14 Chapter 14: Adopt One Get One Free

Izuku looked at the file he was given.

Earlier that day he had gotten it in the mail. Apparently, it was from Namae, so Izuku could guess what it was about.

Taking a deep breath, he opened it up.

Inside, was a written report, as well as a picture.

The picture was of a young girl, looking to be around eight with a very apparent spider quirk. She had short white hair, with five red eyes along the top of her face. Her entire lower body was replaced by that of a spider with eight legs, four along each side. Her upper body was rather pale, which contrasted her black spider lower body. She was also wearing a red dress that covered her upper body.

Ok, so I guess she has a spider quirk. That would definitely make life hard for her but why is she in the care of the O.P.C.C.C.? Izuku wondered. Maybe the note will explain.

The note read as such.

"Hey Izu! It's me! Namae! Yeah, they're making me write this dumb report. Anyway, I'll just get right to the point! So this one's name is Shiruku. Her quirk is called spider queen. It gives her the lower body as well as all the abilities of a spider but at human size. This includes super strength, speed, super durable, super-strong webs, etc. She can also control spiders that are nearby. You're probably wondering what makes her so dangerous. Well, you see her quirk makes her rather carnivorous, but she can't just eat any old meat. She can really only eat two kinds of meat. Bug meant and human meat. Anyway, she's been with us since birth. She came out looking the way she did so her dad took one look at her and said, nope, and handed her over to us. She's pretty cooperative but it's pretty clear she's not too happy here. She'll be in your care the day after you get this letter...unless I mail this late. Then, surprise! You get a new kid! Your welcome!"

Well, at least she's self-aware of her own laziness. I really hope she didn't mail this late. Izuku crossed his fingers.

Killing his hope immediately, his phone rang. It was a call.

From Namae.

Izuku sighed and picked it up.

"You mailed it late didn't you?" Izuku assumed.

"Sorry, there was a sale on Steam and I got distracted," Namae admitted. "Anyway the car with the girl should be coming up soon."

A few seconds later, Izuku received a notification and checked the gate to find a black car outside.

"I see them," Izuku said. "Please take your job more seriously."

"I make no promises!" Namae sang happily, before hanging up.

Izuku shook his head. I think I'm actually more glad that her superiors overlook her because if not she wouldn't have a job. I just wish she would stop taking that for granted. Oh well. I'll just have to pick up her slack. Time to meet her.

A few minutes later.

Unfortunately, due to the sudden nature of her arrival, he didn't have time to gather up all the children. Meaning he would be receiving her alone.

Izuku watched the black car roll up to the front before coming to a stop.

Soon an agent came out of the car and moved to open the back door.

Out came the spider girl looking at the giant house in awe.

"Is this where I'll be staying now?" She asked.

"Yes. This is your new home. I hope you feel comfortable here." Izuku said as politely as he could.

The girl's five eyes moved, shifting to him.

"Are you my father?" She asked him, crawling closer to him.

"If you'd like me to be." Izuku smiled nervously. "I wouldn't want to force anything on you."

"You're younger than I expected but...I would like that. I've never had a father before." Shiruku said. "Please take care of me."

"Of course," Izuku responded instantly.

Meanwhile, the agent had finished taking out Shiruku's bags, and got back in the car, before driving away.

"He didn't even say anything," Izuku muttered.

"They're always like that," Shiruku responded sadly. "Always so stiff and emotionless. Not like the people in the movies."

Movies? Izuku thought. Oh! She's been with them since birth! So the only examples of normal human relationships and interactions must be through things like movies and shows!

With that in mind, Izuku was already coming up with ways to make her transition into his family more comfortable.

But first. The bags.

There were about five fairly large bags. All belonging to the young girl.

"Here let help you get these to your room." Izuku picked up one of the bags, finding that it was fairly weighty.

He took two bags and walked towards the girl. "I'll get the rest of them later after-"

"No need." Shiruku walked up to the three bags, grabbing two of them and holding them over her head. Then she turned around and shot a webb out of her um...abdomen, and started moving towards Izuku, dragging the third bag behind her. "Let's go!"

Getting over his slight bewilderment, Izuku nodded and started walking the girl to her new room.

"So I only just news that you'd be coming today so I didn't get any time to prepare. Sorry." Izuku apologized while they came inside.

"It's ok. I know how lazy they are." She said referring to the O.P.C.C.C. "By the way, where are my siblings?"

"Oh, like I said I didn't' get much time to prepare, so I couldn't gather them all up in time," Izuku explained. "They should be somewhere-"

"Caretaker!"

The two of them looked up and saw Kioku looking down at them from two stories up.

She jumped over the railing, plummeting down to the first floor.

Thud!

Kiba hit the floor, bending it slightly.

"Kiba! Don't so that you'll damage the building!" Izuku scolded her. He knew that a jump like that wouldn't hurt her so he wasn't too concerned about that.

