An: Hey there everyone, I am glad to see that people are enjoying my stories. It helps to keep me motivated to push to get these chapters out as soon as possible. now this is probably the longest chapter I have ever written, though that is mostly due to a bit of an info dump sorry. Feedback is appreciated, though negitive feedback that is unwarranted is not. Here we go.
Chapter 4: Time Passes
Musutafu, Japan, Izuku Age:13
Walking home from the last day of school of his second year at Alderon Junior High walked a teenager standing at 170 cm tall and a swimmer's build. striking emerald-green eyes with a red slit, silver hair with green tips and aristocratic features that grabbed the attention of teenagers and young women alike, this was Izuku Midoriya. Life for Izuku had taken a complete one-eighty after began his new life. Starting at Alderon Preparatory School Izuku had quickly become the center of attention with his unique looks and powerful quirk. This was good and bad, due to his determination to change Izuku would no longer stand to be anyone's punching bag, nor would he ignore anyone being harmed in front of him. This endeared him to many of his classmates as well as his teachers.
Izuku soon found himself making a small group of friends his age, much to his mother's joy. First had been his new best friend Eijiro Kirishima and his childhood friend Mina Ashido. Eijiro was a boy with black hair that hung down around his head with angular features and sharp brown eyes. His quirk [Hardening] allowed him to change his body to a dense rock like material that increased in density the harder he trains with it. The only downside to his quirk are that the change depends on his stamina and his movements become slower due to the weight of his increased density. In a word Kirishima or as he came to call him Kiri was intense. Basing his beliefs on his favorite hero Crimson Riot, Kiri always equated anything that went on around him as 'manly.' As they got older this tended to cause problems with the girls in the class, because lets be honest no girl wants to be told in any way that they were considered 'manly.'
Izuku's second friend, Mina Ashido was almost the complete opposite of Kirishima. Mina is a girl that had bright pink skin and hair that only darkened as they grew older, she has a rounded face and pretty features. Her hair was surprisingly even curlier than Izuku's own and two small yellow horns standing prominently on her head under her hairline. One of her most striking features was definitely her eyes; golden irises, black pupils and sclera. Her personality is, in a word, bubbly, extremely extroverted she is the type of girl that will jump on you declare that you are now friends and that's the end of discussion. How does he know this… well that's exactly what happened to him. Mina's quirk called [Acid] is actually the reason for her unique skin and hair color. Her quirk allows her to secrete acid at any concentration and viscosity from anywhere on her skin. Her favorite hobby is to dance which she wasted no time dragging both Kirishima and Izuku into.
Izuku had made one more friend when he first arrived at his new school, though to his surprise he actually already knew this person. It was none other than the girl he had saved from Katsuki the day that he awakened his quirk, Kyoka Jiro.
-Flashback-
The moment that Izuku saw the girl he had rushed up to her leading to Jiro freaking out and lashing with her ear-jacks jabbing the boy and knocking him back over five feet. Upset at the actions taken Kirishima and Mina went to confront Jiro only to be stopped by Izuku. Surprised at his fast recovery the three other kids could only look at Izuku picking himself up and patting the dust from his clothes. Walking up to the trio Izuku explained to his friends that the whole thing was his fault and that he had realized that Jiro wouldn't recognize him since his quirk had activated.
Confused Jiro had to think of where she could have seen someone like this boy talking down his friends. It wasn't until she had looked at his face and noticed the sets of four freckles on his cheeks that it suddenly clicked for her That Jiro spoke up. "Wait your that boy that saved me from those bullies back at the park a few months ago!" Blushing a bit at the smile that the boy gave her though the small fangs she could now see were new… well there were other things that were new, and she needed some answers.
"what happened to you? The last time I saw you your hair and eyes were different, and you seemed to be a moment from having a panic attack… sorry." Wincing at the way her words could be taken; Jirou took a step back and began fidgeting with her ear-jacks. Smiling again at the admittedly cute action of the girl and finally getting his friends to calm down, Izuku spoke up with a calm tone. "It is okay Jirou-san, I know I look very different from the last time you saw me…" A sudden look of melancholy flashed across the boy's unique eyes almost to fast for the ear-jack girl to notice as he spoke up again. "That time that I came to help you was the day that my quirk finally activated leading to the changes you see now. Anyways it's great to see you are okay I had been worried about what had happened to you." Surprised at the chances of that happening to someone, and then blushing at hearing how this boy that she had only met once was worried for her flustered the usually stoic rock girl.
