Chapter 4: Entering Dreams
Izuku got used to his… uh new situation. Which was the best way to put it. Thankfully he got along with Dipper and Mabel. Even though they had been around for about a century the way they were, but emotionally they were both still 15, so they were very much close in age due to that...
Plus they helped him with a few new problems.
Like the fact he couldn't sleep anymore.
Sure he could do homework. But he could do that anytime during the week… though. Mabel had a song she came up with to help him come up with ideas.
"Yo can learn le French! Decorate some cake! Trash the economy! Turn someone to bones! Make a scrapbook!" sang Mabel.
"Wait what were things before make a scrapbook?" asked Izuku.
"Anything you want to!" sang Mabel.
Izuku and Dipper looked at each other.
"How about we teach you English." Said Dipper.
"That sounds good!" said Izuku not wanting to trash the economy or turn someone to bones.
Turned out that was one of the reasons why they were fluent in Japanese, way too much time on their hands.
As they talked more to Power Loader about the robot body plans.
The cool thing about Izuku's abilities was that it could be very basic. So the plan was to build also sorts of Robot bodies for him from, basic to high tech.
Though Mabel did have one idea she wouldn't drop.
"GRAPPLING HOOK HANDS!" yelled Mabel during the meeting to discuss.
"Uh…" said Izuku.
"Come on! I've had my trusty grappling hook for more than a century and It's awesome!" said Mabel.
"Maybe for some of them." Said Izuku.
Most of the robot bodies they would build end up having at least on grappling hook hand.
However during that time. Izuku discovered something.
He and Dipper were something of kindred spirits.
The Dipper decided to help him with some of his hero analysis. The two ended up bouncing ideas off each other, and turned out they both had a tic deep in thought.
His was crewing on his pens…
"Wait… is that good idea to chew on those pens?" asked Izuku, "Aren't they part of your body?"
"It's fine…" said Dipper, "They won't break…"
"I see…" said Izuku unsure how to respond.
Of course Izuku got along with the two uncles.
Ford knew his stuff. And helped Izuku a lot with the robot planning as well as Ford hitting off with Nezu.
It made too much sense for the two to become friends.
Stan on the other hand stayed more at the apartment due to the fact that none of the teachers at UA seemed to like him.
To be fair he was a criminal with an extremely long list of crimes… including the inventor of one.
But he was also good to be around Inko.
He was the one to talk to her about raising kids while dealing with scary and strange things.
Though Stan did insist Izuku call him a certain.
"Come on kid, just call me Grunkle Stan." Said Stan.
"I don't know… it's weird calling you Stan as it is." Said Izuku.
Stan sighed.
"Look with everything going on your practically family now." Said Stan, "So just call me Grunkle Stan."
Izuku looked at Dipper and Mabel, Dipper was giving Stan a look while Mabel was giggled.
IT would take a while until there was a winner in this little thing though.
Durring the time there was another meeting with the UA staff this time about the two zodiac symbols that could be given away.
"We can give our symbols… but at the same time it has to feel right." Said Stan.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Present Mic.
"It's hard to describe." Said Mabel, "But it just feels like I can't make none of you the new shooting star…"
"If it doesn't feel right, you shouldn't push them to make any of you members." Said Nezu.
"He's right." Muttered Easerhead actually agreeing with Nezu.
"Thanks!" said Stan.
It should be noted that Easerhead seemed to be the only teacher that tolerated Stan.
But still it was clear that the two symbols weren't easily given.
Durring that time Izuku talked with All Might via text a few more times after getting his number.
He had asked Power Loader if he could be the one to train him once the first body was built.
Which was going to be something with some built in gadgets and such. Including both hands acting like grappling hooks.
But still it was a pretty good week… making the best out a bad situation.
But of course Izuku eventually had to go back to school.
"Good luck." Said Mabel.
"Tell us if the bullies try something." Said Stan.
"I'm sure they won't do anything." Said Izuku, "You don't have to worry."
"Actually… I'm going with you." Said Dipper.
"What!" yelled Izuku.
"If something happens to you puppet you can't to anyone but us." Pointed out Dipper, "I plan to just be invisible the whole time, and only become visible if I have to."
