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A/N: Okay, just want to say for those who complain about the short length in the chapters. First off, I deeply apologize, but with recent obligations I made towards my family, I am busy a lot with babysitting due to recent drama and events that went on, So I try to bring out chapters that end off with something that could lead to a new scene, trying to do a movie kind of deal. XD And I absolutely hate! making people wait long for things they expect from me. Example: You all waiting for updates. A good, yet, annoying trait of me. Not that I'm complaining, I appreciate you guys with every fibre of my being for enjoying this story so far and hope to keep making it enjoyable in the future with what I can do with it. It makes me all the more eager and motivated to keep writing it, updates would be coming out MUCH sooner if I wasn't already working on two other stories I have equal fun working on and also are action stories. So they require a bit more time. I appreciate it if you'd check them out. c: but it's up to you. I'm going with the cycle of updating a chapter for one story and doing the same with the next, and so on. Also, I still am a novice at the whole writing thing. So just taking it one slow step at a time. XD Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. Thank you all for reading this A/N, and I appreciate those who are patient with me. I promise, I plan to do longer chapters eventually. Thank you, and enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 8: An Old Threat
With Class 3-A
The entire class could not determine the amount of time they had themselves staring into a black television screen, locking eyes with their own bewildered faces in the television's reflection.
Out of all the students, Denki was the first one to speak up, a shaky finger lifting up as he had diffculty coming out with his words. "I.. I ain't the only one that seen that.. r-right? You all saw that dude using eight different quirks, right?!" His voice began to sound a little more frantic, a particular scene stuck to his mind of the green haired guardian emitting what looked like to be purple electricity off his hands. 'The guy gave off so much electricity! and yet.. he was still fine..' Were the electric teen's thoughts.
"For real! Anyone know who that guy is? He must be a hero or something!" One, Mina Ashido spoke out to her classmates as well, unable to fight a slight grin from appearing on her face as she remembered how the guardian had used his darkness abilities. 'Dude used a pretty sweet way of dodging bullets.'
"He didn't appear to look like any hero I know of." Momo spoke up as well, looking utterly confused as she could not recall there being a hero who could use so many Elements. Tsuyu following right after she had spoke.
"He might be one, today might just be the day he's making himself known." The frog quirk girl responded, bringing an index finger to her bottom lip in a thoughtful manner.
"That can't be right, you would think we'd hear some kind of story about someone having eight different quirks, don't you think?" Itsuka responded questionably to Tsuyu. "I mean, I think I state the obvious when I say that would be a pretty big deal in today's world."
"It's already getting too noisy in here.." Shinso voiced to himself as he was not too concerned over what had just happened like the rest of his classmates, the purple haired teen now taking his leave from the lounging room and heading back to his dorm room before it got too loud for his liking.
"Yeah, she does have a point guys. With the number of quirks he has as awesome as those, I'm pretty sure we'd at least hear some news about someone like him." Eijiro responded, the boy now looking down in thought from his seat on the sofa, his arms resting on his lap. 'He lifted that concrete from the ground with just lifting his hand.. Not to mention all the other stuff that he did.. And that emblem that was on his back and on the ground.. I'm sure I saw a rain drop.. a lightning bolt.. a flame.. and.. a-a mountain?..'
"That was the guy from earlier.." Ochako said with a tone and look that showed she was still a bit out of it. Her words immediately grabbing the attention of the other teen's around her, giving her curious looks, except for Bakugo as he just looked slightly pissed off.
"What? You already know the asshole!?" Bakugo immediately was the first one to question the spaced out brunette in a frustrated voice that had the girl nearly jump out of her skin in a cold sweat and turned her head to face him.
"E-Eh?! N-No, what I meant by that was.. w-well.." The anxious girl pressed her lips tightly together as she looked down to her lap. "when I was gone for the snack run earlier.. I.. I saw the same guy flying through the air with.. fire coming out of just his hands. He wasn't in a fire ball like he just was. Honestly.. he kind of reminded me of your own quirk a little bit there, Bakugo.."
"Don't compare me that guy!" He huffed angrily before he looked away, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath to calm his nerves of what Ochako said. In recent months, the blonde young man had been working on learning to keep his temper in check. With his now more developed and slightly matured mind, after the many years of letting himself be a loose cannon. He had began to finally see just how dangerous he could potentially be if he does not cool it down at this point. It was a move that went very much praised and encouraged by the whole class.
"Ease up there, Bakugo.." Tooru began to attempt to ease the short tempered blonde, her invisible hand lightly patting at his back, causing the boy to grumble and roll his shoulder that caused the invisible girl to stop her action.
Eijiro sweat dropped as the blonde's sudden shout had brought him back into reality, looking by his shoulder to see his best friend's agitated tick mark on his forehead. The hardened quirk user giving an awkward chuckle at the display as he hesitantly smiled. "Yeah dude, we're sure she meant nothing by that."
