The next morning wasn't much new at first, Y/N had woken to the sound of people walking into his shrine, seeing people examine the small statues, reading the inscription. He leaned over to one of the kids there.
"You know kid, we used to rule the world, we controlled nature itself..." of course the kid didnt see him...or hear him, it never changed but when he got close to the kid he noticed something, fear. Looking to where the kid was staring in fear he saw a giant human, looking around as if trying to swat a fly.
"Sweetie get down!" someone shouted, as they all ran out of the way, and the giant had toppled over, heading straight for the shrine. And it all went dark, to be honest it was the first time he had felt pain in a while or had really...touched anything. But he could also feel as someone grabbed his hand and yanked him from under the giant.
"This should be the last of them!" the woman above him said, she pulled him up, looking at him with a confused look. She had tan skin, white hair and bunny ears. She was dressed like one of those heroes he saw every once in a while.
The wave of pain returned as he tried to take a step forward. Falling back to his knees "Augh, pain...its been...a while?"
"You okay? I'll get you to a hospital..." the woman said he held up a hand to stop her.
"d-don't, I-I need w-water...f-fresh water...it will...restore me" She hesitate a moment.
"HAWKS!" she shouted to someone "This guy says he needs fresh water to heal, I'm gonna hop over to the lake" she took him under her arm, to be fair he was rather small, not counting the ears she was a good half-a-foot taller than him.
Eventually she arrived at the river and looked at him "Just toss you in?" and he weakly nodded back. Upon dropping him in he sank right to the bottom. "AUUGH" she dove in after him, "What the hell!" she shouted upon pulling them both onto the shore. Though wen looking to Y/N he was...out cold.
Her face grew disappointed, upset she couldn't yell at him. "Whatever, its my job" she sighed, picked him up again and hurried off to hospital.
The situation was dire but her shift was just about over, so after explaining everything to the doctors they quickly took the boy away and she got to go home. Leaving the hospital she felt something on her back, as though someone had grabbed her shoulder for just a moment.
Then she felt someone actually tap her shoulder. "Uh...Miruko, you okay?" She turned to see Hawks "Youve been standing there for a while, someone in there?"
"huh? Oh its nothing, just some kid nearly drowned himself" she shook her head and walked home.
Though next morning she woke up early to a email, from the hospital, never a good sign. Reading over it she decided to head out as soon as she could. Dressed in a pretty simple jumpsuit. Upon entering she saw the doctor approach her, he was very lanky with dark glasses over his eyes.
"Oh, you're here, good, come with me, this kid you brought in is having some rather weird test results"
She looked at him curiously "What does that mean" he hands her a folder and she opens it, looking at the bare contents, nothing but a sheet, listing mostly visual characteristics. blood type O, and almost nothing else.
"We cant seem to find any information on him, none at all, even through testing we cant seem to find any quirks genetically."
"Wait but..." she points at her ears.
"Well, if you'll come with me, my assistant would like to share a theory, but...in private" Miruko nodded and he lead her into his office, where there sat a young american man, with no visual quirks, but is surrounded by different papers. "Here she is, wanna explain what all this is about?"
The assistant looks up, takes a deep breath and nods. "Hi, Miruko, my name is Jack, but thats not important right now, what is, is that you appear to have saved a kitsune, like a real one"
"Pfft, you believe this kid doc?" She smiled at the doctor.
"Given that he doesn't seem to have any records, quirk, or family, yes"
"What if he's just homeless, plenty of people probably aren't registered on your databases"
"I doubt a homeless person would have robes this nice" he motions to the robes the boy was wearing when he was saved "Not to mention, despite being buried in rubble, they're impeccably clean, I'm willing to hear the boy out" The doctor nodded and Miruko's face seemed to grow more serious.
"Okay, lay it on me kid" his face beamed.
"Glad you came around, lets get this started" he dug up a photo from the stack of papers, a photo of the shrine the boy was found in. "This is Y/N Shrine, rumored to be haunted by many many things, yet if you really look into it, what it all comes back to is a group of old old Japanese priests sealing away a malevolent brown kitsune with that gate." He rambled, digging up pictures as he went.
"So when I kicked that big dude into the gate and destroyed it..."
"You let him out, yes" the doctor chimed in.
"But it gets better" Jack spoke up "often kitsune will bond themselves to people who saved them, and we believe that you saving his life, three times mind you, might have bonded you two"
"Wait? Bonded, what does that mean?"
"Well...were not sure, there arent many solid sources, but a few reference a connection in mind, perhaps you can try and wake him up...like...psychically?" he said nervously.
"God...If this works...Fine, I will try it" she nods reluctantly and follows the two into the room. before them laid the sleeping body of the boy. "So...you have no idea what I'm supposed to do do you?"
"Uh no...maybe try screaming at him but without really screaming"
"You're sure it'll work?"
"I saw it in a show" he shrugged.
She shook her head and did as he said. After a moment of staring at him, she sighed "Are you sure it'll work"
"Absolutely not, but look" the doctor pointed at the boy's head, his ears seem to be twitching slightly. "It seems to be doing something"
She went back to trying, harder and harder till her eyes went wide, her mouth dropping, she felt a click, like the last piece of a puzzle fit in her brain, the world seemed to swirl around her, for a moment she peered into another world, identical to hers but empty, aside from him.
"Miruko! Ms.Usagiyama!" she felt someone shaking her.
"Huh, oh, Jack..." she rubbed her eyes and looked up to see the supposed kitsune stretching and yawning.
"GOOOOOOD morning shri..." he looked around "this isnt my shrine...who are you three...WHERE ARE MY ROBES" he held the blanket around him.
"O-Oh, youre the kitsune right?" Jack spoke first
"Y-Yeah im a kitsune...what about it" his eyes darted around the room, "What happened to my shrine?!" He shouted again.
"Look look, im sure youre confused but, please be quiet and we can explain" the doctor said "Jack, grab his robes"
"I-I-Im actually bonded to a kitsune" Miruko muttered to herself, the fox's eyes turned to her.
"Please someone explain where I am and why im bonded to her"
"Look, youre in a hospital" the doctor started "You remember being trapped in that shrine yes?" the fox nodded "So that happened about one thousand, and twenty years ago...your shrine was destroyed now and to make it obvious, the world has changed, a lot, and you might be the only kitsune left" The room went silent for a bit.
"You" he pointed at Rumi "You broke my shrine gate correct?" He eyed her up and down.
She simply nodded, still slightly confused by the situation.
"So you're who im bonded with now...interesting, OH my robes" he noticed jack walk in with his clothes, and pulled the curtain around the bed to hide him. "So, let me just make a few things clear" he stepped out after getting changed, holding his wooden sandals in his hands. "You are gonna help me figure out what the fuck im doing here, and in return...the worst part about this...I have to do what you say...and protect you" he said, sounding annoyed and dejected.
"So...I teach you how the world works...and I get a cute fox servant...doesn't sound like a terrible deal" she smiled
"Now you're catching on" he smiled "Now, lets go home" he hurried to the door before miruko grabbed him by the collar.
"Nope, you're explaining how this psychic link thing works first"
"When we get home?" he smiled at her, she could go for some food.
"...do you know how to cook"
"Of course" he said proudly
"Fine, we can do this at my house if you cook"
The doctor spoke up "Please do email us the details when you can, you should have my email"
"Yep" she nodded, and the doctor watched as the pair left
"I think we've found the key to unlocking quirks" He turned to jack "Let the boss know"