Golden Days Arc 2 - Chapter 10: Eclipse
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JustJack: Shit will hit the fan in this chapter!
Harleking31: Well here's the "God Hand" of this story: AFO = Idea of Evil, Tomaru Shigaraki = Void, Dr. Garaki = Ubik (the floating one), Dabi/Toya Todoroki = Conrad, Toga Himiko = Slan. And Izuku will get his sword in the next chapter as he will be finally meeting Gutz.
Jayfuner: No, Izuku didn't get his cheeks clapped... most of his back story is still pretty much canon wise.
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Before we begin, I looked at my Google doc for this story, which had the chapters planned out for this story and I realized I made a certain mistake with the numbering of future chapters... which means I'm gonna have to go back and correct the number of chapters.
But when I re-number the chapters I'll let you guys know and that we all have a better picture of where were are with how many chapters we have all together and how long each Arc will be.
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Summer has finally come to an end, and it was Izuku's first day as a 3rd-year student at Marakōru Middle School. He was wearing the uniform, his hand back hung from his side, and his sword strapped behind him. He looked at the school and smiled, and he was finally hoping to see his friends again, wondering who had arrived early or who might arrive late, and also what they were doing or talking about.
However, just as Izuku stepped onto the school grounds, a sudden beam of red light shot from the roof of the school. He and some other students around him looked up at just how high the red beam was in the sky, and then suddenly, it began to expand into a dome-like shape, covering the school, and then more of the area.
"What... what is going on!?" Izuku asked as he looked around, as the dome expanded its radius.
"Izuku!"
Hearing his name being called out by a familiar voice, Izuku turned around to see Toru, along with Kanao, Kimihito, and Josuke running behind her.
"Guys!" Izuku cried
As they got closer to him, they looked at him with frantic and scared expressions.
"Do you know what's going on!?" Josuke asked
"No!" Izuku cried
Suddenly, everything was dyed in red, they looked back to see the dome had encased everything, even the sky it seemed.
"W-What the hells is this!?" Kimihito cried, he then turned to Josuke, "Guys what the hell is going on!? D-Did we all just die and go to hell!?" He cried
"SHUT UP!" Izuku yelled, Izuku turned back to the others, a small glare at them, "Don't think about what you can't understand, we need to calm down and come up with a plan,"
"R-Right!" Kimihito cried
Toru looked at Izuku with wide eyes, she had never seen this side of him before, he was taking charge and trying to keep them all level-headed. However, she realized something that frightened her, "Ah! Izuku dod you see Monoma!?" Toru asked
Izuku's eyes widened, "What!? Monoma was here!?" Izuku cried
Toru nodded, "He said he was here and was waiting on the roof for us!" Toru said
'The Roof...' Izuku thought with wide eyes and he looked back up to the roof to see the beam of light nowhere but, he had a feeling that something was up there with Monoma, and that worried him. "If he's on the roof we need to get there quick!" Izuku cried "The whole thing started from there!" he cried
Toru gasped, "No!" she cried
"Damn it!" Josuke cried
Izuku pulled out his wooden greatsword and looked at the others, "Follow me! Kanao! Kimihito! keep the back safe, you guys are the only two with offensive quirks!"
"Got it!" Kanao replied
With a nod, Izuku and the others raced back to the roof, while others began to run away and try to leave the dome, but they couldn't pass through. Racing up through an empty school was easy, however, the entire way up to the roof, Izuku couldn't help but feel the sense of incoming danger. Nothing was happening yet, someone trapped them, and probably hundreds or thousands of people in a red dome.
'What the hell is going on?' Izuku thought 'Why is someone doing this? what are they planning!?' Izuku kept asking himself
Finally, they arrived at the roof door and with enough speed and strength, Izuku broke it open and arrived on the roof, the others following suit, and once they were all on the roof, Monoma was kneeling and he looked a little disheveled, but he was quite and unmoving.
"Monoma!" Toru cried
They all rushed over to him and looked over him, but when Izuku looked at his face, Monoma seemed to be in a sort of daze, and that's when Izuku then noticed something hanging from Monoma's hands, something he had long forgotten about, but now made his eyes widen in horror. It was that weird necklace of Monoma's, however, it was different, the shapes were now together and it formed a clear face, with deep yellow eyes that cried blood.
