Chapter 2:
Today's suspended. The teachers were having an emergency meeting of some sort. It's most likely from the disintegrated wall yesterday. I had Tooru take a peek of that since she asked me. I was just moping around in my apartment and trying to practice simple sword swings with a stick to see if I can handle that katana. After a while, I heard my apartment's doorbell sounding. I took a peek outside only to see nothing. "Hello?"
I looked down to see a girl with a single horn on her right and wearing a simple kid dress. "Are you Tooru's friend?" She didn't answer. Might as well invite her in. "Well, you can come in." At least she obliged with that. I let her have a seat while I crouched down to face her. "Sorry if it looks… too normal. What's your name, kid?"
"Break up with Lady Tooru"
"What?!" Oh great. She's pouting. Kinda cute, actually. "You seduced her with… with your body! And your tail!"
"Double what?!"
"You bastard! Netorare addict! THOT LOVER!"
"Hey! Tooru isn't a thot." Are they even allowed to say that? Kids these days. Mineta is still the worse though. "Break up with her! Please, give her back!" She started hitting me though it felt like getting punched by a five-year-old. Exactly what you'd expect. "Mash, I'm home!" This is gonna be weird. She took one look at some kid hugging/grappling me and she automatically assumed that I was cheating on her. "MASH ARE YOU CHEATING ON ME?!"
"Stop making this a lot more complicated as it should be." The little girl took a peek at Tooru. Tooru immediately calmed down before inviting her to sit down. "Mash, this is Eri. She's a friend of mine."
"She's a dragon too, then. Why is she here though?"
"She was… let's just say that practical jokes are an easy way to get exiled."
"Oh." Yeah, Aizawa would probably expel everyone who tries to pull a prank at him. Probably. "I'm also here to find Lady Tooru. I saw her fly through the air yesterday."
"Yeah, I guess flying to school may not have been a good idea, after all." Tooru gave a guilty sigh. "I guess I should have been more careful. Why did you try to find me, Eri?"
"I heard that you suddenly disappeared after getting stabbed. I found you here by chance. Presumably on a date with this human. Why are you in that weird outfit?" Tooru had this weird thing about dressing up as a UA student. I'm really close to convincing her out of it though. "Lady Tooru, will you please come back with me? I don't want to be alone, Tooru." Tooru seems… difficult to read after Eri said that.
"I'm sorry, Eri. I'm not going home."
"Gasp." Did Eri just said that with both her hands on her cheeks? Seems cute. "Why not?"
"Why? Because I love Mash!" Of course. That's a perfectly rational answer. Not. "Tooru, are you for real?"
"I knew it!" Eri bought it? Seriously?! What has my life bec- ah screw it. Eri's still a kid. Of course, she'll believe it. "I saw you both on your date. Fighting people like a couple! PERVERTS!"
"How is dating even perverted?" I said. Tooru wasn't helping when she laughed guiltily. "I'll have to kill you." Ah damn. So, this is how my life ends? I took a step back which I'm aware is really helpless at this point. She rushed at me with all her might and… and… I'm either dead or her punches are really, really soft. "Die. Die. Die." She took a quick break before repeating the process. "Tooru, am I having an afterdeath hallucination?"
"Nope."
"What even is my life, right now?"
"I think that you have the most wonderful life, Mash!" Okay, that's a bit encouraging. It looks like Eri was too tired to continue. "Eri, are you too tired?"
"Yes, Lady Tooru." Huh. Lucky me, I guess. I asked her a question out of impulse. "Can you get home?" She was caught off guard by my question. Bingo. "You can't go home, can you?"
"T-that's not true. Shut up." That basically means 'Yes' in kid language. I'm pretty fluent in Japanese, English, Chinese, Bakugou, and Kids. Had to be a lot better in english since Midoriya never bothered doing Bakugou-To-Japanese and stayed with an english translation. Not the point right now. The kid just needs one more push. "Do you have anywhere to stay, then?" Now she's visibly shaking. "Look me in the eye and tell me, Eri."
"Look, Eri, just tell Mash the truth but if you're planning on trying to-"
"Tooru, I have no intention in dating a kid," That shut her up quick. I held my hand out to Eri. "Eri, do you want to stay with me and Tooru?" Her eyes lit up at that. "I don't trust you." I can respect that.
"Look, you don't have to trust me right away. From the looks of it, you don't have anywhere to stay and I'm not about to let a kid wander off to who-knows-where even if they're an insanely powerful being that can obliterate me with one fire breath. You got a point. You can't trust me right now but, at least let me try to earn it from you," I gave her a gentle pat in the head. "I'm not really asking for trust but, I'm not the type to leave someone stranded. You can stay here. That's all." It was a gentle hug, really and I can feel her tears. "O-okay."
"The apartment's only good for two people, Mash."
