Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia or any of its anything. It all belongs to Kōhei Horikoshi.
LordXG3: I'm glad you were picking up on those vibes. lol It is what I was going for. Izuku will be 16 in this story!
TheCartoonist127: Aye! Yeah sure man! If you would really be willing to do it. I got no reason to decline.
jester3423377: And those who do will experience hell on Earth! Hahahahahaha! XD
Tohsaka143: In due time my friend.. In due time. Hehe!
Chapter 1
Before the hunt...
The loud sizzling and crackling of cooking food and the pleasant humming of a woman echoed within the kitchen area of the Midoriya residence. The green haired mother, Inko, expressed her content and joyful morning mood as she was cooking breakfast for herself and her greatest treasure.
The breakfast that she was just about to finish cooking up consisted simply of scrambled eggs, sausage links, bacon and a couple slices of whole wheat toast for both her and Izuku.
After she had finished cooking the food, she then got two plates out next to each other on the kitchen counter before putting an even amount of each food onto the plates.
After that was done, she got out two cups and put them on the counter next to each other as well before she went to the refridgerator to take out two cartons of orange juice. There was a difference between the two cartons of orange juice as one of them had pulp in it, while the other did not.
Inko filled one of the cups with the pulp added juice, and the other with the no pulp juice, putting the cartons back where she got them in the fridge when she was done with the pouring and twisting the caps back on.
When all of that was done, she took the two plates of food to the small rectangular shaped smoothe wooden dining table that stood close by the kitchen before bringing over the cups of juices. She set up the seperate meals to be in the middle of the long sides of the table, so that her and her son could sit right across from each other. She put the pulp juice beside her meal before putting the other juice next to Izuku's.
"Izuku! Breakfast is ready! Come and get it while it's hot!" Inko loudly announced before releasing a quiet giggle.
"Yeah, I'll be right there!" The distant, muffled voice of Izuku yelled back from his bedroom.
"Okay, don't take too long now!" Inko responded with a smile before she made her way back to the kitchen to get the both of them a fork and returning to the table.
She placed a fork on Izuku's plate before she sat down by her breakfast with a proper posture and her own fork in hand. Now all she had to do was wait patiently for her son to join her shortly before she could eat.
About half a minute had past before Inko started to hear her son rushing into the open area of the home. Izuku mumbled in quiet irritation to himself as his hands were struggling to do up the red tie of his grey highschool uniform when he walked through the hallway door gates and made his way over to the table.
When seeing the issue that Izuku was dealing with, Inko chuckled softly as she stood up from her seat when he approached the end of table. "Do you need some help with that sweetie?" The mother asked as she walked over to her child.
Izuku sighed as he nodded in guilt with his hands lowering by his sides. "Yes please." He responded as he slouched and lowered his head in shame.
This was not the first time Izuku had to get help from his mother when it came to doing up his tie. There were days where he could do it up on his own when he was lucky. But strangely, there were some days where he just could not for some reason, and Inko was well aware of that fact.
Inko scoffed in amusement as she nodded. "Alright, let me see it now." She then stepped up to Izuku before reaching up to do the tie properly around the collar of his dress shirt. The green haired boy raising his head up slightly when she did. "Aaand there we go." She smiled at her son as she then tapped on the tie when she had finished in no time. She tried her best to make sure it was a comfortable fit for her baby boy and not too tight around his neck. "How is that? It's not too tight or loose, is it?" She asked in a slightly worried voice.
Izuku smiled at his mother when he lowered his head to meet her gaze, shaking his head side to side for a second. "No, it's perfect mom, thanks." He responded truthfully, relieving Inko of her worries as she sighed softly in relief.
"Alright, good. Now let's eat. You do not have much time before the train to school arrives and ditches you." The greenette mother stated as she made her way back to sit down in her seat at the table; Izuku immediately following her lead as he walked around the table to sit down in his spot.
"You don't need to tell me twice." Izuku replied as he sat down, licking his lips as he admired his mother's fine work for a brief moment.
Before the mother and son would commence with their feast, the two then gently brought their palms together by their chests as they bowed their heads and closed their eyes. "Thank you for the food." They softly uttered together before taking a moment of silence. Afterwards when they finally opened their eyes, they picked up their forks and began to eat.
"So, are you excited for your first day as a second year in highschool?" Inko questioned with a hint of pride and proudness for her child as she looked up at him, taking some of her eggs into her mouth and chewing on the food for a few seconds before swallowing it.
Izuku shrugged with a slight tilt of his head, finishing up with eating a bite out of one of his toasts. "I guess so. I'm just kind of bummed that summer break is over. I swear, time goes by way too fast these days." He weakly chuckled.
"Yeah, you aren't wrong there." Inko softly giggled, agreeing with her son's statement.
"And.. I suppose I'm also kind of nervous." Said Izuku, his words causing Inko to look up at him with a curiously lifted brow as she ceased her feast for the moment.
"Oh, and why is that baby?" Inko questioned as her eyes narrowed out of concern.
