Fresh Start
-Knowledge is power.
Francis Bacon.
-The past has no power over the present moment.
Eckhart Tolle.
Episode 2: Boku no hero: Rise in the face of adversity!
"Sssniff siiiiiiigh ... let's start this story
IZUKU MIDORIYA ISSUE # 1
My name is Izuku Midoriya and I am Quirkless, a person who belongs to the 20% of the population that does not have a Quirk, I am a relic of the past that would be eaten into oblivion by the food chain that society has become.
Or so I would like to say ...
He was supposed to be a social outcast, a worthless in the midst of prodigies with a gift he would never obtain, an extra in the midst of the rising star of the gifted… a Deku.
I have lived for 9 years of my life with that mentality, I was always reminded of it by my classmates, my teachers, my friends, my ex-best friend… my family.
Even my favorite hero told me it's impossible.
I have been pushed, denigrated, beaten and taught that my place is to be at the bottom of society, but I always tried to find the bright side of everything, always tried to get up even when it hurt, but for the first time since I found out I was Quirkless I felt like I wanted to give up, the words he said to me and all the ones he said to me in my life came to me like a tsunami and I almost took the advice of my ex-best friend turned bully.
The worst of all is not that he almost did what he told me, although in the end it became an accident, but because when I tried to leave I left with the mentality that I could change, to be better ... how pathetic it was.
Change?
In which? I didn't trust anyone except my family and I didn't think any gym or martial arts venue would accept me because of my status.
To get better?
My self-esteem was… saying "on the ground" would be an understatement, my self-esteem is practically buried 50 meters underground.
So… was I supposed to come down from that building and keep repeating what I was doing with my life?
Pathetic, very, very pathetic.
… Well, I thought so until I met some of the most important people in my life.
But to fully understand what I am saying we will have to go to a turning point in my life and one that I remember to this day as if it were yesterday.
Now ladies and gentlemen with nothing more to say let's start this story.
PART 1
Izuku can't help but think that the world has come to life and will create situations to assassinate him for whatever reason ...
In front of him, in the now shattered entrance to the dining room, stood a 2-meter minotaur, almost touching the ceiling, semi-naked in only black pants and showing his big muscles to the world.
"Well Iron you better get out or… what the hell are you wearing?" said a voice behind the minotaur, who took a few steps forward, has blue hair and his right arm looks like a Sierra.
Izuku recognized them in that instant, they are the villains from yesterday's chase.
«How did they escape? What are they doing here? Who is heaaaaa and ... » Izuku's mind turned off at what he was seeing.
At the kitchen door, with a knife in hand and metal objects floating around him, was a person in blue overalls and a pink apron with the words "kiss the cook" written on it, that in itself was a seen a little funny and slightly threatening, it would look normal on a worker trying to defend himself if it weren't for a small detail, a small detail in the shape of a paper bag with two holes in the front used as a mask.
Such a sight made the tension disappear as quickly as it had come, and as if reality was making fun of them, they just realized that the bag had hearts drawn on it and Izuku dares to think ... that they were drawn with crayons.
Forget about the world trying to assassinate him, Izuku hoped that the world hadn't formed a stupid personality, humanity wouldn't last if that happened.
"... Just ... Just attack him, Taurus" Trying to regain his composure, the blue haired man ordered the minotaur.
Taurus charged towards Kinzoku, who was throwing metallic objects at him, from junk to kitchen utensils, but that did not stop his charge, Taurus collided with Kinzoku leaving a path of destruction in the kitchen.
Punk Saw directed his gaze towards Izuku and Soga.
"Excuse me, but I'll have to get rid of you, the less you know how we look now the better" he said without any hint of apology and looked at them with a maniacal smile.
"We'll see you bastard!"
Rope didn't stay still, his hair became spikier and more metallic, and he shot spikes from his head at Punk Saw and charged at him.
The man in question blocked the spikes with the disc of his hand, and transformed his other hand into another circular saw and threw it towards Rope, and another circular saw appeared.
PUNK SAW
Quirk: Claw Saw
Their hands that look like terrifying metal claws can turn into circular saws the width of a beach ball capable of cutting through steel. WARNING! Too bad they lose their edge after a couple of uses, although he is able to throw his deadly discs and reshape them with the same sharpness from the beginning depends on the amount of iron in his system. VERY HEAVY METAL! YEEEEAAAH! In addition, it has a slight telekinesis on them, although it only works with the impulse of the disc, that is, it can change its direction up, down, left or right, but not back, you can also leave it floating in the air to serve as a shield .
Rope reached down and slid under the circular saw and stood up with a grace that would not be expected from a person like him, three thorns came out of his right hand from his knuckles and he kept throwing thorns from his head.
"You are a bother"
Punk Saw kept blocking the spines and attacked Soga head on.
Big mistake.
Rope dodged the saw by feinting, spinning as he charged towards him and was next to the blue haired man, three spines appeared on the tip of his right foot and he kicked a spinning kick, wounding and leaving three claw marks on the face of Punk Saw.
But it didn't end there, taking advantage of the momentum, Soga summoned a thorn from the base of his foot and stepped on the villain's foot even before he could register his previous injury.
"AAAAAHH… Ugh" he couldn't continue with his shouts as Soga kept attacking.
Giving him two hooks with her now spineless fists and delivering another roundhouse kick with her left leg, leaving him limp while still supporting him with her foot. Taking his foot off the villain, Punk Saw unceremoniously fell to the ground.
"Pfff ... weakling" said Follow with contempt.
Izuku stayed in his place, everything happened so fast that he had barely registered what had happened, he did not even react to the saw that flew past him, he marveled at the fight he saw in front of him.
He has seen many hero fights since he was little, both on television and in real life, being very flashy and destructive, he has seen Katsuki fights against people bigger than him and they ended up brutalized by Katsuki's force ... but this it's different, it wasn't flashy but it was brutal, Izuku didn't even react when Soga pierced the villain's foot, it wasn't stylish, Izuku could tell that this was more of a street fight than Gunhead's fluid fighting , he had noticed the presence of arts martial arts in Soga's way of fighting, but it was very little.
Izuku realized that this type of fight could be seen in a way that he knew, but had little information ...
