AN:
Gonna keep this short, hopefully I'll be getting these chapters out faster in these next couple days, I already have the next couple chapters planned out! Next, depending on how many reviews I get this chapter I may start 'PM'ing responses as not to clog up the story… if that is the case just be on the lookout for it! Lastly, I'm thinking about doing another BNHA story, except a series of one shot multiverses with class 1-A and the like as the observers (basically something similar to "A view into the worlds beyond!" by shadow gumball of death), if that sounds interesting to anyone let me know!
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Mark the Mark- Because Inko is best mom and did nothing to deserve such a fate which is why it is tragic, she was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time…
Bestwritereverlolz- Chin up Guardian, Cayde-6 would just want you to laugh away the pain… no matter how sad… I'm not crying… you're crying…..
HankFlamion18- Yeah, without introducing a character like Cayde, I couldn't figure out a reason why Izuku wouldn't turn into Shigaraki Jr. I have plans for those manuals, so I am glad you caught them. Bakugou is realizing what he did, but he's still as stubborn as a mule so expect a change to happen instantly…
Guest- Thank you!
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Chapter 4:
"C'mon, kid, gain some distance!" Cayde cheered as Izuku rolled under a mammoth like man's punch, sending a ball of orange light into the large man's chest, burning the hair away and leaving the skin slightly pink. "Don't let that overgrown caveman dictate the flow of this fight!"
"He's gotten better." Kurogiri stated as he stood slightly behind the brown haired man, watching as the green haired child sprung to his feet and turned around on his heels and sending an orb of blue light into his opponent. Only for the mammoth like man to push through the pulse of electricity and deliver a massive punch to the young man's abdomen, sending the boy flying across the makeshift battle grounds.
"The kid's gotten better, but at this point he'd be better off throwing rocks at his opponent…" the blue eyed man chuckled, wincing slightly as Izuku stood back up, his body shaking slightly "There's only so much charge the smaller orbs can hold, at this point they are little more than an inconvenience."
"And charging them puts a greater strain on the boy's mind correct?" the warp quirk user confirmed, earning a sharp nod from the grinning man as the two watched the green haired boy spin out of the way of another punch, sending a blue light into the larger man's leg, causing the limb to begin twitching slightly.
"Yeah… the kid keeps wanting to charge in close, but taking blows to the head amps up the pain his drawback puts him in… He's just not the type to really stay back and fight from a distance…" Cayde pondered as Izuku tried to duck under his opponent's arm, only to be grabbed and thrown across the room into the wall of the warehouse "Watch your step, kid!"
"Then you should work on building up his resistance to his weakness." The mist man stated while narrowing his eyes dangerously at the other man as Deku backed away from his opponent, triggering the boy to jump to his left in a panic as a massive fist came crashing into where he once was.
"What do you think we have been doing?" Cayde grunted back, his smile widening as he watched Izuku stand back up and throw a ball of orange light into his opponent's eyes.
"Well, do better, the boy may be improving, but it's hardly enough to justify keeping you around…" the walking cloud stated, vaguely noting the goliath minion blindly reaching out and grabbing the green haired boy, cocking his fist back for another bone breaking punch "Unless you're in that much of a rush to see your wife and son again?"
"Okay, enough!" the brown haired man roared, stomping off to speak with his student, leaving Kurogiri wondering if the other man was speaking to him or the two fighting.
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"Good work out there, kid." Cayde's voice praised Izuku through the metal door as the boy set a book on molecular makeup into the stack of one's he has read.
"I-I guess…" the green eyed boy sighed, gentle leaning his head back and closing his eyes from the ball of soft, white light floating in his cell.
"Hm? What's wrong kid?" the brown haired man questioned.
"Y-you mean besides being locked in a dun-dungeon?" the boy frowned, not bothering to open his eyes.
"Did you just…? Never mind, questions for later, seriously, what's bothering you?"
