Golden Days Arc 2 - Chapter 11: Golden days end
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JustJack: Yep, that was Gutz and he'll be appearing in this chapter as well, and yeah Toru's a potato... :(
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His eye's shot open only to see a blinding white light in front of him, he quickly shut his eye, but slowly opened it, and his eye began to adjust, that's when he saw the ceiling light. Izuku then sat up and looked around only to see that he was in a hospital room.
Izuku continued to look around, confused as to why he was here, only for him to then realized he could only see out of his left eye and he began to panic only for the sudden flashes of images and cries.
"It's got Kimihito!"
"We have to save him!"
"NO! NOOO! HELP ME! AAAAHHHHHH!"
"Run! Keep running or else these things will surround us!"
"Go ahead of us! Izuku and I will hold 'em off!"
"Josuke!"
"AH! Go! Get out of here!"
"No! Not without you!"
"Forget me! Save her! Please save her!"
"Where's Josuke!? Where is he, Izuku!?"
"We need to get out of here!"
"Kanao! We need to leave!"
"No! Not without Josuke!"
"He's dead Kanao!"
"NO! HE CAN'T BE!"
"KANAO!"
"Mono...ma?"
"I want the power to fulfill my dreams,"
"Monoma! What are you doing!?"
"Monoma! What is...!? Why are you doing this!?"
"T-Toru! Don't...!"
"TORU!"
"Mo...no... ma..."
Izuku gasped for air as the remembrance of the cries from friends hurt his head.
His breath was ragged.
His entire body felt heavy, yet empty at the same time.
His throat was dry.
He turned and sat on the edge of the hospital bed and got to his feet. His legs felt weak, but that didn't stop him, he moved forward toward the bathroom, and when he walked in, he turned on the bathroom light and quickly went for the sink and turned on the cold water, and cupped his hands to catch the water, and he then quickly took quick gulps from it. Once the dryness of his throat was gone, he looked up and his eyes landed on the mirror, which showed his reflection. He was wearing a hospital gown, but he saw that underneath and wrapped around him were bandages, they covered his forehead, his right eye, his neck, arms, and torso.
He looked like a mummy almost all over.
He then quickly remembered Toru and his left eye widened with horror and worry, so he quickly turned around and ran toward the hospital door, but the weakness of his legs was too much, and when he made it to the front door, he fell while opening the door and fell onto the hallway floor.
He grunted in pain but he slowly got up on all fours, before slowly getting to his feet, breathing heavily as he did so.
"Izuku...?"
Hearing his name, he turned to his right only to see Mei, and when he saw her, she looked like she had been crying and hadn't slept at all.
"M...Mei?" Izuku asked
She quickly ran over to him and hugged him softly before breaking it and he saw her face turn one to sadness. "A-Are you ok?" She asked
Izuku quickly nodded, "I-I'm fine, what about Toru!? Is she ok!?" Izuku asked
Mei looked down in sadness, "She's... she's alive," Mei said "But I... I don't think she's ok..."
Izuku's eye widened with horror, "Where is she!?" Izuku asked
"Izuku-"
"WHERE IS SHE MEI!?" Izuku cried with a fearful expression
Mei continued looking down, her sad expression growing, "Down the hall... room 176" she replied
Izuku didn't even thank her as he quickly rushed down the hall to Toru's room, and seeing this Mei ran after him. As he ran down the hall, he looked at each number next to the doors of the rooms, making sure he didn't pass it... and he found it.
He quickly entered it and when he did, he saw Toru looking out of the large window, a blank expression on her face. She too was wearing a hospital gown but looked completely fine, which made him happy.
"Toru!" He cried with a smile
He moved over to her but she backed away from Izuku, which made Izuku stop in confusion, and he saw her expression, which had now changed from blank to fearful and confused.
"Toru? It's me, Izuku," Izuku told her as he stepped closer and reach out to her
Toru backed away once more in fear, but tripped over her own foot, seeing her about to fall, Izuku quickly grabbed her by the wrist and stopped her from falling, however, when his hand wrapped around her wrist, she turned to him with a fearful look and screamed.
