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Chapter 6 - Vision

It was a normal day for the Todoroki family. Fuyumi would be inside her room, and Natsuo would play outside with his friends while Shoto and Yuki were stuck inside training, though Endeavor would visibly go easier on Yuki.

After a whole year, Shoto had found a suitable trainer that wouldn't harass Yuki, always having his eyes on the pair which kind of intimidated the trainer. He couldn't say that this was his favorite trainer compared to the others but he was a little bit nicer than the morning trainers.

"O-okay Yuki! That's the final kick, good job!" the trainer said as Yuki did a hook kick on him. Knocking the trainer to the ground.

"S-sorry!" Yuki bowed quickly.

๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ! ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต!

The trainer got up while dusting himself off.

"No, no. It's okay. Both of you are progressing well, especially you Yuki. You started your training at a late age but you are learning fast. Well, I'll see you, kids, next week. Enjoy your break!" the trainer picked up his bag and waved goodbye to the brothers and when he had left Yuki threw himself to the ground and stretched out.

"Owโ€ฆ" Yuki rolled around for a bit before Shoto came into his view. Shoto didn't have to do the training with Yuki together as he only did it with their father but he seemed to be next to Yuki whenever he had a training session.

"Let's go eat." Shoto helped him get up.

"Okay!" with the support of Shoto he was able to get up.

They got out of the training room and went out to have dinner with their other siblings. Natsuo would tell funny stories about his friends to Yuki while Fuyumi would scold him for talking with his mouth full. Yuki would munch on his food as fast as he could and Shoto always had a frowning faceโ€”Yuki didn't know if he enjoyed the food or hated it. After they were done eating, they each went back to their own thing.

But Yuki had a different idea when he heard the rain outside.

"Shoto!" Yuki jumped behind Shoto's back, stopping him before he disappeared.

"What?" Shoto glared at him.

"Let's go play in the rain," Yuki said with a cheeky smile.

๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ!

Shoto looked outside at the courtyard and saw rain droplets hitting the dirt on the ground, creating mud. He did not find it appealing.

"No." Shoto flat-out rejected him but Yuki still held onto his hand.

"Whyyyy? We have a four-day break! Okay! Let's not play then, let's just walk around." Yuki said as he pulled on Shoto's hand.

Yuki was dying to get out of the house for at least 20 minutes. They were always stuck inside the house not doing anything that a normal child should be doing, and hearing Natsuo's stories made him kind of jealous that he had more freedom than them.

"I don't care," Shoto said.

Yuki sighed.

"Fineโ€ฆI'll go by myself." Yuki let go of his hand and went to the entrance, putting on his raincoat and rain boots, also taking out his transparent umbrella that had ducks on themโ€”Fuyumi had told him that it was a gift for Yuki but in reality, someone else had given it to her and she didn't like it. When he was ready to get out he suddenly heard shuffling behind him.

He turned around to see Shoto putting on his raincoat.

Yuki stared at him.

"...I'll go." Shoto also took out his umbrella, making Yuki smile with a giggle.

Getting out of the house and quickly rushing to the front gate. Yuki opened the gate and waited for Shoto to get out, closing it before they started walking down the road.

They walked slowly, hand-in-hand, while Yuki stared at the water stream that ran down the sidewalks. Stomping a few times but stopping when some water got inside his rainboots and soaked his socks. They walked around the neighborhood for a bit before Shoto said that they better go back home, as the rain was getting heavy. So Yuki agreed.

As they were walking back home, he heard a small sound, something like a squeaky lamb.

"You hear that?" Yuki stopped in his tracks, turning around the corner to see where the sound was coming from.

Shoto looked at Yuki confused but then he started to listen intently.

Meowโ€ฆmeowโ€ฆ

"Oh! Is it a kitty?" Yuki let go of Shoto's hand and went to find the kitty.

"Hey! Don't let go of my hand!" Shoto quickly rushed beside him and grabbed his hand. Following behind Yuki so he wouldn't get lost.

"Here, kitty, kitty." Yuki cooed at the kitty.

They didn't have to walk a long distance as they quickly found the kitty inside a box under the playground slide. He was shivering in the cold and looked like he was hungry. Yuki knelt and was about to put his hands inside but Shoto slapped it.

"Ouch! Why did you hit me?" Yuki rubbed his hand.

"Don't touch it. It might have a disease, I'll check on it." Shoto said as he put his hand against the feline's back. Not doing anything then just checking if it had any injuries that could affect Yuki, so Yuki rolled his eyes.

"Can you warm it up at least? It's shivering!" Yuki said as e triedโ€”once againโ€”to put his hands inside the damp box but was stopped by Shoto again.

"Fine. But don't touch it." Shoto said but it seemed like he didn't want to help the poor kitty, leaving Yuki to rub his temples in annoyance.

๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏโ€”

Yuki thought as he raised his eyes to look behind a tree near the playground's swings, seeing a dark figure before there was a sudden rushing feeling of his soul being snatched from his body.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต?! ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ?! Yuki tried to scream but there was no sound coming out.

Yuki could only see darkness but not only until 5 seconds was he able to see something, though it was very blurry because of the rain. He tried to blink a few times to regain his vision and after a few tries, he was able to regain his sight. But when he did open his eyes, he was standing behind a tree and wasn't near any slide, he also felt like he was wearing high, high heels. He had suddenly grown 50 centimeters from his normal height.

"What the?..." Yuki looked at his hands and saw that they were rough and had some scratches on them, they also looked way bigger than his original hands but when he looked up he saw something more shocking.

๐˜ž๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜›?!

Right in front of him, he could see Shoto warming off the kitty with his hand but he could also see himself standing behind himโ€”he looked like a zombie just standing there with a poker face and dead eyes. Yuki gasped loudly in surprise.

Once again he felt that pulling sensation from before.

"Ow!" Yuki stepped back and fell on his butt.

Shoto turned around and saw Yuki on the ground.

"Did you slip?" Shoto left the kitty and went to check on Yuki, having a slightly teasing tone in his voice.

Yuki couldn't seem to hear Shoto because when he regained his vision and went to check back on that tree where he was standing just seconds ago, he saw the suspicious figure behind it. Looking at both of them with a menacing look mixed with confusion.

Shoto stared at Yuki for a while before seeing that he had gotten a nosebleed.

"Heyโ€ฆyou're bleedingโ€”"

"S-S-Sh-Shotoโ€ฆ" Yuki whispered very quietly.

Shoto frowned his face.

"...What?" Shoto said, taking out a handkerchief to wipe off the blood from his face. He didn't think much of it considering the condition that Yuki's Quirk had left him, thinking that this might be a side effect of it.

Yuki's hand trembled, he held up his index finger and pointed behind the tree.

Shoto looked confused but he turned around to where Yuki had pointed. His eyes widen. Without a second thought, he grabbed Yuki's hand and started running back to their house.

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"Congratulations, Mr. Todoroki. It seems like you have two quirks." the kind doctor said to both Endeavour and Yuki. Trying his best to pretend that he didn't know about the situation.

"Huh?..." Yuki said.

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ? Yuki scratched his head.

"What? Dr. Masahiro, why did his other Quirk activate? You said that nothing would happen if I didn't tell him!" Endeavor said as he shouted out angrilyโ€”not even trying to pretend that he didn't know about the Quirk.

Dr. Masahiro sighed, "Look, Mr. Todoroki. We only were aware that your son had another Quirk but not what it was exactly. This can be very useful information for us and ourselves. This happened to be an accident or a moment that triggered the Quirk to activateโ€ฆthough, this is very rareโ€ฆ" Dr. Masahiro said as he thought about the possibility of having two Quirks in one body but no matter what he thought about it he could only pity the boy.

"...is there a way to remove it," Endeavor asked the doctor.

"...! Dad!" Yuki tugged at Endeavor's shirt.

"Mr. Todoroki, that's not a possibility. We aren't able to take out or eliminate Quirks, it's not ethical either." Dr. Masahiro explained to the hero who just kept tapping his foot on the ground at a rapid speed.

๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ? Yuki thought as he stared at Endeavor with a face of disbelief.

"Are you curious what it is? His Quirk?" Dr. Masahiro asked with a business smile.

Endeavor didn't respond, instead, he took a long sigh before plastering his face on his hands.

"It has something to do with vision, doing further tests we found out it was a 'Vision Manipulation' Quirk. That explains why you were able to see from the man's eyes, your soul wasn't switched it was just your vision. Though if he can train this quirk he will be able to be conscious while he sees through the eyes of others." The doctor said while he stared at a computer screen, typing as he talked.

"Soโ€ฆI can see through other people's eyes, so they can also see from my eyes?" Yuki asked the doctor.

"No. It's only you, the person who you used the Quirk on is either conscious or unconscious. It depends on them." The doctor smiled at the kid whose head looked like it was about to explode.

๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆโ€ฆYuki scratched his head once again.

"Trainโ€ฆ? Train?! Do you have any idea what will happen if he uses the other Quirk? Didn't Mr. Toshio tell you about my son? Aโ€”" Endeavor was getting heated up, not waiting for anyone's response but Dr. Masahiro decided to interrupt him.

"Mr. Todoroki, I don't think it's appropriate to talk about that right now." Dr. Masahiro tried his best to remain professional and not let his temper get to him.

๐˜–๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.

Before Yuki had switched doctors, Dr. Masahiro had been informed about his situation and he had been shocked to learn about the boy's condition so he did more research about it. He couldn't find a lot as it is very rareโ€”or not seen at all in the world. The only person he could link Yuki's condition to was a villain but that also didn't help him as that villain's Quirk was artificial while Yuki's seems to be natural. After his group did further research on the topic, they were able to get a theory but it wasn't a pretty one. Dr. Toshio knew about it too.

