Chapter 24
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TwinstarDragon: true, she does. And she always will. Which song, and i hope i can do it justice
ssommersperez: incorrect. Chapter 22 had izumi beating up most of her former class, and a couple others. After the destruction of the elves (with the exception of aizawa) the class saw izumi get married via a dream, it was current. The previous chapter was essentially a flashback, from just before the class and eri got isekai'd, before izumi offered the honeymoon.
Previously
Ariel perked up a bit at that, and said "i would like that".
now
After izumi warped the dirty dishes in a sink in the kitchen, she got ready to open a portal to japan. Ariel waited patiently, while eri went back to sleep in ariel's arms. After a few seconds, a portal opened up. "There we go, love," izumi said cheerfully, before ariel walked through it, with eri in her arms. Izumi stepped through a moment later, the portal closing after she cleared it.
Izumi got a good look at where they appeared, and was shocked. There was a very simple reason that she was shocked. She had teleported her family to the destroyed room of class 1-A. She absently went where her seat was, when she was izuku, and rubbed the top of the desk.
Ariel noticed that something was wrong with her wife. "Izumi, what's wrong?" she asked in concern. "This room, this desk, is where i died as izuku," izumi said in a soft, distracted voice. Ariel was shocked. "What happened?" she asked, as she stepped up to her wife.
"We were getting ready for the heroics portion of class. Suddenly, an earthquake appeared out of nowhere. I realized that eri was almost certainly going to be terrified, so i quickly stood up. I called for her, and suddenly, there was a golden light, far more painful than anything i had felt in my life, as izuku," izumi finished her tale, a single tear coming down her cheek.
"In my entire life, after i was diagnosed as powerless, only inko midoriya stayed by my side, and i love her for that. However, i noticed that she was putting up a front. She started to treat me like a delicate glass figurine that was so fragile, that a gingle gentle tap would kill me," she said, before she grew a look of rage.
"When i was diagnosed as powerless, katsuki turned his back on me, on EVERYTHING that we promised each other, and even went so far as to try to kill me, multiple times, even suicide baiting me!" she stated in anger. " i honestly have no fucking idea WHY i wanted to be friends with him again, as izuku," she snarled, before she gained a pensive look. "Perhaps my vision of him was caused by my desire to have my only friend back?" she asked herself.
She shook her head. "Now is not the time to live in the past. I'll give you the tour, my love," she said, grabbing ariel's hand and teleported the three of them outside UA's gates. "How about some food, my love? If nothing has changed since i was killed, i have the layout of the city memorized," izumi said.
Ariel smiled, "food sounds pretty good, right now," she agreed. Izumi took eri and put her in her sling, and took ariel's hand, while eri snuggled into izumi's chest. "Luckily, i have some gold from the human kingdom," izumi said.
After finding a restaurant, they had a large amount of food (not eri, she had a kid amount) izumi paid the bill with a gold coin. After wandering for a bit, with ariel being amazed at the construction, and a few fights they had passed, they encountered a music contest. "My love, should i enter?" izumi asked. "Yes, you should. I wanna hear you sing," ariel said enthusiastically.
"Alright, my love," izumi gave her wife the sling and their daughter, then went to go sign up. When she was called, only two people in the crowd, not counting ariel recognized that her name was similar to her past life, not that they knew.
Izumi walked up to the stage, a mask on her face, similar to the one katsuki destroyed. "I will play two songs, both of which had a significant importance to me," she said, before she lowered her head. She began to use her domain for music to play the instruments for the songs.
Lost - linkin park
Just a scar, somewhere down inside of me
Something I can not repair
Even though it will always be
I pretend it isn't there (This is how I feel)
I'm trapped in yesterday (Just a memory)
Where the pain is all I know (This is all I know)
And I'll never break away (Can't break free)
'Cause when I'm alone
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion
But I'm tired, I will always be afraid
Of the damage I've received
Broken promises they made
And how blindly I believed (This is all I know)
I will never break away (Can't break free)
'Cause when I'm alone
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
I try to keep this pain inside
But I will never be alright
I'm lost in these memories
Living behind my own illusion
Lost all my dignity
Living inside my own confusion
The crowd was silent, but ariel was starting to get an idea why that song means so much to her wife. Izumi lifted her head and looked at the crowd. "This next song is one of my personal favorites," she said, before she used her domain of music for the instruments.