"For fu-, for fudge's sake, Tooru. Not now. We're all having a moment here." After that, I reluctantly agreed to her plan of using memory magic on my parents and making them think I actually live in a bigger apartment. It was a bit expensive but Tooru made a quick trip back home to collect her riches. It was enough to put the Yaoyorozu foundation to shame, apparently. We packed our stuff and headed immediately to our new home. The apartment looks great and it's nearer to UA than my last one. The trip itself and fixing my stuff was a lot tiring so we just laid down the whole evening until Tooru had to carry me to bed. Tooru and Eri sleeps at the other room and I'm more than fine with that.
Friday came and… well. I did tell Eri that she can watch us from the clouds but going inside the school property is off limits. It was rather unfortunate that today, the villains decided to attack. Jeez, can't we ever catch a break? Yesterday didn't count. We were busy moving our stuff to the new apartment. Good thing I brought that god katana or something like that for a test run. Tooru did mention about dragon scales being harder than diamonds so the sword would have been a great way to slash through concrete. I did practice a bit before going to school. Too bad I can't use them against villains unless I wanted to go for the kill. Can't this day get any weirder?
"So, Tooru, who owns this god katana?" I said while I was busy whipping five enemies at once with my tail. "The sword belongs to some god I didn't bother getting the name of. He probably forgot about it once he stabbed me. Something about Dragon's blood dirtying his sword." Tooru says as she dodges away from a chameleon villain before slamming the guy in the ground. It created a small crater. "Try not to kill them, Tooru."
"I'll try. By the way, since the god threw that sword away with me, I think it belongs to you now. Since it's a god sword, it's bound to give you some enhancements along with the fact that you can change it into any weapon you prefer?" Any weapon? That just makes it easier. I unsheathed the sword for the first time and tried hard to try and transform it. It started glowing and I could feel it's power surging through my veins. I feel a bit stronger than before. The sword finally turned into a staff. The staff itself got a black design with golden rings surrounding it at both ends. Looks familiar. I tested its weight around before readying it. "IT'S GONNA TAKE MORE THAN A STUPID TRANSFORMING STICK TO BEAT THE LIKES OF ME!" Some villain with a gigantification quirk said. He's easily as tall as a short story building. I sprung up in the air with my tail and surprise, surprise, it got a lot higher than usual. Like twice the height of the villain. No time to ask questions, I readied my new staff and before crashing down and swinging it at the villain's head.
"Famous last words, villain." Okay, what happened next, I didn't expect. I whacked him in the head so hard it knocked him through the ground with only his head at the surface. All the other villains saw what I just did and started running away in fear. The ones who didn't got cleaned up by Tooru. "That staff! I recognize that. You can create clones using your hair!" Oh dang. That's pretty useful. I plucked out some of my hairs and in a cloud of dust, transforms into other Me's. "Chase down the remaining ones." They all nodded before jumping all over the place and started bringing unconscious villains all over the center. After doing so, they dissolved back to dust. "Well, that was easy." After I said that, Tooru suddenly looked around in a tense hurry.
"Anything wrong, Tooru?"
"Someone achieved a form of ascension."
"Ascension?"
"There are different types of ascension but this one was personally gifted by a deity of this world. I can sense that it's one of our classmates but the aura is too unclear for me to know who it is." Huh, someone in our class ascended. "Are you sure it's not me? I mean, I do feel stronger after getting some power from that weapon."
"No. This one's strength can grow stronger in a different way. Yours is just locked potential. You inherited the Monkey King's power." Monkey King? Sun Wukong?
"That's great, right?"
"More than great." She straightened up in alarm. "The one who ascended shared his power with two others." Two others? "They can unlock ascension on their own since they now have of that potential in their body."
"Okay, but does that mean Sun Wukong owns the katana back then?"
"No, think of the godly weapons as something embedded with multiple saved files like your videogames. Gods can get ahold of any of these weapons and turn it into their own signature items. You've apparently been mistaken for Sun Wukong who is now, long dead. By dead, I mean he decided to settle down in Heaven as he no longer needed his staff. I guess he wouldn't mind you using it." Oh that just makes this easier. "We don't have time to talk about this right now, Mash. Let's go." She grabbed ahold of my hand and flew us outside the ruins zone and into the center of the USJ. We got there just in time to see Mirio telling Bakugou and some Pink Haired girl how it was unnecessary to knock out Midoriya. I noticed movement in a bush so I decided to look at what it is. It was Todoroki who looked like he was knocked out cold. I quickly picked him up and signaled Tooru to follow me to the entrance. Just in time for the heroes to come and save us. Oh wait, we just saved ourselves. "I'm really sorry, but did you guys have to be fashionably late?" I really should work on my filters everytime I'm annoyed. They only gave me an apologetic smile but I just shrugged it off and brought Todoroki to the nearest stretcher.
