FYI, this chapter is supposed to be funny. And surprisingly compelling. The OC in this chapter is based of Bentholomew's Xenoverse 2 character. Which was a derp version of Broly. So yes. This should be a highly entertaining chapter for you guys. :)
I'll probably start another poll for you guys, to decide what I should do for my next fic. I'll pitch some ideas, and then you can decide :D
Also guys, I love the costume redesign that I came up with thanks to your input. Ben Reilly's hood on the cover of his most recent run as Scarlet Spider was awesome, and the idea of incorporating that into Izuku's outfit is just badass. If I was awesome at drawing or not a broke grad student, I'd probably try to draw it. Lol. But seriously guys. Your input is invaluable. And I really do read every review that's posted. I know who's been with me since I started, and who is new to our adventure. All I will say is...Thank you.
Chapter 14: Meet the Parents, and Groly, the Legendary Super Villain.
Mina had decided that, because their training was going to be so intense, Izuku and his mom should come over for dinner the day before they started. So it was with much nervousness that Izuku and his mother found themselves outside Mina's house. He noted it was rather nice. Nothing extravagant, but it clearly showed they were well off. He shuffled nervously, his mother was sniffling and mumbling something about how "her baby was growing up too fast". He shook his head before ringing the door bell. A few moments passed, before a rather tall pink man opened the door. He had circular tube ears, and much like Mina, his eyes were black and yellow. He had an...antenna looking thing on the top of his hairless head, and he wore giant thick rimmed glasses. He was dressed in a blue button down shirt with a weird looking tie. His pants had suspenders. His eyes lit up when he realized who was at the door.
"GREETINGS MIDORIYA UNITS. WE ARE DELIGHTED YOU COULD JOIN US FOR PROBING- I MEAN DINNER. My family unit is in the kitchen preparing the tools- I mean meal. I forget you- I mean us humans enjoy meals in non-liquid form." The more the man spoke in his...odd, alien like voice, the more Izuku was worried Mina might actually be an alien. He was about to ask if the man was feeling alright when a beautiful, non-alien looking woman walked up behind him, and bonked him on the head with her fist. She had no discernible alien features, so that sort of eliminated Mina's potential heritage as a full alien. The woman had a kind face, with her eyes taking the appearance of being perpetually closed. Her hair was pink, and flowed in wavy tresses down to her shoulders. She was, however, radiating a rather scary aura.
"Now, Maji...what did I say about acting like an alien to scare guests?" The woman had a smile, but it had a rather sinister aura about it.
"B-but wife unit-" The smile became more murderous, if possible. Maji sighed. "You're no fun, Nia. I have to get my kicks somehow." He then picked up a pen from his pocket, before he looked at it, and after a pink glow, it was suddenly a stick of licorice.
"Of course dear. That's why you torment your employees with your antics and demands for candy." Maji seemed to brighten at this, and his eyes glazed over a moment as if remembering something pleasant.
*Earlier *
A timid looking office worker sat before Maji, who was sitting in his office, which was large. He was vice president after all. He sat at his desk, fingers linked in front of him, doing a rather effective Gendo Ikari impression. His eyes glinted somehow, despite the lack of bright light in the office.
"S-sir, I can't bring you the report." The timid man stuttered out, terrified of his boss.
Maji slammed his hand on the desk. "AND WHY NOT?!"
"Because sir, I already gave it to you!" The man was freaking out. "You turned it into candy sir!"
"AND IT WAS FRUIT ROLL UPS! I HATE FRUIT ROLL UPS! I. WANTED. LICORICE!"
Everyone outside the office was torn between amusement and terror, unsure of how their candy addicted boss would handle being told no..
*Back in the present *
"Ah. So I can, my lovely wife. So I can" He then rubbed his hands together and began chuckling sinisterly...at least until she bonked him on the head again.
"You'll have to forgive, Maji. He likes to mess with people. The fact he's smart enough to usually get away with it has done nothing to curb his habits." She spoke warmly to the Midoriyas. "Please, take a seat in our living room. It's down the hall to your left."
