Chapter 5: Testament of Bravery
"How-how are you skinny and lanky!? I thought you were buff and all mighty!" Oh boy. This is going to be quite difficult to explain.
"Midoriya! Calm down and let me explain. Yes it is me, All-Might. But imagine my heroic form as That Guy who flexes his body in the pool to show his muscles but who obliviously isn't. That's me of what you're seeing right here." Looking down at Izuku who is gathering all of his thoughts back and trying to comprehend of what he is seeing before him. It is quite a shocker for the boy's soul. I wouldn't blame him of what he saw if I was in his shoes. That his favorite hero is merely a scrawny man.
"Now you have seen of what I really look like. This is a secret between you, me and the top S.C.D members who knows of my damaging condition I am facing." As Midoriya stood on his feet and I lay down on the floor to rest from the exhaustion of being in my Hero Form far too long. I look up to my S.C.D colleagues if it's a right thing to give the truth of my potential vessel?
Turning my head to Cole who is in his disguise and using his self-nemesis codename 'Kessler' to hide his appearance from the public eye that he is here in Japan, waiting for me to speak. Zeke who is growing older and tired stare at me patiently to show my revelation to Izuku of what happened. Then moving to my daughter Kiko who waits for me to give the truth for Midoriya to understand of what's happening. Giving me a supportive smile in the end.
Letting out a long sigh, I lifted my white shirt up to reveal my wound to the young teenager who gasped in horror of what he saw.
"I got injured five years ago by the enemy's attack that I wasn't prepared for. Half of my respiratory systems aren't working right and my stomach is near nonfunctional. Fortunately, they weren't completely destroyed in the help of Conduits on giving me an extensive medical surgery from their healing factors back at S.C.D. Who made my organs properly operate again but not at its fullest function which it will sometimes mess up or get outright shutdown completely. For which I am forever dependent on Cole to heal me daily and accompanied me in battle so I wouldn't reverted back to my normal-self too early. So thereby the disguise he's wearing. The clothes of his future-self and the enemy of the faction he fought. To conceal his true identity and hiding from people who might associate with me to him, to evade possible assassination." Fully explaining of my condition and the reason why Cole is wearing the ominous uniform of his most hated enemy that brought him to the road of a hero in the first place. Izuku starts to figure out of who's the villain that injured me...kind of.
"Five years ago? Was it Toxic Chainsaw you fought during that time alone?" Hearing Izuku's voice quiver in fear, I look down to my scar and remembering of how Kiko react to it. She was terrifyingly outright furious of what she saw and accidently showing her immense Conduit powers to me in desire to protect me. Unluckily for her, I am worried for her safety to do the Brotherhood's now establishment here in Japan from reports of Brotherhood assassins roaming the streets. So Cole would fit the bill on looking after me as he has more experience on taking down possible assassins.
For the Brotherhood presence though. The S.C.D can't do anything about it right now. For they are smartly located in the densely populated urban areas, risking people's lives if S.C.D retaliates recklessly and not having a proper plan in action to deal with a possible terrorist attack.
"You are well-informed I see. I am still in wonder of how a punk like that even injured me in the first place. But that isn't important right now, what's important is I can only maintain my Hero Form for six hours straight or lengthen it from Cole's help on giving me an electric rejuvenation technique he learned in his seven years working with S.C.D by his fellow Conduits." Bringing my head up to Midoriya, I decide to explain the situation between the S.C.D and the Brotherhood as their situation is much worse than fighting Toxic Chainsaw or 'him.'
"I didn't announce my defeat to the public and knowing their favorite hero is simply a scrawny man wouldn't improve the situation. I don't want them to feel fear that evil can reign again in this world and I do it with a smile to pressure heroes to continue on fighting. But there's trouble brewing with a particular Supremacist group that's running a mock here in Japan and do you know what Supremacist group that is young Midoriya?" Giving the young boy a rhetorical question, he stuttered again but this time his eyes are wide like saucers than before. Knowing of how evil that the Blood Brotherhood is really capable of and how they keep ruining public opinions on Conduits as a whole.
"Hold on a second! You are telling me that the-the Blood Brotherhood is really here in Japan?!" Knowing full well that the Blood Brotherhood's reputation is extremely infamous throughout the world for their brutal terrorist attacks and heavy connections with nefarious criminal organizations that are under the Brotherhood's thumbs. It's no surprise they are the most well-known terrorist organization and the bane of S.C.D for equality. The S.C.D spy reports say that their sketchy leader, who might be a he, is here in Japan. So we brought Ionized Blast magnets in our pockets or headbands of it to counteract their leader's mind reading capabilities. As their anonymous leader's mind manipulation range is quite extensive and theorizing his powers can reach to the size of Texas.
