Chapter 74
Katsuki stared at Eva as she continued to heal him, she lifted her hands after a few minutes.
"I got all the internal bleeding to stop," said Eva. "Closed wounds that was spilling blood." Katsuki slowly sat up, looking at her, used his good hand to cup her face a bit, not caring he was getting his blood on her. Eva hugged him gently, he rested his head on her with a smile.
A few minutes later, they laid on their backs, side by side, Eva used her magic to hold up the phone for her and Bakugo to watch the fight unfold between Izuku and Shigaraki. She sat up and looked over when a different team of paramedics ran over, they started yelling at her.
"YOU COMPLETE RECKLESS IDIOT!" Cried a girl. "YOU HAD NO BUSINESS FLYING OVER HERE IN THAT CONDITION!" Eva looked at Bakugo as he got put on a stretcher, he smiled at her and she smiled back. "LAY DOWN! YOU ARE A TERRIBLE PATIENT!"
"Eva," said Katsuki taking her hand. "How did you fight All For One? What magic?"
Eva tilted her head. "Quirk, martial arts and sword." Katsuki started laughing causing blood to spurt out. "Please be careful!" She closed her hand around his rubbing the knuckles, Bakugo shakily brought her hand to his mouth, kissing it. As they got transported to the hospital, they watched battle unfold, Eva thought back to her journey of knowing Izuku and to where she is now.
*****Many years ago
8 year old Eva was sitting with her brothers, Kozu was giving Gino tips on sword usage while sparing, Dios was braiding Eva's hair as played her flute. Their dad walked into their bonding with a smile and hands on his hips.
"Children," began Dad. "We got some big changes happening." They all stopped what they were doing to look at him.
"Are we moving father?" Asked Kozu crossing his arms.
"As a matter," confirmed Dad. "Sort of--"
"What kind of answer is sort of said?" Asked Gino floating going over to Eva and Dios. "Its yes or no."
"After long ago back and forth with Lord Corpse, we are going to human world." The siblings looked at each other, none of them amused. "I know with our past---"
"Dad, we barely lost mom a year ago, and you want us to live with those monsters?" Asked Dios getting up, fire formed on his finger tips. "I would rather have a soul then mingle with them!"
Sora put his hand on Dios's shoulders. "This is why I want us there, you have too much hatred in your hearts."
"The hatred is reasonable," said Gino. "We didn't just lose mom, aunts, uncles, cousins, our people." Sora looked at Eva.
"I would rather live in the palace with Grandpa Yuno then with those awful creatures," answered Eva looking down. "I never want to step foot in the human world again. Once was a enough."
"Evalina," sighed Sora. "You can't turn your back on humanity yet! Too young!" He went over to her, kneeling infront of her. "You never got to see the city, none of you."
"We don't need too," Kozu. "We have our people here."
Sora looked at him. "Don't you want to see the places your mother showed me?" Kozu looked away. "I was cautious at first when she wanted to show me the human world she's been skipping around in."
"And it put a target our peoples head, our mother killed," said Kozu turning his back. "Those bastard aim at Eva's head, had her trapped down with silver and a net!" Eva glanced down at the burn marks that remained on her arms. It should have not hurt her since she was young, but it did. "They aimed at our heads!" Kozu spun facing down agriuly. "Your childrens heads! And you want us to live among them!"
Sora got to his feet. "We move there the end of the month, you will be coming with me end of story." He put a hand on Gino's head. "I will allow you to be there for only two months before deciding you want to come back. You will be living among, its so you do not well in hatred and your sister's sake."
"But daddy," said Eva. "This human power is something we can work around or with. We do not need humans to learn how to deal with it."
Sora looked at her. "Evalina, I believe you are a key to the better future, please give it a chance." Eva looked away. "You can start by making friends your age, and everything will fall in place."
"Mommy made friends with that fire ape at my age and he didn't come to rescue," said Eva. "He let us perish." Sora sighed. "He made no attempts to rescue his friend."
"Neither did that other one with the big name," added Dios. "If that number one blonde guy won't bother with us, there is no point of us going, putting this stupid task on Eva's shoulders so you can study humans more. Just do what the rest of us do and absorb from a far with magic."
