IZUKU SKIRT A WILD WIND
CHAPTER 24
AN: THANK YOU thor94 AS FOR SOME REASON MOST OF THE STORIES I HAVE WHERE HIS CRIMESARE BROUGHT TO LIGHT DO NOT END UP WITH HIM IMMEDIATLY PUNISHED FOR WHATEVER REASON?
UWABAMI HERO AGENCY
THIRD PERSON POV
Izuku was catching his breath after doing twirl after twirl for Uwabami and the few other models/photographers. "Once again, Dekiru!" Uwabami said clapping her hands to get her apprentice attention again. Though incredibly rare, just like All Might people started calling him by a hero name they felt was appropriate, to the point where Nezu suggested he just gave in accepting it. As a result he was not with his classmates when they chose their hero names, and despite all the red tape to change it later Nezu said it would also make the bait better. So Izuku temporary hero name was now 'The Hero Who Can Be Anything: Princess Dekiru' needless to say Izuku did not like the princess part. Thanks to Midnight event, which she had apologized several times for by now, the internet has decided that the title of 'Princess' suited him perfectly. But since Uwabami agreed to say on television how she pushed him to agree to that name, it would only draw Stains focus even more on her.
Getting up to turn around to get into starting position again Izuku took a breath, determined to get it right this time. Spinning around clockwise on his left heel he pulled his left hand up to his face leaning his torso forward, making a v shape with his index and middle finger. Closing his right eye as he winked he put the v shaped fingers over his left eye, throwing his right arm back with his right hand opened wide. Stomping his right foot ever so slightly beside his left to both stop it and keep himself balanced. "Have no fear my citizens, Princess Dekiru is here for you!" Izuku said in a cutesy voice that took many hours of practice.
"Perfect!" Uwabami shouted as the others seemed to have agreed with her, the pose to greet his fans who approached him on the streets or when he arrived on crime scenes. Izuku fell down onto his knees with a long sigh as he never realized how tiring it was for models to do this sort of training. Though it did not change the fact that he felt disgusted by people calling him a boy a princess. Fortunately Uwabami could tell it was bothering her student so she promised to only call him Dekiru, well at least when they were not around his fans. Many of the models here and the photographers told him he was doing a good job for a rookie and gave him pointers. "I promise on my title of hero, if you endure this training just a little longer you will have the composure to face any obstacle!" Uwabami said grabbing his shoulder as she gave him a reassuring smile.
Izuku was glad that he chose her, despite the Stain situation she really was trying her best to train. At first he was worried she would just treat him like a dress up doll, but to his pleasant surprise she was trying to bring out the best in him she could. Though he had to admit, his past self would have never thought that this was going to be how his future hero training would be like. Still he would be lying if he said this was not fun at all, and some of the stories the models told him were hilarious. 'Maybe I will intern here again for my second year at UA?' He thought to himself as he gladly drank his lemon soda.
KENDO LOCATION
THIRD PERSON POV
Struggling to open her eyes Itsuka Kendo could feel how musty the air was, despite the refreshing breeze coming from what she assumed was a window on her left side. Finally cracking her eyes open after what felt like several minutes, she saw she was asleep in an abandoned building. On a raised slab of concrete with a blanket both under and on top of her, feeling her nose she realized someone had fixed. Though fix may not have been an accurate description, as all the person who helped her did was straighten the bones and fix them in place. They also put an eyepatch on the side of the face her father had slapped, she suspected by the throbbing pain she had a significant black eye underneath it. After a moment of looking around a breeze came in and made her shiver. As she instinctively rubbed her arms she realized her shirt sleeves were not there, looking down she realized her shirt was… GONE! Quickly hiding herself under the blanket she realized she was completely naked, with all of her injuries down to the last scratch treated and bandaged.
"Do not worry, all I did was treat your injuries young hero, I swear on my crusade." Stain said as he walked through the door that creaked upon with an ominous sound. Taking in his appearance he was an intimidating, muscular man who walked with a hunch of a man who does hours of hard labour. He had a distinctly flat somewhat-triangular face without a nose, rather long, black hair, which he wears in a messy fashion. His hair would drape over his face if not for his headband and mask, and small red eyes with tiny irises. He sported a dark combat suit, plated with metal armour across his body to holster his weapons. The torso is sleeveless, his arms wrapped up in yellow bandages, all the way from just below his shoulders to his wrists. He also wore long black wristbands, a watch on his left arm, and his knees are protected with metal pads. The costume completed by black boots with steel armour, he was also donning a blood-red scarf and matching headband. He was also wearing a tattered cloth around his face as what she assumed was a substitute for a proper mask.
