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'A shit.' thinks Izuku.
"Hey mister, this your daughter?" asks Izuku.
"It is." replies Over hoe ? Izuku thinks that was his name.
"She seems scared. Are you alright? It was Eri right?" asks Izuku.
Eri nods.
"Well are you alright Eri? You seem scared and you're cut." says Izuku.
"She's scared because she's been disobedient." says Overhaul.
"Well she seems hurt. I know a doctor who lives near here. She'd be down here in no time." says Izuku.
"That's remarkably kind of you but I've got medical supplies at home." says Overhaul.
Eri starts shaking by Izuku's leg so he squats down to her.
"I'd really feel better if I saw her get help." says Izuku.
Eri leans into him.
"Well it really isn't your business. You should learn to keep to yourself." says Overhaul.
Izuku wraps one arm around Eri.
"Sorry, but I'm not a very fast learner." says Izuku.
"Eri, come back here." says Overhaul.
Despite what Izuku was expecting Eri turned back to Overhaul with tears in her eyes.
"DON'T" calls Izuku a little louder than intended, "Eri I know we just met but trust me. I'll get you out of here. He won't hurt you, and I'll come out fine. I always do."
Eri stops and looks back at him.
"Now, just what do you think you're doing?" asks Overhaul threateningly.
"Don't bullshit me. I know who you are and you know who I am. Are you the one leaving this girl all cut up?" asks Izuku.
"If I am?" asks Overhaul.
"I'll fucking kill ya." says Izuku.
"So narrow minded. You don't even know my plans." says Overhaul.
"I don't care." says Izuku.
Eri walks towards Izuku.
"I'm going to cure sickness." says Overhaul.
Izuku puts his leg in front of Eri protectively.
"I wouldn't give a shit if you were gonna cure cancer. You don't hurt a young girl." says Izuku.
"Sacrifices have to be made." says Overhaul.
"THIS IS A CHILD. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU DO THINGS." Shouts Izuku.
" With her I can end quirks. They've caused you trouble haven't they. Imagine a world without this sickness, this disease. A world without heroes." says Overhaul.
"I'd like to imagine a world without your ugly ass." says Izuku.
"Insult me all you like but you can't deny humans shouldn't have powers." says Overhaul.
"Yeah, no shit humans shouldn't have powers. That was a misstep on god's part but so was making you." says Izuku.
"There's nothing I can say to make you give her back is there?" asks Overhaul.
"If I was going to give her back, there'd have to be one thing for you to understand. This is a fucking child. This is a fucking child. THIS IS A FUCKING CHILD." says Izuku.
"I heard you the first time." says Overhaul.
"Well hear it again. This is a goddamn child. She deserves to be happy or to have friends. She's stuck with you. I really oughta kill you." says Izuku.
"If you don't give her back I'm going to take her back by force." says Overhaul.
"I'm giving you the next ten seconds to leave before I tear you a hole in your chest." says Izuku.
"Don't make me hurt her." says Overhaul.
"One." says Izuku.
"You don't have to die here." says Overhaul.
"Two." says Izuku.
"I can smell your blood." says Overhaul.
"Three." says Izuku.
"Your too hurt to fight me." says Overhaul.
"Four." says Izuku.
"The blood is still flowing from your ribs." says Overhaul.
"Five." says Izuku.
"Your regeneration isn't working." says Overhaul.
"Six." says Izuku.
"You rely on it too much." says Overhaul.
"Seven." says Izuku.
"You can't fight without it." says Overhaul.
"Eight." says Izuku.
"I didn't become the leader of a yakuza by being weak." says Overhaul.
"Nine." says Izuku.
"You're one of the only people outside of my gang that think quirks are a sickness. Don't make me kill you." says Overhaul.
"Ten, leave." says Izuku.
"I can't do that." says Overhaul.
Izuku whips out his revolver as Overhaul reaches for the wall of the alley. Izuku fires off two shots as Overhaul sets up a wall of concrete to block them. A row of spikes shoot out of the concrete. Izuku grabs Eri with one hand and moves back and out of the way.
"It's gonna be okay." whispers Izuku.
"Please don't get hurt mister." says Eri.
"I won't and my names Ketsuki." says Izuku.
Izuku darts to the side with Eri as another row of spikes come shooting after him.
"Give her back." calls Overhaul.
"Eat shit." shouts Izuku.
Another row of spikes come after Izuku and Eri. Izuku takes to the air and lands on a rooftop.
"Hide here." says Izuku as he points to an air conditioner for Eri to hide behind.
Izuku jumps from roof to roof as fast as he can before jumping back down onto the street.
"Where did you put her?" asks Overhaul menacingly.
"Up your ass and to the right." says Izuku.
"Don't play games with me." says Overhaul as he launches more spike at Izuku.
"Shut up, ya nut." shouts Izuku as he dodges over them while closing the distance between himself and overhaul.
