Edit ~ I forgot the stat sheet! D:
I might start making every chapter a long chapter since I'm not uploading consistently, so let me know what you think? Also, you guys are nuts! I honestly didn't expect this story to take off at all, it was mainly just something I did for fun, because I'm nuts and can't stop myself from writing horrible fanfictions XD
Chapter 37 -
"Okay."
Aki turned to him with a look of shock. "Izuku, you can't, you'd be in charge of so much and responsible for so much if you did."
He raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
Methe answered for her. "Your new pantheon would be responsible for the new afterlife and the incarnation of souls. As the king, you'd be responsible for making sure every single inch of your new world is working as intended. You'd also be responsible for all the people that fight your new dominance. You'd also be responsible for all the bad and good in the world. There's also the fact you live in an era of heroes, so more than likely, your pantheon will rise alongside an evil pantheon of gods. A new era of villainy like nothing ever seen before."
"Stain." Looking over at Aki, he asked her to explain. "You know that perk I made you take?" He nodded. "I think only a godling can have that perk."
As the realization hit him, Methe asked. "You mean your field of influence?"
Aki nodded for him. "My mom figured out about it and I tried her experiment on Izuku."
The goddess snapped her fingers to get his attention. "Show me." Nodding, he toggled the perk. She seemed slightly impressed. "A new god of universes and a new god of heroes. You'd be popular in almost any pantheon."
"New god of Universes?", he asked.
"The old one died off long before the gods ever showed up." She hummed and put a hand to her chin. "I don't think there's ever been a myth about him in human mythology." Shrugging, she picked up the bottle and raised it into the sky. "To The Great Separator!" With the chant, she downed half the bottle and set it back down.
Aki sighed, while he asked. "What will happen when I become a god?"
She shrugged. "Your mortal shell will be shed and your new body will be reborn as an immortal god."
"That's it?"
"No." She took a drink. "You'll also be above the necessities of daily life and have to watch your family and friends die around you." Under her breath, which smelled like a brewery, he heard her mutter. "Ηλίθια μαμά."
"How would you make another person immortal?", asked Aki.
Sighing, the lady ran her hand through her hair and he actually felt her presence for the first time as it condense in front him. Both of them watched as a purple haze started to circle around her and then fade into nothing. "First." A purple man appeared in front of her. "A mortal must have both earned and to be able to accept the process of becoming immortal. Second." Monsters and other beings started appearing around the man. "They must either complete a deed worthy of godhood, or they have to die and be taken in by a god. It happened to Leucothea and her son." After a second, she started laughing. "It also happened to that bitch of a wife that dad married."
Knowing he couldn't watch Shino or Ochaco die, he asked her about the other way which she just shrugged at. "Psyche and Heracles are the only ones to achieve godhood that way."
"Hey." Aki crossed her arms. "There's another way, though. Plenty of gods have married mortals and made them immortal."
Methe took another drink. "Sure that used to happen a lot, minor deities would fall in love and marry a mortal, but that wasn't their strength doing it." Aki motioned for her to continue. "There was a woman on Olympus who controlled the immortality of the gods. When us minors wanted to marry a mortal, we'd have to go to her and take a part of our immortality and give it to that person. The contract you sign stipulates that it will last as long as you remain married."
"Used to be?"
She nodded. "When Tithonos died, Eos was depressed for like 20 eons, until she just snapped. Using her power, she killed poor Charalampos in cold blood, and ended that for everyone."
"Charalampos? She's not in any of the myths."
The goddess snorted. "Your myths may be partially true, but they're only bits and pieces of our lives. Charalampos was the daughter of Zues and Hera, after she died Zues tried to kill Eos, but was stopped by and pleaded to by Apollo and several of the other gods. They said some bullshit about how it was their fault for not helping her sooner and pleaded to take part of the punishment for her. So for her crimes, all the gods that pleaded to him were sentenced to centuries of wandering earth as a mortal and Eos was imprisoned in the dungeons."
Aki sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Fucking gods."
The remark got a genuine laugh from Methe. "I'll drink to that!" She did just that.
His girlfriend sighed. "Let's get going." She turned to Methe. "Can we come back if we have more questions?"
Methe shrugged. "I'll probably threaten you again, but sure, on one condition." Both of them raised an eyebrow. "When you start throwing parties, I want to be invited."
Both of them walked out of her house to the sound of her laughter. Opening a portal for them, Aki grabbed his hand and they walked back into his room.
He collapsed into bed the instant he was in front of it. He laid there for a second in silence and turned to look at Aki who seemed nervous. "What?"
She hesitated and bit her lip, he could smell the fear coming off her. "I-I have something to confess." He rolled in his bed and patted the empty next to him. She took the offered space as he covered his eyes with an arm. "We knew you were a godling before Seiren went into a coma." He hummed in thought. "We didn't want to tell you, mainly for your own sanity and you didn't have the greatest control over your power."
'So before I even existed.' mused Misaki. 'It seems like your whole life has been predetermined.'
Letting out the breath he was holding, he waved away the apology. "It's okay, I should probably thank you honestly. If I had learned sooner, I would have freaked out, even with Gamer's Mind."
She laid down in the crook of his arm. "I'm sorry so much has been dumped on you."
Wrapping an arm around her, he sighed. "It's okay. The only thing I really need to figure out right now is how to keep the three of you from dying. Mom, too." There was no way in any universe he was going to spend eternity alone.
'What about the reverse worlds? Couldn't we just take them there?' That was a good point. Shifting so he can look at Aki, he asked her.
Sadly, she shook her head. "Yes and no. It would work 1 maybe 2 times, but their bodies can't handle the strain, they'll wither away into nothing if we do anything more than that."
"What about you?"
"We share the same type of body, Gamer's Body makes us immortal already."
"Then what's with the qualities to extend my life?"
"Mom put it best. Gamer's Body makes you ageless, but you will die eventually without a way to reverse the effects of time.
"So you, Sei and me are only immortal because Sei has access to Dimensional Traveller." It wasn't a question, but she nodded. Flipping back, he sighed and started willing his headache to go away.
"Well, I have to get back before dad freaks out." She kissed his cheek and portaled away.
Later that night
"Okay, let's go over it again."
Misaki whined. 'Can't we just kill something?'
"We can, but we'll need to find one and actually kill it." He would honestly prefer having to do that versus find a side quest that's divine rank. The only one he knew of was Aki's mission, but there was no way in hell he'd survive as it was.
'Then train! You've been lazing about and taking it easy since we've been in school!'
He was irritated now. "What do you call leveling everything I've been working on for the last few weeks?"
'Bitch Training.' Opening his mouth to argue, she cut him off. 'The only thing you've been working on is training your weapon skills. That's not who you are, you're a mage with the greatest potential in the world. Kat's note said to not become a one trick pony, you aren't a one trick pony. You're a jack of all trades, master of none. While that would be good in most scenarios, you're going to be fighting gods and divine beings. You need to stop pussyfooting around and dive head first into magic, learning everything you can.'
Sitting down on a rock looking over the dark landscape around him, he sighed and asked her. "What do you suggest?"
'I suggest trying to max out your current spells and gain the Spellcrafting perk to start working on your own.'
Sighing, he stood up and snapped his fingers, opening a portal. "Fine, let's get started."
He messaged the girls while he was getting dressed for a night in the Shadowscape.
'Aki says she's going to try and convince her dad to let her train with you.'
"Tell her to let me know."
O: I wish I could help you :(
I: It's fine, I'll tell you more when I see you okay?
O: Okay!
Switching to Mandalay, he rolled his eyes at her message.
M: That's fine! It's not like I see you every week either way. The message was followed by an eye roll emoji.
I: I'll visit this coming weekend.
All he got back was a cheering emoji. Strapping his armor and weapons in place, he took a steady breath. "Ready?"
She nodded and calculated what he was thinking. 'You're good to go, I suggest casting [Sylph's Blessing] before we go through though.' Following her advice, he snapped his fingers and opened a portal. Taking a step through, he immediately began falling as the portal led to open air above a giant black cavern. They had found this place by sheer luck a couple of weeks ago and it was exactly what he needed to train and not back out.
Angling himself into a swan dive, he began to build up fire and gravity as he fell. Falling into the black, he exited out the other side and into the second floor. The multi-biomed floor was, according to Aki, the most diverse in terms of dungeons. He had fought fish people, giant bugs, and plenty of shadow monsters.
Continuing to build fire and gravity, he careened through the sky and fell into the second layer of black separating the floors. Clearing the layer, he was again in a free fall heading toward the next floor. The third floor of the ShadowScape was nothing but desert and rock. Plenty of dungeons could be found here, but most of them were desert themed.
Ping.
He opened the notification.
[Your body is currently under an extreme amount of stress!]
That was new. 'Maybe me casting [Momentum Bomb] on us wasn't a good idea.' He mentally sighed, and prepared himself. Entering the next layer of black, he emptied out into a gray sky. With a tad bit of confusion, he took in his surroundings.