"AH! AH! AH!" She cried out
Izuku looked at her with a shocked expression, "Toru! S-Stop screaming!" Izuku cried
However, Toru continued to scream and tried to pull her arm away, but when that failed she then began hitting his arm, trying to get him to let go of her, which he did, only for her to fall to the ground.
"Toru!" Izuku cried out in shock and once again reached out to her, but she crawled away from him quickly and cowered in the corner and she hissed at him like a cat.
Izuku was taken aback and that's when Mei entered the room and quickly went over to Toru, who quickly got up and went to her and hid behind her.
Toru pointed at him with a furious look, "AHHO! AHHO!" she cried
Mei turned around and looked at her friend with a sad look and hugged Toru, "I-It's ok, Izuku isn't going to hurt you," Mei said as she patted her head like a cat.
Izuku was in shock and disbelief as he looked at Toru and saw that the girl he knew was gone... all that was left was a shell of the person he trusted and cared deeply for. Toru was gone, the girl in front of him was someone else, the person before him, who feared, hated, and wanted nothing to do with him.
Tears began to form in his eye as he backed away slowly before turning around and running out of the room and down the hall. He ran passed doctors, nurses, patients, and visitors, before he made his way to the stairs and quickly ran down them.
Tears fell from his eyes as he remembered his friends...
Toru nodded with a smile and then walked over to Izuku, "Hi, I'm Toru Hagakure, a 2nd-year here at Marakōru, It's nice to meet you," she introduced herself.
'This is your chance to start fresh Izuku! Don't embarrass yourself!' Izuku thought to himself "I'm I-Izuku Midoriya, a new 2nd-year at Marakōru, It's nice to meet you too, Hagakure-San" Izuku said with a bit of a confident smile
Toru beamed when she heard this, "Oh, so you're in our grade! That's cool! What class?"
"I'm i-in class 2-A," Izuku said.
"Hey-Hey! That means your in the same class as us man!" chimed in Kimihito, "I'm Kimihito Kujo, by the way," Kimihito introduced himself.
Toru stepped in front of the group while Kimihito stood next to Izuku, "Guys this is Izuku Midoriya," Toru introduced him as she pointed at him.
Izuku looked at the group and waved with a nervous smile, "H-Hello"
Toru smiled, "Izuku, these are our friends, the one with the piercings is Kanao Hijisuma"
Kanao smiled, "Hey there!" She said.
"Then there's Josuke Tatoku, he's the one with the dagger around his neck"
"Yo," Josuke greeted with a kind smile.
"Then there's Mei Hatsume, she's the one with the pink hair"
hearing her name, Mei perked up and looked at Izuku, "Oh! Nice to meet you!" Mei said with a smile.
"And finally, there's-"
"My name is Neito Monoma"
Izuku looked to see that the blonde boy, now known as Neito Monoma, walked up to Izuku, he smiled at the green-haired boy and held out his hand for him to shake it. Izuku looked at Monoma's hand and he then shook it.
Monoma smiled at Izuku, "Nice to meet you, Midoriya"
Izuku nodded and smiled back, "The same for you, Monoma,"
The Support he got from them...
"What do you wanna do after middle school?" Josuke asked.
Izuku scratched the back of his head, "Ah, it's r-really stupid,"
"Nah, come on, what is it?" Josuke asked with a smile,
"Yeah, come on, tell us!" Toru said as she leaned closer to him.
Izuku blushed at the closeness of Toru but he hid his face in his hands and sighed, "Well... I-I want to be a h-hero," Izuku said.
"A Hero?"
Hearing the voice, Izuku looked up from his hands and saw Monoma looking at him with a smile.
"Y-Yeah, I want to be a Hero, like All-Might" Izuku said.
"What I meant was that I want you to join me in training to become Heroes,"
Izuku's eyes widened, "R-Really? You want to h-help me become a-a Hero?" Izuku asked.
Monoma smiled, "Yeah, I've been training my Quirk and while the others are helping me, they are also trying to become heroes as well,"
"Well, not me!" Mei chimed in with a smile, "I just want to build my babies!" Mei told him, pointing at some gadget she was tinkering with.
