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The man watches his little test subject hugging another one. Nothing new, she has tried and had failed multiple times. What's one more to the pile?

It's just proving his theory more, the world is sick and infected.

The man with shaggy Auburn hair was in casual black clothing. With two distinct detail being his black gloves and a plague doctor mask. His golden eyes stare at them with disgust, as the girl sobbed again.

'Annoying'

He reluctantly calls out to them, going with his usual act of being the dad of Eri. It normally solves the case. So what if their eyes were judging him?

But this time, the eyes that landed on him wasn't judgemental at all, yet he felt more fear than ever.

Kai Chisaki, aka Overhaul, as the leader of a Yakuza named Shie Hassaikai had seen a lot of death and blood. He had felt killing intent on him as he experiment on them with his 'cure'. But none were as strong as this.

He didn't feel anger, or any emotion in fact from the eyes.

Kai looked back at the deep blue eyes with his widen. He felt a shadow overlapping his body, and look up. He felt his body shake, what he saw before his eyes were without a doubt an ancient beast that never had a cure. Many people around the world and throughout history had suffered at the hand of this monster.

The gentle stream to Eri had turned into a giant raging wave. Kai said a rare word nowadays,

"A Tsunami."

"What?"

Kai snapped back to reality thanks to Ichiji's voice. He remembered the previous vision and compare the Giant Tsunami to his small body. Realization dawn upon him, that it was not a Tsunami of water, but a Tsunami of stygian effluence.

'He has the worst case of Villain syndrome!'

"Is there a problem?"

Ichiji asked the pale Kai. Kai cleared his throat and announce,

"Yes, that is my daughter in your hand."

A sense of relief enveloped him as he felt the aura disappear but still let his guard up. Contrary to Kai's expectation, Ichiji stopped hugging Eri. Even Eri felt surprised.

His gentle face that was once comforting appears scary to Eri now. Ichiji pats her head once more and pushes her slightly toward Kai. Speaking with a smile,

"Go to your Dad now."

Eri felt despair and wanted to tell Ichiji the through when she saw Kai playing with his glove. Despair, sadness and guilt couldn't even describe her emotion anymore. She just felt acceptance.

She took heavy steps bit by bit forward. She watch as Kai gave her his hand. Before reaching for it, she turns back to say her goodbye to Ichiji, who was smiling and waving his hands.

His hand was the first time she felt loved from a touch. Eri felt tears starting to form again as she faced forward. She wants the taste of being loved so much.

Eri reach for Kai's hand but saw it back away.

At first, she thought it was because of her Quirk. She can't really control it, but it seam to activate more if she felt some sort of extreme emotion. And right now, she felt sad.

However, Eri realize that that was not it, as she saw that Kai wasn't even focusing on her but the man behind her.

Then an explosion.

Suddenly she saw darkness and heard the familiar sound of tearing skins. Eri thought it was her, but she felt no pain. But the scream afterwards help her identity who it was. It was Kai's scream.

Erik wanted to panic but calm down after hearing Ichiji's voice,

"Sorry, but I'm kidnapping this child."

Eri was lifted up and suddenly felt a strong wind going against her as Kai's voice get further. She didn't feel any sort of panic as she recognised the touch of Ichiji.

...

Ichiji left the screaming Kai with Eri in his arm. As if he was that dumb to fall for a silly lie. Perhaps what he did wasn't right, but he didn't care.

He let Eri go to let Overhaul be distracted. And once Eri was about to reach for him, Ichiji explode into his nomu form and shorten the distance, covering Eri's eye to prevent her from seeing something so violent.

A full amputation of the left arm of Overhaul with his strong jaw.

As he jumps from buildings to buildings, he quickly reverts back before slowing down. And stop covering Eri's eye. What happens next stings his heart in a different way as a smile forms on his face.

He purposely stopped on one of the taller buildings, of course with the assistance of Air Walk to surprise the little girl.

Eri's mouth from an 'o' shape as her shining eyes gaze down the city. Perhaps the night city would be better, but it doesn't change the fact of the majestic scenery.

Her calmness was noticed by Ichiji and he conclude that he did the right thing by taking her away. The fact that she didn't show any fear after the scream suggest that she had gone through worse. Thankfully the enemy was weak or it will be like his first failure.

He sat down on the edge of the building and let Eri sit on his lap as she continue to be engrossed by the view. Unfortunately, he has to stop it,

"Kid, sorry I had to take you away from your dad."

Eri finally realizes what happened and stare at her kidnapper. Ichiji continues to rub her head along with her little horn, as he explains,

"I don't know what's going on, but I knew I couldn't leave with your dad."

"He's not my dad. I'm sorry."

Eri cut in, she subconsciously apologises feeling guilty that she had troubled her kidnapper. She watches as Ichiji sighed in relief. But felt dread hearing his next question,

"Where's your parent then?"

"It's my fault, I make them disappear."

With her head looking down, Ichiji felt a fatherly desire within him. He would ask what happened but chose not to, instead hugging her. Constantly saying to her that it's not her fault.

"Is your name Eri?"

Eri, nod and burrow deeper into his arm. She felt strangely secure in the arm of a stranger and also glad he didn't question any further, afraid of revealing her Quirk.

As she thought about it, she realised that her Quirk has been strangely quiet. Surely it would have activated once or twice. Yet the man holding her was still here and alive. She quickly looked up and see if he had grown any younger, but see the same face.

Ichiji tilted his head to the side at Eri's strange behaviour. He touched Eri's horn which suddenly cause fear on her face, not fear of him, but her horn. Ichiji thought that perhaps she was where she was thanks to her horn and had a bright idea. Saying jokingly to Eri as he focused heat on his head,

"Maybe you're my daughter Eri?"

A small explosion as his mighty antlers from his head. Ichiji looks smugly at Eri, but strangely Eri just stares at his antlers and touch hers, before giving Ichiji the tightest hug, hearing her sobbing voice muffled by his chest.

"Papa!"

Ichiji confusing feelings decide to make it way out as all he felt was a feeling of doting affection similar to how he felt for Johnny and Mocha. But on a grander scale.

Before he can indulge in his fatherly duty, his eyes spot people in the many alleyways making their way in his direction. He saw some masks similar to Overhauls too.

With no hesitation, he creates a warp to base and carry Eri into it, while dotingly patting her head. Eri seem unsure of what is going on but felt comfort in her 'Father's' touch.

...

Stain bit on his fish as he watch the rest do the same, while others were cooking theirs in the fire. Keeping an eye on Shujinko who was innocently bantering with his sibling.

He was told of what happened and didn't like it.

A familiar warp gate was formed, but Stain felt tense. It's in the middle of the day, something must have happened for Ichiji to come, or even worse it's someone else.

The rest seem to think the same while Dabi looks on boredly.

To their relief, it was Ichiji. Though some were focusing on the antlers on his head, most were focused on the child in his arms. And the words that came next, shocked them, while Stain felt rage,

"Stain! I kidnapped a child!"

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Power stones: 5 out of 30

Tell me if you have any thoughts on Eri, mind you, she's 5, at most 1 year after she was disowned.

And review please.