Massive buildings that would put the burj khalifa to shame stood proudly in the city scape. Besides the size of the buildings and how far the city stretched out, it looked like a completely normal city. There weren't any billboards or bright colors, which was kind of weird for a city this size. Then time froze around him, nothing in the city moved nor did he. Just a perfect freezeframe of the world.
[You are about to enter a Dungeon!
Fallen World - Apocalypse of Shadow
Note: This dungeon may take a significant amount of time!
Do you wish to enter?]
His eyes widened at the notification, but he selected yes, he was here to train. When time resumed, it was like hundreds of bombs went off at once. Every single glass pane in a 100 km radius exploded outward and unleashed millions of black monsters that began to flood the side of buildings and streets below. What made it even worse was the fact that at least a million of the black shadows unfurled their wings and took to the skies after him.
'Misaki, Starfall.'
For the first time in a long time, he felt her excitement start buzzing. 'On it.' It wasn't noticeable at first, but when it really started to pick up steam, he could literally see the wind.
Starfall was a move designed by Mei when she got bored one day. He only knew it worked in theory because he got bored and tried it out one day after school. The longer he managed to hold on to the channel, the more explosive the end result would be. Misaki began by channeling the gravity into a spiral behind him, feeding the fire wicking off his body.
The first winged shadows to get near him were pulled into the fiery vortex and died with shrill screeches. 'Get ready to throw.' She gave him a thumbs up, not willing to talk, lest it break her concentration. Obviously he couldn't just slam into the ground going mach 5, Mei had figured out he could just throw the energy forward, controlling it like a robot. The main problem was, the more he built up, the harder it was to turn. So it was almost useless against an enemy that could move quickly.
Less than a few hundred meters from a building covered in a layer of shadow monsters, he threw all the energy forward, along with a single punch. He felt his arm break, the bone turning to near dust as the spell, his quirk, and One for All pushed every ounce of energy forward. Unfortunately, he didn't get to see the destruction that it caused because of the blow back. His vision was filled by fire and debris, his ears rang like a bell, and his skin felt like he was thrown into a fire.
'We're blinded, and deaf currently. I've recast [Sylph's Blessing].' It seemed to be an afterthought when she added. 'We also got a few pings.'
Thanking her, he cast [Emergency Aid], and rolled to the side as something tried to get him. He only managed to see it because of [Blindsight]. Little by little, as his vision came back, he began to fight back, casting spells at full force.
His hearing came back on its own, and he sort of wished it didn't. Millions of voices gave off a shrill wail that threatened to burst his eardrums. "[Odin's Rage]!" The spell turned the shadows into dust. Having a second of reprieve, he started the spell to heal his arm and pointed his one good arm toward the top of a building. "Solar Crust!" Kicking off an [Air Step], he followed the liquid flame toward the rooftop and rolled into it, creating a safe spot for himself. "Hardlight Shelter."
The light around him, sapped from both the sky and flame, hardened and molded into a solid shell around him. 'Nice, good timing too.'
"How so?"
'HP hit low yellow.'
That wasn't good. As soon as the realization hit him, the shelter was slammed into by a shadow creature, which skewered itself on one of the long spikes he created. "Keep funneling Mana into the shell, I'm going to meditate so we can heal."
'Yep.'
Sitting down, he crossed his legs and began to meditate.
UA High School The Next Day
"You look like shit.", said Kirishima.
He said something, but with his face trying to become one with a desk, it came out as a mumble.
"What?"
Lifting his head up, he looked at the spiky red head. "Headache. My pool is low."
"Want a drink?"
Shaking his head, he leaned against his arm. "I'll be fine, just need a few minutes."
Kirishima smiled. "No problem, see ya later." With that, he walked off, leaving him to try and fight off the headache that was Misaki.
'Hey! I heard that! I'm just asking if we're going back!'
'We will. Can I have a break from non-stop fighting?'
She threw up her hands, 'Fine,'
"Hey Izuku." He opened his eyes to Ochaco and Tsuyu looking at him.
"Hey you two. What's up?"
Ochaco smiled. "I wanted to know if you wanted to eat with us?"
"Sure." Standing up, he followed them, holding hands with Ochaco.
"Midoriya?" Tsuyu stopped them before they could continue through the door.
Turning to her. "Yeah?"
"Your clothes don't fit anymore."
He raised an eyebrow and looked down. They did feel a bit tight, but most of his clothes were a bit on the tight side.
Ochaco looked him up and down, tilting her head. "She's right, did you gain muscle overnight?"
"I shouldn't have."
"Your shirt is tad too short and it looks like if you were to flex your shirt would burst."
Tsuyu said something, but being completely distracted, he didn't quite pick up on it. "What was that?"
Tsuyu went red in the face. "Nothing, Ribbit."
"Tsuyu! Don't flirt with him!"
"Sorry." She sighed and put her head down.
Ochaco let out a growl of air, finishing with a sigh. "Izuku, go find a new pair of clothes."
Letting out his own sigh of resignation, "Yes Ma'am." Snapping his fingers, he walked through a portal to the nearby shopping district. 'Okay, what happened?'
'How should I know?'
'Did you hide a notification?' There wasn't an answer, 'Misaki? What was it?'
Her answer was vague and short. 'We unlocked a new Quality.'
He nodded. 'Okay, that doesn't explain what's happening to my body.' She didn't answer him. 'Just tell me.'
'It was also a perk.'
'What?'
'The thing we unlocked required a Perk point and Quality point.'
'The hell did we unlock?' Instead of answering him, she opened the Perk Menu, showing him.
[Army of One
Against the odds, back against the wall, and outnumbered a hundred to one, you bring armies to their knees.
When the following conditions are met, gain the following:
Conditions:
No ally with 10 kms
At least one hundred enemies within a 50 meter radius
Benefits:
All stat gains are improved by 25%
Max HP, Mana, and Stamina raised by 25%
Boost damage by 20%]
"Wow."
'I thought it would help, sorry.'
'No, it's fine. Just let me know in the future.' That begs the question, what were his stats at? Reading his mind, Misaki opened the window.
[New stat page is below :) I haven't done one in a while and he has quite a bit of stuff now. Let me know if you want me to update it every chapter!]
Closing the window, he walked through the open door of the uniform store and started shopping.
It took a few minutes, and he needed assistance from the store employee, but he managed to find a uniform that fit. Teleporting back to the school, near the lunch room, he sat down between Kendo and Ochaco. "Good?"
Ochaco smiled, wrapping her arm with his. "Mmhmm." She purred.
"Mandalay?"
She smiled as she tilted her head. "What?"
'There's no way she didn't notice.'
"Nothin."
She shrugged and started to eat again.
Momo, who had apparently finished eating, turned to him, handing him a notebook. "So Mr. President, any ideas?"
Taking it, he raised an eyebrow at the title, Illogical Proposals. The first page was completely filled with random ideas, most were crossed out, but all of them were written by two different people. "Who helped you with this?"
"A lady I met on I-island." She clapped her hands together. "That reminds me!" She looked at the girls who sat around them, all of whom were looking at her. "After finals, does everyone want to go on a vacation before training camp?"
The girls immediately started asking questions, but got shushed by the de facto leader. "I'll tell you all later, I was just wondering if everyone was interested." Once they got quiet, she looked at him. "It's not like I have to book a plane to fly all of us there."
He gave her a deadpan stare and turned back to the book. 'Oh! I got an idea!'
'What?'
'Let me take control for a second.'
Mentally shrugging, he retreated into his mind and let her write what she wanted. 'Don't look.' Rolling his eyes, he turned off his sight and waited, keeping the ball of anger from bubbling. He could only do this when they weren't fighting and she didn't use any ability. The instant she did, the small ball that was her anger exploded and fought against his control.
'K done.' She switched them and he looked at the page, a grin coming onto his lips. He closed the book and handed it back to Momo.
The bell rang before she could look at it, and not willing to be near her to be yelled at, he quickly exited with Ochaco.
The rest of the day until training with Class 1-B was relatively peaceful. Excluding being tazed by Momo for what Misaki wrote. 'Erotica Database.'
They only knew about her obsession because Misaki reviewed the memory of wiping the USJ from her mind. Momo had a massive collection of 'suggestive' novels on display in her room.
During the last period of the school day, he was allowed to go to Power Loader's workshop, who was waiting for him outside his office.
"Hey kid, grab a bucket of alloy and we'll get started."
"I didn't know you were helping." He reached into the doorway and grabbed said bucket.
The teacher shrugged. "I don't have much to do." Leaning forward, he whispered. "And if you think I'm crazy enough to leave her alone with my smithy you're as nuts as her."
He smiled and called out to Mei, who just finished gathering the schematics. "Mei, everything ready for this afternoon?"
She nodded, rolling up the last piece of paper. "I've already called him and he's expecting us." She walked past him, following Power Loader into the smithy. "How about the first payment?"
He set the bucket next to the crucible. "Yeah, I got it. We'll have to pick up the check at the bank before we meet up with him."