"What do you recommend?" Endeavor asked in annoyance after he had calmed himself down.

"Hmmโ€ฆwell we were able to find new information and there isn't anything alarming at the moment. Though we can say that because Todoroki hadn't used his second Quirk for four years." the doctor turned around and took a lollipop out of his pocket, giving it to the flabbergasted boy.

"What new information?" Endeavor asked as looked over at Yuki.

"The two Quirks aren'tโ€ฆcompatible. They are rejecting each other and though it doesn't look bad on the exterior it could affect him further in the future. We already know that the second Quirk is what causes it to go berserk. I'll prescribe a new medication to control that Quirk while the other medication is for your first Quirkโ€”we'll notch up the dosage. Continue taking them and don't use your second Quirk at all. Make sure that doesn't happen, Mr. Todoroki." Dr. Masahiro said as he typed in notes into the computer and filed a report.

They were let off after Yuki was given another shot and got new documents. Yuki had to wait in the car for a few minutes as Endeavor had gone to discuss more things with the doctor. After he came back, the ride home was kind of 'frowsty' if that's how Yuki would describe it.

His dad wasn't talking at all and had just turned on the radio to a hero podcast while Yuki was at the back of the car looking out of the window at the tall buildings of Musutafu. Remembering their talk back with the doctor he tried to see what his eyes could do, he looked over at the passenger seat and saw a pile of paper. He stared at them and tried to use his Quirkโ€”he knew he wasn't supposed to but one time wouldn't hurt. So he stared harder until there were wrinkles on his forehead and finally, he got one of the papers at the top to elevate a little.

"OH!" Yuki exclaimed in surprise.

"What are you doing? Get back on your seat." Endeavor said while looking at the rear mirror.

"Okay, Dadโ€ฆ"

When they had finally arrived at the front gates of the car they saw Shoto standing outside impatiently waiting for Yuki, so he waved at him with a goofy smile which for some reason annoyed Shoto.

Yuki got out of the car and Shoto sprinted toward him.

"What happened? Are you injured? Did they say something important?" Shoto swayed Yuki by the shoulders.

"Stop! They just told me I have a second Quirkโ€”Oh! We're officially twins! Eh!" Yuki gave him the biggest smile, expecting him to go on with his joke but Shoto suddenly stopped.

"...you have a second Quirk?...is itโ€ฆfire?..." Shoto looked at him deadly serious. Shocking Yuki.

"A-ah! No! It's this cool eye thing control, I don't know how to explain it in detail but it's not related to fire at all." Yuki nodded his head, trying to convince Shoto that he didn't have any fire-related Quirk.

Shoto relaxed.

"I see."

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฌโ€ฆ

Yuki didn't want to think about it.

"Yes. I'll be right there." Endeavor who was standing beside the car since the moment they arrived had just finished talking on his phone, it sounded like he going to leave pretty soon.

"Okay, you both go back inside." Endeavor said while shooing them with his hands.

"Okay, Dad!" Yuki waved to his father while Shoto didn't even glance at him. Seeing their father drive off in the distance as they were escorted back inside the house.

Yuki could feel Shoto staring at him, he didn't know why but he felt that he wanted to talk to him about something but he would just stare at him. He continued to stare at him but stopped when Yuki went back to his room and close the door.

Yuki put his ear against the door, trying to see if someone was still outside and when he heard no noises he smiled.

"Nowโ€ฆtime to experiment!" Yuki half-whispered half-screamed.

Yuki was too curious about what the other Quirk was about. He at least wanted to know what it was and if it did any damage to his other Quirk. So, he stared at the flower pot as he did with the paper on the car.

"I saw it floatโ€ฆ" Yuki didn't expect the paper to levitate but that meant that there was something else to his Quirk. So to get more information he needed to put it into practice.

๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด.

He stared hard at the potโ€”expecting it to levitate but after 5 minutes it never did.

"Does it only work with people?" Yuki scratched his head in confusion.

Yuki didn't give up and tried once again but this time it was with a mechanical pencil.

"Okay, here we go aโ€”"

"What are you doing?" Fuyumi was standing right in front of the door.

"AAAAAAH! โ€” nothing. I'm trying to seeโ€ฆhow to plant a seedโ€ฆ" Yuki picked up the pot in a panic and showed it to his sister. He displayed his great soil pot to her.

"...right. The maids said that you needed to eat something. Finish what you're doing and then go eat, okay?" Fuyumi pointed outside of the room and just looked at Yuki weirdly before she leftโ€”she saw Yuki drop to throw the pencil across the room but didn't seem to notice.

๐˜๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅโ€ฆ

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