The tale of cu chulainn - miracle of sound
In the sodden snow of the Irish hills
Was born a Tuatha's child
With a fighting heart and immortal skill
And a spirit fiery and wild
Through a prophecy he was bound and doomed
To a short and a glorious life
And he bore the name Setanta till
A famous fateful night
With his hurley in his hands
His name would cross the land
Well his Uncle Connor who wore the crown
Of Ulster on his head
In the home of Culainn the smith sat down
For mead and mutton and bread
At the door lay the Cú, the faithful hound
A huge and and terrible beast
When a thief or enemy trod his ground
Their bones became his feast
Well Setanta joined them late at night
And the hound it leapt to shred
But he raised his hurley, pucked the ball
Right through the poor beast's head
He spoke remorse as the smith he cried
For his lost and murdered hound
'I will be your Cú now from this night
Till another you have found'
So he lay outside the door
One eye watching on the moors
And the name Cú Chulainn
Was sung out loud that night
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might
And the name Cú Chulainn
So furious and wild
To remain in myth and memory
A legend of the isle
Cosantóir tragóideach
(Tragic guardian)
Fuil dhiaga Lú
(Divine blood of Lugh)
Finscéal an Chú
(Legend of the hound)
Cosantóir tragóideach
(Tragic guardian)
Fuil dhiaga Lú
(Divine blood of Lugh)
Currach lán le fiúnach
(Boat filled with fury)
Finscéal an Chú
(Legend of the hound)
Cosantóir tragóideach
(Tragic guardian)
Fuil dhiaga Lú
(Divine blood of Lugh)
Finscéal an Chú
(Legend of the hound)
Cosantóir tragóideach
(Tragic guardian)
Fuil dhiaga Lú
(Divine blood of Lugh)
Curadh lán le fiúnach
(Warrior filled with fury)
Finscéal an Chú
(Legend of the hound)
He trained on the Isle of Sky and Shadow
Bore an abandoned son
And met his battle brother Ferdiad
Many a tale they spun
Well he fought with the strength of many men
A beast who bloodied the fields
In a bloodlust battle frenzy
His skin would shift and peel
His son would find him as man
But would not tell his name
So he took a spear to his own child
And doomed himself to shame
When the canny Queen Méabh attacked his land
To steal the bull of brown
She sent out Ferdiad to fight
Cú Chulainn struck him down
Blood of son and brother fell
He wailed and cried farewell
And the name Cú Chulainn
Was sung out loud that night
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might
And the name Cú Chulainn
So furious and wild
To remain in myth and memory
A legend of the isle
Cosantóir tragóideach
Fuil dhiaga Lú
Finscéal an Chú
Cosantóir tragóideach
Fuil dhiaga Lú
Curadh lán le fiúnach
Finscéal an Chú
When the father of fair Emer
Refused to give her to wed
Cú Chulainn tore his castle down
And left the whole place dead
They loved each other, man and wife
Despite his many affairs
Then he met the Morrigan, turned her down
And earned her vengeful glare
She weakened him and broke his strength
With trickery and lies
By feeding him the flesh of dogs
Three crones were her disguise
The Queen and Lugaid saw their chance
To fight the Cú and win
When he battled next 3 spears were thrown
And one tore through his skin
So he tied himself to a mighty stone
By his guts and belt he hung
And so he still stood on his feet
Till the last breath it left his lungs
And a light shone out so grand
Till the raven came to land
And the name Cú Chulainn
Was sung out loud that night
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might
And the name Cú Chulainn
So furious and wild
To remain in myth and memory
A legend of the isle
Scaoil amach on ceol!
(Let loose the music!)
With that, she bowed to the crowd, who went wild after she finished and left the stage to return to her wife and their daughter. Except for two, and the two looked at each other. The two were no other than toshinori yagi and inko midoriya. The reason they were there was because they were on a date, trying to move on from the death of izuku. They thought that they were making progress, when this woman wearing a green hooded dress, a mask, had incredibly long green hair (most of it wrapped around her arm in an incredibly long braid) and sang two of izuku's personal songs.
Inko and toshinori tried to follow the girl, only to lose her in the crowd. Toshinori turned to inko and gripped her shoulders. "Inko, i will find her, you stay here and enjoy yourself," he said. He knew that she was hurting worse than him with the loss of izuku, that was why he told her to stay there. Inko nodded, crying softly. With that, toshinori went into the crowd.
Izumi made it to her wife, and gave her and their daughter a hug, not paying any attention to their surroundings. After searching for a while, toshinori found the woman he needed to speak to, but saw that she was in a loving embrace with a bundle in the arms of the shorter girl. "Huh, i wonder what their relationship is," he asked himself.
Opening their eyes, izumi and ariel looked at each other for a bit, before they kissed. Toshinori was shocked at what he was witnessing. However, before he could do anything, there was a large explosion, and the area was attacked by nomu.
Breaking the kiss, izumi looked towards the source to the explosion, and saw things she hoped would never see again. "Nomu!" she snarled, before she charged at them, and performed a wide kick, sending all the nomu out of the area with a powerful kick and wind pressure.
Toshinori was stunned. He saw that this girl sent all those nomu flying with a kick. He saw that the girl held her arms out to her sides, a portal opening on each side. "Come, my darlings, kill these nomu," izumi commanded. Twenty of her children came out of the portals, and started to attack the nomu's. Toshinori was even more surprised.
