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Take a swan dive off the roof
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Izuku hates being bedridden. Normally he's always doing something. He's always fighting or working around the house. He even hustles for Giran sometimes if he really needs something to do. Now he's just stuck. It doesn't help that he doesn't need to sleep too often. He's been laying in bed just barely paying attention to whatever it is he's watching. He has had a little bit of fun writing some songs. They were about Toga. They were cute and romantic and she'd probably love them. Oh Dabi just came in.
"Hey man. How you holding up?" asks Dabi.
"I'm doing alright. I wish I could do stuff." says Izuku.
"For sure. I hate being stuck with my own thoughts. It's why I'm high so often." says Dabi.
"Keep preaching the good message, brother." says Izuku.
"What you been thinking about anyways?" asks Dabi.
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"Not much. How about you?" asks Izuku.
"Just the same depressing shit. Actually you might feel me on this one? … You ever feel uncomfortable in your own skin? Like not just with your body but with yourself? But mostly with your body." says Dabi.
"You calling me ugly?" asks Izuku.
"No. I was just-" starts Dabi.
"I get it. I was messing with ya. No, I actually sort of feel that. Right cuz I was a human not too long ago. It's kinda weird. I was super short and I was really skinny." says Izuku.
"You're still skinny." says Dabi.
"Yeah, but I've got some muscle now. I used to be … how do I word this… I was kind of a twink. Well that might not be the best choice of words but it's not exactly inaccurate." says Izuku.
"You're still not that big." says Dabi.
"Sure cuz it's been a while since I've drank. After I drink I get big then shrink back down the longer I go without drinking. It's gradual so it's hard to notice but three days ago I was big as hell." says Izuku.
"Now that you mention it I know what you mean." says Dabi, "How about the mental aspect? Of not feeling yourself, I mean."
"Ruby told me that vampires aren't instinctively bad people. I don't know why but I think she's wrong. I get bad thoughts. I didn't before but I do now. Like vengeful thoughts you know? People called us monsters for a reason, I guess. You get any vengeful thoughts?" asks Izuku.
"Dude?" says Dabi.
"Yeah, that's my bad of course you'd know. You okay with all that?" asks Izuku.
"Yeah, I'm fine… naw actually now that you mention it I could be a little better, but it's cool. I kinda follow my siblings around sometimes. Ya know just checking up on em. Is that weird?" asks Dabi.
"Normally yeah. But there you're family so I'm not too sure. Probably not." says Izuku, "How are they doing anyways?"
"One's off in college. The other is staying around the house. I still don't know where mom is. I think dad's still kicking Shouto's ass… Imma get him out of there someday." says Dabi, "If I tried to fight Endeavor would you help me?"
"Yeah… but I mean. He's the number two hero." says Izuku.
"No, I get it. I get it." says Dabi.
"I could get stain if you really wanted. He's always down for stuff like that." says Izuku.
"Yeah he'd probably help… have you been watching the news?" asks Dabi.
"No, why?" asks Izuku.
"People know you got away from All Might. Endeavor normally doesn't say anything but this time he said he'd succeed where All Might failed." says Dabi.
"I'll be fine. I got away from All Might. I can get away from Endeavor." says Izuku.
"Was All Might hesitant about fighting you?" asks Dabi.
"A little." replies Izuku.
"Endeavor won't be." says Dabi.
"I know but I'll be fine." says Izuku.
"It's not just him looking for you." says Dabi, "Miruko, Hawks, even some less known heroes are forming groups to look for you."
"They probably won't even find me." says Izuku.
"Probably not … just be careful." says Dabi.
"You know me. I'm a cautious person." says Izuku sarcastically.
Knock Knock Knock
"Dabi could you get that?" asks Izuku.
"Sure." says Dabi before answering the door.
"Hey Giran, how you been?" asks Izuku as soon as he sees who it is.
"Apparently, better than you." says Giran, "I hear you fought the big man."
"Fought's an overstatement. It sort of felt like muscular all over again but this time we both left in better condition." says Izuku.
"Good to see you're still alive this time around." says Giran.
"All Might isn't a killer… usually." says Izuku.
"Well that's enough about that. I've finally got a little bit of good news in your life." says Giran.
"It's about damn time. What do you have for me?" asks Izuku.
"A special piece of paper." says Giran as he hands him the paper.
"Did… did you put an extra zero on this?" asks Izuku.
"Nope. It was that interview with Present Mic. People are listening to you and we're making money. Like serious money. Now, I don't want to put too much pressure on you but have you been working on songs or maybe other instruments or anything?" asks Giran.
