Familiar Faces Around Me! Part 2/3

" Remember me?," the man asked.

He slowly took his mask off and revealed his blood red eyes. I took a shaky step back.

" No...you're not supposed to be here...it was you!," I shouted.

" Calm down, take a seat, Daiki," my uncle's tone was awfully calm.

I didn't make a single move.

" I won't say it again, sit." This time his tone was more dangerous. He set a chair down in front of me.

I hesitated but I finally decided to take a seat.

Ryu...A shiver went up my spine when I thought of his name.

" Uncle...," that's what I said instead.

" HA!," Ryu cackled. " You still haven't figured it out have you?" A wide grin spread across his face. " Yes I may be your fathers brother...but I'm not YOUR uncle. I'm only the uncle of little Asahi over there."

" W-what do you mean...," I asked.

" Are you that clueless? That's not your father! That quiter and you are both MY gifts to this world! MY property! MY masterpiece!"

I stared at him like he was crazy. " You're full of lies." I looked at my mom and dad. " He's lying right? P-Please tell me this is all a sick joke."

" The alley...,"Ryu brought it up. " That voice. It was me." He got up and bent down in front of me. He held his left hand out. " Join Reset. You and your little brother are too precious for this world. Together we can reshape it. We can create a world filled with power and power only. No more inequality. Those who get in our way will have to perish."

" It's a shame how the way the world treats us, isn't it?," I remembered the voice.

I only had one choice.

" I'll have to decline your offer," I told him. I stood up from my chair. "Now, get the hell out of my house. I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty."

" You really are my son," Ryu looked up at me with his red eyes. " I won't be leaving anytime soon without my prizes."

He stood up and put his left hand on the hilt of his sword. I could tell by his movements that he was about to use it. Before he could make another move I saw Hiroshi move in a blur.

" FIRE FURY!," he yelled sending a kick to Ryu's face

He looked me in the eye. " GRAB ASAHI, I'VE GOT THIS," he yelled.

If I had a choice I would've completely rejected his orders.

" Please don't anyone else get hurt," I thought. " You're a hero so protect those you can reach...for now."

I grabbed Asahi and ran out. I knew my father...or Sadakata had my mother so it was my job to take care of my little brother. As I was running I took a look at Asahi. He was clutching the back of my suit, his face buried in my shoulder. I could tell he was crying.

I gave him a warm smile. " It'll be alright," I told him, trying to keep my tone as calm as possible. " The heroes won't let anything bad happen to you." I put my right hand on his head.

Asahi looked up at me. " What about mama and papa?," he asked. " They're gonna be ok, right?"

" They'll be just fine," I assured him. " Our big bro can handle this. He's super strong!"

" Hopefully...," I said to myself.

I got back into the public area. There were police and ambulance cars everywhere. I also saw literally all of my classmates and some other kids from UA.

" Daiki where were you?!," Yuki asked. " We were told that you ran off!"

" I was finding out the cause of this mess," I told. " And I had a family emergency." I set Asahi down.

Tears kept streaming down his eyes even when he tried wiping them away it didn't work.

" Oh...did something really bad happen?," Tadashi asked as he knelt in front of Asahi.

" I don't have time to explain...but I did have to deal with a little family reunion," I muttered.

I reached into my pocket and pulled out a needle. " I found a sample of the quirk enhancement drugs that the new gang was hiding. I grabbed them when the leader wasn't looking."

" Where was the last place you saw him?," Mr. Miyoga walked up and asked.

" At my house-," I replied. " His name is Ryu...Red shirt, Black tie, Katana swinging maniac...surprisingly is my...m-nothing."

" You sure that's it?," Mr. Miyoga asked.

" Y-Yeah...i'm sure," I assured. " He's probably far from my house by now. My brother was holding him off-."

" He's there alone? We need to send a team immediately. That villain is almost as powerful as Shigaraki. Your brother will be killed." Mr. Miyoga began to walk in the opposite direction.

" Wha-," I uttered. " He's probably not there anymore if you claim he's that powerful. H-He'll try to come to me instead."

My teacher paused and turned his head to me. " Why is that?"

" He-he's related to me in a way I never thought...he-he's my father!," I blurted out.

When I realized what I said I covered my mouth and dropped to my knees. I could feel tears start to stream down my face and drip onto the concrete.

" Come again," Mr. Miyoga winced. " Did you say your father?"

I slowly nodded my head while making eye contact with the ground.

" I can see the family connection."

I took off the glove on my right arm and wiped my tears away. There was an odd silence between the class. I knew they were shocked about this news.

" I'm related to a v-villain...," I stuttered. " A villain!" I looked up at my teacher. " Who knows...I might end up JUST LIKE HIM! I've been showing signs ever since my last year of junior high. Damn...my life is so fucked up! I can NEVER be like anyone else. I CAN'T BE NORMAL AND HAVE A DAMN DREAM LIKE ANYONE ELSE!"

I stood up and looked Miyoga right in the eye. " What the heck am I gonna do in this life?!," I pleaded for an answer. " YOU HAVE TO TELL ME, WAS I JUST CREATED FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK DOWN ON ME LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF JOKE OR PUPPET FOR THEM TO USE?"

I gripped the hair on my head. " I can't take this anymore!," I cried. " All the pain and suffering...I'M JUST TIRED OF IT. Humans are just so selfish. I want people to notice how much their words hurted me...Hijiri, Sora, even my own brother told me I couldn't be a HERO! All those words...loser, moron, freak, try-hard, wannabe, quirkless loser oh I can name a thousand more!"

" Daiki...I don't think this is you talking dude...," Tadashi said.

