Mikoto sat the boy down in his bed and wrapped the covers around him gently...
Mikoto: There. Now you can feel warm.
Inari: Thank you...
Mikoto nodded as the little boy's eyes begin to close. The snow user smiled as Inari begin to fall asleep again. This time in Mikoto's dorm.
So many questions filled his mind but he didn't want to pressure the small child...
He's been through a lot...
Mikoto:.....
Inari begin to sleep peacefully until Mikoto noticed tears coming from the boy's eyes...
Inari: Papa...Mama... Don't Leave...Please...Don't leave me...
Mikoto panicked. Was he having a nightmare?!
Mikoto had to think fast. He remembered the time when he had a nightmare, his father would sing a small tone when he was little.
Mikoto: How did it go again...? Hmm...
Mikoto quickly remember the lines as possible before he begin to sing.
Mikoto: 🎵Hush little baby don't say a word...Papa gonna buy you a Mocking Bird...And if that Mocking Bird won't sing...Papa gonna buy you a diamond ring...And if that diamond ring is brass...Papa gonna buy you a looking glass...And if that looking glass will brake...Papa gonna buy you a mint chocolate cake~!🎵
Inari begin to calm down...That means it was working! Mikoto continued the small song.
Mikoto: 🎵When the mint chocolate cake you eat...Papa gonna buy you more ice cream sweets...And if the ice cream melts...Papa gonna buy you another one...And if that one melts as well...Mama's gonna refreeze it for you...Hush! Little baby dont you cry....
Mamas gonna sing you a lullaby!🎵
Inari: *Sleeping* Zzzzzzzzzzzzz....
Mikoto: Phew...
Mikoto then offered some comfort as he gently patted the boy's hair.
Mikoto: I'm here...
Inari: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
???: You really are good with kids...
Mikoto almost jumped at the voice and turned his head to see Sylvia and Haru watching near the door.
Mikoto: How long you guys been standing there?
Sylvia: For a little while...when we heard you singing.
Mikoto blushed for a moment.
Mikoto: It's...the song that Dad always sing for me when I was a kid...I really loved ice cream so he changed the lyrics for me...
Haru: Yeah we noticed...So...Umm... What's the situation with him...?
Mikoto looked down at Inari...
Mikoto: He...lost his parents...he witnessed their deaths and was abducted...
Sylvia: ?!
Haru: Oh My God....
-Flashback-
Mikoto: Inari...What do you mean...? What happened to your parents...?
Inari stayed quiet...almost as if he didn't want to say anything. If anything, Inari probably had a trauma for witnessing their death.
The death of a parent can affect a child is pretty devastating.
It's often referred to as the worst experience a parent can endure. A child’s death causes a profound family crisis. It shatters core beliefs and assumptions about the world and the expectations about how life should unfold. The overwhelming suffering and intense emotions that flood the days, weeks, months, and years following the loss is called grief.
The pain of grief is extremely intense as parents digest the finality of never seeing their child again and the loss of future hopes and plans. While memories of the child flood their mind, they also experience a deep emptiness and unimaginable void in their lives.
Grief impacts a parent’s whole identity as well as the identity and security of other members of the family.
Out of many children in the world. This is most likely what Inari is going through.
Mikoto: I-I'm sorry....
Inari looked up.
Inari: For what, kon?
Mikoto: (Kon?) For pressuring you. If you don't want to share what happened. That's fine. But can you please tell me what that man wanted with you?
Mikoto also wanted to know what was his connection with Overhaul? Why did he wanted to experiment on Inari when he already had Eri in his clutches...why need another child?
Inari:....That man...
Mikoto: Hmm?
Inari: He said...my quirk is special...
Mikoto: What?
Inari: I come from a long history of kitsune. New born babies are traditionally brought to a shrine...inari shrines...they would be foxes...Kitsune are rated in power by the number of tails they have. Very young kitsune have one tail. The most powerful mortal kitsune have nine tails and their quirks are also powered by those as well, kon.
Mikoto noticed that Inari said young kitsune such as him have one tail...but Inari has all nine...
Mikoto: (Well this is rare...)
