"I'm not the oni killer." Deku whimpered out while struggling to breathe.
" Why did you save that girl monsters like you shouldn't care about anybody but themselves, oh I see she was your next target?" Stendhal says with murderous intent in his voice to a point where even a veteran pro would be shaking in their boots.
Deku did not fear the man in front of him even with that murderous tone. His body was paralyzed all he could think of was when this paralyzation wears off he's going to have to kill him quick and efficient.
"Why do I want to kill him so badly, no I don't want to kill him I want to eat him. I want to consume him there's something inside of his body I want it I need it. It looks so tasty, no no no no no no no no no no no no what am I saying, I need to escape." Deku thinks to himself.
"Wow most people would be scared out of their minds, you must be really fucked up kid?" Stendhal says with intrigue.
Stendhal slams Deku into the ground, pinning him there with one of his hands he raises his other hand that carries his blade. Stendhal examines Deku looking into his eyes, seeing no fear.
"Is this the same boy, when he was with that girl he acted totally different but now he acts like a monster. No he is not a monster he tried saving that girl knowing that he would die, is he worthy of keeping around?" Stendhal thinks to himself.
Then Stendhal feels a sharp pain on the arm holding his blade, he turns and he sees a girl with blonde hair and sharp teeth biting into him so deep that it even draws blood. Stendhal shakes the girl off & she falls to the ground, landing on her back. Stendhal stands up towering over the girl, he has a murderous look in his eyes. The girl starts shaking unable to move due to the fear that she's experiencing, Stendhal raises his blade.
Deku sees Stendhal raising his blade getting ready to strike down Kitten. He notices his body is able to move, then instantly raises his right hand & points one of his fingers out. He feels an overwhelming urge to kill Stendhal right now, it feels like somebody else is guiding his hand something else is pushing him to kill him. Pointing his pointer finger right at Stendhal right before whatever he was going to do activates. He sees the blade coming down at Kitten he sees the fear in her eyes & he remembers the words she said to him you're not a monster you are a hero you saved me. He points his finger at the blade on top of Kitten, Deku's finger blackens and at the tip of it a sharp claw like shape elongates from his finger at such a speed it's like a bullet. Stendhal wasn't able to react quick enough and his blade shattered into tiny pieces. Deku stands up and rushes in front of Kitten, Deku for some reason starts to feel fear again. Deku does the only thing he knows to do in a situation like this he puts his arms up takes a fighting stance and starts to smile like All Might.
" Everything is going to be alright because I am here now!" Deku shouts while looking at Stendhal with fear and tears in his eyes but with a All Might smile on his face.
Stendhal looks at the two children in front of him, he licks the rest of the blood on his finger. He sees the oni killer paralyzed unable to move, even though his body is paralyzed he still stands still smiling.
" He passes for now." Stendhal thinks to himself.
Deku feels his body frozen yet again & he stares at the man with a shattered knife. Praying to god that he just kills him and not Kitten, a second passes feeling like an eternity. Then the man starts to run fast, faster than any other human in the world except for the ones with speed quirks. The man moved with grace effortlessly not even slowing down for a second just keeping his momentum.
"It's finally over." Deku says while breathing a sigh of relief.
Zuzu feels arms wrapped around him, bringing him to a super tight hug & followed by loud crying coming from Kitten. She tries to speak but it comes out ununderstandable & Zuzu starts blushing only for a second forgetting the whole incident that just occurred. He tries to move but his body wouldn't let him due to still being paralyzed.
"I thought... I thought... you were going to...die." Kitten says with a mountain of worry in her voice & she grabs Zuzu and puts his head right into her chest close enough so he could hear her heartbeat and squeezes him tighter.
Zuzu stays silent thinking about what just happened, he thinks about how he almost died. He thinks about the mans speed and his skill with the blade also why was he messing with him. He thinks about the man letting him go, praying to god the man's path never crosses his own path again. He knows how unfair this world is too him & he fears what he's becoming. He thinks about the urge to kill how it just came out of nowhere and as soon as it came it faded. A million thoughts ran through Zuzu's head but they all came to a stop. When he felt a warm hand stroking his hair he turned his head looking at Kitten. Tears on her face while trying to put on a brave face, Zuzu closed his eyes so he could listen to her heartbeat. Zuzu heard the way that her heart thumps did so rapidly it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest.
