Wiping some sweat off of his brow. Izuku gazed up at the setting sun. It was so beautiful. The setting sun overlooking the rolling waves. The sky becoming a beautiful shade of orange. He always comes back to Dagobah beach whenever he starts feeling this way. It reminds him of the progress he made. Plus seeing all the smiling families going between shops, enjoying themselves at a place once avoided at all cost brings a smile to his face. He sits there watching the sun set. Watching as people head back to their homes one by one. He gets up ready to head back himself. Staring into the metal disk. Why do I still have this? It just... Doesn't feel right for some reason. I definitely didn't score enough villain points to even get close to passing, so where’d the extra points come from? All Might seemed in a rush too, maybe because of his time limit? Still his smile seemed fake for some reason.

An ear piercing scream echoed throughout the empty streets. Followed by the sound of aluminum hitting the floor.. Turning his head towards the sound he sees a kid being dragged towards a nearby alley. By an adult with what looked like an arm made of knives. Must be their quirk.

He rushes forward without thinking. Readying the metal disk in hand he rushed to the mouth of the alley, he leaned against the wall readying himself.

“Sorry sweetheart, but your kind is worth quite a bit to the right people. And, Auntie made some very powerful enemies. So what's gonna happen is I'm gonna sell you off and get the hell out of this place. Resist and I start slicing off limbs”.

He feels sick, who could do this, especially to their own family. He can’t engage her now, not with the hostage. And no heroes patrol this area especially at night. How to separate them. Maybe he doesn’t need an actual hero if he can just make the villain believe there is one.

He grips the disk, and chucks it at one of the trash cans in the alley. The kidnapper freezes. “Who's there-? I ha-ve a Hostage.. Don't move or I will slice her throat.”

Well here goes nothing.

Izuku quickly climbs the nearby fire escape, intentionally making a ton of noise as he hits the top ladder

“I SAID DON’T MOVE, I will do it.”

I only really know how to imitate All Might, but people do know he's in the area. Well it's worth a shot. Lets hope i haven't gotten rusty

“DO NOT FEAR CITIZEN, FOR I AM HERE. LET THAT CHILD GO NOW VILLAIN, AND I WON'T HAVE TO GET ROUGH” Kidnapper “No way All Might!” she instinctively let go of the girl. “NOW RUN VILLAIN, RUN BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND” she ran nearly tripping over herself as she did.. Izuku quickly slid down the ladder and grabbed the kid “are you ok?” “Where, where is All Might?” The kids eyes were full of fragile hope, like it could shatter from a gust of wind. “He is going after the villain, I've got to get you out of here” as he picks up the kids, mapping out the quickest path to a police station. He begins to run, better to not give the villain time to realize they were tricked. “Hey kid, what's your name?”

“Makoto Saikai”

Izuku “Nice to meet you Makoto I’m Izuku Midoriya. I'm gonna take you to a police station so that they can help you, mind telling me your age?”

“I'm..” the kid counts their fingers for a second. “5, I'm 5!” They smile as they say it. They are way too light for that age. They feel closer to 30 pounds. Maybe it could be quirk related? Best to ask

“If you don’t mind me asking what's your quirk?” the kid's smile immediately fades.

Makoto “Mama, says I’m broken and that I don't have a quirk.”

Broken? What kind of parent calls their kid broken, for

something they can’t control.

He remembers all the times he got bullied, being called fragile and useless, a defect. At Least his Mom loved him. This kid has it so much worse.

Izuku “Broken i don’t think you’re broken. I mean I’m Quirkless as well, and. Would you consider me broken?”

They went silent for most of the trip. He carried the boy to the station. They passed several people with concerned looks. But no one acted. As they entered the police station the clerk said “welcome to Mustafa police station how may I help you” ……. Izuku ”R~ight Makoto here” he said gesturing to the boy on his shoulders ”was almost kidnapped by his aunt. “ Izuku let Mskoto down. Makoto “she uh, she said that people wanted me because I w-as quirkless. The kid flinched after saying quirkless.

Receptionist “I'll get someone to take your boy’s statement. Please wait right here.”

Today has been rough on Tsukauchi. He’s been struggling with this new case. A bunch of people have been disappearing. What's weird is that half the cases seem to be quirkless. And that's from the ones that get reported missing. Getting local heroes and police to help has also been a struggle. So far only a few heroes even promised to help with a potential raid. They knew i had a huge caseload before they gave me this, I'm gonna need more coffee to deal with this mess.

The new intern came in through the door, Tsukachi had no real qualms with her, except maybe for her tendency to give him headaches.

“ Detective, you have some kids here, they might be related to your case” True

Tsukachi “Who brought them here?”

Intern “They showed up alone, sir, and said the younger one was saved from an attempted kidnapping.” True

Tsukachi: “Send them to the interrogation room, I'll be there shortly” definitely two coffees, yea he's gonna get two.

He walked into the interrogation room, He decided to talk to the victim first. Entering the interrogation room he saw a boy who looked malnourished. The kid seemed nervous. Staring at Tsukashi intently. “Hello, I am detective Naomosa . I will be interviewing you today for an attempted kidnapping incident. Just for clarifications sake, this interview will be recorded, and my quirk is Lie Detector. Understood?” “Y-es” “Alright then first thing, what is your name, age, and quirk, “ “M-akto Saikai, 5 quirkless.” True That matches up with the other victims. Although he looks much too small for his age “Alright Saika, can you tell me exactly what happened? Saika “I- was playing on the beach, I was swimming in the water when I couldn’t find my parents.”True “My Aunt” “I'm sorry to interrupt, but can you state your aunt’s name for the recording.” “She, her name is Kireru Yari. She approached me and said she’d take me to them, she was talking to herself a lot. True Tsukachi “ do you know what she was saying? “ Not really, she did say something about how valuable I was though.” .True this matches up all too well with what happened before. “She uh, she then went to drag me into an alley and i tried to run. She caught me and cut my cheek with her arm.” True Tsukachi “How did she cut you with her arm?” Saikai “ she uh, she can produce knives from her arms” True the kids light up, “then All Might showed up and scared her away.” True “Then Midoriya brought me here.” True “thank you for your time Saikai please wait in the lobby while i talk to the other boy, do you know of any way we can contact your family?” Saikai “no..’ his eye twitches at that. False he didn’t need his quirk to tell that wasn’t true, but seeing as how there were some things he’d like to ask the kid for in more detail, he decided to let it slide.

