Izuku-The Hexblade Hero; Chapter 15
I do what I want when I want, how I want it… unless someone tells me no…
I can legit stop you from having beta'ed chapters you nonce. -USSP
And I can evict your skeleton from this reality, try me.
Obligatory swear word warning.
All in all, Shigiraki had to admit that his invasion was going rather well.
The decay user idly scratched at his neck, watching as his plan unfolded. Sure, the fact that All Might wasn't here like the schedule said he would be made him want to claw at his flesh, but he would take great joy in shredding the great hero's pride by ripping apart his students and co-workers.
Speaking of co-workers…
Shigiraki sighed as he watched Eraser Head focus on the last of the cannon fodder. He hadn't expected much from the mooks but come on! And judging by the cackling brats he heard fly over him earlier, they were struggling with the kids as well… oh well...
The hand covered man reached for the book bag he had brought with him, drawing out an old worn book. Shigiraki flipped through the pages with the utmost care, searching for a specific spell that would cripple the Underground Hero.
"Here we go," He dryly chuckled, cracked lips stretching into a sadistic smile as he began to slowly walk into range, watching the professional execute his attacks with practiced ease, taking down the of the trash.
"I thought you would be at a disadvantage in a crowd Eraser Head!" Shigiraki shouted, earning the hero's attention, "But I guess I was wrong…"
"Let's fix that," Shigiraki felt his smile almost break his face as he raised a ringed finger up to his lips, the crystal on it taking a sickly green color, "Blindness."
The pro hero had launched himself over the downed crowd of villains the moment Shigiraki had grabbed his attention and judging by the hero's flinch Shigiraki assumed the spell took effect.
Shigiraki frowned, the main drawback to the spell was that it was easy to break, as well as required him to focus on it.
The decay user stepped aside as the erasing hero crashed where he had been standing.
Shigiraki reached out to grab the pro, but the shaggy man lashed out with a blind punch which Shigiraki barely managed to dodge.
"Oh, impressive!" The neet chuckled, grabbing the outstretched arm with a full hand and took great sadistic glee in feeling it begin to slowly crumble beneath him.
"Gah!" The pro hero gasped in pain, swinging his off arm at the villain.
"Oh, don't like me?" Shigiraki taunted as he pushed the hero away, causing him to stumble and fall backward, quickly changing into a roll to gain some distance, "Maybe you'll like my friend."
"Nomu, break his arm for me."
Eraser head had just enough time to flinch before Nomu smashed him into the ground, good arm in its fist and the bones cracking at an enjoyably slow pace.
"Ah, like the sound of music." The young villain sighed, strutting forward to the fallen hero and plucking his goggles, letting them rot in his fingers. "Now let's see those eyes you're so fond of."
The hero glared up at him, eyes clouded with a sickly white as they were ravaged by the effects of his spell.
"Your quirk only works if you can see someone right?" Shigiraki poked the pro in the head, "I always wondered if that meant just what your eyes landed on, or if you needed to see it."
The young villain stood up and weakly kicked the hero in the head, only enough to hurt, he wanted the man to experience what was to come.
"That spell should last for about thirty more seconds, and then I'll let the last thing you see be your students die." The neet chuckled, "Aren't I generous?"
"Nomu, quit the foreplay and break his arm."
Shigiraki closed his eyes and reveled in the man's pained scream as Nomu snapped his arm like a twig.
'I wonder what's taking Kurogiri so long, he probably got caught mono-' Shigiraki's thoughts were interrupted by a crackling beam of energy slamming into his chest.
"Nice shot!" Thou Whom Agony is Time cheered as Izuku steadied himself.
'Thanks, but we need to get to Aizawa-" Izuku's train of thought came to a halt as he spotted his downed teacher, "Where did the big guy go?"
"Move!" Anders shouted, shoving both Izuku and Thirteen forward.
Izuku barely had a moment to try and catch himself before a shockwave sent the two forward, followed by a wave of pain as he felt his connection to Anders violently sever.
"What the-" Thirteen shouted, whipping around on Izuku's back, "Drop me!"
Izuku listened to the shorter women, letting her hit the ground as he spun to face what had tried attacking them.
The avian esque villain that had been on top of Aizawa moments ago stood in the center of a crater, the dissolving remains of Anders at its epicenter.
"Go help Aizawa!" Thirteen ordered, leveling a finger at the giant mutant, "Now!"
Izuku decided to head the woman's order, pivoting and sprinting towards his downed teacher.
He had barely taken three steps before the Avian mutant gave a roar, one that was followed up by the shrieking of wind.
