I don't own MHA or Venom
Waking up Izuku looked at his ceiling. "Hey, Venom I think we need to talk" memories of the museum fiasco replaying in his mind. Feeling Venom stir in his body Izuku knew that he heard him. "That guy Riot knew you, and it looks like you knew him. If you don't answer, I won't eat chocolate for a week" Hopefully, Venom would stop being so stubborn.
Izuku started getting ready for his day waiting for Venom to speak up. Hearing his mom walking into the kitchen signaled that breakfast would be ready. As he brushed his teeth and shook the grogginess out of his body he felt Venom finally doing something.
"Midoriya"
Izuku felt Venom concentrate on his left shoulder. Looking to his left Izuku's breath hitched as he looked into the giant white eyes of Venom, a small face looking back at him, one with no lips and tons of sharp yellowing teeth. Venom looked back at Izuku with his face stretched in a smile.
"I did not wish for you to meet Riot. I thought that meteor would have killed him.
After the initial shock of seeing Venom Izuku's eyes narrowed as he talked a disappointing frown on his face as he listened.
"He is another of my species who has been hunting me for strength"
"So you are telling me that I have been hunted this whole time?! When exactly were you going to tell me?!" Izuku's temper started to rise as he thought about what could have happened if Riot found them earlier or if there wasn't a hero that could counter the symbiotes around.
"If Fire Fist was not there would I have been killed? What about Jiro and Mom, Venom? What would have happened to them?!" Izuku kept raising his voice until he was almost yelling at the alien. An intense staring match happened as Izuku looked into Venom's eyes, feeling that the alien was disappointed in himself only slightly quelled Izuku's anger, hearing his mom call that breakfast was ready snapped Izuku back to reality.
"You are going to go back inside of me and stay quiet until I can think of a proper punishment, and we are not done talking Venom. If I was not starving right now I would keep yelling at you" Seeing Venom flow back inside Izuku left the bathroom if mom saw Venom's real body she probably would have a heart attack and that was not something Izuku wanted to happen.
"Good morning Izuku, were you talking to Venom just now?" Seeing Izuku nod she went on "Tell him sorry about the need to save me and tell him thank you for helping keep us safe." Hearing his mom talk about Venom saving Jiro and her when Izuku wanted to fight back brought some guilt to Izuku for yelling at him, but maybe he should be more lenient in Venom's punishment, sitting down Izuku started to have a pleasant breakfast before the door slammed open revealing Mitsuki and Katsuki Bakugo.
"INKO I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD! ARE YOU OKAY?!"
Katsuki Bakugo was angry and bored studying history was not what he wanted to do on his days off but being number 1 was worth it, and if he wanted to go to UA then he would have to be number 1. Looking over at his workout gear he debated blowing off some steam and having a break.
"KATSUKI" rang through the halls "What does that old hag want now doesn't she know in studying?"
"WHAT" He yelled back. Getting no answer Katsuki felt his anger rise "WHAT!?" He yelled out again only to get the same answer as before. Clenching his jaw Katuski yelled out again. "WHAT?!" hearing nothing got him mad. Standing up with an explosion and sending his chair across the room Katsuki clenched his fist and started stomping down the hall.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT YOU OLD BAT?! I AM DOING IMPORTANT SHIT" Seeing his mother rushing to put on her shoes and jacket showed Katsuki that whatever happened was serious.
"GET YOUR SHIT ON INKO AND IZUKU WERE ATTACKED YESTERDAY, AND DONT CALL ME THAT YOU DUMBASS BRAT" Hearing that Aunt Inko got attacked got Katsuki mad. "WHO THE HELL WOULD ATTACK AUNT INKO? AND THE FUCK WAS DEKU DOING?" Even if he didn't want to see Deku and Aunt Inko was important to him, his old mom made it clear that he was going if he wanted to or not.
