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Mathew was walking up the steps to Izuku's guest house. It was pretty early. The boy might not be awake just yet. He was about to knock on the door when he heard Izuku's voice.
"Morning." says Izuku.
Izuku was sitting on the porch, smoking, he really should stop doing that.
"You're up early." says Mathew.
"I didn't sleep. I was looking for Texas Red." says Izuku.
"You find him?" asks Mathew.
"Not yet." says Izuku.
"Should you be smoking?" asks Mathew.
"I can regenerate. I should be fine." says Izuku.
"Mhm." hums Mathew.
"So what's the plan for today?" asks Izuku.
"I actually do want help around here." replies Mathew
"I've still got the strength for it." says Izuku.
"Cool. You want to bring those friends over before we get to work?" asks Mathew.
"Sure." replies Izuku.
A little while later Dabi, Eri, Toga and Izuku came out of a portal into Del rio Texas. This time they were gonna drive back to the ranch. Kurogiri's portals could get pretty big so Izuku was able to fit his car through it. While driving Izuku couldn't help but wonder what this meeting was going to be like. Shit did the Nakamura family speak japanese. If not he'd need to translate. Well he'd find out in a minute or so. He was already here. Mathew was waiting for him at the house.
"Is that their house?" asks Toga.
"That's the house we'll be borrowing." says Izuku.
"They've got several houses?" asks Dabi.
"They're rich." replies Izuku.
"That's a flex right there. We can hardly afford one house and these guys have multiple. Shits crazy." says Dabi.
"Yeah I thought the same thing. I know so many rich people that I honestly feel broker." says Izuku.
"Same, brother." replies Dabi.
"Hey guys." says Mathew.
"What the heck?" says Eri.
Eri's confusion was actually pretty cute.
"He's speaking english." says Izuku to help Eri out.
"Oh… okay." replies Eri.
"Hey quick question. Do any of you guys speak japanese?" asks Izuku.
"No, why?... Uh oh." says Mathew.
"Bit of a problem but I guess I'll translate." says Izuku.
"Cool." says Mathew.
"Guys this is my uncle mathew. Mathew this is my brother who isn't actually my brother but is close enough, Dabi. This is my girlfriend and hopefully future wife, Toga. This is my … daughter? Her name is Eri. I'd kill like a states worth of people to keep her safe." says Izuku.
"Not to be that guy or anything, but aren't you a little too young to have a daughter that old?" asks Mathew.
"She's adopted, I beat up a yakuza boss for her. I actually got my arm torn off doing it, shit hurt like a bitch." says Izuku.
"Huh… that's pretty cool." says Mathew, "Hey nice car, what do you drive? It looks like an older model. I've actually never seen a car like that in person."
"That is a 1982 dodge charger." replies Izuku.
"That's over two hundred years old." says Mathew.
"Yeah, it's tight as hell. The dude I work for got it for me. In exchange I beat up criminals who he needs out of the way for some reason or another. I try not to make it my business." says Izuku.
The five of them started walking towards Mathew's house. Mathew had breakfast ready for them. That was pretty nice of him. He made bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits, and a couple of steaks. If Izuku still ate normal food he'd lose his shit looking at this.
"You're not gonna eat?" asks Mathew.
"You know how I leave some people with bite marks and drained blood?" asks Izuku.
"Yeah." replies Mathew.
"All I can eat is blood. I can't even taste anything else. Or at least not as strongly as I should so I'll let these guys eat my food." says Izuku as he gestures towards his little family.
"Mhm… hey you carry don't you? What do you shoot?" asks Mathew.
"I carry a Jericho 941. It's a pretty good gun. It does what I need it to do. I also carry an 1873 cattleman's revolver. I'm a big fan of cool old stuff." says Izuku.
"Shit man, you're on some big iron type shit." says Mathew.
"I also own a pump action that I brought with me. I took it off a dude I shot." says Izuku.
"You are easily the coolest nephew I could have asked for." says Mathew.
"Also I'm a fairly popular musician in Japan. Which would be nice but most of the money I make goes to my manager but I guess I owe him." says Izuku.
"Damn I really didn't expect more but there was more. Is there anything else you aren't telling me?" asks Mathew.
"...I think that's it." replies Izuku.
"That's fine I guess." says Mathew, "Are you guys ready to get to work?"
"I need someone to stay behind and watch Eri." says Izuku in english, "Toga do you want to help around the farm with me?" says Izuku in Japanese.
"What, no. I get to work with you." says Dabi.
"Oh, ok." says Izuku, "Let's get to work."
Izuku and Dabi spent most of their day doing things around the farm. They pulled weeds. They milked cows. Mathew's sons Mark and Luke were pretty cool and showed them how to do stuff like hook the cows up to the machines. Izuku learned that the only reason the ranch was really successful was because the people in Del Rio just collectively decided to support the farm and buy from them. It was actually kind of cool. Izuku got to spend time with Dabi while they worked. That was pretty fun.