"No," said Sora. "We will be living in the city, and I will be an forest ranger. All of you will be enrolling in this schools on top of your other schooling and you will make connections. Are we clear?"
"Yes, dad."
****
End of the month came, all of them were dressed in basic human clothes walking through city of Musutafu, Japan. They were near the Shizuoka prefecture Kozu held Eva's hand tightly as she used the other one to cover her hear from the loud noise.
"What do you guys think so far?" Asked Sora as they crossed the street.
"Bad smelley," said Eva.
"So nosiey," added Dios
"Did you have to go with directly in the city?" Asked Kozu. "Not somewhere---"
"No," denied Sora cutting him off. "We are living next to good people, a mother with a kid Eva's age."
"It's fascinating," said Gino walking back. "So much to take in."
"That's the spirit!" Cheered Sora. In minutes, they stopped walking, staring up at an apartment complex. "We live up there! I've put a special extension charm on it, so it is bigger than it should be on the inside." Dad had them walk all the way up, he flicked his hand swinging the door open. All his kids stood at the entrance staring blankly.
"Let's just go back," said Kozu picking up Eva. "This is unnatural."
"In you go!" Ordered Sora, all of them fell forward. They spent the next few hours decorating and choosing rooms. Eva's room was all the way in the back, she immediately set it up for animals to come in and out. She was starting to feel claustrophobic being here. Then the door bell rang, and Eva flew under bed, pulling down the sheets to hide her. She listened to the door open.
"Greetings new neighbors!" Greeted Dad. "Come in!"
"Mr. Yuki?" Asked a woman's voice. "I'm Inko Midoriya and this is my son Izuku, we brought a cake."
"Hello?" Greeted a little boy.
"Come in!" Insisted Sora, feet shuffled in, Eva heard sounds of shoes being taken off. "Call me, Sora! This is my eldest Kozu, he is 15, then my next son Dios at 12, my last son Gino who is 11, lastly my....where is your sister? I am so sorry."
"Don't be," said Inko. "She is probably just shy, she will come out in time."
"What's her name?" Asked the little boy.
"Eva Yuki, she is the same age as you," answered Dad. "I hounded her to be polite when you both came over. Hiding isn't polite." Eva scooted back further to the wall. "Could you do me a huge favor, Izuku?"
"Uh, sure?" Agreed Izuku questiongly.
"Go find her," requested Dad. "It'll make my day, hero!" Eva could feel a large amount of joyous energy come from the boy. She listened to little footsteps trample down the hallway.
"How is this place so big?" asked Izuku.
"Must be magic," said Kozu, Eva could hear their dad smack him likely on the shoulder. She heard multiple doors open and close, then her door opened, and Eva felt like she was in a extremely bad dream. She watched a boy with weird things on his feet, walk around, the sheet lifted, and a little boy crouched down, staring at her was a boy with unkempt green hair, green eyes, freckles. He had on a yellow shirt with an 'm' in the middle. He had a toy in his hand, he blinked as Eva shoved herself back further into the wall as possible. The boy set down his toy, and held out his hand.
"There is no need to be scared," said Izuku. "Take my hand!" He crawled under the bed a bit, letting his legs stick. "You must be Eva!" She nodded. "I won't hurt you, promise!" He picked up his toy, putting it towards his face. "This is All Might, he is the greatest hero of all time!"
The blonde guy
Eva shook her head, she didn't know much about him. She heard more footsteps, the bed got lifted up completely, Sora stared down at her his daughter as Inko and Izuku's mouth dropped open.
"Eva," said Sora. "You can't hide, come out." Eva did as told, she sat in the living room with everyone, between Gino and Izuku, he kept smiling at her trying to get a reaction out of her. From Izuku's persepctive he saw someone terrified.
"So, are you kids excited for your new school?" Asked Inko cutting up the cake. "You must be nervous."
"It is a new beginning for us," said Kozu. "Our sister is the most nervous."
"There is no need to be," said Inko with a laugh. "Izuku will be with you." Eva looked at Izuku as he beamed a smile at her. She looked away earning a glare from her dad. Soon, the Midoriya's left due to it nearing Izuku's bedtime, Eva sat in her room with the window open.
"Eva," said Sora knocking on her wall, she looked back to see him already sitting on her bed. "You were rude today."
