Izuku was still in his hospital room doing sit up as he had nothing better to do besides his daily quest. His hair covers his eyes while his hands rest on the back of his head.
The once skinny, frail-looking green-haired boy looked more like he was made of stone. Each muscle was defined and seemed to be cut entirely for his body. Sweat rolls over his abdomen; he gets up and puts the pull-out bed back under the main hospital bed as he starts his push-ups. A steadily growing puddle of sweat collects under his body.
Gone was the baby fat that used to fill his cheeks, and gone were the 'Weak ass noodle arms' As Katsuki would say. The doctors finally explained why they wanted to keep him inside the hospital for so long. Izuku understood but kept his mouth shut about his quirk. They did not need to know. He wasn't a lab rat for the doctors to pick apart.
Izuku focused on his push-ups. He didn't notice a nurse walking in. She was young and on the fairer side, but Izuku being the social outcast, was oblivious.
"Oh!" The nurse almost squeaks.
"AH, I'm sorry!" Izuku was in a perfect push-up as he looks over at the door the nurse fills. His back straight, while his elbows did not break the plain, his back made. Izuku quickly stands up as sweat rolls down his chest and arms.
"No, it's my bad…" the nurse was looking away with a light blush on her cheeks. 'wow… this patient…' The nurse watches as Izuku pulls the hospital shirt over his head. 'was his body this chiseled when he came in?' She holds her phone to her chest. "Um… are you being discharged today?" Izuku turns and smiles brightly.
"Yes" He could not wait to escape, he was tired of being poked at like a rat.
"If it's okay with you, could I have your number?" The cute nurse holds out her phone.
"Number?" Izuku held the phone, seeing it was already open to making a new contact.
"Yes… I mean, if you're okay with it…" The nurse looks away, embarrassed.
'is there a test result they need to send me later?' Izuku questions himself before putting his number and name into the phone. "Okay, please wait a second." Once he was finished with the paperwork, he goes home.
The next day Izuku yawns as his fluffy green hair was a mess, he was packing his bags for school even if he didn't want to go. His mother was still asleep in her room as he prepares himself food for lunch. Ever since he started working out for his quests, he created a better diet. Once he finishes, he places a note on the table telling his mom he was at school.
'Maybe I can convince the quirkiest principal to give me the exit exam early and just leave school…' Izuku stops short of the doors as the light bulb blew up above his head. 'I should have tried that years ago' Izuku huffs and walks into school, heading right for the office. A lot of students stare at him and whisper.
Izuku was used to it but quickly found out what they were saying since his Sense stat was higher.
"Who is that?"
"I have no clue, is someone transferring in?"
"He's fucking hot."
"Wonder if he likes blonds."
"Who the hell does this ass hole think he is."
Izuku quickly rolls his eyes, entering the office, seeing the only nice person in this school, typing away at her computer.
"Hello, Ms. Sung," Izuku smiles like he usually did whenever he saw her.
She looks up, and her jaw slightly drops as she stops typing. "M-Midoriya… is that you?" She stands up with her hands on the desk staring in disbelief.
"O-of course, who else would I be?" Izuku jokes and blushing as she never acted like this before. She was usually worried about him.
"have you been working out of something?" Ms. Sung stares for far longer than Izuku was comfortable.
"uh… a bit?" Izuku shrugs his bag up. "Is the Principal in? I wanna talk to him about something" Izuku gave more of a nervous smile since he didn't know if this plan would work. The uniform was a snug fit, and he could not button his jacket anymore, so he left it open. Luckily, the white shirt under it was big enough to fit his body, even if it felt like a compression shirt for workouts.
"Yes… yes, he's in. You can go in now" She points to the door, and Izuku smiles as he bows.
"thank you" Izuku opens the door seeing the pig himself behind the big desk eating an apple.
"How may I help you, young man?" The principal smiles for the first time in Izuku's presence. 'that's not normal.'
"Um… I would like to take the final exam early so I can get out of your hair Sir. I would see it as a benefit to both of us if I were able to graduate sooner," Izuku swallows dryly.
"What's your name again?" The pig asks as he stares at Izuku, still not recognizing him.
