Chapter 2: The Reunion
/Welcome readers to chapter 2 of Spartan Zero: The Untold Story, here is a recap of everything that happened in chapter one: some of class 1A was standing at the statue of Deku when all of a sudden, an aircraft appeared and crashed, out of the aircraft came a small squad of soldiers and a few Spartans. And now onto chapter 2!
She felt frozen 'this can't be happening!' she screamed internally. In-front of her knelt a giant with the face of a friend and lover, she had thought was long dead. Part of her was overjoyed, the other was terrified. There was still no confusion yet, because right now the 'why' didn't matter. Uraraka silently hugged him for what felt, to her, like hours. As she embraced the man, she thought was dead, she sobbed with relief. This was most certainly Deku... if a 'bit' taller than the last time she saw him.
After about 15 seconds a voice belonging to the Seargeant that followed the spartan out, called over to the two in English. "alright Zero, that enough of the family reunion, we got other important matters to deal with." Uraraka, having just sharpened her knowledge of English in the past decade, released Izuku slightly before looking to the snarky voice with a glare that could turn a man to stone. The voice had originated from one of the five green-clad men that were guarding the strange ship. Uraraka wanted to cry even more now. She didn't want to let go after just getting her friend back, but she been unable (somehow) to hold back most of the tears for now. just then Bakugo shouted at the soldiers "I DONT KNOW WHO YOU DAMN EXTRAS THINK YOU ARE BUT IF YOU EVEN DARE TRY ANYTHING ILL BLAST YOU ALL BACK TO WHEREVER THE HELL YOU CAME FROM!" suddenly, Izuku gently removed her from their hug and stood up from his kneeling position and looked over at Bakugo, "calm down Kachan!" "HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW THAT NAME?!" Bakugo replied with distain and anger in his voice.
"because I'm the one who gave you that nickname moron!" zero shouted in reply making Bakugo stop dead in his tracks and look over to where the familiar voice was coming from. Izuku looked around and silently nodded to his fellow spartan to his left. At this, spartan August stowed his firearm on his back-armor where it clicked in place. Izuku put his helmet down onto the fragmented asphalt below him, and raised both his hands into a surrendering-like position before looking straight at Bakugo and the other pro-heroes and police, the other spartan did the same. From behind the two super-soldiers, SGT-MJR. Johnson approached them with both his hands raised as well. As he walked, Izuku told him in a hushed voice, "sarge, just remember we're in japan sir. Remember the Japanese courses we took before heading here sir." the Seargeant-major simply replied with a nod and a cocky, "I got this."
The Sergeant-Major stopped just ahead of where the two spartan III's stood and shouted to the surrounding police force and pros. "Let's not be hasty fellas. We are here with a peaceful intention! We are soldiers of the United Nations Space Command armed forces! We are here to return to you an inhabitant of your world after he helped to defend ours, as per his specifications in our deal!" the Sergeant-Major explain; gesturing towards Izuku when he said "-inhabitant of your world-" hearing this made the police and most of the pro heroes scoff in disbelief because they all believed this was a stunt but the league of villains. Izuku elaborated on the SGT's words, "he is correct! I was sent to their world through the portal that was created when the villains attack here 10 years ago!" he yelled. Then, the second super soldier shouted, "we understand your caution, believe me we know all too well. We all just got through the largest war in our history, lasting over 30 years, and costing the lives of billions! We understand your distrust and disbelief for anything alien! But please understand this doesn't have to end in needless bloodshed!" Spartan august glared with curiosity at the odd forms of the native humans in this world.
The Sergeant-Major finished with, "exactly! We are here simply to return your inhabitant to you. So please lower your weapons and we can work this out with civility, eh?!" seeing that his attempt at defusal wasn't successful, he lowered his hands to rest behind his back, and turned to his four marines and bellowed, "MARINES! Weapons down and form up on me! HOP TO IT!" at this, the four marines simultaneously clicked their firearms to 'SAFE' and formed and exquisite single file line in front of their superior officer. "Marines! Attention!" the sergeant ordered; the four subordinates saluting in unison a slit-second after that. The sergeant then turned back around towards the many native police forces and spoke. "we have left ourselves open to hostility like this as a showing of our good faith! Now, please return the favor will Ya!"
the police and pro-heroes, albeit reluctantly, relax and relinquished their aim from the Spartans, and marines. Unfortunately, Bakugou interrupted this process by screaming at them. "WHY THE HELL SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU! DEKU DIED TEN YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THAT DAMNED BLACK ORB THING!" Izuku responded to his childhood friend, shouting. "It's ME Kachan! I didn't die back then, that orb sent me to these peoples' world! I made a deal with them that I would help save their version of humanity in exchange for returning back here once their war was won!" Katsuki momentarily paused at the mention of his childhood nickname. The nickname given to him by Deku... but he quickly re-aligned himself with his previously hostile stance.
