Hello, it's RobLebron back at it again with another chapter of Blood for Blood. This time, the real adventure begins for our boy, Pain. Rate, Review, Favorite and enjoy the chapter
Chapter 1: Bringing Pain to the Entrance Exam
The day has finally come where all that hard efforts of studying endless nights with my non-blood related sister, Melissa, finally pays off. I couldn't count how many nights I spent in her room doing mock exams on the computer, since her room is the only available computer I can use besides her dad. I spent so many hours on the computer that I ended up falling asleep after hours of late-night practice exams. She was nice enough to share her bed with me, even though I believed she dragged me into her bed since I fell fast asleep like a rock.
'I really owe my sister big time for helping me make it this far in my journey.' I said to myself quietly, 'Maybe take her to a beach. I heard the Dagoba beach was cleaned up and is now a popular beach site.'
I kept on rambling in my head of how Melissa will enjoy the beach trip as a way of saying thanks and for her to have fun. 'I wonder how she'll look in a bi… What the hell am I doing?! Why am I having perverted thoughts about my sister in a bikini? I have a fucking entrance exam to focus on!'
I hustled my way down the sidewalk until I was dragged by someone in a dark hoodie into a dark alley and was received a knife touching my throat and almost making a scratch.
"Hello little brother."
My worst fear has come true as he took off his hoodie to reveal the devil himself… the Hero Killer Stain, A.K.A, Chizome Akaguro, A.K.A my brother.
*muffled screaming*
I tried to scream out for the cops to let them know the Hero Killer's location, but it was no use as my brother covered my mouth and threatened me by saying:
"If you even think about calling help from the cops or heroes, I will kill you where you stand!"
"Wouldn't you try to kill me anyways?" I asked.
"No. I want to have a little chat first." He replied.
"Fine, what do you want to talk about?" I asked.
"I want to know what happened to you? I know we were off on the wrong foot and you no longer wanted to work by my side, but I wasn't expecting you to go missing for the PAST 3 FUCKING YEARS! WHERE WERE YOU?!" He starts to get angry as he finished asking his question.
"I was saved by All Might and was taken to the hospital for that scar you left in my face, you fucking prick. After that, I ran away. You did say to never return home, right?" I answered as I keep my 'adopted family/exile' a secret. The last thing I need is for him to threaten my sister.
"I guess you won't tell me where you ran off to. Oh well, it doesn't matter. We're pretty much caught up. I see that you are wearing a school uniform even though I believed you never went to school when we were working together which only means one thing. You're taking the entrance exam to go to UA aren't you?" He said.
'Shit! He figured it out' I panicked in my mind.
"And I see you got yourself a haircut." He stated. It's true that I cut my black hair short so I can hide my identity as the Hero Killer's accomplice, and both All Might and I want to keep it that way. I didn't get exiled to I-island just to find a new family and avoid my brother. All Might wanted me away from Hosu so that the police and heroes can give up their efforts into hunting down the Hero Killer's accomplice.
"But that doesn't mean you're in the clear of your past sins, because I have some favors to ask you." He said.
"What you do want Hero Killer, can't you see I'm in a hurry?" I responded.
"Well, that's disrespectful. No 'brother' or 'big bro'? I guess All Might got you a new family that adopted you that lives far away from here. Now it all makes sense why I couldn't find you the past 3 years. So anyways, here's what I need from you. I need you to find intel about the students when you get into UA, and I need you to win the upcoming Sports Festival to show the world how weak the future superhero society is. However, if you refuse to do my biding, I will hunt you down cut your head off, and send your head to your family and I'll kill off all the students in your class" He said threateningly.
"Threaten me all you like but leave the students and family out of this. The students have so much to live for and I don't want my family to be upset about my death" I responded.
'More specifically Melissa. I don't even want to know what she will do after she sees my detached head. She's having it rough with her peers since she has no quirk. She'll be devasted losing her only friend, her only brother… losing me.' I told myself.
"Then you don't have a choice, do you? Just do me those favors and I'll leave you be. Deal?"
"Okay then…. I'll do it." I answered. I felt disgusted having to spit those last 3 words out. I just want to be a hero, not go back to square one.
