Mega Man Deku #2

"Speech"

'thoughts'

[message/phone/?]

[crowd/flashback]

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It had been a while since he had heard the sound of the explosion, and now, he could even see black smoke coming out from where he figured was the source.

"I wonder what hero will come..." Izuku's mind wandered back to the conversation with All Might earlier

'Hero, huh...' A grim expression appeared on Izuku's face as he once again remembered that it would be impossible for him to become a hero.

It was the profession that he admired the most. Saving others with a fearless smile...

'Fearless...' He remembered the part of his conversation with All Might, as he told him about the dangers of being a hero and that it was just a selfish trick he used to keep his fears in check, which happened to have a good effect on the population.

Even with a quirk, being a hero was hard, but someone like him...

'I knew it from the start... that there's no chance for me out there...'

He was almost about to cry from the frustration he felt due to his quirklessness

"I can't become a hero if I don't even have a quirk..."Izuku spoke slowly to himself

[So, you want to be a hero, Izuku Midoriya?]

A voice seemingly out of nowhere startled him.

"Wh-who's there!?" Izuku asked, looking around his surroundings, bracing himself as if he was about to be attacked by someone

Then, as if on cue, his phone started vibrating vigorously,

[Check your phone.] The voice called out to him again, prompting Izuku to pull out his still vibrating phone.

There were the helmet and the Z icon, but this time, the helmet was shaking fast, as if it were lampshading the vibration.

"Oh, right. What was your name, again...?" Izuku's mind went back to when he was in the alleyway earlier and immediately remembered the name.

"I remember now! It's Zero WahWee, the advanced AI, right?" Izuku said in an excited voice

[Actually, that sounds pretty dope, but nope, it's Zero Wily. Pleased to make your acquaintance, Izuku Midoriya. If you hadn't found me and plugged me into this lifesaver of a smartphone, I would have been dead by now.]

"Wait... So that young man I found in the alleyway..." Izuku pondered for a moment before-

"...WAS YOU!?" Izuku spoke with an astonished expression

[That's right.] Zero replied

"But... that doesn't make sense; I mean, how can a person even do something like 'possess' my smartphone?" Izuku asked

[Now, I know you have any questions, but just think of me as a super-duper self-evolving advanced robot who can turn into computer data and has come from another world, okay?] Zero responded

"So... you aren't human...!?"

[Putting it bluntly, yes] Zero deadpanned

"Also... you were so badly wounded! What happened to you before I found you?"

[Long story short, I got severely injured fighting against an evil tyrant who ruled with an iron fist and collapsed afterward. Next thing I know, I'm inside your smartphone] Zero recalled; he did not want to go into the details of his final battle...

"That's... a neat summary... Are you All right now?"

[For now, I'm good. Anyway, aren't you forgetting something?] Zero asked

"Am I...?" Izuku pondered for a moment, until-

Suddenly the two hear an explosion go off

"Oh... that...It's too dangerous for someone quirkless like me to be there..."

Midoriya replied, having seemingly lost his interest in heroes

[I'm not one to question your hobbies, but weren't you excited to find out what hero would come for the rescue?] Zero asked him

"Wait, You overheard the whole thing?" Izuku asked, surprised.

[I was literally in your pocket. Go figure] Zero deadpanned yet again

'It was just me ranting about my quirklessness...'

[...So I did my fair share of research on the 'internet', and I learned a lot of things about this world.] Zero recalled, catching Izuku's attention, somewhat

"...Neat"

[Wow, we're already here...?] Zero said in a faux-excited tone

"Here...?" Izuku turned his head to look at what Zero meant.

Izuku was surprised to find himself at the location from where the explosions were heard. Various buildings were caught on fire, most likely from the explosions, and several Pro heroes were trying to rescue the residents from said buildings. A crowd of people had also gathered in the vicinity.

[What, you're legs on auto-pilot or something?] Zero half-joked

"Wondering the same thing here-" Izuku replied

In the middle of the flaming warzone, there was a certain abomination of a sludge who almost managed to take the life of Izuku's before his fated encounter with All Might.

"That's the sludge villain from before!? But how?" Izuku exclaimed as he did a double-take, Sludge guy. Zero. SLUDGE GUY!?

[You know 'em?] Zero asked, confused at Izuku's reaction

"Earlier this day, that thing almost managed to kill me by literally trying to force itself inside my body. Until the No.1 hero, All Might himself appeared, and saved my life, capturing him in the process," he explained, in an emotionless voice.

