HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS STORY!
Hey everyone! I have returned! Things are still crazy, probably more than what we expected. But never fear, I am here to provide you with some happy vibes! Things are going well over here, I'm writing like oneshots like crazy, I've met some amazing people on Tiktok and Discord who are also writers, and of course...back to work and surviving out there. I hope you're all doing well!
IMPORTANT: So mini update, during quarantine, I recently discovered TikTok and maaaan...it's addicting! Anyways, by looking through so many videos, I discovered...Villain Deku. And...holy crap! That AU has become my addiction and I can't get enough of it! Sooooo because of this, I'm currently writing a Villain Deku fanfic! It's dark and creepy, with a hint of a heavy tension filled relationship! However, it may be posted on AO3 for certain reasons (mainly cause it'll get bloody and a little...steamy), but maybe I'll post a tamer version on here if you guys would like it! Oh and I'm also doing Haikyuu stories on there for anyone who is a fan!
IMPORTANT 2: Oh, and I discovered Yagami Yato...and my world has changed...well for the better I hope? She's helped me find a spark for writing other things and I've been posting new ideas like crazy. However, since they are mostly Reader Insert or a little more mature...they will be on AO3 along with my Villain Deku story! I hope you go check them out!
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Disclaimer: I do NOT own My Hero Academia. I only on my OC, Machiko/Machi.
"You...you stupid...grrrr!" Machi growled as she fired a bolt at the pile of wood that lay on the beach. It missed, naturally. Letting out another frustrated yell, Machi kicked at the sand. "Why won't you work?!"
Ever since her teacher cornered her yesterday at the school, she had spent her entire day off training at the beach. At least she didn't have him staring over her shoulder and she had plenty of free space on the beach. That meant, she could fire bolts of lightning at something without worrying about hurting anyone.
But at this point...she was beginning to sound like Bakugou. Angry at every single thing. Maybe she had seen him way too many times yelling at people in their class.
"Uhh...Machi?" Izuku spoke hesitantly, making her whirl around.
"Whoa!" she gasped, holding up her hands, that were glowing with lightning.
Izuku backed up, his eyes wide with shock. "Ahh! Machi! What are you..."
She quickly lowered her hands, trying to calm the lightning. "I..." Frustrated and slightly scared, she began shaking her hands frantically, attempting to get rid of what was beginning to take over.
"Be careful!" Izuku squeaked, shielding his face. "Remember your breathing methods!"
When the lightning wouldn't go away, Machi stopped moving and closed her eyes. Slowly, she began inhaling until her lungs filled and then exhaled it out. Eventually, she calmed and the lightning began to disappear.
Izuku breathed a sigh of relief, lowering his arms. "That was a close one."
"Sorry..." she mumbled, rubbing her arms. "I just...I've been practicing..."
He could see the various burned sand marks surrounding them. "Uh...yeah I can see that."
Machi let out a heavy sigh as she ran her hands through her hair. "I just...I don't know what to do."
She sat down in the sand and placed her chin on her raised knees. If she kept up things like this, she would tire herself out. Her palms were aching from the bolts of lightning that she used.
Izuku sat beside her on the beach. "What's got you so eager to train today? Is everything okay?"
Bowing her head, she shook it gently. "No. Not really." she mumbled before continuing. "I just...I don't know why I can't control this right..." Misery and despair filled her soul when her thoughts drifted back to yesterday. "Mr. Aizawa ran into me yesterday and watched me train."
"Ah! Mr. Aizawa? Really?" Izuku squeaked.
"Yeah, I was kind of surprised that he was there. He stayed by my side and told me to keep firing bolts at something until I hit a target. Naturally, I kept missing..." she grumbled, pressing her face against her arm.
"Did you ever get it?" he asked softly.
"Ugh...yeah. I did. But not until he practically forced me to hit it."
"Then what happened?"
"Well...he said something about having more confidence." she responded, lifting her head. "Apparently I lack it. He thinks that might be part of the reason why I can't."
Izuku frowned as he moved closer. "Confidence?"
