As Tuesday turned into Wednesday and then Thursday. Kei switched his search of the history of werewolves to the different ways they were killed. It wasn't until it was 6:17 on the Friday morning, when Kei finally grabbed his phone and dialed Izuku's number. After a bit of arguing Kei convinced Izuku to come over before school started. 45 minutes before school started Izuku arrived.
Kei grabbed Izuku and rushed him into his room. After nearly throwing Izuku onto his bed, Kei sat down at his desk. As he looked at his best friend, he knee began to bounce as he tried to organize his thoughts.
"Alright I've been up all night, reading book, websites. Everything I can find." Kei began, trying to contain all of his thoughts as it felt like there was a million happening all at once.
Izuku noticed a bottle on Kei's desk, he pointed to it and asked, "How much Adderall did you take?" Izuku wished Kei didn't forgo his health stuff like this.
Kei looked over his shoulder at the bottle then back over at Izuku, so what if that was a new bottle two days ago. This was important and it had to be done, "Doesn't matter. Just listen."
"Did your dad and his team find who the body was, or something?" Izuku said.
Kei gave a confused look, "What no, they're still questioning people. Even Kuriam Takeo. If it was that, I wouldn't have waited for you to get here. I would have come for you. No this about that joke the other day. Do you remember it?"
"You make a lot of jokes." Izuku clarified.
Kei shook his head back and forth in a mocking manner to show he knew what his best friend meant. "After lacrosse practice." -Izuku shook his head- "Lyconapathy. Not a joke any more" -Izuku shook his head again- "The wolf, the bite in the woods. So I started researching it. Do you even know why wolves howl?'
"No." Izuku shook his head.
Kei let out a sigh, as if it should have been common knowledge. "It's to signal their location to their pack, okay. When a wolf is alone it will howl and when the pack howls back it can know where to find its pack. So if you heard a wolf howling, it could mean that there's more around."
"You think that there is a pack of wolves in Japan." Izuku said, standing up and looking at Kei like he needed help.
"You're the one that heard a wolf howl in the woods. and not just a pack of wolves, A pack of werewolves" Kei said, defending himself.
"I don't know what I heard." Izuku said, his voice getting a bit hot blooded, "Are you seriously wasting my time with this. I have a lot going on today and I'd rather you not try to distract me." Izuku began moving towards the door, but Kei grabbed his shoulder and held him back
"Midoriya, just hold on. I saw what you've been doing on the field all week. It wasn't just amazing, it's impossible. You've taken hits from Bakugo that would normally spend you to the bench, but you've walked them off like he might have well just slapped you." Kei said.
"So what, I've made a few good plays." Izuku said, trying to make his way to the door again but Kei stopped him. He was finally having a chance to live a life that could be seen as good and Kei, who should be happy for him, was stopping him from doing so.
"No, they were more than just good, they were nearly perfect. You trained all of summer, but for it to suddenly kick in, it doesn't happen. And I mean look at the way you move, your reflexes. The fact you could smell a month old gum in my pocket." Kei said, holding Izuku back and surprised that Izuku felt like a brick wall.
"That gum was a month old and you still chewed it." Izuku said, turning a little more green than usual.
"Do you know how much preservatives are in gum? Whatever that besides the point, and I don't think I need to point out that you aren't using your inhaler anymore. You've been stressed the entire week, I've noticed and not once have I seen you use your inhaler nor have you wheezed once." Kei said. He cared about his friend, he noticed things about his friend and now he was worried about his friend.
"Okay! So what, maybe my quirk finally came in." Izuku said, anything to get out of Kei's presence. All this joking, it was making his blood boil a bit.
"Dude, you and I are practically brothers, so we both know despite how badly you want something like that to happen, it never will, you said it yourself. We gain quirks was kids so our body was can grow to handle them, suddenly gaining a quirk the power would backfire on the user. And why would it be a wolf quirk. Your family history doesn't have anything like that, I would know. I took a look." Kei said.
"So what, I can't think about this right now. Like I said, I have a lot going on right now and I'd rather not be distracted." Izuku said, "We'll talk tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, no,no,no. The full moon is tonight and it wouldn't just be a physical change. The moon heightens a werewolf bloodlust." Kei said, sitting down, "I'm just trying to help."
"Bloodlust?" Izuku questioned.
"Your urge to kill. It's also affected but pulse, blood pressure, we both know what a large crowd does to you. Going to this party will be an extremely bad choice, because." Kei sighed, "You're cursed, Izuku. You have to cancel your date."
Izuku lunged at Kei, grabbing his shirt, lifting him up and slamming him against the wall. He had a chance to have a friend outside of Kei, a girlfriend at that, and with someone as beautiful as Momo, he wasn't going to risk that, "The only thing raising my blood pressure is you. I'm not canceling my date with Yaoyorozu, for once I had a chance to make something of my life and I think you would be happy. You're my only friend." Izuku said as his eyes began to glow yellow.
Izuku punched Kei's chair knocking it over and then like that his anger was gone.
"Midoriya, I'm happy for you. What I won't give to be you on the date with Yaoyorozu. A girl as beautiful as her, hell I would probably be willing to fight All Might for a chance like that, but you and I have always been honest with each other and ourselves. So I ask you to look at yourself through the day, and if one second you start to believe me, find it in yourself to call Yaoyorozu and cancel that date." Kei said.
Izuku growled as he walked over to Kei's bed and grabbed his backpack. "I'll see you at school." Izuku left Kei's house angry for the first time and that anger didn't disappear as he biked to school. He had a long day ahead of him and he just wanted to get through it.
School was completely different from what it usually was. Izuku and Kei didn't speak to each other once, while Momo spoke with Izuku any chance she had. They discuss how they would get to the party, deciding since Izuku house was closer, Momo's dad would drop her off and then they would walk over.