"Okay." Said Izuku.
He was a little uncomfortable about this.
But to fair he was still getting used to everything.
Sometime later in the classroom. Katsuki just stared at his desk.
It had been a week… and the nightmares kept coming.
The stupid memories.
And it was a really bad one the night before.
The one last night was right after he had gotten the diagnosis that he was qurikless, with Izuku tearfully once again watching All Might's debut video and asking Inko if he could become a hero and with Inko tearfully crying that she was so sorry.
He didn't know how much he could take.
"Look Deku's back!" said one of the classmates.
He looked up and saw a floating puppet of Izuku wearing his middle school uniform award holding his backpack.
Bakugo looked at Izuku as he got ready.
"Oh… hi Kacchan." Said Izuku nervously.
He didn't respond but turned back to the front of the classroom.
Dipper who went to the corner of the room, looked at Bakugo.
He knew the explosive boy was behaving strangely… as class went on it finally clicked in his head.
"He declined Bill's invitation to join him." Said Dipper to himself.
Then he activated his telepathy.
"We have a situation do you think all of you can come over to lunch?" asked Dipper.
"What's going on?" asked Mabel.
"I think Bill's messing with someone." said Dipper.
"Great!" yelled Stan.
"Seriously!" yelled Mabel.
"Are you sure?" asked Ford.
"It's just a feeling… but…" said Dipper.
"No." said Stan.
"We're not helping him." Said Mabel.
"What?" asked Ford.
"There's not only person Bill would do that to… and it's…" said Stan.
"But who knows what Bill is doing to him." Said Ford.
The two grumbled.
Dipper mentally sighed and knew he had to play a certain card.
"Pacifica." Said Dipper.
"You can't be serious…" said Stan.
"If she could change, he can change." Said Dipper.
"You know… he does have a point." Said Mabel.
"Fine…" said Stan, "But only if Izuku agrees with you."
Dipper's eye twitched.
"We're talking about the same Izuku… right?" asked Mabel.
Stan began to grumble.
"I will have to cancel my lunch plans, but I will be there." Said Ford.
"You can't even eat lunch!" yelled Stan.
"No but I do enjoy my lunch times chats with Nezu." Said Ford.
"Okay, I got nothing." Said Stan.
"We'll see you guys are lunch then." Said Mabel.
Dipper looked at Izuku, then Katsuki.
"If Bill is messing with him, then I don't think that's the only reason." He thought.
When it was lunch time, Dipper approached Izuku.
"Hey… there's something we need to talk about." Said Dipper.
Izuku nodded without using his puppet.
Meanwhile Katsuki sullenly watched the puppet fly out of the room, unaware of the invisible spirit with him.
Izuku and Dipper headed to the roof where the other three were waiting for them.
Izuku was told about the telepathy, so he knew Dipper must have called them.
And so they told them Dipper's theory about Bill going after Bakugo.
"He can enter dreams easily." Said Ford, "It's something he doesn't need a deal for."
"He can do anything in dreams." Said Dipper, "And if they don't know how to deal with him."
"That explains a lot." Said Izuku, "When he gave me my homework, he's been off…"
"Unless he's feeling guilty for once." Said Mabel.
"It's possible." Said Izuku, "But… I don't think that's it… so what do we do?"
"We don't know all of your abilities." Said Ford.
"But you two were possessed by Bill." Said Izuku.
"The way Bill possessed me was different than how he possessed you and Dipper." Explained Ford, "When he possessed me, I was still in my body I just willingly let him take control… I thought of him as a friend back then and didn't know his true intentions."
"And remember he only had my body for a couple hours." Said Dipper.
"I know." Said Izuku.
"That why you're going to go his house and see if you can enter his dreams." Said Stan .
"WHAT!" yelled Izuku.
"It might be the only way to stop him." Said Ford.
"But I'd be breaking into his house." Said Izuku.
"You're a ghost you won't be breaking anything." Said Stan, "Besides anything legal if there no cops or heroes around!"
Izuku just stared at the old man spirit unable to respond.
"He's serious." Added Ford.
"I kind of figured that…" said Izuku finally able to say something.
"Look it's either that or ask him but…" said Stan.
