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"Italic"="thoughts"
Start of Chapter:
We start out in the living room of Izuku's home which is filled with day-to-day stuff but instead of focusing on our protagonist from the start, for a change we focus on a woman who's the mother of our protagonist and is sitting at the couch in front of the T.V who is known by you all as Inko Midoriya, who was waiting for her child who was not yet back from school and his shopping errand. Thinking back to what Izuku was shopping for, she thought back to the conversation she and Izuku had about a week ago.
Inko's POV, a Week and Three days before:
(Right before the final time skip of last chapter when Izuku stares at the phone cover)
Inko was scared and worried...she had been scared ever since seeing the news that showed her precious boy running to save Katsuki from the sludge villain...cause who wouldn't be scared that their only child who is the only person in her life that she loves run into a dangerous situation to save a person he knew since childhood...she knew that she was being selfish but after seeing what Izuku did she had wished that Izuku never bothered to run to help him and let the Pros that were there to help and save him, (she immediately regretted thinking that as memories of a young boy with blond hair passed through her mind)...yeah she was terrified, horrified and...and many other scared synonyms.
Inko:" But it was ok, sure he was in danger but he was also safe, there were Pros all around him and All Might saved him...annnnddd yet he didn't fanboy about it..."
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And here comes the worry...
Inko:"I mean...why didn't he fanboy about it...he's been a huge fan of his for years...and here he is saved by him and...nothing...no autographs, no mumbling, writing his experience about it in his book for like 30 pages..."
Thinking about what her child would do got her chuckle but that immediately stopped as she realised that none of that happened which made her go back to her initial emotion worry, luckily she was sitting at her dinner table drinking some hot green tea to stop thinking and hoped it would calm her down...which though it calmed her down a smidge placed it down after taking a sip and continued thinking as she couldn't stop worrying.
Inko:"And ever since he returned after running straight into the villain fight...he's not acting or doing stuff like he used to. He hasn't watched the Hero News or written anything in his book for 2 days and he hasn't selected the hero movies he loves to watch while we sit down to relax...though to be honest it has been a breath of fresh air to watch something else. Still he stopped doing things that he's done for years."
She then just sighed, shook her head and picked up her cup and took a long sip.
Inko:"Maybe I'm just being worried for nothing, maybe he's still shaken up from the experience. It has only been 2 days now, I'm sure everything will be okay in a week or two."
She should not have thought that, WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THAT!
In that moment Inko hears some footsteps showing that her son had come out of his room and was heading towards her. In a minute or so the door to the living room slammed open with Izuku standing there hurriedly saying words to Inko who was still drinking her green tea that would shake her to her very core.
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Izuku: Hey mom, can I sell some of my hero merchandise?
The reaction to this was simple, the shock to Inko was so much that she choked and some of the green tea she was drinking came out her nose...kind of like Violet in Incredibles 2 at that diner.
Inko: *SPIIIIIITTT* *THHHHHHHSCC* *Cough Cough*
Izuku: MOM!
Seeing Inko uhhhh cough-sneeze her green tea, Izuku panicked and quickly went towards his mother's back to pat her back to try to let her breath, but breathing was not Inko's first concern no her first concern was what her son had just said
Inko:Ok-*Cough*-okay you and I are going to-*Cough Cough*clean this mess and sit down and have a talk.
Izuku: A talk about what?
Inko a bit frustrated due to all the tension and worry just stayed quiet and coughing the rest of the drink stuck in her windpipe. This action just caused Izuku to be more confused and agreed.
Izuku: Okay...
With that Izuku promptly turned around and headed towards their kitchen to get a rag or wipers to clean the mess they made.
Timeskip: 5 minutes.
Izuku and Inko had finished cleaning the mess after the whole...cough-sneeze thing and were now sitting on opposite sides of the table they just cleaned, now even though the reason for them sitting here was for them to talk, the sound that could be heard is the sound of complete silence with awkward and thick tension filling the air, which hilariously a young blue cat in another dimension would show that by actually cutting it up with a knife.
Anywho the pair sat in silence staring at each other in the eyes unblinking...before Inko broke the silence
Inko: Izuku...sweetie..what's going on and I mean really what's going on?
Izuku raised an eyebrow trying to understand what she meant.
Izuku: What do you mean mom?
Inko just sighed and just tapped her coffee cup.
Inko: It's just that...you're not acting like yourself...your not talking or doing anything about heroes these past two days and...I'm worried for you..
Izuku just slightly smiled but Inko saw that the smile didn't reach his eyes, he just chuckled awkwardly and waved his hand in a way to dismiss that something was wrong not wanting to worry his mother without realizing that he's too late.
Izuku: Wha-*chuckle*you umm talking about, I'm fineeeeee cool uhh awesome (he said that last part while doing double thumbs up)"Wow Izuku aren't you a master of deceit"
Inko: Izuku... I think we both know that...that's not true..
Izuku: Mom-
Inko raised her hand to stop her son from continuing.
Inko: Your not acting like yourself Izuku... your not watching the Hero News when it's on and write stuff in your notebooks and when we were watching movies you let me choose what to watch while you stayed away from the hero category like the plague and- Oh no mister don't you dare try to deny it cause you know it's true. (The last part said when Izuku tried to speak up trying to deny it)
Inko: Now, usually I would have left all that behavior left unnoticed because I thought you were in shock, cause really it's not everyday you get dragged into a villain fight and get out of it alive and with a few scratches. But what you just said Izuku... about selling your hero merchandise. That's too much of a character change, you wouldn't sell your merchandise let alone let someone else so much as breath in their direction.
