Chapter 1
After I have beaten the royal shit out of Bakuass, I went back to my chair and summoned a bottle of Mountain Dew.
"Just how bad is he," M'gann asked
"His so bad he makes most of your bad guys saints," Jose said
"Well thats a pretty picture," Green Lantern said
"And Tempest, is he always like this," Wonder Women asked
"Only when you insult his wife or friends, and trust me, his a guy you do not want as an enemy."
"So am I gonna talk with Luke," Nezu said
"Yes, and you'll see his view on the world," I said
Nezu pov
"So let me get this straight," I asked Luke
After the others filled us in on the arrest, I decided to have a talk with Luke and see how he is.
"You were just minding your own business, getting some snacks for the shift?"
"Yep," he said, popping the p
"You get there, work for a few hours, then suddenly your swarmed by heros?"
"Bingo."
"And all of this was cause of a greedy cashier, who wanted to bump his credibility, name and ruin your life?"
"Right on the nose."
"Now, care to fill me in on why he would do this?"
"Really," he said, matter in fact style, then pointed his sharp finger at his face
"I mean, he ain't wrong," Artemis said
"Yeah, but someone's appearance can't always be a main factor in arrests," Midoriya said
"Sadly it is," I said,"if you don't look normal, your a problem."
"Oh, so you believe your appearance is the reason," I asked
"Let me tell you something about society today," he said, staring at me,"they love labeling people."
"Oh, continue please, I would love your insight."
"People label cause it makes them feel good, ego, pride and other shit. If you can control elements, your a hero, automatically. If you can switch things from one spot to another with a flick of a wrist, weak quirk. Now, if you see me, a big hulking 8'0 foot, scaly, sharp tooth and scary looking motherfucker who can wreck your shit in seconds flat, automatic villain."
"And sadly its true," Nezu said
"Unfortunately," Batman said,"form what I can tell from your world, they're all bias and focus on quirks that are flashy and powerful, and if they don't meet the standards...your left in the dust."
"Oh my god," Sero said
"Thats deep man," Kirishima said
"The Hero Association try's to encourage heroic value and keep villain viewed quirks in check cause they need publicly and money."
"People need to stop labeling and try to know the person first," he said, then ate some skittles
"I don't doubt that, but how about a proposal?"
"Hmm," he hummed, as the others walked in
"Join the UA hero course," I said
Luke looked at us, the others smiling with hope this young man can have a good life.
"Yeah no, I ain't cut for that," he said
"What," 1-A asked
"But he can be a great hero," Kirishima said,"his big, strong, powerful and can make the villains scare from the get go!"
"Sadly my lovely Shark Boi," I said, hooking my arm his neck,"the world doesn't work that way."
"His right, Lukes perception of the world and how he was treated made him thinks being a hero ain't what its jazzed up to be," Aziawa said
"So he doesn't what be to a hero cause his was treated like a criminal by them," KF said,"man, this kid has more problems then us."
"Probably," most of the DC said together
"Ehh," we said
"Buy why," Miruko asked
Luke looks at her with a face that says,'are you blind?' Then points at his face again.
"Look at me, I don't exactly look like a hero. Plus I never liked Pro Heros and cops that much obviously."
This concerned us, as to he hated heros and cops. This was concerning, very much indeed, hopefully we didn't have to resort to All Might.
"And there you go, labeling," Superboy said
"Why," Mina asked
"Well Ashido, if by appearance alone," AM said,"he looks like a wrecking truck and looks strong as me, so I would be the best defense against him."
"But he ain't," Kirishima said
"His a good guy," Midoriya said,"he shouldn't be judged cause of a choice and a personal opinion on local authorities!"
"Why," Tsukauchi asked
"Your kidding me right," Luke asked, getting angry,"LOOK AT ME! Ever since I was a kid, I never bothered anybody, but because I look like this, it didn't matter if it was normal people on the street or cops and heros, they all thought I was a monster. Even though I never did anything wrong."
"Well..." Miruko said, but was cut off
"I mean come on, the first thing you tried to do when you saw me was try to arrest me. Some of ya even screamed just by looking at me, I don't want to be a hero...I just want some peace and quiet, is that to much to ask for?"
"No," Superman said,"its not, but his not gonna get it if he continues looking like this."
"Unfortunately so," Batman said,"peace and quite are a good goal for him, but it'll be a long road for him."
"Luke, may I call you Luke," Ryukyu asked
"Sure," he said
"I know how it feels, how hard it is to convince people that your not a monster. People are scared of what they don't understand, like when I transform. People were sacred of how I transformed and would be terrified, but I won them over by being me. They looked past the form I took and saw what I am, what I wanted to be. A Hero who saves people no matter what."
This caused some of the heros to smile, as this was a happy story for her. People were afraid, but if we talked, reached out to the general public, we can finally understand each other. I really hope this would inspire Luke to be something, a symbol of change.
And that feeling was dashed out as I saw he looked bored out of his gord. He looks at me, then Ryukyu and the others, and shrugs at us like we expected him to say or do something.
"Oh boy," Midnight said,"this is troublesome."
"So, not every heroic speech is gonna sway a person," Robin said,"I mean, he just wants to left alone, let him be him and have a nice life."
"Sorry, no offense, but don't you think I've heard this type of speech before? Look, people fear what they don't understand, and look at how proud you look and all that confidence...what a load of bullshit."
Safe to say we were completely shocked .