[Then how is he over there now?] Zero asked the obvious

"... It's my fault. The bottle in which All Might locked him inside of must've fallen out of his pocket when he was trying to prod me off after I 'accidentally' latched onto him" Izuku confessed

[Looks like he found someone else.] Zero spoke, prompting Izuku to take a closer look at the villain

"Someone else..."

Right under the grotesque eyes of the villain, he noticed the face of a certain spiky blond-haired teen, whom Izuku, no doubt, knew since his childhood.

"...KACCHAN!?"

[Someone you know...?] Zero asked, surprised at Izuku's reaction

"It's... complicated but, yes."

["Even those 'pro heroes' over there look as though they are in a cinch] Zero spoke

"How can you even..." Izuku asked before deciding to take a closer look at the pro heroes.

Izuku turned his head to take a look at the various pro heroes.

"...Oh."

He immediately put the transformed smartphone into his school bag.

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"I can't get close!" Kamui exclaimed, trying to figure out how to approach the villain while keeping clear of the fire

"Got my hands full with the fire, can't come over!" Backdraft responded, trying the extinguish the fire that broke out.

"My quirk is useless against this guy!" Desutegoro shouted, panting heavily

"And I can't get through!" screamed, trying to budge through the small lane while trying to avoid accidentally destroying the buildings due to her huge size

"Pathetic..." Meanwhile All might, in his faux-skeletal form, mumbled to himself from the back of the crowd, being unable to help due to running out of time for his muscle-form.

"...!?" All Might was shocked to see a certain young man whom he had lectured earlier about the responsibilities of a hero, rush in.

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[Hey! What's that kid doing!?]

Desutegoro shouted as he saw Izuku ran past the crowd, towards the sludge villain.

"Wh-What am I doing!? Wh-Why am I running like this!?" Izuku immediately recognized the reason 'why' as he took a look at the eyes of Bakugo.

The sludge villain, noticing Izuku's presence, threw one of his tentacle-like arms at him.

Thinking quick, and without any hesitation, he remembered a certain page of his 'Hero Analysis' notebook, and after barely dodging its arm, threw his school bag at the villain, trying to get an opening to get close.

Which he did. The villain, distracted by the school bag was now trying to get it off its body, now that it was stuck to it, like gum.

"...Wh-What do I do now...!?" Izuku asked himself as he kept running towards Bakugo, who was still partially stuck inside the sludge villain.

[Pathetic...]

Suddenly, the worry in his eyes vanished, as instead of the green eyes full of doubt, worry, hesitation, his eyes had turned bright red, and a red armlet covering his lower arm with a black hand and white fingertips appeared on his right hand.

Due to the sudden change, Izuku noticed that he had become much faster, that his senses were sharpened, and his reflexes had become much faster.

After finally getting the school bag off his body, the villain prepared to launch another one of his arms at him.

"I... I can see it now!" Izuku spoke mentally to himself, now somehow being able to predict the movement of the incoming assault

The sludge villain launched his arm at Izuku, who immediately leaped out of its way, shocking the villain, along with the bystanders, the pro heroes... and All Might.

[Pathetic...]

After finally reaching up to his childhood friend turned bully, Izuku began clawing at the villain's body, trying to get him out of it.

"...!" Izuku side-stepped to avoid another one of the villain's attacks.

"Come on... where is it...?"Izuku mumbled to himself as he dodged attack after attack from the villain, trying to figure something out, all the while hearing the muffled screaming of his childhood friend.

"There it is!" He exclaimed as he plunged his right arm, now covered in the red armlet, deep into the Villain's body, aiming at where the left arm of Bakugo would be, inside the sludge villain.

The villain, startled by the sudden move, was unable to react as Izuku slowly managed to pull the left arm of Bakugo out of its body. Although Izuku didn't notice, the red armlet had disappeared from his arm, and his eyes started flickering from red to green, and back.

Bakugo wasted no time in using his quirk to cause an explosion at the part of the sludge villain covering his mouth, causing it to flinch, and releasing his mouth.

"I don't need your help, you damn..." Bakugo began shouting at him, until

"...nerd...?" He noticed that the color of Izuku's eyes was flickering from red to green, back and forth multiple times.

"Y-Your eyes looked like those of someone who was screaming for help, a-and I could never turn down a plea for help..." Izuku responded, his eyes now back to his normal green, full of tears.

[I am so... PATHETIC!]

