"It's been a while Izuku, I'm glad we get to meet again!" were the words that snapped Izuku out of his trance. His mind was still foggy from his recent awakening. He was laying in a room with a double-sized white mattress with black blankets and a golden pillow over it. The place was utterly unknown to him. It didn't look link any room he's been to before, so he naturally thought he was dreaming. The walls were pale white as the ceiling, while a black wardrobe was standing near a dark brown wooden door.
His train of thoughts was stopped by a rather loud voice from the corner of the room. The sudden interruption caused the frail boy to let out a shriek, his face snapping back facing the direction of his eyes to gaze upon the sitting form of a familiar white-haired man that was grinning at him.
He wore white pants, an equally white coat, and black boots. Izuku noted how his chest had parts covered by some sort of golden armor that connected his right shoulder training down to his waist, and his left shoulder had a snow-white coat hanging.
"H-Hisashi-san?!" Izuku barely sputtered out while his mind raced to find an explanation for the situation. The white-haired man harbored a nervous smile.
"You remember me!" Hisashi concluded as relief leaked from his voice. The scene would have been so awkward if Izuku didn't remember how he looked. His face showed sweat drops forming on his forehead as he saw Izuku's right hand on his chin, his face lowered and his mouth uttering words at an alarming speed that he barely understood. Hisashi showed little at the moment, but he was seriously relieved that Izuku remembered him. Even though he gave that necklace to Izuku only weeks ago, he was scared that Izuku would forget or throw it away. It would also be lead to an awkward conversation between the two.
"Maybe that's all a dream since this isn't a place I've been before, also Hisashi-san wasn't wearing anything like that, this armor look like he was a Pro-Hero but Nisha-chan and Aponia-chan told me he wasn't one. I also don't feel familiar with the place." The young boy muttered at a fast pace. Hisashi observed the boy, smiling fondly. Truth to be told. Nisha and her older sister have been talking about Izuku more than a few times. They mentioned his habit to mutter out his thoughts while he was thinking about something.
"Izuku-Kun!" Izuku was snapped out of his muttering by Hisashi's voice." Sorry for creeping you out!" Hisashi's eyebrows lowered as a frown took shape.
"First, this isn't a dream, and second, why would I think that you muttering would be creepy?" Hisashi's voice hid the confusion, as he was pretty certain he wouldn't like the answer.
Rather than focusing on the question of this situation being from a dream or not, Izuku scratched the back of his head with his finger. "W-Well... Most kids at school don't like when I mutter. They say it's creepy." Izuku explained. Hisashi's palms flared as if they mirrored someone else's disapproval.
"Child." Izuku heard The white armored man utter "Your muttering is not creepy! You shouldn't apologize for acting like yourself." Izuku's shoulder slumped, relieving the tension he didn't even know was there.
Hisashi's mind realized how the situation must confuse for Izuku to wake up in such an unfamiliar place. "Ah! My apologies, this whole situation must confuse you!" I'm going to explain everything !"
Izuku promptly jumped off the bed to stand in front of Hisashi, his eyes wide open, his eyes tilted in confusion.
Ignoring the voice in his head dying because of the sheer adorableness displayed, Hisashi coughed, "I went into your room and picked you up to bring you here while you were asleep!"
The boy no longer displayed the same confusion as he stared back at the man's brown orbs. "Isn't that kidnapping?" He pointed out, making Hisashi chocked on air. He actually had to admit that Izuku had a point. His hand slammed onto his face, echoing in a single slap that startled Izuku "I.. Can't argue with that but there is more to it!" He conceded before returning to his explanation. "I've brought you to see Nisha-chan and Aponia-chan!" He finally announced.
Izuku's body completely froze, as if he was encased in ice. Was this actually not a dream? Was he going to meet them once again? His body shook.
Hisashi couldn't react in time, as his body was trembling from Izuku's hand, latching onto his knees. Izuku's body was shaking up and down like a jackhammer.
"Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? Where are they?" Izuku repeatedly asked. Hisashi could feel that Izuku was excited. He couldn't fault him for what he learned from Nisha and Aponia. The boy was Quirkless, and it wasn't a good thing to be in those days. Hisashi sighed as he steeled himself.
He pushed himself to stand up, his impressive height overshadowing the young boy. "No need to shake me like that. Nisha and Aponia will come back from school soon!" Hisashi revealed, "I'm going to take you to Akashi's temporary home." At that, Izuku's brain processed the information.
All colors were drained from his entire body. Hisashi rose an eyebrow.
"Wait this is almost the end of the school day?!" Izuku couldn't help but scream, his hand grasping his hair crouching down trying to suppress the loudest groan he would ever let out "My family are probably freaking out about me missing, Oh god! There must already have the police and the Heroes on the case, I'm so screwed," Izuku monologue.
'Ah' Hisashi's thought could only be summarized as this simple utterance.
"I might have excluded a detail or two." Hisashi pipped up, redirecting Izuku's attention to him. "In Japan, this is around 1 AM. No one knows you're missing"
Izuku raised his finger, pointing it almost accusingly at Hisashi. "This sounds like the NTA would say when they kidnap people who don't pay their taxes."
