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Izuku and Toga were still in Ruby's cabin. Izuku was making breakfast. Toga was on the couch watching something on Netflix. Izuku sort of watched it but he was trying to make a big breakfast. Bacon, eggs, pancakes, the works. Toga can eat a lot for someone so small. Where does it all go? Izuku's spacing out and sort of watching Toga eat. It's impressive.
"What are you looking at?" asks Toga.
"You're cute." says Izuku.
"Oh, thanks." replies Toga.
Izuku doesn't have time to ponder this any further, his phone begins to ring… It's Dabi.
"Hey man." says Izuku.
"Wuz good dawg?" asks Dabi.
"Shit not much." says Izuku.
"Where you been, man?" asks Dabi.
"Me and Toga took off back to Ruby's cabin last night." says Izuku .
"Dude… you've been gone for a whole day." says Dabi.
"Really?" asks Izuku, "Toga how long have we been here?"
"Like a day." says Toga.
"Where did the time go?" asks Izuku.
"Well if you really wanna know I recorded most of it." says Toga.
"That's kinda nasty." says Izuku.
"Hey, I'm still here. By the way." says Dabi.
"Shut up Dabi. You walk into my house smelling like dead fish." says Izuku.
"... Yeah, that's my bad." says Dabi.
"Whatever man. Toga when you're done eating we're going home." says Izuku.
"You sure there's nothing you'd rather be doing?" asks Toga.
This was clearly a battle of wills… Izuku lost.
"Dabi, we'll be home later." says Izuku before hanging up.
A little while later Izuku was back home with Toga and Dabi and Eri. Izuku picked up Wendy's frosties for all of them. It was Toga's idea. They're her favorite.
"Well it's getting a little late. I'm gonna go patrolling." says Izuku.
"Have fun babe." says Toga.
"I will." says Izuku before kissing Toga on the forehead and heading towards the door.
"Bye man." says Dabi.
"You know what man?" asks Izuku, "Getcha cute ass over here."
Izuku kisses him on the forehead.
"Get the hell outta here." says Dabi, he's not mad though. He's smiling too much to be mad.
"Alright, see you guys." says Izuku .
This patrol wasn't going too bad. He saved a kid from drowning in a river. Normally he just fights people. He does more helping out when he's on patrol. He walked the kid home. It was dark and he didn't want him going alone. He got a balloon down from a tree. He bought this broke dude a meal and gave him some Yen. He's actually feeling pretty good.
"Hey there friend." comes a voice from above.
He is no longer feeling pretty good.
"Hi Hawks. How you doing?" asks Izuku.
"I've been worse. Just doing my thing. You know how it is." says Hawks.
"For sure." replies Izuku.
"How about you? How are you feeling?" asks Hawks.
"Oh, you know." says Izuku.
"For sure." replies Hawks.
This whole conversation feels kinda tense.
"You here to fight me?" asks Izuku.
"Well-" starts Hawks.
"Finally found you." comes a new voice.
"Oh … hi Miruko." says Izuku.
"I'm here to kick your… hi hawks." says Miruko.
"Hey." replies Hawks.
"He's mine. I'm gonna kick his ass." says Miruko.
"That's fine with me. I just wanna talk with him for a minute." says Hawks.
"You lying to me?" asks Miruko.
"Nope." replies Hawks.
"Alright, fine. Do what you gotta do." says Miruko.
"So what do you wanna talk about?" asks Izuku.
"Why'd you fight Endeavor?" asks Hawks.
"He started it." says Izuku .
"Not really what I meant. Why did you take it that far? You were winning. You could've just got away. Normally anybody who nearly kills Endeavor is kinda on my shit list. But I already liked you before you fought Endeavor. I wanna know why you did it." says Hawks.
"I guess that's fair." says Izuku, "But it wasn't my decision. It was my flaming friends choice. He would've fought there whether or not I was there. I chose to back him up cause that's my boy."
"You know most heroes see vigilantism and see a threat to their livelihood. I don't mind a threat to my job. If something is threatening my job it's probably a good thing, you know what I mean?" asks Hawks.
"Yeah, it's nice to have heroes. But it's better to not need them." says Izuku.
"Exactly. I want to live in a world where heroes have time to kill." says Hawks.
"Sounds nice." says Izuku .
"What kind of world do you want?" asks Hawks.
"I don't really know." says Izuku.
"What was your inspiration to be a vigilante?" asks Hawks.
"I didn't really have any inspiration. You know I drink blood." says Izuku .
"Weird kink. Didn't expect it to be your whole reason. Kinda losing respect for ya. Not gonna lie." says Hawks.
Izuku chuckles at that, "I need to drink blood. It's the only food my body can process. Also I kinda go apeshit and lash out until I get blood if I go for long periods of time without drinking blood."
"So you didn't really choose it. You just kinda got stuck here." says Hawks.
"I guess." says Izuku .
"As long as you're here, you can choose a vision for the world. Imagine it." says Hawks.
"Okay." says Izuku.