"I'm fine." He growled as he began to stand up from the sofa and make his way back to room, brushing a hand through his hair as he walked off. "Whatever, I'm out of here." He mumbled as he left the room with his hands stuffed in his pocket, looking to the floor as he went into thought again. 'That guy may have all those fancy quirks at his disposal.. but he's still not stronger than me..' He growled internally, the impenetrable pride still very much present inside the explosive quirk user. 'But how come that ain't why he has me so irritated?'
The class waited till Bakugo was completely out of the room before they sighed in relief, thankful that he had not been enraged enough to cause any kind of property damage to the dormitory.
"As always, he hates being thought of in the same league as someone." Itsuka sighed as she shook her head. "That hothead."
Denki chuckled anxiously before he decided to add something to the orange haired girl's comment. "We can cut the guy some slack, I mean, he's definitely made some improvement on himself, he ain't the same as he used to be back when we first got into UA."
Kyouka was then heard chuckling as she had something to add to that statement, twirling one of her earphone jacks with an index finger. "Yeah, it was like all we heard from the guy was him screaming angrily. I swear he could even surpass my speakers in volume."
At that comment, the whole class, excluding Tokoyami and Shouto, though Tokoyami did give a small smirk and a scoff, could be heard chuckling and giggling as they began to reminisce and recall memories of the past Bakugo and their first year of becoming heroes in training at UA High.
Tokoyami looked to the half and half quirk user to his side, leaning back into the sofa with his arms crossed onto his chest. "So, What do you think on the matter, Shouto? You seemed especially baffled when seeing the hero show off his abilility to use both fire and ice."
Shouto did not show much emotion with what he had to reply with to the host of Dark Shadow. "I'll admit, I was surprised, initially. As far as I knew I was the only one who could use those quirks."
Tokoyami chuckled at the response, giving his good friend a light pat on the shoulder. "I'm sure you'd both get along just fine. Not that I'm only saying this about you.." When taking his hand back, he then leaned forward to rest his shoulders on his lap, looking down with a serious expression on his crow head. "One of his quirks is sort of like mine as well. It's obvious there is more than meets the eye with that guy. He has the ability to control shadows.." He brought a palm into his sight before he lightly clenched a fist. "It can't just be that he can become a shadow.. with what he had demonstrated with his other abilities.. I just can't help but feel there's much more to it.. so much more to him.."
Shouto nodded in agreement, his comrade not being the only one who sensed such a thing from the guardian, unbeknownst to each other, they all began to think the same thing about the green haired vigilante.
"Yeah.. You and me both.."
With Izuku
Back at the apartment complex where the Midoriya household resided, A sudden strong force of wind began swirl around a spot on the structure's rooftop. a seven foot hump of wind swiftly formed on the spot of the roof, swirling rapidly for a couple seconds before it burst when it dispersed to show the Elemental Guardian was now standing in said spot.
The young man's head was still faced down and his hand was still lightly clenched around the pendant by his chest. Remaining that way for some time silently, the Elementals letting the boy indulge in his emotions as long as he wanted now that they were in the clear.
After awhile, the boy let out a calm breath as he sniffled once, wiping whatever tears were by his eyes after he had removed the eye mask off his face.
'You feeling alright there, master?'
Ember being the first of the Elementals to speak to the guardian in a patient manner.
Izuku was silent for a few seconds after the fire woman had asked her question, then suddenly letting out a soft chuckle which surprised the Elemental gods.
"Alright? I feel great!" The boy suddenly uttered in a raised voice, his arms pumping the air with the mask still in one hand. The boy now pacing back and forth as he chuckled a little more and ran a hand through his hair, the teen running on pure adrenaline currently. "I did it! I actually.. I-I actually did my first duty as a.. well, an unofficial hero, but a hero duty nonetheless!" The boy then went on an excited muttering rant as he continued to pace around the large rooftop. Izuku able to tune out the voices of the gods as he did so.
'Well, that was quite an unexpected response.'
Atmos being the next to speak out of her family in slight surprise, unable to help but chuckle proudly as they all watched the boy seemingly get lost into his own little world. Ember now heard giggling before she spoke up next.
'I told you all he was gonna kick bad guy ass!'
Galva scoffed at his fire sister's comment before he too spoke up.
'Oh, Hush Ember, we did not even doubt the master's ability to get the job done for a second, so don't make it sound as such.'
Glacis then chuckled at her lightning brother's own comment before adding her to the subject.
'Haha, he's got you there sis.'
If anyone else could see her now, the fire Elemental would be seen pouting as she replied in disappointment to her two siblings ganging up on her.
'Oh, You two can just kiss my fiery ass.'
The mother then intervened before the Elemental children had the chance to escalate their conversation to a shouting match.