Before Izuku can reach overhaul a wall gets put up between them. Izuku kicks through the wall in midair. When he comes through and lands he looks for overhaul only to see nothing. He hears a footstep behind him and whips around to see overhaul reaching for him. Izuku ducks under it and claws at overhaul who steps back to avoid it. Neither one of them wants to move in close again. They know that one bad hit could be all it takes to end the fight. Overhaul can't make a move for the ground. He knows Izuku's too fast.
"None of us have to die here." says Overhaul.
"Don't worry. As much as I want to kill you, I'm no murderer." says Izuku.
The two continue to circle each other until Izuku slams his left leg into the ground as hard as he can. The ground shakes and overhaul loses his footing. Izuku darts forwards. He was going to go for the head but overhaul put his hands up defensively so Izuku punches him in the chest and knocks the wind out of him and breaks a couple of ribs.
"I ain't doin' to bad." says Izuku, "I thought you'd be a lot tougher."
"Give her back." says Overhaul.
"God your still on that." says Izuku.
"I can't tell if your sick or not." says Overhaul.
"The hell are you talking about?" asks Izuku.
"Why do you do this? You aren't a hero but you act like one." says Overhaul.
"Okay Big bird." says Izuku.
"Then you go and say something like that. It lacks a hero's professionalism." says Overhaul.
"I ain't a hero. I've seen em at work and I'm not impressed." says Izuku.
"You aren't sick… you understand." says Overhaul.
"I don't understand a goddamn thing. Come to think of it, there is one thing I understand, and it's that people like you deserve to get their asses beat." says Izuku.
"If you don't like heroes, why do you want to help?" asks Overhaul.
"I may not like heroes but I like heroism. Subtle difference. That and some people just deserve to get their shit rocked. I know I'm not the greatest guy, I beat people shitless and steal from em granted they are villains, But you're a piece a' shit." says Izuku.
"I think I'm beginning to understand. You think heroes are a sickness and want to show a way to avoid it, you want to show the world heroes aren't necessary to save people, you're like a vaccine, while I try to cure those that are already ill." says Overhaul.
"Where the hell did I say that?" asks Izuku.
"You may not know what your doing but I see what's inside." says Overhaul.
"What are you a psychologist? I'm not gonna take a psychoanalysis from somebody that matches a brown beak mask with a fuzzy purple collar." says Izuku.
"Now that I understand, I'm done here. Eri get down here or tell me where you are before I kill him." says Overhaul.
"Don't" calls Izuku, "You haven't even hit me yet."
"Eri." calls Overhaul.
"She ain't coming." says Izuku.
"I see." says Overhaul.
Before Izuku has any time to react a concrete spike jets out of the ground and rams itself through his stomach. He lets out a low groan but doesn't scream. Blood leaks from his mouth and trickles down his chin under his mask. He staggers backwards breaks off part of the spike and falls to the ground. He isn't moving.
"Eri. Get down here now." Shouts Overhaul.
"I'm here." says Eri as she comes out from behind the air conditioner.
Overhaul makes a stair way for her to walk down.
"Eri you know what happens when you don't listen to me. He's dead because you didn't listen. He came here to help you and you killed him. Now come with me." says Overhaul.
Tears well in Eri's eyes, " I'm sorry."
"Sorry isn't going to help." says Overhaul.
"There's no need to apologize." says Izuku, "Cause' I ain't dead yet."
"Well this is surprising. I'm actually glad you're not dead." says Overhaul.
Izuku pushes himself back onto his feet. He's exhausted, bleeding, bruised and broken all over but he's nowhere near done.
"Eri step to the side. I've got one last trick up my sleeve." says Izuku.
Eri steps to the side like he asks and says, "Please don't. I don't deserve it."
"Of course you do." says Izuku, "And as for you, You better block this cause if you don't there won't be a body left. This move was passed down by master to thrall for two generations of some of the most powerful fighters I've ever seen." says Izuku
Izuku takes a low stance like he's gonna spring forward. Overhaul actually looks worried. He throws up a thick concrete and brick barrier around himself on all sides as Izuku darts forwards, but Izuku doesn't go for him. He runs towards Eri grabs her and runs away as fast as his legs will carry him.
"We've got like ten seconds before that wall goes down and he realizes what happened." says Izuku, "By that time we'll be long gone. You'll never see him again."
"Thank you." says Eri as she grips him tighter.
"Ya don't have to thank me for human decency." says Izuku, "You don't deserve what he does to you. And don't believe what he's said to you. He's a bum."
After about five minutes of aimlessly running around the city. Izuku starts to slow done and make sure he isn't being followed.
"I think we made it." says Izuku, he looks down at Eri and finds her asleep in his arms.
Izuku silently makes his way back home trying not to disturb her. When he finally makes it back home he sees the lights are still on. He walks through the front door.
"Where were you?" asks Dabi from another room.