"I had nothing nice to say," said Eva looking back out the door. "Couldn't you wiggle your words to say I wasn't here?"
"No," denied Sora. "You didn't say a word the entire time."
"As I said, nothing nice to say," said Eva. "He had that dumb blonde hero toy in his hair, the one that can't be bothered with us." Sora sighed, he patted the bed. Eva went and sat next to him, he pulled her close to him, rubbing her arm.
"You have to just make it two months," said Sora. "Either make it rough or good." He kissed her head. "You are too young to have your heart closed off like this."
The Midoriya's came over three times that week, Eva showed to be more attentive to Izuku as he talked, soon it was the day before her first day at a human school. She had questions about the school he went, and was biting her tongue for answers.
Eva was sitting at a table coloring as Izuku played with his All Might toy.
"School," began Eva, the boy looked at her with shiney eyes. It was the first time he heard her talk, she had an accent. "What is it like?"
"Have you never gone?" asked Izuku.
Eva stared at the table. "You can say I was home schooled." Not a total line. "This is new."
"School is okay," said Izuku scooting closer to back, leaning on the table more. "Some of the kids can be mean, but we get recess!"
Eva looked at him tilting her head. "What is recess?" This time Izuku tilted his head, she decided to change the subject. "Why do you like that guy so much?"
"He's the coolest!" Shouted Izuku jumping to his feet. "Someday, I am going to be just like All Might!" He made a pose. "I don't have a quirk, but I will figure a way!"
"You don't have a power?" Asked Eva in surprised.
Izuku became down. "Kids at school call me a quirkless loser, but I will prove it them that even someone like me can be one!" He looked at her. "What do you think?"
"I think it is admirable," said Eva looking at her picture. "What kind of hero do you want to be?"
"The greatest!" Chimed Izuku as he kneeled next to her. He scratched his cheek. "Do you have a quirk?"
"The human power?" Asked Eva furrowing her eyebrows.
"The what?" asked Izuku.
"Yes," answered Eva looking back. "It's in my wings, wind." Izuku looked back staring at her wings, he slowly reached out his hand, and Eva jolted away from him.
"Do you have a favorite hero?" Asked Izuku looking at her face.
Eva shook her head. "I am not up with the times, we don't have those strange boxes where I am from."
"Tvs," said Izuku. "What kind of hero would you be?"
"Kind."
***
The time for school, Sora had to force her out from under her bed again, she was now in the strange building with many kids her age. She hid behind her dad hoping to disappear. If only she knew the magic to get back to her world.
"Alright class!" Said the teacher. "We have a new friend joining us today! Please be easy on her, she is from a different country, so everything is new here, her Japanese might not be all there." She was fluent in every language.
"He's a little old to be an elementary kid."
Sora looked at Eva. "Go on, Eva." She poked her head out, showing only one eye taking in the new faces and scent. "Don't be shy." She fulled herself, floating in the air. She wanted to run, but her dad was faster.
"Friends, please welcome Eva Yuki," announced the teacher.
"I'll be back for you when the school day is over," said Sora, he zapped out of the room before Eva could cry to him to not leave her. She held back her tears not wanting to cry in front of these future monsters.
"Now, Eva we have a stric rule of no Quirk use in school," informed the teacher, she looked at the woman, a brunette woman. "We are all friends here." Words enemies would say to get them to trust. Eva obeyed for now, letting her feet touch the ground, her eyes landed on Izuku, he sat in the back of the room, he smiled at her. She started to walk, her foot hit the back of her ankle causing her to trip, the other kids laughed.
Suddenly, a new loud energy stood in front of her. "The name is Katsuki Bakugo." Eva slowly looked up staring into the eyes of a blonde spikey boy with red eyes like her. They weren't the same shade, but they were red. He had this wicked smile, smelled of caramel.
"Since you are being friendly today, please buddy with Eva today, Katsuki." Requested the teacher putting her hands together. The boy held out her hand, his head smelled sweet, but she knew sweet meant danger.
"You can trust me," Katsuki said, Eva got up on her own, just to fall over again after a few steps. This time the blonde boy caught her, the first human to touch her. She hasn't even allowed Izuku to touch her. She smell the iron coming off Bakugo's body, he was warm. "Clumsy one, aren't ya?"
*** After a week, Eva was walking home with Izuku.
"That dumb boy is so persistant," said Eva.
