Hello again everyone, here's the next chapter for the cliffhanger I left you on. If you can, please give me feedback if I'm doing something wrong. And thank you random guest for your review.
Chapter 2: A Good Day For A Monster
We go to a empty building. A woman is sitting on a couch. She has a third eye on her head and a blue dress, she wore a angry expression. "Where is that idiot." Suddenly, the robber from earlier came into the room. "About time, what happened."
He gave her a exhausted look. "Well sis, I robbed the place but as it turns out, DEKU SHOWED UP!" He screamed in frustration. The sister paled. "He isn't even supposed to be in this city!"
"I got info he was moving here, but I was told that wouldn't happen until next week."
"Well what the hell are we supposed to do?" The sister paced and looked out the window.
"If he know what you look like, escaping won't be easy." She paused and then smirked. "Unless we have a hostage on our side." The camera turned to her gaze to reveal Chen ki. He was hanging out with his acquaintances.
"You really shouldn't mess with that Ryukai dude Chen. You know he loses control of that quirk." A dude with a horn spoke up.
"Yeah man, why are you so against him anyway?" A dude with glasses said. Chen sneered
"Like i'm gonna let a guy like Kaibu go to a hero school. He's a monster plain and simple. And monsters need to be slayed by heros."
10 Years Ago, At Chen's House
We see a little Chen being read a book by his mother. "And then the knight took the enchanted sword and thrust it into the dragon, slaying the evil beast." Chen had a smile on his face. "He then broke the chains around the princess and they lived happily ever after." She closed the book as she finished.
"So cool! I love that story all the time." The mother giggled at her child's antics.
"Come on now Chen, it's time for bed." Chen wrapped up under his blanket.
Mom, could I be like the knight. Stopping monsters and saving others like a hero." The mother reached down and kissed her child's forehead.
"When you grow up, I know you will be a great hero. Goodnight my little knight." She walked over to the door, turning off the lights as it closed. Chen turned over on his side and closed his eyes.
'One day, i'm gonna be a hero.'
The Next Week, At The Park
Ryukai was alone on the swings while his mother went to the bathroom. Whenever he tried to hang out with someone, they would tell him to go away. They were scared of him and he knew it. He then saw a group of 10 or so kids come up to him. 2 of them looked like the 7th graders hanging around the bully.
"Well, what do we have here, the little runt who killed heta." The group proceeded to circle Ryukai.
"What do you guys want?" Ryukai asked in a distrot tone. One lifted a baseball bat and hit Ryukai.
"Payback that's what." Another said as he kicked Ryukai.
"You killed him." A punch
"You're a freak." A pipe.
"A monster."
Chen walked away from his friends and walked to Ryukai with a goal was to stop the fight. He then heard an ungodly sound.
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAA!" One of the 7th graders went flying over him and hit a tree. Chen saw small traces of blue fire along with scratch wounds that bleed. He slowly turned to the group of bullies and saw only 5 were left standing with something in the center. It was a silhouetted figure with blades blades coming from everywhere, blue fire pouring from it like a stream.
One of the bullies tried to run, until the figure leaped forward at blinding speeds and proceeded to pummel him. The figure turned to another bully who was close to Chen and slowly walked over to him. "Leave me alone, we didn't mean to-" He never finished as it kicked him over to Chen. The figure continued to walk until Chen got in front of it.
"STOP!" Chen called out as chains came out of his hands and wrapped around the figure. It struggled for a bit before it started to change. After a bit an unconscious Ryukai lay in chains which soon disappeared.
"RYUKAI!" Came a scream, Chen and everyone else turned to see Ryua run to her child. "Sweetie are you ok? Say something please say something." She held her child close and put her head near his. She heard breathing to signify he was alive. She then gave an angry look toward the others that put shivers down their spines. "What did you do to my child!?"
Chen was about to take responsibility until one of the conscious bullies spoke up. "This kid stopped that freak!"
Another. "Yeah! if it wasn't for him, that thing would have killed us."
"Yeah, don't go blaming a hero for taking out a monster." That last one stuck a cord with Chen as he looked at his hands.
"I stopped a monster. I'm a hero.' He turned his gaze to the unconscious Ryukai being taken by his mother. 'And he is the monster I have to stop.'
Back To The Present, With Chen
Chen was simply staring at a while while his to goons stood looking at him. "So this is what a flashback looks like from an outside." The horn guy spoke.
"I always thought it would be more … flashy." The glasses guy stated simply.
"Should we let him know he's been out for 5 minutes?"
"Nah, I wanna see if he goes over 10 min. I am not losing that bet."
"Hello boys." They turn to see the three eyed lady from earlier.
"And you are?" Chen asked. The lady's third eye glowed as she smirked.
"Someone interested in your potential."
Meanwhile, with Ryukai On A Street
Ryukai walked away in his thoughts. 'What's the point? I just keep messing things up, no one wants to be my friend, and only hurt everyone with my quirk. Maybe Chen was right when he gave me that name.'
8 Years Ago, At The School Playground
"Hey Ryukai, I found you a new name." Chen said with a grin. 6 year old Ryukai turned his head, not used to people calling him out ever since his last berserk.
