Deku starts staring at the note in anger & Akuma and Toga watch him. Before either of them could say anything Deku rushes to the night table and picks up a note.
"Is everything all right?" Toga asks with worry.
"Yeah are you okay man?" Akuma says while he tries to put his hands on Deku to try to calm him down.
Deku slaps his hands away.
"I'm fine okay!" Deku says with anger in his voice.
"You don't sound okay." Toga says with a frown, while Akuma just nods in agreement.
Deku takes a second to breathe & calm himself down & he looks at the letter on the night table & knows he only has an hour before the meet up. He knows there's not enough time to think of a plan, whatever he does next may cost him his life.
"Stendhal knows where we're at." Deku says with a look of frustration on his face.
"Then we have to go." Toga says while she starts to get her things & Akuma starts helping her out as well.
"You don't get it he's been watching us this whole time, we can't go anywhere!" Deku says with his hands shaking with anger & looking like he's ready to strangle somebody.
"What do we do then If we can't run away?" Akuma says anger in his voice starting to pick up on Deku's rage.
"We have to talk no correction I have to talk & on a one-on-one with Stendhal or we're all dead." Deku says while he rubs his head trying to figure out a way out of this situation.
"We can't let you go & especially not alone!" Toga says in tears. "You promised we would always be together and if you go you could get killed." Toga says trying to keep herself calm.
"I'm not going to die okay, I made a promise and I'm going to keep it." Deku says with his All Might smile. "Akuma, Kitten I can handle this okay & it's not as bad as you think and if things go bad I'll run away ok." Deku says with another All Might smile not sure if it's for them or for himself at this moment. His body starts shaking a bit but he calms down immediately trying to stay strong.
"Well at least take me I can fight him off if things go bad." Akuma pleads.
"I'm sorry but no I can't take anyone with me, it's supposed to be a one-on-one talk and if we break the rules we will die." Deku says with bitterness in his voice. "Don't worry I'll be fine, I've got to start heading out now Akuma try to keep Kitten safe for me." Deku says as his final words before he walks out the door.
He starts making his way to the meeting area & by the time he gets there it becomes nighttime. The place looks familiar to him, it's the place where those human traffickers from a few nights ago and that fake hero were conducting illegal business.A person walks into the warehouse & takes out pictures of bodies of the people that were killed. Pictures of the people that were killed by his quirk how they were eaten, some memories come back to him & he starts remembering little details. Remembering the fake hero, remembering the look on his face when Akuma killed him. He looked like he was begging for his life with his eyes filled with fear. Then he remembered seeing some of the kids in cages they had the same look in their eyes. Begging for help but for them help actually came but it didn't come to the fake hero. The only thing that came for the fake hero was what he deserved. These memories start fueling Deku's rage & his anger starts to boil over. He starts to smile picturing that scum die & hearing his screams & his bones snapping & his flesh being ripped apart and being consumed by Akuma.
"Damn it why am I thinking like that, it shouldn't bring me joy to think about it. I need to get a handle on this quirk, it's starting to pollute my mind." Deku says out loud to himself & he sits down & starts mumbling things to himself for a good 10 minutes.
"Dodge!" Stendhal shouts while he throws a wooden dagger.
Deku caught off guard and the wooden dagger slams into his forehead.
"Why did you throw a wooden dagger at my face, I thought you wanted to talk?!" Deku says while rubbing his forehead.
Stendhal rushes Deku with a wooden blade in his hand & Deku starts running but Stendhal is too quick and manages to catch up to him. He slams the wooden blade into the back of Deku's head & Deku falls to the floor holding the back of his head in pain. Suddenly another swing comes towards him & Deku barely manages to get out of the way.
Deku notices he's afraid, which is weird because the last time they fought his mind was clear. Another attack came aiming for Deku lag & Deku barely avoids it, Deku starts trying to make distance.
"Wait hold up please." Deku says in pain & his pleas fall on deaf ears.
Stendhal rushes him again, this time he thrusts the wooden blade forward right into Deku's chest. The attack launches Deku onto his ass ten feet away.