As Izuku and his mom entered the house, they took note of how...normal it looked. The furniture was nice, but not gaudy. There were several pictures of Mina and her family on a near by table. They showed Mina, both her parents, and tall boy with with spiky pink hair and wild grin on his face. The hallway they were currently in had some nice paintings on the wall, and a large framed picture of Maji and his two children doing evil poses while they laughed. Izuku wasn't sure how to process that one. Soon, they found themselves in the living room, where Mina and the pink hair boy from the picture were sitting, arguing over something.
"Look, Naji, I'm going to tell you this once. You cannot, and I emphasize that, CANNOT do anything stupid in front of Midoriya." Naji just pouted.
"IT WAS ONE TIME OKAY! That torch swallower was a scrub! Plus he said my cat was stupid for being blue! Also, what's up with that?!" Mina just gave him an unamused look.
"Naji, I tolerate you. Your girlfriend, somehow, loves you. But I need you to not...be an idiot. Or I'll tell Lucy you were rough your furchild." At this, Naji's face paled.
"You wouldn't."
"I would, if it helped get my brother off the self destructive path he was on."
"Dude, she's Queen of the nerds and cats! Even though you're lying she would still murder me. You can't tell her that."
"Of course I won't. Now admit it."
Naji opened his mouth several times to speak, as if the act physically pained him.
"I-I'll be good, okay?!" Naji then took notice of Izuku and his mom.
"Who's the awkward looking guy?" This prompted Nia to poke her head it, aura once again terrifying.
"Now, Naji...you wouldn't happen to be insulting our guests...Would you?"
"NO! NO! I'll be good!"
Mina shook her head, used to her families antics. She then rushed Izuku and squeezed him like stress ball. "Oh Izuku~! I missed you~!"
Said stress ball turned crimson, and his mother began crying over how cute they were.
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The Ashidos and the Midoriya's found themselves sitting down to a lovely dinner of rice balls, Katsudon, and miso soup served with side helpings of fish. While Inko spoke with both Nia and Maji, Izuku was having an internal discussion with his partner and friend.
Okay. Hear us out. We want chocolate. And tater tots.
'...what?' Izuku responded in a confused manner.
We need chocolate and tater tots. We crave them. And Peter would always give us our cravings. Otherwise, we crave organs. And people. But Peter wasn't too fond of that idea.
'Okay, first off...now I want them too, so thanks for that. Second, I don't even know where to get tater tots here. Third, you eat people?!'
…..You should still get us some. And we feel like you are latching onto the wrong things. We. Want. Chocolate. And. Tatertots.
'I cannot just make tater tots right now!'
"Um, Izuku? You okay?"
Mina's worried voice brought him out of his internal conversation, and made him very much aware of the awed looks of the table's occupants.
"Uh, yeah we're fine!" Izuku stammered out hurriedly.
" 'We're'?!" Maji questioned, wondering about the pluralism.
"Dude, you eat like a horse! Where the hell do you put it all?" At this, Mina's mother bonked her son on the head with an admonishment over his language.
His mother looked a mixture of concern and nervousness, as she too had noticed his tendency to gorge himself on food.
"Izuku dear, are you okay? You are eating quite a bit lately..." Mina's father simply brushed off her concerns.
"Clearly, the Midoriya unit requires larges amounts of food to function. This will be useful information in controlling this species-OW!" Mina's mother bonked her husband on the head, clearly unamused with her husband's antics.
"Babe, seriously. I haven't said anything, but you eat a lot. You might actually get fat." Mina teased Izuku, who was now blushing from all the attention.
"I'm a growing boy. Mom, Mina, you two don't need to worry. I just like eating enough for two people. Also, Mr. Ashido, do you have an chocolate?"
At this, Maji grinned like a maniac, and held up a fork, before turning it into chocolate.
"NOT THE GOOD SILVERWARE MAJI!" Came Nia Ashido's enraged voice.