"BULLSHIT! EVEN IF DEKU DIDNT DIE, HE WOULDNT BE NEARLY AS TALL AS YOU ARE AFTER ALL THIS TIME!" Bakugou pressed further. Izuku paused for a moment, contemplating if he should tell them about the Spartan III program, specifically about the risky, augmentations he had undergone within said program. He decided to sum up the augmentations without getting in-depth much at all. "part of the deal was that I would undergo several augmentations to fight for these peoples' world! I promise you Kachan, I AM IZUKU MIDORIYA!" he replied sternly before being defended by Uraraka. "it IS him Bakugou! I know it's him, without a doubt! I mean-LOOK AT HIM BAKUGOU! That is certainly deku, and will stand by him like we all did ten years ago!" she yelled with a fury that was totally unexpected from a woman as unassuming as her. "tch... fine. I won't kill you just yet, but I still don't trust you GOT IT?!" Katsuki begrudgingly stated as he stood down and walked away.
It was about this point when Todoroki approached and stopped about 5 feet away from the two super soldiers and single marine. "will if you really are Midoriya, the who the hell are the rest of you?" he asked with this signature emotionlessness. "as I have explained before; we are the soldiers of the UNSC Armed forces. Those two Spartans fall or rather fell under the jurisdiction of the Office of Naval Intelligence. While my man and I fall under the UNSC Marine Corps." Johnson recapped in response to Todoroki's' inquiry. "I meant who are you? Your names please." Todoroki clarified. "in that case-MARINES! Form up on my right! Shoulder-to-shoulder!" Johnson cried, pointing to a section of empty road to his right. The four subordinates and two Spartans swiftly followed the order from the sergeant, awaiting the next...
"alright men, if you would be so kind as to introduce yourselves to ur hosts for this evening! Franks, you're up!" Johnson bellowed before the man on the far end from the sergeant stepped forward. "Private Oliver Franks nickname: hotshot of the 369th Infantry Regiment of the UNSC Marine Corps! Locked and loaded sir!" he shouted before stepping back in line. The next soldier stepped up and cried, "Private Sid Hawthorne nickname: thorns of the 369th Infantry Regiment of the UNSC Marine Corps! Still counting the hours till we get some of that shore leave sir!" Hawthorne yelled, stepping back as the next soldier stepped forward. "Private Dusty Hallman nickname: cowboy hoping to find a stiff drink nearby, sir!" he spoke with a southern tone of voice indicating he was from the southern part of the united states. The fourth marine stepped forward, saluting and shouting, "and I am Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson, the current CO of these marines! We are here to escort this Spartan back to his world! While gathering intel to take back to ONI in three weeks' time!"
Bakugou spoke up at this, "so you green-covered assholes are saying that in three weeks' time a black orb will appear here again?!" affirmative civilian!" Johnson replied. Izuku cut in with, "obviously we will need to repair the pelican-" he pointed back to the ship "-and get it ready for them to return to their universe." Izuku then turned to Uraraka. "i hate to ask this, but we need you to make the pelican float so that we can get it into U.A.-OH I forgot about the principle! Is Nezu still around?" Izuku asked. Uraraka responded with a brightened expression and spoke, "oh! Yea, about that, Nezu is no longer the principle of U.A. Mr. Aizawa too that position a year and a half ago." Izuku looked dumbfounded at the new information, "wait, Eraser head is the principle now?! I would have never seen him as the kind of guy to be given the position. Then again it does make sense considering his tendencies towards making SURE only the best gets into the program..." Izuku drifted into his signature mumbling after so many years of repressing it. The return home had brought back some of his old habits.