Hisashi paused at that. "First, how do you know the NTA? And second, how does a 6-year-old kid pull out that reference? Thought you would compare me to something like a villain taking you and threatening you." Hisashi actually looked concerned towards Izuku.
The boy showed visible reluctance before answering, "I remember on the internet how the NTA changed how they functioned to take an example on the IRS of the United state of America. And my dad lived in the US for a while. He told us that the IRS was after him for half a year because he did not know how to do his taxes properly. For your second question, Your Nisha-chan's and Aponia-chan's uncle not a villain."
Hisashi hummed in approval, walking up to the wooden door, but instead of pushing it like a regular one, the door slid sideward and entered the slot in the wall. Izuku followed closely behind him.
Past the door was a white corridor. It was quite wide in Izuku's opinion, with a black line in the middle going from one end to the other. Some light panels were placed onto the ceiling for the light.
Hisashi looked at both sides before extending his hand to Izuku. "It's better if you hold my hand. I wouldn't dare to Imagine what would Your girl friends would do to me if you were to lose yourself like that.
Izuku's face was entirely flushed red and steam came out of his ears. Hisashi couldn't help but burst into laugher. "They aren't my girlfriends !"
Hisashi's laughed subsided to form a smirk. "Oh? Being your girlfriends is something I never mentioned. I said girl friends. I would almost believe you have a crush on both of my nieces!" Hisashi teased purposely, emphasising on the pause between girl and friends to cleverly change the whole meaning of his utterance.
However, it resulted in Izuku's brain having a blue screen, holding his hair before bringing them down to his face to hide the crimson color that adorned his face. His mouth would try to rebut his claims, but all that left his mouth was an incomprehensible mess.
Hisashi wouldn't let Izuku live it down, but for now, they had to stay in the Yoshimuras to let them know about the surprise.
"Enough fun, we should get going "Hisashi snapped Izuku out of his mess, His emerald orbs peeking through his long hair. His cheeks were still flushed red, but his small hand wrapped itself around Hisashi's before they headed to the right.
The route to the Yoshimura's household was going smoothly. Izuku's eyes wandered off as to look for extra clues about where he was. He could clearly see through some windows that it was in the daytime, as the sky was bright blue, albeit slightly paler than what he was usually accustomed to.
"When picking you up, I noticed you were wearing the necklace I gave you. I'm glad that you are still wearing it." Hisashi started, the awkward atmosphere was caused by him teasing the boy, but he judged it was perhaps too much to tease him like that...
Yet.
Izuku looked up before whipping out the two pendants from inside his shirt displaying for Hisashi to see, "Of course, I'm wearing it! You made it for me." Izuku pouted. Being teased for Having a crush on a girl was quite a common occurrence for him. And He didn't like the grin on the older man's face.
Izuku's mind went back to the letter he read from Hisashi a few weeks earlier.
"Hisashi-san? When you said that people were trying to harm Nisha-chan's family, can you tell me more about that? Are they Villains or Demons ?"
Hisashi was taken off guard by Izuku's question. He remembered briefly mentioning them to Izuku in the letter, but something meant to be a detail in the whole letter stuck with Izuku and made him inquire about these.
"To answer your question... It was demons." Izuku looked at Hisashi worryingly, his heartbeat spiked when he registered the answer, "Or more precisely, Devils." Hisashi muttered, but barely enough for Izuku to hear.
"Devils? Aren't the same thing as demons?" Izuku has always heard of demons, some even referred to them as devils, but he didn't know that there was a distinction between the two terms.
"Devils and demons are similar, but also different. Demons are the ones that you see on TV and on the Internet. Devils are humans that vowed to obey their Masters who are demons. They can be granted anything they could wish for, but it is in exchange for their freedom of action as they become slaves." Hisashi explained, his brow furrowed, his left fist clutching at a fist, glaring forward as they took a turn to the left.
Izuku gasped, "Then why are they looking for Nisha-chan's family then?" How was this possible, ones of the nicest people he ever knew was chased by devils?
"That's pretty simple. They refuse to swear loyalty to them."
"Aren't the devil hunters or the Heroes doing something to help Nisha?" Izuku's innocent question was understandable. Those institutions' reason for existence were to deal with these kinds of issues.
"Devils aren't like those villains you see on TV or on the street. They're always hiding away from anyone's watch. Not much people know about devils except the devil hunter and even then..."
The discussion between these two slowly drifted to lighter subjects while Izuku passed by a window low enough for him to gaze through.
His breath was stuck in his throat.
The clouds beneath clearly showed that they were at high altitude. The sun was at nearing its set as the sky changed to orange. But looking on the lower part, he realized.
"We're floating in the sky!" Hisashi heard the boy squeak. Well, he couldn't really fault him after all for being freaked out. Izuku contemplated the view of the large chunks of earth that floated to give foundation to the buildings that were connected to an even larger baby blue building. It even seemed to have several advanced airships on its roof.
"It's complicated.." Hisashi tried to start, truth to be told, he wasn't supposed to bring Izuku there. But Izuku seemed like the type of kids who could keep certain things secret. "I'll tell you later." He promised.
