Here it is everyone, the next new chapter of Deku, Sound Demon, and Azulong. I'm so happy to see such good reviews for the first chapter of the story, you guys really enjoy this story so much. I have some news for you all on the bottom for you to enjoy but for now enjoy the story.
"What the f-!?"
"Language!" Thin Might states as he scolds Ryu for his foul mouth. He laughed a bit when he saw the looks on all three of their faces. "Sorry, it's just your faces look priceless right now. Don't worry, I won't force my powers on you. Listen well young Midoriya…" Thin Might paused for dramatic effects, "Do you want to accept my awesome power or not?" He asked as blood spurt out of his mouth again.
"Power, what is your power, what are you even talking about?" Izuku curiously asks.
"Good question my boy," Thin Might states as he prepares to explain his powers to them. "This concerns the true power of my Quirk. Everyone from journalists to online speculators have been guessing what my true powers were."
"So it isn't just Bulking Up?" Ryu asked as he believed that was what it was.
"That was one of the guesses, another is some kind of Power Boost or Invulnerability. Heck, even in interviews I dodge the question with a joke. But that is just to keep the public in believing that their "Symbol of Peace" is a natural born Hero like everyone else. But my powers are anything but natural. My power was something handed to me like an Olympic Torch from someone else," Thin Might explains to them all as Izuku was trying to wrap his mind around such a thought.
"Someone… gave you this Quirk… really?" Izuku repeats as he couldn't believe this himself. Neither could Ryu or Kenji.
"Indeed it's real, and I can give you my abilities but only if you're ready," Thin Might replies as he lets this information sink into their heads as they try to process this. Ryu and Kenji had a bit of an easier time accepting this, but as for Izuku…
Izuku began to overly think about this as he went on a muttering rant about Quirks and about his favorite Hero's true powers and how they can be inherited so easily. Kenji kind of chuckled at this as he was used to Izuku doing this quite often, even when they are studying together.
"Uh, is this normal for him, Kenji?" Ryu asks as this was his first encounter with "Mutteriya", as his classmates call him periodically.
"Yeah this happens from time to time. Also, are we really not gonna talk about the fact that All Might just said 'Language' to you earlier?" Kenji asked as he looked at All Might in his thin form.
"One, it's a force of habit," Thin Might explained as he was starting to get a bit annoyed by Izuku's overly complicated thinking. "And second, stop nerding out!" Thin Might yelled to snap Izuku out of his ranting.
"You have to change your reality and accept this truth. One facet of my secret ability allows me to willingly transfer my power to another host," Thin Might explained once more as he then went into detail about his Quirk's true nature. "The true name of this power of mine… it's called [One For All]! The first person to wield this power cultivates it, then passes it to another. The next person refines the power and once again passes it onto another, it is this cultivated power that allows me to save those in dire need of a Hero. That is the true nature of it."
"B-but why me? What if I can't live up to the expectations?" Izuku asked, worried about failing and making things worse for everyone.
"Before meeting you, I was on the lookout for a successor to this power," Thin Might told them as they had no idea the #1 hero was even looking for one. "But back during that Sludge Villain rampage, when everyone else stood idly by, you Midoriya, was brave and heroic enough to charge into the situation, spurring the righteous actions to allow your friends to make the same choice you made as well. You may be just a Quirkless fanboy, Midoriya, but you acted like a true Hero would in that moment."
Izuku began to tear up at that moment as his favorite Hero of all time praised him and offered him to become the next inheritor of his power. Ryu didn't know what to say in light of this explanation, while Kenji felt pride in his friend for having such a great offer to become the Hero Izuku always dreamed about becoming.
"But you must remember, it all depends on your choice right now Midoriya, so what do you say?" Thin Might asked, waiting for a response from Izuku.
'He's told us so much, All Might's divulged his greatest secret to the three of us. Do I even have a reason not to accept this?' Izuku thought as he looked at his oldest friend and his newest friend. He saw Kenji look at him with pride and excitement seeing his oldest friend so close to beginning his path to being a Hero as Ryu smiled at Izuku. He may be new to this friend thing, but he was glad to see this amazing moment right before his eyes. 'No, like Kenji says, I don't need a reason to help people. So why should I start now?'
"I accept!" Izuku said as he looked at All Might with determination.
"A quick answer, I expected none the less from you my boy." Thin Might states as he looks on in pride. "Meet me in Dagoba beach in two days at 6 in the morning to begin your training. It won't be easy, but nothing gained in life ever was. You can even bring your two friends here as well; I think I can come up with something special for them."
"Alright, I'll be there… sensei." Izuku declares as he calls All Might, sensei. Joy and pride filled the Pro Hero's heart when he was called that just now.
"Me too," Kenji states as Ryu nodded yes. "Well, it's getting late and my parents are probably worried sick about me. So I'm gonna take Ryu home with me to rest up and figure out where to go from there."
"Home… it sounds very nice to go to somewhere to call home," Ryu responds as he never was able to call any one place home, until now that is.
"I'll see you tomorrow at school Izuku." Kenji said as he walked past Izuku and All Might, still carrying Ryu by his side as they headed home. "And for gosh sakes Izuku, you better watch your language," Kenji said with a smile on his face.
As the duo were out of sight, All Might turns to Izuku and ask him, "He's never gonna let me live that down, is he?"
"Probably not."
*With Ryu and Kenji*
"Hey Kenji," Ryu asks as he looked to his first true friend. "How much further is it to your home?" This was an all-new experience for him, going to a nice, warm and loving environment to rest without worry in.
"About another block until we get to my place," Kenji replies as his mind wondered to a certain fact that was bugging him for a short while. "Hey Ryu, how come you didn't freak out when we saw All Might turn into a skeleton man with a skin colored suit on earlier?"
"Well, when that Sludge Villain took me hostage and I was thrashing about trying to escape, part of my face was free and I saw him go from skinny to huge in a second," Ryu explained to him like it was a normal daily thing to witness. "It's kind of normal to see when you've lived all alone on the streets, trying to survive to live and see the next day, and that wasn't the oddest thing I have seen."
"Huh, I guess that makes sense. What did you mean by odd?" Kenji wondered as he can't even imagine what kind of things Ryu had witnessed in his life.
"Well, I've seen some weird shit in my time on the streets, like this one odd Hero woman dressed like some kind of sex demon and even watching some people inject something into themselves and become monsters," Ryu said to him as Kenji's eyes widen in shock.
"Are you telling me that you saw the vigilante Pop Step and witnessed the Trigger epidemic first hand?!" Kenji was shocked how Ryu had witnessed something that had affected many unsuspecting people due to being injected by force. "Man, that drug forced so many unwilling people to become villains by reducing their inhibition to a sense of reason."
"Yeah, she was dressed really skimpy, and she was weird. I just wished that Trigger thing never got me back then," Ryu explained as that shocked Kenji.
"Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear about that," Kenji sympathized with Ryu.
"Yeah, some jerk injected me with the stuff, just to see what would happen, and the next thing I know Heroes are attacking me and were calling me a monster and a freak. I guess that was one of the moments where I was afraid of Heroes," Ryu explained as he felt bad about what has happened to him in his past and never wanted to go through again.