Agreeing, she rolled out the paper. "Now, I was thinking we should go for a bastard sword."
Power loader hummed, hand on his chin. "Not a bad choice. Can be two handed or single handed. Allows the kid to block with his off-arm."
He agreed on the sword. "And the shield?"
"That's a little more tricky. Your request is a bit hard to bring into fruition on my own, so I had to go to Yaoyorozu for the weird compounds we needed."
"I'll compensate her next time I see her."
"Let's get started then."
After giving Rin the sword, he showed him some simple katas to follow and repeated the process with the other two. "Komori, do you mind following me to the waiting room?"
The girl got really nervous. "U-uh sure?"
He mentally sighed as he started walking. 'Am I that scary looking?'
Misaki snickered. 'Maybe she likes you.' Sighing again, he opened the door and held it open for her. Taking a seat, she started to fidget with the edge of the seat.
Sitting across from her, he opened a portal and pulled out the orb Aki gave him yesterday. Letting the portal close, he held out the orb. "Put your hand on this please."
She did as asked and shakily set her hand down on the top of the orb. "N-now what?"
He held his other hand. "Take my hand and we'll perform a test."
It took a minute, but she finally gave in and gently placed her hand in his. "Now?"
He smiled. "Watch." Taking a breath, he started channeling his mana into her hand and kept the flow going.
A second later, the orb lit up and made the girl smile for once. "It's pretty."
"It is, but it also means you can use magic."
The girl's smile faded and was replaced by a frown. "Magic?"
He nodded and pulled his hands away. "In the world, there are a handful of people who can use magic. For example." He held up his free hand and cast. "[Mana Dagger]." In his hand, a dagger of glowing multicolored energy appeared.
"Cool!"
Smiling, he handed the dagger to her. "From this point on, I'll teach you all the magic I can. If you manage to be a quick learner, I'll let you meet the person who taught me, sound good?"
She picked up the dagger and looked into the glowing energy. Taking the tip, she poked her finger and held up to him. "Good."
He raised an eyebrow. "Why'd you do that?"
She looked bewildered. "Is that not how it's done?"
He started laughing alongside Misaki, much to the embarrassment of the girl. When he finally settled down, he took the dagger from her and pricked his own finger. "Sure."
The girl slowly smiled as he tapped their fingertips together. "What's first?"
While they were still touching, he cast [Medic's Respite] on her and pulled his hand back. "Now I need to figure out if I can easily teach you spells." Standing up, he rounded the table and placed a hand on her head. 'Misaki?'
'On it.' It took a second, but she pulled up the new spell Aki had taught him.
"Memory Transfer." The window popped up and was immediately filled with the spell he was trying to give her. Tapping accept, he waited for the timer to expire and watched her slump onto the table. With a sigh, he picked her up and laid her down on the cushioned bench. It wasn't comfortable by any means, but it was better than the chair. Reopening the inventory portal, he found a piece of paper and a pencil. Writing on it, he put the paper in her hand and walked out back to the gym.
When he got back to his students, Rin stopped his practice and asked. "What happened to Komori?"
"She fell asleep after I finished the test, she'll join us when she wakes up." He clapped his hands. "Now, who needs help?" Three hands raised. 'Amazing.'
An hour later, a very disheveled Komori walked out into the gym, a wacky grin on her face. He smiled and waved her over. "Think you can cast it?"
She nodded quickly. "I tried in the locker room. It feels like it's just a part of me."
Stomping his foot, he shouted and activated a rune scheme he had drawn. "Target Practice." At his call, a block of earth rose from the ground. He pointed to it and looked at the new mage. "Hit it."
Still smiling, she held her hands up and shouted. "[Water Slice]!" The mana built into her hands and blasted out, sending the girl flying backward, but the spell worked. An arc of water went flying out of her hand and cut a deep gouge into the rock.
He smiled and held out a hand. "You're going to be working on that until you can either cut completely through the rock or you don't get launched backward anymore, got it?"
She smiled and took his hand. "Yes sir!" As soon as she was up, her friends from 1-B stopped practicing and started crowding around her.
Vlad didn't seem to care and walked over with a smile. "I assume it worked?"
He matched the smile. "It did indeed."
He slowly swung his sword into her right guard, which she blocked and went into the next step. Utilizing the guard of the dagger, she kept his sword down and lunged forward. The horn stabbed into his gut, but didn't leave any mark. His defense was high enough that the slow pierce did almost nothing.
"Good. Think you can go faster? Same rotation."
Pony nodded and got back into her starting stance. Repeating the process, he doubled the speed and watched her repeat the same counter and jab. This went on until the speed was to a normal fight and they switched to the left guard. She was a little wobbly, but after a few tries, she was just as fast as the right guard. "Good. Now let's practice the middle guard." He walked her through the steps with his own daggers and after she understood, he switched back to his sword.
"Ready?"
"Yeah." At her word, he proceeded to slowly swing his sword in the crush position. Using her horns, she caught the sword in the guard of both improvised daggers and pushed the blade away with one and lunged forward with the other. Resetting, they started again with a bit more speed.
After getting decently quick at the middle guard, he smiled. "Head over to Awase. Send Rin over okay?"
She smiled and nodded. "Sure thing boss."
Walking over, she waited until Rin reset and called his name. A minute later, the guy walked over and smiled. "You are a weird one."
Sticking up his chin and lifting his sword, he smirked. "You've insulted my honor, prepare thyself heathen." Having already instructed Rin, he didn't need to walk the guy through the stances and immediately attacked.
This small bout lasted for five minutes before Rin got tired and called the fight. Breathing heavily, he sat on the ground and dropped the sword with a thump. "I'm done."
He smiled. "No you're not." Crouching down, he cast healing spells and stood up to wait for them to finish.
Testing his newly invigorated muscles, Rin stood back up, and picked up his sword. "I hate you."
Izuku laughed. "Join the club." Repeating this process three more times, he walked Rin over to the other two. Casting healing spells on the three of them, he congratulated them on a job well done and told them they were done for today. Tomorrow, he'd work with all three of them again on simple rotations and spare against Awase. As they walked off, he turned to his new apprentice and smiled. She was still going strong, but she kept getting thrown off her feet. Vlad had pulled out a mat for her so she wasn't constantly falling on her butt.
"How's it going?"
Komori cast another spell, falling backward and laid there another second, out of breath. "Tired, my head hurts and my legs feel wobbly."
"It's because the mana in your body is limited." Using his gravity, he lifted her up and carried her bridal style. "I'll take you to the locker room."
"U-um thanks." The small part of her face he could see went ruby red.
'You trying to grow your harem?'
'Nope.' Walking to the girl's locker room, he knocked on the door with his foot and waited for someone to answer. The girl to answer was Yui, the quietest person in the class. "Mind helping her?"
Yui nodded and took the girl from his arm. Walking back to the gym, he walked over to the mat and started rolling it up. As he hefted it over his shoulder, his phone went off.
O: You busy tonight?
I: Was gonna go train after a meeting, why?
O: Massage.
Smirking, he put the mat away and waved goodbye to Miriko and Vlad, who were talking. Both of them gave him a nod and continued to talk as he walked out of the gym. Mei was waiting for him at the front of school, her outfit covered in a layer of grease. "Don't you know what a shower is?", he asked with a smile as he text Ochaco.
I: I'll pick you up after I get done.
"Do you know when to shut up?"
He looked up with a smile. "Let's get going." Snapping his fingers, he opened a portal in front of his bank and waited for Mei to walk through.
She whistled when she saw the building. "How much money do you have exactly?"
"I'm not actually sure." Not after he lent the girls his card.
"Guess?"
Running a hand through his hair, he gave her his best guess. "Maybe 26 million? I have more gold to sell, but I'm trying to not flood the market."
He saw the gears turning in her head. "Izuku?"
"No, I'm already paying for a building."
"You don't even know what I'm going to say."
"I'm not funding your dream robot project."
She glared at him and brushed past him in a huff. "Let's get this done with."
Following her through, the man behind the front desk quickly got up from his chair, his eyes wide. "Mr. Midoriya!" He finished it with a bow.
Bowing back, he greeted the man. "Mr. Sano."
"Your accountant is waiting for you, I can lead you there if you'd like."
He smiled and waved the man off. "I'll be fine, thank you though."
Mei gave him a confused look, but dropped it when he mouthed, 'later.'
"Very well then sir. If you need anything, I'll be ready to answer."
Smiling and giving the man a nod, he walked over the elevator with Mei and rode it up to the 17th floor.
"Explain."
"I have a bit of a reputation here."
"Good or bad?"
Shrugging, "A bit of both?"
"Explain."
"I gave a few people a couple thousand dollars the first few times I visited. I think one or two quit afterward."
"So that guy was expecting some money?"
He shrugged, "I give him a thousand everytime I visit. His son is sick and the money helps him."
Mei sighed. "Heroes."
The elevator dinged and opened on the 13th floor. A woman with rich red hair froze when she saw him in the elevator. She didn't move until Mei snapped her fingers. "You okay? Izuku you broke her."
