Chapter 3 A Hero's walk
Katsuki Bakugo was having a bad day. Mainly because he was currently being suffocated by a giant sludge villain trying to use him as a skin suit.
As Bakugo struggled trying to break free from the slime he saw around him the Heroes who were just staring at him helpless to do anything. He wanted to scream at them for being useless and not doing anything only to see the destruction his own explosions were making. For some reason it reminded of the past few years.
His life flashed before him. The day he got his quirk, the day he announced he would be the number one hero in the world. Then he remembered the last day he saw his childhood. The guilt he felt when Ms. Midoriya came looking for her son. He clearly saw the sadness in her eyes as she cried for her son. The rage in his own mothers eyes as she told him the amount of damage he has done. It was the first time he remembered her telling him off without actually yelling at all.
Then today when he told everyone he was going to U.A., those hypocrites actually tell him off for causing their fellow classmate to run away or worse be the cause of his death when none of them not even the teachers did anything to stop him or save Izuku.
Now he may die right here.
Toshinori Yagi stood there at the back of the crowd watching the scene unfold. The number one hero in the world, All Might felt useless sitting there having to watch. "What kind of hero am I, if I can't save a single child."
"Hey mister you mind hold this box for a moment." Toshinori looked over his shoulder to see a young man with messy green hair wearing a green hiyori hold out a large wooden box.
Without thinking he grabbed the box and almost dropped under the weight. "Whao, hey kid…" he then noticed the young man had a katana at his side. 'Is this kid a hero,no he's too young to be a hero. Even for one in training" All might was about stop him when he disappeared.
Everyone in the crowd felt a rush of air as what appeared to be a flash of lightning pass over them. Passed the heroes and heading right towards the villain.
In a split second Bakugo was ripped from the villains grasp and was on the ground. Bakugo coughed as he tried to get air into his lungs. He was able to get to steady his breathing and got on his hands and knees trying to get up.
"Long time no see" Bakugo froze. He looked up to his savior to see the back of a man in green with hanafuda earrings. The man slowly turned his head towards him. "Good to see you again Bakugo."
"Deku?"
"YOU LITTLE BRAT" screamed the villain as he launched himself at Izuku.
Izuku calmly began to step forward as he grabbed the hilt of his katana. "Form eleven:Lull"
For a moment everyone there could have sworn they were on the surface of a calm lake that was pure and undisturbed until a ripple appeared with Izuku at the center. The next thing everyone saw was the villian blown to pieces being scattered across the alleyway.
For a moment silence before the crowd erupted in cheers. "The kid did it" "That was awesome." "He blew the monster away." "He's strong." "No that was definitely a speed quirk like samurai x."
"He didn't blow the villain away." Said the Hero Death Arms
"What do mean?" asked a fellow hero MT Lady
Death Arms continue to watch the swordsman as he but his blade back into his shealth. "From what I can tell he sliced the villain so many times the force from all those blows blew him apart."
"Makes sense" Said Kamui Woods. "One moment he was just standing there with his sword sheathed and the next it was in his hand and the villain was in pieces."
"Okay but what was with the calming lake." she said noticing the weird look of her coworkers. "What?"
"You saw the lake too?"
"It but have something to do with his quirk. Hey wait kid." yelled Death Arms as he saw Izuku making his way through the crowd.
Toshinori stood their dumb founded. Not sure what to say to the he had to think of something quick as Izuku was approaching. "How did you do that?"
"I had an excellent teacher" Said Izuku as he took the box from the skeleton. He paused for a moment. "You should really retire soon or take it easy it doesn't look like your body can handle too much anymore."
'WHAT' how did this kid know about his injuries. Who is this Kid.
"Hold it kid you can't just leave yet." yelled Death Arms as he and the other heroes made their way through the crowd.
"I'm sorry I need to return to my teacher."
"DEKU" screamed Bakugo
"Still using that name huh Kaachan." as he smiled. Izuku took a deep breath before he was suddenly surrounded by mist. "Please tell my mother she will have to wait just a bit longer before I can come home." he said as the Mist enveloped him. When the mist cleared he was gone.