"Hey, don't worry about that happening to you anymore. Things are gonna be better for you now and I'll be there to help you out along the way," Kenji stated as Ryu looked at him and smiled for a bit.
"Yeah, thank you Kenji. You're the best friend someone like me could ever ask for," Ryu said to him.
"No problem. And would you look at that, we made it to my house." Kenji said as Ryu looked up and was amazed by what he was looking at. It was a Western-Style Japanese, pale yellow, two story house with red roof tiles and two gates in the front, one for the main entrance and one for the family car and bikes to be parked. There were brown shutters by the windows and two flat surface areas accessible from the second floor, one for hanging laundry, and the other more because of design purposes. In Kenji's eyes it was a normal house like others, but in Ryu's eyes it appeared to be a mansion fit for royalty.
"Kenji, do you live in this… mansion?" Ryu asks as he gazed at this huge home and starts to form tears of joy in his eyes.
"Well it's not really a mansion, but it's definitely a fine place to call home," Kenji tells him as they went to the front door. Kenji took his shoes off as he slipped on some slippers for him to wear and walk around in the house with. Realizing Ryu is still barefoot, so he placed him on the floor gently as he pulled a pair of slippers out of a cupboard for Ryu to wear as he was about the same shoe size as him.
As they walked into the house Ryu looked at how clean the home was and how nice the interior of the home felt to him. He saw some family photos of Kenji when he was younger with what he believed to be Kenji's parents, seeing their happy smiling faces and loving nature made him long for that feeling as well. Ryu was shocked by the layout of the living room that Kenji brought him into, an L-shaped green couch with a beige rug, small coffee table in front of it, a blue chair in the corner and the biggest TV he ever saw in his life.
"Here, let me put you on the couch for now Ryu." Kenji informs him as he helps Ryu onto the couch to rest easily on. As soon as Ryu sat down, he was shocked by how comforting the cushions were as he laid on his side and rolled in place to enjoy the feeling of comfort never felt by him before now. "Comfy I take it?"
"It's the most relaxing thing I have ever sat or rested on in my life," Ryu tells him as he couldn't get over how it felt like laying on a cloud in his mind.
"Ah, Kenji, it's good to see your back home safe," a man walking into the room says aloud. This man was very rugged looking in his facial appearance with part of his black hair close to covering his left eye and thin goatee. But his body language spoke like a kind and peaceful man who would help those in need. This is Kenji's father, Takayuki Matsuda.
"Hey Otou-san, I'd like to introduce my new friend to you, Ryu Soshi. I was hoping he could stay with us for a while until we got things settled for him," Kenji said as he introduced his father to Ryu as politely as he could.
"Well then, it's a pleasure to meet you Ryu," Takayuki stated as he held his hand out to give a shake to as Ryu flinched out of fear and habit.
"It's okay Ryu, your safe here in this house," Kenji reassuringly told Ryu as he hesitantly reached out to shake the man's hand.
"I-it's nice to meet you sir, I mean Mr. Kenji's Otou-san," Ryu frantically said as he was really nervous in front of the man before him.
"Hehe, it's okay to be a bit nervous Ryu, and call me Takayuki if it makes you feel better," Takayuki smiles as he reassured Ryu that he was okay.
Ryu started to smile as he witnessed how kind Takayuki was to him as it reminded him greatly of how Kenji acted earlier in the day when they had that delicious ramen together. He did start to blush when he saw a woman enter the room as well after hanging up the portable phone on the charger.
This woman looked beautiful in Ryu's eyes as she was shorter than Takayuki was, but her long and elegant brown hair and her flawless face made him think she was an angel he had dreamed about many times before today. "Wow, Kenji is that your sister?" Ryu honestly asked as the woman giggled and Kenji had a small chuckle at his question.
"No Ryu, this is my Okaa-san, Mirei Matsuda. Not my sister," Kenji corrected as Ryu felt really embarrassed for that mistake.
"That's right, and I want to thank you for the kind complement, Ryu," Mirei said as she kindly smiled at him. "Now Kenji, why were you so late today?"
Kenji flinched a bit as he saw his mother look at him with her eyes closed and smiling in a kind fashion, he knew that look before and knew he had to be honest for the most part. "Well, Izuku and I were attacked by a villain, who was holding Ryu as a hostage from an earlier incident, until a Hero came in and saved us all. Ryu was a bit hungry so I treated him to noodles from Wok-san's stand. Then we met up with Izuku again after he had to do something else, we saw the same villain attack again, with a classmate of ours as his hostage, and may have jumped in to try and save him before that same Hero from before saved the day and we went our separate ways back home with me bringing Ryu here."
"Well now, that's an interesting reason for coming home late. Dealing with that Sludge Villain must have been rough on you boys," Mirei said to her son and his friend.
"Yeah, and smelly too," Ryu said as he sniffed his arm, only to reel back in disgust.
"Yeah it sure… hang on, how do you know what kind of Villain it was?" Kenji asked worried about how his mother knew about that.
"It's been on the news for about an hour now." Takayuki stated as he turned the TV on as it was on a news station with highlight footage of the attack on Tatooin's Shopping District.
"Oh… How much trouble am I in?" Kenji asks as Ryu was a bit worried as well, not sure how to deal with this.
"Well none really, you did a good job in trying to save Bakugou. I even got off the phone with his mother as well, she thanks you for saving her little firecracker," Mirei replied as she was very grateful for raising such a brave and courageous son. "But you both stink and need to take a bath this instant."
"Okay," Kenji and Ryu said in unison as Ryu got off the couch to head outside.
"Ryu, where are you going?" Kenji asks as he wasn't sure what Ryu was planning on.
"Huh?" Ryu looks back to the family with a confused look upon his face. "I'm going to find a hose to wash off with, why?"
"You don't need to use our hose to wash off, Ryu. I know you were homeless for a long time, so I'll let you take the first bath," Kenji tells him and also informing his parents on Ryu's living conditions at the same time.
"Homeless?" Takayuki and Mirei said at the same time as Ryu looked at them as he nodded solemnly.
"Well then allow me to properly wash you," Mirei states as she rolled up her sleeves and held onto Ryu's shoulders. Ryu was confused by what she was going to do him as she led him down the hallway to the bathroom.
"Wait, what's going on?" Ryu asks, concerned about his wellbeing.
"Oh don't worry, I've washed Kenji for a long time so you have nothing to hide from me," Mirei said as she and Ryu entered the bathroom for her to properly clean him.
About half an hour later, Mirei exited the bathroom with a much cleaner looking Ryu as his skin looked a much brighter shade of blue than it was before, with no grime or dirt on him whatsoever, and his brown hair looking much cleaner and neater than ever before. Ryu, wearing an extra pair of sweatpants Kenji had before and a plain white shirt, walked back into the living room where Kenji and his father sat as he went to the couch with a shocked look on his face.
"So… How did you enjoy your first real bath Ryu?" Kenji asks as he wondered why Ryu looked so shocked.
"It was unlike anything I have ever experienced before," Ryu stated as he looked forward. "I have never felt this clean before, and for a while, I thought your Okaa-san was going to scrub my scales off of my body completely."
