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Chapter 8 - Agility
Agi or Agility, is the representation of your body's fluidity and reflexes. As Agi increases your dodge chance and the flexibility of your joints increase. Base dodge chance, just like Dex, is just as incalculable. So
Small Sticky Note-
I get a headache from this stat, don't think just use it.
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Later that Night
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[You have slept for the required 8 hours and all statuses have been returned to normal.]
Izuku sat up and yawned, using One for All through his head probably wasn't a good idea. Without Gamer's Body, he was sure he would have died. Getting up, he checked the prompts from the spar.
[You have completed a sparring session and have gained the following:
+2 Str
+4 Con
+2 Dex
+3 Agi
+1 Int
+4 Res
8,000 Xp]
"So close!" He'd probably need to do two more sparring sessions, and then he'd be stuck at one again. Sighing to himself, he grabbed a set of clean clothes from his bag.
'Need to find the washroom.'
It was dark, his room had been lit by a nightlight, but opening the door to the landing, it was pitch black. 'Maybe.'
Focusing his eyes hard into the pitch black, he received a ping.
[New Skill Created! Dark Senses (Active) Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
All manner of creatures can see in the dark, but a being made of darkness is a true terror. Using senses honed in the dark, you will gain the ability to use all senses in shadows.
This skill costs 5 mana a second.
This is a skill of Dark.
Senses unlocked:
Sight (30 ft.)]
Closing the window, he looked around the room. Everything was different grays, but he could see. 'Not the skill I imagined, but it will work.'
Making his way up the stairs into the main lobby, he had a thought. Pixie never told him where the bathrooms were, and the only one he knew of was at the other building. Sighing, he made his way to the front door.
The moon was nowhere to be seen, while the stars, not being blocked out by man-made lights, shown like lights on a Christmas tree. They radiated brighter than he expected, and the Milky Way was a blur of blues and purples. Turning off Dark Senses, the sky became less luminous, but everything was sharper. He could clearly make out the different constellations, and even see a red dot, that he assumed was Mars.
"Wow."
He looked toward the dorm building, it had a few lights on in the main floor. While he could see the building, the distance between here and there was covered in black. Turning back on his night vision, he walked toward the main building.
The baths were toward the back of the building, but the water needed to be turned on and heated first. He knew where to go thanks to his cleaning spree hours earlier, they were in the basement. The door down to the controls, was next to the main entrance to the separate baths.
It appeared he would waste his time though, as the ON lights for the controls were on and running already. 'Wonder who's here at this time?'
Walking into the changing room, he undressed and walked into the bath. A soft singing was easily heard in the bath, against the sound of the forest at night, it seemed to be a spirit. Though his hearing told him it was someone on the girl's side of the bath. Sitting down in the warm water and soaking, he closed his eyes and started to think.
'I still haven't completed a single quest. Not even the one from All Might, and the one for Kat seems to be stuck until I can somehow learn more about her. Aki and Sei don't seem to know much more, and I doubt their dad knows much either.' According to All Might, the girls' father said Kat was secretive and didn't share anything about her past with him.
That left the only thing to do is finding his own clues and as far as he could tell America was the only place to get them. So that left the quest unable to be finished, as he had no way of getting there.
As for All Mights' quest, the only clue was to make One for All his own. He had a vague idea of how to do it too, making his own fighting style and leveling up the quirk itself. The style went up by a single percent after the fight with Tiger, but it didn't level the quirk.
'I wonder how I can get more quests?' He'd have to ask the girls once he got back. That was about a month away though, and before that he had to spend a bunch of time training. All Might wanted him to level One for All to unlock Lvl 15 and Eraserhead wanted the main part of his power under better control. Which meant getting Full Cowl.
He personally wanted to level up his spells and skills though, certain skills he had access to unlocked amazing benefits once they hit Max level. [Reading] not only made him read books 15% faster but it also gave him a 5% boost to leveling non-physical skills. Seiren made helped him get Natural and Urban tracking to max level. Both allowed him to bring up a menu with tracks or a list of people who were next to him.
