17 16th Quirk : Shikuromaru

During lunch Croc went eat with Tetsu and decided to show him his new pet.

Croc : I got something pretty cool earlier.

Tetsu : OHH did you finally get that exercise set I told you about!? That stuff is defini-

Croc : No! I didn't get that.

Tetsu : Oh it probably isn't cool then or did you get some awesome hero posters? You need the manly kind so you can set your goal high! The bes-

Croc : No I didn't get anything about heros or about exercise!

Croc was sweating at his friends train of thoughts. He decided to just show him so he looked for the invisible skink around his neck and carefully picked it up. putting it in his outstretched palm he presented it to Tetsu.

Croc : Here it is!

...

Tetsu : I'm not sure what to look at. Did your hand get stronger?

Croc : No that's not it! Come on show yourself he won't hurt you.

...

Tetsu thought his friend finally lost it. He thought there was something wrong when he started talking about the "fake" girl he would meet but this is just crazy. Tetsu then put his hand on Croc's shoulder and said

Tetsu : It's okay man we will get you help.

Croc : No! It's a skink! It's just invisible!

Tetsu : It's okay I get it.

Croc : Quit looking at me with pity! Shikuromaru show yourself!

When Croc said this the skink or should we say Shikuromaru appeared on Croc's palm looking at him with a hint of excitement.

Croc : Yes that's your name now.

Shikuromaru then ran up up Croc's arm and up the side of his face onto the top of his hair. He then held his head up high looking at the sky.

Croc : I know you're happy and all but next time you should show yourself when I say so.

Tetsu saw Shikuromaru appear and was in deep shock over the interaction that just occurred.

Tetsu : Its real...

Tetsu then started crying a bit.

Tetsu : My friend isn't completely crazy!

Croc : Oyoy what you mean not "completely" crazy! And quit crying it's not manly at all!

Tetsu : These are manly tears of relief! I'm so glad my friend isn't completely crazy!

Croc : Again whats with that "completely" part!

A few minutes later tetsu finally calmed down from his "relief" crying.

Tetsu : So his name is Shikuromaru?

Croc : Yea pretty cool right!

Tetsu : Yea the names awesome sounds like a samurai! But why is it on a small lizard that's not very cool...

Croc : What do you mean! I thi-

*Slap*

Before Croc could finish Shikuromaru jumped off his head and grew to 3 feet long. Shikuromaru then twisted his body and slapped Tetsu in the face with his tail. Tetsu was still standing in the same place but there was a bit of a red mark. Shikuromaru on the other hand landed and immediately started licking its tail as if it hit something extremely hard.

Croc/Tetsu : 'a sword...'

Croc : 'Well a whip exactly.'

Tetsu : THAT WAS JUST LIKE A SWORD! AWESOME!! AND DID HE JUST GET BIGGER! THAT'S THE COOLEST LIZARD IV'E EVER SEEN!

Although still in pain Shikuromaru looked up in pride though his eyes were a bit wet.

Croc : 'How is Shikuromaru so animated!?' Yea he did get bigger he seems to have 2 quirks like you saw he can become invisible and the other is he can grow but I'm not sure how it works. I wonder why his tail didn't come off. Skinks tails are suppose to be very brittle and fall of easily. I'm also not sure of his species but it seems like it's closer to the Plestiodon genus...

Tetsu : Plestiodon? Like the dinosaur? That's awesome!

Croc : No its.. Never mind sure.

Tetsu : So you got a samurai dinosaur as a pet! I need a partner too...

Croc : Let's eat. Lunch will end soon.

When Croc said to eat Shikuromaru ran away. But he had a feeling why he did.

Croc : Hunting... Why is he so aggressive for a skink?!

Tetsu : So manly!

No long later Shikuromaru came back with a feather in its mouth.

Croc : 'He ate a bird... Do skinks eat birds?!'

Shikuromaru then went back around Croc's neck after shrinking and going invisible. Lunch was also over so both Tetsu and Croc split up going back to their classes. Luckily a strange white haired girl quit taking random glances and the amount of hostility in the class went down a bit. After school Tetsu and Croc went to an arcade since Croc said he'd pay since he got paid from his job. Tetsu didn't know what job Croc got but he went with it since he was free for the day. While they were playing a game Croc got a text from Setsuna.