"Everything's going to be okay no matter what happens we'll always be together like I promised okay Kitten." Zuzu says trying to sound confident even though he himself is unsure of the future.
Today it seems to be enough though as he slowly hears Kitten's heartbeat start to calm down to a normal rate after about a minute. After a minute Zuzu able to move his body he tries to get out of Kitten's hug but when he tries to move she squeals and hugs him even tighter. Zuzu thinks the best option is not to move to make Kitten happy.
Akuma finally arrives at the scene, seeing a crying Toga holding Deku tightly while crying her eyes out. Akuma looks around the area noticing the shattered blade pieces & small amounts of blood on the grass as well, without saying a word he hugs Deku and Toga tightly.
" I'm sorry I should have never Left you guys alone & I'll do better next time." Akuma says while holding them both even tighter.
" I've got no time to explain right now we gotta get to a hotel or somewhere to hide out for a few days. We need to go back to the apartment right now get as much clothes and food, because our attacker knows where we live." Deku says in a stern voice.
At first Akuma is taken aback about the way that Deku speaks with confidence. He also noticed his eye flickers for a second he swore to god it was red. Like as soon as the confidence came to Deku it faded & Deku's legs started to shake out of fear.
Zuzu grabbed Kitten's hand and took out his pocket knife in his other hand.
"Everything's going to be okay, don't worry." Zuzu says to Kitten with a smile. "Can you grab her other hand?" Deku asks Akuma
"Of course." Akuma replies.
Both of them grabbed Toga's hands and started walking back keeping an eye out for Stendhal. After about a few minutes all three of them arrived at the apartment & they went inside and grabbed all the supplies that they needed. They started making their way to a hotel & on the way there they were completely silent focused on keeping an eye out for Stendhal. On the way there to the hotel something odd caught Deku's eye. There was a man talking about heroes how heroes nowadays are just in it for money and fame. He also talked about taking back what it means to be a true hero. People were just walking pass this man not even giving him a glance. For some reason that pissed Deku off mainly because he knew the truth about heroes, because the man was speaking the truth nowadays. He's seen from first-hand experience a greedy hero who cares about filling their pockets over saving lives, Deku pulled Toga and Akuma nearby the man.
"I couldn't agree more I've seen it, heroes nowadays only care about money and fame." Deku says to the man with sadness in his voice.
The man looks surprised a child would say such a thing, especially when all the adults around just ignored him, then the man had a smile on his face.
"You seen the truth boy, you seen the truth the word hero now belongs to fakes. People that just use it for glory and money, people who don't care about the true meaning behind the word hero. People that care more about toys being popular, the heroes who only care about commercial deals & brand recognition it makes me sick, does it make you sick too?" the man ranted to Deku.
"I can agree with some of those points but not all of them, I've seen heroes who've put money over people's lives. I hate them the most & I can agree that the word hero nowadays doesn't mean what it meant back in the day. There are still some true heroes out there like All Might, maybe a few others that care about saving people instead of just being selfish bastards. Maybe there are some heroes who would actually give a damn about the people that they're supposed to protect. Instead about caring about their goddamn wallets and goddamn fame or the stupid advertisements, all I see now is bullshit." Deku ranted back at the man. Right before he could finish his rant, Toga pulled his arm close to her and looked at him. Then he understood that this is not the time and nodded.
"It looks like you got to go now that's fine boy, when we have more time we can talk about this but I guess for now you gotta go, so be on your way now boy." The man says to Deku with a smile on his face that could rival All Might's.
Deku nodded to the man and walked off with Toga and Akuma.
They've finally arrived at the hotel Akuma checks them in and they go to the room, then they start setting everything up.
"What happened back there, so you guys were attacked but I need details?" Akuma says with worry in his voice.
"Un... what happened is that Deku saw the attacker rush up and attack us. Then Deku told me to leave so I could get you." Toga says timidly when she starts to speak about it her body starts to shake out of the fear that she experienced.
"What did the man look like?" Akuma asked.