We were evacuated, well, it's not really something called 'Evacuated' at this point anymore, isn't it? I can't really blame the heroes for this. No one knew what happened and the alarm was sabotaged. At the very least, there wasn't any casualties and we only escaped with three injured people. Thirteen, Sir Aizawa, Todoroki, and Midoriya all suffered injuries. Thirteen had a ruptured back or whatever it's called. Sir Aizawa's eyes got injured and his arms and ribs were severely fractured. Todoroki had a broken his jaw after getting decked by someone in the face. Midoriya had a broken nose from getting punched by Bakugou and some pink haired girl which I could assume is his girlfriend. I don't know why, I don't want to know. All of us got back to the classroom with three hours left for moping around. Todoroki, came back to the class after an hour and was followed shortly by Midoriya and Bakugou. The three strongest guys in class were the ones sent to the clinic. I'm not the type to underestimate Midoriya that quickly. I was practically a quirkless guy with a tail so I have no reason to look down on him. No reason to look down on anyone. "MIDORIYA! ARE YOU OKAY?!" There's Iida being concerned for his friend.
"Nah, man. I died. Legit died. Then god told me to kick that bird thing's ass." Oh, now that ascension thing Tooru said was starting to make sense. "Hey Tooru, is he the one?" I whispered to her. Well I think it was her ear. Hard to tell with all the invisibility.
"Yes. I could feel it from him. I could feel a bit from Bakugou, too. Both are the same but different." Same but different? Haven't I heard of that before? Oh right. Us. Humans. Midoriya proceeded to tell us about how he died and was resurrected by Dio and was given god tier powers. Hard to follow but if real dragons exist, I guess that's possible. Yaoyorozu was still skeptical but Dio suddenly speaks out of nowhere to confirm that he does exist. I could practically feel Tooru having a mental breakdown as she left the room unnoticed. I finally used my ordinary type of things and managed to get out also unnoticed. "Tooru, are you okay?"
"I could feel his power when he spoke. If even only his voice has so much power and authority surrounding it, I fear what his true power is."
"Look, Tooru. From what we've heard, Dio's a good guy. He's not gonna hurt you."
"But what if he decides to? What about Eri?" What if he did? There's no way we could win. I doubt All Might would even be able to lay his finger on him, let alone get near him at all. It doesn't really matter. I'll defend Tooru and Eri even if it means my life. "Brave lad, aren't cha?" Okay, that scared me. "Don't worry. I'm nicer than I sound. Billions of Eons helped me keep that way. Dictators are always the saddest bunch of people and I'm pretty happy watching over the Reality. I'm everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Heck, I'm even helping some other alien race gain their freedom at a planet millions of light years away. I digress."
"So I managed to attract your attention?"
"I'm here to give you a heads up. Fate is comparable to RNG and you are bound to do incredible things in the future. Just keep doing what you're doing but try to push harder. It IS the motto of your school. Plus Ultra. Don't worry, dragon child, I don't interfere directly but I do guide some people to the right path. I will not harm you." That's some good reassurance. Like what Midoriya said, when Dio speaks, listen. "Okay, Lord Dio?"
"Drop the lord thing. Trust me, getting called that makes me feel old." And after that, we stopped feeling his presence for a long time. A really long time. What type of mess did Midoriya just dug us in? Okay, maybe not our mess but still, what did he do in that afterlife? Jeez, gonna make Eri worry about us. Why does my world view keep getting expanded in a mostly bad way on the moment I started going to UA?
- To Be Continued...
The point of this story is to make sure you guys know what the fuck is up with Eri in this AU. That and because Midoriya's team needs a rational person. A legit rational person that isn't Bakugou. That being said, Kanna's Eri because of some similarities. Very few similarities. And no, this does not give you excuse Eri. She's under my anti-lewd protection. At least for my own fics. Anything outside that, is out of my control since people can do whatever the fuck they want. That may be a good or bad thing. Depends on the creator. Kinda like that one guy who looks like a skeleton german soldier but I digress. This is just a side story if I could just call it that since it just happens from a different guy's point of view while expanding the fucked up insanity of the Izuku with a Guitar AU. Some things are not supposed to make sense in this AU. Like, how is there a quirk that turns someone(Dio) into a deity? Why is Bakugou so obsessed with romcoms? Why does Izuku hate the acoustic guitar? Why is Tomura called "Handjob"? Why is Mei actually acting as rational as she can be? Why didn't Aizawa straight up expel Izuku after that shit he pulled on the first battle training? Why is the Author being a self loathing asshole? Why is Bakugou aware of the fourth wall? Those questions don't have much answers fairly because I'm too incompetent to answer why. I just thought it'd look cool for Dio to have a quirk like that. That's the answer for the first question. That being said, hope you guys enjoy this side story. It's another one of those ideas that comes from the mentally ill. Or whatever non-offensive thing you call the mentally ill. In which case, I apologize to those mentally ill. Anyways, leave a like and subscribe. PEACE!