Inko's hands left the tea cup they were gripping so hard almost on the verge of adding enough pressure to break it and made them grasp Izuku's, who was was interested in his cup of tea for the past minute or so, looked up getting the courage to look into her mother's eyes seeing it filled to the brim with worry for him. Not wanting to worry his mother anymore just closed his eyes and tried to get the courage to explain everything.
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Which resulted in him getting up and leaving the room closing the door behind him
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Inko looked at the way he went and sighed not knowing what was happening to her baby boy, when the sound of the door opening again her look towards it to see Izuku holding one of his Hero Notebooks, with one of his fingers between the pages, Izuku silently gave her the book. Holding the book making sure to not lose the page Izuku left she examined the book, by her count this was supposed to be his 13th book and she seemed to be correct with the writing on the front page. But that was not what she noticed first...the book was burned...
The edges of the book turned black and almost brittle...and when she opened the book the once clean pages filled with useful and detailed info but now parts of it ruined. She then turned the pages to the page Izuku saved...and she was surprised to see an autograph that took two pages...the autograph made in bold black ink, having two words with an eyebrow with two eyes drawn next to them.
This...
This was All Might's autograph...
She took her eyes off the pages and looked towards Izuku in more confusion...
Feeling her gaze on him, Izuku started talking.
Izuku: That day, a few things had happened before the whole sludge incident...Something happened that let me meet All Might and he gave me his autograph, but then...I had to ask, I just had to ask him one question.
Inko not really getting a good feeling just sat silently waiting foe his answer.
Izuku: I asked whether a quirkless person like me could ever be a hero...
Inko kept looking at him wondering what All Might told her son.
Izuku:...His answer...yeah it wasn't good...
Inko was heartbroken, her child spent her whole life hearing insults from other hearing the same thing over and over: He couldn't be a hero
Izuku: Sooooo yeah...I mean I understand where he's coming from, he just wants to keep me safe and all, but...it hurts. I hoped for a different answer but no...i didn't get it. And so the next day...I went to school and switched signing up for the Hero Course to General...
Inko: What...?
Izuku turned his head to the floor, his eyes slightly tearing up from all the memories he's reliving with flashes of a roof and a skeletal yellow haired man passing through his mind.
Inko Saw how her baby was feeling, she got up from fer seat and went to her son to comfort him, she knew that this was painful for her son, his only dream rejected, broken and beaten down by everyone, with no one believing in him...including her.
They sat in silence for the nest few minutes with Inko comforting her son. After that Izuku left Inko's embrace and wiped his eyes wiping away all the tears that left. Inko then asked her son something even Izuku didn't know.
Inko: What are you planning to do now then Izuku?
Izuku just stayed silent before replying
Izuku: For now...just study to get into the U.A General Course. No use of not going honestly.
With that answered Inko was almost satisfied with only one question on her mind.
Inko: Why did you want to sell your hero merch Izuku?
Izuku thought hard on how to propose for his idea.
Izuku: I want to leave the hero stuff for a bit...I spent alot of time being obsessed with heroes that I don't have anything else to do, I just want to buy and act as a normal teenager right now, maybe I'll understand what I wanna do later but right now... So yeah I thought I could sell the merch and...buy some video games...
Inko just raised her brow at her son's answer as she never thought he would say that he would buy video games. Maybe something art related because of how he draws in his books but he did say that he wanted to do something normal and something other teenagers did so she guessed that he was right...
Inko looked down, and made her decision. Her child suffered enough his whole life to not deserve this. She looked up and saw that her child sit back on his chair looking towards the floor. She got up walked towards him and her hand on his shoulder, he looks up towards her and sees a smile on her face.
Inko: Alright Izuku...You can go and sell the merch.
What Izuku felt was indescribable, he was about to get up and do something to celebrate when Inko started speaking up again.
Inko: Buut...
Izuku froze still like you see in the end of old cartoons with only his eyes shifting back to see Izuku.
Inko: You have to make sure that you keep your grades up or else this gaming thing will stop until you get back on trac– woah.
Inko was suddenly hug tackled by Izuku, after a moment she smiled and hugged back. Izuku just said three words which was filled with sincerity.
Izuku: Thank you mom...
Izuku then leaves the hug and gets out of the room to start selling his merch, Inko just watches and smiles as Izuku leaves the room filled with energy that she hasen't seen in him for years.
Skips scene to Izuku getting to his room:
(A.N: Think of the next few paragraphs as different scenes as part of a montage with the space between the paragraphs showing some time passing.)
Izuku is seen writing down all the merch he has in his room in his book, listing everything down to research about them to see how much they're worth.
Him sitting at his dest hunching towards his computer going through many online websites like Ebay, , and others to see how much they are selling their online merch compared to if they're mint in condition.
Him writing down numbers as the prices alongside the item list with their respective items.
Going through the list and double-checking the items he wants to sell before he organises them based on their worth and the chances of them being sold.
Izuku takes a figure and places it with other figures with similar worth. He then goes to take another figure which is a figure of All Might in his classic pose in his Young Age costume. It was one the rare figures in the world with only 500 produced and would catch him a huge sum of money... but he had just kept it back. Why you ask, well you'll see later.
