Okay! Back with Chapter two! I hope you all are liking the story so far!
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An Omegan Warrior
Chapter 2
Izuku fell backward from his crouched position, landing solidly on his butt. He was terrified by the two newcomers, their scents revealing them to be another Alpha and a Beta. His stomach twisted in knots as the injured man groaned, green eyes flickering between him and the two threatening figures.
Midoriya swallowed hard, his mind settling on a decision. He shakily got to his feet, and put up his hands in a boxing position, though they trembled as much as the rest of him, betraying how completely freighted he was. "G-get aw-way f-from h-him!" he ordered, the sound coming out more of a squeak than the growl he'd intended.
The two looked at each other with equally confused faces, before one started laughing hysterically, obviously having picked up on his Omega status. But Midoriya stood firm, stepping between the blonde and the 'ones following him'.
"I…I m-mean i-it!" he stuttered, trying to make his eyes look fierce.
One of the men jumped forward, easily knocking away Midoriya's fists before pinning him to a tree, his eyes glowing red behind his yellow goggles. "You're just an Omega and a stupid one at that. Get out of here kid, before you get yourself hurt."
Midoriya whimpered, and started to bare his neck in submission, but remembered how desperately he wanted to be a hero. This was his chance. He grit his teeth and looked straight at the scruffy man, shouting, "He-he's inj-jured a-and I w-won't l-let you h-hurt h-him a-anymore!"
The one holding him was taken aback slightly, his face betraying the confusion. He knew he was releasing his powerful Alpha scent, so the boy should have gone through with his knee-jerk reaction to bare his neck. And yet, this timid Omega was not only arguing with him but was attempting to defend a man that wasn't his mate.
"Yo bro! We aren't here to hurt him." Came the voice of the other man, the odd way of speaking making Midoriya break his stare with the one holding him to the tree to look.
"But he's so beat up looking! And before he passed out he said there were two people following him!" Midoriya stated, his terror replaced by confusion.
"Uh yeah! We're his followers… As in his entourage, ya dig? Toshi here got into a brawl and we were separated. Didn't expect to find a little Omega defending him though, that was a surprise." The Beta answered, giving him a cheesy smile. "Come on Shouta, he was just trying to help, let the little man go!"
The one called 'Shouta' backed up and then went over to where 'Toshi' was still face down, turning him over to examine the damage. "I've told you not to call me that when we're around strangers, Present Mic. Now come over here and help me lift him. He needs medicine."
Midoriya jumped over and tugged on the scarf around Shouta's neck, wincing at the sharp, threatening look he received. "My… My mom's a healer… You can umm… Bring him back to my house…." He offered, wringing his hands together.
After the initial wave of adrenaline had left, his usual personality had returned, along with his innate need to be non-threatening. But, as much as he wanted to stay away from the obviously tense raven-haired man, he couldn't. Not only was the one called Toshi in need, but he also wanted to ask him how someone like him could possibly be an Alpha, as weak as he looked.
"Hey now! That's a good idea, don't you agree, Eraserhead!" Present Mic responded, giving an apologetic smile when Shouta sent him a glare as well.
"Fine…" he finally relented, "what's your name, kid?"
"Midoriya! Izuku Midoriya!"
Despite being a Beta, Inko had a nervous personality just like her son. When he finally came home from his walk, trailing three very strange people in after him, she just about had a heart attack.
"Mom! This guy's hurt and I told them you were a healer so… can you help him?" Midoriya asked, already moving to pull out their patient bed.
The woman stared worriedly at the three newcomers, two holding up a very sick looking third between them. She eventually nodded, internally reminding herself to never let her son go out alone again. She scurried around their kitchen, pulling different herbs and bowls towards her to prepare medicine while instructing Izuku on how to get the man ready.
Once everything was prepared, she set about tending to the bleeding wound on his side, noting that looked like it had already healed once before, and was apparently reopened by whatever they'd been up to before stumbling into her baby. She could feel the two strangers eyes on her, watching her every move to see if she was actually trying to help their friend. Inko could understand that, after all, they were just ushered into her home by a fourteen-year-old. But still, the nervous air and their worry were stifling her ability to concentrate on actually doing anything.
"Izuku, make them some tea and take them outside, I need to focus."