Underground heroes fights.
Heroes with an unorthodox way of fighting adapted to their Quirk, which in some cases is easy to deduce and counteract without a countermeasure, so they remain more hidden ... or they simply do not like to deal with the media.
... And Izuku was fascinated with that, he has not had the opportunity to do much research on them, he barely has a page or two of the occasional underground hero since they do not like to appear in public and avoid the media as if it were the plague, but at the in front of him I glimpse a fight that was the closest thing to a clandestine hero fight.
"How cool" he said with an emotion he didn't remember having since he saw the debut video for All Might and before he was told it was Quirkless.
"Oi! Boy!" Soga caught Izuku's attention "you don't have to worry about this guy anymore, but… could you call the police? I don't have my…" Soga couldn't finish what he was saying about the great minotaur that ran him over, with Kinzoku on their back and metal objects following them like a tail.
"Kugizaki-san!" Izuku shouted in alarm as he watched the minotaur go through wall after wall of the building until they stopped.
"Ku… Kugisaki-san" Izuku is worried about him, going through the walls while a minotaur is running over you doesn't seem nice at all.
"Don't worry" a voice sounded behind him, scaring him and catching him off guard "the walls are mostly plaster, plus this place was already falling apart I was going to remodel it or sell it" Izuku turned around and he saw the elderly owner of the hotel ... speaking to him through a window.
"Ah… ma'am, you are…"
"Call me oba-chan"
Izuku blinked in confusion, but shrugged, this was not the time to question minor things.
"O ... oba-chan, thank god you're fine, I thought you didn't make it, when the villain was fighting with Kinzoku ... and didn't that window give a view to the outside?" Izuku said as he approached the old woman, glad that she is fine, only to look confused, he had not seen in detail the room he was in, but he was quite sure that the window the old woman is in showed the outside towards an alley, however, at this moment I was seeing a rather luxurious room instead of an alley.
"How…?" he started asking.
"It's part of my Quirk, but I don't think it's time to analyze Quirks, now we have to call the police or some hero" said the old woman seriously.
Izuku wanted to look embarrassed, but it was not the moment, but when he took out his cell phone he froze ...
… His cell phone was dead.
«WHY DOES DISGUST PERSECUTE ME ?!»he screamed with utter desperation in his mind.
"ah… um… my battery's dead" now he seemed ashamed of himself.
"uuuf ... well apparently I will have to call the police through another of my establishments and explain how I found out that one of my hotels is being attacked when it does not have cameras and I think of an excuse to avoid using my Quirk to constantly help me at work "
"Wait, this place has no cameras and you use your Quirk more than is due to the point of illegality?
"… I don't think you should worry about that dear, why don't you enter here to get out of the danger you find yourself in?
«I DOUBT! YOU DOUBT! AND I DEFINITELY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ... although the latter is the most reasonable, but ... »
"What about Kugizaki-san? He just got run over by Taurus and I don't think he's hurt" he said with total concern towards Soga.
They may have met recently but the man has done more for him than to all the people he knows, including his family and his had to say a couple of words ... a couple of words he always wanted to hear ... a couple of words that he always wanted to hear and that were said with a sincerity that not even his own family could give him.
«It's not my job to do that, a hero is supposed to come and stop the villain ... but ...» Izuku thought uneasily.
I didn't realize it at the time, but there was a voice in my head that was repeating to me over and over a phrase that I heard not long ago at that time, but the voice was so small that I could barely hear it, however, it was gaining intensity .
I knew it was none of my business to intervene in matters that had nothing to do with me, that only a hero had to come and save the day, but the bitter feeling would not go away no matter how much I rationalized it.
«But it's so frustrating!»He clenched his fists to the point where his knuckles turned white.
Looking at his face and reading his body expression, the old woman could only sigh for him at what Izuku was feeling.
"Soga-chan and Kinzoku-chan are more resistant than they seem, even if they do not have a hardening Quirk" the old woman began to explain seriously "but we can't do much, we would be practically a burden for them, in this time so you better come in here and call the authorities or some hero, do you know the number of an agency? "
"Yes, actually, I do know the number of some agencies"
Izuku was about to give him the number of one of the closest agencies while he was about to enter the window, it was only out of curiosity about what was happening behind him that he saved his life and that of the old woman.
"WATCH OUT!"
Izuku grabbed the window frame and slammed it shut falling on the floor of the shoddy building and narrowly avoiding a circular lock.
CRASH
The window was broken and the outside could be seen, letting it be known that the old woman was not affected by the attack.
"THAT ... HEDGEHOG ... argh ... DO YOU THINK YOU CAN ... uuf uuf ... STOP ME?" Punk Saw yelled angrily.
Izuku focused all his attention on the villain, who looked quite damaged now that Izuku saw him well, 3 marks still bleeding on his left cheek, along with a rather ugly bruise, he was missing a couple of teeth, he was putting more weight on his left foot than on his right that was still bleeding from the hole that went from the front base to the sole of the foot.
To say that he was worse from wear and tear would be an understatement, he could barely hold himself and still appeared to be a bit dazed and a bit pale.
"AND YOU, CHILD! Ugh… uuf agh DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET RID OF THIS ONE, IF YOU ARE WITH THAT HEDGEHOG I WILL ALSO FINISH YOU AND USE THEIR HEADS AS PAPERS!" he said with such anger that it bordered on insanity.
«Nothing went as it was supposed to be» was the recurring thought of Punk Saw «everything was going well until that spikey hairy got into matters in which he does not concern himself, now I am injured to the point of collapse, they beat me more than what that they have done to me in my life »
Punk Saw miro a izuku
«Yes ... this child must be someone close to that hedgehog if he was by his side all this time, I wonder what kind of expression he will put on once he is done with him» an evil smile was forming on the face of the villain twisted by madness .
"THIS IS FOR GETTING INTO MATTERS THAT ARE NOT YOUR INQUIRY, TAKE THIS AS A PUNISHMENT FOR MESSING WITH ME!"
PART 2
To say that I am terrified would be to say that Kacchan is angry - an understatement.
