Chapter 2 : Return of the Sin of Wrath
A Sin
"F-Full Counter?" Izuku just said with a confused expression, which Meliodas just smirked at, showing of his toothy grin filled with that innocent-like face, hiding all that mischief away.
"Yup! It's a pretty cool technique that can turn the tide of any battle once you use it! It requires some magic but it's mostly a physical attribute rather than magical, so your strength is needed here. In your case, it's actually pretty powerful in your world." Meliodas explained with a grin, Izuku was just listening attentively until he raised his hand.
"Wait Meliodas, what does Full Counter do anyways? What is it capable of?" Meliodas smiled even bigger than before, almost looked like he was enjoying being a teacher.
"Ni~shi~shi, it's a simple incantation that can repel any attack back at it's owner at double the power." Izuku widened his eyes at this. That actually sounds overpowered in a sense, Izuku thought of many things he could do with it and so much more possibilities with this technique.
"So, can it repel any attack?!" Izuku practically yelled, Meliodas just nodded in reply.
"Correct, I was actually able to evolve it, improve it's capabilities, then refined as best I can to fully utilize it in battle. So when I say it repels any attack, it repels ANYattack, both physical and magical at double the power and back at the attacker." Meliodas pointed out and Izuku just kept mumbling.
'I'm capable of doing this technique?! And it's so convenient to use in any given situation, so if there's any trouble, I can just use it to my advantage!' Izuku thought and smiled until he thought of something.
"Wait so, does it have some sort of drawback to it? Because it has to have one, being that it's so overpowered to use. If it can repel both physical and magical attacks, does that mean I can use it on quirks as well?!" Izuku said while Meliodas looked at him and shook his head.
"You can't use it on quirks if I'm going to guess. But yes, there is a drawback. Asides from using magic, which you have a large reserve of, there is a cooldown to it, it was usually 5-10 minutes of a cooldown but since I was able to change it's nature for both physical and magical counters, and plus refining it to an extent, the cooldown is about at 10-15 seconds since physical counters don't require magic, this is because of the nature of Physical Full Counter, it converts surrounding energy, be it air or ki, this includes your opponent's energy as well, also to cope with it, because of its nature being physical, it's more of a close/mid-ranged Full Counter at best, while Magical Full Counter is more of a mid/long-ranged Full Counter, so they both complement each other. I was able to refine it to work both ways so now you have a Refined Full Counter, and I quote. Ni~shi~shi." Meliodas chuckled as Izuku just stared at him wide-eyed, mouth agape. This guy was just too much for Izuku's taste.
'Wait a minute, physical?' Izuku thought deeply until he widened his eyes more until his pupils turned to small green pebbles.
"Wait Meliodas! You said physical attacks can be repelled by Full Counter as well right?" Izuku asked and Meliodas simply nodded, his head tilted to the left a little in curiosity.
"So that means-! Full Counter CAN work on quirks!" Izuku stated and Meliodas just stared at him until he smirked.
"What makes you think that Izuku? Quirks aren't magical attacks, from what I've heard from you, magic doesn't even exist in your world anymore." Meliodas said with an amused expression until Izuku shook his head.
"Yeah you're right, magic is possibly forgotten at that world but this is what I mean! Quirks aren't magic, yes, that much is true, but quirks are physical abilities!" Izuku said with pride at his conclusion while Meliodas just widened his eyes at that remark.
"Well then, I guess Full Counter can be used on quirks too, guess you've got one heck of an arsenal on your side now. You might become the most overpowered hero there ever is." Izuku blushed at the praise but smiled as he said that. No matter how many times it was said to him, Meliodas somehow makes it sound like he wanted to hear it all over again, becoming a hero.
"And I don't just mean the number one hero, no, you will become the most powerful hero of all time under my training. So trust me Izuku when I say, you can, no, you WILL become a hero." Meliodas smiled at him and Izuku, still touched by his words, just cried and clenched his heart, finally letting everything sink in. He can become a hero, and Meliodas, this person he had just met, that was an extraordinary person but a kind-hearted fellow, just said the one thing he wanted to hear from this world and his tears, they just fell down, finally letting all the bullying, all the humiliation, discrimination and abuse go, as he just cried further, he smiled, for the first time in forever, it was a genuine smile, a true smile, now that smile is what Izuku can proudly point out, it's a smile that rivals, no, surpasses even All Might's own. Meliodas the whole time was panicking why Izuku started to cry all of a sudden. Did he say something wrong? What did he say that was wrong? Becoming a hero? So Izuku didn't want to become a hero? But yet he was talking about how much he loved them. His thoughts were interrupted with a pressure on his chest and around his body, Izuku was hugging him.