"Midoriya Izuku, sir?" The pigs' jaw drops, staring at the boy… sorry man, in front of him. Two weeks ago, this kid was as skinny as a toothpick, and now he looks better than most of the gym rats at the school.
"Midoriya!? What the hell!?" The pig squeals. "No way that is you!"
"Um yeah… it's me, sir" Izuku rubs his neck while looking away. The pig just stares looking at the green eyes, then the freckles on both cheeks: the neck rubbing but no stutter like usual. The pig could not believe it.
"Why do you want to take the test early?" The pig tries to come back from his shock.
"I just think it would be better for everyone if I graduate and get out of here as soon as possible. You will not have to deal with me anymore, and neither would the teachers. Katsuki Bakugo would leave me alone and no more distractions in your school." Izuku smiles politely, praying the pig would let him.
"hmmm. That does sound good, and even if I want to deny this, you have amazing grades. So, come here after school. I will have your test ready and maybe your diploma as well" The pig smiles.
"Thank you, principal." Izuku got up and bows. "I will see you after school," Izuku left the office shutting the door softly before a massive grin spreads on his face, and he relaxes. 'thank god he agreed.' Ms. Sung waves at him from her desk, pointing at the counter near the door seeing a late pass for him. He grabs it bowing 5 times before leaving. The hallways were empty as he makes it to his homeroom. 'hopefully, the last time I ever walk through these doors, ' Izuku knocks softly on the wooden door.
"Sorry, I'm late" Izuku opens the door as everyone stares at him. He swallows his nerves and walks in, handing the teacher the late pass before heading to his seat. He saw 8 red spider lilies on his desk and gently ran his fingers across the flowers that are meant to pay tribute to the dead. He ignored the stares as he sits down, moving the flowers to the corner before pulling out a notebook ready to get this day over with. The teacher clears his throat and goes back to teaching.
The gym class was interesting, to say the least. The boys watch him get dressed, even Katsuki did. Katsuki seems to be confused or having a mental break down. His body was in much better shape than the rest of them. Izuku ignores all of their stares, they were not worth his time. He decides to complete his daily quest since most of the gym class was focused on team games.
He was not going to be picked, so he went out to the track. He starts his 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and his 10km run. As Izuku stares at his work out, he looks at his stat screen. 'My muscles grew… there's no way that my physical state changed after exercising for just a few weeks. So it definitely means that my status affects my body.' Izuku made sure to bite his tongue to stop himself from mumbling as he continued to do push-ups. 'Since I kept increasing my strength stat, my body's probably changing accordingly.' Izuku stares at his stat sheet.
Status
Name: Midoriya Izuku Level: 18
Job: None Fatigue: 3
Title: wolf Slayer
Hp:2220
Mp:350
Strength: 48 Vitality: 27
Agility: 27 Intelligence: 27
Sense: 27
Remaining Points: 12
Izuku sighs. 'maybe I put too many points on strength… what happens if I keep putting points in?' Izuku looks over at one of the known gym rats at the school, and he was massive, bodybuilder type guys.
Izuku's eyes dull, and he shakes his head. 'hopefully not that.' Izuku didn't notice people were watching as he was well over 200 push-ups now. 'since the synergy between strength and agility is good, I'll put some into that… health is better the higher it gets, and sense is more useful than I imagined.' Izuku quickly hops up before stretching his legs. He turns away and walks to the track, not noticing most of the guys were face down, panting and holding their arms.
"what the hell is he?" One question.
"Did he finally get a quirk after that stupid stunt he pulled?" Another one chimed in.
Only one was quiet. Katsuki just watches the boy he used to bully turn into a machine as he ran. Ever muscle working together to make him run faster than his entire school and some of them have slight speed quirks.
Izuku, in the end, put two pints into strength, making it 50. Agility got 8 points bumping it up to 35, and Sense got 2, making it 28. 'I guess this should be fine…?' Izuku perks up as someone was in his way. Izuku just jumps, clearing whoever it was and keeps running. He needs another Km to finish his daily quest.
Katsuki growls as the nerd jumps over his ass. He just starts watching Izuku run around the track, not even out of breath, and seems to be lost in his own head. "what the fuck?"