Izuku smiled a bit and Mei's words, and he turned away from her and Monoma and took a quick look at the others. Each of them looked back at him and nodded with smiles on their faces.
"We all want to become heroes for certain reasons that differ but we all want to do good, and we decided to train and help each other to become heroes and go to any hero school we want to," Monoma told Izuku "I want you to join us Midoriya, so what do you say?" Monoma asked.
"You really want someone like me? A Quirkless and useless person to help you train to be Heroes?" Izuku asked
"You're not useless," Monoma told him "No one is useless, everyone has their destiny and their part to play in the grand scheme of things, even you, Midoriya"
Hearing these words, coming from someone he had just met today and we're nothing more than acquaintances. It touched his heart. He knew that not many believed in his dream, even his mother held doubts about his dream. But hearing someone, a stranger, tell him that he could be something, he could be the thing he always wanted to be... He almost made him burst into tears. Someone believed in him for once. And no one knew how good that felt to him right now.
"What do you say Midoriya? Will you help us and also help you?" Monoma asked.
Izuku looked at the blonde teen and Izuku out on a true confident smile. "Y-Yeah!" Izuku proclaimed
He remembered his sparing session with them...
With Izuku, the young Quirkless teen swung his sword to the left only for Josuke to duck under the attack and hit Izuku's leg, and then get behind the green-haired boy. Izuku quickly saw this and turned around and swing downward at Josuke, however, Josuke managed to block the attack by forming an X with his Katana and Tantō. He then pushed Izuku's sword up before he hit Izuku with the Katana in the side, causing Izuku to wince in pain.
Izuku swung his sword a bit lower to hit Josuke, but Josuke blocked the attack with his Katana, however, the force of Izuku's swing rattled the katana and his hand, causing him to drop it.
Izuku quickly raised his sword and then swung it to his left before Josuke could go for the Katana. Seeing the attack, Josuke jumped over the attack and rolled a few feet away, before he got up and looked at Izuku, who was now in between him and his Katana.
Izuku couldn't help but smile as he saw Josuke back up.
Izuku looked at Josuke with a smile, he gripped his sword tightly and thought about what could happen next, 'He only has a few options, if he fights me with his Tontō then he'll have to get in close, he's fast enough to dodge my attacks but he can't go on defense for long, and when he slips up, I might give him a few good hits to end the match, but he could also try and throw it at me in order to distract me and get the Katana back, but if that does happen I can try and make sure he reaches the katana, I can take the pain and make sure he doesn't get the Katana!' Izuku thought 'I can take the pain, it's something I'm used to,'
Josuke weighed his options and Izuku waited to see what he would do, if he didn't move, then Izuku would move in, so he needed to make the first move before Izuku did.
'Looks like he made his choice, he's going to charge,' Izuku said
Both were ready to act, however, before they could even make their next moves, they were stopped by Toru, who called out to them.
Izuku dodged Kanao's attacks with ease at first but as she started using both hands and sped up her movements and it became a little harder to dodge. he first got hit in his left lower side, then after a few minutes of dodging he was tripped as Kanao swept her leg under his.
His apology to Toru for his inability to help Monoma.
"Toru," he called out
Toru didn't answer back.
"Toru... I know that you're angry with me and if I had to guess, it was because of what happened with the villain and with Monoma," he said
Toru still didn't answer back.
"I know that you're angry with me because I couldn't do anything, I know I didn't do much, I was useless the whole fight, and I... I hate that I couldn't do anything and Monoma nearly got killed because I wasn't strong enough... and I can understand why you hate me," Izuku said, "Cause it's the same reason I hate myself"
Hearing the beginning, she felt like she could unleash her anger and hatred on the boy, but then when he spoke the last part, she stopped. She turned to look at him finally and saw the pain and sorrow on Izuku's face.