One that had way more impact though was Hero History. When he hit max level it had unlocked a perk that he was sorely wanting to take.
[Hero Analysis - Digging through the archive that is your brain, you are able to identify the weaknesses and strengths of quirks similar to past heroes.]
Not to brag, but he could already do that before getting Gamer. Probably just not at the level the perk would give him. Scrolling down the window, two new options were available.
[Wisdom of Two - You have made contact with a being that can speak into your mind. Gain a second opinion on actions and thoughts.]
'Weird.' Obviously it came from Mandalay. 'Could be helpful, I'll have to ask if Kat had the perk.' The other had come from RagDoll.
[Tracking Specialist - You've met a being whose specialty is tracking. Gain access to 3 high grade tracking skills.]
He had no idea if he would ever take it, but it had really great potential. He currently only had access to two high grade skills, Astral Direction and Magick Theory. One allowed him access to the compass on his HUD, and the other supposedly helped with creating new sub-spells and new spells entirely. The former didn't seem to earn its grade, but according to Seiren, it was super helpful once you gained access to more way-finding skills. The latter was no help right now, not until he gained access to materials for new spells.
The singing stopped, and Izuku heard water being disrupted.
'Izuku?' Oh, Mandalay was singing.
He shouted to the other side, "Hello!"
'How long have you been here?' She sounded slightly distressed.
"Not super long!"
'Oh.' There was a long pause. 'I'm getting out now. Make sure you turn everything off.'
"Okay!" After a few seconds he heard the changing room door close and the sound of the forest took over.
Looking over his stats, he went back to the question he was asking himself over the last few weeks. 'What quality should I take?'
[ See list below. ]
Steel Bones obviously had the greatest short term benefit, but with each level up his bones stopped breaking more and more. So that was a wasted point. An unarmed combat quality would be amazing to take. The issue was that either he hadn't unlocked it, or it didn't exist. There were two different ones so far, one for swords and another for spears. He really wanted to take swords, if he was honest with himself.
[Life of Five Rings] was no doubt based on, Book of Five Rings. The description wasn't very detailed, like most things in the menus, but piecing it together, he assumed he gained access to the sword Style of Musashi. That by itself made it more worth than anything, but just sentimentally. Swords couldn't be used with One for All, he tested it out with Sei, the day after being punted into the ocean. While he could summon the Ice spear with a spell, it was single use only, and he didn't really see himself using it in the future. So that meant the spear quality was out.
[Mental Calculator] was useless to him. [Glossolalia] seemed interesting at first, but then he realized he could just learn a language by hearing it. So that was out. [Lost with Directions] and [Library of Knowledge] we're out until he gained more skills in each of those categories. He really didn't want to unlock something mundane. Both of the [Peace of] skills were out, as he didn't have anything that would benefit from it immediately.
According to Sei, [Ambidextrous] and [Rubber Joints] were super helpful and allowed him to unlock new skills, but they were mostly weapon based. So they were put in the Maybe pile. [Insomniac] didn't seem to be great, he didn't have to sleep unless he was injured and that made it only conditional. So it went in the Maybe Later Pile, along with [Longevity]. Even with [Gamer's Mind] he was horrid at public speaking, so [Political Suave] was out. [Photographic Memory] didn't give him any advantage and was just a memory lane type thing.
He didn't plan on going into a massive battle or getting close to death soon, so ['Til the Last Breath] was out, for now. Temporary boosts like [Hunker Down] were out, until he gained a way to level qualities faster. [Ancestral Blood] was out as he couldn't see himself ever needing it, the same with [Legacy of Masks]. So that left him with only a handful of choices. He could either make gaining mental stats easier or he could just increase a single stat by a small percentage. If he didn't want to do any of those he could just go for [Scientific Inspiration]. At first he didn't see the benefit in it, but Aki pointed out that he could just use the internet to look up scientists. That meant he could just gain the understanding of anything that person knew, for a short time.