Montage Ends Here
Izuku is then seen standing up in front of his door facing his room using his right forearm to wipe the sweat off his forehead, to others the room looks messy and disorganized with figures, cards and other merch just lying and placed in different corners of the room but to him it was grouped and organised to the worth, date they were manufactured and other similar properties. He then looked around the walls with shelves that were once filled to the brim with action figures, collector cards and other merch, that only now hold 5 pieces of merchandise. The action figure mentioned before, a signed poster of All Might now an ex-heirloom, an All Might card, a stand that holds an All Might pen, an All Might bobblehead with the Silver Age costume and finally... a picture he drew as a child. Except for the drawing the merch there would give him a lot of money if he sold them because of their rarity... but he wasn't going to sell them because even if their worth value is high, their emotional value is even higher. Most of them signify important parts of his life like the drawing he did when he first saw the hero, the card he got showing the time in his life when he and Kac-Bakugou were friends before things between them went south, the poster that was one of the only things that kept him anchored in a dark time of his life when he won it in an online competition, and the action figure and bobble head his mom bought for him for his birthdays... he looked at them and swept his right hand dragging softly against them as he went through the memories associated with them..."*chuckle*Good times...".
He then took his hands off them and walked towards the other groups of action figures, one by one taking and placing them on his desk to take a picture and placing them back with their group. He then went online to Ebay and and started putting up posts of the item with the picture and his suggested price and details like mint in condition and other tags and after posting, repeated the process for the next piece of merch.
After a rinse and repeat of the process with breaks in between for dinner and bathroom breaks and going through a quarter of his stuff, which is still a lot by the way, it was close to midnight. He stretched and got up and decided to go to bed before an idea clicked. He quickly logged back into his computer and went to his QuirkNet and HeroHub accounts and made a post on his merch being on sale because he was on for years and was kind of popular for being a hero nut, he was positive that a lot of people would see his post and maybe just maybe he might get some people interested in his merch.
After finishing those posts, he got up stretched once more and looked at his room.
Izuku:"Well... there's the second step for moving on... it feels better to be honest. Not by a lot but..still. Hopefully, the All Might merch I posted for sale will get someone interested to buy them, I really need money if I need any chance to get my new dream on track."
And with that, he went to his door and put his head outside, yelled out to his mom wishing her good night and went to bed hoping for some dreamless and easy sleep. After 5 minutes Izuku fell into a deep and calming sleep.
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Timeskip: few hours later. Morning.
Outside Izuku's building, people can be seen going on about their day, newspaper boys going around placing newspapers at people's doors, parents taking their kids to parks to have fun since it's the weekend, when all of a sudden...
Izuku : WHAAAAAAAaaAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAAaaAAAT?!
Usually people would freak out thinking that there was a villain attack nearby or something... yeah not these people because over the years people understood that the Midoriya's when surprised, will release a yell of surprise so loud that they are so bewildered on how it's not a quirk and so are very used and not at all surprised at this, instead they gossip, like now a man wearing a business suit is talking.
ARM:Hmmmm... I think that was Ms. Midoriya.
Another person, a woman with a small girl child is seen talking back to the man.
ARW: No no the scream had cracks in it so it's definitely the son.
ARM:Huh... what do you think he's screaming about?
ARW: Oh it's definitely the usual "Saw the post for a new All Might figure that he has to have" scream. (She looks towards her watch to check the time, and looks up from it to look at her child.) Oh look at the time let's get to the park sweetie.
ARM: Well then I shouldn't keep you, have a nice day.
ARW: You too.
Well I can say one thing for sure, if the woman was on a game show and why he screamed was the final answer, I would tell her that she was "So close, yet so far", because what really happened weeeelllll let's just go to Izuku and see what's up.
In Izuku's room
We can see that Izuku just woke up as he's still in bed with his blanket covering his lower body,one hand in his curly green hair and the other holding his phone shaking a bit violently and his eyes wide in shock.
Izuku:"What on earth... "
Because when we look into his phone, we can see hundreds of notifications, some of them making negotiations for the figures.
TheCollectioneer: I will pay twice the posted price for the limited edition Golden Age All Might Figure!
AllFan1: How high should I go to buy the extreme super ultra limited action figure of All Might that goes "Look out villains, For I Am Here! ", I'm willing to go 3 times the actual posted price.
TheSeer: I will go 50,000 for the All Might Support Gear edition action figure.
And it just went on and on and Izuku's eyes just widened further as he kept going through the posts of people, with them giving higher offers for the merch. Quickly trying to get out of his bed, which was quickly followed by him face planting because his legs were still covered by his blanket.
Izuku:"Ow! "
After getting up, properly this time, he quickly went to his and logged on his computer and went to his on sale merch items and he had tons of offers for his merch.
Izuku: Oh my god... why are so many people making this many offers the merch is not supposed to be that pricey compared to the others.
Now what Izuku was going to learn later, is that when he was setting his prices, he was basing them on the prices on the post that sold out. So because of the rarity and the personality of human beings of wanting something, he was going to make a lot of profit.
Izuku: Ok ok ok calm down Izuku, let's not look in the mouth of the gift horse just yet... now (he looks around his desk, before pulling open one of the drawers and taking out a calculator.) How much would this give me?
After looking at the highest offers that was made to him, he calculated it and...
Izuku:...550,000 yen..
Izuku leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling, his breath hitching. His arm draped over his eyes, but it couldn't stop the sting of tears.
Izuku: 550,00 yen (he whispered)...Wow... looks like things are finally looking up for me.
knock*knock*
Izuku then sits up alert facing his head to his door, a slightly muffled voice was then heard
Inko: Izuku honey are you awake? I heard you screaming.
Izuku: Oh uh it's nothing mom, just uhhh (he looks back at the computer and calculator) something... something great happened..