Izuku and Hisashi passed by a section of the halls filled with people wearing white lab coats. Some of them turned their attention to Hisashi before noticing the forest green bush beside him. A question mark appeared on their heads as they wondered who was that child following.
The silence previously reigning in the hall was interrupted by a loud groan, everyone's head including Izuku and Hisashi's turn to see a tall man with a pale complexion spiky dark blue hair and crimson red eyes, he was wearing a black lab coat along a gray metallic visor around his neck, blue business shoes and black trousers.
"Midoriya-san, I really hope that it's not what I think it is." The man spoke out before walking up to the duo. The other personal hurried up to clear off from the man. Izuku stared at the man as he almost imagined him as Katsumi as a man and with dark blue hair. This simple thought brought him to cup his mouth with his hand to cover his giggles.
"I assure you that's not what it looks like, Ester!" Hisashi defended. the man's look went to Izuku, causing him to interrupt his laugher to hide behind the white-haired man's leg. Ester let out a sigh. He crouched down to meet Izuku's height. "My name is Ester Kelnos am the head-scientist of this facility. May I ask yours? "Izuku didn't expect the man to be so polite while having such a stern expression.
The green-haired boy leaned to his side, sticking out slightly more of Hisashi's leg. "Yagi I-izuku, n-nice to meet you!" Izuku managed to speak."Where are you from?" Ester inquired as he looked up to see Hisashi having beads of sweat across his face.
"I'm from Japan, sir. I was born in Shizuoka's prefecture."
"Did Midoriya-san take you to adopt you?" Ester's gaze pierced through Izuku's soul.
"No, he didn't. He took me there while I was sleeping."
Ester blinked
Hisashi blinked
"..."
"..."
"..."
"For god's sake you kidnapped a ch- "the dark-haired man started before being interrupted by the older man "I didn't kidnap him, Nisha-chan and Aponia-chan played with him almost 3 years ago and they missed him. Since they can't go back to earth for now, it was better for Izuku to get to them!" Hisashi explained.
Izuku's head tilted to the side in confusion "Can't go back to earth?" he muttered out "If we're not not earth, then where are we? It doesn't look like we're on the moon since I saw the sky was blue. It doesn't look like we're on mars either since the planet is still in its early stage of colonization. Are we on an unknown planet? If Nisha-chan and her family are here, does that mean they're aliens? Oh, my god I have a crush on aliens!" Izuku mumbled. He was interrupted as he felt a pricking sensation on his forehead.
Looking up, he saw Ester and Hisashi looking at him. Their jaws slightly dropped. They didn't seem to know how to react to what they had witnessed .
'Midoriya-san must haven't told him about that. I slipped up. I'm just going to-' he thought while reaching out to his pocket as he felt a hand latch onto his wrist. "That won't be necessary, Ester." The hand was Hisashi's, and he was standing beside him, his smile slightly strained.
"If anything happens, you'll take responsibility for that." Ester huffed."Shenanigans asides, I'll need your help after you're done with Iz- "He stopped himself before remembering that Izuku was from Japan as he turned to him" Do you want me to call you by your last name or your first ?"
The boy spaced out for a second before answering, "You can call me either. If you call everyone by their first name here, you can call me Izuku!" beaming a smile that cracked Ester googles.
"Right..." The man muttered. He didn't expect a child to conclude that they weren't on Earth, the moon or mars, ignoring the last comment he did correctly guess parts of the situation. Ester pointed to another hall crossing the one they were. "Come see me after you're done with Izuku."
He walked away, pulling up his googled over his eyes as six red dots flashed on the surface.
Hisashi had the decency to look embarrassed. "Sorry for that! There' are a lot of things I haven't told you. I didn't know either if it was because it was too much information or in case you couldn't keep the secret," Hisashi explained. Nobody could really fault him. Izuku was never supposed to be there in the first place. And revealing certain things that are trivial to one is a literal breakthrough in others.
The green-haired boy didn't seem to mind, "Aliens has been one of the biggest questions humanity had since we existed. It wouldn't be too much to understand that you guys want to keep your existence a secret," Izuku reasoned.
What Izuku didn't expect was the older male bursting out laughing. Hisashi was holding his mouth, trying to keep the volume as low as possible to not distract the potential scientist working nearby.
"I can't- "Hisashi barely spoke as his laugh escalated. The boy looked lost. "Did I say something weird?" he asked. Hisashi hasn't laughed like that in a while, The last time was when Miyuki teased her daughters when Nisha asked if they could go back to Japan to play with Izuku, poor girls were heartbroken when they learned they couldn't stay in Japan for the time being.
"Izuku-kun we aren't aliens!" Hisashi tried to keep his frail composure in place to correct Izuku on his misconceptions."We aren't in the solar system. But we're mostly human there, but not alien, as you put it!" He corrected, Izuku squinted his eyebrow. "Then on what planet are we in and how are we there without spending months in space?
"We are in Sentinel-Bis! In the nation of Belobog, and to answer to what you said" Hisashi slightly walked a few feet from Izuku before doing a swift, full spin his arm sticking out, he pointed his finger to Izuku, "Your crushes aren't aliens!" Hisashi winked.
