Alright. I am back from my one day break.
Continuing with the internships…
And some Mirko…
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Four days Ago
Mirko woke up strapped to a chair. It was the first day.
"Huh… Well, they did say it would be bad. For them, they must mean it…"
A portal spiraled open, and Dabi walked in.
"Mirko…"
"Ah. Hello there."
"Shut up." Dabi smacked the hero in the face. "I didn't give you permission to speak."
Mirko could see the self hatred in Dabi's eyes as he spoke down to her. She nodded and let the man talk.
"Let's get some things straight. You, are not a hero. Not anymore." Dabi's hand flickered with blue flames, he placed it on Mirko's shoulder. The rabbit hero gave a shout of pain. "Here, you will be reduced to nothing…" Dabi took his hand away. A large indent of a human hand had been burned into Mirko's flesh. A bit of white ash was visible on the injury.
"And then, you'll come back broken, but sharpened… More battle ready… less hesitant."
Dabi kissed Mirko without a second thought, but as he did, he stabbed her in the arm. The rabbit hero winced in pain.
"And you will refer to Izuka… As Miss Izuka…" Dabi whispered in her ear. "You belong to her now… Her little bunny."
Mirko shuddered at the sound of Dabi's words. "Ah… do you like that? Being known as somebody's pet?" Mirko shook a bit more.
Dabi smirked as he stood up straight. "Ah… don't worry little bunny… your owner will be in here soon."
Dabi walked out through a new warp gate. The gate stayed open, and a giant monster walked out. The beast stalked over to the rabbit hero. Mirko shivered, this time in fright.
'What the hell is that? Is that what they train against?'
The Nomu began attacking the restrained Mirko. The rabbit hero felt her bones crack. The beast raked a claw down her leg. It bit a notch in her ear. After a half hour of physical torture, the beast left, and a different one came in.
This Nomu took Mirko's arm and pierced it with its claws. It left its claws in the woman's arm, and Mirko felt something pump into her. All of the sudden, it felt like fire was burning through her body. Whatever this Nomu was doing, Mirko felt it. The Nomu went to her other arm, before moving to her stomach. The last injection made Mirko cry out. She felt something leave her. Before losing consciousness.
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Mirko woke up to hear Izuka in the room. The girl toyed with her a bit, before leaving. Next came more Nomu, And Mirko was knocked unconscious yet again.
Mirko's eyes fluttered open as Izuka kissed her.
"Iz-"
Izuka slapped her across the face. "Who am I?"
"Miss Izuka…" Mirko said.
The girl giggled a bit and settled in the rabbit heroes lap. "Good little bunny… I think that you're really starting to accept what you are…" Izuka drew her face up to Mirko's, making their noses touch. The rabbit hero tried to move her lips to kiss her captor, but Izuka stopped her with a finger.
"Come now… We won't be doing that quite yet… WHen you come out my little bunny… when you come out…"
Izuka stroked Mirko's cheek with her thumb, before settling on Mirko's lips. The rabbit hero nibbled on the girls thumb, causing her to giggle. "So good… You really do like this don't you… My pet…"
Mirko continued nibbling, listening to Izuka as she spoke. "You and I… We're the same… We both want people to see how strong we are… how great we can be…"
The rabbit hero stopped and looked into Izuka's eye. There was a glint of understanding. Izuka smiled sadly. "You've gone through a lot I bet…" Mirko felt tears spatter on her lap. Izuka was crying. "You and me… A quirkless… and a pet bunny… We're the same in the eyes of society."
"Just animals…" Mirko whispered.
"That's right… Just animals…" Izuka said. "Just meant to suffer at the hands of humanity…" Mirko felt tears welling in her eyes. "That's why they'll never acknowledge you for anything, except being good looking…"
Izuka stood up as Mirko was hit with the stunning weight of realization. The scarred girl regarded her crying form.
"Because you… Just like me… will never matter to them…"
Izuka stepped through the portal, leaving Mirko to cry in her restraints.
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Present Day
Mirko's eyes fluttered open as she heard the familiar whoosh of a portal opening. Izuka stepped into the room. The rabbit hero coughed.