"He would probably deny it." Sighed Izuku.
Izuku sighed.
He knew if Bill was doing something to Katsuki.
"Wait… why can't you do it?" asked Izuku realizing something.
"We can't enter dreams… I already tried." Said Dipper.
Izuku remember what Bill said along with the voice warning him about Bill.
"Oh… right." Izuku.
"He might not deserve it, but you do have to help him." Said Mabel.
"I know…" said Izuku, "But breaking and entering…"
"The fact that it's the breaking and entering part of it, deeply concerns me." Said Stan.
Everyone stared at Stan.
"I didn't mean it that way." Muttered Stan.
"Stan… there's no other way to take it." Said Ford.
Stan began to grumble.
Hours later, it was late at night.
Izuku looked at the clock and sighed.
He really should go to Katsuki's house.
He left his room and saw all the Pines in the living room.
"Good luck." Said Dipper.
"And hopefully this won't have you start a life of crime." Said Mabel.
"Mabel!" said Izuku.
"Oh come on what's the worst he can do afterwards?" asked Stan.
"Bingo fraud" Said Dipper.
"Teaching a bear to drive." Said Mabel.
"Identity theft." Said Ford.
"Hey! We both know that last one was barely a choice!" yelled Stan.
Izuku laughed nervously before leaving.
He flew to the Bakugo household.
Everyone was asleep thankfully, not that they could see him.
He flew to Katsuki's room and saw he was a sleep… tossing and turning. His eyes were open and glowing.
"I'm sorry Kacchan…" said Izuku.
He touched Bakugo's hand and suddenly he found himself on his childhood playground.
He looked at himself and saw that his body seemed fully corporal.
He looked around that was when he saw a scene he was very familiar with… it was a moment when he defended one of his classmates from Bakugo. However the version of him was glowing orange for some reason.
Not only that but behind the copy of him was Bill sadistically watching the scene unfold.
However Izuku froze when he heard his younger self said something… it was his younger self's voice and Bakugo's current voice speaking at the same time.
He gritted his teeth and yelled out "STOP THIS NOW BILL!" yelled Izuku.
That was when everything shattered and once it crumbled away they were in a black and white version of Bakugo's room.
"So Freckles… you figured it out…" said Bill.
"Yes and leave!" yelled Izuku.
Bill looked at Izuku and then appeared behind, Izuku turned around.
"You know Freckles… I know all about you and the heroes you managed to recruit." Said Bill.
Izuku glared at the evil triangle.
"It won't be enough nothing can stop my plans!" laughed Bill, "You minds as well give up…"
That was when suddenly Bakugo yelled out "CIPHER!" and gave a literally explosive punch to Bill in the eye.
"Gah! Right in the eye!" yelled Bill, "Whatever… don't expect to see me for a long time! Both of you!"
With that Bill disappeared.
"Deku…" growled out Bakugo.
"I'll just try to leave…" said Izuku trying not to panic, "Not sure how…"
However Bakugo stopped him.
"What the fuck is he!" he demanded, "Because he's not a normal villain!"
Izuku knew he had to explain about Bill. So he did but not everything, just the fact he was something beyond normal villains and the fact that that the staff at UA was helping him.
"This is seriously fucked up." Muttered Bakugo.
"I'm really sorry you got dragged into all this!" said Izuku.
"You shouldn't be the one apologizing." Muttered Bakugo.
"What?" asked Izuku.
"I'm sorry…" he muttered.
"Did you just say…" said Izuku.
"Don't make me say it again." Growled out Bakugo.
"OF course not…" said Izuku.
"That triangle bastard." Said Bakugo, "He made me view your memories somehow…"
"Oh… I guess that's why you're apologizing." Said Izuku.
Bakugo didn't say anything after that… he didn't want to mention he felt Izuku's emotions as well.
"How…" muttered Bakugo.
"How what?" asked Izuku.
"How do you still want to be my friend?" asked Bakugo, "How can you still admire me so much?"
"Kacchan! You're amazing." Said Izuku, "You never give up and you always…"
"Just stop…" said Bakugo.
Izuku sighed.
"Thanks." Said Bakugo.