Izuku's body went as stiff as a board as he realized that not only Hisashi heard his muttering, but Ester as well, probably. His entire face turned nuclear red. He let out the most pitiful whine ever heard in humanity's history.
Izuku looked up to see the white-haired man who harbored the smuggest smile.
"Let's go, we're almost there!" Hisashi announced. The young boy's blush left his face as his walking pace increased, much to Hisashi's contempt.
They neared a black metallic door with white lines zig-zagging from top to bottom. The wall next to the door had a gap where a screen was displayed with a blue handprint over a dark background. Izuku watched as Hisashi placed his hand on the screen. The screen glowed white before turning green. This caused the door to slide to the side.
Hisashi and Izuku passed the door quietly as it slid back, closing behind them.
Izuku looked at what seemed to be a perfectly comfortable house with a birch wooden floor, the overall layer of the house was quite intricate with a long black staircase connecting 3 Levels each one having common necessities for a home like the bathroom and the kitchen on the lowest level, on the middle one were the rooms, and the upper one were both of them were was acting like a living room. The entire structure was supported why 4 greenish pillar at each corner of the middle level.
"Dad, are you back?!" a voice pipped up. The duo turned in the voice's direction to find a small boy a little taller than Izuku. He had snow white hair much like Hisashi but with long purple strand. His eyes were unique, dark sclera with dark blue pupils. He was wearing a black pajama with blue accents on the chest going from the neck to his stomach curving down the pectorals. Izuku noticed that the boy was wearing a white wristband along with a grey chip attached to it.
"I'm back Minato, I brought someone special today, he's the boy Nisha-chan and Aponia-chan never stop talking about "Hisashi responded
Minato's eyes stared at Izuku, who stared back. Hisashi quietly watched the interaction, his eyes drifting from Izuku to Minato, switching back and forth between the two.
"H-hi!" Minato weakly greeted as he awkwardly waved his hand.
"Hey! My name is Yagi Izuku. Nice to meet you!" Izuku introduced himself to the other boy.
"M-my n-name is M-Minato Midoriya. Nice to meet you!" Hisashi looked at the scene. Unfold, he couldn't help but smile.
'Izuku-kun would be a great way to get Minato out of his shell... I would have wanted to see our child grow with you...' He reminisced. His mind went back to previous events as he lightly shook his head to the side, taking his mind off these thoughts.
"Minato is your father he- "Another voice made everyone turn their head to see Miyuki holding a plate with some cookies in it. Her eyes drifted from Hisashi, then to Minato. Her eyes ended up on Izuku as she finally realized the unusual presence in her house.
Her eyes went wide as she finally recognized the boy next to her friend.
"Izuku, Is that you?!" She screamed out, her grip loosened, letting the plate slip from her grasp only for the plate and the cookies to be stopped by Hisashi's hand glowing white. Hisashi moved his hand to the right, letting the plate and its content gently settle onto the table.
Hisashi almost looked guilty. "Surprise?" Surprise indeed, Hisashi had mentioned how they could go back to Japan once the situation calmed itself so they could live their life as they did before. Nisha and Aponia would be able to play with Izuku.
"Hello, Yoshimura-san, nice to see you again!" Izuku bowed slightly, his eyes practically sparkling with excitement as he now knew that Nisha and Aponia weren't far from seeing him again.
"How are you her- "Her eyes instantly went to Hisashi as her eyes narrowed suspiciously "You took him in his sleep, did you?" She inquired..
"Yes, he did!" Izuku all but informed, earning a look of mock betrayal on the white-haired man's face, not believing the young boy he brought here throwing him under the bus.
"For fuck's sake, Hisashi, stop bringing people when they're asleep." Miyuki cursed at him. Minato looked at the woman before asking Izuku, "Izuku, do you know what fuck means ?"
Silence swallowed the entire house.
"Look at what you did. You cursed in front of my son! Pay up!" Hisashi promptly made a jar appear out of nowhere. There was a slip of paper taped to it with the words 'Curse jar',
Miyuki glared at Hisashi before pulling several silver coins from her pockets and slipped the coins into the jar.
"I swear you make more with these cursed jars than with your salary," Miyuki groaned out of frustration.
"If only you knew ..." Hisashi laughed, remembering that night where he went into a bar with the Yoshimuras and some of his friend in a game of Truth or dare, he asked one of his friend to sing a song and each time the song had a swear words he would have to pay up for the Curse jar.
Hisashi had made enough money to buy his sons and Niece's birthday gift for the next 2 years.
"D-did I say something wrong?" Minato merely asked. The green-haired boy looks his way. "I don't know what it exactly means, but my mom and dad said to never say it again, though my aunt said that I could say if it was necessary.
Minato only offered a nod as responses.
"Yoshimura-san?" Izuku spoke out, walking up a few steps forwards. The woman's heart melted on the spot at the sight of Izuku looking at her like a kicked puppy. "Yes Izuku-kun ?"
She didn't expect Izuku to run up to her, wrapping his arm around her legs. "I missed you all." Miyuki swore that she would protect the smile Izuku's feature harbored for the rest of her life. All her body has accepted to do was to hug the boy back.