Both Deku and Toga started giving their descriptions of the bad man. During the description she was thinking about the man. Some slimy gray substance started secreting around her. Deku and Akuma both noticed it, they both got their guard up & Deku rushed forward trying to grab Toga. Slime substance wrapped around her too quickly, when it finished wrapping around her it made the shape of the man, Deku stopped for a second.
He saw where Toga was standing was Stendhal.
"Wait wait wait wait wait it's me Kitten." Kitten says while still sounding like Stendhal.
"Okay Kitten I believe you, what's happening?" Zuzu asked with worry in his voice, while he slowly walked towards Kitten.
Before Deku could even reach Toga the form that Toga took started to fade a gray slimy substance fell off of her. Her clothes were covered in the gray substance making it quite unpleasant to have them on, Zuzu rushed to Kitten and hugged her tightly.
"What was that?" Zuzu asked with curiosity.
"I don't know." Kitten replied to Zuzu.
Deku rushed to his backpack and took out a notebook & started to write things down and mumble to himself.
"Zuzu what's going on?" Kitten says.
"I think I figured out your quirk you can transform into people." Zuzu says with confidence, while he still writes down things on his notebook.
"Try to transform into me." Zuzu says with a smile on his face.
Kitten tries to picture herself transforming but nothing happens, she tries again but again can't transform.
"I'm sorry I can't transform." Kitten says defeated.
Deku ponders to himself for a second & after about a minute an idea pops into his head.
"It's blood that's what you need to transform, your body craves blood maybe that's a sign of your quirk of what's required to use it. To prove my theory I need you to bite me and make me bleed & don't worry I'll be fine." Deku says with a smile on his face, when he talks about her quirk he start bouncing on his feet from excitement.
Kitten sees how happy he is from analyzing her quirk, it also brings a smile to her face & she grabs his hand and bites down on it. Drawing blood from his hand she starts to suck on it, for some reason his blood tastes really sweet to her. Different than when she bit Stendhal his blood was cold and tasteless but when she consumes Zuzu's blood it made her feel warm inside. She also noticed that he flinched when she bit him. He didn't seem to get mad though so that made her happy.
"Now try transforming." Zuzu says with excitement in his voice & his eyes wide open waiting to see his theory to be proven.
Kitten closed her eyes and visualized transforming into Zuzu & one second later gray slime came back & wrapped around her again. After it was finished she was Zuzu, she was surprised that it actually worked. She looked at Zuzu and saw the biggest smile on his face, Zuzu started to cheer.
"Your quirks amazing." Zuzu with a smile on his face, then he went up and hugged her picking her up and swingin her around.
When Kitten was being swung around by Zuzu, she smiled knowing that Zuzu actually cared about her. Not being turned away by her quirk, actually being praised about her quirk. Finding somebody that would be happy that she has a quirk like this, she starts to cry but not of sadness but of joy.
"Thank you so much Zuzu." Kitten says happily while she's still being swung around.
Akuma patiently waited seeing Deku help out Toga with her quirk. It brought a smile onto his face he did not want to interrupt them due to the fact that Deku is actually making a friend. He's been having some concerns lately as well about Deku the way he's been acting lately is different. One moment he's happy the next he snaps and it feels like a different person. His eyes flicker to red, which could be a sign that his quirks evolving. Akuma's also noticed his outlook on heroes has changed, boys are always happy to see a hero, now he sees the truth and now he despises them.
After a moment & Deku is finished spinning Toga around. Her transformation fades & another pile of gunk falls off of her.
"Okay that's it you guys are going to stop making messes now." Akuma demanded.
"Sorry." Deku and Toga say in unison feeling kind of bad as they made a mess.
"You should both take a bath to get the gunk off of you Toga you go first. Deku you're going to help me clean the mess." Akuma says getting Toga her clothes to change.
Toga and Deku both nodded & Toga headed to the bath. Deku started picking up the gunk from the ground and putting it in a trash bag.
"Hey Deku are you feeling alright do you want to talk to me about something? It's just because I've been thinking you've been... different of late, I'm a little worried about you." Akuma says cautiously trying not to rile up Deku.
"Of course you noticed, I don't know what's going on with me anymore. I think you could be my quirk or maybe something else." Deku says while trying to hold back tears.