"You already know I'm Quirkless, but I was bullied for it," Izuku said as he looked at her, "I was always made fun of and called names, like useless or weak, and I was treated like a freak and hated, I never fought back and I began to believe their worlds, and even now, despite how far I've come, I still believe them..." He said
"Don't" She said
Izuku was surprised by what she said and saw her face. Her glare was gone, there wasn't any anger or annoyance, instead, she looked at him with a bit of a sad expression.
"Huh?" Izuku asked
"Don't apologize," Toru said
Izuku was still confused but Toru set her branches and twigs down and walked over to him and Izuku was surprised by how close she got.
"I'm sorry for being unfair, Izuku," Toru told him
"Unfair?" Izuku asked
Toru nodded, "I'll admit, I was angry at you for what happened with the villain, but I think I realize that I was more afraid and scared about Monoma and what might have happened to him and I took that out on you... I was even a bit jealous of you because in a short amount of time you and Monoma have grown closer," She told him "I don't hate you, Izuku, and I don't think you're useless like you believe... in a short amount of time you've gotten a lot stronger than most of us because you are very dedicated to fulfilling your dream," Toru said
Izuku was stunned by how this was resolved, but moreover, he was more surprised by her words. It really hit him, he had known that the others did believe in him, but hearing it from Toru, who he believed had come to hate him, made him feel a lot better.
"Thank you, Toru, and please, don't feel unfair, I now understand completely why you'd be upset with me, and If I was in your shoes, I may have done the same," Izuku told her
Their talk of dreams...
"Looking at them all from here, I almost think I can see their hoped and dreams flickering with the flames..." Izuku said with a smile
Toru finished and finally looked over at the fire and saw the others laughing and smiling, and she saw how happy they were, how free they appeared to be in the moment. And in that moment, she saw what Izuku saw, she saw all of her friend's hopes and dreams in the light of the flames, in their smiles... It made her smile as well.
"Like a Bonfire... of Dreams," she said
Izuku chuckled and smiled as he turned to look at Toru, "well that was Poetic, sounded like you were something of a princess for a second there," he said
Toru slightly blushed when she heard that, but she pouted as she looked at him, "Don't say something like that!" She cried, but she calmed down and smiled at him, "But I get it, it's like everyone has their own little light or fire that they bring to this little group of ours,"
Izuku nodded, "And to make sure that the weaker flames don't die out, others toss their own flames into the biggest fire that in turn helps their flames stay alive... And I think that big fire that we toss out flames into to stay alive, that's Monoma," He told her.
Toru nodded in agreement, "Yeah... that's him" Toru said with a soft smile
"I wish I could be like him," Izuku said softly
"You say something, Izuku?" Toru asked
Izuku shook his head and smiled, "Nothing," he said, he then turned back to the bonfire and watched the flames dance, while he could see everyone else's dream, he couldn't see his own, "Nothing at all..." He finished
Toru looked over at him, hoping to strike up a conversation, but when she saw his face, she saw the conflict written on it. "You ok?" She asked
Izuku let out a sigh before he looked over at her, "What... What's your dream Toru?" Izuku asked
"My dream?" She asked him
Izuku nodded, "Yeah," He said, "And I'm not just talking about becoming a Hero but... what is your biggest dream?"
"My dream... Well, it's not really an amazing dream, but I think it's a dream that I can say I really want to make happen," Toru told him
"What is it?" Izuku asked
"To live a long and good life," Toru said with a soft smile, "It's a simple dream, but I want to live a life that had meaning in it, part of it is becoming a hero, but for the most part of it is just living a life where I and my friends can smile, where I can get married and grow old with the one I love... a good and long life," She told him.
"You all have amazing dreams..." Izuku said "But I... I don't know what kind of Dream I have,"
Toru was a bit confused by what he was saying, "What do you mean?"
"I don't know what my dream is anymore," Izuku told her, "I thought I did but I think that I've come to realize that it might not be my real dream, but just something that I wanted to prove to others, and now that I realize that, I've become a little lost," Izuku finished
"So... what are you going to do?" Toru asked, looking a little concerned
Izuku sighed and shook his head a little, "I don't know yet..." Izuku told her
Toru put her hand on his shoulder to reassure him, "Do whatever you have to do Izuku, if you need time, take your time to figure out what your dream is... but remember that we will always be here for you," Toru said.