'What is that? Why is it crying tears of blood? Its shape... it's changed' Izuku thought 'Could it have been because of this...?'
And that's when Izuku remembered what happened the day he and Monoma faced that Villain, he remembered that the villain didn't kill Monoma because of the necklace.
"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!"
Izuku's eyes widened with horror, 'Is... Is this what he meant!?' Izuku thought
"GUYS! LOOK!" cried Josuke
This caught everyone's attention and they looked over to him looking over the roof's railing, and Izuku, Kimihito, and Kanao went over to him and looked over the railing, and what they saw frightened them. Black portals were appearing and coming out of them were monstrous things with exposed brains, and different colored skin, some had eyes, some didn't, and some clearly had mutated quirks.
"Where the hell did they come from!?" Kimihito cried
Suddenly, a burst of blue flame appeared from behind them and in front of Toru and Monoma, Izuku ran back to them and prepared for a fight. The flames were doing something strange, instead of spreading they combined and took shape, before eventually forming into a young man, much to Izuku's shock.
The young man had spikey white hair, wearing a white shirt under a black stitched-up looking coat, black torn pants, and black boots. A soft smile graced his lips and black
"Izuku! Who is that!?" Toru asked
Before Izuku could answer her, suddenly, flying up from behind the man was a large bat, and landed on the railing, however, the bat began to change form and began to turn into a girl around his age, on her top, she wore nothing but a long black mink coat, revealing inner side boob, while also exposing her stomach, as for her lower region, it was covered by tight black leather shorts. The girl's long blonde hair hung down from her head and strode down, onto the coat, no doubt reacher her back, in fact, it looked beautiful.
Her sharp yellow cat-like eyes landed on Izuku, and she smiled a toothy grin, showing her sharp teeth, "Hello~" She said
Another black portal appeared only to show a doctor walking out, however, he wasn't an average doctor as he had a black coat wrapped around him and a pair of red wings protruding from his back, and a pair of black goggles around his eyes.
Finally, a tall man wearing a black business suit appeared, however, covering his face was a navy blue, skull-like gas mask with angular tubes at the top, a wide collar-like life-support system around his neck with additional pipes connecting in the front and back, which presumably were to help him breathe.
"W-Who the hell are they?" Josuke asked in a hushed tone
Izuku looked in horror as he saw the four individuals before him, an immense sense of dread began to fear him, but he gripped his sword tighter and tried to stay calm.
"Who are you!?" Izuku asked, "Why are you here?"
The man in the business suit stepped forward and looked at Izuku, "Why my dear boy, isn't it obvious?" He asked, his tone full of amusement, "I am a Villain!"
That didn't surprise Izuku, but Izuku had a feeling deep within him that the man before him and the others with him were no ordinary villains, this man gave off the feeling of despair, darkness, and pure terror. To Izuku, this man wasn't a villain, hell he wasn't even human... this man and those with him were devils.
"But if you really desire to know who I am, I am known as All For One," All For One said, "With me are Dabi, Toga, Garaki, and Tomaru," He said
'Wait he named 4... but there's only three behind him!' Izuku thought, 'Where's the 4th!?' Izuku asked
Suddenly, loud screaming was coming from all around them, they also heard the sound of screeching and roaring, they all turned their heads to hear the blood-curdling screams of others and a chill went down their spines.
"Ah, Young Tomaru must have begun his attack, hopefully, most of those Nomu hold up against all of those civilians," All For One said with a chuckle
Izuku growled and looked at All for One with a glare, "What are you doing here!? Why Are you doing all of this!?" Izuku cried
"You see, we are here because it's time for a blessing," All for One said, "It is time for you to make your choice... Young Neito Monoma,"
They all were shocked and looked to Monoma who was now looking at All for One.
"Monoma...?" Toru called out
"What are they talking about Monoma!?" Josuke asked
All for One chuckled, "You are the chosen one, This time and place has been chosen... just for you," He told Monoma, "You see, we, you and us, are the same, kindred spirits if you would,"
Izuku grew angry and he pulled out his knife and looked at the four, "Don't you play with us!" he yelled, "You trap us in this place we have no clue about and spit this kind of nonsense!?"
Josuke looked at Izuku, surprised by his outspokenness to the villains before him.
Toru was also surprised, "Izuku..."