Giving her a deadpan glare, he turned back to the woman with a smile. "Heading up?"
She gave a stiff nod and knelt down to pick up her papers, getting onto the elevator. The ride up the four floors was deathly quiet. The only reason he heard her speak was because of how quiet it was. "My Peters is name."
Smiling, he stuck a hand out. "Nice to meet you Ms. Peters."
She went red in the face, probably realizing what she said and took his hand shakily.
"If you don't mind me asking, where are you from?"
"B-Belgium."
"Wat brengt je naar Japan?"
Her eyes widened, but she easily switched to Dutch. "Ik ben overgeplaatst vanuit het Nederlandse filiaal."
Nodding, he discretely grabbed a decent chunk of gold and handed it to her, much to her confusion as to what it was. "Geniet van Japan." With that, the elevator dinged and Mei groaned as they got off, leaving the lady in a stupor as the elevator closed.
"You're ridiculous."
He shrugged. "What the hell else am I supposed to do with my money?"
"You could make a small million dollar donation to the Hatsume project fund?"
Raising an eyebrow, he asked. "Am I not paying for a whole workshop on my own?"
"Mr. Midoriya!" Both of them looked down the hall at a well suited man approaching them.
"Mr. Takei. How are you doing today?"
Mr. Takei, bowed as they approached. "Quite alright." Bringing his attention to Mei, he bowed with a smile. "Mr. Takei, Ma'am."
"Hatsume Mei, I'm his friend."
"Any friend of Mr. Midoriya is welcome here!" Turning back to him, Takei's smile was still present. "If you follow me into my office, we can finish the last bit of paperwork."
Nodding, they followed the man, Mei trailing behind, looking at all the officer workers staring at him. "They look like they'll riot,'' she whispered.
"I'll deal with it in a second."
Misaki snorted. 'How much this time?'
'Probably just 250.'
Taking the offered chair, he filled out the paperwork and was handed a briefcase that contained the check and a stack of paperwork for the workshop owner to sign. "Will there be anything else?"
"Just one more thing, you remember what I did last time?"
He saw the man's eye twitch slightly. "Yes."
"Do it again, but for 250 thousand yen this time."
With barely contained annoyance, the man nodded. "Yes sir."
Making their way out of the bank, he handed Sano a chunk of gold discretely and walked out the front door, briefcase in hand. "What's the latitude and longitude?"
Pulling out a piece of paper, she handed it over to him. 'We're a go.' Snapping his fingers, he opened a portal with the coordinates given and they started the tour.
The owner, an old wrinkled man named Hayashi, opened the next door. "We used to use this room as chemical testing. Forgive the mess, I had a couple of kids break in and blow up the room."
That was an apt description, if not slightly understated. The massive room was covered in debris that went up to his knee. He was assuming the room was filled with tables and hundreds of vials of glass, but with the destruction covering the whole room, it was nearly impossible to tell. "Do break ins happen often?"
Hayashi shook his head. "It hasn't started until recently, I've been losing control of my quirk and unable to keep the guards up."
"What's your quirk?"
The old man smiled. "Electric Lock. As long as something is able to have electricity run through it, I can keep it from opening. At least I used to be able to, I've been losing my grip on it lately."
Mei spoke up. "So all the doors have electric support?"
"Correct, if you follow me, I can lead you to the underground lab. Now, the lab is a tad empty, considering most of the researchers took their equipment with them, but all of my wife and I's equipment is still here along with three other researchers."
"If you don't mind me asking, why did this facility close?", asked Mei.
After a sigh, "There was an accident with an experiment and several researchers perished. The remaining scientist decided to leave, and we weren't able to hire anyone else. All too scared of there possibly being ghosts here."
Mei made a sound of disgust. "What type of scientist believes in ghosts?"
Stamping his cane against the cement ground, the old man breathed out through his nose. "Especially in this day and age!"
'There's two of them!' He smiled as he followed.
The trek down the stairs was rather short, but he grew immensely confused when the stairs didn't end and they got off the first floor they came too. "How many floors are down here?"
"Including this and the floor above? Nine." Hayashi tapped his cane against a door and opened it. "This and the floor below are the 'safe' floors. The more you go down, the better the reinforcement and security." With a sigh, he added. "Floors 9 and 8 are currently unusable as the structural integrity is being held together with braces and supports."
"Mind if I take a look?", he asked.
The old man shrugged. "I would suggest hiring a contractor, but go for it."
Nodding, he continued walking down the stairs until he hit a barrier, which was just some caution tape. 'I wonder what happened.'
Lifting up the tape, he took a step forward, and the world froze.
[You are about to enter an incomplete dungeon!
Do you wish to claim this dungeon as your own?]
Confused beyond all belief, he tapped yes and the world unfroze. Before his eyes, the seemingly normal stairwell transformed and started to morph until it changed into a solid metal stairwell. His hearing allowed him to detect the slight hum of electricity. 'Coooool.' He could feel the excitement.
'Glad you think so.' Opening a portal into the inventory world, he pulled out rubber soled shoes and gloves. Slipping them on and throwing in his current pair, he walked down the stairs cautiously, ready for anything.
It wasn't until actually reaching the eighth floor that a monster did appear. A metal pyramid with cables as arms and feet. It was no bigger than his head and only went up to his shin. A singular red eye looked up at him, seemingly sizing him up and turned around, lumbering down the hallway. 'Huh, that's weird.'
'Maybe they won't attack since you own this place?'
'Maybe. [Observe].'
[Short Servo
Level: 1
Str: 3
Con: 12
Dex: 1
Agi: 1
Int: 26
Wis: 4
Cha: 1
Res: 12
Luck: 10
Owner: Midoriya Izuku
A base monster of [Unnamed Dungeon].]
Humming, he took a shot in the dark. "Dungeon." A new page appeared, listing a lot of new information.
[Dungeon: Unnamed
Level: 1
Current XP: 0.00%
XP gain: Monster Kills
Entry: Locked
Floors: 2
Elements: Steel and Electricity
Monster Aggression: High
Boss: Electrobug Swarm
Minibosses: 1
- Upgraded Servo
Common Monsters:
-Short Servo
-Battery Bat
-Steelvolt]
Clicking on the dungeon's name, a new box appeared asking him for a name. 'Any ideas?'
'What's the name of the company?'
He was about to answer, but nothing came to him. "Let's go ask Mei."
Exiting the dungeon, he walked back upstairs and found the two of them looking over some equipment. "Hey, Mei?"
"Yeah?"
"What's the name of the company?"
"I was thinking Midsume? Why?"
Huh, not bad. "I like it. Thanks."
She raised an eyebrow and looked at him as he walked off again. Going back into the dungeon, he clicked on the name and entered, Midsume Vault. The window updated with the name and he selected XP Gain.
[XP Gain Options:
Monster Kills
Challenger Kills
Custom]
Selecting Custom, he received a box with a red 'x' and a small message.
[To set a custom XP Gain, an action must be performed inside the dungeon.]
That makes sense, he supposed. Selecting Entry, it gave him the option to set it to free and allow people to enter whenever they want, to set up a whitelist, or just block everyone. He kept it locked for now, the next option was the elements. Clicking on it, he wasn't given any other options, but it did give him some direction.
[To select a new element, a new source of power must be added to the dungeon.]
He was assuming that meant he needed to add a source for the dungeon to draw off of, water would be easy, but he'd have to contract someone to put in water lines. He'd have to think more about it later, if he even wanted to change it. He set Monster Aggression to Passive and didn't bother changing any of the monsters. The only thing left was the floors, and it went how he expected it.
[A floor below has not been detected.
A floor above has been detected.
Adjacent rooms have not been detected.]
[Do you wish to add the floor above to Midsume Vault?]
Selecting 'No', he walked back upstairs. "I say yes."
Mei smiled. "Agreed."
Hayashi smiled. "I'm glad. I'm happy to help a budding company, not many young folk are willing to start a business that will just be a money drain."
She shrugged. "Midoriya has a bit of money to waste."
"Shall we go back up and sign the paperwork?"
Knocking on the door of her apartment, he waited for Ochaco to answer, not willing to barge in. "Coming!" A few seconds later, a very cute and very attractive Ochaco answered the door in nothing but an oversized shirt. She smiled upon seeing him. "Hey babe." She accepted his kiss and pulled him into the apartment, shutting the door behind him. "How'd the tour go?"
"Good, I put the down payment on it already, as soon as Mei gets her license, I'm going to finish paying it off. I also found something pretty cool in the basement."
"When does she plan on getting it? What'd you find?"
Picking her and throwing her onto her bed, she let out a yelp and a giggle. "Probably later in the year, depends on whether or not she can convince the school to let her take the test early. I found a dungeon, it's filled with robot monsters." He twirled his finger, asking her to flip around.
Following his directions, she asked. "Should you have left it alone?"