Him asking Josuke and Kanao for advice about leaving the Farm to find his dream.
Izuku took a few deep breaths and looked at Josuke, "I um... I think I'm going to be leaving the farm soon,"
"What? Why?" Kanao asked.
"Because, my time here on the farm, I think I've learned that my dream and my goals, as well as who I am... It's not really my dream or who I really am, and I want to find out who I really am, or at least, who I really want to be," Izuku told them "Monoma, Toru, Kimihito, Mei, and even you two... you all have goals and a dream for the future and you know that's what you really want, but me... I don't know a damn thing about what my own dreams and goals are, nor who I am, which is why I need to leave, I need to do this for myself and by myself"
Josuke looked at Izuku with a small smile, "So, that's it huh?"
Izuku nodded, and looked down, feeling a little ashamed, "Yeah... that's it," Izuku said
"Then go for it," Josuke told him.
Izuku looked up at his friend in surprise, stunned that his friend would actually agree and go for it. "R-Really?" Izuku asked.
Josuke nodded, "Yeah," Josuke said with a small smile on his face, "Izuku, I went through something similar before I met Monoma and the others, and I did it all on my own, which gave me time to think hard and figure myself out and what was wrong with me and what I could do to better myself and atone for my past actions, so when you just told me that you're going through the something similar, I won't tell you not to do it, I support you the entire way," Josuke told him with a soft smile on his face.
"Josuke's right," Kanao said "Everyone needs to do something in order to find themselves and figure out what they want for the future, and if this is what you have to do, then do it, and know that I will also support you,"
Izuku looked at them and a soft smile appeared on his face as he could feel tears form in his eyes as he looked down to hide his tears, but they knew why he looked down. Izuku was glad to have friends that understood and support him, something that he knew he had with them, but it still felt good to be reminded of it.
"Th-Thank you," Izuku said with a bittersweet tone, "Both of you,"
Josuke and Kanao smiled, knowing that this is what Izuku needed to hear.
"Of course, Izuku," Josuke said.
"It's no problem," Kanao said with a smile
All these memories flooded his brain and he sobbed uncontrollably. Tears fell out of left eye, while blood fell out of his right. He continued running down the stairs, trying to reach the ground floor, wanting to get away because... because he was done making people's lives worse.
However, as he was running down, he missed s step and troubled down one flight of stairs and stopped when he reached the small platform that led to the next set of stairs.
He wasn't hurt, but he lay there, sobbing and looking up at the ceiling.
Eventually, he was found by nurses and doctors and after making sure he was uninjured, they led him back to his room, where they forced him back into the bed and told him to stay there until the police arrived to question him, and Izuku asked about his mother, but they said they would ask his doctor.
Izuku stared back at the ceiling and began to wonder... what's next? Would he still try to be a hero? Or should he just give up? Should he stop his dream?
Monoma stood up and looked at All for One, taking his hand. "I want the power to fulfill my dreams," Monoma told him
Remembering that, his fist balled into a fist and sudden rage began to fill him. 'NO! I can't stop!' Izuku thought, 'Not while he's out there! Not after all he's done! I can't stop while he gets to continue living!'
Izuku now glared at the ceiling, and all he could feel was rage. Rage then burned like wildfire, rage that wasn't going to be put out until Monoma- No! Until all of them were dead!
'I'll kill them all! Every single one of them! I'LL SLAUGHTER THEM ALL UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT!' Izuku thought
The days that Izuku had spent with his friends were the best, and they were golden... But those golden days were over... and all that was ahead for the young teen was a hellish nightmare.
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A couple of days later, Izuku was finally out of the hospital, still in bandages around his body, but the bandage around his head was gone and he wore an eye patch on his right eye. Yet, he did not return to his new "home", instead, he went looking for a house that belonged to a certain someone. After searching for a while, he found the house he had been looking for, and it wasn't big but it wasn't small, it was a perfect house for someone who lived by themselves.
