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Some messed up stuff at the beginning
Izuku stands in a circle dressed in ragged clothes. His eyes are closed as he bangs on his drum and chants his dark words.
'Come forth Dark Lords!'
'Come and ravage this land!'
'Come ghouls! Come in your infinite numbers and consume the living!'
'I revel in your corruption! Dance in your vile taint!'
'Destroy this world! Consume all creation!'
'Use me to destroy your enemies! Let me be the key to the destruction of the Ancient Cetarium!'
He chants and chants for hours, constantly banging on the drum. It's loud and harsh like his voice.
He enters a trance as the portal finally opens. An envoy of the Lords has come. Disgusting and vile, the ground dies as it sets its feet on the ground. The air screams as the envoy takes its breath. The universe screams in agony as something as vile as this has entered it.
With its ten arms, it reaches for the sky. Its black claws open wide as it joins in Izuku's chant.
'Come forth Dark Lords!'
'Come and ravage this land!'
'Come ghouls! Come in your infinite numbers and consume the living!'
'We revel in your corruption! Dance in your vile taint!'
'Destroy this world! Consume all creation!'
'Use this one to destroy your enemies! Let this sacrifice be the key to the destruction of the Ancient Cetarium!'
The envoy's vile voice rumbles the ground. The universe screams and cries. The foul tongue spoken by both kills all life around them, turning it into a wasteland. The words spoken are enough to turn normal people mad, as no living being should ever hear such profane words.
Disgusting, horrible, corrupted words. The universe writhes as they chant. All living beings in the universe feel sick as the words are chanted. The corruption is so potent that reality itself warps and shudders.
Izuku finally turns over to the envoy. He finally opens his eyes to gaze upon such a perfect creature of corruption and sin. He takes one glance at the unholy being.
And goes mad at the sight.
Izuku wakes up in a jolt. The dream was unlike anything he had ever had. His hand is on his chest in an attempt to calm his now racing heart.
What was that? It was…
Horrible, terrible… I can't even explain it. It felt so vile and disgusting to hear those words.
As Izuku is thinking about this, he starts muttering the words he heard.
"Yeazahran, dulga nan… Dasvan gul dulivash. Dolgul shor arman. Dul van teh vasz."
He stops as suddenly he feels like he is going to throw up. He rushes to the bathroom just in time for it to come all rushing out. As he coughs up the last few remnants and stands up, he looks down to see the toilet bowl filled with blood.
Those words are corrupted…
Izuku cleans up and goes to the sink. He turns it on and splashes some water on his face. He grabs his toothbrush and starts brushing them. As he stares at his reflection, he looks paler than usual. His eyes are bloodshot and sunken. He spits out the paste into the sink and looks back at himself.
YALZAN TAL OIZAM
He stumbles back as the words hit him. He falls to the ground in pain as he can feel his ears bleed.
Please…
Help me…
I need help… please!
Help me!
HELP ME!
ULTAN FELUAZ! LIVTA HE CET ROURIZ YALZAN! YALZAN! YALZAN! YALZAN!
Izuku trembles in fear on the ground. The walls feel like they are closing in on him, he closes his eyes as tight as he can.
HELP ME PLEASE!
HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME HELP ME!
Hands start grabbing him and pulling him. The slimey digits roam all over his body. Soon they start clawing at his flesh and taking chunks. Muscle and flesh are torn off of him as he is ripped apart.
HELP!
HELP!
HELP!
IT HURTS! HELP ME!
I'M SCARED! HELP ME! IT HURTS!
MOM! ALL MIGHT! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!
Soon his eyelids are ripped off and he is forced to gaze upon the sight.
A face covered in stolen faces of others are plastered over a centipede-like body. It has a grin that reaches its eyes. It stares at him.
It starts biting off parts of his face. Izuku can feel its teeth dig deep into his flesh and see chunks of himself in its mouth. The creature closes its eyes in ecstasy as it savors the flesh of its victim.
He feels every rip and tear, every bite is like fire. He is screaming in agony and terror. He screams for help that will never come.
As the beast grabs his hair and rips off his scalp he hears something in the background of all the noise.
"-ake up!"
"Wake up!"
"WAKE UP!"
Izuku wakes up screaming as Mitsuki is by his bed.
"Izuku, sweetie! You were screaming in your sleep! What's wrong?" She looks concerned.
Izuku takes a moment to get his bearings. "I… I don't remember anything…"
Mitsuki looks at him worryingly. "You were screaming and calling for help. You were clawing at your body… Izuku, is there something you're not telling me?"
He looks into her eyes. "No, I really don't remember."
She looks at him for a few moments before sighing. "Alright, I believe you. But I'll be watching you for the next few days, alright kiddo? Now, I doubt you wanna go back to sleep so how about I make you some breakfast?"
He nods. "I would like that, Auntie."
She smiles at him and gives him a hug. "You're safe here, Izuku. Don't forget that. You can tell me anything." She says while rubbing his back and rocking him back and forth.
"Thanks, Auntie."
"You're welcome, kiddo."
Izuku's morning jog takes him downtown. Usually, he would run by the beach but a villain attack blocked his path so he has to make due. He's taken a different route but recognizes the area so he knows where to go from here.
A lot of things have been on Izuku's mind. Rather, a lack of things on his mind. He hasn't had a psyker dream ever since the attack. Hell, now he doesn't remember any of his dreams anymore. He doesn't understand why.
As he continues to jog, he looks around. Nothing particularly gets his attention until he sees something at the corner of his eye.
A dojo.
Izuku already knows of it. He looked up local dojo's early into his training due to him wanting to learn how to properly fight. He just never had the time to actually do anything.
I mean, I'm here so I might as well go…
He stops and wipes some sweat off of his head and starts walking towards the Dojo. As he enters the building he looks around.
