I have had this chapter written in my head for nearly 3 weeks now, but with it being Holiday season I just haven't had time to write it while working two jobs. So, in this chapter I'll be introducing Izuku's power, but to do so I will have to have an OC. For those of you that don't like OC's, don't worry, he won't be around long.
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Lorde Wolfe- I hope you like what you see.
HankFlamion18- Sorry for the wait, please enjoy!
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Chapter 2:
"M-mom..?" Izuku groaned out as he rubbed his tired, green eyes, vaguely wondering if the previous events had all been nothing more than a bad dream. The green hairs boy's hopes were crushed as he took in his surroundings. Darkness conquered the small eight foot by eight foot room, a dim beacon of light from a slit in the heavy iron door revealing how barren the cell truly was. The newly orphaned Midoriya's eyes widened in fear as he pushed himself off of the hard, concrete floor, feeling the cold air swirl around the cell as his body displaced it.
"Finally awake, eh, kid?" a gentle yet masculine voice echoed through the slit in the door, Izuku could almost hear a smile etched into the unknown man's face.
"W-wh-what? Wh-who are you? W-where am I?" the green haired boy stammered out, fear wrapping tightly around his heart as he crawled away from the door and voice, pushing his tired body against the back wall.
"Well, for 'the where', I'm not exactly sure myself… The worst hotel I've ever been to at least. One thing is for sure, I am definitely going to write a nasty review online!" the voice chuckled back, the faint smile still mimicked through his tone "As for 'the who', well my name's Cayde, and I guess you could say I'm your neighbor! Got any sugar I can borrow?"
"H-huh?" the timid boy question, the answers doing nothing to settle his shock and confusion.
"Not one for jokes, eh, kid? Don't worry, we'll work on that!" Cayde laughed back.
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"Deku…" Bakugou thought grimly to himself as he walked past his school's gates, his usual entourage following loosely behind him; the blonde's fist clenched tightly around his backpack as he lowered his head to watch his feet, his mind flashing back to the news from the previous day.
"Ha ha, I am here now!" a deep voice exploded through the air as a familiar, blond, giant man blurred in front of the sullen teen.
"A-All Might!" Katsuki gasped in shock as the number one hero, everyone's idol, appeared before him, sending the explosion user stumbling back.
"Indeed, young man!" the muscular man shouted with a joyous smile "I was wondering if you could answer some questions for me about your classmate, Izuku Midoriya."
"Deku…" Katsuki growled to himself, remembering his last interaction with the boy as shame licked the pit in his stomach, his friends lowering their heads in sadness behind him "What does someone like you want with a quirkless loser like him?"
"Quirkless?" All Might mumbled to himself, his smile faltering for a second before snapping back before being noticed as he replied to the young man "I was wondering if you knew if he had any friends or family he would have stayed with after the… incident yesterday."
"Like hell!" the young Bakugou growled, bearing his teeth towards the ground, he knew what the man was talking about, they all knew. "That loser doesn't have any friends! He just wouldn't shut up about wanting to 'be a hero' and 'saving people with a smile', everyone stayed away from that delusional wannabe!"
"I… see…" the Pro-hero mumbled as he processed the new information presented by the angered boy, he wasn't sure if the boy remembered he was there, as the blond hero bit back a frown "Well… Thank you anyways! Remember, stay in school!"
"Huh?" Katsuki questioned as the hero blurred out of sight, leaving a group of stunned and confused children behind.
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"Gah!" Izuku gasped out as he was thrown into a leather chair, as if it were ripped straight out of a doctor's office, before thick, leather straps were wrapped tightly around his wrist and ankles, securing him to the chair. The young Midoriya wasn't sure if he should be grateful or terrified when two hulking men interrupted Cayde's unending barrage of jokes and pulled him towards a man that seemed to be made of darkness itself, a dark purple mist comprising his entire being under a well pressed suit. The mist man seemed to expand and encompassed the trembling boy before the child suddenly found himself in some type of dimly lit lab, two blinding lights hanging above respective chairs. The boy was quickly tied down by the thugs before they moved away, revealing another person being tied to the second chair
"Easy there big guys, don't damage my cheekbones, they're my best feature!" the now familiar voice of Cayde rang out from the man as he chastised the two goons for throwing him into the chair face first. Ignoring the man's mockery the two larger men flipped him over in the seat revealing him to be in his late twenties; dark brown hair contrasted with his pale, yet slightly tanned, skin and baby blue eyes. True to Cayde's words, his cheekbones stood out prominently, before thin cheeks lead sharply to a nicely chiseled jaw.
"Geez, if you want to give me a full body message at least get some better chairs…" Cayde grinned out into the darkness as the two men finished his restraints and stepped back, allowing the light to blind the talkative man.
"C-Cayde?" Izuku squeaked as he stared at the man sitting beside him, unsure what to think of the man and his permanent smile and nonchalant attitude.
"Oh, hey kid, didn't see you there!" the blue eyed man exclaimed happily as his smile grew when he turned to face the boy. "What's the matter? First time? Don't worry, I'm sure they're just gonna give us a shot and send us on our way!"
"Well… You're technically not wrong." A slightly distorted voice said calmly from within the veil of darkness. Izuku recognized that voice; it was the same one that brought him here. Turning to face the voice, the green haired child wasn't given the chance to reply before ten black tendrils shot through the air, five piercing Izuku's chest and five into Cayde's. Green eyes widened, tears running down his cheeks as he gasped and screeched in agony as red lightning pulsed out of the black appendages and into his body. Pain ripped through his body as Izuku's eyes darted around in panic, settling on Cayde; the older man grit his teeth as the red lightning seemed to be being ripped out of his body and into the black stems, as if he were being drained. Izuku seemed to calm down slightly as he watch the man, even as his blue eyes slid shut and his body slumped forward, Cayde's smile never left his face. The image burned itself into the young Midoriya's mind as he followed his elder's lead and fell unconscious as well.