Straddling her back, he started massaging her, activating the skill he had leveled up on her. He had no idea when or why she got the idea to ask him for a massage everyday, but he was more than willing to oblige. "I changed the settings on the dungeon, the monsters won't attack anyone, and it's not able to be entered by anyone but me."
Sighing, she sank further in the bed. "That's good."
"How'd training go?"
"We had to do underwater weight training. Tsuyu had it pretty rough today."
"How come you're the one getting a massage then?"
She smacked his leg. "Cause, you're my boyfriend and I don't want you flirting with another girl that isn't already a girlfriend of mine."
"Fair enough, any requests?"
"Shoulders."
"No problem."
Later that night in the ShadowScape
"You ready?"
'Yeah, think we'll get another break?'
He shrugged, "Maybe?" The first one was an unexpected surprise. After 24 hours of non-stop fighting and naps, the world froze and asked if he wished to pause the dungeon and continue later. "Let's get going." Jumping into the black abyss again, he restarted the fall, wanting to clear as many of the shadows as possible.
As he fell, he double checked the counter. The only reason he found it was because Misaki got bored and started to rummage around the different windows available to them.
[Fallen World
Dungeon Quest
78,482 out of 10,935,224,182 defeated.]
Even after 24 hours of fighting, he was in no way close to finishing. If she was still alive, he would have loved to see Kat going full out to finish this level off. 'Come up with any ideas?'
'We can probably just start destroying the buildings, collapse the whole place on top of the things.' Better than nothing, just need to be faster than a collapsing building. 'I'd start building up now, we're going faster than before.'
'On it. Mind handling the gravity again?'
'No prob.'
As they careened downward, he started making patterns out of the fire he unleashed. Runes of Amplify x2 connected to Repeats and Shaping Runes. Misaki, using his natural gravity, picked up the pillars of fire and started spinning them as fast as she could manage. This build up of speed, fire and runes kept up until they entered the fourth floor and time froze.
[Do you wish to continue this dungeon?]
Mentally selecting yes, the world resumed and they sent the pillars flying. The force of throwing all 12 of them sent him flying backward, canceling his own momentum, and left him to slowly start falling downward. Watching as the pillars sailed through the air and into the unsuspecting buildings, he took in his destructive power with a small smirk. For a second, nothing but the massive explosion of fire happened, and then he heard the sound of rocks snapping, a sound he was very familiar with.
"Skreeeee!" Trained instinct forced him to kick off an [Air Step] and jump up.
"[Mana Blade]." The rainbow dagger appeared in his hand and he dropped on top of the flying shadow, driving the blade into head. Riding the now disintegrating corpse down to the city, he faced backward and started unleashing spells. "[Odin's Rage, Water Slice, Lightning Clap]."
The first spell to go off was [Water Slice] which carved through the shadows as far as it could, trying to reach its max range, but failing. [Odin's Rage] went off next, blasting anything unlucky enough to be caught in it to dust. [Lightning Clap] was a new spell he got from Aki, and much to her annoyance, he was able to manipulate the spell into different elements. He had access to Fire, Ice, Lightning, Stone, and Water. The main issue with the spell was the fact that if the element wasn't readily available, it took a few seconds to go off.
A blue energy built up on his left and right sides, until it shot out and formed two giant hands. Still falling, he fought against the wind and clapped his hands as hard as he could. The two hands swung out and clapped, letting off an electrical storm that lashed out at him and everything around it.
[You are now paralyzed! Timer: 6 seconds]
'Misaki!'
Switching out as fast they could, he started preparing to fight back for control. As [Gamer's Mind] switched to [Berserker's Mind] Misaki began channeling their quirk at its full potential. "Heaven Meets Hell!" His life force wilted down to one and his mana drained to half as his body erupted in golden flames. His mental body felt like it was thrown Into a pool of lava and his mind took such a hit everything went black. This was their copy of Pixie's final resort supermove. In its current state, only Misaki going full berserker could use it because of the massive boost to their HP with her gaining control.
As they began to fall, the golden fire spread out into a massive 1 km size disc that slowly shifted into a solid. Even with the fire becoming like a rock, he could still see through it and saw thousands of shadows clambering on top of themselves, trying to get closer to him. When the supermove finished casting, he began the fight. Through sheer will he grabbed the ball that was her anger and channel every bit of his gravity quirk. 'Collapse!'
The ball flared out, fighting against his control, unwilling to be contained. With a final exhausting push, he condensed the ball into a marble and felt his consciousness return. Riding the disc of hard fire down, he waited out the stun timer and jumped just in time to dodge out of the way of the explosion. Jumping off an [Air Step], he jumped as hard as he could, finding a building still intact. Finally making it to the edge of the blast range, he rolled onto a rooftop and created the spiky shell.
He laid there, drained mentally, and physically. His body felt exhausted and all he wanted to do was to sleep. 'You okay?'
She answered, voice strained. 'Why the fuck did we get stunned by our own spell?'
'I don't know, let's just not do it again and focus on healing up.'
She didn't answer and started complaining again. 'My body feels like it's had a peeler taken to it!'
Ignoring her, he focused on keeping the shell intact against the shadows that started beating on it.
47 Hours and 56 Minutes Later
Ping!
'Fucking finally!' Without even asking, she selected yes and teleported them back home. He collapsed on to his bed, stark naked and smoking like embers from a fire camp. 'Looks like the timer doubles every time we stop.'
He grumbled into the bed.
'You okay?'
Using all the energy he could, he flipped over so he didn't have to think talk. "I had a building fall on top of me and had an arm pulled off by a shadow, how do you think I feel?"
'How do you think I feel? I actually felt it.'
He groaned and just laid there. Summoning as much strength as he could, he looked over at the bedside clock, 1 AM. Sighing, he reached for his phone with his good left hand and prepared a scheduled text to Aizawa for 6:30 AM.
I: I apologize sir, I'm going to be late to school today.
With that, he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
The next morning, he woke up to 3 missed phone calls, 12 text messages and 3 messages from Aki.
Forcing himself into a sitting position, he looked at his newly formed right arm. It looked like it had been there the whole time. Misaki opened the message chain with Aki for him.
A: Hey, I got a question.
I: Misaki here, boss man is asleep.
A: It's 7, he's going to be late for school.
I: We've been fighting for the last 48 hours in the shadowscape. Our arm got bitten off by a shadowy crocodile.
A: Well, I'm glad you two made it out. Tell him to check his messages when he wakes up.
I: Will do.
A: Call or message me when you get a chance. Obviously don't call me if I'm at school.
'Can you tell her I'm up?' Sighing, he slipped on his uniform and teleported to school.
"Young Midoriya!" Blinking, he looked around seeing All Might, in his skinny form, waiting underneath a tree for him.
"Sir?"
"The principal asked me to check up on you."
"What for?"
All Might stood up and beckoned for him to follow. "Principal Nezu got a call earlier this morning from your mom."
He raised his eyebrow. "About what?"
"She says she found you in a unique position this morning. Care to explain?"
'Why didn't you tell me?' He was slightly peeved with her. "I was training and got caught off guard during a fight, lost my arm." He held out his arm. "It came back, no harm, I swear."
All Might stopped, turned to face him and put both hands on his shoulders. "My boy, it's not about you getting hurt, healing or even surviving. What would have happened if you didn't escape? Your mom isn't worried about you being able to defend yourself or getting hurt, she's worried about you biting more than you can chew." More to himself, All Might added. "I want you to live and thrive, not die trying to get stronger faster."
But he had too. 'Maybe we should just tell him?'
Sighing, he looked at All Might eye to eye. "Sir, I have something to tell you."
All Might sat in complete silence for a moment, taking in the 'god' bombshell.
'Any guesses?'
'He'll probably give us some advice and offer to help train us.'
Misaki became quiet, thinking for a second. 'Maybe he'll offer to find someone to train with us?'
'Who the hell would be able to keep up with us and we wouldn't have to explain everything too?'
"Okay." He looked up at All Might. "I think I got a plan." All Might stood and pulled out his phone, going over to the window looking at it with an intense expression. He sat there, his curiosity beginning to turn into confusion when the line was picked up by someone. "Hello?"
"Yeah, I have a request and you get your request sooner than planned."
"Yes, the kid needs help training."
"That's fine, he'll talk to you after training today."
"Alright then, see you soon Ms. Usagiyama." All Might turned to him with a smile. "That should deal with that."
Now he was immensely confused. "What did she request?"
Motioning for him to stand, All Might led him out of the room. "The morning after you saved your classmates from the abductor, I received a call from Ms. Usagiyama. She requested that during your next work study, you be placed with her. I was a tad skeptical of it, considering she's never taken on a student before, but I think this will be good for you."
Getting to the door for 1-A, All Might gave him a bit of advice. "Try to keep up with her, she's a tad ridiculous when it comes to sheer combat."
A: Hey! So I got a question, do you want to help me with a crafting project? I have no idea how to forge metal. Mom never taught me and dad can't risk getting hurt.
"I'll try sir, thanks for helping."
All Might smiled, "Anytime, just try not to get hurt too badly."
I: Sure, when?