That would make learning certain skills so much faster and would even allow him to learn things from the past. Which by itself was amazing.
'Ok kid, finish up, and get out of there. Come tell me what's wrong.' Sosaki?
'Sorry for crashing your train of thought, but you were radiating so much indecisiveness, and it was giving me a headache. So hurry up.'
"Whoops." He decided to not keep her waiting and hurried up.
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Walking out of the changing room, he saw Mandalay playing on her phone. Looking up and seeing him, she stuffed it into her pocket and waved for him to follow. The baths were already turned off and she turned off the lights as she walked out.
As the last night went off, he activated [Dark Senses] and watched as she gracefully stepped around small rocks.
'Can she see in the dark?'
She asked, "What's on your mind?"
"Can you see in the dark?"
She chuckled, "No, I just know where most things are. Watch." After a few seconds he could just barely make out the image superimposed over his vision. It was an overlay of the land from the dorms to the house. A path was highlighted and they were following it to a T.
"So you just take the same path every time?"
He could see her nod, "Yup!" She turned around and looked at him, "The question now is, how can you" she poked him, "see in the dark?"
"I have night vision. It only goes so far but it's better than nothing. Also I thought you could only talk to people, what was that image?"
'Wasn't an image, it was an idea. Your mind processed it into an image that you could see. To me it was just the route I take.'
That made sense, he guessed. Not like he had any other idea what it could be.
'So. What was causing the indecisiveness earlier?'
Izuku panicked slightly until he remembered the lie Eraserhead had told him. "According to my body's calculations, very soon I can reach a point either physically or mentally that would surpass my current abilities. Or I can make learning new things easier for myself."
"Hmm." She squinted her eyes at him, "Well your elemental quirks are connected to your mental state yes?"
Izuku nodded, "Yeah."
"Then I would go for that. Was that it?"
He blushed, was it that simple? "Um I guess yeah."
"Good, Do you have a light quirk?"
What? "No why?"
"Cause it would be nice to see." She spun around and walked back toward the house.
Izuku followed her back to the house where she turned on a light. "So what do you plan on doing until morning?"
"Probably go for a run."
She yawned and stretched, making him blush. 'Loose t-shirt.'
She looked at him and smirked, "Goodnight Izuku."
He managed to squeak out, "Night."
As he walked back outside, he turned off the light and sat down on the front steps. Opening his Qualities window, and looking through both options he made his decision. 'Mental Gymnastics it is.' His decision was based on the fact his Wis wasn't high enough to warrant a 5% increase.
[New Quality added! Mental Gymnastics Lvl: Max
You ability to learn and adapt is greater than the average person.
Increase Bonus stat point gains from mental exercises by 25%.]
'Ok, how would I train Wis in the middle of a forest?'
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[New Skill Created! Blind Fighting Lvl: 1
Blinded, darkness, or sheer stupidity, sometimes you can't use your eyes.
Miss chance when blinded - 95%
Dodge chance when blinded - 5%]
So maybe that wasn't the greatest idea, but hey, he got a new skill. He was currently laid out in the middle of a dark forest after running into a low hanging branch.
His plan was to try running blindly through the forest but it didn't increase his Wis or Int at all. All it did was lay him out and make him freak out for a second at a time. Lots of fun, Yup.
CRUNCH!
Sitting straight up and turning on [Dark Senses], he looked around him. Nothing but trees, but what made that sound? Activating stealth he crept his way toward the origin of the sound and was greeted with a box.
[You are about to enter a Dungeon!
Training Area - Stone Golem Forest
Monsters of various levels will appear here, and there is not a time limit! If you wish to leave, Run!
Do you wish to continue?]
'That doesn't sound good.' Against his better judgment, he selected yes and walked in.
Rounding around a tree, he saw the first golem.
[Stone Golem
Level: 25
Hp: ?
Mana: 0 / 0
Stamina: 0 / 0
Str:
Con:
Dex:
Agi:
Int:
Wis:
Cha:
Res:
Luck: ]
'This could be problematic.' During his fight with Pixie, he had used One for All to destroy them, and he wasn't in a safe environment to knock parts of himself out of commission. 'What spells would work?'