Inko: Oh ok honey, why don't you get ready and tell me about it when we have breakfast.
Izuku: Alright I'll come out soon!
Montage time:
(With a peppy music of your choice but I prefer Blitzkierg Bop-2016) Grabbing a towel and spare clothes, Izuku rushes out of his room and gets in the bathroom. Izuku is see brushing his teeth rocking his head with a smile obviously happy about what happened.
Behind the shower drapes, Izuku's shadow dances with quick spunky moves while he hums when suddenly the soap he was using fell out of his hand and in a desperate move to catch it, slips and falls in the bathtub.
After that whole tub incident, Izuku looks in the mirror with his white kanji shirt for "knife" trying to comb his hair... well more like tame his untamable bush of green hair, but he just sighs as the comb in his hair gets launched out like a bullet and fall harmlessly against the mirror. He then smiles and fingerguns the reflection deciding to rock his usual hairstyle.
After eating breakfast with his mother, who just smiled at her son explaining everything that happened and turning the scene to Izuku sitting at his computer responding to notifications when he suddenly pushes out his wheely chair twirling with his fist punching the air whooping.
Somewhere outside in the city in a cafe, Izuku is seen talking with someone with a bag containing a piece of his collection wjen the person hands Izuku a wad of cash which Izuku takes, counts and then gives the merch piece to the person after making sure that was it.
Roll a few more scenes of money being handed out, bags being exchanged, hands shaken and a final scene of Izuku sitting on his bed with alternating clothes looking and smiling at his desk with stacks of money rising...
Back To The Present: Which is a Week and Three Days Later If Your Confused
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Inko: Huh!
Inko was suddenly broken out of her flashback when the sound of the front door slammed open was heard, she looked at the clock on the wall and slightly shocked that the clock said 5:30 pm, she had been sitting there since 4, she got up from her seat not believing that she lost track of time and went towards the front door.
Inko: Izuku is that you? You were gone for a while.
But all Inko got as a response was a struggling muffled one.
Izuku: Mmph..ye-ah sorry Im late...*grunt*.. late mom..mmph..could you just take this bag out of my mouth.
Inko getting out of the living room and into the hallway saw the state her boy was in, Izuku was holding two big bags in each hand along with a smaller bag whose strap was being carried in his mouth.
Inko:"Well...that explains the muffled answer"Yeah of course honey let me just-
Inko quicky grabs the strap her her son's mouth returning Izuku his abilty to talk again.
Inko:-there got it.
Izuku: Thanks mom, wooow my mouth feels weird.
He promptly got gently hit by his mother on the head with a rolled up newspaper.
Izuku: Ow!
Inko: Well thats what happens when you carry a heavy bag in your mouth, now do you know how late you are mister? It's almost dinner time!
Izuku looking a bit sheepish and a bit red faced because of his blush,
Izuku: Well I got everything I needed and left the store on time buuuut I wasn't fast enough and the train I was supposed to get on left when I got there sooo yeah-
Inko just stood there for a second before nodding her head showing that she accepted his excuse, happy with that Izuku proceeded to sidestep his mother and was about to go to his room humming when-
Inko: ahem!
Izuku then stood still as though time froze and slowly turned to her
Izuku:Uhhh yeah Mom?
Inko: You can set that all up later right now you have to eat, it's time for dinner after all.
Izuku who was excited about setting up his gaming stuff, after a bit of a hectic day at school with what Bakugou still acting weird and the others still mocking him as always and the shopping for the game stuff and all that, was dumped in a feeling all teenagers have when they're parents won't allow them to do something after giving them permission beforehand. Izuku was about to open his mouth before Inko interrupted him in a sweet mom tone we all know she possesses.
Inko: I know I told you you could play when you come home but right now its time for dinner, you can have fun after that, now go and get ready I made some katsudon for you since todays a special day and all.
Izuku grumbles slightly disappointed...but hey at least he'll have some katsudon.
Timeskip: 30 minutes later
After eating his food which Inko noticed was in a bit of a hurry, Izuku locked himself in his room sitting on his desk with an instruction manual in his lap as he set up his new computer screen and console that's in a shape of a blocky H with the buttons, cd drive in the space in the middle, as you can guess this is a Hinobi Game Console.
Izuku:"It's a good thing Bergy asked me about what computer I have at home, I can't imagine playing on a computer that I've been mostly using to watch All Might videos for years, alright that should it the computers connected to power so is the console and the HDMI cables are all good"
Izuku proceeds to then put the manual away and stands up, takes a controller that is also in a H shape that has more width (think of the buttons exactly where they are in a ps4 controller) and steps back with his arms in his sides, facing the screen Izuku stares at the now on computer screen that shows a rectangle sign saying "no signal". He closes his eyes, takes a breath and opens them.
Izuku:"... Here comes step 4"
And clicks the button and watches the screen. The screen shifts to black before an intro happens showing the Hinobi logo, and a blue screen with a menu with two options.
New Account
Into Account
Izuku: Well, since it is my first time playing, I guess I better make a new account.
With that, he presses option A and after a few minutes of entering some info, goes to his email account to confirm his identity and now he sits there facing his screen with one final instruction that is staying between him and the start of his new dream. "Enter Your Gamertag" And a bar to enter the name. Usually people would put some random shit name, but that's not Izuku's problem, let's go to his pov to see what it is.