Back in the locker room, his shirt was pulled on by Katsuki and almost slamming him into the wall. Izuku just breaks out of Katsuki's grip before that could happen.
"What do you want, Bakugo?" Izuku asks dully while walking to his locker and getting dressed for class. The people talking in the locker room fell into a hushed whisper.
"Did Midoriya just call Bakugo by his last name?" One of the goons spoke in a shocked tone. While the other nod. Izuku could sense the rage and frustration rolling off Katsuki as Izuku quickly got dressed and cleaned out his locker. 'There is no way I'm failing the test today.' He saw Katsuki having a mental break down and not paying attention to him, so Izuku just slips out of the locker room and goes back to class. For the rest of the day, he blocks out or ignores everything. He just needs to make it to the end of the day.
After school, Izuku was back in the principal's office with two other teachers. They each hand him two stacks of papers that made up the final exam. "you have 2 hours, no cheating" The principal smiles, and Izuku just nods before getting to work.
Either they really want him out of the school, or he was smarter than he was giving himself credit for. Izuku completed the test in 45 minutes and made sure to check it before handing it back to the principal.
The Pig hands it off to the teachers, and they grad it quickly. They kept eyeing the boy as he watches them not make a single mark on the test. Izuku sat quietly and waits. He observes the teachers as they finish and stare at the principal.
"He passed," they spoke at the same time. Izuku breathes out in relief.
"Well, then, Mr. Midoriya, congrats. Here you go", The principal hands him a diploma with the seal of the school and his signature.
"It was a pleasure learning under you, sensei's" Izuku lies but holds the diploma tightly. "Have a wonderful life" Izuku snatches his bags from the floor and leaves that pig stains office once and for all. Now he could start looking for dungeons since he was out of school.
He walks home but quickly pulled into an alleyway by Bakugo and his two little goons. Izuku rolls his eyes and crosses his arms. "What Bakugo?" Izuku stares down at Katsuki for the first time in his life. He was taller than him. 'I guess I did grow some' Izuku wants to smirk, but that would piss off the blond more.
"What the fuck happened to you?" Katsuki jabs his finger against Izuku's chest.
"I just started working out after that day," Izuku reaches up, rubbing his neck some. "why do you care?"
"I didn't ask for your help that day, and where did your help get you? The fucking hospital dumb ass! Give up being a hero!" Katsuki grabs Izuku's jacket just like his gym uniform, so Izuku did the same thing he did then. He broke Katsuki's grip and shoved him back against his goons.
"Once again... Why do you care? Is your ego that inflated that I am a challenge? Grow up, we are almost in college now, and you are acting like a four-year-old." Izuku shoves the goons to the side, moving back onto the street. "I'm done playing childish games, Bakugo. I suggest you do the same before a hero catches onto what happened inside that school" Izuku walks away with a frown on his face. The goons seem terrified, and Katsuki was just pissed off and more confused as ever.
'were the nerd's eyes blue?' Katsuki growls and stomps away.
Outside of his apartment, Izuku takes a deep breath before walking inside. Seeing his mother sitting at the kitchen table like every other day, waiting for him to get home. Izuku took off his shoes before moving towards his room, not wanting to ruin his mother's peace and quiet.
"Izuku," Inko spoke without opening her eyes. Izuku stops in the hallway before turning to her.
"Yes, mom?" Izuku watches as Inko looks him up and down. He felt like she was dissecting him with her gaze. 'god, please stop looking at me like I'm your favorite set of china that will break into a million pieces if you breathe on it
"Did anything happen at school today?" She finally stops inspecting him. Izuku let out a breath. "Are you okay? You would tell me if someone hurt you, right?" She got cut off by Izuku.
"No, today was honestly perfect. I have homework to do, so love you. Be safe on your way to work." Izuku quickly disappears into his room, only forgetting it was covered wall to wall in All Might merchandise. 'Right, I need to fix this,' Izuku grabs a box out of the closet and makes sure to take care of the figures and posters. Putting them in the cardboard box. Once he was done, Izuku tapes the top of the box closed and wrote.
