Vigilante Deku

Chapter 3

She couldn't believe it. After all this time, Izuku was next door to her. For the past four years she lived here, she never thought that they were neighbors. Why didn't he bring it up to her when they talk? Better yet, how come she never noticed?

When her family moved in, they were initially going to greet their new neighbors. But, unfortunately, even with the cheaper rent, they still have to work always to meet ends so they couldn't welcome them.

Taking a deep breath, she stands and walks towards his door. She won't let him slip away again, not this time. She waits a little bit after she knocks, the door opens, showing a figure of green hair. 

"Hello. May I help You?" Inko asks the brunette cautiously. She dislikes assuming the worst of things of people, but she had enough of the torture her son endured. She refuses to make that mistake again.

"Hello. Um, I'm here to see Izuku Midoriya," Ochako replies politely, "I've been trying to talk to him for months now. But with sudden massive drops of assignments given to us, and with UA exams, it was hard to find the time to speak to him. And when I did have the time, he just disappeared."

Inko took a moment or two to reflect on the brunette's answer. "Why do you want to speak to my son?" 

Ochako rubs her arm slowly, looking down as her cheeks become a bit darker. "Well, I saw him cleaning up the beach when it was full of garbage," she looks back at Inko, smiling at the memory of the beautiful view of the beach. "And he saved me during UA entrance Exams. But I never got the chance to say 'thank you' to him. And I feel so dumb for not realizing that we were neighbors this entire time." To say Inko is surprised is an understatement; she's not surprised by the fact she is her neighbor, not even close. The fact that someone was looking for her sweet Izuku all this time just to not only talk to him but thank him is what surprised her. She can't even think of any other human other than herself thanking her son for a good deed he has done, and that saddens her immensely. But here is this girl, a pretty one at that. 

But is she telling the truth? Is she just saying lies to get to her son so she can insult him? Or maybe, that only this once in her son's whole life, someone is genuinely just wanting to be kind to him and accept who he is?

Inko was about to ask another question if he did save her, but then she remembers when Izuku got his results. All Might said he got rescue points for saving 'Young Uraraka,' and maybe this girl is this Uraraka person he saved that resulted in him getting rescue points? Perhaps asking a different question will determine the truth and the lie.

"Excuse me, but may I know your name? And how did he save you?" she asks, deciding to get more information on her to see if she genuinely is this 'Uraraka.' Izuku had told her how the test went, and how he saved Uraraka during it.

"My name is Ochako Uraraka. I'm sorry that I didn't introduce myself earlier," she rubs her arm slowly, feeling a little shameful for not introducing herself earlier. "It's okay, don't overthink it," Inko reassures her.

'That's one, but let's see if she's the real deal.' Inko thought as she recalled when Izuku told her how he saved 'Young Uraraka' in the entrance exams. 

 "Well, I tripped when I was trying to get away from the Giant Zero Pointer. And then Midoriya lifted the debris off of me, even the big one!" she finishes while moving her hands around circular in a dramatic fashion, trying to describe how large that debris is. Inko chuckles a bit at the brunette's overenthusiastic display. Even when she's under interrogation, Ochako attempted to lighten the mood so the atmosphere wouldn't make any sense.

Letting the information process in, it sounds note to note from what Izuku told her from his point of view, just with a lot less detail into it. But the key events are there. There's no denying it now; she's the real deal.