"Good. We're done here. Enjoy your school year. Oh, and remember, this conversation never happened so don't tell anyone what happened here." He replied. He wall jumped his way up between the dark alley to the roof and disappeared. This nightmare has finally ended.
'Fuck you brother. I'll fucking kill you one day.' I easily regretted saying those dark thoughts, 'Easy there Kazume, you want to be a hero. You're better than this.' I calmed myself. I touched around my face to see if I still had bandages covering my forehead and my nose, so that the students I meet don't see my scars. After finding out that I did have them covering my face, I moved on and reached my testing area for the entrance exam.
Izuku's POV:
I arrived at the entrance exam at 8:40 in the morning, just 20 minutes before the exam begins. I had a little stomach ache after swallowing down All Might's hair. Unfortunately, I didn't have any time to test out my new quirk. After months and months of brutal training cleaning, I finally received his quirk, One For All. I can't wait to become the number one hero.
"Get the hell out of my way Deku, or I'll blow you away!" said Bakugo, my childhood friend and bully from my school.
"Oh h-hi Bakugo. G-g-good luck to b-both of us in the exams," I said nervously as I made a funny pose when he passed by.
As I was making my way inside, I suddenly tripped and fell after my right foot got tangled up on my left foot. 'And now I'm falling. Why am I acting so clumsy?' I questioned myself. Then suddenly, I stopped falling and now I'm stuck midair. 'Does One For All give me the power of flight?' I questioned myself again. Then I looked to my and see a brown-haired girl with pink cheeks reaching out a hand. 'I think she's using her quirk to stop me from falling' I thought.
"Are you all right?" she asked, "Sorry for using my quirk on you without asking. Anyways good luck on the exam. I hope the both of us make it to UA."
Izuku stood there shocked that a kind, pretty-looking girl talked to him and saved him as well from falling.
'I just talked to a girl' he exaggerated in his mind since he never said anything all. Silly boy.
"Get out of my way, green bean!" said a short-haired guy covered in bandages on his face.
Quickly, I got of his way as I took a good look at his enraged face along with his set of blades around his waist and a sword on his back.
"I wonder what's wrong with him? He doesn't look alright." I said quietly to myself.
Pain's POV:
After Present Mic, a teacher in UA, finally finished explaining how the entrance exams worked, the rest of the students and I got dressed up to prepare for the practical exams. The goal is to score the most points in this simulation to get accepted into UA.
'Easy as pie. I'll definitely outscore these fakers by a longshot, heck I bet I can reach the highest score in this exam.' I said to myself as I get pumped up before the gates open.
I busted right into the exam with rapid speed as the rest of the student stand there, not realizing that there aren't any countdowns before starting the exam. If it weren't for Present Mic telling them that, I would've had a great head start into the exam. I drew out my katana and prepared my throwing knives as I enter the battle scene, where I spotted three 1-pointers, two 2-pointers, and one 3-pointers. With my superhuman speed to engage the enemy without a chance for them to attack as well as my superhuman strength to slice through the metal with my katana, I easily took down all the bots and got myself 8 points on the board.
Those students have no idea who they are competing with.
There's 4 minutes left in the practical exam, and so far, I have 64 points. I did nothing much those past 6 minutes. I just sniped some bots from the rooftop with my throwing knife and stole other people's kills, which made them feel angry.
Since I don't have a strong quirk, which is Bloodcurdle, I took some brutal training by my br- I mean Hero Killer Stain the day after I joined him on his quest 5 years ago. He helped me master close combat with and without knife, master acrobatic stunts like wall jumping, and master my accuracy with throwing my knife from very long distances. It took me two years to become the powerful ninja that I am today.
Anyways, in the far distance, I saw the girl (the one that save the green boy from falling flat on his face) being surrounded by two 2-pointers and a 1-pointer. So, I dropped down from the roof and decided to introduce myself as well as take away her kills.
Uraraka's POV:
'Oh no, I'm surrounded, and I've already used my quirk too much. If I keep on using it more, I might throw up, and there's still 4 minutes in the clock.' I said to myself.
*SLLLLICCCEEEE
In an instant, all three bots fall down the moment their heads were sliced off.
"That's 69 points for me. Are you all right milady, I-I m-mean are you alright ma'am?" asked the short black-haired guy as he put his sword away.