Reaper's Talon would be solid damage, along with Bone Blade. He doubted the shatter effect would do anything. Fire didn't work yesterday and Ice would shatter instantly. Magma Bomb might work, he'd have to try it out.
Sneaking toward the back of the golem, which stood around 4 meters high, he summoned a bone blade. As he inched closer and closer he received a ping, that his [Sneak] had gone up to level 15. As it had done with other skills with max levels higher than 10 he received another notification. Swiping it away, he pulled back his sword and struck out.
The attack landed without any problem, and exploded. Taking a quick look at its HP, he was greeted with only about 400 hp going down. Jumping back from its cry and stomp, he sighed to himself. 'This could be awhile.'
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[2,000 XP Gained!]
Luckily for him, it's cry didn't attract more of them. Unluckily though, he'd been punched a few times and stomped on once, before being able to put it down.
He was sitting on top of the rock golem, that had crumbled into smaller rocks and a single massive boulder that made up one of the fist. While he healed his wounds, the ground below him and the remains started to rumble and be consumed by the ground. Panicking he jumped off and went to hide behind a tree.
A few seconds later, a much smaller golem came out of the thicket and looked right at him. Preparing for another fight he summoned his blade and used observe.
[Pixie Golem (Iwakuzu)
Note: You have encountered a being whose level and stats far surpass your own. Level up to reveal more information about them.]
'This is bad.' While Gamer's Mind wouldn't let him panic, it didn't stop him from acting it. Desummoning his blade, he put his hands up and backed away. He wasn't stupid enough to fight that thing.
It continued to look at him, but turned after all the rocks and single boulder had disappeared into the ground. It stuck out it's stub of a hand, and new rock started to form. It started to take the form of a massive turtle with a tail-like club sticking out the back. After the main body formed and harder stone surrounded it, spikes started to serrate the edges, face and tail.
Iwakuzu turned away and walked back into the forest. 'So that's what's creating them.' Izuku watched as the new golem shook itself, and grumbled. Not wanting to fight another golem, he started to make his way back toward the house. He had to ask Pixie what the golem was.
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He had apparently walked/ran quite a distance, as by the time he got back, it was already daybreak. When he walked in, Tiger was cooking, Kota, Pixie, and Rag were sitting at the table.
Pixie turned the door and smiled at him, "Hey Zuku!"
RagDoll, turned in her chair and raised an eyebrow at him, "Why do you look like you lost a fight?"
Scratching the back of his neck, "I found a golem wandering in the forest and took it out. It got a few good hits in."
Pixie lit up, "What did it look like?"
What? "I guess like a person with a really big hand. Why?"
She sat back into her with a huff, "Lame, Iwa needs new ideas."
Taking a seat, he asked, "I saw that golem, does it not attack people like the others?"
"Nah, he was made to be passive. Even if he is attacked he'll just run for it."
"Can it fight at all?"
She was about to answer, then closed her mouth and started to think. "Maybe? If I tried to force it? I only ever use it to make new golems for the surrounding forest, and for training."
"I didn't even know you could make something like that, it's really cool." He finished with a smile.
She laughed as she answered, "Not all me kid, it took 3 people to make Iwa. One to make the body and give him the powers, another to make him somewhat sentient, and another to make them last."
"I didn't know that was even possible with quirks."
"Quirks have been evolving rapidly since they appeared. The kid who helped, with making him sentient, was a doll master. She used weapon wielding dolls to attack people, and eventually learned how to make the dolls sentient."
"Can we please not talk about her?" It was RagDoll.
Izuku gave her a raised eyebrow, but it must have been bad as even Kota shook a bit. "What did she do?"
Pixie laughed, "It's not what she did that was the problem, it was what the dolls did without her."
"What?"
Tiger answered while cooking, "When she left the dolls alone or went to sleep, they would patrol the halls and around the building. RagDoll woke up in the middle of night and had her soul scared out of her by a doll who appeared out of the shadows, wielding a knife."
