Hero Academia: Gash Bell
Disclaimer:
My Hero Academia is owned by Kohei Horikoshi and Bones
Konjiki no Gash Bell is owned by Makoto Raiku and Toei Animation
Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here to story advances further as Midoriya is about to meet someone when least expected…and it'll be a rollercoaster of a ride between the two protagonists…
Well then, read on and enjoy!
A few minutes later…
The scene shifts at the teachers' lounge where the teacher who attempted to bully Midoriya at the classroom earlier was seething as he got humiliated by another teacher who came to Midoriya's defense and this didn't sit well with the bullying teacher, as it revealed that he is the one behind the hate mails that were sent to Midoriya in the hopes of breaking the younger boy and cause him to expel himself from Aldera.
The bullying teacher was being comforted by a fellow bullying teacher and assured to him that he would get his chance to humiliate Midoriya without attracting attention or getting caught, which the bullying teacher hoped so, as he admitted that he really hated Midoriya for being an eyesore and nothing else.
"Damn it…"
"There-there…"
"I really hate that brat…!"
"Easy now…"
"Because of him I got berated by another teacher…!"
"Its fine. You'll get another shot…"
"Really…?"
"Yes…"
The fellow bullying teacher then suggested to his fellow teacher to make more libelous email messages to Midoriya so as to further break him yet the teacher said that Midoriya seemed to ignore it and didn't showed any signs of getting distressed, but the other teacher began to suggest that he use his TRUMP CARD and intimidate Midoriya to the point where he wants to quit this school, which the bullying teacher began to consider.
"Huh?"
"…"
"You mean…?"
"That's right."
"Seriously…?"
"Of course. Anyhow…you got nothing to lose."
"Hmm…"
"Believe me…you'll benefit a lot from this…"
Kasabuta by Chiwata Hidenori
(Opening song of Konjiki no Gash Bell)
ashita he tsuzuku sakamichi no tochuu de
surechigau otona tachi wa tsubuyaku no sa
ai to ka yume to ka risou mo wakaru kedo
me no mae no genjitsu wa sonna ni amakunai tte
tsumazukinagara mo korogarinagara mo
kasabuta darake no jyounetsu wo wasuretakunai
otona ni narenai bokura no tsuyogari wo hitotsu kitte kure
nige mo kakure mo shinai kara waraitai yatsu dake warae
semete tayorinai bokura no jiyuu no me wo tsumitoranai de
mizu wo ageru sono yakume wo hataseba iin darou
Ch. 4: Gakkō de no toraburu part 2
A few hours later…
Midoriya decides to leave school after that class, clearly bothered by the comments that he overheard while others can be heard murmuring in an unflattering tone, as well as he was discreetly taunted by the bullying teacher from earlier, where the teacher cryptically tells him that he should quit school and not wait for graduation because he has no future because 98% of the high school institution accepts applicants who possess Quirks, and because Midoriya is Quirkless no high school would accept Midoriya.
"Listen here, you freckle-faced brat…"
"…"
"Expel yourself while you still can…"
"…"
"There's no place for a Quirkless brat like you…"
"…"
"Got that…?"
"…"
Midoriya ignored him before shoving the teacher back as he walked off, and there the fellow bullying teacher discreetly told his fellow teacher that he should try a more extreme way to break Midoriya, which the other teacher said that he would surely succeed in driving Midoriya away as the boy's presence irritated him to the very core.
"Maybe you should use that TRUMP CARD of yours…"
"You may be right…"
"But make sure no one else sees it…"
"Yeah…I'll see to that…"
"Okay, you should plan things out…"
"Oh, I will…just you wait…I'll fill you in later."
"Looking forward to it."
"Right on."
Midoriya was pissed off and is considering in not waiting for the next subject to begin and he is now about to walk out of school, but then he is stopped by one of his classmates, Ochako Uraraka, in which she was begging him to stay the rest of the day because he was smart and could help her with her studies. However, Izuku yells at her to leave him alone and find someone else, which Uraraka, who addresses Midoriya with a nickname Deku, tried to calm him down.
"Whoa, Deku…easy…"
"Just leave me alone!"
"I just wanted to have you…"
"Go find a private tutor! I'm not suited for that!"
"But…"
"Just leave me alone!"
"Deku…!"
"Just shut it!"
Incensed at Midoriya's insensitive gesture and actions, a pissed-off Gash shows up by partially exposing himself from the duffel bag that he has been hiding and began to yell at Izuku, blowing his cover, after which he chases Gash around the school and the two end up outside. Gash tells Izuku that he can help him make friends by turning Kiyomaro into an "ally of justice", something Izuku scoffs off as he told Gash that a CERTAIN SOMEONE told him that he can't be a HERO because he is Quirkless.
"I told you…it's pointless!"
"Its not!"
"Just to let you know…a well-known pro hero told me that I can't become someone because I'm just a plain old me! I'm Quirkless and therefore I'm just disposable!"
"You are not! You can still be someone and can still become a hero!"
"How can you tell?"
"Because I can!"
"…"
"And I can prove it!"
Seeing that Gash wouldn't budge, Izuku decides to humor Gash and ends up telling him that there's a bully who hangs out on the school rooftop after school, and that they can put a stop to him by beating him up. Gash nodded as he left and head towards the school rooftop to meet this bully while Izuku sighed as he turnaround and left.
Moments later Gash arrives at the rooftop and sees someone gripping Uraraka by her shirt trying to physically intimidate her by telling her where Izuku is, and though Uraraka told him the truth, the person manhandling her, who is revealed to be the bullying teacher who antagonizes Izuku, physically shook her and told her not to lie.
"Tell me…where's Midoriya?"
"I'm telling you…I haven't seen him for several minutes…"
"Don't lie to me!"