"Yeah, but you know I could have handled it my-" I was interrupted when he threw a knife so close to the left side of the face that I felt a breeze of the rapid projectile pass through my hair.
"Hey! Watch where you were aiming! What were you thinking?!" I shouted at the guy.
The guy replies to me with a grin on his face, "I did, and turn around to find out."
Once I did what he said, I saw about 20 meters away a 1-pointer bot falling down as a knife was struck directly in its face.
'Wow, he's really good, but HE ALMOST HIT ME WITH THAT KNIFE!' I internally screamed.
"Well, I guess the coast is clear around here. I'll see you soon ma'am," he said as he was about to take off but not until I wanted to say a piece of my mind.
"Oh, we're not done here, not until you apologize for almost hit-"
*BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM
Pain's POV:
An explosion occurred in front of me in a far distance, but the dust blinded my vision. As the dust started to clear, that's when I finally saw the 0-pointer springing into action.
'A bot this huge and destructive is worth 0 points? Aren't heroes supposed to take down the big and powerful to stop chaos from spreading across an entire city' I said to myself, as I recap in my mind the big chaos that happened 5 years ago. It made sense as to why Present Mic wanted us to avoid encountering it because there's only a tiny percent of students throughout history who would be capable of taking down something that big… someone like All Might. But then again, a true hero would NEVER run away from a fight against a villain.
The robot once again punches the ground causing more destruction and more dust to blind my vision in front of me, but as I look back behind me, I see students running away like cowards.
'What the fuck are these idiots doing?! What has this shitty society become? There's no hope for a better future because it's gonna be filled with all these fakers doing it for the money, popularity, and worse, getting scores with the men or ladies. Am I the only one here that know the true meaning of being a hero is self-sacrifice in order to save others?' I keep on ranting in my mind until I saw that green-haired kid standing still like he's frozen in fear.
"What are you doing kid? Don't just stand there, do something. Run away or help me fight this giant robot" I told the green-haired.
Then, as the dust started to clear out, I heard a voice, screaming, "HELP!" It's that girl from earlier. In an instant, I took out 3 knives and aimed for the eyes of the 0-pointer. I threw them with all my strength to finally put an end to the rampage of the 0-pointer
'That should do the trick.' I said to myself as I walked the opposite direction looking like a badass as the bot falls to the ground and makes a big explosion…or so I thought
*BOINK! BOINK! BOINK!
I quickly turned around and immediately panicked, 'It didn't make a dent! What do I do now? Maybe I can climb up to the roof, sneak behind the head of the robot and cut its neck off. Yeah that should work.'
I had a brilliant plan in mind until I took another look at the girl still struggling to get out of the debris that trapped her foot inside.
'I don't have time to put my plan into action. Only option is to save the girl.' I concluded in my mind as I rush in to save the hero in distress.
"Don't worry milady, I am here to save you. Damn it, why do I keep on flirting." I responded stupidly, again flirting with the young madam. I just only met her and almost put a knife in her face. I ignore the surroundings around as I focus on getting the debris out of the girl's foot, not caring that the 0-pointer is close and about to run over us. But then…
"SSSSSMMMMMMAAAAAAASSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!"
*POOWWWWWWWWW
I look up to and saw the green-haired finally jumping into action. Took him long enough cause another second and he would have been too late. Anyways, he punched the big bot in the face and was able to knock it down, which gave me enough time to pull out the debris.
"Thank you for saving me." She said.
"No, you should be thanking that green-haired kid. He's the real savior. Also, I'm so sorry… for almost hitting you with the knife. That was uncool of me," I said.
"It's OK, I forgive you," She replied.
"So, what's your name?" I asked the girl.
"Ochaco Uraraka. What about yours?" she asked back.
"Kazume Ak- I mean Kazume Shield but call me Pain." I responded. That was close. I almost revealed my past villain identity, but luckily, I used my sister's last name as a scape goat. I should consider sticking with that last name.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I heard the green-haired boy scream as he falls from a high altitude. I completely forgot about our savior.
"We got to do something to save that boy, but what exactly? If I jump and catch him, both of us would crash land into the ground which will get both me and him killed. Any ideas" I asked Uraraka.
"Don't worry Pain. I got this," she answered.