"Oh, so that's what her quirk is." Thou Whom Agony is Time idle mumbled as Izuku tried to ignore what sounded like flesh tearing.
'Now's not the time!' Izuku mentally shouted as he sprinted towards his fallen teacher.
"You're right," The eldritch godling agreed. "Now's also not the time to get sideswiped by a villain."
Izuku dropped into a roll as he realized his patron's warning, feeling something pass over where his neck had been moments before.
"Slippery fucker eh?" Izuku heard a raspy voice grunt as he came out of his roll, turning to face his would-be attacker.
"Hey before I kill you, would you happen to know why All Might isn't here?" The villain asked in a raspy voice from behind a hand mask, "I kind of planned this whole thing for him."
Izuku scrambled for some type of response, hoping that if he could stall the villain, he may be able to buy time for help to arrive.
"Don't they teach manners at this school?" The villain sighed as Izuku failed to give a response, "How rude."
"Guess I'll just have to get it out of the next brat I see." The man launched himself Izuku.
Izuku stumbled back, caught off guard by the sudden attack.
Sadly, he realized he hadn't moved far enough as he felt the villains hand wrap around his throat.
"Damn." The villain grunted, his grip around Izuku's throat was strong enough to keep the teen still, but far from enough force to strangle the teen. "Looks like I forgot about the upkeep."
The man turned and seemed to glare at something, Izuku followed his line of sight and found his teacher had propped himself up enough to be able to glare at the villain, his eyes glowing an ominous red.
"Can you not?" The villain growled, raising his other hand to his concealed face.
"Toll the Dead." He heard the villain whisper, pointing his free hand at the downed teacher.
Izuku felt his stomach drop as Aizawa's widened in shock, instinct screaming at him to get out of the villain's range before his teacher's eyes shut and his quirk wore off.
"Thunderclap!" The teen shouted, slamming his hands together.
"Son of a bitch!" The villain shouted as he stumbled backward, covering his ears in pain.
Izuku seized his chance, sprinting to his fallen teacher. The green-haired teen had barely leaned down and scooped up his fallen teacher when a sickening crack echoed from behind.
Izuku spun around, watching in horror as Thirteen bounced across the ground, rolling to a stop near him. The Avian villain stood triumphant where he had last seen Thirteen standing, missing its left arm, and half of the rest of its left side along with it, although to Izuku's horror, it seemed to be re-growing at an absurd pace.
"About time you smacked the bitch, Nomu" The hand themed villain chuckled dryly, pointing to Izuku, "Now crush thi-"
Izuku and the villains' attention was stolen by the sound of a cannon firing, watching as the doors to the simulation joint soar through the air.
"Well look who finally arrived."
"I am here." The familiar phrase was tinged with a different emotion, where he usually meant it as a sign of hope for those troubled and in danger, his anger warped it, turning it into a threat and a warning to those who dare strike his students.
All Might scanned the facility, taking note of the dissipating cloud of purple smoke and the shocked look on the two students that had been standing over it.
"You all, have done well," All Might said gently as he made his ways to the stairs, looking at his surprised students, "But it is time for me to take the reins."
Another quick scan confirmed the situation, it seemed most of the villain's group had been taken down by Aizawa, but the underground Hero had taken a beating. All Might felt a spike of anger as he spotted Izuku, his successor next to whom he guessed was the leader.
It only took a moment, but he had leapt down the steps and plucked Aizawa, Izuku, and a very battered suit-less 13 off the ground, setting them down by the tree line near the stairs.
"I'm sorry for my tardiness," He gave a smile as Izuku blearily blinked at the sudden shift, "But it will be alright because I am here."
"Now then." All Might growled as he turned back to the villains, the scrawny hand covered villain now joined by a hulking avian mutant and a figure who's form seemed to be made of violet and black smoke, "I heard you were looking for me."
The hand covered villain scoffed, "No shit sherlock."
"It's awfully rude of you to keep us-" All Might moved, aiming to take out the scrawny villain only to be intercepted by the avian mutant.
"Does no-one have manors at this school?" All Might's original target leapt back while he grappled the hulking mutant.
"Have fun dealing with Nomu" the villain scoffed, "He's a hard counter for you."
All Might reared back a fist and slammed it into the mutant. A blow that should've been enough to level a small building seemed to barely faze the dark-skinned abomination, much to All Might's annoyance.
"So, shock absorption?" All Might chuckled, "Not my first rodeo kid."
All Might wound up another blow and sprung forward, "If that's the case I'll just go beyond what it can absorb!"
'Easier said than done' All Might grimly thought, pushing his already aching body to go beyond its limits was putting a damper on his fighting ability, and was only made worse by the fact that his punching bag was capable of punching back.