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The dinner had gone the usual route. Embarrassing questions, teasing remarks, Mina's dad threatening to turn him into candy if her hurt his precious alien spawn. The usual things. Though the highlight was Mina's mom showcasing her quirk. She apparently had a quirk called Komodo, which allows her to spit acid. It also gave her a lizard tongue. They realized how late it was, and bid their farewells. Izuku quietly reminded Mina to meet up outside UA for the training tomorrow, because he knew she might have forgotten. Judging from her sheepish expression, she had.
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Elsewhere...
A sinister and unusually skinny fellow worked over a notebook, chuckling, before speaking in an intelligent and evil British accent.
"Soon! SOON I WILL UNLEASH MY EVIL GENIUS UPON THE CITY! MWUHAHAHA!"
His form then shifted into a gigantic muscular monstrosity, it's face rather stupid and blank.
"Groly."
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6 days later...
The training had gone swimmingly. The Outsiders had worked their asses off to show Izuku they were ready. Between the memory melding, strategy tapes, and drills that Izuku put them through, they were more than prepared to make their debut.
However, they had decided to end practice early, and go out to have some fun. Hitoshi, Shouto, and Mina all had their costumes in their bags, since they didn't want to make a trip back to the dorms. Izuku was carrying Mina's bag for her, like a gentleman. Mina suddenly stopped. Before her eyes lit up with mischief.
"Hey, Hitoshi, Shouto?" Said boys turned to look at her, unsure of what to make of her sudden address. "Why don't you guys invite Momo and Mei? If we're taking the rest of the day off as a team, why don't we bring them too? They're still involved with the team, after all."
Both boys looked at each other and shrugged, not able to think of a reason not to call their other friends. Despite their calm demeanor, you could spot the faintest of blushes on their cheeks.
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We now find our favorite vigilante team in a movie theater, watching a documentary on heroism. Mina was snuggled into Izuku. Mei was leaning onto a sweating Hitoshi, their hands locked together by some sort of high-tech handcuffs. Momo had placed her head on Shouto's shoulder, and placed a hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. Yes, love was clearly in the air, despite Valentines day being over 8 months away. This blatant display of the author's ships continued for the remainder of the movie, before they calmly made their way out of the theater. Mina then sequestered Momo and Mei, and they were speaking in excited whispers. Each of the girls were given each other high-fives, and looking over at the guys conspiratorially. Both Shouto and Hitoshi looked at Izuku expectantly.
"What? Is there something on my face?" Izuku asked in a confused manner.
"No, but is your danger sense not going off?"
"Yeah, man. The girls are looking at us like they have evil plans for us."
"Well, now that you mention it, there is a slight tingling-" Izuku was cut off by an explosion a few blocks away.
Did...Did the girls somehow cause that?
'I'm at least...60% sure Mei didn't cause that explosion.' Despite that percentage, the group all turned to look at Mei.
"What are you guys looking at me for? I don't blow things up...intentionally..."
Well kid, you heard her. She's not to blame this time. Guess that means villain attack. I think you should use this as the first test of the team.
'I agree.' Izuku thought back, before refocusing on the team.
"Guys, this is it. It's time for the Outsider's to debut. Keep what I've taught you in mind, and you'll be fine." Izuku said, before addressing Momo and Mei, "You two need to find someplace safe to hide. We can handle this." Both girls nodded. Before they left, they hugged Shouto and Hitoshi, before running off.
"Let's gear up in the alley over their, then head out."
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A skeletal figure stood laughing maniacally as he exited the bank he'd just robbed.
"As expected, my masterplan worked perfectly. And given my calculations, no heroes will respond in time to stop my abrupt exit!"
His showboating and bragging was halted by the arrival of 4 figures. One was that infernal Venom. He didn't recognize the others. He didn't realize he would be the first to fight the vigilante team known as the Outsiders.
"Who the devil are you?" His British accent spoke in irritation. "You weren't supposed to be here!"
Venom tilted his head to the side, feigning confusion.
"You see, we are a traveling group of magicians. We are currently looking people to showcase our talent for the mysterious. How'd you like to be the volunteer for our act? It involves making you vanish and reappear behind bars." Venom spoke in an amused tone of voice, grating at the skeletal figure. "You know, you remind me of someone. Have we met?"