Seeing Aunt Mitsuki was always a good time for Izuku, her bold and confident personality was fun to be around. Izuku only had time to look up at her before being enveloped in a bone-crushing hug from the woman.
"OH IZUKU THANK GOD YOU'RE OKAY! Have you been growing? I heard you are going to try for U.A good luck Izuku!" Mitsuki seemingly jumped from topic to topic while Katsuki standing in the doorway with a scowl on his face as he looked at his old hag and Deku. His gaze softened slightly when he looked at Inko.
"Good to see you Aunt Inko Im glad you're alright" He mumbled out to her. Inko heard Katsuki talking to her and while Mitsuki was talking Izuku's ear off she started up the conversation with Katsuki. "It was quite the fright, thank goodness Izuku and his quirk were there to save me." Her smile widened as she thought of how brave Izuku was.
Katsuki felt a little flicker of anger when Inko talked about Deku but he was also slightly surprised about the quirk part "That quirkless Deku has a quirk now? HAS THAT FUCKER BEEN MOCKING ME THIS ENTIRE TIME?!" Before Katsuki could respond his mother spoke up
"KATSUKI COME OVER HERE AND TALK TO IZUKU" Katsuki's anger spiked again as he heard his mom. "OH DEKU AND I WILL TALK ALRIGHT" Making a small "tch" sound Katsuki started walking towards Deku's room, knowing the nerd would follow him. Opening the door to Deku's room Katsuki was surprised for the second time when there was almost no All Might merchandise in sight. "The fuck is the fanboy doing?"
"W-What do you want Katsuki?" turning to the source Bakugo smirked. "Aunt Inko tells me you got a quirk now Deku." over the past few weeks Deku had avoided him like crazy, now was a good chance to see that the Hero otaku was up too. Placing his right hand on Izukus's shoulder to intimidate him.
What Izuku did surprise him for the 3rd time today, with lightning-fast reflexes Izukus hand slapped his away, the timid shy boy's face sharpening to a cold glare. "I do Katsuki and I will become the best hero in the world" Looking at Izuku's serious face made Katsuki laugh "AHAHA DONT MAKE ME LAUGH DEKU" Opening both his palms he made small pops and crackles. "YOU WILL NEVER BE A HERO"
Izuku glared at him and willed Venom to flow to his hand. Making a small tentacle wave up in the air Izuku saw Bakugo's amused face turn into a scowl before Bakugo thrust his hand forward and set off an explosion at Venom. The heat and sound from the explosion scattered part of Venom and sent him back into Izuku's body.
Seeing the quirk being destroyed by such a small explosion brought the smile back on Bakugos face "AHAHAH DEKU WHAT A WEAK AND USELESS QURIK! FITS YA DOESN'T IT?! AHAHA" Like a switch, Bakugo went from laughing at Deku to being dead serious "Don't become a hero Deku, take care of Aunt Inko, and stay out of my way" With that being said Bakugo shoulder-checked Izuku and walked to the kitchen.
Now alone in his room, Izuku started collecting the scattered pieces of Venom while thinking about what Bakugo said "Fits me ehh? He is right about that both me and Venom need each other, I think it's time to step up our training right Venom?
"FUCK that guy"
"I think it's time to save up and get some phenylethylamine supplements. Is there anything else you eat Venom?
"Human Brains"
Izukus's brain short-circuited for a second "...What the HELL?! Why would you need to eat human brains?
"It is the fastest and easiest way to get clean and pure phenethylamine for me"
"I'm sorry Venom but eating someone is off the table, killing someone is not heroic and there is no way in HELL that I am going to become a cannibal and now that we talking again your punishment for not telling me about Riot is that I will not eat chocolate or tater tots for 2 weeks and we will be training to see if we can raise the number of decibels you can handle"
"FINE! We can do it the SLOW way but give me a brain and we will become unstoppable!"