Izuku:"... What do I put as my Gamertag, I haven't really given it much thought but I don't really want to put something random, I want the name I want to use to mean something and stay for the rest of my journey... but what.? "
Izuku in his seat puts the controller down,leans his head back, closes his eyes and thinks, he doesn't want to put a name other people also use, he wants it to be unique but what... he then opens his eyes as his eyes glow with an idea shining through.
Izuku:"... This is a new dream for me... "
He picks the controller back up and selects the bar, and goes and selects 'D'.
Izuku:"... A new chance for me for a new life... "
He selects 'e'
Izuku:"... A way to reinvent myself... "
He selects 'k'
Izuku:"... A chance to give old things new meaning... "
He selects 'u' and presses enter, with the next tab shows the following.
Press 'X' To Confirm Gamertag: Deku
Confirm Go Back
Izuku:"... A chance for a new ...me"
He then clicks 'X' and his gamertag is set and Izuku... he feels relieved... no other word could probably explain it, the name that haunted him around for years now... it just...it's old meaning that used to make him feel small...that used to torment him, that used to make him hate himself, that used to make him cry everyday in his bed for the last 10 years...is gone, the pain is still there just doing something in 5 minutes will not change 10 years of hurt, but he now sees the name slowly becoming a part of him, slowly embracing it...and in time...whenever someone calls him by that name instead of sadness and fear...he'll respond it with happiness and laughter.
And for the rest of the night, Izuku is on an emotional high while trying to figure out how to make the console download his newly bought games.
Izuku:"It's gonna be a great ten months"
Timeskips: Month 1
Day 2:
After finally figuring out how to download the games onto his console last night, Izuku thought to start his gaming career with one of Bergy's suggestions for beginners... Chomp Kitty, which seems to be easy when he read the back of the box but...
Izuku: How Am I Suppose To Dodge That!
Izuku after playing the first few levels, like all other noobs whose starting a game gets stuck on a hard level where he just can't seem to get enough energy or momentum to get over a long arrangement of spikes.
Izuku:...I will get over this level, no matter how long it takes...
5 minutes later
Izuku who is in a light green jacket with the usual kanji joke shirt and blue pants still trying to beat the level, stopped messing with the controller as a 'you lose' sound effect came from the console.
Izuku: No matter how long it takes...
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30 minutes later
Izuku slightly in a bored stoic face in a bit of a slump stopped messing with the controller as a 'you lose' sound effect came from the console.
Izuku:...no matter how long it takes...
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An Hour later
Izuku, his jacket now off and his hair even curlier and unruly than before, sat in the famous 'Focused Gamer' position. His eyes were slightly bloodshot, and his hands shook as he pressed the buttons on his controller...
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Until he stopped messing with the controller as a 'you win' sound effect came from the console making him pump both his arms in the air letting out a victorious whooop.
Izuku: Finally I beat that level, how long did i-WHAT THE WHAT!
Yeah Izuku finally realised how long he was playing that godforsaken , well luckily it was the weekend so after rubbing his face he got back in the groove and decided to play for another hour...
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3 Minutes Later
Izuku just blankly stared at the screen as he stopped messing with the controller as a 'you lose' sound effect came from the console.
Izuku:"...Oh no..."
All I can say is that Izuku did not turn off the console until 1 in the morning...Yikes
Hinobi Leaderboards:
P.S For Readers: I have no idea what is going on for the Hinobi Leaderboards it's not working properly so Imma just do this
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12,
Yeah this is the starting ranks just imagine Izuku and Miko just progressing whenever you see that thing up there, just know that in the end Izuku is in top 500.
Day 15:
Finally after 13 days of surprisingly fun yet harsh torment that is known as Chomp Kitty, he decided to give that game break and get into another game Bergy suggested since he decided he was good with motor control of his hands and he really wanted to play with other people, so he played a game known as 'Firstlight' a co-op battle royale game (A.N:Guess the actual game just guess)
Well he would give it 6.5/10, the gameplay was great and all with the graphic design and story line being so good but he was kinda giving it a kinda low score cause he wasn't great with the controls yet so room for improvement.
Hinobi Leaderboards:
Day 25:
Izuku:"Wow... why are some people so toxic? "
Well after playing a multiplayer game for ten days... Izuku really got a new perspective for multiplayer gaming as right now he's unfortunately listening to some low rank rando cursing making him update his vocabulary... and all because he was killing and destroying this guy in a build battle.
Rando: Your π$=$ piece of #"*' , your dog water you are 9
Yeah safe to say Izuku just left the game and turned in for the night and made a note to somehow forget the words in the morning... What, his mom tried to raise a good man. Though he might need to learn some words to safely say when he's raging.
Hinobi Leaderboards:
Day 26:
Once the morning sun rolled over Izuku got up and started his routine of doing some pushups and situps, he started doing this after a few days of gaming thinking that he should start being a bit healthier... also he was starting to get a bit annoyed when people call him a pencil but unfortunately their right so might as well build up some muscle.
After the whole routine he kinda felt his arms and surprised himself cause there was a bit of denseness that wasn't there before.
Izuku: Well... even though I knew it was coming it's still a surprise.
He then immediately got ready for the day getting a shower and changing into his school clothes. Nowadays it seems like life is kinda easing up on him, cause even though people still picked on him calling him names, there haven't really been any beatings and Kacch-Katsuki has been leaving him alone so really school's turned from his hell to his daily annoyance and he can't say he hasn't been paranoid fearing that things will pick up again. Atleast he has something enjoyable to look forward to nowadays.
Izuku: Ok Mom I'm heading out for school, I'll see you later. Love you!
Izuku hurriedly left him home after giving Inko a kiss on the cheek with a smile on his face.
