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Last night, we let the liquor talk
I can't remember everything we said, but we said it all
You told me that you wish I was somebody you never met
But baby, baby, something's tellin' me this ain't over yet
No way it was our last night
(And yes, this song is stuck in my head. I don't even listen to country music, but this song is the exception.)
Alright! Hello y'all, Pixel here, back again with a brand new chapter of Deku 10 and once again, to the Winter of Fics! Bet you didn't see this one coming out so soon huh?
Oh man, boy did the last chapter spark a flame. I knew what was going to be the initial reaction when Bakugou blew up (figuratively and literally), but boy, I wasn't expecting the feedback from it all. People were happy that the idiot exposed himself while there were a few (like 4 dudes), who were upset, said my story sucks, I'm full of hate and asked (*cough* begged. *cough*) for Bakugou to have redemption. Even if I wanted to, it's too late, the guy is far too gone for me to fix him. so, I can't, sorry. Maybe one day, if you can push me as to why I should.
This chapter is going to be shorter due to my trying to grind here and since thanks to the last chapter, my mind has been racing on this story, coming up with new scenarios, ideas, and other things. And it's an emotional chapter, so be prepared to shed some tears and you will be happy at the end, why? Well, you'll see why at the end of the chapter, so DON'T try and skip ahead to see what's down there, it'll ruin the experience
So, please enjoy and I'll talk to you all in the end notes
Please enjoy!
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The Alien Hero: Deku 10
Chapter 55: Confessions…
[Location: Training Grounds, outside the main Lodge, Pussycat's Camp, Japan.]
[Date: 15th July 2264. Thursday.]
[Time: 10:15 am. Morning]
[Training Camp-Day 4]
We once again return to the Wild Wild Pussycats' resort and see the students were once again, training in improving their Quirks. But…the atmosphere of the camp was…tense…
[Insert Music: Hide by Juice WRLD ft. Seezyn]
The students were trying to train, but they all felt gloomy and disheartened. Those were the results after the previous day's event in learning about Bakugou and Izuku's past and their relationship after Bakugou's blow-up and confession. They were not really in the mood to train since they were still reeling and processing everything, especially those for Class A since they were the most affected
The teachers and Pussycats were watching the students train and saw what the mood of the students was and knew why.
"This is bad…" Pixie-Bob mutters, with her arms crossed
"Yeah…" Ragdoll says, with little if not no jolly energy she was known for. "The students are all sad and gloomy…" She says as Mandalay nods
"Yeah, that's what happens when you find out one of your classmates was not only a bully toward another one but also told them to off themselves for a better life in the next one." Mandalay says. My bet is that none of them knows what to do and are trying to distract themselves from their own minds…but that's not even working." She says as Tiger nods
"The best we can do is observe should anything happen." Tiger says, the other Pussycats nod and look back at the students
"I just feel bad for the little changing kitty. Why would someone do that to a person like him?" Pixie-Bob says
"Yeah, he seems like a nice kid." Ragdoll says
"Yeah…he seems so." Mandalay says, trying to think and understand why would someone bully a person like Izuku
Aziawa was by the side, watching the students train as he had a frown on his face. He was irritated by the events of the previous day and the orders he received from Nezu earlier in the morning regarding Bakugou and the statement he said. He was so deep in his thought that he didn't see Vlad walk up to him
"Aizawa…" Vlad says as Aizawa snaps out of his thoughts and turns to him
"Kan…" Aizawa greets Vlad with his given name and the blood-themed hero nods as he looks at the students and saw the state they were in
"We have to resolve this. the students aren't giving it their all in their training." Vlad says as he turns to Aizawa, "If we don't do something soon, they might never get ready for the Provincial Licence exams later in the summer." He says and Aizawa agrees with a nod and a sigh
"I know…I know…" Aizawa says, feeling drained of his low energy as he turns to Vlad. "But what can we do?" He says, making the blood-themed hero confused
"Hmm? What do you mean by that?" Kan asks with a raised eyebrow
"What I mean is that what can we do? We have little to no idea as to what happened when Midoriya and Bakugou were attending Jr High together or what extent of the bullying was back then and when led to Bakugou saying that to Midoriya. The police have only begun the investigation at Aldera Jr High and the Aldera School district, if we do something rash now in regards to Bakugou, it could intervene, if not, disrupt the investigation and could possibly open up new issues for us and U.A. down the line. The best thing for us to do for now is to be there for our students and help them through this, help them should they come to us, not us going to them. And keep Bakugou away from everyone else, in the event of him going in to attack them…or them going in to attack him…I'm planning on talking to Bakugou and Midoriya in regards to what was said at the lake tomorrow and find out what happened and see what we will do from there." Aizawa says. Kan thought over what he said and couldn't help but think logically about it. If they did anything rash with Bakugou, that could lead to some big issues for them and U.A., should the media get a hold of this information? Plus, there's still that lingering possibility that the villains would take him or attack him if they were to throw him out now since the classes were still possible targets of the villains' thanks to the U.S.J., so all they could do, was investigate in this manner until they got enough evidence to do their ruling from there. Kan sighs and nods
"Okay…I trust you on this. Let's just hope you're right on this." Vlad says as he looks back to the students while Aizawa does the same action a bit later
"I hope so too…" Aizawa says, feeling unsure of himself with this decision
Over at the students, they were continuing to try and train but they just did half-heartedly as their overall mood wasn't great. Most of the girls were tired after last night in calming Mina down until she eventually passed out from exhaustion while some of them cried as well. With the boys, they were trying to train as Kirishima was seen getting by Ojiro but this was different from before. The red-hair had a roll of bandages tied around his hands and there were blood stains on the bandages.
