Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
When Overhaul's entire soul was consumed his body simply dropped with a thud and James felt a burst of power flood his body. It seemed the power of the individual who's soul he consumed through the contract did have an influence on the boost it gave him.
He signalled the others to clean up the scene while he himself walked over to Eri.
He brushed her cheek that was cut by the bullet.
"I'm sorry about that, dear." he said doing his best to come across as caring and remorseful.
"You don't have to worry about him. He can't hurt you anymore." he told her.
She finally lost composure, the tears in the corners of her eyes turning to streams as she cried out everything she had been holding in.
James got on his knees and gave her a hug.
One of his squad members let him know they finished cleaning the scene of their traces.
"We have to go now, before the police come or we'll get in trouble. Is that okay?" he asks Eri gently.
She rubs the tears out of her eyes, her expression firms as she nods in agreement.
"That's a good girl." he told her before picking her up.
"We're going to fly, but I'm here and will protect you." he said making sure to sound calm and not scare her any further.
She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. James smiled before unfurling his wings and taking off at a much slower pace than he usually would due to the little girl he was carrying. She wouldn't be able to resist the air pressure if he flew at his usual speed.
Rather than flying home he took her to one of the safe houses run by his organisation.
It was just an inconspicuous house in the suburbs. It was specifically chosen and maintained in a way to not stand out.
After landing not too far they quickly made their way into the building where some of the others of his organisation were already waiting for them.
Now that they were finally in a secure location James took off his helmet revealing his face for the first time.
"You're a big brother?" Eri asked in shock. She was surprised to find out the one who saved her wasn't an adult. It was near impossible to tell when he was wearing the helmet due to his impressive physique that easily passed for an adult. His face on the other hand still had some mild childish features. He was still only 14 after all, no matter how well his quirk helped his body develop. He could still easily pass for 16 though even with his face. While masked though people would assume he was an adult, which was useful at times when acting as the head of his organisation.
"Yeah, I'll be taking care of you from now on." he said sporting a sunny smile.
Though he had his contract powers to control people, it was a lot easier with the newer batches that didn't get to see his face right away and assumed he was an adult and afforded him the respect generally granted towards adults unlike kids. It reduced the amount of people forcing the contract to call in their collateral.
James turned to Mio. "Ok, it's your turn Mio. I want your team to work on getting her paperwork in order and use our plants in one of my parents company to make it look like Eri was the daughter of one of our more senior employees that passed away leaving her orphaned. Make sure that they break the news to my parents while I'm present to make sure I can guide things the way we want them to go," he told her.
"Oh, and thank you for your work on this operation Mio. It wouldn't have been as smooth without all of your assistance," he added while patting Mio on the head. The adult woman actually blushed being patted by what was really just a boy. The women around him were having a harder and harder time dismissing their feelings as just being care for a boy now that he looked like the most attractive teen heart-throb they had ever met. They might still consciously realise, but their bodies definitely didn't.
The seductive aura he naturally exuded as part of his quirk's effects didn't help this either. It was like playing with fire and they were throwing themselves like moths to the flame. He didn't mind though as it made controlling at least his female associates much easier even if he had to watch that they didn't go too far and enter yandere territory.
"Y-yes sir!" Mio answered with determination despite the blush on her visage.
"How about we get you fixed up and cleaned up?" he asked Eri.
She nodded shyly looking around the unfamiliar surroundings and people.
He ended up cleaning and patching up the graze on her cheek himself before having Tsumugi help her take a bath and change in to clean clothes.
When she finally was fresh and the worst of the shock had worn off he decided to talk about their plans.
"Now that you're a little more relaxed, how about we introduce ourselves?" he offered.
"I'm James, 14 years old, future UA student and as you can imagine from our little trip a quirk holder." he started first.
"Four- fourteen!?" she asked once again shocked, something she would probably need to get used to. After realising she had shouted that out she blushed lowering her gaze in embarrassment.
"Ah yes. I do look a little mature for my age. I think it's due to my quirk." he said nonchalantly.
"So how about you, little one?" he asked despite already knowing much about her, but she didn't need to know that.
"I..I'm Eri." she answered timidly. She would alternate between looking at him and the floor.
He smiled to reassure her. "Well, it's nice to get to know you," he told her.
Cute shy cat
So cute. Aaannyways Thanks for the chapter.
he had to watch that they didn't go too far and enter yandere territory.
bro is terrified of the yandre checks
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Well, if you think about it, while the show says her ability is turning back time it never fully explores her power due to its dangerous nature. So, it's full potential is never really seen. That being said you could make her power when fully explored be time manipulation within the limits of what her energy allows, rather than just turning time back. With it, she could end up even subconsciously, making herself physically older, to be more appealing to the main character as she grows more attracted to him due to his aura of attraction. And by the way, I know this long, winded explanation of my reasoning makes me sound a bit like a creep, but the second, I saw the comments explaining why couldn't be possible for my brain immediately started thinking of ways it could be made possible.
Full on time manipulation rather than simply re-wind would make her insanely OP for the MHA universe though. Like full on time manipulation would pretty much make you lord over even the most powerful quirk holders in the series like some kind of god.
Even rewind itself already makes you rather OP.
@prognastat I did say within the limits of what her energy will allow in the show she had years of suppressing and not using her power and even then the energy she had saved up, was just enough to keep deku's body in one piece for the short time, it took him to end the fight with overhaul. In the show after that arc is over she can barely use her quirk as she is too young and untrained for her quirk to generate energy effectively making it hard to store up enough energy to make any significant change. So if you did make it time manipulation while in concept would be very strong. The limits of her energy would keep it from being overpowered as she would only be able to use it majorly once or twice with a large recharge time in between or slowly use the energy as she generates it to cause far more gradual changes over time. With all of that being said, it doesn't mean that she would need years of recharge time Every time she used her quirk as with her body maturing and her quirk being trained her ability to generate that energy would increase to a large degree like the difference in muscle strength between a introverted toddler, and an 18-year-old trained athlete. So, potentially instead of years, it could be weeks. And while that time is far less then she spent saving up before helping Deku it's still a pretty long recovery time for one short burst of power use.
I guess Eri is a future harem member when she's older? I'm pretty sure every female character is a harem prospect in this… probably even thirteen
Well technically it isn't a harem story as MC is sort of incapable of love. He can enjoy spending time with someone, but although he has no problem making them fall in love with him and faking his own emotions towards them he isn't capable of truly reciprocating those feelings.
As for Eri any potential for her to be a romantic interest would be very far off. She is only 5 years old after all. Don't even know if the story will ever get far enough in for her to be old enough to even be considered as a romantic interest. We are talking about more than 10 years from currently which is only 1 year away from the start of canon after all.
Also bet thirteen is great at sucking...
@prognastat Oh I thought Eri was 7, but I guess that was later in canon
And even if he can’t fall in love wouldn’t enjoying time with someone be his new love? It’s just not as intense, but if it’s not a harem story why did he go after Toga and Momo like he did?
@UwUber They have value, first off they will become pretty powerful quirk users and they will be attractive and even if he can't experience love as a devil he can definitely experience lust.
By making them love him and be obsessed with him he can guarantee they will stick around and do as he tells them.
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