Pixie laughed loudly, "You should have heard the scream, she woke nearly everyone into a battle ready stance. Aizawa was so mad. Totally worth it."
There was a thud under the table and Pixie made a face. "You laugh but the kid who could age people or objects, nearly scared you into a coma."
She let out a stressed laugh, "Hey now, no reason to twist the knife."
Izuku let out a light chuckle. "When do you plan to go back on missions?"
"Mandalay decides that, I think she said something about next week. Why?"
"I would really like to spar against either you or Tiger at least twice, before then."
Tiger grunted at him, "After breakfast, and if you aren't knocked out, right before dinner."
"Great!"
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[Sparring complete!
You have gained the following:
+2 Str
+1 Con
+1 Dex
+1 Agi
+1 Int
4,000 xp]
'Really? You couldn't give me 1,000 more XP?'
Pixie, using her quirk, was carrying him again, after Tiger had laid him out. The fight was almost like the first one, but he didn't knock himself this time. Tiger's fighting style was weird and hard to get used to, as he could just inflate, or deflate, his body however needed. Even if he deflated and stretched out his arms, they still kept their natural strength.
Izuku did notice that grabs and throws were his favorites. His Judo helped a lot, but Tiger must have been much better then himself as he didn't know any of the maneuvers he was using.
"Thanks."
Pixie smiled at him, "No prob. It's nice seeing a student going all out from the start instead of 3 days in." She raised him up and whispered to him, "Plus you're a useful distraction to keep him from training me."
Izuku sweat dropped, "Glad I could be useful."
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[5 hours Later]
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[Level Up!
You have reached Level 20! New mechanics have been unlocked and new choices are able to be made!
You have gained the following:
1x Perk Point
1x Quality Point
5x Bonus Stat Points]
'I did it.' He would have jumped up and cheered but both of his legs were broken, along with his feet, and both of his arms were flat against the ground in weird angles. He did let out a cry of victory though, which considering his bruised neck and the massive amount of damage to his chest. Came out sounding like a small animal crying victoriously.
Pixie had hurried over to him, worry on her face, "Are you okay?"
He started crying, He didn't care. 'You okay?' "Tomo check him over."
A brief second filled with the sound of crying passed. "Besides his obvious injuries, he's fine."
"Hmm. Pixie take him to the house."
He was picked up, still crying, and as they got closer to the house he calmed to a sniffle. Pixie had laid him down on the couch, and with everyone surrounding him. Mandalay asked, 'You done?'
"Yeah I'm good."
Pixie, loudly stated, "Don't do that to me, I thought I seriously hurt you."
RagDoll laughed, "Was funny though."
"Enough, let him heal up. After that you're explaining got it?" He nodded. "Alright then, Tomo and I will cook tonight. Izuku when you're good to go, get cleaned up."
Everyone left him on the couch, and with past experience, had left his hands crossing. Casting Emergency Aid on one of his arms, he began healing himself.
Roughly ten minutes later, he was able to sit up and start going through his menus. 'Hands are shaking pretty badly must have be excitement.' He didn't know what emotions [Gamer's Mind] blocked, and pinned that to the to do list.
Selecting Quirks, and scrolling down to the bottom. The ?s were highlighted.
[Do you wish to unlock this quirk?
The following will happen if you decide to:
Player Level will revert to 1
Lose all progress on all skills, spells and quirks.
You will not be able to earn Bonus Stat Points, Perk Points, or Quality Points until you repay your XP debt.
Do you wish to proceed? Yes or No?
Note: The Gamer suggests lying down and to have no plans for a day, before selecting yes.]
'That's not ominous. Maybe I should do it after Dinner and tell them I won't be able to do anything for the next day?' Nodding to himself he got up after his legs healed and went to wash up.
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An hour Later
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Using the messaging system that comes with Gamer, he sent a message to Seiren.
Just reach 20, says I'll be out of commission for a day. Any clue why or what will happen?
