Chapter 134: Lending a Hand

Izuku was careful not to move too much in the car, as a D.O.C. agent drove him and Nise to the Midoriya Foundation

Nise was currently sitting next to Izuku, and by next to him that meant she was clutching his side. Considering he was still wearing his robe, Izuku needed to be very careful when he moves, otherwise one of the boney parts would poke her.

"So, are you excited to see your new home?" Izuku asked her hopefully, trying to plant some positive thoughts in her head, and start a conversation.

"...Yes?" Nise said, sounding completely unsure.

And the conversation ended right there.

Izuku didn't know what he was expecting. It'd be hard to get a conversation from someone who barely knew anything and was still quite frightened.

It's gonna take a while before she gets comfortable. Izuku sighed, as the car approached the facility.

The car pulled up the gates, and Izuku pressed a button on his phone, to open them.

Quickly, the car pulled up to the house, stopping in front of it.

"Are you ready?" Izuku said, looking down at Nise.

Nise hesitated, but eventually, she looked up and nodded, taking Izuku's hand to comfort herself.

Izuku opened the door, and the two exited the car, closing the door behind them, as the car drove off. "Welcome home, Nise."

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The two walking into through the door, with Nise holding his hand and walking behind him.

And the moment they stepped in, they were met with Fu, waiting for them a few feet away.

"Hey, welcome home." Fu greeted. He looked over at Nise, who shrunk away behind Izuku's cloak. "You must be Nise then. Nice to meet you. My name is Fu, short for Fuhai. But please don't call me that. And this-"

Then Kyosei popped out a tentacle head, causing Nise to flinch.

"Is Kyosei," Fu said, before Kyosei sunk back into his body. "He's my brother, but we're kind of…sharing a body. Don't worry about it, you'll understand more later."

"...Ok," Nise said quietly, relaxing a little bit now that Fu had introduced himself.

Izuku moved away from Nise, before kneeling down to meet her eye to eye. "I have to deal with some paperwork, meaning I'm going to be busy for a little while, but Fu's going to show you around. Is that ok?"

Nise wanted to refuse, but she also didn't want to make Izuku angry. He was her only ally right now and she was terrified of losing him.

She looked at Fu and…there was something about him that seemed familiar. Like she'd seen him somewhere before. She just needed to try and rember a bit-

You don't have to go back to them.

"Agh!" Nise shouted out in pain, falling to her knees as suddenly her head started to hurt like hell. "Aghhhhhhh!"

"Nise?!" Izuku shouted out in concern and confusion.

It seems like you're one of us. The ones who got unlucky at birth.

Parents whose love you have to earn aren't real parents.

Do you really want to live like that!?

A slave to you-

That's enough!

And suddenly, it stopped.

The pain disappeared as quickly as it came, and Nise was left on her knees, clutching her head and hyperventilating.

"Nise!? Nise! You need to calm down. Just breathe ok? In and out." Izuku instructed her. "In, and out."

Fu had also ran in, and massaged circles into her back, to try and help her calm down.

After a couple minutes, Nise managed to get her breathing back under control.

"Are you ok? Is anything hurting? Can you stand?!" Izuku asked her rapid-fire questions as he tried not to panic.

"I…I'm ok?" Nise said, sounding extremely unsure. "My head just hurts…and I heard some weird voices. Most of them sounded like him?"

Izuku and Fu looked at each other, before looking back at her.

"Did some of your memories come back?" Izuku asked her, feeling a pit growing in his stomach.

"I don't…think so?" Nise answered. "I don't remember anything but some words…did I meet him before?"

Guess that cat's out of the bag. Fu thought. "We met before when you first showed up here. Unfortunately, we got into a fight. But I don't hold it against you. You didn't really have much of a choice."

So he was the one I fought. Nise felt a twinge of guilt. But at the same time…she also felt…strangely reassured. Maybe it was because she knew he could handle her if she lost control of her quirk, but…there was something else as well. Something was telling her to trust him.

Given how little she knew, she'd have to follow that instinct.

"I'm sorry." Nise apologized, looking at Fu while also trying to understand why she felt the way that she did.

"Like I said, no problem," Fu said, before extending his hand. "Do you want to come with me? Or do you need to stay with dad?"

Nise hesitated, but after a few moments, but ultimately, she took his hand, and let him help her up. "I'll go with you."

"Good. First, let me show you your room." Fu said, as he took her by the hand, and guided her away.

As Fu took her away, Nise looked back at Izuku.

"I'll see you a bit later, just remember, you're safe here." Izuku reminded her before she eventually was out of sight.

After a few moments, Izuku heard someone speak in his head.

Something is very wrong with that girl. Yonda revealed herself, hiding behind the staircase, just out of sight.

