Chapter 11 : Cat Eyes.

We are going to be speeding things along. This transition thing is harder than I thought...

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[2 weeks later]

[Eraserhead's House]

Eraserhead opened his house's door. He walked in and ushered in the person who was behind him. The person who he was supposed to be taking care of...at least for now.

In walked Koto, a tired look on his face and a suitcase full of freshly bought child size clothes dragging behind him.

Eraserhead : "Welcome to your new home. Try to not break anything."

Koto looked around. It was a pretty standard apartment. There was a kitchen and dining area as well as a small space for various recreation, with a bookcase and a tv. A laptop computer was on the dining table along with several sheets of paper scattered on the top and a couple looked like they had fallen to the floor. A hallway led to a bedroom and taking a left would put you in the bathroom.

Koto was a tad depressed. He just lost contact with his only friend and key character in the My Hero Academia universe, as well as a lot of tools he collected and worked on. Police investigated who could have made these, but Koto didn't tell them anything. Statements from All Might implied that there were more villains involved, but there were actually none. Nezu was still considering the possibility that there is a small organization that had experimented on Koto. But that organization doesn't exist. The only person who experimented on Koto was Koto himself, when he was installing his nanites inside his body and doing research on quirks. Now he no longer has a safe way to access his other hidden laboratories and stashes of tech that he upgraded without alerting Eraserhead, who was still wary of him and consequently was watching him like a hawk.

All the cool projects he had been working on would be put on an indefinite hold. He was really looking forward to the specialized vehicles, especially.

Eraserhead was looking around like he lost something. He looked behind and under the couch and in cupboards. He opened a closet door that had been left slightly agape. He spoke into the darkness

Eraserhead : "There you guys are. Come on out. We have a new visitor that will be staying with us. Introduce yourselves."

The darkness remained silent.

Koto gave Eraserhead the side eye, as if he was thinking that Eraserhead was crazy, But Koto already knew what lie in the darkness. His nanite enhanced eyesight basically gave him night and thermal vision.

Eraserhead looked back at Koto, who was still looking at him as if he was crazy.

Eraserhead : "Just give me a sec. They're a little shy."

Eraserhead reached into the darkness and wrestled with it. Two cats suddenly emerged from the closet and went passed Eraserhead. One went to the kitchen an hopped on a counter. The other went to inspect the new arrival. Eraserhead finally turned around, holding three cats in his arms. Koto feigned surprise.

Koto : "So they were right. You do have cats. Can I pet them?"

Eraserhead : "If they let you. And who were right?"

Koto : "Never mind."

Eraserhead let the cats escape from his arms. They darted across the room. One watched Koto from a distance. Koto gave it a dramatic death stare and pointed to the floor in front of him. The cat, brown colored, raised its fur and arched its back. But it went forward to the place Koto pointed at. Koto knelt down and petted the cat on the head, sliding his hand down its back.

Eraserhead looked like he just saw someone perform magic.

Eraserhead : "How did you do that? Was it your quirk?"

Koto smiled with an air of mystery, stroking an invisible beard.

Koto : "I was a cat guru in my past life."

Eraserhead : "Haha."

Koto : "No, seriously. You should make an appointment and I can tell you all the mysteries about the noble furballs being emotionally distant while simultaneously being able to launch themselves 30 mph in less than two seconds of acceleration."

Eraserhead rolled his eyes. He moved to the kitchen, donning an apron.

Eraserhead : "You hungry?"

Koto : "Got any mac and cheese?"

Eraserhead : "What's mac and cheese?"

Koto's quirk did a perfect Windows XP shutdown sound effect as he ragdolled onto the floor. He spoke weakly.

Koto : "You don't know what mac and cheese is? How the heck do you not know what mac and cheese is? How am I supposed to survive when you don't know the fundamentals of what children eat!"

Eraserhead : "I'm pretty sure I know how to cook food."

Koto : "Really? Is it ramen?"

Eraserhead : "Eggs."

Koto : "Eggs!?!"

Eraserhead : "Eggs."

Koto : "Eggs..."

Eraserhead : "Omelets specifically."

Koto moved to the kitchen to take a closer look...except that he was too short to look over the counter. Koto pulled on Eraserhead's pant leg.

Koto : "Can I see...pwease?"

Eraserhead pulled the pan off the stove and knelt down so Koto could see the contents. When the lip of the pan went past Koto's nose the aromatic smell hit his senses like a train. It smelled so goooood! But he didn't want to tell Eraserhead that.

Koto : "

"

Eraserhead put the pan back on the stove and resumed cooking. Koto ran to the living room to pet a cat. He picked up the brown one and pet it. He suddenly had an intrusive thought.

Koto grabbed the cat by its front and back legs, holding it like a gun. He casually aimed at Eraserhead.

Koto : "Pew."

Cat : *PEW!*

A laser blast shot from the cat's eyes and burned half of Eraserhead's bangs before passing through the wall, creating a window 1 foot in diameter with smoldering edges. Eraserhead just stood there and stared at Koto, his brain still trying to register what the **** just happened. Koto was just as shocked as Eraserhead. He didn't think that using a cat like a blaster would actually work.

Eraserhead : 0.0

Koto : 0.0

Eraserhead gingerly touched the ends of his hair, still smoldering. He turned to look at the damage behind him. He whirled around angrily back at Koto.