"Yes the Brotherhood is here Izuku-and Midoriya. Fetch!" Throwing him a spare Ionized Magnet from my pocket, he catches the glowing blue metal on his hands. The size of it is equivalent to a human pinkie. So it wouldn't be hard to carry the anti-mind reading relic.
"Here's to avoid possible mental mind games. So our conversation can be private." Explaining to him of how this magnificent piece of relic can counteracts the Brotherhood leader's mind controlling powers. I pointed to Zeke who is the inventor of it.
"Those Blast Ionized magnets are byproduct of Zeke's invention and Kiko's assistance on making them work properly by infusing normal magnets with Blast Shard fragments. These little suckers can absorb the Leader's mind radiation that can inflect your brain but in a cost of giving you a humongous headache if these things are prolonging active. Tap it hard twice to turn it off or on." Giving the two inventors credit of what they made. I give him a short rundown on this piece of metal which can defuse the Brotherhood leader's power prematurely but in a cost of the aftereffect of a migraine.
"But I want to know why S.C.D members are over here than U.A All-Might? Shouldn't they be making negotiation with the staff members over there and dealing with the Brotherhood terrorists?" Giving me a reasonable question and acknowledging of why they are here. This boy sure is smart and I'll give him his answer for it.
"I was intended to meet up Cole personally via by an invisible chopper all by himself. Simply to breakdown, Cole is supposed to be over here alone on this location point without putting the Brotherhood's spies in high alert of his obvious arrival. But you made my time much faster when you stopped the Slime villain from its tracks. For the chopper part-Zeke would you demonstrate for him of what I am talking about?" Turning my eyes to Cole's close friend who is an amazing inventor, having sophisticated knowledge on D.U.P and First Sons tech including for his contribution on giving S.C.D the technology they needed to get an upper edge on the Brotherhood's attacks. He nodded of my request and knocked in the air to hear metal clanging. Immediately, the invisibility dissipates slowly to reveal a sleek, white Chopper. Instead of Propellers, the chopper has jets on its sides to make this helicopter move a lot faster and in Zeke's greatest ingenuity. He made the chopper quiet while up in the air, making it the true first stealth chopper he ever made.
For Midoriya, he landed on his butt in surprise and amazed of what Zeke invented before his very eyes. Almost forgetting the fear I told him.
"Wow! An invisible chopper! I didn't know S.C.D is that astoundingly High-Tech! So…does that mean I am involved in this situation and I'm immediately a hero right? Like why would you explain important details to me while I am still in my Junior Years?" Frowning more when he figured out of why I explain everything to him. Should I tell him of the knowledge of my Quirk? In reality, I am hesitant of him being a vessel for One For All because I didn't see his bravery first hand if he's actually a true hero in the face of danger. Him taking down a slime villain, that's fine. But him rescuing someone and his true intentions are is still up in the air for me to judge.
About to give him a rhetorical question, Zeke who has his phone ringer on got a text from U.A.
"Wait, hold up a second. Well damn, looks like my time is up here. I need to head back to U.A on implementing some technologies that S.C.D requested and bringing Kiko with me in the negotiation table on desegregating the superpowered grounds which is gonna' be tough as hell and I need all the help I can get. So I might say my goodbyes and leave it to that. Kiko, let's go before someone going to hurt themselves in the camp ground we made for U.A." After seeing the text on his phone, he opened the chopper's door and looked over to my daughter.
"Come on Kiko, defusing discrimination and preventing people messing with my tech is not going do it on itself." Zeke who's heating up the jets for it to take off, Kiko groaned to herself and gave me my signature thumbs up to me in silent goodbye. Running inside and closing the door. The chopper slowly ascends up in the air and then quickly vanished like a ghost.
Looking up to the sky for a few seconds, I turn my head back to Midoriya and gave him his answer after that little interruption.
"For your question, even you have Conduit powers. Do you know the line of work for Pro Heroes and S.C.D always face? This wound down here signifies the path I took and the danger of death close to your door. You are still not a hero yet and if don't know what you are doing. Well, it's going to be the end of you…so excuse me, I need to take some time to think and return the villain back to the police." Getting up and opening the door entrance. I walk down the stairs and waited for Cole to arrive. Sitting down on the stair steps when I'm farther away from the door so I can have peace of mind, I waited for couple of minutes till I heard footsteps coming down near me.
"You shouldn't be so hard on him All-Might. He still learning and comprehending the situation he's in." Looking down to myself, I heard Cole's scolding voice echo behind my back and I know what I did was wrong along being very harsh to the young boy. But I need to discourage him before he get himself killed. For my mental state can't take another dead victim for me to blame and holding his blood in my hands indirectly.