"Everything's going to be fine Deku again we're partners in this, I won't let anything bad happen to us or her. So you can trust me, tell me what happened maybe we can fix it." Akuma says while kneeling down to eye level.
"Okay this might sound crazy but I think our quirk is different than what we thought of. I think it's a transformation quirk and not an emitter quirk." Deku says still fighting back the tears.
"Wait what's the name of that type quirk and transformation? I don't know what that means." Akuma says with embarrassment.
" How do you not know about quirk types." Deku replies with shock.
"Well I never really studied quirks I mainly studied food which is people for us." Akuma says trying to defend himself.
"Let me just break it down real quick quirks for dummies class starts now.1 emitter quirks those quirks secrete things from the body but they also have other classifications. Example if I had a quirk that shot fire that's an emitter quirk, another example of an emitter quirk is Miss Joke. She can use to make people laugh which is an example of emitter quirks, emitter quirks are the most common.2 Transformation quirks this quirk alters the body in some type of way. For example I could be made out of rubber if I had an emitter quirk but the quirk doesn't work all the time. The quirk requires concentration to use these quirks take a lot of stamina to use properly, most of them are close quarters as well.3 Mutant type quirks that usually add animal like or object like properties to the user's body which are usually permanent. For example some people might be like a dog and carry the traits of a dog. Some people might have scissors for hands or guns for hands just as examples, any questions?" Deku says this with a smile on his face, like talking about quirks make him forget about everything for a second.
"I don't have any questions about the quirks just that, I'm quite surprised that you know all this stuff." Akuma says while trying to absorb all the knowledge in.
Deku grabs his notebook and starts flipping to a page.
"So this is the page that I have on us, it have much due to the fact that I haven't really tried to get an understanding of us I guess. Since we're on better terms I guess it's time for me to stop dragging us down. I'm going to need to ask you some questions they might be hard okay but try to answer them to the best of your ability." Deku says with a compliant tone, his body language was screaming he didn't want to do this.
"I'll answer to the best of my ability." Akuma says while getting nervous.
"The night you killed my mother, sorry I mean the night we killed my mother do you remember what you were doing before you killed her?" Deku says it while holding his chest, his hand quickly tighten around the area of his chest where his heart is, his nails started digging into his chest.
"I...uh don't recall anything that has happened before, all I remember is that I killed her." Akuma says without making any eye contact, he just stared at the floor.
"Understood." Deku says while shaking.
They go silent for a minute all that can be heard is the sound of Deku writing in his notebook. After about another minute passes Deku puts down his notebook.
"Akuma I need you to test something out for me fuse into my body again. This time try manipulating my arm like it was one of your arms." Deku says it with a serious face.
Akuma nodded & infused himself with Deku again, Deku's right arm started to be manipulated. Flesh and bones started to change into the same shadow like substance that Akuma is made out of.
"That's enough to prove my theory now let's split apart." Deku says coldly.
Akuma splits from Deku again & Deku attaches a black string to Akuma.
Deku picks up his notebook and starts writing he writes out some words most likely other theories that he had about his quirk. After about 10 minutes later he puts down his notebook.
"Okay so here's my theory about how my quirk works the theory is this." Deku says without a hint of enjoyment in his voice & he passes the notebook to Akuma.
Akuma looks at the page that Deku has been writing on to for the past 10 minutes.
Title of Quirk Phantom
Abilities:
1 Bear claw gauntlet: The user gets a bear claw gauntlet that's sharp enough to cut through wood. Maybe if we increase its strength it'll be strong enough to cut through metal. Negatives short-range not always reliable to summon when in stressful situations.
2 Bear familiar: Summons a small bear to fight for user & has to be commanded to either by voice or by thought if a black string is attached. Negatives takes a lot of energy to use if you're not focused. Through a recent experience I was able to determine I can summon the bear quickly, at the moment I can't do so again.
