Defective (MHA)

Once, while falling asleep, Taiko had a dream...

He was in some kind of aquarium, there was a cloudy liquid around, and a veil in his eyes. At first it was even funny, he imagined himself as a fish and everything was fine, until someone very reminiscent of Kyudai appeared in the reflection through the cloudy glass. The mustachioed scientist was telling something, his voice was barely distinguishable, but still, Taiko managed to make out his speech.

He woke up in his bed. The world around him seemed much blurrier than before, as if reality had flowed like oil, but surprisingly, Taiko did not pay attention to it.

After such a terrible dream, he wanted to embrace Kuinn. Squeezing the pillow, imagining her in place of the pillow, as well as her gentle embrace at Taiko have a bone. The blood flow to the groin area made itself felt. Having money, the guy decided not to deny himself the pleasure and went to the brothel. Having ordered a young girl with fox ears and a tail, they retired.

From the room only came - Kuinn!...

The rest of the time, he spent in the arms of this girl on a nice bed, scratching her behind a cute fox ear, trying to dull the loneliness and pain.

In fact, such behavior is even normal, considering what a lonely past Taiko had, what he has become, what emotions he experiences. He is not a cold-blooded killing machine, there are just moments when emotions are worth nothing, and there are times when they are worth everything in the world... Everything is like everyone else. Taiko is exactly the same person as everyone else. Now he is going through an active stage of puberty, and his sex life did not take long to appear.

Such a life like Taiko only in psychopaths will not cause insomnia, nightmares and burnout.

Waking up from the pleasant voice of a fox prostitute, Taiko opened his eyes. Her face was suddenly an older interpretation of Kuinn.

-Wake up. -A half demonic voice came from her mouth, with the same demonic sunken eyes, scaring him out of his wits. It was impossible to tell if he had passed out because of her, or if his time had come to an end.

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Advent Sorrow - Death in Magic Antogonism

Opening his eyes, Taiko found himself in the murky liquid again, he began to beat against the glass until it cracked and released the liquid along with his weakened and slimy body.

-Cough! Cough! - the coolness around him made his weakened muscles cramp. The familiar surroundings hit his head. This was the underground scientific complex of Kyudai. Turning around, Taiko looked and saw the same familiar vat from which he once climbed out. A test tube child. There was no one around, so Taiko calmly exhaled. - "Did this sick bastard kidnap me?" Taiko's mind could not yet comprehend other options.

The scientist seemed to read his thoughts and appeared as if on cue.

-Taiko? You woke up... - some semblance of a smile appeared on the old man's face.

-Why did you kidnap me?! Did the AFO order you? Why didn't you kill me right away then?!

- Stop, stop. Wait. You think... Ah! - Kyudai babbled thoughtfully. - I didn't think such a situation would arise. In this case, it would be better to show than to tell. - Kyudai pulled out a large mirror. The reflection showed Taiko's skinny, mutilated body. The part of his face near his eye was scarred, and his right eye with an internal blood stain from the injury would never disappear again.

In some confusion, Taiko tried to comprehend what was happening.

- Don't worry about the AFO. We are in a room that even he doesn't know about. - Kyudai threw a blanket over Taiko just like the first time they met, and led him to the shower, giving him clothes. The doctor was thinking all the time. Taiko was now at least not in life-supporting fluid. - I couldn't even imagine that your brain would create an entire illusory world.

-My hands...-Taiko's hands weren't chitinous, but normal. -Old man, what the fuck is going on. I don't understand anything anymore.

-Tell me what you remember.

-In general?

-Everything.

Taiko told him everything, starting with Kuinn's death. It wasn't the first time he trusted the old man, at least he didn't wish him death, unlike AFO.

-Yeah. I didn't think it would go this far.

-Explain what's going on. What's wrong with my body? It's like I've been starving for six months and Oneself still hasn't activated...

-Oneself?

-My...quirk...-Taiko mumbled in amazement. -It's gone...

The effects that Oneself provided are no longer there: no night vision, no vision of quirks, no vision of emotions. However, the quirk is still preserved in some sense.

-You even came up with a quirk... I'm always amazed at the capabilities of the human brain.

-H... came up with it?! - Through tears, he clenched his weak fist, in which he didn't feel the previous metal-tearing force. -Are you saying that I came up with all these damn three years of life?! That can't be.

- Taiko, for these three years, I came to you and kept you alive right after the battle with AFO. It damaged your brain, and also left you without arms, and you fell into a coma. In the vat, over the course of three years, I was able to grow your arms back, but not like before. I communicated with you and told you all the latest events, including the date. It seems your brain even saved the time frame and stuck to it.

Taiko was overcome by an existential crisis.

It was extremely difficult to believe that Taiko's life had been fictitious for the last three years. The only way to check if the doctor was lying was to look at the latest news about Grimm. At the same time, he noticed his skinny arms and started typing the latest news on the keyboard.

-No... - a shiver ran down his spine. Absolutely no news about Grimm and his latest high-profile deeds. No money, no power, no quirk, not even the wings that he thought Kuinn had given him. Nothing was left, everything was in vain... He felt his hands drop.

-Not all is lost.

-What happened to Kuinn?!

-The last specimen was destroyed, it was inside the body of a certain Pop Step six months ago. I told you this while you were in a coma.

Realizing the full horror of the situation, Taiko realized that all the information for the brain was coming through the vat, including about PopStep. At some point, his brain, having reproduced many variations of the memories he already had, began to repeat fragments. That is why the faces, buildings, streets seemed familiar and repeated, causing a feeling of déjà vu. But he lived there, as if it was supposed to be like that, as if it were some kind of pattern of that world.