It also amazed Mikoto how intelligent Inari is for only being four or five years old.
Inari: My family comes from a long line of kyuubi...My father said that kitsune are technically immortal, but can be killed and can only maintain a physical form for 1000 years at the most, kon.
Mikoto: Can you tell me what your quirk is...?
Inari:.....It's called Mystic Link, kon...
Quirk: Mystic Link
Description: It is a magic quirk only used for the fox clan. Though they have many different abilities, they are most commonly known as shape-shifters, illusionists, and fire-users. It usually depends on how many tails a kitsune has to determine what techniques it can use. Mystic Link's abilities gives the earlier ones are usually the abilities to appear human and the use of little luminescent balls of light or flames. Since Inari-kun has all nine tales. This would mean he's considered to be most powerful to use this quirk.
Inari: My quirk is special because is passed down from my family through generations. It feeds off of other's energy and can direct it onto others'.
Mikoto:.....Inari...
Inari: Snowball-san...?
Mikoto: Yes...
Inari: You're a hero, right?
Mikoto: Uh...Yes...?
Inari: If that's true...how come heroes didn't save my parents...is it because people believe we are malevolent creatures that don't deserve to live...?
This threw Mikoto off-guard.
Mikoto: Wha...?
Inari clutches the bedsheets...
Inari: Heroes...are as horrible as villains...
Mikoto:......
Inari...doesn't believe in heroes...?
-End Flashback-
Sylvia:...
Haru:....
Mikoto: And so Overhaul is interested in him...so he plan the kidnapping of Inari and the murder of his parents.
Haru: *Sneers* That son of a gun...
Sylvia: So that's why they killed his parents...they were looking for a vessel.
Mikoto: That guy, Overhaul, he hired that thug to kidnap Inari. My guess is his parents found out what was going on and their lives paid the price for it.
Haru: Because their quirks gives them life energy. And to have it taken away meaning...
Mikoto: They can't live without their quirk....there are people who can't without their quirk. There's Kenji... remember how he's technically dead...imagine if he loses his quirk...what if...he...
Sylvia: Please...I don't want to think about it...
Haru: Yeah...
Mikoto: Sorry...and then there's Inari...the reason why Overhaul wanted to get his hands on him...is so that he uses Inari as a power boost for Eri...
Sylvia:....
Haru:....
Sylvia: Do the others know about this...
Mikoto: Tsuyoi-Senpai found out when he got information from that kidnapper. He already told Kyan-Senpai and Akari-Senpai. Jack-kun, Luna-chan, Mio-chan, Destiny-chan, and Zoe found out sometime after the meeting when I told them the situation with Inari. The others in Class 1-C will have to wait til later...unless you guys say something...
Haru: Alright...
Sylvia: This is terrible....At this rate...even if Overhaul doesn't have Inari...He can still do something horrible to Eri-chan...
Haru: I hope we can save her...all of us from that man...
Mikoto: Izuku and Mirio-Senpai made an declaration that they will save her. But most likely I have to keep on eye on Inari.
Sylvia: Why?
Mikoto: Tsuyoi-Senpai had a funny feeling that although we were able to take down one of the operatives. Overhaul will have someone come back for Inari. Someone...much stronger...
Mikoto: Tsuyoi-Senpai told me to take care of him until we can get ahold of the rest of Inari's family. They still don't know the recent update of what went down with him and his parents.
Haru: I see...So what now?
Mikoto: Can you guys watch Inari-kun for a moment?
Sylvia: Why?
Mikoto: I gonna make a phone call...
The two nodded as Mikoto walked out of the room and over to a telephone. He picked it up and put it to his ear as he pressed the numbers he was calling for.
Mikoto: Hello...Taka-Sensei...Yeah. It's me...Did you get my report...? Okay...Hey Taka-Sensei...I was wondering...about all that had happened to the past few days...can you tell me something....between you and Tsuyoi...It feels like you both know something and you're not telling me...and since he won't be able to answer my questions. Maybe you will.
Mikoto went quiet for a moment before taking a deep breath and finally asked the questions.
"What was my Dad's quirk? And what happened to it when he was younger?"