Izuku could barely hear his mom say her goodbyes to him
15 minutes later
Izuku:"Cmon Legs Run Faster... . Aaahhhhh Made It! "
These were the words that went through his head as he slid through the doors of his train just as the doors closed, breathing a bit heavily albeit not as much as he would have done nearly a month ago he was pleased that his jogging was improving his speed and stamina.
Izuku:"Ok 'breathes in' I can chill for a few minutes, I wonder what rank I'm at right now"
He takes out his phone and heads to the Hinobi website where he was already logged into his account, he then went to his rank tab and...
Izuku:"Whoa! How did I rank up- wait uhhh 12,588 minus 12,27- 310 ranks in just a month, that almost seems to be impossible... am I that good at gaming"
Izuku just stared at his rank for the rest of the ride, and pocketed his phone as he left the train and easily made it to school on time, as he sat down at his desk, he let out a sigh and got ready for another day of 'school'.
After classes end for the day:
Izuku quickly packed his bag, swung it over his shoulders and left the class happy the classes were over. He walked through the crowds of students in the hallway as he looked through his phone for any new tutorials for Firstlight, even though he was good at the game he was playing as an amature and veterans at the game just destroyed him with moves he didn't even know existed and even at the rate he was climbing the ranks, he still needed go improve.
Bakugo: No Means No you Dunderheads! How Many Times Do I Have To F#/-ing Say That!
Izuku:... Hm
Izuku, slightly surprised at the outburst even more so that it wasn't aimed at him, discreetly looked in their direction to see Bakugo and his lackeys.
Lackey 1(long fingers): But Bakugo we haven't hung out in a while.
Lackey 2: Yeah all you've ever done for the last month was train, it's not like U.A is gonna reject you or anything.
Bakugo: OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA REJECT ME! I Just Don't Want to F#/-ing Waste Time Playing Stupid Games At A Stupid Arcade!
Lackey 1: Ok geez no need to yell...
Bakugo: Oh Whatever Yah Idiots I'm Outta Here.
And with that Bakugo and his lackeys just went to leave the school leaving Izuku who stood a bit far away from them to think of an idea that popped in his head
Izuku:"hmmm... an arcade huh. Looks like I've have got somewhere to go and explore tomorrow".
Hinobi Leaderboards:
Day 27:
After another day of school, Izuku sat on a train heading to a new place for him to explore for his new dream in his new life...The Arcade. Now in reality there was an arcade close to his home that would be so much easier to get into and enjoy himself in the variety of games there.
Izuku: But it's also one of the only arcades near my school and I really don't want to get seen by any of my classmates so the farther away it is the better. (Izuku mutter to himself)
Izuku in his green jacket, kanji shirt and blue pants which he had changed into after quickly going home to tell his mother where he was going was blindly walking as he kept searching about the arcade he was going to.
Izuku: Joystick Jr. Pizza Arcade is a pizzeria and arcade located in Mustafa. It is a popular place to visit for locals and all it games have been fully manufactured, purchased and maintenanced by Hinobi. And the arcade was built and brought up by James Alcorn in-Whambling-Oww!
Poor poor Izuku who had learnt his lesson on look at where you put your feet as he was researching on the arcade as he just ran into a metal pole. Rubbing his nose Izuku looks around where his eyes widen in surprise as he seemed to unconsciously walked directly infront of the arcade he was heading to.
Izuku: Hmm I should learn how to do that when I want to zone out and get somewhere. And why does this place feel familiar?
And now you might be asking, yes Izuku why is this place familiar to you, well too bad he'll remember later.
And so Izuku walked with his body oozing in determination with his feet falling one infront of the other in order to get inside and explore the arcade to have fun and rank up.
2 and a half hour later
Well Izuku may have blown up a bunch of money and tickets and all that but he has to admit, the arcade turned out to be fun...well only after some social anxiety while he was talking stuttering and stumbling over his words to a person with glasses named Linx or something but other than that he had fun.
He first went and saw some shooter games and went and got a pretty decent score on them to just barely make it on the leaderboard, sorry to whoever named 'Burgs'.
After that he saw another game that caught his eye, 'Sock Em Rockers', and wow that game was fun. Sure he may have failed horribly at the first 3 times he played but after that he got the hang of it, it was fun pretending to be a mecha and kicking and punching enemies through the power of dance and he might not even need to go to any martial dojos to learn how to fight if he just played this game every other day.
He doesn't need to learn but hey doesn't mean he wouldn't play. And after a bunch of other games like playing as a super fast rabbit whose only line was 'Zoom Zoom Kazoom' he got a slinky from the gift shop with all the tickets he got and was taking the next train back home.
On the train, Izuku leaned back on his seat as his eyes became lidded with exhaustion but fulfillment as one thought went throuhis mind.
Izuku:"One of the best months I've had in years..."
Now why don't we we just do a montage and skip right to the good parts.
Montage: Months 2-6
In these four months Izuku has had a great time, he improved his game collections and became a top 500 player in the Japanese servers. He bought plenty of video games, VR games, Hinobi merchandise and all that which was all paid for when he sold all his Hero merchandise.
Month 2:
Inko was standing in the doorway of her baby's (who's at school) room holding out a picture of Izuku's old room infront of her as she compared the picture to the room as it is right now.
She smiled as the shelves that used to hold all the hero merchandise Izuku once owned was replaced with disk boxes, VR headset, and posters of various games on the walls and the old rusty computer that had been on Izuku's desk for 5 years was replaced by a newer, better model.