"I'm not sure if he's the right vessel to hold One For All Cole. Is it a good idea to recommend him to hold my powers?" Looking over to the Symbol of Hope as he seated down next to me. He still wore the outfit of Kessler like a totally different person and explaining to me he is the right successor for One For All.
"I saw him first hand All-Might. Vouching for him is not a mere mistake as I saw the look of determination on his eyes. Give him a few days to adjust his situation and he might be the one you're looking for. Also, I brought him a gift from Willy while he's being the Scoutmaster at S.C.D campground at U.A academy. If he ever wants to become a S.C.D member, he has his Scout Initiate cloak where Willy wants me to personally deliver his clothes in recognition." I am still reluctant on telling Midoriya about One For All without having real conformation he might be heroically brave in the inside.
For the campground part, it's a segregation act to do hostile tensions between Quirk and Conduit students. The Conduits have their own ground which is a camp to exercise and cooperate on their aspect powers while the Quirk Students have their U.A campus for them to study their Quirks to its fullest potential . If I think about it, I prefer the S.C.D camping ground as it's much more fun and livelier than the boring academic study vibe which would be a pain if I ever start teaching over there.
"Seems nice of what you did. Guess I was a being a little crabby back there. Did you tell him I have no hard feelings?" Seeing Cole nodded his head to tell me he already did, giving me another relief for my chest as I wouldn't burden from my own rudeness.
Letting out another sigh and rubbing my skull to focus of what should I do with Midoriya? I might bring the slime villain to-hold on a sec. Where is the bottle in my pocket?!
"All-Might. What are you looking for?" Cole curiously looks back at me while I was searching through my pockets for the slime villain who was being fried by Izuku's electricity till the realization then hit me. I might have dropped him while I was jumping in the air with young Midoriya on my leg. To confirm my worse fear, I heard an eerily loud explosion coming down at the shopping district where black smoke and fires are emitting out from.
Shit!
"I'll teleport and watch over you! Be careful All-Might. It might get nasty of what we're dealing with and we must be cautious with Brotherhood spies." Hearing he gave a light-hearted pun to slightly lighten the mood for me. I start running down the stairs while Cole's body enveloped in pure electricity as he disappear in thin air. I know it sounds unfair but we need to keep our distance away from each other or the Brotherhood we'll connect the two of us if we either show our powers close out in the public. In short, its safety measures we both tediously discuss about.
I hope it's not too late to save someone.
[Izuku]
Hearing of what he said that I might die if I ever join up with S.C.D or Pro Heroes. I turn my head up to Cole who is in his disguise and still silently standing there. In respect, he lowered his body to my head level by kneeling and gave me the warmest smile I ever seen. That gave me this sense of hope going through my mind.
"Hey, don't let All-Might put you down like that kid. It just we both have a really bad day to deal with a dangerous terrorist organization. He's worried for your own safety, not deterring to be one. Where you would risk your life to save others, but to my own eyes, you already are one to me. You helped us on stopping the Reapers few years ago and most importantly," Felt the desire to be a hero grown in me and the desire to help others in dire need. I held my head up high and looked at him in pure tenacity. He finished his sentence that gave me hope again on being a hero.
"You saved my life kid." Hearing his last sentence, a small stream of tears flowing through my eyes in joy and I can't describe of how happy Cole supported me.
"Anyhow before you start doing your waterworks, I got a gift from Willy himself for you. If you ever want to visit S.C.D ground in U.A academy to have that camping atmosphere, you are welcomed with open arms." Unzipping his old sling bag that he still use which becomes an iconic tool for S.C.D members to carry important items for them in remembrance for him before he was dead. He pulled out a smooth, transparent looking wrapped bag that contains the initial clothes of being a S.C.D Scout of what I've heard.
The clothing itself looks like your typical Boy Scout uniform but it's in all white. It has the emblem of the S.C.D bird logo spreading its wings attached on the right breast and having my country's flag emblem with it as well on the right shoulder. For footwear, it includes black hiking boots for me. Checking on the shiny boot design itself more closely, it looks like it could be flexibly versatile as it can be used for urban exploration or outdoors.
But that doesn't interested me, of what I was interested is that the sky blue handkerchief looks more like a bandanna scarf than a knot. For which the center has the S.C.D white bird logo but seemingly look like it got painted by a spray can. Next to it on the left looked like a folded white sheet?
"Here's your Initiate S.C.D Scout uniform and a hooded cloak to signify you're one of us when you enter S.C.D campground. So wear it with pride." Happily grabbing the package that Williams sent me, I might think about it if ever I want to become a superhero Conduit in the Special Conduit Division.
"Looks like I need to catch up with All-Might. His wound doesn't heal on its own you know? So catch yeah later Izuku." Watching Cole left the building through the door that All-Might went. I look down the clothes that Willy gave me, thinking if I should join S.C.D than Pro Heroes since I only have the Conduit gene?
