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Izuku slept for an hour at the most and he was exhausted when he woke up. He wanted nothing more than to crawl back into bed and go to sleep but he doubted he would be able to if he tried. And he still had to see what his powers were. If he wanted to get into U.A. he would need a good grasp on his powers in the next He had twenty months to find and control his powers whatever those were. He decided to keep a notebook on anything he discovered. He heard footsteps going up to his door.
He heard two knocks to which he replied, " Come in."
"Hi Izuku." says Inko as she comes in to his room.
"Hi mom" replies Izuku.
"How are you feeling?" asks Inko
"Despite sleeping for a week I feel tired." jokes Izuku
"Well try to relax sweety. I wish I had more time to talk, but I have to go to work. I already missed a week and my boss doesn't want me to miss anymore." says Inko.
"I'll try to relax but I might go for a walk sleeping for a week makes you go numb. Also your boss sounds evil." says Izuku.
"Oh he is but he pays the bills." Jokes Inko "But I do have to go now, so if you go for the walk don't work yourself to hard."
"I'll try not to." says Izuku.
"Bye sweetie." says Inko as she steps out of Izuku's room.
"Bye mom." says Izuku.
Izuku spent hours lying down and thinking. About what happened with the villain. What Bakugou said to him and unlike before Izuku found himself being increasingly unforgiving and furious with the way Bakugou treats him. He hopes his vampiric powers can put Bakugou in his place, but he isn't betting on it. He thinks about what Ruby told him. About being a vigilante.
'Where would I even start? What would I do? Would I just go to the bad parts of town and wait for something to happen, then stop it.' thinks Izuku, 'Actually that last part doesn't sound horrible. But I still want to be a hero like All Might.'
Izuku begins to remember his conversation with All Might and much like before while thinking about Bakugou it angered him although not to the same extent.
'How dare he say I can't be a hero. I saved Bakugou's life when none of the actual licensed heroes even tried. They just sat there and were fine with watching a teenager die in front of them when they had the power to stop it. Everyone there was so busy thinking about their quirks none of them even tried. They all think quirks are so important but I did what they couldn't and I didn't use a quirk.' thinks Izuku who is now livid with the way things went the week before.
Izuku got out of his bed and began to pace back and forth around the apartment fuming at the injustice of it all and the hypocrisy of the heroes.
' I have to go do something to clear my head. I should try going for a walk. ' thinks Izuku.
Izuku brushes his teeth before thinking that he might have to treat them any differently now that they can transform. He decides to ask Ruby for advice.
"Do I have to brush my teeth differently now that I have fangs?" texts Izuku.
"Brush with normal teeth then do it again with fangs out. Also flex your gums to get fangs and fingers to get claws. Flex again to put them away." replies Ruby.
Izuku thanks her and brushes his fangs. He then fills the sink with water to wash his hands as he remembers and still sees what happened when he touched warm water although the burn seemed to heal and become a scar pretty quickly. He heads back into his room to get dressed in something comfortable like sweats and t shirt when he comes to the realization that he is surrounded by All Might merchandise which only serves in ruining his already distressed emotional state.
Izuku isn't one for swearing, although he soon will be, has only one word come to mind at this revelation, "Damn."
Izuku doesn't know what he wants to do with all of his All Might merchandise but he does know that he doesn't want to see it anymore. He spends a portion of the day removing all of his posters, figures, and All Might clothes into a box in his closet. What he still has left to wear is mostly plain green, grey and black shirts so he decides to wear a Black v neck T shirt that accents the lean but powerful muscles that he only noticed the transformation had given him while he was putting on the shirt.
'I wonder if all vampires are muscular. Or maybe I just got super strength from my transformation.' thinks Izuku.
He chose to wear a pair of black jeans along with his shirt. Once he had his outfit on he got his wallet,phone,and keys and then he stepped outside and went for his walk. He didn't really know where he was going he just wandered around. He was aware of a numb pain hitting him whenever his skin touched the sunlight but decided to ignore it and ask Ruby later. He walked by the school, the alleyway where he was first attacked by the sludge villain, the building where All Might told him he couldn't be a hero, and he finally went by the scene of the crime in which he and bakugou fought the sludge villain. During this time he didn't know how to feel with all of the memories coming at him. He didn't really feel anything at all.
'Apathy is better than feeling crushed I guess.' thinks Izuku
Izuku decided that it would be a good time for him to head back home. His walk home was mostly uneventful. He didn't expect anything major to happen. So when Bakugou and his lackeys turned the corner Izuku finally started feeling any sort of emotion and he felt fucked.
He didn't know what to do or say. Would they hurt him? Would they give him pity? Would he lose control of his bloodlust and hunger which had started bothering him at some point during his walk. All he knew is the second Bakugou turned that corner and they made eye contact his day was only going to get worse from here.
"Oh If it isn't Deku?" says one of Bakugou's followers who Izuku doesn't remember the name of.