"It could work," The hand covered villain dryly mused, as he flipped through a worn book, "If he was alone."
"Ray of Sickness"
All Might's stomach twisted and turned, the feeling enough of a distraction to let his opponent get a shot at his wounded side and staining his white shirt with a growing pool of red.
The sickness quickly faded as All Might returned the favor, fist slamming into the side of his mutant's head.
"Huh," the hand covered man mumbled, "Thought that would've been more effective."
"Oh well, Kurogiri you're up." All Might heard the blue-haired villain sigh as Nomu lifted its arms to hammer the pro hero.
The Symbol of Peace barely had a moment to block the mutants attack when the ground beneath him disappeared and he was sent rocketing down into a black void.
He snapped his arms out to catch himself on the rims of the portal, already torso deep in the void. Before he could launch himself out of the misty void, he felt something grab his legs.
Nomu had spun around and held his legs in a death grip from the other side of the portal, it having formed not a foot away from the pair.
"Look at how simple it was to capture the might symbol of peace!" The hand covered villain mocked, "Can't pull yourself out, can you?"
"And of course, letting Nomu have his way with you is a no go as well." The villain knelt near the symbol of peace, close but not in the hero's range. "It would be a shame something elsewhere to go wrong for you."
To All Might's horror, the portal began shrinking around him, as the villain chuckled, "Like that actually."
"I do dislike the feeling of another inside me," The mist-covered villain rumbled, "But it would be an honor to have the symbol of peace erupt in my tunnels"
"..." The hand covered villain turned to who All Might assumed was Kurogiri, "You did that on purpose."
"Did what?"
There was a moment of silence passed between the two.
"Just… just kill the symbol of peace." The blue-haired villain sighed.
"As you wish Shigiraki-" Kurogiri began to rapidly shrink the portal when several things happened at once.
First, his successor appeared behind the Nomu mid lip with a blade covered in an almost holy light and arms bathed in the power of One for All ready to strike at the Nomu's head.
Second, what sounded like a cannon blast echoed from some distance away and was quickly drowned out by the rapidly approaching war cry of a bombastic blonde.
It was only thanks to All Might's years of experience that he was able to watch two of his wonderful students act with an almost suicidal amount of reckless abandon.
He would make sure to berate both later for it, but for now, he would enjoy the feeling of pride he had.
"BRANDING SMITE!" Izuku shouted as he swung his blade at the Nomu's head, at the same moment Bakugo slammed into Kurogiri screaming "DIE MOTHER-FUCKER!"
The Nomu's grip on All Might's leg weakened as the Nomu raised an arm to block the green-haired boys attack, exploding in a radiant explosion of force, giving him just enough lee-way to slip free and rip himself from the villains portal, which had thankfully stopped shrinking when Kurogiri had knocked away by Bakugo.
All Might quickly plucked his successor from the air, taking care to not aggravate his dislocated shoulders and mangled right arm and slammed his foot into the Nomu's back, both to further damage the villain and to put distance between the two.
"That was a very reckless thing to do Young Midoriya." All Might almost managed to keep the pride from leaking into his voice. "But I can handle this."
Izuku weakly chuckled in his arms, "Agony says you were about to be crushed like a grape…"
"I'm going to have words with your patron later." All Might sighed, "Can you move?"
Izuku nodded, flinching as he re-adjusted himself.
"Go back to Thirteen and Aizawa," All Might gave his trademarked smile, "I'll send Bakugo after-" All Might was cut off by a blood curtailing screech resonating from the Nomu.
The symbol of peace gently set his successor down gently before turning back to the mutant, watching as the villain's quirks began repairing the damage his student had done to the Nomu, it's severed hand re-growing slowly, and the right side of its face and neck knitting together.
"What is it going to take to keep you down?" The pro hero growled as the Nomu's lifeless eyes snapped onto him.
All Might shot forward, noticing in his peripheral that his successor had decided to do the exact opposite of what he asked and rush after his friend.
'Is this what Grand Torino felt while training me?' All Might idly thought, fighting a growing migraine while using the swelling pride in his chest to encourage him to last a bit longer in his buffed form, 'Questions for later, need to beat the shit out of this Nomu.'
And with that, he began to hammer away at the mutant, pushing it away from where he knew any of his students where.
"So, you've lost the Specter I gave to you, blown through your major magic usage in one attack, and lost the use of your arms." Thou Whom Agony is Time listed.
'What's your point?'
"Oh, nothing," Thou Whom Agony is Time sighed in a fake cheery tone, "It's just that usually at this point people try to get out of combat, NOT HEAD INTO MORE!"
