Training of Encouragement and Hell?
The shows of a street within the city though it appears to be familiar for some reason though maybe it's because some who have been living in this city for a long time have known this street, but there is actually something more from a recent event.
"Damn it, he came through here, but then where to next?" A tall and muscular young man asked grunting.
"Sparking sake, why couldn't he leave a clearer trail for us to follow." The tall young man complained a little.
"Calm down, you big ape. It's still a trail for us to follow, and it's a good thing you got me to tag along, given that I'm the better tracker here." A young woman pointed as she walks up to him.
"Yeah, I'm really grateful." The tall young man said sarcastically.
"Look, I know you're worried about Noah. Not hearing from him for the past three days even though he was supposed to contact us within that time, we all feel on edge because of this, and we want to know what happened to him too, but we don't let our emotions take over unlike you." The young woman said.
As much as he wanted to argue back, he knew she was right about letting his emotions get the better of him and needs to think calmer about the situation.
"Good, you're calm. Let's go." The young woman smirked and walks away.
"Already got a lead?" The tall young man asked.
"Yeah, it sounds legit." The young woman answered.
(With Izuku)
It has been three days since that tragic event when Izuku met that man named Noah who gave up the last remaining life to save him from that monster and gave him the sword along the task of protecting this world from danger.
It has been three days since he witnessed a man dying before his eyes and felt really bad about the whole thing.
Izuku came back home after that and quickly went to his room to conceal himself for a while and hide the sword, but he knew that everything that happened was real and now he has to live with it even though he has no idea on what to do.
He has gone to school like normal and just minding his own business like he always does at school but doesn't have the same feeling as some of his classmates have noticed this including Katsuki who tried yelling at him, yet Izuku doesn't seem to faze him.
Lots of things have been on Izuku's mind for throughout the past three days, and he is still processing all of this.
"I wonder, can I really do it?" Izuku asked himself.
Izuku is back at Conchrock Beach and standing in front of a little makeshift grave, a cross made of two sticks he found and some pretty seashells around the little cross.
"Hi, I hope you don't mind that I come visit you this soon. I've been thinking about what you said to me when we met here, about me saving the world and discovering the power of this sword called Lucky Seven." Izuku looked down at the sword in the red sheath.
"I always dreamt on becoming a hero like the ones before us and the ones spoken in legend, I like the thought of heroes because of how they can make people smile when they see that smile to help them feel safe and I just wanna help people because it's the right thing to do." Izuku explained his reason for wanting to be a hero.
"You gave me such an important task because you saw me as someone who can do it, someone with a big heart… You… You saw me as a hero." Izuku clutched onto the Lucky Seven.
Izuku started to tear up from having to remember how Noah just gave him that one last time before he died, he wished that things could have been different but knew it wouldn't work like that because Noah was already badly hurt when they met.
"Still, I wish there was a way for me to let you live a little longer." Izuku whispered.
"Riku is sure that Noah would have no regret on doing what he believed in, to the very end." A voice named Riku said.
"Huh?" Izuku confused.
He looks around trying to find this person that has spoken to him, but he is nowhere in sight for some reason like he's invincible.
"Down here, you." Riku said in a slight annoyance tone.
Izuku looks down to find a Nopon standing close to him.
The Nopon who called himself Riku is a seafoam green Nopon with a fluffy tuft of brown hair on his head. He is equipped with black military armor that covers his entire body except for his stomach and legs. He also carries a weapon on his back.
"A Nopon?" Izuku surprised.
"Indeed, my name is Riku, and it is an honor to meet the one soul friend Noah entrusted." Riku introduced himself.
"Noah, wait! You really knew Noah?" Izuku asked shock.
"That's right, Noah was a dear friend of Riku since his childhoodpon of early days. In fact, it was Riku who trained Noah to be a good friend and strong warrior." Riku explained.
"Oh, huh, my name is Izuku Midoriya and it's an honor to meet you!" Izuku greeted with a bow, and almost drop the sword.
"Riku can tell that you've been keeping Lucky Seven safe." Riku noticed the red case for the sword.
"I have, and I would like nothing than to help people in everything within my strength, but I…" Izuku paused and look sad again.
"Riku sees, Riku understands that you are scared of the task Noah has left you with and the hardship that comes with it." Riku nodded.
"He told me that I need to discover the power of the sword on my own in order to save the world, but I'm not really sure if I can…" Izuku admitted.
"Of course, no said that saving world would be easy and it's always gets harder the more you go down this path." Riku pointed out.
"And yet, Noah knew the risk. He knew and kept on going even though it would cause him his life, didn't he?" Izuku asked, guessing on how Noah felt back then before they met.
