Golden Days Arc 2 - Chapter 6: Fateful Encounter
I'm glad that this story is getting a lot of love from everyone. After the first four chapters, I was scared that not a lot of people would be interested because I know that no one was expecting a Berserk-inspired My Hero Academia Fanfiction.
But I'm glad to know that people are interested in this story and I hope all the readers on here continue to see where this goes.
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Deltablacknaruto: What happened to Casca during the Eclipse won't exactly happen to Tooru since I feel very uneasy writing that. But after the Eclipse... Tooru may suffer the same way...
Guest: 1-A will be developed differently, as two students from the class will be a part of the future "Black Swordsman Party" but for now, we'll mostly focus on one 1-A student right now, as Toru is not in UA right now, meaning she isn't in Class 1-A.
Now! let's get right into the chapter!
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A month has passed since Izuku found real friends at Marakōru middle school, and not only had he made real friends he was making progress in order to reach his dream.
It was Monoma who brought him in and helped him get started with training. Monoma had told Izuku that he should learn swordplay as he did from Josuke. Izuku thought about it and agreed, and Josuke agreed with Monoma and would train Izuku In swordplay, while Kanao told him that even if he wanted to fight with a blade, he first needed to get into shape. So while Josuke taught him how to fight with a sword, Kanao would build up his physic and whip him into shape.
Which brought them to now.
Currently, it was the weekend and the group was in the very large backyard of Josuke's home, which also happened to be part of his mother's Kendo Dojo. They were all practicing with their Quirks while Izuku was training with his sword.
Izuku's practice sword which was made of wood resembled that of a Dwemer Greatsword from the pre-quirked era game called Skyrim.
And at that moment, Izuku was having a spar with Josuke, who was using a wooden Katana and a wooden Tantō.
Meanwhile, for her training, Toru was trying to sneak up on both Mei and Kanao and attack them using Hand to Hand combat, which she learned from Kanao.
Mei wasn't all that into sparing due to her not wanting to be a Hero but instead building gear for heroes. Kanao still suggested that she learn how to fight in case of someone tried to attack her and reluctantly, Mei agreed.
Meanwhile, Josuke was teaching Izuku about swordplay while Monoma and Kimihito were sparing. Apparently, Monoma was a natural with a sword as he easily kept beating Kimihito who was attacking with his Quirk.
Back with Izuku, the young Quirkless teen swung his sword to the left only for Josuke to duck under the attack and hit Izuku's leg, and then get behind the green-haired boy. Izuku quickly saw this and turned around and swing downward at Josuke, however, Josuke managed to block the attack by forming an X with his Katana and Tantō. He then pushed Izuku's sword up before he hit Izuku with the Katana in the side, causing Izuku to wince in pain.
Izuku swung his sword a bit lower to hit Josuke, but Josuke blocked the attack with his Katana, however, the force of Izuku's swing rattled the katana and his hand, causing him to drop it.
Izuku quickly raised his sword and then swung it to his left before Josuke could go for the Katana. Seeing the attack, Josuke jumped over the attack and rolled a few feet away, before he got up and looked at Izuku, who was now in between him and his Katana.
Izuku couldn't help but smile as he saw Josuke back up.
'All I have left is my Tontō, and in order to use it I have to get in close' Josuke thought, 'He knew that too, despite his personality, he really has a knack for fighting,'
Izuku looked at Josuke with a smile, he gripped his sword tightly and thought about what could happen next, 'He only has a few options, if he fights me with his Tontō then he'll have to get in close, he's fast enough to dodge my attacks but he can't go on defense for long, and when he slips up, I might give him a few good hits to end the match, but he could also try and throw it at me in order to distract me and get the Katana back, but if that does happen I can try and make sure he reaches the katana, I can take the pain and make sure he doesn't get the Katana!' Izuku thought 'I can take the pain, it's something I'm used to'
Josuke weighed his options and Izuku waited to see what he would do, if he didn't move, then Izuku would move in, so he needed to make the first move before Izuku did. Josuke sighed, 'Fine, guess I'll have to charge in, I may be fast enough to dodge a few of his swings but I can't be on the defense for long,' Josuke thought as he took a charging position
'Looks like he made his choice, he's going to charge,' Izuku said
Both were ready to act, however, before they could even make their next moves, they were stopped by Toru, who called out to them.
"Hey, you guys! It's time to take a break!" Toru called
The two boys looked over at her and they relaxed and then smiled and gave her a nod, Izuku set his wooden sword on his shoulder and Josuke lowered his Tantō. With that, they saw Toru meet up with the others while Kimihito and Monoma also stopped their spar.
Josuke pocketed his Tantō and looked at Izuku with a smile and a thumbs-up, "Good spar, Izuku," he said
Izuku smiled, "Thanks, Josuke," Izuku said
With that, the two boys followed behind Monoma and Kimihito and group went inside Josuke's home to have their break, which meant, eating a few snacks and getting drinks as well as having conversations about whatever came up, be it school, Heroes, Tv, or even training.