- Fuck. - he grabbed his head. - Why didn't you stop her?! Why the fuck didn't you intervene and save her life! She just needed help... - the cruel world forced her to act and eventually digested the poor girl with giblets. - You still say that, "Species" as if she is not a person!

- But Taiko, that's true, she is not a person, but a parasitic form...

- No! How dare you bitch say such things! - he tried to swing his fist, but realized that he was stopped by the little Nomu Mocha. Even the damn Mocha could stop his weak body now. - You saw it yourself, she was a human, you made her that way! You treated her like a parasite, naturally she will become a parasite! - tears rolled down the corners of his eye, and in the other damaged eye there was a bloody tear. He could still see with this demonic-looking eye, apparently Kyudai restored it too.

- You're partly right about the parasite. But I don't interfere in such matters, there was the Villain Factory and the AFO sphere...

- But stealing people and making Nomu out of them, you're ahead of the rest.

-It's too early to despair, you don't know the most important thing...-Kyudai asked Taiko to follow him into the next room. It seemed that nothing mattered anymore, his body simply moved automatically after the doctor. -Right after you were injured, your injuries turned out to be much more serious, so I moved you to the vat. I thought I had the last one left, but in the end there were two.

-What are you getting at?

-Better sit down. -Kyudai stood in front of the covered vat, inside of which there was something. Pulling off the sheet, Taiko lost the power of speech. Inside the vat was Kuinn.

-What...How?!

-In order to understand this, we need to delve into her quirk. Her right eye was once occupied by the Queen Bee's quirk, obtained as a result of a strange symbiosis, but after "death" the right eye took on her character and all the malice, and then separated into a self-sufficient parasitic quirk. That is why Kuinn number 2 was more evil when occupying different bodies, and now the real Kuinn does not have a left eye. - After a pause, he continued. - I had to "freeze" her a little, otherwise she would have bled out.

- Closer to the topic, is she alive?!

- If she were dead, she would not be here all these years. - the old man twirled his mustache contentedly. - I did everything in my power and saved her life, I hope this makes it easier for you. She will be weakened, without a quirk and without a left eye, maybe there will be mild amnesia.

- And-and ... does she remember everything, does she remember me?

- Yes. Everything until "that" night. You've become more sentimental... I understand, it's such a difficult situation, especially with this mind game inside you. You've always followed the right path despite your emotions.

-If AFO finds out about this room, he won't let us go.

-Wait a minute. You're weak, and I still need to prepare for Kuinn's awakening, after all, unlike you, I need to be more careful with her.

-You performed a miracle. - Taiko with long black hair looked at Kuinn's body covered in scars from knife wounds. -If it was a dream, then there was no revenge. The instigators are free, and I haven't talked to Kaina and Ojiro... it's unknown whether Ojiro even exists in the real world.

-Don't even dare to get into trouble, you can't even handle Mocha.

Unfortunately, Kyudai was right, there's nothing left of Taiko's former strength.

-Kyudai, have you studied Oneself?

-You have already mentioned this word before, as far as I understand it is a fictional quirk from your dream?

-It's still inside me. It's some kind of trace of quirk resonance with AFO.

-Hm. I studied something like this once. Twin brothers, when in close contact, showed resonance of opposite quirks. But in your case, it's as if the quirk and the body suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome from a strong shock of energies. As a result, the effect of "post-quirk" arose. Nothing happens when activated?

-Something still happens. Some kind of internal feeling of suction, as if it is like a sponge ready to take on the form of...

you can probably steal or clone someone else's quirk. By their structure, "post-quirks" are very unstable and can cease to exist at any moment. It's better for you to come with me, I have the perfect option for you.

After so much time, it seemed that nothing would surprise Taiko anymore.

They left the secret compartment with camouflaged doors, and found themselves in the department with Nomu. - "There are even more of them..." Dozens of Nomu were chained and showed no signs of life.

- They are ready to take action on AFO's orders, so don't be fooled by their inaction.

- And why is this all for?

- For me, it's to pay off an old debt for Sensei, and for him... It's already his business.

Contrary to expectations, Taiko followed Kyudai further, they went to the surface, straight to the Jaku hospital.

- A child arrived at our hospital, possessing an extremely strong ability, according to the descriptions in the quirk registry. However, he doesn't have long left - he has leukemia. I think he doesn't need this strong ability anymore.

It's night outside, the hospital staff went home, leaving the nurse on night duty. Doctor Kyudai's silhouette appeared around the corner.

- Oh, Mr. Kyudai, I didn't think you'd be here so late.

- I was just leaving, I was up to my ears in work. - the doctor stood not far from her. - Can you check the patient from room fourteen? I heard some noise there.

- Okay, I'll check now. - she moved away from the place blocking her path. As soon as the nurse disappeared around the corner, skinny Taiko came out from around the corner.

- Yeah, your appearance should only be considered a ghost of a local legend.

- I didn't think you could joke, old man.

Having made his way inside the ward, Taiko found himself in front of a very weak bald boy, connected to life support machines and IVs. He felt sorry for him. Some people are not so lucky, so Taiko began to appreciate everything around him even more. Before us is an example of why we must become the best version of ourselves every day. Time is against us.

- Come on, hurry up, there is little time. Unless you have wings.

Putting his hand on the boy's face, Taiko activated Oneself...