Kenji couldn't help but chuckle at Ryu's experience. "Well, Okaa-san really had to make sure you're squeaky clean, and properly dressed too. So are you still hungry or do you want to get some sleep?"
Before Ryu could even answer, his stomach beat him to the punch as it growled for everyone in the room to hear. "Well from that loud roar, I think you need some food in you. Come now, let's set an extra place for you at the table and give you something to enjoy," Takayuki said as everyone went off to enjoy their meal, after Mirei told her son to wash up and change his clothes to something less stinky.
About fifteen minutes later, Kenji came into the dining room wearing a pair of jeans and a shirt with musical notes on it as everyone sat down to the meal that was prepared for them to eat and enjoy. Ryu stares at the spread, it was a hamburger steak with sauce on top of the meat and an egg sunny-side up on top, with some veggies on the side and a bowl of rice next to the plate. The smell and the glistening of the food made Ryu's eyes water with joy as he picked up his chopsticks and began enjoying the meal in front of him.
All it took was just one bite for him to become hooked on the delicious food before him.
"Wow, looks like someone really enjoys my cooking," Mirei looked at Ryu as she smiled at how he savored every piece of food in his mouth and enjoy each bite he took. "So Ryu, I'm sorry to ask this but have you been eating properly or at all for that matter?" she asked as she was worried due to his malnourished state and his weak looking body.
He paused for a second as the room was silent from worry. Kenji would have answered for him but Ryu beat him to the punch, "I-I barely had anything to eat really," Ryu said as the Matsuda family looked sad at what he just told them. "I had to scrounge around for food just to survive each day. Heck I had to resort to stealing from a farmer's market a few times, drink from normal fountains at some places, and barely had any place to call a permanent home. I was so afraid of what people would think and what they did to me in the past that I was always alone. Before Kenji came along and helped me out, I…" Ryu paused for a second as he began to cry a bit. "I wasn't sure how much longer I could live."
The dam broke on that last sentence as Ryu cried onto his lap as Mirei hugged him gently and let him cry on her shoulders, just like what Kenji did earlier for him.
"Hey, it's okay now, Ryu," Takayuki told him as he placed a sympathetic hand on his shoulder. "We'll make sure you never have to go back to living like that ever again. Tomorrow, we'll try to help you out in any way we can, even take you to a clinic to have a doctor look you over and check on your health."
At the mention of him going to see a doctor, Ryu jumped back in terror as he had his back to the wall and a look of fear plastered on his face. "NO! NO DOCTORS! THEY'RE EVIL, THEY'LL JUST EXPERIMENT AND DO SO MANY HORRIFIC THINGS TO ME!" Ryu shouted in fear as he crouched down and began rocking himself back and forth to calm himself as he hyperventilated.
Kenji panicked and got out of his seat to try and comfort him, "Ryu, it'll be fine. It's gonna be okay, we'll be in the room to make you feel better and make sure nothing bad happens to you, okay?" Kenji informed him as he tried to calm his new friend down as he hugged him to try and calm him down.
The hug began to work as Ryu no longer shook in fear and began to calm down a tad. "O-O-okay," Ryu said as he was starting to become tired from that panic episodes as he yawned.
"Come on now, let's put you in your bed to sleep in for the night." Kenji said as he helped Ryu up and brought him upstairs, as his parents began to clear the table and save some leftovers for another time. As Kenji brought Ryu to the second floor, he opened the door to show Ryu the room he will be staying in for his time at their house. It was a normal guest room with a full size bed next to the window, a nightstand next to it, a chest of drawers on the other side of the room and a green rug on the floor to tie up the room. There wasn't much in the room as it was, but it was plenty for Ryu at the moment. Kenji helped Ryu to the bed and tucked him in as Ryu rested his head on the pillows. "Don't worry a thing Ryu, everything will be better from now on," Kenji said as he looked to see Ryu already asleep and looking much more peaceful than before. Kenji left the room as he went back downstairs to have a talk with his parents about Ryu's predicament. "I'm so sorry about that, I didn't know about his fear of doctors. Although, that does explain why he was trying to shoo away some of those doctors earlier this afternoon."
"It's okay Kenji, you had no idea. But now I'm worried about him even more," Mirei said as well.
"Yeah, we don't know what horrors he's been through before. Right now, we need to make sure he has a good place to call home and feel safe in," Takayuki said as well as he too had a knot in his heart after seeing the outburst earlier.
"I know, but seeing as how he was on the news, as well as the civilians and Heroes that saw him and his Quirks, we have to make sure he goes to a proper home", Kenji stated, thinking back to all the custody battles involving children with powerful Quirks and how things could get really ugly really fast
"Yes. As Defense Attorneys, we already thought of that before it was even said," Takayuki stated before he paused in what his son just said. "Hold on now, did you say Quirks? As in more than one?" he asked his son as he wasn't sure if he heard right.
"Yeah, I saw him shoot some beams of light out of his hands at the Sludge man, as well as grow some armor from his body too," Kenji told them as there have been records of people holding two powers, but most of the time those powers were complimentary with each other, rather than something opposite like in Ryu's case.
"Well then, that just means we have to make extra sure he goes to an excellent place to call home then. We can ask him about his Quirks later when he feels better. But only if he wants to talk about it," Mirei stated as she had a determined look on her face. Her family knew that look easily as they knew she meant business and was very serious whenever that face of her shows up.
"Yeah," Kenji said as they talked over what to do to help Ryu out in his future, now that it looked much brighter now, until it was time for them to go to bed as well.
*The next morning*
Ryu was stirring awake as the sun's rays started to shine one him. For whatever reason it made him feel much better, more energetic, and much stronger as the sun shined right onto him. As he woke up, he panicked for a few seconds being in an unfamiliar place, until the memories of the other day flooded his mind and he calmed himself down.
As he got out of bed, a wonderful aroma got his attention as he left the room to follow the scent downstairs to see the Matsuda family about to enjoy some breakfast as they saw him enter the room. "Oh, good morning Ryu, did you sleep well last night?" Takayuki asked him as he had some egg.
"Y-yeah, actually I think that was the best sleep I ever had on a clean bed," Ryu replied as he remembered some of the dirty beds he had tried to rest on in the past.
"Well that's good to hear, come enjoy some of this delicious breakfast I prepared," Mirei kindly said as she placed a plate on the counter for him to sit and enjoy.
Ryu sat down as he saw the scrambled eggs, with steam just coming off of them, and bacon as he could still hear them sizzle a bit. He looked around for some chopsticks to eat with but was confused at how there wasn't any out. "Ryu," Takayuki said as he placed a clean fork next to the homeless teen, "You can use a fork for the eggs and the bacon you can eat with your hands."
Ryu was surprised, he always assumed to eat everything with chopsticks, but he went on to enjoy his meal as he savored every bite he took from the food. As he was eating his meal, the doorbell rang as Takayuki went to answer the door. Ryu was kind of curious and worried about who it was at the door until he saw Izuku walk into the room. Seeing him calmed Ryu down greatly after seeing his other new friend.
"Morning Mrs. Matsuda. Hey Ryu, I'm glad to see you're looking better now," Izuku said as he looked at Ryu with joy and excitement seeing him beginning to adjust better to a loving environment.
