MHA: Draigon
I am here! With another chapter! Hope y'all are ready for another chapter of MHA: Draigon. Before I continue, I'd like to point something out thanks to someone's comment on ao3. The whole Bakugou being bullied too thing was not my idea, I took inspiration from Kimidoolez's villainwaifu AU, I like their idea and integrated it into my story and I apologize for not mentioning that in the previous chapter.
Here's their tumblr - kimbapchan
With that in mind, on with the fic!
"Stupid f*****g hag, making me by stupid f*****g groceries." Muttered Katsuki as he stormed out of the store and was walking down the street. "I wonder what Deku and Fish are doing." He thought. Suddenly a weird clunking noise from an ally caught his attention. He stopped in front of it and peered inside, but saw nothing. Then he decided to weigh his options. Option a: be a coward and walk away. Option b: Be Katsuki Bakugou and walk in headfirst to see what was up. You can probably guess which he chose. "Yeah, this isn't cliche at all." Thought Kacchan as he walked through the alleyway. Suddenly there was a weird gushing sound behind him, and he turned around just in time to see what essentially looked like sentient snot attack him.
Toshinori Yagi (Ima just gonna call him Toshinori when he's in Small Might mode) quietly stood there for the kids to finish screaming. "Y-y-you-" Stuttered Izuku.
"I-is that really you All Might?" Asked Nemo.
"Yup, it is indeed, I, All Might." Replied Toshinori.
"B-but how!? You look s-so…" Said Deku, but trailed off.
"Skinny? Small? Disturbing?" Suggested Toshinori.
"Uh, let's go with, unhealthy." Suggested Nemo.
"What I don't get is how you went from All Might to, well, Small Might?" Said Midoriya in confusion. Then Toshinori explained to them his three hour rule and how he flexes during that time.
"Has it always been like this?" Asked Nemo. Toshinori told him no, then revealed to them his injury and how it resulted in his current situation.
"Honestly boys, I'm going to have to be honest with you." Said Toshinori, "Being a hero is dangerous, and that's with a Quirk, attempting such a profession without one would be downright suicide. Give up. Maybe become a police officer, it's a fine line of work."
Nemo looked over to see the look of shattered hope on Izuku's face. He didn't just look sad, he looked completely broken. And this made Nemo angry. "How dare you." He snarled.
"Hmm?" Asked Toshinori in confusion.
"How dare you!?" He shouted angrily as he stormed over to Toshinori, grabbing the older man by his color and bringing him down so that they were eye level. "Izuku's dream, his entire life, has been dedicated to becoming a hero, it's all he's ever wanted, and now you're telling him to throw it away because he doesn't have a god d**n Quirk!?"
"N-nechan!?" Exclaimed Deku.
"If that's what you truly think, then you're no hero." Spat Nemo as he pushed the now dumbfounded Toshinori away, then turned and began to walk away. "C'mon Izuku, let's get out of here." Said Nemo. Midoriya slowly nodded before following his friend. Before they left though, Nemo turned and looked at Toshinori out of the corner of his eye. "Don't worry All Might, we'll keep your secret, but only because there are so many people who depend on you, can unlike you, I don't want to shatter the hopes of others." With that, the two middle schoolers left Toshinori to his own devices. The older man sighed before reaching down to pat his leg, that's when he noticed something that made his heart drop. The bottle containing the sludge villain was gone. Suddenly he heard the sound of explosions in the distance.
"Oh no." Whispered Toshinori.
"I can't believe him, where does he get off, saying that you can't be a hero because you're Quirkless." Said Nemo angrily.
"I can't believe you said that to All Might, the number one hero." Said Izuku.
Nemo sighed and put his hands in his pockets. "Doesn't matter who I said it too, it's the truth." He said.
"Good idea using the fire escape to get down." Said Deku, trying to change the subject. All he got was a grunt that sounded something like 'thanks' in response. Suddenly the two of them heard explosions.