Catching sight of the girl's blush Mina and Kirishima looked to each other before a teasing grin grew on Mina's face much to Kirishima's horror. Whispering to his friend Kirishima quietly spoke, "Mina no-" only for Mina to respond cutting him off, "Mina Yes!" Jumping on the opportunity like a lion on a wounded gazelle Mina proceeded to do what she does best; tease the ever-living hell out of a friend. With a shit-eating grin on her face Mina looped her arm around Jiro's neck and whispered so only the rocker girl could hear. "Well, well, well what do we have here? Seems someone was worried about their knight in shining green armor. Oh, could this be young love?" Not even seeming to notice her voice rising towards the end of her teasing words Mina had to dodge out of the way as Jiro's jacks shot to stab into her side.
Running behind Kirishima to shield herself from the rocker's wrath, the hardening user was slapping his forehead in exasperation of his childhood friend's antics. The said rocker was currently hiding her blushing face in her arms as her ear-jacks were whipping around her in embarrassment. Izuku on the other hand only sighed out at Mina's antics. Being around the pink troublemaker for the last few months had done wonders to reverse some of the early damage to his self-esteem that had been brought on by Bakugo and the other's abuse due to his misdiagnosis. Deciding to defuse the situation again, Izuku placed his hand on Jiro's shoulder, dodging the jacks from hitting him again before speaking up.
"I'm sorry about Mina, she may love to tease people but she's a really good person." Seeing Jiro finally begin to calm down she took a breath and responded, "It's alright, she just caught me off guard. So where are you all off to?" Speaking up before Mina had the opportunity Izuku spoke up, "Well, Mina was talking about going out to celebrate the start of the weekend at the arcade-" Suddenly feeling nervous Izuku looked from his friends who were giving him a thumbs up before he turned back to Jiro. "In fact if you want you could come with us?" Losing some of his confidence by the end of his question Izuku began to fiddle with his fingers.
Smirking and chuckling lightly at the adorkable boy in front of her Jiro pulled out her phone and sent a quick text to her parents that her plans had changed. Putting back her phone after getting a message back from her parents telling her to have fun and stay safe. Looking up from her phone seeing the nervous and hopeful look on the white-green haired boy in front of her and the two smiling behind him Jiro smirked again at the boy and said, "Sure fangs lead the way." Eyes widening at her response, Izuku lit up with a smile bright enough that if he was a traditional vampire he would have burst into flames.
-Flashback End-
After that Izuku and his group were seldom seen apart from each other. They only became closer when they found that they all shared the dream of becoming Pro-Heroes and attending the best hero school U.A. High School; alma mater to some of the most famous Heroes of the last two generations, including the current number one and two heroes All Might and Endeavor. Excited as the group was knowing that their time to take the entrance exam was now just over two years away, Izuku and his group Knew that they would need to train hard to not only make the cut but excel.
Kirishima worked to increase the strength of his Hardening, how long he could hold it and how fast he could activate his quirk to its max. Mina at the suggestion of Izuku in one of his infamous mutter sprees worked to increase her control of her acid for not only offence but defense as well. Jiro decided that her best bet would be to work on her stamina, the piercing power of her jacks, and tempering her sensitivity to loud sounds. Inversely the biproduct of the last training led to Jiro learning a sort of pseudo sonar ability that allowed her to map an area when she used her ear-jacks and insert them into a surface. The three along with Izuku not only worked on their physical abilities much to Mina and Kirishima's dismay Izuku and Jiro decided that the two needed all the help they could get to work on their studies. This brought Mina and Kirishima who had been in the lower-middle of the class rankings up to the top twenty of the class.
While his friends worked hard to progress, Izuku had to work ten times as hard to gain a semblance of control of the many facets of his quirk. It had taken Izuku around two months of constant meditation to get back into contact with Avrora so he could get advice on his training. The embodiment of his quirk was only to happy to help her master, Avrora explained that at this point Izuku was not strong enough to control the full abilities of his familiars.
-Flashback-
Seeing the downtrodden expression on the vampire cinnamon roll's face, Avrora was quick to explain that he would eventually be able to call on more power from his Familiars up to a point as he grew older and stronger in mind and body. Izuku looking at Avrora in slight confusion at her wording which he voiced. "Avrora, what do you mean 'up to a point'? Is there another aspect to my quirk that is required for me to gain full access to my familiars?" Sighing to herself and collecting her thoughts the quirk began her explanation.