The day went fine until last period. The one period Izuku had with Bkaugo where neither Momo or Kei were in class. Izuku kept his head down, focusing on getting through the day and not wanting to get into any fight. And it seemed he was in the clear until the bell rang and Bakugo decided to blow off some steam.
"Hey Deku, I don't know what the hell you think you've been doing this week, but you better knock it off. Because it won't be long until the truth comes out then you'll be kicked off the team." Bakugo said, as he swiped Izuku's notebook from his hands, "And what's this, you think by writing about other's quirk you'll get your own."
"Hey, give that back." Izuku said, standing up and trying to take his notebook back.
"Why don't we see what you've been daydreaming about now." Bakugo said, as he flipped the notebook over to the open page and just by Izuku's luck he had been working on Momo's page. "Ha! You think you've got a chance with Ms Aichi, she's far out of your league.'
Bakugo laughed and his goons behind him joined in as if they had heard the greatest joke in the world. That's what Izuku was to them, a great big joke that never got old and was always funny.
"Well we're going to the lacrosse party tonight." Izuku said, his voice timid despite all that he tried to show confidence.
"What, she said Fridays are family nights." Bakugo said, then growled and unleashed an explosion from his hand, burning the notebook, "I'd better not see you at that party tonight, or your ass is mine. And if you think you can bring Ms-Look-At-Me, then I'll personally send your ass to hell. You're both lairs and you aren't coming to my party."
"The party is for the whole team, you don't…" Izuku said, but then Bakugo unleashed another explosion.
"Be lucky I find you unworthy of my quirk, or I will cream you right now." Izuku knew it was because they were still in a classroom, "You're just a worthless, quirkless, asthmatic Deku that will never be a pro hero. Your best bet is to jump off the roof and hope for a better quirk in your next life." Bakugo said, then closed the notebook and got prepared to throw out the open window, "I'll give you an example."
Bakugo then chucked the notebook towards the open window, but suddenly Izuku arm reached out and snatched it out of mid-air. Bakugo and the two goons behind him were caught off guard by this, more so when Izuku slowly raised his chin and growled.
"You think you're so tough." Bakugo said after quickly regaining his composure. He let off a third explosion and that seemed to make Izuku back off, "Ha. You'll never be a hero."
With that Bakugo turned around and walked out of the room, his two goons following him. Izuku gave them a large berth to disappear, looking down at his notebook as he waited. As he looked over his notebook he noticed that there were some punctures in it. Dismissing those, he slipped his notebook back into his backpack and began walking to his bike. Only to find out that not only were the tires cutting, they were straight up missing.
Not wanting to have to deal with that, or carry his bike home Izuku left it chained to the bike rake and began walking homing. As Izuku walked home, he pulled out his notebook and looked over it to see what the damage was. Luckily only a few pages had been burnt most of the damage was to the cover, unfortunately since it had been opened to Momo's page, he had lost most of that information. Yet he practically had it memorized so he could just write it back down.
Izuku absentmindedly walked under an overpass that he would normally bike over. As he walked he heard the sound of footsteps coming from a manhole. Two pairs, the first sounded like it was gliding more than running while the second pair far behind the first were thunderous. As both sounds pierced Izuku's skull, he failed to notice the manhole cover blow up into the air and a pile of green slime carrying out.
"I didn't know he was going to be in town. If I had, I would have never robbed that bank today." The green slime growed a pair of eyes that locked on Izuku, "Ah, perfect, a skin suit."
Izuku regained control of his consciousness as he felt slime crawling over his body. The cold sensation of the slime, the tightness as it coiled around his legs and the dread he got from what was about to happen.. He noticed it getting close to his mouth, so he immediately shut it.
"Don't mind me, I'm just going to borrow your body to hide. I don't want that blonde hair freak show to find me." The slime said, but then it ran into Izuku's closed mouth, "Just open up and I don't have to hurt you."
Izuku smartly didn't answer but just shook his head. The slime covered his entire lower body and started to pin his arm. Izuku thrashed around trying to free himself, to grip and pull the slime off, but nothing he did worked and he was stuck.
"Your weak body isn't going to be able to do anything to stop me. So you might as well just give up and do what I want. It will be less painful if you cooperate." The slime villain said. Izuku continued to keep his mouth closed, so the slime villain wrapped his hand around Izuku's neck and began to squeeze, "Eventually you'll have to breathe and then I'll have no issue getting in."
Izuku knew the villain was right, and continued to try and get a hold of the villain's body.
"I told you, you won't be able to get a grip." The slime villain chuckled.
Switching tactics and with his vision staring to close in, Izuku ran at the wall, trying to knock the slime villain off of him. However, the slime villain moved his body out of the way, resulting in Izuku slamming his own body against the wall. This resulted in the air being forced out of his lung and Izuku opening his mouth.
"Ha ha, my way in." The slime villain said and started to force himself inside Izuku's body. Izuku struggled to breath as slime started to enter his mouth and travel down his throat. He tried to grab the slime, bite the slime and even close his mouth again, but nothing worked. His body started to grow cold from the slime and the dread began piercing. Izuku began to panic as his brain realized it wasn't getting proper oxygen, his heart rate quickly climbing to match his panic.
His vision was almost completely black, as Izuku suddenly felt angry, rage building up in his chest. Izuku tried to calm himself, he could think better if he stayed calm, but his rage didn't disappear, then suddenly the slime stopped moving within his throat.
"I told you it's pointless. You can't fight." The Slime Villain said, then he looked down and saw that Izuku's eyes were glowing yellow. The slime villain tried as hard as he could, he couldn't move more of his body within Izuku's throat. It felt like something was pushing against him. Izuku felt his rage build in his body until it reached a boiling point, and then slime within his throat and mouth began to move backwards, out of his body.