3 The Phantom: This is the easiest out of all summons to bring out, be warned this one has its own conscience. It can be reasoned with but always be weary, from my experience it seems like a strong source of help for now. The Phantom is really powerful and fights quickly by morphing its limbs into weapons. For example it can shape-shift its arm into a blade & then attack somebody with it. It also gains properties from what it eats for example it ate a chameleon and is now able to transform its skin into different colors. Similar to a chameleon with this and it's high intellect it's able to make itself look human. It also has wings due to eating birds, note that it needs to eat multiple of the animal to gain the ability. We also think about feeding it snakes and other animals to gain other abilities. He's eaten turtle and gained an ability such as light hardening good against being stabbed but nothing too great sadly. Negatives the quirk is pretty powerful but there are some drawbacks. For example if you were to get a consciousness that wasn't friendly that would spell disaster. Luckily I haven't experienced that as of late & he comes out on his own so you have no control over him. He's mainly effective for fighting for you so if somebody were to avoid him and go after me I would most likely be killed. He has a range of up to 200 feet with a black string attached. If he gets out of that range I would have to release him which would put the user in extreme danger due to the fact that the user would be exhausted.
4 Black Flame: This technique is pretty weak on its own, mainly use it to keep campfires going for a night light in the woods. I haven't experimented with it really that much though that is a failure on my part. It can be used efficiently under the right circumstances. Black flame can also be used to precisely burn something, for example I tried burning the leaves around a piece of wood without burning the wood. It took me a few tries but I managed to do it after about 3 days, even doing that much was extremely exhausting for my mental fortitude. Negatives user must have a heat source to use black flame properly it can only get as hot as a heat source. Maybe there's a way to increase it by black flame but further testing needs to be done.
5 Transforming body: I recently discovered I can transform my body to be similar to the Phantom ability. Most likely I can mimic all of his abilities but I do not have the ability to do so at the moment, due to the lack of training that I have done.
6 Creating abilities: This I have the least information on at the moment, from what I can tell Akuma is able to create his abilities. Through the souls that he eats or you can use the souls to strengthen him, it takes him about six months to create an ability. Note I may be able to make abilities as well at the moment I haven't tested it, drawback of this ability it takes time to make a new one.
Quirk weaknesses:
1 consumption of bodies/souls:
The user can't get any stronger without eating people or animals, for example I only had the Phantom ability. So I gained an ability only after he ate somebody or an animal, so for this quirk to increase its strength and gain more abilities something has to die & some price has to be paid.
2 using this Quirk is exhausting if you use it too much like any other quirk they'll be extreme drawbacks most notably lack of stamina. Most likely a temporary weakness until I get stronger.
3 Personality changes/nightmares: Potentially this quirk has the chance of making the user go insane. Due to my sudden mood changes I have been having I've determined that I might be starting to be affected by it as of late. Note that these changes only happen in certain situations examples some when I'm angry others when it's my survival. But this has only been happening recently, maybe it's due to the longer I have the quirk the worst these changes will happen. Maybe it'll get to a point where I won't be recognizable anymore.
Transformation quirk is the type of quirk this is, explanation at the beginning I thought this was an emitter quirk. Due to things secreting from my body but when I was attacked and paralyzed so was the Phantom. Paralyzing my body is what is paralyzed The Phantom unless he's part of my body. From what I can understand the Phantom is a body part. For example say if I had a quirk that allowed me to grow now consider Phantom one of those arms. Now using that same analogy say if I murdered somebody with those arms and now my arm count increased to 5 after murdering somebody. So now I can transform more, my theory is the more I kill the more arms I get. Now let's switch it back to The Phantom the more he kills the more I can grow in my transformations. Potentially I've been thinking about ideas four potential powers. Due to the nature of my quirk and how powerful it can be. But I also need to understand the drawbacks of it, how many lives is it worth getting power. We have only been killing bad people but still I fear one day my quirk will it make me do something else. Especially from my experience today when I wanted to kill somebody.
PS if I go down a path of murdering innocent people I hope that someone is there to stop me. I don't know if I can ever be a hero with this quirk if people found out I would, nevermind I don't know anymore.
"This is quite amazing he was able to analyze me pretty well, again this isn't a hundred percent accurate but still it's pretty impressive. He doesn't know about all my abilities due to the fact that we don't talk that much even what little information he knows he has a great understanding of his quirk. Now if you would do a bit of training I feel like we would reach new heights & be even stronger than we are now. That counts on his willingness to work with me when I saw him right this moment he didn't look happy at all. It was a complete mood shift, he wasn't happy it was cold and indifferent like he's doing a job that he doesn't want to do. When he was talking about Toga's quirk he was genuinely happy. But when it comes to me he gets cold, we still need to work on our communication but I think it's getting better. What worries me the most is that Deku is slowly losing his mind if this is true I have to help him, but would he accept my help that's the question? I don't know if he would, I need to talk to him about this make sure he's not going crazy." Akuma thinks to himself after reading.