'no doubt that's Midoriya!' Uraraka thought as she watched him ramble. But now, she could listen to him ramble forever after losing all trace of him for a decade. The marines seemed confused at the amount of words being spewed from Izuku's mouth. The reason for this was because they had never heard ANY spartan EVER speak for more than 2-maybe 3- sentences at a time. Todoroki ended Midoriya's mumbling with a forced clearing of his throat *AGHEM! * Izuku noticed this and apologized, "-oh, s-sorry guys just a bit excited after being gone for so long … now about us moving the pelican?" "OH, right!" Uraraka shouted. She brought her phone out of her pocket and called up Mr. Aizawa to arrange the moving and repair of the pelican. After initially breaking the news of Izuku's return, she explained their situation as far as they had revealed so far.
The large gate onto the U.A. campus was barely large enough to fit the slightly mangled, & charred, dropship through. Izuku and the other spartan carried HUGE chunks of metal from the ruined wings behind the pelican itself. The metal pieces looked to weigh a ton but the two Spartans were able to pick up pieces with ease which shocked the pro heroes and police that were helping. Once the pelican was moved, Todoroki and Bakugo said their farewells as they had to focus on their jobs as pro-heroes; they would continue their reunion after the fact. Iida and Kirishima however, stayed to inquire what exactly happened while Midoriya was gone. Uraraka had explained how she had become a teacher at U.A. and had taken the place of thirteen, and thus had to finish preparing her materials for the upcoming school year. She gave Izuku a passionately long hug and reluctantly said goodbye for now.
Kirishima first came up to Izuku and spouted endlessly how 'manly' he looked (in reference to his height and obviously superhuman strength.) but when Kirishima connected the strength to his quirk, Izuku stopped him. "actually, Kirishima I haven't used my quirk since I arrived back in this world. I was able to carry that debris because of the spartan augmentations." Kirishima replied with "oh, well that is even more manly, you could probably fight, and win, against four villains without your quirk! Does That sound right?" Izuku scratched the back of his neck and hesitantly responded, "i-I guess, I have only really fought elites and brutes for the past 6 years, I can take on at least 2 elites without my quirk. And I can take on only 1 brute without it but they are faster to go down in comparison. I have only ever used my quirk when fighting massive hoards and even then, I just clear them out quickly and disorient most of them with that...but as far as when fighting the average human villain...I haven't really thought about that. I can fight 10 quirk less men in hand-to-hand combat without breaking a sweat but quirks are too unpredictable when I don't know them."
"hold it right there bro!" Kirishima interrupted. "you mean to tell me that you can fist fight 10 guys at once, and never use your quirk?!" Kirishima finished "well, quirk less guys but yes." Izuku corrected. "holy crap man! That's awesome! Look, Ive got to get back to work, I can organize everyone from our home class to meet up tonight if that sounds good for you. What do you say?" Kirishima offered. "I have to check with the sergeant before-" but he was cut off by Johnson who stood a short distance away from with the other marines. "spartan! You are no longer under my command! You are back home, that was the mission and here you are! Have fun, and get your old life back! That is my final order to you Spartan Zero!" Johnson hollered. "understood sir!" Izuku affirmed with a salute. "well looks I am free to stay, so where will we meet?" Izuku asked "in the old dorms, they aren't used anymore by the students, so the teachers use them as residency during the school-year." Iida explained.
"thanks Iida, or is it Ingenium now that you are a pro-hero?" Izuku inquired. "you're welcome; and yes actually, I took the name after you disappeared, and I began my position in the family hero-agency." Tenya finished. "great! I can't wait to catch up on what's been happening here of the past decade Ive been gone! I am especially excited to see everyone else again. I've got to finish getting everything in order here, so I will see you all tonight." "got it bro! I'll send out the alert to everyone but won't tell them what it's about, I'll leave it a surprise." "sounds good man, also can you have my mom and all-might show up too." Izuku replied. "yea. I'll send them an invite too." Kirishima replied. "i look forward to how your experiences from the past ten years have improved your skills as a hero Midoriya!" Iida said before leaving with Kirishima.
/and with that we end chapter two. How was it? How do you think the rest of class 1A will react to seeing Izuku again? Will they be thrilled? Scared? Emotional? Find out in the next thrilling chapter of: Spartan Zero: The Untold Story
