Outsider Chronicles: A Great Magician

Getting reborn into a world of superheros is annoying. Getting reborn as a powerless protagonist is even worse. Well, I thought I was powerless at least. This could be either really good or really, really bad.

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Chapter 2

Once school let out and I'd dried out, I started heading home. Thanks to my little show in the classroom, Bakugou declined to try a confrontation after school. Good thing too or I'd probably have given him bunny ears. I shook my head to get the thoughts of the idiot out of my head and went back to plotting revenge against Zatanna for her little prank. Maybe itching powder in her fishnets...nah, too mean. If I did that, she'd probably retaliate by turning my uniform into a Las Vegas dancer, you know, one of those with the massive feather coming out of the bum? Either that or put itching powder in my underwear again. I grimaced at the thought.

A bubbling sound from behind me broke me from my thoughts and I turned, just in time to get swept up by a wave of dark green sludge.

"Calm down kid, I just need to borrow your body for a bit," said the sludge villain, "Damn, I didn't know he was in town!"

"GET OFF!" I roared inside my head, "Ffo!"

There was a blast of force, shoving the sludge villain off my body, allowing me to fall to the floor with a gasp.

"What the hell was that?!" spluttered the Villain as he pulled himself back together, "No matter, I can't afford to waste any time!"

He surged towards me again. I threw up a hand.

"Ebuc fo ecaps!" I shouted.

The air around me took on a faint blue tint as the Villain slammed face first into the invisible wall I'd just created. I quickly found myself in a dark box as the villain slithered all over the barrier, trying to get at me.

"What the hell!?" he growled, "What kind of a Quirk is this?!"

He grinned darkly.

"Well, whatever it is, I'm looking forwards to having it for my own!"

He drew himself back and slammed into it. I gritted my teeth as I felt my shelter quiver. I hadn't exactly put much power into it, so it wouldn't last long under repeated assault.

"Sorry mate, but I'm no one's meat suit," I growled, "Lets see, you may be immune to physical attacks, but lets see how you like some ice! Dloc dniw wolb! Dloc dniw wolb! Dloc dniw wolb!"

Ice cold wind erupted, quickly filling the tunnel and freezing any moisture present. The Villain recoiled with a scream of pain as ice began to rapidly crawl up his body.

"No, no, nononoNNOOOOOO!" he screamed as he tried to get away from the ice.

I quickly reached into my bag and pulled out an empty water bottle. Judging from how he was screaming, chances are he would die if he was completely frozen. While he did just try and kill me, I wasn't about to just let him die.

"Pots eht dniw," I said and the wind immediately dropped, "And now, elttob mih."

I pointed at the villain and ribbons of light shot out, wrapping around his whimpering form and dragging him into the bottle. Two seconds later, the last of him was inside and I put the top on.

"OI, LET ME OUT!" shouted the villain in a muffled voice.

My response was to shake the bottle as hard as I could. When I stopped, the Villain had swirls in his eyes. Now confident that he wasn't about to try and escape, I turned to leave...and walked smack bang into my own barrier.

"Son of a bitch," I growled as I vanished the invisible wall with one hand and rubbed my nose with the other, "I need to remember where I leave those things."

I absently shook the bottle again to stop the Villains snickers at my misfortune.

CLANG!

I nearly jumped out of my skin at the manhole behind me suddenly went flying as a massive fist slammed into it from below.

"FEAR NOT, FOR I AM HERE!" said Almight as he hauled himself out of the sewers.

He paused at the sight of me stood there, a deadpan expression on my face and no villain in sight.

"You're late," I said.

"PARDON?" said Almight.

I held up the bottle containing the Villain.

"He attacked me, so I shoved him in here," I said.

"Yeah, after nearly killing me," grumbled the Villain.

My eye twitched and I shook the bottle again.

"W-w-w-w-whoaaaa, p-p-p-please s-s-s-s-s-stopppp!" yelled the Villain.

I snorted and tossed the bottle to Almight.

"Here, I did your job, so you get to clean up the mess," I said, picking up my hat from where it had fallen and brushing it off, "Later!"