"C'mon, Ojiro! Hit me harder!" Kirishima yells, looking irate as the Tail wielder looks at him with uncertainty
"Y-You sure man? I am wearing heavy-duty Kevlar on my tail, plus you look like you're getting tired." Ojiro says. He looks at Kirishima and saw that he was panting a bit and his muscles were straining, he could tell that much
"Just do it, okay!" Kirishima yells. Seeing as there was no way to persuade Kirishima not to do this, Ojiro does what he was told and strikes the red-hair with a barrage of attacks onto Kirishima's hardened skin, each strike causes sparks to fly through the air as Kirishima gets pushed back from the attack while gritting his teeth as he further hardens himself "Again, harder!" He shouts as Ojiro sends another barrage of heavy attacks onto him, further gritting his teeth as he pushes his Quirk to its utter limits. "HARDER!" He shouts once more and again, Ojiro continues to send down attack after attack onto him, pushing him back further across the grounds as some were watching this go on and really didn't know if they should stop this or not, they understood where this aggression was coming from and felt sorry for the Harden bro…
Over at Mina, she was training her kicks and strikes while adding her acid to the attack, she was trying to focus on her training but she looked completely drained of all the hyperactive energy she usually has in her life as her eyes were a bit puffy and she had dark circles under them, showing she had little to no sleep the previous night
Next to her was Kyoka who also looked a bit exhausted as she was continuing her training from the previous day on the hillside, she turns to Mina and saw her condition and was concerned for her. So, as a friend, she asked her
"Hey…Mina…" Kyoka calls out to the pink-skinned hybrid who didn't even hear her, still concentrating on her kicks, Kyoka stops training, walks up to her, and taps on her shoulder. "Mina, did you hear me?" She asks
"H-Huh?" Feeling the tap on her shoulder and someone calling out to her, Mina snaps out of her thoughts and turns to where the voice came from and sees Kyoka there, standing and looking at her with a concerned expression. "O-Oh, hey Kyoka. What's up?" Mina says
"Are you okay? You look tired." Kyoka asks and Mina just sighs heavily
"Because I am tired…" Mina says, looking very more exhausted just from talking, and her mood dropped as she turns to Kyoka. "Look Kyoka, I'm honestly not in the mood to talk right now, I just want to focus on my training. So, could you please just leave me alone?" She asks
"Mina…" Kyoka was about to object but a stern stare from Mina made her stop before another word could come out
"Jirou. Please. I want to be alone right now…" Mina says. After a while of staring, Kyoka sighs and eventually nods
"Okay…" Kyoka says as she turns and was about to leave before turning her head back to Mina. "But if you want to talk, I'm here." She says, and Mina looks down for a bit before lifting her head up and nodding at her
"Okay…thanks…" Mina thanks Kyoka who nods and finally walks away from her, leaving her in her solitude as she resumes her kicking and punching but while doing so, her mind begins to go back to the previous day's events, on how she was partly responsible for pushing Bakugou to the edge to him exposing his and Izuku's past and their relationship as bully/victim, and what he said to Izuku on him killing himself to gain a Quirk in the next life, she wasn't expecting that and it deeply disturbed her on how nonchalant he was when he said that, it was all it was natural for him to say something too cruel to someone else. But that wasn't the only thing that was bothering her, she was thinking about how Izuku might be feeling during all this. When he asked how she found out about their past, he looked furious about it and looked betrayed, that's what was really bothering her right now. She betrayed him by exposing his past to everyone, and she didn't apologize for it, her guilty concussion was playing tricks on her, on the possibility that Izuku could expose her as an alien hybrid as payback or…never talk to her again for it. And that one, truly scared and hurt her…deeply as she…she…
'Izuku…I'm so sorry…' Mina thought, as tears begin to form in her eyes
~BOOM!~
Suddenly, an explosion goes off in the distance, the teachers and Pros turn to where the explosion went off and saw a large cloud of dust kicking up in the air just above the forest and they had an idea as to who it was
"And how long has he been at it for?" Kan asks as Aizawa sighs and counts the time Izuku was training
"Since 4 in the morning, so roughly over 6 hours…" Aizawa says, causing Kan to be surprised by the amount of time
"The kid needs to take a break. It's good to train but there is such a thing called overtraining and that's what he's doing at the moment." Kan says and Aizawa nods
"I know, which was why I'll go and get Problem Child to stop soon before he overdoes it." Aizawa says. Kan nods and looks back to the other students training while noticing something missing
"Speaking about problems. Where's the kid that started all this?" Kan asks and Aizawa knew who he was talking about
"He's currently sitting in the classroom in the lodge. I cuffed to the table a pair of Quirk-Cancelling cuffs so he could break free. I had to put him somewhere until this whole thing cools down to the point where no one attacks." Aizawa says. Kan nods
"Good. Let's just hope he stays there." Kan says as they quietly continue watching the students. Soon after, another explosion goes off near them, causing the ground to rumble from it as Aizawa just sighs heavily
"Okay, I think that's enough now. I'm going to go and get him…" Aizawa says "Watch the students will ya?" he asks and Kan nods
"Okay." Kan says. Aizawa nods and starts walking into the forest in search of Izuku to get him back to the others.