Midoriya was surprised at first but did as he was told, politely ushering the two out after grabbing everything he needed. It gave him an odd flutter in his stomach to see his mom so confident and even more that she trusted him to handle both a Beta and Alpha on his own, even if it was just outside their door.
"So, this is where you live? Sweet kicks bro!" the excitable blonde commented, apparently ignoring the other man who was silently giving him another glare.
"Yeah… Don't worry about your friend, mom's the best there is when it comes to medicine Mister… uh… Present Mic…" Midoriya answered, unsure what to call him.
"Present Mic is my warrior name, little man! I'm Yamada, Hizashi Yamada! So just call me Hizashi since we're friends now, right bro?" Present Mic responded, pulling the ever irritated raven in close to him. "And this is Shouta Aizawa, my mate!"
Midoriya couldn't suppress a giggle when Aizawa shrugged his apparent mate off of him, murmuring something along the lines of 'don't you ever shut up?'. It was odd for him to see a couple like that, especially since he'd always been told that the hierarchy was absolute. But here were these three completely breaking any stereotypes around.
Firstly, Hizashi was the Beta, but he seemed to do whatever he pleased regardless of what Aizawa, his Alpha said, only giving an apologetic smile occasionally. Then there was the fact that these two were followers of the third man, Toshi. It was unheard of for more than one Alpha to be in a group unless it was in a village structure that kept them fairly far apart or for whatever reason they'd mated. Midoriya was so intrigued by them, he hadn't realized that his thoughts had actually been flowing from his mouth during one of his classic rants.
"Kid…Midoriya… Do you always mumble to yourself or are you just trying to piss me off?" Aizawa asked, breaking the boy's train of thought.
Izuku jerked and covered his mouth, embarrassment clearly etched onto the parts of his face that were still visible. "S-sorry…" he mumbled, quickly moving to pour them the now steeped tea. He forced himself to sit quietly after that, covertly watching as Hizashi calmed his mate with gentle, almost easily missed touches and soft whispers until the man finally relaxed and closed his eyes.
The blonde then turned back to Izuku and winked mouthing a silent 'he's just tired' before snuggling closer to Aizawa, resting his head on the man's shoulder in contentment.
Inko wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked outside, smiling when she found all three asleep under the starry summer sky. She quietly woke Izuku and motioned for him to follow her back into the living area.
"His injuries weren't actually that bad, it was fatigue that was causing him the most trouble." She explained as they set up two more beds for their guests.
"But mom, I saw so much blood, and the smell, it was like death itself… How could it not be that bad?" he asked.
The woman had a grave look on her face as she glanced over to where he was now resting peacefully before returning to her task. "That wound on his side isn't completely new, probably about five years old if I had to guess. Whoever he was fighting recently took advantage and hit it repeatedly, reopening what I can only assume was the remnants of a particularly nasty curse. It's no wonder he's so thin, poor man. His respiratory system is completely destroyed, and his stomach is synthetic so he can't absorb food as well as he should. It's a miracle he can walk around at all, much less put up a fight with someone strong enough to do that kind of damage to his side, even if it was already injured."
Midoriya looked awestruck, shocked that someone like him could do something so intense. He made up his mind that he would speak to this 'Toshi' when he woke up, and finally find out from someone outside his village if it was possible for him to become a hero too.
"Izuku honey, the blonde man outside seems friendly enough, but the other…. Would you prefer if I go and wake them to bring them inside?" Inko asked, the ever-present fear of her son's weak Omega status looming in the question.
"I've got it mom!" he replied confidently, shocking the woman. As soon as he was outside, however, that invulnerable feeling started fading, Aizawa's red eyes burning in his memory. He swallowed hard, and approached carefully, even he knew better than to startle a sleeping Alpha.
"Mr. Aizawa, Mr. Hizashi" he whispered, "we've made you both beds if you want to come in…"
The raven was the first to wake, his tired, bloodshot eyes immediately sending chills down Midoriya's spine. But, unlike previously, they didn't hold the same irritation and defensiveness he'd seen, maybe he really had just been tired before. Moving carefully, he picked his mate up and nodded, following Izuku inside to set the blonde down.
Izuku smiled when he watched the stoic man tuck his lover in gently, before moving to his own bed. "Thank you, Midoriya. You and your mother have been very generous, please give her my gratitude." He stated.