"I-Izuku, why are you here?" Ryu generously asked with some food in his mouth, he wasn't expecting to see him so soon.
"Ryu, please don't talk with your mouth full," Mirei scolding him kindly as any mother would. Izuku chuckled a bit at seeing Ryu blush as his face turned purple due to his blue skin.
"It's okay, I walk with Kenji to school every day. Speaking of which, he should be ready right about… now," Izuku said as he looked at his watch and heard Kenji rush into the kitchen to grab a piece of toast for the road.
"Crap, I almost over slept again," Kenji shouted as he rushed out the room, but not before saying good morning and goodbye to his parents and Ryu before rushing to the door.
"This always happens on a Friday, just to inform you Ryu," Izuku tells him as he heads to the door as well.
"Have a nice day at school boys," Takayuki said to them as they went out the door.
"Thank you so much for the food Mr. and Mrs. Matsuda," Ryu told them as he finished his plate. The parents smiled at how kind he was to them but that smile didn't last as they knew what was about to happen next.
"Ryu," Mirei said as Ryu looked concerned by the tone in her voice, worrying about what was about to happen next. "I know you have a fear of doctors, but we need to have you checked to make sure you aren't sick with some disease that you didn't know about or of any injuries you may have. We'll take you to a friend of ours that we've known for years and will treat you properly, okay?"
At first Ryu froze and was about to go into another panic attack, but seeing Mirei's concerned face calmed him down and made him feel better. "O-Okay, please make sure he doesn't do anything too scary to me," Ryu pleaded as he was still afraid of doctors but wanted to make sure he could count on them to save him when needed.
"Of course we will Ryu, nothing bad will happen to you when you're staying with us," Takayuki said with a hand on his shoulder to appease the worried teen.
*Later at school*
Izuku and Kenji were about to enjoy their lunch in class as they had noticed something, all day that their classmates and underclassmen were looking at them and whispering something in secret. "You do know they're talking about the Villain incident from yesterday, right Izuku?" Kenji informed him as Izuku nodded in response, he was never in the spot light before so this was kind of nerve wracking for him to come to terms with.
"Yeah, and Kaa-chan keeps glaring daggers at us," Izuku told him as they both saw Bakugou glare intensely at the two of them before going back to his meal. They were surprised by the fact that he didn't yell at them or threaten them in anyway, it was completely out of character for him.
"Be glad that isn't his Quirk then," Kenji jokingly said as he got Izuku to smile a bit more as he saw some students looking at their phones. "Huh, I wonder what they're looking at?"
Izuku wasn't sure either as he got a notification on his phone as well. When he saw what it was, Izuku paled and began to panic at what he was seeing. "K-K-K-K-Kenji! You're trending!" Izuku told him as he handed him his phone.
"What?!" Kenji was too shocked for words as he looked at the video that was trending. It was a video of him yelling at the Heroes and Bakugou immediately after the Sludge Villain incident. "Holy shit I am? Man they got my good side right there... Wait, this is number 2, what's number 1?"
"Yeah, trending at number one was the whole Sludge Villain incident, including Ryu's actions as well," Izuku told him as they saw the video, and panic began to form in them.
"Oh man, Ryu isn't going to like this," Kenji said as he looked to Izuku as he saw the worried look in his face as well. "If people saw this and had bad intentions for him, this could be very bad for Ryu. I mean, you've seen what happens when people fight for custody of a person with a powerful Quirk." Izuku didn't need to be reminded as he has seen that on the news and heard from Kenji's parents on the subject as well.
"Big time, and given what you told me about his reaction to doctors last night, it has me even more worried about him." After putting Ryu to bed last night and finishing his homework, Kenji called Izuku and told him about what happened and a bit of his past he was told about. After that, they talked about what they needed to do to help him.
"I'm really worried, but we have to help him gain a better life and future as well," Kenji repeated as he had to make sure Ryu was given the best he could ever ask for and deserved.
"Of course, perhaps you know who can help with that as well tomorrow morning?" Izuku whispered as he didn't want to accidentally let everyone know about their planned meeting with All Might tomorrow.
"Perhaps, but we'll worry about that later. Hey, maybe we can help Ryu later today and help him out in his education skills or something?" Kenji pondered as that sounded like a good plan.
"Yeah, he may've been homeless, but if we help him in gaining his education and such, this can help him out greatly down the road," Izuku agreed as he knew a good plan when he heard one.
"Right, we don't need a reason to help him out, so we can totally do this to help. With your notes and our combined school time, it should be easy for Ryu to get caught up," Kenji replied as they went on to figure out what to begin with until lunch was over and class was about to begin.
*Back at the Matsuda homestead*
After bringing Ryu to the doctor's, and being in the room with him during his check-up, Ryu was sitting in the sun as he watched some commercials play. The tests revealed that despite his undernourishment and some small scars on his body, he was okay medically speaking, but was now prescribed a diet to help him grow some muscles and fat to make sure he was healthy. The tests did show that apparently that Ryu's beam Quirk was referred to as [Ultraviolet Manipulation], this allows Ryu to absorb and store Ultraviolet rays from the sun and allow him to use them how he seems fit, sometimes the energy he absorbs can help make him feel more energetic and such. The doctor wasn't sure about the armor he formed, but he did assume that the reptilian like complexion and horn was due to the [Ultraviolet Manipulation] Quirk. He just marked the armor off as a secondary Quirk mutation under the Damon-Hall Syndrome.
Damon-Hall Syndrome of course was the manifestation of a secondary Quirk within an individual who already possessed a Quirk. In some cases, the "secondary mutation" was similar to that of the initial one; someone with [Bone Manipulation] for example could potentially develop [Bone Regeneration], which would allow them to completely separate certain bones from their body while completely replacing that which was took out. In others, the secondary mutation could be completely different from the subject's original Quirk; for example, someone with [Telekinesis] could later manifest something like [Diamond Body], even when neither parent possessed that Quirk.
This on top of Latent Quirk Syndrome, where a Quirk manifested later than the age of four, showed that there was still a great deal about Quirks that people didn't understand. While the scientific community had been able to coin terms like "Plus Alpha" and "Quirk Factor", as well as categorize all the types of Quirks, the greatest mysteries about Quirks were still left unanswered. Why do most Quirks manifest at the age of four? Why is so much of the population saturated with Quirk-users? Why do most people get Quirks but not everyone? Why do some manifest Quirks late?
For as many of the questions like these that were answered, as Quirks continued to proliferate within the global population and combine or mutate, just as many new questions arose, some without answers, there were still unanswered ones left to be answered.
"Man, this guy on TV sure likes to scream a lot." Ryu said as he watched an 'As Seen on TV' commercial for a product with spokesperson, Willy Haze. He changed the channel to see what else was on, Ryu never knew about all these different kinds of channels, he only saw TV's in store windows so this was another new experience for him. He did stop on one station as he saw an old anime that seemed to catch his eye, it was one that involved flying people, fighting each other with quick strikes, and even something similar to his [Ultraviolet Manipulation] Quirk… shooting beams out of their hands at each other.