SELL LATER
On top of the box. Izuku places the box in the back of his closet and sits on his bed. Just black sheets cover his bed as he leans back and rubbing his eyes.
"Inventory," Izuku spoke out loud.
The blue screen opens, showing his blades and items. He saw another Random Box was waiting to be opened. "Random Box" A black box with a golden string tied in a bow was on his lap. He picks it up. "open" The golden lights wrap around his hand, and all was left was a steel key.
[item: Dungeon Key]
Item class: C
Type: Key
A key that allows you to create a dungeon. You may use this in the Uraraka construction site at Mie Prefecture.
"Are you kidding me?" Izuku snatches his phone off his desk and searches for the construction site.
"4 hours and 42 minutes by car," Izuku buries his face in his hands. 'I can do that... Leave like I'm leaving for school… and take a bus. Get there in 5 hours. Do the dungeon and make it back?' Izuku shook his head as he starts planning. 'this would be a C class dungeon though… can I solo it?' Izuku taps his chin softly before shrugging. "One way to find out," Izuku mumbles as he continues to work on his plans. Once he hears his mother leaves for work, Izuku got some sleep, knowing he would need it for his trip.
The next morning, he did his daily quest since he'd rather not get another penalty Quest. Once was enough in that desert.
Once he finishes, Izuku dresses up in a black shirt, jeans, and a light jacket. He slides on his red high tops, making his way towards the bus station. Once he was at the station, he collects his ticket and waits for the bus to arrive. Izuku scrolls through the news feed while he waits, wondering about the monsters he may face inside this new dungeon and why the heck it was sending him 373.4 Kilometers away from home. Izuku grumbles and got on the bus when it finally pulls in.
5 hours in the countryside later. Izuku checks at his phone. The time was 2 pm. 'okay, that's good. I can get through this quickly' Izuku looks around, seeing the abandoned construction site. Izuku raises an eyebrow as he jumps the gate, landing smoothly on the other side.
Izuku finds the entrance to the tall building that was not close to being complete as he pulls out his key and opens the gate. A large blue portal sparks to life, and Izuku gets ready to enter, before getting snatched. Izuku breaks out of the grip and jumps into the portal. Whoever tried grabbed him jumps after him. "What the?" Izuku catches the guys as they all fall through the portal into a dark cave.
"What did you guys just do?" He stares at the adults closer, seeing them grinning some, and a fire lights up the cavern by someone's quirk. All eight men stare down at Izuku. They all fail to notice they were underground now. Izuku stares at the portal seeing it was still open.
'that's interesting…' Izuku turns his attention back to the idiots that tried to jump him.
"Didn't you know this place is our turf? We already kicked those money-hungry construction workers out of here, so what the fuck are you doing here?" The head guy grins, but Izuku's attention was directed elsewhere. It sounds like something was coming their way… a lot of somethings.
"Look, right now, if you want to get out of here, we have to work together, or we are all going to die." The men finally look around, seeing they were underground, as different caves went off to different places. They turn around to see the portal still glowing in the dark.
"What the hell, man? What's your quirk?" A guy that was smoking questions while their leader grabs pull Izuku to his feet as Izuku sighs.
"T-this is my quirk, but now we can work together to get out of here. You can use your quirks all out, no one will get in trouble." Izuku smiles innocently, Izuku watches some of them seem to relax. "Let's just win and leave." Izuku looks up. "Fire guy blast the hole above us!" Izuku orders, and he didn't hesitate, which was surprising. Fire came out of his fingers before he pulls it to his mouth and shot what smells like gasoline upwards, making his mouth a flamethrower. The other guys used their quirks to kill the bugs left over. Izuku looks around, seeing the 'criminal' crew work well together freely to use their quirks to the max.
Izuku could not help but just watch their quirks while letting them do the work. 'oh well.' Izuku did feel bad for not knowing their names as he saw a bug monster start crawling closer to him. 'Disgusting...' Izuku punts the insect leaving only the legs stuck on the floor. The leader creates a shield drawing the incest to him with a yell.
'they have amazing teamwork, but I guess that makes sense if they are a close nit group' Izuku observes killing a few bug monsters here and there.