In front of me is a villain A VILLAIN! Hurt, but still dangerous. Calm down Midoriya, at this moment you are between your back and the wall or between the saw and the wall, my options are limited so I will have to list them:
1.- Go out through the newly smashed window and call the police or some hero.
2.- Flank Punk Saw from the sides and go ask Kugisaki-san for help to knock him out again.
3.- Fight against him.
4.- Wait for a miracle.
... Ok, I'm not in the best possible situation, the best option would be 1, but Punk Saw is at a very close distance to throw his saws and go to the window would only force him to use and with my current physical condition I would be lucky if I manage to dodge those killer discs as I sneak out the window.
Option 2 is also viable, if it is Kugizaki-san or Kinzoku-chan? they are not so hurt by their fight with Taurus ... or that they are still alive to begin with, although in the event that they are still fighting I do not think it is a good idea to interrupt them, I have seen some heroes, especially rookies, wanting to show off or being distracted ended up in quite dangerous situations, I still remember when a civilian tried to attract the attention of a hero in one of my many diversions to go to school, the civilian apparently was a faithful fan of one of the heroes present, the civilian wanted draw so much attention from his hero that he said "Save me" and ... well, what happened next was not pretty, more than one hero turned his head towards the civilian, including the hero who was trying to attract attention, serious mistake,
Option 3 ... no, definitely NO, even a wounded Punk Saw still has a Quirk that can leave me to bits and it's practically illegal, I will be branded a vigilante even if I tried to defend myself and I would lose all my opportunities in my life, not just the very, but very small possibility of my dream of hero would be completely closed, but any possible job that I could have would be lost that without counting my Quirkless state, that and IT CAN CUT ME INTO CHUCKS!
Option 4 ...
"Shit" In one of my rare moments of cursing, I went to the right side of the villain, but keeping a distance to prevent him from using his attack at long range and far enough to dodge his close attacks.
«Too close too close too close» my thoughts were a mess and my actions were no different from them, to dodge a Punk Saw attack, I fell, slid, rolled, crawled, was by no means as graceful as Kugizaki-san ... or any hero actually .
Option 4, wait for a miracle and considering how my life has been since I was 4 years old, it is unlikely that now of all time one will arise.
The entrance is blocked with debris, going through the window is no longer an option and the only other exit is the one that Taurus caused, but as mentioned in option 2 it is more dangerous for both me and Kugisaki-san and Kinzoku-san , it is practically going to danger when you escape from another danger.
So I only have one option left ...
Option 5, don't fight, dodge and keep your distance until Kugizaki-san or some hero comes to save you.
Am I being optimistic? Sure, am I desperate? Am I definitely going crazy? Maybe, but what other option do I have?
CLANK
ROOOOOOM
I felt something warm run down my cheek, instinctively I turned my head towards what flew past me and what I saw did not terrify me, but made me realize something.
«Ah…»
An icy feeling runs through my spine.
«How could I forget something so basic?»
I felt like a hole was forming in my stomach.
«Not only did I have to analyze the physical state and Quirk of a person, I also have to analyze their mental state»
My analysis was incomplete, so far I have only analyzed the physical state, the attacks and Quirks of the heroes and villains that I have seen in my entire life, the pros and cons that their Quirks caused them, the striking attacks they make, the form in how they fight, but that's what you see with the naked eye ... and that was my mistake, the mistake of not looking more than what was seen, a mistake that almost cut off my head.
"DON'T RUN AWAY LITTLE SHIT!"
Because it doesn't matter if you have the physique and the most powerful Quirk, none of that matters if you don't even have the right mindset.
A hero can take advantage of the mental state of a person to be able to win, for me, that I am a person who cannot even raise a fist to save his life, I cannot see neither the beginning nor the end of how to take advantage of that mentality and win or escape.
So, faced with an erratic and unpredictable foe, take another option that only Kacchan would look down on.
Option 6 FLEE FROM THE PLACE NO MATTER WHAT DANGER IS IN FRONT OR BEHIND YOU!
Against all odds I went to the place where I was not supposed to go, I went to the hall that I think Taurus, but I did not go to the fight, I was looking both ways hoping there was an exit like a door or a window that would allow me to escape From this place.
The bitter feeling came back, every time I thought about escaping this feeling came back and wouldn't leave me.
«Why does it affect me so much? It frustrates me, yes, but what is different from what I have been told since I was 4 years old?»
… … …
I was alarmed when I heard an unintelligible and instinctive voice look back, only to fall and dodge another flying saw, I rolled and got up with difficulty
"COME HERE LITTLE SHIT!" I heard him yell at the villain behind me.
Don't look back this time, I kept trying to find a way out.
… … …
«Window ... very small»
… … …
«Door ... blocked by debris»
… … …
«There are no corridors to help me escape»
… … …
«Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck»
"agh" I was hit by something and sent flying "ugh ..." I hit a wall with my right shoulder, it didn't break, but it's sore.
Still in pain I direct my gaze to what hit me and I was impressed by what I see.
A junk storm was attacking Taurus and Kugizaki-san was holding onto his horns with one hand? Devils! His left arm is limp! apparently he broke his arm when he was not looking. In one corner was Kinzoku-san who was causing the junk storm, with a metal tube at hand and apparently in an attempt to immobilize the villain, there were some kugizaki-san spines embedded in Taurus arms, but that was not prevented Taurus from moving like a mechanical bull on maximum difficulty.
This almost looks like a hero fight.
«I know I shouldn't I shouldn't see this as a positive, and I don't, but that looks great.» I questioned my sanity for a moment, but I couldn't finish thinking when I heard a sound like they were cutting the air, when I I realized what it was my eyes opened and without looking towards the place of the sound I threw myself as far away from the sound.
«My analysis will not be complete, but at least it will help me to survive, the guy is obsessed with my head» I told myself in my thoughts.
That is what my analysis is about, I will not know how or when he will attack, but I know how he will attack.
"Do you even know how to aim?" internally I questioned what was wrong in my head to even make fun of a villain, I blame stress and fear for everything that has been happening recently.
"Grrr… oh you want my aim? I'll give you my aim AAAAAAAAAH!" Punk Saw suddenly screamed as if great pain had invaded him, but now that I realize he was always pale? I know he has a foot wound, but I didn't think he would lose so much blood.