"Indeed, he did, Noah always worried for others more than himself and would never hesitate to take a leap of faith to help if it means to save the lives of those, he holds very dear. Not a second would he every throw away so easily, never backing down from the danger that threatens their lives." Riku explained a little more about Noah's heroic nature.
"Wow, he sounds like a real hero!" Izuku amazed.
"Just wish I've gotten the chance to know him more." Izuku looked at the makeshift grave.
"Did you make that grave?" Riku asked curiously.
"Yeah, even though his body is gone from this plain of existence, his belongs are still here and it was the least I can do." Izuku answered.
"And you did it in the very sport where Noah died, quite a pleasant and polity little boy." Riku complimented.
"You know, Noah told me to practice playing a flute and I should play for him to hear on the other side though I don't know what he meant by that." Izuku mentioned.
"Ah, Riku sees what Noah meant. So, he wants you to experience that as well." Riku nodded, understanding what Noah was going with.
"Do you know?" Izuku asked.
"Riku explain that for another time. Right now, Riku believes that it's time to help you learn how to fight." Riku said.
"Help me fight?" Izuku confused a little.
"Why the confusion? Riku means to train you into becoming a mighty warrior of heroism!" Riku revealed his intention.
"Really? You're going to train me?" Izuku asked surprise.
"Riku would never lie about such a thing, you are Noah's legacy and so much more! Riku swears on Riku's life that I will watch over you and guide you on the proper path!" Riku promised with determination.
Izuku finally form a full smile after feeling sad and aching for three days, now he is fully going to fulfill his promise to Noah on protecting the world.
"What the fucking spark did you just say?!" A shout was heard.
"Oh, Lanz! Riku was about to contact you soon." Riku surprised as he turns around to see the tall and muscular young man.
"Well, I save you the trouble for the call. Now, tell me why you just said this kid is Noah's legacy?" Lanx demanded.
Lanz has a remarkably tall and muscular physique with distinctive grey skin and white hair. The golden lines along his face and arms resemble the skin of Machina. He wears military style grey cargo pants, a tight grey tank top, some kind of black and blue coat adorning the Keves symbol, and black metallic boots. Additionally, he wears metallic gloves.
"(He's scary!)" Izuku thought scared and hid behind Riku.
"Easy there, Izuku. No need to worry, Lanz here is trustworthy for he is Noah's friend." Riku informed.
"Huh? You're Noah's friend?" Izuku asked surprise.
"Yeah, we go way back since childhood, and I want to know what the spark is going on here!" Lanz yelled again, scaring Izuku again.
"Lanz, please calm down the temper for you are scaring the poor boy." Riku tried to reason with him.
"Hey, cool the sparking down, Lanz, and let them speak." The girl said.
"Thank you for seeing reason, Ghondor." Riku nodded.
"Yeah, yeah, just get on with the explanation or I'll just to give you a Hellish beating to get the story out!" Ghondor threatened while cracking her knuckles to make her point clear.
Ghondor is a tanned woman with dark brown hair tied in two pigtails and green eyes. She wears a green sleeveless crop top, white karate pants tied in a black belt and black military boots. Ghondor wears orange hand wraps. Breasts size: G-cup.
"(Oh god, she's even scarier than the other guy!)" Izuku thought exclaimed in fear of this Ghondor woman.
"Y-Yes, we'll explain all we can. It's best for Izuku to explain since he was the last one to have been with Noah." Riku said and look over to Izuku.
Izuku became worried about telling those three new faces that he just met, and they are all appear to be close friends to Noah too, bringing up the bad news about Noah's fate is going to make them feel remorse and very angry at the same time that they would blame him for what happened to Noah.
But he also knew deep down that they need to know what happened.
"Alright, I'll tell you." Izuku said.
Izuku gave them the explanation on what happened to Noah three days ago, the monster he was being chased a deer monster, how he suddenly found himself running into danger and helped him get away, how Noah killed the monster with Lucky Seven, and gave him the sword before passing on.
"And that's about everything." Izuku finished.
"What the… ARE YOU SPARKING SERIOUS?!" Lanz shouted in both rage and sadness.
"Noah is dead? That can't be… There's no way Noah would kick the bucket!" Lanz refused to believe it.
"I understand if you don't believe me, and if you want to hit me for being the reason for his death… You can. I won't complain." Izuku accepted whatever punishment Lanz wants to dish out.
"You muppet… Are you being serious?" Lanz asked shock that this kid is accepting punishment.
"Ease up you ass, Lanz. This kid is telling the truth, I feel the honesty from his eyes." Ghondor said. She only met this kid moments ago, but she can already tell this one has a good soul.