"Deku I think we should?" Akuma says but stops after he realizes that Deku is gone and Toga is standing next to him.
"Zuzu went to go take a bath." Toga says while looking at Akuma wondering what he's thinking.
"I guess I spaced out there for a second, I got a question why do you call him Zuzu?" Akuma asks trying to get to the bottom of this.
"Oh that's his new nickname that I got for him, you know since he doesn't like being called Izuku. Toga says happily but then quickly turns to sadness when she says the word Izuku.
Akuma sensing something was wrong.
"Did something happen when you said that name?" Akuma asks while preparing himself for her answer.
"I don't want to talk about it I think Zuzu would hate me if I told you, he said he's fine." Toga says it in a panic, Toga's body starts shaking.
"Did he hurt you?" Akuma says it while getting close to her putting his hand on her shoulder.
"No Zuzu would never hurt me he just got really." Toga says it while turning to look away.
"Look I need to know what's going on with him right now, if he hurts you you've got to tell me. Okay...uh I think something is going on with him okay so I'm worried. Now I need to know did he hurt you at all?" Akuma says while trying to comfort her he started hugging her and stroking her head.
"Okay I want to help Zuzu, what happened today when we were going to the park is I asked him to call me by my first name. He got too nervous and went all cute with a red face. Then he told me that Deku is what his nickname is. Then I kept pestering him to tell me his real name. He got angry but he eventually told me what his real name was. Then I called him Izuku he got really mad at me & I got scared I swear his eyes went red. Only for a few seconds though and then they flickered back to green. I thought he was going to hurt me, my body told me to run away but I was too scared I didn't want him to hate me. Please you have to understand I didn't want him to hate me he's the only one that's been nice to me." Toga says while crying and sobbing during her explanation.
"I don't think he hates you okay just I think Izuku has more problems. First of all he doesn't like himself & he calls himself Deku, he doesn't like his real name. From what I just read I think something else is happening to him. Causing him to shift moods, I don't know what it is though." Akuma says while rubbing his head trying to figure it out, figure out what's wrong with Deku and how he could help.
Toga and Akuma freeze in place after hearing the bathroom door open. Seeing Deku come out of the bathroom the both of them start acting like they were having a conversation, Deku didn't really pay any mind to it.
"Oh yeah Akuma did you say they were going somewhere today after we're done playing?" Deku says curiously.
"Yeah I wanted to take you to a person I found that would be a good trainer. That I found that willingly takes apprentices, I heard his apprenticeship is really difficult though. I think you'd be a great fit I don't really know that much about the training though. There wasn't any website with people that wanted to talk about it that I could find online. The website I found currently states that he has no apprenticeships at the moment. From what I read online usually once a lifetime that the school has a graduate. Usually the graduate teaches the next generation, I can't find any information about previous teachers though they all seem to be deceased. Sorry that's all I was able to find out about him, but I think we should postpone it until we get this crazy guy problem solved." Akuma says while pulling up the information on his computer showing Deku.
"We should go now and bring Toga with us." Deku declared while he gathers a few supplies, like his pocket knife and other weapons that would help him out.
"Whoa slow down there buddy I think we need to wait." Akuma says concerned.
"Look if we're with this guy he can protect us if Stendhal shows up, we can't beat him on our own. Maybe if you were on your own but most likely he would just avoid you & go for me. Stendhal seems to be smart he also knows how to fight and move properly. We're basically sitting ducks here so I want to try to get stronger so the next time we meet I'll be able to take him out." Deku coldly says with malice when he mentions taking out Stendhal.
"Deku calm down and think about this if we get reckless we will die." Akuma says concerned that Deku is making a big mistake.