All Might walked off, leaving him alone. Taking in a breath, he walked into the room to the questioning glances of every single person in the room. Ochaco looked worried, which worried him.
Unfortunately he didn't get a chance to talk to Uraraka, so during his support class with Power Loader, he sent her a message saying he was okay, he just had to deal with something. She threatened to sick the other two on him if he didn't tell her. So he relented and told her he'd tell her tomorrow when he got a chance.
"Okay, try again."
Awase nodded and dropped the shield, it fell like a rock and bounced off the ground after sticking to it for just a fraction of a second. "Close, in your free time, if you want, try it with smaller stuff. I'll only be training you with the shield, so if you want to try it with other things, you're on your own, got it?"
"Got it, thanks for figuring this out by the way. I never actually thought about trying this out."
Smiling, he nodded. "No problem. Go practice with Rin for the last bit of time." After a salute, Awase walked off toward the little sparring ring Izuku had set up for them. His fledgling vanguard was starting to become a menace with the shield. Even after only a week training it, he was gaining a bit of speed and almost never took a hit when fighting his classmates. Teaching him to perform a decent shield bash was a chore. The guy wasn't much of a hand to hand fighter, so he needed to get him into some weight training.
After training today, Rin was set to go to Recovery Girl and have samples of his blood taken. Along with the samples, Mei's schematics would be sent to the DNA man, and in two weeks, they'd have definitive proof on whether his theory worked. The only reason the school was allowing it to happen was because he was footing the bill personally. He personally didn't mind paying for it, he just wished it didn't take so long, but whatever, there was no reason to rush. Swordsmanship wise, Rin was already starting to get used to the extra weight and was able to pick up any kata after only a few tries. He wasn't that amazing speed-wise, but that came with time.
Komori was still falling flat on her butt with every spell, but he could see that the rock was almost cut in half by the end of the few hours. Currently she was on her back, clutching her head with another headache. She was only able to keep the spells up for a half hour before she needed a 30 minute break. Luckily, she wasn't knocking herself out with every round of spells. He had no idea how long it would take her to get used to throwing [Water Slice], but he already had a few options for new spells to teach her.
As for Pony, he had to ask Cementoss for a bit of help, which the teacher gladly offered. Per his request, the teacher made a full set of gymnastics equipment, and even included a set of mats and cushions from another gym. Cementoss had gone above and beyond what he had asked, so he wanted to do something for the guy, but he had no idea what. After thanking the teacher, he showed Pony how to do most of the events, but told her to focus on the Balance Beam and Floor Exercises. The first was to improve her balance and the second was for flexibility and reflexes. The girl didn't have a ton of strength and he wasn't going to force her to build muscle so she could damage someone in a single swing. His plan for her was to teach her to dodge and weave through enemies. He'd have to ask Ectoplasm for help, but he was sure the man would gladly help if he had time.
"Midoriya!"
He blinked and looked up to find Burnin approaching him. "Hey, what's up?"
"I think one of my girls would do well learning to be a little more flexible. Do you mind if I send her over to you?"
He shook his head. "I'll get her started, what do you want her to learn? Who is it?"
"The quiet one. I think a little bit of everything."
Kodai Yui. Quirk was the ability to change the size and weight of an object. Her hero outfit was fairly simple, but effective, a pouch filled to the brim with shrunken objects. Each was at least the size of an oil barrel and there were so many objects that if she dumped the bag upside down, she could probably bury someone alive. "That'd probably be a good idea. Increase her mobility and flexibility to dodge while pummeling opponents with trash."
Burnin smirked. "Good eye." She turned to Kodai. "Girlie, get over here." Walking over, Kodai gave him an impassive stare. "Follow Midoriya, he's going to teach you gymnastics." The girl nodded and started walking toward the equipment. "Have fun with her, I can't get a peep out of her." With her request filled, she walked over to her other three who were practicing some sort of martial arts.
'Think we could convince both of them to wear those leotard things?' He shook his head and walked over to his new student. During his period with Power Loader, he asked for the day off and trained his ass off for an hour at gymnastics until he reached level 5. He was by no means proficient, but if he was still in decent condition tonight after training with Miriko, he'd practice until he had to go to school in the morning. What started Misaki wanting to see girls in leotards, was a single video of a professional doing a ridiculous split. He had to admit though, it would be quite nice to see one of his girlfriends in the outfit. He spent 20 minutes showing her a basic exercise on each event and told her to do what she wanted. The girl nodded and started copying Pony, who seemed to appreciate the quiet company.
With that done, he walked back and forth between the three groups and offered advice where he could. An hour and a half later every single one of his students was exhausted and ready to pass out. Kodai was actually perfectly fine and seemed ready to keep going, so she helped him get the girls into the locker room. The guys, not wanting to be manhandled, got up on their own two feet and clambered into the locker room, their weapons dragging behind them.
Walking over to the gymnastics set, he started rolling up mats when the bunny hero came over. "I hear you need help."
Tying the buckle down, he picked it up and started walking to the storage room. "Yeah, I got super hurt last night and scared a few people."
"Where?"
"You know about the Shadowscape right?"
The woman's smile turned wicked. "Kat and I explored quite a bit of that place. What floor gave you trouble?"
"Third, the massive city."
She nodded, seemingly understanding his problem. "It took Kat and I nearly four months on that floor to clear it. This one hasn't changed, has it?"
"Bunch of shadow monsters, half can fly, a quarter of them look like people, the other half look like a bunch of animals?" He set the rolled up mat down and started walking back to the gym.
"Sounds about right, how far did you get?"
"After three days, I hit 350k. I had to start dropping buildings to kill a bunch at once."
Letting out a hearty laugh, she slapped his shoulder. "At least you learned the trick."
Stopping himself from falling forward, he stood back up and asked. "Did you guys just level the place?"
"Yeah, fighting the world population for a week straight isn't as fun as it sounds. Eventually you just kind of get bored and start trying new things."
"Did you ever take the offered breaks?"
She nodded, a smile still on her face. "Kat might have been my friend, but there was no way I was spending a month around her." The smile slowly faded and became a hard line. "We'll try to get this done as soon as possible, so no more breaks. I'll get all the food I'll need and have pipsqueak put it in the inventory before we set off."
"Aki?"
A nod. "She's at my place right now working on some sort of project. She came over when I said you'd show up."
"It's a gun."
"A gun?" Her right eyebrow went up. "Why the hell would she need a gun."
He shrugged and started rolling up another mat. "It's some sort of magic gun, she wants to make it able to shoot different elemental bullets. I'm helping her forge the parts for it after she gets done inscribing the metal."
"You're a gunsmith?"
Buckling the mat, he picked it up and smiled. "Not yet, I'm going to spend some time tomorrow afternoon and learn how to do it though."
Miriko sighed and put two fingers to the bridge of her nose. "Fucking carbon copy." Getting over whatever annoyed her, she asked him. "What's your fighting style? I doubt the pipsqueak taught you her mom's style."
"They have a special style?"
Miriko smirked. "Kat had two. One was her monster fighting style, Sweeping Edge. The second was the one she used on people, Idol's Dream."
He felt the massive rise in Misaki's curiosity, so he asked for her. "Come again?"
The smirk turned into a grin. "I see they didn't tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"Kat wanted to be an idol for her day job when she first came to Japan. When that didn't work, she gave up and started mining the Shadowscape."
That was a new one. "So what's Idol's Dream style?"
"Hard to explain, you'll have to ask pipsqueak for a performance."
Misaki instantly started playing her favorite fantasy. Aged up Aki doing an old Kpop dance from a song he didn't know. That by itself wouldn't have been bad, but when the image did skirt lift up to her panty line, he had enough and cleared it from his mind. 'Maybe, I'll ask.' Letting out a cheer, she left him alone. Smiling to the woman, who matched it, "I'll be sure to ask. When do you want me to come over?"
"Get everything you need done before going. If it takes us a month, we'll be there for roughly 3 hours."
Sighing, he set down the mat and nodded. "I'll be there at nine."
Nodding, she walked off and started to clean up her area. 'Tonight is going to be hell.'
'You mean it's going to be fun. Being near the Buns of Steel is amazingly satisfactory to me.'
'Perv.'
"That-that's-what?" With Miriko telling him to show up later, he had time and brought Ochaco over to the Pussycats place and told his girlfriends what had been happening over the last few days. There was no way he was going to tell just All Might. The confusion came from Ochaco, who became lost in thought like Mandalay had been the entire time.
"Yeah." He paused for a second, considering his next words. "Aki and I are going to go on an expedition next month, we're going to try and find a different way to deal with the immortality problem."
Mandalay looked up with just her eyes, her head not moving at all. She didn't say anything, just seemed to take everything in. It took a few seconds before she actually spoke. "I don't know about living forever."
'Kota.' The name actually made him want to face-palm.
"I wouldn't mind becoming young again, but living forever? I don't know if I could do that, Lion."
"I don't know how to feel about it either." He looked over at Ochaco.