"No" was all Izuku said before noticing he had been in his room too long. "I don't want my breakfast to get too cold" Walking back into the kitchen Izuku saw his mom and
Aunt Mitsuki talking like they always did and Katsuki eating some of the food his mom made.
Izuku and Katsuki ate in silence as both moms talked and talked and talked. Seeing that both moms would keep talking Izuku finished eating and went into the living room to watch his Hero show, seeing Katsuki slide into the room both teens sat in silence for what seemed like an eternity before hearing Mitsuki yell from the other room
"GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE KATSUKI WE LEAVING" Izuku looked over as Katsuki practically teleported out of the room. Walking back into the kitchen Izuku got one more hug and "good luck" before the Bakugos left leaving the Midoriya alone again.
"How nice of the Bakugos to drop in like that" Inko smiled as she cleaned up the kitchen with Izuku. "I hope you had a good time with Katsuki" Izuku smiled and turned to his mom "I am meeting Jiro tomorrow maybe get some lunch or something"
"That's amazing Izuku, you are growing up so fast you know?" Izuku felt Venom swirling under his skin. Having that conversation with Katsuki and Venom showed Izuku that he was not as strong as he thought, and that if he wanted to become the best hero he would have to work even harder. "I guess I am growing up Mom"
Yesterday was an overall good day, he got some shopping done, got to talk to Aunt Mitsuki, and he revamped some of his schedules to better push his limits, even writing down when he would sleep to get the most optimal rest every day. Today, however; he had to meet Jiro and that scared him.
"What if she wants revenge for what happened? What if she wants a restraining order? What if tells the police about Riot and Venom? I think that I'm SCREWED" The walk to the Beach did not help calm him down, his feet moving on their own as Izuku mumbled to himself.
Sitting down on the cleaner part of the Beach Izuku looked out to the ocean. The mountains of trash are not too far away. The Beach did not get any visitors yet, but Izuku knew that after a few months, he would have cleared away enough that people would start to visit
Hearing someone walking towards him Izuku turned to see Jiro's dark purple eyes looking at him. "You asked me to meet you in a dump?" Hearing the amused tone in her voice helped quell some of the more "dire" outcomes that Izuku had thought of. "W-W-Well I-Its just a p-project of mine" Seeing her pointed stare Izuku went on "I-I have been cleaning it up while training to be a hero"
Jiro looked at the endless piles of garbage on the beach, plugging her nose the closer she got to Izuku "It's smelly here can we go somewhere else? I am thirsty and I don't wanna listen to you when it smells this bad." Izuku stood up and looked up somewhere they could get a drink.
"S-sorry about that I don't really hang out with friends much" Izuku looked away with a slight embarrassing blush on his face. Leading her away from the beach Izuku relaxed, it did not seem like she was going to press charges or anything. "It's alright, get me a strawberry lemonade, and ill forgive you for making me walk to a dump" walk to the drink place Izuku looked glanced at Jiro she had a black skirt with white lines crisscrossing over it and held u by a belt with tiny spikes all over it, her boots that went half up her calf, a sweater with a band he didn't recognize and some spiked earrings.
Izuku was mentally kicking himself for agreeing to go out in public with a cute girl. He also needed to say something because neither of them said anything sense the beach and it was extremely awkward. "I uhh guess I have some stuff to tell you"
"Real smooth"
Jiro turned to him with a deadpan look on her face. "Well…DUH let's start with why that guy was attacking us" Hearing Jiro tease him helped calm him down after that rocky start. "W-Well it's kind of a long story…I will tell you after I get some lemonade" Getting both of them some lemonade Izuku lead her to a nearby park.
"Why didn't you just ask me to meet here? For someone who seems smart, you are pretty dumb Midoriya" Izuku turned away to blush again, Jiro seemed to love teasing him and he kinda deserved it "I already said sorry Jiro now there is a pretty secluded bench over there that we can go to" Izuku grabbed Jiros wrist and started walking her to the bench not knowing the effect he had on Jiro
Jiro felt her neck start to warm up as she processed what Midoriya did "Grabbing my hand and bringing me to a secluded bench, on the first time hanging out?!" Jiro was glad that Midoriya was looking away because she was blushing from her thoughts, it wasn't like she had any more experience dating than Midoriya did.