[End Music]
In the middle of the forest, in a clearing not too far from where the training ground was, Izuku stood, covered in dirt, scoot, scratches, and bruises as he heavily pants while holding onto his knees of support and looks around him, seeing the mass amount of craters all over the clearing and the destroyed trees laying on the ground, the damage he had created from the training he put himself through upon waking up earlier.
He had spent most of the early hours of the morning, during his training and beating his frustrations out on anything he could lay his hands onto. The reason why he'd do this? He was upset, bitter along with other emotions thanks to the events of the previous day
Yesterday…was probably one of the worst days of his life, on the list of him discovering he was Quirkless originally, the day he discovered he was brutally terrified of clowns and peacocks (Both were on the same day), or how he lost a bid to a limited edition signed All Might 2198 poster. Yeah, he's had pretty strange worst days but anyway. Yesterday was one of those days he wants to forget and move on with his life, but there was an issue with that, he couldn't. He couldn't move on since everyone now knew what his past was really like with Bakugou, he didn't want anyone to know since he didn't want them to worry about him from how bad it was, he was fine, he lived through it and look at him now. He was fine, and he didn't want to burden anyone
He pants a bit as he looks down at the Omnitrix and saw it was in the red, meaning he still had to wait for it to go green so he could resume his training, well, guess he could train on OFA for a bit while he waited. But just before he could even start powering up Full Cowling, his Quirk suddenly turns off, leaving him confused by what happened
"What the?" Izuku utters, wondering what was going on with OFA
"Kiddo…" Izuku hears Nana speak as he looks up and sees her floating in the air above him and was looking at him with a concerned look. "We need to talk…" Nana says as Izuku looks at her and realizes that she stopped OFA
"There's nothing to talk about Nana." Izuku says as he starts walking to the side of the clearing. Nana floats after him and faces him
"Yes there is, you have to stop doing what you're doing right now." Nana says. Izuku just walks through her and continues walking
"And what is that am I doing at the moment." Izuku asks
"Pushing others away and trying to do this alone." Nana says, Izuku
"I'm fine being on my own." Izuku says as he sits on a rock while Nana just looks at him with a cross expression
"You're not? Is that what you're saying? Look around." Nana says as she points at the clearing and Izuku follows and sees the destruction. "This place is destroyed since there are piles of craters on the ground and there are broken pieces of trees as well. And take a look at yourself." She says as she points to Izuku and he takes a look at himself to see his condition. "You're covered in dirt, scoot, and have scratches and bruises on your body." She says, Izuku looks at him and just shrugs his shoulders, not caring about his appearance or his condition
"I was training myself." Izuku says as Nana just rolls her eyes
"That wasn't training. That was pushing yourself to an early grave, considering that there is a thing called overtraining." Nana says as Izuku looks down at the floor
"You just don't get it…" Izuku says as Nana narrows her eyes at him
"Get what? That your past got revealed in front of everyone and that you're afraid that people will look at you differently?" Nana asks, Izuku slightly flinches before he looks up and glares at her
"That isn't it!" Izuku yells, looking furious, Nana, however, wasn't intimidated by the glare as she looks at him with a raised eyebrow
"So, what is it then?" Nana asks, Izuku just opens his mouth to speak his reasons but stops when he had no really one to say about all this, so, he just lowers his head back down to the ground
"You... you wouldn't understand me." Izuku says
"How do you know I won't understand you if you're not saying anything? Don't want to try?" Nana asks, Izuku just remained silent for a bit, as he thinks about what she said until he speaks
"...No, forget about it. I don't want to touch that subject." Izuku says as Nana just looks at him with a disappointed expression
"Kiddo, this isn't an everyday problem you can sleep off or shrug off. It's trauma and if you continue to ignore it, down the line, it'll come to you at the worst time and it wouldn't just affect you, it will affect those around you. Would you rather suffer this trauma alone than receive help from loved ones?" Nana asks as Izuku just looks down for a bit before he looks up to her and nods.