Once the last piece of slime was ejected from Izuku's mouth, he let out an animalistic roar. It was strong enough to shake the overpass and make some cement dust fall down. The slime villain was thrown against the other wall and when he looked up, Izuku's eyes were glowing a more bright yellow and he had fangs in his mouth. He crouched down and roared at the slime villain, his nails slowly turning in claws as he did so. The slime villain picked himself up and with a yell charged Izuku, thinking Izuku couldn't do anything.
The slime villain was mistaken as Izuku swiped his claws forwards and cut the villain's slime body in pieces. Izuku let out a victory roar, but then the manhole cover blew off the ground again.
"HAVE NO FEAR CITIZENS." Izuku recognized the voice and the catchphrase, his fangs, claws and yellow disappeared as a hulking figure stepped out of the manhole, "WHY? BECAUSE I AM HERE."
"No!" The slime villain said, as he tried to piece himself back together to run but All Might drew his fist.
"TEXAS SMASH." All Might punched forwards and the wind generated by his punch shot forwards and blew the slime villain into a million pieces. All Might looked around to see the damage and was surprised to see a young boy standing in the middle of the carnage, but he looked relatively unharmed. Was it he that let out the animalistic roars, which had drawn All Might in the correct direction.
All Might attention was drawn back to the slime villain as he was trying to rebuild himself. Thinking quickly, All Might grabbed two soda bottles and used it to store most of the villain's body. As All Might put the bottles into his pocket, the boy began to stir like he was coming back to consciousness.
The boy looked at All Might and All Might could see stars appeared in his eyes. "Oh my gosh, oh my god, you're All Might." The boy said, then pulled out a notebook and then held it and bowed as he was trying to try under the notebook, "Can I have your autograph?
"HA, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SIGN STUFF FOR FANS." All Might said he took the notebook and quickly flipped to an empty, clean page. As all Might signed the page, he tried not to think about how burnt the book was. Once he was finished he tossed the book back to the boy and asked, "WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"
"Izuku Midoriya." Izuku named himself as he looked at the All Might signature then began bowing, "Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou, this will become family heirloom."
"HA, HA." All Might laughed but couldn't help but think that was a little much, even by his standard, "NOW IF YOU EXCUSE I NEED TO GET THIS VILLAINOUS SLIME TO THE POLICE."
"Wait, you're leaving. Hold on, can I ask you a question. "Izuku said, but All Might was already preparing to jump away. An animalistic instinct flared up in Izuku's mind, his body subconscious ran forwards and grabbed a hold of All Might's leg as he jumped away.
He was high into the air, when All Might felt pain shot through his leg. Surprised he was feeling pain in his muscle form that wasn't from his stomach, All Might looked down and saw that Izuku had latched himself onto the leg of the symbol of peace. And was able to hold as his claws had stuck to All Might's leg.
"How in the world is this kid drawing blood?" All Might thought then said, "NOW YOUNG BOY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING. I LOVE THE MEDIA BUT THIS IS A BIT FAR TOO MUCH FOR MY TASTE. I WILL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LET GO."
"But if I do, then I'll fall." Izuku yelled after looking down and seeing he was high above the street.
"OH." All Might said as if the realization just hit him, which it did. Directing the path down to a nearby rooftop, All Might felt his body start to relax. No it couldn't be happening, not at a time like this. When they landed, Izuku was thrown a bit, but All Might was slightly more concerned with his leg. He held a hand down to the leg and pressed it, pain shot through his leg, and when he withdrew his hand it saw there was blood on it.
All Might looked at Izuku as he brushed the dust off of him, All Might noticed that he seemed alright, but did not look at the fact that standing right in front of the symbol of peace was the second person he had even met that could harm him. How was that possible? All Might looked at the claws that were where the kid's fingernails should be, those were what had made him bleed. They looked originally enough for a quirk, but whatever they made out of it had hurt the number 1 hero.
"I'm so sorry, All Might." Izuku said, looking up just in time to see All Might transformed into his true form. He froze for a bit as he took everything in Toshinori's true form, his sunken eyes, thin and frail body. Toshinori spat out some blood then gave a small wave.
"Ah! You're not All Might, you're an imposter." Izuku said, then looked down at his hand and noticed the claws where his fingernails should be, "And what is going on with my hand."
Toshinori would have laughed over the fact that Izuku seemed more certain about his own quirk, something he should be used to by now, then the fact that All Might had just transformed. If not for the fact that he had just revealed himself to middle schoolers.
"Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh crap. Kei was right. Lyconapathy is real and I've got it. It's a full moon and I've got my date with Yaoyorozu. Oh man, oh crap, I have to cancel it and I'll never get another shot with her. What am I going to do?" IZuku said, falling down onto his butt and looking at the ground, "Wait All Might?"
Izuku looked up at Toshinori and got a confused look on his face. "You're not All Might."
Toshinori laughed as that was the first time he had seen someone have such a massive change in view. "I can assure you kid I'm All Might. You know how guy are always flexing at the pool to look buff, my quirk works a bit like that." Toshinori said as he fell to the floor in exhaustion. He hadn't done much day until the slime villain caught his attention, then running through the sewer system. He could do with a cold drink.
"But All Might is a giant of a person, undefeatable and is always winning with a smile on his face." Izuku said as he looked over at Toshinori. How could the skeleton of a man be the symbol of strength and peace?
"I can assure you that there is a lot of fear behind that smile." Toshinori said as he looked over at Izuku. Now it was just two helplessly confused males sitting on a roof looking at each other, neither of them saying anything.
"What's lycanapathy?" Toshinori asked at the same time Izuku asked, "Can I ask you a question."
Izuku flinched at Toshinori's question, he had overheard Izuku and that didn't sit well with Izuku. If he really was a werewolf, then maybe the less people that knew the better. Toshinori chuckled at the jumble of words so he allowed Izuku to ask his question properly.