"And saying we're not supposed to be here? That's a pretty odd statement coming from a guy who just robbed a bank." His bored drawl grated at the villain's nerves. They did not realize they were in the presence of the great Dr. Smally!
"How dare you! I am the most evil scientist ever! Dr. Smally!" The fact the guy had a British accent confused the group, as the guy was clearly Japanese. Venom was the first to voice this observation
"Why are you talking with a British accent? We're in the dead center of Japan. Which you clearly are from. And are you really a doctor? Or are you like that TV hack from a few centuries ago in that you just claim to be one?"
"Don't you know, Venom? Every evil genius villain is British. It's practically a trope! Also, I'm very smart." The ego-maniacal skeleton blathered on, clearly not caring who heard his explanation. "For you see, I am both Master and Henchman! Thanks to my quirk, Knowledge is Power, I can both scheme and execute! By sacrificing my Genius level intelligence, I can change my intelligence into immense physical strength, and vice versa. And as you know I'm very smart. So I have a lot to work with." At this, the villains form began to ripple and change.
"Before you die however, I would like your names. You know, so I can laugh about it later."
The group sighed in annoyance before speaking.
"We are Venom."
"Alien Queen!" Was the enthusiastic response from the female of the group.
"Hivemind." Came the bored voice from the guy wearing a bandit mask.
"Celcius." The figure in black and blue spoke simply.
At this, Venom threw his arms out dramatically.
"And we are the Outsiders."
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Momo and Mei looked at the news report on the television in a nearby window. They were watching the live broadcast of the new Vigilante team called the Outsiders. Obviously they were aware that it was really their friends, but they weren't about to shout 'HEY THAT'S OUR FRIEND GROUP!'
The broadcaster was losing his mind, clearly unsure of how to take the debut of a new vigilante team.
"Folks, I don't believe what I am seeing. It seems Venom has recruited allies for his unsanctioned yet altruistic crusade. In this humble reporter's opinion, GO VENOM!"
Mei and Momo sweatdropped at the anchor's declaration, before looking back at the showdown that was about to happen.
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The Outsider's watched, the villainous Dr. Smally rippling like he was made of water.
"I do apologize. My other form is rather...stupid." He jotted something down in a notebook, and closed it. "Beware the might of the unstoppable juggernaut...for I...am Groly!"
His form grew to over 8 feet tall, his skeletal form replaced by gargantuan muscles. The sinister expression on the man's face replaced by a rather stupid one, looking innocent and unintimidating. His Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sequence was complete. The questionably intimidating figure spoke only one word, before opening the notebook.
"Groly."
Venom looked on in apprehension. This was the end result? Sure the guy was massive. But did he look dangerous.
"My notebook says smash you and must steal money from banking estab- estblsih-" His face shrunk a bit, implying he'd reverted a bit, before yelling "ESTABLISHMENT! You'd think with how smart I am that I would remember not to use big words." He said, before his face, resumed it's vacant expression. "Groly!"
The hulking form had suddenly appeared in front of Venom, causing his spidersense to go crazy. Before Venom could react, Groly punched him, sending him flying into a building.
"Venom!" The female voice sounded frantic and concerned. She drew a tool from her belt, and fired it at Groly. She began to slide around him in a circle as she fired. The substance landed on him, and began to burn the massive man. "Hivemind, you want to help out?"
"Oh right. That thing I do. Hey big guy? You like turtles?" Hivemind asked boredly, figuring the fight was over when the big lug answered his question.
"I like turtles." Groly then threw a punch at Hivemind. That shocked the hell out of Hivemind, because he'd never failed to brainwash someone before.
"What the hell? This guy is unaffected by my Quirk!"
Part of Groly's face shrunk, the voice of Dr. Smally rang out of the gargantuan form. "You know, it's as they say. Sometimes, less is more." After speaking he resumed the dumb looking expression. "Groly!" It spoke in childlike joy.
