Chapter 9:
The Cost is High
Summary:
The heroes fight AFO, Shanks and All Might are injured but victorious. They will survive and Shanks gets to keep his promise.
Here's the next chapter, I tried to find how the first fight went between All Might and AFO but I couldn't find anything substantial so I made up most of it. Let me know what you think.
Shanks heads to the agency after receiving a call from Shota, the call doesn't say much only that he is needed at the agency as soon as possible. Shanks thinks he knows what he is needed for. They know AFO is looking for All Might, so they could potentially choose the battle location and let AFO come to them. Tensions have been high as the months have passed; villain activity is at an almost record high. They believe AFO is using underlings to keep track of All Might's movements. Training has intensified, Shanks is proud how far they have gotten none of his students have Conquerors but that's fine. They are impressive in using the other forms of Haki he has even seen All Might smash with an Armament coated fist. Shota uses Armament with his capture weapon. Shanks noticed something while training the other Armament; it affects the quirk users similar to the way it affects Devil Fruit users, just not to the same effectiveness. When using Armament against a Quirk user he noticed that it makes the quirk weaker. It doesn't negate the quirk like it would a devil fruit but using it with Shota's capture weapon while he is erasing someone else's quirk has tipped the sides of a fight in their favor. They are hoping to be able to use Armament again AFO to weaken him enough for All Might to get the final blow.
As soon as Shanks enters the building Nighteye is waiting for him. "We need to meet the others." Shanks nods and follows Nighteye into their meeting room. Shanks looks around the room seeing All Might, Shota, Recovery Girl, the Detective, and a few other Shanks has never met. Shanks takes his seat at the table next to Shota.
All Might stands in full Muscle Form and clears his throat. His booming voice silences the room and all eyes turn to him. "For the last two years we have been searching and gathering intel on a terrible threat. We have found his general location; we also know what he is after. I have called you all here because this is a foe, I cannot bring down myself. We do not know if he will be alone when he faces us, my team will handle AFO while the rest of you support us. Regardless if he is alone or not the chances are high that victorious or not, we will be injured; we will be counting on you Recover Girl to make sure we get home."
Recovery Girl look pensive "If this battle is as bad as you say it is; my healing alone will not be enough. We need another healer."
Shanks clears his throat "Don't worry Recovery Girl healing will not be an issue." Shanks states directly to Recovery Girl conveying his message to her. Those that do not know Shanks scoff at his arrogance.
"You think you are so good to leave this fight unscathed when even All Might is saying he can't?!" Sidekick 1 shouts.
"You arrogant bastard. What about our lives? If Recovery Girl is too busy healing you and All Might; who is going to make sure we get home to our families?" Sidekick 2 shouts.
Releasing some Conqueror's Shanks states coldly "Shut up, you know nothing." He turns to Recovery Girl "Do you trust me?"
Recovery Girl gasps "You don't mean…" Shanks cuts her off with a nod "Yea, I'll talk to you about it later" Recovery Girl nods tension leaving her short frame.
Seeing Recovery Girl relax and still shaken with fear the sidekicks wisely keep their mouths shut. All Might continues "we all know our assignments; we will depart tomorrow night to begin our stake out. I need to talk to my team plus Recovery Girl everyone else; your dismissed go home gets some rest and spend time with your families." The rest leave with choruses of "Yes, sir".
Once everyone leaves All Might shrinks to conserve energy. "Shanks, Recovery Girl is right, a lot of damage is going to happen, she will be overwhelmed. I trust that you have a plan that you didn't want to share in front of so many people. Can you tell us this plan here?"
Shanks looks around the group, everyone here knows Izuku since the incident two years ago. "Fuji" Is all he says. He watches as confusion, recognition, and shock settle on their faces. All Might in anger goes back to muscle form "I will not put a child in danger!" Shota stares at Shanks knowing Shanks will not put his boy in harms way, speaks up "Where?" Shanks replies "Here, under guard with no one knowing he is here."
Nighteye sighs knowing All Might is so lost in anger that he is not following what is not being said. "Shanks explain your plan so everyone knows what is going on."
