Arc 1 Chapter 1
-Location updated…
Universe: My Hero Academia
Location: Midoriya Apartment (Outside)
Rain. The rain was the first thing Sid felt as he regained his consciousness. It was raining and raining hard, his clothes soaked to the brim and weighing down his body even more with all the extra weight. He looked up, finding himself laying face down on a street in the middle of the night.
'Am I back in Remnant? No, no these buildings look far too different. The vehicles and even the air look and feels different.' He tried to pick himself up but struggled as he lacked the strength to do so fully. He got onto all fours, then managed to crawl next to a vehicle to try and use it to support his weight and stand. He couldn't even stand, his legs felt like jelly and he wanted to just lie down again and keep sleeping. He could hear the repeated taps of the rain against the various surfaces around him… but there was something else.
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Was someone running in this rain? It was getting closer, whoever it was must be raring to get home.
"Are you okay?!"
Sidonis turned towards the voice, surprised that anyone had actually seen him in the dark. Then again, his hair wasn't so hard to miss. He looked at the teenage boy now kneeling in front of him, checking Sidonis head to toe in an attempt to diagnose his injuries. With how dark it was, Sidonis could only really make out an outline, the boy looking like one of those blacked out challenger fighters from smash bros before you unlocked them in his eyes.
CRACK!
The thunderous boom of lightning silenced any response Sid was about to bring out, the bolt having nearly struck him and the boy by a few meters. Another bolt struck down on Sid's opposite side, and his electroreceptors were going mad. He realized that they were about to be struck, so with what little energy he could muster he shoved the boy in front of him away. He might have used a bit too much force, as the boy landed on his back a few meters away with an audible OOF!
BOOM!
ZAAAAAAP!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
It hurt, and it hurt badly as he felt. His body spasmed as it took the force and charge of the lightning bolt head on, and the boy's horror it looked like electricity was surging towards Sidonis from the nearby electrical cables and power boxes. Even the cars weren't spared, as anything around Sid with any kind of electrical charge was promptly drained of any and all electricity. Just as quickly as it hit, it was gone. The street was in total darkness, any and all lights within the area drained of power. Sidonis lay flat on the floor again, steam rising from his body and the smell of singed flesh filled the boy's nostrils. He panicked slightly, before steeling himself as he picked himself up and ran towards Sidonis. He didn't think about any follow-up strikes or even if Sid's body was still charged, he needed help first and foremost. He couldn't look All Might in the eye, let alone accept his power if he couldn't save someone now! He turned Sid onto his back, checking for a pulse and for breathing. Both checked out, the guy was just unconscious despite having lethal amounts of electricity surge through him. His phone drained of battery, he was in no position to call for medical aid nor the police.
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"Izuku!" The now named boy hears from behind him. He looks back to see his mother running towards him, fear and concern in her eyes. "Izuku are you okay?!"
"I'm fine mom!" He turns back to Sid, "But he isn't! He's unconscious and he needs help! Does your phone have any battery?"
"No, it was drained and the apartments have no power either." She was internally panicking as she knew that the red-haired boy in front of her was the cause of all this. Yet, she couldn't bring herself to leave him there. Her son was right, he needed help. "Quickly Izuku! Grab one of his arms and I'll grab the other. We need to get him out of this rain and inside!"
"Yes, Mom!" A look of determination within his face, he made to do as his mother asked as they both began dragging him backwards towards their apartment.
…
About 30 minutes have passed since the shocking (no pun intended) events that occurred outside. Sid was on the couch, having been placed there since the Midoryas returned to their apartment with him in tow. Inko had begun filling a basin with water and grabbed a towel before bringing them to Sid. She had already lit up some candles and placed them throughout the apartment before having gone to look for Izuku. Izuku kneeled in front of the couch, worry evident on his face as to whether or not the person in front of him was going to survive. Inko knelt down with the basin, before dipping the towel into the water and bringing it out to wring it of excess moisture.
"Mom, what's with the basin?" Izuku asked, not entirely sure why she brought that out.
She didn't respond, opting to show him by reaching out for Sid's black coat and pulling it to the side. Izuku gasped, seeing his clothing bloody and shredded like that.