"I missed you too, Aponia-chan and Nisha-chan couldn't stop to ask me if they could comeback to Japan to play with you or..." She trailed as she realized something "Izuku?" The boy's smile didn't leave his face while a hint of confusion "Yes?" Her eyes shot to Izuku's chest as she spotted something." Can I see that necklace you're wearing?" she politely asked.
"You mean Hisashi's gift to me?" Minato perked up. As he walked up to reach a sufficient distance to see the necklace Izuku was wearing."Wasn't that necklace what you were making a big secret of? " the white-haired boy asked
'That necklace has Argent Energy trace on it... Why in the three flows of the Styx would he have placed those on a necklace? A gift, no less." Since they had met Izuku, Hisashi held an unusual interest towards the boy as he disappeared several times, She and her husband had been interrogating him to learn that he went back to Japan to check on Izuku to see if their interaction didn't catch the attention of Devils.
While this was mostly true, they also knew that there was more to the story that Hisashi had let on. They eventually decide against trying to force answers out of him. But this necklace gave a slight clue to her.
'What does Izuku-kun have to do the Argent energy in it?' Izuku wouldn't be able to use Argent energy, at least without prior training. But the fundamental question was. Was there more to Izuku than they thought? Nisha has told them how Izuku defeated those bullies. They made a mental note to look into their identities as the mind flashed with images of izuku's arm covered in his own blood.
He was using a stick Nisha said that how he used the stick as a sword and seemed to use it proficiently looked like something out of a fairy tale if Nisha hasn't proposed to use Ester's alchemical table to showcase Nisha's memories of the incident. And the adults were surprised to watch Izuku make quick work of them.
"I... Made the neckless with your daughters's drawing for Izuku!" Hisashi realized that the next time Akashi was around there would be a long discussion about his action, but it didn't matter. Today at least.
"Nisha and Aponia-chan won't be back for another hour and a half, so you will have to wait a little longer." Miyuki slipped out of her trance to inform Izuku. The said boy let out a small whine as he unwrapped his arm from her leg as he walked up to Minato.
"Do you want to play until Nisha-chan and Aponia-chan comeback?" Izuku proposed. Minato looked hesitant at first, but answered nonetheless, "S-sure, what do you want to play?" When Izuku was about to express his indecisiveness, Hisashi butted in, "I know something that you can do until their return!" Hisashi's form disappeared in a near non-existent cloud of dust lifted. He reappeared with what look like wooden swords.
"How about you play with these in the park?" He proposed. While Izuku quirked an eyebrow in interest, Minato's eyes sparkled and Miyuki facepalmed to herself.
"At least tell me they would play in a park close enough to intervene if something happen." She demanded. Hisashi merely ignored her words as she slipped the wooden sword into his belt, wrapping each of his arm around the boys before bolting out of the house.
"I swear next time he will come I will to give him the lecture of his lifetime.
Hisashi was sprinting as fast as a pokemon Go Player when a Dragonite spawned in Los Angeles. Izuku asked Minato, ignoring the peculiar situation they were in. "Does that happen often?" he questioned. Minato's clothes mysteriously changed to a plain white shirt with the word "shirt" written on it.
Minato shrugged. "D-dad, always do that when he wants to escape a lecture from a-aunty." He internally shivered at the memory of his dad being scolded by her aunty. The terrified expression on his father's face and the multiple bumps piling on each other was enough for Minato to declare that he would never oppose his aunt.
Hisashi took a turn to arrive in front of two massive light red doors as they opened when the white-haired man passed them. They found themself on a dark grey disk-shaped platform that served as a foundation for the entire building.
"Hisashi-san, where is the park? Is it on the floating island or the city under?" Izuku asked. The clouds were dissipating, letting Izuku catch a glimpse of the city underneath. It looked way more advanced to Izuku than Japan.
He could discern some dots floating and moving in an orderly fashion. Some light was displayed on the outer walls of several building much like Japan had for Ads.
"Those islands are reserved for the personal and their family if they want to move in. The park is down there!" Hisashi confirmed. The green-haired boy looked confused. "How are we getting down there?" He had to ask.
Minato froze as he feared what his father would go. His suspicions were confirmed as he saw Hisashi walking up to the platform's edge.
"Simple!" Hisashi started. Izuku felt nervous at the tone and the grin Hisashi had. The white-haired boy felt his whole body swallowed by dread as he knew his father's next words.
"We jump!" he declared as he slightly crouched before leaping high in the air. Izuku and Minato's mouth were wide open as they screamed for their life. when Hisashi's body was about to fall back after reaching the peak of his jump, a black portal with dark-bluish particle appeared underneath him appeared and engulfed the three of them.
Hisashi's safely landed on the concrete beneath as he gently place both boys on the ground.
"Hisashi-san! / Dad!" Izuku and Minato simultaneously yelled as they went in front of Hisashi, their fist balled as they repeatedly hammered their little fist onto Hisashi's armor.
The white-haired man looks at the scene, laughing to himself. "You guys are a little chicken scared of height!" He snarled
"And you're a kidnapper, we aren't the same."
"..."
Minato looked blankly at Izuku, then at his father. The father stopped laughing as he stared at Izuku.
'Where did this child learned to speak like that?" He asked himself.