Shanks nods and looks at All Might "Yagi settle down he won't be in any danger let me explain. I got permission from his mother to have him come here to the Tower while we perform the mission. Recovery Girl will be closer to us but still out of harms way, one of the sidekicks was Hawks right? Well he will be with Recovery Girl so he can use his flight to get her to us faster. Recovery Girl will stabilize us enough to get us to the tower. Izuku will be waiting for us in full wolf form he can communicate with his wolf again so he can transform at will, but he still goes feral. He will need Katsuki with him while in wolf form to keep him calm. I chose the Tower because that will be the safest place for the boys to wait. Naomasa and Nighteye will also be with him as the only people not being used in the fight know who Fuji is. I didn't say this in the meeting because we do not want this information to leak. No one besides us, Inko, and Katsuki will know he is there; he will be safe."
"I agree with this plan, however my healing only works with your energy, I will heal you as much as possible. How far away is the main fight going to be, is it possible that we might be too far away to get you back here."
"Yes, that is a possibility, however what I say does not leave this room at all. Izuku has another power. As long as the soul is on this plane of existence which would be a couple of hours at least he can heal the person."
"What?!"
"I don't understand how that is possible"
"What do you mean? Can he really bring people back from the dead?"
"Not necessarily, you know like when someone's heart stops there is still time to revive the person by kickstarting their heart? Well Izuku's wolf form is the God of Souls: Fuji if the soul is still here, he can pull it back. He found a dead cat that was hit by a car and he healed it. We believe if the person or animal dies of natural causes there would be nothing he could do. The soul must be willing to come back. Like I said he can bring people back, but there's a time limit we estimate about a two to three-hour window. He has only really healed Katsuki, and the cat he brought back."
"What are the limits of his healing, what wouldn't he be able to heal?"
"I don't know much about his limits consciously but the person who had this power before him couldn't heal what's not there. Meaning that if you lost an eye or your arm, he can't recreate it, how ever if I lost an arm and brought the arm with me, he could reattach the arm and restore function. If you take severe internal damage like most of your stomach is missing, he could heal it if there is still stomach there. Think of it like a liver I donate part of my liver to someone now and the cells duplicate themselves to make a new liver. It works with organs because the cells are the same. It won't work with recreating an arm or leg because there are different cells that can't be copied from the existing cells."
"I think I get it; do you think Izuku can heal on that scale?"
"We know he was able to heal a near dead Katsuki but that was in berserk mode. He has been training is medical knowledge with the help of Recovery Girl. I think in wolf form he could heal most of the damages we get. Even if the recovery time is long at least we will be able to recover this way. Don't get me wrong if the damage is severe enough, he won't be able to heal it all we might be forever weakened, but not enough to make us retire."
"Well the benefits out way the risks, Shanks make sure your boys are ready for tomorrow night whatever Izuku needs we will cover it. Nighteye when they get here take them to my overnight room, they can stay there for however long this battle takes. This is the best plan we have. Let's go home and meet back here tomorrow night at sunset."
With the clear dismissal the team leaves. Most do not feel right having nine-year-old boys having to heal the type of damage they might have. Hopefully they have enough stamina for Recovery Girl to heal most of the gore. Shanks heads to his car to go home, he still needs to talk to Izuku and get him to agree to the plan.
Shanks gets home and heads for Izuku's room, approaching the door he knocks arms filled with tension. He enters the room when he hears "come in" from the other side. "Izuku, Katsuki can we talk for a moment?"
Izuku and Katsuki look at each other and shrug "Yes Shanks what's up?"
"Not here, come with me." Izuku and Katsuki pause the game there were playing and follow Shanks out of the room, down the hallway, and out the door. Shanks leads them to his car and turns it on.
"Where are we going?"
"Nowhere what I need to tell you and ask of you can not be heard by anyone else."
Nodding to show they understand, Shanks continues "I have a very important mission tomorrow night. Me and my team are going to take down a terrible threat. We expect to take heavy damages that Recovery Girl might not be able to heal she heals by using the injured person's stamina. This wont work effectively if we are exhausted when she gets to us. Bottom line is I need you Izuku."
Katsuki about to yell at Shanks for suggesting putting Izuku in harms way gets interrupted by Shanks continuing "This is your choice if you accept; I need you to stay at Might Tower and wait for us to return a room is provided for the two of you Nighteye and the Detective will be with you. This is the only location that is safe enough that if we need to retreat you will still be protected. Even Endeavor will be close by to intercept ant villains after us. I will not put you in harms way. The only reason I am asking is because this is the only option where both me and All Might survive."
It is silent for a few minutes Katsuki thinking this plan through, Izuku possibly talking to his wolf by the glaze of his eyes.