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"Hello?" All Might answered his phone as he walked down the street, having morphed back into his skeletal form with a sulking expression.
"Toshinori", Naomasa's voice rang out from the handheld device, bringing a small smile to the skinny man's face "any luck?"
"Not really…" Toshinori Yagi sighed, his smile fading once more as he lowered his head "apparently, the boy was pretty much an outcast, didn't really have any friends… What about you? Find anything; did you get in touch with the boy's father?"
"Unfortunately, no one's been able to find a hint of where he ran off to…" the detective solemnly replied, frustration lingering in the back of his tone "I did contact his father, the man is working overseas and is unable to take the boy in himself so he did give his consent for you to become his legal guardian, we just have to send him the paperwork for him to sign."
"I… see…" All Might murmured, unsure if he should feel bad about the boy's father quickly handing off fatherhood or to be happy that he could make it up to the missing child "Anything else; any other leads I can check out or something?"
"We already have someone on the other leads, just search around the area… he couldn't have ran too far…" echoed out from the phone, the second part sounding more as if it was directed at the speaker than the recipient "I'm on my way to question the man that attacked you, he recently woke up so maybe he can give some insight on the situation…"
"Well…just… just keep me informed if you find anything…" Toshinori replied nervously before hanging up the phone with a sigh. Sending a quick glance around to ensure no one was watching, the skeleton like man morphed into his muscle form and leapt on top of a nearby building, vaguely hoping the elevation would help with his search.
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Izuku sobbed quietly into his knees as he curled himself into a ball in the corner of his cell. The green hair boy closed his eyes tightly, tears streaming down his face as his emotion swirled inside him, contradicting one another. The young boy was unsure if he was caught in a dream or nightmare as he was told what had just happened, what it meant. This felt like a dream to the green eyed boy, this is what he always dreamed of, but this was just wrong, unnatural. The young Midoriya felt shame as he processed his new development, he didn't deserve this, it was stolen, it was wrong.
"Why… why is this happening?" Izuku screamed into his mind, closing his eyes tighter as his hands gripped the sides of his head, desperately trying to ignore the holes in his shirt, a reminder of his shame.
"Heh…" a soft chuckle broke through the boys sobs, once again a smile could be heard through the tone "Hey kid, wanna hear a joke?"
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"Are you sure we should be keep the child down there?" a deep voice hissed out of the man made of purple mist, he bowed towards the shadows, towards a pair of well polished dress shoes topped with well pressed slacks.
"Now, now, Kurogiri, there's no need to question your dear Sensei…" the distorted voice rang back, the formal shoes turning around and walking deeper into the darkness "… While it's true the boy does possess a huge amount of potential, he did survive the forceful quirk injection after all, he is still too naïve. I saw the look in his eyes when he looked at All Might… Unlike with Shigaraki, who was broken before he was brought here, that boy did not break from his own travesty, we will have to break him ourselves…"
"I… see…" Kurogiri mumbled back as he rose to his feet behind the hidden man "but is it wise to keep 'that' man so close to him?"
"Heh…" a morphed chuckle broke through the veil of black, followed closely by the sound of shoes clicking against the floor as they walked away "There is nothing crueler than giving someone hope… than giving someone light, only to rip it away."
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"Come on, kid, concentrate", Cayde's voice broke through Izuku's thoughts as the two stood on a large open warehouse, the mist man having teleported them there directly from their cells. The blue eyed man stood prominently taller than Izuku, towering over the boy by at least a foot in height as he was clad in black sweatpants and a light grey hoodie, five puncture holes visible in the chest of the outfit.
"I'm… sorry… it-it's just… h-how?" Izuku mumbled, unable to look at the man standing before him "How are you able to smile; why a-are you s-so willing to help me?"
"Hmm?" Cayde hummed as he smiled down at the boy "Well, it's not like this was your fault. With that new power of yours, you're gonna have to learn to look on the bright side! Besides, who better to help you master that power than its original owner?"
"Except, he needs to figure out how to use it in a fight, something you never bothered to do…" hissed quietly from a dark corner, his words going unheard by the child but not the brown haired man, whom sweat dropped and lowered his head in defeat.
"Anyways…" Cayde continued on as he raised his head, showing his ever present smile, a finger resting on his lips as he seemed to think to himself "How about we give ya something to motivate you?"
"M-motivate?" the young Midoriya squeaked nervously, finally shedding a glance up at the man.
"How about, every time you make some progress on your quirk I'll tell you a secret?" the man grinned down at the boy, whose eyes seemed to sparkle at the thought. Kurogiri narrowed his gaze on the elder of the two in an attempt to figure out what the other man was planning.
"Oh-Okay!" the green eyed boy exclaimed, curiosity taking hold as he stared up at the man.
"Good, now hold out you hand, palm pointing up, and close your eyes." Cayde chuckled back the boy's excitement, watching as the child did as he was told "Now, picture a ball, completely white, floating gently above your hand."
"Hmm…" Izuku hummed in concentration as he followed the instructions, vaguely wondering what his power could be as Cayde desired to keep it a secret.
"Good job, kid! Open your eyes and take a look!" Cayde's friendly tone broke through the boy's concentration.
"Huh?" Izuku questioned as he did as told, only to widen his eyes in shock. Hovering just above the child's hand was a faintly glowing ball of white light, roughly the size of a soccer ball.