Izuku, who stopped punching the older man, looked around to see the city he was from above, right in front of him. Whereas cars were hovering above the ground in Japan, The cars and trucks were literally flying and smoothly flowed within the mess that was roads.
His eyes sparkled as he saw a crowd of people clumped near strands.
A young woman with black hair made several whips out of energy, each one assigned a certain task like pealing potatoes, cutting them with knives. And she wasn't alone. Izuku's body shook with wonder as he witness street artists standing on thin air to paint over a wall.
Minato hides under his father's cloak. The father kneeled to get as his son's height, removing his cloak off Minato. "Minato, you don't need to be scared! Don't worry about the others too much!" Hisashi explained to his son. "We should head to the park." Hisashi concluded. His eyes went to the star struck Izuku, smiling to himself.
He stood up while taking Minato's hands in his own. Izuku seemed like in his own world before being brought back to reality by the hand brushing against his hair. He yelped, looking up at the white-haired man. "Nisha-chan and Aponia-chan weren't kidding when they say your hair was as soft as a cloud !"
The green-haired boy kept his blush within his control as a light pink tinted the corner of cheeks this time, "The scene sure looks different from Japan." Hisashi voiced Izuku's thought.
"What do you mean, dad?" The white-haired boy asked. Since he learned to read, Hisashi has been teaching most of the subjects that have been essential for a boy of his age. He also taught Minato about Earth and how Humans developed abilities named quirks.
"Where Izuku lives, using spell or abilities of any kind is illegal except if you have a professional licence for it, simply put, you can only use what you have if that's related to your jobs," He monologue as Minato looked at Hisashi. "Mostly Pro-heroes," he muttered, "Izuku-kun, What's your quirk?" He inquired. Hisashi, who was just about to drag Izuku along their way to the park, froze with the forest green-haired boy.
"I don't have one!" Izuku smiled. Hisashi actually paused, his eyebrow raising up, his head lightly facing sidewards. He didn't expect that kind of reaction. He had seen how Izuku was reluctant to say that he was Quirkless to Nisha. And he knew that most wouldn't say that they didn't have something that most of humanity possessed with a smile like that.
"Let's go!" Hisashi proposed. Izuku and Minato looked at each other before nodding and tailing behind Hisashi.
Izuku watch his surrounding once more, one unique detail stood out to him. He was Noticing people with different Attire on some of the building's roof, but most of them had common. They all were displaying weapons on their person. One of them had a scythe, the other a spear and another a claymore.
Now that he thought about it, Hisashi also looked like them. It reminded him of the Proheroes and Devil Hunter wearing all kinds of Pro Heroes were much more extravagant in their outfit were most Devil Hunter opted for more grounded outfits. "Hisashi-san?" The white-haired man looked down. "Who are they?" Izuku pointed at some of the individuals he saw."And why do you look like one of them ?"
Hisashi smiled at him. "Where on Earth most of the countries have Pro-Heroes and Devil Hunter, we have Sentinels. They're like them in principle, but act differently. Us sentinels Mostly act like Devil hunter, But when he sees a crime scene, happen we are allowed to intervene even if the Police is mostly enough to deal with these. But that when the Police aren't here to act before us." He clarified.
"As for your other question... I look like them because I *am* a sentinel, "Hisashi revealed. Izuku wanted to ask a lot of question but he spotted something familiar, it looked like an entry of the park he's been on Earth.
Something that differed from his usual parks was robots that handed small hairpins. As they walked past the entry, they found themselves before a literal sea or kids playing together, while Izuku seemed to handle the noise and the crowd well, it couldn't be said for Minato who clutched onto his father's pants for comfort.
"I know a place where there won't be any kid!" Hisashi declared, picking up the duo before disappearing
The trio appeared in the middle of nowhere, it as a section of the park was not much children were playing and luckily no one was there.
The white-haired man let the two boys go before taking the wooden sword out and handing one to each boy.
"Have fun! If something Happen i'l know it," Hisashi informed as he jumped, his figure blurring then disappearing.
The two boys look at each other curiously. "H-have you played with s-sword before?" Minato asked. He used to play sword often with his brother and his cousins.
Izuku raised his finger to his to chin before thinking, "Does using a stick like a sword count?" He sheepishly asked. He didn't have many experiences in games outside of heroes and villains, cops and robbers and hide and seek.
"Did play with someone using sticks?" He inquired. Izuku laughed to hide his own embarrassment. "No, I was beating up other kids." Minato's whole body shivered. "B-beating up other k-kids?" he cried out .
Izuku realized how wrong it sounded and immediately explained, "It was the bullies that tried to beat up Nisha-chan !"
Minato's mind clicked. He was told That Nisha was living in japan before they came here. They told him that story where Izuku saved her and became friends with her and Aponia.
"Do you know how to hold a sword?" Minato asked the green-haired boy, Since he didn't seem like he was used to holding a sword. He stepped forwards to Izuku side, lifting his wooden sword up and pointed at the handle.
"Your right hand holds the handle there, and your other hand there!" the white-haired boy explained as his right hand moved to the very top of the handle, touching the guard and his left hand on the lowest part.
Izuku replicated Minato's grip on his own sword.