"Izuku you need to understand that even though you do not need it to survive, your strongest abilities and familiars are tied to blood." Seeing the wide-eyed look on her master's face Avrora continued, "Every one of your Familiars will be limited and may even rebel against you unless you drink another's blood- and no, before you say anything it cannot just be bagged blood, though bagged blood would work to increase your physical strength and speed. No, to form a complete connection and dominance over your familiars you must drink directly from another person. This act works to create a form of bond between those you have bitten and the familiar in a sort of contract." At this point Izuku was turning an interesting shade of pale white and light green in shock and slight disgust at the requirements of his quirk's growth. Deciding to rip the bandage off at this point Avrora started again, "There is some good news though, once you create a contract with a familiar you would not need to drink blood again to use that particular familiar's full power." Sighing in relief at her master settling down Avrora prepared to move on to the next topic.
"Now Master, you must listen closely because it is very important you know and understand your familiar's names and abilities." Stiffening and paying rapt attention to Avrora, Izuku surprised his quirk by materializing a notebook and pencil ready to record what would be said next. Sweat dropping at her master and his odd habits Avrora began her explanation. "Now in total you have twelve familiars within your quirk, each has its own unique and in some cases destructive powers and their forms are based on the astral zodiac. Some are also representations of your abilities as a vampire.
"Your first familiar Mesarthim-Adamas or The Divine Sheep of Adamantine takes the form of a large ram. Its body is covered in tens of thousands of diamonds. Mesarthim in its base form gives you the ability to produce and manipulate diamond into any form, weapons, barriers that can reflect attacks, or even fire them like shotgun blasts. Second is Cor Tauri-Sucinum or The Ox Headed King of Amber manifests in the form of a large minotaur in red hot armor wielding a large battle axe. Its main abilities lay with the manipulation of lava and even tectonic plates. In its base form Cor Tauri will give you a limited but powerful geomancy and pyromancy that when combined will give you the ability to manipulate lava or create magma." Looking up to ensure her master was still listening, Avrora sweat dropped at the furious writing and mumbling coming from Izuku.
"Third in line is one of your more powerful familiars, its name is Al-Meissa-Mercury or The Serpentine Dragon of Mercury. Taking the form of a large silver twin headed hydra-like dragon, Mercury is capable of reality warping as well as eating void and space. These abilities also give it as well as you the ability to resist reality warping effects and powers. In its initial stage this will give you limited warping ability and void manipulation. If you train this ability enough, it could be possible to even create pocket dimensions. Now your fourth familiar may be odd in appearance, but that doesn't mean that it is not powerful. Natra-Cinereas, or The Carapace of Silver Mist, takes the form of a large silver crab/crayfish with blue flames on its claws that produce mist. Natra has the ability to render anything ethereal by producing and enveloping something in mist, this ability can ward against mass destruction attacks or even reality warping. For now though you will only be able to create a thick mist to hide yourself or even become part of the mist to move silently anywhere within it."
Hearing his quirk speak of the myriad of abilities that just his first four familiars were going to be capable of Izuku was gob smacked but excited to hear what was next. Seeing the excitement on the boy's face Avrora had to fight back the urge to hug her master and squeal Kawai! Taking a deep breath to recollect herself Avrora began once again.
"Now we are coming to some of the more dangerous and destructive familiars. Fifth is Regulus-Aurum; The Lion of Gold, as the name states it takes the form of a giant golden lion made from living lightning. Regulus only has one ability; to produce and manipulate lightning in any form. In its initial state it will give you a powerful electrokinesis. Sixth is Minelauva Iris; Rainbow Flames of the Dark Princess. This familiar takes a human-like form as a silver haired Valkyrie with wings of flame and a blue flaming sword. At its full power it has the ability to cut anything, even cause and effect and the very laws of nature can be severed by her sword. Until you earn her full power the most you will be able to use is Minelauva's sword that can cut through any man-made material." Avrora suddenly stopped as she heard the sound of a pencil cracking. Checking on her master to make sure he was okay she almost burst out laughing at the wide-eyed look and open-mouthed shock on Izuku's face.
Seeing she had stopped to stare at him Izuku closed his mouth and began to ask questions. "How? How is it possible to have something so powerful? I mean I don't understand how any quirk could be so powerful. If anyone were to just have one of these abilities then they could become a top tier hero in no time, or in the worst case a villain that only someone like All Might could stop." Seeing Izuku begin to spiral into a panic-attack as his imagination started to run wild, Avrora placed her hand on his shoulder to stop him before replying. "Izuku, I know this is a lot of information to just drop on you, but you need to understand that this power is yours to use. I am only giving you this information so that you are prepared and to help you understand the dangers of using these abilities can be." Lifting the sputtering boy's chin to look into her eyes Avrora continued, "In the end it is your choice if you use the familiars. To be honest you will likely be around for such a long time you could stay hidden by using just one familiar as your quirk and 'retire' after a few decades to have a new persona debut with a different skill set. Just a thought, but don't feel like you have to stay hidden from the world. I know you will be the greatest hero this world has ever seen!" Blushing at the praise of his quirk, Izuku calmed down and prepared for the rest of the information on his last six familiars.
