Artificial Human Izuku
Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia
Chapter 9: What Little Peace We Have Left
Izuku was sprawled on the couch as he faced the ceiling. It had only been a night and soon his lessons for three years at U.A will begin.
He had already got the U.A uniform and the U.A sports uniform.
So he was set…for the most part.
Kurogiri had told him that he required books, pens and a bag to hold it all. He told him to go shopping.
Izuku's response was that he'd go later.
…
So he was going now.
He got up and donned his Izuru disguise. Didn't need anyone with a keen eye that saw Izuku buy the bag and Izuru wearing it.
"Hey, bro." he called out to Tomura. "Want anything while I'm out?"
"Nah." He said. "I'm good."
Izuku nodded as he left. "Bag, pens, books." He repeated Kurogiri's list for his school needs.
So where was he going for his shopping needs? The Kiyashi Ward Shopping Mall also known as Wookiees!
There he got a one strap bag, a couple of books with some pens.
…That was it. Nothing more…
Until he left that was.
With his new bag on with his books and pens inside, he stopped as he saw a battle between heroes and villains.
He didn't get far from the shopping mall and he was already treated to a sight of battle.
Well, it was time for info gathering now.
Izuku ducked into an alleyway and thanks to some quick moves ended on the buildings roof where he now looked down at the fight.
The first hero who arrived on the scene was a man wearing a black unitard with a wood helmet, wooden gloves that reach past his forearm, a wooden belt, and wooden shoes.
This was the hero known as Kamui Woods. A hero Izuku had seen before.
The screaming fangirls also confirmed it was Kamui Woods.
The hero used his quirk Lumber to generate wood from his arm. The wood from his arm sprouted into many branches resembling a tree in winter as the villain easily moved around each branch before jumping off the side of the buildings into the air.
That's when the second hero turned up.
She had long voluminous blonde hair with two curled strands and violet coloured eyes with white pupils. She wore a purple and cream coloured skintight bodysuit that is accented with orange stripes. The bodysuit also has three peculiar orange diamond shaped dots on the purple top that are located under her chest. She also wore a purple domino mask with horn-like protrusions on the sides.
This was the hero named Mount Lady. Another hero that Izuku had seen before…wasn't her debt a few months ago?
Using her quirk of Gigantification, she grew into a giant of around two thousand meters.
Maybe a little more or a little less, he wasn't really counting.
She threw her arm to catch the villain and as her hand captured the villain, the villain escaped the same way he escaped Kamui's quirk.
"Hm…" Izuku watched as the villain escape from the two heroes.
However, Kamui Woods was right behind the villain using his branches to pull himself to the buildings they latched onto.
Mount Lady, due to her giant form, could easily cover the ground quicker.
Izuku had to admit, he was quite impressive.
It didn't look like the villain had done any crimes. Except for using his quirk…
"There it is, there it is, there it is." And there was Mount Lady's fans alright.
…Was it a coincidence that they always showed up together at a few fights? Probably, but that wouldn't stop anyone from spreading rumours.
…
"Reminder to self…"
Izuku lost interest as he hopped back down and headed back to the bar.
"Oi, where are you going?" Tomura asked as he was leaning against the bar.
"Out?" the younger teen said with slight confusion.
Tomura let out a low dry chuckle. "Don't lie to me Izu." He said as a bead of sweat trailed down Izuku's face.
Tomura's hand lashed out as he then…ruffled the green haired teen's hair. "So…who is it?"
"…Huh?" he looked at Tomura with confusion.
"Last night you came back to the bar and even though you said you just talked to Giran and had a drink, there was this look in your eye that said someone caught your interest."
"Tomura…" Kurogiri said as he placed a clean glass down. "You should tease Izuku."
"Thank you Kurogiri!"
"But he is going through puberty isn't he?" the mist-like bartender said as he looked over to the dressed up Izuku wearing his villain outfit. "I do have to say, I'm also curious to find out."
"Curse you Kurogiri! I trusted you!"
"I bet you it's a girl."
"Of course it's going to be a girl. Do you not see who he lives with?" the bartender asked.
"Guys…"
"Well…it is a sausage feast…"
"I wonder what type of girl it is. I hope it's not a cougar." Kurogiri started cleaning his glass a little to fast.
"It better fucking not!" the older brother hissed as he disintegrated a shot glass.
"Language! Also stop destroying my glasses."
"I'm…just going to leave now…" Izuku said softly as he already made his way to the door.
"No! I'm not taking any chances!" Tomura shouted. "I'm gonna kill that cougar hussy!"
"You don't even know if it's a cougar, besides it could be a girl around his age."
"We'll just get Izu to tell us! Izu…" Tomura and Kurogiri turned to see that he had already left.
"You scared him off."
"Me?" Tomura leaned back in shock. "Weren't you the one who brought up the possibility of a cougar?"
Kurogiri looked shocked. "I said I hope it's not, I didn't say it could have been!"
"…" the light on the monitor flickered out as sensei just sat in the room with the Noumu. "…I heard nothing…"
He decided that he didn't hear it.
He didn't want to get involved.
Izuku was back at DS-1 sitting at one of the higher seats that overlooked the dance floor below.
The fifteen year old watched the dancing below as he leaned against a railing. Thanks to practicing for the exams, it kinda slipped his mind that he had turned fifteen.
Either way, the music started softly to ease into the beginning of the night before getting progressively louder.
More people would find themselves on the dance floor as the night progressed.
However for certain people, days of enjoying yourself were coming to a close. For those like him who were going into the support course or those who managed to get into the hero course, they couldn't waste time with small luxuries anymore when they became a hero.
Well they could, just not long enough anymore.