****In Izuku's Mind****
Entering his mind Izuku looks for Fuji, laying down in the middle of a field filled with plant and flowers he sees the wolf. Fuji looks at him his green glowing eyes piercing through Izuku he croons at his charge. Fuji is beautiful green fire dancing with life around him, beautiful green wings furled to his sides. Ten long tails wrapped around him, on his massive paws rest Fuji's head. Izuku admires the wolf a little more and shake him self out of it; He came here for a reason he can cuddle later.
"Fuji, did you hear all that?" Izuku calls out to the wolf.
"Yes" the rumbling sound of the wolf echoes around him.
"What should we do, can we heal that kind of damage? Pack will be hurt" Izuku whimpers to the big wolf.
The wolf understands the fear he can smell on his young pup, he tries to offer whatever comfort he can "The amount of healing training you have done should be enough pup. If not, you can always call on me, I will do all I can" He means it the Red furred one is like a father to his pup, he will do what ever he can to keep the man alive.
"Thank you, Fuji"
"Don't thank me until after the healing, now go you need to give him your answer"
Izuku calls out a bye and another thank you to the massive wolf and returns to himself.
****Back in Shanks car****
Izuku's eyes clear and he studies Shanks and Katsuki "I'll do it."
Shanks smiles relieved but not surprised "Thank you Izuku, only my team will know your there. Katsuki are you coming?"
"Don't ask stupid questions Jiji." Katsuki grumbles. Izuku smiles fondly to Katsuki speaking Kacchanese it translates to 'Of course I'll be coming, Izuku needs me' well something like that with Katsuki there is room for interpretation. Shanks having been around the boys enough know this as well and smiles at him.
"We leave tomorrow night; I'll take you to the Tower in the afternoon, so it won't be too suspicious having two boys coming into the Tower at night. Go get some sleep and not a word of this to Ace or Luffy, I will explain it to them after." The boys nod and head to their room.
"Thank you Kacchan" Izuku whispers when they get in bed.
"For what Nerd!"
"For coming with me to keep me calm."
"Of course, if I didn't go who would be there to get your head out of your own mind. You would probably mumble them to death." Katsuki knows better than anyone else how Izuku's mind works. It is easy for him to get trapped in his own mind, Katsuki has witnessed it a lot since his near death. Izuku has the habit of replaying Katsuki's near death and throwing himself into a panic attack. Katsuki's job tomorrow is to keep Izuku distracted until it is time to heal. "You will be fine Nerd. Now go to sleep."
"Good night Kacchan"
"Good night Izuku."
The boys fall asleep, after Katsuki moved in they tried to give them separate beds in Izuku's room; but Izuku could only sleep cuddled up to Katsuki. So, Shanks and Inko got them a full-size bed for them to share. Ace and Luffy got their own room, right next to Izuku's and Katsuki.
Shanks stays up with Inko in the living room again "The mission is tomorrow. Izuku and Katsuki agreed to be at the tower. They will be leaving with me in the afternoon to be settled in before the mission. They might have to be there all night depending on how long this takes. They will be staying in All Might personal overnight room. Food will be provided and Nighteye will stay with them the entire time."
Inko nods worried but she doesn't want to argue tonight. She can tell Shanks is stressed and just as worried as she is. She will trust him to come home and make sure the boys stay safe. From what Shanks has told her of the plan it sounds solid, but she can't help thinking 'what can go wrong, will go wrong' she buries it down. "I think everything will turn out for the best, you have all prepared for this for two years and if anyone can make sure you guys survive it would be Izuku. I don't like that the boys could be in danger, but I understand that this is necessary. Recovery Girl will be there too but with you right?"
"Yes, she is going to be there to give us first aid. Her healing cost too much and we may not have enough stamina for her too heal us fully" Shanks answers truthfully. "There are no other healers of her caliber that I could ask. Izuku is going to be on stand-by on the chance that the damages are too severe. I could only hope they are not."
Inko nods in agreement but doesn't say anything. Shanks sighs "Could you sleep with me tonight?" he blurted and then blushes. When he looks at Inko her eyes are wide, he quietly adds "I'm scared, I just someone there with me. I don't want you to be uncomfortable I just don't want to be alone tonight."
Inko sees the vulnerability in Shanks' face, she understands this is the first battle he is going to go into without the help of his crew. Without the safety of fighting with people he has been fighting with for years. This is the first time using his powers against the powers of this world with his life on the line. He is strong but he can't help but feel his opponent is stronger than anyone he has ever fought. Inko stands up and grabs his hand and pulls him to his feet. "Come on let's go to bed you need to sleep if you are going to be at your best tomorrow. The boys cannot lose the only person close enough to be their dad."