"Whoa, these anime guys look like they have my powers, but it seems… different as well," Ryu stated as he stood up and tried to imitate some of the poses and moves he watched them do on the show. Some of them involved performing one handed blasts, using both hands, and at one point just the fingers only.
As he imitated the poses, he failed to realize that Mirei and Takayuki were watching him copy the movements. They both had a smile on their faces when looking at Ryu doing that, it reminded them so much of watching Kenji doing the same thing when he was a little kid, sometimes doing that whenever Izuku was over as well.
As Ryu did one more pose, he noticed Mirei and Takayuki looking at him with smiling faces. It freaked him out and accidentally made Ryu shoot a blast of energy at a wall, making a dent in the wall and causing him to panic. "Oh crap baskets, I'm so sorry for damaging your home, please forgive me I'm sorry," Ryu kept repeating as he bowed in apology for doing such damage, after they allowed him to stay in their home and gave them such nice living conditions, he was afraid of how they might react.
"Ryu, it's okay. We know you didn't mean to do this. Besides, we can fix this easily," Mirei explains to him as Takayuki went to get some plaster to place on the dent that Ryu put in the wall. "We didn't want to distract you from what you were doing Ryu, it just reminded us of seeing our son doing the same thing as you did."
"R-really?" Ryu asked as he saw Mirei nod her head yes. "I'm sorry for freaking out like that and damaging your home, it's just… seeing those guys on TV doing something that reminded me of what I did, it made me want to give it a try for myself."
"There's nothing wrong to do that you know; many kids have done it before. But given your past, I think you were due for some childish antics for quite a while," Mirei explained as she ruffled his hair a bit as Takayuki finished plastering the wall.
"All done now," Takayuki said as he looked at the smooth wall, despite some need for repainting. "By the way Ryu, that was a very old TV show from before Quirks started popping up all over the world. It's called Dragon Ball Z, so I think the movements of those fighters on the show might help train you with your powers."
"Really, okay then." Ryu said with a smile on his face before the doorbell went off, causing him to flinch.
"Don't worry, I'll get that everyone," Takayuki said as he went to the door and saw a literal rat-faced looking man in a gray business suit. "Can I help you?"
"Yes you can my good man," The rat man said as he handed Takayuki a business card. "The name's Argit Ratto, and I would like to meet the blue boy with the golden horn on his head."
"Why?"
"Well, I want to adopt him." Argit tells him as Takayuki didn't like the look on his face, not the rat part but the emotion and the way he spoke. "He seems like a very powerful boy and I want to nurture and raise him to his fullest potential. So what do you say sir, let me adopt him and bring out his greatest talents?"
"Uh huh..." Takayuki hummed as he perked up his ears. His Quirk, [Hearing], might not sound impressive on its OWN for things outside of eavesdropping or watching TV on really-low volumes, but Takayuki had trained himself to recognize the tell-tale signs of lying. In Argit's case, the slight acceleration of his heartbeat, which very few could hide. "So, you're not doing this just to have someone with a powerful Quirk to profit off of and not care about his future and safety are you?" Takayuki asked him as he tested the man's intent for Ryu.
"Of course not, he'll be one of the best Heroes ever known and I want to make sure he gets the best training possible," Argit stated as Takayuki continued to read his heartbeat. 'Heh, this idiot is just gonna hand me the boy no problem, he doesn't realize that I plan on milking this cash cow for all he can give me and then some. Hell, I might even make him rob some banks for me to make me even richer and throw him under the bus just to keep me out of jail.'
Takayuki might not have a Quirk like [Mind Reading], but he didn't need it to know what was going through the guy's head.
"Honey," Takayuki calls for his wife as he looked over his shoulder to let her hear him better.
"Yes dear?"
"Can you please bring me one of the twins, there's a guy at the door who I think really wants to meet one of them." Takayuki says to his wife as the rat man thought he was gonna gain another person to get rich off of as well.
"Yamato or Nobunaga?" Mirei calls to him.
"Hmm, this looks like something Nobunaga will definitely enjoy." Takayuki says as he thought it over.
"Okay, I'll go get him right now sweetie." Mirei calls out as she goes to get Nobunaga.
"So who's this Nobunaga boy of yours, he must be someone very important to allow me to meet him." Argit said as he was basically close to drooling with anticipation.
"Oh he's very special, would you like to know why he's just so special?" Takayuki asks him as he reaches to grab something as his wife came to the doorway.
"Well yes, I would love to kn- HOLY SHIT!" Argit screamed as he was looking down the wrong end of a double barreled, pump action shotgun as he fell on his ass and backed up twenty feet.
"Get the hell off of my property or so help me you'll need to find a Surgeon General to fix what we're gonna do to you! You're never getting your hands on Ryu, leave now or say goodbye to your god damn kneecaps!" Takayuki yelled out as he pumped the weapon, readying it for firing. Argit looked at him as he saw the angry look on the man's face.
"The hell, you're doing all of this just to protect some homeless street rat? The fuck is wrong with you people? I'm gonna sue you for custody of that child and take him by force. After that, I think I'll just rob you of all your money if you don't hand him over to me right this second!" Argit yelled and threatened as his tirade was shut down as the barrels made contact with his face, making him sweat like a pig.
"You're really going to sue two Defense Attorney's for custody of a child that you clearly have no rights to in anyway whatsoever, even after threatening them with legal recourse?" Mirei asked as Argit realized how much trouble he got himself into this time. "If anything, this is a matter of self-defense in which we are protecting that child from you doing harm to him in any way you were planning. Besides, you're still on our property right now, so the law is still in fairness to us as the property owners. If I were you, I would choose your next course action very carefully, sir." Mirei said with a sickly sweet tone in her voice as she had the look of a mother bear about to attack to protect her cubs from harm.
Argit knew there was only one course of action left for him to do in this exact moment… run away like his ass was on fire. As the parents looked to see that the man was far away from them and would not be coming back, they both released a sigh of relief and had a small chuckle about what just transpired.
"Hoo boy, he ran away faster than the last guy who tried to trick us with that insurance scam three months ago." The incident in question Takayuki was talking about was during the winter when one man pretended to hurt himself in their yard by faking a slip and fall to scam them for money. It didn't work out for the man at all after finding out who lived there and how there were witnesses to his fake claim.
"Do you think they'll ever realize that your shotgun is just a normal Beanbag gun, and not a real one?" Mirei asks her husband as he placed his gun down gently and de-cocks the weapon and puts the safety on.
"Nah," Takayuki says as they go back inside as Ryu had seen the entire incident transpire down the hall with a pale look on his face. "Ryu, is everything okay?"
"… remind me to never make you angry, because I don't think I can ever forget that moment for a long time." Ryu tells them as they had a small laugh at the reaction as it was genuine moment of confusion.
"Oh, don't worry Ryu," Mirei said in a calming and soothing voice. "We would never do that to you."
"Really, but what if I do something you don't like me doing?" Ryu asked as he wondered what kind of punishment he may face in the future.
"Hmm, well then, we'd mostly feel disappointed and scold you like any parent would do to a child." Mirei explained as Ryu felt much better after hearing that. The calm moment didn't last long as the phone rang out, Mirei went to the phone to talk. "Hello?"
