'Sup guys 'n gals! I'm back with another chapter of Light in the Abyss! I hope that you've enjoyed the story, and I'm planning to continue to update this as soon as I can. Anyways, enjoy chapter 3!
The Nomu charged and struck quickly, and its large chains whipping out and full speed. Dark Shadow managed to latch onto one chain, and he threw the Nomu aside.
The Nomu must've been prepared for a predicament like this, because another of its chains dug into the ground and pulled itself back onto its feet.
A bolt of lightning struck down, but the Nomu blocked it with its chains.
"Shigaraki must've known about the storm," Tokoyami thought, "Those chains aren't metal."
The Nomu roared as it charged to strike again. This time, Izuku was able to punch it with five percent, and the Nomu's head was bashed into the ground.
Izuku stood back up, and Tokoyami called Dark Shadow back to him.
The Nomu pushed itself up similar to that of Moonfish. Its cold dark eyes rested on the two students, with no signs of mercy.
Its chains charged out once more, this time aiming at Izuku, who managed to dodge the attack.
"Should we try to aim at the back of its head again!?" Tokoyami yelled to Izuku.
"It could be the only way to defeat it," Izuku replied while dodging two more chains.
Dark Shadow then attempted to grab the Nomu, but the lightning kept making him shrink back in fear.
"Don't be timid now, Shadow," Tokoyami said to him, "It's merely timed streaks of light. If you can get the timing just right, you could do a sneak attack on the Nomu."
Dark Shadow shook his head a little bit before growing himself.
The Nomu let out a large roar before lashing out three more chains. They latched onto a tree and pulled it out of the ground.
"Holy Chain Nomu, Tokoyami!" Izuku gasped as the Nomu threw the tree at the two students.
The Nomu's attacks didn't stop there though, a bolt of lightning struck the ground and the Nomu vanished.
"Does it have a teleportation quirk too?" Tokoyami asked as Izuku powered himself up to ten percent.
"I'm not sure," Izuku answered, "Can Dark Shadow search for him?"
"Already on it!" Shadow exclaimed as he vanished into the fog.
The two students stood back to back as they searched their surroundings. The storm seemed to have no pity over them as it raged even more. The hailstones were smaller though, which luckily didn't cause any more damage to Izuku and Tokoyami.
Dark Shadow suddenly rushed back, but he was very small.
"Duck!" Dark Shadow squeaked as two large chains appeared from the smoke.
"Tokoyami! Midoryia!" Dark Shadow yelled, "What if we grab onto the chains when he strikes? He'll drag you to him and you can get him from there!"
"We could get our arms dislocated or ripped off if the Nomu draw back its chains too quickly. It also has spiked on its back," Tokoyami replied as the Nomu ran out from the fog.
The chains multiplied quickly, and twelve of the Nomu's chains became visible.
"Oh gosh!" Izuku exclaimed as three chains dashed towards him.
Dark Shadow managed to catch them all. Dark Shadow growled and yanked the chains towards him, coiling back for a punch.
Tokoyami then realized what the Nomu was doing.
"Shadow! Stop!" Tokoyami yelled, "The Nomu-"
The Nomu wrapped three more of its chains around Izuku's neck and pushed Shadow away. Izuku was trying to use One for All to break the chains, but like the All-Might Nomu, this Nomu had shock absorption.
"Midoryia!" Tokoyami cried out as the Nomu let out a blood-curdling laugh.
Izuku was struggling to breath. He had his hands around the chains, attempting to get free.
"Come on, Shadow!" Tokoyami yelled as he and Dark Shadow ran towards the Nomu.
Although it clearly had its focus on Izuku, the Nomu saw Tokoyami and its hands grabbed and tried to crush Tokoyami.
Tokoyami and Dark Shadow were now on the ground trying not to become one with the Earth. Tokoyami's crimson eyes stared at his struggling classmate, and tears ran down his face.
"I can't lose you…no…No!"
The weight of the Nomu's hands was now starting to hurt. Dark Shadow was wailing as more lightning erupted from the clouds.
"Shoji!" Tokoyami cried as Moonfish's tooth blade struck Shoji.
"Argh!" Shoji yelped as he grabbed his bleeding arm.
"No! Shadow, stay in!" Tokoyami begged as Dark Shadow grew larger.
"He hurt Shoji!" Dark Shadow roared, "He could go even farther as killing Shoji if we let him."
Tokoyami knew deep in his heart that Dark Shadow was right, but the consequences could be horrible. However, Shadow was now enveloping Tokoyami in darkness.
"I'm doing this, so we don't lose Shoji."
All that Tokoyami could do was yell.
As the memory replayed in his head, Tokoyami felt Dark Shadow grow stronger because of what he felt.