"I'll take a Qui-Gon Gin." He said to the employee who approached him without turning his head. The lady nodded before going off to fetch the drink.
As he rested against the railing, he saw a tuff of unruly pink hair as he raised his eyebrow.
She must be a real party goer if she came back two nights in a row or could have been more, for all he knew she came here every night.
However, instead of being on the dance floor, she was walking around it.
She looked like she really enjoyed dancing last night.
The music was getting louder as she looked around. Perhaps she was looking for a seat? He could understand that, but with how early it was being only eight, it was still fairly light compared to the later times the other night goers came in.
Well it would be pouring in soon.
He stopped as the lady from before came back with his drink as he paid for it. He looked back down as just as the pink haired and skinned girl had looked up.
Their eyes locked with one another once more.
She sent him a smile followed by a small wink before she left his field of view. He wasn't going to lean further over the railing.
Waste of a drink otherwise.
He sat on the large seats at the lights changed colours and the music blasted.
Now the real party was getting started.
Yet, it was still soft enough to be able to hear when other's talked…and yourself too.
"Hey there." A cheerful voice called him from behind. He turned to see the pink haired girl from a few seconds ago.
"Hello." He greeted as he took a sip from his drink, and from the look of it, she got a drink as well, a stormtrooper if he recalled.
He might have to get a Vader after his current drink…
The pink skinned and haired alien-like girl made herself comfortable on the seat opposite of him. She had a wide smile that could be seen as a grin to some.
"I didn't think you'd show up again." She said before she winked. "Did you see something you liked?"
"I did." He replied bluntly. "I saw something that interested me."
"Was it my looks or my dance moves?" she asked with a growing grin.
"Your eyes mainly." He said. "But the other two are definitely up there as well."
"Aren't you a charmer." She said with playful words. "The name's Mina Ashido."
"Izuku…Shigaraki."
Izuku placed his drink on the glass table as he talked to the pink haired teen. She was definitely lively.
"You took a bit of time with that last name. Your not lying to me, are you?"
"I'm not, Shigaraki is just my adopted last name." he told her as her mouth made an O shape from understanding.
Ashido fiddled with her drink at the newly created awkward tension. "Is something that matter?" he asked.
"…I just wanted to say sorry. You must have gone through rough times?"
He never broke eye contact as he drank. "Yeah…I don't want to bother you with the details. That's not what a nightclub is for."
Ashido nodded as she smiled. "So…you're not two left footed are you?"
"I'm two right footed." He glanced to where she was looking at. "…I never dance before, never needed to dance."
If anything her grin grew to predatory size. "It's easy, you just got to move your body! As long as you're having fun, it's alright!"
She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the dance floor.
As he looked at her, he found one word that described her.
…Light.
A bright shining light, she was practically glowing.
But that could also be the club lights.
Now he was trapped on the dance floor.
How was he going to get out of this one? He looked around at the other people dancing.
Despite coming here before, he usually came here for business and a couple of drinks. He took note of the people dancing.
But he didn't really care.
Now as he was on the dance floor, he was taking in the other's dancing styles.
They were just moving their bodies to the beat, not caring if they may or may not look like fools.
So improvise, got it.
So improvised he did. He went along with it all.
The music was loud, loud enough to hold a private conversation with a person if you were close to them.
"Now you're getting it." The black and yellow eyed girl said. "It's not that hard."
"No, I suppose your right."
He was getting the hang of it.
"So tell me a bit about yourself." He heard her say despite the sudden drop.
"Not much to tell. Orphaned at a young age and adopted really." He told her. That was pretty much his backstory anyway. "What about you?"
"Not much. Just your average family life, loving parents, boring school life and…I'm sorry." During her story, when she mentioned 'loving parents' his lip twitched.
"No, it's fine. They've been dead for years."
"…May I ask how many?"
"You just did. Well I was four when they died so about eleven years."
Ashido didn't feel like the best person now. "But, hey, I got a older brother now." He said with a smile. "Well an older brother and one who I can't decide as a brother or uncle…and a person that's like a father to me."
Ashido smiled when she saw his smile as he thought about his adoptive family. So this was the type a smile a hero was meant to protect.
After whatever you want to call it on the dance floor, they returned to the seats with a refill on drinks.
"It seems like some of the people here know you, do you come here often?" the pink skinned girl asked as he waved his hand in a fifty-fifty motion.
"No, sometimes I pop around." He said. "You on the other hand seem like a regular."
"Hehe, kind of. I don't come every night but with some recent things happening like getting into my dream school, I thought I spend most of my free time having fun until then."
"Yeah, starting in a few days, I will be very busy." He stirred his drink a bit. "It's best to have the time of your life now before you get swamped with work of any kind."
"I can drink to that." She nodded.
"Can you really? I don't think you're the right age to drink." He said with a sly smile.
"I-It's just a saying!" she defended herself with a dark lilac blush. "I'm not actually going to drink alcohol!"
His smile grew a little. "Who said anything about alcohol?"
"Huh? But that's the only thing that could be applied too!"
"Non-alcoholic drinks maybe?" he offered. "While it is legal in pubs, a majority of those pubs will not sell them to minors."
She only pouted at him before they both had a laugh.
They talked a bit more into the night before Izuku placed his second finished drink down. "Well it was nice meeting you Ashido." He politely nodded. "But I must take my leave now."
"It was nice meeting you, Shigaraki."
"Please call me Izuku. It might get confusing if you ever see me with my brother."
"Hm…only if you call me Mina."
"Sure." He nodded. "See ya Mina." He waved as he left the nightclub.
In a few days he would be infiltrating U.A and that was one step closer to killing the Symbol of Peace.