In his left hand, which apparently was where the last album came from, another album was being formed alone ... What could be slower and more painful?
The saws will be made of iron in Punk Saw's blood, but he still took some of his blood, he will not be like Vland King, who can live with little blood, but at least he will not die from bleeding like a normal person .
It was at this point that the other 3 fighters became aware of our existence.
"Boy… why the fuck are you here?" the shock on Kugizaki-san's face was evident.
"What are you doing here? You should go" Kinzoku-san's voice was audible from the paper bag in his face.
It felt strange that people outside his family cared about me, but it was not the time to speak or explain, it was the time to run away.
… … …
«Shut up for once!» the voice was already getting annoying at this point and apparently it was coming from my head, yep, I definitely have to go to therapy after this.
But Taurus did not stay still, taking advantage of the distraction lapse of the two combatants, he did not hesitate to charge at kinzoku-san and hit him.
"Agh ..." Kinzoku-san was thrown to the other side of the room we were in, apparently it was one of the rooms where the owner would sleep, since it is bigger and more spacious than the room I woke up in. , I had a closet, the bathroom, although destroyed by the fight seemed spacious, a large window that faces the outside and had a mattress stuck, strangely thin curtains ... wait.
«A window to the outside!»
«A window to the outside!»
I was so happy to find a way out that I inadvertently spoke out what I was thinking.
"If I can get out I can call a hero"
But Taurus had different plans, taking advantage of Kugizaki-san and Kinzoku-san's daze, he rushed towards me with Kugizaki-san still on top of him.
"Son of a bitch" I would say that Kacchan has been influencing me with his vocabulary since we were little, but that would be a lie, he knows as I do that it was Aunt Mitsuki who taught us that.
To my horror Taurus was getting bigger and bigger, not only in height but also in width, even when it was already scraping the ceiling it didn't stop, that's where I realized that if it continued like this the ceiling would collapse on us.
"Are you crazy?!" Those words did not come from me but from Punk Saw who was slowly closing in on me.
Without wasting time I ran like I have never done in my life, Kugizaki-san was stabbing Taurus's shoulders to stop him, but it had not worked, I felt that the distance between the window and me was getting longer than short, Taurus was getting closer and more, my breathing was erratic and I felt like I could lose the air in my lungs at any moment, the footsteps of Taurus are heard closer and closer, just a few more steps towards the window and in a panic induced by the fear of being crushed ...
Jump
Serre the eyes waiting for the final result and when I felt the hard ground of the street.
I thank any God or higher force that has heard my prayers, even with a mattress in the middle of the window the openings were big enough for someone like me to walk through. At last, my noodle body saved my life!
CRACK
THOOOMP
THOOOMP
CRASH
CRACK
I could hear how Taurus went through wall after wall of the hotel "although ... I realized that it was not a Quirk in size or at least not a normal one" I muttered to myself.
TAURUS
Quirk: Minos Growth
It can make the total mass of its body grow or in a specific part, it affects both meat and bone, being a secondary case the change in its physiology towards a minotaur due to the physical mutation it has, the mass comes from everything that He eats, it does not matter if it is food or an object as long as he is able to chew it, he can use it for his Quirk, he can regenerate his bones with the mass it contains inside, but he cannot regenerate the flesh of his body and although he does not know it he can regenerate an arm ... although it would only be the bone. WHAT A HORROR!
If you use your mass well, even your speed can increase. IT IS PRACTICALLY A WALKING DEMOLITION BALL!
"Now I can go for a hero to… what… Kugizaki-san…" My voice was trailing off when I realized that Kugizaki-san was still on top of Taurus, colliding with walls and ceilings.
"KUGISAKI-SAN!" It does not matter that it is a person that I knew for a few hours, I could not see dead the only person who said the words that I always wanted to hear!
«I can afford that selfish wish, right? I just have to see that Kugizaki-san is fine / alive and then he called the heroes»
… … … … … …
The voice sounded louder than other times, but I ignored it in favor of finding Kugizaki-san.
When I got to the hotel entrance there was good news and bad news.
The good news? You don't have to search much, Kugizaki-san is in front of me.
the bad new? It is being crushed by the foot of Taurus slowly.
"YOU!" I threw myself to the ground to avoid another flying saw that was going through my head "don't think that I have forgotten you!" he said now with only a circular saw on his right arm.
Punk Saw tried to get closer to me, but I could see that he limped more than he had before and dragged his injured leg and practically looked like a ghost with the pale skin that he has, further behind him I could see Kinzuku-san, but he was leaning On a wall, right next to a large hole with rubble, apparently the ceiling above them fell and Punk Saw and Kinzoku-san barely made it out unscathed, if the state they're in says anything.
But even though I noticed both of them, my gaze was fixed on Kugizaki-san's situation and I could finally clearly hear the words I was hearing in my head.
Honestly for a while I wondered if the person hadn't been Soga, would I have done what I did back then?
Now I can only laugh at the very thought of such an idea, because it does not matter if it is a loved one, a stranger or even a villain, I would follow the phrase that has guided me until now, even if I had not heard it from Soga, because it is my mantra , my way of life, is who I am.
When an unexpected situation appears in front of you ... will you run away or will you jump into action and intervene ?!
I heard Kugizaki-san's voice even when it wasn't him who spoke, I felt my legs move on their own.
… And it was at that moment that time slowed down.
I knew that I could not win against either of them, I am Quirkless, a person without a power that I can call his own, someone who in a world of Quirk does not mean anything ... but I had my analysis, while everyone closed opportunities for me, I believe the mine, my analysis is all I can say is mine and the only thing that keeps me from being a 0% hero.
So I analyzed, I analyzed everything I had within my reach, everything I had in sight, in order to save Kugizaki-san.
Taurus seems to have a growth Quirk, no, isn't it, apparently he's more selective than he seems, his right leg, which he's using to crush Kugizaki-san seems to be bigger than his left leg, so what? a Quirk related to dough? he has some wounds so he cannot use the increased mass to heal, although I can see he used his mass to close or rather block the larger wounds and prevent a lot of blood loss.