"Hello… Izuka…"
"Hm? What did you call me?"
"Miss… Izuka…"
Izuka smiled sweetly. "That's right… What are you doing Bunny?"
"Speaking to you… Miss Izuka…"
The rabbit hero had definitely seen better days. There were now several new notches in her ear. Her left leg had a large gash in it. Several bumps had formed on her skin where the Nomu had done the injections. Her face had multiple scratches on her cheeks, almost whisker like.
"Well then… Speak."
"What did that monster do to me?"
Izuka slid into the heroes lap. "Oh my sweet Bunny… you don't need to worry about that…"
"O-okay… Izu-Miss Izuka…"
Izuka's lips curled upwards. "Ah… you're learning… You'll need a reward…"
"Yes…"
Izuka cupped Mirko's face in her hands and dipped her head down. She gave the rabbit hero a passionate kiss.
"Ah… I'm supposed to torment you…" Izuka purred as she stopped the kiss.
Mirko panted, her cheeks were flushed. "I-I don't... care…"
Izuka stood up and placed her hand on Mirko's shoulder. She paced around to the heroes back, keeping her hand on Mirko. She slid it across the bunny's chest, then up to her neck, before stopping at her chin.
"Look at you… So delicate…" Izuka pulled out a mirror and showed the rabbit hero her face. Mirko's eyes widened at how helpless she looked.
"Ah… is this you?" Izuka whispered, bringing her face to the hero's ear and nibbling slightly. Mirko gave a light purr, her eyes still wide and staring at the mirror.
"It is you… but do you want it to be?"
Mirko shook her head slowly. "No…"
"Who are you-"
"No Miss Izuka…" Mirko quickly said. The scarred girl smiled.
"So who do you want to be?"
Mirko muttered under her breath. Izuka smirked. "What was that?"
"I want… to be strong… so strong that nobody doubts me…"
"Is that it?"
Mirko shook her head slowly, her eyes still locked on her reflection. "I want… to be a faithful servant… for you… your pet…"
Izuka chuckled. "Really? You want to be my pet?"
"Yes… please…"
Izuka leaned towards Mirko's ear once again. "We'll see…"
Izuka took her hand from Mirko's body, and walked to the front of the hero. "I'll see you tomorrow… Bunny."
Izuka stepped through a warpgate which spiraled out of existence as she passed through. Mirko slumped.
"I'll… Be yours…"
)=(
Bakugo lay on the couch in Gran Torino's agency. It was late, the man had gone to bed an hour previously. Bakugo was studying his hand.
"How do I use you…"
In response, darkness swirled from his hand. He felt a switch. Sort of how he felt One For All. He let the switch remain on as the shadows curled around the back of his hand. He smiled as they waved back and forth, as if saying hello.
"Well then… I guess I could just get to know you better…"
Bakugo turned the switch off, and the shadows seeped back into his arm. He softly smiled and closed his eyes.
"Just you wait Izuka… I'll bring you back…"
)=(
Bakugo opened his eyes to see a line of people. Each watched two men with white hair struggle back and forth. One wore a black business suit. The other wore jeans and a tattered t shirt. The man in the suit grabbed his opponent by the head and forced him down to his knees.
The man in the suit burst into shadow and disappeared. The other man got to his feet and walked towards Katsuki.
"You… Daigoro already passed his on to you… you have no time… no time to worry about… her…"
Bakugo's vision went white, then faded to black, and he woke up panting.
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Izuka stood over her workbench. The invention battles had been called off, as Hatsume and Izuka had the advantage of knowing how to create Yutsumenium. Izuka was running through the steps of how to obtain the element.
"You need to build the machine to those exact measurements and specifications. You must use silver wire. And you must use only the measurements listed by the chemicals. Otherwise, you could cause a very large explosion."
"EXPLOSIONS ARE FUUUUN!" Hatsume zoomed past on her robot.
"Hatsume, calm down…" Izuka shook her head.
"You're right. Sorry!"