'Kachan is outnumbered two to one, I need to help him.' Izuku thought as he stumbled to where his friend was, hunched over the misty villain.
"You're going to get yourself killed." His patron warned.
'I never wanted to become a hero because of the life expectancy.' Izuku snarled.
"...You're feisty today." The godling sounded pleased, "Although if you die, I'm going to let sister dearest use you as a plaything for the next millennia, so don't forget you don't need your hands for some of your magic."
Izuku winced as he reflexively face-palmed at his own stupidity, calling upon his shadowy mage armor.
'How am I supposed to aim Eldritch spear without my hands though?'
"It's a line of sight thing, kid." His patron sighed, "Did you really think your aim was that good?"
'Kind of, yeah?' Izuku mumbled, hurt at his patron's insinuation.
"Izuku, you remember how you missed the trashcan yesterday?"
'Ignoring you now,' Izuku grumbled as he looked up at Bakugo, still hunched over the mist cloaked villain and screeching at his prisoner.
'Now where's that hand gu-' It was sheer luck that Izuku stumbled forward, feeling something small brushing against his magic armor.
"Why can't you just stay still and die like the good crotch gremlins you are!" Izuku spun to face his assailant, coming face to face with a red, bloodshot glare barely obscured by the villain's face mask.
"The plan was supposed to be simple, quick, and clean!" He continued, building himself into a frothing rage, "First the cannon fodder was supposed to keep you fucking failed abortions busy while me, Kurogiri, and Nomu took out the teachers!"
"Sure, I expected a few critical fails, but not something on this level!" He began clawing at his neck, leaving angry red trails along the flesh. "Kurogiri I swear to the nine hells, If I have to save your ass, I'm going to rot what's left of your balls off!"
"I get the feeling this guy spends a lot of time on '√16kun' in a basement somewhere." Thou Whom Agony is Time chuckled, breaking Izuku from his shock at the man's sudden vulgarity.
Before Izuku could move, or respond to the outburst, who he assumed was Kurogiri warped next to the villain, followed by a rage-filled roar from Bakugo.
"About fucking time, you beta bitch," the hand covered villain growled.
"My apologies Shigiraki, sir." Kurogiri gave a half bow to the neet.
"Whatever," The finally named Shigiraki sighed, "Just kill the brats and we can go back to-"
He was cut off by the sound of a cannon echoing through the area, followed closely by a whole being punched out of the dome far overhead.
"Kurogiri," Shigiraki said in a neutral tone.
"Yes, sir?" The misty man turned to the hand covered villain.
"Did Nomu just get punted through the ceiling?"
"I'm afraid so sir."
For a moment Izuku watched as the villain stood deathly still, processing the information that he had been given.
"You know what?" The villain asked after a moment, pulling his book up and flipping through it to a specific page. "Fuck it."
The villain's arm snapped up, ringed finger point in between Izuku and Bakugo, "Shatter!"
An intense squeal rang from behind the green-haired teen, loud and intense enough to make his Thunderclap seem like a firecracker in comparison.
Izuku stumbled forward, falling to his knees and sending a searing wave of pain through his body.
"You know what brat?" Shigiraki growled as he crouched by Izuku, "You've specifically earned my ire."
Izuku watched as he rubbed the back of his hand against his chest, "I still haven't paid you back for that shit you pulled."
"I'm going to enj-GAH!" The lanky villain began to reach for Izuku, only to cry out in pain as a bullet barreled through his elbow, causing the offending limb to fall limp.
"Can I do one thing without being interrupted!" Shigiraki shouted standing and turning to face where the shot had come from, only to receive a bullet in his knees for his trouble.
"Kurogiri, Get me out of here!" The man shrieked, disappearing in a swirling black mist a moment later.
"Looks like the calvaries here." Thou Whom Agony is Time said in a tone that reflected just how aware he was stating the obvious.
'Yay…' Izuku cheered, suddenly feeling thrice as exhausted as before. 'I'm going to take a nap…'
"I don't think that's a good-" Izuku's world went dark before his patron could finish its warning.
Izuku found himself in the familiar cloud-filled void he had come to associate with his dreams, facing the obscure form of his patron.
"I am both proud and disappointed." His patron sighed.
"Proud of your dedication and the mild amount of spine you're growing," His patron continued, "And disappointed in the recklessness that seems to be coming with it."
"I wasn't going to let Kacchan be out numbered." Izuku objected, scowl growing on his face.
"And what help did you think you were going to be, useless arms and all?"
"I could've helped him from a distance, using Eldritch-"
"You didn't even remember that you could do that before I reminded you."
"I…"
"Your heart is in the right place," "Just make sure your mind stays with it."