"I-it's just that… before coming here, I-I always wanted to be… to be a hero… but since I was born quirkless, I… I never h-had the p-power to…" Izuku stammered out, fighting the tears building behind his closed eyes "but now… now I have the p-power… but how can I be a h-hero with this stolen power… with this curse…"
"Kid… Kid, it's only a curse if you make it one; you decide what you use that power for!" Cayde declared "However you feel about your power is up to you, but remember the thing about feelings is that you're the one that feels them. Anger, sadness and hatred are natural, but you're the one that will be hurt by them."
"B-but… how do I know if I'm making the right choice…"
"Well… no one really knows for sure, but… let me tell you a story!"
"A… story?"
"Yeah, see, when I first met my wife, it was at a casino. She sat down at the same Texas Hold 'em table as me and, after me winning a couple hands, we made a bet. If I won the next hand, I'd get to take her out on a date, if she won, she'd get all my winnings, and wouldn't you know it; the last card the dealer dealt was the Ace of Spades, giving me Three of a Kind!"
"You won?"
"Nope, she did, Royal Flush…" the brown haired man chuckled.
"…Oh…"
"But, she said that it looks like she'd get to take me out on a date! We named our son 'Ace' in honor of that card…"
"Wh-what was the point of this story?"
"Well, kid, I didn't know if making that bet was the right thing to do or not, but I committed and in the end it all worked out and since that day, if I'm ever not sure of what to do, I always just think about a Spade symbol and know whatever choice I'm making will work out!"
"A spade…?" Izuku whispered to himself as he cracked his eyes open and pointed his hand towards the ball of light, in a vague attempt to match the shape in his mind, only to sigh as the light remained stagnant.
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"Re-remind me… wh-what the point of this is?" Izuku grunted as he held his hands out in front of himself, three massive orbs of light dancing slowly around him, each ball charged differently.
"We gotta build up your resistance, kid!" Cayde shouted, grinning at his pupil sweating and the strain of summoning and controlling such massive creations "C'mon, it's not that bad!"
"Ea-easy for you t-to say… the-these things aren't… light, you know...? Wait…" the green haired boy said with a shaking smile.
"I'm… I'm so proud!" Cayde cheered as he heard the boy crack a joke, wiping an imaginary tear out of his eye.
"Oh god…no…" Kurogiri mentally cried as he stared at the boy in shock.
"Anyways, just think, once you can handle making these with no problems, you'll be able to make a ton of the smaller orbs!"
"A… ton of the smaller orbs?" Izuku thought to himself as his eyes widened as an idea entered his mind.
"Kid?" Cayde asked as he noticed the boy loose his concentration before the balls of light vanished with Izuku losing consciousness, prompting the man to run to his side.
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"K-kid? Wh-when? H-how? When did you learn to do this?!" Cayde shouted as he stared at his student in shock.
"I-I got the idea during our training the other day! I realized, if I can only make orbs of light, and the smaller orbs are so much less tasking to make, I can make millions of them and combine them into one creation!" Izuku explained with a small hint of pride as he gingerly twirled a staff of white light around his hands.
"S-so, you can combine them into just about anything? Can you charge them?" the brown haired man asked with a proud smile, earning a small nod from the green haired boy as he dismissed the Bo Staff.
"S-so long as I can picture the orbs coming together to form the item, I can make it with ease…" the green eyed boy said as his eyes shined whistle crafting a knife of glowing orange light, stray particles floating in the heated air around the blade.
"I… I always just focused on making the balls bigger…" Cayde mumbled to himself before shaking his head and returning his attention to the boy "Well… this opens open so many new avenues for your combat training! We gotta get to work on training you how to fight with weapons and how to summon what you need in the middle of a battle!"
"R-right!" Deku declared with a determined smile before following his teacher into the center of the warehouse.
"Incredible… He took something that had next to no practical combat advantage and used it in a way most people wouldn't think of…" Kurogiri thought to himself as his eyes remained trained on the green haired teen "I think I'm beginning to see what you saw in that boy…"
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"Anything, you say?" the distorted voice rang out through the darkness, a steady beeping of a pulse monitor echoing through the shadow covered lab.