"That's it, let's do this!" Deku says pissed off he grinds his teeth with anger. He focuses energy trying to summon the bear claw, It slowly starts appearing. "Can you give me a second I seem to be having performance issues today I guess." Deku says with clear distress on his face.
Stendhal rushes him again.
"Dodge!" Stendhal shouts out again while throwing another wooden dagger.
The dagger is too quick for Deku though & it slammed into his forehead again. What started forming for the bear claw dissipated immediately after he was hit.
Deku started shaking in fear, Stendhal's barrage stopped for a second. Stendhal started staring at the boy, he stood there thinking to himself is this the same boy. He couldn't believe that this was the same boy that fought him not too long ago & he thinks to himself maybe this is a mistake.
Stendhal gets a real knife, nice cold and sharp blade ready to gut anybody that's gets in his way. He rushes Deku with the knife & stabs him in the chest, Deku's fears go away again his hand transforms into a shadow claw. Deku points his finger turns it into a knife but before he could shoot Stendhal drops his knife. As quickly as the shadow claw came it went away.
Deku grabs all the wooden daggers that hit him & then he throws them back at Stendhal. Stendhal doesn't have to move due to Deku's poor aim the daggers just misses him.
"That's enough boy." Stendhal says with a smile on his face while he puts away his wooden weapons. He walks up to the Deku, he towers over Deku still having that grin on his face. "From what I can tell you lack training, clearly the only time you can fight well is when you rely on your instincts to survive. If you want to change that, maybe I can be of assistance?" Stendhal says staring at Deku right into his eyes not breaking eye contact.
"I'm sorry I already have one crazy teacher & I don't need another one, thank you for the offer but I decline." Deku says quietly like a small animal in the presence of a tiger.
"Oni killer do you really think I'll let you go that easily, especially since you're a serial killer." Stendhal says with a murderous voice.
"About that I'm not the Oni killer technically that's my quirk that has a mind of its own so it's not me." Deku says with fear in his voice.
Stendhal looks at the boy he is fully aware that Deku's trying to find a way out of this. They both stand there looking at each other for a minute.
"What do you think about heroes?" Stendhal says no longer angry but more with curiosity in his voice.
"What do I think about heroes?" Deku asks Stendhal with confusion on his face.
Stendhal replies with nodding.
"Well uh." Deku says trying to think of a response, Deku spends a minute thinking about it. Then he looked at Stendhal who was patiently waiting for his response. Deku understands if he says the wrong thing he will die here now so he decides to tell him the truth what he really thinks.
"I thought you heroes were amazing, heroes like All Might save lives. They don't care about fame & money they just want to help people because that's what a hero does. A few nights ago I saw the truth, I saw a hero take money and leave children to be sold by human traffickers. I saw the hero be killed by my partner & I didn't feel bad at all when he died. Even though I should feel something I didn't at the moment, when I came back here and remembered what happened. I was happy that he died somebody like that doesn't care about saving people doesn't care about what it means to be a hero doesn't deserve the title. I thought about it a lot, why heroes sell toys now, figurines & posters it's all to make money. Some have TV shows or movies, others do commercials, all the things I saw when I was a kid now I know the truth. That is just bullshit and I'm kind of just done with those fakes, I guess that's how I think now & that's all I got to say on the matter." Deku says depressed that his view on heroes has changed so much and become so negative.
Stendhal stands there looking at the boy & he doesn't say anything for a minute.
Then Deku hears a chuckle, then the chuckle starts getting louder and louder until it's full out laughter. Stendhal starts holding his sides & he falls to the ground cackling like a madman. Tears start forming around his eyes & he keeps on cackling like a madman he starts wheezing. After about a minute he stops to catch his breath but he still chuckles a bit but then stops entirely & he gets up onto his feet again.
"That's it I have to have you now from this day forward you're my Apprentice. I'll teach you everything I know, so if the day comes that I die you will carry on my legacy." Stendhal says with glee in his smile that terrifies Deku but for some reason reminds him of All Might at the same time.
