Chapter 1: Why Does the Snake Eat Itself?
A bad habit he has, one of many, is that when nervous or anxious, he bites his nails.
Now, as a man with a lot of paranoia and skeletons in his closet, Izuku is nervous/anxious/wondering if that guy is following me, most of the time. He sleeps in motels and always moving, never staying too much time in one place.
He travels with few things, some notebooks, a laptop, a butterfly knife and quetiapine of 25mlg. He has money and the same clothes. A white button up shirt, black jeans, and red shoes. He also wears a yellow hoodie with his hands taped in black cloth.
The hoodie and shirt sleeves are rolled up, and his arms are covered in tattoos of a snake. Jormungandr, the midgar snake of Norse mythology. He did the tattoo not because Jormungandr is consider by some as an Ouroboros, but because that way people will leave him alone.
Japan, no matter how many years passes, still aren't fond with tattoos, especially the ones left in plain sight. So, people avoid him, thinking he is some sort of criminal. Sometimes it causes problem with the cops, but those are easy to explain.
As he was sat on the floor, leaning on the bed of the motel, chewing a pen, looking at his notes, he was looking for more clues on Tomura. All for One they call him now, and is the biggest underworld villain at the moment, for the past several years.
He leaned his head back and groaned. The last lead he had, was that a holder of One for All injured him so badly, that he is basically on 24/7 life support. But knowing that asshole, he can still level a city if he feels like it.
A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts as he glared at it. He looked for his knife inside his hoodie and stood up. He got next to the door "Yeah?" His green eyes shined, he could feel his quirk wanting to get out and feed itself.
"D-Do you want some dinner, sir?" The nervous voice of the receptionist asked and Izuku narrowed his eyes.
"I'm good." He could hear the person walk away and he nodded. He twisted the saved the knife and walked back to his spot. His quirk still was anxious... it really wanted to go out...
He isn't sure where he made the mistake, but when altering his quirk, back when he helped Tomura for a while, something went wrong. So, so wrong.
While he can use it as a weapon, summoning chains and snake heads, stealing the life from whatever he traps, it became semi-sentient. Maybe even fully. He likes to call that phase of his quirk, Susano'o.
He never, ever unleashes Susano'o fully. Just enough to not be captured. He doesn't know how strong Susano'o truly is.
Just thinking about it, makes him nervous... he doesn't want to harm people... not really, he doesn't care about anyone. Because when you live that much, nothing matters.
As he bit his nails, he decided to move. He stayed for two days already in this place; he can't be too complacent. He quickly packed his things and left.
As he walked down the street, his hoodie pulled up, glaring the way in front of him, and as he passed in front of an alleyway, a girl bumped into his leg. She has white hair, a horn on the right side of her forehead and red-innocent eyes. She is wearing a pale, dirty beige dress and bandages covering her arms and legs.
She bumped on his leg and she fell. She looked up to him and Izuku saw something. Something he knew very well... fear.
Izuku looked back at the alley and saw some men in nice suits and he can see tattoos on them. Yakuza?
He looked down to the girl who gripped his pants, her hands shaking, the bandages are old and dirty, mixed with some new. He can't help to think when he was a kid... and he passed through some shit like that.
He looked across the street, and it was empty. He extended his hand to the yakuza and the head of a snake, made out of black-green energy went out and ate the men. Once the energy faded, the three men were laid on the floor, and Susano'o was satisfied.
The girl looked shocked at the corpses in the alley and Izuku put his hand back in his pocket "You're welcome."
He started walking away and he quickly noticed that the girl, started to follow him. After crossing a street and turning a corner he stopped and glared at her "What?"
The girl seemed scared of him and gulped "T-Thank you..." She said shakily and Izuku nodded.
"You are welcome. Now scram." He said and the girl, for his surprise, didn't.
"Overhaul... he will come for me... and for you now." She said as tears came to her eyes and Izuku raised a brow.
"Overhaul?" Great, another guy that wants him death. He looked at the girl and hummed "Do you have a name?"
The girl gulped and opened her mouth "Oh Eri-Chan."
Izuku glared at the man with a bag over his head, seemingly using it as a mask with a purple shirt "Overhaul is mad that you tried to escape again... it seems a punishment is coming up."
Eri trembled as Izuku stood in front of her "Eh? Who are you creep!? Beat it!" The man, another Yakuza he guesses, screamed and Izuku rubbed the back of his neck, his green eyes shining and he can feel Susano'o wanting more.
The guy laughed "Fine! I hope you taste good!" He screamed as he launched head first to Izuku, seemingly trying to take a bite of him. Izuku flexed his arm in front of him, as black chains with green details materialled on it.
"Thanks for the food!" The yakuza screamed as Izuku growled and swung his arm. Chains were shot to him, and when he tried to bite them, he could feel immense pain and burning from just touching them.
The chains bonded him and kept him floating on the air, as Izuku gripped the end of them. He yanked the bag of his face, his eyes gleaming as he pulled his arm back and the chains lifted his head "So... why is she so important?"
The man, shaking in both, pain and fear gulped "He... he would kill me if I tell you!"
Izuku smirked "Trust me fuckface, if you don't tell me, you will wish for death." he gripped the chains and the chains lighted in green energy making him scream.
"Okay! Cut it out! I'll talk!" He panted as the energy stopped and Izuku pulled the chains back, lifting his head "We... we are creating quirk destroying bullets... with her quirk... that's all."
Quirk destroying... he slowly turned to Eri who was watching in horror. He released the chains and the yakuza fell with a thud on the floor. He slowly looked up just to see Izuku's shoe before he stomped on his head.
After two more stomps he turned to Eri with a curious look "Eri, right?"
Eri gulped and nodded as Izuku walked to her "Here's the deal; I will protect you from Overhaul and anything he sends this way, and in exchange, you will destroy my quirk in the future."
Eri gulped "So, what you say? I will feed you, give you a roof, clothes, toys if you want. You ask and I will give. But when the time comes, you will get rid from my quirk. Deal?"
Eri gulped, turned to see the man Overhaul called Tabe, smoke coming from where the chains grabbed him and asked.
"Will you be like family?"
She asked full of innocence. The term family for this girl must be some messed up shit so he nodded.
"Sure. Whatever you say."
Do you know, that when stressed, snakes may end up eating themselves? They bite their tail, and then die by shock or bleed out. Izuku knows that. That's why he bites his nails.
As he held Eri hand and walked away from Tabe's body, he can't help to bite his nails, a little bit harder than usual.
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