Izuku walked toward the house only for the front door to open and that's when he saw the man.
He was tall, muscular, and looked like he could be a gangster. His hair was short and spikey with a streak of white in the front and some grey on the sides, he too had one eye closed, and his good eye was brown, He wore a black undershirt with a pair of black jeans that had some small tears near the knees, and wore a pair of black buccaneer boots. Izuku also saw that his entire body was covered in scars, just like him.
"I've been expecting you, Kid," he told Izuku
Izuku just looked at him with a blank expression, "How did you know I would be coming here?" Izuku asked
"Because I've been following you," The man replied, "The moment I saved you and that girl, I knew it was only a matter of time before you came looking for me,"
"You're the guy with that black armor and that huge fucking sword... You somehow broke through the dome," Izuku said, "You were able to go toe-to-toe with these freaks, and I wanna know how,"
"You plan on going to war with them?" The man asked
Izuku's expression hardened as anger began to overtake him a little, "Your goddamn right," he replied
The man stared at Izuku and looked him deep in his good eye and could see that he had lost everything, he only wanted revenge, wanted nothing more than to quench his anger by killing those who so deeply wronged him. And who was he to deny him, after all, he was just like him years ago.
He could tell the boy the same lessons as him, but the boy wouldn't listen, he'd find a way to get his revenge.
He needed to learn the same lessons as he did in the same way and hope that the kid found similar answers that he found.
But for now, he would help him with his revenge.
"What's your name, Kid?"
"Izuku Midoriya," Izuku replied "And who are you?" Izuku asked back
"I'm Gutz," the man, now known as Gutz, replied
"Just Gutz?"
Gutz nodded, "Yeah, just Gutz," he replied,
"Well, Mr. Gutz... Are you going to train me or what?" Izuku asked
Gutz nodded, "You've got a lot to learn kid, so let's get started," Gutz told him.
Since that day, Izuku trained with Gutz in order to get his revenge... it was the only thing that mattered, the only thing he cared about. He cut off talking to Mei, he didn't see Toru again, he was barely seen at his new "home", hell, despite never being at school, he passed with flying colors just so he didn't have to worry about missing a training session.
Revenge was all that mattered to Izuku.
And nothing was going to get in the way of that.
And eventually, a year passed and Izuku arrived on the UA campus and her as he was walking, a girl with vines for hair, ran passed him, but she tripped over herself and began to fall, but he quickly caught her before she could land.
She turned her head only to see him and he pulled her back up to her feet and looked at her, and she looked back at him with wide eyes, however, she looked at him with a smile. "Thank you for saving me," She said.
Izuku stared at her and said nothing before he turned back and continued walking away and heading to the main building, however, the girl he had saved from falling, raced up to catch up to him. She looked over at him and introduced herself.
"I am Ibarra Shiozaki, it's a pleasure to meet you," Ibarra told him.
Izuku simply turned his eyes to her and he let out a sigh, "Izuku Midoriya" He replied
Ibarra smiled a bit, "It's nice to meet you, Izuku Midoriya" Ibarra nodded, "Mind if I walk with you?" she asked
Izuku just nodded and the two continued walking. As they did, Izuku felt Ibarra looking at him, with an analytical look.
"You have a sword?" Ibarra asked
Izuku just nodded his answer
"Why would you need a sword? Is it necessary for your Quirk?"
"I don't have a Quirk" Izuku responded bluntly
"You... you really don't have a Quirk?" Ibarra asked
Izuku now turned his head to her and while his look didn't change, "Yeah," Izuku said, his tone a bit harsher, "Do you have a problem with that?"
"N-No! I-I didn't mean to offend you! I-I was-" Ibarra frantically reply
Izuku groaned and cut her off, "It doesn't matter," he told her, "We're here now so let's just leave the conversation where it is," Izuku said as he continued to walk to the main building...
And you know the rest from there...
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There's a picture on my twitter that is a Manga panel I found and edited for this chapter since it worked so well for Izuku's anger and sadness mixed.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and read the next one because trust me, it and the rest of the Conviction Arc will be epic!