~o~
After the whole incident with the slime villain and the mysterious appearance of the young swordsman. Bakugo, the heroes and All Might(sense he was holding the box) where taken into the police station. Where it was revealed to the heroes that the swordsman was a boy who disappeared two years ago.
"WHERE IS MY SON" came a scream cause everyone to turn to see a green haired woman standing in the doorway. Everyone could tell from her eyes she has been crying. A lot.
"Hello you must be Ms. Midoriya. I'm detective Naomasa." said the detective as he pulled out a chair for her. "Please have a seat."
"MEOW"
This sound caught everyone's attention. They all looked to see a cat coming through the door. "A Cat?" said Death arms
"Who let the cat in" asked Mt. Lady
"Is it a stray?" Kamui Woods growing some branches to grab the cat.
"Chacha how'd you get here." Said Inko as she went and picked up the cat. "I'm sorry this is my cat. I don't know how she got here? I left her at home."
"Maybe she knew that you needed some comfort animals will go to great lengths for their owners." Said Death Arms with tears as he remembered his loyal dog. "Such a brave dog."
"One that's a cat." Mt. lady poking Deaths arms back to earth. "Two why were you to use your quirk on the cat?" she asked Kamui Woods.
"Well about a week ago I helped a child get his cat down from a tree and well I never owned a cat myself so that's when I learned how… furious they could be." He said a bit embarrassed.
"My son do you know where my son is." she said everyone could tell the desperation in her voice. It was apparent that she has been trying to find her son for a very long time.
"We are doing what we can and we were hoping you could clarify something for us." She nodded. "Can use please tell us what your son's quirk the only files we have here says that your son is quirkless."
"He is quirkless. He never developed a quirk."
"What are you sure ma'am. We can confirm with several heroes and other eye witnesses that he moved at super speed, caused a mass hallucination and somehow created a thick mist to get away."
"My son has never been able to do anything like that are you sure we're talking about my Izuku here?"
Bakugo finally spoke up confirming it was him. Telling her how even though he's changed he still knew his old nickname. "He wanted me to tell you he was sorry and that you will have to wait for him a little longer."
Inko began to cry partly tears of joy and relief knowing her son is still alive and tears of sadness and pain that he wasn't coming home held her cat as she quietly began crying. Toshinori sat there watching the scene while also glancing at Izuku's file mainly the part about him being quirkless or was quirkless. The boy did just save his old classmate like a hero but he knew of a way for someone to get a quirk and he just showed several different ability and if his theory was correct then this boy Izuku made a deal with the devil himself. "Ms. Midoriya their was one more thing he did mention before he disappeared." Catching their attention. "After I gave him his box back i asked him how he was able to do well whatever he did and he said he had a great teacher. Do you know what teacher he's talking about?"
"No my son has never mentioned a teacher or any kind he was always quiet and an introvert he didn't really have any friends." said Inko hoping whoever was this teacher was keeping her little boy safe.
The detective saw where All Might's questioning was really. "You don't really think this has something to do with 'him' do you, All For One" he whispered to his friend.
"I'm not sure. I defeated him years ago but it sounding more and more like it by the second. I just can't think of any other way this kid could have gotten multiple quirks" All Might harden his gaze as the picture of the boy on the wall. "It might be too late for him but I will try and do what I can but if this is his handy work and if he is alive. Then this boys vile demon of a teacher may soon know my fist of justice once more."
~o~
"Achoo" sneeze Yushiro
"Master are you alright, your not getting sick are you." said Tomo Overly worried for her master's health.
"I can't get sick Tomo." Said Yushiro as he continued to read on his tablet.
"But you sneezed."
"There are several reasons for someone to sneeze. Not all of them are do to illness."
"Yushiro sensei, Tomo-chan I'm back" Izuku said as he walked into the room.
"Welcome back Izuku-kun."
"Welcome back did you get what I asked for." Asked Yushiro as he set down his tablet and grab the remote on the table.
"Yep" as Izkuk sat the box down opening it up to reveal several books. "Got them all right here.
"Perfect" Said Yushiro as Tomo asked what the books were. "Their old books that once belonged to a family that was a descendant of an old friend of mine, but they were stolen a little over a century ago and the family has long since lost their roots. I'll keep an eye on them for awhile and have them restored. After that I'll most likely give them to a museum. Though it looks like you had an eventful day."