"Hi yes, my name is Kari Kamiya," The woman on the line said as she spoke with Mirei in a professional manner. "I'm calling to ask you a question of someone you may know about or have met, a blue skinned young man with a gold horn on his head."
"And what pray tell do you want to know about him?" Mirei asked as she was being over protective of Ryu, especially after dealing with the last person not even five minutes ago.
"Oh, so you do know him, well I'm the representative of a Pro Hero who is very curious about the young man after seeing him during the Villain incident yesterday," Kari informed Mirei as the mother was still suspicious about it. "My boss was in the crowd watching the scene unfold and was impressed by the boy's action of jumping in to save someone, even at the cost of his own safety."
"And why pray tell, did your boss not do anything to help defuse the incident from yesterday?" Mirei asked as she wasn't sure why this Hero didn't do anything to help in that Villain attack.
"Well as it would turn out, she was dressed in her civilian business clothes and her Quirk undergoes a transformation where her clothes would rip and make it a little too revealing for her if it wasn't made with the right material. Kinda like the Mount Lady incident about three weeks ago." Kari explained as the incident with Mount Lady was well documented as a 'wardrobe malfunction' as she didn't have Giga-mesh style clothing on at the time and some perverts took many pictures of her in that state of ripped outfit.
"Okay, and who exactly is your boss and may I please speak with him?" Mirei asked as she wanted to hear the Hero personally to know this was a legitimate call as sometimes scammers can trick people with fake credentials.
"Oh sure, let me call her so you can speak with her," Kari said as she put the phone down to speak with her boss and inform her to talk to Mirei personally.
"Hello, this is Ryukyu, the number 9 Hero in the country. Is this Mrs… Matsuda I'm speaking with at the moment?" The Hero, Ryukyu, said on the phone as this shocked Mirei as she had heard her voice before in interviews and there was no mistaking it, this was the real deal.
"Yes it is, so what's your interest in the young man we know?" Mirei asks as she wanted to understand the Hero's intent and purpose. While Ryukyu is known as the number 9 ranked Hero, that doesn't mean that she had a pure intention under her Hero persona.
"Well after seeing him in action, his [Armor] form into that of a Dragon like appearance, and discovering the truth behind his living conditions before the incident, I was curious about helping him out in any way I could to make sure he has a good life ahead of him. Given his power, I thought as someone who has something similar in appearance, I might be able to help him reach his potential. I even have a copy of a form to allow him to become a pupil of mine to help him out." Ryukyu explained as Mirei was about to yell at her for rushing Ryu into doing something he didn't want to do. "However…" Mirei was interrupted as Ryukyu wasn't finished yet. "I'm holding off on filling out this form and submitting it. I'm doing this because, he seems to be new in the field of social interactions of any kind. So, I was wondering, if I can visit him to make him feel more comfortable about the idea and with me. The meeting of course, will be under your supervision at either your home or an agreed upon location for him to be more comfortable in. All I'm asking for is a week to get to know him better. If he doesn't want me to train him, well I'll just tear up the form, leave it at that, and respect his wishes. So do you agree with this idea Mrs. Matsuda?"
Mirei thought it over as Ryukyu made some very true and compelling thoughts on the subject and could just tell that she had truly good intentions for Ryu and she knew that this was possibly the best thing for him. "Well, okay then. You can come by my home tomorrow afternoon or Sunday, he'll be here as well as my son and possibly his friend too. So please be gentle with him okay?"
"It's okay, I understand. I have a soft spot for children and I'll try to make sure he's safe and everything." Ryukyu replies as she had a smile on her face in the sincerest way possible.
"Okay then, but I just have one question to ask you. How did you get this phone number and know he was with us at all?" Mirei asked as she was curious as to how this Pro Hero found out their location easily.
"Oh, well that was a little tricky. I saw someone, who I believe to be your son, help the young man walk away from the other Hero's and head somewhere else. So with that I just asked around a bit to see where the 'loudest kid in the neighborhood' lived." Ryukyu explained as she told Mirei. "After asking almost everyone and getting no answers, I asked this nice Noodle stand owner and he told me he knew him and his parents personally. He told me your names and handed me a copy of your business card. I tried calling your office, but you were out of the office at the time so I had to look you up and found your home phone number."
"Oh, very well then. We'll see you either tomorrow or Sunday then." Mirei said as she hung up the phone as her husband came into the room and noticed Ryu taking a small nap on the couch.
"Who was that sweetie?" Takayuki asked his loving wife.
"A Pro Hero who wants to meet Ryu and get to know him better. Apparently he made a very good impression on her and she wants to get to know him better." Mirei told him as she looked at Ryu with joy in her heart.
"Good to hear." Takayuki smiled as he kissed his wife on the head as she giggled at his action. The moment didn't last long as Kenji and Izuku arrived at the house looking like they went through a riot of some kind. "What on Earth happened to you two?"
"Long story short," Izuku explains as he tried to catch his breathe. "Apparently the Sludge Villain incident is trending online and we were bombarded by our classmates and under classmen about the incident that wanted to hear more about it."
"Yeah, we had to run for about half an hour to get away from them, even cut through the woods to give them the slip." Kenji adds as he pulls a twig from his hair. "So how's Ryu doing?"
"Oh he's just taking a nap right now and is doing very well Kenji. Although we did have to chase someone away who wanted to abuse Ryu's power for their own personal gain." Takayuki stated as they saw Ryu begin to stir awake from his nap.
"Who did you use, Yamato or Nobunaga?" Kenji asked as this was normal in this house.
"Nobunaga for that person, if the situation was worse, I would've sick your mother on him." Takayuki said as Mirei giggled and nodded her head, implicating she so would.
"Hey Kenji, Izuku. What happened to you guys?" Ryu says as he looks at his friends.
*An hour later*
"Well, now that we got cleaned up a bit and put some food in our bellies, we want to do something special for you Ryu," Kenji tells him after enjoying a snack and such. "Izuku and I, we want to help you out educationally speaking."
"What do you mean?" Ryu asks as he wasn't sure what they meant by that.
"Well, we're referring to your future and what you want to do. You still need a good understanding of education, so we want to help you catch up with the education you were denied all these years." Izuku explains as he places his school notes on the coffee table, dividing them up by criteria.
"But before that I'm curious about something Ryu," Kenji says as he looks at Ryu with curiosity. "Ryu, what do you want to be in the future, career speaking?" Ryu pondered on that thought, but he started to shake and cry a bit from the question that was asked. "Ryu, are you okay?"
"Y-yeah, it's just… I realized something," Ryu tells them both as they were worried about his emotional state of mind. "Th-this is the first time I ever wondered about what my future would hold besides surviving to see the next day. I have this new lease on life and I want to make the most of this opportunity."
"Well, do you have an idea or should we focus on General Studies for now?" Kenji asks as he wanted to know what Ryu wants to begin with first.
Ryu began to think about what he wanted to do with his future, but as he tried to think about it, several moments popped into his mind. They were moments of All Might in action, Kenji helping him by giving him a nice warm meal, Izuku's dedication to save his classmate, and his own actions to save Kenji. All of those moments from yesterday kept replaying in his head as he started to realize what his mind was trying to tell him.