Sitting down both teens sat in a comfortable silence and just sipped their drinks. Sitting down and enjoying their lemonade as they watched the ducks in the pond, listened to the birds chirping, and soaked in the pleasant scenery. "I suppose I should start with my quirk," Izuku said to her. "You can come out Venom"
Jiro watched as Izuku closed his eyes and let Venom flow out of his shoulder like yesterday. Her breath hitched as she came face to face with the monster of her dreams. Multiple bands of Venom were congested to make a mask, one with sharp features and no nose, resembling the villain from the museum.
"Hello Kyoka Jiro"
Jiro slapped her hand over her mouth to keep herself from screaming out. Hearing Venom move around in Midoriya was one thing, seeing him and hearing his deep scratchy voice was another thing.
"Venom isn't really my quirk Jiro…we kinda bonded a month ago…He told me he came from space." Izuku waited til Jiro calmed down and got used to Venom's presence. Izuku then went on to tell her about how Riot was an enemy symbiote who wanted to kill Venom, and how he and Venom were going to get strong enough to destroy him.
"And then we will lead him to this old abandoned gas station and kick his ass!" "DAMN STRAIT" Jiro listened as both Midoriya and Venom explained in great detail how they planned to defeat the other alien, which was good and all but kinda weird how they already had this elaborate plan. "Look dude that's cool and all but why don't you just tell the heroes or police about him?"
Izuku turned to Jiro, the usually nervous boy who was in his element when it came to quirks and heroes, "There is a slight problem with that…Riot and Venom feed off this chemical called phenethylamine… consuming it makes them stronger" Seeing Jiro's confused face Izuku took a deep breath before going on "Venom gets his from chocolate and other sources, but-"
"Riot has been eating people that's why he kicked our ass"
Izuku winched and covered his face with his hands as Venom bluntly told Jiro the secret to his power was human brains. Jiro quietly gasped and stayed quiet while both teens looked away from each other. A few moments later Venom decided to break the ice.
"LAAAME"
Jiro pinched her thigh to help calm her down. "H-Have you eaten anyone Midoriya?" Izuku looked at her before saying "N-NO of course not! Venom and I have agreed to not eat anyone unless it's extreme circumstances… We are going to be Heros after all!" Izukus's tone changed from being unsure to passionate about his goal.
Another silence fell between the teens, "Midoriya and Venom are complete opposites until you talk about becoming a hero" Jiro watched as Venom flowed back into Midoriya and asked the question she had on her mind for a while.
"Do you think I could become a Hero Midoriya?" in all honesty Jiro was ashamed of herself for being completely useless in the museum, getting injured completely took her out and she could only sit and watch as Midoriya got stabbed through the arms, carried both she and his mom through the museum as they where being chased and then had to watch as he prepared to put his life on the line to fight back, all while she was too scared to even make a sound or move. It infuriated her, watching someone her age do what some pro heroes could not, all while she was playing the damsel in distress.
"I mean you are already hero material Midoriya, but seeing you save both of us made me realize that I want to save people like that…you know as a hero." Jiro clutched her left side subconsciously feeling the rough scar tissue under her sweater. It was a constant reminder that she was useless.
Izuku turned to look at Jiro he could hear her becoming emotional. Izuku did not have much experience with an emotional girl but when in doubt: smile. "You CAN become a Hero if you want then you can join me and train for the U.A. exams only if you want though" Hopefully training for your goal was something girls liked.
That seemed to cheer her up a little. "I think I would like that Midoriya but please don't tell me it is at that dump. Midoryia gave a sheepish smile back at her. "I will try my best to clean it up for you, and I'm sorry again for asking you to meet me there." the tense energy from the past 20 minutes seemed to evaporate and in its wake, a more playful one filled it.