Everyone looked at the tv as it showed a recap of today's events. "Sorry sensei I know the guy who was in danger and I couldn't just sit by and do nothing." Izuku said as he bowed in apaologie.
Yushiro raised an eyebrow while Tomo began to brought his hand to Izuku and flick him on the head. "Izuku i don't care that you helped out your friend in fact i'm quite content with you helping out those heroes. In fact you will have several opportunities to do so again here in the near future." This got curious looks from his wards. "Sense I began training you I"ve reconnected with several people who are in need of some assistance. The government has been more than hesitate to allow it."
"By the way, did you ever find out what happened that made them so jumpy about you doing really everything." asked Tomo.
"Apparently the one person they don't want anyone to know about got into a really big fight with All Might. That must be how he got injured."
"That makes sense. I think I meet him today?
"Did he look like a skeleton with his internal organs in ruin?"
"Yeah. I could just tell that he looked terrible. Is there anything you can do for him."
"Certainly, the only problem is that I've never met him before. I only knew his predecessor. Nana Shimura. The last time I spoke to her she told me she passed her quirk to All Might. Offered her help then with her quirk and even to watch over her child but she admitted that I should stay far away from any of them. Even though we were on speaking terms, I could tell that the truth shook her. So I never met All Might but if given the chance I wouldn't mind helping him."
"Don't get to excited Izuku you can't just bring him here. We have rules for several reasons." reminded Tomo. "So All might and All For One got into a fight and the government got scared and said you couldn't leave the mountain."
"They requested I lie low for awhile. Tomo I've told you before I've learned working with some people is better than working against them or going off and doing things my way." said Yushiro noticing the slight anger in her voice. "Besides these years gave me an opportunity to teach Izuku, reevaluate the schedule for a few projects and it gave the government time to quiet things down. To make sure that All For One didn't leave any information about my past that could cause a panic."
Izuku couldn't help but agree with the government on that one. He did feel bad for his sensei but with how he reacted to learning he was an eight hundred year old demon and the nightmare origins of quirks. He could only imagine how the populace would react if they learned the truth. It wouldn't be pretty.
"Though now they are letting up a bit and I have a few people who need help with some very interesting projects that I wouldn't mind taking a look at. So I'm going to need you to be my go between ether delivering information or making runs for me. And if you so happen to come across a villain or two while your out you have my full permission to intervene if you feel the need to."
"Really but won't that cause problems I don't have a license , I mean I know my abilities isn't a quirk but i still need a license to do hero work."
Tomo began to laugh. "Izuku, Master Yushiro knows so many people in the government he could make all your crimes disappear with a simple phone call."
"I don't know about that." Said Yushiro while he drank some tea. "Though I can't deny that I do know some people who will more than happily brush any vigilante work you do under the rug."
"Really?"
"Oh yes. Remember those people who need help with those projects." Izuku nodded. "Some of them are also people in the government and they will happily look the other way for our help."
"They would be willing to turn the other way for us?"
Tomo chuckled. "Izuku, Master is just being modest, he has several world leaders on speed dial. Heck at the turn of the twenty first century he owned half of Japan."
"What really?"
"No Tomo. I didn't own half of Japan. I admit I began to invest a lot into real estate but that had its purposes and I do admit I know some powerful people but I don't have them on speed dial."
"Master, please be honest if you picked up the phone and asked for I island right now and i'm not talking about one department. The whole thing right now and tell us they wouldn't give it to you."
Silence. Yushiro couldn't honestly answer. Even he couldn't deny if he wanted to he could have several people eating out of the palm of his hand.
"See."
"No way really."
Tomo held her head high. "Master is well respected throughout the whole world. The amount he has contributed to the world so staggering, they come crawling at the drop of a hat." She said with pride. As Izuku stared in awe.
Yushiro sighed. "I can't deny I know people, but calm down Tomo." 'I wasn't that bad with my lady was I' he thought. "Back to the subject at hand. Are you up to being my running man for a little bit? It will be excellent for training."
"Of course"
"Are you sure?" Asked Tomo "Your finally able to cut the boulder and you have learned to use quite a few breathing styles. So you have masters blessing to leave the mountain, don't you want to see your mother?"