"Yes sir, though the boy has only shown creating weapons so far, which is where they are beginning…" Kurogiri said with his head down as he knelt in the direction of the voice.
"… I see… and… Cayde… he has little to no experience with weapons correct?"
"I do not believe so, sensei… the stances he was showing the boy was amateurish at best…" the mist man replied with baited breath as if afraid of the reaction to his words.
"… I see… well, that simply won't do…" the voice stated followed by the sound of fabric shifting in a chair as the man stood up.
"Sir?" Kurogiri nervously question as he rose his head slightly, the sound of dress shoes clicking on the floor now accompanying the beeps.
"Tell me, Kurogiri, how long have those two been down there?" the shadow covered man asked, slowly coming to a stop before the kneeling man.
"R-roughly two years, sir…" the warp quirk user nervously replied, his eyes refusing to meet the man hidden gaze.
"Two years already? My, how the time passes…" came a slightly amused reply.
"…" Kurogiri chose not to reply, merely remain quiet as the hidden man pondered what to say.
"Tomura has improved greatly in that time… he is almost ready to stand on his own…"
"…He is becoming quite competent…" the mist man said cautiously, choosing his words carefully.
"I said almost…" the distorted voice sharply retorted "but now… now I believe I should pay a little more attention to our youngest… member…"
"… Do you mean to-"
"I believe it is time I took the initiative with the boys training!" the distorted man declared, his voice dripping with sinister glee.
"… And as for Cayde?" Kurogiri asked, curious how the boy would react to what is to come.
"Hm? I believe you already know the answer to that." The hidden man said, bored with such a simple question that it might has well been rhetorical.
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"Hey, kid, wanna hear a joke?" Cayde asked through the iron doors.
"Do I ever get a choice?" Izuku questioned with a chuckle, not bothering to look up from the Geometry book he was reading.
"C'mon, kid, you know you love them! Knock, knock!" the brown haired man laughed, a wide grin spreading across his face at their usual routine.
"Who's ther-" Izuku began with a small happy sigh, only to be cut short as the sound of a warp quirk broke out through the hall.
"Oh, hey, mist man! We were just having a few laughs! Wanna hear a joke?" the blue eyed man asked as he heard the sound and noticed the familiar, purple smoke.
"… Cayde, it's time." Kurogiri stated as he stepped fully into the hallway, his dress shoes clicking softly against the damp concrete.
"Already? We've only been in our little cells for an hour tops, how is it time to train again?" Cayde question, hoping that was what the other man was talking about.
"No, not time for that…" the warp user stated quickly, they both knew what he was talking about.
"…I… see…" Cayde replied in a sad tone, his smile fading slightly as Izuku snapped his book shut and ran towards his door.
"Time? Time for what?" the green haired boy all but shouted, frantically trying to see what was happening.
"What's going on? Kurogiri never comes here when it's not time to train…" the boy mentally screamed, trying to figure out what to do. Izuku knew he couldn't melt the door down, the burn marks were proof of his attempts, and he knew he couldn't pick the lock no matter how many times he tried.
"Be good, kid! I'll… uh… see you around…" Cayde chuckled as he heard the lock to his room turn and the door beginning to open.
"Cayde, what's going on?" Izuku asked in a panic, his eyes now brimming with tears.
"Remember all we've talked about kid… I know you'll do great things…" the blue eyed man said as he stepped into the hall, turning to his student's room with a smile before stepping into the portal.
"Cayde, what are you talking about? Where are you going? What's happening?" the boy cried as he watched, helpless, as the portal began to shrink and take the man away.
"… Y'know, kid, it's funny… I never actually got your name… hehehehehe-" Cayde's laughter, nearly a giggle, was cut short as the portal snapped shut, leaving a wide eyed Izuku alone, with tears streaming down his face.