Nodding at her master Avrora returned to her instructor mode. "Your Seventh familiar is the only of its type in your list as it is not a being but an object. Its name is Kifa-Ater, or The Black Sword of Abraded Night, Taking the form of a large archaic sword the size of a skyscraper, it can be considered a literal Sword of Damocles to drop on your enemies. This is not its only purpose though, the swords' main ability is absolute gravity and force control, increasing and decreasing gravity or force on an area or object. For now until you find a contractor for it the sword will only appear in a lesser form that you can use in hand to hand combat, and limited gravity and force manipulation. Number eight is a dual edge sword, Shaula-Viola or Purple Scorpion Tiger, Shaula takes the form of a large white tiger wrapped in purple flames and wearing scorpion styled armor and has a prehensile scorpion tail. This familiar can create and manipulate poisons as well make antidotes to any poison it makes or comes into contact with. Its most dangerous power however is its ability to take another's vitality and give it to someone else." Sighing again, Izuku could only shake his head at the danger present in his eighth familiar with its ability to poison and take another's vitality. 'Though the ability to create antidotes would be helpful…'
Returning his pencil to his mental notebook once again, Izuku began to write as Avrora continued to speak. " Now, we are coming to the last four familiars. Number nine Al-Nasl-Minium or The Bicorn of Deep Crimson, takes the form of a large black bicorn with glowing purple eyes, purple fire-like mane, and two jagged crimson crystal horns on its head. Al-Nasl-Minium is capable of producing and manipulating sound on a massive scale. It can create sound quakes and waves, or even tear molecules at an atomic scale by emitting high-frequency vibrations from its entire body. At the basic level it will allow you to produce low power sonic shockwaves from your body or direct more powerful bursts from your limbs. Your tenth familiar is called Dabih-Crystallus, The Goat of Glinting Eyes, taking the form of an ichthyosaur with a large horned goat's head and crystal blue mane, and its body covered with silver crystal scales. Dabih has the ability of mental and spiritual manipulation, meaning it can use all forms of mental abilities. For now you will only have access to psychokinesis, telekinesis, and protection from mind-based quirks."
"Now we come to the last two, starting with number eleven, Sadalmelik-Albus, The Water Spirit of White Steel. She takes the form of a serpentine undine in light aquatic armor covering tis human-like torso. Sadalmelik-Albus is the source of your recovery and immortality, she is capable of reverting phenomenon to its original state even nothingness. At her most powerful Sadalmelik-Albus is even capable of erasing the conceptual existence of something or someone. Now your final familiar symbolizes your connection to blood. Familiar twelve is named Alrescha-Glacies, The Bewitching Princess of Azure Ice. This familiar takes the form of a heavily armored mermaid warrior and has the ability to manipulate water and other liquids. Now that is the list master, the only limit on your own power is the effort you put forward to improve physically and mentally." Izuku looked up at Avrora, determination shining through his eyes as he responded. "Right!!!"
-Flashback End-
With all the work Izuku had done to train with his familiars' non-contracted abilities he had only been able to become proficient with four of them. The four familiars that he had chosen were Mesarthim-Adamas, Al-Meissa-Mercury, Regulus-Aurum, and Alrescha-Glacies. He chose these four to start due to their utility in hero work. Mesarthim was perfect for protection and had a decent amount of battle utility with diamond manipulation. He could currently create basic weapons and armor with little difficulty, while barriers and ranged attacks were mildly difficult. Al-Meissa-Mercury was perfect for battlefield control, by using its ability to manipulate void and space Izuku could open holes directly to his familiar's bottomless stomach and even redirect attacks by linking spaces. Izuku's greatest achievement with Mercury was when he had figured out he could teleport short distances by running the Familiars' energy through his body and picturing the location he wished to travel to.