I felt anger start to surge through my blood and mind. " NONE of you will understand what I went through and still go through. I was THIS close to joining Reset when my father made that offer! NOBODY would care if I did. IF THE WORLD IS GONNA STAY LIKE THIS THEN JUST STRIKE ME DOWN"

I broke down into an angry sob.

" Your eyes are red, Nakamura," Mr. Miyoga told me. I heard no signs of emotion in his voice. " The blue in your hair is turning into a dark gray..."

To me this made me feel like an absolute coward. I got up on my feet and ran away using 15%.

" Daiki!," my classmates called.

" Leave him," I heard Mr. Miyoga say. " He deserves this moment alone."

I kept running and I didn't stop until I knew nobody had followed me. Why the hell was all of this stuff coming out of my mouth now?! WHY COULDN'T I JUST SAY THIS A LONG TIME AGO?!

" I tried to warn you didn't I?," the same voice said. " What did I tell you? The world doesn't appreciate what we give them."

" Why won't you just go away?!," I hissed. " LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!"

" Let me free you."

" NO!"

" Let me save you from this world filled with selfish heroes."

" SHUT UP!"

[ Listen to "What to Inherit" by Yuki Hayashi

Ryu walked closer to me. When I was about to make a move he did something that changed my life forever. He hugged me...no-that was just to stall me. I felt something thin and sharp pierce my neck. I felt my body start to burn up. Something surging through my veins. I pushed Ryu away. and looked at my right arm. The veins were starting to pop.

" What the hell did you do to me..," I croaked.

I looked in his hands. He somehow got a hold of the drug I was holding. I felt myself start to get dizzy and my chest ached.

" COME ON! SHOW ME YOUR TRUE POWER," Ryu's arms let off a dark purple glow.

*THIRD PERSON*

Daiki felt his rage become stronger.

" YOUR NOT JUST A QUIRKLESS BOY! PROVE YOURSELF WORTHY OF THE FAMILY NAME," Ryu bellowed. " Hiroshi and Sadakata are both WEAK. YOUR FATHER KNEW HIS FATE!"

" HRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA," Daiki Roared.

Daiki charged at Ryu. It was there again. That radiant red glow. This time it was stronger. Daiki rammed his fist in Ryu's face.

" YES!," Ryu shouted in delight. " SHOW ME MORE!"

One fist after another. The more hits the stronger this unknown power became. Ryu sent a full powered punch to Daiki's stomach sending him flying into a nearby building that was already coming down. The Nakamura felt the pain but ignored it.

*FLASHBACK*

" What do you think my quirk will be?," little Daiki asked his mother.

" I don't know we'll have to wait and see." Hina tapped her son's nose. " I bet it'll be a super powerful quirk?"

Daiki's eyes twinkled. " Super?"

" Super!"

" Super!," Daiki said the word in delight.

*PRESENT DAY*

Daiki slowly stood up his Torso and head limp.

" You bastard," Daiki said, his voice becoming deadly. " WHY WON'T PEOPLE LIKE YOU DIE ALREADY?!"

Daiki charged back at his father with full speed sending kicks and punches.

" GIVE ME MORE!," Ryu yelled. " I WANT MORE POWER!"

Both their fists rammed into each other while they started to rise in the air.

" IT'S MINES!," Ryu drew his Katana trying to stab Daiki's left side but a force pushed the boy away.

Daiki's eyes widened when he saw who took the blow for him.

" Q-QUITE TRYING TO DO THINGS BY YOURSELF DAIKI!," Hijiri shouted.

Daiki felt more pain and anger rush through him. He stumbled back down to the ground.

" How sad...," Ryu took the sword out of Hijiri. " You might've actually been worth keeping alive.

" You're the s-same as the r-rest of those crappy v-villains," Hijiri muttered.

Sato's body went limp and fell to the ground.

" YOU-YOU FIEND," Daiki screamed.

( Listen To Boku no Hero Academia - Kimi no Chikara (Todoroki Theme) - Orchestral Arrangement)

In a flash he was in front of Ryu using both One For All and this unknown quirk at it's full power. Nobody when this fight would end or how long it would last.

"TITANIC SMASHHHHHHHHHH," Daiki yelled at the top of his lungs, hitting Ryu right in the chest with his left arm. His left hand was so dark it was starting to turn black. It was in worse shape than his right hand which was turning purple and smoking...No his whole body was smoking!

" The Greatest...YES D-DAIKI UNLOCK ALL YOUR POWER!," Ryu demanded.

He grabbed Daiki's face, sending him flying through a building.

" I w-WANT IT!," Ryu bellowed. " NO, I NEED IT."

Daiki stood once again. His face was streaked with blood and his suit was torn up. There were pieces of metal in his arms and back.

" Die...," Daiki's voice sounded as if it were two. " One voice regularly, one voice devilishly deep. " Why won't YOU DIE ALREADY?!"

" THIS IS IT FOR YOU!," Daiki yelled.

A word formed in his head that he had never said before

" DEVILOSSSSS SMASHHHHHHHHHHH," he screamed at the top of his lungs.

Using One For All and the unknown quirk he rammed his right fist into the villians face. Ryu slammed to the ground. Hot wind blew everywhere. Some civilians yelped as the wind blew them back. Daiki let out a scream of agony that might've been heard all over Japan.

* DAIKI POV*

I tried clinging on to whatever consciousness I had. The only thing on my mind is that I wasn't born quirkless. I had a quirk and this quirk was dangerous. Too dangerous for this world or me. I felt my breathing get slower and before I knew it I had blacked out.