"It so that I can forget all this…yeah…I would…" Izuku says, causing Nana to look at him with wide eyes and an open mouth in shock
"You'd rather not get help from others, your family, your friends, from anyone who's trying to help you in moving on with this trauma?" Nana says. Izuku looked conflicted for a bit before steering his nerves down and nods
"Yeah…" Izuku says as he looks down at the Omnitrix and saw it was in the green, he then stands back up and walks past Nana who continued to stare at him in shock
"Izuku…" Nana was saying before Izuku held his hand up at her, making her stop talking
"Nana, it would be best if you'd just left me alone…" Izuku says in a quiet tone, Nana saw that he was starting to shake and started concerned as she moves to him
"Kiddo I-"
"Nana!" Izuku cut Nana off with a shout, causing her to move back "Please…just leave me alone…" He whispers, which was barely audible as Nana looks at him before nodding
"Okay…I'll leave you alone. But if you want to talk, you can call me out." Nana says and Izuku nods
"Okay…" Izuku says as Nana just nods and fades away back into the Omnitrix, leaving Izuku to stand there, alone in his thoughts. He starts to think about Nana's words and thought about the trauma he has, trauma from his time in Jr High
'Do I have trauma?' Izuku thought for a bit before he shakes his head, denying the words of Nana saying that he had some form of trauma. 'No…I don't, I'm fine the way I am…' He thought. He was about to resume his training when a voice spoke out
"Midoriya." Izuku turns and sees Aizawa walking out of the surrounding bushes and into the crater-filled clearing
"O-Oh, Mr. Aizawa." Izuku stutters as he fully turns and faces his teacher. "Is there something you need?" he asks and Aizawa just shakes his head
"Nothing's wrong. I just came looking for you." Aizawa says before he was in front of Izuku. "Are you feeling alright?" He asks the teen
"Y-Yeah, I'm feeling fine right now. I was just about to get back to training." Izuku says, putting on a smile as Aizawa looks at him
"I can see that." Aizawa says before looking around the clearing and seeing the destruction all over the area, he sighs as he turns back to Izuku "Kid, I think you should take a break. You've been at it for over 5 hours now with no break." He says and Izuku just waves his hands to him, as he suddenly started to feel tired
"N-Nah Mr. Aizawa, I'm okay, I can keep training. I'm not feeling tired at all." Izuku stutters, still smiling, Aizawa notices his body starting to sway and narrows his eyes at the bruises and scratches that were on his body
"Kid, you can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to me." Aizawa says making Izuku look at him in shock, did he listen to him talk when Nana was out? "Your posture says it all, the way you're standing just tells me that you're on your last legs and could collapse at any moment now. Plus, the rings under your eyes also tell me that you didn't get enough sleep last night. You're running on fumes kid, and those fumes are about to run out." He says, making Izuku slightly panic
"N-N-No, I'm fine Mr. Aizawa, really. I'm not feeling tired at all." Izuku says, his smile beginning to strain a bit while he was barely holding onto standing
"Izuku, please. Don't deny it, you must realize that you're barely able to stand right." "C'mon, I'm taking you back to get rest and I'm forbidding you to train for the rest of the day and tomorrow. Is that alright?" He asks, as Izuku only nods as his vision started to go black
"Y-Yeah…it i-" Izuku was saying but he stops as he leans forward and falls face first into the ground, altering Aizawa
"Izuku!" Aziawa yells as he moves to Izuku and lifts him up and looks at him "Kid! Kid! Are you alright!?" He asks as he looks and sees Izuku wasn't responding as he was fast asleep, making him sigh in relief at seeing that he was only asleep and nothing worse
'Guess I was right. He worked himself to the point for sleep.' Aizawa thought as he looks around the clearing and to the craters and destruction. 'He must have been taking his frustrations out here. Sigh, what am I going to do with you Problem Child…' He thought as he picks up Izuku and places him on his back and starts traversing the forest to the training grounds where upon arriving there, did everyone see him and saw Izuku on his back, passed out. Lucy's eyes widen in shock and fear as she drops the blob of mud she had in the air from her training and rushes over to him with Acie and Mina
"Sir, Sir! What happened to Izuku!?" Lucy yells, assuming the worst, Aizawa was about to speak when he gets cut off by Mina
"Is he alright!?" Mina yells, worried about him as Acie nods
"Is he?!" Acie asks. The trio continue to bombard question after question onto Aizawa whose eyebrow began to twitch until he lost patience and glared at the girls with his Quirk activated, silencing them
"He is fine, he just passed out from overexerting himself in his training when he didn't just much sleep last night and didn't take any break in-between his training, and when I arrived to him and speak, his body finally took that moment and made him pass out to rest." Aizawa says, causing the girls to sigh out in relief, at hearing that. "I told him that he's forbidden to resume training today and tomorrow to rest, not just his body but his mind as well." "Mann, I'm assigning you the task of keeping him from training, otherwise I'll be forced in putting him down…the hole…can you do that?" He asks as he put emphasis on the hole, whether it was a threat or not was something the girls couldn't decide. Lucy blinks a bit before she nods
"Uhh...yes sir…" Lucy says as Aizawa nods
"Good." Aizawa says as he looks over his shoulder at Izuku. "Now, go back to your training while I take this Problem Child to his bed, good day." He says as he leaves the girls there, taking Izuku to the lodge so he can rest up. While the girls watch on in worry