"Holy crap. He's too stupid to be affected by my quirk. I... don't know how to take this, guys." Hivemind spoke out in no small wonder. The figure of Celcius sighed, before entering the fray as well. Cold vapor was seeping off his body, forming rings around his body.
"I guess I'll deal with you." He froze the air around Groly, entrapping the giant in ice. Groly semed to struggle against the bonds, while marveling at their sparkles.
"You make pretty shinies!" Celcius just looked confused, and when the structure he made began to shake, he became shocked when Groly broke out as if it was made of glass. Groly then threw a piece of the ice at Celcius, which slammed him into a car.
Venom was now climbing out of rubble, feeling really annoyed.
"We swear. Is it every villain's goal to make us into a human wrecking ball? Seriously, We should break into the demolition business." He dropped down onto the street. "Okay, you know what? Screw it. We're gonna see just how hard we can hit this idiot." He rushed at Groly, before swinging his fist into the large dummy, sending him flying. The group looked at him in awe. Alien Queen was the first to speak.
"Dude since when are you that strong?" She spoke excitedly.
" We have super strength, remember? We can lift 20 tons. That means we can lift 5 SUVs at the same time with ease." Alien Queen looked a bit sheepish at this. She had forgotten how strong Venom could be. He tried not to rely on his strength so he wouldn't hurt people he fought. "But this guy? He's too stupid to feel pain. That, and he seems to be made of freaking mithril. So we do not have to hold back. Leave this to us. It's a bad match up for you guys, anyways."
The others nodded at his request, and moved away. They were within distance to step in should help be needed, but far enough away that they wouldn't get hurt.
No longer having to worry about his team, Venom turned his attention back to wards the direction of the villain, who was currently climbing out of a minivan he'd crashed into.
You sure that's a smart play, kid? This guy may be an idiot right now but he's both henchman and mastermind in one. That makes him unpredictable, and that's dangerous.
Nodding to his partner's advice, Venom was about to reply when he noticed Groly pulling himself out of the car. He tensed, but Groly just smiled at him stupidly.
"Notebook says I must smash you!"
Before Venom could utter a witty retort or insult, Groly was suddenly in front of him, fist drawn back. As he swung his fist, Venom was able to get his guard up in time to block the strike. However, Groly began pushing forward, with Venom stuck on his fist due to the sheer velocity of the hit. They moved several feet away before Venom planted his feet in the ground firmly, and used both his body and Groly's own momentum to force the crazy giant into tumbling over the vigilante, rolling across the ground before coming to a halt.
Venom glanced at his surroundings to ensure no civilians were in harms way before he held looked at his arm. It was rippling, which made Izuku frown under the mask.
'Venom, what's going on?'
Oh. Oh! I sort of forgot about one of our abilities. Just hold your arm out in front towards the lughead, and think of a bat for a second.
Even more confused than before, Izuku did as his partner asked. His arm morphed into a blunt surface before shooting towards and slamming into Groly, sending the not so gentle giant into store front.
'WHAT THE HELL, VENOM! SINCE WHEN CAN WE DO THAT?!'
Oh, you know, since 19-ALWAYS!
'THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING SOONER?!'
We assumed you knew. We said that we had limited shapeshifting.
'AN OFFHAND COMMENT IS NOT AN INSTRUCTION!'
Well sorry! Are you activitely aware that you CAN'T shapeshift? Noooo! So excuse us for fogetting about it. Not like you'd use it often anyway.
Venom was interrupted from further internal argument when a counter top flew out of the store and directly towards his face. He caught it, using his form to disperse the inertia from Groly's throw. As Groly walked out of the now destroyed store window, he began to crack his knuckles. Venom set the counter top down, before addressing the villain.
"You know, Lenny, I could get you a rabbit if you stop fighting now."
Groly looked as thoughtful as guy with a walnut sized brain could be for a moment, before shaking his head. "Nuh uh. Smalley said I could have 10 bunnies if I beat you up and take the bagsies away."