Pondering to myself of what my possible future would be. A loud menacing explosion echoed in the air and I looked over to the source of the noise to see burning fires arising over from the market district! Could it be Kacchan is in trouble?
Without hesitation, I place my packaged clothes into my school bag and jump over the building that would lead to an alleyway so no passerby would see me of what I did.
Falling from the tenth floor building and landed on the ground. It created a miniature electric shockwave covering my entire surrounding area, Luckily, it wasn't big or loud enough to attract nearby pedestrians to see what it was. Plus, they're more focus at the market district where huge amounts of explosions are setting off everywhere than here. Almost believing that Kacchan is involve.
When the dust settled, I run out of the alleyway and headed to direction of where the blast was set off.
Passing through the crowd in the walkway where they were drawn by the explosion to see what it is. I got close enough to the market district to see everything is burning to hell. Orange fires spreading and melting everywhere. Smoke and craters scattered across the street, signifying that Kacchan was indeed here. Finding the source of what caused it and going through the crowd to see what's in front of me. I saw the slime monster who got shocked by me and-holding Kacchan from its grasps! Oh no that's not good!
Watching Kacchan struggling to survive from the slime monster's suffocation when green liquid is going through his throat and in the meanwhile setting off explosion everywhere in panic. Did I do this? Did I accidentally let the slime beast go and setting it free when it was dropped?
Comprehending of what I did. I let All-Might drop the villain on my own mistake and my own fault that I let someone be killed by it. So what would I do?!
Looking down at my school bag that holds my S.C.D camper uniform and inspecting back at the Slime Villain who is prone to my electricity but I might fry Kacchan in the process if I use my powers. I was about to breakdown and cry for my own pathetic failure till another memory of Cole is playing inside my head, for which I learn so many things from one small memory.
I watch group of Dust Men charging at me in pure curdling rage for kicking Alden's ass back at the bridge. I crack my neck and knuckles as electricity spark out of my skin. This is always going to be my daily routine on kicking former homeless transients that turned into criminals for shits and giggles.
Running towards them, I saw one of the transients fired a RPG rocket straight at me. So do counteract their firepower they have, I cook up some few new tricks after I dealt with my future-self and escaping from Moya's boat. This one I experimented is splicing electric shockwave with minor effects of polarity.
Firing off an electric shockwave from my hands by wafting, the intense magnetic force reflected the rocket away from me and heading directly to the person who fired the said rocket. Exploding at the edge of his face and making him fly away from my distance as he wouldn't be a problem for me anymore.
Cooking and forming grenades out of my palms. I throw couple of my experimented shock grenades at the crowd of Dust Men and pedestrians who are being held hostage by them. The grenades were then set off as a huge electric explosion burst out from their shells. This time, I control the electric flow of those grenades as the Dust Men are being restrained onto the concrete ground and civilians are floating in mid-air from the aftereffects of shockwave unharmed.
My head pulse to feel danger above me. I look up to see a group of snipers taking position who are ready to pop my head in a second notice.
Using precision as time begin to slow down around me and eyes felt like I am a bald eagle where I can see things much farther away. I carefully aim my hand at one of their head. Firing a precise bolt, it causes a chain reaction of overload burst when their heads are being fried simultaneously and being restrained onto the roof by electric arcs. A really great result on hybridizing Overload Burst, Precision Aiming and throwing in a twist of Restraining Arcs for them.
Looking back at the last patch of Dust Men who are still determined on taking me down, this would get serious and painful for them of what I am going to do.
Releasing electric gigawatts out of my wrists like it's Assassins Creed which was made by the entertainment company called Abstergo Montreal. The electric inflow of gigawatts are starting to course through my veins as I hear it crackling menacingly, instantaneously popping out a pair of blue blades which can easily takedown a person in a single swipe.
The blades are illuminating light blue and cracking with electricity, looking back at the last remaining crowd of Dust Men. I run at them and ready to slice them up.
Slicing the Dust Men right in front of me through his stomach, he screamed in pain as he's down to the ground, shaking, jittery. I puncture another Dust Men who was creeping behind me and frying his lower leg where I stabbed his joint area, screaming in agony where he lies down on the floor paralyzed. Both coursing with electricity throughout their bodies and electric arcs are starting to form around their limbs. Restraining them and stopping their squirming.
Now looking back at the remaining Dust Men, they are now demoralize and I spotted some yellow liquid dripping out of their dirty, saggy pants. In an instant, they run away from me in a heartbeat.
Cowards…
My thoughts back from reality and staring down at my bag one more time. I now know of what should I do. Looking around me, I flee from the crowd and headed to a secluded area for no one can see me of what I'm about to do.