He completely understood, how could he not? There was no way he could imagine doing anything like this before he had a quirk. Nodding, he stood. "I'm not expecting either of you to take the offer, I just want it to be an actual option instead of it not being one." A tick later, he added. "I'm sorry for pushing this onto you, but I really didn't want to keep it a secret." He looked over at Ochaco. "Do you want me to take you home?"
"No, I kind of want to talk to Shino for a bit. Pick me up after you get back from training?"
Nodding, he walked to each of them and hugged them briefly before teleporting away. 'Well that went horribly.' Really? He couldn't tell. 'Hey don't be a dick. It's not my fault your life is a shit show.'
Sighing, he walked through the massive forest in the dark, giving himself time to think. "I know, sorry. I don't know why, but I feel, what's the right word?"
'Sad?'
"Not sad, just…", he trailed off and flung a few pebbles into the darkness.
'Melancholy?' That wasn't it either. 'Anxious?' That's it. 'Why don't we go do something fun? We can go play at an arcade and see if we can raise your Luck stat?'
"There's no way that would work. Would it?"
'Only one way to find out.'
[Your Luck stat has increased by 1.]
It took playing until 8:45, but he actually did increase it. He had no idea how much it would affect the world, but it was something. At the end of his session, he had nearly 260k tickets, he had no idea how much that could actually get him, but he didn't have time to check. "Okay, let's get over to Miriko's place."
'But I wanted the magazine!'
'Trust me, it didn't have scantily clad women.' Hearing her thoughts, he added. 'Or men.'
'Ahhhh, fine. You're good to good.' Opening the portal to coordinates Aki gave him, he walked through and caught a flying pink haired girl.
"Hey Aki." Giving her a hug, which she returned, he set her down and asked. "What quirk is that?"
Smiling, she clapped her hands together. "Cherry!" Pulling her hands apart, a wad of sticky gum appeared in her hands, which she tossed into her mouth. "A girl in class has a bubblegum quirk. Want a piece?"
"What does it cost to use?"
Shrugging, she clapped her hands together. "Flavor?"
Sighing, "Blueberry."
Saying the word, she opened her hands and held it out for him to take. "Say 'Ah'."
"Really?"
"'Ah'."
Sighing again, he crouched and opened his mouth. Literally hand feeding him the glob of gum, he stood back up and was actually surprised by the intense flavor. Very faintly, he heard a whisper. "Whipped."
Looking over, he raised an eyebrow at Miriko. "You've tried telling her no, how has that gone for you?"
Her right eyebrow twitched slightly, but she didn't take the bait. "Well, hurry up, I'll be waiting in the kitchen."
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Aki go very red. As Miriko walked off laughing, he turned to look at her. "What?"
"Auntie said you wanted to see Mom's fighting style."
"I actually forgot about that. Why are you red though?"
"It's embarrassing."
"I've seen you in a bikini, how much more embarrassed can you be?"
Letting out a loud groan, she pointed at a chair. "Sit. Don't enjoy this too much." As he sat down, she took out her phone and started playing some random kpop instrumental. "I'm not that great at it, Sei is better, but I'm at least Novice."
As the music started, she got into an odd relaxed stance and went for a roundhouse, which got cut short as she dropped to the ground in a roll and spun into another half-roundhouse. This time when she cut it short, she spun midair into a drop kick that ended with her balancing on her hands. "That's the first kata, it would normally lead into the second, but I don't feel like upskirting myself." Setting herself back down, she stood up.
"I don't understand why it's so embarrassing, it's sort of like break dancing."
Her face went slightly red when she held up a finger and opened the inventory portal. She grabbed a duffle bag, held up a finger again and walked away. By the time she came back, she was aged up and in a pleated checkered skirt and a dainty white crop top. "Stand and defend, don't hit back for now, okay?" Nodding, he did as asked.
When the next song started, she took a deep breath, trying to fight off the red forming on her chest and began her attack. Going for an axe kick, he blocked it but felt her drop along with himself as he picked up some added weight. The next thing he knew, he felt a blow to the back of the head and was dropped, trapped between her thigh and foot. His face itself was stuck between her legs, he couldn't see her because of the skirt, but he did see black lace before she dropped him. "Okay, effective, but there's no way your mom used that to fight people right?"
Smoothing down her skirt, she nodded. "Mom just didn't wear a skirt."
"Ah. How many more moves are there?"
"Punch me."
Not really thinking about it, he sent a lazy punch forward and received a face full of carpet. She had grabbed his arm pulling herself onto it, bringing both of them down to the floor and twisted so only he took the impact. The back of his head was being used as a seat and his arm was twisted back behind him in a weird angle, with her crotch rubbing his arm. Letting him go, she got up and fixed his now broken arm. "Sorry."
Shaking his head, he waved away the apology. "All good, but are you just doing it this way because it's you and me?"
Not looking at him, she shrugged. "Maybe."
'I like this fighting style, but I don't think we can pull it off.'
He smiled, earning a confused look from Aki. "Misaki?"
Nodding, he asked her. "Anything else fun?"
The red came back in a rage and went from her chest to her neck and face. Holding up a finger, she grabbed his hand and brought him to a large room with a few sets of workout equipment. Closing the door behind him, she cast a spell on it and told him to stand in the middle of the room. Following orders, he did just that as his arm repaired itself. "You can block if you want, and just so you know, mom would land on your chest."
'Wha-?' Before his mind could finish thinking, she was running at him and jumped. Bringing up his hands, he grabbed her slender foot and prepared for the next foot, only to have it smash into his chest, pushing him back. The hit threw him off balance, but he didn't let go. The free foot impacted into his chin as quick as a bullet and he fell backward, earning himself two legs to the throat, cutting off his oxygen supply. The next thing he felt when he slammed into the ground was the feeling of lace pushed up against face.
NSFW Beyond!
"D-do you mind?" She let go of his throat, allowing him to choke for air against her womanhood. The smell was intoxicating, and he really didn't mind but there was only one, no two problems.
"Didn't the other two say no funny business between anyone until everyone was ready?"
"But we aren't going all the way and they still don't know about our date."
'Come on, amuse the poor girl. Can't you see the damp patch?' With their [Dark Senses] kicking in, he could in fact see what she was talking about.
"Sure, but no more."
"Mmhmm."
Letting go of her foot, she rearranged herself so she was more comfortable and he had access to his hands. Reaching up and with very little effort, he tore apart the lace panties exposing her. Grabbing both of her thighs, he forced her downward and started licking and prodding at her with his tongue. This went on for a minute before she started grinding slowly and started working on his pants.
Bringing out his own member, she bent forward and started playing with it using her tongue and hands. After a little while, he brought his own hands down to help him. Pushing a finger in down to the knuckle, she clenched her legs and shivered.
Her voice was husky when she asked him. "Want to make this a little bit more fun?"
"What do you have in mind?"
"Fire and water."
Before he could ask her to elaborate, he felt his penis become encompassed in a quick flow of lukewarm water. Alongside that, he felt tiny ripples bubbling up and down his shaft, earning a moan of pleasure from Misaki. "Do you really want me to use fire?"
"Please?"
'Misaki, condense and focus on this. I'm not hurting her.'
'Mmmm, you got it boss.' As she finished that, he felt her lust build up and a fire sprouted from his tongue. Little tongues of fire licked up and lightly seared her soft skin, earning a moan from the girl on top of him. Taking a gentle lick, her legs attempted to crush his head as he went on.
This went on for a little before the water started to go faster, causing Misaki's control to lapse and the fire go a little wild. Aki let out a very high pitched whimper, but buried him further, wanting more. Doing the same for him, she did something unexpected and buried her face, shoving him down her throat. Even through the blowjob and the fire going wild on her, she kept the bubbles going and started twirling her tongue.
A: Faster
Indulging her, he started going faster with his fingers and became more aggressive with her clit. He felt her chest start speeding up, rubbing against his stomach. With a sharp push, she shoved him further and moaned into him. He kept going and eventually, with a quiver, she slumped against him, popping him out of her mouth. "Mmmmm."
NSFW End
Using his gravity, he turned her around and placed her on his chest, she was still calming down and just cuddled into his arms as he held her. "Have fun?" She nodded, snuggling further into his chest. "DId you plan this?"
Her voice was soft. "Not until Auntie told me about your talk with her."
"What do you mean?"
She shrugged. "I thought I'd give you a reason to make sure you come back."
"Well, you can count on it. Also I got a request."
"Hm?"
"Do you mind going over to Shino's house, and being there for them? I may have not thought about leaving them alone. So, can you?"
Letting out a content sigh, she leaned up and kissed him. "Sure, what did you tell them?"
"Everything that happened in the last two days."
Letting out a whine, she slumped back into his chest. "Really? Why didn't you have me there to begin with?" Sliding off of him, she stood up. "I'll go fix your girl problem. Come to the house when you get back."
"Got it." Fixing her clothing, she opened the door to the room, breaking the enchantment and teleported away.