"What?" asked Izuku.
"Don't make me say it again." Said Bakugo .
"Of course not." Said Izuku.
Both of them stood in silence for a while.
But Izuku knew he had to tell him.
"Kacchan… I'm going to UA and you can't stop me." Said Izuku.
"Of course not their trying to help you stop Cipher." Said Bakugo, "I'd be more concerned if you stop trying to go to UA after that."
"Yeah." Said Izuku.
"But it doesn't matter which course you end up in." muttered Bakugo.
"Of course not…" said Izuku.
Eventually Bakugo woke up and Izuku flew to his appartment.
When he got there the Pines were of course waiting for him.
"So how did it go?" asked Dipper.
"It worked." Said Izuku.
"We kind of figured that." Said Stan.
"He was giving Kacchan my memories somehow." Said Izuku.
"He does have access to your brain, so it would make sense he would." Said Ford.
"Good point." Said Izuku, "He actually apologized and thanked me… but in his usual Kacchan way."
"Really?" sked Mabel.
"I see…" said Stan.
Dipper got the both of them an "I told you so look".
"(You know… I was the one who tried to befriend Pacifica first.)" said Mabel in English with a sly smile.
Dipper glared at Mabel.
At school, Izuku was get ready for class.
He was actually expected for the day. Mostly that afternoon. HE was might All Might at a beach to test out his first robot body.
So he was happy.
That was when Bakugo entered.
"Oh good morning Kacchan." Said Izuku knowing he had to confirm to Bakugo that everything was real, "About last night…"
"If you apologize one more I'm blowing up that puppet." Said Bakugo.
"Okay…" said Izuku realizing that was confirmation that he remembered and he knew the night before was real.
He looked at Dipper who once again accompanied him who shrugged.
Once the day was out. Izuku excitedly left with the invisible spirit following him.
Bakugo gritted his teeth at Izuku's puppet leaving.
"Hey Bakugo. You want to hang out?" asked one of his toadies.
"No…" muttered Bakugo leaving.
Sometime later, Bakugo was walking home.
"Hey kid!" called out a voice.
Bakugo turned to the voice and saw Stan.
He remember him from that confrontation from school.
"You're one Cipher's enemies aren't you?" asked Bakugo.
"Yeah you know the saying "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."" Said Stan, "Though in my experience… it's doesn't always works…"
"What?" asked Bakugo.
"You want to talk." Said Stan .
"Go the fuck away." Muttered Bakugo.
Stan just laughed and Bakugo glared at him.
"I'm from Jersey kid, I've heard worse." Said Stan.
"What do you want?" asked Bakugo.
Stan looked at him, really looked at him and he felt it.
"Did green bean tell you about the Zodiac?" asked Stan.
"You mean Deku?" asked Bakugo.
"Yeah, I mean him." Muttered Stan, "He didn't tell you did he?"
"What's this Zodiac." Said Bakugo.
"It's something that can kill Bill." Said Stan.
"How do you use it?" asked Bakugo.
"Okay… so here's how to works." Said Stan.
Meanwhile at the beach, both Izuku and Dipper looked at the place. It was a mess.
It was littered with trash.
"Young Midoriya, Dipper!" called out All Might driving a truck with Ford in the truck as well.
There was something in the back of the stuck.
"Now before we get started. There's something I have to show you." Said All Might.
He knew he should show Dipper and Ford about his real form.
"What do you need to show us?" asked Dipper.
That was when he showed them his true form. Both of them stared at him.
"I knew it!" yelled Dipper.
"I thought you might have had some sort of transformation quirk." Said Ford.
All Might ended up coughing up blood in shock at their nonchalant reactions.
"Are you okay!" yelled Dipper.
"Coughing up that much blood isn't normal!" yelled Ford.
Okay… so they were at least phased by something…
That was good at least…
Back with Stan and Bakugo, Stan finished his explanation about the zodiac.
"How do you become one?" asked Bakugo.
"Well most of them chosen by destiny." Said Stan.
"Seriously…" muttered Bakugo.
"Sorry kid…" said Stan with a smirk.
"Whatever." Said Bakugo.
He was about to leave.
