Honestly, I have started school, so I apologize if my updates are not as many as they used to be. I love this chapter, I am happy for you all to read this chapter. Some people have asked on the whole "kamino ward arc" and I'm just going to say, the next chapter is where your answers will be answered.
The night is bothersome. Midoriya keeps waking up, tossing and turning around one in the morning. A heavy weight of trepidation and hopelessness falls onto his sleeping form. His mind running faster than the fastest quirk user with numerous of thoughts that he can't decipher. All he knows is that it deals with Kota's words from earlier. He couldn't sleep so he decides to write needed information on being Champion for Kota. He has a blank notebook that had yet to be filled so he used it to write a few things on the importance of their roles and what comes with it. He makes sure it's understandable.
Summary:
The Champions are made to carry out business in the Human Plane where their Personas cannot meddle.
Each Champion is special. A variety of abilities are given to them. In addition to power, they can see creatures known as "Guides". These Guides are creatures tied to the Persona. (Example on back)
Personas and their Guides:
Death: Ghouls. They are not always trustworthy, so if one ever encounters a Ghoul, do not speak to it or approach it.
Fate: Arachnids. They are one of the most trustworthy Guides. Do not be fooled though, if they are threatened, they will attack and kill if needed.
War: Skeletons. If their human self served in a side of war that had lost, they are turned into Guides for War's Champion. These are not as bad as Ghouls, but again, proceed caution.
He writes more information on different two more Personas, then he goes back to writing more on the Champions and their duties. By the time, they have to be up and running, Midoriya's hand is cramping and he's exhausted. He hasn't finished the journal, but he makes sure people won't look through it. Once it's time for them to get up, Izuku places the notebook in his bag, which no one ever touches unless given permission—that's a rare occurrence.
The following day is filled with more tiresome training. The whole staying up until morning messed him up and now people can see the dark purple bags that outline bloodshot and tired eyes. The young heroes glance at the teen with confusion for his lack of sleep. "Midoriya! It is proper hero etiquette to get the proper amount of sleep!"
"Sleep? What is that? Is it food? Can I eat it?"
Kaminari snorts, covering his mouth as he covers up his snickers having found that funny while a few of the girls know where that reference came from. Those few turn towards the sleep deprived child with wide eyes. "You watched Noble, My Love?"
"Hmm? Yeah. I liked the storyline. They're so cute together, don't you think?" The girls who like the K-drama start chattering with Izuku, earning a few looks from the guys. "While I like Noble, My Love,I have to say that Black is another good romance K-drama."
Jirou's eyes widen and she clasps her hands around his. "Marry me!"
Kaminari raises an eyebrow. "Aww! The tsundere can show feelings!"
A blush covers both of their faces at this point and time. Jirou clears her throat. "I like the soundtrack. That and the storyline is good. Reaper 444 is relatable when it comes to interacting with humans."
Midoriya nods, grinning at Jirou's explanation. "He's so awkward and oblivious that it's hilarious, especially with how serious he is."
"So basically Todoroki?"
"Me?"
They all give Todoroki a glance. "Yup. Uraraka's right," says Mina. She's grinning at the dual-element quirk user. "He's awkward, oblivious, and serious."
The small group conversation is interrupted when Kota—the small child who had tried punching Midoriya and the one who knocked Mineta off the fence—comes waltzing up to the former mentioned teenager. He grasps the scarred hand and tugs on him to follow. "Mandalay, I'll be taking Izuku from you!"
"Kota—wait, Izuku?" she questions finding the situation strange. The whole calling some hero (someone that he has shown great hatred for since meeting) by their first name is what took her aback.
"Yes. Izuku." He makes a show in motioning to the older Champion. "I'll be taking him. I'll bring him back in a bit. I just need to ask him a few questions."
A few people gape at him for quite a while since—like Mandalay—know that the child is not a fan of Midoriya or anyone there. Not even waiting for her response, Kota tugs on the older Champion, who stumbles a bit but allows him to drag him somewhat. In response to the stares, Izuku shrugs and sends them a reassuring smile. He doesn't even know what is going on, but apparently, it's important enough to be dragged out of training.
It isn't even past ten minutes when he comes back looking like he just doesn't know what to do with life. He doesn't elaborate on what Kota wanted but the kid is happy and reading something that Mandalay or any of the Pussycats don't recognize. "He's so mean," he whines comically, shaking his head with a pout as a show that he hit him. He laughs with a few of his friends as he starts catching up with his missed training.
Once the day gives away to the night, Ragdoll explains to them that they will be having a test of courage. Aizawa waits as his remedial students express their happiness before having to take them for their night class. He mentally grins at the reactions of his students before telling them that they need to stop whining.