"Can someone without a quirk or with a cursed quirk become a hero like you?" Izuku said, looking down at his hands. The claws were still there, meaning he couldn't deny it any more. Even with the crazy situation he was in, All Might not being All Might, he wasn't having a psychotic break and hallucinating
Toshinori thought about Izuku's question. Anyone could become a hero if they trained hard enough, sure some quirk were better suited for fighting but all quirk were powerful. As for no quirk, there was no way the human would be able to withstand the training and exertion that would be needed to balance the scales. What about a cursed quirk, Toshinori heard people refer to quirk as good or evil, heroic or villains but not as cursed. Some people with mutant quirk called their quirk a curse, but Izuku seemed to refer to a magic curse.
"Well for someone without a quirk, I would say it is nigh impossible. Their body won't be able to withstand the training to keep up with their fellow heroes and as for a cursed quirk I've never heard someone refer to it in the way you just did." Toshinori said.
Izuku sighed, All Might. The number 1 hero in japan, the world. The symbol of peace had just told him that someone without a quirk would never have a realistic chance of becoming a hero. Yet maybe he wasn't quirkless anymore, Izuku looked down at his right hand, his fingers were still claws. They look like werewolves.
"Hey, your eyes just glowed yellow." Toshinori said, "And now it's gone."
Izuku watched as his claws returned to normal fingernails. Yep he was a werewolf. This wasn't just a quirk, Kei had stated Izuku's family didn't have anything like this. It won't make sense. This wasn't a dream, or else he was in a coma for having such a long and detailed dream. This wasn't a hallucination from the Slime villain or a villain act. Izuku Midoriya without a shadow of a doubt was a werewolf.
Toshinori cleared his throat and asked, "You mentioned lycanapathy, what is that?'
"Um,um." Izuku said, Kei was always better at improving an answer, "It's um a medical condition that might or not might render someone from being about to become a hero."
"Oh okay." Toshinori said. Was Izuku asking because he had a friend who had it and wanted to become a hero? If it was debilitating then Toshinori would have to say no, despite being a hypocrite, but it was just simple meds then he saw nothing wrong with that. He knew a few pro heroes that got back in the field earlier after an injury by taking pain killers in the morning.
"I'm sorry to take up your time, All Might. I didn't mean to, thank you for answering my question." Izuku said as he picked himself up
Toshinori was taken back by the fact that Izuku didn't seem too interested in why he was like he was.
"I have somewhere to be." Izuku said, as turned and headed to the rooftop access door and walked in. As he descended the stairs he couldn't help but think that Kei was right. He was a werewolf and tonight was the full moon, Izuku didn't feel like he was acting any differently. Ah who was he kidding, he threw his only friend against the wall, he chased after All Might, he thought he had a chance with the new pretty good in school. Things he would never think he would do before.
Maybe he should just cancel the date. Izuku pulled out his phone that had miraculously stayed in his pocket during everything. He pulled up his texts with Kei and sent, "Hey, I need you to hack into our school database and get me Yaoyorozu's number."
"You don't already have it?" Kei asked.
"No. Please can you just do it." Izuku begged
"And what makes you think I'm able to do that?" Kei sent back.
"I'm sorry for what I did early, I'm having an odd day. And you're right, something is going on with me and I need to cancel the date." Izuku said.
"I'm sorry that I was right." Kei sent and after a few seconds a contact info appeared, "Hacked the school network the day we got back, had her number since."
"Uh?"
"To answer the question of why I sent her number so quickly. I hacked the school network the first day we got back and got her number. You're welcome." Kei said.
Izuku could see the smile on Kei's face. "Thanks."
Izuku clicked on the phone number and it immediately started ringing. After two rings it picked up, "Hello this is Momo Yaoyorozu."
"Hello, Yaoyorozu." Izuku hated himself for not planning what he was going to say first.
"Oh hi Midoriya. I don't remember giving you my number." Momo said.
"Can I answer that question at a later time, please?" Izuku begged.
"Sure. Are you calling to ask if I'm still good for our date? To which I am, I'm so excited to go to the party tonight." Momo said, bouncing up and down on her bed, which Izuku could hear the springs creaking. Her first chance of doing something that normal people did and with someone she genuinely felt good being around.
"Um about that." Izuku said, and he could hear Momo preparing to be dumped. Her face appeared in his face and he gritted his teeth. She was so beautiful and he had a chance, he had made himself a promise that if he ever had a chance to get a girlfriend he would take it no matter what. But he didn't know about werewolves. Kei said to keep his heart rate down, so maybe he could still go on his date if they just didn't go to the party. He sighed and said, "Would it be okay if we went something else. I just figured that you might have had a long week and you might not be all that excited about being in a large crowd late at night."
"Do you not want to be in a large crowd tonight?" Momo asked.
She sounded so ready to go to it, almost like she had never been to party with people her age. Izuku couldn't deny her that, not on a night like this. "No, I'm fine. I love parties, I go to them all the time." Izuk said, hoping he sounded convincing. He couldn't tell if it was working.
"Well I'm completely fine, and like I said I'm excited to go to the party. Meeting new people, making new friends." Momo said, talking to the most anti-social, hated meeting new people, and had only one friend for life kind of person.
Izuku bit his tongue to try and make his mind clear. Thankfully it did and Izuku tried to talk himself out of date, which was the whole reason he called. Yet he couldn't bring himself to, Momo was beautiful and the first person out of his mother and Kei and his father to treat him like a normal human being. Werewolves and everything be damned.
"Yeah I was just calling to make sure you were still going for our date. I'll see you around 7:00." Izuku said, his voice becoming joyful.