"Hey I just said most of them." Said Stan, "Not all of them…"
"Who choses them then!" yelled Bakugo.
"Well my nephew Dipper already chose green bean to take his place." Said Stan.
"Great…" muttered Bakugo.
"But I haven't chosen mine yet." Said Stan.
"Wait… what." Said Bakugo.
Before anything more could be said, Stan put his hand to the symbol on his fez, a ghostly version of it appeared and floated towards Bakugo, when it hit him, he started to glow gold then the glow turned orange before disappearing.
"Congrats you're the new fish." Said Stan.
"Why the fuck did you make it seem like I could join!" yelled Bakugo.
"I wanted to mess with you a bit." Laughed Stan.
Bakugo growled at him.
"Seriously…" muttered Stan, "Besides you should save that for Bill."
Bakugo looked at him.
"Look kid… blaming yourself will only make things worse." Said Stan.
"What?" asked Bakugo.
"If you're not going to listen to me, then whatever." Said Stan, "Just hold on, I have to make a call…"
He activated his telepathy.
"Hey I have big news, and I need to meet with you and green bean." Called out Stan.
"Izuku's training his first body, but I think we can meet at Dagoba beach." Said Ford.
"You're training him at a place… called Dagoba…" said Stan.
Mabel started to laugh.
"No my idea." Said Ford.
"All Might's idea." Said Dipper.
"Okay… then…" responded Stan, "Meet you there then."
"Meet you there I will…" said Mabel with mischievous tone.
"It wasn't my idea!" grumbled Ford.
"How did you make a call?" asked Bakugo.
"I'm a spirit with telepathic abilities with my fellow spirits." Said Stan, "I don't need one of those stupid smart phones to call them."
"What?" asked Bakugo.
"I'll explain later… now tell how do we get to Dagoba beach?" asked Stan.
"Fine, I'll show you." Said Bakugo.
He led the way.
As he did…
"You know I know what you did to Izuku." Said Stan in a much darker tone.
Bakugo froze.
"The things you've done to him… honestly… I want to punch you in the face so much." Said Stan.
Bakugo turned to glare at the spirit.
"BUT… my nephew's… well it's hard to explain but she was a bully too, messed up my niece emotionally a lot." Said Stan.
"Emotionally?" asked Bakugo.
"Girls…" said Stan, "They hate each other silently not getting into fistfights like us guys do."
Bakugo was going to say something but quickly realized he had a point.
"But my point is… I know what you did… and all the damage you've done to him." Said Stan, "I know people can change… that girl… she grew up to be a very amazing woman. I'm glad I got to meet her as an adult before she died."
"What does that have to with anything." Said Bakugo.
"The only reason why you're changing your ways is that that whatever nightmares Bill showed you got that stick out of your ass, at least when it comes to Izuku." Said Stan.
Bakugo glared at him.
However Stan lobbied his own glare, one that was much more intense.
"If you go back to being the way you were on your own, not because of Bill and not because of some quirk and you go back to hurting him YOU WILL PAY." Growled Stan, "Not death, but I have plenty of ways… understand kid…"
"Yeah…" said Bakugo a little terrified.
"Good then." Said Stan, "Now… Dagoba Beach…"
Bakugo counited leading the way to the beach.
Meanwhile at the beach, Izuku was trying our his first robot body. It did have a realistic mask for a face and green wig so that he could have semblance of his body.
It really was a metal body in the shape of a person that could really be dressed up.
It really didn't need a power source as Izuku possessing it was the power source.
"So what's my weight limit?" asked Izuku as he got used to the body.
"We haven't been able to properly calculate it due to the fact that this is Izuku's first test. Though the second one should be in a more control environment." Said Ford.
That was when Izuku effortless picked up a nearby fridge.
"No way!" yelled Izuku, "And this is just the basic body!"
"Well you don't have any muscles and you're the powerhouse." Said Dipper, "You wouldn't be able to feel fatigue or have any of the normal body limits."
"It's true… all of you have right now is grappling hook hands." Said Ford.
All Might looked at him.
"Mabel was very adamant." Said Ford.
Izuku dropped the fridge with a thud and began to pound it.
As he was punched the fridge, All Might knew he had to talk to them about earlier.