"I hope Izzy's alright." Lucy says, as Acie and Mina nod
"Me too." Acie says
"Yeah…" Mina says, Lucy and Acie walk back to their spots to resume their training while Mina remained, looking at the lodge and sees Izuku on Aizawa's back as she starts thinking about a choice she had to make, hoping that it'd work…
[Timeskip: 18:06 pm. Evening]
Izuku was lying in bed, asleep as his eyes twitch and slowly open, stirring awake. He fully opens them and sees he was in his futon, still in his P.E. clothes, he starts thinking back to see how he got there and remembers he was talking to Mr. Aizawa and that felt dizzy before everything went back, and realized that he passed out while talking. He sighs and looks up to the wooden ceiling and just stares at it for a while as he just runs his hand through his hair and sighs before lowering his hand down onto the futon, but when he flops onto the futon, he feels something, making him look to where what he hit and sees a piece of paper lying next to him, making him confused
'What the?' Izuku thought, he picks the note up and looks at it and saw it had his name making him more confused. He looks at it and sees it and saw it was folded, he opens it and sees there was something written on it and starts reading the content
Izuku, if you're awake and are reading this, please meet me by the lake by 18:30. I want to talk to you. Come alone. I understand if you don't but please, it's important.
-Mintoca…
'Mintoca?' Izuku thought with a confused expression before his eyes opened wide as he realizes who this was 'Mina?' He thought, while he sits up and reads the note again, making sure it was really her and sees it was from the handwriting 'She…wants to talk at the lake, alone? I wonder why…' He thought, he puts the note down and looks at the ceiling again for a little while, thinking if he should go there and meet her 'What if she wants to apologize? Explain how she really found out about my past. Should I even go? I could...but…I feel like I should go and hear her out…' He thought, further contemplating on rather he should go to the lake to meet Mina or not. And after a while longer, he makes his decision.
Izuku sighs as he gets up from the futon and quickly changes out of his P.E. clothes and into his causal wear, a green t-shirt with white kanji writing on the front saying: Camp shirt, a pair of black basketball shorts and his sneakers as he exits the boys' room and walks through the building to the exit where he enters the outside and sees the classes were busy making their dinner. He looked around and was relieved not to see Bakugou there, he didn't want to face him or he'd do something that he won't regret later. He walks a bit as the others saw him
"Izzy!" Izuku turns at the yells and sees Lucy rushing over to him with a concerned yet relieved expression. "You're awake! Are you okay? Are you feeling alright?" Lucy asks as Izuku just looks at her with a flat look
"I'm fine Lucy. I was just tired and passed out." Izuku says in a depleted tone, making the blonde slightly flinch from it but she steers her nerves down and nods
"Y-Yeah, Mr. Aizawa told us what happened. He made me look after you since you're not allowed to train from now and tomorrow." Lucy says as Izuku thinks back and remembers Aizawa saying that to him before he passed out
"I see…" Izuku says and sighs, now knowing his plans for tomorrow were out the window. The mood around the two turn quiet and awkward as Lucy was nervously looking at Izuku, her mind racing on decisions she had in mind to pick in this situation and finally comes to one as she takes in a deep breath and looks at Izuku
"I-Izzy, is it okay if we talked? Alone?" Lucy asks. Izuku looks at her for a bit, thinking if he should listen to her or not. If he did, maybe he could learn why did she tell his past to Mina and Ochako, he weighs the options and settles for one. He sighs
"Fine…Let's go a by far from the others." Izuku sighs as Lucy smiles a little as they walk a bit far from the others and stand near the forest-opening path to the lake. Izuku turns and looks at Lucy who was getting nervous, "What did you want to talk about?" He asks, crossing his arms and waiting for Lucy to speak. Lucy fidgets a bit
"I…want to apologize." Lucy whispers as Izuku raises his eyebrow as he didn't hear her
"Excuse me? Could you repeat that?" Izuku asks, Lucy swallows the lump in her throat and looks up at Izuku
"I wanted to apologize to you, for spilling your past to Ochako and Mina. I know that I shouldn't have really but I felt that it was a must." Lucy says. Izuku just stands there in front of her for a bit as he takes in what she said and closes his eyes before sighing and opening his eyes again
"Lucy, can I ask you something?" Izuku asks as Lucy looks at him and nods. "Why did you tell Mina and Ochako about my past with Bakugou? What was the reason behind it?" He asks, Lucy looks at him for a little bit before she sighs and nods
[Insert OST: The Team Leaves from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse]
"Okay, I'll tell you why I did it. True be told, I wanted to help you Izuku." Lucy says and Izuku is caught off guard as he raises his eyebrow in confusion. "I've known you since we were 6 and I know the type of person you are Izuku. You're kind-hearted, a gentle spirit, and a hero at heart, but I also know that you're the type who'd let himself suffer if it's to protect others or not to be a burden to them. That way of thinking is good, but also not that great in the long run. You have to know when you need to step back and see that you can't suffer alone when there are people around you who are here and willing to help you. Commander Nezu, Aunty, Tetrex, All Might, Acie, Zia, Ship, our friends, and me. We are here to help you, that's why I told them your past, not to make fun of you or to degrade you, it was to help you get closure and see that you're not alone in this journey, that you have a back up in your corner." She finishes, and Izuku starts to frown