"You said your crusade just now…" Itsuka realized what he said and comparing his appearance to what she has heard about rumoured to be. "… your Stain, the hero killer aren't you?" She asked him unsure why he had saved her instead of killing her. Judging by the look he was giving her it seemed he already knew what she was thinking.
"The reason I saved you, was because even in the depths of despair you still thought solely about being a hero to save people. Your death… would have truly been a waste to this rotten society." Stain said with a sigh as he began turning on a portable stove and making some sort of canned food. This was a shock to Itsuka as everything she was told about him described him as a madman beyond reasoning. Yet the man standing before her seemed… a bit tough to socialize with if his tone was anything to go by, but otherwise he seemed to know what he is doing. "There are some clothes by the foot of the makeshift bed, I suggest you put them on while I make dinner." He said staring the contents of his pot.
Itsuka looked to where he said to noticing the pile of clothes he left for her, though it seemed to just be a baggy shirt, a pair of pants, and a pair of boxers. While grabbing them she noticed a knife among them, thinking he may have misplaced it she put it aside while getting dressed to give it back after. Once she was dressed she grabbed the knife and brought it over to him. "My apologies for touching it, but it seems you forgot your knife under the clothes you set for me." Itsuka said as she handed out the knife to him.
Stain was impressed but kept his appearance neutral as she had proven herself to him once again. "Thank you for that, I can get careless every now and again." He said as he took the knife from her setting it down beside himself. Though he would never tell her, the knife just now was a test to see wether she would trust his actions or the bias words of the media and other heroes. It seemed she was capable of making her own choices, as expected of one destined to become a true hero. After the food was done he served he served her a bowl and they ate in a semi comfortable silence.
"If you do not mind me asking, why did I find you in the state I did?" Stain asked her seeing her become instantly conflicted. After a bit more of probing and insisting she shared to him the events that led her to this current moment. Needless to say he was infuriated, to think that someone would harm their child for wanting to become a hero and save people. "HOW DARE HE! THERE IS NO GREATER HONOUR THAN SAVING PEOPLE!" He exclaimed in outrage as he slammed his hand onto the ground cracking it. This scared Itsuka for a moment before he calmed down, and decided to explain why he is doing what he is doing so she could understand his outrage.
Itsuka was surprised, though she disagreed with his methods she did agree that most heroes now a days cared more for fame than actually saving people. She also agreed that the only reason someone should become a hero was to save someone. Though she disagreed with his methods for spreading this message, he did not mind if she rebuked him as she had the heart of a true hero. What surprised her though was when he told her his quirk, she thought it was enhanced strength, but apparently it was some sort of blood paralysis. He then told her, that if she wanted he could train her till it was time for her to return to UA for classes to make her as strong as him. Needless to say she agreed immediately, when faced with an overwhelming quirk like Bakugo quirk, her martial arts where useless. If she was just a bit stronger, a bit faster she could have dodged that last attack of his.
With that they began her gruelling training as he not only strengthen her muscles, but taught her how to fight properly unlike what she was taught to think how to fight. When there was lives on the line, it was a hero duty to do everything they could to save them, that chivalry bull crap and finishing them in heroic style was absurd. All was fair when it came to saving lives, as such there was no such thing as fighting dirty if you needed to do so. This is why he respected heroes like Midnight or Eraserhead, though they lacked the raw power they still did what was needed to get the job done. Granted All Might was the exception as he had more than enough raw power to resolve any situation in a heroic manner as the media put it, while still saving the lives of those he needed to. For Itsuka it was tough, but she learned fast and grew fast, though not on the same level as Stain she had grown significantly stronger.
HOSU
THIRD PERSON POV
Izuku was feeling awkward wearing a dress in public, but the citizens passing by asking for his autographs or to take a picture were easier then he expected. Thanks to Uwabami he did not panic and managed to stay calm throughout all his interactions. He would be lying if he said he did not enjoy taking pictures with his fans and seeing their happy faces. After the recent group left and they were alone walking the streets again his current teacher spoke up. "It is the duty of a hero to not just save their physical lives, but their Hearst as well. People can say this is showboating or unnecessary, but if it lifts the publics spirits and makes them happy, then as far as I am concerned that is half of our job done." She said earnestly as she remembered the feeling of joy the first time one of her fans asked her for an autograph while on patrol.
