The Hidden Sith: Izuku Midoriya
Chapter 11: Welcome Home Ana
"Speaking"
"All Might/Vocoder Speaking"
"Thought Communication"
'Thinking'
Flash-forward/Flashback/Force Vision
I was asked to explain my reasoning for Himiko Toga via PM on Fanfiction. Well… I like Toga as a character. She is insane but she also plays her role really well. As for reasoning for using her as an apprentice, I like the idea that people who simply use the force, could be misdiagnosed as "quirked." Not only that but Himiko has a bad enough back story that she has enough reason to become Sith. In Cannon she can ingest blood, store it, use it to take somebody else's form and copy their quirk, but only if she has an innate understanding of said quirk. Monoma can copy quirks but doesn't kneed to know how to use the quirks he copies.
Right know the way I see it, she needs to consume blood, and she creates a skin of sorts using advanced Sith sorcery and alchemy to perfectly recreate the original person's body. It's why she need to know how the quirk works. And the answer to why Erasure can disrupt her form. Erasure shields quirk genes from expressing and when she recreates that body, the quirk in the blood gets disrupted and the DNA destabilizes. If she were to use the blood of somebody Quirkless or with a mutant quirk I don't think Erasure would nullify it.
Throw in her ability to erase her own presence, I mean scent, hearing and sight, and you clearly have somebody who is using the force even if its more instual than actuall training.
Jared Knight: OKAY DOKAY
Ranger McAller: I figured an ending like that would get people.
KingofTigris: Stay tuned
TheUnhingedAuthor: …bitch
She felt cold. Was she lying on the ground? It was had to tell. And then, she opened her eyes, and a gray sky met her vision. She sat up and looked around. It was a forest, but everything, save a few patches of grass or leaves, was cold and dead. "What happened, where am I?" And she stood up.
Ana didn't quite know where she was, but she felt like she was in place that was not natural. This much death, cold, gray, almost nothing. And then her memories returned. The date they were having, Dinner, Ice Cream, park, and then finding the man. Did she say she wanted to help?
She remembered walking forward to help, before feeling something hit the back of her neck. She did not know if it hurt but it did feel odd. But she somehow turned her head and saw her boyfriend. He was clutching a knife in a gloved right hand. Blood was on the knife. She only saw one more thing before passing out. It was his, eyes. His normally warm green eyes were replaced with intense pain filled amber stones. She started to walk forward, trying to make sense of her own memories.
It's hard to tell how long time has passed but for some reason she felt that she had to go this way and pretty soon she came to two large trees and one small one. She felt an urge to touch one of them and did so.
"Izuku it's time for dinner, come eat and you can play with your toys." Inko called out. She/He called out in defiance. "No! Play Now!" Inko entered the living room. She looked into her/his eyes. "What am I going to do with you Izuku." She/He felt themself smile. "Love me!" Inko smiled back. "Well, I'm certainly doing that, but you need to eat." She picked the child up and went to the kitchen.
"Haa haa. Was that a memory?" And had let go of the tree from the surprise of a memory not her own entering her head." 'That was not mine…Izuku's? is this where I am, somehow I'm in Izuku's mind. I-I shouldn't be seeing this, what if he has something personal.' Despite her own conscious, there was a feeling or a voice in her head nudging her to continue. She eventually gave in and touched the same tree again.
She/he was watching something on TV. "HAHA fear not citizens! Hope has arrived, for I am here!" A blue and yellow costumed hero was debuting on Japan TV carrying about half a dozen people. "Mom look!" She/he turned their head to look at Inko. She nodded. "Yeah, I see it." They turned their head back. "He's so cool!"
'Always the hero fanboy Izuku.'
He/she tripped. They started to cry and their mother plucked them up. "Did you hurt yourself, Izuku? Here let mama kiss it better." They sniffed nodding their head and Inko kissed the boo-boo. "Feel better?" "A little."
"Auntie is such a good parent, why did Izuku turn out this way? There must be some reason." She returned to the memories.
"What's my quirk?" He/she were looking at a doctor that was sitting down. They were in a quirk clinic testing for their quirk. "Hmmm, I don't know how to put this, so I'm just going to go out and say it. I think you should give it up." Shock, and something clattered to the ground. Did they drop their figure?
"Really? All his classmates are already showing quirks. Is there something wrong?" The doctor gave a sigh. "Ma'am may I ask what quirk generation you and your husband are?" Inko voice began to speak but at that point Izuku/Ana was in too much shock to be paying attention.