"Perfect." Momo said, then ended the call. Izuku stopped in his tracks, he had failed his mission. He stopped, turned and then rammed his forehead into the wall, cracking forming around the impact. Then he turned and pressed his back against the wall and slid down to the floor.
"Mission Failed, we'll get them next time." Came from his phone. Izuku looked down and saw that it was a GIF sent from Kei.
"You're a horrible person." Izuku sent.
"I know, luckily it doesn't keep me up at night." Kei sent.
Toshinori gave Izuku a large window of time to walk away, lying to himself that he should give the kid his space. When in actuality Toshinori was too tired to move, so as he rested he kept a close eye on the bottles in his pockets. He still had to drop off the villain and once he was rested, he called his friend Detective Tsukauchi and arranged for a pick up.
Once the slime villain was in police custody, Toshinori hopped onto a train to head to his apartment. As he rode the train his mind went back to the conversation with Izuku, lycanthropy. It sounded like a medical disease, but one Toshinori had never heard of. Did Izuku have it or did one of his friends? And what made it so bad that it could potentially stop one from becoming a hero. Without being able to think of the asnwer himself Toshinori turned to the one person that could answer it.
Walking through the door of his apartment, Toshinori dialed the phone number to Principal Nezu. It quickly picked up and Toshinori heard Principal Nezu's voice, "Hello All Might, what can I do for you at such a time?'
"Hello Nezu, I have an odd question for you. Earlier today I ran into an odd young man and he mentioned a medical term I am unfamiliar with. I thought you could tell me about it." Toshinori said as he walked over to the couch and sat down on it.
"If it's medical, then we should have Recovery Girl weigh in on this conversation." Principal Nezu said and after a few seconds the phone call turned into a conference call with Recovery Girl.
"It's Friday, my time off started two hours ago, what is it?" Recovery Girl asked.
"Toshinori, please inform Recovery Girl of your question." Principal Nezu said, as if releasing the bulls and the only thing in their way was Toshinori. With Recovery Girl it sort of felt that way.
"Hello Shuzenji." Toshinro said, as he put his phone on speaker and put it on the armrest of the couch, afraid that she would begin to yell at him.
"Toshinori." There was no warmth in Recovery Girl's voice, but at least she didn't yell, "Did you rip another stitch."
"No, no nothing like that" Toshinori could almost hear Recovery Girl release the pencil she was able to snap into two. "It's just that I ran into a young boy earlier today and he mentioned a medical disease I'm unfamiliar with. He called it lycanthropy and he made it sound like stopped someone from being a hero. So I was curious about it and wanted to know if it was treatable." Toshinori then noticed that neither Principal Nezu nor Recovery Girl had cut him off as they often did, "Um hello."
"Toshinori did the boy state whether he had it or if a friend had it?" Principal Nezu asked, his voice becoming a bit more serious than usual, making Toshinori look down at his phone.
"Um, unsure, but it was someone close to him. What is it? Do we need to call the CDC?" Toshinori asked. It was serious enough to make two of the smartest people Toshinori knew to take a pause, could it be deadly and needed to be stopped.
"Principal Nezu, you can't be serious. It is superstitious, lycanthropy doesn't exist, not even within our world of quirks." Recovery Girl said, even with all the weird quirks she saw and treated. It simply was not possible.
"We've always suspected that it could be possible. Maybe even older than quirks, and were myths that were thrown away as such." Principal Nezu said, breaking his calm persona a bit. If anyone was going to believe in the supernatural, it would be the animal with a quirk that made him act human.
"It's not real." Recovery Girl argued
"It could be." Was Principal Nezu's rebuttal
"It's not real." Recovery Girl argued
"It could be." Was Principal Nezu's rebuttal
"It doesn't exist" Recovery Girl argued
"It could." Was Principal Nezus' rebuttal and finally Recovery Girl screamed in a way that would get anyone admitted to a psych-ward. "You two are going to kill this old lady."
Toshinori cleared his throat, getting their attention. "Anyone care to fill me in with what lycanthropy is."
Recovery Girl sighed then said, "lycanthropy is a medical term for when someone becomes a lycan. Otherwise a joke of when someone undergoes a transformation into a werewolf."
"Sounds like a quirk." Toshinori said. There were animal quirk all over the world, even the number 5 pro hero had a rabbit quirk.
"That is where you are wrong. lycanthropy would be the step beyond a quirk. While someone with animal quirks can receive some animalistic instinct, someone with lycanthropy receives all animalistic instinct. Full integration. The urge to hunt, form a pack, kill. We're talking full werewolf, as in the supernatural kind." Recovery Girl said.
"As transformed on a full moon and kills everyone." Toshinori said, laughing a little at everything. Werewolves and the like weren't real, and it was most likely just someone that misunderstood their quirk.
"Yes. I knew someone that had a wolf quirk and I asked them that question about their quirk and werewolves. While this man's family had wolf quirks since the dawn of quirk, not a single member was affected by the full moon. No heightened instincts, that is what sets a simple wolf quirk apart from werewolf, the amount the wolf part takes over." Principal Nezu said, "I believe it would be best if you got closer to this boy and learned who they believe to be a werewolf. If it is a simple misunderstanding, there will be no reason to fear. But if werewolves are real, we have a real problem on our hands."
"How so?" Toshinori asked.
"The only way to become a werewolf is through another werewolf. Only an Alpha can make new betas and if whoever you met doesn't already know about werewolves. Then they're a beta and wherever there's a beta, there is an alpha. And an alpha werewolf isn't going to be happy with just one beta." Principal Nezu said.
Toshinori knew he needed to see Izuku Midoriya again. Yet how was he going to find a single boy in a city the size of Musutafu.