" I accept your offer I'll be your apprentice now but I also have another sensei so my training can only happen at night if you agree to these terms I will study under you." Deku says commanding but he knows he has no say in the matter. He knows that if he refused he would die, he's not happy about this but he at least would get extra training and in his mind that's at least a silver lining.
"Good we'll begin now." Stendhal say's while taking out wooden blades and throwing one to Deku's feet, Deku picks it up quickly & Stendhal begins his training.
"Boy copy what I do." After Stendhal said that he took a fighting stance.
Deku took the fighting stance as well & Stendhal saw that his stance was flawed and corrected it. Now that Deku had the right stance Stendhal started swinging his sword slowly. Then Deku tried repeating the same motion then Stendhal did another slash & Deku repeated the slash. This went on for the first hour of the training, when Deku is repeating the motion again. Stendhal without warning slammed a wooden blade into Deku's stomach knocking the wind out of him & Deku fell to his knees holding his stomach.
"Now, let's see what you learned." Stendhal said while looking down at Deku.
Deku froze for a second & Stendhal had taken advantage of that and slammed his wooden sword into his stomach. Deku was launched five feet back making Deku tumble onto the floor. Small amounts of puke came out of his mouth, Stendhal started walking towards Deku slowly with his blade and his hand. Deku got up but his feet were wobbly it was probably due to the hits he's been receiving. Deku focuses on what he has been learning. He realized that his stance is off so he fixes it & he was thinking about the way he swung his sword before Stendhal attacked him. So he takes a few steps forward and starts swinging his sword. Stendhal parry's it and slams his other wooden blade into Deku's stomach. Deku tries to backstep to avoid being hit in the stomach but Stendhal instead of giving him time like last time he slams his foot into Deku's face. Knocking him to the floor & Deku started to cry due to the pain. Stendhal looked at him with disgust & Deku looked back seeing his eyes with that look. It reminded him of Bakugou & the way that he was treated for being quirkless. The way that he was always treated because he was a Deku. It pissed him off, Deku started getting up while giving back his own glare. Deku swung his blade again & the second blade came like the first time. Deku ducked his smaller stature made it easier to avoid the second blade. Deku swung again, but Stendhal moved dodging it with no effort. Deku didn't let up & he kept moving closer & closer but every time he got closer Stendhal backed away. Dodging and parrying every attack, this kept going until Deku got tired and collapsed on the floor. Deku tried getting up but his body wouldn't listen to him. Stendhal looked down at him but it wasn't the same look, it wasn't the same one though. This one wasn't of disgust but of admiration & after Deku saw that he got up, he couldn't let that look go back to disgust.
"That's enough you have proven your worth, now take a 15-minute break then we'll work on your footwork it's sloppy." Stendhal said while he has a scowl on his face.
Deku takes his break and then they finish the rest of their training.
Stendhal watches Deku practice his footwork & he makes sure he does it properly and each time he messes up. Stendhal screams dodge while he throws a wooden dagger at him. Most of the wooden daggers slam into Deku's chest and stomach.
After that Stendhal escorted Deku home.
Deku is happy about the training as this was his first step to becoming a hero & he was excited for the next time they meetup.
3 hours later at the hotel
Deku arrives home bruised and beaten with his body clearly sore from Stendhal's training. He opens the door and sees Kitten and Akuma there waiting & he smiles seeing both of them.
Akuma returns into Deku's body & Deku goes to his bed and sits down.
"We are safe now, I made a deal with Stendhal that I will train under him as his apprentice and he will not harm any of us." Deku says with clear exhaustion in his voice and pain.
Kittens seems just happy to see Zuzu back in one piece, she just hugs him tight. Zuzu flinches from the pain of his training, Kitten realizing that was about to pull away but Zuzu hugs her harder.
"I didn't say stop, it hurts but it also feels nice." Zuzu says with a smile.