"Tell me what you see." says Hawks.
" I see a world where my friends can rest easy. My boy doesn't wanna kill Endeavor anymore. Or maybe he gets away with it. My Girlfriend feels like she fits in with people again. She's happy. She has lots of friends. My Daughter gets over her time spent with the Yakuza. She can finally smile. That's it. That's it right there. I wanna live in a world where people who've been thrown away or have had a rough life can smile." says Izuku.
"You wanna help the people heroes can't. I can get behind that I guess." says Hawks, "So what's the plan for it."
"Well I guess, I'd need to get on a public platform. Somewhere people would hear my voice. I could become a hero. I'd get lots of blood. I'd be popular. I'm strong and pretty good looking. Ain't that right Miruko?" asks Izuku.
"I'm gonna kick your ass." says Miruko.
"That's the spirit." says Izuku.
"We gonna fight yet?" asks Miruko.
"Gimme a second." says Hawks.
"What else do you want to talk about?" asks Izuku.
"Just wanted to wish you luck." says Hawks.
"With becoming a hero or with her?" asks Izuku.
"I meant becoming a hero… but yeah. You're gonna need all the luck you can get." jokes Hawks.
"Yeah, I guess I'm kinda in the shits here." says Izuku .
"We fighting yet?" says Miruko.
"Sure, but anyway I could convince you not to arrest me?" asks Izuku .
"I'm not here to arrest you. I just wanna fight." says Miruko.
"Really?" asks Izuku .
"Yeah. You slipped All Might and you ran Endeavor's shit. Of course I want to fight you." says Miruko.
"That's a relief." says Izuku.
"I'm still kicking your ass." says Miruko.
"That's less of a relief." says Izuku.
"I'm done talking, here I come." says Miruko.
Miruko darts forwards. She's fast and aggressive. Her legs were constantly swinging around. It was hard for Izuku to dodge all of those. Miruko kicks Izuku in the side. He blocked it but it still sent him flying. He landed on his feet. That's when it hit him. Whenever he meets an opponent he can't beat he tries to outlast them and play it safe. He needs to reinvent his fighting style. He can heal most hits pretty quick. Instead of falling back to heal he needs to stay close and keep swinging. If he gets hit he takes it and hits back. That's why Rappa was so strong. He didn't falter if he got hit. His and Miruko's fighting styles are both based on pure aggression. Well Izuku can match that aggression. Izuku dives in with renewed vigor. He tones down regeneration and ramps up shock absorbtion. He begins to drive Miruko back. He notices her smile widening. Hawks looks impressed from where he's watching. One kick sends Izuku flying. The next throws him off the roof. He lands with a thud. His skin breaks as he hits the ground. He can't regenerate. Miruko lands with one of her feet on his chest. Izuku looks up at her face. Blood is flowing from in between her teeth as she smiles.
"Well shit, I think you broke my ribs. That's real impressive. You lookin a little busted up. You surrenderin'?"
"Sure. Regeneration is all out of gas." says Izuku.
"Well, good fight and all that shit." says Miruko.
"Sure." says Izuku as she helps him to his feet.
"Good fight. Pretty fun to watch." says Hawks, "Kid here is my number. If you need somebody for anything, gimme a ring."
"I'm not gonna do that. Probably." says Izuku.
"Well just in case. You should have it." says Hawks.
"Sure. I guess." says Izuku.
"Alright. I'm flying home." says Hawks before taking off.
"You got a house?" asks Miruko.
"Uh. Yeah." says Izuku.
"I'm crashing at your place for the night." says Miruko.
"Okay." says Izuku before looking her in the eyes, "Can I trust you?"
"If I wanted you arrested I'd have taken you in by now." says Miruko.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." says Izuku.
"I know I'm right." says Miruko.
"Hey. I got a question for you." says Izuku.
"Then go ahead and ask it." says Miruko.
"Why aren't you arresting me?" asks Izuku.
"You fuck up villians?" asks Miruko.
"Pretty frequently, I guess." says Izuku.
"Well there ya go." says Miruko.
Izuku couldn't stop himself from chuckling at that.
"So that's what you think about vigilantes?" asks Izuku.
"Course it is. They're doing a public service and unlike me they don't even get paid." says Miruko.
"Well actually I steal from a lot of the guys I fight." says Izuku .
"What like they're gonna be spending that money anytime soon." says Miruko.
"That's a fair point." says Izuku, "Anyway this is my house."
"Smaller than I expected." says Miruko.
"Big enough for the family." says Izuku.
"Well if it works for ya." says Miruko.
Izuku opens the door.
"Hey guys. I brought a friend." says Izuku.
"Cool." says Dabi, "Also the fuck happened to you."
"She did." says Izuku as Miruko walks in.
"Nice place." says Miruko as she sits on the couch.
"Oh hi." says Dabi.
"Oh shit. You're the dude who fucked up Endeavor. I should kick your ass." says Miruko.
"I could turn this place to ash in less than a second." says Dabi.