Punk Saw seems to be on the last straw in the use of his Quirk and seeing the state of his face his saws must be made of his blood or specifically iron in his blood and with the large wound on his foot he must not be helping him produce them, seeing that he has not formed another saw, the one in his left hand must be the last that he can form for some time.
Kinzoku-san as well as Kugizaki-san are incapacitated.
Taurus doesn't seem worried about me, like he doesn't even consider me a danger, it's understandable, nor do I think I can defeat him, the odds are against me, but defeating him is not my goal, but to save Kugizaki-san.
Punk Saw was getting ready to launch his last saw. Where was he pointing? My head.
I did my best to avoid rolling my eyes so I continued with my analysis.
Punk Saw is injured and his angry state of mind did not allow him to think clearly and made him act reckless and aim for me to hurt Kugizaki-san psychologically did not help him. On a separate note I should write this down in my notebook to start a new psychological analysis section on them.
Meanwhile I am Quirkless and I am attacking them unarmed, for now, for the moment all that is around me is a weapon, from my position at the entrance I can see:
Debris.
The size of a baseball, but not enough for a person like Taurus.
Metal tubes.
Like debris it would barely give me an increase in the amount of damage against Taurus.
Loose wires.
Unless I want to risk touching electrical cables without endurance, they are out of the question, plus I would have to be lucky if they reach up to Taurus.
Reception phone.
Like the first two, it is insufficient and too far.
Furniture.
They might stun him, but I don't have the strength to throw them.
Curtains
From my peripheral vision I can see curtains next to me, I could use to tie one of Taurus's limbs and try to pull him away from Kugizaki-san, but again, I don't have the strength for that, unless ...
I saw Punk Saw still in place.
The edge of their saws from what I've seen didn't keep cutting through the walls and they didn't seem to stop at their command, so they must lose their edge every time they cut.
The curtains… the saws… the loss of edge… my distance from the walls… my distance from kugizaki-san and Taurus… well I have a plan, the odds are against me, but when have they not been in my life?
... And with that time flowed again, only for the events that occurred barely registered in my mind because of how quickly they happened ... and that I planned it.
I turned on my feet and grabbed the curtains without any finesse, I grabbed both ends and took a few steps towards Punk Saw, to prepare myself for the inevitable, Punk Saw launched his last saw with a cry of what I can assume was anger, madness and pain, knowing where I was aiming prepare the curtains to catch the saw, which in the process I received another cut on the same cheek just a little lower, but did not fail to catch the saw, the saw got tangled with the curtain But it was already tearing it apart, though unlike any solid object in the room the threads of the curtain were getting more and more tangled in the saw.
But even if I caught the saw I still had the strength to move backwards and hit the wall, just as I wanted, I was dragged by the force of the saw and it embedded itself in the wall, I stood as firm as possible not to fall by the force of the saw, when stabilizing myself I pulled the saw, not backwards but to the side, the saw was still turning and with the pull I was giving it it moved and left a large and long cut in the wall until it came out I ended up spinning with the curtain still in my hand and the saw tangled in it, but I didn't lose sight of my goal.
Taking advantage of the momentum, while still turning, I head towards Taurus with a determined and nervous look, with curtain at hand and a spinning saw in it jump and turn while I was at a good distance to attack the villain, Taurus now seemed to notice me existence and what he was trying to do, but it was too late.
For a fraction and for just a fraction of a second he and I looked at each other, one with a look of shock and fear, and the other with determination and nervousness.
And like the apple that hit Newton on the head, gravity affected me and I started to fall, while swinging the curtain with the saw, still turning, towards the leg of Taurus that is crushing Kugizaki-san.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP
I've heard bones breaking, I've heard bones hitting objects through a Quirk. Hell! All of that came mostly from experience, but for the life of me I have never heard such a horrible sound as cutting through flesh and bone until now, the saw did not cut the entire leg, but got stuck in half with the curtain still tangled .
"GIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH"
And to verify the sentiment, Taurus elicited a scream that would haunt my nightmares for months if not years.
"Ugh…"
But to thwart all my efforts, instead of falling backwards, Taurus seemed like a good idea to put all his weight on his injured leg.
I couldn't just stand there watching while all my efforts would be in vain, but I couldn't move, it still affected me how I of all people brutalize the leg of a person, a villain, but a person anyway, even his horrible scream it still buzzed in my ears both literally and figuratively.
I was paralyzed, I acted and still couldn't do anything.
«I'm pathetic ... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry Kugizaki-san, I tried to save you, I couldn't even call a hero to save you, someone who would have saved you better than I did, everyone was right, I'm just a useless Quirkless a Dek ... » my thoughts stopped when I saw a particular sight, Kugizaki-san was watching it, it was not a look of anger, or disappointment, or happiness, or compassion, or understanding, no, no It was none of those, it was a scared look, Kugizaki-san was a human like everyone else and like any other human he was scared.
... And I don't like that expression, I didn't like it at all, I had seen different expressions in people in each villain attack I went to, from nervous to excited, the fear was there, but it was only temporary, the fear vanished as soon as they arrived.
That's why seeing Kugizaki-san's gaze filled with fear bothers me much more than it should in this kind of situation.
But being a hero like me without a Quirk? No, I don't think it's possible.
Sorry, but it's impossible.
Seriously ... Midoriya?
YET. YOU BELIEVE. POWER. TO BE. A. HERO?!
I AM SO SORRY IZUKU! I'M SORRY!
Damn Deku.
You just have to take a swan jump from the top of a building and pray very, very loudly and ask to be reborn with a good enough Quirk in your next life.
Again, all the most characteristic phrases that have affected him negatively, have returned with double intensity, tying him in place like a chain, impossible to do anything.
Then ... then ... THEN!
«Why?» even in my own head my thoughts were barely heard as a whisper «Why am I moving?»
My legs moved on their own, even with the voices in my head that felt more oppressive than any of the other times, I wasn't stopping, the chains that bound me felt so light that I didn't feel them, even if all the voices They stopped repeating the same words to tell me to stop.
What are you doing? Obviously it is impossible for you to save him, I told you when you were little it is impossible for you.
Dr. Tsubasa's listless and clinical voice spoke, but I ignored it.