[All-Might]
Coughing and hacking while I was running to do my near functional lungs. I stopped and arrive to see incident for myself. Of what I saw isn't good. Not good at all!
I saw the blonde haired boy who is being taken hostage by the slime beast that I should have captured him by now is severely suffocating him. As the boy is setting off massive explosions around him where heroes can't get anywhere near them and the boy himself is struggling to escape from the slime's grip. Cole isn't near me because we need to keep our distance to do Brotherhood might identify him. Other words, I can't properly transform into my Hero Form without Cole's help. If we did find a secluded area in order for Cole to heal me, it will already be too late on stopping the Slime from killing that student.
Trying to think of what should I do and hearing the crowd that I was the one who is chasing after the slime. I was thinking hard before my pride can be crushed of not doing anything. Despair looms over me till I saw someone above the rooftop of the market district.
Of what I saw is a boy who is wearing S.C.D scout uniform. His face is being covered by the cloak hoodie and a blue bandana wrapped around his face. Looking more carefully, his arms are sparking out with electric currents slithering on his skin and the look of determination he's posing.
Young Midoriya? What is he doing up there?
"Honey! Look up there!"
"What is that boy doing on the roof and what is he wearing?"
"Hey I remember the outfit. He is one of those S.C.D camper freaks!"
Hearing confusion among the crowd of what they saw of Midoriya's camper outfit and his face being concealed by his hoodie. Almost giving me a heart attack, he jump off from the building and landed on his feet unharmed by the fall. He then stared at the slime monster who' strangling the poor kid by one of his tentacles. For the slime monster, he notice Midoriya's electricity and quickly identify him of who he was as the slime beast trembled in fear.
"Oh shit! Not you again and don't come near me you electric Conduit freak!"
[Izuku]
Finished dressing myself up in a nearby alleyway so no one can see me unless there are bums here. I am now wearing my official S.C.D Scout Uniform and my school uniform is stored within my orange bag I carried. Carrying my bag with me so I can drop it at a safe spot and nobody would steal it from the ground. I start scaling the walls of the alleyway and then parkouring till I reach the rooftop of the building.
Finally getting up to the roof, I drop my bag on the now cleaner walls and remembering of where I placed my school supplies at. My schoolmates would probably know of who I am simply because I was carrying my signature bag with me in battle. So better be safe than sorry for my identity.
Jumping buildings to buildings and balancing myself on the power lines I was stepping on. My head is being covered by the cloak hoodie and my face being wrapped around by my light blue bandana, blocking some of the wind that's blowing through of my concealed face.
Finally reaching of where Kacchan and the Slime Villain are at. I got near the edge of roof and stand in absolute perseverance in the face of danger. I will show the world of how Conduits can be the good guys and my resolution of not backing down.
Looking down at the crowd who saw me and Heroes who are trying to defuse the crisis they are facing look up at me. They begin to mumble in confusion of what I am doing up here but I ignored them. Jumping down from the rooftop and landed onto my feet unharmed. I turn to the Slime Villain who was chocking Kacchan to death. He continues to suffocate Kacchan till he saw me. Where he stopped and trembled in fear of when he saw my electric currents flowing through my veins.
"Oh shit! Not you again and don't come near me you electric Conduit freak!" Knowing of whom I am, he wouldn't get away this time and this time I'm prepared for his attacks.
Throwing his multiple tentacles at me as I dodged and jump over them in ease, more multiple tentacles are flung at me simultaneously in all different directions. Knowing I can't dodge everything at once of what's in front of me. Electricity start sparking out of my arms and memorizing one of Cole's experimented shockwaves he used.
Raising my arms up, I gently wave my hands at the many slime tentacles. Swishing my hands in utmost focus, a sudden ripple of electric shockwave coursing through the air. Propelling all of the tentacles away from me and frying all the monster's hands in the process. Pretty much crippling him and exposing itself for another surprise trick I have under my sleeve.
Rehearsing page 25 of Kamui Woods's technique and Cole's experimented Shock Grenades. An electric orb begins to form on one of my palms and I twirl my body to aim the grenade at his eye to flinch. For flinching, it's more like burning.
Throwing the grenade in an arc and precisely flung it at his eye. The grenade then stick onto his eyeball and the monster itself starting to scream in pain from the electric currents burning his vision, but oddly enough, the Shock Grenade isn't going off. So I have one more card to draw.
Time begins to slow down around me and my eyes are more focus than ever. Raising my hand and my arm pointed at him accurately. I fire off a precision bolt at his eye where the grenade that was stuck on him went off. Exploded instantly, it created a shockwave burst around the monster's surrounding area. Making a massive dust cloud which covers the entire Villain's sludgy body.
"WHAT THE FUCK?! LET ME DOWN YOU GODDAMN CONDUIT!"