"What mad banquet of darkness," murmurs Tokoyami. Uraraka and the girls glance at each other with grins at hearing that phrase. They find it funny and adorable at the same time.
Shouto watches, his eyes never straying from them. He sighs and returns to listening to the heroines explain everything. Somehow he ends up being Bakugou's partner to go into the forest. He sighs, listening to the class complain about who they're paired up with (no one louder than Bakugou). The only one alone is Midoriya. Shouto glances at him but all he sees is the same guarded expression that he himself wears all the time. The boy with the yellow horned, red cap is staring at the green-haired teenager. They seem to have a silent conversation that the son of the number two hero can't seem to decipher. The two mirror each other's expressions before the child leaves with a nod. That is . . . strange. What is going on between them? They're too serious right now.
Shouto decides to watch but he doesn't get too much of a chance to since his team is second to go in. All he hopes is that nothing is bad and the two are just trying to be serious so that no one has a clue on what they're planning.
Everything is going okay.
It's the calm before the storm.
A shame they did not realize it when they had the chance.
Then again, fate cannot be changed in large groups.
Oh, how they'll regret it.
Midoriya knows something isn't right. Kota had warned him about something happening. A fear spreading throughout the group. Now, that it's been revealed they're doing a test of courage, he kind of wanted to pass the notion but something kept that at bay. He asked Kota to look into his fate but the younger refused. "Knowing your fate right now, it will not be rewarding. Fate has told me that this is a matter I cannot mess with. Something bad is going to happen. That is all I can tell. I'll be at my secret base." The staring contest that they had before the test of courage was mostly their Personas speaking to each other for them so that no one could know.
This is going to be fun, they all believe. It isn't until a reptile-like hybrid dressed like Stain comes crashing in. He is grinning at them. The forest set ablaze as a purple mist sets in. "Mandalay!"
"I understand!" With her quirk she sends, Attention! We are being attacked by villains! Please, be alert! "Midoriya, where's Kota?"
Eyes wide, he knows what Fate has in stored for them. "I'll get him! Try your best to fight the villains. Iida, be careful and try to get as many people to safety!"
"Wait! Midoriya!" Tenya calls his voice tinged in worry. "Please, be careful. Do not do anything rash!" Please, do not let your last chance at survival be wasted here. You cannot die, Midoriya. He watches his friend pause and give him a grin. One not reassuring.
"I won't. Don't worry!" he lies. It's apparent but Tenya isn't given a chance to stop him. He watches in helplessness as his friend rushes off, Full Cowl crackling all over his body in green lightning as he rushes away. Tenya is worried. He wants his friend safe but the teen doesn't seem to have any self preservation when he should have.
With Kota, he's watching everything play out. Remorse thickening in his stomach having known that he could have prevented all this. It's hard convincing people about something if he can't reveal the whole Champion of Fate ordeal. They all know his quirk, so why tell them that he has precognition if that isn't his registered quirk? He has yet to hear about two quirks in one host but really, it'll be difficult to prove the whole "I can see your fate along with other abilities" charade. I should've prevented this, but I couldn't. Fate would never have let me. Midoriya, be careful.
A burst of color lightens in his field of vision. He turns his head to the left and meets a black figure with red all over them like a fog. Blood will be spilt and has been spilt by this person. Great. It's a villain. Kota gets up and starts walking away hopefully acting calm and not seeming to be in panic. It was no use. The villain emerges. "Well! Look what we have here! Such a small runt away from his pack!"
Kota's body goes rigid. That—that voice! I—I know that voice. He slowly turns to face him. It—it can't be.
"Mama! Please! Listen to me, you can't go! Papa? I know you're heroes! Don't go this one time!" He grasped their hands and was enveloped into their fates. The man that stood before his parents, stands before him. "Mama? Papa? Please, don't go."
"Mama," he whispers, tears filling his wide eyes as he stares at the man with fear and horror. "Papa. Don't—" he murmurs, trapped in a memory.
"I don't normally kill brats, but I might as well not keep a witness." He rushes forward but he is forced back. The villain's one working eye is on the angry green-eyed teen who is panting harshly as he glares at him. Is this—who I think it is?
Midoriya lets a predatory smile come onto his face. "You know, killing people just makes my job harder," he whispers with animosity. Green lightning is all around him but so is the aura of death. Kota isn't affected by it, having met Death not too long ago. Izuku knows that he shouldn't use his quirk but laws be damned if it means that Kota is safe. Izuku decides to use a combination of his scythe skills and his quirk. He watches as muscles wrap around the owner's body. "Oh? So you're Muscular? Honestly, I've heard so much about you that it raised my expectations of you. I guess one should never have high expectations for someone. After all, I must say, I am quite underwhelmed."
