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Toku wasn't sure about whether or not he needed breakfast. He wasn't sure about a lot of things. He knew that he took after Izuku a little bit because he doesn't need to breathe. He takes after Dabi because he's in constant pain. It felt weird just existing. It was still nice though. He enjoyed it. He decided to eat even if he didn't need it he'd do it anyway because Dabi remembers Maria being a good cook.
"You like your food spicy?" asks Margarita.
Toku nods. Dabi and Izuku were in a similar boat when it came to tasting. Izuku's taste buds don't pick up flavor like a human's would and Dabi's were mostly burnt off. Dabi could only taste things with one strong flavor. Mixes of flavor don't work either he just can't pick them up. Because of this he really likes strongly spicy foods because it's one of the only things he can actually taste. Even if it hurts him it's better than nothing. It's also why he prefers alcohol to most other drinks. It burns his throat but most drinks don't make him feel anything at all. Mcdonalds sweet tea does though. Dabi swears it's the best shit ever.
"So… tell me about yourselves." says Margarita.
"Well uhm. You already know Dabi kinda well. But you don't know Izuku too well so I should start there. Well you guys are actually in the same boat because Izuku's a vigilante too." says Toku.
"... Is he Ketsueki because he kinda looks like Ketsueki?" asks Margarita.
"As a matter of fact he is. Which is why we're here. We were looking for you. We thought you'd like to work with us sometime." says Toku.
"I knew those flames looked familiar. Remember when you fought Overhaul. I could've sworn it was Dabi but I thought, no. Dabi probably wouldn't work with Ketsueki. Dabi is a villain." says Margarita.
"He is?" asks Toku.
"Uhm. Uh. Ah." stutters Margarita.
"We're just messing with you, Izuku knows." says Toku.
"Oh." laughs Margarita, "That's a relief."
"I'm sure it is." says Toku, "But seriously are you down for working with us… with me?" asks Toku.
"Yeah, I'm down. I actually know of a dock where some weapon smugglers work if you're interested." says Margarita.
"I'm very interested." says Toku.
"I think they help supply that big syndicate the sapphire serpent." says Margarita.
"Well now you've really got my attention. We'll take em down… Dabi you know I don't want you getting the syndicates attention." says Toku, "Oh come on. I might not be as durable but I'm way stronger than you. I can handle it."
"Uhm." murmurs Margarita.
"I said no. I can help out, it's not a big deal. It is a big deal, if I die I can come back to life. If you die you're gone forever. Neither of us are going to die because we have the fire power and the physical strength to beat the shit out of just about anybody in our way." argues Toku with a raised voice.
"Calm down. Take a moment and breathe. Try to hold onto your form. If you don't calm down you're gonna split." says Margarita.
"Stop treating me like I'm fragile. I don't mean to treat you like that. I know better than anybody what happened to me. I know what I can take and what I can't. I'm stronger than you think. I tear myself apart day after god damn day just to be stronger. I know damn well I can do this. Just let me do this." shouts Toku.
Izuku and Dabi both find themselves lying on their backs. Izuku's on fire. He scrambles to take off his burning shirt and stomp out the fire.
"I'm sorry." says Dabi, "i didn't mean to do that. I overheat when I argue. I'm sorry."
Izuku just laughs, "I've heard of being hot headed but this is too much."
Dabi makes a funny snorting sound, "That wasn't funny at all."
Izuku laughs harder.
"You two okay? You kinda lost it there." says Margarita, "I should've warned you about how stressful two minds in one body could be."
"It's fine." says Izuku.
"Sorry for making a scene." says Dabi.
"Dabi do you wanna step outside for a minute and talk this out?" asks Izuku.
"Sure." says Dabi, "Sorry for burning you."
Izuku chuckles, "It's fine man. That wasn't a nice shirt anyway."
Dabi and Izuku step out onto the porch and take a seat next to each other.
"...Yikes." says Izuku.
"Yup." replies Dabi.
"We're both just a couple of hot messes." says Izuku.
"Mhm." hums Dabi.
"Just a couple of alcoholics, potheads, and occasional abusers of other substances." says Izuku.
"Yeah. I kinda feel responsible for those last two." says Dabi.
"Man I was hanging with Giran. It would've happened sooner or later." says Izuku.
"You're probably right." says Dabi.
"... I know you can fight. Hell if we fought you'd probably win. I have a little bit of trouble healing from burns." says Izuku.
"I know a thing or two about that." says Dabi.
Izuku chuckles, "You could fight the syndicate with me if you wanted too. I just think in the long run for you it isn't something you should do."
"You think it's gonna make me die earlier?" says Dabi.
"A little. But also I know you want him dead. You probably don't want him to recognize you as the blue fire guy when you try to kill him." says Izuku.
"You don't mind do you?" asks Dabi.
"Hm?" asks Izuku.