"You were gone for so long." calls out Toga.
"Shut up." says Izuku as he walks into the living room.
"Who's the kid?" asks Dabi.
"This is Eri, her dad was hurting her so I took her away. She's gonna spend the night here and I'm not sure what's gonna happen after that. I'm taking her to my room. Don't look for her, we shouldn't crowd her. Also turn my lights off, yall don't pay bills." says Izuku as he walks up the stairs to his room.
He drops eri on his bed, tucks her in and leaves. Izuku takes out his phone dials a number and listens to it ring.
"Hello." says Ruby.
"Hey." says Izuku.
"What are ya callin' for this late?" asks Ruby.
"I'm dying." says Izuku.
"How bad?" asks ruby.
"Whole in my stomach. Kinda big. I'm gonna bleed out soon. Dabi and Toga don't know yet." says Izuku.
"I'll be there soon." says Ruby.
"Thank you." says Izuku, "And see you soon."
"See you soon." says Ruby.
Izuku walks back down stairs. Toga and Dabi don't see his injuries because the lights are off. Dabi is in the recliner. Toga is laying over the couch. Izuku sits down on the love seat tilts his head back, puts a cigarette in his mouth and bleeds out. By the time Ruby arrived he was already dead.
Authors Note
Bet yall didn't see that coming. My original plan for this chapter was to have Izuku fail but I reconsidered and I think I like my new plan better. This should lead into some interesting scenes. Izuku trying to teach Eri new things. Izuku asking Aizawa how one raises a kid. Izuku will teach Eri to swear. Izuku is gonna show Eri the best way to deal with unwanted emotions, ignoring them. Also Overhaul will continue to be a threat because he wants to get Eri back and Izuku is gonna have to deal with him sooner or later. When that time comes I'm excited about writing a conversation between Izuku and Deidoro Sakaki the villain that makes his opponents just as drunk as he is. I feel like I could do a lot with that.
"Feeling tipsy? trouble walking straight?"
"Brother I was plastered before I got here."
Or something like that.
I loved writing dialogue between Izuku and Overhaul. Overhaul acts classy and kind of refined and Izuku just calls him a nut, or some other insult. One thing I want to talk about is the way Izuku speaks. I've always watched anime characters say things that no real person would say. So I try to write dialogue like a conversation you'd actually here. Instead of preaching about justice, Izuku yells Eat Shit or fuck you. I think it feels more real than having a back and forth conversation filled with witty comebacks.
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Atomic dragon 59: I want to start this off by thanking you for being the only person on the discord. I was upset that only one person joined but I'm still happy that you joined. Thank you. Despite this chapter containing an extremely tough day for Izuku, I think he's gonna look back on it fondly. Sure he got his ass beat around every corner and yeah his mom is dating his former idol, but he saved Eri. That's enough for him. I like to imagine that Izuku's still gonna make a phone call to Aizawa after this.
"How do you raise a child?"
"Why?"
"I'm pregnant...Just fucking tell me."
"What's wrong with you."
"I've got a child and no idea how to start with this"
"You have a child?"
"Was that not obvious?"
"No it's just, you're too young for that."
"I'm too young to die and I've done that like three times now."
"I thought it was two times"
"It's been a long night"
Amadeus Amadeus: I'm gonna use the line if you can't run from your problems you're not running fast enough. I think it would be pretty obvious for anybody he opens up to at all that he isn't really happy. I want him to be smiley when he gets to U.A. everybody's gonna think he's super happy and upbeat and then somethings gonna happen that chips away at the mask. He's gonna fix said mask and keep moving on but they'll have already seen some of what he hides. I've been considering a chapter where Aldera has a summer meet up and he shows up looking for some sense of closer and maybe beats the shit out of a student or two. I'm still work shopping that idea. So about me lying to you in my response. I was reading a comment you left about whether or not Izuku was gonna save Eri and the first go. I wasn't sure whether or not you had already figured out that he was, so I lied to you so that you'd be just as surprised as everybody else. Sorry for misleading you I just thought you'd get a little more out of it this way. I plan on writing a chapter on overhaul trying to take back Eri. It could go either way. If he wins I get a chapter or two where Izuku and a group of vigilantes fight against the eight bullets if he loses I still get to have a super suspenseful rematch between Izuku and Overhaul. Overhaul might bring some of the bullets to the rematch. I really like writing about Izuku fighting against groups like Eraser's trio. I think a chapter with him against some of the bullets and Overhaul with him working overdrive on moving around and dodging everything would make for a fun chapter. Another idea for a chapter I have is Eri going to Izuku's concert and Izuku inviting his mother, who brings all Might. He's rushing to make sure that Eri and his mom don't meet because under no circumstances can she learn that he basically adopted a child. Inko also brings Mitsuku who brings Katsuki who just makes everything worse for Izuku who has to sing about Katsuki in front of Katsuki and his mother.