Eraserhead : "WHAT THE **** WAS THAT?!? ARE YOU STILL TRYING TO KILL ME?!? AND WHAT DID YOU JUST DO TO MY CAT?!?"

Koto : "I'm sorry! I didn't think it would actually work! Hold on! I can fix it! Just let me find the safety on this thing first."

Eraserhead : "NO! STOP! DON'T DO ANYTHING!"

Koto fiddles with the cat, who doesn't seemed bothered at all by the current events. Koto tried to twist a patch of fur on the cat's belly. Eraserhead, his hero senses tingling, lunged at Koto. Koto panicked, seeing a hero flying at him.

Eraserhead : "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Koto : *CONFUSED SCREAMING!*

Cat : *BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!*

Lasers shot from the cat's eyes again. But instead of a burst, it was a steady beam of heat vision. Koto frantically pointed the cat away from Eraserhead, but ended up damaging the house further. Koto then tried to point the cat towards a window to avoid further harm, but his efforts made a full revolution. The entire house was perfectly cut in half at an angle, but thankfully the cat wasn't shooting lasers from its eyes anymore.

Koto dropped the cat, which returned to its brethren with an air of superiority. Koto dropped to the floor himself, laying on his back and breathing heavily. Eraserhead was kneeling on the floor, surveilling the damage. He turned back too look at Koto.

Eraserhead : "I knew we should have just turned you in to the police."

Koto got up dusting himself off. He looked at the damage.

Koto : "Don't worry! I can fix it!"

There was a low rumbling and the top half of the house started to slide. Eraserhead Tackled Koto to the floor.

Eraserhead : "GET DOWN!"

The upper half of the house slid out to the side and toppled over with a huge crash. Eraserhead and Koto got up. Koto just watched as Eraserhead's tried to keep his anger under control. His  strait face slowly turning purple.

Koto : "Um, I can still fix it."

The edges of the house that were singed from the laser burst into flames, spreading rapidly along the walls of what was left of the house. The cat's evacuated and Eraserhead's face turned to one of despair and disbelief as the flames consumed what was left of his home. The smoke was thickening and the flames were getting closer to them.

Koto : "This is fine."

Eraserhead looked at Koto. His face now just blank, clearly hiding his emotions. His hair, or what was left of it, started floating as he activated his quirk. He loosened his scarf. Koto started warily backing away.

Koto : "Um. I can still probably fix it with my quirk. All I need is a hammer."

Eraserhead didn't respond with anything but loosening his scarf more. He moved towards Koto.

Koto : "Wait! No. No! Stop! I'm sorry! Don't come any closer! No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

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[30 minutes later]

The fire department was skillfully putting out the house fire. Part of it was still burning. Thankfully, it started to rain.

Eraserhead was on the side of the road across the street from where his house had stood. The police were also on scene, and one of them approached Eraserhead. It was Chief Tsuragamae. He had inspected the wreckage as it was burning and noticed the fact that the house had appeared to be cut in half before it burned.

Chief Tsuragamae : "What happened here? Villains?"

Eraserhead : "Pretty much."

Eraserhead showed Chief Tsuragamae something he had been using his scarf to hold. There, struggling like a worm in the cocoon of Eraserhead's scarf, was Koto. The scarf was also wrapped around over his mouth, robbing him of the ability to speak. Eraserhead had him suspended in the air like a yo-yo and was holding him outstretched with his arm, as if he only weighed as much as a sack of marshmallows.

Koto : "MMMM! MMMMFFFF! MFMFMFMFMMFFFFFFFFFMMMMMFFF!!!!!!"

Chief Tsuragamae : "???"

Eraserhead : "He used his quirk and accidentally burned down my house. I was suppose to look after him as a kind of witness protection."

Chief Tsuragamae : "I see. But why do you need to keep him restrained?

Eraserhead : "He tried to run away from me. His quirk allows him to bring jokes to life. In order to do this he must have a reference for the joke. Something like a hand gesture or a catchphrase. I can't afford to keep my quirk trained on him constantly, so I tied him up instead. I also gagged him too, so he couldn't say something that he could use for his quirk."

Chief Tsuragamae : "Oh, I see. Wait. He looks familiar."

Eraserhead : "Probably because he was the kid from the missing person's case a while back. His looks changed with his hair dyed and his scar, but its the same kid."

Chief Tsuragamae : "Oh! I remember that! But that's not what I was talking about. Is he that kid that All Might was looking for? The one that handed him a drawing of Toxic Chainsaw?"

Eraserhead nodded.

Eraserhead : "Yeah. One of the reasons why we have him in witness protection. I don't think I need to tell you that this information is very sensitive?"

Chief Tsuragamae : "I understand completely."

Eraserhead : "Good. Here."

Eraserhead handed Chief Tsuragamae the rabid Koto. Chief Tsuragamae kept Koto at a distance.

Chief Tsuragamae : "What am I supposed to do with him?"

Eraserhead : "Arrest him or something. I don't know. I just need you to keep an eye on him for an hour or two. I have to go do something. Bye. Stay out of trouble."

Eraserhead briskly walked away before Chief Tsuragamae had a chance to voice his own opinions on the matter. He sighed, and raised Koto to his face.

Chief Tsuragamae : "Well. looks like your stuck with me for a bit."

Koto : "MMMMMFFFF!MMMMMMMMFFFFFFFFF!"

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And that concludes the chapter. Any comments?