Chapter 7:

To the Rescue

Summary

Katsuki doesn't show up for training one morning. Izuku has a bad feeling and asks Ace to come with him asking Luffy to tell Shanks they are looking for Katsuki.

Its Saturday morning a little over 2 years since Shanks started training the boys to be strong
Heroes. The boys are now 7 they are meeting a Shanks new training facility. Most of the people training here are current U.A. Students. Izuku sometimes comes early in the morning to take notes on the future heroes. He watches the spars and takes note, seeing if he can incorporate so of these moves into his own fighting style. Shanks has taught them several different type of martial arts. Some of them are Karate, Aikido, Tai Chi and Wing Chun.

The karate lessons focused on self defense involving, kicks, punches, and open-handed chops. The focus of Aikido was using the momentum and strength of your opponent, using less hand strikes and no kicking, but using precise turning and pushing movements accompanied with joint locks to achieve victory. Tai Chi involved choreographed, slow- motion postures mostly used with a weapon. And Wing Chun focused on utilizing both striking and sticking (controlling) while specializing in close- range combat. Izuku is trying to use all these points to make his fighting style unique and unpredictable. He can be seen watching the other trainers working on kata's, he turns his head hearing cheering. He follows the sound hoping to see a good spar to take note on. He finds a spot he can see the spar; it looks like one guy surrounded by at least 10 other trainers. Izuku is about to run down there and break up the confrontation. A hand lands on his shoulder Izuku follows the hand to the owner's face and sees a blonde with a smile and headphones looking down at the man in the middle. He shakes his head at Izuku and mouths 'watch'. Izuku nods and watches intently down at the spar looking for any sign to jump in and help.

In the middle of the circle is a raven-haired man probably 17 years old wearing a scarf. His face is calm and impassive not betraying a single thought or emotion. One of the men on the outer ring smirks and taunts "You are practically quirkless against this many people how are you gonna fight us" the raven's face doesn't change he doesn't even move. This pisses off the others and they start charging. In a blink of an eye the raven's hair goes straight up eyes red and scarf moving. Watching as the raven is making quick work of the other 10 Izuku relaxes and starts taking notes. The raven almost reminds Izuku of Shanks. He's dodging attacks from behind and countering immediately like he knows his opponent is there. Watching this man continue to dodge and counter like he can tell the future makes Izuku believe that Shanks taught this teen Haki. He launches one opponent into the air and unleashes his scarf after him, it wraps at around its victims ankle, at the same moment three people come behind him about to attack he dodges the fist and kicks the attacker in the face and sends him into the other two. He uses the momentum of his dodge and kick to swing the captured victim to the ground behind him effectively knocking him out. Izuku is amazed as he watches the raven weave around the remaining foes using his capture weapon and punches and kicks taking out people left and right.

He makes his way to the last opponent standing and his hair is no longer standing up and he's breathing heavily. The attacker smirks and activates his quirk it looks to change his arms into swords. He swings wildly while the raven twists, and dodges away he can only activate his quirk for a couple of seconds at a time. It appears his luck is running out as soon as he blinks his opponent has stabbed him in the right leg and left shoulder. The raven stops fighting and falls completely exhausted. Izuku sees this and moves his way over to the downed raven shifting into his half wolf form green fire moving and dancing along his skin he growls "That is enough Stand down" The sword guy glares and Izuku gives a warning snarl the man walks away. Izuku kneels next to the raven and turns him over. He's glad that nothing vital was hit and moves his hand over the wounds but stops before he can heal.

"What are you doing?" The raven asks suspiciously

"I can heal the damage" Izuku takes one of the man's knives and slices his palm. Moving his other hand over it to show the man the healing flames. The man watches as the wound closes and doesn't leave a scar. "See, Do I have your permission to heal you or do you want me to help you to the nurse?"

"Heal me" The raven watches as the flame closes his wounds. Once the wounds are closed, he sits up and tests his range of movement feeling everything is fine "Thank you, I'm Shota"

"Izuku, nice to meet you, you were amazing did you learn part of your fighting style from Shanks- Sensei? You fighting style is a lot like his how you dodge and counter. I noticed your control on your weapon is impressive to be able to fight like that. I wanna fight like that." Izuku starts muttering.

