Izuku stared at the cyborg for a few seconds, watching her approach, before quickly turning around and readying his watch to transform.
"Woah, Midoriya, what's up? You look like you've seen a ghost." Kirishima asked, looking over at where Izuku was looking.
"That's... kinda accurate. It's a long story, I'll tell you after we're done here," Izuku quietly explained, not sure whether or not to transform yet. This explanation only confused Kirishima more, and he stood up, ready to talk off the girl he seemed so scared of.
"Hey, green boy! I need to talk to you, it's important! Like,life-or-death sort of important!" The robotic stranger called out to him, her voice sounding fearful and anxious, which caught him by surprise.
Izuku wasn't sure how to react, but he approached slowly, his hand ready to push down the button to transform at any moment. "O-okay?" he replied, getting closer until they were only about ten feet apart.
"So, I'm Mei Hatsume, genius inventor. This is gonna be ridiculous, but I was messing with a giant robot and... this... happened to me." Mei gestured to her entire body. "And I'm kinda being threatened so Ineed that Omnitrix." She pointed to his watch, stepping a little closer.
"My watch?" Izuku asked, looking down at it. He hesitated. It was the one thing that could let him be a hero. If he kept it, he could help so much more people... But he'd willingly let someone die. It wasn't a choice. "Fine," he mumbled, getting into arms reach and extending his arm out.
Meanwhile, Kirishima, who had followed Izuku, was just confused. A robot made someone tall, jacked, and spiky? What was so special about Midoriya's watch? "What the fuuuuck..." he mumbled under his breath.
"Thank you, kid." Mei said, reaching towards the Omnitrix. Then, she felt a bolt of pain, and flinched while her body suddenly began feeling numb.
As Mei touched the Omnitrix, Izuku noticed her other hand rising up just slightly, catching his attention. Their claw-like fingers were outstretched, ready to slice. He quickly ducked down, barely avoiding the swipe, and began pulling his arm away.
It didn't budge, so, in a slight panic, he smacked down the dial, and bright light erupted from his body.
While this short exchange happened, people realized what seemed to be a villain attack was happening, and they quickly rushed out of the room, calling the local hero agencies. Kirishima was already running to help, his body hardened as he punched Mei.
When the light died down, Izuku had transformed into a small, blue monkey, with four arms, six bright green eyes, and the symbol of the Omnitrix on his chest. He swung up Mei's hand, perching on her arm. His tail pointed at her face and shot webs out, blinding her before he jumped back. "What the hell?!" Izuku shouted, landing across the room.
As this all happened, Mei was panicking. She could feel her body moving, she saw it, but she wasn't doing any of it. Her body was moving on its own. It was as if she was a spectator. 'Coward. This insolent fool deserves to die for daring to take my Omnitrix. Clearly you're not suited for this, so I shall take over.' Mei panicked. She screamed, trying desperately to take back control.
The controlled Mei smacked away Kirishima as the webs melted off her face. Then, her hair raised up, the ends of the dreadlocks pointing at Izuku and glowing threateningly. "You may have destroyed the first drone, but this won't be nearly as simple as before." her voice sounded like two voices speaking simultaneously, one being Mei's, and the other a deeper, angrier tone.
Kirishima got up, groaning. "What the HELL is wrong with you, asshole?!" he shouted, his hardening turning off.
'Mei' turned her head towards Kirishima. "You're next," she said, growling. But the one second of distraction gave Izuku time to web up a few of dreadlocks just as they were charging up. The surprise made the rest of the dreadlocks flinch a bit, and when they all fired, the webbed ones blew up, breaking away the mechanical parts and showing a little bit of pink underneath, while the rest missed, carving through what they hit like a hot knife through butter.
"You're not gonna hurt my friend or anybody else!" Izuku shouted, despite the fact his small, alien body was trembling with fear.
This distraction gave everyone the opportunity to run away from the action, resulting in an almost empty gym as their battlegrounds. As Mei charged at him, he jumped out of the way, barely dodging.
Toshinori had been relaxing at his current home in Musutafu, recuperating his stamina, when he got an alarm. A villain attack at a gym, some robotic woman attacking middle schoolers.
Even if he had tired himself out and had barely recovered a minute or two of time, he had to be there in case his help was needed. He got up, and began rushing to the scene.
Izuku was relentlessly jumping from wall to wall, a streak of blue to the casual viewer. Desperation lent itself to his speed as he dodged the barrages of lasers, some by mere millimetres. "What do I do?" he thought in panic. "What do I do?What do I do?What do Ido?What doIdo?WhatdoIdo?WhatdoIdo?WhatdoIdo?WhatdoIdo?"