"You heard that too right?" Asked Nemo as he looked in the direction of the explosion. Midoriya simply nodded. "Let's go." Said Nemo as he rushed to check it out with Izuku in close pursuit.
Nemo and Deku stared in a combination of shock and horror. "Izuku, isn't that…?" Asked Nemo.
"Mmhm." Whimpered Midoriya with his hands over his mouth, and a horrified expression on his face. They could overhear the heros talking, as well as the civilians, and the true weight of their actions sunk in.
"It's our fault... All Might wasted his energy to rescue us... and with his time gone, he can't help Katsuki." Thought Nemo, he looked over to Izuku and saw that he was thinking the same thing. Nemo looked back to Bakugou, and saw how scared their friend looked. He barely noticed when his bag fell to the ground and his legs started moving. The pros stared in shock as Nemo and Deku rushed into the fray.
But his words fell on deaf ears as Deku chucked his backpack at the villain. Everyone watched in shock as Midoriya and Nemo clawed at the sludge, trying to free their friend.
"Deku!? Fish!? What are you doing here?!" Shouted Katsuki.
"I don't know! My legs! They just started moving!" Shouted Izuku. Suddenly memories flashed through Nemo's head, memories of their friendship, of the bullies, of their families, of what All Might said.
Then, after a moment, Izuku looked at Kacchan and said, "Kacchan, I just couldn't stand by and watch you die."
"He's right! Katsuki! You're our friend!" Shouted Nemo.
"C**p, I'm not gonna make it." Thought Toshinori as he tried to activate his muscle form.
"Just a little longer kid, and I'm done playing with you!" Gurgled the villain as it swung a sludge arm at the boys.
"Save the boy! This thing'll kill him!" Shouted one of the heros.
Nemo's eyes widened as the arm came towards them, time around him seemed to screech to a halt. "No." He thought. Suddenly he felt a twinge in his chest. "No!" There it was again. "I won't let you hurt my friends!" Suddenly an unexpected memory came to him. It was one of Natsu using his magic. On instinct, Nemo swung his hand at the incoming arm, as he felt his right arm heat up. Suddenly a burst of flame exploded from his arm, evaporating the sludge. This caused the eyes of everyone around him to widen in shock. Nemo stared at his arm. Did he really just do that. Suddenly Nemo's darted to the side and he spotted the nearby flames from Bakugou's explosions. Instinct told him to open his mouth and start inhaling. As he did, a vacuum like noise was heard as the flames began to get drawn towards Nemo as they went into his mouth.
"He ate the flames!?" Shouted one of the heros in shock.
"Nechan, how did you?" Asked Izuku quietly.
"Honestly... I have no idea..." Said Nemo.
"Don't ignore me you brats!" Shouted the villain as it tried to attack again.
"Duck Izuku!" Shouted Nemo as he reared his arm back. Deku quickly rected as he jumped back, just in time for Nemo to shout, "Fire. Dragon. Iron Fist!" and swung his arm as the villain, then a large burst of flame came from his fist that blasted the villain off of Katsuki. Mt. Lady was quick to react, using her arms to block any flames that might get to far.
Once the villain was off, Bakugou groaned as he fell to the ground, and Nemo let out a sigh as he fell to his knees, while staring at his arm in shock.
The pros were mad. Very mad. Katsuki was given a towel to wipe the black smudges on his face that'd wound up on his face due to Nemo's attack. "You know the law kid, you aren't allowed to use your Quirk to attack someone else. No matter the reason." Said Death Arms.
"I- I know but-" Said Nemo.
"Then why did you do it?" Demanded Kamui Woods.
"Because I didn't even know I had a Quirk!" Said Nemo abruptly. This caused both pros, as well as Deku and Kacchan to look at him in surprise. "My... my Quirk never developed, actually up until now, Katsuki was the only one between the three of us with a Quirk." Said Nemo. "And in that split second, something just... snapped, and the next this I knew... I was shooting fire."