"You honestly think I haven't tried all of that? I did, and believe me I've tried, I try to be friendly, I try to help people but they don't see me. They just see how much of a monster I look. Let me ask you something Ryukyu. Despite how your quirk makes you look, when you transform, you can change back right?"
She nods, making Luke chuckle.
"Well do you think I wanna look like this? No of course not. Do I want to scare people away? No, but I've got news for ya! I can't change back, I'm stuck like this! No matter how hard I want to change back, I can't be treated like a normal person because whenever people see me, they take one good look at me and treat me like crap. Like a freak or that I shouldn't even exist, why?"
He growls, squeezing his hands and almost breaks the cuff.
"BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE THIS!"
He rips the cuff off and slams his fists down on the steel table, tearing it in half and destroys the floor.
"Huff...huff...." He puffed
Looks at us, all hogging the wall, as we were shaking in fear.
"*sigh*," he sighed and sat back down,"I'm sorry, and well you get the point."
"And he certainly has Killer Crocs strength," Batman said
"And his right, he can't change back," Robin said,"Waylon tried so many times, but it never worked for him. He tried turning a new leaf, but his appearance was the main factor."
"Ryukyu can change back and he can't," M'gann said,"I wish I could give him the ability to change."
"Me too, but it's impossible, unless you can do a blood transfusion," J'onn said
"To not be treated like a human being cause of a quirk," Tokoyami said, then rub his head,"almost sounds like me."
"Luke," Aziawa said
"Stow it," he said,"if you want further proof, try the cop who shot me cause of how I look. And the fact I'm still in this room while the guy who falsely accused me isn't behind bars for false accusations. Then the conversation I heard between the Detective here and his lawyer demanding for financial compensation."
"Well he won't see a penny of that," I said,"I'll make sure of it."
"Don't want to know, don't really care," he said, then looks at Tsukauchi,"can I go or is the higher ups gonna lock me up for good measures."
"Seriously," AM asked,"does he really think the HA would lock him up cause of his looks?!"
"His trust is very low for humans," Green Lantern said
"No," Tsukauchi said, half heartily,"you can go. I deeply apologize for all that has happened to you."
Luke puffs and stands up, grabbing his bag of skittles and walked out. I wanted to know more about Luke more, so I grabbed Aziawa and Tsukauchi, followed him out, and he was immediately hit in the head with a brick. The mob yelled at him, screamed and threw anything they had to hurt him, but all he did was shrug it off and walked to the shipyards.
"WHAT THE HELL," everyone yelled
"HE WAS JUST ASSAULTED AND HE WALKS AWAY," Shoji said
"Is even gonna file a report against him," Iida asked
"What do you think," I asked
"He won't," Batman said,"if he tried, it would just be ignored and thrown away into the bin."
Tsukauchi was trying to control the mob and get them away. I followed Luke from a distance thanks to Aziawa and his scarf, it was comfy. We went to the low class area, were the houses were minor, good enough for decent life. But one of the houses was...defiled horrifically.
By Kami.
It was covered in spray paint, eggs and half other dozen things that I don't want to know. But the word that really stood out was monster, like real big, like it covered the entire front half of the house, and other disgusting imagines. Luke was standing in front of it, hands in his pockets and looked at it with sorrow and sadness.
He sighed and walked to the front steps and sat down, pulling out a can of Mountain Dew. He looks our direction and signals us over, how did he know? I got off Shotas shoulder and sat next to Luke, who looked down at the can.
"Enhanced smell," Batman said,"if I'm guess is right, enhanced sight and hearing."
"I have never seen someone's house look like that," Midoriya said
"Sadly I have," AM said,"it was mostly in the low encome areas, where the Quirkless and villain based quirks lived."
"And his acting like this a regular thing for him," KF said,"man I wish I could help him clean it."
"I feel bad for the guy," Superboy said
"Like the paining, freshly done," he said
"I'll canvas the area," Shota said
"No use, they're long gone," I said,"how long?"
"When I got here, and trust me when I say this, this isn't bad as it looks."
"How," Shota asked,"how is this not worse?!"
He was angry at how Luke wasn't angry at this atrocity, not thinking he needed to report this or do something about it.
"One person tried to set my home ablaze with a Molotov a few days ago," he said, taking us by surprise,"so this doesn't upset me very much."
"WHAT," Aziawa yelled,"I WILL FIND THEM AND BREAK THE BONES!"
"Shota calm down," PM said,"but for real, how can he not be mad at this!? He must have a very good anger management course to not lash out at them."
"And not snapping at them," Batman said
"WHAT," Shota yelled, activating his quirk
"This is unsettling," I whispered
"Its called life, everyone lives it and do whatever that feels right to them. Me, just l do whatever I want and say fuck the consequences, no one gives a shit to two fucks about me."
"No family," I asked
"A bitchy aunt who blames him for everything. Another who I love and is probably worried sick about me...she's the only one who cared for me."
"I can..."
"No, I don't want to drag her into my shitty life. Your school, UA, does it have regular classes?"
"General Studies," I said,"you wish to join?"
"As long as I get a normal quite life, then yeah," he said, then looks at his house,"ugh, I'm gonna a big sponge now."
"And thats it," I said
"Man, I never knew someone's live could be hellish like that," Todoroki said,"and that's coming from a child of hero."
"Luke is very different from Waylon," Batman said,"thou I'm glad to see he had someone to support him."
"But his home," Superboy said,"what they did to it. No one should go though that, its not right!"
"I just want to give him a big huge," Mina said
"So whats next," Artemis asked
"His gonna meet someone who will bring light to his darkness," I said
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