There was a slight forest fire in a nearby park.
I was sat on a bench by the little pond, watching the flames burn.
'Not my expertise…'
I had evacuated everyone, the ducks were fine.
Speaking of, I turned around to look at the ducks.
'Hmm…'
I eyed up every duck, one by one. There was only 6 after all.
"QUACK!"
"FUCK!"
I jumped up in surprise and turned to my side.
Two red lasers passed by my eyes.
'?'
I dodged and looked down at the chubby duck next to me.
"You have a quirk?"
He nodded.
"You understand me?"
He nodded.
I got on my knees in a praying position.
"May I hold you?"
"Quack."
I lifted my head and tentatively held out my arms.
He waddled into them carefully. The duck sat down and looked up at me.
"Hehhhehhehehhheh."
He beckoned my head closer and so I obliged.
"What's up Mr Duck?"
He then sat on my shoulder and quacked.
"You want to stay with me?"
"Quack."
"Cool."
Firemen had arrived and I explained that the villain was apprehended.
I gave the duck a pat on the head and kept walking down the street.
'Duck.'
What an eventful morning.
——
For lunch I made myself some curry and disposed of the duck meat in my fridge.
'No more duck from now on.'
The duck waddled over as I placed some porridge oats on the floor.
"Dig in."
——
I was out patrolling with my hood down, my duck was sitting in the hood.
Someone asked for a selfie and the duck poked his head up from behind my neck.
"Who's that?"
"Sidekick. Pretty powerful too."
"Do they have a name?"
"Not yet, he's just- 'duck'"
"Duck?"
"No, duck. There's a-"
I pulled the fan behind me and caught a flying manhole with one hand.
In the distance a gorilla charged at me.
"LET'S HAVE A CONTEST OF STRENGTH HERO!!!"
"Duck."
"?" He slowed while charging.
Two red beams of light shot out from my shoulder and hit the gorilla squarely in the chest.
"AAAH! IT SIZZLES! IT SIZZZLEEEES!"
While he was dancing around I walked up to him and gave him a karate chop.
A couple cars had stopped in the middle of the road since he was blocking the way so I dragged him to the side.
"Want a selfie with the villain too?"
The fan had walked over once again.
This photo displayed the duck standing atop the unconscious gorilla, the sun shining at his back.
"He reminds me of my friend called Johnathan."
"Name acquired. Jonathan! To me!"
Jonathan jumped up and landed on my shoulder where I gave him head pats.
"Nice, you think we can get you on the hero registry?"
——
We couldn't get Jonathan on the hero registry, something along the lines of 'is that a duck?' Or 'is his quirk even registered?' Or, worst of all, 'can I get your autograph?'
"Damn, that could've been awesome."
——
I ended up on a high end interview that night, of course I brought Jonathan with me.
"Rumour has it, that you have enlisted a sidekick… would that be correct?"
The hostess flashed a smile at the camera before turning back to me.
"Yes, he's very reliable."
I folded my hands on my knees as a resounding QUACK filled the room.
The hostess had to place her hand over her mouth as not to laugh.
"And- would that sidekick happen to be with you today?"
"Uh- maybe."
Jonathan remained silent.
"Moving on, let's talk about your recent rise… you're currently ranked no.97 in Japan and it seems that not many people actually know of you. What are your thoughts on that."
"I'm happy to be in the top 100, really good to show off to strangers on the internet who think they're better than me in All Might Rising. But yeah, I'm pretty unknown I guess, small area which I work in."
"All Might Rising you say?"
"Yeah, great game. Multiplayer is fun, great for unwinding."
"And when you lose, do you say who you are in the voice chat or something?"
"I don't lose."
The hostess chuckled.
"Alright then, so what are your plans going ahead?"
"Keep fighting crime, keep making money… keep Jonathan happy. Pretty much everything I think."
"Alright! How about we get into quirks!"
She turned to the camera and winked before pulling standing and showing off some equipment in another part of the room.
"Here we have some cool little games you can try!"
I stood up and joined her.
"Do I have to pay if I break anything?"
"No, no."
"I will pay some, I don't want to be too much of a nuisance."
"Err, okay! How about you try throwing these tennis balls into those cups!"
I looked over at a stand where one long cup was sitting and the white lime beneath me.
"Get all four in huh?"
I rapidly threw one after another and got them all in.
"Cool."
"So then, if that due to your quirk or your skill?"
"Skill, even if I didn't have a quirk I could do that. To be honest I think Jonathan can do the next game for me."
Jonathan perked up and walked out of my lowered hood.
"Quack."
"Oh wow. I know that you specified that you had a duck but… this is a lot to take in."
Jonathan waddled over to a whack a mole machine and got to work.
He sat in the middle and did the closest with his feet and the furthest with his lasers.
They didn't pierce them, he knows restraint.
'Better at controlling his powers than Midoriya.'
It brought a tear to my eye.
We ended up sitting back down after that masterful performance.
"Okay then, last question. What is your quirk?"
"Pretty broad question, I won't say the name, you know how edgy those quirk namers can get. But it's just a physical enhancement, I have to think to activate my powers mostly which makes it easier to hold back… don't want to hurt the villains too much you know?"
"Well-"
——
I was sitting back in my apartment when I got a call.
"Yo! Nice thingy there dude!"
"Hi Nagi."
Jonathan quacked as well.
"I do have one question though… what is the name of your quirk. Man to man."
"Hmmm… I dunno, it's pretty bad."
"Aw come on…"
I scratched my head.
"I'll tell you after you've popped the question."
"HEY COME ON M-"
I hung up.
'He's easy to annoy.'
Jonathan ended up getting comfy on my belly.
"Eh?"
He was asleep.
'Can't- move-'
A/N: Jonathan my beloved (search up "duck" and the first image is what he looks like) I personally think he's a white duck.