Izuku sighed. "Well, it's probably not that big of a deal.. but I just hope I can manage to keep up with my school work and hold down my job at the same time. It is my first job after all and I've only had it for a month.. I just really don't want to risk losing it so soon. Especially since it's a job that I really like working at." He uttered with a downcast tone and expression as he briefly picked at his food with his fork.
Inko smiled warmly after hearing his concerns. "Don't worry Izuku. I'm sure you'll do just fine. You know you can always count on me to help you out when I can. Besides, I already told you before that you didn't need to get a job in the first place. I got our finances well taken care of." She reminded him.
Izuku immediately looked at his mother with a suspicious look after she had said that. "You know, you still haven't told me how that is so. I mean.. you don't even work and yet somehow we have money that has been getting us by for years.. Do you plan to ever make that clear to me one of these days?" Izuku questioned Inko with a lifted brow.
What Inko said about them doing well in terms of money was indeed factual. The only reason he wanted the part time job he has was so he can make money for himself instead of having to always rely on the money that was in his mother's bank account. He was at that age where one usually should start taking up such a responsibility anyway.
Inko fell silent for a few awkward moments before she let out a deep sigh and she put her fork down on her plate before she intertwined her fingers on the table. "I will.. One of these days my boy. I promise you that. But until that day comes, I guess I can leave you with this much." And with that, Izuku was all ears.
The greenette mother cleared her throat as she took a moment to think about what she was going to say to her one and only child that could vaguely explain her.. past life to him. When she had it all thought out, Inko took a deep breath to solid her nerves before she looked up to stare Izuku dead in the eye.
"Let's just say that back in the days before you were born.. I did have a job.. It was a job that I was, and I don't mean to sound so full of myself when I say this, but I was undeniably the best at it." That sentence made Izuku blink a few times out of surprise when he heard it. He was tempted to question her about this former job of hers. But he fought strongly against the urge to do so as his tongue had remained silent and he allowed his mother to continue.
"By the end of each day, I was handsomely rewarded for my.. reliable services." She cocked her head when speaking the last few words before she carried on. "So with that said, a lot of the money that I had earned from this particular job. I saved the majority of it up into a savings account. The same savings account that we still use to this day. Well there you have it, that is basically all there is to it." The greenette mother concluded as she sighed before she continued to speak. "But again, I will tell you the whole story once I am ready to do so.. So do you think you can be patient with me until then Izuku?" She questioned as she looked to the boy with a soft, pleading look.
When seeing the look that was on Inko's face, Izuku slightly frowned as his expression softened. He nodded a couple of time before he answered her. "Yeah Mom.. I can wait." As much as he did not like to do so, he would not attempt to pressure his mom into going more in depth with her past, as it was obviously a secretive and sensitive topic for her. He trusted his mother wholeheartedly and he knew that she would always keep her word to him. So with no choice but to be patient; he ultimately let her be.
"Thank you my son. I really appreciate this. I will fulfill my promise when the right time comes, I swear to you." She uttered gratefully as relief filled her being; glad to see and know that her child was so patient for her. She hoped she would not have to keep him waiting long.
Now all she had left to worry about was is if Izuku would be to handle hearing the kind of horrors that were involved with her past life before he was born. How he would think of her when he finally knew the truth of just who the kind of person she was back in the day..
She had done many, many things that she was not proud of when she was working at her old 'occupation', but it was a job that had tasks that were, and were done in ways that were absolutely necessary.
Inko was well aware of the fact that it was an idiotic idea and a huge risk to reveal such grim details to the green haired boy. She knew it from the very beginning. But she had promised him, as well as herself, that she would tell him one of these days during the time she was pregnant with him.. and if she could help it, she would always keep her promises. She wanted strongly to be a mother that was always honest with her child; no matter how dark and disturbing the secrets may be. She was always an honest woman her whole life.. It was just the kind of soul she was.
Izuku flashed Inko a small smile as he nodded his head slightly. "Mm, I know you will." He said undoubtedly as he locked his soul windows on hers.
There was a silence between the two of them before Inko had insisted that they finish their breakfast. The boy did not have much time before the scheduled train would arrive and leave at the nearest station after all.
"Alright, I'm off Mom! I'll see you later!" Izuku announced from the apartment home's entrance as he was kneeling down to put on his usual pair of red shoes.
"Okay, I hope you have a good day sweetheart!" Inko responded from the kitchen as she flashed him a gentle smile while she was washing the dishes with a thin pair of yellow rubber gloves on her hands, scrubbing down the dishes with a dark red wash cloth in her left hand. She occasionally used a green sponge to scrub off the more pesky food stains that appeared. "Are you gonna be going to work right after school? or are you gonna come home and change first?" She interrogated in a wondering tone.
Izuku nodded as he hummed in confirmation and stood up while looking at his mother. "I'm gonna be heading there right after school. I won't have the time to come home and change. So I kind of have to." He chuckled as he shrugged.
