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I am here! To bring you the updates for this story!
Sorry for the long delay in the updating folks, life and work has been hectic. From those who left encouraging reviews, thank you. And for those who have demanded and sneered that I will be simply abandoning this, well, I sorry to inform you but I do have a life outside reading and writing fanfics, much as I would like to do otherwise. So please bear with me since as we all know, it's kinda hard writing a story as you go. After all, even God didn't make the universe in a day, and that is what more or less what I'm attempting to do.
With that out of the way, on to the story!
Chapter 3: Izuku D. Midorya
Previously:
"We are ready."
They then found themselves back on the deck of Thousand Sunny as Roger began to explain how this will go.
"There is a reason that World's End looks the way it does, a long time ago, a knock-up stream bigger than any in the world happened and launched the Island Raftel to the great beyond."
"Then how come, we just came from-" Nami stopped herself as she began to pale.
"Your not dead if that is what you are worried about." assured Roger. "It has become the Nexus of the worlds, a portal, so to speak. I didn't continue on because of my sickness and I had to let the world know that it is here, even if they didn't know it."
As he said this , the waters under the ship began to froth and bubble. The Launch-Up Stream ready to take them to the wildest journey of their lives.
"So, Captain Luffy are you ready?"
"Set Sail!"
Meanwhile...
After the departure of the new Pirate King and his crew, The Memory of Roger proceeded to the throne room to see how they were doing. Hey, being a manifestation of the spirit of someone can get boring real quick , so who can blame him for getting a source of entertainment, especially these Strawhats certainly are the most interesting people since his own crew, if not more so.
As he proceeded to start viewing, he noticed that the settings were not what they would be.
"Oh dear, It seems that it was set to reincarnation mode instead of the standard transport to another world." he said with a bit of worry, but then dismissed it. "Bah, I guess it doesn't matter in the end. They'll get to that point at one point or another"
He then proceeded to watch from his throne-like chair complete with surround sound speakers and equipped to dispense chilled drinks and snacks and all things nessesary for a very long marathon of binge watching. "This is going to be fun!"
Mustafu General Hospital...
Inko Midoria can only watch in awe at the beauty and miracle that is he son. A cute and beautiful little baby boy with her green hair and he husband's freckles. He was perfect in every single way. Like any baby, he cried nice and loud, and then, something odd happpend. At least according to her doctor, he made a particular sound, almost like he was laughing, but that was impossible, this was what she told. But Inko didn't care, the moment he was handed to her covered in a bundle of that new rising star hero, All Might, themed cloths, (since those were the only ones available) he was perfect. And with that thought, she fell asleep with dreams of what her little Izuku will grow up to be, whilst listening to the soothing sound of her son and all is right with the world.
"Shishishishi!"
It all started in China, when a baby displayed the unusual ability of producing light on its own. And from there, it started what may would call the next step in human evolution: Quirks.
With power literally at their fingertips, humanity entered a new age. Here, the feats and deeds previously imagined in comics novels and movies, have become reality. And with it, human nature shows itself as people see their Quirks from their own selfish desires and ambitions. This gave rise to a new kind of profession against these evil doers called "Villains", naturally, They were called Heroes!
Mustafu...
It was a day like any other day, the Sun was shining, people meandering about their own business, all seems bright and normal-
"Boom!"
Nevermind.
An explosion rocks the entire block causing nearby bystanders to run to the opposite direction. The source of the explosion was from the back of a bank. As the smoke cleared, it revealed a group of people with clothes that look like they came from the desert. The man in front was was wearing a turban around his head some loose robes, a pair of sandals, and sports a rather impressive mustache. He also has a lazy arrogant look that nothing can touch him. He was also carrying a large dufflebag full of cash.
Higuma "The Bandit"
Quirk: Swordhand
-Leads the Mountain Bandits Villain group. He is fairly proficient enough in swordsmanship to deflect gunshots and once a shotgun blast due to his quirk.