"Come on, Shadow," Tokoyami said, "Just a little more…"
"You and lil' Shadow are strong!"
"Tsuyu?" Tokoyami yelled.
He must be hearing things.
"Be strong…"
That was Nazomu. Her words rang through his head.
"I don't have long, Tokoyami…" Nazomu coughed out, "You'll have to go on with life without me."
"I can't, Nazomu," Tokoyami choked out, "I don't think I can go on…without you."
"You have to," Nazomu muttered as some blood ran down the corners of her mouth.
"Please! No!" Tokoyami screamed as Nazomu took off her necklace, kissed it, and placed it on Tokoyami's hand.
"Shadow will find help! You're gonna be okay!" Tokoyami continued as more tears spilled from his eyes.
"Promise me…that you won't remain alone," Nazomu whispered, "Make some friends…become a hero…be strong…"
Tokoyami watched her eyes slowly close.
"I love you, Tokoyami Fumikage…"
Tokoyami held her hand, only to find it cold and pale.
"No! Nazomu! Please…don't go…"
Tokoyami wrapped his pinky around hers and squeezed it.
"I promise you," Tokoyami said, "I will become a hero, for you, Nazomu."
The paramedics arrived shortly after her passing and took her body away. They asked Tokoyami a few questions before taking her body to her parents. Tokoyami held the keychain to his chest while Dark Shadow coiled around him in a comforting hug.
He promised himself to never face this pain again. He would not have any close friends. He won't know the locations of anymore graves.
He will be isolated.
Tokoyami felt the weight of the Nomu lift off of him faster and faster.
"I lost Nazomu, I nearly lost Shoji, I won't let Midoryia die too!"
"Black Ankh!" Tokoyami yelled as the Nomu exploded off of him and fell backwards.
Dark Shadow was now covering Tokoyami, who had a terrifying grin.
"You…" Tokoyami roared as he launched himself at the Nomu.
The Nomu was surprised at the strike and dropped Izuku, who surprisingly remained alive. Izuku coughed a little before seeing Tokoyami.
Dark Shadow's eyes had become a crimson red.
"I know you have shock absorption, but do you have regeneration?" Tokoyami muttered before Dark Shadow grabbed onto one of the Nomu's arms and dislocated it.
Izuku smirked as he got onto his feet. He ran besides Tokoyami, who had backed away from the Nomu.
"I have an idea, it may sound bad, but it might work," Tokoyami said.
The two students charged at the Nomu, who was trying to fix his arm, and they did a double punch.
"Shadow for All!" Dark Shadow yelled as the two boys hit the Nomu right in all four of its eyes.
The Nomu roared as it covered its bleeding eyes.
Dark Shadow taunted the Nomu to distract it while Izuku ran behind the Nomu. He then used twenty percent to hit the Nomu in its weak spot, which was the crevice where the chains came out.
The Nomu was suddenly hit by lightning and it collapsed.
"The chains must've been what the Nomu used to protect itself from the lightning," Izuku explained.
"I guess Shigaraki didn't see this coming," Dark Shadow said as he unattached himself from Tokoyami.
The two boys stuck around for a few moments to make sure that the Nomu was for sure out cold.
"Thanks, Midoryia," Tokoyami said, "I wouldn't have been able to take the Nomu on without you."
"Don't thank me!" Izuku replied nervously, "You came up with the plan and saved me from lack of oxygen."
"You did much more, trust me."
The two boys were able to run through some of the storm since they barely had any injuries.
"Tokoyami!" Dark Shadow cried as a random chain appeared and aimed at Izuku.
Tokoyami pushed Izuku out of the way and felt the chain go through him. Blood covered the end of the chain and Tokoyami's sweater.
"Tokoyami!" Izuku cried as Dark Shadow disappeared into the storm.
When Shadow returned, the chain dropped and Tokoyami fell to the ground.
"Tokoyami! I'm so sorry! This is my fault!" Izuku yelled as tears fell from his eyes.
"Don't worry about me," Tokoyami sputtered, "Get out of the storm, now."
"I'm not leaving you!"
"I know you couldn't leave me at Training Camp, but this time, you have to. For your sake, and mine."
"T-Tokoyami! Please stay alive! Come on! We can make it!"
Izuku cradled Tokoyami's body as his small cried became screams. Dark Shadow tried to shake Tokoyami a little to keep him awake.
"Don't die! Please!"
Tokoyami rolled his head to the side and closed his eyes.
"Tokoyami!"
Yay more cliffhangers! Is Tokoyami dead? Stay tuned to find out the fate of our Jet-Black Hero! Also, there's a quote in here that is a parody of a running gag from the 60's Batman show, did you catch it? Rest in Peace Adam West (1928-2017). Anyways, Beast Boy and the Indoraptor are Beast Mode! Until next time :D