She frowned as she faced the ocean. "I just...I don't know what I'm doing wrong." Letting out a loud growl, Machi kicked the sand while Izuku jumped back. "I just...I don't understand why I can't do this!" Tears began gathering in her eyes and she quickly wiped them away before she groaned when rain began dripping on her head.
"Hey...it's okay." Izuku tried, moving closer, each step more hesitant than the last.
"No its not!" Machi cried out, rubbing her eyes. "I'm going to get kicked out of UA because I can't control my Quirk."
Something touched her shoulder and she felt something squeeze it. Glancing up, she saw Izuku holding onto her shoulder.
"It's going to be okay."
"How?"
"W-well...I think I might have a solution to this." he said, sitting down beside her.
"A solution? What?" Machi coughed, brushing the sand off her pants.
He reached into his backpack and pulled out his Quirk notebook and a book about clouds. What was that for?
"Come here, I think I found something." he told you, flipping through the various pages of the book.
Leaning over closer, she noticed that he turned to a chapter about lightning. What was he...
"You see, I did a bit of reading about lightening. You see I found out that there are two different types of lightning. Negative and positive."
"Okay..."
"I found out that positive lightning is much more powerful than negative lightning. According to some of the websites I looked on, they said that positive lightning is the kind that causes fires and knocks out power."
"Yeah?"
He flipped another page and showed a picture of a stick figure with the word 'scared' above it. "So...whenever you're feeling upset, scared, or anxious...what happens?"
Pursing her lips, Machi tried to think. "Uh...sometimes I can't get my powers to work and when I shoot bolts of lightning, I miss my targets."
Then he flipped another page with a different stick figure with the word 'empowered'. "
"Well...what if your emotions are based on the different types of lightning? Like...if you're feeling down or anxious, that's negative lightning. And if you're feeling...empowered, driven, or confident...that's positive lightning."
Machi's mouth dropped as the gears in her brain began to turn. Was...was Izuku onto something?
"Wait...are you saying...that I'm using negative lightning."
"I have a feeling you might be." Izuku spoke slowly, flipping through pages. "Maybe Mr. Aizawa was onto something. Maybe he's right about the confidence part. See, you get worked up when everyone focuses on you or you start to doubt yourself. But maybe...if you try to think positive about how you're going to use your Quirk...it'll make a difference."
The young girl sat there completely stunned at what he had said.
"You...you did all this research for me?"
His cheeks flushed pink. "Oh uh...y-yeah. I guess I did."
Without saying another word, Machi quickly got to her feet and stepped closer to the pile of wood. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and held her hands up.
'Focus...you can do it. Just think positive. Just think you're going to hit it this time. Focus.'
When the sparks began firing up, suddenly they shot out and missed the pile completely.
Completely frustrated, Machi sunk down into the sand and sobbing again. Rain started dripping down her skin and that only made her cry harder.
"Why am I such a screw up?"
"Hey hey...it's okay..." Izuku spoke softly, his hand touching your shoulder. "You'll get it eventually."
As she continued to weep, Izuku sat beside her as the rain continued to fall.
She'd get there one day.
Machi and her classmates waded through the water until they reached the plaza. The water was a little warmer now than when they landed in there. Maybe a dress as a hero costume wasn't the smartest. As they moved closer, the sounds of screaming and groaning began getting louder.
"What's going to happen when we get there?" Machi asked Izuku as he led the four of them towards the main plaza. "I mean...if you say we're going to help..."
"You'd better not make us fight again, Midoriya." Mineta hissed from behind them before cowering into the water. "I don't think my heart can take it..."
Tsu rolled her eyes.
"I...I'm not sure." Izuku mumbled softly. "But we're not going to fight back. Stay low guys..."
You all nodded and sunk further into the water before moving closer to the plaza. When you reached the end, that's when you could see the fight up close.
"There he is." Izuku spoke softly as they neared the edge of the water.