His thoughts were cut off by a swing that could devastate a building, a swing that grazed his cheek as he managed to dive to the side of it. Reflexively he fired another web line at the cyborg, "Fool" the possessed girl said as she yanked him over and smashed him into the ground.
Izuku felt pain rip through his entire body as he struggled to get up and keep moving. His efforts were stopped by Mei's foot, pushing him back down. "You've avoided me long enough. Die, you miserable insect!" Mei shouted, about to crush him like a bug.
But before she could, something wrapped around her leg, lifting her up. "Not so fast, you villain!" A hero shouted, throwing her away and giving Izuku time to breathe, and look at his savior.
It was Kamui Woods, leading a group of heroes along with Death Arms and several others, who all rushed into battle.
"This planet's heroes are especially annoying. But you will die all the same." Mei said, floating off the ground before shooting towards the group, ready to do battle.
While they fought, Izuku was picked up by Kirishima, carried out of the room. Just as they were out of view, the symbol on Izuku's chest beeped, and he turned back into a human with a flash of red light. "Ugh..."
'Already? I've only been transformed for a few minutes, I should have had more time. Is the recharge going to be shorter too?'
"Bro, holy shit, are you okay? That hit looked bad!" Kirishima asked, putting him down and trying to check for injuries.
"I'm okay, I think." Izuku sat up. 'Those heroes are tough, but that Mei girl is terrifying! What if they can't beat her? What do I do?'
He sat there, his mind racing, when he noticed a broken watch on the ground, and an idea popped into his head. "Kirishima, I have an idea to stop her, but I'll need your help." Izuku said, starting to smile.
Mei was trying as hard as she could to get control back of her body, struggling with everything she could muster, while her body was being used to fight the heroes. For several minutes now, they had been fighting ferociously. She dodged grapples by Kamui Woods, caught attacks from Death Arms and threw him into other heroes, only to get caught by a solid mattress of water by Backdraft.
"HEY!" The scream made her body pause, looking over to see what the source was. It was Kirishima, wearing the Omnitrix. Her eyes widened involuntarily, and she flew towards him, while he turned tail and ran.
Kirishima ran as fast as he could before turning around, waiting with his hardening up as much as it could go. Mei quickly caught up and her hair raised, firing dozens of lasers at Kirishima. As each laser hit in rapid succession, they exploded on his hardened, rocky skin and sent him flying through a wall, where he landed on asphalt.
His entire body hurt, it hurt like hell, but he could still move. He got up and noticed he had been sent outside of the gym, and that there was a crowd of police and civilians a small distance away from him. Shit, he really hoped Izuku's plan worked.
Mei had followed him, and she was floating just a dozen or so feet away. People screamed and ran, but Eijiro stood up, faking confidence as well as he could. "Give me the Omnitrix and I might just spare your pathetic life, you miserable ape," Mei threatened, slowly getting closer.
Eijiro smiled, "You want it?" He took off the Omnitrix. "Then CATCH!" he yelled, throwing it at her as hard as he could. "MIDORIYA, NOW!" he screamed, as it flew towards Mei.
The thing controlling Mei paused for a moment in shock when they noticed the watch wasn't the Omnitrix. But it was too late, and the watch was only inches away when something jumped out of it, and encased her. They tried to pull it off, yelling and shouting, but the entire thing encased her in moments.
It was Izuku, transformed into an alien that was like a goo that upgraded and controlled technology. And as he started controlling the tech in Mei's body, it felt like the world melted away, and he was floating in a black void, right in front of a man.
A towering, powerful man with an octopus-like head and wearing dark and imposing armor. "You may have won today, but know this: one day, I will come back. And when that day comes, there will be no toying around. Be afraid, Midoriya. Be very afraid..."
"W-who"
And just like that, he was thrust right back into the real world, and he melted off of the girl. Mei instantly started moving, looking at her hands when the robotic parts broke off of her body, leaving her as she used to be.
Once it was done, Izuku saw that she was just a girl his age, with pink hair and yellow eyes. She looked at herself and then at him in disbelief. "I'm back in my body! You, did you do this?" Mei asked, pointing at him.
"U-uh... yes?" He answered, his body trembling. When he said that, Mei ran at him and hugged him.
"Thank you..." she muttered, starting to cry. Izuku had no idea what to do, so he just patted her back gently as a way to comfort her.
After the incident, Izuku, Mei, and Kirishima were all quickly led to police cars to get away from the crowd, and their parents were called. Kirishima was mostly okay, mainly having bad bruises and some scratches. They were all in separate cars, each with a different hero in them. Izuku was with Kamui Woods, Kirishima with Backdraft, and Mei with Death Arms.