"Really, what?" He asked with curiosity in his voice.
"Kaibu, it's short for kaibutsu." He then pointed to his to his written name. "Claw is spelled tsume so if we add a bu in between it's Ryukaibutsume." Ryukai smiled.
"Cool, what does it mean.?" Chen smirk grew bigger.
"Monster. What do you know, your parents even knew you were a monster at birth." Him and his gang laughed while Ryukai started to cry.
"I'm not a monster!" Chen then got closer.
"Then why do you hurt people?"
Present, Back With Ryukai
"I just want to help people, but all i've done is hinder. I even made Deku let a villain go." He walked over to a wall and punched it. "Damn it! Why can't I just help people?" He then got on his knees. "Why do I hurt everyone?" He sobbed quietly for a bit and got up. "I better get home. I'm surprised no one went up to a crying boy in the middle of the street."
He looked around and saw no one. "Or should I be suprised no one is here." At that point there was an explosion. "... Well that seems interesting."
In An Explosion, With DEKU!
Deku was not having a good day. First, he wasted a lot of time trying to find out where a robber is due to no being able to talk properly. Then as he found the villain, he was distracted by a FANBOY of all things. Now he was in an explosion caused by a civilian. Why? Because he was apparently being mind controlled by some random woman who apparently is the sister of that robber!
'Alright, apparently she keeps talking to me. Assuming it has something to due with her quirk it's either it's like that one guy and I have to respond or after that glance I got of her third eye, hypnosis. Easy to avoid, so i'll focus on the kids for now.' He thought as he dodged a tackle from the horn kid.
'Now there's one with a horn on his head and rushing abilities. I'm guessing rhino so simply avoiding is good, maybe some trips. Except everytime I get close in to disable I get blasted by that glasses kid and I can't go for him due to that chain guy. If that pro (leafgirl) isn't using her quirk to get out i'm guessing it has quirk canceling properties. That and the robber had his hand next to her head which is why I can't go for the woman directly.' He dodged another laser. 'Damn it, they got me covered in all categories.'
"Yes we do." The woman said with a smirk.
'Shit, can she read minds on top of controlling them.' Deku wondered.
"Nah, you're just mumbling." The robber deadpanned.
"Damn it! Why can't I get a hold of that?!" Deku nearly screamed. The scene now goes to the crowd where we see Ryukai coming near the back as he tried to look over them.
'Seems like a big fight this time. Wonder which hero's out there.' He thought as he finally got a look. 'Deku's there, so I guess it's gonna be over fast. Wait who's …' He then saw Chen and his allies fighting Deku. 'Wait, what's going on? Why are they fighting him? Wha-' His train of thought stopped as he saw the robber.
'It's that guy I let escape and … he has a hostage! He's forcing them to fight or he'll kill her and it's my fault. Damn it, I need to help.' He looked around and saw a fire escape. 'And I know just how.'
Now back to Deku, he tried to get in close again but the robber tightened his hand leaf girl's head. "Uh uh, you get close and she gets some serious head damage." Deku backed up again.
'What can I do? Where the hell are the other hero's? Ok let's see who's in Kochi-shi? Leaf girl and … well it is suburb … we really need to work on hero placement after this. Well, at least I got a hold of mumbling for now.' The woman laughed.
"Tell you what Deku, i'll let them all go right now if you let me control you. Otherwise, I may have to tell them to off themselves. What do ya say?" She offered with a smirk.
Deku stopped moving. 'Knowing my power i'll just end up being a threat that needs someone like Kachan to stop. But I can't just let them die.' The woman smirked at the prospect this gave.
'I'm gonna have the power of Deku under my control. I'll be unstoppable, no one could ruin this for me.'
"DRAGOON PUNCH!" She head a scream and then an impact. She turned to see Ryukai punch her brother with his changed arm. The Robber's arm let go of leaf girl's head and moved away.
"There!" Ryukai screamed as soon as his leg reached the ground and rushed toward the hero. He wrapped his arms around her and lifted her, preparing to run.
"Damn you kid!" The criminal said, swinging his arm around and aiming his palm on Ryukai's back. He shot out air and launched Ryukai into a building. Unfortunately for the teen, he spun in the air and hit the wall while still holding the pro. "That's what you get for-" He was cut off by a thud and turned to see his sister getting knocked out.
He turned further to see the man responsible was Deku, who was cracking his knuckles. "... Can I surrender?"
"After robbing a bank, mind controling kids (who are now unconscious), and taking a hostage?" Asked Deku.
"... Crap."
Later, On A Street
Ryukai was down as he walked on the street. After the fight the police scolded him for being reckless and told him not to pull a stunt like that again. He also got a scolding from Leaf girl to but she also gave him thank you. 'Mom's probably gonna scold me for being so late, getting in a fight, and getting hurt to. Well, I guess today doesn't completely suck. I did help stop a villain … but i'm the reason he got away in the first place. I really should stop thinking hero stuff if i'll never get good at it.''
As Ryukai continued he heard a faint rumbling. He decided to ignore the rumble as he assumed it was probably a nearby train. That was until he realised it was getting closer and he started to hear a sound like footsteps. He stopped as he turned left and right to see what was going on. Suddenly something goes flying over him, flips in the air, and lands on it's feet.