Fixing his own clothing, he walked out and almost ran into Miriko. "You done playing rabbit with my niece?"
He swore he felt the presence of a god for a second, but eventually she relented. "Let's get this done with, open the portal and get us there."
Chapter Done!
Long chapter long. Hope you enjoyed! Sorry if it seemed to jump around a bit, but certain things needed to happen that were just snippets, sorry if it was weird!
Izuku Midoriya
Level: 28
Quirks: Gamer 2.0, Transference, One for All, Heliokinesis, Dimensional Traveler (Locked at Lvl:5)
HP: 2,940
Mana: 4,758
Stamina: 3,030
Str: 315
Con: 294
Dex: 287
Agi: 298
Int: 276 (331)
Wis: 231
Cha: 159
Res: 312
Luck: 13
Bonus Points: 140
Perk Points: 5
Army of One
Gamer's Body
Gamer's Mind
Knight's Vow (1 in use, 2 available)
Presence of Self
Spell Casting
Wisdom of Two
Quality Points: 1
(Max) Behind the Eyes : Increases Int by 20%
Muscle Malleability : Increases physical stat point chance
(Max) Hunker Down : Increases Str, Con, and Res by 20% for 5 seconds CD: 2 hours
Photographic Memory : Gain access to memory vaults
Teacher of Generations : Allows the ability to impart a single level of any skill above 20
Mental Gymnastics : Increases mental stat point chance
Steel Bones : Bone durability increased by 20%
(Str) Power Strike : Trade up to 25% of precision for more damage
(Str) Strength Retention : Str stat is now immune to debuffs
(Con) Hardened Skin : Reduces S by 30%, B by 10% and P by 0%
(Con) (Lvl: Max) Skin Plating : Reduces incoming damage by 20%
(Dex) Precise Strike : Trade up to 25% of damage for more accuracy
(Dex) Reflexive Counter : Small, slow moving objects are now auto-countered
(Agi) (Max) Dodge : Increases dodge chance by 20% against target enemy CD: 24 hours
(Agi) (Max) Combat Reflexes : 10% chance to perfect dodge
(Int) Neuron Fire : 25% to skill acquisition and learning speed
(Int) Mind Snap : When succeeding in a mental battle, you have a 50% to shatter their mind
(Wis) Expanded Pool : Increase Mana pool by 20%
(Cha) Calming Presence : Allows the ability to calm enemies for a period of time
(Res) Withstand : Stamina use reduced by 20%
(Res) Battle-Hardened : All physical combat has a 10% reduced cost.
Skills:
Observe (Lvl: 4)
Mathematics
-Algebra (Max)
-Geometry (Max)
-Economics (Max)
-Trigonometry (Max)
-Calculus (Lvl: Max)
-Arithmetic (Lvl: Max)
-Mathematical Theory (Lvl: 1)
-Topology (Lvl: 1)
History
-Ancient (Lvl: 6)
-Japanese (Max)
-Hero (Max)
-World (Max)
-World Religion (Max)
-Geography (Max)
-Modern (Lvl: 8)
-Modern Era War (Lvl: 3)
-Ancient Era War (Lvl: 2)
-Crystal Jewel (Lvl: 1)
-Green Sea Heights (Lvl: 1)
Linguistics
-Japanese (Max)
-English (Max)
-Chinese (Mandarian) (Max)
-Korean (Max)
-Spanish (Max)
-Malay (Max)
-Russian (Max)
-French (Max)
-Hindi (Max)
-German (Max)
-Bengali (Max)
-Western Punjabi (Lvl: 8)
-Ueneo (Lvl: 1)
-Polish (Lvl: Max)
-Arabic (Lvl: 7)
-Portuguese (Lvl: Max)
-German (Lvl: Max)
-Greek (Lvl: Max)
-Telugu (Lvl: 5)
Health
-Anatomy (Max)
-First Aid (Max)
-Sexual Health (Max)
-First Responder (Max)
-Medicine (Lvl: 2)
-Chirapsia (Lvl: 32)
Sociology
-Politics (Max)
-Civics (Max)
-Language (Max)
-Culture (Lvl: 3)
Computer Science
-Coding (Max)
-Programming (Lvl: Max)
-Artificial Intelligence (Lvl: 4)
-Cryptography (Lvl: 1)
Art
-Art History (Max)
-Ceramic (Lvl: 4)
-Drawing (Lvl: 7)
-Painting (Lvl: 4)
Magicks
-Theory (Lvl: 4)
-Spell Resistance (Lvl: 40)
-Magic Sense (Lvl: 37)
-Meditation (Max)
-Engraving (Lvl: 54)
-Dual Casting (Lvl: 35)
-Ritual Magic (Lvl: 4)
Science
-Astronomy (Lvl: Max)
-Biology (Lvl: 9)
-Chemistry (Lvl: Max)
-Physics (Lvl: Max)
-Quantum Physics (Lvl: 5)
Archaeology
-Excavation (Lvl: 1)
-Survey (Lvl: 1)
-Analysis (Lvl: 1)
Subterfuge
-Lying (Lvl: 4)
-Document Forging (Lvl: 5)
-Disguise (Lvl: 7)
Tracking
-Natural (Max)
-Scent (Lvl: 76)
-Sneak (Lvl: 41)
-Urban (Max)
-Dark Senses (Lvl: 48)
-Sight (120 ft)
-Scent
-Nightvision (Lvl: 21)
-Detection (Lvl: 16)
-Eavesdropping (Lvl: 61)
Wayfinding
-Astral Direction (Max)
-Cartography (Lvl: 1)
-Terrain Scouting (Lvl: 4)
-Fishing (Lvl: 4)
Creation
-Metallurgy (Lvl: Max)
-Grinding (Lvl: Max)
-Heat Treating (Lvl: Max)
-Metal Forging (Lvl: Max)
-Tactician (Lvl: 1)
-Cooking (Lvl: 4)
Combat
-Axe (Lvl: 30)
-Blade (Lvl: 57)
-Spear (Lvl: 39)
-Unarmed (Lvl: 52)
-Blind Fighting (Lvl: 36)
-Physical Resistance (Lvl: 51)
-Shield Combat (Lvl: 21)
-Battojutsu (Lvl: 1)
Musical Instruments
-Voice (Lvl: 92)
Armor
-Light (Lvl: 31)
Social
-Euphoric Kiss (Lvl: 22)
-Intimidation (Lvl: 4)
-Charismatic Aura (Lvl 7)
-Alcohol Tolerance (Lvl: 12)
Movement
-Swimming (Lvl: 16)
-Climbing (Lvl: 19)
-Sprint (Lvl: 42)
-Biking (Lvl: 16)
-Dancing (Lvl: 9)
Ancient Viking Tree
1-Line in the Sand (Max)
2-Blood Call (Lvl: 4)
Spartan Tree
1-Bronzed Plated Skin (Lvl: Max)
2-Phalanx Wall (Lvl: 1)
Spells:
Air Step (Max (5))
Banshee's Wail (Lvl: 27)
Blood Bomb (Lvl: 3)
Body of Gods (Lvl: 4)
Bone Blade (Lvl: 43)
Bottled Sun (Max)
Bubblegum Bomb (Lvl: 5)
Cold Snap (Lvl: 24)
-Zero Zone
Emergency Aid (Max)
Ethereal Haunt (Lvl: 7)
Eye of the Lost (Lvl: 2)
Frost Giant's Spear (Lvl: 36)
-Frost Dirk
Hermes' Blessing (Max)
Magma Bomb (Lvl: 16)
Mana Bullet (Max)
-Gatling
Mana Daggers (Lvl: Max (20))
Mana Shield (Lvl: 41)
Mana Storm (Lvl: 31)
-Tempest
Medic's Respite (Max)
Momentum Bomb (Lvl: 23)
Odin's Rage (Lvl: 29)
-Thundered Weapon
-Odin's Blessing
Pillars of Hell (Lvl: 22)
Reaper's Talon (Lvl: 26)
-Reaper's Cage
-Reaper's Shadow
Sight of the Hunter (Max)
Spell Barrage (Max)
Stinging Rain (Lvl: 22)
Strength of Hercules (Lvl: 4)
Summoning (Lvl: 1)
Sylph's Blessing (Max)
Water Slice (Lvl: 11)
Water Clap (Lvl: 3)
-Variants: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Stone
Quirks -
Gamer 2.0 (Lvl: 25)
-Next Unlock : Class (Lvl: 30)
One for All (Lvl: 24)
-All or Nothing (Lvl: 24)
-Full Cowl (Lvl: 28)
Next Unlock: : ? (Lvl: 30)
Transference (Lvl: 21)
-Next Unlock : ? (Lvl: 30)
Heliokinesis (Lvl: 24)
Unlocked:
-Fire Resistance (Lvl: Max)
-Cosmic Halo (Lvl: 4)
Next Unlock : ? (Lvl: ?)
Unlocked Powers:
Gyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis
Solar Aura
Photon Molding
Current Power Hints :
Ra
Cancer
Blackout
Apollo
Death