Shota interrupts him by flicking his forehead "You were muttering, yes I learned a special ability from Shanks two years ago when I was interning at Might Tower. You called him Sensei?"

"Yea Shanks sensei has been training us for two years now. We have training with him soon do you want to join, or do you have somewhere to be?"

"How about another time I am here most mornings?"

"Ok Shota, I'll see you another time. I must go, or I'll be late for training. See-ya" Izuku quickly says as he scampers to their training area. He arrives and greets Ace and Luffy. "Where is Kacchan?"

"We haven't seen him we thought he was with you in the gym" Ace responds.

"Ace, I have a bad feeling about this he is always early for training, can you come with me to his house?" Izuku shakily asks.

"Yea, Luffy let sensei know that Kats might be in trouble when he gets here."

"Of course, Go." Luffy confirms.

Ace and Izuku run out of the building and run the entire way to Katsuki's house. It takes them about 25 minutes. When they arrive, the door is wide open, the boys stop and take in their surroundings. The first thing they notice is the empty bottles and can littering the floor. The room is dark as they slowly walk in. They hear something crash upstairs, they cautiously make their way to the stairs and quietly heads up. More crashing and something that sounds like a scream; it sounds muffled like its covered by a pillow or a hand. Ace and Izuku look at each other and pick up their pace. Izuku has been here plenty of times to know this house like his own; he knows those sounds are coming from Katsuki's room. He sprints the rest of the way slamming the door open.

What he sees is horrifying, he screams out "KACCHAN!" and runs into the room and throws himself on top of Katsuki shifting into his full wolf form his fire is a raging dance covering his fur. His fire subconsciously starts transferring and healing Katsuki.

Ace burst into the room seconds after hearing Izuku scream. The first thing he sees is the massive wolf the size of a car standing over the prone form of a barely breathing Katsuki. The second thing he sees is the blood on the floor, there is so much. The last thing he takes note of is the crazed older woman he thinks she is Katsuki's mom holding a knife about to stab Izuku. Something in his mind snaps as he screams. He doesn't realize the women lost consciousness he runs to the other two boys; lets Izuku smell him to show he is pack. This is not the first time Izuku went full wolf mode. The first time he was practicing shifting and lost control Shanks had to control him and advised that Izuku smell them to get his Wolf used to his pack. If he ever loses control now the only people who can calm him are those his wolf sees as pack. Those people are Shanks, Ace, Luffy, Katsuki, and Inko. He doesn't know how long he sits there hearing Izuku howl sorrowfully every second Katsuki doesn't wake. But the next thing he know is he is being pulled away from Izuku by strong arms. He flails a little before he realizes that the one holding him is Shanks. There is another man with him. He has this weird scarf around his neck and long raven hair. He looks impassive as he looks at the wolf. Ace can see recognition and confusion as he looks at the green fire being transferred to the bleeding boy.

"Shanks Senpai? Is the Wolf Izuku?" The man asks.

Ace stiffens 'how does this guy know Izuku?' before he gets the chance to speak Shanks blasts the other man with a little Conquerors Haki causing red sparks to lick and flare around him. "Shota, how do you know Izuku?"

Shota clears his throat Shanks has a truly terrifying ability, Shota learned the hard way the first time when he tried to erase the quirk and found out he couldn't. "I recognize the Fire, He healed me earlier when a spar went wrong." That seems to satisfy Shanks and some of the oppressive feeling disappears. The rest of it is coming from the distressed wolf laying protectively on the unconscious boy.

Shanks turns to Ace "Do you know what you did to knock that woman out?"

"Not really, I felt something in my mind snap when she has going to stab Izuku. It felt familiar like you but wild."

"That was Conqueror's Haki I will be training you to control it as soon as we find out if Katsuki is going to be alright. I fear for Izuku if Katsuki doesn't pull through."

"Beside the obvious reason of not wanting someone he knows to die is another reason?" Shota asks. Shanks thinks it over he knows his student he is worried. Izuku must have made and impression on the stoic chronically tired teen. Shanks gives a sad smile "The boy is Izuku's soul mate. If Katsuki doesn't make it, I fear for his sanity"

"Soulmates are you sure they are so young most people don't find theirs until late teens?"

"They have matching marks on their backs; they have known each other since they were three."

