Chapter 4 - Hauler???? (1/2)

My body is a little sore... thankfully, the cool air is good for this.'

Naruto, age 11, rubbed his sore shoulders as he walked in the cold air. His jacket, a black and orange hoodie, wide open to let the air touch his sore muscles. His uncle had really put him through the ringer during training, but it was worth it if the results started to show soon. He could see his breath it was so cold, and Naruto smiled to himself as he took a nice deep breath.

”Uwaah! Crapimlate crapimlate!”

'Well, that was ruined.' Naruto saw a young man wearing a hoodie from his uncle's silver age costume design line, running towards the bridge. Naruto glanced over and saw a boy standing on the railing near the edge of the water, getting ready to no doubt use some quirk and jump over it. ”It's been raining, must have some kind of Jumping Quirk or a Flight one.” Naruto spoke under his breath.

The running boy, seemingly 15 years old, stopped in the middle of the bridge.

”Huh? Wasn't the way to the station supposed to be this way?”

”Actually, the station is the way you came from, make a right and you'll be there.” Naruto came up to the older teen and pointed out where he was going to go. The only station near was about 5 blocks away, but the boy was running in the wrong direction. Thanks to the All Might hoodie, Naruto could tell the guy was going to be using the station to go and apply for one of the many Hero Academies, he seemed like the type to try for it.

*Splash*

”Oh my god! That kid is drowning!”

”Damnit!” Naruto unzipped his jacket and transformed as he ran towards the edge of the bridge. He could see the boy from earlier, the boy had surprisingly pink hair (easy to see in the water) trying to stay afloat. As his body became larger and more fur covered, Naruto reached the edge of the bridge and jumped off into the water below. With enough distance to across most of the way between them, Naruto landed right next to the boy (who seemed about his age).

Naruto grabbed the boy and lifted him up on his shoulder, and prepared to swim against the current towards the land.

”It's a hero!”

...

”I can stand...” Naruto realized that despite the recent rain, with his current height of over 7 feet tall, he was able to stand up in the water. The water didn't even come up to his waist, the boy drowning must have just been unable to stand up because of the strong current. ”... Don't worry, I'm here.” Naruto said as he walked his way through the water towards the edge quicker than he would have swam it.

”Thanks for the directions Fox-san!”

”Not a problem, you go and become a hero!” Naruto called out to the boy from earlier, who was running towards the station with a brighter smile on his face. Naruto stepped onto dry land, and jumped back up onto the bridge now that he had solid footing.

”That was amazing, what's your hero-”

”Here you go, since you don't have fur, it's got to be freezing for you. Try not to jump in the water again.” Naruto tossed his jacket onto the body of the pink haired boy. The boy glanced up at Naruto, and he saw the large fox-man smile down at him. Naruto lacked eyes with him, and saw pink eyes that matched the hair. ”See ya... Now... I have to pick up green onions, beef, milk-” Naruto started to mutter to himself as he walked away from the scene.

He didn't pay attention when people were snapping pictures of him with their phone, since a story like this was unlikely to make it into the news, it wasn't a big deal.

A soft feminine voice spoke when Naruto left.

”He's-”

-Present Day-

”-the one that saved me from drowning!”

A middle school girl, about to start high school during her next school year, shouted as she stood up at the table and pointed at the news her parents were watching. Her jaw was dropped when she saw the news showing the fire covered building, and the fox man that saved her life jumping out of it with elderly people and young children on his back. He had a blood covered face, and burns on his body, but she recognized the orange fox man as the same one that saved her own life.

Her bushy pink hair came down to her shoulders, and spread out from her head, and her face had slimmed down from the chubbiness she had a few years back. She had a slim body, nearly no brėȧsts, and wider hɨps as she wore her school uniform. Her eyes were covered by glasses that mostly hid her eyes, but she couldn't help but drop her jaw.

”Kazuho, please don't shout.”

”Sorry Dad.” She apologized and sat back down, watching the phone recording that the news was airing of the incident. She smiled to herself and ate her breakfast.

She recognized one of the buildings in the recording.

She knew what she was doing this afternoon.

-With Naruto-

”Now Naruto... I don't want to say this is a bad idea... but I don't believe Izuku will survive-”