"I apologize! I saw a young child and luggage! So I got excited over the prospect of a new sibling!" Kiba explained before directing her attention. "Welcome my new sister I-"

Kiba stopped when she noticed that Shiruku was staring at her, seemingly in a trance.

"Ah, I see you are entranced by my beauty!" Kiba smirked proudly. "An easy thing to do. Feel free to bask in my greatness!"

"I love your look!" Shiruku suddenly opened one of her bags and pulled out a measuring tape and dashed over to Kiba, before immediately starting to take her measurements. "The elegant vampire thing suits you very well! And your silver hair, pale skin, and red and black clothing all compliment each other nicely! And that cloak is amazing!"

"Oh? Are you a dressmaker? My attire is not as expansive as I would like, so if you would like I would be more than happy to allow you to make my clothing!" Kiba said.

"Really!?" Shiruku responded with excitement, stars in her eyes. "Ok! First, we need to get my things to my room."

"Well then what are we waiting for! Let's go!" Kiba picked up Shiruku while she was still holding her bag and sped off.

She doesn't even know where her room is. Izuku thought.

A few hours later.

After getting the things into Shiruku's room, they also helped her unpack everything.

What was inside was mostly dresses and dressmaking materials. With the glaring exception of fabric. Which was strange.

"Hey, did they not give you any fabric?" Izuku asked her. "Because if not then I could just get you some."

"No, no. I have something better." Shiruku said, she ejected some webbing from her abdomen and held it in her hand. "My silk. It's way better than any fabric."

"Ohhhh," Izuku responded in realization. From what little Izuku knew about spider silk he knew it was very durable.

Although. Izuku was worried about how the other kids would react to this. It was very easy for people to think that the webs came from a spiders but. And so he wasn't sure what they would think about-

"Fantastic! Having my clothes made from a special material is proof of my greatness! Proceed!" Kiba said.

Or not.

He watched as Kiba and Shiruku began to talk about what kind of clothing to make while Shiruku took her measurements.

"Almost no one lets me take their measurements! And no one ever let me make clothing for them!" Shiruku buzzed excitedly.

"Well, I would like something in black and grey. But something that would also work if I added some red to it." Kiba said. "I want to look eloquent but if some blood spills on me it will turn fierce!"

"I know exactly what you're talking about! Shiruku said. "Maybe a black top with a grey bottom."

They continued talking and Izuku started to fall off a little in the conversation. He wasn't really a clothing guy. When people didn't make fun of him for being quirkless they often made fun of him for his fashion sense. The only real exception to this being hero costumes which he was somewhat experienced in.

"Perhaps we should change Caretaker's attire as well. He has a plain white shirt with the words shirt written on it." Kiba mocked.

Shiruku let out a horrified gasp.

"The rest of his attire is similarly bland and unimpressive." Kiba sighed.

"It's not that bad," Izuku muttered.

"I'd be like All Might writing the word smash on both his fist. Or a villain writing damaged on their forehead. It's just not appealing." Kiba said. "I only say this because if someone laughs at you for your attire, I will have no choice but to send them through a wall."

"Don't do that," Izuku told her. "But if it bothers you so much you could have just told me. Still, my fashion taste has never been...great. So I'm not sure how I can buy clothes without picking ones you don't like."

"Leave that to me!" Shiruku immediately ran over to Izuku and started measuring him. "I love making clothes! It's the only thing they ever let me do back at that boring box. And none of the guys in suits never took anything I made!"

"Well, I'd be happy to wear something you made," Izuku said with a kind smile. And he meant it to. Regardless of what it would look like Izuku would be happy to wear anything so long as it made the kids happy.

Shiruku started excitedly going on about what style would fit Izuku best, while Izuku stood still as she measured him. Although it did become a little hard to stay still when she started crawling onto him to take his upper body measurements.

Eventually, Shiruku jumped off of him and went over to her notebook.

"Ok, so I'm thinking…" Shiruku started drawing in her book, however as she kept drawing she seemed to get more and more frustrated.

"Is something wrong?" Izuku asked her.

Shiruku sighed. "Making things is really easy for me but drawing them is hard. I tried getting better but…"

She showed Izuku the notebook. It wasn't...horrible. Especially considering her age. But it was at best, rough around the edges.

"Hmmm...why don't you describe it to me, and I can try drawing it." Izuku had been drawing since he was four, most of it for his hero journals, and he'd noticed a significant improvement over the years. He's tried his best to add more and more detail to his hero drawings, not so much for the sake of improving his art but more so so he could improve his notes.

Shiruku paused for a second, before shrugging her shoulders and describing what she wanted to make.

It took a few minutes, but Izuku managed to complete the drawing.

"Ok, how does this look?" Izuku asked, showing the notebook to the two children.

Both of their eyes widened. It wasn't something you'd see in an art exhibit anytime soon, but it did look like something you'd see from an adept art school student. Far better than Skiruku's drawing.