"But…I didn't want help. I was fine on my way, just doing my own way of living." Izuku says and Lucy shakes her head
"Izuku, what you said isn't true, you have lingering trauma and don't even realize it. The speech you said at the Sports Festival to what you said with Kyoka at the park when you spoke about your old classmates from Jr. High. You need to understand that you need help and need closure." Lucy says as Izuku's eyes widen in shock at the last thing she said on how he and Kyoka spoke about their experience in Jr. High
'How does she know that?!' Izuku thought in shock as Lucy continues
"I know you don't understand it now Izuku but you have to understand something else. If you're out there, saving others, who's out there saving you from yourself?" Lucy says, completely taking Izuku off guard as he was surprised by what she said, to the point where he didn't know how to respond to her question properly
"…I-" And just as he was about to try, Lucy holds her hand out and stops him from speaking
"You don't have to answer me now Izzy, I can tell that you don't have a proper answer to the question. But when you finally get the answer, I'll be there waiting for it." Lucy says as he turns and was about to leave but she stops and looks at Izuku one more time and gives him a sincere look. "I hope you do know, that I'm sorry for telling your past to others without your approval. But it's to help you be a better person with a healthier mind." She says and she walks away, leaving Izuku there to think about what she said.
Was it true, did he really have some lingering and under-layered trauma he wasn't aware of? Was Lucy and Nana telling the truth that he needs some form of closure so he could move on? But...he was fine…right?
So many conflicting thoughts were running down his mind as Izuku just shakes his head and starts walking down the path to the lake, to perhaps clear his mind, before arriving at the lake to meet up with Mina and see what she had to say.
[End OST]
[Location: Lake Pussycat, Pussycats' plot, Japan.]
[Time: 18:28 pm. Evening]
Mina was at the docks of the lake, looking up at the stars. Admiring them while in deep thought as she waits for Izuku's arrival, that is if he did wake up and read the note she left. She looks at her phone and sees it was nearing the time she asked and there was still no sign of him and she starts to have worries
'What if he is still asleep? What if he didn't see the note or someone else took it before he saw it? What if he did see the note and doesn't come? Not that I blame him, I did expose him to everyone…' Mina thought as she sighs and looks down, tears begin to form in her eyes as the doubts began to fill her mind, and just as she was about to call it quits and head back to the camp
"Mina? I'm here, where are you?" She hears Izuku's voice and she turns around and sees him walking up to the dock as her eyes widen, Izuku turns to the dock and sees her. "Oh, there you are." He says and Mina just hops up to her feet before rushing to him
"Izuku!" Mina shouts as she leaps toward him and wraps her arms and legs around him, catching Izuku totally off guard as he takes a couple of steps in to stay stable on his feet while Mina started to cry a little into his shoulder. "I-I-I thought you weren't going to come!" She yells, clinging tightly onto Izuku as he freezes. He wasn't expecting her to just jump onto him and hold as her life depended on it but he could at least understand why, she must be feeling bad over what had happened yesterday
"W-W-Whoa, whoa." Izuku says as he holds onto her, just to make sure she doesn't fall "Y-You can calm down now Mina, I'm here on time." He says, he then starts to soothe her by rubbing her back and letting her cry as she looks over at him and nods
"Y-Yeah, you are." Mina says as she cries a bit while also further tightening the hug, Izuku feels soft molds on his chest, he further freezes and his face turns bright red in realization at what was squashing onto his chest and he slowly looks down at Mina
"Uh…M-Mina, could you please let go…you're kind of…" Izuku asks, making Mina look at him and see his expression as he points downward, she follows where he was pointing and saw her bosom pressing against his chest, which was more obvious since she was wearing a take-top due to the heat. She lets go of him and lands back on her feet. She steps away from him and was blushing with her cheeks turning purple
"O-Oh, right." Mina says as she looks away from him. "Sorry about doing that." She says and Izuku nods while also looking away from her, also blushing
"N-No, it's okay. Really." Izuku says. The two then just stand there for a little bit, as they didn't know what to say or do after what happened until Izuku bites the bullet and speaks, "Let's sit down at the end of the dock." He says, pointing at the end of the dock as Mina nods
"Yeah." Mina says and the two walk over to the end of the dock and sit side by side. They sit and don't say or do anything as the mood around them was tense and awkward since they really didn't know how to set things off so, Mina decides she should bite the bullet and speaks. "So, how are you feeling?" She asks
"I'm…okay. And you?" Izuku asks
"I'm feelin' fine…just peachy!" Mina says, with a big grin as she looks at him. "So…lovely weather tonight huh?" She asks as Izuku just shrugs his shoulders