Kitten takes it as a challenge and starts hugging him tighter. Zuzu winces in pain but then starts chuckling & then he starts hugging her back. The two eventually fall asleep hugging each other.
"Akuma I know it's hard for you to talk to me & you still feel guilty for what happened but you can talk to me I won't get mad." Deku says in his head.
"Thank you just that I sometimes feel that you still hate me & it's hard to talk to you but I've got to start making more of an effort. Especially since you're starting to grow up so fast." Akuma says in Deku's head.
"Sorry if I come off as cold it's just sometimes it's hard to talk about my quirk." Deku says in his head.
"I get it don't worry it's an adjustment for both of us, you seem tired get some sleep." Akuma says in Deku's head.
With that all three of them fall asleep, Deku and Toga hold each other tightly while they sleep & again Deku has no nightmares.
The next day
Akuma is making breakfast as usual & Toga starts taking a shower while Deku writes in his hero notebook while he watches TV. Then he sees the hero that they killed a few days ago, he sees the family of the hero a wife and a kid. She's asking for help to find her husband but Deku and Akuma already know there's no hope of finding him. Akuma walks over to the TV and turns it off & the room gets quiet.
"He did it to himself that's all I got to say I don't feel bad about what we had to do & you shouldn't either." Deku says while making eye contact with Akuma.
Akuma is shocked for a second after hearing what Deku said. He's about to speak but then he stops himself & he looks at Deku. He thinks about how much he's changed and how much more is going to change.
Before Akuma says anything Toga gets out of the shower. So then Deku leaves to take his shower, Akuma wants to say something but he doesn't feel like it's his place to ask, so he gets back to making breakfast.
"Hey Akuma are we really going back to that scary place so Deku can train?" Toga says with fear in her voice & her hands start shaking a bit.
"Yes we're going back there I don't like it either but he's a really good trainer from what I heard & he's also really scary, I was freaking out." Akuma says while remembering what happened, remembering the fear. The feeling of drag in that house, the feeling of despair the people have in the house. For some reason his hand started to shake as well.
I think Zuzu's so cool he was able to walk in there no problem. When he fought Stendhal he was so cool, he was like a real hero." Toga says with happiness in her voice, then she started to blush.
"Looks like you got a crush." Akuma says with a chuckle.
"No I don't have a...crush on...him, If I did have a crush on him you shouldn't say anything." Toga says while her face starts going redder than a tomato.
After being called out on it, she lays down on the bed & turns on the TV and starts watching the news.
After about a few minutes Deku finally comes out of the shower.
"We should probably go back to our apartment since Stendhal won't kill us." Deku says casually while he walks to the dinner table before he makes it there Toga grabs him by the hand.
She starts looking at him & her face starts turning red & his face looks confused.
"I need to ask you something but don't get mad at me okay." Kitten says with a blush on her face clear as day.
"I won't get mad at you & that's a promise." Zuzu says he also starts blushing.
"Okay you promised Deku do you no...um, sorry just give me a second." Kitten's face turns a whole new shade of red.
Akuma has a smile on his face while watching this unfold in front of him.
"Okay I gotta treat this like it's a bandage rip it off real quick, Zuzu can I can I can I...uh drink your blood!" Kitten shouts at Zuzu. After she says it she puts her hands over her face & her face gets even more red.
Deku and Akuma are just stunned, they thought it was going a whole different direction and they were caught off guard.
Zuzu's blush went away & he looks at her a blushing mess.
"It's fine you can drink my blood." Zuzu says while he takes out his hand for her to bite into him.
Kitten sees this & she starts to smile happily, she starts to pull Zuzu's down the collar of his shirt and bites his neck drawing blood. She starts sucking it up all the blood she needs & after about 10 seconds she stops & she has a big smile on her face.
"Zuzu you taste amazing." Kitten says with happiness in her voice, she makes sure that she gets all the blood off of Zuzu's neck.