However, he didn't have any time to ponder what that girl meant. So, he ran into an alley, to turn into all might. He knew that these nomu were here on orders from afo. Therefore, he decided to go find him and fight him.
Izumi went to her wife, who was defending their daughter in her arms. "My love, if you see a woman that looks remarkably similar to me, please protect her," izumi asked. "Of course, but why?" ariel asked. "She is my mother, from when i was izuku," she explained. Ariel nodded in understanding, and izumi kissed her. Breaking the kiss after a few seconds, she whispered "stay safe, my love. You and eri both," and ran after all might, as she had seen him leaping away.
Elsewhere, about ten minutes later
All might was having a hard time. He had indeed found afo, but he was exhausted. Afo was charging at him to deliver the final blow, before he was kicked away, sending afo into a building. All might looked to his side, and saw that it was a leg. He traced the leg and saw that it was the woman he wanted to speak to. Izumi lowered her leg, and turned her masked face to her predecessor.
Unknown to those on this battlefield, there was a news camera in the sky. It showed all might in his skeletal appearance, wearing his hero suit. There were cries of shock throughout japan, as they saw his appearance. "Stay back, hachi," izumi said, getting his attention. "I will finish this," said stated. "Now wait a moment, young lady-" was all toshinori managed to say, before izumi opened a portal and pushed him through. He ended up next to inko, much to his surprise. "Don't worry, skeleton," ariel said, getting the attention of inko and toshinori. "The disorientation will pass," she promised.
"Who are you?" inko asked. "I'm ariel," ariel introduced herself. "And that woman?" toshinori asked. "My wife," she said simply. The two were surprised. "Don't worry. If my wife's mask is destroyed, or if she takes it off, all will be explained. Needless to say, coming to japan is our honeymoon," ariel said, as she turned her attention to the massive screen on the building. Having no other choice, inko and toshinori turned to the same screen as ariel.
In another plane of existence
I am seen, sitting on a cushion, overseeing this story, headphones on my head (My appearance is the same as i described in my [reading of] story, so i won't put it here). "Hmm," i said, as i look at the screen, taking my headphones off, showing izumi about to face AFO. i believe her class deserves to watch this battle," i said. One of my tails glows with a silver, ethereal light. As a result, a screen appears in front of the reincarnations of 1-A, in the world of kumodesu. They were surprised, and even more so, when the screens turn on by themselves. "Hello, reincarnations of class 1-A. I have decided that you should have some entertainment, so i have decided to let you watch your class president fight the enemy that even all might could not beat. If izuku had not been killed, he would've had to fight this super villain eventually, anyway. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show," i said, before i turned the focus of the screens to the battlefield.
Back in japan, on the battlefield
"It's time to die, all for one," izumi stated, before a light appeared around her, replacing her hooded dress with her sports bra and her booty shorts, before she charged at him. Afo charged at her, too. He threw a punch, only for her to deflect it, and knee him in his stomach. Afo reeled back, coughing. "Oh, please, it wasn't that hard. It's no trouble for your stolen regeneration quirks to handle and rectify," izumi states.
After a moment, afo stood up, good as new. "Why are you doing this, when all might was my target?" he asked. "Because, all for one, there are a few reasons," izumi said. "First, i am here to avenge ichi through nana," she said. Afo looked confused, and over in the crowd, toshinori looked surprised at that. "Second, before i reincarnated, i would've had to face you eventually, anyway, because i was the successor to hachi," izumi said, as she reached up and took her mask off, revealing her face to the world. "I was izuku midoriya, before i reincarnated, after that golden light killed my class, and i was the successor to all might. He entrusted one for all to me," izumi revealed.
Toshinori and inko were beyond shocked. Inko was on the verge of crying. In the world of kumodesu, izumi's class was shocked and surprised. However, katsuki was beyond pissed that all might chose izuku, instead of him. Aizawa was surprised, but now he understood that was why izuku kept breaking his bones.
"second, you are a super villain from the dawn of the age of quirks," izumi said. "and finally, your attack interrupted my honeymoon," izumi snarled the final reason.
"All for one, i will now do, what hachi very nearly succeeded in doing: killing you," izumi stated, before she charged at afo again. Afo dodged by taking to the air. However, izumi wrapped her thread around his ankle and slammed him into the ground. "You will not escape," she stated.
Izumi grabbed afo's head, and used her domain over death. Where she grabbed him, were grey and cracks coming from. "You deserve to die, for all you did," she stated, just moments before the greatest super villain since the dawn of the age of quirks turned to dust.
Izumi clapped her hands together, getting rid of the dust on her hands, changed back to her hooded dress in a literal flash of light, and teleported back to her wife, who she hugged from behind. Ariel leaned into her wife's embrace, and that was when izumi noticed toshinori and inko staring at her. "Oh," she said simply. Now she had to explain to her former mother and predecessor how she was alive, and a girl.