Chapter 2 A Sunny Dream

Izuku didn't know how but found himself in total darkness. He couldn't see anything or hear anything it was as if all of his senses were somehow being numbed. All Izuku could do was keep walking and he did until he saw something in the far distance.

A light that seemed to be far away as Izuku walked closer to the light he began to hear a rhythm of a drum that slowly got louder as he got closer to the light. Soon he could feel the light breeze on his skin and could smell something burning, he could even somehow taste the light itself. Before Izuku could think on how he knew that what he was tasting was the light he finally got close enough to see what it was.

It was a masked man dancing in a circle of torches. The dance mesmerized Izuku, as the man continued to dance Izuku could see the beauty of his movements, he could smell the scent of the dance, feel the breeze dance was making on his skin, he could hear the rhythm of the movements and even taste it as if Izuku was the one that was dancing.

Flickering at the edge of Izuku vision made Izuku look away from the man to see another circle of touches exactly the same as the other one. Izuku walked into the new circle as he too wanted to try the dance he saw.

Izuku watched the man for a moment before trying his best to mimic the man's moves. Izuku fumbled a bit from either moving out of sync or also trying to simultaneously try to dance and watch at the same time. Though after a few tries he began to get the hang of it. As Izuku began to dance his movements became more fluid and he began to tune the other dancer out. He continued this and as he did he could feel his senses grow stronger with each movement he made until the world became clear.

The world was no longer dark as he could see the mountains around him, hear the animals, smell the grass, feel each movement in the air, and taste the mourning air. He didn't dare stop yet. He kept moving increasing his pace until it seemed that the world was see through not until each breath looked as solid as a rock.

Before Izuku realized he's body was on fire though not regular fire. It was as if Izuku's body was the sun itself. He was filling the world with light so bright he was shining more than the sun.

Then he suddenly realized he actually stopped dancing. He looked around a bit and then noticed the man had stopped dancing himself and was looking right at him. "Did i do this?"

The man brought his hand to the mask. "Yes you did Izuku" Revealing himself to be Tanjiro.

"Tanjiro" Izuku stood there for a moment not really sure what to say. He was angry at him for the mountain death traps and for being way too cryptic than was necessary. But he was thankful as well he didn't know exactly why but he knew he had just experienced something no one else has and that this experience will be the key for him moving forward. So he decided to ask the only thing that he could think of. "Why, why show me, of all people this?"

Tanjiro gave him a look of confusion.

"I'm nobody, I'm not strong, I'm not fast, and I don't have a quirk. So why do this for me?"

"Izuku. Do you really think anyone can do what you just did? I'll admit some people could do this but it would take years, maybe even decades to do this with serious dedication and you were able to pull it off in one evening. You were able to shine as bright as the sun and you can do that for the whole world to see."

"What did I just do exactly, was it a quirk of some kind cause all of my senses just became heightened to the point I could tell what was inside things very far away and that alone could have several applications for search and rescue or even training and by that extension it could even help in several fights or even mumble mumble mumble"

As Izuku carried on Tanjiro could only smile at the boy who would change the world. "I'm sorry I wish I could tell you more about the breath of sun and the other breathing styles." Tanjiro raised his hand to stop Izuku from asking why. "I can't help you though Yushiro can, he'll explain and answer all of your questions and more. I just hope he has matured more than how I had left all those years ago. Though I don't know if he has moved on from Tamayo yet."

"Tamayo?"

"The Loved one he had lost so long ago." Tanjiro said with a sad face. "She was a good friend." Izuku was going to say his condolences though Tanjiro cut him off with a sunny smile. "Either way I wish you luck in your journey Izuku may your dreams bring you great joy. It's time to wake up."

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Izuku opened his eyes and realized something immediately, this wasn't his bed as Izuku got up he also felt how sore his body was and that someone changed his clothes for him as he was wearing a light green sleeping robe.

He looked around and saw what he assumed was the inside of an old fashioned Japanese house. Seeing no point in just laying there, Izuku got up and made his way to the door.

As he exited the room he came face to face with a girl. She had dark hair in a ponytail, she had brown eyes and looked or as Izuku would guess was a few years older than him so maybe around 17 or 18 years old. She was wearing a purple flower pattern kimono and was holding a tray with a tea kettle.

"Ah you're awake my master has been wondering when you would wake up." she said in a neutral tone.

Izuku had no idea how to respond since no girl had ever really talked to him before and he didn't know what to do.

"Please follow me." was all she said as she passed him and continued down the hall. Izuku, not knowing what else to do, decided to follow her.

They made their way to an above average living room area that opened up looking down the mountain. In the center of the room sat the pale boy in the white kimono that Izuku remembered before he had lost consciousness. He was currently sitting at a small table looking at a tablet. As they entered the boy looked up to see them. "You're awake, that's good. My name is Yushiro. Please have a seat we have much to discuss."

"Oh Okay" as Izuku sat across from Yushiro not really knowing what he had gotten himself into. They sat in silence for a moment as they looked at each other wondering what to expect from the other as the girl began to serve them both tea. Izuku thanked the girl as he began to drink the tea.

"I have many questions for you young man, but the first would be who are you." Said Yushiro breaking the silence.