The four teens then sunk down in the water just enough so nobody could see them watch. There were only a few villains still standing besides their teacher. Most were laying on the ground and a few others were fighting Eraserhead. Meanwhile, the blue haired villain with hands grabbing onto his arms and face stood idly beside the massive giant with a bird-like face.
Who were these guys?
They watched in silence as Mr. Aizawa fight off the villains. Whether it was erasing their Quirk so he could get a punch in or using his scarf like a whip, wrapping it around their bodies before flinging them into the air like a ball.
Machi couldn't believe how powerful her teacher was. For someone as grumpy and sleepy as he was in class, she never expected him to be anything like this. In this form, he was much livelier and agile. Nothing like the man who was always curled up in a sleeping bag.
'Wow...he's amazing.' she awed softly to herself. 'Still can't believe he was friends with my sister back when they went to UA together.'
Suddenly the blue haired villain rushed Aizawa, his arms ready to fight. Aizawa used his scarf to wrap around the villain as they rushed at one another. Using his elbow, Aizawa plowed it into the villain's stomach as hard as he could.
Machi and her classmates awed at the punch, but suddenly their expressions turned to shock as they realized that the villain now had a hold of Aizawa's elbow and was holding it in a tight grip.
"What is he..." Machi began before letting out a gasp when she saw the fabric on his arm beginning to disintegrate. Then...his skin did, leaving behind pure muscle.
She felt her stomach churn and bile rising up in her throat when she realized what was happening. 'Did he...did he just peel away at his skin?!'
Aizawa let out a yell before punching him away. More villains surrounded him, trying to get a punch in. Their teacher held his injured arm as he turned his head, looking for an opening. Using his scarf and legs, he was able to take a few more down.
As he turned to face the leader, the two spoke a few words that couldn't be heard by the teens.
Out of the corner of her eye, Machi could see the humongous muscled villain with the exposed brain creeping up behind their teacher.
She opened her mouth to shout a warning, but it was too late.
Before he could even react, the villain used its' hand to punch Aizawa so hard that it sent his yellow goggles spinning into the air, along with a large amount of blood. Then it began punching him over and over, making all of the young students cringe.
"Mr. Aizawa..." Izuku whimpered.
The students' eyes widened in horror and whimpered as they watched the massively muscled creature pin Aizawa to the ground and grab his right arm, twisting it behind his back. With a sickening loud snap, his arm was broken.
Machi felt herself nearly throw up at the sight.
When he lifted his head to erase the behemoth's Quirk, the creature's hand came down, snapping his other arm.
All four teens whimpered as they watched the creature grab their teacher's head and repeatedly smash it into the ground. Blood was everywhere.
"This is...horrible..." Machi whispered shakily.
"No...no...I can't watch it anymore." Mineta chimed in, sinking further into the water.
Machi turned her head for a moment, only to see Izuku shaking uncontrollably. He was scared. She had never seen him look so...frightened. Of course, she had seen him nervous and slightly panicked when they were training.
But this...this was an awful sight.
Turning her head to Tsu and Mineta, the two of them were just as terrified as Izuku.
Another loud band echoed through the dome, followed by a loud yell from Aizawa.
Clenching her fists, Machi grit her teeth. 'I can't watch this! If nobody does anything now, Mr. Aizawa is going to die!' she mentally scolded before her eyes began searching for something to do.
'Never hesitate when the occasion calls for it!' Aizawa's voice rang through her head, reminding her of his lesson on the first day of class. 'If you hesitate, that means that you're putting someone else's life in danger.'
Machi felt something running through her veins as she slowly moved to the edge of the lake, placing her hands on the edge. 'Hesitating means that you're not willing to put any effort into saving someone or defeating a villain.'
She had to do something! Anything!
"Machi? What are you..." Izuku began before Mineta gasped.
"Hey! Imaru! What are you doing?!" he hissed frantically.
'Hesitating means that you're not confident enough to fight back.'
Gripping onto the edge, Machi felt her body nearly surge with energy. 'I have to fight back. No more hesitating.'
