Chapter 6: First Blood and Issues Arise

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In a split second I had my decision, with my small size, weak strength (even with my boost) and rusty skills there was no guarantee that I could knock him out safely. As for the police…

Looking down the road at the singular squad car, both officers looked rather flustered and I could swear that one had soy sauce at the edge of his mouth. Yeah, I wasn't going to trust them with my life.

That left one option, an option that I wasn't too fond of. Now don't get me wrong, I could care less about killing this guy especially since he was threatening my family. But killing him would cause a lot of problems, for one my parents would likely freak out and I would definitely be forced to attend lots of therapy. Not to mention through out the whole thing I would have to act scared at the very least.

Then came the law, I didn't know the rules for a five year old killing someone in self defense. Adding on to that the fact that it's illegal quirk usage… I had no idea what would happen. But that was all future me's problem, right now I had to defend my new family.

As he got closer I prepped my hand for a small dagger, it would be easy to summon as I wasn't attaching an enchantment too it. All I had to do… wait I should summon a kitchen knife. Seems more instinctive and spontaneous that way, want to avoid any hints of premeditation.

As he got within two meters I put on a terrified expression and backed up slightly. His face twisted into a sadistic look, applying a slight coating of fire to his hand as he reached for me. And just wow, I knew people were awful but intentionally aiming to maim me was just another tally onto the lethal option.

Just as his hand reached my shoulder slightly searing my skin and burning bits of my hair. I lunged forward, slightly twisting my wrist so that the wound would look messy and unprofessional I went straight for throat. The knife pierced clean through, my momentum and the perfectly created edge of the knife driving it straight into his throat.

Quickly following up I dropped to the ground in a way that removed me from possible counter attacks while also appearing to be an accident to any casual observer.

"Uhhh… W-Wha-blehh…..n-o..."

As he gave out his dying breathes coughing up blood I fell backwards closed my eyes and started rocking back and forth while dispelling the knife. Now I just had to play traumatized for a while.

Hearing footsteps approaching me, I quickly looked up and scooted backwards. I had turned the waterworks to maximum and was pumping out tears like no tomorrow.

"Are you okay little one?"

Looking up at the origin of the voice I saw a sight I would have never associated with the kind tone I just heard. A tall man with white hair wearing a red super suit stood in front of me. Large gauntlets adorned his hands with tubing running up to his neck.

Quickly putting on my best terrified look I got up and backed my way towards the car.

"S-stay away from me and my mom!"

Not so subtly letting him know that my mom was in the car I called out while summoning another knife into my, now purposely trembling, hands.

"I-I'll hurt you! Back off!"

"Listen child it's going to be okay… your mom may be hurt and I need to check on her."

And that was the opening I needed to focus on the most pressing issue… mom. Quickly dropping and dispelling the knife I turned around to the car and crawled inside.

"Mommy! Mommy wake up! Waahh!"

Going into the flipped car and hugging her I checked her pulse… still steady. Quickly playing the child I began to shake her slightly while bringing my crying to the next level.

Time to commit to my part, with the hero here and the sound of sirens approaching in the distance I did what any child who had 'overused' their quirk and been through intense emotional distress would do. I pretended to pass out, or that was the plan. I guess I overestimated my child body as the moment I shut my eyes my whole world went dark.

(POV Change)

Looking down at the collapsed child in front of me I couldn't help but sigh. The moment the officers nearby had called in the crime I had rushed out of the school as fast as possible. But I was still to late, no innocents had been hurt but a man had died and a young girl had likely been traumatized.

"Ah Vlad King your here! That's great what happened to the villain?"

Turning around I saw an older officer approach me with a younger officer in tow. As they got closer and saw the bloodied corpse of the villain the younger officer turned around and vomited.

"Ah… I see. I didn't know you used blades now Vlad King? I was under the impression you used your blood as a blunt weapon."

"That's the thing, I don't use blades. The little one did that."

The older officer gasped in surprise while looking down at the child. The younger one on the other hand looked at the girl with… fear? Oh dear what is to become of the police force if that's the new recruits.

"Did she use a quirk or was it done naturally?"

"From what I could tell it was a quirk, why you think someone will raise a fuss over a clear cut case of self defense?"

"Unfortunately yes, this villain is the son of miss Hamada Miyuki the owner of the Hagane Support Corporation. He was always extremely troublesome and only money and influence kept him out of a cell."

"I'd say any consequences she gets are deserved, I mean killing someone at five? That's a villain in the making right there!"

Interrupting our conversation the younger officer looked at the girl in what I could only interpret as righteous indignation. Wow, feeling that way about a child who was defending herself? Disgusting. Looking at the older officer with an 'is this guy serious?' look on my face he just shrugged. God, the police force truly is deteriorating.

I decided to just ignore him for now. Crouching down to open the duffel bag on the villains back I opened it to reveal the money inside.

"You were on scene first, what happened?"

"To be honest we don't know, we were on lunch break when the bank just exploded. Following that we radioed for backup and attempted to get the subject to surrender. He got cagey and charged the girl, likely to get a hostage, then he went down and you showed up. I though you got him, never expected it to be the girl."

As I was about to respond the younger officer cut me off once more.

"Well who would expect a child to be a killer. God, must be a natural little demon spawn to be able to kill at five."

"Okay officer whats your problem? The girl was defending herself."

"Defending herself! Ha! She's a child and a girl she should have just waited for someone to come incapacitate the villain. Instead she murdered him."

A sexist… I thought the last of them died out years ago. I mean when anyone can have a powerful quirk gender matters little, I figured the ideology was only still present in the older generation. But it can't just be that… he's too worked up for it to just be sexism. Whatever, not like it'll affect anything worst case the girl goes to court and the elder officer testifies that it was in self defense.

Still, if the older officer is right about someone pushing for some legal action then tonight is going to be a long night.

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To people who said the lethal option, congrats you chose correctly. The Vlad King portion was a little drawn out but it'll come into play next chapter.

Also thanks to ManasCiel for catching the response times issue, hopefully the patching job of 'on break in the area' is good enough.