The teen smiled widely and nodded, leaving the three to rest. He was so excited when he crawled into his mom's bed that night, on her orders since there were three strangers in there home, that he never thought he'd fall asleep.
Midoriya woke up early and started working before his mother even began to stir, determined to be as helpful as possible. He didn't notice the pair of shining blue eyes watching him curiously as he quietly maneuvered around, taking inventory of things his mom might need for her medicine and setting everything out to cook breakfast.
Eventually, Inko also came downstairs and helped, her cooking skills far surpassing his. She couldn't help but giggle at how clumsy he was. She found it simply adorable that in what must have only been an hour since he'd gotten up, he'd managed to get powder all over his face and what looked like egg in his hair.
With a triumphant grin, the two set everything on the trays, Inko taking the food around the corner to set it out on the table in their dining room. "Go on Izuku, see if our guests are hungry. The one who was out cold should be awake by now."
Midoriya practically bounced away, a nervous excitement flowing through him. He wondered what Toshi would be like, and if he'd be super mean or domineering. Part of him figured that would be the case since there were two Alphas in the trio, one would probably have to be so incredibly dominant that the other submitted despite his status.
To his surprise though, Toshi smiled at him warmly and swatted at the others to pay attention. "Midoriya is it?" the man asked, "thank you for helping my teammates and me!"
"Oh..Y-you're w-welcome…B-breakfast…?" Izuku responded, unable to finish his sentence. The man was nothing like he'd expected. In fact, he'd imagined that this Toshi would be something like the legendary Endeavor, a King from the North that ruled nearly supreme with his Hellfire magic. The man, though powerful, was pretty well despised due to his cruel and overbearing nature. His power was only second to one man, one who wasn't born of noble blood, but whose magic was renowned and gave him the title of 'The Symbol of Peace' throughout all the lands, the warrior-hero, 'All Might'.
Hizashi gave him a thumbs up to let him know they'd follow shortly and waited for the teen to leave before bouncing his eyebrows at his comrades, one laughing loudly and the other rolling his eyes in tired annoyance.
Inko ushered them into chairs and nervously nibbled at her breakfast, watching as her son stared, a little too obviously, at the thin blonde across the table. She noticed that the skeletal man didn't seem to mind though and felt her own curiosity start to bubble past her anxiety. Whoever he was, he'd already managed to make Izuku more excited than he'd been in a long time.
"So young Midoriya! What were you doing out so far in the woods by yourself, surely you realize how dangerous that is given your status… especially being that you remain unmated." The man asked, getting straight to his point.
"Little blunt there, Toshi" Present Mic chuckled, but the comment didn't seem to phase his comrade.
Midoriya however, flushed heavily and then winced when he felt his ear tugged on by the air. He technically wasn't supposed to go so deeply into the woods, his mother had expressly forbidden it. Though, to be fair, this was the first time in all his years wandering farther out that he'd actually come across someone else.
"I uh… I was just clearing my head…" he finally responded, sending a sheepish grin to appease his now very irritated mother.
"Then I guess it was lucky your mind was foggy!" the man laughed, completely missing or ignoring the exchange between his hosts. "But seriously kid, you should be careful who you go walking up to when you're all alone like that. I could have been anyone!"
"To him, you are anyone, Toshinori," Aizawa stated lazily, the comment making his mate snicker at the frail-looking man.
"Oh! Right! Sorry…" Toshi replied awkwardly, sweatdropping.
"What were you doing out there Mr. Toshinori?" Midoriya asked, his mother sending him yet another scolding look for prying into their personal business.
The man simply laughed again, his demeanor returning to hits usual loudness. "My comrades and I were leaving a battle we'd just won actually. A real tough customer with lots of followers. We got separated during the commotion and I was trying to find them, though I guess I ended up simply startling you instead!"
Midoriya beamed, imagining someone so skinny putting up an epic fight against a bunch of faceless villains. "I've got to get him alone… Somewhere that mom won't get on to me so I can ask him everything that I've been thinking about."
Toshinori saw the determined, far off look on the teen's face and smiled again to himself. Aizawa and Hizashi had already explained to him how the timid Omega had practically forced his natural response to danger down in order to defend a man he didn't even know. Even going so far as to talk back to Aizawa, whose stare could put All Might in his place if need be.
"This kid is something else…" he thought happily. "I need to get him alone so I can talk to him…."
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