Inko:"Oh my sweet little boy... I'm sorry your dream had to end but I'm happy that your moving on"
As she left the room however a small part of her felt guilty as her mind rewinds the memory of when Izuku was 4 over and over again.
End Month 2.
He, unknown to himself, was kinda feared by other players in the servers he played but only noobs, average and trollers who think they're good enough to think they're pro gamers, and Izuku even played in some tournaments and wow did he like it.
Month 3:
Kitomo was having a good day, he got awesome grades at school which as a reward for doing such a good job, was gifted a very popular battle royale game all his friends were playing from his parents.
It had only been a few days but safe to say he was getting better and winning more and he had a blast playing with his friends. And when he logged on today, he thought it would just be another day of having fun... He Was Wrong!
SO SO WRONG!
Cause that was the day he met a person all of his friends feared in this game. A gamer whose reaction time was out of this world and killed them with various chaotic plans that should not work but is just so crazy that it does work.
A gamer by the name... Deku
Kitomo: Alright guys lets drop a bomb on these guys and win!
Friend1: Yeah we got this, we just need a bit more time to make it work.
Friend2: Ok almost set, now all I have to do is-
Friend3: AHHHHHHHHH!
That scream burst Kitomo's and his other friends eardrums before friend 2 asked-
Friend2: OWww, what the h#ll dude I think you burst an eardr-
Friend3: Dude We Gotta Go Now! He's Freaking Here! Code-D I Freaking Repeat Code-D!
And to Kitomo's surprise, his friends combat logged as soon as the code was yelled out. He wondered why but he wouldn't need to for much longer as his eyes then widened when a Boulder Fell On His Avatar And A "You Were Killed By Deku" Screen Showed Up! HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU COULD GET KILLED LIKE THAT!
Kitomo:... What in H E double hockey sticks happened!
His friends that were still in his then began explaining what happened, that he was a poor bug that got trapped in the spiderweb of a plan that belonged to Deku, a person who created the most absurdist of ways to kill and win matches.
At first he didn't believe them... that was until he saw the replay footage of his friend's matches where they were killed by the same player in, again it might be repetitive but THE MOST ABSURDIST WAYS POSSIBLE.
Kitomo: Burnt to death, Impaled to death, Fell to death, Squished to death, BLINKED OUT OF EXISTENCE! THAT'S A WAY TO DIE IN THIS GAME!
Friend1: We told you man, the guys a beast and he's got mad skills... I hate and respect him for it.
Friend2: Same
Friend3: Same here.
Safe to say the next time he saw the gamertag "Deku" He along with his friends combat logged.
End of Month 3
He took up a new hobby which was cooking with his mom, nothing too extravagant, just some homemade dishes especially his favorite food Katsudon. And Izuku became healthier as he gained some muscles and became lean. He also learned A bit of Karate.
Month 4:
At school Izuku was walking in the hallway when he felt a hand land on his shoulders with a voice filled with smugness and superiority which told him that he was gonna get beaten up or something.
Izuku then in a rush of adrenaline fell into his instincts, grabbed the hand, twisted it and then proceeded to flipping Judo flip Tsubasa onto the ground hard.
Izuku:"..."
Crowd:"..."
Yeah Izuku just ran out of the hallway thinking that buying the VR version of Karate Trainer was worth it and decided to go buy the rest.
End of Month 4
He impressed a few kids with his gaming skills.
Month 5
Izuku, in a red jacket black shirt and blue pants, was standing on a sidewalk next to his apartment with a bunch of kids while he messed with the controller (A.N: And the console shown in the first episode).
Izuku: And now all you have to do is to slow down (removes his thumb from the control shaft to slow down) to get the speed boost that will then propel you to the end (gets propelled super quickly) while all you have to do now is twirl to dodge the mouse missile (the thumb, which was removed, gets placed back on the shaft and spins around in a maniacal fasion) which is how you crush the 6th level of one of the toughest platformers created by Hinobi called Chomp Kitty.
Around him was a small group of kids who was looking at the game screen with stars in their eyes as they stared at the screen mesmerised at how smoothly and skillfully Izuku defeated the level.
Girl: Omg mister that was so cool!
Boy: Yeah, and how you dodged the mouse missile was awesome!
And many other compliments he blushed and mouthed out a small reply with his face red as a tomato.
Looking from the window of his apartment was Inko who watched the scene unfold with a small content smile.
End of Month 5
And even if he still gamed everyday, he still studied as hard as he can, finishing his homework and acing all his exams just so he could go to U.A. Even if it's not the hero course...
̶H̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶i̶n̶g̶s̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶f̶a̶r̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶a̶c̶k̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶i̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶v̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶d̶r̶e̶a̶m̶ ̶d̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶d̶u̶c̶e̶d̶.̶
Month 6:
Izuku gives Inko a piece of paper when he comes back from school one normal day, as she picked it up she realised that it was the report card for his mid-terms and as always she was proud of Izuku as he always got high marks in his classes.
Inko:"Ohh my sweet hardworking baby boy, hmm I should get him a gift as a small reward for hard he's been working nowadays"
The next day, Izuku was thoroughly surprised as his mom gifted him a new game and that day he played the game as happy as he could with only two words on his mind.
Izuku:"Thanks mom..."
End of Month 6
Now that we've finished with all the timeskips, montages and all that let's see what's happening in the beginning of the 7th month of Izuku's spectacular year!