"It is." replies Izuku Trying to be as snarky as possible without getting hurt.
"Are trying to be a smart ass now?" says Bakugou's other follower he whom Izuku decided to call finger man due to his extendable fingers.
"And if I am?" asks Izuku
"Then we'll kick your ass." says the other bully whose name and quirk Midoriya can't remember..
"I know you're not gonna kick my ass." says Izuku causing Bakugou to raise his eyebrows at Izuku's sudden willingness to swear.
"You're getting ballsy you shit stain. Come on Bakugou, let's kick his ass." says Finger Man.
"Bakugou's not gonna do a damn thing." says Midoriya while hiding his true anger behind a smirk.
"Fuck did you just say?" says Bakugou while gritting his teeth in anger.
"I said your not gonna do damn thing. And do you want to know why?" replies Midoriya
"Alright fucker, tell me why." says Bakugou.
"It's because I got put in a coma for a week because I save you." says Midoriya.
"I DIDN'T NEED YOU HELP, SHITRAG!" shouts Bakugou.
Midoriya made eye contact with Bakugou and for the first time in his life Bakugou saw that Midoriya was angry. Although Bakugou didn't know the extent of Midoriya's rage he didn't think he was going to like what he is about to hear.
"Well I guess I'll just let you die next time." says Izuku calmly.
At this Bakugou and his followers fell silent. They didn't know what to say to that. Because what are you supposed to do when the nicest kid in school who helps everybody even those that hurt him looks you in the eye and says he will let you die. Most would be struck speechless and for a moment Bakugou was speechless. He sooned regained his anger and ability to speak.
"Fuck you Deku. I'll fucking kill you." shouts Bakugou.
" You already have." says Izuku before he walks off back towards his house.
He can hear Bakugou's followers talk about running him down and beating him. He doesn't care. His taken every beating that they could give him so far and he's always got up and headed home. He hears Bakugou say it doesn't matter and that he just wants to get down to the seven eleven and get his protein bars.
'I honestly expected to get hurt by something today but I guess the emotional pain from that conversation will have to cover for my daily physical pain intake… Jeez that was sort of morbid. But I guess that's what happens to somebody when the die and wake up. That was still too morbid.' thinks Midoriya before deciding to shut off his brain for a little while and just walk home.
Midoriya looked down at his phone and saw that his mother would be home soon. He decided to pick up his pace. He made it back home a little while before his mother would arrive. He felt his stomach growl at him and he remembered that not only has he not eaten today he can't without risking hurting somebody. So he decided to deal with it because he knew he couldn't forgive himself if he sunk his fangs into somebody. He decided to distract himself by watching the news. He saw what All Might had done throughout the day. It didn't help his mood in the slightest. He also saw that the Hero Killer Stain struck down another hero in a nearby town. That caught his interest but couldn't really help him cope with his hunger. The last thing he saw was a story about a group of three vigilantes that were doing work not too far away from where he lived. He heard keys jangle outside the door to his house and realized that his mother was coming home and they had to have a talk about everything that happened. His mother opened the door to find him sitting on the couch.
"Oh Izuku, I wasn't sure if you were going to get out of bed today." says Inko.
"I went on that walk I was talking about." says Izuku.
"How was it?" asks Inko as she puts up her purse.
"It was relaxing… I saw Bakugou while he was out walking somewhere." says Izuku.
"How is he doing after all of that?" asks Inko as she sits down.
"He was doing okay, I think. He was a little quieter than usual and cursed a little less. I think he might be a little shaken but not enough to hold him back." replies Izuku.
"That's good to hear. Now Izuku-" says Inko
'This is it. She's gonna start asking question.' thinks Izuku wishing he knew what to say to reassure his mother.
"How are you taking this? Tell me everything. I know you have a tendency to not tell me things so that I don't worry about you. And that's really brave of you, but I need you to be honest with me. This is for your sake as well as mine so I trust you won't hold anything back from me." says Inko while maintaining eye contact with Izuku.
"How I'm feeling?" questions Izuku, "Well I don't really know. I feel so many different emotions but I'm not able to figure most of them out. It's like I'm awake but nothing feels real. Like I'm still dreaming that I can come back, but nothing feels real. I'm scared that my visions going to fade into darkness and I'm gonna be in that comma again and all of this is going to be a dream. But most off all I feel this new tiredness that I've never experienced before that seems to refuse to go away."
"Oh, Izuku that must be so hard to deal with. You shouldn't have to go through that all on your own. Nobody your age should have to go through that. Actually nobody of any age should have to go through all of that. I'm gonna make sure that you don't go through this alone. I'll be there for you. You're such a good child. When I saw you run towards that villain I was terrified. I thought that you wouldn't be able to do much considering the heroes couldn't but you did what they couldn't. You had the courage to run at that villain and save somebody that was so mean to you for all of those years." says Inko.
At that last sentence from his mother's speech it occurred to him that she knew the way that Bakugou treated him and how much that must of hurt her.