The blond adult scowls as he gets ready to beat this annoying brat to a pulp. "Ah, you must be Midoriya. Shigaraki wants you but he never stated whether alive or dead."
Izuku's scowl deepens. "Kota, run!" he commands before lunging at the villain. He swings his scythe at him, cutting some of the covering muscle off of his skin. "Honestly, you want to kill me? That's quite a laugh. You can't kill something that's already dead!" He uses the butt of his scythe to hit the guy in between the eyes—not much damage seeing as his muscle covering keeps from hurting him.
At that moment, Izuku is punched in the side. His weapon goes flying and Izuku is sent into the side of the mountain. He lands with a grunt in pain. "I may need to ask you something before I kill you," he states. A triumphant gleam shines brightly in his eye, he believes that he has won this. "Where is Bakugou Katsuki?"
Midoriya props himself up on his elbow, glaring at the villain. "Go to Hell," he spits. He glances to the side, having seen Kota from his peripheral vision. "I am not going to let you even get near them!"
"Heroes. They all have death wishes."
The laugh that comes from Izuku's lips isn't sane. It's a bloodcurdling laugh that echoes as if in a cave. Kota shudders at the sound and stumbles back in shock, knowing that that isn't a good thing. He knows that he has to leave but he can't move. All he can do is watch as Izuku slowly gets to his feet, swaying as he grins savagely. His green eyes give away to purple and gold—this time without the Grim Reaper's influence. His scythe is back in his hands. In a raspy voice, he speaks "Funny. You think you can kill me?" He powers up One For All and rushes forward. Kota watches it all with fear and worry. Fear for seeing his parents' murderer and worry for Izuku getting hurt.
He stumbled back a little more to avoid getting hurt himself. The green lightning brightens up more and more as Izuku continues to attack and defend. He can see the forming of bruises on the pale skin. With every landing on the ground or being thrown against the wall of the mountain, Izuku's shirt tears more and more, his flesh being ripped open. Blood trickles down but he pays no mind—his determination and adrenaline clouding the pain that he is dealing with. Muscular just keeps covering himself with more and more muscle, growing in size and glaring down at the twig of a thing that dares attack him—that just won't die!
He kicks the insufferable teenager in the side so hard he is on his less injured side, hacking and panting. "My quirk's muscle enchancer! These muscle fibers can't be contained even in my own skin!" He lets out a cackle. "You are inferior kid! And you even tried to act confident and strong but it didn't seem to last!" Muscular grunts when something hits him in the head.
"Water Hose . . . Mom . . . and Dad. Did you—did you torture them like this before you killed them?"
Kota—no! Please. You need to leave!
"Wait! Water Hose," he murmurs. "You're they're little brat? Oh, this must be fate!" That adds insult to injury. The child of Fate having been destined to meet his biological parents' murderer two years later? How sick and twisted!
Kota shakes in his shoes, staring at the looming figure who's about to crush him. Before the child can be crushed, Izuku jumps over and swings his scythe. The muscle fibers try to wrap around the blade but they're sliced. At the look of surprise and confusion, the child of Death chuckles lowly, his purple eyes blazing. "Your muscle fibers are weakening!"
The battle returns. On and on. Blow after blow. No one seems to be winning. Izuku just keeps calling on more and more power, risking the chance to break his bones—to shatter them if necessary. At some point during the fight, the scythe is out of his line of sight and he's on the ground. Muscular has overpowered somehow, having taken him by surprise and is now holding him down. No! I can't let him . . . take me out! He—Kota! I have to keep going! I'm sorry, Mom! I'm sorry! He does his best, breaking his arm to weaken his opponent's quirk. The thing about these types of quirks—no matter how strong it is, it can weaken with enough blows and strength. In a last moment to keep from getting crushed, Izuku tries to call upon more power from One For All but he can't.
He can't . . .
He isn't strong enough.
He can't . . .
He is sorry.
He can't . . .
His body is giving up.
He CAN'T . . .
The bones in his body crack and break, pain seeping through his veins, tears and blood cascade down his face, eyes and power dulling, and his heart ceasing.
HE CAN'T SAVE ANYONE!
Midoriya's body gives up on him. His breathing stops. His heart stops. His vision goes black. Pain—white hot agony, overtakes his whole being. Underneath the villain, he goes limp. His wrist burning bright as the last finger goes down and the marking disappears.
*GASP* Izuku has lost his last chance! Nah, people already knew this was going to happen. Um, what else? BAMF!Kota and Sassy!Kota in the next chapter. Izuku is a bad influence (somewhat).
Anyway Cliffhanger 'cause we all love them. Questions? I'll do my best to answer. Pm them to me