"Its rare but it does happen, we should call All Might and Nighteye, possible the Detective to handle this situation. Izuku has the healing cover its only a matter of time before Katsuki Wakes up." Shota states getting a nod from Shanks; he pulls out his phone and calls Nighteye.

A few rings and Nighteye picks up with a simple "Nighteye here"

"Shota here I'm sending you my location bring All Might, and the detective with you come as fast as you can I'll explain when you get here." Shota doesn't wait for a confirmation he hangs up and sends his location. A couple of second he receives a text "on my way eta 5mins"

He relays the information to Shanks "Good now we wait and hope Izuku stays calm" Izuku is letting out soft whimpers; his wolf is crying for his hurt mate.

"It might be good to call or take him to Recovery Girl. She can help with his healing"

"Good idea Shota call her tell her a child needs help and that we can not move him. Tell her to hurry."

Shota calls Recovery Girl and tells you child emergency hurry and his location she responds with give me the information when I get there ill be there in 5 minutes. He hangs up and notices the woman is starting to stir. He uses his control weapon to restrain her before she regains consciousness. Her eyes snap open observing the damage around her, the wolf that was laying on her son is now in a protective stance above him; growling at her daring her to hurt his mate.

"Oh, shut the fuck up you mutt, your giving me a headache" She growls back. She looks at Katsuki's small prone form and smirks "The demon finally got what was coming to him, he's a monster. Born with a villain quirk! I'm doing this world a favor; he needs to die"

In the middle of her speech Nighteye and The Detective enter the room. "Cuff her, the rest of you stay here I need statements from all of you" The Detective leads the woman out of the room and to the back of a squad car and heads back up to the room.

"Do I have everyone permission to use my quirk?" he gets rounds of yeses from the room's occupants except for The wolf and Katsuki. He activates his quirk "First question what happened please start at the beginning"

"Luffy and I were waiting for Izuku, Kats and Shanks to arrive for our training today. A few minutes after we got there Izuku comes running from deeper in the gym. He asked "Where's Kacchan?" looking around nervously. When I replied that I thought Kats was with Izuku he asked me to come to Kats house that he had a bad feeling. I told Luffy to stay and wait for Shanks- Sensei and let him know that Kats might be in trouble and to let Shanks know that we were gonna start at Kats house. Izuku and I ran here took about 20 minutes. When we arrived here the door was wide open, we entered cautiously and heard crashing coming from up here we approached slowly. Izuku must have picked up a scream because the next thing I know he is sprinting and starting to shift into his wolf form. I was halfway up the stairs when I hear a blood curling scream of "Kacchan" I Sprint up the rest of the stairs I see Izuku in full wolf form standing protectively over Katsuki then I notice all the blood. Movement catches my eye and I see a woman holding a knife ready to stab Izuku and something snapped I run over to Izuku so he can sniff me and then next thing I know Shanks is pulling me away from Izuku. I haven't moved since." Green.

"What do you mean sniff you?"

"Luffy, Shanks, Katsuki, Inko, and I are his wolfs' pack. He won't hurt us. Right now, the wolf is in control. That's why Shanks and I are sitting between you and him. You are not pack he could attack you. More so because his packmate is in danger." Green.

"What else can you tell me?"

Shanks speaks up "I won't tell you anything more If you can not promise me it does not leave this room. My family's safety and comfort come first."

"Ok, I promise for myself, I'm sure the others agree, or they can leave."

See no one leaving and trusting everyone in the room Shanks rubs his head "Ace has Conqueror's Haki what knocked out the woman was an unconscious burst. I have a special training room in my facility that blocks the Conqueror's Haki. I am the only one who can teach him, and I will be starting as soon as we find out Katsuki's condition."

"Can we approach him?"

"No, do not go near him Izuku will not hesitate to hurt you, this is a delicate situation because it Katsuki that is hurt. I will not have him live with the guilt of hurting someone because they came too close"

"Why is it delicate because of Katsuki?" Already having a guess but he needs to confirm it.

"They are soulmates"

Somewhere during the conversation Recover Girl make an entrance and scans her surroundings she notices the wolf and approaches Shanks. "I need to see the boy; I won't hurt him"

Shanks acknowledges her and unleashes a small burst of Conqueror's on Izuku. The wolf immediately stands down and whimpers he bows his head and tucks his nose into Katsuki's neck. "I can only hold his mind for a three minutes tops, do not move Katsuki, he will let you approach, and touch to heal him, do not try to move him at all. Any more than three minutes at his age will so severe damage to his mind."