That question cut deep into Izuku. "I want too but I'm not ready for that just yet." Izuku wouldn't deny he wanted to, but with everything he has learned and done, he needed time to think. He also just got permission to leave the mountain. He's been stuck there for over a year, but he didn't feel ready. He felt guilty and both his friend and sensei knew that.
They also felt guilty. Neither of them liked the idea of keeping him away from his mother. Though with the secrets that they had told him they knew to a degree this was necessary. Even if Yushiro had his mother under watch just in case this somehow pushed her over the edge. Yushiro never really tried to make connections with anyone mainly because he would outlive them but Izuku became his student and someone who he could trust even with some of his deepest secrets. As for Tomo Izuku became somewhat of a little brother to her. Before he came around it was really just her and her master.
Yushiro knew he needed to say something. "Izuku, I know you feel like you don't know when you can see her again or explain everything but you need to decide on a date to see her and I won't accept any date past the UA entrance exam. You still want to go to UA,yes?"
"Yes sir. I know for a fact your teachings will help me become a great hero." he said giving a sunny smile. "The exam is in ten months and in those final months I would like to increase my training so five months thats when I will see her."
"I'll put a reminder on the calendar," said Tomo as she cleared the table. "Don't worry Izuku we'll be right there with you."
"Tomo is right, we may not be able to tell her everything but we will be there for you."
"Thank You Sensei." as waterfalls sprouted from his eyes.
"I know your touched but would you mind not ruining our floors."
~o~
And so the days continued as several sightings of a boy in green taking on muggers, gangsters and other criminals of the underworld.
Currently bank robbers.
"Alright boys, are those hostages tied up"
"Yeah boss, they ain't going anywhere have those cops brought the van like we asked."
"Not yet," said the boss robber as he looked outside he could clearly see the police talking with some of the local heroes. "They got ten minutes before we start killing off some hosta-"
He couldn't finish as what appeared to be flowers growing on all their guns right before their weapons shattered into several pieces.
"What the." "My Rifle" "My pistol. That was a desert eagle. Is cost a fortune."
"Are you guys okay." All the robbers turned to see a kid with a katana freeing their hostages.
"Hey thats the kid that's been playing hero around town."
"What do we do?"
"We beat his ass in of course."
"I got this." said the boss robber as walked towards Izuku. Izuku turned to him as the hostages were getting scared as the boss robber raised his now metal fist and put right in front of Izuku. "My quirk allows me to produce metal from my skin something your sword can't cut through but your more than welcome to try go ahead I dare."
What surprised everyone was Izuku reached with his empty hand to the metal arm and grabbing it. He took a deep breath before squeezing, crushing the metal hand. The Robber collapsed to the ground writhing in pain holding his broken hand.
"So who's next?" he asked before all the robbers surrendered.
~o~
Bubble girl realized too late she bit off more than she could chew.
"Come out so I can fry you." Said Burnin the two girls had met up while chasing down a jewel thief two a construction site. It was near midnight so the site was empty which did little to comfort the heroes as they had no idea where the thief disappeared to. One moment they were chasing him down, when they entered the construction site he vanished. Before they knew it a spike hit Burnin in the leg when Bubble girl went to help she was shot in her arm from the opposite direction. That's when they realized they were dealing with a sniper.
The next ten minutes the duo tried their best to dodge the spikes and get to cover but when they thought the found good cover they were just shot at again.
"This sucks." Said Burnin as they were hiding behind their third pillar. They both were covered in cuts and scratches. Not to mention exhausted from the worst game of hide and seek. "Where is he?"
"Burnin, the spikes even though they've been coming from different places, they always come at a downward angle meaning he has to be higher than us."
"Okay so?"
"So it means he has to be somewhere higher than us."
"Okay what good does that do us?"
"This construction site spans this whole block." said Bubble Girl. "If we figure out which of the highest points he's shooting at us from we can at least cover the exits."
"Wait are you says we should wait him out." Burnin getting in Bubble Girls face. "That bastard has been shredding my uniform and been a pain in my ass. I'm not letting this guy go before I teach him why they call me Burnin."
"Well right now we don't have any better ideas we can't find him and none of are attacks have the range he has and we both don't like the option of running away."