"Did I just become a snack for her, it doesn't really matter I guess it makes her happy, I'm glad that didn't hurt that much." Deku thinks to himself in this head, while he's thinking this Toga is licking his neck cleaning up the blood. Deku facepalms himself and thinks about what situation he got himself in. He starts petting her head to pass the time. After a minute passes she finishes up and they start heading to the table to eat breakfast.
There was an awkward silence due to the fact that Toga just drank blood. She was cheery as all could be at the table. Deku and Akuma looked at each other & they both just shrugged in acceptance. To be fair Toga's drinking blood is far less worse than Akuma eating people.
The gate to hell dojo.
All three of them arrived there & they don't even have to press the button as soon as they arrive there the gate opens. All three of them walk inside the building again & the aura around the place is still there but not as intense. The place just feels like dread of the purest form & the butlers and maids look like they've seen terrible things, one of the butlers escorts them to the dojo training room. There the man from before sits there in meditation & they all noticed he's floating. While he meditates & Deku thinks he must be using the quirk to do such a thing.
"Good you came back & how is your training with the other man named Stendhal." The man says it calmly.
All three of them freak out, they start thinking about how he could know him.
"Don't make me repeat myself child." the man says with anger in his voice like he's ready to murder somebody.
"The training was fine I learned a little bit about fighting with a sword. May I ask how do you know him?" Deku says with curiosity in his voice.
"I met the man the same day you came here, I had a conversation with the man named Stendhal he also wanted you as an apprentice." The man says with indifference.
"So you knew he was here the whole time?!" Deku shouts out in rage.
"Silence, I do like your anger boy but you came here to learn not to talk." the man says with an angry tone & grew even more intense. "Now you take those two away from me and teach the girls something so she can defend herself at least." The man says angrily, clearly the man started getting impatient.
The butler led the three of them into the room he would be training them in. He just held Toga's hand & motioned for Akuma to follow him, they followed the butler out of the room.
"Now take your seat boy!" The man says aggressively while pointing at the floor right in front of him.
Deku quickly runs up and sits, he looks at the man in front of him & he notices the man has a lot of scars. On his hands and feet also on his chest & the scars don't look shallow either they seem to be pretty deep. Deku's guesstimation they're looking to be about 20 years old.
"Pay attention I don't like repeating myself, I'm going to explain to you about what you're going to learn and what I expect, do I make myself clear." The man says while glaring at Deku so hard that Deku could feel his eyes pierce his body.
"Yes sir but I got a question, what's your name?" Deku asks softly trying not to provoke the man.
"There's no point in me giving out my name to you because I don't know how long you're going to last. You can last a year or two, what most likely is going to happen is you're going to die today. How about this if you survive through my training I'll tell you my name, for now you may call me sensei and only sensei." The man says it with a stern voice.
"Understood sensei!" Deku says with more power in his voice this time around.
"Now it's time for me to explain to you the training I'm going to put you through. Hold your questions until the end of my explanation. I'm going to teach you everything that I know. I'll teach you how to fight, pick locks & also teach you other things like tactics in fights. I'll teach you dirty tactics as well how to exploit weaknesses & how to find weaknesses so you can exploit them later. There is no honor in fighting in this dojo, in this dojo it's kill or be killed. This is only a summary of what you're going to learn here. Now I'll tell you the one of the unique things that this school teaches ki. Ki is manipulating your life energy to perform feats that's for some people is impossible. For example the way I float right now is with ki, at the moment I'm using the ki in my body to levitate. Sadly I don't think you will ever be able to do this due to the fact that one of my quirks is ki manipulation. Which allows me to manipulate ki more easily and store it up massive quantities of it. Don't worry you don't have to have the quirk to use ki you'll just be more limited to your usage. I think that's enough of an explanation for now & before I forget I want you to recite these tenants. Through suffering I gain unbreakable will, through anger I gain unstoppable power, through knowledge I gain victory. Through determination I gain desire, Through death I gain rest, I'll make sure I burn these tenants into your soul." The man finishes his speech.
Deku thought of everything he just said to him & he didn't really care for any details on the training. He did care about what he said though about one of his quirks & the way he said it as well hinted that he has another quirk. Deku thinks it's best not to pry out too many questions at the moment, he'd rather get his training started.