"Like, you know I plan on murdering somebody. Does that bother you?" asks Dabi.
"In most situations probably. But in yours absolutely not. I might not understand it to the same degree you do, but there are people I'd like to burn in my own life." says Izuku.
"I know." says Dabi.
"You saw that huh?" asks Izuku.
"Mhm." says Dabi.
"I don't think I wanna fuse with anyone else." says Izuku.
"Oh you're done fusing?" asks Dabi.
"No… but. Just with people that aren't you." says Izuku.
"Oh, that's kinda sweet." says Dabi.
"You know I hate sentimental shit right?" asks Izuku.
"Yeah." says Dabi.
"Good." says Izuku, "That being said. Dabi… you feel like how I imagine an older brother would feel. We see eye to eye on most things. I can relate to you and most of your struggles in some way or another. So I'm willing to let you and you alone see me all the way through. No smoke. No mirrors. Just me."
"I'll… let you see me too. All of me." says Dabi.
"Let's crush this syndicate." says Izuku.
For a man who generates fire out of his body Dabi has the coldest smile. But the look that graced his stapled face might have been the warmest smile Izuku had ever seen… if it weren't so creepy that is.
Izuku extends his hand out to Dabi. Dabi takes it. Izuku pulls him forward and wraps an arm around his back. Dabi does the same.
"No homo." jokes Izuku.
"No homo." jokes Dabi.
Oh… he's back. Time to head inside.
"Oh you're fused again." says Margarita as soon as they come back inside.
"Yeah, they worked things out." says Toku.
"That's nice." says Margarita.
"Sorry for lighting a small fire." says Toku.
"It's no problem. It was kinda exciting." says Margarita.
"Well uh, I'm glad you had fun." says Toku.
"So are you gonna fight with us?" asks Margarita.
"I'll be there." says Toku.
"That's good. When should we go after them?" asks Margarita.
"After sundown. That's when Ketsueki is at his strongest so I'm assuming it applies to me as well." says Toku.
"That sounds good. We can take 'em by surprise that way." says Margarita.
"Yeah, and it gives me a little bit of time to see what this body can do. I wanna head to a secluded area on the beach and get a feel for this. After all, I was only born yesterday." says Toku.
"Well you two have fun with that." says Margarita, "I'm gonna workout. My livelihood comes from fighting so I gotta stay strong."
"Alright have fun." says Toku.
"There is a spare key in a hole in the tree in the front yard." says Margarita.
"Alright I'll keep that in mind." says Toku.
Toku finds a really nice spot. It's on the beach he mentioned earlier. By a cliff. He'd try to climb that later it would probably be easier with four arms instead of two. While getting used to his new body Toku discovered a couple of things. Or at least he thinks he did it was all just assumptions. Fusing doesn't make the fusers any stronger than they would be combined. Each of his arms probably has the pushing force of Izuku's and Dabi's arms. The thing that made them strong was the fact they had four arms. So they basically had double the strength and double the firepower, but each arm held the same power. In terms of speed they were actually faster than both of them combined but that's probably only because their legs got longer due to their… his increased height. All in all he was stronger than they were unfused. It was getting dark, he should head back to Margarita's. He knows where the key is but waits outside and smokes. Here she comes now.
"Hey." says Margarita.
"Howdy." says Toku.
"You ready?" asks Margarita.
"Lemme get my guns and my knives." says Toku.
"Cool. Tell me when you're ready to go." says Margarita.
Toku and Margarita found themselves on top of a warehouse on the dock.
"So this is the place?" asks Toku.
"Yup." says Margarita.
"How do you know about these guys?" asks Toku.
"They bet on my matches. I talk with them sometimes. They like me. I've been making them some money." says Margarita.
"Well, do you know what we're dealing with?" asks Izuku.
"There should be like eight of them. Naturally they're armed, they smuggle weapons." says Margarita.
"I don't normally have anything against people having weapons but when it's syndicate members I feel like I should do something about it." says Toku.
"It's a good thing we're about to do something. Anyway, are we going in loud or are we going quiet?" asks Margarita.
"These guys could shoot us up. Let's be careful. We'll slip through the window onto the balcony and make a plan there." says Toku.
The two of them go inside and take a look at the place. There are four men playing poker on the side away from the water. There were two guys loading crates onto a smallish boat. One dude was by the boat's steering wheel. Another was on the bow of the ship smoking.
"I'm gonna drop onto the poker table and beat the shit out of those four. Can you knock the guys loading the boat?" asks Toku.
"Yeah, let's go." says Margarita as she hops down.
Toku lets gravity take him onto the poker table, he slows his fall with fire so he isn't too loud. As soon as he lands he hits all four of them in the head knocking them out. He goes over to where Margarita is to find she knocked out two of the guys. She's grinning like a madwoman. She's trying not to laugh. She's enjoying this a little too much.
