Chapter 3.5 extra: Izuku and his first Noumu
Despite having their own resident scientist working on an anti-quirk serum, the league doesn't seem to mind with creating more of those misshapen Noumus. Midoriya doesn't seem to mind as well, in fact, he was actually quite interested on the process of their creation. No surprise to anyone seeing as they all knew how obsessed the scientist was with quirks.
The green haired scientist nearly went bat shit fanboy when Sensei had given him permission to observe the process, saying that he might be able to pick up some new knowledge while looking around the lab. Midoriya had thanked the man before he proceeded to squeal and rant his thoughts out to Shigaraki, who, luckily, was in a good mood and allowed himself to listen to the scientist.
"I don't see why you are so interested..." Shigaraki sighs as he leaned back against the wall of his room and looks down on the scientist seated between his legs. He watched as numerous data and files popped in the screen, most of it he can not comprehend, and watched as the other looked up at him while adjusting his glasses.
"Well to put it simply, Noumus are merely artificial humans with multiple unstable quirks compressed within it. They are nearly similar with my research, only mine solely works on the dead and, well, only compressed with one quirk, so far that is..." Izuku explained as a data of a random Noumu and a data of his experiment flashed on the screen.
"Ah~ so Izukkun is working on making zombies..." the teen said which earned him a forced chuckle from the other.
"Something like that..." the scientist pushed his glasses back and allowed the other to rest his chin against the top of his head "I just hope I can get enough data before you guys can make any use of the new Noumu..." he sighs, unaware of the absolute irony his statement will soon bring him.
"So these are the Noumus?" Izuku stared in wonder as he stood in front of the gigantic monster kneeling in front of him. He waved a hand in front of the monsters while recalling the data that was sent to him for correction "Clearly the compression has taken a toll on its body and resulted into breaking his mind as well..." Izuku muttered as he began to prod around the creature's body. He poked and pinched, hoping to gain a reaction from it "Seems like its quirk had prevented it from feeling any pain as well..." he began to mumble as he took a step back and looked through his clipboard.
There was so much he wanted to know about the creature and its possible connections with his research. Maybe he needed a certain type of DNA? or maybe it was because of the skin resistance? Will Sensei even allow him to bring one of them to his lab? He probably won't. Damn.
The scientist was so deep in thoughts that he failed to notice when the Noumu suddenly twitched and moved its head to look at the scientist, who proceeded to mumble under his breathe like a mantra.
Hearing something groan, Midoriya snapped out of his thought and quickly turned his head back towards the creature. He let out a surprise yelp when the face of Noumu suddenly appeared just a few centimeter from his face. He jumped and watched as the creature continued to stare at him, making the hair on the back of his neck stand.
"Interesting..." he whispered as he took a hesitant step forwards. The Noumu remained still as its eyes followed the young scientist.
"I thought it had no free will of its own?" he flipped through the papers on his clipboard, hoping to find answers, only to frown when something wet began to drip in his paper. He lifted his face to send the noumu a heated glare before his eyes went wide in surprise when it opened its tongue and licked his face.
'What...just happened...?' he thought as he dropped his clipboard. His body went rigid and the scientist simply let out a pathetic whimper as the noumu retracted its tongue back in its mouth and proceeded to stare at the scientist like a hawk.
"Wh-wh-wha-" He stuttered out while backing away from the creature 'I thought this thing was suppose to be standstill without a command?' he inwardly screamed as he quickly walked over to the nearest computer and began to scan through the file. He opened a window and began to search for any updated version of the test subject. He clicked a newly updated file before his jaw nearly dropped as he read the last few sentence of the report.
"Though there has not been any changes regarding the condition of (XXXX) Noumu, further testing has shown that the test subject has recently acquired a new type of 'urges'. To clarify, it seems the subject has developed an impulse on licking whatever has caught its attention. The cause has been thought to be the fact that one of the quirks compressed had a relation to the use of saliva. Workers are advised to stay at least 2 feet away from the creature until this can be dealt with."
"Are you kidding me?!" the scientist cursed as he read the statement a few more times. Before he could even fully process the degree of his situation, his blood ran cold when he felt a puff of hot air above him. Slowly, he looked up and watched the noumu towering above him open its mouth, its drool dripping down on his round glasses, and gave his face a long wet lick.
At that moment, Izuku could only do one thing as the creature held him down and continued to lick him like a mother cat would to its kitten. He screamed.