Unfortunately during their brief conversation, they didn't notice that the sludge villain was now back to his senses, and attempted to launch another of his tentacle-like arms at Izuku, catching him off guard. Out of instinct, Izuku brought his arms in front of his face, and closed his eyes, bracing himself for the oncoming impact.

"Fear not, young men..."

What he met, however, were the uniquely colored eyes of the No.1 hero meeting his.

"...Because I am here!" All Might finished his catchphrase, now back in his muscle form, with an ever-present smile.

"A-All Might!?" Izuku spoke, surprised at the sudden change of events.

In not even a second, All Might had picked up Izuku and Bakugo (out from the villain's body, no less) and leaped out of the harm's way.

"While I admonished you for dreaming unrealistic..."

"... I failed to put my own words to practice! A pro is... always risking his lives for others!"

And after putting the two down, he did not waste any more time, and brought his fist behind him, as he screamed-

"DETROIT SMASH!" All Might brought his fist forward as he punched the villain so hard, and so fast, he was literally torn into pieces, and also produced a gigantic concussive wind that temporarily changed the weather, causing it to rain.

A brief moment later. the crowd could be seen cheering for their No.1 hero.

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It was about time for the sunset, and Izuku was returning home, after being scolded by the other pro heroes for his reckless behavior once they found out about his quirklessness.

About a few minutes earlier, Izuku had come across Bakugo, who proceeded to accuse Izuku about looking down on him, and that he is only going to be the 'damn quirkless nerd' he had always been.

Bakugo wondered as he was confused at the flickering color of Deku's eyes from earlier, but then dropped it, thinking it was probably a hallucination caused by the sludge villain from earlier trying to choke him.

A few minutes later...

After Bakugo left, Izuku remembered himself getting scolded by the pro heroes, while he had seen Bakugo getting praised for his 'bravery', which only proved the belief he had since the age of four, when he first found out about his quirklessness...

"All men are not born equal," Izuku mumbled as his expression turned into a sad one, as he thought about this belief.

[You're not wrong in that regard, Izuku.] A voice of a certain someone came out of nowhere.

"Wh-Who's there!?" Izuku screamed, startled

[...And you already forgot me, huh?] The voice responded. After trying to recall for a moment, he immediately remembered the familiar voice.

"Zero... WahWee!?"

[...What?]

"What?"

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A few minutes later...

"WHAT!? YOU'RE INSIDE ME!?" Izuku screamed

[Calm down, Izuku. Technically, the moment I 'MegaMerged' with you, your entire body structure got altered.]

"MegaMerge...?" Izuku asked, confused.

[I will tell the details later, but yes. I'm inside you. No innuendos intended.] Zero deadpanned

"None taken."

There was a moment of awkward silence among the two, before Zero decided to break it.

[... You almost got me killed back then, you know?]

"When...?"

[Remember when I was still in your phone, and you had come across the sludge villain?]

"Uh-huh"

[Good. Now, before rushing in to save your friend, you had put me in your school bag, remember?]

"Oh yeah!"

[And then, a few moments later, to distract the villain, you threw your bag at him, and the contents inside flew out of it becauee you didn't zip it properly...]

"...Oh. Sorry."

[I was lucky that I managed to 'MegaMerge' with you before you threw the bag.]

"I-It was in the heat of the moment, a-and I forgot about you..."

[But, considering your build, and your mind, it was the only way you could gain an opening on someone like him. No matter what the other pro heroes have to say, you did pretty good. And that is a big compliment coming from a war veteran like me. You kinda reminded me of a certain friend of mine, back there.]

"Thanks. Well I do remember you saying that you were fighting against an evil tyrant... Anyway. After I did accidentally throw you, something strange happened to me. Was it the 'MegaMerge'...?"

[Yes it was. Look, I'm a bit too tired now, and considering I was very badly wounded when you found me, I need some rest. You can ask any other questions you have, tomorrow.]

"Even so, I am a bit surprised that you managed to somehow repair the phone" Izuku responded

[Like I said, further questions will be answered tomorrow, and no, it did not actually short-circuit. All I had to do was tweak some things and it became as good as ever.]

"O-Oh, alright..." Izuku decided not to question anything for the moment.

[Anyway, goodnight, Izuku]

"Goodnight, Zero"

After a brief moment, Izuku could almost hear sounds of snoring from his phone, resulting in a chuckle, until-

"I HAVE COME! IN A DRAMATIC MANNER!"

"A-All Might!?"