Looking up in the air, I saw Kacchan is still floating in mid-air by the electric magnetism pulling him up and struggling to get out from it. Turning my head down while hearing Kacchan's cursing, the monster itself lost its grasp on killing my old childhood friend and felt he's getting weaker by the second from the continuous electrocution he's going through. For myself, I felt tired…sluggish.
Wanting to finish this once for all and drawing my final trick for this Villain. Gigawatts begin to gather within my hands and instantaneously, a pair of Gigawatt Blades popped out from my wrists. Glowing in shades of light blue and electrically sharp like thunder.
"Looks like my potential prey had escaped from my grasp and seeing all these Pro Heroes surrounding my every corner, I got a real honest feeling for you Conduit freak. YOU ARE GOING TO DIE WITH ME!" Gasping in surprise, all of his remaining tentacles I thought were fried rise from the ground and strike at me all together.
Concentrating all of my remaining energy inside of me to keep my blades up, this drowsy sensation is getting worse in my body when I'm draining my remaining energy inside of me. Like I am running out of energy to stand up properly and wanting to sleep badly right now to end this nauseating urge.
Spotted one tentacle rising above me, I sidestep from it before it strikes down on my previous path. Watching the tentacle missed me all entirely and hearing the concrete ground rumble in furious wrath when the slimy arm slammed onto the floor, making a huge dent. I quickly sliced the first tentacle that was on the ground before it gets up, slicing the second tentacle at my right side that was about to slam at my chest and finally slicing another tentacle to my left as it was creeping in behind my back. All of them got fried along slithering on the floor. But in spite of my small accomplishment, more of them keep popping and popping everywhere as I can't count of how many they are that's floating in the air.
I saw them flying everywhere, watery liquid arms whipping me in every direction. Endlessly getting electric burns all over my skin and the agonizing pain going every inch into my body nonstop. Effortlessly slicing the tentacles away from me and hearing the monster cried in pain for a short while. I almost fell to the brink of unconsciousness from the endless torture and my powers are nearly exhausted from using up of what's left within me.
Kneeling down to the ground huffing and my blades dissipates from my wrist of not having enough juice to power them up again. I look up to the monster hearing his cries of rage at me and seeing everything is turning grey so sudden. Acknowledging of what's going to happen next. I close my eyes. It appears to be the end for me as I don't have enough energy to attack him back or any other way to flee from it.
Hearing the tentacle swiping down above me and feeling death is knocking at my door. I heard another loud thunderous boom and felt the wind touching my covered face. To see what was that, I open eyes to see All-Might in his buffer form! Holding down the tentacle which was about to smack me down and smiling at me.
"I really am pathetic. Even of what I said is to admonish you. I didn't mean to put it in practice!" Grabbing onto the Slime's tentacle, he bring his fist at his back and about to bring an uppercut into the Villain's face.
"PROS ARE ALWAYS RISKING THEIR LIVES!" Throwing his fist down at the Slime Monster's face, he shouted his signature move out loud onto the crowd and the wind gathering around us when he throw his powerful jab move which is called-
"DETRIOT SMASH!" Immediately, wind burst everywhere at our every corner. As my eyes watch Heroes holding their ground from the intense wind pressure and protecting the civilians from flying off into the air by All-Might's strong jab punch that he did. I look back at All-Might to see him standing and saw blood spilling out from his lip. Luckily, the rain washes over us with the water cleaning up his lip. Not seeing any trace of blood near his mouth. For me though, electricity is bouncing off from my skin when the water made contact with my body.
About to get up and thank All-Might of what he did for me on saving my life. A hand touch over my shoulder and a burst of electricity enveloped my entire body. In an instant, electric static briefly covered my vision and the next thing I know is that I was sitting down at the rooftop. Looking around me of how I got up here and saw the rain where it was pouring down at the Market District. A voice called out to me and I recognize who it was.
"You look like you almost died over there kid. You need to think first of what you should do and restrain that monster before it can deal massive damage at you. But for now, you have proven your bravery to me and All-Might." Picking myself up and the sense of burning pain is still crawling within my skin from the countless watery whipping I had. I saw Cole MacGrath in his disguise and who is near to an A/C unit above this building.
"Man, you've been through hell over there Izuku. So you might need to charge yourself on sucking up the energy flow behind me. Can you do it kid without my help?" Nodded my head to him of what he's referring to, I weakly drag my legs over to the A/C unit and raise my arms at it while clutching my fingers in tiredness.
Extracting the electrical energy out of the metal box, a flow of electric stream starts flying out from the air conditioning machine and zapping into the palm of my hands. Feeling the electric juice sparking inside of me, feeling awake, felt alive and felt healthier than before! My vision returned back to normal and seeing everything so clear now!