Izuku was sitting in the living room on the couch, looking out of the front window. As he waited for Momo to arrive his knee had started to bounce. Today could not have happened, not for the obvious reasons that were about to arrive but what had already happened. Izuku thought he could lie to himself, that he had managed to overpower the slime villain and save himself, but he was realistic
Maybe it was his quirk coming in. No Kei was right, the chances of having such an abnormal quirk so different from his parents it wasn't possible. And who had heard of quirk from the animal transformation that was controllable. Look at The rabbit Hero Mirko, she couldn't turn on and off her quirk, her rabbit features were always there.
Izuku heard his mom coming down the stairs and looked over at her. She gave him a sweet smile and said, "I know she's a little late honey, but you remember how hard it was for us to find this house at first."
Izuku got a small smile as it was almost the dead of night when they finally found the house, "I remember you were only a few minutes from pulling over and having us sleep in the car."
"So is this a date or a party?" Inko asked, as she sat across from Izuku.
"A bit of both." Izuku said, a small blush appearing on his face like everytime he thought of this as a date.
"Good. We don't have to have that talk, right?" Inko said, staring and locking eyes with her son.
Izuku immediately went red before he shook his head, "Do we have to?"
"No, I know you're not man enough to do something like that on a first date. You're too kind of a person." Inko said, and laughed as Izuku looked like he had swallowed his own tongue out of embarrassment. The sound of a car pulling up into the driveway stopped the conversation from going any further, "Just have fun tonight Izuku."
"Thanks mom." Izuku said, as he stood up from the couch, grabbing his jacket before heading over to the door. Turning the knob, Izuku walked out just in time to hear something about protection and then Momo promptly got out of the car and slammed the car door shut.
"He's a respectable man, he won't do anything like that." Momo said, almost yelling. She then turned and saw Izuku standing on the front. She was wearing a brown shirt that went down to her mid tight and black jeans covered the rest of her legs, she was holding a windbreaker jacket in her hand. As she locked eyes with Izuku she went a little red and asked, "How much of that did you hear?"
"Only what you just said." Izuku said then saw Momo's father sitting in the car. He waved, "Good Evening Mr. Yaoyorozu."
"Good Evening, Midoriya. Keep those manners, they'll do you well." Mr. Yaoyorozu said, waving his hand out the window. Izuku looked back at Momo, but he sensed Mr Yaoyorozu's eyes still on him.
"Sorry I'm a little late, our car didn't know how to get to your house." Momo said, walking up the walkway and onto the porch.
"My mom called it. We struggled when we first moved in." Izuku said, then waved again to Mr. Yaoyorozu. With that Mr. Yaoyorozu pulled the car out of the driveway and slowly drove away.
"So where is the party?" Momo asked, brushing her bang out from in front of her eye.
Izuku's heart fluttered a bit with a breath he managed to say, "At an old boathouse owned by Kacchan's family."
"Oh." Momo said, Izuku house was always far out of town and she didn't look forward to the idea of walking back after the party.
"Don't worry, it's not that far from here. Just a 10 minute walk." Izuku said and Momo perked up at them, "We should be headed out, it will have started by the time we get out there."
Momo smiled and nodded, then followed Izuku off the front porch and down the road in the opposite direction that her father had just driven away in. The music and lights of the party could be seen and heard far before either of them could see the actual boat house. As they climbed over the last little hill, they saw a crowd that looked to be the whole graduating class of Aldrea middle school.
The main party was held in the backyard of the boat house, where lights had been streamed around and led down the docks where a few people were dancing. A table with food had been set up on the back porch and had a fog machine underneath it.
"So this is how Musutafu parties." Momo said, taking in the sight.
"Have you never been to a party like this before?" Izuku asked, having to raise his voice a bit to be overheard by the music.
"No. The ones I went to had more adults and more alcohol." Momo said, remembering all of the meetings her father had with other hunters the night before going out to hunt werewolves. Momo was always told to be in her room, but as she had started middle school, she was allowed to join in on just the meetings. Her father claiming she needed to know how to fight, as she would soon be joining them on their hunts.
"I doubt that. One of those kegs is probably filled with alcohol, snuck in by someone." Izuku said, getting a small smile on his face as he did. He could smell the alcohol and for a light weight like himself and his heightened smell that was enough to make him feel a little buzzed.
"And you don't think you'll get caught by the police." Momo said.
Izuku chuckled a little as he opened the side gate to the back yard, "We'll be fine. My friend's dad is the chief." Izuku turned and held his hand out for Momo to take, "Come on live a little."
Momo had been sheltered more than other kids her age, beyond the claim she was being protected from the supernatural. Her parents made sure she grew up with proper manners and spoke as such, acting formal when she met new people and present a mature age. But now just before she turned 15 she could act her age and unwind a bit. She smiled as she took Izuku's hand and he pulled her into the backyard.
The music was loud, the lights were bright and the moon was full, but Momo sighed as she began to enjoy herself. She and Izuku danced a bit to the energetic music, just enjoying being in each other's presence.
Izuku enjoyed the night, forgetting about what had happened after school. That was until he spotted Kuriam Takeo leaned against the gate. Izuku locked eyes with him and tried to look away but he could sense Kuriam's eyes on him. Had he followed Izuku here, but what for.
Izuku looked back at Kuriam and the music started to fade. The world disappeared and the only thing Izuku could focus on was Kuriam. And the rage started to build up in his chest, the same rage from when the slime villain tried to take over his body. Walking away from the food table, Izuku stumbled through the boat house and made his way to the front yard. He couldn't see Kuriam, but he could feel his presence.
Then his eyes began to burn and Izuku felt his nails growing. He had to get out of here and away from Kuriam and from Momo. Izuku looked up the road and then took off, running as fast as he could up the hill. Going faster than he had ever been, Izuku was back at his house within 3 minutes.