He felt somewhat comfortable as Minato took a few steps back.
"Here I go!" Minato announced without stuttering or any warning. Izuku flexed his leg, bringing his sword up to block the incoming downward strike. The force behind the blow was nothing like Izuku ever expected,
He was pushed a few yards, his foot dragged through the ground. His shoulder already felt sore,
Minato didn't stop running as he repeatedly slashed his wooden swords from side to side. Izuku was put on the defensive, as he was forced to take steps back each time he attempted to block a strike.
Izuku's eyes went to the white-haired boy's face to see that a bright smile was plastered on his face, Izuku's grip tightened as he swept his sword to the left against a right swing from Minato causing his blow to gain momentum and to a way farther than intended almost making Minato back to face Izuku.
izuku grinned, he finally found an opening, He forced his hand to execute a wing to his right attempting to strike Minato's shoulder.
What he didn't expect was Minato to spin on himself, lifting his wooden toy up to deflect Izuku's. The green-haired boy felt his while arm being forced upwards upon the white-haired boy's swing. His hand didn't flare with pain as he would be expected. The blow felt abnormally gently as he felt his swords out his grasp.
Minato stood looking at him, "Are you h-hurt Izuku?". The green-haired boy merely looked at his now empty hand, his eyebrow raised, while his mind seemed occupied by something else.
The boy eventually went back to reality as he turned to Minato "Sorry I wasn't listening, what were you saying?" Minato looked at Izuku's hand worryingly "I asked if I hurt your hand when I swung my sword." he asked shyly asked.
Izuku shook his head "Now, well normally I should be hurt, but I was just surprised that you blocked my attack and disarmed me!" Izuku beamed, his bright smile looked genuine to Minato, but for some reason he couldn't help but feel a strange sentiment that. it wasn't the first time he felt that way, but the previous times were when his father played with him for the first times and on other rare occasion.
He had a sense of familiarity with something he should remember, but couldn't do so.
"These swords aren't in wood," Minato explained energetically. "Dad told me and Aniki that these swords are training swords made with something special. They feel like they're real, but they can't hurt !"
Izuku nodded in understanding. His eyes went back to his "wooden" sword patiently laying on the ground to be picked up. "Wanna go for the second round?" Minato eagerly proposed.
Izuku walked up to his sword, picking it up. He held the swords as he previously did as he grinned at the other boy.
"Of course," Izuku spoke up before jumping high surprising Minato, bringing his swords up with both hands before bringing it down his all his strength towards Minato who stepped back dodging as the blade dug into the ground. Izuku smiled as he saw Minato about to perform a rite of swinging.
Leaning back to barely avoid the blow as he saw Minato's shoulder exposed, He lifted his sword upwards. Minato smirked as leaned back as well and prepared for Izuku bringing down his blade.
His eyes widened when they saw Izuku bringing down the sword at him. He did the same maneuver he did against him the first time. When his sword was once again about to parry Izuku', the greenette's swords stopped mid-swing. letting Minato go further than he thought and before he knew it, Minato felt a contact on his shoulder. Izuku was panting, but still smiling.
"I won this round!" Izuku cheered, his right hand leaving the handle to swipe some sweat drops that were handing from his chin and
Minato panted, too. He wasn't expecting Izuku to lure him into thinking that he was going to beat him like he did at first.
Before he knew it, he was smiling. "You won this one," he conceded. Izuku rubbed his shoulder. "You really hit hard. I really struggled to block your attacks earlier!" Izuku bemoaned.
"Are you all hitting so hard like that?" Izuku asked rhetorically though Minato did not catch that he did not need to answer his question "Well I'm a demon and Aunty Miyuki's family are witches, So our bodies are stronger than regular human," Minato explain.
Izuku's body stood motionless as he registered his words. The wind blew into his hair as his eyes got stuck on the white-haired boy, his mind running at full speed.
'Minato's a demon? Well, I know not all demons are bad but that's the first time I get to meet one... Wait, He said Aponia-chan's family were what? Witches?' Izuku's mind couldn't comprehend the information laid out to him. His entire world flipped when Hisashi revealed that he wasn't on earth and humanity inhabited other lands that he had known. Now he was metaphorically slapped on the head by Minato.
The white-haired boy in question noticed the petrified form of the younger boy. His eyebrow rose in confusion. As he raised his hand before poking Izuku's shoulder. His thought froze him when he realized why Izuku didn't move.
"What do you mean by witches?" Those words drain all colors from the faintest tint of color from his already near white complexion.
Minato tried to swipe the subject under the rug. "I didn't say witches!" Minato tried to laugh, but a nervous chuckle was all that escaped his breath.
Izuku deadpanned, "You know I heard you correctly, right?" the boy flinched. Izuku didn't even look scared of him. "You're a demon?" he inquired. Minato almost looked ashamed. "Y-yes," he weakly spoke
"That's amazing!" Izuku's voice wasn't laced with any animosity or fear. Minato looked at him to see the emerald green orbs sparkling with pure excitement.
"Eh?" was the only response that Minato provided, his dad has educated them on how demons were one of the two largest enemy of humanity, while demons were welcome to join the Sentinels or to live within them if showed they were sincere and the situation was fitting enough. But most would fear demons because they were commonly blood thirsty beast that would kill every living being near them.
