Chapter 8

A Sudden Arrival


It had been a few days after Izuku's and Tatsumi's first missions. At the Night Raid base, not far from there is a small area filled with lush green grassy fields with rocks protruding out of the ground. There is a hill that is steep and can spot a green headed boy carrying giant rocks over his shoulders as he slowly jogs up the hill. Izuku has been doing this since the dawn, Leone woke him up early in the morning to do some morning exercise.

What Izuku didn't know was that he was going to be running up and down carrying rocks that weighed approximately 80 pounds. Leone told him to carry two rocks over his shoulder and run up and down the hill. He had been doing this for five hours already and was gasping for air, 'This reminds me of the time when I trained for the entrance exam at U.A,' Izuku thought to himself as he was approaching the top, where Leone was supervising him.

As He reached the top he then stopped to catch his breath. Izuku felt his legs and arms aching as his throat was dry, desperately in need of water. Leone walked towards him as she clapped her hands, "Good job that concludes training for today," She stated as Izuku dropped the rocks off of his shoulders. He then fell down and laid on the grass as he was heavily breathing for air.

As he laid there, he stared up into the sky as he watched the clouds slowly moving across the sky. He couldn't imagine that he was in another world. He wondered how his classmates were doing, after all he disappeared right in front of them. Izuku closed his eyes as he felt the wind gently breeze by him. He opened them again as he reminisced about what happened back at the camp. How people were never safe from this Empire.

Izuku knew he had to return home but he couldn't just leave people, desperately pleading for help. He knows it isn't his business but.

'Meddling when you don't need to, is the essence of a hero,'

He remembered the words that came out of All Might's mouth, the words that allowed him to push forward.

"Hey Greenie, let's head back to the base, bet breakfast is ready," Leone called out.

Izuku got up as he felt the soreness kick in as he stretched a bit. He then followed Leone back to the base as Leone looked back at the young hero. She noticed that the boy was in deep thought. She faced forward as she placed her hands behind her hind as she looked up to the sky.

'Wonder what's he thinking?'


The Base

Meanwhile Tatsumi was tasked to wake Mein up since he was now training under her. As Tatsumi made a mistake when entering a girl's room. He forgot to knock, "Mein when are you going to ke-" Tatsumi stopped as he fully opened the door. Mein, now frozen as they both stared at each other for a second. Mein was revealed to be in her bra, everything happened so fast. Now there is a hole in the building.

"Hey watch where you're shooting that thing you could've killed me!" Tatsumi shouted at her as he barely dodged the shot from Pumpkin. "Well you shouldn't have you pervert!" She exclaimed as she had her rifle locked and loaded, "Well it's your fault for sleeping this late…" Tatsumi slowly realized that Mein was about to fire another shot, "Well, haven't you heard of KNOCKING!" She screamed as she fired another round.

As Izuku and Leone walked back to the base, they saw shots firing out of the base. Izuku was now alarmed, "Is it an intruder?" Asked Izuku as Leone kept walking, "Its probably just Mein, don't worry about it," she reassured him. Izuku continued to follow Leone, she then started to think of something to entertain them, well mostly her. "Hey Greenie," She got Izuku's attention as he looked at her, "Hmm? Whats up," he asked.

Leone turned around, "So how was your first mission," she asked. Izuku then looked at her, "Well I'm glad that I got the captives out of there safely," He responded. Leone nodded, "I wish I could've been there to see, I haven't really seen you fight," she sighed as Izuku looked at her confusingly, "But didn't I defend myself against Akame when we first met," He reminded her.

Leone then put her finger on her chin, "Oh yeah, well I actually wanna spar with you, maybe I should put that in the training schedule I have for you," she suggested as Izuku sweatdropped. They then reached the building and headed inside. Izuku went to his room to change into comfortable clothing. He had a grey shirt and black pants with his classic red shoes.

He walked into the kitchen to see Leone, Lubbock, Bulat, and Akame eating breakfast. "Ah there you are, your bowl is right there," Bulat stated as he pointed towards his bowl. Izuku then looked in the direction, his seat was right next to Akame. He went to sit down as he gripped his chopstick and dug into his meal. Akame kept looking at him as he continued to eat.

Ever since his first mission, Akame and Izuku had been talking more frequently as they discussed mostly training and how to deal with the flashback of his quirk. But Leone noticed something odd about Akame as whenever Izuku was out training or exercising, Leone would catch her staring at him for quite some time before she would go do her usual stuff.

Akame kept biting into her meat but would occasionally glance at Izuku. Izuku then caught her looking at him through the corner of his eyes. He looked at her as Akame jumped at his sudden gaze, "Is there something wrong Akame?" He asked, Akame shook her head as she continued eating her meat.

Izuku was confused but didn't think of it too much as he continued his meal. Leone was looking at Akame across the table, 'Is she?... No, I think it's something else...but it could be,' Leone thought as Mein and Tatsumi walked into the kitchen. "Oh hell- what happened to you," Lubbock asked as Tatsumi had a few burnt marks on his face.