"I wouldn't be able to show my face in public again if I ran from a chump like this."
"Umm are you guys okay?" both girls turn to see Izuku staring at them. They stared back wondering what a kid was doing here.
"Kid get out of here there's a villain nearby trying to get us."
"Run and get help call my Sir Night eye he'll know what to do."
"What call Endeavor he'll smoke this Bastard out."
Before he could respond Izuku side step left as a spike came at him. Then leaned back to dodge one from his left and after raised his foot to barely miss the last spike.
"How" they both said. 'Does he have a precognition quirk or a reflex quirk.' they thought as he expertly avoided the spikes.
"He's richoching the spikes." Said Izuku as he kept dodging the spikes. "I can hear the spikes bounce off the support beams, so it isn't hard to tell which way their coming. Give me one sec." He said has he put one knee down and extended his arms out with his palms open.
"What's he doing."
"I don't know"
"Found him"
"Huh"
"Breath of Lightning." He said has he grabbed his sword and disappeared in an explosion of lightning. Both followed the trail of sparks up the support beams. Only then to hear a grown man scream. They both saw the jewel thief hit ground with spikes coming out his arms along with a bag of jewels. "Don't worry he's out cold. Well I gotta go. See ya."
"Wait." Yelled Bubble Girl but it was already too late as Izuku was already gone. "Oh that was the sword kid vigilante Sir wanted to meet. He's not going to be happy we let him go."
"He's not happy, I'm the one that's pisst right now." yelled Burnin "He took our bad guy. The brat took our crook down without us doing anything. That brat owes us a fight."
Bubble Girl could feel the sweat drop on her head as she watched Burnin fume for not being able to fight. "Well at least we can bring the thief in and return the jewels."
"But i'm all FIRED UP."
~o~
The night was quiet over Kyushu. Just the way Hawks liked it. "A nice quiet night. Maybe I can get a late night snack on the way home."
KABOOM
"Me and my stupid mouth" he turned to see a building with smoke coming from the top. "Okay let's find out who ruined my night."
As Hawks got closer he saw more and more windows burst open. Hawks was about to dive into the building when a person shot from one of the windows almost colliding with hawks.
The figure stopped and hovered in mid air revealing to hawks a woman with four metal wings. "What are you serious first the sword brat now Hawks."
"Oh wow a pretty lady like you knows who I am, I'm flattered." said Hawks getting his feathers ready for a fight. "Wait, did you say sword Brat?"
"Whoa, it's the number 3 hero Hawks" both flyers turn to see Izuku on the roof of a building fan boying at seeing a high ranking hero.
"Hey aren't you that kid everyone is talking about." The flying woman thought this would be a good chance to escape but when she tried she saw Hawks' feathers blocking her path. "Sorry beautiful but out date just started and it would be rude of me to leave you on your own."
"Ah what a gentleman but I'm not your girl. I'm Steel Angel and I fly solo." Said Steel Angel as she wiped her wings creating a wind blade right at Hawks.
He was about to intercept it with his feathers but another wind blade appeared and intercepting the first. They both turned to see Izuku with sword in hand. "Breath of Air." he began to strike with his sword creating several wind blades at Steel Angel.
"You Brat." she screamed as she dodged as she flew higher trying to create distance between them. "This is a fight I can't win, but this is a fight I can run away from." as she began to spin into a small tornado creating several wind slashes in all directions. Slice through Hawks' feathers and forcing him back. She didn't let this opportunity go to waste she flew as fast as she could.
Hawks cursed as he began his pursuit. 'She's faster than I thought. Even though this is fun I need to stop her quick."
They continued their game of cat and mouse until Steel Angel had to make an immediate stop or else be pierced by another wind slash. 'Huh, the brat."
They looked down to see Izuku pursuing them jumping from rooftop to rooftop. "He was able to keep up with us on foot." Said Hawks Impressed. "Not many Heroes could do something like that. This kid ain't half bad."
"That's it this damn brat is dead." Yelled Steel Angel as she dived at Izuku before launching a massive wind blade at Izuku. Izuku was in mid air at the time but was able to use his blade to not only block the attack but also cancel it. The only problem was that it also caused him to stop mid jump while he was above an intersection. "Gotcha eat concrete you little shit."
