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Chapter 10: Miracle of Life

Izuku was steadily jogging his way down his apartment home's narrow hallway while humming a soft tune to himself after he had departed from his bedroom, taking only a couple seconds before he had passed through his small wooden doorframe gates that were attached to a door that connected the main area of the home and the hallway that had the bedrooms, bathroom and laundry room.

In the kitchen upon entering the main area was Inko who was currently making dinner for the two of them, steadily stirring rice within a pot while she was humming a soft melody of her own.

"Hey mom." The green haired teen greeted his mother in a cheerful tone when immediately noticing her in the kitchen, having jogged his way over to the refridgerator and opened it upon reaching it, the guardian jogging in place while he browsed through the fridge's contents for a few seconds before he reached inside to take out a water bottle.

"Hey sweetie, How does rice an-" Inko's intended question was cut short when she turned her head towards her son, her eyes slightly widened in surprise as she blinked in confusion a few times while she slightly tilting her head. It being the first time she had seen her son doing such a thing in.. well, ever. "Uh.. Izuku?" She called out softly in a curious manner.

Izuku took a quick gulp of his water bottle before letting out a refreshed exhale when bringing it down and twisting the cap back on. "Oh, that's good." He commented on the beverage to himself as he wiped a wrist gently on his lips, then steering his attention over to his mother with a smile. "Yeah?" He replied chipperly, the boy not seizing his still jogging.

Inko continued to look at him curiously, one of her brows raised as she looked up her son for a moment before saying something about his current action. "Are you okay? You didn't drop ice down your shorts now, did you?" She questioned with a humorous tone.

"Huh?" Izuku looked at Inko with a look of confusion as he slightly tilted his head. He then looked down to his legs, the boy having not even realized how he was moving until it was pointed out. The young guardian internally shrieked as he was quick to stop his legs and go stiff. Then he let out a anxious chuckle as he grinned awkwardly at his mom while gently rubbing the back of his head for a moment before he responded to his mother. "O-Oh, heh, sorry about that mom."

Inko softly giggled at the slightly embarassed boy before shaking her head and looking back to continue watching over her cooking. "No need to apologize, I was just a bit curious. So, what got you so excited to begin.. jogging?" She questioned as she looked over to Izuku at the corner of her sight, smirking slightly as she continued to stir the rice in the pot in front of her for a few seconds before seizing and putting a lid on top of the pot.

Izuku blushed softly as he scoffed bashfully at the question. "W-Well, that's because I was actually about to go out for one. A jog that is." He replied.

That response caught Inko completely off guard as her eyes widened in disbelief at her son, causing Izuku to deadpan and slightly slouch at the look his mother was giving him. "And what's with that look?" He asked in a equally deadpanned voice.

Inko recovered from her stupor as soon as her son's question came up, the dark green haired mother shaking her head quickly for a moment before clearing her throat with a slight smirk still curved on her lips. "Oh nothing at all. Was just surprised, since you never.. ever go out jogging. You lazy butt." She stated in a teasing tone as she scoffed.

Izuku could not help but grin at his mother's shot at him, letting out a soft chuckle as he shook his head and began to make his way towards the entrance/exit of their home. "Wow, that's cold mom, ice cold." He chuckled once more as he began to put on his shoes at the door.

Inko giggled softly as she was beginning to finish up her cooking. "You know I'm kidding son, settle settle."

Izuku scoffed as he rolled his eyes, now kneeled down by the door to tie on his shoes. "Yeah, I know." He got back onto his feet before he continued, tapping his toes lightly on the floor for a moment and looked back to his mother with a gentle smile. "Alright, I'll be back in an hour or so. So just save my plate for later." He nodded to Inko before he began to walk out of the door after opening it.

"Okay, please be careful Izuku!" Inko shouted out in reply to her son in a worried tone, praying that he would not run into another "stray dog situation."

"Don't worry, I will!" He shouted back to assure his mother before shutting the door behind him. After he was out, the pendant of the elements suddenly reappeared around his neck, causing Izuku to flinch in surprise as he had not even noticed that it was gone in the first place. "Wait a minute, when did you disappear?" He questioned in confusion as he looked down to the medallion. Animus was heard softly giggling for a quick moment before she replied to his question in an amused tone.

"Well, after you had so carelessly forgot to hide us after leaving your room. We took it upon ourselves to make us.. invisible I guess you can say."

Izuku flushed in embarassment as he quickly caught on with what the mother Elemental was saying, realizing his own mistake now that she had pointed it out to him. "O-Oh, smart move." He awkwardly chuckled. "Sorry about that." He uttered apologetically.

Animus gently giggled once more before speaking again. "It's quite alright, my child, but you really must remember to hide the medallion if you are ever to go in public. It probably won't take a genius to figure out who you are just from looking at us. So please, be more aware."

Izuku gulped as he lightly sweat and nodded before he replied to the Elemental mother's instruction. "Yeah, I hear you." After his reply, he immediately reached for the medallion on his chest to carefully bring down under his shirt. "A-Again, sorry about that." He uttered anxiously.