"You dork I'm just giving you a hard time is all" poking Midoriya in the neck with her jack getting a surprised yelp from him. "Now let's get something to eat it's about lunchtime" Izuku didn't know why but he relaxed around Jiro more even though she was a girl. "My first friend in forever! Something about Jiro made Izuku happy was it because Venom liked her? It doesn't matter. "Hey nerd come on I'm hungry" Another poke to the neck snapped Izuku out of his thoughts "Sorry about that now what should we get to eat?"
"CHOCOLATE"
Hitoshi Shinso stared up at his ceiling getting any sleep was impossible when his parents were yelling at each other. Curving his pillow to cover his ears he tried to tune them out. Finding no luck Shinso put on his shoes and tried to sneak out of the house, he had made a place to sleep that was near a dump so he could get some uninterrupted sleep.
"WHERE THE HELL YOU THINK YOUR GOING!" "Shit looks like pops saw me" Shinso turned to glare at his dad "Why the hell do you care? Drink your alcohol and FUCK OFF" Shinso yelled back, it's not like his dad to be understanding.
"DAMN BRAT! As I recall you haven't paid rent this month and since you want to leave so badly DONT COME BACK TIL YOU PAY RENT" Shinso gritted his teeth in anger as he glanced at his mom sitting down at the table shooting up trigger, feeling her quirk as she looked in his eyes, her hypnosis quirk prodding around his head. Shinso could tell she was too drugged out of her mind to do anything to him so he gave his father one more glance before walking out and slamming the door.
Shinso sat on the porch and waited for the inventable time when his mom would hypnotize his dad and drink his booze. 10 minutes later and after a few yells from his father before going quiet told Shinso that he was hypnotized, he could stand their terrible personalities and addiction problems but if they started beating each other then Shinso would have to step in. even though he hated them a small part of him wanted them alive.
Shinso pulled out his phone to look at the time 1:53 AM it would be a long night. A short walk to his "Home away from home" made Shinso even more tired. Finding his spot He saw that some animal got into his stashed food, he knew it was an animal because he still had his cot, tarp, and sleeping bag set up between 2 trees, a homeless man would have stolen them.
With a small sigh, Shinso climbed into his sleeping bag and looked to the sky. "Hopefully a bunch of people need some odd jobs done, being homeless really is a drag" Shinso's eyes finally got too heavy for him and he finally could fall asleep without interruptions.
Carlton Drake read the files on the serial killer case Mr. Chisaki assigned him. "Hmmm looks like he calmed down, that usually means he either got close to being busted or did get busted" Then was usually a pattern with this guy and he just disrupted it. Drake let a small smirk appear on his face as he cross-referenced the time of the last attack and the number of police busts until he found a few cases that fit the bill.
"Heros bust small time trigger deal...A few small-time arrests…an attack on the Hero Museum? Sounds interesting I wonder why I didn't hear about it" Drake looked up any coverage he could find before realizing the press and government were tight-lipped about it. Drake frowned as he was almost completely in the dark. "I think it's about time I call in that favor from La Brava, that oaf Gentle Criminal doesn't use her hacking capabilities to their fullest potential, that museum footage is as good as MINE now"
Picking up his phone he found that contact info La Brava left him before clicking "Call" Sure it might be a dead end but information was power and Carlton Drake loved being in control hearing La Brava pick up Drake smiled "La Brava it's been too long, but I require your skills" Detective work was easy when you understood people.
AUTHORS NOTES
WHATS UP WHATS UP WHATS UPPPPPP I apologize for being a day late I honestly to god I thought it was Tuesday and i apologize for the rushed chapter, I been getting ready for collage, and its time-consuming, that job market right now is TUFF the good news is that I shot 88 golfing last Thursday but enjoy the chapter the next one will be better i feel it in my toes.