They planned on stopping midday so they could rest and nap for night patrol tonight as Stain would not be likely to jump into the open streets to attack them during the day time. While on their way back to the hotel a lady who was in a rush somewhere bumped into Izuku saying 'sorry dear' before hurrying along. Izuku thoughts did not linger on her too much as Uwabami told him to hurry before the local school got out and they would be swamped with fans. Even so Izuku asked to stop by a convenience store for one item quickly along the way back to their temporary lodgings for the week.
At the Ida family hero agency, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu were learning the eternal wonder of… paperwork. Ingenium had insisted that the two boys save their physical strength for their night patrols, so instead he decided he would spend the mornings teaching them to do paperwork properly. Though most did not know it, a lot of hero agencies did not file it or fill it out properly, this meant criminal defence lawyers often used these holes to reduce sentences. Of course the HPSC never publicized this fact, little lone acknowledge it as it would cause panics and riots over how they did things. In fact even the hero's like Ingenium who wanted to be whistle blowers knew better than to tell the public this. As such they had decided to fight it by teaching the sidekicks at their agencies to do it properly. So that way when the sidekicks start their own agencies one day they would also teach this to their own sidekicks.
Tenya Ida, the brother of ingenium had been rather sad when his brother said to go to a hero agency outside of Hosu. Tensei felt bad for telling his little brother that, but as selfish as it was he did not want his little brother involved with the fight against Stain. On the off chance he did take a request from here in Hosu there was a chance for him to find the older brother fighting Stain. Tensei knew full well that if Tenya saw him fighting, he would join in as well to help him despite the danger.
However Ingenium was starting to see that the two boys were starting to get too mentally tired from it to pay attention. So he came to a decision that a short patrol outside would do them some good. Needless to say the two boys agreed immediately, along the patrol they came across Izuku and Uwabami. "Hey Midoriya how was your first few days?" Kirishima asked as they all had started immediately instead of the following week. To the two students even they could tell Midoriya was tired, even more so than they were. 'How intense are the hero duties of someone who more than half of their work is modelling and charity events?' He and Tetsutetsu both questioned upon this sight. Ingenium however found their bewilderment amusing as they had yet to learn to navigate the rocky waters that was a hero fans.
"I'm doing… somehow fine?" Izuku responded back unsure of how to describe his training till now without getting laughed at by them. Then he remembered that he was holding the convenience store bag and what was inside of it currently. "Oh yeah! Here you go Tetsutetsu!" Izuku said handing him a bar of dark chocolate he got from the convenience store he wanted to give the metal teen.
Tetsutetsu was surprised that Midoriya even wanted to speak to him, little lone give him a gift of any kind. "So you… don't hate me?" He asked the green hair boy who was suddenly nice to him. Every time since the sports festival he would run away from Tetsutetsu without saying a word whenever he tried to approach them in private. Even when they were discussing the Stain incident in principal Nezu office he could not get them to look at him for anymore then a second without looking away. That is somewhat the whole reason he agreed to help with this, even though he felt he did not deserve to help them take down Stain. He agreed to it, cause he thought Midoriya was still upset about what happened at the sports festival and he wanted to make it up to them.
"HATE YOU!?" Izuku nearly yelled covering his mouth as he began to get flustered. It seemed that he gave a bad impression to the class 1-B student, fortunately he did not seem upset about it despite thinking so for the past week. "I swear that isn't it! I just… felt embarrassed about how I overacted during the sports festival… so I got you this as apology gift since it is a good source of iron for your quirk." He said blushing in embarrassment at the memory of how he actually thought at the moment during their fight the metal boy would try to do something like that to him.
What the young one for all user did realize at the moment was that between his blush and the way he was fiddling with his fingers behind his back. It looked like a very classic and very overused scene from a romance manga. For the two heroes, it looked to them like he had some sort of crush on Tetsutetsu, which was definitely not the case. Kirishima who was questioning wether or not he should be jealous or happy that Midoriya was getting like this about Tetsutetsu decided to keep quiet. On one hand the guy deserved to be happy and he wanted him to be happy. However on the other had he only now realized he wanted to be the one to make Midoriya feel like that… but oh well at least he knows he is in good hands with someone as manly as Tetsutetsu. As for Tetsutetsu he could not help but blush and struggled to thank the other teen before the heroes decided they had to part ways. Uwabami and Ingenium however were intent on teasing the two students when they go to get a short afternoon nap later. With this three groups went their separate ways.