"

Midoriya froze up.

"Papa, what's the point in being a hero? What's the point in saving a world that doesn't want to be saved?"

He knew that his father had given him an answer... but he couldn't remember it. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't ever remember what his father had told him. Why couldn't he remember?! It made no sense, sure, he was a kid, but he still had other memories with his parents... why was this one just... blocked off?

Why did he want to be a hero?

He didn't know.

"Uh... Hakryuen? Midoriya? Are you alright?" Sirius asked, noticing that Midoriya had completely frozen up, before the boy seemed to notice that she was talking to him, and snapped out of his daze, blinking in confusion.

"Are you okay?" Asui asked, and Midoriya slowly nodded.

"Well..." Sirius awkwardly spoke up, "Come on, I'll bring you two to the changing rooms."