Impossible, impossible, impossible Midoriya? I think you should give up, even we have a better chance than you.
The voices of all my classmates sang as one, except one, but even so I ignored it.
Izuku! Please stop! you will die! You don't have a Quirk to fight that villain with!
My mom's voice made me tense, but it didn't stop me.
YOUNG! I WARN YOU YOU'RE BREAKING A LOT OF RULES RIGHT NOW! YOU ARE NOT A HERO AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE QUIRK TO BE ONE! SO STOP!
All Might's booming voice discouraged me, but it didn't stop me.
DEKU! Do you really think that a nobody like you thinks he can make a difference ?! You are a weakling, a nobody, a waste of air! Damn you bastard, you're a Quirkless! WHY CAN'T YOU SEE WHERE YOUR PLACE IS ?!
Kacc's voice… Katsuki made me tremble to the core, but it didn't stop me.
It didn't matter what the voices said, but my legs wouldn't stop, all to erase the look of fear on Kugizaki-san's face.
«It doesn't matter what they say about me»
The chains seemed to turn into hands and tried to stop me.
«No matter how much they denigrate me, despise me, hate my existence»
Silhouettes of people began to appear from the hands.
«It doesn't matter how much they hurt me»
The silhouettes began to have more characteristic features, most of them being their classmates.
«No matter how much the world disappoints me»
Four silhouettes got bigger and started to look like Mom, Dr. Tsubasa, All Might, and Katsuki.
«I… I… I WANT TO SAVE HIM! I WANT TO SAVE KUGIZAKI-SAN! I WANT TO SAVE PEOPLE WITH A SMILE! »
The hands couldn't stop me and one by one they released me.
«Even if "he" let me down, it won't end my dream, I'll keep smiling… I'll keep smiling, because… because… BECAUSE I'M STILL HERE! BECAUSE I CAN DO IT!»
All hands let go of me like they were touching something hot and I reached for Taurus.
The guy was taller than me, even when he shrunk after his last charge, my blows to his flesh wouldn't affect him, except for his injured leg, but what I'm looking for is to get him out of Kugizaki-san, so I re-analyzed and time slowed down.
Leg injured, but blocking the bleeding with his mass, he even used his own mass to prevent his leg from separating, ugh, no matter how well that sounds in fact, it looks very bad, worse than a leg would look half cut, the dough looks like a tangled mess like a badly made knot and that the saw even this is not helpful for aesthetics.
The injuries caused by Kugizaki-san also blocked.
Although the eyes seem to have been affected that would not increase their resistance, it does not matter if you could harden your eyes with a hardening Quirk, the eyes are still one of the most sensitive organs, at least you have to blink.
It has ears of a bull, it would be difficult for me to hit them with the shape they have, and the horns do not help me.
Hitting the balls is also an option, but I think it would make him more angry than helping me, possibly crushing Kugizaki-san from the reaction.
Leg… dough knot… eyes… well, I know how to act.
And time flows normally.
I jumped on the leg of Taurus, who is still recovering from his pain, specifically in the dough knot and heard both the plaintive moans of Taurus and Kugizaki-san, I almost apologized, but there was no time, without wasting any second I jumped from Taurus's leg and come face to face with the bull-headed villain.
Everything was in slow motion, my fist was already prepared, in the way that many heroes put their fists or any fighter I have observed, even from my companions who have attacked me.
I clenched my fist so hard it started to hurt, but I didn't stop.
I saw Taurus's gaze that was a mixture of pain and disbelief, but I didn't stop.
Behind Taurus, I saw Punk Saw with his eyes popping out of his eye socket in disbelief, but I didn't stop.
I couldn't see it, but I could feel that Kugizaki-san was looking at me with the same look of shock as Punk Saw, I gave a smile that felt more like a grimace, but that didn't stop me.
I moved my arm back like the person I used to admire.
«I can't see you like before ... but that doesn't mean that I can't be inspired by you»
And with the biggest fight cry, no… the first fight cry I've ever given in my life and I threw my fist into his eye.
"¡SMASH!"
I restrain myself from expressing any complaints of pain from hitting Taurus's eye, but the plan turned out just as I had thought, Taurus put his hands to his eyes and shifted weight on his legs, and that's all I need, to touch The ground pushed Taurus back from the side where he has less weight and like a tower of cards, Taurus fell.
I grabbed Kugizaki-san by the collar of his raincoat and dragged him, I realize that he still has that he is still in a daze, I stop when he verified that I am at a safe distance and talk to Kugizaki-san.
"H ... hey don't make that face smile a little, everything is fine" Unsure of my own smile at this moment, I stretch my mouth with my thumbs to form a smile.
Kugizaki-san just stared at me with a blank look that was making me a little nervous.
"hehe ... heheheheh ... hahahaha" until he started to laugh and left me confused and at the same time proud of having achieved a smile on someone else, but still confused "I told you you were a hero" Kugizaki-san's smile couldn't be bigger.
I froze for a few seconds as I realized the implications of the word, it was not just to repeat the conversation they had earlier, but because of what I had accomplished.
"I ... I ... I really did it" the tears did not take long to appear, I really managed to save someone, I really did.
"Hey, don't cry, you did something right and you should be proud of that" Kugizaki-san tried to calm me down, but from the look he was giving me he realized that I was giving tears of joy, but it was still hard not to stop.
"I'm ... sorry, it's ... it's genetic" I stutter a bit embarrassed.
Our moment ended with Punk Saw's annoying voice.
"You… you… you nnn-nn-you can't defeat Taurus, come on buddy get up!" he yelled at his fellow villain, who was making an effort to stand up.
"no no no no!" Punk Saw was getting more hysterical than I'd seen him so far, he was grabbing his hair from stress.
"You guys…" He couldn't finish what he was about to say because a large amount of junk pinned him against a wall.
"Just shut up that stupid mouth of yours" I saw that Kinzoku-san had got up from where he was, bleeding from his head, if the blood stain on the bag said anything, but otherwise fine.
"Fine with the two disabled, we can finally call the cavalry to take them away and leave without us getting in trouble. Hey, Jisei-kun! Could you do the same to the minotaur?" Kugizaki-san asked.