"Go for the guy on the front of the ship. I'm gonna get the dude behind the wheel." says Toku.
"Hey boss. I'm gonna grab another cigar." says a cartel member.
… Uh. The dude from the front of the ship came around. He's staring at Toku.
"Boss. vigilantes!" he shouts.
Toku torches him and knocks him into the water.
"Get him." shouts Toku as he hops up to where the captain is.
Toku immediately dives behind a crate, the captain has a shotgun. The boat engine starts and the captain shoots the rope holding the boat to the dock. It's time to split. Dabi drops onto the floor below and shoots fire at the captain before hiding behind a crate. The captain heads towards Dabi only to have Izuku put a revolver to the side of his head.
"Drop it." says Izuku.
Dabi comes out from cover, the captain immediately points his shotgun at Dabi.
"DABI!" shouts Izuku.
"I thought you had him." says Dabi.
"No I don't have him." says Izuku.
"I can see that." says Izuku.
"Shut up." says the captain, "If you don't want scarface over there to die, you'll drop your gun."
Izuku shoots him in the side of the head.
"Jesus, Dabi." says Izuku.
"I thought you had him." says Dabi.
"Oh, I got him alright. Look at him, Dabi. He's got a damn window in his head." says Izuku.
"Okay, I'll admit. That was my bad." says Dabi.
"It's fine but Jesus I didn't wanna shoot this poor bastard." says Izuku, "Do you know how to drive a boat?"
"Not really but this stops the engine and I can push us back with fire." says Dabi.
"You do that. I'm gonna see what type of guns these dudes had." says Izuku.
When they got back to the dock. Izuku texted kurogiri their location so he could hold onto these crates for him. Then he called the police to make sure they found the villains they caught and the poor bastard they shot. They went patrolling the next day looking for villains. It was more of a distraction than anything. That was his fifth time killing somebody. It shouldn't be getting that high. They formed Toku while looking around. Margarita wasn't with them.
Uh oh. Oh that's not good. That's not good at all. Toku falls apart making a burst of light.
Oh shit,Endeavor's staring right at them.
Authors Note
This chapter was fun to write. I like writing Toku because it puts both Izuku and Dabi in a vulnerable place where they can't hide their thoughts as much. I have trouble imagining Izuku fusing with other people. The only other person I could see is Toga and Izuku really likes Toga he absolutely does. But he's got something with Dabi that just puts them on such a similar mental wavelength. That and with fusion the two minds have to be in sync and Toga kills people for fun. Izuku could never get in sync with that even though his body count is growing faster than it should. So we're finally getting to Izuku and Dabi vs. the number two hero endeavor.
I've been working on the shorts I mentioned a little bit. I've only worked on the one where Izuku rocks out with Kyoka. It's coming along pretty well. I like it.
Man I'm barely gonna get this chapter out on time.
Atomic Dragon59: I've thought of Eri powered time travel before. I thought if Eri could take people around Izuku would want her to take him to the 1950s so he could get cool old cars for low prices. I'd love to have Izuku just tear into Aizawa in spanish. If Nezu called Izuku into his office in spanish I imagine Izuku wouldn't be scared he'd just go off on Nezu instead.
Ryder Larson: Thank you very much. I'm actually pretty excited to have hit 50 chapters. It kinda feels like a landmark or a milestone. I've tried rereading the story but I can't get past the beginning. It feels so much worse than what I'm writing now. I don't know when it was but there was a significant shift in this story. Izuku felt all angsty and angry. Now he's chill and still angry but that's not as important as him being chill. I'm super glad I've been able to keep you entertained through the story. Comments like this are what I live for. I think I'm gonna enjoy these next couple chapters.
Amadeus Amadeus: I'm glad you think I took the story to a completely new level. That's gotta be one of the coolest things anybody has said about my story. I used to feel weird not mentioning U.A but now I don't think about it as much. I've still got entrance exam plans but they feel so far away. It feels like that might come around chapter 70 or 80 maybe even later. For real though hearing this was super nice. Like I love hearing all the cool stuff you and other readers say but this one was just like, woah. Like you're really out here writing entire paragraphs just saying, "Nice story." It's super cool.
Now on to the review
It might have been a missed opportunity but I think Margarita is a super cool name. If I have a daughter that's gonna be her name. Unless my future wife calls me an idiot and says no. Just for you I wrote in some spicy food and a little explanation about why he loves it so much. I also managed to sneak in my love for mcdonald sweet teas. Those shits are the best. I'm hoping next chapter goes hard. Dabi and Endeavor are gonna roast the streets of tijuana. Izuku's gonna be their too but he isn't as important as Dabi is in the next chapter. Dabi is gonna absolutely ruin somebodies day with his spanish swearing. Also I'm having a little bit of trouble translating what you said, like I get the gist of it. He's gonna burn someone's anus but some of it is kinda backwards. Could I get a translation on that.