"Y-You knew?" Izuku asks.
"I've known for a while. I've tried to get Mitsuki to stop him and she has tried too but they just can't control him. I've spent so much time trying to avoid your problems. Well, I'm done just standing around and hoping things will get better for us. I'm going to be there for you. I'll go and slap Bakugou if that's what it takes." says Inko with determination.
"I appreciate that sentiment but I don't think you'll have to hit Bakugou. I'm done … do you mind if I swear?" asks Izuku
"I'll allow it just because I know this is stressful for you." says Inko
"I'm done taking his shit. If he speaks to me in a degrading way I'll talk back and if he hits me I'll hit back." says Izuku.
"I'm glad that you're going to stand up for yourself but please try not to get into fight." says Inko
"I'll try not to but knowing Bakugou I might just have to fight." says Izuku
"Only when you have to." says Inko
"Only when I have to." confirms Izuku.
"There's one more thing I want to talk about." says Inko
"What is it." asks Izuku.
"I'm not sure if you remember this, but when you were younger and you just found out that you were quirkless you asked me if you could be a hero. I didn't know what to say. My mind just froze up. All I could say was-" says Inko before getting cut off.
"I'm sorry." says Izuku.
"Y-You remembered?" says Inko.
"I remember a lot of things from around that time despite me being so young." says Izuku.
"...D-Do you remember the day your father left." says Inko only know realizing she had been crying for some time.
"I remember it clearly." says Izuku.
"I'm so sorry." says Inko
"You don't need to be. I remember everything he said, but none of that stuck to me. The thing that stuck to me was what you said. You defended me. You just wouldn't give up on me even when everybody else did. When I had almost nobody I always had you. You sent away your own husband just to keep me." says Izuku.
"Thank you for having so much faith in me." says Inko.
"You deserve all of it." says Izuku.
"Is there anything else we need to talk about?" asks Inko
Izuku briefly debates telling her about vampirism but decides to give that some more time as he hasn't come to terms with that yet. He doesn't know where to begin when explaining it so he decides to wait until he is ready and then he will tell her. After this talk Izuku and his mother started making dinner. Izuku didn't know exactly how eating normal food would affect him so he sent a text to Ruby.
"What would happen if I ate human food?" asks Izuku.
"It would completely disintegrate in your stomach and you wouldn't get any nutrition from it. So basically nothing happens also food will lose all taste in your mouth or it will just taste bad. It depends on the food." says Ruby.
After Izuku and his mother finished making dinner. They ate in silence as they felt everything that needed to be said was already laid out. Izuku found that none of his food tasted bad but didn't exactly taste like anything at all just like Ruby said. After he finished eating he went to take a cold bath. He put on his pajamas and looked in the mirror noticing he got a little bit taller. Izuku and his mother usually go to sleep very early but Izuku decided to lie down look at the news on his phone, only to see more of All Might. He once again realized how hungry he was and wanted to find another distraction from the ever present pain that had suddenly spiked. He figured that he should go to sleep soon because there was nothing that he wanted to see. He was about to go to sleep when he got a text from Ruby.
"Have you had anything to drink." asks Ruby.
"I haven't drank yet." replies Izuku.
"You need to drink soon. If you keep doing this to yourself you're gonna lose control. Don't do something you might regret." says Ruby.
"I know I should drink but I want more time." says Izuku.
"You don't have more time." says Ruby.
"Do you have any suggestions?" asks Izuku.
"I was gonna ask you to meet me tomorrow to talk about the powers that all vampires have. We can talk more about it then. Meet my by the hospital around 9:00." says Ruby.
"Okay, Good night." says Izuku.
"Good night." replies Ruby.
Authors Note
The powers I mentioned in Izuku's conversation with Ruby are just the enhanced senses. I want to make the next chapter about Izuku studying the super strength he is gonna get. I'm gonna have him clean the beach like usual but it won't take as much time as I want him to spend most of his time as a vigilante which I plan on him becoming soon. Maybe next chapter. I want him to move without thinking to help someone from a villain. During the fight he will draw blood and be unable to stop himself from drinking blood for the first time.
Amadeus Amadeus: I am trying to keep him strong but balanced. I will incorporate some other aspects of vampire mythology. He will appear in some mirrors but not others. The reason vampires are known for not appearing in mirrors is because they used to be backed with silver but if another metal is behind the glass then he can be seen. I want him to show up in pictures and videos but I want him to be able to have an incognito mode where he can't be recorded or have his picture taken. I'm really in love with the idea of izuku and his crew of misfit vigilantes working together to fight the eight precepts of death. I want eraserhead to know that he is a vigilante but I don't want to say how he meets him because I have a big plot point planned for that. I've made him angry with bakugou but I want to go further into that. I also want to expand on Izuku's disdain for All Might. He still respects him though. Also thanks for the advice with dialogue I really think it helped. Also thanks for commenting regularly with helpful insight and nice thoughts.