After getting snacks and drink they all went back outside and began to eat, drink, and talk. As they were eating, Izuku looked over to Monoma who was talking with Toru and he appeared to not have broken a sweat from all the training they all did. But then again, this was Monoma. He was smart and skilled in hand-to-hand as well as swordplay. He had apparently been training with Josuke a lot longer. Josuke said that Monoma was a natural and only a few spars later, Josuke could no longer beat him, which amazed Izuku.
Monoma was a good guy, he cared about his friends and was a hard worker. Izuku also came to learn he was also rather smart as he was one of the top students in their class next to him and Mei.
Izuku admired him as he did with Bakugou, though, it was a different kind of admiration. Izuku liked Bakugou's "I can always win" personality, however, with Monoma, Izuku admired him because Monoma was the person he wished he could be. Brave, confident, able to talk without stuttering, Social butterfly, and able to stick up for himself.
Izuku only knew how to be some of those things recently, but he still fell right back into those habits of letting others talk down to him or not believing in himself. Yes, his new friends stuck up for him, Monoma being one of the most, but still... he hated that he had to be the one rescued. He wanted to be the hero, he didn't want to be weak, which is why he knew that if he wanted to be the hero he wanted to be in the future, a hero like All-Might, he needed to train and start trying to break from his old habits.
As Izuku was looking at Monoma, he saw something he had never seen before, Izuku noticed that his collar was unbuttoned and Izuku caught a faint glimpse of a small chain that dangled around his neck.
"I-I didn't know you wore a Necklace Monoma," Izuku said
Monoma looked at him and then smiled, "Oh, right, you never seen it, huh?" He asked
Monoma then pulled out the Necklace fully and Izuku saw what the small chains were holding. it was a small red egg-shaped stone, though, Izuku looked at it a bit closer and noticed that there were four distinctive shapes on it, one shape looked like a pair of lips, two shapes looked like a pair of eyes, though they were together but spaced moved around in different positions and finally, something that was shaped like a nose.
The stone and its apparent facial features which were scattered all over the stone in different places gave Izuku a bad feeling, it was odd.
"What i-is that?" Izuku asked with a brow raised
Monoma shrugged with a smile, "Don't really know, I got it during a festival from a man selling jewelry," Monoma told him, "Said that these stones and the others like it were good luck and that they could grant wishes," He said
"R-Really?" he asked
"Yeah, brought me good luck ever since," Monoma said with a nod and a chuckle. He then put the necklace back under his shirt and looked back at Izuku, "Anyway, I wanted to ask you something Izuku," Monoma said
Izuku looked back at Monoma as he took a drink, after taking a sip, he asnered Monoma, "Yeah?" Izuku asked, "Wh-What is it?"
"I've been meaning to ask, what Hero School do you want to go to?" Monoma asked
"UA," Izuku answered quickly, "I always wanted to go to UA," He said with a smile
Monoma smiled, "Really? does it have anything to do because All-Might went there?" Monoma teased
Izuku became embarrassed, "Y-Yeah, it did," He said "But I don't want to go for that reason anymore,"
this intrigued Monoma, "Really?" he asked, "And why is that?"
"because of you," Izuku said, "Y-You want to go to UA, we all do, but you... you inspired all of us here to train and work our quirks to the bone in order to get into the Hero course, and even if Mei doesn't want to be a hero, you still inspire her to work on her inventions... you inspired me to become my own Hero, Monoma," Izuku said
Monoma laughed a little and scratched the back of his head, "Thank you, Izuku, that really means a lot," Monoma said "But without you guys, I think I don't think I could make it this far, you guys believe in me and that means a lot, but I want to know that I believe in you guys as well, No matter what, I believe in you guys no matter what," Monoma said
With that, everyone smiled and everyone thanked Monoma for his words they then continued to talk and chat.
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Later, after they had enough of training, the group decided to head to the mall for some fun/shopping. Toru said she wanted to go look at some new plushies while Mei wanted new tools and Kanao just wanted to hit the Arcade, which Kimihito also wanted to do. As for the other three boys Izuku wanted to check out the local nerd store which Josuke agreed to. Monoma just wanted to hang out some more as he didn't want to go home yet.
As they were walking, Kimihito was complaining about how sore he was after sparring with Monoma. "Man Monoma! Did you have to hit so hard!?" Kimihito cried as he rubbed his sides.
"Ah, sorry Kimihito," Monoma said with a small smile on him
Kimihito glared at his friend, "Seriously you kicked my ass more times than I can count! You know, maybe you and Izuku should spar the next time!" Kimihito cried
Josuke laughed, "Hey! That doesn't sound like a bad idea!" he said
Izuku looked at them, "H-Hey! Leave me out of this!" Izuku cried
Josuke nudged Izuku while still smiling, "Ah, come on Izuku, You are pretty good with that sword of yours! Hell, you nearly beat me today!" He said
"I mean... I guess, but still, I'm nowhere near Monoma's level, and b-besides, he uses one hand, won't that be sort of unfair?" Izuku asked
Kimihito looked at Izuku as if he was dumb, "Dude, are you kidding!? Monoma can beat anyone using that practice sword of his!" Kimihito said
CRASH!