"At the moment I have no questions sensei may we begin training please." Deku says it with determination in his voice.
Deku's sensei got him dressed in martial art attire. Then he got a bucket of sand & restricted Deku to punching the sand and when he gets tired of punching to start gripping the sand.
"Why am I doing this sensei?" Deku asked with confusion in his voice.
"This method should help your hands get stronger. It increases the strength of your fists. By gripping the sand your grip strength should increase as well." he said in a commanding tone.
Deku raised his fist ready to punch the sand but before his fist made contact sensei grabbed it by the wrist. Deku looked at him with confusion written on his face. Then sensei took out a bottle with the number one on it & Deku looked at him with hatred in his eyes. Deku reluctantly took the bottle and drank it & a second later the pain came again. It was agony, Deku started screaming he could barely stand. Sensei looked at him with a glare & Deku understood what it meant and started punching the sand. Deku's hands felt like they're punching broken glass that was razor sharp. His hands felt like they're being cut but there was no blood. He started getting tired of punching the sand so he switched to gripping. He felt like he was gripping broken nails and glass, it was equally as painful. He couldn't stop screaming to save his life & he thought he was in hell and it was just his first day. Agony is what he felt every time he moved his hands. Doing this for an hour straight, he was too focused on that he didn't notice his sensei had walked out of the room.
Eventually his Sensei had him stop & sensei showed him how to properly stretch. Which also caused Deku extreme amounts of pain & after they got their stretching done. He taught Deku a proper fighting stance, he also taught him how to throw a punch and kick properly. He had Deku practice punching and kicking for 30 minutes. Sensei stood there patiently observing Deku making sure his form was proper.
Through all this the screaming never stopped the poison was that powerful. The simple act of walking was painful for Deku even breathing was also difficult due to the amount of pain that he was taking in. After a few hours of this his sensei had Deku sit down. Then sensei put his hand over him & channelled the something into him that caused him to transform. Sensei caused an aura of fear around Deku, he could transform his hand again.
"You're quirk currently activates on survival for now & I want you to hold this feeling." Sensei said in a commanding tone.
As soon as the aura of fear was there it turned off and so did Deku's quirk. For the next hour Deku concentrated on this feeling he got nowhere. Sensei eventually got tired of waiting & he started pummeling Deku with blows. Deku fell to the ground and covered his body but it didn't do anything for him due to the fact that he drank that poison. It didn't really matter his sensei stopped and whispered something into Deku's ear. Deku understood his place now and what was expected of him 10 minutes later after he received the message. He was able to activate his quirk & Deku looked at his sensei's eyes and saw that they were cold and bitter. Not like Stendhal who had some compassion he knew this man was dangerous without a doubt if he failed he would die here. He continued practicing punches and kicks until his sensei dismissed him.
Toga's training room.
Toga looked around the training room & the training room was empty there a closet that has training equipment.
The butler started teaching Toga some karate moves & how to throw a punch and learning how to kick. Teaching her the importance of stretching so she can become more flexible. After about 10 minutes Toga and Akuma both of them heard screaming & they both recognized the voice it was clear as day Deku.
Without a ounce of hesitation they both ran out of the room toward the room they left Deku in. When they both got to the hallway they both stopped, The presence from before was there again. The fear and dread intensified throughout that hallway. They could hear Deku's screams become louder & he clearly was in complete agony. They both tried taking a step closer but their bodies would not let them. The door of the room that Deku was in started to open & they saw Deku's sensei walking towards them. Every step he took closer to them made the fear levels increase & their hearts started racing faster and faster the closer the man got to them. Eventually the man stood in front of them & he looked at them with a twisted smile on his face that was similar to a serial killer happy to see people suffer.
"May I help you?" The man says it in a inhuman tone it sounded like a demonic creature from hell. The deepness combined with the sinister tone, shakes Toga and Akuma to their very core.
