12 Chapter 12 A foreign girl 2
"Well, we are busted," Yato said putting down binoculars.
"I am pretty sure, he noticed us a while ago." David was looking at Rex and Melissa's approaching figure.
Soon both Rex and Melissa came. Melissa hugged David while Rex came to Yato.
"Well so… you have found a pretty girl-"
"Yeah, not buying it. Can we go home? A pack of aunties is approaching us." Rex said pointing at the horde of women coming straight towards them.
Yato and David panicked and hurriedly took their kids in the car and drove away.
While in the car, Melissa opened herself more to Rex and happily chatting with him. Rex didn't want to make distance with her although he knew that Yato and David planned this out to let Rex meet Melissa, he can't blame the little girl. Besides, he was also feeling refreshed talking to a cute foreign girl.
Yato glanced at their interactions and took a sigh of relief. He always thought that Rex will feel annoyed talking to kids of his age but he got along with Melissa well. He felt that Rex will be a loner judging from all nerdiness he showed from reading books all day long.
David also saw this and smiled. Wherever you go, if you are quirkless, people will show disgust. After the death of his wife, he was raising Melissa alone. He was a scientist so he didn't try to remarry any other woman from the fear that Melissa would feel insecure, plus he didn't have much time to give another woman. He was glad to see Rex happily talking with his daughter and he hoped that he would accept Melissa when they grew up.
"Melissa-chan, why don't you spend the day with Rex? Your father and I have some business so he will come to get you after dinner." Yato said.
Rex looked furiously while Melissa smiled brightly.
"Really?! Thanks, dad, Mr. Yato. It will be great!" Melissa happily hugged little Rex. She was a little taller than Rex since she was 7 years old while Rex was 5.
'Great. Another person added who likes to hug me. When will I grew up with this?' Rex thought but smiled looking at the happy face of Melissa. He knew that he was much older from inside but right now he was only 5 years old. Relationship aside, he didn't know if he should be befriending a small girl like her.
David also smiled and then Yato dropped the kids at the entrance and called Sebas.
"Woah! You have a butler?!" Melissa said looking at Sebas.
"Yeah, he may look very old but he is in his 50s and quite strong." Rex also commented. He knew very little about Sebas but from his physique, he could tell that Sebas was strong.
Sebas didn't say anything and continued to guide the kids.
"So you came. Ho? We have a guest here." Bisha said sorting out papers. They were strolling the house when Rex took her to meet his mom in her office room. Bisha noticed them and smiled.
Melissa was stunned looking at Bisha.
"Hello, Melissa. Are you still there?" Rex said waving in front of Melissa.
Melissa snapped out from her daze then looked at Rex and asked, "I-Is she the goddess hero Bishamon?"
Rex and Bisha first stared at Melissa before chuckling.
"Hehe, yes. She WAS number 2 hero Bishamon and currently my mother." Rex said with a chuckle.
"Your mother? Why didn't you tell me that Bishamon is your mother?"
"You were so happy about talking about All Might so I thought you weren't interested in other heroes."
"Of course I knew her. Everyone does. She is hailed as a goddess in our school and idol to every girl in the world." Melissa said excitedly.
"Aw, I am happy. You are Melissa, right? I will talk to you guys later. Rex, why don't you show her around? I will join you after work." Bisha said and the kids nodded.
Rex then showed her library, gym, training ground, and lab. Melissa was happily strolling at the house holding Rex's hand. For Rex, Melissa was just a kid happily enjoying time.
"Hey Rex, can you show me your quirk again?" Melissa asked hesitantly.
"No, that was not my quirk. I just said that to teach those bullies some lesson. Let's go to the training ground."
Rex took her to the training ground and changed his clothes to a tracksuit. It is a special suit made to let Rex manifest his quirk without tearing his clothes. In the series, Rex was showed to only wear the same outfit and didn't have any problem building his machines with or without them but the reality was different from Rex. His tracksuit was a nanite conductor made by Yato.
"My real quirk is manifesting machines that I called 'builds'. Thought at this point, they are just normal looking 'tools'." Rex said. He didn't want to say weapons in front of a child so he used the word 'tools' instead.
After that, circuits were formed on his hand that transformed into a big gauntlet.
"Wha! So cool!" Melissa happily clapped his hands.
"I know right? I have more."
Excited Rex, he disassembled Smack Hands then similar circuits formed on his legs, and his height started to rise more and more until he reached 180 cm. Standing on massive boots, Rex was not taller than Melissa.
[Punk Busters E: Massive boots made of steel. You can move normally even with this size.]
Yes, he was able to build Punk Busters just yesterday. In just time of the week, Rex was able to build most of the common machines that original Rex used in the series.