The employees of the agency looked at Izuka's measurements and notes, before nodding. "This'll take a few tries. But we'll get it." Martha said. "Thanks for teaching us!"
Izuka smiled at the woman. "No problem! Anything you want me to do now?"
"We'll be working on this, so you can take a break, or work on a project you want to work on. The time is yours."
Izuka bowed. "Thank you."
The employees all began working on making the machine to isolate yutsumenium. Izuka grabbed Hatsume and dragged her over to the workbench.
"Hatsume… Have we ever tried giving any of the league members some yutsumenium?"
Hatsume shook her head. "No… Although, it would help portal guy."
"Kurogiri? He can already make portals though…"
"You discovered the elements power channeling capabilities. If he had it, he could control his portals better, and maybe do more… think of the possibilities!"
Izuka looked at the sword. "Then I'll give it to him… I need to talk to Shiggy tonight anyway…"
"Have fun!" Hatsume smiled.
"Yeah…" Izuka chuckled.
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Bakugo dodged a kick from Torino. The man activated his quirk and changed direction midair.
"Come on…" Bakugo muttered. Orange lightning crackled around him. "Come on…"
Torino whipped towards the boy. Bakugo ducked and deployed black whip. Shadows danced over his arms and moved to wrap up the old hero. The old man sped out of the way.
Bakugo recalled the shadows into his arms and dodged again. This time he threw a punch at the wall, making a blast that caused an indentation to form. Torino saw this and smirked.
'Manipulating the area around us to throw me off. He's got a good head on his shoulders…'
Torino stomped on the indent and continued to leap around. His trajectory changed by just the slightest bit. Bakugo aimed another punch at the wall, making another indent. He opened his fist and let off an explosion. The recoil propelled him out of the way of Torino.
The man landed on the ground and Bakugo leapt at him.
"YOU'RE MINE NOW!"
Gran Torino leapt up, barely dodging out of the way of Bakugo's attack. A small explosion hit his cape. Torino landed on the ceiling and leapt back down, landing a solid hit on Bakugo.
"That was good." Torino said, dusting off his hands. "That was the first time I've seen you use super strength, black whip, and your quirk at the same time. You're getting better. Even managed to hit my cape."
Torino held up the ripped corner of his cape with a grin. Bakugo looked at it wide eyed. Torino let his cape fall to the ground. "You're improving. A little more of this and you'll take me out easily. Tonight we'll go on patrol. You can learn how to maneuver in the streets with black whip and explosion."
"Wait… you think I'm ready for that?" Bakugo whispered.
"Yes I do. You are one of the most powerful children I have ever had the pleasure of training. Toshinori picked a good one."
Bakugo stared wide eyed at the old man, before smiling. "Thank you…"
Gran Torino shook his head. "Don't you tell Toshinori I said that. He'll get jealous."
"Right! I won't."
)=(
Izuka waved goodbye to the inventors, before heading back to the apartment. When she got into the living space, she locked the door and went to the bedroom. There, she pulled off her wig and grabbed her sword from a closet. Flicking open her league phone, she began dialing Kurogiri, before stopping midway and turning to the closet.
"I forgot…"
Izuka returned to the closet and pulled on new clothes. Her Power Loader work uniform would give her away instantly. She pulled on a pair of comfortable black pants. A white button up, and a black vest. She then leaned down in the closet and searched for something once more.
She found it. Wrapped in a bundle of cloth was the sword stain had given her. It was almost identical to the one she carried, but a jagged "S" was indented in the side of the blade.
"And I have everything…"
Izuka fastened the katanas to her hips. She took the portal sword and wrapped it up in cloth, before returning to her cell phone. She completed the number and hit the call button.
After two rings, a portal appeared before her. Izuka stepped into the bar. She noticed a few things. First, there was a lizard man standing in the doorway. Second, Shigaraki was moving out of his room. Third, there was a large man with blonde hair sitting at a table. Kurogiri was pleasantly humming away, pouring some tea for Tomura, and preparing a shot of whiskey for Izuka.
"Okay. I need to talk to you Kurogiri."