They both look at this thing in front of them not at one moment did they think it was human. They both tried to speak but nothing came out, even with the thing standing right in front & they could still hear Deku screaming in the room.
The butler came and bowed to the creature in front of Toga and Akuma. The butler grabbed both of them and dragged them back to the dojo. They saw the creature in the hallway staring them down while both of them were being dragged by the butler.
The butler finishes dragging both of them back to the dojo & Toga and Akuma fall to their knees. Relieved that the pressure that they were feeling was gone.
Akuma stood up squeezing his fists in anger "What the hell was that?"
The butler shakes his head.
"That was his training, I know it's a little unorthodox but you get quick results you'll see for yourself, after the masters done for today."
Toga stood up still hearing Zuzu's screams he started to cry.
"Why is that thing hurting him?"
Akuma walked up to the butler and grabbed him by the shirt collar.
"Tell your master to stop or I will fucking kill him!" With rage in his voice.
The butler stood there with a blank expression. "I have no control over my master & I wouldn't worry about the boy. He'll be fine for today as this training is nothing to what's coming up next."
Akuma glared at the butler staring daggers into his soul.
The butler still had that blank expression, it looks like this man's spirit was broken already.
They waited there for a few more hours & they didn't proceed with Toga's training. They stood there in silence waiting for Deku, 10 minutes before Akuma faded back into Deku's body. The screaming stopped & another 5 minutes went past and Deku arrived at the room that they were at. He reattached his black string to Akuma so he wouldn't fade. Toga and Akuma started examining Deku's body, the only thing they saw was a few bruises but nothing too extreme. They both looked puzzled, Deku grabbed Toga's hand. Then he started walking without saying a word, Akuma and Toga walked with him. Deku spoke no words on the way to the hotel, Akuma and Toga attempted to talk to him but he didn't reply to any of their questions.
They're at the hotel.
Toga turns & hugs Zuzu "What happened to you?"
"Nothing." Zuzu replied.
Toga was taken aback by his response then Akuma looked at Deku & said. "Why the hell are you acting like this we are just worried about you!"
Toga started to cry & said "Do you hate me?"
Deku saw that Kitten was crying & then took a big breath.
"I don't hate you I just don't want to talk about what I had to go through so can you please drop it."
"No we care about you and we want to know what's going on." Kitten replied while tears went down her face.
Zuzu wiped Kitten's tears.
"Okay what he made me do was drink this concoction which caused me serious amounts of pain. Then he started training me on quirk usage with some martial arts mixed in."
Akuma stared at Deku looking at him examining his body again. Again finding nothing more than bruises, arguably Stendhal does more damage when they trained. But Akuma couldn't shake the memories of Deku screaming in pain like an animal being asked to be put down.
"We're not going back there ever again do I make myself clear!" Akuma said while balling his fists.
"No" Deku replied staring back at Akuma.
Akuma glared furiously at Deku.
"I said no and that's final."
Deku's eyes turned red & his hand shape-shifted into a claw. "I don't care if you're worried about me but the results speak for themselves, I needed to train under him."
Akuma and Toga are taken aback from seeing Deku able to control his transformation in only one day of training.
"With his training I can become a lot stronger, I plead let me train and get stronger so I can protect you guys." Deku said while his eyes lit up with a fiery passion.
They both saw the determination in him.
Akuma kneeled down to Deku.
"If this is what you want I've got no problem with it but if the training goes too far we will stop."
Deku looks at Akuma and Kitten.
"I agree if it goes too far then we'll stop"
Kitten wraps her arms around Zuzu and starts hugging him tightly.
Zuzu feels warm and happy, he hugs back just happy to see Kitten back to normal, but for some reason he feels a sharp pain in his neck.
"OH OH OH what was that?"
Kitten stops a hug and looked at him & clearly with blood on her lips.
"I don't know, must have been a training accident?"
He looks at her making a facial expression of really.
"Don't give me that look it could happen don't you trust me." Kitten said while she gives kitty cat eyes.