Running up stairs Izuku headed for the shower, and tried to cool his chest down, maybe to get the rage to go away. With a hollow breath Izuku jumped into the shower and tried to calm himself down. The hot water only seemed to make his rage flare up. Iuku looked down at his hands and saw his nails grow into claws.
Jumping out of the shower and heading over to the mirror, Izuku wiped the mirror down and saw his normally green eyes were glowing a bright yellow. Then he opened his mouth to gasp and saw that his canine teeth had grown to look like wolf fangs. Izuku ran from the bathroom and into his room. He changed into a new pair of pants and shirt, then suddenly a knock came from the door.
As the door began to open, Izuku jumped over to close it but a foot managed to slip in and keep it somewhat open.
"Midoriya." It was Kei. Izuku's panic lowered a bit.
"Kei, now's not the time." Izuku said, resting his head against the door.
"I came to help. I saw how you were acting at the party. The clouds were blocking the moonlight, but the moment you stepped into it. You started acting like you were drunk, and I know you weren't because your mother would kill you and then me." Kei said.
"Oh, the party. I left Momo at the party. You have to find her." Izuku said, banging his head against the door.
"She's fine. I saw her get a ride from the party." Kei said.
"Kei, it wasn't just the moonlight. I saw Kuriam Takeo there. Takeo, he's the werewolf, he's the one that bit me. He's the one that killed the girl in the woods. Once I saw him at the party, I could feel his eyes on me, he must have been trying to get me to do something." Izuku said.
"Midoriya, we have a big problem then." Kei said, trying to push the door open again, but Izuku was still leaning against it, "Takeo was the one that drove Momo away from the party."
Suddenly Kei fell into Izuku's room, the door opening wide as there was no more resistance. As Kei picked himself up, he saw Izuku jumping out of his window and into the woods behind his house. "Oh we're in dig sh..."
Izuku landed on the ground and his rage exploded, but now it was more focused. Focus on finding Momo, protecting her from Kuriam. Izuku felt his nails fully transformed in claws, his sight, hearing and smell were all heightened as Izuku raised his head and let out a howl. Then without waiting he began running to the forest. It would be the logical location for Kurain to take Momo.
As Izuku ran he never once felt winded despite how fast he was running, and then the world seemed to slow down. He noticed more detail of things in his vision, he could hear the music at the party and he smelt Kuriam waiting for him in the woods. Once the parking lot of the forest came into view, Izuku saw a black camaro parked there.
Looking through the windows, Izuku saw that it was empty so he continued into the trees. Running along the path, following Momo's scent, Izuku didn't stop until he saw her jacket hanging off a branch. He ran up to it and pulled it off of the branch.
"Where is she?" Izuku yelled, he knew Kuriam was nearby.
"She's safe from you and the trouble that follows you." Kuriam's voice echoed through the woods making it hard for Izuku to tell which direction it was coming from.
Suddenly Izuku was tackled from behind, Izuku tried to claw at Kuriam, but then they rolled down a hill. Once they stopped rolling, Kuriam picked up Izuku and slammed him against a tree.
"What did you do with her?" Izuku said, trying to break free of Kuriam's hold but couldn.t
"Quiet." Kuraim said as he appeared to be listening for something. He must have got locked on as he looked down at Izuku and said, "Too late, they already found us. Damn, they're fast. If you want to not die, then run."
Kuriam then took off into the woods, leaving Izuku behind. Izuku wasn't going to believe Kuriam, but then he heard several pairs of feeting running towards him. Izuku pushed off from the tree and took off in the direction opposite of Kurima. But he didn't get very far before something hit the tree in front of him and went off like fireworks.
Izuku covered his eyes as the bright light blinded his enhanced sight. Blinded, Izuku stumbled into a tree and before he could run off around, an arrow went through his arm and pinned his arm to the tree. Izuku let out a cry as he looked up and saw several men slowly walking towards him.
Izuku focused on the one closest to him and couldn't believe his eyes. It was Mr. Yaoyorozu, Momo's father. What was he going out in the forest in the middle of the night with a crossbow? "Take him." Izuku heard him say.
Yet before any of the men took another step forwards, Kuraim appeared behind them and took off their feet. Then Kuriam disappeared from sight, only to quickly appear next to Izuku. He grabbed a hold of the arrow shaft and broke, then pulled Izuku arm along it until it was free. Izuku yelled from the panic, but stopped when Kuriam grabbed Izuku's shoulder and pulled himself into the woods.
Izuku followed Kei through the woods, his mind trying to make sense of everything that had happened. As Izuku ran he felt his arm heal and suddenly the pain was gone. After a few minutes, Kuraim slowed down and Izuku stopped, and felt winded for the first time in a week. Then he looked up at Kuriam, with a growl Izuku shouldered Kuriam to the ground.
"Where is she?" Izuku said, trying to kick Kuriamin the chest.
Kuriam effortlessly dodged and got to his feet. However, before he could say anything Izuku attacked again. Kuriam easily caught Izuku's left hand and when he saw how brightly Izuku's eyes were glowing and how he had his right hand to attack, he said, "She's safe. I drove her home, I took her jacket to lure you here. And since that was clearly enough, I left her out of this."
"How can I trust you?" Izuku asked, trying to break out of Kuriam's grip.
"You just have to take my word for now. Call her in the morning, but for your sake and her safety it would be best if you stop trying to get close with her." Kuriam said as he let go of Izuku's hand.
"And who were they?" Izuku asked.
"Hunters. A glide of people since medieval times that have hunted werewolves, us. And they will stop at nothing to kill us. It doesn't matter who we are, or whether we've killed people. They see us, the same way pro heroes see villains, the other difference, pro heroes use killing as a last resort, the hunters use it as a first resort. " Kuriam said.
"Us, you mean you. You're the one that bit me." Izuku said, getting ready to attack. Kuriam's eyes suddenly glowed blue and Izuku felt his eyes start to burn a bit.