'So Izuku felt the same way I did at his appointment. I didn't want to be a pro hero like he did, but I still wanted to be normal.'
He/she began to speak. "He always has a smile on his face no matter what. Do-do you think I could be a hero too?" They turned their head to their mother. She was on the verge of crying. She simply fell to her knees and grasped Izuku/Ana tightly. "I'm so sorry!"
Ana began to tear up a little but resolved to continue watching.
"So Deku. What did the doctor say?" Katsuki Bakugou bites out.
"Ah-aaah, well K-Kacchan, he s-said that I'm, I'm Quirkless" Izuku/Ana said, about to cry.
A beat passes before Katsuki/Kacchan and his two cronies burst out laughing.
"HAAAAH! Guess you really are a Deku, useless, you can't even get a quirk!" One of the kids burst out, the one with red wings.
"YEAH! I bet you just a great disappointment to your mother." The thin boy with elongated fingers said.
"Hey Deku. Why don't you scurry back home and cry about how you'll never be a hero? Never." Katsuki said, mocking.
"B-b-but-t-t, K-ka-achan-nn. Weren't we going to be the w-wonder duo? The best h-hero team, remem-mber?" They were now crying freely, weak in the knees.
"Yea, right, as if. I would never allow myself to be held down by the likes of you, who can't even get a quirk. My destiny is to become number one and I won't let you get in my way." Katsuki said, sparks popping in his hands.
'This must be when Izuku lost Katsuki as a friend. I knew he was jerk, but I didn't think it was this bad.' Could this have been the moment that changed, but more nagging shows that no it comes right after.
This time Ana and Izuku were more detached. She no longer got his memories confused with her feelings. She still saw from his perspective, but it no longer felt like she was in control and was more a 1st party viewer.
She silently watched as the trees became a blur as Izuku ran his own thought starting dark. And then she heard it. A voice played in Izuku's head convincing the 5-year-old to find 'Him.' From Izuku point of view she saw the cave, entering it and finding a gold and red pyramid. She can feel Izuku use something, as suggested by the voice and the object floats coming undone before a red fog rolls out solidifying in the form of Darth Alcor.
'That was the villain that defeated Endeavor. How does Izuku know him?'
Now the perspective changed. She didn't know how it did so, but it did. She witnessed as a third party Alcor offer training and Izuku initially refusing it. She followed the two and the next day she saw the same vison Izuku did, felt the same anger he did and witnessed the crushing of the globe. And against her hope he eventually took Alcor's offer of apprenticeship. Alcor explained the force and what Izuku was. And then she heard those lines, that code.
"Peace is a lie there is only passion. Though passion I gain strength. Though strength I gain power. Through power I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken. The force shall free me."
'Logically speaking that code shouldn't facilitate such a reaction of disgust from me. Is this the force telling me to react like that? Does that mean I'm force sensitive?' Ana knew the answer was in those important memories. If she had to guess, the tree she was touching was important long-term memories, while the other big tree was minor long-term memories. If she had to guess the small tree was short term memories. She retuned to the important memories.
She witnessed how Izuku learned the False Aura of Light. She remembered that warmness coming off of him when she first met the kind boy. Was that all a lie? And if so, to who? She saw him meet her younger self crying in the street. He gave genuine comfort, no matter how dark he may seem.
It was about a year later and master as well as apprentice were sparing. She saw as Alcor explained the lightsaber. Alcor pulled out his own from a storage room, and told Izuku the 6 year old would be making his own. He drew up a plan, to break into U.A. of all places. She saw as Alcor placed a compel on her past self, Auntie, and her parents. Is that why she did not actively think of that week?
She witnessed as Alcor and Izuku broke into U.A. and begin to make crystals. She saw, days later, how they were confronted by the rodent principal. Alcor was able to manipulate the integrate chimera to his design. And then she was fast forwarded to the next day.
Izuku was well rested and was assembling his lightsabers. She stared in awe as all the pieces fit together. And soon they were done. And she saw the pretty blades that came out. Red and black, beautiful separate but together make an elegant as it is dangerous weapon. And then she was catapulted though time.
She witnessed some of Izuku's Sith lessons. Some physical, some mental, some philosophical. She saw Izuku learn Force Lighting and him burning himself. She heard how some Sith Holocrons are made. She prays that Izuku won't follow in Alcor's footsteps, but she knows that he's slowly becoming more and more dark.
"Izuku…why become his student, why not try to be self-taught? You're smart enough." Nobody answered, and the words gave little comfort to her. She knows the feelings that Izuku felt to her were genuine, otherwise why would he cry at her death.