"Help me remove his upper clothing, we need to check for any injuries and I'd like to clean him up a bit. Who knows how long that blood's been on him." Inko said in a soft but commanding tone.
Izuku sat Sidonis up, his mother helping to keep him steady as his clothing was removed piece by piece. Literally. The fight with the Wulver had done him no favors, as most of his inner clothing was too shredded to be salvageable. It did not explain why his outer cloak was undamaged, but it was still bloody. His shirt was promptly tossed into the trash, and now that he was shirtless Inko had begun wiping down his body to clean him of the dried blood. They knew it was his blood, but there were no injuries found on his body. No scratches, no scars, nothing. Realizing that she was staring and not doing anything, she shook her head before returning to the task at hand. She looked toward Izuku.
"I think that's the best we can do for now… Can you go to the closet and grab him a spare blanket?"
"Of course!" He walked with a fast pace, reaching the closet and grabbing the blanket that she requested. "Is this one alright?" He held it up approaching a candle.
"Yes, that's fine. Bring it here and drape it over him, we'll see how he fares in the morning." She yawned. "It's late, we should head to bed"
Izuku couldn't help himself as he yawned too. "Ok, mom. Good night."
"Good night sweetie"
Both returned to their respective rooms after cleaning themselves up, falling asleep as soon as they hit their beds. They've had enough excitement for the day.
Hours past, and at about 4 am Sidonis woke up. His body hurt all over, but at least it didn't feel like it was on fire. He didn't recognize his immediate surroundings, taking note of the candlelit apartment. He noted that it was still dark outside from the window down the hallway. It was also raining it seemed, but noting the lack of sunlight he judged that it was currently late at night or very early morning. He sat up, his bones cracking from the motion. It was not painless, he felt like he was bruised all over. He recalled being struck by lightning, blue colored electricity all around him and the boy that had attempted to save him. He was powerless to do anything, but he still attempted nonetheless.
'I will not forget that kindness that the boy offered to me. He didn't even know me but was so dead set on saving me even with the terrible weather. He's so scrawny too! How did he even get me here?'
He then realized that he was shirtless, his shirt nowhere to be found and his coat hanging upon the coat rack by the door. He still retained his pants and boots, and still had his scroll in his pocket assuming it even worked. Likely not, probably fried after all the electricity that went through him. He pulled it out and attempted to activate it to find that he was right. It wasn't turning on, but that wasn't the issue at the current moment. The issue was that the scroll was literally sinking into his skin! He tried grabbing at it, but it was already too late. His hand had consumed his scroll as if it was sinking through quicksand.
ASSIMILATION COMPLETE
"What?!" Sidonis yelled out in a voice slightly louder than he wanted to before slapping his hands on his mouth. He hadn't wanted to wake up his saviors, he likely kept them up late as a result of them having taken care of his injuries. Or rather, having attempted to. He was at least thankful that they tried, and that they had cleaned off the dried blood on his body.
SCROLL FUNCTIONS INTEGRATED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS - UNLOCKED
INSTANT MESSAGING - UNLOCKED
AURA METER HUD - UNLOCKED
MUSIC - UNLOCKED
Music - Persona 5: Beneath the Mask (Rain, Instrumental)
He could hear the music beginning to play around him, almost as if he had headphones on and yet it was so much better. Every instrument clear and precise… he felt himself relaxing and sinking onto the couch hearing both the music and the pitter patter of rain outside. How long had it been since he'd been able to relax like this? How long had it been since he's had an actual roof above himself? How long had it been since he's felt this safe? He would wager almost 8 years. He had just turned 27 about 2 months back… so yeah it was close enough of a guess for him. He closed his eyes, letting himself enjoy the peacefulness. He wouldn't of minded going back to sleep, but he wasn't tired anymore. He shifted his legs so that they were crossed, placing his hands on his knees as he exhaled and inhaled in a rhythmic fashion. Meditation was a great way to go about increasing his aura reserves, and the more aura he had the better chance he had at surviving. Half an hour passes before a screen appears in front of him breaking his concentration.
WELCOME, USER, TO YOUR NEW ADVENTURE FILLED WITH WONDER AND DANGER ALIKE!
BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF VIEWING THE TUTORIAL OF THIS POWER! WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO SO?
He looked at the screen, eyebrow raised at such an obvious question. Of course he would, only a fool would refuse to accept help especially if said fool didn't know what they were doing! He was about to press the green YES before the YES/NO options disappeared. The previous text had changed too.
JUST KIDDING, ONCE YOU PRESSED YES AT AGREEING TO THIS JOURNEY YOU FORFEITED ALL RIGHTS TO ANY SORT OF AID ON OUR BEHALF! YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, BUT THAT'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YOU HAS IT?
Sighing, and facepalming upon finishing that last sentence he thought, 'What in the hell did I just sign myself up for.' He was annoyed, whatever this was it was toying with him. 'Fine, I'll make do without your aid then.'
GOOD ANSWER! I WAS JUST ABOUT TO TAKE THAT BACK BUT I CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE A MAN OF YOUR WORD!
'Wait! No! That's not fair!'
LIFE ISN'T FAIR BUCKO! LISTEN I'LL THROW YOU A BONE HERE, JUST SAY OR THINK 'MENU' AND IT'LL START YOU OFF AS NORMAL! BESIDES, WHAT GOOD IS OUR EXPLANATION WHEN YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT FIRST HAND?
'Hmmm… you're not wrong. Alright then. Menu.'
Various menu options popped up, he recognized a few of them from the scroll fusion that occurred. They were positioned closer to his right side. On his left, there was a largely empty and black box labeled MAP. It made sense, he had yet to explore the area and it's not like he could of gotten a good view last night either. In the center were the most prominent menu options: Objectives, Contracts, Inventory, and Stats.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING! WHY IS IT CALLED OBJECTIVES INSTEAD OF QUESTS? WELL DESPITE THIS BEING SIMILAR TO A GAME, IT IS NOT! YOU CAN AND WILL DIE! BESIDES, AS I SAID BEFORE WE ARE NOT HELPING YOU! YOU'RE DOING THIS OFF OF YOUR OWN POWER!
'Frankly I was more interested in the Contracts, but thanks for the info.' Sidonis thought smugly.
YOUR WELCOME! NOW, DON'T LET ME KEEP YOU WAITING! GO ON! PRESS THE BUTTON!
'Alright alright.' He taps on the Contracts box, a new screen appears showing a list of boxes but only the top two are not empty/greyed out. The first reads 'Ghost of Sparta' and the second 'Demon of Empire City'. He taps the first box. It expands taking up the entirety of the screen showing him a leveling tree of sorts (A/N: think of the newest God of War skill trees). There are two tabs at the top: Leviathan Combat and Blades Combat. The both are greyed out, all skills within the tree also greyed out and blocked with a lock. Odd, but he supposed it would be something that he would unlock at a later point in time. He went back to the list of contracts and selected the second box. Like before, it expanded and took up the screen… but this time the skill tree was different. (Imagine the style of InFamous: Second Son's skill tree redone for Cole). On the left were a variety of abilities listed, but only one seemed to be able to expand to another to create the web of powers to unlock. Looking at what he had to start with, he noted that he had access to view two abilities under Electrokinesis. Currently, he has unlocked Electric Drain and Lightning Bolt. They were very basic abilities... and he recognized them well. Yes, games existed in Remnant and this was one of the few Sidonis had played, but he was confused as to why he started with so little.
EASY EXPLANATION! THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY, YOU'VE JUST GOTTEN YOUR POWER AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH IT! IT'S THE SAME WAY YOU DON'T CRAFT WEAPONS YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE! YOU'LL LEARN TO UNLOCK EVEN THE BASIC OPTIONS DOWN THE LINE, AS WELL AS THE MORE ADVANCED TRICKS TOO! THESE STARTER ABILITIES WERE DEEMED MANDATORY, SO ENJOY!
Sid sweat-dropped at the antics of whatever was walking him through this. He was annoyed at the lack of starting abilities, but the thing had a point. He'll learn them one way or another, and hopefully without too much trouble.
THE REST SHOULD BE SELF EXPLANATORY TO YOU! SURVIVE, AND ENJOY YOUR NEW LIFE! TOODLES!
Static!