"I've got new songs and I even discovered a new vampiric power." says Izuku.
"Which is?" asks Giran.
"I can pick up a new instrument in three days tops. I learned how to play the Ukulele. I've been having a lot of fun with that." says Izuku.
"That's great now I want you to know, I'm a very greedy man. So I'm gonna push this and we're gonna get rich. Also I'm gonna bring a new guy on board. He can clone you so you can do live performances. I've gotta get a permit to use the quirk in public but it'll pay off." says Giran.
"Well, I didn't start this for money… but I'm not gonna lie. I'd like to have a little more dough in the bank." says Izuku.
"That's the spirit. And uhm. I don't usually do this but I think you could actually be a star and make me some big bucks. I got you a present." says Giran.
"Ooooh, what'd you get me?" asks Izuku
"Dabi carry Izuku outside. He's gonna love this." says Giran, "Now I'll admit it's sort of an investment on my part but It's still yours."
"Man I'm kinda excited. Why couldn't you bring it in?" says Izuku.
At this point in the conversation Giran had opened the door and Dabi took him outside.
Izuku gasped loudly, "Holy hell Giran. You got me a van? I've always wanted a van. I could take us on a road trip. It'd be tight as hell."
"Dabi let him see the side." says Giran.
"Holy shit, my name is on this van. That's the coolest shit." says Izuku.
It was a black van. It kinda looked like the A-team van but the red highlights were a dark forest green and in the same color Izuku's full name was on the side.
"As soon as my leg grows back I'm taking it out for a ride." says Izuku.
"Hey you're kinda heavy can I take you back inside?" asks Dabi.
"Yeah, drop me on the couch." says Izuku.
"Sure thang boss." replies Dabi.
"So how are those songs coming along?" asks Giran.
Dabi lays Izuku on the couch.
"Pretty good. I got a couple done." says Izuku.
"What genre?" asks Dabi.
"I wrote em about Toga." says Izuku.
"That's cute." says Giran.
"One of them is a duet. So I'd like to get her on stage." says Izuku.
"It's a duet?" asks Giran.
"Yeah, one night me and Toga stayed up until like three just talking about what we like about eachother. We do cute shit like that sometimes. I took some of the things she said and I put it into a song. One of the things she mentioned was she likes it when I sing to her so I wrote a couple songs or found songs I could do covers of that feel right to sing to her." says Izuku.
"And they say chivalry is dead." says Dabi.
"I'm no historian but I think chivalry was more about stabbing people." says Izuku.
"Huh… that's kinda neat." replies Dabi.
"So about the van. I'd like you to take it to concerts and stuff. Use it for your instruments and whatever. It's like a symbol of status having a pimped show van." says Giran.
"We big flexin' with the Midoriya-mobile." says Izuku.
"On god!" agrees Dabi.
"Well, that's all I have to say or do here. Actually no it isn't here are your keyes. Alright now I'm gonna go back to swindling. See you later." says Giran.
"Before you go." says Izuku, "Why do you have ties into the local and large scale music community?"
"That's actually a pretty fun question for me to answer. Sometimes when I find someone who's down on their luck I convince them that they have talent and then I make them supply me with money to make them a star. All of the people I do this with suck usually. Some get a little successful but you could actually be successful. In fact you're already more successful than like anybody I've ever taken in." says Giran.
"So you just tell talentless people you can make them a star and take their money?" asks Izuku.
"Yeah, it's actually kinda funny. One time this guy caught onto what I was doing and tried to kick my ass but I talked him out of it and said I had a perfect beat for him. He took it. He actually took the bait. He had me completely figured out and I still scammed that poor bastard even further. Funniest shit I've ever done." says Giran.
"Giran that's fucking awful." says Izuku.
"I know but I'm getting paid." says Giran.
"Man get outta my house." says Izuku but he's not actually mad and Giran knows this.
"I'll be seeing you later." says Giran.
"Fuck outta here." says Izuku.
"So what now?" asks Dabi.
"Take me to my bedroom." says Izuku.
Dabi sighs profusely and carries Izuku all the way upstairs and to his bed.
"I'm gone man." says Dabi as he heads back downstairs.
Well here Izuku is back where he started except now he has a cool van to look forward too. What to do now?
Ring Ring Ring
Well that's something to do. It's … Bakugou? The hell is he calling for? Well here goes nothing.
"What's good ass face?" asks Izuku.
"... Not much what's up with you?" comes Mitsukis voice.
"Oh… hi Mitsuki how've you been?" asks Izuku.