"Don't ask," as he walked towards Izuku as he sat down next to him. Izuku looked at Tatsumi worried for his friend, "You alright Tatsumi?" Izuku asked as Tatsumi turned towards him, "I'll live...I hope," he muttered the last part. He was about to go get something to eat but then, "Come on Newbie let's go," Mein exclaimed as he stopped and groaned. He slouched over and begrudgingly walked towards Mein.

'I hope nothing bad happens to him,' Izuku thought to himself. Izuku then proceeded to finish his bowl, he got up and placed his finished bowl in the sink. Najenda walked in as she looked at the team, "Hm? Where's Sheele," she asked, "She's still asleep," Akame responded. Najenda sighed as she looked at Izuku, "I got an assignment for you, come with me, I'll debrief you the details," she informed him as Izuku nodded and followed right behind her.

They headed out of the kitchen as The team watched them. Once they were out of the kitchen Lubbock started to speak, "Wonder what Najenda-san needs him for," he asked as Leone looked at him. "What worried he might steal her," she grinned as Lubbock widened his eyes, "Impossible, it can't be," he spoke with disbelief. Leone started to laugh, "I'm just joking Lubba," as he looked at her angrily, "Come on Nee-san you can't just tease me like that," Lubbock cried out as Leone laughed at him.

She stopped when she saw Akame just looking at her meat. Not taking a single bite out of it, "Akame you alright?" Leone asked as Akame looked up at her, she nodded to reassure Leone. But Leone was not convinced as she watched Akame finish her plate and proceed to clean the dishes as everyone finished up.

Meanwhile Najenda and Izuku were in Najenda's office. "So what's the assignment," Izuku asked as Najenda took a whiff of her cigar. "I want you to investigate something for me," she informed him as he raised an eyebrow, "One of my scouts have reported that there was a purple light outside of the capital, they say it's a danger beast but we can't be sure," she continued explaining, Izuku then priced together why she wanted Jim to investigate this matter., "You want me to make sure it's not a secret weapon that the Empire is making," he pieced together as she nodded, "Also to see if they didn't discover a lost Teigu,"

'Teigu, I still don't know what those are,`Izuku thought to himself. "What are Teigu anyways," he asked as Najenda looked at him. "Teigus are weapons that were built a thousand years ago, they have the power to match an entire army," she explained. Izuku widened his eyes, "So does everyone have Teigus here," Izuku asked. Najenda nodded, "Each one with different abilities," Najenda stated as she looked at him she found Izuku pull out a notebook out of nowhere,

"Sotherebasciallyweaponswithpowerswitheachdifferentuniqueabilites…," Izuku muttered as he jotted down the information that she gave him. "So that's why he asked Lubbock if he had a notebook," she muttered to herself. She cleared her throat to get his attention, Izuku jumped as he closed his notebook. "As I was saying I want you to head towards the reported sight and find out what it is," she ordered as Izuku nodded. "Be careful, who knows what could be out there,"

After debriefing Izuku of the mission, Najenda also got reports of the prime minister relative capturing women and raping them. She waited for Mein and Tatsumi to return to the base to get the team to finish the mission together. Najenda looked at the letters she received from her scouts. As she continued doing her paperwork.

Izuku arrived at the location where they saw a purple light in the nearby forest of the Empire. Izuku headed there as it was dusk. The sky was turning nightfall so Izuku had to finish this before the danger beast started to pounce on him. He jumped from tree to tree, checking the area surrounding him as he kept looking around.

After a few hours of surveying the area he decide there were no signs of activity. He looked at the sky as it was already dark, the only light was the moon. As he was about to head out, he heard a scream behind him as he swiftly turned and jumped towards the direction. As he approached the screams, they kept getting louder and louder. He could tell he was getting close.

He arrived and found danger beasts in a half circle as they surrounded something as a figure was back against a stone wall. Izuku didn't waste time as he boosted himself off the tree and planted his feet on the stone wall and lunged downwards at the danger beasts surrounding the figure.

He lifted his right leg up ready to attack, "Manchester Smash!" He shouted as his heels collided with ground as it broke and erupted leaving the beasts stunned and lost balance on their footing. He quickly turned around and grabbed the figure and boosted out of the area. He jumped through the forest as he saw the path leading towards the capital. But then out of the corner of his eyes a claw was coming down on him. He swiftly dodged it and landed on a tree, he looked at the beast that attacked him. It was a wolf that had spikes protruding out of his back.

'This wasn't what I expected,' Izuku thought to himself as he jumped away from the beast as it bites down on the tree branch where he used to stand. Izuku then jumped over the beast and reeled his right leg back, "St. Louis Smash!" He shouted as he planted his feet on the top of the wolf's head as it hit the ground. After he did that he got out of the forest as quickly as possible.

Once he was a safe distance away from the forest, he put the figure down. "Well that was unexpected," he muttered to himself he was in thought until he realized he didn't know what he just saved as he was about to turn around. He heard a familiar voice, it was soft and surprised. The voice was a 7 year old girl's voice but not just any 7 year old girl. This one he recognized instantly. " ?" The innocent girl asked as he turned around to see a 7 year old girl with white hair and little horn protruding out of the right side of her forehead. She wore a red dress with white shirt under it.

Izuku couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at the girl he saved, "Eri?!" He exclaimed as the girl now known as Eri, now has appeared into this dark corrupt world.


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