"WAIT A MOMENT YOUNG MAN," said Almight.

"Hmm?"

"WHATS YOUR NAME?" he asked, "I WILL NEED IT FOR THE REPORT."

I smirked.

"My name is Izuku Midoriya," I said, "Now, if you'll excuse me, ekat em emoh!"

I snapped my fingers and vanished in a puff of smoke.

"So let me get this straight," said Zatanna as she dropped a box full of chains and ropes on a trestle table, "You were attacked by a Sludge villain who tried to take over your body?"

"Yep," I said as I looked under a yellow and blue cabinet for the runaway Rabbit I was looking for.

"And then you managed to beat it and lock it in a water bottle?"

"Yep."

"And then you met Almight and DIDN'T GET AN AUTOGRAPH!"

I jumped at the sudden shout and banged my head on the bottom of the table, sending startled doves fluttering around their cages.

"Whats the big deal?" I asked as I spotted the rabbit and lunged at it, only to miss and crash face first into a mirror.

"Whats the big deal?!" spluttered Zatanna as she snagged the bunny as it hopped past and started scratching it behind the ears, "Thats like meeting Superman and not getting an autograph!"

Oh yeah, that was a thing. You know how I said this world wasn't DC or Marvel? Well, it turns out I wasn't quite right about that, other than the fact that Stephen Strange and Zatara were a thing. See, while in Japan, the Hero Agencies are mostly autonomous, in other parts of the world, the heroes are more centralized. Europe had the Avengers (Yes, those Avengers, as in, Iron Man, the Hulk and so on) and America had the Justice League, which included the likes of Superman, Batman and Martian Manhunter. Whether or not the 'alien' characters are actually aliens or just people with Quirks that happen to match the powers of said aliens I have no idea and, frankly, I don't want to know.

Incidentally, considering all that, Almight wasn't the top Hero on the planet, just in Japan. To be fair to the big guy though, he was at number 2, right under Superman and right above Captain America...who actually operated out of Europe as a member of the Avengers, but was originally an American hero before SHIELD unfroze him. Speaking of SHIELD, they served as the overviewing body for Heroes the world over, basically the ones responsible for making sure we didn't go to far and slip down that slippery slope.

"In my defence, I had just finished fighting a Villain that Almight SHOULD have already dealt with," I said.

"Yeah, whatever," said Zatanna sullenly.

At that moment, the door opened and Zatara marched in.

"Have you two finished packing in here yet?" he asked, "Do hurry up, we still need to set up for tonights show."

"Where even is tonights show?" I asked.

Due to the Magic of...magic, Zatara was able to have shows all over the world and I was able to help and be back in time for dinner, even if the show was in America. Speaking of which…

"Gotham City tonight," said Zatara, "Mr Wayne has asked me to perform at his fundraising gala tonight."

My eye twitched. Well, this was probably going to be a right pain in the rear. Knowing Batman cliches like I do, I was willing to bet my wand that before the night was out, Batman and one of his rogues would be duking it out after they attack the gala. My money was on either Penguin or the Joker and knowing my luck, it'd probably be the latter. Still, at least I'd get to see Bats in action, so that was something at least.

"Kcap," I said, sweeping my arms over a part of the room as Zatanna did the same across the room.

The spell went to work and the scattered brikabrak and magical junk immediately lifted off and started packing itself neatly into various trunks and boxes. As each was filled, they closed themselves and vanished with a pop until the storage space was empty. Once done, Zatanna and I turned to Zatara, who was watching the entire thing with a raised eyebrow.

"Hmm, impressive," he said, "You two have improved."

Zatanna looked ecstatic at her Fathers praise.

"But you're still not going to Young Justice," said Zatara and Zatanna slumped.

Young Justice Academy was the American version of UA Academy, serving as the country's foremost Hero Training Facility. It, along with Xavier's School for the Gifted in France, served as the main competition for UA around the world.

"Aww, but why not?" she pouted, "Izuku gets to go to UA!"

"Ah, but he isn't my child," said Zatara, "I will not have my Daughter putting herself in harms way."

Zatanna let out a huff.

"Fine," she muttered sullenly.