What do you mean, something is wrong? Izuku asked her quickly, as he started preparing himself for the worst. Did she get her memories back? Does she want to kill anyone?

I don't…think so, but I'm not sure. Yonda said, sounding a bit unsettled. When she was on her knees, I… couldn't hear her thoughts clearly.

What? Izuku looked at her in shock.

It was like, something was fighting inside of her head. Yonda explained as best she could. I've never heard anything like it before. I did hear what I think was Fu's voice, and another voice that sounded like her's but…it was angry.

This is…damn it why can't anything be simple? Izuku cursed, before sighing. You're sure she didn't have any thoughts about hurting anyone?

Yonda shook her head. I didn't hear anything like that while she was freaking out, nor anything like that after…but this is very, very strange. I'm definitely going to have to keep watch of her.

Please do. Izuku rubbed his temple. I feel terrible for having to rely on you like this…am I really going to need to give you an allowance for spying on people? I really don't want to encourage that.

Oh father it's far too late for that. Yonda told him. And I don't need an allowance for this. Just rember all my hard work when I do something wrong.

Izuku sighed again. Just please go after them.

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"And this is your room," Fu told Nise, as he opened the door to her room.

Nise looked inside, letting got Fu's hand to get a good look at where she would be living from now on.

"I know it's a bit plain, but you're free to decorate it in any way you'd like," Fu told her.

Decorate…how would I decorate it? Nise thought to herself. I don't know what I like…

It was starting to get at frustrating as it was scary, not knowing anything about herself. Because it left her confused and not knowing what to do.

"Well, do you want to stick around here for a while, or would you like to explore the rest of the building?" Fu asked her. "It's pretty big, so it might take a while. And I'd understand if you'd just want to relax in here for a while."

Nise considered the offer. While part of her was a bit scared of wandering around and bumping into people she didn't know, but…what would she even do in here?

Think about how much she doesn't know.

At least going around the house would give her something to do.

"I um…want to explore," Nise answered.

"Huh. Well ok then." Fu said, before turning around. "Make sure to follow me, don't want you getting lost."

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"So this is the library," Fu said, as he guided Nise into the book-filled room. "You can read right?"

Nise nodded, as she looked around the room, her eyes landing on one of the tables, where Ken and Nara had been studying and were now trying to stay as quiet as possible.

"Oh, so those two are here," Fu said, noticing the pair. "The girl is Nara, and the stupid-looking one is her brother Ken."

"Hey!?" Ken shouted out in annoyance, turning to glare at Fu.

Then, Nise and Ken made eye contact, and after looking at each other for just a moment, Ken scowled and turned away again.

Nise frowned, wondering if she did something wrong. Or…maybe he's upset because I tried to hurt Mr. Izuku.

Seeing Nise's expression fall, Fu stepped in. "Don't worry about them. Anyway, let's go."

Fu turned Nise around, and the two exited the room.

And as they left, a squishy sound coming from the ceiling followed.

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Fu showed her around the rest of the house, the game room, the pool, the sports room, etc.

And Nise would have tried to consider the things she could do in those rooms…if not for how uncomfortable she was.

Every time they ran into someone, they seemed very, cold towards her. Never looking her in the eyes for more than a second, if it all.

And then of course there was the constant feeling of being watched.

After the tour was done, Fu brought her back to her room.

"Well, that's pretty much everywhere in the house…well everywhere important," Fu told her. "It should be about time for lunch. Just stay here, and I'll go get it for you."

And with that, Fu left. Closing the door and leaving Nise to her thoughts.

Well, this place is…better than the hospital. Nise surmised.

The hospital had felt completely cold and hostile. Everyone either seemed to not care about her, or seem actively hostile. No one told her anything, and it would have been boring if it wasn't so terrifying.

But here it was…well it was still kind of cold and hostile, it seemed like she'd left an impression on this place, that wasn't exactly good. But at least Izuku and Fu were nice enough, and more than happy to explain things to her if she asked.

Maybe things were really looking up for her.

Then the door opened, and a black-cloaked figure, with a scythe for a hand, came in.

Nise flinched, and stepped back, looking at the imposing figure carrying a weapon, with fear. "W-who are you?"

"That's what I should be asking you," Gami responded, his voice as cold and emotionless as ever. "Along with, do you really have amnesia? Are you a M.L.A. spy? Are you trying to kill Izuku?"

"W-what! No!? I-I-I-" Nise was overwhelmed, and scared. She kept backing up until she hit a wall, right under the window.

With Nise's back against a wall, Gami began moving forward, raising their scythe. "I worked too hard to escape. I won't let them take me back. If you really have amnesia, then prove it."

Then, Gami charged forward, and everything went black.