"You're a fool if we waste time we will die if he wanted us dead we would be dead. He's giving us a grace to live at the moment but when it's over he'll come back and kill us. By that time I want to be ready, it might be a week it might be a year. I don't know how long this guy plans on messing with us. But if we don't start now we will die, I made a promise everything is going to be okay. So Akuma everything is going to be okay we're not going to die." Deku says in a confident tone, trying to ensure that everything is going to be alright. But Akuma see his handshaking, Akuma realizes he's scared, but he wants to put on a brave face at the moment.
"Understood let's head out, good grief kid you'd be giving me a heart attack if I had a Heart." Akuma says while massaging his head.
"What is the name of the place Akuma?" Deku says while he gathers the rest of his things.
"The place is called the dojo is called the Gate to Hell, from what I understand a lot of people fail the entrance exam. He might go easy on you because you're a kid, that's what I'm hoping for at least." Akuma says while nervously still rubbing his head trying to de-stress himself.
Kitten walks up to Zuzu & grabs his hand.
"Come on lets get going now if this is going to make Zuzu stronger. Then we have no time to lose, I also will get stronger too." Kitten says with optimism with a smile on her face.
All three of them start making their way to the dojo leaving the hotel making sure that nobody's following them.
The Gate to Hell dojo.
The place looks like a massive mansion & it's also next to a forest. Dimensions about 4 stories tall & It has a giant fence around it. Doesn't look like it has security cameras though it seems pretty odd for a mansion not to have that.
Akuma pushes the button at the gate & a minute passes.
"Why are you two here?" Says the man on the other side of the speaker.
Deku and Akuma looked puzzled, due to the fact they don't see any cameras. They both just realized he's just had two they both look at each other.
"Wipe that stupid look off your face and answer me." The man says with impatience.
"Sorry sir to apply for your apprenticeship." Akuma says kind of freaked out.
"I'm sorry I don't train quirks, unless you're talking about the boy next to you and if so he should be asking." The man says with annoyance.
Akuma froze in place wondering how this man figured them out.
"He must have got a quirk to figure out that I'm not human, what kind of quirk would give him that ability?" Akuma thinks to himself.
"Akuma can you give me a boost I can't reach the button." Deku asks while being embarrassed due to the fact that he needed somebody to help him push a button.
Akuma just nods and picks up Deku right in front of the button and speaker. Deku reaches out his hand and pushes the button.
"Sorry for my quirk speaking for me, I do want to be your apprentice and study under you, if you would have me." Deku says with sincerity.
"Now that's what I've been waiting for you may come in." The man says after he says it, the gate opens.
All three of them walk towards the mansion & they eventually get to a door. It already seems to be open so they walk through the door.
They noticed a man in a butler uniform, the man looks like he's been through a lot. Just why does this man looks like he's giving up on life? The man points his finger to a room at the end of the hall. The man looks at the three of them & his eyes are lifeless.
Toga, Deku and Akuma stare at the man & All of them seem to have a bad feeling about this.
Begrudgingly they started to walk down the hallway, Toga and Akuma started slowing down every step they took closer to the door. They got about halfway and stopped, Deku was still going forward for some reason not looking scared. Then he noticed that they weren't following him & he turned around and saw both of them shaking rapidly. Toga started to tear up but she didn't say a word acting like if she were to say anything she would be killed. Akuma was no different he was shaking rapidly as well no tears but he did not move he also didn't say a word.
Deku didn't feel scared at all, as soon as he noticed that he took out a mirror from his pocket & looked in his eyes. He saw that they were red he quickly took out his notebook and started writing down how he felt. After he finished he started making his way down the hallway alone. Toga and Akuma couldn't follow him is what he thought to himself that this might be the test. If he can pass it then they can get the training that he needs.
Deku reaches with his right hand & right before his hand touches the door. His hand transforms into a claw, similar to when he fought Stendhal except for in that situation it was only a finger. Now this time around his whole hand transformed he touches the doorknob ready to turn it. Before he turns it his instincts kick in & an alarm starts going off in his head telling him to run. Similar to a fighter's gut instinct response like an animal but he ignores the warnings though and turns the knob opening the door. As soon as the door opens he hears footsteps behind him getting further and further. He sees Toga and Akuma running & Deku's other hand becomes a claw as well. His head starts ringing telling him to go to follow the others and leave but he ignores it & he assures himself this is a test and he will not fail.