Recovery Girls nods and slowly approaches the boy and wolf and kneels close enough to heal him but not too close to be threatening; Judging by the low warning growl followed by a whimper. Recovery Girl holds up her hand and lets the wolf come to her. The wolf slowly submits to Recovery girl, and she sets to work checking his vitals and checking the dilation of his eyes. See nothing life threatening she ends with a kiss to the forehead and another to his chest where most of the damage seems to be located if judging by the bruises she can see. Still facing the wolf, she puts her hands up, stands up and backs away slowly to behind Shanks. He lets go out Izuku's mind. The wolf immediately sniffs all over Katsuki lets out more sorrowful whimpers and rests his head again at the crook of Katsuki's neck. His green fire rises again and continues to dance on Katsuki's skin.

Recovery Girl is about to stop him, thinking the wolf is harming the boy. Shota stops her "His flames heal, he trying to get him to wake up. I pretty sure he can only heal others in wolf form." Recovery Girls nods. Feeling a glare at her back she turns to Shanks he looks furious. She raises an eyebrow in question.

"You will not take him as your apprentice, his dream is to fight with his soulmate you will not try to pressure him into giving up his dream to work in a hospital. You will not tell anyone he can heal, when he goes to U.A. you will not pull strings to get him working for you. He will be in Hero's Course. He told me he will learn healing medical studies in middle school. He will heal those that are injured when he's out on patrols as a pro. He is not a healer. You can't take him." Shanks voice goes from furious and demanding to the desperation that a father would display.

Recovery Girl want to push thinking about how many lives he can save with the proper training; but seeing the desperation and a man about to pounce, Nighteye looks dangerous and even All Might appears to be disappointed. She concedes instead saying "I understand, if he needs learning materials, or experience I'll help where I can. Though I recommend that he go under an Alias, so they don't force him into hospice work."

"Thank you, I do not want anyone to decide his future when he is not mentally present to plead his case. Also, he will be fragile after this, he will feel guilty that he couldn't save his mate. I will not allow anyone take advantage of him weather they mean to or not. Do not bring up that you saw him healing. When his mind heals from this, I will point him in your direction for guidance. It will be his choice then, and you will respect it."

"Are you threatening me Shanks?"

"Not at all, Izuku in wolf form or not is an extremely intelligent being, with the power of the Wolf God of Life Fuji in his soul, you do not want to be on his bad side. His wolf side is extremely protective of his host Fuji will not hesitate to lash out against someone trying to sway Izuku off his path. Picture it like this if Izuku is the mind and flesh, Fuji is the will, spirit, and heart."

"I see, I understand your concerns, if it is something, he does not agree too I will not pressure him. It seems if he is not willing it might do more damage then good. Am I right?"

"Yes, for the most part. Right now, Fuji is in control but Izuku is in there, he wont willingly come out until Katsuki wakes. All we can do is make sure no one tries to move them."

"Recovery Girl, do we have an estimated time that he should wake up, I need to question him to get his statement. We also need to find somewhere he can be safe until this is settled."

"He is only sleeping right now, poor thing must be exhausted, I'd say he probably wake up in an hour or so."

"He is going to be staying at the Midoriya House. Speaking of which Ace call Inko and tell her to pick up Luffy and bring her here to Katsuki's house." Ace nods and quickly called Inko, he waits a few moments and Inko answers to phone "Hello"

"Hey Auntie, Is Luffy home?"

"Yea he came home a bit ago what's up."

"Something bad happened, we are at Katsuki's house. Izuku is feral he needs pack. Please hurry!" Ace is barely holding it together.

"Where is Shanks?"

"He is here along with Nighteye, Recovery Girl, All Might, The Detective, Katsuki and Izuku. Everything will be explained when you get here, we are in Katsuki's room."

"Ok we are in the car about halfway there I will be there in a moment." She hangs up.