None. Mom and us had quirks naturally, maybe it's from the fact it's going to rewrite your genetic code?
That didn't sound fun.
Maybe. I'll message you once it's done.
Good luck. Don't die or do anything too stupid.
Tell Aki I said Hi.
Will do.
With that out of the way, he made his way down to dinner. He didn't normally eat as it wasn't needed, but not knowing what was about to happen, he sat down and ate.
"Ok Izuku, do you want to explain what that was?" Everyone looked at him.
Feeling the eyes on him, he answered, "I reached a certain point physically and mentally that will allow me to unlock a new part of me. I just got too emotional and overloaded I guess. I'm sorry."
RagDoll reached over and patted his back slightly rough, "It's alright Zuku. You just scared Pixie, nothing bad happened." She finished with a snicker.
"Hey! It's not funny."
She made a smug face at Pixie, "You get scared by lots of stuff though."
"Do not!"
"Do to."
"Do not."
"Yup."
"Enough! Finish eating and if you still want to argue then battle outside." Tiger apparently had enough of that.
'If you want to see her turn white, leave her birth date on a piece of paper taped to the calendar. She starts freaking out, it's pretty funny.' Izuku forced himself not to snicker out loud, but he saw Mandalay had a grin on her face and couldn't keep from smiling.
"Hey! What did she say?" Pixie pointed her chopsticks at him, with a glare.
"Nothing! She just called you two kids."
[Lying Leveled Up! Lvl: 1 - 2
Lies have a 2% chance of success.]
Pixie whined at Mandalay who kept her smile. "Prove me wrong."
"Shino."
"Stop whining, eat."
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After dinner Izuku helped with dishes and spoke to Mandalay.
"I'm going to be out of commission for the next day til about now, it's part of the process of unlocking a new part of me."
"Hmm. Will you need anything?"
"I don't know honestly. This is the first and, hopefully, only time I'll have to do this."
"We'll leave you be then, come find one of us once it's done. You'll be expected to finish cleaning though."
"Yes ma'am."
Finishing up and stretching she waved to him as she walked outside, "See you tomorrow Izuku."
Cleaning off his own hands, he quickly made his way to the bedroom. Sitting on the bed he reopened the Quirk menu and scrolled down.
[Do you wish to proceed? Yes or no?]
Selecting yes, a new box appeared along with several notifications.
[Gamer's Body and Gamer's Mind have been temporarily disabled.]
[Stats temporarily reduced to 10.]
[Genetic Rewrite in Progress: 000/100]
"What?" As soon as he finished reading, pain flared through his entire body. From his head to the tips of his toes, it felt like fire and acid were coursing through his veins. He could feel himself wanting to cry out in pain, but his throat and lungs revolted against doing anything.
It was when he attempted to lay down that his body spazzed, and the feeling of his muscle tearing themselves apart forced him on his back in an awkward uncomfortable position.
'This is going to suck.' He passed out.
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So much red, it was overwhelming, she wasn't prepared for it. As fast as it came, it was replaced with a flash of blue and then disappeared. Shakily picking herself up off the ground, she collected her thoughts and immediately ran back toward the house.
The only person in the house right now was Izuku. She didn't know what his plan was, but she knew it wasn't anger that brought this red. Massive amounts of pain could bring red too, and he said he'd be out of commission. Two plus two equals four, it was rather easy to put together.
Crashing through the door, it flew open to reveal an unconscious Izuku lying awkwardly against his bed. Checking his pulse, she found it rapid but still there, which was good. His skin was red, like he had a rash covering his entire body, and he was sweating profusely.
She laid him down properly, ran to the kitchen to grab a towel and bucket of cold water.
'Izuku needs help. Tomo get here fast.'
Tomo was the resident healer, and with Ryu being able to make almost anything. They could handle almost any situation that arose. Making her way back to Izuku, she put a damp cloth over his forehead and waited. 'Yellow.' Ryu and Tomo, followed by Tiger, came rushing in a little bit later.