"I gotta say, I like your mom, she has a great sense of humor." Glacis commented, letting out an amused chuckle after she had finished speaking.

Izuku himself chuckled at the ice Elemental's comment as he shrugged and nodded his head in agreement, now beginning to walk towards the elevator of the apartment building. "Yeah. I swear she didn't mean the things she said back there. We like to poke fun at each other every now and then." He replied as he smiled softly. "But yeah, she's the best." He added in a soft voice.

"Well, if that does not show you have a strong bond with your mother, then I guess I don't know what does." Hydran added in with a amused scoff escaping him.

"Well, it has been just me and her since.." He did not finished that sentence as he suddenly fell silent, looking down with a slight frown curving on his lips. "S.. Since my.." The green haired guardian was already close to shedding tears just from the very of thought of his deceased father. His eyes closing for a moment as he let out a trembled exhale, trying to take a calming breath before he could finish his sentence, but he was not given the chance to do so as Animus had taken the chance to speak up again and pardon the boy of his statement.

"You do not have to talk about it if it causes you such pain, my child. We will not press on the matter. We share your pain on what it is like to lose a loved one.. You remember that, right?"

Izuku let out a deep sigh as he nodded weakly with a saddened look, already remembering the night a couple days ago of when the Elemental family had told him about the previous Elemental guardian, Aiyana, and how they had looked to the girl like she was their own flesh and blood. How the parents looked to her as a daughter, and the Elemental children looked to her as a young sister. "Y-Yeah.. I remember. I still feel guilty for having you recall it though.."

"And like I said before young Midoriya, it is quite alright. We have moved on and finished with our mourning. I just hope you can truly finish yours too. But don't take that the wrong way, I don't wish for you to forget about your father." Animus finished with an assuring tone of voice.

Izuku looked to the ground as he began to walk into the elevator after he had called it up to his floor, letting out a soft sigh as he shrugged and gave a weak nod. "Yeah.. don't worry. I know that's not what you meant." He weakly smiled. "I can never forget about my dad even if I wanted to, not that I want to." The boy then pressed the button that would take him down towards the first floor, the elevator doors closing as soon as he did. After the doors closed, Izuku leaned against one of the walls of the elevator. A look of sorrow still in his eyes.

"Sorry master.. I didn't mean to.."

"Don't worry about it Hydran, I know you didn't." Izuku replied to put the water Elemental at ease. The light Elemental then began to speak up after him in a soft, worried voice.

"Are you gonna be okay to go on the run, Master? If you don't feel like it now, we can always just wait till another day."

Izuku smiled smally at Aurora's concern for him, but assured the light Elemental with a nod of his head and a hum of confirmation before he replied to her. "No, no. I'll be fine, but thanks Aurora. If there's one thing I know. My father would not want him... or the memory of him to hold me back from achieving my dreams. So it's okay, I know I can do this." He said in a soft voice of confidence.

"Atta boy master, That's the spirit!" Ember uttered in high spirits, as if the whole depressing mood had not happened in the first place. A response that the guardian did not take any offense to, but rather his smile got slightly bigger as he appreciated the response instead. Also earning a light chuckle from him. It was safe to say that the fire Elemental's contagious confidence was what he needed to hear and feel right now. "You definitely have a strong heart worthy to be the guardian!" It was then, the elevator door had opened up and Izuku was quick to recover from his sorrow emotions as he stood straight and began to jog his way out of the elevator.

"Thank you ma'am!" Said Izuku in a voice of a soldier replying to his superior officer. Jogging his way over to the entryway of the property to leave, his determination to improve himself physically having been restored thanks to the Ember.

'In the Elemental World'

Animus smiled as she watched their guardian move with a smile on his face, looking to Ember by her side chanting a tune to keep the boy energized as she was the one taking the initiative to guide him for the current physical activity. Or rather, all of the physical activities really. 'Thank you my daughter, I was really beginning to worry there. And yes, you're right.. He truly does have a strong heart.' The mother Elemental thought as she looked back to the aura window that displayed Izuku.

'Back with Izuku'

Izuku had been into his jog for around twenty five minutes as he was currently travelling through the sidewalks of a random street. When he was about to pass by a narrow alley, he was quick to bring himself to a sudden stop at the alley when the panicked voice of Aurora softly cried out to him in alarm. "Master, please stop!"

The green haired teen skidded to a stop on his heels as soon as he heard Aurora, his heart pumping rapidly as the surprise of the cry from the light Elemental had him feeling immediately anxious, looking to his chest to where the medallion was hidden underneath his shirt. The teen giving off rapid breaths. "W-What is it?" He questioned in confusion as he blinked a few times.

She then began to speak up once more in a low, saddened tone. "Mother, there's something.." Before Aurora could even finish speaking, her mother had already caught on with what had her light Elemental daughter so worried as she spoke up before she could continue speaking any further.