It was quick enough that Izuku had gotten inside before he'd even turned back to normal. His mind wandered, to what had just happened only minutes ago.
'Just who was he? He's clearly an alien, and he probably didn't make the Omnitrix, so why is he the only one after it so far? Will there be others? How long do I have?! Am I going to be safe? What if he's stronger than Mei was?!' Izuku gulped, beginning to mutter quietly. "What if I'm not strong enough? Smart enough? How do I prepare?!"
Izuku's muttering and worry lasted the entire ride, and he was so engrossed in his thoughts that he even ignored the beeping of the Omnitrix and the transformation wearing off. He didn't even realize how long he had been mumbling until the car stopped and he looked around to see that they were at the station.
"Okay kid, I know you're kinda freaked out, but I assure you, you shouldn't be in trouble. And at your age, a Vigilantism charge is nothing to worry about," the hero, Kamui Woods, comforted him and gave him a thumbs up.
Izuku nodded, a little surprised. "Thank you! Oh, can you sign my notebook?" He pulled out his newest notebook, 'Hero Notes For The Future 13 V2,' and presented Kamui Woods' page for him to sign.
"Sure, kiddo," he answered, signing a portion at the bottom. "Those are pretty good notes, by the way! Smarts like that, you could be a pretty good hero. Now come on, the police want to ask a few questions about what happened." Kamui Woods stepped out of the car and headed inside the station with Izuku following.
He was led into a room where a police officer with a cat head was waiting. "Hello! I'm Officer Sansa. Don't worry, we just need to ask you questions about the attack, if that's fine with you. Your mother is on the phone, she decided to stay at home."
"Why?"
"This room isn't water-proofed, but her apartment is," Sansa answered, placing a phone on the table. That made sense to Izuku; she had some of the strongest tear ducts he'd ever seen, after all.
"Hey, Izuku! Don't worry, I'll make sure home is dry by the time you get back," Inko's voice chimed in from the phone.
"Hi! So, before we start... can you keep my name out of the news?" Izuku requested, thinking about Bakugo. He'd probably do something he'd regret if he learned about Izuku's powers.
Sansa nodded. "Of course. Anything else?"
"Please make sure Mei doesn't get in trouble. She was being controlled by some quirk; As soon as I freed her, she stopped attacking anyone!"
The officer looked surprised by that. "Hm. From what I've heard, that matches up. Do you have any idea of who was controlling her?"
"Sorry, no... I saw him when I helped Mei, like we were in a void of some sort? His face looked like a squid, and he was tall."
"Okay..." Sansa wrote that down on a notepad, nodding.
After a dozen or so more questions, where Izuku hid some details about aliens and the Omnitrix, Izuku was free to go.
After he left the room where he was questioned, he saw Kirishima and ran over to him. "Hey! Are you okay?"
"Yeah, bro! Got some bad bruises, but other than that, I'm doing great! I guess my quirk is way tougher than I thought!"
"That's great! I'm sorry about bringing you into something so dangerous, though! I could've gotten you seriously hurt!"
"It's fine. I would've tried to help anyways, and that plan of yours was genius!" Kirishima grinned, putting his arm on Izuku's shoulder as encouragement.
"Oh, you really think so?" Izuku really appreciated the compliments he was getting today. It felt nice. "Anyways, I kind of owe you and Mei an explanation."
"Yeah, you really do. Oh hey, that's her over there, right?" Kirishima asked, pointing. When Izuku looked, he saw Mei and two adults who seemed to be her parents. They hadn't notice him yet, so he approached with Kirishima following cautiously.
As they got closer, Izuku noticed Mei looked relieved, but she'd obviously been crying a few minutes ago.
"Um... Hi?" Izuku got their attention, and all three of them looked right at him.
When Mei recognized the two boys, she perked up, grinning. "Watch Boy! Hard-on!" Before either of them could react to the shock of their new nicknames, Mei pounced, tackling both of them to the ground in a hug. "Thank you guys!"
Izuku was disoriented by the sudden tackling, and Kirishima was embarrassed. "W-wait, can I have a different nickname?!" Kirishima shouted, trying to get out of the hug.
"Since you saved my life, I'll think about it! What about you, Watch Boy?" She looked at Izuku, who was frazzled.
"Uhm... I'd like my real name... But I just wanted to ask if you're okay," he admitted, not quite realizing the situation he was in.
"I'm fine, thanks for asking!" Mei said, looking even brighter.
"Mei... Please, get off of them, they aren't used to you." Her father interrupted the moment, putting a hand on Mei's shoulder.