Regulus-Aurum had been a difficult choice for Izuku to decide to train in using. Izuku's original plan had been to train with either Sadalmelik-Albus or Dabih-Crystallus, only to be told by Avrora that until he could gain their contracts Izuku was already at the maximum proficiency he could have with the two. When Izuku had first started training with Regulus he was not able to control the output of the energy of his attacks causing a lot of damage in the quirk gym. It had gotten to the point that the electric quirk trainer on-site told the young man that if he was unable to gain a semblance of control of his quirk that Izuku would be asked to leave. The next day Izuku returned to the gym after thinking up an idea when he had been eating dinner that night with his mother. First Izuku ran the energy through his body like he did with Mercury to help limit the energy, then he directed the energy through his fingertips. Impressed with his progress in such a short time Izuku didn't want to admit that he had gotten the idea when he had been watching an old pre-quirk cartoon from America called "Avatar: The Last Airbender". In fact the old show was a driving factor for Izuku to learn mixed martial arts to help increase his combat ability. Lastly along with directing the lightning with 'bending' Izuku also learned to increase his speed and attack power by coating his body with lightning energy. This made Regulus-Aurum one of his most used familiars.
Finally Alrescha-Glacies, to be honest this was also a by product of his bingeing of the previously mentioned cartoon and how the philosophy of the Water Tribe of balance in spirit and mind spoke to him. Working hard Izuku had developed a high control of water in any form, gas, liquid, or solid it didn't matter. The last thing he had worked on was converting water between states as control. As a side effect of this training Izuku gained a sense of the liquids around him, including the blood flowing through people. While Izuku was less than enthusiastic for gaining this ability, he knew that it would be a great way to be aware of his surroundings while on patrol.
On top of his quirk training Izuku did not ignore his education or his physical health. When he wasn't studying with his friends he was doing workouts, mostly calisthenics with light weight training (If he wasn't counting his vampire enhanced strength 'light' training was lifting around five hundred pounds.)
Now that school was out again for the summer holidays Izuku had decided on his next training regime. Confident in his abilities Izuku decided the best option for training until the U.A. entrance exams would be mixed with community service in the form of cleaning the defunct beach Dagobah. Izuku's plan was to start early in the morning with light warmup calisthenics, then followed by a five-k jog to Dagobah for endurance training. The next three hours from eight to eleven a.m. would be spent on cleaning the beach. The time from eleven to twelve will be cool down exercises and tai chi practice. Twelve to one o'clock would be a break for lunch, followed by three more hours of clean-up until four p.m. Cooldown and martial art katas would follow for one more hour until five p.m. One more five-k jog back home, followed by a healthy dinner and bagged blood every three days to accelerate healing. Izuku would follow this plan Monday through Friday saving Saturday for quirk practice and Sunday for rest and hanging out with his friends.
-Line Break-
Four Months Later, Dagobah Municipal Beach, Musutafu, Japan: Izuku Age: 14
Izuku now stood at the entrance of the former Dagoba Beach Dump. Looking at the pure white sand and the clean sea water without a single piece of trash in sight brought a wide smile to the young vampire's face. The work had been hard, Izuku couldn't believe the different items that had been thrown onto the beach over the years. Izuku had found everything from safes, furniture, broken appliances, and even a few vehicles including a large pickup truck. After the first two weeks of cleaning when Izuku had reached about ten percent of the trash on the beach, people began to notice the odd boy coming and cleaning the destitute beach park. This had lead to multiple posts on social media being sent all over the net. Of course as soon as a certain pink 'fluffy buddy' found out sure enough Izuku was called by his friends on that Sunday to meet up and talk about it. Izuku explained that the reason he had decided to clean the beach was to both help his training as well as help the local community.
Eijiro of course as soon as he heard the reasons proceeded to slap Izuku on the back and proclaim how 'manly' his Izu-bro was, much to the amusement of both Jiro and Mina. Said girls had similar reactions Jiro teasing Izuku for being to pure for the world. Mina on the other hand teased Izuku with the likely probability of seeing her and Jiro in swimsuits on the beach. This of course lead to Izuku exploding in steam and Jiro jabbing Mina with her jacks in retaliation.
Well after that Izuku continued to work hard although he had not been able to finish the cleaning before school resumed for his last year of junior high. Izuku ended up having to adjust his schedule to fit around his school and study time pushing the rest of the cleaning another two months past what he had hoped for. Now here he was enjoying the late summer breeze and sensing the power of the ocean waves crashing on the beach. Looking around the beach, Izuku could see people of all ages sitting and playing along the beach. Happy at what he had been able to do to help everyone in this area, Izuku zipped up his green tracksuit with silver and black highlights and turned to finish the rest of his fifteen-k run before meeting up with the others for a study session. As he began picking up his pace and jogging along Izuku couldn't help but think to himself in excitement.
'Less than a year to go now, just wait U.A. here I come!'