Inko scoffed as she grinned and nodded in understanding. "Well alright then, you be careful when making your way over there." She advised as she just finished washing the last dish and took the gloves off before putting them together on the back edge of the sink.
"Aren't I always?" Izuku replied with a smirk as he turned the doorknob behind him after picking up his book bag. "Okay, I really got to go now. See you tonight Mom. Love you!" He said as he was walking out of the door.
"I love you too!" Inko responded chipperly as she gave her child a wave. The boy quickly returned the gesture as he smiled before he had shut the door behind him, leaving her to her lonesome.
When she was finally alone, she got out a hand towel from one of the kitchen drawers by the sink before she got to drying off the dishes and putting them back in their rightful cabinets around the kitchen.
She sighed as her eyes narrowed with a anxious look on her face, looking to the pan in front of her that she was drying off in her right hand. She was thinking back to their earlier conversation during breakfast, her worries already resurfacing. She dreaded the day when she would reveal the truth to Izuku just as much as she hoped she would be ready for it. 'How can I possibly hope for him to accept my past when I finally tell him?' She questioned fearfully in her thoughts. Her grip on the pan handle tightening as her hand trembled slightly. A nervous sweatdrop appearing on her forehead as she bit down on her lower lip.
'How.. H-How could a child ever accept the fact that their mother used to be an assassin..? A.. A murderer..!' And with that thought, Inko had swiftly reached her breaking point as tears immediately started to drip from her eyes and she sharply sucked in air through her teeth as she slammed the pan roughly on the counter's edge in front of the sink.
Ponk!
The single loud sound of banging metal echoed throughout the apartment home. The greenette mother held the pan against the counter's edge as she was looking down and hyperventilating. Her green locks casting a shadow over her eyes as her teeth were gritted and tears trails were already apparent on her cheeks. "H-How.. How could I e-ever hope for him to stand me when he finds that out about.. a-about me?" She whimpered out as she then started to quietly sob while bringing her left hand over her mouth; sorrow taking over her emotions in the blink of an eye.
She let go of the pan's handle before she fell to her knees and pressed her forehead against the cabinet door below the sink. Her right hand planting itself on the counter's edge above her head now. "I-I.. I c-can't bear the thought of him hating me for it..! Looking at me with.. wi-with disgust..! Fuck!" She cursed at the top of her lungs as she then reared her right fist back by her shoulder and was battling back against the urge to plunge said fist into the cabinet door in front of her. Her whole arm and her breath was shaking as she tried desperately to gather her bearings.
"C-Calm down Inko.. Relax.. You know your kid.. Izuku was always there for you, no matter how stressful the predicament was for him. Besides.. that life.. it's all.. all behind you now." Or so she thought.. "You can only hope now that he will understand.. and stay with you in the end.. and still.. st-still love you after everything has been told.." She sniffled, taking a deep, but quivering breath as she slowly lowered her arm. She achieved victory in the battle against the violent urge that she almost allowed to happen. "He'll always be there.. no matter what.." She uttered to herself repeatedly in a whisper for a few minutes before she had finally gotten her composure back. It may, or may not be true in the end, but those were the words that she needed to hear at that heartwrenching moment.
She sniffled once more as the bottom of her left palm came up to wipe away the tears from her eyes and cheeks as she slowly stood back up on her feet. 'Suck it up woman.. You can't keep these secrets away from him forever.. I was never able to shake the feeling that he will eventually find out the truth someday.. So I'd rather he hear it from me.. then hear it from anyone else..' She internally sighed as she then reached to grab the pan once more to put it back in the cabinet where the other ones were before she dropped the hand towel down on the counter and made her way over to the living room section.
She quietly groaned as she then sat down on the couch and leaned back against it. Her head resting over the top edge as she gazed blankly up at the ceiling above. 'I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive the person that I was Izuku.. Please..' She prayed her strongest that the fact that she only ever hurt and claimed the lives of horrible people would help the situation when that dreaded day finally comes upon the mother and her son..
All of the people that she had tortured.. killed.. dumped.. they were all troubled individuals who were nothing but thieves, cheaters, traitors.. and killers themselves. People who were overall scums of the Earth. People who have made the wrong choices and have broken the rules of that world. and they have suffered the consequences for those mistakes. There were many powerful people in that world who were the judge and jury.. And she was the executioner. Hell, she was all three when she wanted to be. They all knew that.. Her and her whole team were.
Her old... and former best friends..
And there's the next chapter for this story! I know it isn't much, but don't you worry. The bloody chaos is soon to come! Muahahaha! lol My holiday break from work is almost here! So hopefully then I'll have plenty of time to get to writing more. So I hope you guys can be patient with me until then. When it comes to gory action. I'd like to think I've watched more than enough action movies of the sort to know how that beautiful stuff goes. XD Oh god, something's wrong with me.. Dah well! If you're reading this. You must enjoy such things as well. And if the reviews so far were any indication. XD lol Anyways, that's all I got to say for now. thanks for reading! and have a good day!
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