"So, I'm going to give you an award and a punishment."
Izuku made to respond but was cut off by his patron raising a hand.
"First, is your reward." His patron began, a grin evident in his voice. Izuku barely had time to blink before his patron appeared uncomfortably close, icy cold fingers invading his mouth, "You really need to floss better."
'What are you doing?' Izuku asked, barely avoiding panicking.
"You remember how I taught you how to make Eldritch Blast go farther and hit harder?"
'Yeah…' Izuku hesitantly answered.
"And how to be able to use that Shadow Armor on command?"
'Yes?' Izuku answered, frustration bleeding into his tone as his patron continued to work in his mouth, 'Are you almost done?'
"This is like those, only it'll help you talk gooder," Izuku was about to berate his patron for his (probably intentional) grammar error when his patron pulled his fingers free of the teen's mouth and gently smacked his jaw shut. "That should do it."
Izuku was tempted to spit the odd taste out of his mouth but figured it would be a useless endeavor. "So, what does that mean."
"You're better at lying and convincing people now." The patron chuckled, "Your charisma is lacking, so for a future "Symbol of Peace" this should help immeasurably."
"Thanks, I guess, but did you really have to stick your hands in my mouth?"
"No, that was more me wanting to mess with you."
"I figured." Izuku sighed, "So what's my punishment?"
"Oh, nothing much" His patron hummed, making Izuku dread just how much the opposite was likely to be the case, "I just want you to hand out head pats to each of the girls in your class."
Izuku felt his face heat up as he began to sputter, "Well that doesn't seem so-"
"And," Izuku could feel the sadistic glee radiate off his patron, "I want you to get a hug from the one you think is the cutest."
Izuku was sure his face was glowing at this point, "But-!"
"You have until the end of the month for both of those!" His patron gleefully cut him off. "Now you should probably wake up, All Might want to speak to both of us."
Before Izuku could try to argue, he watched as his dream shattered around him and he was struck by a feeling of falling.
"Ow." Izuku groaned, opening his eyes and taking in the nurse's room, finally settling on the bandaged and deflated form of the Symbol of Peace, sitting tiredly in a chair by his bed.
"How are you feeling Young Midoriya?" All Might asked gently, a soft grin on his mouth.
"My bones hurt," Izuku mumbled.
All Might chuckled, "That's to be expected."
"Be glad I reset most of your bones when you passed out," Thou Whom Agony is Time snickered, "Gave the paramedics a hell of a scare though."
"Agony told me you wanted to speak with both of us?" The green-haired teen asked, adjusting himself on the nurse's bed and immediately regretting it as a spike of pain made itself known.
"Ah yes!" All Might reached for something on the floor, pulling up a sheathed Odachi, "It came in just this morning!"
"Hell yeah!" Thou Whom Agony is Time cried loud enough to make Izuku flinch, "Mouth, now, gimme."
'What are you, twelve?' Izuku grumbled as he let his patron have control of his mouth.
"Many thanks, Oh symbol of peace." The sword floated from the blonde hero's hand and gently settled beside Izuku. "Now to discuss your payment."
"Oh, it was honestly nothin-" All Might began to wave off the act.
"That's not how this works." Thou Whom Agony is Time cut off the hero, "You can choose to simply keep it as an outstanding favor, but I am indebted to you and will repay you for your deed."
"I don't really know what you could give me at the moment." All Might shrugged.
Izuku's patron was silent for a moment, "There are a variety of trinkets and baubles I could give to you, but I think I know something you would truly want."
Thou Whom Agony is Time made a clicking noise, a decadent glass bottle popping into the air and floating next to his head.
"This is a Potion of Supreme Healing." The patron gestured to the red filled bottle, "Drink it and every injury you currently have will be perfectly healed."
"Even…" All Might trailed off, unconsciously cupping his wounded side.
"It should, and even if it doesn't, I'll promise to make sure it's healed one way or another." Thou Whom Agony is Time nodded to the bottle, causing it to disappear in a cloud of smoke, "If you help me get ahold of certain other materials to continue the process of forging my new blade."
"I'm not going to promise anything without first hearing what you want in detail." All Might said in a solemn tone, eyes knitting together.
"I'm glad you're not a fool All Might," The godling grinned, "There are ten ingredients I need, the first being the most macabre of them all."
"I need the bones of a hero, purified by the earth."
About time I got that done. Sorry for the wait (Belated Happy New Year to y'all).
Onto the Sports Festival! I've got several things planned out, so that should be able to roll better when I get it going.
Have a good whatever now!
Dude did you really just ask for Nana's bones?
To quote a demon radio host, "Maybe"