'That is enough, my children! We knew young Midoriya would not fail us in the first place, so there is no need to begin starting a pointless squabble amongst yourselves.'
Animus lectured her children in an authorative motherly tone, which worked wonders on subdueing the Elementals aggressive behaviour towards each other. The two females responding in a typical teenage grumble, while the lightning entity replied in a slightly ashamed tone.
'Sorry, mother.'
Animus let out a deep sigh as Shayde and Aurora could not hold back their amusement of the situation, the former heard quietly snickering while the latter had a suppressed giggle escape her. Shayde now speaking up in a teasing sing-songy whisper to the lectured Elementals.
'You got in trouuble~'
'Shut up Shayde.'
Ember silently retorted before a huff was heard from her.
'My son, do not make me lash my authority out on you as well. Because I promise you, I will.'
Shayde was then heard raspily and quietly eeping as he seized his soft cackling. Not daring to test his mother's threat and most especially, her patience.
'Apologies mother.'
'Thank you. Now then, young Midoriya?'
Upon hearing his surname being called by the mother Elemental, Izuku immediately snapped out his rant and looked down to the medallion curiously. "Y-Yeah, Animus?"
'Oh my, I kind of expected that I would have to call you a few more times before I finally got your attention.'
Animus stated teasingly, letting out a short giggle as the teen was quick to become flustered, bringing a hand to rub anxiously at the back of his head as he sweat dropped. "S-Sorry about that.. I-I tend to talk to myself.. a lot, when I get excited about something." He responded in embarassment.
'We're well aware, so do not fret, my child. I was only teasing you. So, now that you calmed down a little, care to tell the depths of your feelings?'
Animus softly questioned, the boy tempted to go on another amazed fueled rant again, but was able to control himself enough to prevent that course of action.
Izuku then gazed off towards the city with a warm smile shaped on his lips, walking to stand by close to the edge. "Well like I said before, I feel pretty great. Well, honestly, no words can describe what I feel really.. I'm feeling.. fulfilled, excited, relieved.. complete, and that's only naming a few of a multitude of the things I'm feeling.." He chuckled softly, grasping at the medallion as he lifted it to look closely at the gemstones. "I just.. I can't thank you all enough.. You all.. gave me hope again. Made me forgive and forget all the years others have destroyed whatever fragment of my own hope I had.. I'll never, ever forget that. Thank you Animus.. Exos.. everyone." The teen was threatening to shed tears once more, but refused to let them fall, wanting to look to the Elementals with a brave face, and wanting them to look at their chosen guardian just as he should be. His response having the gods rendered speechless.
The medallion and its symbols began to glow and hum faintly, the Elementals bond with the green haired teen beginning to grow more as they could feel his genuine trust, emotions.. and even love towards the family present in his heart and voice.
Back in the Elementals world for a moment, Animus brought a hand up to her chest as she had a pleasant smile form on her lips, the Elemental children having smiles, smirks and grins on their own lips as they shared brief glances at each other before looking to the window that showed their Elemental guardian, smiling confidentally at them.
'You really have chosen the next worthy hero, haven't you, my love?' The goddess of life thought to herself as she looked down to the smoothe flowing grass of her home. Her smile weakening at what she had thought next. 'Hopefully, he'll be the one to finally defeat him..'
Moments after Izuku's disappearance
In a random sidewalk of Musutafu, a six-three foot tall man dressed in a black pea coat with dark brown khakis, dark oxford shoes and a black panama hat on his head, was standing in the middle of an astonished crowd that looked up at a digital billboard that had the broadcast of Izuku's hero work displayed on it.
After seeing Izuku had disappeared in a cyclone of air, the man immediately began to walk away down the sidewalk, furthering himself away from the loudly conversing crowd behind him. The unknown man looked to have deathly pale skin and crimson red eyes, locks of pure black hair sticking out from under his hat, his face dawning a black medical face mask to hide his identity and the rest of his facial appearance.
He then let out a quiet, sinister chuckle as he walked with his hands hiding within his coat pockets. Suddenly, his deep, mature voice spoke up, his head currently facing down to the concrete below. "So.. you've finally chosen your next guardian to continue our little game.." His head then looked up to reveal his eyes were now a pure black, his mask shifting as he grinned wickedly under it.
"Then let the games continue.. My dear Family.."
And bam, next chapter finished! Hehe, A little tease towards this story's main antagonist. Already have some plans going with how I'm going about with this. And I hope I do good with it for you guys to enjoy. Anyway, said all I needed to say with the beginning author's note, so ain't got much to say right now. XD
Izuku's Harem:
- Ochako Uraraka
- Mina Ashido
- Momo Yaoyorozu
- Mei Hatsume
- Itsuka Kendo
- Tsuyu Asui
- Himiko Toga
- Nejire Hado
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