"You talking about Kacchan?" Asked Izuku. "He is amazing!"
"He's annoying," said Eva.
Izuku shook his head. "He can be a bully."
"He calls you horrible names, Izuku," said Eva. "Like Quirkless loser, and Deku, what does that even mean?"
"He wants to be a hero too!" Said Izuku, defending the boy. "He is going to be amazing, like All Might! Give him a chance!"
Eva shook her head. "I don't know."
Izuku laughed. "I've never seen Kacchan take a liking to anyone like he's does with you. There must be something special about you."
"Not really," denied Eva. "I'm just Eva."
Izuku blinked at her in surprise.
Later, they were at the Midoriyas house, Gino was going off about his friend Gino, and Kozu was talking about this girl named Fuyumi. While Dios said he decided to try out for the soccer team. Suddenly, sirens went off, Eva hated those, she left the table going to the bathroom, she sat in the tub, putting her hands over her ears.
"Eva!" Called out Dios. She could sense Izuku running down the hall, he pulled the curtain open with a strange object in his hands.
"All Might earmuffs!" Said Izuku stepping into the tub. He carefully put them on her head, gently grabbing her hands pulling them away so the object settled correctly. The world became quieter, her eyes widened at this magic.
"Woah."
Izuku smiled. "See All Might is always around to save the day!" He laughed putting his hands on his hips. Eva furrowed her eyebrows. "Do you now like them?" His smiled dropped.
"All Might isn't here, you are," said Eva, Izuku's eyes widened as tears shot out, flooding the place. After emptying the place of water, they sat on her bed. "Are you sure you don't have a quirk? The way just cried may make others think otherwise."
"I'm sorry for flooding your house with them," said Izuku lowering his head.
Eva stared at him, she slowly reached out her hand, putting it on top of his. Izuku looked at her in surprise. "I think you are going to be a great hero." Izuku smiled brightly at her. The Midoriya's were exceptions to the human race.
***Three weeks later.
Eva was lying on the playground getting her wings pulled when she heard explosions, she looked up to see the boy she has been rejecting for three weeks. He had been trying to get her talk, no good at taking a hint. He was a strange boy.
"Ka-Suki."
He looked at her in surprise, she felt embarssed to be crying in front of him. Hated she was bleeding her identity in front of him. "Why did you step in?"
"Because that is what heroes do," Katsuki said softly. Her eyes flickered to the teachers running over, she could hear all the kids around them crying, injured from the boy.
"Ka-Suki," breathed Eva, she could feel a human formality on her tongue. She watched him kneel down to her. "Thank you."
"It's as I said before, you can trust me," said Katsuki, he held out his hand like the first day they met.
Maybe humans weren't that bad.
She grabbed his hand, this warm feeling flooded through Eva's body, and this light surrounded Bakugo, and she started to believe what Izuku said. That Katsuki Bakugo would be a great hero.
***
It had now been two months since they had been in the human world, it was shortly after Eva gotten rescued, she sat in the living room making a basket they best she can, her eye recently healed back into he head.
"It's been two months," said Kozu with a bag over his shoulder. "It's time for us to go back."
Dios put a hand on Eva's head. "How did people find out what we were? It didn't take them long to show that they are monsters with Eva! Look what they done to her!" Sora had taken her abduction hard, harder that heroes would not help them. He was in the kitchen cutting up veggies for a dinner, using a receipt that Inko gave him.
"We can be visitors like mom was," said Gino. "It's safer for us to go back then stay here." He picked up the sword that Kozu finished making. "We did our two months."
"You kept your word," acknowledged Sora, he looked at Eva to see her staring at the all might toy left by Izuku. He gave one to her.
"I want to stay a bit longer," Eva voiced.
Kozu fell to his knees next to her. "You are playing with us, right little sister?" He grabbed her face turning it to the mirror. "Are you blind about what they done to you?"
"I still feel that pain," answered Eva. "It hurts all over, my eye sight isn't fully restored and I can't sleep from the nightmares."
"And you want to stay?" Asked Dios crossing his arms. "Maybe we should have Dr Kent check her brain, got banged up to much."
"Dios," huffed Sora.