"Yes!" Shiruku's eyes gleamed with excitement, as she took the notebook and admired the drawing. "This is exactly what I wanted!"

"Wow! To think that Caretaker's art could be so good when his fashion tastes are so bland!" Kiba half praised him. "Although now that I think of it. He did draw quite a bit in those notebooks. And if he's been drawing hero costumes, which are varied and ridiculous, then he might be able to draw anything!"

Izuku blushed heavily at the praise. "It's nothing too special."

"Maybe not, but it's miles better than my drawings! Can you make more like this!?" Shiruku asked him with pleading eyes. All five of them.

"O-ok." Izuku agreed. "I can do a few more before I get back to work."

At the behest of Kiba and Shiruku, Izuku never managed to get back to work, and the three of them spent the rest of the day coming up with things they wanted Izuku to draw.

The next day.

Seeing as Izuku didn't get much of the work he wanted to do done yesterday, he woke up extremely early the next day.

He ordered the supplies he needed for Shiruku, including a surplus of human meat.

Izuku imagined how jarring and creepy it would seem for people from pre quirk times to order human meat online. Nowadays, while it was uncommon there were people who's quirks required them to eat human flesh. Many of them ended up as villains due to society mistreating them, but those who don't could simply purchase it from legal websites online. People with regeneration quirks or body part duplication quirks would often sell their own disembodied body parts for profit.

After that, he looked through the house via the cameras to make sure nothing was destroyed as well as making sure the security was online.

Once most of his morning tasks were done and the kids woke up. Izuku gathered them all outside in the backyard to meet Shiruku.

"A new sister!" Kei said excitedly.

"Are all overpowered orphaned children girls and I'm just the exception?" Fu wondered aloud.

"Welcome to the family!" Kioku went up to Shiruku and her upper body as best she could. Much to the surprise of everyone else.

So she doesn't just trust the others because she read their memories. She must just trust people who are a part of the family. Izuku realized.

Sansan just got up close and personal to her, as she did whenever she met someone new.

"Is she made of goo?" Shiruku asked.

"Acid. But it's harmless right now." Izuku said, demonstrating this by patting Sansan on the head.

"Oh. Nice to know I'm not the only one with a weird body." Shiruku remarked while looking over her new family.

"We're all weird here!" Kei shouted out.

"Welcome to the madhouse. Where our father will get into zany antics that defy logic and reason, by pure accident." Fu said in his monotone voice.

"I think that's a bit of an exaggeration." Izuku rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I-"

"CAW!"

Before Izuku could continue defending himself, a giant black bird swooped down from the sky and grabbed Izuku with his claws.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Izuku screamed as he was carried away by the giant dark bird.

All the children were stunned. Frozen with shock. After a few moments, Fu spoke.

"You see what I mean?"

A few minutes later, with Izuku.

Izuku didn't know what to do here. He was trying his best to look away from the terror but the terror was everywhere! If he looked down, he saw the forest landscape far, far below him. If he looked up, he saw a giant black bird that looked like it was made of pure darkness, and had a mask that looked like it was made of bones! Even if he closed his eyes he could still feel the tight grip of the bird's sharp talons on his body.

However after a few moments, he felt the speed of the bird lessen, and it started to descend.

The bird landed at the entrance of a cave and threw Izuku to the rocky floor.

"Ow." Izuku groaned.

Slowly he pulled himself off the ground and looked up at the bird.

The bird just looked at him. Watching his actions patiently.

"Um. Hi?" Izuku was terrified, and he had no idea how to handle this situation.

Then suddenly the bird's beady eyes changed focus, now looking behind him into the dark cave.

Izuku turned around and saw that three pairs of glowing red eyes were staring at him.

From the darkness, three black wolves emerged. They towered over Izuku, being easily twice his size, and much like the bird, darkness seeped off of their bodies, and bones covered their fur.

Izuku was frozen with fear, he was surrounded by things that looked like they had come straight out of someone's worst nightmare.

The wolves moved around him until they were all facing the cave

Then they started to move towards him directly.

Izuku backed up, slowly moving into the cave as the wolves kept coming closer and closer, leading him inside.

Once Izuku was inside the cave he saw that there were actually dim light fixtures sparsely littered around the cave, making it just bright enough that Izuku could see where he was going.

The wolves suddenly jumped to Izuku's sides, not attacking him, but trapping him in a way where he could only move forward.

Are they trying to lead me somewhere? These lights don't look natural. Meaning that there might be someone down here. And they might be using their quirk to control or create or corrupt these animals. Izuku thought as he kept walking forward. But why would they want me...unless...

After a few more moments of walking Izuku was led into an opening.

In the opening was a huge pile of animal bones, and sitting atop the pile, was a small boy.

Izuku sighed, the feeling of tension and fear being replaced with familiarity as the situation became far more recognizable.

Alright. Let's see how this one plays out.