Punching bags, exercise equipment, and even a ring are what he sees. Multiple people are already inside working out. The sounds of fighting and people working out fill the air.
Wow…
Izuku looks around in awe. He walks around a bit before heading to the ring in the middle. There he sees a young woman fighting an older man. She quickly dispatches her opponent with clear skill.
She holds her hands out. "Who's next, huh? Who wants to try me?"
Her orange hair is tied up behind her, her teal eyes are wild. Her hands…
Wait… what's up with her hands?
They are wrapped up and bruised, but that's not what catches his attention. The fact that they are large enough to fully grab someone catches his attention.
Her quirk? No wonder no one can beat her. With hands like those, I bet that they can break bones easily.
As Izuku looks at the girl, she sees him staring. Taking it as a challenge she walks over to his side of the ring.
"What are you looking at? You looking for a fight, that it?"
She breaks Izuku out of his thoughts. He waves his hands in front of him. "No, no! I was thinking of joining!"
Suddenly the wild look in her eyes disappears and gets replaced with a more comforting look. "Oh! Sorry about that!" She leans over the ropes. "Quite a lot of people wanna fight me since my father owns this place. Makes for great practice!"
She steps out of the ring and walks over to Izuku. As she gets closer, he gets a better look at her.
Oh dear…
This girl is actually going to be the death of me…
She walks over with a towel, using it to wipe the sweat off of her. "So, what do you wanna learn here? We offer many different classes on many different types of martial arts." She motions for him to follow her. "Hands, feet, weapons, you name it. We also offer a gym for those who wish to work out specifically."
Izuku looks at her. "What exactly do you practice?"
"Karate is my specialty, though I dabble in Muay Thai and Kung Fu." She responds. They stop near an office. "I'll be right back, I'm going to get you some paperwork."
She leaves and Izuku waits for a few moments. Soon, she comes back with a few sheets of paper. "Here it is! Everything that you need to know is on here. Once you're done, come find me. I usually hang around the ring that you found me at."
She heads back and Izuku looks at the paper.
Let's see here… numerous classes, a gym, Yada yada….
Soon he finds what he looks for.
Ah, here we go…
Izuku doubles back when he sees it.
This is dirt cheap! How? It shouldn't be possible that it's this cheap!
Izuku signs all the paperwork and heads back to the ring just in time to see her pummel another opponent into the ground.
"Hey, umm. I finished all the paperwork!"
She walks over to Izuku and grabs the papers. She takes a quick glance over them before speaking. "Everything seems to be in order…" She looks at his name. "...Midoriya Izuku. Right! And it looks like you choose all the classes that I'm in, so we should see each other quite often. Oh! That reminds me!"
She hops out of the ring and holds out her (now shrunken) hand out to Izuku. "I'm Kendo! Kendo Itsuka! It's nice to meet you!" He shakes her hand. She pulls him closer and slaps him on the back. He stumbles a little.
She smiles at him. "Welcome to the Kendo Dojo!"
Izuku's heart speeds up at her smile.
A small feeling in his heart starts to grow.
Further into the day, Izuku is at the beach. He's managed to make more progress than usual due to him pushing himself. A fact All Might has noticed.
Normally, since All Might was the only one to come pick up the trash on certain days, he would only come on those days. Now, with the help of one Hatsume Mei, he's been coming here everyday with no rest.
Today is an All Might day, so Mei won't be coming today. He does his warm up as usual and starts picking up the trash. All in all, it seems like a regular day for Izuku.
That is until suddenly a force knocks him onto the sand. The trash he had goes flying up into the air.
Izuku recovers quickly, and looks around. A voice behind him catches his attention.
"So… you're the boy that Toshi told me about…"
Izuku turns around. On top of a pile of trash stands an old man, hunched over and holding a cane. He's wearing a costume that Midoriya doesn't recognize.
"Who are you? How do you know All Might?" Izuku yells at the old man. He gets into position to fight.
The old man laughs at his attempt. "I can't believe that Toshi wants to make you the Ninth holder!" He stops laughing and wipes a tear from an eye. "I'm Gran Torino. I was friends with the seventh holder, and I trained the eighth holder, the buffoon that you know as All Might."
Suddenly he slams into Izuku's stomach and sends him a few feet back. Izuku groans as he has the wind knocked out of him.
"Look at yourself! Too tired from picking up trash to even fight an old man!" Gran Torino taunts him. Izuku gets to his feet but is knocked back down again, this time from the back like last time.
As Izuku gets up, the old man is in front of him in an instant. "You're pushing yourself too much, kid! Your small body can't keep up!" Izuku is suddenly kicked in the jaw as the old man zooms around him.
Think Izuku, Think! How does he move around so fast?
As Izuku tries to keep up with the old man, he spots an important detail.
He can move in the air! It's his feet! His quirk is tied to his feet!
With this revelation, Izuku manages to concoct a plan to stop this old man.
As Gran Torino passes Izuku on the right, Izuku manages to grab one of his feet. As soon as he grabs it though, he loses his grip and falls over.
"How does destroying your body help anyone? How does it help All Might? What would your mother think if she saw you like this?"
Mom…
Tears come to his eyes. "I'm doing this for her! I was too weak to help her, to help Kauri! They died and I couldn't do anything about it!"
Soon he drops to his knees and starts hitting the sand. "It's my fault… I need to get stronger…" Gran Torino stops in front of him. "Working yourself to the bone doesn't help anyone, especially yourself." He holds out a hand for Izuku. "If you want to get stronger, there are better ways." Izuku grabs his hand and is pulled up. He dusts himself off and rubs the tears out of his eyes.
"How?" Izuku asks weakly.
Gran Torino smiles at him. "Just watch me…"