"Y-Yeah…it's…humid" Izuku says. And after that, they fall right back to awkward tense silence. And after a little while, Izuku had enough and sighs as he turns to Mina. "Alright Mina, what's really going on here? Why did you ask me to come here and talk?" he asks, Mina doesn't say a thing at first until she sighs and looks down
"I…want to say…I'm sorry…" Mina whispers, barely audible but Izuku could hear her as he looks at her with confusion
"Hmm?" Izuku hums, "What do you mean you're sorry?" He asks and Mina doesn't lift her head and continues to speak
"I'm sorry for exposing your past with Bakugou and making things tense between you and Lucy and…everything that you could be feeling. I was just…so fed up with Bakugou's bullcrap and the way he was treating you, you didn't deserve it…but that's beside the point here. The point I want to make here is that don't hate or blame Lucy over her telling me everything. I'm the one you can blame." She says, Izuku frowns at this, seeing that she's taking the blame
"It wasn't your fault Mina, Bakugou yelled it out since he was so mad that he didn't think it rationally." Izuku says before but he could say anything else, Mina shakes her head while still looking down
[Insert OST: Under the Clock Tower from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse]
"But it is my fault! I caused him to yell and expose his and your past to everyone! I didn't mean to either! I was just trying to protect you since you're one of my best friends!" Mina shouts as she starts to shake in place. "You're my first real friend Izuku, you're someone I admire and look up to, I see your bravery, your heart, and your determination to do anything you do and I admire that about you. I took you about what I really am and you didn't shun me or were disgusted by me, you accepted me for me and you even extended a hand in friendship to me and I was so happy, for the first time in a long time since my Dad left, I was finally happy." She says, her voice starting to become rough. Izuku looks at her and frowns further as he listens to Mina's words
"Mina…" Izuku utters, and just when he was about to say something, Mina once again cuts him off
"And when I learned about what happened to you thanks to Bakugou and those…fucking monsters disguised as humans. I was so upset and hurt that it happened to you, that I decided to confront him in a place he could run or dodge the question. During our match in the Sports Festival." Mina says, she misses Izuku's eyes widen upon hearing that mention of her fight back at the Sports Festival
'That's what really happened in their fight back at the Sports Festival!' Izuku thought as the pieces were starting to connect on what happened back then. But before he could think about it some more, his attention was brought back to Mina
"But my plan in getting the reasons from him backfired on me and I got hurt in the process. After I saw you beat Bakugou and win, I decided to keep quiet on your behalf and I wasn't going to say anything else until you were ready but Bakugou…he just kept pushing buttons he wasn't meant to and he just kept antagonizing you for no real reason and I just…snapped and what happened yesterday happened." Mina says as her body continues to shake until she lifts up her head and tears were trailing down her cheeks as she looked at Izuku. "And I…I…I just made things worse for you! I didn't mean to! I just want to help you Izuku! I really do! I don't want to lose you like this! I don't want our relationship to end like this! I don't want you to hate me! Please, I don't want you to, I just can't handle that!" She yells as she starts to sob uncontrollably
Izuku just watches on, seeing her cry as he frowns and starts to feel bad, he was so in his own thoughts, that he didn't see Mina was suffering from the guilt she had and that she was afraid of losing him as a result of the exposure
'Mina…you're afraid of losing me as a friend…' Izuku thought as he looks down. 'What should I do? What can I do?' He thought, trying to come up with something to do in calming Mina down, and just then
"Just trust your heart Kiddo…" Izuku looks around and sees Nana standing next to him, watching the waters of the lake
'Nana?' Izuku thought, slightly surprised in seeing Nana there after they last spoke 'What do you mean by "Just trust my heart?"?' He asks and Nana turns to him and looks at him seriously and sincere
"Remember what I said to you back in your exam with All Might. Sometimes, you've got to do a leap of faith and see things going from there. So, follow your heart Kiddo. And you'll see where it'll lead you to." Nana only says before she disappears from him, leaving Izuku in thought for her advice. He thinks about it
'I should follow my heart?' Izuku thought as he looks at Mina and sees her crying still. He closes his eyes in thought on the action he should do, and he comes to it as he opens his eyes and leans forward to Mina and wraps his arms around her, causing her to stop sobbing as she was taken by surprise by this and she looks at him and saw he had a soft genuine smile on his face as he looks at her
"You're not going to lose me, I'm not going to ditch you. I don't hate you Mina, I would never hate you. Not now, not ever." Izuku says as his smile enlarges. Mina's lip starts to quiver as the tears in her eyes began to fall down her cheeks once more and she starts to cry again but this time, she wraps her arms around Izuku, completing the hug and she cries into his chest
"I-I-Izuku! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Mina cries out, her tears damping a part of Izuku's shirt but he didn't mind as he starts to rub her head, to soothe her
"It's okay, it's okay. I forgive you, Mina. I forgive you." Izuku says
The two stay like that for a bit, with Mina crying while holding onto Izuku and Izuku just patting her head while also holding onto her, soothing her until she finally calmed down and they finally separate.