A few moments passed the only sounds being Izuku's whimpers and whines while bunting Katsuki's neck. Inko comes running in with Luffy. She puts a hand over her mouth holding in her scream looking around the room, the damage, blood, Izuku whimpering and curled around Katsuki, the empty bottles in the living room, and Mrs. Bakugo in the backseat of a squad car she already has an idea of what happened. She walks slowly to Izuku and lets him sniff her. Izuku whimpers sorrowfully and Inko trying to be strong sits down and starts stroking the thick coat of flaming fur trying to offer comfort. Luffy approaches and lets Izuku sniff him and sits on his other side cuddling into his side near Katsuki. Ace joins the cuddle pile to offer the wolf comfort of his pack.

The wolf takes comfort in his pack and nuzzles Katsuki's neck and wraps his tail around Katsuki's wrist. He closes his eyes; his wolf is tired of the constant pull of his healing to try to wake up the other boy. The others fall start to doze off.

Shanks looks at the cuddle pile and a fond smile lights up his features. "Katsuki is going to explode when he wakes up, he doesn't like to be cuddled by anyone except Izuku."

They don't know how long they sit there talking about nothing and everything when two things happen; Shanks without even looking bursts into a grim, and the wolf lets out a soft happy yip while burrowing and licking Katsuki's neck and face.

Katsuki lets out a soft grown and opens his eyes, the first thing he sees is the fluffy ears of a Wolf burrowing into his neck, next he sees Ace, Luffy and Inko cuddled into the wolf. He sees the adults on the other side of the room, and they are staring at him. He blushes and tries to dislodge the wolf and accompanying cuddle pile off him with no success.

The wolf feels his soulmate trying to move and lets out a warning growl and nips his shoulder. A warning to stay put. Then yips when Katsuki stops struggling and lays back down. Izuku gives another growl to tell his packmates to back off. They listen. The wolf adjusts himself so Katsuki can be more comfortable while letting Katsuki sit up. Katsuki is now leaning in the crook of the wolfs neck with the wolfs paw around his waist and Izuku's head resting on the paw in Katsuki's lap.

The detective clears his throat. "Katsuki I need to ask you a few questions while the event is fresh in your mind. Do you consent to me using my quirk?"

"Yes"

Activating his quirk, he begins "Can you tell me what happened?"

"I woke up for breakfast, she saw my soul-mark she made a comment about "Only a demon could ever love another demon." I'm used to her calling me a demon, monster, and villain, but she implied that Izuku is a demon as well. I lost my temper we started arguing I let slip that I knew who my soul mate was I shouted, "he's not a demon!" She got this crazed look in her eyes I ran up here to lock myself in the room. She hit the door hard enough to break it I tried to run to the window and escape. She grabbed me a threw me at the bookshelf causing it to fall I crawled out. She started kicking me in the stomach and stepping on my ribs. I couldn't breathe I tried to let out a couple of explosions to get her away, it made her hit me harder. I don't know when she grabbed the knife, but she started cutting me. I felt an excruciating pain in my side and passed out" Katsuki recounts shakily. Izuku is whimpering and whining holding Katsuki tighter. The detective's eyes turn green.

"Thank you Katsuki, for telling me this, has your mother hurt you or abused you before this incident?"

"A couple of times, never this bad. The verbal abuse started when my quirk first manifested. She was afraid I would lose control and blow up the house. She would say my quirk was villainous that she will not be responsible for bringing a villain into the world. She used to keep the house cold so I couldn't sweat. When I started training with Shanks, she started getting violent, like back handing me when I would talk back; sometimes for nothing but the look on my face. This is the first time she almost killed me." Green.

"Do you have somewhere safe to stay until the case is settled, or should we find an orphanage for you for the time being?"

Izuku lets out a vicious growl at the detective as Katsuki flinches. Izuku catches the flinch and lets out a whimper while tucking his face back into Katsuki's lap. Katsuki pets the wolf's head and smiles a softly at him "There is no safe place for me than with Izuku." He states calmly.

"Very well, if you can; pack what you need, or we can comeback later"

Katsuki tries to get Izuku to remove his head from his lap; the wolf is being stubborn. Katsuki looks at Ace and Luffy for help; they're useless just smirking and shaking their heads. Katsuki huff and pouts look every bit like the 7-year-old he is. Ace and Luffy get up and start packing what they think Katsuki will need. Bringing down a couple of bags Ace puts them in Inko's trunk.