"B-but your foot. H-how are you gonna jump and save him?" I muttered.
"Jump? Who says I need to jump in order to save him?" she replied as she uses her quirk to use the fallen head of the 0-pointer as a platform.
'I see now. She's using her quirk, which makes any object she touches float like there's no gravity, to float herself to him and try to save him by making him float,' I figured out her plan in my head.
As Uraraka puts her plan into action, she approaches the boy, getting closer and closer until she is arm's reach of the falling green haired boy, who is still screaming like a little bitch.
*SLAP
She successfully saved the boy by slapping his face and made him float just before he hits the ground.
'Come on girl. I know you saved his life and all but don't slap him in the face. How would he feel about getting slapped in the face by a cute girl?' He said to himself, feeling bad for the boy.
"Release!" she said as both fall safely on the ground, due to her releasing the effect of her quirk.
"TTIMMMME'SSSS UPPPPPPPP!" yelled Present Mic, announcing the end of the exam.
I made my way to the exits but not before saying farewell to Uraraka and to hope that we'll see each other soon at UA. However, one final sight upset me deep inside, the green-haired boy who saved both our lives was bursting in tears.
"Why is he crying? Did he not pass the exam?! I'll be very disappointed with the school if he does not get into UA after what he did to save both me and Uraraka. Those two students are worthy to be called true heroes in the future." I asked myself as I made my way out.
I took the bus to get to the airport since I want to avoid any repeats of encountering with my br- encountering with Stain. The only way to get to I-island is by plane and I can't go there alone. I need someone to give me a pass to enter the island because last time I arrived to I-island with All Might 3 years ago, the security alarm system went off since at the time, I was a criminal. I was picked up this time by David Shield, who is All Might's best friend as well as my adopted dad. I took his ride on a private plane to get back home to see my lovely sister once again. During the flight I had a short conversation with my dad.
"So how was the exam Kazume?" David asked.
"It was easy, and disappointing," I answered. The last part I said quietly to myself. I was disappointed about the last part of the exam, people cowering out of fighting the zero pointer and then there's the green-haired kid. I start to look upset.
"Why do you look upset?" he asked once again.
"No reason." I replied, not only not wanting to talk about the green-haired boy who most likely failed the exam, but also the encounter with him. The rest of the ride was quiet.
We finally arrived back to I-island and was able to get through security since my dad made some updates with the security system so that it recognizes me as part of his family.
"Just remember Kazume, no matter what you do with your life, we'll always support you. Even if you do bad things by accident, that's ok. We'll here to help. Afterall, you'll always be a part of our family and you're always be welcomed here in I-island." Dad stated.
I was bursting in tears of joy as I embraced my sweet sister, Melissa, into a tight hug and said, "Thanks for giving me a second chance in life. Thanks for being so kind to me. If you didn't welcome me with open arms 3 years ago, I don't know what I would've done. I don't think I would be standing right here with you."
"Please don't tell yourself that, Kazume. You'll break my heart if you keep saying those dark thoughts. You're my brother as well as my only friend in my life. I can't imagine the thought of losing you" said Melissa, starting to burst in tears as well, sad tears unlike mine.
Thanks to Melissa and my dad, I've never felt happier in my life. I am so happy to be able to move on in a better path for the future. I am so happy to call this place home. And finally, I am so happy to have a family that loves me so much…
Even if my real family is dead… or dead to me.
A/N: Thank you all so much for reading this story. Hoped you all really enjoyed it
I know I should've finished it off with him getting his acceptance letter, but I feel like ending it the way I did was much better. Also, this chapter was much longer than I expected. It took me all Saturday and Sunday afternoon to write 3600 words. The acceptance letter could've been another 1000+ plus.
And I hope I ended the chapter off with a bang. It took me a little to make the key quotes that Pain's "family" told him about being welcomed to I-island and always be a part of the family.
I used bold words in the chapter to put emphasis on what Pain is saying.
Anyways, coming up next is mostly a filler chapter where Pain (or Kazume, whichever is comfortable for you) spends time with his precious sister, Melissa, and invites her to go to Dagoba beach, which opened a week ago. He planned this whole thing to thank her sister for helping him turn his life around to become a hero as he received his acceptance letter from UA.
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