"Izuku, Kenji, after thinking it over, I think I know what I want to do with my life." Ryu states as he takes in a deep breath. "Guys... I-I want to be a Hero."
"Whoa, are you serious Ryu?" Izuku asks him as he was starting to feel happy as he had the right notes that may help him in becoming a Professional Hero from his own personal collection of notes.
"Yeah, everything that happened yesterday opened my eyes to what the world can have in store for me. You guys made me realize that my fear of Heroes was all in my head, you made me see what a true Hero can really do. And given my past, I want to make sure no one suffers the same thing I had to go through and help everyone who needs the help I needed for over a decade." Ryu explains as he gripped the pants he wore with both hands as Kenji comforted him.
"It's okay man, we'll help you out in becoming a great Hero, right Izuku?" Kenji said to his friend as he comforted Ryu.
"Your right Kenji, you'll become a great Hero Ryu, and with all the notes I've written down over the years about Hero's and such, you're gonna be one of the greats." Izuku said as he pulled out some of his notebooks with notes on Heroes and everything related to that.
"Thanks guys, you two really are the best friends someone like me could ever ask for, seriously," Ryu tells them as he gives the both a hug. "By the way, how many notebooks do you have on Hero's Izuku?"
"I have twelve notebooks filled out, I'm working on my thirteenth one at the moment with new information being added every time I meet a new Hero or Quirk." Izuku explains as he tells him that with a smile on his face. Ryu was happy until he saw Izuku turn into Mutteriya again and began talking to himself on where to start for Ryu's studying.
"Wow, Thin Might was right, you really need to, what did he say: 'Stop nerding out'?" Ryu said to them as Kenji began laughing. "What did I say?"
"I-It was the nickname Ryu, I had the same thought but didn't call him that out loud." Kenji says as he laughed at how accurate the nickname was to All Might's skinny form.
*Saturday Morning*
After an afternoon of Ryu learning from their notes at a small pace and helping him understand some of the material and what it meant, mostly dealing with math and science areas and a little bit of Izuku's notes on Hero's and their Quirk's, the three friends had made it to Dagoba Beach parking area as Ryu tried to get the sleep out of his eyes.
"*Yawn* Man, why did All Might have us come here so early in the morning?" Ryu asked as he was still tired.
"I didn't really ask him. I was just so blown away by the fact that All Might asked us to come here for training that I forgot to ask why here. Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming." Izuku stated as he was about to go into his dream world again, that was until Kenji snapped him out of it. Or to be more specific, "OW!" pinched him out of it.
"There you're not dreaming Izuku," Kenji tells him as they reached the sign that told them they were at the right place. "Well, we made it here, and with only 10 minutes left to spare." Kenji states as Ryu walks past both of them to get a look at the beach.
Ryu rarely saw the beach area as they were always crowded and he was uncomfortable with large crowds in the past, but hopefully things will change for the better now. Ryu looked on to see the beach for what may've been the first time in his life… only to be disappointed as he walked back to where his friends stood. "Hey guys, I think we got the wrong address."
"Huh? What do you mean Ryu? This is Dagoba Beach, the spot All Might told us to be," Izuku explained as Ryu looked at him with confusion on his face. Between the sign clearly calling this spot Dagoba Beacch and Ryu's words, this confused the childhood friends on what was going on.
"No, this is the junkyard, not a beach," Ryu tells them both as Kenji walks past him to see what he meant by that statement.
"What are you talking about Ryu? This is definitely the bea- Holy crap; Izuku you have got to see this for yourself." Kenji calls out to his friend as he can't believe what he is seeing with his own eyes.
Izuku went to look at what his friends were talking about and was shocked by what he was looking at as well. A once thriving beach and place for relaxation and sunny day fun, was now just a junkyard with so many broken down appliances, run down cars, robot parts, and scrap metal scattered and piled up on the beach you could barely see any of the sand in places. "Oh man, I know beaches can get a bit dirty but this is ridiculous." Izuku complained as he saw all the junk on the beach.
"So wait, this is an actual beach?" Ryu asked as he thought beaches were much clearer and cleaner than what he saw.
"Yeah some of the locals take advantage of the currents pulling junk on the shore and throw away the trash here when no one's around to bust them for illegal dumping." Thin Might told them as he was behind the three and gave them a big scare, even scaring Ryu awake even more.
"A-All Might," Izuku said in shock as he didn't hear him approach them and how snuck up on them just now.
"Well now I'm awake," Ryu said as he patted his chest to calm his heart.
"Someone should put a damn bell on you or something," Kenji adds as he jumped when Thin Might surprised the three of them.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to startle all of you. Follow me," Thin Might informs them as they follow him to the beach and going down a clear path to an open area of junk and such.
"So what're we supposed to do here All Might?" Izuku asks as All Might turns back to them in his muscular form.
"It's very simple really, Young Midoriya here has to clear out a section of the beach in ten months if he wants to receive my powers." All Might informs them all.
"Okay, so where are the moving supplies?" Izuku asks as All Might tossed him some rope.
"That's all you're going to be needing young man. I need you to move all of this by hand, and by yourself. You two can help too, but only outside the area where Midoriya here has to work." All Might explains to them.
"Huh, why?" Izuku asks.
"Because, you're not ready for my power." All Might explains to him as he pulls out his phone to snap a few pictures of Izuku and his friends. Izuku freaked out and started to ball his eyes out with tears again.
"Wait, I thought you said he was worthy of gaining your power All Might?" Ryu asked as he seemed confused by what was going on.
"Seriously All Might? Again with the dick move! What's your problem?" Kenji yelled at the Pro Hero for the dick move he pulled on his friend Izuku, again.
"But I thought you said I was worthy?" Izuku cried as he couldn't understand why All Might would say such a thing.
"I was talking about your scrawny and weak body." All Might told them as all three friends had a look of confusion on their faces. "[One For All] is a lot to handle for one person. You see, I had to train diligently to become worthy of being the eighth user of this power. It holds the combined strength of everyone who has used it before, it's basically a hurricane of physical force. If I gave you this power now, before you were physically capable of using such a Quirk, well imagine you were one of those old school, robot fighting games where you win by knocking the opponent's head off. It's like that, but all your limbs would pop off instead."
"Holy crap, so you want me to move this trash like it was an intense workout then?" Izuku ponders as he starts to understand what All Might is trying to help him accomplish. Especially after imagining his limbs actually popping off.
"That's right, clearing this section of the beach is your first step into becoming a great Hero." All Might tells them as it made much more sense.
"Oh, I get it now." Kenji said as he understood what All Might was telling them.
"I think I get it, I'm still new to some things but I think I understand it." Ryu said as well, trying to grasp the situation at hand.
"Tell me, do you three plan on going to Yuuei Academy?" All Might asked them as Ryu pondered a bit.
"It's one of the best schools in the country and you went there so I want to go there even more. I want to reach for the moon when it comes to becoming a great Hero." Izuku states as he said that with some confidence in his voice.
"You bet I do All Might, Yuuei is the place for me to hone my talents and become one of the best Heroes in the country. Well second only to my buddy Izuku here." Kenji said as he gave Izuku a thumbs up.
