Quirkless Rejects

Moving On And Wary Feelings

The night was short and they moved at a quick pace. Starting by sitting atop a building and letting All For One roam the bustling city below him. He felt his body tingle with each new addition to his collection of quirks. His eyes flashed colors, multiple substances bounced off his body, wings and horns sprouted from his shoulder blades and head before shrinking back into his body. It was over in fifteen minutes before they moved on to the next street.
Then the hotels.
Then morning.
Throughout the day they rested.

Izuku narrowed his eyes as the pencil fell from his fingers once again. They sat behind a hotel building in an alley. He sighed and put everything away. Izuku pulled out his photo album that was incredibly worn. 'Shin,' he called, connecting their mind waves. The man looked up. 'Show me who they are again?' His friend nodded and slid closer to Izuku. He began pointing out the people in the pictures when Izuku sprung the question.
'Animation, what happened to her?' He remembered Animation without Shin needing to remind him of the girl. He never really touched base on her though. Shin looked shocked that Izuku asked that, understandably. 'She... died in the war.' Izuku looked down. 'Oh... I'm sure Bubble must have been sad.'
'You remember Bubble?'
Izuku narrowed his eyes. 'Yes...?' Shinsou grabbed his arms suddenly, Izuku tensing up. 'What about her husband?'

Izuku's eyes widened and he said aloud, "Bubblegum's married!?" Dad, who had not been in the mind conversation jumped at his sudden outburst. Shin hung his head and dropped his arms. 'Yes, she is. To Doom.' Izuku looked away. 'I don't know who Doom is. Sorry...' He could tell that Shin was getting increasingly more irritated with trying to jog Izuku's non-existent memory. Shin stood up. 'Are we not continuing?' The man looked over at him and sighed. 'Not today, Deku.' Izuku didn't try again. He disconnected the mind waves and spent his day in his own lonely world of silence. He did nothing to acknowledge Dad's worried look as the man looked in between the two of them. Izuku narrowed his eyes. He very thinly let Midnight's quirk swirl in the alley. Izuku watched as Dad and Shin fell asleep before dispersing the gas and melding into the shadows, moving along the sides of buildings to stay in Shadow Walk. He popped out in another alley and left it. Izuku walked around the city streets. He bit his lip. What was he supposed to do? Suddenly remember everything? He couldn't help that the memories simply weren't there anymore! Izuku paused in the middle of the moving crowds on the sidewalk. He looked down, eyes darkening.

Yeah... what if they just weren't there in the first place? This whole thing could be a set up to distract me. Why are they supporting this corrupt world? Is it because they had quirks at the start? They don't understand. They've never understood and they never will.

Someone bumped into him. Izuku's eye twitched. Instantly metallic red and black tendrils sprouted from his hands and arms, stabbing into everyone in his vicinity. He chuckled as he pulled, feeling the quirks flow into his body. Izuku retracted the tendrils and released Midnight's quirk. It weaved into the buildings and the streets. People fell one-by-one, Izuku stopped the cars that had gone haywire as their windows shattered with the tendrils and their drivers went unconscious. Izuku grinned as he walked into a bar of sleeping people.

I don't need the help of traitors.

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Shouta groaned as he woke up. His eyes felt so heavy. Then again, what's new for the insomnia filled man. However, it didn't take long for him to become fully awake as he became aware of the absence of his son. Shouta looked left, then right. Izuku was nowhere to be found. He looked over to see the sleeping form of Shinsou. Shouta had to fight to make his tired limbs move and shake the sleeping man awake. Shinsou groaned just as Shouta had before. He rubbed his eyes.
"Aizawaaaa...?" the purple-haired man slurred.
"Izuku's missing," was how Shouta decided to start their conversation. Shinsou bolted up, getting a head rush. "What do you mean he's 'missing?'" Shouta grunted as he pushed off his knees to stand. "He wasn't here when I woke up and I don't remember falling asleep in the first place." Shinsou tapped his chin. "I don't either, actually." Shouta was already packing their belongings. "We have to go find him." Izuku's things were still there along with the album. "What if he comes back though?" Shouta ignored the question. This was too strange. Izuku would never just wander off like this. His hand hesitated over the album. A picture was missing. He closed the album and put it in Izuku's bag before standing and slinging both his and his son's bags on his shoulders.