"Ah! nothing makes my day like a well-executed heist early in the morning to make my day!" Higuma exclaimed loudly, like he was just taking a walk in the park. He's then followed by his men who were garbed in a similar manner. Idly chatting on how they will be spending their money.
They then noticed that a civilian was hit by one of the debris from the explosion. Now this was not an uncommon thing especially with people possessing crazy quriks commiting crimes along with Heroes trying to combat them, as such collateral damage and civilian casualties were fairly common. What was different as that this unconscious female civilian has a protector in the form of a 3 1/2 year old boy with curly green hair and four freckles in each cheek. He also wore an expression both of fright and anger as he assumed a fighting stance. He knew that he will most likely not be able to beat them but he is determined to protect his mother.
"Oh, looks like we got ourselves a little hero here boys! Guehehehe." In response to this the other bandits also laughed at the sight of a toddler standing up to them.
"You hurt Mama! You no hurt her anymore!" The declaration of the child was offset by even louder laughter by the bandits.
Amused by this, Higuma walked up to the little boy who looked like he was about to cry. With a sickening grin he said to the boy, "Relax kid, we won't hurt your mom, we have what we came for." The kid relaxed a bit in relief when the Villain suddenly added. "That is , if you bow down and ask for forgiveness for blocking my path! Guehehehehe!"
Little Izuku grit his teeth and held back as much tears as he can and braced for the coming pain that he knew that will come. But despite this, he refused to back down from this man who hurt his mom.
"Oi, oi, oi. Thanks doesn't sound very fair picking at a helpless kid. Why don't you pick on someone your own size eh?"
"Who dares...?"
From the surrounding dust cloud, appeared silhouettes of several people. The most prominent of them all ppears to be wearing a hat off some sort.
"Eh? And who might you be? Don't you know who I am? I am The fearsome Higuma! I have the underworld bounty of 5,000,000B!" The bandit bragged as he swung his hand and transforming it into a sword. "You think you fancy yourself as a sort of hero? I know how you are all talk and of bite! There are only four of you and dozens of us! You lose!"
The leading silhouette stepped out of the cloud and revealed to be a man who looked like he was in his mind 20s, wearing a white button down shirt , baggy short pants, a pirates captains over coat on his shoulders and to top it off, a staw hat shadows the upper part of his face.
"Let's not be hasty here. why don't you put away the sword and me peacefully, there is no need for anyone to get hurt..."
"Oh, there is a need alright, you weaklings need to be taught a lesson in pain! Get them boys!"
The straw-hatted figure merely sighed.
"Well, I tried..."
"No need to do anything captain," other figure stepped out of the dust cloud. This one wore a blue Hawaiian shirt and dark jeans with is long hair tied into a ponytail. And over his shoulder was a rifle slung like a club. "I'm more than a match for them."
The dust cloud dispersed revealing two more people. One of them was a fat figure With a green bandana, and wearing a pair of dark round goggles whilst eating a giant hunk of other one has wild blonde hair which was styled into dreadlocks. He is also wearing a headband with the words "Yassop" printed on it. He had a pair of pistols on his side and a rifle strapped on his back.
"*Sigh* Fine, you're up Ben."
What followed was a beat down of the numerous thugs by Ben, to looked like it was a walk while swatting insects left and right. Seeing this, Higuma panicked and took out a smoke bomb from his pocket. "Screw this!" And with a Poof, he disappeared, along with the boy held from earlier.
"Damn, we let our guard down." Said the red haired man, "We gotta find him!"
A quarter of an our later, out in the middle of the sea, the Villain laughed to himself on how easy it was to escape the hero. Who would look for a bandit in the middle of the ocean? It sounded like a great plan if not for the brat that he took with him as insurance. It sounded like a good idea at the time but now, he won't stop fussing and making a bother to him. He then smiled to himself, this area has stories about a giant man-eating eel that developed a monster size quirk. What better way to get rid of the evidence than that? And without further prompting, he kicked to boy over board and looked on as the boy flailed around, doing his best to keep his head above the water.