Zuzu blushes. "Why the hell is she so damn cute." He thinks to himself.
Kitten precedes to finish her meal.
Zuzu now too exhausted to fight back just decides to just let her finish.
After Kitten's meal, Kitten & Zuzu go to the park and play this time not being attacked by a crazy person. After they finish playing Deku goes to Stendhal for his training & after that Deku and Toga are finally able to get some rest.
Deku wakes up in the middle of the night & he tries going back to sleep but he starts thinking about what happens with his new sensei.
Flashbacks in the The gate to hell dojo.
Sensei gave Deku a martial arts uniform & sensei led him to a wall & sensei put his hand on the wall and it opened a secret passageway. Deku remembered clearly the walls were very old. The floor looked like something was being dragged down this area a lot to the point where it left a mark on the floor. Deku remembered his heart starting to race. When he walked down this pathway they eventually got to a door it was an old metal door.
Sensei started to run in front of the door he turned to Deku.
"Normally I don't show students this their first day but since you're a special case I'll show you what's behind this door."
Sensei opened the door and then quickly grabbed Deku and threw him in there.
Deku slammed into the ground feeling something squishy and something like flesh & sensei flickers on the lights.
When the lights turn on Deku sees a human head no more than an inch away from his face. He sees the maggots eating away at the flesh & Deku backs away stumbling into another corpse. He sees his hand covered in old disgusting blood & he looks around and sees he's surrounded by dead bodies. The smell gets to him & he starts puking & he keeps looking at the dead bodies. He starts screaming & freaking out & he sees around a hundred or more dead bodies. The dead bodies are mostly men some of them are women. Some of them are even children & as soon as the fear sets in it fades away again & Deku knows his quirk is activating again.
Sensei starts laughing creepily and twisted..
"This never gets old seeing my new apprentice meet the failures."
"What the hell is this… what have you….done?" said a shocked Deku.
Sensei's laughter grew even louder.
"What do you think this dojo is called gate to hell for? You know what let me answer that question for you it's simple, it's because you're in hell."
Deku tries to speak again but the rotting smell gets to him again and he starts to puke.
Sensei grows a giant twisted smile on his face.
"Come on Deku you should be grateful that I'm sharing this secret with you. I mean I'm showing you all the apprentices that quit on me. Now you know what happens if you quit on me."
Deku finally stopped puking only due to the fact that he's emptied out his stomach.
"What kind of person does this?" Said a confused Deku.
Sensei enters the room breathing in the air every breath he takes in this room puts a smile on his face like it's nostalgic to him.
"Let's get down to the nitty-gritty, you can't tell anybody about this. Yes and that includes that thing and the girl, because if you tell them. I would have to torture the girl in front of you then kill her. Then torture you and drag your corpse into this room where you're at with the other failures."
Deku then lunges at his sensei with his bear claw & with one swift motion sensei motioned his hand towards Deku's bear claw and moved it away from him while he slams his knee into Deku's stomach. Deku fell on to floor holding his stomach & Deku tries to catch his breath but the smell of rotting flesh made it hard for him to breathe.
Sensei raises his foot then slams it on to Deku's back and keeps it there pinning him.
"If you want to get out this and keep her your friend alive then there's only one way to do it. You must become the next master of the dojo & the only one way to do that is the same way as it has always been passed down. You must have passed me and then kill me, that is the only way you can become free, do I make myself clear."
Sensei takes his foot off of Deku & then he walks out of the room.
"I'll give you a minute to rest but don't keep me waiting. Because the more I wait the more I'll take it out on you. Oh by the way it is going to get a lot harder this is just the beginning."
Sensei walks down the hallway acting like a madman.
Deku gets up from the floor & he looks around him seeing the corpses. He understands the situation & he knows the only thing he can do now is train. He knows he has to become strong enough to defeat his sensei and if he fails he will end up a corpse in a room running away.
End of flashback
Zuzu holds Kitten tightly looking at her sleep.
"I made a promise that I will protect you and I will keep it." said Zuzu before he fell asleep.
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