"Before I kick your ass, hey green." says Miruko.
"What's up?" asks Izuku.
"You vouch for this goon?" asks Miruko.
"That's my boy. Don't kick his ass." says Izuku.
"Ight. I'll take your word for it." says Miruko.
"Dabi. Do you mind getting your first aid kit?" asks Izuku
"Naw, be right back." says Dabi as he heads upstairs.
"Hey babe." says Toga as she comes down stairs, "Why is Miruko in our living room?"
"I'm spending the night here." says Miruko.
"Babe are you doing what I think you're doing?" asks Toga.
"I can never figure out what you're thinking so probably not." says Izuku.
"You trynna have a threesome?" asks Toga.
"Can you not be horny for two minutes?" asks Izuku.
Miruko's laughing and clutching her ribs.
"My bad." says Toga.
"She always like this?" asks Miruko.
"Yeah, she's like a … uhm." says Izuku.
"You were gonna say a rabbit weren't you?" asks Miruko.
"Yeah, sorry bout that." says Izuku.
"It's okay I guess. But also fuck you." says Miruko.
"That's fair." says Izuku.
"So are we gonna…" starts Toga.
"Babe. My ribs are broken. I'm tired." says Izuku.
"So what now?" asks Miruko .
"I've got an idea for a show we could watch." says Izuku.
"What's it called?" asks Miruko.
"Max and Ruby." replies Izuku
Authors Note
On an unrelated note I've been thinking about max and Ruby a lot lately. Show slaps. Funky little rabbit dudes. Completely superb.
Anyway onto the chapter. I've wanted Izuku to meet Hawks and Miruko for a while. I didn't feel like either one would strongly be against what he does based on what I know about them but I thought they should meet for several reason. The first reason is I want Izuku to meet heroes that support vigilantes. These two happen to be in the top ten so their opinions hold a lot of weight. The second reason is because I thought it would be cool. The third reason is because I've been imagining fights in my head and I can't imagine Izuku with a fighting style that isn't hyper aggressive. I thought Miruko would be good for that because she comes off as aggressive. Also I brought Miruko in to make that Max and Ruby joke. Love that show it's the best. I thought having Hawks talk to Izuku about how being a vigilante wasn't really a choice as much as it was his only option. I felt like Hawks would be good for this because he gets a lot of his choices made for him by the hero commission.
I'm actually not very sure on what to do now. I know where I want the story to go from here but I'm not sure on how to transition from here to there. I want to state that Izuku has gathered more vigilantes without showing all of them. I've been considering doing a time skip for a month or two to show Izuku has been super busy finding and organizing vigilantes from around the world and that they've been striking the syndicate. I wanna do all of that but I'm not sure if I do a time skip or if I show it. It doesn't feel important enough to show until the battles with the syndicate get more serious. At the same time doing a time skip doesn't feel right either.
My flow has been off lately. I'm not putting out chapters weekly. I might change to doing chapters every other week. I'm not sure about it just yet. It's just something I've been thinking about recently. Maybe I'll get over my slump pretty soon. Maybe I won't. I'll find out and get back to you.
Amadeus Amadeus: I hadn't even considered having Eri use the language she picks up from Izuku in front of his mom. What do you even do in that situation? Like your with your mom and your friends daughter just claims to be your bitch. I can't even imagine how someone responds to that. I guess they'd say she doesn't know what that means but he's probably still in trouble because she knows the word to begin with.
Passion probably wasn't the right word to describe their relationship but I'm trying to lean it in that direction a little bit more. I'm trying to find a balance of passionate without seeming horny on main. Sometimes I read stories and am just hit with waves of horny author moments and I really don't want that in my writing. It's honestly one of my biggest fears for the story.
I want their relationship to blossom beyond that co-dependency you mentioned. I don't want them to need each other, I want them to want each other.
Jumpy 85 plays: I genuinely never watched Jojo. Like I'm glad those jokes were so similar because I think it's funny. But I didn't even mean to do that.
Jacqueline Winter Frost: I'm glad that you seem to like the story so far. It's cool to see all the reviews you're leaving. It makes me happy. It makes my writing feel worth it. I hope you continue to enjoy my work.
I based that part where he asks if he could swear with conversations I had with my Aunt. I figured the best way to make characters feel real was to make them act like people I knew.
In a world where vampires and quirks exist I imagine there are laws about both types of powers. It's just the laws regarding non-human powers wouldn't be as well known. There has to be some threat of jail time in this story or else it loses a lot of its tension. I've considered Izuku getting arrested and breaking out but I probably won't go through with that.
Broccoli man is the best man. The thing with Bakugo is complicated. Izuku didn't say he hated him in that chapter but he really does. He's trying not to but it's hard to be forgiving especially when someone literally ruined your life. He tries to make the situation better but he's not perfect. He wishes he was but he isn't.
Thanks for the kind words Reader-san. I was just thinking of something that could add a little bit to the chapter. It didn't have to be anything special. Just something to make it feel down to earth. That felt down to earth so I threw it in there.