He then sat back and laughed as he sees the kid looked at him in fear. He then felt a strong presence behind him. He turned around just in time to see the very same monster lunge towards him and with a massive snap swallowed him whole.
Izuku knew that he was about to die, and all that has could think of was at least he saved his Mom, just like a real hero.
The Monster Eel looked towards him like it can sense his fear and decided that it wants dessert. It then lunged to eat him as it did the bandit before, Izuku shut his eyes to prepare for the end when he felt an arm wrap around him.
Not knowing what to expect, he was surprised to see the hero from before glaring at the monster but it that wasn't the most unusual thing. It was the fact that he Eel was looking scared as if the Hero was gonna be the one who will eat it.
"Go."
It was just one word, but it carried the authority of a king.
The eel immidiately took off as fast as it could.
The little boy was now crying as he felt many different feelings all at once, joy, fear, relief, and sadness. The last one due to the fact that his saviour didn't leave the encounter unscathed...
"But- but... ... your ARM!"
"Mah mah, it's a small price to pay compared to making you safe... After all, it's only an arm."
The boy kept on crying, unable to comprehend what just happened, only hat he understood one thing: Heroes were really cool.
The was then engulfed in a strong embrace the moment he arrived back at the scene by an emotional and deeply worried mother.
"IZUKU! OH MY BABY! WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU? WERE YOU HURT? IS THAT YOUR BLOOD? WHAT HAPPENED? I'M SO SORRY!"
"Hey, it's ok Mom, There was this mean Villain, but then Shanks rescued me he was so cool and then he scared of a sea monster and then he lost his arm and then..." The child babbled on as what a person would expect of a toddler that just discovered the secrets of the universe.
After that, things winded down, or at least as much as it would after a Villain attack. And as the Heroes were about to leave, Shanks felt a tug on his pants. He turned to see the other as before, tears still flowing from his eyes like a little River. He couldn't resist teasing the boy to cheer up. "Hey now, stop that. You can't be part of a Hero crew if you are going to be a crybaby."
But instead of crying some more, the boy had a fire in his eye and looked at his saviour with full conviction and determination. "I'm going to be a hero someday, The bestest in the entire world!"
"Oho? Is that right, but I don't take crybabies in my crew, what are you gonna do about it?" He couldn't help but egg on the kid, he was just so fluffy.
"Then I'll make my own crew! They're gonna be much cooler that yours! In fact, I will someday be the Hero King!"
"Interesting, not the No.1 but the Hero King?"
"That's right! I will do it! No.1s change, but there will be one hero King Forever." He then raised his fists in the air and shouted the statement that will change the world forever. " I WILL BE THE HERO KING!"
Then there was a pause, like the entire world froze to a standstill. as if the whole of creation listened and awaits the fulfillment of that promise. Everyone who heard it, Heroes, policemen, and even civilians, couldn't help but smile at the full conviction and just knew that they just witnessed something very special.
The Hero chuckled in good humor but there was a look in his eye that he has decided on something.
"Well then, in that case, I need you to take care of this." He then placed his Strawhat on top of the crying boy's head. "Hold on to this for me and give it back when you reach the top, Luffy." The boy simply nodded though with a little confused look on his face.
"Why did you all me Luffy? My name is Izuku Midorya." The Hero simply shrugged and said "I don't know, it just felt right. See you around Luffy."
The Heroes boarded their airship Ben Beckman asked his captain, "Are you sure this is ok to you? you not only lost your arm, but you also gave away your precious Hat to that random kid."
"That kid is anything it random, He is someone who will be worth watching out for. As for the arm? Let's just say I bet my arm for the next generation."
And as the airship flew farther and farther away, no one knew but his was the beginning of a series of events that will usher a brand new Era.
And the World will need be the same again.