"I've wanted to work on a farm for a while now." says Dabi.
"Really?" asks Izuku.
"Well it was either that or become a park ranger. I'd range the hell out of a park and burn poachers or something like that." says Dabi.
"You never struck me as an outdoorsman type of guy." says Izuku.
"I'm not but I've always thought about what I was gonna do after I kill my dad. Am I just gonna work at like a seven eleven for the rest of my life. No, I'm gonna do something cool like range a park or raise cows or some other animal like pigs or chickens." says Dabi.
"I mean if that's where you see your life going then you go and range that park like it's never been ranged before. Or go and raise the biggest cow the world has ever seen." says Izuku.
"Honestly. I'm leaning towards park ranger. Ideally I'd get transfered a lot so I could see more of the world. I know this isn't too big a problem for you being immortal and all and it isn't too big a problem for Toga either but I'm in bad shape. I probably won't make it past fifty with my body being the way it is. Maybe this dream of mine is just a midlife crisis but it sounds nice." says Dabi.
"When you start getting older. I'll take care of you." says Izuku, "One thing I really like about you, Toga, and Giran. Just like rattier people in general. You guys are loyal. Normal people are fake as hell and don't even care but you guys are real. You guys are the type of people to take a bullet for somebody. You guys are the best. So I'll take care of you."
Izuku and Dabi ended up having a pretty good time working together. Even though Dabi was really sore when the work day was over he still enjoyed himself with Izuku. It was around six when they stopped working.
"I'll be back. I'm gonna go look for Texas Red." says Izuku.
"Have fun tell us if you find him." says Dabi.
Izuku didn't plan on wearing his usual vigilante outfit on account of how hot it is in Texas. He would keep his usual red shoes though, along with that he wore black jeans, a plain forest green T shirt and his black bandana. He heard from Mathew that people here kept their guns in the open so he wasn't worried about people seeing the shotgun he slung over his back. Izuku heard the guy struck around Del Rio earlier today. He drove into town and asked around about him. Apparently people here were really cool with the vigilante and claimed they'd be doing what he was doing if they didn't have full time jobs. Some recognized him as Ketsueki and asked to take pictures with him. Izuku decided that he likes Texas, a lot. He heard from several people that Texas Red rode his horse towards a forest nearby. It was around a twenty minute drive when Izuku found the place he was looking for. Whenever Izuku thought of Texas he imagined desert more than he imagined forests but it was just as lush and just as pretty as the next forest he'd seen. Izuku smelled a horse. That seemed to be what he was looking for, probably. He strolled after the scent for a while. He smelled … cooking fish? He smelled smoke too. He was pretty close to somebody's camp. There it was, but where was the camps owner.
"Hello?" calls out Izuku.
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"Hands up!" replies who Izuku assumes the camps owner is, the voice came from behind him.
Izuku raises his hands but doesn't move other than that.
"Who are you?" calls the voice.
"Ketsueki." replies Izuku.
"Oh, Hi. I'm Texas Red." says Texas Red.
"Hi Texas red. Can I put my arms down now?" asks Izuku.
"Sure." says Texas Red, wow this guy had a really thick southern accent.
"Thank you." says Izuku, "So are you interested in working together?"
"Sure." says Texas Red, "By the way my real name is actually Doc Hoilday."
"Wow I normally need to build a layer of trust before getting an actual name. Wait… Doc Holiday like… the famous gambler, gunslinger and dentist?" asks Izuku.
"Just like it." says Doc.
"Uhm so I kinda noticed that you smell sick." says Izuku.
"Just like him." jokes Doc.
"Just like him?" asks Izuku.
"Just like him!" replies Doc.
"So it's tuberculosis then?" asks Izuku.
"It sure is." says Doc, "I'm actually gonna die pretty soon."
"Doc, Tuberculosis is curable." says Izuku.
"I'm an extremely wanted man. Before I became a vigilante I shot a lot of people." says Doc.
"Just like him." jokes Izuku.
"Haha. No but seriously if I went to a hospital I'd probably get arrested. So I guess I'll just die." says Doc with a shrug.
"Uhm. Are you okay with it?" asks Izuku hesitantly.
"Oh sure. I've gunned down several dozen people in my day. Granted some of them deserved it but I deserve what's coming to me." says Doc.
"Well. I guess it's your choice." says Izuku.
"It's the right choice. I think. I just wanna be a good man before I die, do a couple good things. That's why I became a vigilante when I heard about you. It seemed good for a wanted man who ain't too bad in a fight." says Doc.
"What exactly is your quirk anyway?" asks Izuku.