Before Kinzoku-san or was it Jisei-san? I could answer, a shadow looms over the two of us, it pushed Kugizaki-san aside and before I knew it they grabbed me by the neck.
"Stay away unless you want to see him dead" I didn't know the voice behind me, but I could get an idea of who it was.
Being held by Taurus and with little air to breathe I only had one thought at this.
«SHIT!»
Part 3
«SHIT!» was Kinzoku's thought, which could well represent how this day has gone.
First he wakes up in a basement and is interrogated by a vigilante, offers him a deal that he cannot refuse and now works for him and an old woman, then he is in the presence of the heartbreaking story of a Quirkless boy, who he even drew a tear , only to later be attacked by his former partners and then be shocked by how the same Quirkless boy was able to take care of the larger of the two and survive the other ... oh let's not forget that he is also bleeding from his head and has a bag of food per mask with drawings included.
It is definitely a day that you will not forget in the short term, but what definitely labels this day as a "SHIT!" with capital words and exclamation points, it is what you are looking at in front of you.
Taurus was hanging Izuku to death.
"Well… Iron better tell us where the money is or the kid dies!"
«Karma ... this is karma, my karma» regretting all the decisions that led to this, decisions that put an innocent child in mortal danger and there is no hero to save him.
But ... since when you need someone in tights I had to save him
An irate Rope stood in front of the villain.
"Leave. The boy. Down!" Soga said with an irate expression.
"Don't move ... hedgehog, one more step and I'll break the boy's neck" The minotaur-shaped villain threatened until ...
THOOMP
Taurus suddenly froze like a statue with his eyes rolling, losing his strength in his arms and releasing a very scared and confused Izuku.
Taurus stayed still for a couple of seconds until he fell backwards, but that was not what surprised the trio, what surprised them was seeing the owner of the hotel with a metal bat in hand and an angry look.
"Do not destroy my hotel, it will be old and dilapidated, but it is still mine ... although I am going to sell it" that last thing he said in a whisper.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Well… SHIT! that was anticlimactic"
Even if the word doesn't do justice to what those three went through this day, but "SHIT!" It is the closest word to being able to summarize everything they experienced today… in more ways than one.
"Do not fear civilians for help ..." the hero who had entered the hotel could only see how the supposed villains were tied with and glued to the floor or wall with metal, but the idiocy that the hero could have caused is to have destroyed the entrance, causing a ripple effect that ended up collapsing the rest of the building on him and the incapacitated villains.
The cops and other heroes outside the hotel were left with their jaws loose at what they saw.
While in a corner of a building four figures were giving the heroes blank stares and a spiky movie couldn't help but comment.
"Well, better they than us, look on the positive side oba-chan the heroes association will have to compensate you for destroying your hotel and they will have to rebuild it with their money, anyway, they don't know it was our fault and we were able to get all of our things before they arrived "said Soga stoically, but everyone present could see his nervousness at the short old woman.
The old woman took a deep breath and lightly waved the bat in her hand, Soga's concerned look made him look like the most deadly weapon on earth.
"You know I don't like to have my things destroyed Soga-chan"
"Yes, but the point remains there"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Aaah…" was all Izuku said, as he directed his gaze towards Kinzoku, who no longer had the bag on his face, and pointed at the two who were looking at each other.
Kinzoku, noticing the look Izuku was giving him, exclaimed "Don't look at me, I'm as new to this as you ... child" he blinked and realized something "I think ... we've never introduced ourselves" he said a little embarrassed
"Ah yes, your name is Kinzoku right?" the green haired asked with a little doubt "I have heard him oba-sa ..." with a single look from the old woman he stopped "d-de o-oba-chan, I have heard oba-chan say your name" he said with a little fear at the old woman's gaze, although she relaxed when she stopped looking at him and continued her staring game with Rope.
Suddenly Izuku had an increase in Soga's respect, not just anyone can stay before that old woman's gaze.
"Ahaha yes, I only met her this day, but I already know that oba-chan likes to say the first name of people younger than her" Kinzoku said also sweating at the sharp gaze of the old woman "my name is Kinzoku Jisei" Kinzoku said as he extended his hand in greeting.
"Izuku Midoriya, it's nice to meet you Jisei-san" he said politely.
"Likewise Midoriya-kun"
"…"
"…"
Both like the other duo stared only that instead of being a battle of wills it was more of discomfort. One was an outcast who was excluded and his sociability would only be based on abuse and intimidation, he being the victim, the other is practically a villain, who considers himself a criminal and escaped arrest.
You could say that both of you have complications starting a conversation.
He didn't know if the adrenaline was still flowing or he was just still in his analysis state, but Izuku became emboldened and spoke up.
"So… are you Iron Scale, the villain from yesterday who escaped All Might for hours and caused a manhunt with his accomplices?" Izuku said surprisingly fluently, for someone with little social skills, but he froze, along with Kinzoku, at what he said, even the other duo had to finish their staring game to look at him seriously.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
The tension in the air could be cut with a knife, the 3 adults had unreadable expressions, while the young man among them was doing his best dead fish expression, while starting to sweat and shake.
"Siiiiigh" Soga sighed with a resigned face "I suppose some explanations are coming, but let's move from here unless you want the heroes to see us, we can talk while we move"
And so it happened, they explained to him that Soga is a vigilante, who caught Kinzoku, which is a villain who wants to be called a criminal that a villain, they deduced that the reason why Taurus and Punk Saw appeared was because of Kinzoku, they told him that the reason why Kinzoku has not escaped is because he has made a deal with Soga which he cannot refuse and which benefits him a lot, but they did not explain in detail and in the end the old woman ... is just an old woman who because of A coincidence he met Soga and helps him whenever he can.
"So let me see if I understand" Izuku started as he walked with the adult trio "you are a vigilante" he pointed to Soga "you a villain" he pointed at Kinzoku.
"Criminal" he corrected
"A criminal who now works with a vigilante" Izuku did not flinch at the correction "and oba-chan ..."
"Just an accomplice that only gives them shelter" said the old woman before she said Izuku seaweed, but I notice that she was going to keep talking "and no, I don't get my wealth from Soga-chan, all of that comes from me and my hard work, I have a chain of hotels all over Japan, ranging from high class to the one that just disappeared "he said that last with a glance towards Soga and Kinzoku.