And then she saw that week. She saw how Alcor needed to leave and had a sneaking suspicion it had to do with those ship schematics that Alcor would constantly reference. She saw as Izuku went about his week, how he saw the black lightning and later how he admitted his own love for her. She still wondered how it would happen have happened had Izuku never met Alcor.
Later that week, they all watched as Alcor decimated the Number 2 hero on public TV, and returned to their homes in fear. She witnessed Izuku's side of their first date. She had thought him as a bit awkward for his first date, turns out he was incredibly good at hiding how nervous he was. Maybe those years as an apprentice?
And then she saw it. Alcor had returned and he had brought bearing an ultimatum. Izuku's powerlessness or her death, he chooses. And for a month and a half she felt her heart break over and over. And then came the night before. She heard Izuku's thoughts, his words and his silent promise to her. And then it cut out.
She was touched but know she knew why Izuku did what he did. He was coursed by Alcor to do so and if he did not Izuku would be punished. None of this is right, none of this should be allowed. But Alcor knows how to hide and how to manipulate. Despite her own death she hopes that Izuku can break free from Alcor's machinations one day. She removed her hand from the tree.
She took note of the smaller tree. The body had not properly taken in those memories so short term was the most likely. She touched the tree and was pulled in.
She was merged with Izuku once again. She went through the day, beginning with the kidnapping of the adult male used as bait. She/he spoke to Katsuki about the Sith before lunch. And then came the date. She/he treated Ana like a princess. Everything progressed like Ana remembered. And then she saw what happened after Ana's death. The return of the force. The death of the Man. A hero, a siren, a phone call. And then the most shocking was she was going to be an older sister, keyword was. Izuku was given the honor of being the older brother. She saw his return and Izuku and Alcor arguing about the Sith, before Alcor got his way. How? Immortality.
Alcor played to Izuku's innate desires and used that to keep him in line. And then came the new name. She/He wanted to burn down the world around them and make something new, so they took the name Darth Ferno.
She fell to the ground in mental anguish crying out. It was haunting to feel yourself kill, and not just kill but kill your past self. She never felt so cold. And then she heard it, turning her head. Ana Lee looked up in fear, with a hint of hate at Darth Alcor.
"So, you're what caused the change in Lord Ferno's signature," Alcor began. "Now the question is, how did you get here?" She bit back her tongue by swallowing in order to keep from lashing out at this living monster.
"Careful there, that's a lot of hate you're sending me. I think I see amber." She let out a gasp, her eyes ceasing to bleed amber like Alcor had said. They returned to their natural color. She swallowed again. "You monster."
Alcor looked bored. "Yes, I'm a monster…so what?" Ana gawked at him, very few would readily admit to being monsters. "You-you twisted a pure being to your own design, and you feel no remorse." Alcor snorted.
"Of course not, I'm a Sith I use my emotions, and crush those that don't have uses." Ana glared with a bit of confidence. "Is it truly worth it if you lose your humanity in the process?" Alcor was getting bored and you could se it on his face.
"Sweetie, I lost any humanity I had long before I became a Sith Lord." Alcor reached out grabbing Ana with the force, binding around the neck, making sure to only pinch her by its sides. Ana began to cough.
"Hmmm, now I see, you're a soul fragment like yours truly." Ana was having trouble speaking but was still able to convey her thought vocally. "A-A s-soul f-f-frag-m-ment?" Alcor nodded.
"Yes, it would appear that Lord Ferno has the innate ability to manipulate souls, and with the territory absorb soul fragments in near death states. Fascinating, but if he were to learn that you exist here it could jeopardize everything." Ana despite the situation couldn't help but feel a bit cheeky. "So, what are y-you gonna-a do? K-kill me?"
Alcor let out a sigh. "I would love to do so, but I don't have enough control in this mindscape to expel you, hmm I wonder…" Alcor took her to a clearing. He reached out downwards, and an opening made itself known. Ana looked down into the pit in fear. "Now the question is should I allow you a viewing window to see everything Darth Ferno will do throughout the years or should I leave you in solitary confinement. Hmm, greater risk of you escaping if I allow a window, so better not risk it." And he let go.
Ana dopped about 12 feet and despite the pain didn't break any bones because she had none to break. She looked up in desperation. She didn't even get a chance to retort before Alcor cutr her off. "Welcome home Ana…" And darkness filled her vision.
What do you guys think? I made a shorter chapter that was released sooner. I wanted to get Ana's PoV in all of this and a figure a brief memory viewing is the perfect way to do so. So comment or review, however you do so.