Venom just sort of twitched a minute. If only more minions were motivated by rabbits instead of money. Before he could make a counter offer, Groly picked up a nearby car, and threw it at him. Venom quickly dodged, and shot a web to catch the vehicle before it did real damage. Before he could refocus on Groly, the villain grabbed him by the neck, and began slamming him into the ground.
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The other members of the Outsiders looked on in worry as Groly kept slamming their leader into the ground over and over again. Mina looked especially terrified. However, before they could jump in, they were caught off guard by a new arrival. The metallic form of Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu landed in front of them, before he struck a gallant pose.
"So you guys are Venom's team right!? Well, watch me help save the day!"
Before anyone could stop him, he rushed over to the quarreling duo.
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Venom was not happy. He was pretty sure he had a concussion, and possibly a fractured skull at this point. He was about to blast the giant villain off of himself with his tendrils, when a obnoxious yet manly voice range out over the noise of the fighting.
"Venom! I'm here to help man!" Venom looked at the unfamilar guy made of steel, clearly not sure of who he was. "What do you need me to do?"
Venom was about to make a sarcastic remark buns of steel, when a thought occurred.
"Say, new guy...You think you can make this guy laugh into submission?"It wasn't a serious request by any stretch of the imagination. But Venom figured it would make an opening at the very least. He would not let the newcomer get harmed, but if he happened to be useful, then why complain.
Tetsu took on a thinking expression, before he looked at the villain, clearly taking the request from his idol seriously. "Hey you big lug! Are you familiar with the hero Bophades?"
Groly took on a stupid expression, trying to use his limited thought capabilities to ponder the question. "Bophades?"
Tetsu inhaled deeply a moment, before yelling triumphantly "BOPHADES NUTS! GOT EM!"
Silence reigned. Everyone watching was utterly speechless. No one knew quite what the hell to say. It was the dumbest thing ever, and yet, the giant was shaking. Venom was starting to sweat.
'Oh shit, we might have just made him angry...'
However, before the fatalistic thoughts could continue, laughter began to erupt from the giant villain. Great peals of stupid and juvenile laughter. He started laughing so hard, that he actually began to shrink, losing his inhuman strength enough for Venom to break free. Venom jumped back, about to figure out a plan of action when he noticed the villain was now an average sized man who looked extremely confused.
"Where am I? What was I doing?" Venom sweatdropped, clearly not expecting a third personality out of the same individual today. Regardless, Venom knocked the guy out just to be safe.
As he signaled for the cops to cuff the guy, Venom couldn't help but think how glad he was that today was over.
To Be continued...
AN: Another chapter down. I apologize for the delay. The hurricane hit on the day I had originally planned to finish this chapter, and knocked out my power, my cell service, AND my wifi. I wasn't hurt though, which is more than I can say for others. So I decided to upload it, unedited. I'll probably make some changes here and there tomorrow, but I felt bad for the delay, so I wanted to show you guys I wasn't abandoning you.
Also, side rant, am I the only other person on here annoyed by harems? Seriously, I'll get through a good story, and suddenly the AN says 'this is now a harem fic'. Like, I hate to break it you guys, but harem fics are generally terrible. In most cases the harem actually HINDERS the story telling. It's unrealistic, and 9/10 times downgrading these badass female characters into fangirlish nutjobs. That isn't fun for me to read, because its completely unoriginal, and completely out of character. It's actually why I stopped reading the work of one of authors on the Naruto fanbase. I admired how quickly he could churn stuff out, his sheer volume of his works(seriously, the guy has like 9 fics over 100k words), his creativity, but the harem shift annoyed me, so I stopped reading his work. I'm not putting the guy on blast. It's his work and he can do what he wants with it. I guess I was just...sad to see an author I really liked sell out, for lack of a better phrasing. Especially when his FMA Naruto story was one of my favorites I've read. I dunno. Maybe I'm in the minority here. to say, I really hope you guys don't ever expect me to write harem stories. I'd sooner break my fingers and delete my account.
EDIT: I MADE A FORUM ON HERE TO INTERACT WITH YOU GUYS MORE! PLUS, I have an idea I'm toying with, but I don't really know if I want to do it yet. see the forum for details.