Fully standing up properly and not ambling around weakly. The sense of tiredness and pain is now gone from my body. Closing my hands, spark of white energy begin to fly everywhere while the A/C unit stopped working to do the lack of power when I drain it dry.
"Thanks for saving my face back there from the News Reporters and giving me enough the energy to stand up properly Cole. Also, am I in trouble for that reckless stunt I did back there?" Hearing him sigh, he looked back at me worriedly.
"No you aren't in trouble from us. But you need to be careful when you're using your Conduit Powers Izuku. There's a limit of how much power you can use in yourself and when you depleted all of your energy capacity. You will feel tired as hell and not fire anything from your hands. In which you need to consume shit tons of Blast Shards if you want to continuously dish out heavy fire power to deal with powerful enemies and recharge yourself daily from your nearby source if you want to keep on fighting. You get what I am saying kid?" Nodded my head again, I know what he means.
If I want to continue on fighting, I need to collect Blast Shards in me that the Conduits consume to last longer in fights and recharging myself daily from a nearby source to heal my wounds or getting enough energy to bring out my other abilities in use. But can my powers slowly recharge by its own and not using any outside sources?
Thinking of what I should do now. I remember something.
"Hey Cole, can you bring me back where I dropped my bag?"
[6:30 PM]
Walking down in the breezy neighborhood. I watch the golden sunset above me setting down after I picked up my school bag from the rooftop and got dressed in my normal School Uniform. I headed back to my apartment before my mother gets worried of me for being out so late. Knowing her poor soul can't take the pressure of me being Quirkless in spite of her not knowing I am a Conduit now.
Strolling the streets and looking back at my school bag that holds my Camper Outfit. I wonder if I should become an S.C.D member than a Pro Hero-
"I AM HERE!" Out of the blue, All-Might popped out to the left side of the sidewalk and Cole is walking next to him nonchalantly. Hold on a minute, why is All-Might and Cole doing here? Shouldn't they be doing superhero stuff?
"Al-All-Might?! Why are you here-and weren't you surrounded by News Reporters back there?" Remembering that All-Might was surrounded by the paparazzi in a short period of time, he started to laugh and reminded me that he is All-Might.
"Getting away from them was a piece of cake. Why? Because I am All-Migh-BLEUGH!"
In a puff of smoke, he reverted back to his lanky-self and spitting out blood in the process which made me scream in horror by seeing it. For that little incident, Cole smack his palms together like he is holding a defibrillator and brought his hands down on All-Might's shoulders. Shocking him briefly and made him stop coughing out blood with a small trace of electricity coursing through his body.
"Thank you Cole for the temporally healing at my side. And for you young man, I come with thanks of what you showed me. A correction, a suggestion of what I saw within me and to you." Seeing All-Might giving me his thanks, I heard him explain why and how he saw my bravery inside his eyes.
"Of what Cole told me when you were Quirkless before Cole transfer his genes to you. Of how you haven't been there to fight the monster head on…I would be a walking hollow in a muscled suit who just talk out of his butt all day. So for that, I thank you." Bu-but I just let out that monster out in the streets and it's my fault for Kacchan getting hurt by that Villain!
"That can't be…it was my fault in the first place. I got in your way of work and letting out that villain into the street. How is that honorable of me from what I did which is considered a burden-" Before I can talk of my burdens to him, he cut me off and showed his genuine gratitude for me.
"Don't be silly! If you weren't there to act, I wouldn't be able to stop that monster and to save your life. Despite you are not Quirkless anymore. Your motives spoke to me of how S.C.D members experienced through." Surprise of what he said. I look over to All-Might and hear his story.
"Top Heroes and even top S.C.D members have stories. About their days at school or the day they become heroes in the Conduit case. All stories have in common though: their bodies moved before they had a chance to think." Of what he said made my eyes spilled in tears, remembering my mother's words. When I found out I was Quirkless, before I became a Conduit in accident.
"I'm sorry, Izuku! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Gripping onto my chest and failing to suppress the sadness overwhelming my mind. I heard All-Might to confirm of what I feel.
"That was true for you, too, wasn't it?" Can't hold it any longer, I confess of what I felt. Of how many people told me not to be a hero, of how many people whisper that Conduits are scum, of how many people looked down at me.
"Yeah…" Gurgling under my words and hearing my mother's words echoed in my head. Of what I should say back then when I was little. The words I wanted to hear.
"You can become a Hero." The small tinge of fear for being a Conduit in the very beginning, the despair that took hold of my mind disappeared when I heard Cole's voice follow along with All-Might's words.
"Endure and to rise above your burdens to become a true hero." Crying harder from hearing those words of what I can truly be. I heard All-Might continue to talk that my ears twitch of what he spoke. Those very words that surprised me of what he said.