Shanks is stunned that hasn't even crossed his mind. Sure, he has considered the boys his, but he didn't think they look up to him this way. He has helped when they needed it, listened when they needed to talk, trained them when they needed to be strong, and provided them with strong arms when they needed a hug. Shanks thinks he wouldn't mind being their dad, this thought puts a smile on his face as his back hits the bed and Inko crawls in next to him. He turns to her and holds her tight. "Thank you"
**** Time Skip ****
In the morning the house is strangely quiet Katsuki and Ace are weirdly subdued. Luffy is not eating as much as he usually does. Izuku writing in his notebook with precision rather than excited strokes and mumbling. Shanks sits at the table with a thoughtful frown he fell asleep holding Inko, but when he woke, she was already gone, and the bed was cold. He wonders if he made her uncomfortable asking her to cuddle with him, so he could sleep, he will have to ask about it after his mission. After breakfast Ace and Luffy head to school shooting Katsuki and Izuku suspicious looks. When they asked why they were staying home Katsuki responded with "We will tell you later, we can't say anything right now." Ace left it at that with a threat to Katsuki that they better be safe and to explain everything that is going on when it's over.
Izuku and Katsuki head to their room and grab the bag of clothes they packed yesterday Shanks said they could possibly be there a couple of days, so they packed some over night clothes some training outfits, and casual lounging clothes. They won't be able to leave the room so they figured they would be comfortable instead. Shanks and Inko are waiting at the door for them Izuku runs to his mom and gives her a tight hug sealed with a promise and unshed tears. Izuku lets go and follows Shanks out to the car. As Katsuki was going to follow behind Inko pulls him into a hug just as tight with the same promise; keep each other safe and do you best. Katsuki nods and lets go; jogging up to the car to sit with Izuku. Izuku is bubbling with anxious energy so Katsuki grabs his hand and squeezes it tightly.
The ride is silent, they get there with in a few minutes. Entering the building Izuku can smell the tension air thick with unease. Izuku lets out a barely audible whimper and squeezes Katsuki's hand, Katsuki squeezes back to ground Izuku. The tension is so strong Katsuki can even feel it; he could only imagine how bad Izuku can sense it when his senses are easily 100 times better than a normal person. Shanks leads the boys unnoticed to Nighteye's Office he knocks in a secret knock to ask is it safe to enter. When Nighteye says "come in" Shanks leads the boys into the office. "Boys you are going to stay here until the building clears out more. Then we will move you to All Might's room." The boys nod and sit on the couch; if they are a little closer to each other than normal no one says anything.
A few hours later Nighteye is ushering them out of the office and to All Might's room on the other side of the building. This area is secured and only 4 people can access it. If it was any other time Izuku would be fan boying over the chance to see his favorite Hero's room. He is strangely silent and subdued. Katsuki leads him to the bed and pushes him over, then climbs in with him pulling him to his chest. Katsuki rubs the spot between his wings firmly knowing it calms him, Katsuki heats up his palms using the power of his quirk knowing that he is touching the soul mark on Izuku's back. He looks at Nighteye as he finds a chair to sit in with a book, he makes eye contact conveying a message. Nighteye seems to understand they are gonna get Izuku to sleep before he is needed. It's ok they can let go Nighteye will keep watch.
**** Couple hours earlier with Shanks****
Shanks leaves the boy's in Nighteye's office they are safe and here the plan is in motion. He goes to the locker room to meet up with Shota and All Might. They decided that he should wear a costume to hide some of his identity. Shanks is going to wear what he is comfortable fighting in. White shirt, black ¾ length cargo pants sash holding his pant up and holding his sword he ties it off with a long black cloak hanging off his shoulders. Yea he knows it is not very hero like but hey he's a pirate at heart. Shota as usual is wearing all black with his white capture weapon. The only difference is the gold goggles sitting on his forehead. Shanks assumes this is to make sure no one can find out where he is looking. All Might is wearing his silver age costume. When they are all ready, they leave to building.