He enters the room & he sees a man meditating in the air & walks towards the men. Every step he gets closer alarms keep going off in his head louder and louder telling him to run. He ignores it again & when it gets around 10 feet away from the man. Deku's feet grows and claws starts growing from Deku's toes & Deku starts feeling tired from the transformations then he starts to breathe heavily.
"Well done only about three people in 10 years usually make it past this part & let alone a child." The man says amused.
Deku's urge to runaway fades & his body were returns back to normal. He checks the mirror and see if his eyes are still red.
"You have passed gate 0, now let's test you again, gate 1 if you survive this you will become my apprentice do I make myself clear?" The man says it with a stern voice.
Deku shaked his head in agreement.
The man points to a table and there's glass bottles labeled from one to 10.
"Where's the drinks labeled from number one to ten into those glass bottles on the table. Know this before you drink many have drunk from number one many have died on number one." The man says with a boring tone.
Deku walks up to the table & he reaches for number one and pours some sulfate drink. Then he picks up the glass bottle & he has a taste for a second & he thinks this could be his end. Then he remembers Stendhal the way that man moved and knowing that he has to fight him. To keep Toga safe and himself, Deku drinks it in one gulp, It doesn't taste terrible but isn't pleasant on the tongue.
"Hahaha!" The man unleashes a creepy laugh so creepily that it sends shivers down Deku's spine.
Deku feels like he just stepped on glass & he falls to his knees and when his knees have turned stuff on them it feels like he just had kneeled down on broken nails. Even when he starts to breathe his lungs feel like they're being shredded. His body is in complete agony due to the sheer amount of pain Deku did not notice the man in front of him. The man in front of him knelt down looking at him with a cold expression on his face. Deku notices the man is like a mummy with most of his body bandaged up except for his face. The man has black hair & the man also has a strong jawline no beard but there's a scar on his cheek. The man goes to Deku's hand & grabs one of his fingers. With one quick motion snaps his finger & the pain is too much Deku loses consciousness only for a second. The man is holding his finger, but even touching it or making a fist increases his pain. Deku feels like he's in hell & after about 10 minutes of screaming in pain. It finally goes away & Whatever he drank wears off.
"Congratulations you have passed, most of the failures died when I snap their finger but you a small child was able to survive now I'm interested. Come back tomorrow and I will teach you girl and that thing are also allowed, but I will not teach the girl since she failed the test." the man says towering over Deku with indifference in his voice.
"Fuck you!" Deku shouted his body filled with anger and hatred.
"Good you're angry you're going to need that anger to survive, come back tomorrow." The man says then he goes back to his meditation.
Deku manages to get himself off the ground & he starts walking towards the hallway he came from eventually he makes it outside of the mansion. He sees Toga there and Akuma both freaked out.
Toga rushes to hug Deku.
"What happened I got so scared." Toga says while still trying to wipe the rest of the tears from her face.
"I passed & will start training tomorrow is what he said though, I didn't get his name, there's a problem he won't train Toga." Deku says while still breathing heavily and holding onto his finger that's broken.
"Let's go to the hotel alrighty and get some rest." Akuma says while being happy that they're leaving this place.
They tried prying Deku on what happened he didn't say a thing. Even when Akuma mentioned his finger, before they made it to the hotel though Deku saw the guy speaking the truth about hero society. Deku waves to the man & the man notices Deku walks up to him and gives him a note. Then he smiles and walks off but Deku doesn't read it right away he waits until he gets to the hotel. They could finally rest in the hotel, Deku takes out the note.
The note
Hey kid I'm really happy that you opened your eyes to the truth. Young kids like you look up to the heroes and think of them as beacons of hope that can never be corrupted. I think you are special, I see that you and I share similar values. So this letter is just me asking you do you want to talk. Oni killer. I didn't gut you the first time because I saw your potential. Now I know I was right not to gut you in the park. I know where you live & I know where you're hiding. Anywhere you try to go I will find you, at the moment all I want is just to have a small conversation. Just a one-on-one don't bring the girl and don't bring that thing. From your potential new friend Stendhal.
PS there's a note on the night table with an address and time don't be late or you will regret it.
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