Chapter 8: Summer Break pt 1 - Izuku

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(((First Day of Summer Break, Midoriya Apartment)))

Izuku, still in his school uniform, walked through the door of the apartment that he and his mother called home.

"Mom, I'm home!" Izuku called out.

"Izuku, welcome home." Inko replied as she came over and hugged the son she hadn't seen all semester.

Inko almost didn't recognize Izuku when she saw him. Gone was the wimpy geek who could barely talk without stuttering. In his place stood a respectable young man who seemed ready to take on the world.

"You know, Mom, when you first told me I was going to military school, I was scared out of my mind. But now, I can't thank you enough for sending me to Irohama." Izuku thanked.

Izuku untied his boots and headed to his room.

When Izuku entered, he saw all the All Might memorabilia that he had been collecting since he was little… young little, not scrawny little.

"Argh, I'm an idiot." Izuku said to himself. "My Idol showed up at my school and I was too timid to approach him.

Izuku walked over to his bed and laid down. "Why couldn't All Might have showed up a month later. I totally would've approached him by then. But no, he had to come while I was still lacking in confidence."

Izuku walked over to the closet so that he could change out of his school uniform.

"Huh, oh well; All Might visits Irohama every once in awhile, right? I'm sure I'll get the chance to meet him." Izuku stated as he took his uniform off.

(((Week 1)))

"Woah, Best Jeanist beat that snake Villain. Midnight debuted a brand new super move on that group of robbers."

The first thing Izuku had done since being home was catch up on all the Hero news that he had missed. The television at Irohama pretty much only covered news dealing with the economy and the government.

(((Week 2)))

Izuku was doing push-ups. Just because he wasn't at Irohama didn't mean he was going to let his muscles atrophy.

In fact, Izuku had recently bought a set of weights, a pull-up bar, and a workout mat.

"97… 98… 99… 100." Izuku counted. 'Only fifty more to go.'

(((Week 3)))

"Thank you for having me over for lunch, Mrs. Midoriya." Katsuki thanked as he walked in the door.

"And thank Irohama for making you less terrible." Inko muttered quietly to herself.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Katsuki asked.

"Oh, nothing!" Inko replied.

"Cadet Bakugo, good to see you." Izuku said while offering Katsuki a handshake.

Katsuki returned the handshake and said "It's good to see you too. We haven't really seen much of each other since the break began, have we?"

Internally, Inko was balling her eyes out. 'I'm so happy that my baby and his best friend are getting along again.'

(((Week 4)))

Izuku was walking down the street when he ran into some familiar face. Three of his old classmates who used to aid Katsuki in bullying him.

Shikoshi Tsubasa. His Quirk, 'Dragon Wings'. He can grow a pair of dragon-like wings from his back.

Onisato Jukusashi. His Quirk, 'Fingers'. He can make his fingers grow much longer.

Gyuko Fuintama. His Quirk, 'Fangs'. He can make his teeth large and pointy.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the useless little Deku." Onisato declared. Apparently, he had taken command of the wannabe gang after Katsuki was sent to Irohama.

At this point, the old Izuku would have cowered and possibly cried, but Izuku was a different person from who he was a few months ago.

"If you're here to apologize for all that you've put me through over the years, then I'm willing to forgive you. If you're only here to insult me, then I ask that you please let me be on my way." Izuku stated. He would not be pushed around any more.

"Oh, what's this? Seems the Quirkless wonder actually grew a spine at that big fancy military school." Gyuko noted.

"Maybe the three of you should look into enrolling in military school too. You could certainly use it." Izuku stated.

The three boys grew angry hearing that.

"After all, it did wonders for Cadet Bakugo." Izuku said, guessing why they had sought him out.

"That actually what we wanted to talk to you about, Deku." Shikoshi noted. "Since returning from military school, Kaachan is totally different. He said he doesn't wanna hang out with us anymore, he called us bad influences, and, weirdest of all, he now considers you his best friend."

"So you decided to seek me out so that you could beat me up and take your anger out on me, even though it won't help your problem in the slightest." Izuku deduced.

"What did you just say to us you Quirkless little shit?" Gyuko questioned angrilly.

"You wanna fight, come and get me. Just let the record show that it was you three who made the first strike." Izuku stated as he took a fighting stance.

The three bullies charged at him with their Quirks activite.

The fight was over after about two minutes.

The three bullies were lying beaten on the ground while Izuku was dusting himself off.

Before continuing on his way, Izuku told the three bullies "A powerful Quirk is only brute strength. Compared to real skill, it's nothing."

(((Week 5)))

Izuku had just finished his appointment with the local barber.

Instead of the messy hair he had before, his hair was now styled in a crew cut, the shaggy hair on top of his head almost looking like a Mohawk.

"Alright, now that's more like it." Izuku said with a confident smile.

(((Week 6)))

Izuku had just finished the final week of summer break. Now wearing his school uniform once again, he was about to board the bus back to Irohama.

"You're sure you have everything?" Inko asked.

"Yes mom, just like I was the last nine times you asked me." Izuku answered.

"You should really hurry up, Cadet Midoriya." Katsuki called from the bus.

"I'll be right there." Izuku called back.

Izuku turned back to his mother, stood at attention, and gave her a salute. "Mother, I will see you again come Christmas time. Cadet Izuku Midoriya, middle school first year of Irohama military academy for boys, shipping out for the second semester."

"Izuku…!" Inko began tearing up while Izuku turned away and ran to get on the bus.

Yeah, I know, this chapter is kinda short. But it's kinda been a long week.

I want you guys to know that I normally wouldn't write a chapter this short. I normally have a very strict code regarding the length of a fanfiction chapter.

Anything less than 1,000 words is too short.

Anything more than 12,000 words is too long.

Between 4,000 words and 6,500 words is the ideal length.

If you are wondering about Katsuki's three old friends, I made up their names and the names of their Quirks.

You probably recognized the finger and wing Quirks. The guy with the fang Quirk was probably new to you though.

Episode 2, the guy with black shaggy hair who was walking with Katsuki and fingers through the ally. As for his Quirk, I checked the Quirks displayed by the middle school students in episode 1. The guy who looked the most like Katsuki's friend was the one with the teeth Quirk.

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