All Might grabs the others and jumps high into the air he can jump over cities if he wanted to. Landing outside the city they wait. Everyone should be in position by now. As planned, All Might goes to the middle of the clearing and shouts "I AM HERE, ALL FOR ONE, COME FACE ME"
They wait with baited breaths, for what seems like hours but could only be a few moments an inky black portal pops into existence and out steps a man with white hair but young in appearance. The portal disappears and he unleashes his choking and terribly powerful aura. They stand there facing him down All Might is standing tall Shanks on his left and Shota on his right. AFO looks down at the three oozing confidence and arrogance.
"3 against one, who knew you were a coward All Might" AFO sneers. He gets no reaction from the heroes. He was hoping that would get a rise out of them. AFO with his immense speed and strength dashes to try to take out the heroes. Shanks draws his sword and equips Armament Haki on it and stops the punch before it can hit All Might. All Might jumps into the air and powers up a Detroit smash. Shota is using his capture weapon on AFO to hold him in place as All Might comes down.
The dust settles and All Might is crouched fist still on the ground, unmovable smile still on his face but he looks almost feral. Right before impact AFO used his portal to escape the hold. It seems Shota can only block one quirk at a time. AFO reappears in his original starting spot the only on he can not get a reading on is the Red haired one. He tries again this time aiming for Shota while feinting to All Might.
Shanks can see his moves a mile away and is already unleashing his red lightning he can control the bursts with his sword. He aims a blast right before AFO gets to Shota. It hits and AFO is stunned momentarily; its enough time for All Might to unleash another punch, it connects and send AFO away from Shota. AFO gets up and starts laughing manically. All Might stops and stares at the now standing male and watches as all the damage they landed on him heal right away.
AFO looks at All Might and sneers "She died in a truly pathetic way" All might froze, his mentor and teacher she went missing two years ago. He completely shut down; He can hear Shanks yelling at him. He feels the blood on his face. His despair washing off him in waves he is furious he wants this man dead.
Shanks watches All Might stop fight and collapsing to his knees. He notices AFO preparing to unleash a killing blow to All Might. Shanks screams "All Might, Watch out". Shanks sees that All Might is not going to move and jumps in front of him to try to deflect the blow. He lifts his sword and puts it in front of him. He manages to hold the attack back for a few moments hoping it would be enough for All Might to get his bearings. The attack is too powerful, and it starts breaking his sword. Shanks unleashes his Conqueror's Haki and red lightning is crackling around him dangerously, but it is not enough. He manages to deflect it with a Haki Cover arm, but the arm gets torn off in the process. The attack that would have hit All Might in the heart is off its mark and hit him in the side. Shanks collapses to the ground in front of All Might.
All Might sees this with his fury of his master's death he powers up One for All as much as his body can handle and then some and launches himself to All for One. They trade blows neither getting the upper hand until All Might uses Armament Haki and punches the top of AFO's head. Blood is everywhere and All Might falls to his knees again. Guilt, remorse, and regret covering him like a suffocating blanket, he can't believe he attacked someone with killing intent. No matter how bad someone is, he attacked him with the intent to kill; if by the amount of blood, he succeeded.
Shota approaches Shanks first and takes off his capture weapon using it as a makeshift tourniquet. Slowing the flow of blood. He looks up in time to see All Might finally blow to AFO and sees him collapse. He approaches All Might and sees the damage there is a sizeable wound to his stomach and by the looks of it some of his intestine are hanging outside the wound. Recovery Girl will not be able to do much to help. Sending a flare up to notify the near by Recovery Girl he tries to stop the bleeding or at least put pressure on him.
Recovery Girl and Hawks touch down she assess the damage done. Shota has scrapes and bruises but at least he is awake. Shanks is out and missing an arm, he has been given a tourniquet so there is not much more she can do. She looks at All Might and runs over to him. His guts are outside of his body she doesn't know how much she can do. She kisses his chest right on his heart and focuses as much as she can to close the wound without sucking up all his remaining stamina. As stable as she can get him, she loads him on Hawks back. Shota is supporting Shanks in a some what sitting position "Hawks take All Might to the tower to Nighteye come right back and grab us. Now go."
Hawks takes off and heads to Might Tower landing on the roof Nighteye is there with a wolf and hands him over. He doesn't look back as he speeds off to get Shanks and Shota. When he gets back to the clearing he swoops down and lands in a crouch in front of the two smaller men. Shota secures Shanks to his back with the capture weapon and climbs up on Hawks back. Hawks takes off again landing on the roof once more. This time no one is there, he lets Shota and Shanks off. He helps Shota carry Shanks to a room in a secure part of the building. Inside he sees the wolf again.