"So… you mentioned about my quirk?" asked All Might.
"I kind of figured that you have a transformation quirk." Said Dipper.
"Why?" asked all Might.
It wasn't really a transformation quirk, but it was similar.
"Well you never hear about people spotting you in public." Said Dipper.
"It's true…" agreed Stanford.
"I mean you're one of the biggest celebrities in the world. You would think that there would be more things on social media about you being spotted in the super market or just driving on the road." Said Dipper.
"Well I mean I could have gotten staff to protect me." Said All Might.
"You also have a reputation of being affable to the public." Pointed out Ford.
"Yeah… you always seems like the type of guy who does his own shopping." Said Dipper.
"Oh…that makes sense…." Said All Might.
"Hey!" called out Mabel.
She flew down where they were standing.
"So is Grunkle Stan here yet?" asked Mabel.
"Not yet." Said All Might, "By the way don't tell him I'm All Might…"
The three all nodded in agreement.
"Seriously?" asked All Might.
"We love Grunkle Stan BUT…" said Mabel.
"Let's just say I'm very much aware of all the crimes he committed." Said Dipper.
It should be noted that sometime in early 2013, Dipper, Ford and McGucket managed to hack into several government computer to change everything Stan did while using Ford's identity back to Stan's identity and making sure that Stan was no longer legally dead.
"My brother needs to earn your trust." Said Ford, "So I can't blame you."
"Great job Izuku! Punch that fridge"! yelled Mabel.
Izuku laughed as he continued beating the fridge, completely wrecking it.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" he yelled a very familiar yell.
Everyone turned nearby that saw Bakugo with Stan.
"Oh did I forget to mention that he can also possess robots? Because he can." Said Stan with a smirk.
"Don't you didn't!" yelled Bakugo.
Izuku ran over to where the others were as Stan and Bakugo joined them.
"Who's the scarecrow?" asked Stan.
"Toshinori Yagi, All Might wasn't able to make it today, so he asked me to help with Young Midoriya's training." Said All Might… or rather Toshinori, "He explained everything about Bill Cipher to me."
"I see…" muttered Stan eyeing him suspiciously.
"So why is Kacchan here?" asked Izuku.
"Considering that Bill messed with his head for the past week." Said Stan, "I figured it would be a good idea to bring him in."
"I mean… I get it…" said Izuku, "But do you think he can help us?"
Bakugo glared at Izuku.
"I mean we already have a lot help already and…" said Izuku.
"No I mean REALLY bring him in." Said Stan and then pointed to the symbol on his fez, "I passed it on."
"Really?" asked Izuku.
Dipper was about to say something.
"Can it Dipper." Muttered Stan.
"Look I only want in because Cipher needs to be stopped. And if I'm going to be the number one hero I minds as well have a hand in destroying the universe's worst villain." Said Bakugo.
"So it isn't about the nightmares?" asked Izuku.
"That's part of it." Muttered Bakugo.
That was when Mabel hugged Bakugo.
"What are you doing!" yelled Bakugo.
"I'm hugging you! You had a week of nightmares from Bill." Said Mabel.
"Get off me!" yelled Bakugo.
"No!" yelled Mabel.
He tried to blow her up. But due to not being alive, the explosions didn't affect you.
"What the fuck!" yelled Bakugo.
"Your explosions are no match for my hugs!" yelled Mabel.
"Get off me!" yelled Bakugo.
Izuku laughed and went back to training his first robot body.
There were now two members of the Zodiac found, though they weren't sure if they were going to find all 10 or find Izuku's body first.
But they knew that it was going to be a while until their found either… and something told them it was going to be sometime after the UA entrance exam… which was still 10 months away.
So there was a lot to get ready for… and hopefully it would all turn out.
Next Time: It's 10 months until the entrance exams and Izuku have to get used to the various robot bodies in mind for him fighting Bill. Thankfully the Pines family, All Might and even Bakugo are going to help him along the way... What will happen during those 10 moths? Find out next time!
A/N: Yep! Bakugo's a takes Stan's place and I'm calling the symbol the fish. Oh and if anyone is wondering why Bill even let it go... it's going to be explained later don't worry...