Upstairs the adults are trying to help Katsuki remove the stubborn wolf. Izuku whimper pathetically and holds tighter. Katsuki smiles at him and runs his fingers through the wolfs fur to grip the tuft not too hard to be painful but enough to grab the wolf attention. He smirks "Izuku do you think I'm weak?!" Izuku yelps and whimpers and loses his hold a bit. Seeing his plan working he continues this time softer. "If you let go of me, we can cuddle when we get home" Izuku nudges his face into Katsuki's belly. Katsuki thinks he understands what's wrong 'the Nerd saw injuries he probably scared that I'm still hurt.' He lifts his hand a slowly brings it to the bottom of his shirt and slowly lifts it to show Izuku the freshly healed skin, no cuts or bruises. Izuku yips and lets Katsuki go so he can change. Izuku lays his head back down on his paws while watching Katsuki; keeping a keen eye for any signs that his help is needed. Katsuki comes get in a change of clothing and kneels next to Izuku. "Fuji you need to let him go so we can go home" Speaking directly to the wolf. Fuji growls he doesn't want to go away yet. Katsuki smiles "You should let him out, we can't leave with you in that form. Trust Izuku we will get home safe. I promise."

The wolf stares at Katsuki fire shifting restlessly; He starts morphing back into Izuku. After a few moments the wolf is gone and Izuku is in its place. Due to the wolfs exposure Izuku looks more feral then he did before. He now sports to flame tails, his fangs are longer, his hands are more paw like. A new feature are the wings furled against his back; the wings are different shades of compressed green fire. The fire gives the wings a feather like design. Katsuki wonders what they would look like unfurled. He wants to touch them but Izuku still has his eyes closed, a sign that he is not fully himself yet.

After a couple of minutes Izuku's eyes flutter open, and close immediately several times; no doubt trying to get used to the sharper image he can now see. His hearing has a wider range and the noises downstairs are almost overwhelming. He smells the air, the smell of alcohol and blood thick enough that he wants to vomit. Everything rushes back to him and his eyes snap open wide with fear. He takes in the room he is in and sees the blood and destruction he starts whimpering he doesn't see Katsuki. He feels a gentle but firm pressure on his ears and looks up eyes bordering on fury, he takes in the small pale hand the arm connected to it toned and strong unlike Ace who is strength and bulk, or Luffy who is more lanky. His eyes clear as he registers who this arm belongs to and frantically searches the person for and left-over injuries, while checking for pulse and breathing. The person next to him is chuckling he knows this tone, it's the tone Katsuki gets when Izuku wants to sleep curled up against him for five more minutes. Izuku looks up and sees Katsuki's face and something breaks inside him. He starts tearing up and launches Katsuki into a tight hug tucking his head in Katsuki's chest so he can hear the calm strong heartbeat of the other boy. "Kacchan" Izuku's softly cries like if he says it any louder this vision of Katsuki being safe will break and Izuku would see that his Kacchan is still bleeding on the floor. Katsuki drapes his arms around Izuku's back to hold him just as tight all the while saying calming nothings of "I'm here, It's ok, You saved me" Izuku calming down wants to say something but Katsuki puts his hand against Izuku's mouth and states "It is late lets go home we can cuddle and sleep, 'm tired, we can talk about this tomorrow. Please Izuku?" Izuku looks like he wants to be stubborn wanting to know what happened but instead he takes a long hard look at Katsuki's face and sees the bone deep exhaustion and the open vulnerability in those red eyes and concedes. He holds tightly onto Katsuki for a few more moments taking in the strong healthy heartbeat before lifting his head and stepping back "Ok Kacchan, let's go home, you need to sleep".

Katsuki smiles and leads Izuku outside, somewhere along the way Izuku wrapped one tail around Katsuki's wrist and the other snakes its way around Katsuki's waist. Katsuki knows this is Izuku's way or getting comfort in public where cuddling wouldn't be advisable. 'The Nerd is still shaken up about this, huh he must have felt so lost seeing me like that' Katsuki tsks leave it to the Nerd to make him feel guilty for him almost dying, but he gets it he would be worried too if something like this happened to Izuku. The make their way to the car and load up. The ride is silent the five-minute trip to Izuku's house. Immediately they go to Izuku's room and cuddle on the bed. Izuku tucks Katsuki into his chest and uses one wing to cover him.

Izuku muddles sleepily "I was so scared I was gonna lose you, don't ever leave me"

Katsuki smiles into Izuku's chest "I'm not going anywhere, Nerd."