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“Alright, please wait in the lobby then, there should be some coloring books if you get bored. The kid smiled at that.

The second boy walked in, much more filled out. Looking about 14. Besides some curly green hair the boy looked very plain. He gave the same warning to the boy as he did Saikai and asked the same beginning question

“Izuku Midoriya, 15, quirkless:” True Tsukachi got a sense of dread at that. Is this boy also quirkless? Quirkless kids are rare nowadays, I hope my worry is for no reason. He hopes it's only a coincidence, however he will have to make sure.

“And can you tell me your side of the story Midoriya?”

Midoriya “I was on a jog when I stopped to relax at the beach” True

“As I was about to leave I heard a scream. So i ran up to investigate and saw a lady dragging a kid into the alley” True

Midoriya “ i saw she had some sort of blade quirk, and was holding the blade at the Saikai’s neck so i- “ the kid looks sheepish as if suddenly embarrassed

“ I uh, used my All Might impersonation to scare her off,” True the kid scared her off by pretending to be All Might. Impressive, but extremely reckless, he was lucky the woman didn’t double down. Some people fear Yagi so much they suddenly go into a frenzy. Although he would have to tell him about this later. He's sure his friend would get a kick out of it.

“You didn’t call for help? Not from the police or a hero?” Midoriya'' That part of town was a dump until very recently, and no heroes really patrol it, and well, I didn't think the police would show up in time.” True the kid suddenly grew pale

“I don't mean any disrespect. I'm sure you are all great at your jobs but she was moving fast and it's so far from a station, pleaseunderstandirespecteverythingthepolicedoandpleasedontarrestme”

Tsukachi “breathe kid, you’re not in trouble, although try not to impersonate heroes, otherwise I might have to charge you with vigilantism.” He Joked. Midoriya “I Can’t. Be a vigilante.” True wait what?

“Care to explain why?”

Midoriya “you already know why sir, I’m Quirkless, and Quirkless people can’t be charged with Vigilantism, since it requires ‘someone using their quirk to do the job of a hero without the proper license’ and i don’t exactly have a quirk to use. ” True

He remembers now. No laws have included Quirkless People in their writing ever since they became a minority. Nothing but the archaic Quirkless Protection Act. One designed when quirks were still brand new, which allowed a quirkless individual to defend themselves and others against a quirked attacker. Using all the force at their disposal. Of course this law has not been changed because of the view that quirkless people are seen as weaker, so who cares if they fight back. Only two exceptions come to mind, one a case with a certain Knuckleduster, and a recent event involving two students.. He thought back to the short incident report he read, involving a quirkless student maiming a villain to save his classmate. This is the same kid, I didn't recognize him before, but that hair and those freckles are unmistakable. “This isn’t your first run in with villains, is it Midoriya?”

Midoriya “ Yea.. not that I seek out trouble, I just ran in without thinking. honest.” True

Tsukachi “Well next time call a hero alright?”

“Yes sir.” his eyes twitched again.

False he raised his eyebrow at the boy who looked a little sheepish, despite the wide grin on his face.

” can I try one thing out, and I promise I'll try my best to call a hero.` True

Tsukachi “ I don’t see why not.”

“I am a 400 year old female” False His eye twitched. What is he trying to do?

“ I know the circumference of the Moon.” True

“ No way! that’s how it works.”

what?

“Sorry, but uh I can’t tell you the circumference of the moon off the top of my head, but I did do a project on it in school, and I'm sure it's still in my subconscious. So that means your quirk works based on what the user thinks is true. True

“That is so cool, can you turn it off. Your tell is your eye twitching, right? Oh wait, if i mix a lie and a truthwillittellyoubothorjustone,itmustreallyincreaseyoutworkasadeteective. This kid knows that much just from that? He is scarily good at analyzing. “Who taught you how to do analysis?” Midoriya had the gall to look sheepish as he said “ oh no one taught me, it’s just a hobby of mine, I’ve been doing it for as long as i remember” True

this kid, that shows some scary intelligence, It could be useful. “ have you thought of becoming a quirk analyst?”

Midoriya “ I have thought about it, but I really want to be a hero. Which I know seems impossible, but I have been training, and I study quirks so I can counter them and help grow the abilities of my colleagues.” True

Kid wants to be a hero huh, seems tough but.. He remembers knuckleduster, who was so strong people mistook him for having a strength quirk. we shall see how he does.

‘Well kid, if you need help, here's my number.” Better safe than sorry, this kid seems to attract trouble, and I don't want to see another kid go missing. The kid stares down at the piece of paper,

“R-ight thank you detective” Midoriya then exits the room, bowing as he leaves. Alright now time to deal with a potential abuse case. As the detective downs the rest of his coffee, he heads towards the lobby. He comes to the lobby, seeing the two kids talking excitedly,

“Sorry to interrupt, but I just have a few more questions for Sankai. Midoriya looked back at the boy, and to the detective. And after staring right through Tsukachis soul he finally says

"Alright, stay safe Sankai. And thank you for everything detective Naomosa"