"I'm…not…lying…"
"Don't you piss me off. Shall I sprain your arm…like this…?"
"AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEE!"
"Now tell me where Midoriya is…"
"AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEE!"
Gash saw this and couldn't stand the sight of what the bullying teacher is doing to Uraraka and decided to take matters into his own hands as he is confident that Izuku would show up anytime now.
-x-
Meanwhile, Izuku is at his locker by the school's entrance, relieved to be away from Gash.
Izuku is convinced Gash can just shoot lightning from his mouth if he gets into trouble, so he's about to head home until he overhears from nearby students that Uraraka had gone to the rooftop and hasn't returned.
"What"
"Uraraka hasn't come back yet?"
"She went to the rooftop…"
"What's she doing there?"
"Who knows…"
"Shouldn't we check on her…?"
"No way!"
"You do it!"
Izuku realized that Gash is at the rooftop as well but noticed that there were no signs of any ruckus, and noticing that several minutes have passed, Izuku is starting to get concerned especially that Uraraka is also at the rooftop, and there heads to the rooftop entrance where, peeking through the window, he sees a beaten and bruised Gash standing up to the bullying teacher all by himself. Izuku doesn't understand why Gash is so beat up and why he hasn't shot any lightning at the bullying teacher yet.
The bullying teacher continues beating up Gash, telling Gash that he was tricked and lied to by Izuku. Izuku is still behind the door, overhearing all of this, telling himself that the bullying teacher is right and hoping Gash realizes soon that he was lied to, but Gash shouts at the bullying teacher that Izuku will show up.
"Izuku will show up!"
"No he won't!"
"He will!"
"He won't! He's a brat and an idiot!"
"Izuku is kind and smart! Unlike you!"
"He's still an idiot!"
"Izuku is not!"
"He is!"
Gash however wouldn't back down as he tells the bullying teacher that Izuku isn't a bad person, that it isn't Izuku's fault he's a quite smart, and that all of his classmates started treating him so poorly out of jealousy. Gash yells that the bullying teacher is the one who shouldn't come to school, and threatens to tear off his mouth if he continues to say such things about Izuku.
But the bullying teacher wouldn't back down and continue to insult Izuku and yet Gash defended the teen boy no matter what the bullying teacher said.
"Izuku will show up!"
"No he won't!"
"He will!"
"He won't!"
"He will!"
"He won't!"
"He will!"
"He won't!"
As Uraraka tried to persuade Gash to leave, the bullying teacher got carried away and accidentally revealed that he possess a Quirk which gives him enhanced punches, as he punched Uraraka on her stomach and she kneels down in pain, almost vomiting, and there the bullying teacher reiterated that Izuku is a good-for-nothing idiot who should simply expel himself from school, but Gash maintain his stand and said that Izuku is not a bad person at all.
Izuku is sobbing behind the door, after hearing Gash's speech, and is torn about what he should do next. Gash insists that Izuku is simply late to arrive because he's busy pooping. Izuku stared wide-eyed at hearing the alibi, as he couldn't believe what he just heard, and he bursts through the door infuriated and embarrassed by Gash's excuse.
"Hey!"
"Izuku!"
"What do you mean I'm defecating?"
"Uh…"
"What kind of alibi is that?"
"Well…um…"
"Can't you come up with a better alibi?"
"Sorry, Izuku!"
Taking advantage of the distraction, the bullying teacher ambushes Izuku by punching the younger boy on his gut which he gasped for air, then the bullying teacher proceeds to beats Izuku to a pulp, which the bullying teacher laughed maniacally as he relishes at the feeling as this is close as he could get in getting even at the younger boy for the humiliation he got several minutes ago at the hands of another teacher.
Gash and Uraraka try and root for Izuku, but he's ready to give up. Gash tells him that their plan was already successful since Izuku made the decision to show up in the first place, and Uraraka thanks Izuku for coming to save her.
This somewhat made Izuku change his mind and starts to strategize what they could do and immediately thinks back to Gash's ability to shoot lightning from his mouth. There he remembers what he read in the book, "the first spell, Zakeru," and it occurs to him that earlier in his bedroom when he yelled at Gash before the lightning struck, he had accidentally casted the spell, which was what caused Gash to shoot the lightning.
"I see…so that's it…then maybe…!"
Izuku went and grabbed and holds the book and it starts to glow as he readies himself to cast the spell. He shouts out, "the first spell, Zakeru!", which sets the chain of events, where he saw electricity is building within Gash, so Izuku turns Gash's head so as to not directly hit the bullying teacher. Gash shoots the lightning from his mouth and the rooftop is destroyed. The four of them are bewildered at what just happened, even Gash doesn't know what just happened.
"Huh?"
"Uhhhh…"
"Wow…"
"Whoa…"
"Huh?"
"Uhhhh…"
"Wow…"
"Whoa…"
Much later, it is shown that Gash and the two students managed to leave the area while the bullying teacher is left unconscious and paramedics were summoned and took away the unconscious teacher whilst bomb squad members were summoned and began to investigate yet they were baffled as they find no traces of chemical elements, as they have no idea that Gash is the cause of all this.
-x-
That evening, at the apartment complex, the scene shows that Gash is fast asleep, while Izuku writes a letter back to his father, thanking him for sending Gash and asking what Gash even is, because Izuku's afraid of what may happen next.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as Izuku managed to get some action as he somewhat figured out how the spell worked and partially got even at the bullying teacher for what he did to him and Uraraka.
Looks like Izuku is about to have a life-changing experience going forward…
Preview:
The next chapter commences a new story arc…though I couldn't divulge it just yet as I'm working out on the plot…
See you next month…
Reviews are welcomed, but needed…