"I AM HERE!" Deku yelled. Ryukai proceed to go slack jaw.
"DEKU! What're you doing here? I thought you were overrun with the crowd." Deku then laughed.
"Paparazzi have no effect on the symbol of peace. It was easy to use the general bigger news story distraction,. Then again, I could have just waited, but that takes forever. I could have got rid of them individually but then that would have taken-" He realised Ryukai zoned out. "Sorry about that, i've been told I mumble." This got Ryukai out of his daze.
"Um it's alright. Not that I don't like it, but why are you here?"
"I came to thank you for your help. You don't see many kids these days with the heroic spirit." He gave him a thumbs up. Ryukai, meanwhile, clenched his fists.
"You shouldn't thank me." Deku lost his smile for a second but it went unseen under the mask. "It's my fault that villain got away. I only tried to clean up my mess, more people got hurt because of my actions." Deku walked closer to him.
"I had trouble locating the robber at first, so when you fought I was able to catch up. When I couldn't attack those villains due to the hostage, you got her out of the way. Yo-"
"I'M A MONSTER!" Ryukai yelled back. "If I use my quirk to much I go on a rampage to kill. It's better now but I've caused pain to everyone and I've been isolated and feared by them to. Even my mom tries to help me but it's useless. I wish I was quirkles so I wouldn't hurt anyone." This caused Deku to visibly flinch. "I can't do anything right. I'm a freak that hurts others. I can't save any-"
"Wake Up Smash!" He got knocked into the ground by Deku. Ryukai proceed to nurse his head.
"OW, what was that for?"
"That was my version of a love tap. It's meant to shut up others up so they listen. Now tell me, what was that feeling you had?" Ryukai tilted his head.
"I'm an analytical person. I heard the robber gave you the choice to back off in that alley when he was being put in a police car. Don't tell me it's that you like to hurt cause I saw your movements when you fought him a second time they spoke otherwise." Ryukai started to tremble. "You didn't let him go because you knew he would have hurt others. You tried to get the girl out of danger even by exposing yourself to it. You wanted to save them didn't you?"
Ryukai cried a bit but nodded. "All great heros have there own stories but they all have a common. 'My body moved before my mind could even process the cost.' That is what makes them great, the movement." Ryukai was on his knees at this point. "I once knew a man who said news would only get in the way of a hero. So who cares if your a freak? Who cares if you can't control your power, you're a kid you might even control it later." Deku took off his mask to show his green hair, freckled face, and a shining smile. "None of that matters because you didn't care when you tried to save others. You, my boy, ARE A HERO!"
Ryukai was con his hands and knees at the end of that speech, crying his heart out. "Thank you Deku, you don't know how much that means to me." Deku nealt down and put a hand on his shoulder.
"I probably don't." He waited for a bit before grinning. "Hey, if you don't like your quirk, how about you take mine." Ryukai pulled his head up.
"*snif* What?"
"Kid, do you know why I hide the nature of my quirk?" Ryukai tilted his head.
"I thought your quirk was one punch." Now Deku tilted his head in confusion.
"What the hell type of quirk is one punch?"
"You punch the villain once and you win." At this Deku face faulted. After he got up he stared for a bit.
"... Kid, if there was a quirk like that, we wouldn't need other heros." He got up. "Now listen up, cause i'm only going to explain this once." Ryukai nodded and sat criss cross, his crying over. "There was a once a useless quirk that could only be passed to others."
Ryukai nodded. "That is a lame quirk."
"It would be in a normal circumstance. However, it combined itself with a quirk that stockpiled energy."
"What does stockpile mean?"
Deku face faulted again. "So you're not a book guy, ok then. Stockpile means grow over time, getting stronger as it existed. Anyway, these two quirks combined into a quirk known as one for all."
"One for all?" Ryukai's questioned.
As Deku talked, stars could be seen that connected from one to another ending at a ninth that izuku held in his hand. "A quirk of pure energy that can be passed from one man to another, getting stronger over time with each new person." Ryukai was in awe.
"That seems like an awesome quirk. I wonder who has it now?" Deku stared at Ryukai with an expression that screamed 'are you serious.'
"... I do, because that's my quirk. And now" Deku stated with a smile. "You shall be the next to have it." Ryukai practically glowed before donning a frown.
"Are you sure that's a good choice? There's gotta be someone better than me." Before he finished, Deku interrupted again.
"Come on kid, don't make me give another speech. I'm choosing you because you have the one requirement for one for all."
"A leather vest?"
"NOT THE POINT! *Clears throat* You have the innate desire to help others before yourself. You don't see it often these days. That is what makes you worthy. Now, come to the beach tomorrow, we will then begin your training. Farewell for now!" With that, deku glowed with green lightning before jumping away.
Ryukai stared where he was before smiling and went home. As he walked in he was greeted by his worried mother. "Ryukai where have you been … WHAT'S WITH THOSE WOUNDS!?" Ryukai simply smiled.
"I've just had a good day, that's all."
Next Chapter: Lifting, Quirking, And Plenty Of Thinking