"I can slow down my perception of time for a good couple seconds but I can't move a whole lot in that time. I mainly just use it to line up my sights and take a shot or six." says Doc.
"You use a six shooter?" asks Izuku.
"Yeah I use a 1873 cattleman's revolver. I know it's a little on the old side but I like it and it holds up great." says Doc.
"Dude." says Izuku.
"Yeah?" asks Doc.
Izuku gestures towards his gun belt.
"Is that?" asks Doc.
"1873 cattleman's revolver." says Izuku.
"Man I like you. You ever ride a horse before?" asks Doc.
"No why." asks Izuku.
"Ima eat these fish and then we're gonna go for a ride. Unless you want some?" asks Doc.
"I already ate. You eat your fish. You catch these yourself?" asks Izuku.
"Mhm. Everything I eat I catch myself." says Doc.
Doc Eats his fish and takes Izuku for a ride. It's actually pretty nice. Izuku likes Doc's horse. The horse's name is friday. It's a nice name but Doc laughed when he said it and Izuku thinks he's missing some kind of joke. The two of them actually ended up going into town. It was pretty late when they got there but some people were still up because the two of them ended up stopping a drive by… well not really, but they caught the shooters. Doc didn't take their money, he said he wouldn't need it soon enough. More money for Izuku. More guns for Izuku too. He got his hands on two different Uzi's. If he kept finding guns he might start collecting them.
"That was pretty fun. I like your horse." says Izuku.
"Thank's he's a good horse. One of the few animals on earth with a quirk." says Doc.
"Woah, really? What's his quirk?" asks Izuku.
"Super speed." says Doc.
"That's pretty cool… um Doc?" asks Izuku.
"Yeah?" asks Doc.
"When is the last time you showered?" asks Izuku.
"It's been a while." replies Doc.
"Take a damn shower." says Izuku.
"Fine." replies Doc.
Authors Note
I liked writing Doc. He's kinda sad but he's blunt enough with it to come off as sort of funny. I think the next chapter is going to be about getting to know Doc a little better. Also I want to try doing something wholesome and introducing Eri to the animals on the farm. I think that could be kind of cute.
We're getting pretty close to this stories one year anniversary. It's on the 27th. I doesn't feel like it's been a year. I do feel sort of accomplished staying with this for a whole year and only going a couple of weeks with no updates.
I'm gonna throw out a little bit of hype for doom eternal it looks pretty good. I'm also excited for animal crossing but I've never played an animal crossing game before so I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.
I finally went into a little more detail about what Izuku drives. I've been wondering if I should just let the reader imagine it but I think that the 1982 dodge charger is a super cool car. If you want to imagine him driving something else you can. It doesn't actually matter too much. I just thought I'd throw in that little detail.
Also my school is getting shut down on Wednesday so I'll have more time to write. Either than or I'll just waste my time and scramble to write a chapter like I'm doing now.
I watched My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. I really liked it. I was pretty excited to see Dabi. He's absolutely my favorite villain. I'd be down to talk about the movie in the discord that I keep forgetting about.
I also really liked the newest episode. Izuku's fight with gentle was pretty cool. I'm super excited to see the performance next episode.
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James Birdsong: I really liked writing the last chapter. Izuku's heart to heart conversation with Toga felt nice. I also like the implication that Dabi knew he'd destroy them in Wii sports bowling if he got high. I like to imagine Todoroki Touya getting high and destroying his siblings in whatever game they're playing. I really like the story as well but looking back on it I still think that there are lots of things I could have done better. I'm not gonna go back and rewrite them, I have to live with my mistakes.
mahdi22. the otaku hitman 415: I try to have Izuku relate to stain but still think he's crazy. "Like yeah, I get it. But you gotta chill." I'm not saying people should smoke but smoking is kind of cool.
Amadeus Amadeus: Thank you for all of the cowboy idea names. I looked into all of them and realized that most of them were old gunslingers. I thought that was a cool idea that I should follow. I also thought of how I was basing the character off of Arthur Morgan and I remembered how Doc Holiday died of Tuberculosis and it reminded me of Arthur's struggle with Tuberculosis. A little bit of Doc Holiday history that you might already know is that Doc Holiday wasn't a traditional gunslinger in the sense that he looked for gunfights. He was a gambler that carried a six shooter in case gambling ever got him in trouble which it frequently did. After a little bit of research I found that Doc Holiday's kill count is limited to 2 people but it is believed he killed a lot more. He was involved in eight shootouts in his whole life the most famous shootout was at the O.K. corral. He was also an educated man. He was a licensed dentist but had to stop practicing due to his tuberculosis. That is why he became a gambler and later a gunslinger. Also he allegedly stabbed another gambler named Ed bailey but this was only talked about in an interview with a friend of Holiday's after Holiday had passed away.