"You are worthy to inherit my powers."
[Meanwhile]
Ah the sweet fucking canoeing. How much I miss those childhood days with my Akomish Tribe and hanging out with my bro Reggie in summer camp when we were kids.
Stroking the paddles in the artificial lake water I'm on and hanging out with Mr. Man Bear Mouse principal who is on my wooden canoe. We both begin to discuss the relationship between his Quirk Students and our Conduit campers so they wouldn't kill each other for any fucking reason. You know man? I wish I can be with my Akomish tribe to calm my nerves down before I can bust a nut. Plus, the black suit I was previously wearing for formality is tight as hell and giving me cramps, forgetting to set my proper body size when we got here in Japan.
"Ahh the good old outdoors, I didn't know you have the camping spirit in you Delsin Rowe. With all the Scout Aesthetics and camping spirit going through this campground, I can see the reason why you don't want this campground to turn into a campus ground." Oh school…how much I hate our educational institutions back at America as it's boring as hell! I didn't learn anything from my school years but to bore my ass all day! But I did piss one of the teachers off by a prank I pulled. So nothing in value was lost back in my High School Years.
Thinking to myself of how I should teach the kids than a godforsaken school, I remember my days back at camping and the boy scout vibe when I was a kid. That is a whole different story on its own which I am really fond of those memories and the only thing that keep my attention span going before I fell asleep. The most valuable thing in Boy Scout training is teamwork and altruistic value to help others. In my book, it is a perfect training ground for Conduit adolescents to work together and to do my childhood memories influencing me back at Boy Scout training. Recalling reveille shit playing in my ears at every goddamn morning which is sort of pretty torturous if you ask me yet extremely efficient of not ambling around at our cabins.
So we build a camp here. Yes, you heard me right. A freaking Scout camp than a boring school system for boring people to go do! Which this camp is built right next to the school north of here for the Quirks kids interact with us or brutally attack our campers. So it's sort of like a segregated ground for Conduits and acting like a double edge sword of my personal choice.
For what I am wearing since we're in camp. I'm wearing the standard white Scout S.C.D uniform and Nedzu over there is wearing a deep navy blue U.A Scout uniform. Thinking we might combine our grounds into one place. One School, one Camp and one place to learn your powers.
"So I want ask you something Mr. Rowe. Where are your two well-known friends? How is Fetch and Eugene doing as I didn't see them for a while?" Oh, those two buddies of mine. Of what I remember correctly of their activities, they're recruiting new Conduits around the world. Usually the ones that aligns with their Conduit Gene aspect powers which is Video and Neon, so I know where Eugene would be obviously but for Fetch…that's unpredictable.
Fetch. She headed to any place that's trendy and artistic which holds bunch of teenage Hipsters. Rumors they have Neon Conduits over there doing gnarly artwork but for finding them…that's unpredictable since they are extremely rare to find them and always on the move to make more neon art.
In the other case for Eugene, it is pretty damn predictable and easy to understand about how Video powers work..is being a complete nerd. Where I heard Eugene is heading to South Korea to recruit Video Conduits as they have a higher population of them over there. To do the Koreans having a lot of Gamers like RTS players, MOBA players, and rabid Snowstorm Fans. It would be easy to find those guys as they are sore eyes to everyone to do their constant role-playing in your local anime or gaming conventions.
I know it's kind of stereotypical of me to say Korean Gamers do love Snowstorm games. But Snowstorm Entertainment made MMORPG Heavens Hellfire, team-based shooter Watchman, and most importantly…StarWork, which shit loads of RTS players typing fast in their keyboards. You get the idea…
"Fetch is getting some Neon Hipsters and Eugene is gathering Video powered nerds into our camp for Scoutmaster Willy to train. Does that ring a bell to you?" Nedzu realizing we are getting more kids over here that relates to their powers, he simply nodded his head in acceptance of what I am doing.
"I see. It's good to have new people in U.A. Academy despite this place is heavily segregated. I wish my students can interact with them without hostility. To team up and mutually learning their abilities to help each other out."
Sarcastically rolling my eyes, I decided discuss with Mr. Nedzu here of how we should let our kids interact with each other and use their powers to compliment on their abilities that best suits them. One thing is for sure, teamwork is important for Conduits of what Nedzu said.
"Thanks Mr. Mouse Bear Man. For teaming up, how should we let your students interact with our campers? You know, I don't want to hear any incident involving on wanting to kill each other for petty things?" Watching Nedzu who is rubbing his chin to think and what his next step of plan is. He pointed his paw finger up and he got the answer in his head.
"I have an idea Mr. Rowe. It is involving our Quirk students having a particular second exam." Oh boy…giant fucking robots. How Gundam anime-ish is this?
Just hope Nedzu knows what he's doing.