Without a word to her friends, she pushed herself onto dry land before letting the feeling of anger rush through her body. Her hair rose up in the air as lightning began surrounding her body, just like it did during the exam.
The muscled creature barely glanced up before Machi rushed at it, a bolt of lightning in her hand as she threw it. But as she did, the creature moved a hand up to block its' face. However, the bolt missed and zapped the ground behind the creature, making it fall forward slightly, his grip on Aizawa slacking.
Machi let out a yell as she fired another one at the other side of the monster, making it flinch to the other side. She darted around it, making sure that her teacher was out of the way so she could make a grab for him.
But as she tried to move closer, the dark cloud appeared again, engulfing Machi completely.
"Machi!" Izuku cried out as the cloud warping villain disappeared again.
Her body felt weightless as it floating in the portal for a few moments. All she could see was darkness ahead, nothingness.
Seconds later, a bright opening appeared and gravity took hold of her body. She fell to the ground, flat on her face. Wincing in pain, she lowly lifting her head. She was back where she was before, except she wasn't really sure what had happened.
"Well well...what have we here?" a voice rasped.
Machi felt her heart dropped immediately when she saw a pair of red shoes next to her. As her gaze slowly moved up, she saw the cloaked figure standing above her.
"A little showoff?" he rasped, reaching down to grab Machi by the back of her uniform.
Her body felt limp as it was pulled up from the ground. When her lungs opened to take a breath, she let out a sudden gasp when she felt his hand around her throat and something pushed against her back while she faced the the water. Izuku and the others stared in horror.
"A stupid little bratty hero." the leader let out a chuckle as he stared at her through the fingers of the hand that sat on his face.
A chill ran down her spine when she saw red irises staring down at her. Her heart sunk deep into her stomach at this point.
She screwed up...big time.
"Don't you touch her!" a familiar voice shouted.
The leader glanced behind Machi and quickly turned her body around so she was facing the lake. The hand tightened around her neck.
Her eyes widened when she saw Izuku standing at the edge of the lake, fists clenched in rage.
"L-let her go!" Izuku yelled at him.
The captor's hand tightened around her neck again. "Ah ah ah, I wouldn't do that. If all my fingers touch her skin..." he began, waving his pinky finger around. "Her throat will disintegrate before she even has a chance to scream."
Her stomach dropped and bile built up in her stomach. Was he going to kill her?! Was she going to die?!
"Shigaraki, you can't be serious." the deeper toned villain spoke, moving beside them. He was a taller figure in a suit, but his physical body was a dark purplish cloud. "This wasn't part of the plan. Actually killing children."
The blue haired villain, now known as Shigaraki, gave an exasperated sigh. "Well it wouldn't have gone this far if somebody would've shown up on time. And if that's the only way to bring All Might here, then I suppose we'll start with this one."
"Sir, you can't be-"
"Shut it, Kurogiri!" Shigaraki snapped at the other villain. "I'm in charge here and I say what happens."
While the villains argued, Machi felt her heart beating awfully fast as she stared at her friend. If Izuku tried to save her, she would die. And if she tried to do anything, she would die. Aizawa Sensei was out of commission and bleeding while a massive dark creature continued to beat him up. The other students were off fighting for their lives against the other hundreds of villains that invaded USJ.
'What am I going to do?'
"Before we leave, let's make sure the Symbol of Peace is broken." he growled as he brought his pinky to her neck. "Let's wreck his pride. Let's make this hurt!"
Machi felt her body seize up as his final finger made contact with her neck. Letting out a loud squeak, her eyes squeezed shut as she braced herself for the end.
A moment passed. Then another.
Was it done? Was she dead?
"Tch..." the villain scoffed for a moment. "You really are so cool, Eraserhead."
Cautiously, Machi cracked open an eye. Before her was the exact scene she saw before she closed her eyes. However, one thing changed.
On the ground was her teacher. His hair was up in the air and his eyes were glowing red.
"You erased my Quirk..." Shigaraki groaned, squeezing his hand around Machi's neck tightly. "But just because you did that, doesn't mean I'm letting her go so easily."