Izuku was only able to act like a zombie by the look he had while walking, worrying the adults a bit believing that he would run away at any moment.
"Holy shit! How am I still alive!" He cursed the sky a bit hysterically, he didn't even care when he started to get the attention of the people around him.
The 3 adults began to sweat a bit, worried about what Izuku might say when he was upset, they didn't care to speak when they were walking, no one would listen to their entire conversation and no stranger would suddenly get into an alien conversation with people they don't know , plus the fact that they took routes that heroes don't pass frequently, but were still a little worried about getting attention.
After a few minutes Izuku seemed to calm down and looked at them with a tired and resigned look.
"Let's keep ... walking" was all he said and he kept walking with the adults following his example.
No one said anything for a while until Soga spoke again.
"You're ... taking it better than I expected" he said a little unsure "I was sure that by the time you said villain you would already be running away from us"
Izuku stared at him for a few seconds until he replied "I honestly don't know what to think" began "All my life I have always wanted to be a hero, but because of something I have no control over they all made the decision for me and said no it was possible, for years they told me to give up, even if my family didn't talk about how I couldn't be a hero they always thought about it and subtly told me to give up and they almost succeeded yesterday "he said with total calm that almost seemed supernatural and disturbed the 3 adults, the dead eyes were not helping the situation.
Soga was about to speak, but Izuku kept talking.
"And that's where I met you" Izuku kept an unreadable expression, but his eyes were recovering life "you ... a vigilante, someone who takes justice into his own hands without the consent of the law, you were the only one who supported my impossible dream, you were the only one who accepted my choice, you were the first one who made me feel that I had a choice "his eyes were darkened by his hair" you were dead "Izuku started to shake and everyone stopped.
"When I saw you about to be crushed by Taurus, I saw your scared face and my legs moved by themselves, I could barely think of a plan that was not to go crazy" that surprised the trio a bit but they kept listening "and for once I did not feel useless, a Deku "Izuku looked up and the trio of adults could not identify the emotion that was shining in his eyes" so it will be selfish of me and it will be wrong from the perspective of a stranger and all society actually, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt to explain everything to me "he told them with a serious face and eyes shining, but with a slight smile.
Soga had to blink a couple of times at what the boy he met last night is seeing, the boy who tried to commit suicide and who gave up his life was not in sight, in front of him was ... he had no words to describe it, but don't dislike it.
Thinking for a moment, Soga smiled and proposed something that would change the entire history of this world as predetermined.
"Oi boy" Izuku looked at Soga "Do you want me to train you to be a hero?"
Izuku looked at him in surprise as did the old woman and Kinzoku.
Izuku regained his composure and thought about the proposal for a few seconds and with a smile that seemed more like a grimace, Izuku sealed the fate of this world with his answer.
"Yes"
Ah… I forgot to mention one last thing to you.
In the city of Tokyo, a skeletal and blond-haired man looked at the clear and beautiful sky, but his thoughts could not be elsewhere than the boy who asked him if he could be a hero without Quirk.
All Might or what Toshinori Yagi is really called , he didn't know why, he barely remembered the boy's face, but he couldn't stop thinking about him and the way he answered his question.
«It Could have been better» he thought with some regret, wanted to blame the fact that it was running out of time, but I knew the truth, that was his honest opinion, I could not see a Quirkless doing the work of a hero.
Although a wandering thought ran through his head.
«Would the association… even allow it? Or rather, how does the association treat the Quirkless?»
Toshinori didn't focus on bureaucracy, but even he could see that the association had an almost insane obsession with the phrase "don't rock the boat", they are even worse than him with their obsession with hero work or keeping order. the society.
Although the association of heroes focuses mainly on heroes and everything related to it, the association has so much legal power that they are practically involved in all government institutions and the only one with equal power would be the president of the country, it would be a Very optimistic thought if it were believed that the association would only be interested in the heroes, if the heroes are more rooted in society, the greater the control of the association in it, there is no political movement or bureaucratic power action that they have not seen first to see if they approve or not.
And with the appearance of that Quirkless boy, Yagi can't help but wonder what the association is doing with them.
He came out of his thoughts the moment he heard a crime nearby, putting his thoughts in the background, transformed into his hero form and was doing his job, he couldn't be distracted by something that wasn't even his job to question ... right?
That last doubt never left All Might's mind.
It would not be later in the future that I would realize that my actions, whether I wanted them or not, were the trigger for both precarious and beneficial situations in the future.
Naomasa was looking at the hotel recently destroyed by the hero who had little with his entrance, she could only sigh in annoyance at the paperwork of this, at least they could catch the two fugitives.
Although the police had not been mobilized to search for evidence of the vigilante who caught the two villains, since there was no hero who warned that he had caught the fugitives, Naomasa already knew "who" was responsible, especially when one of the two villains said "damn hedgehog", Naomasa was close enough to hear it.
«Why do I have a feeling that 'he' is responsible for this?» he thought to himself as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
In another part of Japan, in Saitama prefecture, in the roof of a building a crack opened in space and a person emerged from it. This person stood on the edge of the building to contemplate the city with a cold and calculating gaze, as if everything in sight was a simple experiment.
This was the beginning of everything, it was a new beginning, this was… a fresh beginning.
In a hero agency a hero screamed, scaring his cronies, but that didn't matter to him at the time, he was so scared that he didn't care about the people around him.
Why?
Because in his sight there is only static, but everything went dark when he lost consciousness.
-TO BE CONTINUE-
Hello my dear readers, here is another chapter of Fresh Start!
sorry for bothering you with the above messages if i bother you.
Izuku doesn't have good luck be it fanfic or canon, right?
First of all I want to tell you that this Izuku is not going to be a vigilante ... or at least not a conventional one.
second: it is being debated if Izuku is going to get "One for all" in this fanfic.
third: he is going to see OC, if they are going to be permanent characters or in passing, it will be seen according to the progress of the fanfic or your opinion.
fourth: updates will be random, so don't ask me when the next chapter will be.
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That's all folks.