Zatara clapped his hands.

"Now now Zatanna, you can pout later," he said, "For now, let us join our supplies and get set up for this evening. After the two of you change that is."

Zatanna and I glanced at one another and smirked.

"Emit ot tius pu!" we said together and our clothes glowed and morphed. Zatanna was wearing the exact same outfit she wore in the Young Justice cartoon, while I was wearing a white shirt under a red velvet waistcoat, a black tailcoat, black trousers, white gloves and shiny black shoes. I snapped my fingers, summoning my now dry hat and put it on with a flourish.

"Very nice," said Zatara dryly.

"Hey, I learnt from the best," I said.

Zatara rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers. Space seemed to bend around us and we vanished with a pop. We reappeared in a backstage area that was nearly identical to the one we had just left, despite being on the other side of the world. Hey, its not like there can be that much difference between backstages around the world. As soon as we appeared, Zatanna and I got to work, setting up the tricks and props Zatara planned to use in his show with the ease of long practice.

We were just finishing setting up Zatara's guillotine (and isn't that a strange thing to say) when the door opened and a man came in. At the sight of the newcomer, Zatara smiled and head over.

"Good evening Mr Wayne," he said, "Its good to see you again."

"Please Giovanni , call me Bruce," said Bruce Wayne with a smile.

He was a young man, likely only in his early 20's, and was tall and broad shouldered. He was wearing an expensive looking suit and had short, black hair, brown eyes and strong features.

"Hey Bruce, long time no see," said Zatanna, letting go of the rope she was holding to run over and join her father.

"ZATANNA, DON'T LET GO!" I yelped as the rope I was holding suddenly snapped taut and dragged me off my feet as the counterweight dropped.

I hastily let go before I could slam into the rafters, although that didn't stop me from flying across the room to land in a box of costumes for a soft landing.

"Oops, sorry," said Zatanna, looking sheepish as I pulled myself out of the box and glared at her.

Zatara sighed and fixed his Daughter with a stern look. She quickly scurried back to the ropes and started winding the now loose rope back as I rejoined her, muttering about handsome strangers and airheaded girls.

"Em, did I come at a bad time?" asked Bruce, who looked like he was hiding a grin at our antics.

"No, not at all," said Zatara, "Its just my Daughter seems to need a lesson on prioritizing."

"I said I was sorry!" protested Zatanna.

I quickly tied off the rope before she could let go again.

"There, now you can run off and greet the rich boy," I grumbled.

"Aww, is little Deku jealous?" asked Zatanna with a grin.

"No, I am simply annoyed that I nearly got my head taken off," I growled right back.

"Alright then you two, thats enough," said Zatara as he came over, "Bruce, this is my stagehand/apprentice, Izuku Midoriya. Izuku, this is Bruce Wayne, although I suspect you already knew that."

"Nice to meet you Izuku," said Bruce in perfect Japanese.

"Likewise," I said, shaking his hand while trying to resist the urge to fanboy out.

I mean, come on, I was shaking Bruce Wayne's hand! Add on the fact that Batman was one of the most famous heroes in both this world and my last one, I really was having to resist it.

With the introductions done, Bruce and Zatara headed off to discuss something, leaving Zatanna and I to finish setting up. I have to admit, inevitable attack or not, I was actually looking forwards to this show. It'd be fun!

And done. Just to be clear, this IS still the MHA world, I just added DC and Marvel to add a bit more meat to it. I find it incredibly hard to believe that the top Heroes in the world are all Japanese, so I added some that would trump them. Will other Comic Heroes be showing up? Probably.

I'll leave you lot to decide if Martian Manhunter, Superman and Hawkman and Hawkgirl are aliens in this world or not. The same goes for Thor in the Avengers.

So, what did you think of the fight between Izuku and the Sludge Villain? We got to have a glimpse of his power. I was actually tempted to include the inevitable fight with the Joker or whoever I decide to have attack the charity event, but I eventually decided not to.

Why is Xavier's School for the Gifted in France? No clue, I just picked a country out of the blue.

And with that, I am done. Don't forget to leave a review on the way out!