"Only an alpha can turn people into werewolves and alpha has red eyes. Besides, Midoriya is really that bad. You can hear better, see better, are more powerful that brat from your middle school, Katsuki Bakugo." Kuriam said, towering over Izuku, "You've been given something that people would kill for."
"Because being a werewolf is better than having a quirk." Izuku scoffed.
"From your view, you're better off than you were before." Kuriam siad
Izuku knew Kuraim was calling him a quirkless worthless person, he heard all the time at school. Now with a werewolves' rage behind him, Izuku couldn't control himself and tried to attack Kuraim again.
Kuriam effortlessly dodged and said, "Alright, sensitive topic. But I meant it, quirks are single points powers. The bite is a gift since it proves with more power than a single quirk could give you. I mean it, if you tried to fight anyone, chances are you would win, it doesn't matter what kind of quirk that they have."
"What about All Might." Izuku asked, there was nothing in the world that could defeat the number 1 hero.
Kuraim paused for a second, "Alright he's an exception and he is for most things. Being a werewolf gives you enhanced speed, strength, and healing, and more than just that. There is no quirk out there that can do all that to the same level we can."
"You speak like quirks and being a werewolf are two separate things." Izuku said.
"They are. If someone with a quirk is bitten they lose their quirk, before the werewolf genetic overpower their quirk. But the power they receive is more than their quirk could ever be." Kuriam said.
"Well I don't want to be a werewolf." Izuku said, as he leaned against the tree.
"You will. And if you still want to be a pro hero, then you're going to need me to teach you how to control it." Kuriam said.
"How did you know I wanted to be a pro hero?" Izuku asked, but he received an answer before Kuraim said anything, "You've been stalking me."
"Since Tuesday." Kuriam said, then began walking away, "We're brother now Midoirya, so don't think I won't be able to find you."
Izuku sighed as he watched Kuriam walk away. He had been right, Izuku was stronger and faster and now that he had a chance to think about it. That sense gave him a small feeling that maybe he had a chance to become a pro hero. But what about the hunters, they hunted werewolves and they would come after Izuku, even if he called his power a quirk.
Izuku pushed off the tree and headed home.
As he walked down the road away from the forest, Izuku saw Kei riding his bike up to him. Once Kei reached his friend, he stopped and swung his legs off and began walking alongside Izuku.
"So how did it go?" Kei asked like he was a high school girl asking for gossip.
"Poorly, but you know the thing that worries me the most." Izuku said.
"If you say Yaoyorozu, I'm actually going to punch you in the crotch." Kei said and he meant it. It was the only thing Izuku seem to focus on for the last week.
"Momo probably hates me now." Izuku said as he hung his head low and resigned to be punched by Kei.
"First name basis, oh. But hey I don't think you have to worry about that so much." Kei said, deciding his friend was already depressed enough he didn't need to be hit.
"What makes you so sure about that?" Izuku asked.
'"I may or may not have biked to her house to talk to her mom. Turns out Yaoyorozu was just in her room. Apparently Takeo said he was your cousin and you had asked him to drive her home since you were feeling sick. I don't think I could have come up with that lie that good, but you still better come up with an amazing apology. Or you know, tell her the truth." Kei offered, "And then you'll be able to revel in the awesomeness that you're a freakin' werewolf."
Izuku shook his head, "No, I saw her dad tonight in the woods. Takeo called him a hunter, said he was a part of a group of people that's been hunting werewolves for centuries."
"Okay, bad idea then. Moreover, are you sure you still want to date Yaoyorozu with that risk at hand?" Kei asked and then saw that Izuku was still deeply in love with Momo despite everything, "Okay then, we'll get through this together. Come on, if I have to, I'll chain you up in my room every full moon and feed you live mice."
"I'd rather not." Izuku said, nearly gagging at the thought of that.
"Well I am not going to be wasting steak on you." Kei laughed and Izuku chuckled a bit. Kei put a hand on Izuku's shoulder and said, "Come on, you wanted this year to be different."
"Yeah but I didn't see this happening." Izuku said.
"True. And who knows, super strength was an ability of medieval werewolves, if you learn to control it, then maybe you have a shot at UA's hero course. And that way you won't have to join me in general." Kei said, slapping Izuku's back.
Alright and that's all I have for this story. Will I continue with this story, yeah I liked writing it. But it won't be worked on as heavily as Electric Heart and Project Velocity and before I write anymore, I have to do a lot of planning. The major plot points, I have an idea of how to do. But the inbetween stuff I'm going to have to work on. Like how Kuriam trains Izuku how to control his werewolf instinct, while to get close to him, All Might will offer to train Izuku to become a pro hero. However, I don't want All Might to have too big of a hand in stuff before UA happens.
Now I want to clarify some stuffs, questions I could see some people having. No, Izuku Midoriya does not get One for All. That along with werewolf strength, that's just too OP in my mind. So I have supernatural and quirks being separate and can not be combined. None of the main characters will, it's going to be a other third party. Most likely Lemillion, but nothing is planned yet. I want this story to focus more on Supernatural stuff and One For All will be a most side story. It will be mentioned, but not much.
Now for the characters that have been crossed. Izuku Midoriya- Scott McCall. Kei Keitaro- Stiles. Momo Yaoyorozu -Allision Argent, and Katsuki Bakugo is Jackson Whittmore And no Bakugo do not become a Kanima, I have someone else in mind for that role. Speaking of roles being forfilled in the future, I not going to go too hard in assigning rules, so if you know both shows. You don't have to think too hard about what I have planned for future characters.
But again, it's going to be a long time before I post anything to this story again. And it will most likely be an massive post like this again.
Also what do you think Kei's quirk is. No this not taking suggests, I already have that planned out, just curious what you think. Hint: It deals with how he always gets into trouble.