Looking up from the glass drink he was staring at, Shigaraki watched as the door to their headquarter opened and Izuku came in.
"So how did it..." the words died out from his mouth as his eyes did a quick scan on the state of the teen. His clothes were disheveled, he was completely covered with something wet, sticky and translucent and he looked completely spaced out, as if staring back into the abyss of no return.
"Midoriya, what happened?" Kurogiri quickly came over to the teen's side, lead him to a chair and sat him down.
As if snapping from a trance, Izuku slowly looked up with wide blank dead fish eyes. He opened his mouth and spoke in a dark and flat tone "One of the noumus were defective and had to be restraint before it could even do any further mental damage to me..." he muttered quickly which the others nearly missed.
"Mental damage? Restrained? Midoriya, what exactly happened in that lab?" Kurogiri asked again, confused and concerned by the string of words that fell out of the scientist mouth.
Getting irritated by the lack of any decent explanation, Shigaraki opened his mouth to yell at the teen but stopped when the other suddenly started trembling and tears began to fall from his eyes, what slightly shocked him was the forced smile the other held on his face "Oi, Oi..." he backed away slightly as he watched the other broke down in tears.
Izuku brokenly laughed "Who w-would have thought that i would make a good lollipop? Maybe I should have turned myself into a candy instead..." he chuckled as he began to ramble "Or maybe I should have been born into a barnacle instead? Is there a quirk like that? Maybe I should look for a quirk like that and live in the sea from now on, ah~ I should get started then before the sea is filled with barnacles. Is that even possible?"
The two watched in concern as the other kept rambling and looking at them with dead fish eyes. The air around the teen began to thicken before they watched him stand up from the chair, still mumbling about sea creatures and barnacles, walk towards the back door and disappeared down the hidden stairs among the walls.
"What the fuck just happened?"
it wasn't until a few hours later when a copy of a video footage of the lab was sent to their computer that everything came into light. Apparently, one of the Noumu had taken a liking to the scientist ad proceeded to lick, coddle and baby him like it was his own child. The two watched as the scientist, along with the other workers, ran and scattered around the lab, screaming for their life. Izuku was mostly the one running seeing as he had no intention of ever turning into a chew toy by the defective creature. Since then, Izuku had refused to accept any interaction with the creature until it was made certain that both his mental and physical state won't be at risk.
"It's not funny!" Izuku yelled as he watched Shigaraki replay the video one more time, amusement clear on his face.
"It's hilarious actually." the man child said as he once again hit the replay button.
"You have no idea what I had to go through just to get away from that defective!" Izuku whined as he sunk his head down on the counter "The licking, the saliva, it was everywhere...everywhere..." he muttered as he recalled the event in his mind "I feel like I've lost my virtue..." a depressing atmosphere began to surround him as his eyes turned blank. Beside him, Shigaraki let out an amused snort before he patted the other's head with his three fingers before replaying the video once again.
"For the love of- Will you stop replaying it?! Aren't you suppose to comfort me?!" Izuku whined as he slammed his head back on the counter and proceeded to cry in self pity.
ATTENTION READERS! SOME IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!
so this is simply a small extra I wrote while sleep deprived and high on coffee. This thought occurred to me when I was re-watching the series and it came to me that if Izuku was handling with anti quirk experimentation then what would his connection be with the noumus or rather what his encounter with his first noumu would be like.
Secondly, regarding the next chapter. Unfortunately, because of reasons, I will have to put the update on hiatus for 2 months. My grades and mental health aren't really doing any good as of the moment (no worries though, I plan on pulling both up!) BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN I AM DISCONTINUING THE STORY! I am only pausing in writing for about 2 months in order to pull up my grades and get myself together before the year ends. I hope you guys understand. I really am grateful for all the love and support you've been sending me since the story started. It really makes my day whenever I see you guys leave a comment or kudos. THANK YOU SO MUCH DEAR READERS!
Third, since this story will mostly have some angst and drama moments, and i don't want you guys constantly drowning in tears and bleeding hearts, I plan on inserting extra chapters like this whenever I can just for some laughs or for some light heart moments. If you have any suggestions on what kind of Extra chapter you wanna read related to this AU (only fluffy and lighthearted ones though...sorry...) feel free to drop a PM anytime! (^_^)
Thank you guys for your patience and support and I hope to see you in the next chapter soon! PLUS ULTRA!