However, all his builds were still incomplete and only has a single function. Punk Busters were also very different from original big orange boots. Right now, they are looking like odd big steel boots.
"They are so big! You are like a mecha man." Melissa said clapping happily.
"Hehe." Rex laughed proudly but then thought, 'Why am I acting like a kid? Crap, if pops see this, he will mock me for the rest of my life.' He then disassembles Punk Busters and said with a fake cough, "Let's go. I will show you some of the inventions father and my brother made."
Melissa nodded and then they went to Rex's room where his brother showed many of his gadgets and forgot to take them back.
After playing for little, Bisha called them out. Both came to the dining room where food prepared by Yato was waiting for them. There was Bisha, Yato and also David sitting there.
After the meal, Rex and others walked with Melissa and David to the gate to send them off.
Melissa was a little reluctant as she enjoyed it a lot and didn't want to go but David has work to do in another city in Japan.
David greeted his farewell and looked at Melissa to say her farewell too. Yato and Bisha also looked at Rex as if saying 'Say something to your future wife.'
Rex scratched his head then walked towards Melissa and said, "Don't be sad, Melissa. You can visit whenever you want when you are in Japan. I am here for you." Rex said with a smile.
"Umu!" Melissa nodded with a beaming smile then held his father's hand.
When she was about to enter the cab, she glanced at Rex one last time, ran towards him, and gave him a quick peck kiss on his cheek then entered the cab hurriedly not showing her burning face.
David shook his hand then they went away. David looked at his daughter who was blushing and hugging him. "Did you like that boy?"
Melissa didn't say anything, just buried her face behind David not to show her embarrassing figure.
On the other side, Yato whistled and said, "Wow, son! Not even came out of your shell and already got a cute girl."
Smack*
"Stop it!" Rex and Bisha smacked Yato and walked away.
Yato rubbed his head and led but smiled on his face didn't vanish. 'I have done my part of the job. Now it's their turn if they want to accept each other or not.'
Shaking his head, he also went inside.
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The same night, Rex was reading some reports and statistics related to heroes. He got all these reports from Yato as an apology for the drama he created.
The longer he read, the stiffer his face became.
'The Hell with this?! There are only 100,000+ heroes for 51 million people? Is that really Japan's population? Not just that, the world population is 2 billion and it is decreasing day by day? If I remember correctly, the world population was 9 billion before the war but there was no significant war in this world. There were many mishaps in Asian countries, which I am not surprised about, but still, this is hard to believe in these statistics. Is this because of quirk?'
He couldn't believe that the world was heading towards total annihilation and people were still playing heroes and villains.
He then started to read the hypothesis. Apparently, only 80% of the population possesses quirks. Some people went drastic changes that change their bodies significantly that they are unable to reproduce. The discrimination level is also high across the world. The crime rate was 20% in other countries except for Japan and other developed nations. The number of marriages also went down drastically for decades.
'Hmm, it is hard to find a normal-looking partner but if this goes on, humans will look like aliens before getting extinct. Also, the number of females is a lot higher than the number of males with a 70:30 ratio. Is this why the old man said making a harem? In this modern age?'
Melissa's cute face came to his mind but he shook his head.
'What the hell is wrong with me?! She is a freaking child. It is another story if she was in her late teen but right now, she is just a cute little girl.'
He then lay on his bed and looked at the bright moon. Somehow, he likes to see the moon and sky radiating with stars.
'There is also this man called All for One who was like a messiah, has a quirk that can take quirks from others and give it to those who deserve it. This is freaking crap. I can guarantee that he is alive and also a villain with a mastermind. For a hundred years, I am sure this man is alive from some kind of immortality quirk. Also, he should have made deep connections with the government. If I were him, I would have played as an enemy of the number 1 hero while controlling Japan from the back.
I am old with these games. I survived WW3 for 20 years as an enemy of the world and killed all those scums who tried to frame me and played with lives. No, I can't be arrogant here. This is a new level of threat. I have no choice but to become stronger. I also have to know his goal. I could tell that he just wants to watch people fight with each other like animals and destroy the world.'
He thought then looked at the distant photo frame. When Ryu came back to Japan, they took a family photo. Before going to sleep, he always thanked God to give him a loving family.
'A human can struggle only and results are decided by fate. Death will come when it is time. But… even then I refuse. I have to struggle again to protect my family.'
He looked at the photo of his mother in her hero armor.
'I still don't know if I should even become a hero. Just thinking about wearing a tight dress and fighting villains and calling moves, is embarrassing. I will think about it when I get to know my powers well.'
With this thought, he went to sleep.
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