Machi reached up, clawing at his arm to release her, her nails digging into the fabric of his shirt.
When her eyes rolled up, she saw Izuku flying towards them, fist clenched and glowing. "Let her goooooo!"
Shigaraki flinched for a moment, releasing one finger from her neck.
When Aizawa was grabbed by the head and slammed onto the ground, the leader regained his Quirk. However, from the way that Izuku was coming at him, Shigaraki released Machi's neck, allowing her to escape. But as she did so, she felt him grab her hair with all of his fingers.
Screaming in pain as her long hair was pulled, she quickly used her foot to kick back until she felt something solid. The villain let out a grunt of pain before she was released again and collapsed at his feet.
Her hair felt lighter than it normally was and she gasped as she saw short strands dangling in front of her face. 'Did he cut my hair off?'
"Detroit Smash!" Izuku shouted as he landed the punch.
Massive air waves rippled through the arena. Water was being pushed back from the intensity.
And there was Izuku, standing proudly as the smoke cleared.
When the gusts of wind died down, Izuku glanced down to see that Machi was face down on the ground and out of Shigaraki's grasp.
She took a moment to lift her head and lock eyes with her friend. Izuku gave her a half smile when he realized that she was safe, but that didn't last long when the smoke cleared.
Looking down at his arm, Izuku realized that his arm was still intact. In font of his fist, stood the massive creature.
Horror washed over his face when he realized that his punch was useless.
"You're pretty powerful. This smash of yours, are you one of All Might's disciples. Doesn't matter. I'm done with you now."
In a cycle of movements, everything was moving so fast. The creature had Izuku's arm in his grip, his other hand lifting up to make a final strike. Using her tongue, Tsu lashed out, trying to grab Izuku. Shigaraki was aiming to grab Machi and Tsu at the same time. Mineta was screaming in panic as he watched this.
Suddenly an explosion from the other side of the dome made everything freeze.
As the dust picked up, everyone turned to the doors of the dome and saw a hulking figure slowly appear.
All Might.
Relief bloomed in Machi's chest when she realized that things were finally ending.
With a few threatening words to the villains, All Might got to work. After taking out a few smaller villains, he flew over, snatching up Machi and her classmates, getting them to safety. Then he rushed over to pick up their fallen teacher and handed his limp body to them.
"Everyone, head to the entrance! Take Aizawa with you!" he commanded the students.
"All Might...you can't. That brain villain took One-For..." Clearing his throat, Izuku went on. "I smashed him and I didn't break my arm this time. But he wasn't phased at all. He's too strong.
"Young Midoriya." The hero cut him off before turning to give them a great big smile and shot a peace sign their way. "I've got this!"
They stared at the hero before Izuku nodded to him and placed Aizawa over his shoulder. Machi took the other shoulder while Tsu and Mineta took his feet.
All Might then turned to the villain and their fight began.
As the four students and their teacher made their way back to the doors, Izuku was fairly quiet while Tsu and Mineta talked about the fight that was happening.
Machi turned her head to her friend. "Izuku...I..." she began, frowning as he stared forward. "Thank you for saving me back there. I'm sorry I did that...I just didn't know what to do. I couldn't watch that thing hurt Mr. Aizawa. I just..."
"You don't have to apologize for anything, Machi." he spoke softly, finally turning his head. "You did what you had to do."
"But why do I feel so guilty? I put you in danger back there...after we said we wouldn't do anything."
"Don't feel guilty, Machi. Ribbit." Tsu commented from behind. "What you did back there was pretty amazing."
Mineta grunted as he lifted Aizawa's leg up higher on his tiny shoulder. "Yeah, even if you almost got killed back there-ow!" He yelped when Tsu elbowed him.
"You saved Mr. Aizawa back there. Things could have gotten worse if you didn't step in." Tsu added while Mineta grumbled. "I'm sure he'll thank you later when he wakes up."
It made Machi feel a little better, but still she couldn't stop feeling so bad about the situation.