"Kindred spirits! One and the same! Don't say stupid shit!" Izuku cried, "Monoma is nothing like you or them! He's no Villain, nor does he have the desire to be one!" Izuku cried
Toga smiled and giggled, "Oh~! He's a fighter!" She said "I wonder just how long a Lil sacrifice like you will last~" She finished as she licked her lips.
"Sacrifice...?" Kimihito asked in horror
Toga nodded, "Yes if he wants to be like one of us, he must sacrifice those close to him," she told them.
Garaki then flew above the kids, "From the moment the Ten'nō Kanjōmu came into your hands you were qualified to become like us," Garaki told them, "No, perhaps it was all part of the law of Causality that the Ten'nō Kanjōmu fell into your hands?" Garaki said
Dabi smiled, "So you see, you're are all important sacrifices for Neito's rise to become like us," Dabi said
"We're..." Kimihito began
"All..." Josuke continued
"Sacrifices?" Kanao finished
Toru grew angry, and glared at them, "Those monsters... are going to change Monoma in exchange for our lives!" She growled
"It's a little different," Toga told him "This is his will, he's the one who offered you all up as Sacrifices," She told them all
Izuku grew angrier as he didn't believe in Toga's words, "That can't... THAT CAN'T BE!" Izuku cried, preparing to charge and swing at the villain.
"EVERYTHING IS WITHIN THE FLOW OF CAUSALITY!" All for One announced, "It's time for him to make his choice!"
Suddenly, a black portal appeared behind the group, and with some sort of restraining quirk, Izuku, Toru, Josuke, Kanao, and Kimihito, felt tied up, and with great force from another quirk, they were pushed back into the portal and they disappeared.
Izuku and the others appeared out of another black portal only to land right in front of the school gates. Slowly, they got up, but as Toru got up, she looked at the ground to see that she had fallen into a puddle of blood, her legs, skirt, and hands were covered in blood.
"AHHHH!" Toru cried as she stood up
The others looked in terror as they looked around only to see the creatures attacking, killing, and chasing fellow students and civilians, some were chewing on the parts of people, while some walked around, looking for their next victim.
"Dear god..." Kanao muttered
Josuke looked around in horror, "Is... is this what hell is?" Josuke asked
Izuku looked around in horror at the chaos and terror that surrounded him and his friends. 'Monoma... is this really what you wished for?' Izuku asked himself
Suddenly, one of the creatures turned to the group and let out a horrifying screech, and charged at them crawling on all fours like some sort of lizard. Izuku acted quickly and quickly stood in front of the monster and slammed his sword down on the head of the creature, smashing its brains and in the process killing it.
Izuku turned to the others, "Find what you can and prepare to fight!" Izuku said
The others seemed to come out of their terrified daze and nodded, as they searched for whatever weapons they could find.
The group found what they could, broken metal bars, a baseball bat, and their own quirks.
"Now, we need to get back to the roof and save Monoma!" Izuku said
"Good luck with that!"
Hearing a scratchy voice, the group turned around only to see a young man walking among the monsters, his face covered by a hand. "The Nomu will easily crush you all like the rest of them!" he said
Izuku glared at him, and then realized who this must be, 'This has to be that Tomaru person All for One was talking about' Izuku thought
"You won't make it up there to save your friend! Don't you see all of this is fate!" Tomaru cried
Izuku growled, "You're wrong!" Izuku cried "There's no so much thing as fate! It's just a word and a stupid belief!"
Tomaru laughed, "That's where your wrong! Don't you get it!? Fate! Destiny! It's all set! from the moment everything is born isn't fate that it will die!? Is it not the destiny of those who have the power to change the world for better or for worse!? Don't you see!? EVERYONE'S FATE HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN! THERE IS NO CHANGING IT! SO IS THE LAW OF CAUSALITY!" Tomaru cried out with a laughter.
Izuku growled at the young man but then noticed that they were being surrounded by the creatures, or the Nomu as Tomaru called them.
"I-Izuku..." Toru called out in fear
He saw his friends become frightened by the seemingly terrible odds that surrounded them, and while he felt slightly frightend, he felt anger burn through him more, it was like an untapped mine of oil waiting to burst out, his grip on his greatsword tightened.
"Don't be afraid," Izuku told his friends, "This is what we trained for! We fight through this and we get to Monoma!"