The pros stared at him for a moment before Death Arms sighed. "Well... it sounds like you're telling the truth, so we're just gonna let you off with a slap on the wrist this time, but only this time. Do I make myself clear?" He said.
"Yes." Said Nemo.
"Good... now get out of here kids before the media eats you alive." Said Death Arms as he then turned his head to look at the growing swarm of reporters.
Now the three friends were walking home in silence. A very awkward silence. "...So…" Said Nemo.
"So you have a fire Quirk now?" Asked Kacchan.
"I... I think so, it was weird, I just suddenly had a memory of Natsu flash through my head, and the next thing I know, I'm shooting fire." Said Nemo.
"And eating it." Said Izuku.
"Aaaaand eating it." Said Nemo.
"Sounds suspicious." Said Bakugou.
"Katsuki I swear! I never lied to you or anythi-" Started Nemo.
"Just shut the h**l up Fish." said Bakugou as he cut Nemo off by wrapping his arms around his friend. "I know you didn't lie to us, that's not who you are."
"K-Katsuki." Said Nemo softly.
"Oi Deku, get the f**k over here nerd." Said Katsuki as he extended an arm to Izuku. Deku smiled softly as he rushed over and hugged the both of them.
After a little bit, the three of them separated. "Well, I'd best get back to following All Might's advice and give up on my dream." Said Midoriya.
"Wait, back the f**k up. What!?" Demanded Kacchan.
"All Might said that since Izuku is Quirkless, he shouldn't try to be a hero." Explained Nemo.
Now Bakugou was seething. "Why that-" he started to say, but was cut off.
"I am here!" Shouted All Might as he appeared out of nowhere.
"-son of a b***h!" Screeched Katsuki as he and Izuku both screamed in surprise. Then All Might transformed into Toshinori and puked up blood, which led to more screaming.
That was when Toshinori noticed Kacchan's presence and his face paled. "Don't worry All Might, you can trust Katsuki." Said Nemo, seeing the pro's worry.
Toshinori sighed and quickly debriefed Bakugou on his injury. "Actually, I came here because I needed to talk to you two." Said Toshinori as he nodded to Nemo and Izuku. This caught their attention. "Now I just wanna go on the record and say that what you did was very foolish, if it hadn't been for your friend revealing that he wasn't Quirkless, you'd be dead right now." This was directed at Deku, who was now looking at the ground in disappointment, which caused a large tick mark to appear on Katsuki's forehead. "However, this leads me to my next point, I told you that it was impossible to be a hero without a Quirk, so when I saw you rush in to save the life of your friend, it inspired me to act as well." This cause the three of them to look at Toshinori with wide eyes. "You see kids, all of the most famous heros have a story, and each of those stories start the same way. Their bodies moving without them thinking, so that they pull save the life of someone else. And that's what happened today." As he said this, tears welled up in Izuku's eyes as he clutched the collar of his uniform and fell to his knees. Nemo And Kacchan both watched their friend and Toshinori in silent awe, then what he said next changed everything. "Young man, you too can become a hero."
Nemo put a hand over his mouth as tears of joy threatened to spill over, so instead he opted to crouch down and hug his friend. Bakugou gave a fake sigh of annoyance before crouching and wrapping his arm around the two of them. Toshinori quietly stood there and what he said next really threw them off. "I deem you worthy of my Quirk."
"...the f**k?" Asked Katsuki.
Ah Katsuki, as eloquent as ever. That's another chapter folks. Ok, first things first, I should go on the record right now and say that you shouldn't expect me to update this often, I just happen to be in a good mood regarding this story and have a bunch of stuff in my head that I wanna get down on paper, er, screen. Anywho, that's all I've gotta say about this except that I'd really appreciate it if you'd favorite, follow, and leave a review on my story. Until next time fic fans, Nemon0416 is outta here! (Go Beyond! Plus Ultra!)