A huge explosion shook the whole area, causing the young heroes to look back. Dust clouds covered the main plaza where they just were and in the distance, they could see All Might fighting that Nomu creature.
"Are you guys seeing this?" Mineta squeaked. "That huge explosion! Wow! All Might's on a whole different level!"
"And he still needs to look at his notes when he's teaching." Tsu added with a chuckle.
"Yeah you get that bad guy! Kick him in the balls!"
Machi rolled her eyes before she heard a groan.
"Imara..." a weak voice gasped, catching Machi's attention.
Glancing down, she saw her teacher barely crack an eye open. "Mr. Aizawa...hang on. We're almost there."
Blood was streaming down his face from his nose and his eyes.
"W-why...why did you..." he whispered. "You nearly...got yourself killed..."
Gritting her teeth, Machi tried to ignore the guilt beginning to build in her chest.
"I know...I'm sorry Sir. I just...you...well you told us that we couldn't hesitate. It would destroy things." She voice broke off. "I...I couldn't let him hurt you anymore. You would've been killed."
"It...it's fine..." he grunted, trying to lift his head. "You...you did good..."
She should have smiled at the comment, but the pressure of the situation stopped her. Hearing a compliment like this from Aizawa of everyone at UA had to be the greatest sentiment in the last few months, besides Izuku of course.
"Well...I tried to listen to your advice. I tried to stay confident." she tried to tell him, balancing him on her shoulder. "I mean, I probably didn't execute it in the best way, but you know...I got that thing to stop."
"Nearly got killed..." Mineta commented before Tsu used her tongue to smack him again.
Aizawa winced, squeezing his eyes shut. "You...you still did good out there. Work on it a little more and...ngh..."
"I get it. Just...don't talk anymore, Sir."
She could take the advice later on.
"You know...you remind me a lot...of your sister."
Machi's eyes widened in shock as she looked over at her teacher.
He managed a smirk. "She's strong willed and stubborn...you're not exactly...like her...but you remind me of her will to save someone...even if it means risking her life. Heh...she was always that way through high school. Bet...she's like that still..."
As she slowly took in his words, she shrugged. "Oh yeah, she's probably just the same as you remember her."
He gave her one last smile before his eyes closed again and he slowly drifted off.
'Huh, an unexpected compliment.' Machi thought to herself as she glanced over at Izuku.
He seemed deep in thought, eyes shifting back to All Might. Was he worried about him?
Izuku stopped immediately. When she looked back to the battle, she gasped.
The Nomu and All Might had each other in a death grip while hovering over a portal. No, not they weren't. Their top half was inside of one part of the portal and the lower halves were in another. What was happening?!
Izuku whimpered when he heard All Might scream.
"I have to go back."
They all turned to their classmate in shock.
"What?! Are you crazy?!" Mineta shouted, nearly dropping Aizawa's leg. "You wanna go back in there after we just escaped death?!"
"I can't just leave him to die!" Izuku yelled before holding their teacher up. "Tsu, can you carry back Mr. Aizawa?"
Tsu gently lowered their teacher's leg to the ground before moving around to take Aizawa's shoulder. "Uh...sure..."
"Izuku...you can't." Machi began. "You'll die if you go back! You heard All Might."
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." He shot a quick smile her her way before he turned and began running back.
"Izuku!" Machi screamed as he rushed at the battle.
As he neared, All Might was being dragged down further into the portal.
She could hear Izuku let out a yell as he jumped into the fight.
The anxiety built up inside of her as she watched.
"Take Aizawa back. I'm going to help him." Machi told them before taking off running without another word, rushing down the path after her friend.
"What is with all of you people running into death?!" Mineta screeched loudly.
Thank you everyone! I'm sorry it took so long to get this written and I'm sorry it wasn't very long. Fight scenes aren't my forte and I kept getting distracted with other fanfics and Yagami Yato. I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner! Don't forget to check out my other work on Ao3! Hope to see you there! I'll still work on this site too, I just won't post anything too heated on here lol. Thanks guys! ^_^