Tomaru smiled behind his hand mask and pointed at the group of teens, "Kill them" he ordered
With those words, the Nomu charged in and the group of middle school students quickly rushed in, ready to kill the students, but Izuku wasn't going down without a fight, and he was sure the others were too. So when one Nomu was coming in, Izuku dodged its attack before putting all his force into his wooden sword, he stabbed the Nomu through the chin and through its head, damaging its brain!
Surprising not just his friends, but also Tomaru.
Izuku pulled his sword out from the Nomu's chin and looked over to Tomaru, a grin appearing on his face for some reason, channeling his inner Bakugou. "Don't underestimate us, you bastard!" Izuku cried
And with that, the blood bath began... on both sides...
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Monoma looked at the villain, now standing in front of him with his hand held out for the young teen to take, "Tell me, young Monoma, will you take my hand and be given the power to fulfill your dream? Or will you refuse and be crushed like those around you?" All for One asked
'The power to... fulfill my dream?' Monoma asked himself, he then remembered what he told Izuku about his dream all those months ago.
"But that's not all, I want to create a peaceful and perfect country," Monoma said "A world where people don't have to suffer or hate because what do things like that do? it just restarts the cycle of suffering and hatred, and thus villains and criminals are born, sometimes because of events that are out of their control... I want and will achieve a country full of peace because no one should suffer anything that blackens their hearts,"
'Can I really fulfill my dream with the power given to me... from a villain?' Monoma asked himself
"That sounds... like a really great dream Monoma," Izuku said "A great dream,"
'And yet... you left us... you left me...' Monoma thought
"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
'And I did believe in you all, you most Izuku! But without you or even the others, I felt... useless, I felt that a piece of me was breaking away if any of you left! and a piece of me did when you left... Izuku, so why...?' Monoma began with a thought
"Monoma,"
Hearing his name being called, Monoma turned to Izuku, and when they saw Izuku, the person who despite only knowing half of his school year, Monoma considered to be his best friend, he saw the hard expression on Izuku's face. At first, he had no idea what Izuku was doing, but that's when he saw Izuku raise his practice sword and point it at him, and for him, it became clear what Izuku wanted.
"Today is my last day here... Before I go, I want a spar," Izuku told his friend
'Why...!?'
"I have to find my own dream and my own purpose..."
'Why!?'
"But I can't do it here, and not with you guys, I have to find out who I am and what my dream is,"
'WHY!? WHY!? WHY!?'
Monoma stood there, looking at Izuku with a face devoid of emotion, thinking he could end this quickly, with a single through to Izuku's chest, he jumped forth and tried to jab Izuku, but he was not expecting Izuku to step to the side and with quick and fluid motions, Izuku knocked his sword down, forcing the attack downward, but before he could try and attack again, he saw Izuku's sword pointed at his throat.
He was shocked. He was terrified. not because he had lost... because he knew this was it.
Izuku was going to leave.
He fell to his knees in utter defeat.
"I'm sorry Monoma, but this... I need to do this to seek out my own path and my own dream," Izuku said
'WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!?' Monoma asked himself 'Can I... can I truly not rely on anyone anymore? I thought that if I made friends if I... if I found love, I wouldn't be alone and scared anymore...'
He thought back to the friends he had made, the people who promised to follow him but... who he felt were going to leave them.
'Toru... Josuke... Kanao... Mei... Kimihito... Izuku... Can I truly rely on you?' Monoma asked himself, 'Or can I only rely on my dream?'
"Yes, your dream!" came a dark voice inside of him "Don't you want it to come true!?"
'I do... but I want my friends with me...' Monoma said to himself
"What good are they if they leave!? Izuku left, It was only a matter of time before the others did too!" The Dark voice cried "We want to create a peaceful and perfect country! A world where people don't have to suffer as we did! Or suffer under the same hate we experianced! Do you not want a world like that!?"
'I do...' Monoma said
"Say it!"
'I want that world!' Monoma cried
"We don't need others! They'll only make us lose sight of our dream!" cried the Dark Voice "Is that what you want!?"
'NO!' Monoma cried
"Mono...ma?"
Hearing that voice, Monoma turned to the Roof's entrance only to see Izuku, his uniform in tatters, his wooden great sword was broken, and blood stained his clothes and face, he looked ragged.