"My brothers can go back if that is what they choose,"'said Eva putting a hand on Kozu's arm. " I want to stay." She picked up the All Might toy. "Izuku is very nice and Ka-Suki makes me feel that everything is going to be alright. I want to stick by their sides, they both want to be heroes. Ka-Suki declared to be my number one."
"Now, Eva," said Sora kneeling in front of her. "Don't make him feel like he has to fulfill that, like he is a failure if he doesn't achieve his dream."
"Regardless, he is...my friend," Eva said slowly, Sora's eyes widened. "I want to stick by his side as he works for his dream to come true." He smiled big, her brothers sighed.
"If little sister is brave enough to stay, then so will we," said Gino putting his hands on his hips. "We can come back to this conversation in a year." Sora scooped Eva into his arms, hugging her tight and spinning around.
***
The Midoriya's found out the truth about Eva's family about three month, they witnessed them do magic barging in one day with Izuku had a thorn in his foot. They stared as Eva stopped using her flute that was making flowers dance. Kozu and Dios and Gino were playing with fire, and Sora was creating rainbows. Soon, they sat in the living room, as Sora told the Midoriyas the truth, Eva was healing Izuku's foot as her brothers played a card game with magic.
"How horrible!" Gasped Inko putting her hand over her mouth, Izuku stared at Eva, as she focused on his foot. "Just awful what you and your family went through, your people."
Sora put a hand on Eva's head. "I am sorry for how cold she was the first time we met, I tried to get her to be open."
Inko shook her head. "Time worked as it needed to for her." She put a hand on Izuku's head.
"I gave them a year to decide if they want to stay here," said Sora. "I want it to go well, but it's not."
Inko shook her head. "You are not paying attention then." Sora looked at her in surprise. "Kozu joined wrestling because of friends, Dios joined band because of friends, Gino has a crush." Gino turned red. "And your youngest has allowed people to touch her." Sora looked at Eva in surprise. "You have nothing to worry about Sora."
A bit later, Eva was sitting in Izuku's room as they watched the All Might video, her first true human house, and it was strange. Smelled odd, but she found herself feeling curious.
"I think you should stay when you have the conversation again a year from now," said Izuku, she looked at him. "It may be selfish, but I will miss you." Eva eyes widened in surprise. "Please stay."
"I will decide by the next school year," said Eva.
"What was your mom like?" asked Izuku.
Tears filled Eva's eyes. "Wonderful." Her voice came out shaking. "I'm sorry." She felt Izuku's hands touch her face, she looked at him as he wiped her tears.
"It's good thing you have me and Kacchan," said Izuku. "We are going to protect you, make sure nobody makes you cry again!" Eva nodded. "Is that why you don't smile? All Might is always smiling." Eva looked away from him, getting off the chair she shared with him. He got off as well. "I'm sorry!" He got in front of her holding out his arms. "I'm sorry for asking too much!" Eva stared at him, her body moved without thinking, she found herself hugging him, Izuku was so surprised, he felt her crying and hugged back. "Everything is going to be okay, trust me!"
** They were now nine, and Eva agreed to stay in the human world a little more, as long as she can go back to her home as they had been.
At recess, Katsuki was teaching her how to hula hoop, he had been trying to get her to laugh or smile. She heard Izuku call Bakugo over and spill the beans on her past. She narrowed her eyebrows, she didn't want anyone else. "Her mother was killed, protecting her from villains?"
"Yeah," confirmed Izuku. "It's been three years since she has last smiled or laugh, I have been trying, but its getting nowhere."
"Alright Deku," huffed Katsuki. "We can work together on this!" She heard his feet shuffle. "I can't believe anyone would want to kill her." She heard him walk over, and stop her hula hoop. Suddenly, Katsuki pulled her into a hug, she could feel his heart beat in tune with hers.
****Present time
Eva looked at Bakugo who kept his eyes on the screen, he looked at her.
"I'm sorry for being rude to you in the past," apologized Eva. "And any bad things I've said or thought about you."
He smiled at her, like her normally does. "Neve apologize, when I know you get homesick when we are away from each other for too long."
"The same goes for you," said Eva, they watched the fight continute on. She felt Katsuki take her hand again, kissing it. She thought back, she could see her eyes started with so much hatred and as she let people in they became softer, filled with love, then joining UA, they completely changed for good.
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