"Are you feeling okay?" Izuku asks Mina, who just sniffs and nods while wiping her eyes clean of tears as her face was strained with them
"Y-Yeah, I'm g-good." Mina stutters as she looks at him, sees the wet strain on his shirt, and frowns. "S-Sorry about your shirt Izuku." She stutters and Izuku just waves it off
"Nah, it's fine. I don't mind." Izuku says, smiling until he blinks as he realizes something Mina had been saying. "Hey, you're calling me by my first name and not by the nickname you gave me." He says as Mina just rubs her arm and looks away with a blush
"W-Well…I didn't know how'd you react if I c-called you by the nickname. So, I decided to call you by your first name." Mina says as she flinches when she saw him looking curious "Y-You, don't like it when I call you I-Izuku?" She asks nervously as he just shakes his head and smiles
"No, I don't mind. I like it actually. But you can still call me Midori if you want." Izuku says. Mina looks at him and nods as she looks down
"O-Okay…" Mina stutters, she continues to look down as her mind was racing with different thoughts, she looks up to Izuku and her blush darkens as she makes a decision. "Hey Izuku, can I ask you something?" She asks and Izuku looks at her
"Sure, what is it?" Izuku asks and Mina looks away
"Is it okay if I do…" Mina says but stops at the end as Izuku just looks at her with a raised eyebrow
"Do what?" Izuku asks, Mina doesn't say a thing but she only scoots closer to him, all while not looking at Izuku until she was right next to him as she fidgets with her fingers
"D-D-D-D…" Mina stutters at her words, she was trying to find the proper way to say what she wanted to say until she inhaled a deep breath and exhaled, and looks at Izuku with a confident look. "Do this…"
"Huh? Wh-Mmm!" Izuku was asking but Mina cut off and she does the last thing Izuku thought would happen to him
Mina was giving him a kiss on the lips as he sat there, with wide eyes, in shock while she had her eyes closed, as she was expressing something in the kiss that she wanted him to know
She was expressing…love…
[End OST]
つづく...
What a chapter folks, bet you didn't see that kiss coming here.
From the highs and lows in emotions, to see what was inside Izuku's mind as Nana and Aizawa were talking to him, to having his chat with Lucy and to his chat and amendments with Mina to that surprising action from her
How will Izuku react to the kiss and what will be Mina's reaction to it as well?
Stay tuned to find out what will happen to our Heroes in Alien Hero: Deku 10!
[Location: Unknown]
[Time: Unknown]
Shigaraki was seen, sitting in the unknown bar as he faces the TV that was there
"Master, it's almost time for the team to strike. We've got the gear and the list of targets ready." Shigaraki says as the TV doesn't change but a voice spoke from it.
Good Tomura, good. All is going according to plan. Our source says that the targets are training and are usually tired in the afternoon. I advise your team to strike at night, to have the element of surprise, and the Heroes and young ones would know what hit them. The voice from the TV says as Shigaraki nods
"Yes, Master." Shigaraki says
Good, now go and get things ready. Tomorrow evening, it will be our turn on the main stage. The voice from the TV says and Shigaraki nods once again
"Yes Master." as he stands up from his seat and walks away to somewhere else to get something
Somewhere else, a man was sitting on a chair as he smiles
"Good, everything is going according to plan. So, I will have OFA and the Omnitrix, and no one, shall stand in my path in becoming, the Great Demon Lord." The man says before he starts laughing while someone else was behind him, working on something as they were wielding something
Next Time:
Attack On Camp: Part 1
Here's the harem list so far: Ochako Uraraka, Mina Ashido, Momo Yaoyorozu, Lucy Mann, Tsuyu Asui, Kinoko Komori, Kyoka Jirou, Acie Wolfer, Pony Tsunotori, Yui Kodai, Melissa Shield, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?.
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