Seeing him, Monoma softly smiled at him, 'Yes... out of everyone I've ever known, it was only you, Izuku... who made me forget my dream'
Monoma stood up and looked at All for One, taking his hand. "I want the power to fulfill my dreams," Monoma told him
Izuku's eyes widened with horror, but then anger quickly filled him. He gripped his broken wooden sword tighter, and while it couldn't be used like it used to, the broken ends were still sharp enough to stab. Izuku turned it around, ready to plunge it into Monoma's chest, and he charged and the teen he had once called his friend.
"MOOOONOOOOMAAAAAAAAA!" Izuku cried in anger as he charged at his old friend
He kept running but didn't even make it far as suddenly, Toga appeared in front of him and her fingers were now claw-like, and she went to jab him in the face, intending to impale him through the head, but Izuku stepped backward, trying to avoid what the teen girl had planned.
But the damage was already done, as Izuku did manage to avoid the death part, but at the cost of his right eye. He fell back in pain as blood leaked out from his now damaged eye.
"AHHHH!" Izuku cried out as he fell onto his back
"Aw! I missed him!" Toga said "But what skill to dodge such a quick attack!" she said
"Monoma! What are you doing!"
They all looked over to see Toru, she too looked disheveled, and while blood stained her clothes, they were not in tatters like Izuku's.
Toru turned to see Izuku on the floor, crying in pain, but slowly began to sit up, "Monoma! What is...!? Why are you doing this!?" she cried as she ran at the blonde teen.
Izuku raised his hand to stop her, "T-Toru! Don't...!" Izuku cried out
However, it was too late, as All for One stepped in front of her, raising his hand, a burst of air shot out of his hand and the sudden strong burst of air seemed to shoot through Toru's right side.
Izuku looked in horror, "TORU!" Izuku cried as he tried to get up only for Toru to slam him to the ground, Izuku now on lay on his chest, witnessing the scene before him.
Toru fell to her knees as blood fell from her mouth and tears from her eyes, she reached out to Monoma, "Mo...no... ma..." she croaked out before falling down as blood leaked out
Izuku struggled to escape, but tears fell from his left eye, while blood continued to fall from his right, as he cried at the scene before him, seeing the state of his friend.
Before more could be done to the green-haired teen, the dome began to crack. The Four looked up, only to see the dome crack more as a man wearing pure black armor which looked like a black hound, broke through the dome, in his hand, was a black buster sword that seemed impossible to pick up or even swing.
He landed on the roof with ease, and acting quickly, he tried to cut down All for One, but the symbol of evil stopped the blade with ease but failed to notice the man's right hand become undone, showing off a canon. Acting quickly, All for One grabbed Monoma, and backed away, just as it shot at him.
The man then turned around and tried to swing at Toga, but the girl jumped up and flew away and off Izuku.
All for One floated in the air, hanging onto Monoma, and when he saw the man, he chuckled with glee. "My, what a pleasant surprise, I was not expecting you to be here," All for One said
Garaki flew next to his leader, "What do we do now, sir?" he asked
"We leave," He said "With the dome broken and with him and the armor here, I don't feel comfortable having such a fight now, it would be worse if All-Might were to show his ginning mug,"
Garaki nodded, and appearing around the four individuals were more black portals then engulfed them and then disappeared.
The man in the armor said nothing, as he sheathed his sword behind him, but he looked down to see Izuku and Toru. He quickly walked over to Toru and felt for a pulse, he then looked over to Izuku, only to see the boy looking at him with wide eyes.
"Wh-Who... are you?" Izuku asked in a painful tone.
The man stood up and looked back at the teen, but said nothing as Izuku's vision began to blur, and then his world turned black.
The event that took place at Marakōru Middle School and the large surrounding area around it would be known as the Eclipse Event as one witness said that the red beam that formed the dorm eclipsed the sky. The death toll is said to be in the hundreds of thousands, and only two were said to be soul survivors. This would be known as one of the darkest days in Japan and Hero history, and while the terror of that day had ended...
The Nightmare was far from over...
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I know that I didn't show any of the actual killing of the Nomu that Izuku and the others fought, but that's because I actually wanted to be different then the Manga, but trust me, You'll get your just deserts in the next chapter!
Anyway! I hope you enjoyed today's chapter and stick around for the next one!