"OVER HERE!!!" The shield turns red as another guy creating blades and slices through bug after bug. It took some time, but every insect was killed.
All 8 guys were left panting but grinning. 'seemed like they had fun' Izuku thought about the bugs. 8 legs, with human teeth. 'creepy, they are more significant than human legs and red all over. Gross' Izuku picks up half of one of the bodies.
"That was actually kinda fun to go all out without being called a villain." A blade dude laughs.
"Agreed, man I feel like a kid in a candy store" A leader looks at the monsters' dead bodies. One by one, they all turn facing Izuku.
"We aren't done. My quirk is like a video game. I get these places and must kill monsters and then the boss before I leave. Luckily, I had you guys here to help out." Izuku walks forwards. "of course, you can leave through the portal if you want to get out now." Izuku pointing backward at the open portal.
"You said boss, so there's a bigger insect somewhere in here?" The sword dude speaks up while following him deeper into the caves.
"Hm yeah, also before we get to the boss. Why did you guys kick a construction company out of here? I mean, they were just building what they were paid to build", Izuku had to know since their personalities didn't seem like villains but more like delinquents.
"They were just in the way, but all we had to do was threaten to fuck up his wife and daughter. The man folded like a wet piece of paper." An arrogant guy from the back yells out. Some of the guys laugh, but Izuku just nods along. He was not getting killed today.
The laughter stops, and so does the group.
"Oh my god," The leader mutters, staring at thick webs, creating an entrance. Some insects they saw earlier were wrapped tightly in threads. The boys stare back at Izuku, who just shrugs.
"It's the boss room probably. So, we should be quiet just in case it's not active" Izuku walks ahead of the guys. A few more minutes of walking, they came across a room filled with blue crystals. Izuku blinks owlishly at them. 'the station dungeon didn't have these…'
"Wow, this is amazing!"
"If I had to guess these could fetch over 10 million Yen. What do you think, greenie?" The leader turns to the man who had the quirk that creates them.
"I couldn't tell you, this is the first time I've seen it myself." Izuku walks over and inspecting the crystals. "Magic crystals?" Izuku felt a chill go down his back as he turns around, seeing shadows covering the eight faces of the group.
"We're splitting it evenly," the leader smiles. "there is more than enough, but we need to take care of the boss. Where is it?"
"Once you kill the boss, we only have a certain amount of time before the dungeon is closed." Izuku looks upwards and frowns. "Also, found the boss," Izuku points up. One by one, everyone looks upwards to see eight eyes staring down at them. 'I hate spiders, ' Izuku mutters to himself as a giant spider was lying in weight surrounded by webs.
One guy went to scream, but the fire guy covers his mouth. "I-it looks asleep…"
"thankfully" The leader steps backward. "And this seems like the best chance to move the crystals…"
"I don't have the equipment to get anything," Izuku shrugs, not really sure what theses guys were thinking, but he had a good idea.
"Our buddy Bin can create any tool he wants, but he seemed to run off after seeing the spider. I don't blame him, your quirk is creepy." The leader laughs before turning to his group. "We will get him so wait here and make sure the boss doesn't wake up" The leader smiles too nicely for Izuku, but he relents and just nods. Luckily for Izuku, the crystals gave off some light, so as the fire user went with the group, he wasn't left in the dark. Izuku closes his eyes and listens carefully.
"Seiji," There was a pregnant pause as the leader speaks again. "Block the boss room's entrance" The leader's voice travels far enough for Izuku's Sense to pick it up.
"Greedy," Izuku turns his attention to the giant spider as the explosion makes the entrance cave in. Izuku felt a power spike in the room as he looks up, seeing the spider begin to move. He just stares up at the spider as it lands on the floor. Its mouth opens as it roars. 'didn't know spiders could do that' Izuku hums. All 8 of its eyes were crimson red with rows of teeth in its mouth.
'Enormous size, long legs, and its strength are on another level.' Izuku thought before smirking. 'nonsense…'
Izuku's eyes slowly turn blue as the crystals helping make them glow brighter as his black dagger materialized in his right hand. "I'm going to have fun killing you."
The spider roars again, and Izuku stares at it dead on.