As always for the last ten months, Izuku wakes up to the sound of his regular, non-merchandise blaring alarm which wakes him up at 10 am, usually he would wake up earlier but since it was the weekend meaning that school was out with his midterms over, Izuku decided that he deserved some more shut eye for all the late nights and studying sessions he had to do.
Izuku: Uwaghh! (He yawned as he streched his arms) Goood morning room!
He then got out of bed, flexed and stretched while he does his morning routine of pushups, situps and squats. Over the last 6 now 7 months after doing this exercise routine as well as playing Karate Trainer and Sock Em Rockers at the arcade, he developed some muscle, nothing rock hard just some definition in his arms, 6 pack and legs. After finishing his routine, Izuku flexed his arms, still surprised by the muscle definition
Izuku: Man I can't believe I have some muscles, I've been a pencil for so long I can hardly believe it.
After the routine he went into the bathroom, brushed his teeth and took a long hot shower whistling as he was applying some shampoo to his hair when-
Izuku: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
OMG! Why is Izuku screaming, did something horrible happen, did he fall and break his arm, oh he did didn't he oh my go-oh wait a sec...alright sorry everyone false alarm he just got some shampoo in his eye.
(A.N: If you got scared for a second pls comment so I can laugh)
After the whole shampoo-in- his-eye-incident, Izuku felt the need to end the shower early, getting out of the bathroom while rubbing his hair against the towel he noticed that the house felt quiet.
Izuku: Mom, are you here? (Izuku yelled out but he got no response)
Going into the kitchen he found a bowl with a plate upside down on top of it next to a note which when he picked up he realised was written by his mother.
Dear Izuku,
I got called into work for an emergency, I left some Katsudon in the bowl next to the note, eat it whenever you are hungry and have fun on your day off, I'll see you in the evening
Love,
Mom
Izuku:"Well that explains where mom went, well might as well enjoy some Katsudon and play some games...it is my day off after all"
And like that after a nice breakfast, Izuku spent the rest of his day playing his favorite games, Firstlight (Seriously guess it), Karate Trainer, Chomp kitty, Spy Mission and Izuku didn't notice the time flying by. It wasn't until 3 PM when Izuku was pulled away from beating a boss from Karate trainer I when the doorbell rung.
Izuku: Huh...who could that be?
Izuku quickly paused the game, went to the front door and checked the peephole, it turned out it was a delivery man. Quickly opening the door Izuku met with the face of a delivery man carrying a small rectangular box while wearing...Sunglasses? Inside?
Izuku:"Why the heck is this dude wearing sunglasses indoors?"Uhh y-yes may I h-help you?
Delivery man: Good afternoon, is there a uhh- ( he takes out a clipboard)-Izuku Midoriya here?
Izuku: Uhh yeah this is his- I me-mean yeah that's me.
Delivery man: Great, I got a package for you just sign here.
The delivery man hands him the clipboard which Izuku after making sure the details are all correct, signs and grabs the package while bidding the man farewell closing the door.
Izuku: I wonder what this is, I didn't order anything and I don't think anyone from school will even care to send me anything.
Izuku goes into the kitchen, places the box on the table while he goes and gets a knife. Carefully cutting open the tape from the box, Izuku opens the flaps.
Izuku: And it's uhhh-
Izuku puts his hand inside taking out an orange bracelet that's a little thick with a magnetic coupling with a tan colored design that has his Gamertag 'Deku' written in pink.
Izuku: A bracelet? With my Gamertag?
Izuku turns it around to study it more in detail only to see a small detail, a logo. A logo that's present on all his gaming stuff.
Izuku: With the Hinobi logo! what the shock is going on?"Could this be fake? No can't be, Hinobi almost made it Impossible for others to use the logo since they keep tracking counterfeits to stop anyone using their logo for years...but why the heck would they send one to me?"
While Izuku is wondering what is going on, who sent the bracelet and it's purpose. Far away from the apartment, in a very familiar two story house, a box lay open as a girl with purple hair with pink splotch marks on it squeals as she had received a very familiar bracelet knowing exactly what it meant.
Little do these two know, how much their lives are gonna change starting with these 2 bracelets.
End of Part III
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Month 1
Izuku, while taking a shortcut after exiting the train station from the arcade, finds what's supposed to be a beach. And he says 'supposed' cause the beach is filled to the brim with trash, so much trash that he couldn't see the ocean clearly from the sidewalk.
Izuku: It's kind of a shame, mom used to say that this beach was supposed to be beautiful. If only someone could help clean it up...shame that it's not me.
Saying that Izuku walks away he glances back one more time keeping the memory of the beach in his mind just in case he'll need it.
Izuku: Pshhh like that'll ever happen.
End of Chapter III
Author Notes:
Hey guys , guess who's back, sorry I've been gone for so long but it's been a few hectic month. First my education made me tired and busy to write too often and during my holidays which is still going on btw there's been a few rules that I have to follow and it doesn't help that I'm keeping my fics a secret. And if that's not enough, my Google docs which had my fics and the DTNW draft rabbitzuu sent me wigged out on me and deleted itself, I already had the previous chapters saved so that was no problem getting back but this chapter and the next chapter I was working on for the reaction fic was not saved so I lost that and the draft so now that I rewritten this chapter I got to go and ask Rabbitzuu for the draft again so I can rework the chapter...life sucks right now. Anyway hope you enjoyed this new chapter and Oh before I forget I'm thinking of getting a new name for this fic so if you have a suggestion send it down in the comments and I'll see what you got.
Well until next time in this fic or the next , I hope you guys have a Good Morning Good Evening and Good Night.
OUTTIE YA'll