"Oh my name is Izuku Midoriya thank you for taking care of me while I was out of it."

"Yes, speaking of you collapsing at the bottom of the mountain, what were you doing there and why did you have these?" he said, putting the hanafuda earrings on the table.

"Oh mister Tanjiro gave me those."

Yushio and the girl froze in place with a look of shock on their face as the room grew uncomfortable as the silence grew. The Girl recovered first as her shock turned to anger as a knife suddenly appeared in her hand. "Don't play with us boy. Do you really take us for fools." she yelled pointing the blade at Izuku.

"Whoa wait I'm telling the truth he saw him too." pointing to Yushiro

"Tomo stop and put that knife down right now. He is our guest until I say otherwise."

"Yes master." She said suddenly putting the knife down on the table, losing all of her anger.

Yushiro gave her a look to make sure she wouldn't do anything before looking at a frightened Izuku. "I apologize for Tomo. She can jump the gun at times and yes I saw what I saw when I found you but I would like you to tell your part. Now how about you explain everything from the beginning."

Izuku then began to explain everything from how he first met Tanjiro to his gauntlet of death down the mountain he even told them about his dream he had. He had no idea how they were going to react by the end of his tale Izuku could tell they were processing this information differently. Tomo gave a look at Izuku that said she didn't believe him but she gave Yushiro a look of concern as he was thinking very deeply about this information.

Yushiro was in deep thought until finally he stood up from where he was sitting. "Please wait here for a moment. I need to grab a few things." as he left the room leaving Izuku with Tomo.

"Umm, could it be possible for me to make a phone call? My mom is probably worried I've been gone for a whole night." said Izuku, worried his mom hasn't melted down yet.

"Mmmm, that maybe a little harder than you might think."She said, giving him a one eyed look. "For starters I guess I should mention you've been out for four days."

"WHAT" his mom was beyond melted by now. Izuku fell down just at the thought of her crying. "Oh man she is going to freak out. How am I going to explain this one."

"Umm you okay." she asked 'probably shouldn't mention the fact that he somehow stumbled on a government secret just yet and his chances of seeing his mom again are getting a little slim. Oh well no skin off my back.' she thought as Izuku wept. 'As long as he doesn't do anything to master Yushiro he'll live a little longer." as she simply drank her tea.

The door slid open revealing Yushio holding a picture frame and a bokken(Training sword). "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." he looked to see Izuku sobbing on the ground. "Is he alright?"

"I may have mentioned that he's actually been out for four days and he didn't take it so well."

"Midoriya I need you to take a look at this." he said as he put the picture frame in front of Izuku.

Izuku looked up at the picture. It was an old black and white photo and even though the picture itself wasn't the best quality Izuku could make out, one of the faces. "Is that mister Tanjiro? When was this taken?"

"Over four hundred years ago."

"What no way." said Izuku, looked at him in disbelief "That's impossible. The first quirk ever recorded was two hundred and forty years ago. There's no way he's still alive today if this picture is that old."

"He isn't alive. He died of old age four hundred years ago. I was there when he passed."

Izuku could only stare at the supposed teenager in front of him. Even though it sounded impossible Izuku was slowly piecing things together. Yushiro sounded wise and even Izuku could feel as if he was older than he looked as if he has been walking on this earth for years "How…. old are you?"

Yushiro simply held the bokken out for Izuku. "Come show me the dance you saw in your dream." Izuku took the bokken before he was led outside to a small training area. Where he saw a familiar circle of unlit torches.

Izuku walked into the circle and after looking at Yushiro's gaze. Izuku began the dance that he saw in his dream. When Izuku started the dance he expected himself to just go with the movements he didn't expect the same levels of feelings to occur as it did in his dream but it did. As he started to pick up the pace his senses started to go into overdrive. Izuku kept going faster than it felt as if the bokken he was holding lit on fire.

"Wait. It is on FIRE." screamed Izuku as he dropped the flaming bokken before trying to stomp it out. "I'm so sorry I didn't mean for that to happen, how in the world did that even happen in the first place?"

"NO WAY" he heard Tomo yell. Izuku looked over to see both of them in complete awe. "You can use the breath of the sun! HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU DO THAT?" she yelled in disbelief while Yushiro remained silent.

"What? Okay what is the breath of the sun and what exactly did i just do." A little scared but also a little excited did he just unlock his quirk.
"You just used an ancient ability that predates quirks. A power so rare I didn't think I would ever see it again." Said Yushiro as he picked up the burnt bokken. "Izuku Midoriya you have done something that no one else has done in over a hundred years. This ability you now possess was instrumental in taking down one of if not the greatest threat to mankind has ever faced. I am willing to train you and teach you everything about this power and tell you everything including the origin of quirks and other secrets that very few people in this world know. Do you accept?"

Izuku stood there stunned for a moment. The amount of information in Yushiro's speech opened his curiosity and this ability could be the key to his dreams, and these people are the first to ever be willing to help with his dream. "I accept please teach me, teach me how to be a hero."

Yushiro smiled. "I don't know about a hero but a demon slayer should do just fine."

Just going back and editing some of the old chapters that had a lot of errors.

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