Getting a closer look at the wolf he sees how massive it is. Green flames licking the area around him. He notices the flames being fed into All Might and his wound is slowly healing. So, this is what Shanks was talking about with healing being covered; he wonders why they didn't say anything about the wolf. How many lives could be safe if the wolf was healing everyone. He looks around the room some more and all most missed the little blonde boy sitting behind the wolf with a tail wrapped around his wrist. 'Why is there a kid here?' he looks at Shota for answers and sees the protective look he is giving the boy.
Hawks figures he can ask later right now there is another man that needs to be healed. "Where should we put him?" He asks into the room. The wolf looks at him eyes trailing to Shanks he whimpers catching the other boy's attention. The blond stands and says, "Nerd he's alive you need to heal him." The fire rages around the room licking everything more frantically trying to reach out for his pack. Shota tilts his head toward the space next to All Might. Slowly approaching the wolf with his pack, he notices the look of recognition is the wolfs eyes. 'ah so Izuku is in charge' "Nod when you want me to remove the tourniquet." The wolf growls in affirmation and continues to heal All Might. The wound takes an hour to close and the flames are starting to die down. The wolf waits until the fire is gone completely. He looks at Shota and nods once. Shota takes off the tourniquet and immediately the stump is surrounded by green fire. Shota sits near Katsuki trying to offer support to the boy who no doubt feels helpless. He puts his hand on Katsuki shoulder and whispers "He will be ok, he got wounded protecting All Might trust your wolf to heal him." Katsuki nods and continues watching as the wolf lays between the two adults while his flames work on keep the two alive and healing the damages.
Hawks goes to Shota curiosity getting the better of him "So is this what Shanks was talking about yesterday?" Shota realizes that Hawks just witnessed a secret they were supposed to be guarding levels the other man with a cold glare "You will not mention anything you saw hear. Am I clear?" Hawks nods furiously "Come on Shota, I won't tell anyone. You know I'm smarter than that. You obviously kept a healing wolf a secret for a reason I just want to know why."
Shota glares at him when Katsuki speaks up "Promise you won't hurt him, and I won't kill you" He emphasizes with his palm popping and crackling. "He has enough strong people backing him All Might and Shanks, Shota, 3 very strong kids that have been training everyday under Shanks for the past 5 years. Not to brag but all four of us gang up on you; well let's just say your wings won't save you" Katsuki states with a feral grin.
"Hawks the 4 of them are on par with me if they are serious. I have seen them take out most sidekicks at the training facility you will not want to be their enemy. The wolf isn't really a wolf. Well he is but he is a boy that shares his soul with a wolf. He can go full wolf to heal massive amounts of damage, but he is only a boy of nine- years- old. He is not public with his healing because he doesn't want to be trapped into healing. They did it with Recovery Girl. The boy is a fighter one of the strongest I have ever seen. The only reason why he is healing right now is because of two reasons; Shanks is the one that asked and since Shanks is pack the boy will do anything for him. The second and perhaps the most important is because Katsuki is here."
"Why does the boy being here matter?"
"Because I'm his soulmate." Katsuki states.
"Just another question, why doesn't he want to heal he could save so many lives?" This apparently wasn't the right this to say as every conscious person in the room level him with a glare even surprisingly Recover Girl.
"Because he will not allow him self to be confined to a hospital when his soul-mate is out fighting on the front lines. He will be there with his soulmate fighting as the best hero team this world has ever seen. Trust me Hawks more people will need less healing this way I have seen it." Nighteye states with finality.
Hawks eyes widen "Are you serious, they become that strong?"
"I have seen them accomplish great things and change the fates of others, even right now he is changing All Might's fate." This gets everyone's attention.
"What do you mean. What would have happened if he didn't heal All Might"?
"All Might would have had to retire; he would have not been able to hold his hero form for more than a couple of hours. That was best case scenario. Worst case; death"
"How long can he hold it now with the healing?"
"It will get dangerous after 6 hours. However, he can still be a hero and as long as this is the case the villains will stay low."
As the conversation dies out the wolf lets out a growl and the fire starts shifting. The fire is pulling away from the two and receding back into the wolf body. The occupants of the room stare transfixed as the Wolf starts to transform into a boy. Hawks stare wide eye he knows this kid. He never spoke to him, but he recognized those wings from the training center. The boy is always running around training, with his nose deep in a notebook muttering how the quirks he sees can be combined to make combo moves and support each other. This is finally the chance he can talk to the boy.