'Oh no the kids gonna fall' thought Hawks readying his feathers, until he saw the impossible.
~o~
"Tomo what are you doing."
"Master Yushiro." said Tomo flustered as she quickly tried to clean the table full of notebooks. "I was just doing some light reading."
"Aren't these Izuku note books." said Yushiro as he recognized the well detailed notes. "Did you take these from his room?"
"I'm sorry master" she said guiltfully "I just couldn't help myself I was just so curious on the new techniques he was working on."
"Really I thought you had no interest in the Demon slaying techniques"
"Well i do admit I didn't think there would be any point in learning the techniques sense I have no real desire to fight but i have read the books in the library and some of Izuku's techniques don't match with any of the books I've read. So I was just curious."
Yushiro couldn't help but chuckle. "I forget sometimes your still a child." She began to pout. "But to answer your question. The reason those techniques aren't in the old text is because they were impossible back then."
"Does this have something to do with your different training methods?"
"I'll admit that's one of them. I've lived hundreds of years and in those times I've trained several people in a variety of subjects and learned how to improve on several training methods. Especially the Demon Slayer techniques since I've tried to preserve their knowledge while the world forgot it."
"Um master I kind of know that already."
"Well clearly not all of it because I also preserved the techniques that we're only theories back then. Here." Grabbing a specific notebook and handing it to Tomo. "Those are the notes he made on techniques that could be possible to learn and use based on those old theories."
"Wow these are super detailed." she said as she skimmed through the notebook. "Izuku's analytical skills are incredible and these were based off of theories?" she said in awe as Yushiro nodded in confirmation. "But wait that only explains how he came up with those moves how is he able to pull them off when the masters of old couldn't? Is it because he got an early crash course in the breath of the sun."
"No, while Izuku was given an opportunity others weren't and his eyes are top notch his greatest advantage is hi genetics."
"His genetics?
"Do you know what quirks his parents have."
"His mom has a low form of telekinesis and his dad can breath fire. Wait, his dad."
"Yes while Izuku doesn't have a quirk himself his father was born with a quirk that must have improved his lungs incredibly and some of those genes were passed down to Izuku along with the natural evolution of Quirked humans. Izuku can use abilities that the masters of old could only dream of."
~o~
Hawks had rub his eyes in disbelief. One moment the kid was falling then the next he was standing.
Standing in midair.
Fwoosh. Fwoosh.
"HE CAN FLY" they yelled As Izuku began to run on air.
"Cloud Walk"
"Okay what the HELL is this kids quirk." yelled Steel Angel
"How should I know." says Hawks wondering the same. "Hey kid how are you doing that." Hoping to get at least some info on the kid.
"I figured it while I was being chased around a mountain for two weeks by an Okama."
"Okama?" they both said not sure how to respond.
Izuku's face grimaced as the memories came back. "It wasn't fun. My sensei's friend could be a hellish gym instructor. It was a nightmare, the only good thing that came out of is I learned how to run on air." This only confused the two more. "Anyway you ready to surrender yet."
"Grrrrr. No way. I don't do jumpsuits and orange is a disgusting color." she cried out as reality seemed to set in. "I ain't going to jail. Not like this." as she gave one final wind slash at Izuku.
"Very well." as his sword lite ablaze. "Breath of the Sun dawning flame." Izuku sent a fire slash going right through her wind slash and directly hitting Steel Angel.
She would have fallen if Hawks hadn't caught her bridal style. After he made sure she was okay he turned to Izuku who was still somehow standing on air. "Nice job kid. I don't suppose you would mind helping me take her to the station."
"Sorry but I can't do that just yet. If I went with you I don't think they would let me go just yet. Besides it looks like you got your hands full." He said before running into the clouds.
Before Hawks lost sight of him he sent a single small feather and smiled when he felt contact. 'I'll leave that on him for awhile and see what he does next, that kid is definitely interesting.' he thought as he felt the woman in his arms begin to stir. "Well sleeping beauty it looks like it's time I take you to the police."
Wow this is defiantly my longest chapter yet. Also I don't think could make something like this again so quickly so unfortunately don't expect the next chapter so soon. I think I'm going to move to a weekly schedule for updates. Thanks for ready please comment and review. Your feed back is important.