Ryu spoke first, "What happened?"
Before she could answer, Tomo started listing off problems, "He's running a really high fever, all of his nerves are going haywire, his muscles are spazzing, and he has something going on with his brain."
Ryu whistled, she still gave blue, "Damn. It's all or nothing for this kid ain't it?"
Tiger grunted, "How did this start?"
"I don't know, he just said he'd be out of commission for a day."
"I don't think there's much I can do. The most we can do is make him comfortable, he knew this would happen obviously, so I say trust him." Tomo picked up the water bowl and went to refill it.
She looked down at Izuku. His face twitched in pain every so often. 'Kid you seriously need to work on your timing.' Did he seriously have to do this when they were watching him?
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Izuku awoke to his body sore, itchy, and chafed. All in all he felt uncomfortable, and dried out. 'Need something to drink.' Turning his head was assaulted by a headache that flared, making it feel like his head was splitting down the middle. He kept himself from crying out and turned his head back. Laying there he looked at his HUD and looked at the time. '8, another hour to go I guess.'
As the thought finished, his door was kicked in by Pixie, followed by RagDoll.
"Kid!"
He tried to smile but it apparently wasn't reassuring as RagDoll frowned.
"Hi. How did you know I was awake?"
"RagDoll sensed your sharp pain."
RagDoll walked up to him, picking up a glass of water and helped him drink. Taking a few sips, she put it back down and started poking him.
"What are you doing?"
"You're hurt." She smiled at him and it slowly started becoming creepy. "I'm trying to figure out what needs help first."
Every poke felt like a stab and his head was still splitting. It stopped when Pixie threw RagDoll away behind her. "Don't mind her. What happened to you, your body has been writhing and sweating for the last day. We almost called your mom and UA staff, but Shino told us not to."
"Parts of my quirk turned off in order to rewrite my body."
RagDoll got back into his face. "That explains so much! Can you do that on call? It would make you such a great guinea pig!"
Pixie threw her away again. "No experiments!" She looked at him, "How much longer is this going to take?"
"About an hour."
"You feeling okay?"
"Was thirsty, and I have a massive headache, but good otherwise."
She smiled and knelt down next to him, "So how did you get Mandalay to like you?"
Izuku just stared at her, "What?"
She flicked his nose, causing a sharp pain, "Don't play dumb, now tell me."
"I don't know what you mean!"
Before she could flick him again, RagDoll threw Pixie out the door, "Don't hurt my patient!"
She might have been the least combative of the pussycats, but RagDoll was trained just like any of them. He heard Pixie land and watched as she charged at RagDoll with a smile.
They ended up rolling around and pinning each other's arms and legs. This continued for a minute before Tiger's massive form blocked the light coming from the main room. He grinned as he saw him awake, and looked at the girls, who stopped to stare at him.
"Let's go train!" While he couldn't see their faces, he could imagine them paling. They made a mad dash for the door and tried to slip past him but were easily caught. Izuku kept from laughing but smiled as they fought against Tiger's grip.
"Glad to see you're okay kid. Get better soon so we can train again."
Izuku smiled at him, and nodded.
A minute after they left, Mandalay walked in with some food. "Can you eat?"
Izuku was about to answer but his stomach did it for him. 'Got to get used to Gamer's Body apparently.' Looking at his condition menu, he answered, "No, it hurts too much to move."
She made a face, "Well I'm not feeding you. Get better soon. The food will be warm by the time you get better." She walked out and left Izuku to himself.
'Wonder if I can cast spells.' "[Healer's Respite]" The spell encased him, but he received a prompt. [Do you wish to cancel the Genetic Rewrite process?] 'Nope!' The prompt went away, 'Dang.'
Sighing to himself, he used thought to go through random menus.
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Chapter 8 End!
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I'm so sorry for how long this took to get out. Little brother dropped computer tower and a handful of parts broke. Had to go scavenging for replacement parts at thrift stores and stuff. On top of that, I've been procrastinating this chapter cause I feel like it wasn't very good. Sorry.