Once the boy has finished shifting back, he smiles big and states with confidence "They will be fine, they are sleeping. I recommend they stay here over night and possibly for a couple of days. I will be healing off and on for a couple of days but the damage that is left can be handled in this form." He lays his eyes on Katsuki smile growing impossible wider and launches himself across the room to the other boy. "Kacchan, did you see it I didn't need to go berserk to heal them."
Katsuki strokes the boys back "Yea, you were fantastic Nerd" He says with a small smile.
Izuku smiles back, his inner wolf notices a stranger near his pack Shota is part of the pack he just doesn't know it yet. He lets out a low growl and turns to the stranger. The stranger backs up a bit and puts his hand up his inner wolf is pleased.
Shota watches this and smirks knowing how Izuku gets when he transforms; his instincts are more wolf like. "Don't worry Izuku he is a friend of sorts of mine. Izuku this is Hawks" The name works for Izuku as the defensiveness fades away as Izuku's face lights up in excitement.
"You are the only hero that has wings like me." Izuku says happily.
"Yup I have wanted to talk to you for a while. I have seen you training at the gym, but I never see you use your wings why is that?"
"Um I am not too sure it's like I forget they are there. Maybe they are not strong enough yet. I can move them, and I try to do wing exercises but not many people know how to help."
"I could help at least see what is going on. Can I feel them?"
Katsuki looks fierce, Izuku put a hand on his knee "Kacchan its ok, yea do not touch the skin on my back my mark is there."
Hawks nods and runs his fingers on the feathers he is amazed to find out that the wings are actually compressed fire. At a closer look the feathers look alive like the look of coals where they seem to be breathing. His wings are beautiful. The flames around his wing dance around lazily; nothing like the frantic quick movements when he was healing. It is truly impressive. The fire is warm to the touch. Admiring the wings, a bit longer he states "besides the fact that they are made of fire, there are no deformities that I can tell. Can I see your back I will not touch if I need to get a feel of something, I will ask Katsuki to feel the area and describe it to me?"
Izuku nods and takes off his shirt and shows Hawks his back. Hawks notices right away that they are not like his wings as his shirt doesn't have holes in it to like the wings through. The soul- mark is whole and not deformed like his when he wings appeared. So, the wings are not attached to the skin but rather on the skin. "Can you make them twitch for me?"
Izuku concentrates on the muscles in his back and flexes them causing the wing to flutter. He wonders if he can get Izuku to just imagine them moving. They are not really attached so trying to move a muscle the brain can't control will be impossible. But if he knows the wings are there maybe he can just imagine his wings moving like he can control the flames when he is healing.
"Izuku I want you to try something for me. Katsuki place both your hands on his back and apply a little heat to get the muscles to relax." Watching as Katsuki does as asked and Izuku melts a little he continues "Without moving the muscles in your back, flutter your wings again."
Izuku looks confused "How"
"I have a theory; your wings are not attached to the muscles in your back I want to know if you can move them like your fire. If you can get them to flutter, I can teach you the mechanics of wings and you can imagine your wings doing the same thing. So, try it."
Izuku nods and concentrates on controlling the fire coming from his back he causes them to flutter a little. See this Hawks asks Katsuki "Did he move his muscles?" Katsuki shanks his head.
"Good I will join your training and help you control them better."
"Thanks Hawks"
They here groaning from the bed and look toward the two injured adults. Shanks' eyes are fluttering he is starting to wake up. A few moments later Shanks snaps his eyes open wide with panic he uses his Haki to search his surrounds and settle down as he feels everyone more or less alive. He looks at Shota "Did we win?"
Shota flashes him a smile "Yea, we did"
Shanks smiles he is still exhausted his last thought before he succumbs to the darkness 'at least I can keep my promise to Inko, I made it'
*****NOTES*****
the next chapter will Izuku will get One for All. I want him to have more time to train with it before U.A. so I am giving it to him while he is ten. Before anyone disagrees he has been strengthening is body for the last 5 years as it stands he is already physically strong then he was when he received One for All in Canon.
Anyways let me know what you think. This was my first time writing a fight scene I would love to know everyone thought on what I can change so that future fights will be better.
Another point I would like to make is that chapters will be getting long then they have been. I don't like to do multiple chapters for a scene. The only time I may do this will probably be for the Sports festival, and maybe USJ if it is too long.