"Oh, right! Sure thing!" She got off of them and stood up. The two boys took a few seconds to get up as well.
"So, you're the kids who saved our girl?" Mei's mother asked Izuku, putting a hand on his shoulder. He nodded reluctantly, and both of her parents gave him and Kirishima a hug. "Thank you! You two were great there, I heard about it from Mei. Whatever you did, it must have been clever!"
Izuku nodded, and smiled. "You're welcome! But it was just what was right." He brushed off the compliments, and he squirmed his way out of the hug.
"Yeah! A hero's supposed to help!" Kirishima did the same, grinning.
"Anyways... Kirishima, Hatsume, can I talk to you two in private?" Izuku asked the two, remembering he needed to explain all the stuff that had happened that day.
"Okay, bro."
"Sure thing, Watch Boy!"
They both followed him outside to the front of the building, which was deserted.
"So, I'll need both of you to keep this a secret, okay?" Izuku told them, being serious. When they nodded, curious, he continued. "The robot that took control of you, the Omnitrix... They aren't from Earth. Last week, this watch fell at Dagobah Beach like a meteor, and the next day, the robot fell at the same place and tried to kill me." As he talked, he took note of Mei and Kirishima's expressions, where their eyes quickly widened with shock. Kirishima began to look confused, while Mei looked excited.
"Wait, so that watch support item thing was made by aliens? Are you trying to pass that thing off as your quirk? What even is your quirk?" Kirishima asked, his mind clearly racing with questions.
"You've got alien tech just sitting on your wrist?! I saw it transform you; how many forms do you have? Just two? A dozen? Millions?! Oh my God, I wonder if I could make a baby like that!" Mei got up close to Izuku and grabbed his wrist to look at the Omnitrix.
Izuku was a little overwhelmed by the questions, and backed up slightly as well as pulling his wrist out of Mei's grip. "Uhm... One question at a time, please? So, in order..." Izuku took a deep breath, collecting his thoughts. "For Kirishima's questions, yes, it was made by aliens. Yes, I was trying to pass it off as a quirk. And, uh... I'm quirkless?" Izuku expected a bad reaction, but instead, Kirishima looked sympathetic, and Mei looked indifferent.
"Oh, dang, that sucks. I've seen how people treat quirkless people, it's disgusting. I hope the people at your school are better than mine." Kirishima said, nodding. "But hey, at least at U.A, they'll definitely be better about that, if you feel like telling them!"
Mei just shrugged. "Ouch?"
Izuku sighed, thankful they hadn't acted like it was a bad thing. "Thanks. And for Mei's question, uh... Yes, it is just on my wrist, it jumped on me and I don't know how to get it off. It has ten forms, and no, you probably can't. I don't know how to look at what's inside it, and I'm pretty big on not breaking it." Izuku covered the Omnitrix with his hand.
"Hm. Damn. Who made it? And what's with the robot?" Mei asked again, curious to see who she needed to beat up for putting her in danger.
"I don't know who made the Omnitrix, but I think I saw who was controlling you when I did that thing. He... He said he'd be back. I don't know when, but he'll be back." Izuku looked down, the worry and fear coming back.
Mei and Kirishima went pale. "Fuck... Well, we need to prepare, get help from heroes. Sure, he may have fought off three normal heroes, but hey! He doesn't stand a chance against All Might! Nobody does!" Kirishima said, smiling.
The comment reminded Izuku of his meeting with All Might. The unbeatable man, the symbol of peace, and most of the time he was reduced to a gaunt, almost skeletal man who was hacking up blood constantly. All Might wasn't invincible. Not even close.
"Y-yeah. All Might's invincible," he mumbled. "Anyways, I think I should head home. But we should keep in touch, can I have your number?" Izuku asked Mei, pulling out his phone.
"Oh, sure!" she said, grabbing it and putting her number into his contacts before handing the phone back. "Bye, Watch Boy! You'll be a perfect test subject!"
Izuku nodded, a little confused by Mei, and began walking home, reflecting on the hectic day. It had been pretty good. Then he realized something.
'I TALKED TO A GIRL! Wait, she kept getting really close to me, was that flirting?!' Izuku blushed, confused and excited by this revelation.
A few minutes later, Eijiro Kirishima had started going home, thinking. That giant villain who had threatened his classmates, he'd been unable to help out of fear. But he'd saved people that same day.
Maybe he could call himself a man. Eijiro smiled, feeling better about himself.
"Excuse me, young man." The voice caught his attention, and he turned around to see the tall, skeletal man he'd met only about an hour ago. "I'd like to offer you something."
Review time:yeah okay I get it "izuku with an omnitrix" is a generic idea