"Wait" Minato congratulated himself on the absence of his stuttering when he spoke "Aren't you scared of me?" he almost demanded, he and his brother has been educated on the grander line of the worlds with demons being one of the two biggest threat to humanity, it was common knowledge than most demon were just mindless beast thirsting for human blood. While some demons were living among them and interacted with other just like any other human, he assumed that in Japan demons weren't known to live with human with just the image of beast in mind, yet Izuku shrugged the shock like a train shrugging a seagull pricking it.
"Were you mean towards me?" Izuku asked.
"I-I don't think s-so ?"
"Did you try to kill me to eat my brain?" Izuku inquired.
"D-demons don't eat brain, I think it's zombies," Minato deadpanned
"..." Izuku looked perplexed before his palm went to his face
"Sorry, I always confuse the two," he apologies, it actually brought a laugh out Monday's mouth
"And n-no, I don't want to eat your brain. That's gross !"
"Then why should I fear you?" Izuku finally asked. "I mean, in Japan we mostly see demons as monster even worse than villains, but it doesn't mean that just because they're demon they're bad!" Izuku's words were full of idealism.
Well, in the eyes of the Japanese population, since he was way closer to the truth than most.
Minato didn't know what to say back."I-i..." The words died on his mouth "You're right" he agreed .
Izuku smiled, "We're still even!" He lifted his wooden sword, pointing it challengingly at the white-haired boy."Want to change that?" he taunted playfully taunted.
The former anxiety on Minato's face disappears to let its place into a small smile. His own grip tightening around the handle.
Both held up their sword up as they ran towards each other
When Akashi was asked by Hisashi to pick up his son in the park, he just facepalmed at the stupidity of his friend, letting a child in the middle of a park unsupervised, even more so considering Minato's condition, even if he was getting better. Hisashi didn't even tell him where his own son was while giggling as if he was preparing the biggest prank of his life. His wife looked amused when Hisashi asked to pick up Minato.
He was wearing a red shirt with the word "Holy Light" in bold black letter with a green pants with camouflage pattern. He guessed that Hisashi had brought Minato to the usual spot.
But when he pushed aside a branch, he saw a familiar green-haired boy standing on top of a rock looking down on Minato, his arm sprawled out
"It's over Minato-kun! I have the high grounds!" Izuku boomed. The white-haired beneath him brandished his sword high defiantly. "You underestimate me!" He roared slightly, flexing his legs preparing to jump .
The green-haired boy brought his wooden sword in front of him shakingly. "Don't do it!" Minato jumped high way above Izuku as the sun shone from above, creating a figure overshadowing the greenette.
But just before Minato had brought down his blade, a red glow enveloped him, stopping him dead in his fall. Izuku looked perplexed at what had transpired. He looked around to see the potential cause of what was keeping Minato from falling. His sight caught the red-haired man from who lifted his left arm his hand in a claw-like manner.
The green-haired boy saw Minato being gently brought down as he landed on the ground. Izuku looked at the man for a few second as he approached them before recognizing him.
"Minato, did your father- "He started before his gaze inspected Izuku a little further. His eyes scanned Izuku as the situation dawned on him.
"Izuku?! Wait, does that mean that you're of Sentinel Blood from the beginning?" Akashi uttered out, now that he just thought about it, it could explain certain things about Izuku, such as his unusual affinity with a weapon, though these talents were mostly in either Noble families or... He did sense faint traces of Sentinel Energy on Izuku.
The green-haired boy in question looked up, his eyebrow raised. "Sentinel Blood? What's that?" He asked. This question at least has the merit to make Akashi backpedal. "Were you born on Sentinel-bis ?"
"No, I was born in Japan. Midoriya-san brought me here while I was sleeping." Izuku answered, Akashi's eye twitch as a vein bulged on the side of his forehead.
"What is that dumbass thinking?! How wait I know what he was planning" He recalled Hisashi suddenly asking his daughters about playing with Izuku. Knowing him, it was more than probable that Hisashi brought Izuku as a surprise for them. He held back a groan. He wanted to curse Hisashi's name in every way possible, but there were two children next to him, and his wife wouldn't appreciate it at all. He suppressed a shudder at the thought of his wife and that smile. He remembered when he cursed in front of Nisha. The blue-haired girl repeated the word in front of her mother. Akashi still has that phantom pain in his ears, thinking about it.
"Did Hisashi give you swords to play, correct ?"
Minato nodded. "Let's get you both back at our quarters!" The older man finished as both boys handed over their swords and followed closely behind. Akashi swept his right hand to the right, flicking his finger as a familiar portal opened .
The trio stood in front of the door that led to the Yoshimura current household. The metallic door slid to the side, opening for the trio to enter. Izuku could hear Miyuki's voice, "Your dad must have arrived."
When they fully entered the house, every eye on the floor was sent their way, but especially one dark-blue-haired girl and a light brown-haired girl staring at him as they were hit by the realization.
Emerald orbs met two sets of blue eyes.
Izuku felt his body jerk backward as he felt two masses slam onto his chest, he realized he was tackled by Two blurs.