Setsuna : [Hey] ->Croc

Croc : [This is a first, texting me yourself.] ->Setsuna

Setsuna : [Well I wanted to know if you want to go running together this weekend] ->Croc

Croc : [Definitely you just had to ask!] ->Setsuna

Setsuna : [Meet at my place in the morning on Saturday?] ->Croc

Croc : [I'll be there!] ->Setsuna

Tetsu : Who's texting you?

Croc : The girl I was talking about.

Tetsu : Oh 'Probably his grandpa.'

It wasn't long before they had to leave because Tetsu just had to turn to metal and punch a punching machine. Croc then had to pay for it to get fixed which put quite the hole in his pocket.

Croc : 'Note to self no physical games for regular people when with Tetsu'

Tetsu : I'll pay you back I promise!

Tetsu said this while bowing to Croc.

Croc : It's fine... I should have expected something to happen with you.

Tetsu : I will still pay you back! That was seriously uncool of me. It was like I was one of those dumb people who can't hold themselves back...

Croc : 'Like?'

Not long after both Tetsu and Croc went home. When Croc got home he immediately went to Fugaku to introduce Shikuromaru.

Croc : Grandpa! We have a new family member!

Fugaku : What! I know you met a girl recently but you didn't do anything bad that would require marriage right!?

Croc look at his grandfather with a bewildered expression.

Croc : I'm 12...

Fugaku : It wouldn't be the first. But seriously what do you mean new family member?

Croc then extended his hand and said.

Croc : INTRODUCING SHIKUROMARU!

With that Shikuromaru became visible on his hand, with his head up in pride.

Fugaku : 'Stupid name.' Does this lizard have a quirk?

Fugaku bashed the name in his mind when he heard it and asked if Shikuromaru had a quirk.

Croc : Yes he has two of them. I think.

Fugaku : What do you mean think?

Croc : Well I just found him this morning so I'm not really sure. But he can at least turn invisible and grow in size.

Fugaku : Interesting I didn't know lizard could have quirks. That is quite impressive.

Shikuromaru just nodded when he heard this. Fugaku was a bit surprised by this action though

Fugaku : Can he understand me?

Both Croc and Shikuromaru nodded to this.

Fugaku : Fascinating! We have to show him to ma when she gets back.

As if being called Chiyo opened the front door when he said this.

Fugaku : Ma we got a new family member!

Chiyo : What did Croc do!

Croc : Uggh

Croc felt a imaginary arrow pierce his heart from this comment.

Fugaku : He didn't do anything this time. In fact he surprisingly did something amazing.

Croc : 'Double hit...'

Croc then introduced Shikuromaru to Chiyo who had a closer look at him after finding out he could understand them.

Chiyo : I will have to call a friend to check up on this but from what I can tell is that he is most probably result of animal experimentation.

Croc : Why do you say this?

Chiyo : Although it is only a rumor to most. The fact is that cold blooded species can't have quirks unless something special is involves such as experimentation. There has only ever been one reptile with a quirk from my knowledge. It was a large snake with the ability to spit fire and it was from experimentation after dozens of years. Also this bandage on his tail looks like it was where a needle was inserted recently.

Croc : I see Shikuromaru did you run away from someone?

To this Shikuromaru shook his head.

Croc : Then how did you get away from them?

Shikuromaru was thinking for a second then he jumped on a nearby table and picked up a pen. He then raised it and dropped it.

Croc : They dropped you?

Shikuromaru shook his head at that comment. Croc then though it through some more.

Croc : They... Let you go?

Shikuromaru nodded at this.

Chiyo : That's interesting why would they let you go... Unless... Did they not know of the quirk?

Shikuromaru shook his head.

Fugaku : Maybe he got his quirk after he was released?

Shikuromaru nodded.

Fugaku : Can you tell us where you are from?

Shikuromaru then shook his head and raised on his hind legs and brought his front feet together and then quickly brought his feet out to the side.

Croc : An explosion?

Shikuromaru nodded vigorously from this comment.

Chiyo : There was a raid on an animal testing lab 2 weeks ago. No one knows who the person funding it was but they say it was probably a group of yakuza.

Everyone then discussed some more stuff before Chiyo went to make a call and Fugaku went to make food. Shikuromaru did leave through an open window and once again went hunt. He got back quickly though. During dinner Shikuromaru went to sleep on Croc's lap. When dinner finished Croc picked up Shikuromaru and went to his room. He put Shikuromaru on an old blanket before he himself went to bed.

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