"Yes, I sense it too my daughter. Young Midoriya?" She called out to Izuku in a firm tone of voice.

The green haired guardian stood up straight in attention at the celestial mother's call, his body lightly shivering at the life Elemental's current voice. "Y-Yes?" He replied with a nervous voice.

"The alley, go into it." Animus softly commanded, which was quick to get a curious and bewildered stare from the Elemental guardian.

"But W.. Why?" As soon as he questioned the celestial mother's demand, he internally shrieked as he tensed up when Animus was quick to respond in a irritated tone, raising the volume of her voice slightly at him which aided in making him feel more anxious.

"Don't ask questions child and just do it!"

Izuku lightly whimpered for a quick moment as he lightly sweated on his forehead before he nodded and followed her demand without any further questioning. "R-Right away ma'am." He responded in a nervous voice as he did what he was told, making his way steadily into the alley. The alley having a couple trash cans in it, as well as a large dumpster that was against the right wall in the middle of the alley.

"Behind the dumpster, hurry. There is not much more time left." Animus urged the boy.

Izuku did not say anything in response as he felt there was no need to do so, not wanting to frustrate the mother Elemental more than his stalling has already did so. He was now jogging his way over to look behind the dumpster. His eyes widened in horror as he let out a soft gasp at what he saw was laying right behind the trash object on a flat piece of cardboard. "Oh my god.." He said in shock as his right fist came up to cover his slightly gaped mouth.

What met his sight as soon as he looked around the corner of the dumpster was a small, malnourished, and.. dying white cat that had small bits of its fur gone from some areas of its body. The feline was currently laying on one of its sides as it took slow, raspy breaths with its eyes closed. The cat looking like it was close to nearing its last breath.

"Mother.. it's.. it's dying.." Atmos commented in a low, sorrowful voice.

"I know my child, young Midoriya?" Animus once again called out of to him urgently, which was quick to bring the green haired guardian out of his shocked trance as he shook his head and looked down at his chest as he replied to mother Elemental.

"Y-Yeah?" Izuku questioned nervously.

"I need you to take the creature into your arms right away." Animus commanded him once again in a firm tone of voice.

Izuku eyes narrowed curiously down at the medallion's shape through his shirt for a few seconds, having a slight frown on his lips as he then looked back to the kitten with a guilt stricken gaze. "B-But Animus, it's gonna di-" Animus once more spoke up urgently to interrupt his sentence, not wanting to hear what the boy was about to say and just hoped he would stop questioning her demands.

"Young Midoriya, I deeply apologize for this, but I need you to be quiet right now, trust me and just do as I say! Now pick up the cat right now, please!" Izuku's eyes widened in surprise and immediately felt fearful at the life Elemental's sudden roar at him. His body tensing as he gulped when looking back down to his chest. Hearing the celestial mother's voice sound desperate.

Not needing any more pressuring from her than that, Izuku got rid of his hesitation as he quickly moved to kneel down right by the cat, his hands carefully approaching to gently take the dying feline into his arms to cradle it. An aching pain striking his heart when he heard a low.. pained mewl come from the animal, his lower lip quivering as he bit down on it with a anxious look on his face. "It feels as light as a feather.." He commented in a low, soft voice. Immediately feeling guilt that he had even considered leaving the poor creature initially. 'I'm such a fool..' He thought in soft frustration towards himself.

"Mother, please hurry!" The fire, ice/snow, air and light Elemental children uttered in a panic after they had heard the pained mewl from the creature. "It's not gonna last much longer!" Ember added after her and her sisters cry. Animus was quick to respond to her daughters plea.

"I know my children, please stay calm." She then began to talk to Izuku once again. "Okay, thank you young Midoriya. Now, just hold the creature close to you and I'll do the rest from there." The mother Elemental instructed the guardian in a more calmed tone of voice now.

Izuku gulped as he nodded in compliance. "Will do." He softly replied as he looked down to the white furred kitten. Taking a calm breath before he lightly embraced the poor creature in his arms, his thumb lightly stroking the top of its head. "What now?" He asked as he looked down to his chest, he recieved no voiced response from the Elementals, but instead got a different kind of response.

His eyes widened as he let out a surprised gasp as suddenly his body had began to emit a bright, white and sparkling aura. Hearing a light hum echoing in the alley that was coming from him, or more specifically the aura that was coming off of him. He looked to the white outlining of his body in shock and astonishment, confused, yet absolutely amazed with what was happening with him. 'What's going o-' Before he could finish his thought though, his sights had once again set on the white creature in his arms. What he saw was happening to creature now, left him absolutely speechless and his jaw slightly dropped as he let out a soft, trembled gasp.

The cat was now slowly losing its skeletal thin figure as its muscle was beginning to become replenished to make its body look more normal, its pure white fur that was lost due to its condition was beginning to grow back quickly. The creature in its entirety was slowly becoming to look.. as good as new. There was one astonished thought that immediately came to Izuku's mind after he had processed what was currently happening with the creature in his arms.

'She's... healing it.'

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