Lanz turns to the makeshift grave of Noah where his clothes are, he clutches his fist and tears began to stream down on his cheeks despite trying (and failing) to hold them back.
"I'm sorry for not being able to do anything to help Noah." Izuku apologized.
"Kid, from what you said about that wound, there was no saving him. There's no getting fuzz about it." Ghondor pointed out.
"Damn, Noah finally found the Lucky Seven sword only to end up giving up to a little kid who isn't even part of the big fight." Ghondor looked at the sword being held in his arms.
"But fate has favor Noah by encountering this boy, who clearly has the soul of a righteous being as his body moved before he could even think. The sword is in safe hands." Riku believed.
"Even so, I'm not entirely convinced." Ghondor said.
Yeah, he can understand that this woman doesn't see him as entirely trustful despite the circumstances that was force upon him.
"Say, kid, have you ever even fought before?" Ghondor asked.
"Well, huh, not exactly… You see, I can't really summon my own Blade weapon. None at all." Izuku mentioned.
"Oh my, this reminds me of young Nikol Ortiz who could not summon a weapon of his own." Riku remembered that boy.
"Wait, have you met him? I heard that Nopon can live a really long time for over hundreds and even thousands of years." Izuku asked curiously.
"You could say Riku know such a thing, but that's a story for another time." Riku grinned.
"But even when I couldn't summon a Blade, I still pursue on becoming a hero just like the ones from the old stories of the first Ouroboros group, to save the lives of the people so they can live to see tomorrow." Izuku looked up at the sky.
"Helping people wherever and whatever I can do feels more important than other things." Izuku said with a small smile.
"Oh, and what about yourself? Don't you have your own things to do than bragging on about being a hero?" Ghondor asked.
"No, not really, I just wanna help people because it's the right thing to do. That's what important to me." Izuku answered honestly which surprises Ghondor a bit.
"(Well, kick my ass, this kid is so damn honest and a goody two-shoes just like Noah.)" Ghondor thought crossed her arms, thinking back on how Noah cares about others more than himself.
"You sound just like him, you know." Lanz said, getting everyone's attention to him.
"Noah would feel the same way, about trying to help people the best he could. Heck, he didn't even care if some of them are some sparking asses that done some wrong in their lives." Lanz turned his head to Izuku.
"He was always too much of a bleeding heart." Lanz mentioned.
"Oh, guess I must've really made an impression to him." Izuku was surprised a little.
"In more ways than one." Lanz commented as he stood up and turn around to face Izuku.
"Tell me, are you to sign up for Ourboros, right?" Lanz asked.
"Y-Yeah, I am." Izuku answered with a nod.
"We're from Ourboros ourselves. The next exam for new recruits is in six months from now, and you don't look ready even in the slightest." Lanz pointed out which hurt Izuku a little.
"Which is why we need to get started on your training like sparking right now. How about first thing in the morning?" Lanz asked for the time.
"Huh? You're going to train me too?" Izuku gasped.
"Damn straight, Noah entrusted you with that sword and the mission which means we gotta make sure that you don't go slacking off. Ghondor, you'll be in charge giving him hand-to-hand combat training." Lanz said to Ghondor.
"Hey now, when the spark did, I ever agree to helping the kid out?" Ghondor felt she was just dragged into something against her will.
"Riku, you can try teaching him how to fight with the sword and maybe some other things you think he'll need." Lanz placed that role of teaching on Riku.
"Hello, are you even listening to me? What about the others? We need to inform them what happened, especially to Mio!" Ghondor reminded him.
"We'll tell them that we found the guy who Noah trusted to keep the sword in safe hands, and he's going to be joining us soon, but we won't tell them about Izuku until the day of the exam." Lanz explained his little plan.
"Are you for real?" Ghondor asked.
"I… huh… Thank you very much!" Izuku bowed toward Ghondor who was surprised.
"Be warn, Izuku. Ghondor's way of training is very dangerous and very few have barely been able to survive the first month. But Riku can promise you that Ghondor's mighty strength will be your guide!" Riku bragged in a little dramatic way.
"Guess we're really doing this." Ghondor sighed, knowing that she might as well go through with this.
"Listen up, kid. I'm not gonna go easy on you even if it is training, you better start proving your worth or else you're dead. Am I clear?" Ghondor glared as she clutches her fist.
"Yes!" Izuku responded.
And so, Izuku's first step to becoming the greatest hero in the world has begun with his three new friends from Ourboros training him for the next five months.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Izuku was feeling really down about what happened days ago with Noah and the big task he was given, but now it looks like fate may be smiling upon the boy as he was approached by three Ourboros agents who will be training him up for the exam in hope to get him ready for what may come next.
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