"Pretty good. Hearing you call me ass face was kinda funny." says Mitsuki.
"Yeah that's my bad I thought you were your son." says Izuku.
"Naw it's cool. Katsuki didn't wanna call you himself but there's something I wanted him to ask you." says Mitsuku.
"What might that be?" asks Izuku.
"Would you mind going to that school party thing with Katsuki? He's not good at making friends and I want him to spend more time with people so I'm making him go. But I didn't wanna make him go alone so I decided to ask you." says Mitsuki.
"Imma keep it real with you… I'll go but the kids at that school are full of shit and I hate them." says Izuku.
"... Why?" asks Mitsuki.
"They're … hey you won't tell my mom if I use some harsh language will you?" asks Izuku.
"Naw. Say what you gotta say." says Mitsuki.
"They're little bitches. They always try to mess with me for not having a quirk but if I ran up to them, they'd pussy out." says Izuku.
"Ya know. I'm not really used to you being aggressive. It's cool though. I'm glad you're standing up for yourself." says Mitsuki.
"Me too." says Izuku.
"Hey, does my son give you any trouble? Cuz if he does I'll bop him on the back of the head." says Mitsuki.
"A little bit but I'd run his shit if he tried to push too far." says Izuku.
"Well Alright you do what you gotta do. Try not to hurt him too bad." says Mitsuku.
"I won't." says Izuku.
"Okay, bye." says Mitsuku before hanging up.
He really doesn't wanna go to that but Mitsuki's nice to him so he'll do it. It's about a week away. Does he have time to get to Mexico before coming back for the party. He can probably make it.
Authors Note
This was fun to write. It felt a little too dialogue heavy but dialogue is my favorite part of writing so I don't mind. I hope you guys don't mind either. I actually really want to have Izuku go back to school with his new personality and some level of fame. That and all of his teachers are probably still scared shitless of him. So for the next chapter he's gonna have his legs working again and he's going to Mexico to introduce the last main vigilante. I've got a couple of ideas for her quirk. She's gonna be strong like Izuku but I've got some ideas I'm shooting around my head to go with her strength. After Mexico Izuku is going to come back and go to the school thing with Bakugou, which he isn't looking forward to but is doing anyway.
Also what do you guys think about Izuku picking up more instruments? I'd like to have him take time and struggle to learn them but I'm far to impatient. If I wanna have Izuku rock out for a chapter he's gonna rock out. At one point someone told me the most interesting thing about this story was rock star Izuku so I wanna push that more. Which is why I gave him the knew power.
The last episode was so good. I loved seeing endeavor try to grow as a person and I can't help but wonder how Dabi would react if he saw Endeavor trying to be better. Would he feel for him, would he reject it completely or would he appreciate it but feel like it's too little too late. That doesn't even mention how cool the fight itself was. I loved when the camera backed up and the fight looked like a meteor coming down to earth and how the music cut out only to come back full force as soon as Endeavors fist is raised into the air. The cinematic parallels between this fight and All Might's fight with All For One. The way the fire was animated as Endeavor landed that last prominence burn reminded me so much of All Might's United States of Smash. I loved that fight and I'm so hyped for the next season. My only complaint is that we don't get to see Dabi. I was so hyped to see Dabi. And now I have to wait until next season. I'm still excited by the idea of Midoriya having his meeting with the former Holders of One For All but I'm still more excited for Dabi. He's the coolest and my favorite villain.
I'm considering doing chapters of a series of short interactions between Izuku and some of the characters sort of like that time I had Izuku and Aizawa talk after one of the chapters and it was short but still said a lot. I've already got a couple of ideas. Like Izuku could go hunting with Victor or Doc. He could spend time with Shigaraki in Kurogiri's bar. He could just be wholesome with Eri or his mother. He could hang out with Present Mic. He could build stuff with Hatsume. He could have a jam session with Jirou. If you don't mind I'd like some ideas for short interactions. I probably wouldn't do those as often but I'd work on them in the background and when it feels ready I could post it.
Draconic King: I didn't even think about that but it's a great idea. I really need to get Midoriya back to hell to speak with Vlad. The heroes hunting him would be a great way to do it. Especially if it was Endeavor doing it. If it was Endeavor that killed him I could show Dabi's reaction. Maybe It could be another hero like hawks or Miruko. No actually that's a pretty bad idea it wouldn't be them but Endeavor would totally do it to one up All Might. He's literally the only man in existance trying to compete with All Might so catching or killing Ketsueki would be the way for him to go seeing as All Might failed. Thank you again for the writing ideas. It's super helpful.