Suddenly, out of nowhere, the wall of a building in front of them burst apart and from out of the rubble, a large figure could be seen. He was very muscular and wearing a red tanktop, he had a manic grin on his face, speaking of his face when they looked at his eyes, he was missing one and the wound where his eye once was was a large scar. They all froze at the sight of the man and Kimihito fell back to the ground in shock and fear.
The man smiled, "Lookie here! a bunch of brats, oh I can have a lot of fun with you before more heroes arrive!" he said in a sick twisted tone
'This guy! H-He's a villain!' Izuku cried to himself
"let the slaughter begin!" he cried
He pulled his arm back and his muscle fibers grew larger as he pulled back, ready to hit and crush one of them.
"Everyone! Move!" Monoma cried
that brought them all to their senses and they scattered as the villain slammed his fist into the ground.
"Hahaha! Like Mice running from a cat!" he cried
Izuku and the others looked back to the villain, all of them thinking that if it wasn't for Monoma, they would have been dead.
Meanwhile, Monoma was a good distance away from the villain but looked at him with an angry expression, 'Damn it! where are the other Heroes!?' He thought to himself 'This guy is crazy, if we try to run more, he'll just chase after us and who knows if we can really outrun him!'
Meanwhile, with Izuku, he too was thinking the same thing, 'What the hell do we do!?' Izuku thought
He looked around at the others to see that Kimihito and Josuke were across the street while Mei, Toru, and Kanao were also together, thankfully hiding in a store, however, Izuku and Monoma were still a few feet in front of him.
"Come on boys! just sit still and let me crush you!" the villain said
He charged at them and thankfully the two boys barely dodged his second attack, splitting up. Izuku looked over to Monoma who was now right next to the villain against a wall, and to his horror, he saw Monoma reach out to touch the Villain.
'What is he doing!? he's trying to use his quirk and hit the villain!?' Izuku thought,
Monoma touched the villain, thus gaining his Quirk. Monoma quickly used the Quirk on his right arm and tried to punch the Villain, however, the Villain saw him coming and swung his arm at Monoma, causing him to fly through the wall and into the building.
"Monoma!" Izuku cried
Izuku rushed to go and help his friend, however, the villain turned around only to see Izuku running at him, "So you wanna play too huh!?"
The villain grabbed Izuku by the waist only to throw him into the sab building as Monoma. Izuku flew through the same hole but landed hard on the ground, which was littered with broken concrete. Izuku slowly got up only to see that Monoma was unconscious and bleeding from the back of his head, he then looked back to the hole he flew through only to see the villain looking at him with a wide and manic grin
"You boys really tried to take me on! HAHAHAHA! What are ya!? Heroes! BAHAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed
'Damnit! What the hell do I do!?' Izuku asked 'It's not like I can fight him! I don't have anything to fight him with and his strength! it's superhuman!' Izuku thought
The villain began to walk closer to them with a smile, "I was looking for a good time and those two water heroes tried to stop me but I killed them, they put up a fight but hey, I still one, do you think if I kill you and the other kid more heroes will get here! I want a good fight!" He said
Izuku gritted his teeth, fear and anger flowed through him, he was angry that he couldn't do anything and afraid that this was it. This was the end.
"First the blonde and then you," He said as he grabbed Monoma by the arm
"Get away from him!" Izuku cried, charging at the Villain
However, once again, with a single swing of his arm, Izuku was backhanded to the side and he slammed right into a counter. He lost his breath as he saw the Villain lift Monoma up like a doll and then he pulled his arm back, ready to punch and squish Monoma.
"Oh How I'm going to enjoy this!" the Villain cackled, however, he then saw something interesting on the boy, he saw the stone and his eye went wide. "What!? Why does he have that thing!?" the Villain cried
After regaining his breath, Izuku saw the villain still holding Monoma and then saw him lower his fist. 'Wha- Why is he stopping?' Izuku asked himself
The villain looked at the stone before looking at Monoma and then he smiled widely and began laughing as Izuku just continued to stare in confusion.
"HAHAHAHA! So that's their ploy huh!?" he cried with glee, he then turned around and looked at Izuku, "I'll give you a warning kid, If you believe this guy to be a true friend, and if you come to regard him as a brother, then know this! When his ambition crumbles, is when you will face your death! A DEATH YOU CAN NEVER ESCAPE!"
With those words, he let go of Monoma and then began walking away from the two boys and to the hole he had created. However, before he leaves, he turned to Izuku once more.
"I pity you kid, but I'll see you again when the time comes!" He said as he laughed and then left, leaping into the air and no doubt onto another villain
Izuku watched him leave and then he let all of this sink in and he was stunned. He couldn't believe that this happened. He and Monoma had just been attacked by a Villain, a crazy and powerful one that wanted to kill them... and they had lived. However, what he said before he left, what he told Izuku about Monoma, was stuck in the green-haired teen's mind. He looked over to Monoma and saw the Necklace hanging out of his shirt and Izuku stared at it as his vision began to blur
'What's so special... about that... thing?' Izuku asked himself as he fell into Unconsciousness.