"Well, I never really got a formal education like my two new friends here, but they did say they will help me out with learning all they know. And given how my original view on Heroes and such changed, I want to make a change for the better and become a Hero who helps those who are needy like I was for a long time." Ryu tells them as he was determined as well. "Besides, with their help, I think I can make it into that school."
"Excellent to hear. But I'm not going to lie to you three," All Might began to tell them. "It isn't easy being a Hero without a Quirk, that's just how it is these days. Yuuei is the hardest Hero course to get into, that means we don't have a lot of time to just waste."
"I need to work hard and fast on getting my body ready to gain your Quirk." Izuku realizes and understands how hard this training will become.
"Indeed, however," All Might says to Izuku as he looks at Kenji and Ryu. "I'm not sure if I can help your friends as much as you, Midoriya. I'm kind of new to teaching people so I'm not sure how much help I can provide them, along with you for the next ten months."
Izuku looked downtrodden when he discovered that his friends won't be training alongside him into getting ready for Yuuei's entrance exams. Ryu felt sad for his new friend, but had no clue what exactly to say to the teen as he was still new to social ques and such. Kenji however, looked at his childhood friend and knew exactly what to tell him.
"Izuku listen closely to me..." Kenji began to say to him. "Even when it turned out you were Quirkless, never once did you give up on your dream to become a Hero. Every day you took notes, wrote down strategies, and planned for every contingency. That willingness to persevere in the face of adversity, that drive... THAT is what makes you amazing, Izuku. Not some magical Quirk you'll get from this hammy, bombastic guy here, no offense."
"None taken." All Might interrupted.
"Your HEART is what makes you amazing Izuku, and now all that effort you put in is finally being rewarded. So don't tear up like the crybaby everyone calls ME. You become strong with All Might, and in Ten Months when we meet back up again, let's DOMINATE those entrance exams and go to Yuuei together, all three of us." Kenji told him as he held his hand out in front of them.
"That was the most amazing and beautiful thing anyone has ever said that I've heard. Count me in too." Ryu stated as he placed his hand on Kenji's as they looked at Izuku for a response.
Izuku saw how determined his childhood friend was in joining him at Yuuei, and how Ryu was in wanting to be the best as well and make his life better than it was before. The two of them may have only met Ryu recently, but the bond the three of them made was a strong one, one that felt stronger than brotherhood. "Yeah, to getting into Yuuei."
"Here, here." All three of them said together.
"Excellent to hear, now I did write out this workout plan for Midoriya, but I was able to make copies for you two as well. I call it my 'Aim to Pass American Dream Plan'." All Might informs them as he hands each person a copy of a ten-month workout plan. It contained a well detailed workout routine down to the minute, a list of what to eat in a dietary plan, as well as even a sleep schedule was included. "Follow this plan, and not only will the beach be cleaned up in time, but you will be ready for the entrance exams."
"Whoa this is a lot to take in here, you even wrote down how much sleep I should get," Izuku said as he looked over his schedule.
"Yes it is, but it'll all be worth it in the end. Now I almost forgot," All Might turns to Kenji and Ryu to ask them something important. "Remind me again what your Quirks are, I'm kind of drawing a blank here, sorry."
"Oh sure, well my Quirk is [Loud Voice], it allows me to increase the volume of my voice to higher frequency's and volumes that no normal person can attain without speakers. But after the Sludge Villain, I think my Quirk is more than just that. I'm not entirely sure what it is exactly, but I want to see what it can do and improve on it even more." Kenji informs him as All Might nodded at the response.
"Very well then, show me what you can do Kenji." All Might asks as Kenji walked towards the ocean's shore and began taking a deep breath.
As Kenji finally reached his lung capacity, he let out a powerful attack just like with the Sludge Villain two days ago. "VOICE MISSILE!" Kenji sent a powerful blast of sound energy towards the sea, the water started to part in the beginning and continue for what looked like almost a mile or so.
"So that's what you did to that villain back then." All Might said as he pondered something in his mind. "You know, I may not know how to help train someone with a Quirk like yours Kenji, but I do know someone who I think can do a much better job at it and help you expand your repertoire. I just have to call him later to see if he's up for the challenge, outside of his normal Hero work and other things. You'll know what I'm talking about once you meet him."
"Thank you All Might." Kenji thanked him, as he had a feeling that whoever All Might picks can help him out greatly in the long run.
"And what about you young Ryu, show me what you got." All Might states as Ryu felt a little nervous being in the spotlight and tried to hide himself in his new hoodie he got the other day. Seeing how nervous Ryu was, made Izuku realize how it looked when others saw his nervous actions. It made him want to change that aspect and gain some confidence down the road in training.
"Um well, outside of my [Armor] Quirk, which apparently allows me to form a dragon-like armor on my body, I can also do this…" Ryu explained as he pointed to the ocean like Kenji and gathered Ultraviolet energy in his hands before shooting a constant beam out of his hands when he threw them out in front of him. It wasn't as powerful as Kenji's Voice Missile, but it was powerful in its own right. "When Kenji's parents took me to the *shudders* doctor's office," All Might noticed his reaction to the word doctor, so that would be something to check on later down the road. "He explained how I have this Quirk that's called [Ultraviolet Manipulation] which allows me to absorb ultraviolet energy and use them for attacks and such. He said the reason why I have these two Quirks is something called… a Demon-Hill Syndrome."
"I think you meant, Damon-Hall Syndrome." All Might corrected Ryu as he's heard of the medical term as some Heroes in the past had such a thing happen to them.
"Yeah, that's what the doctor called it," Ryu replied as All Might tried to think of anyone who can help train him.
"Well, because of your past and apparently your two Quirks, I'm not entirely sure if I know anyone who can help train you off the top of my head." All Might informed him as he saw Ryu look down in sadness, until Kenji spoke out on that subject.
"Hey don't worry Ryu, my mom did talk to a Pro Hero on the phone the other day who was interested in your training and development." Kenji told him as he was surprised to hear about this more than anyone else.
"Really, who was it?" he asked as Ryu was curious about this Hero in question.
"I'm not sure, she never mentioned the Hero's name, but we may see that person this afternoon or tomorrow." Kenji tells him.
"I hope this goes well, it was kind of off putting dealing with those nosey neighbors of yours." Ryu said, it freaked him out from all of those eyes on him, looking at him, and wanting to know about his powers more and more. It really freaked him out as he thought they looked at him like some kind of cash cow or freak and not as a person.
"Don't worry I'll make sure that we get you the best help you could've ever asked for." Kenji informs him as All Might was glad to hear this.
"Perfect then, now let's get this training started." All Might said as they nodded their heads as they knew that this was going to become the workout training of their lives.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as we dove a bit into uncharted territories with Kenji's home and a little on Ryu's past and powers. The Damon Hall Syndrome is in fact an actual term that is used in Marvel comics when it comes to Mutants with more than one type of power and such. And I'm admitting this right now, the setting of the time would be set in the late 21st to early 22nd century, this is only so that there is a good amount of time set up when Quirks first started popping up and where we are in the story.
Also, I have commissioned StoneMan85 to do a drawing of Ryu Soshi on his deviantart page. You can see it there if you want to help get a visual image in how to picture him.
I also included some references to other works in the story, if you noticed them and know where they are from then your good,
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