The bartender looked up from the drinks he was pouring. Izuka motioned to an unopened part of the bar. The smokey bartender nodded and handed Shigaraki his tea.
"We will be back shortly. Do not destroy anything, kill each other, or… just no violence until I say."
The two walked into the unopened part of the bar.
"What would you like to talk about Miss Izuka?"
Izuka took the cloth wrapped portal sword off of her back. "I made this. I think it will be of use to you."
Kurogiri took the bundle of cloth and unwrapped it. "This is a sword… This might be dangerous for me to wield… you know what could happen with Obo-"
"Kurogiri. You are Oboro, and Oboro is you… This sword will in fact draw the mist away from you… but, if you can come to terms with that side of you… it will make you more powerful."
Kurogiri sighed. "I-I don't know… I never thought that we could… Miss Izuka… Would you speak to him?"
Izuka put her hand on Kurogiri's shoulder. "Of course."
Kurogiri's eyes closed. The mist surrounding his head drifted to his arms, revealing the face of a young man with crystal blue hair and blue eyes. "Wh-what… Kurogiri let me…"
"No. You let yourself come out…" Izuka said. Oboro Shirakumo looked at the scarred girl.
"You… Are part of the league… What do you mean by-"
"Oboro… Listen." Izuka pointed to the sword on the table. "That sword will cause you and kurogiri to merge into one being. You need to accept each other. Otherwise one of you will be destroyed."
Oboro looked at his misty hands. "I don't think… I can… I'm afraid of him… afraid of becoming-"
"A villain?" Izuka interrupted. Oboro nodded. "Oboro. Do you think anybody could be a hero if they tried?"
Oboro nodded. "Yeah… Anybody can. If that's what you want to do then go for it!"
"What about somebody quirkless?"
Oboro answered without hesitation. "With training and dedication, they can surely do it."
Izuka smiled. "And if there is a quirk that requires blood to use, that might cause a person to be addicted to blood. If there was a person who could take quirks, and not taking quirks resulted in a lethal hunger. Would they be able to become a hero?"
"Anybody can become a hero. A person who can take quirks… like All For One… The one who made me Kurogiri… He could have been a hero…"
Izuka nodded. "So what is it that needs to change? If society discourages quirkless people from being heroes. If society calls those with blood quirks villainous. If society always looked at All For One as an evil god. What needs to change?"
"Society."
"And what needs to happen if even heroes believe this?"
"Society… must be… overthrown. you… Were a victim of this society weren't you?"
Izuka nodded. "I was… The symbol of peace himself told me I could not be a hero… So I set out to change that, along with the league."
Oboro nodded. "I think… that I understand. Kurogiri, was my fear of becoming a villain. He became a different personality, to protect me… But if I change… then I don't need to be afraid anymore…"
Izuka nodded. "You're getting it."
"But what about Aizawa and Hizashi?"
"Present Mic and Eraserhead… they were… changed by your death."
"Wait, death?"
Izuka nodded. "Yes, death. My father took your body and gave you life again. They only watched as the building you were in crumbled…"
"They… watched me die…"
"And did nothing to help you."
Oboro looked at the sword on the table. "Okay Kurogiri… Let's do this… I accept you…"
The man took the sword and unsheathed it. Purple mist was sucked into the element, turning it black. Oboro's hair turned purple. His left eye became yellow. First, his hands were revealed, then his torso, and finally, his lower body. Oboro Shirakumo and Kurogiri became one.
The sword was now a deep black, a galaxy of stars within it, as if the blade had truly become what it was supposed to be. Oboro shuddered. When he talked, it was in the voice of both him, and Kurogiri.
"Finally… Free…"
)=(
I have just realized. The entire league is literally ghosts. Oboro, Touya, Toga, Tetsutetsu, All For One…
All of them are thought to be dead. Huh… Cool.
So anyways. You see why I made the portal sword. Now Kurogiri and Oboro are bonded together. Oboro accepts that he is a villain, and we've got another member complete.
Next chapter, we'll talk to muscular and Spinner, and start the attack on Hosu.
As always, until next time.
Sushi Out!