"T-T-Thank y-you, M-Meliodas, you were the first one to ever say that, and you're not even All Might. A-A-All my life, I've been picked on, abused to a degree, discriminated against for being a quirkless nobody, and yet you, a person I barely knew, was able to give that final push to help me move forward, so I-well, just, thank you Meliodas." Izuku said between gasps and sobs as Meliodas stood there flabbergasted at what Izuku said, he proccessed what he just heard and smiled, he returned the hug back with double, if not triple the strength of Izuku's hold on him.
"There, there, it's alright, your welcome. You deserve as much as everything for what you've been doing Izuku, don't let anything or anyone stand in your way as a hero, and don't let down the world itself, as a Sin. After 5,000 years of being sealed away and practically dead in a way, you were the first one and heck, even the one who woke me up and freed me, so it should be you I'm thanking Izuku." Meliodas said as Izuku continued crying tears of happiness on his shoulder, Izuku was slightly taller so he had to lean in much further to Meliodas' shoulder and just smiled as the tears kept falling.
"T-T-Then, y-your welcome t-too." Izuku sobbed, then lifted himself up, wiping the tears away with his arm as Meliodas smiled as he bumped Izuku's chest with the side of his fist, then extending it towards Izuku.
"How about we start the training? Enough with the drama and let's bring you to where the top is, shall we? Ni~shi~shi" Meliodas snickered as Izuku smiled back, albeit even brighter than before.
"R-Right!" Izuku yelled as he returned the fist, their wrists hit each other, they both smiled and the training began.
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"Izuku, before you leave, I should say something." Meliodas said with a blank expression as he picked up a white petal and gazed at it.
"And what's that?" Izuku said with slight concern and worry. Meliodas closed his eyes and blew the petal away. He stood up and looked down to Izuku.
"Lostvayne is your only access to get to me, if you want to train your magical attributes, then come to me, but your physical training is up to you, you are only training your "spiritual body" right now, so your spirit increases in strength and magic, but since magic is mainly being used more than your strength, it's growing at a slow rate." Meliodas said as Izuku looked at him for a moment before looking down.
"You said that spirit uses both magic and strength, so if I don't even it out, chances are my spirit won't grow faster or it won't increase at all, so if I don't balance things out, then I'll be more at a disadvantage." Izuku said as Meliodas nodded.
"Its way of function is way more different than what we used to have, spirit increases the limits of both magic and your strength, without it, you can't access magic at all whether you have it or not. So if the spirit is stronger than both, then you'll not only get more stamina and upgrades to your limit breaks, but you also enter a state of form, however you aren't ready for that yet because it's too unstable to use and I doubt you'll be able to use it at the first try. So keep in mind that when you feel like you need to rest, do it, don't overexert yourself, because your physical body can't keep up with your rapid growing magic, if you don't rest, then…" Meliodas faces Izuku and does an explosion-like gesture? Oh…crap.
"So I believe I kept you in here long enough. Your mom must be worried by how long you were gone." Meliodas said as Izuku then widened his eyes and internally screamed, he got up straight and started panicking.
"Oh crap, my mom's gonna be killing me tonight if I don't head home! Thank you so much for everything again Meliodas!" Izuku said as Meliodas just smiled.
"No worries little Iku! Now, I won't be gone when you go back to your world, you'll just have to call me and I'll be there through my "spiritual body" and nobody will see me except for you." Meliodas said with a grin as Izuku hugged him again.
"Really a hugger aren't 'cha? Well then I guess you have to go anyways." Meliodas said as he and Izuku looked at each other with grins.
"See you on the other side, little Iku." Meliodas said with a smirk as Izuku grinned back at the nickname.
"Can't wait Meliodas." Izuku said as Meliodas smiled back.
"You won't have to." Meliodas grinned as he snapped his fingers and the whole world turned in a vortex of black and white. The petals started creating a tornado around Izuku as he covered his eyes, the last thing he saw was Meliodas waving away and then, it all went black.
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Izuku woke up screaming, for no reason at all. Good thing nobody was there to hear that, it was actually pretty ear-threatening to say the least but he was awake nonetheless. He shook his head as he grabbed it with his hand, rubbing his temples in a circular motion. He looked around and saw he was still at the beach, laying down on the same spot he passed out on. He looked around and saw that there was, no trash?
'Wait what? No trash?!' Izuku looked around and the beach was spot on, clean without any dirt at all, it was like it all disappeared. Izuku was generally confused to a degree, he was sweating badly and saw his clothes all wet and soggy, probably from sleeping to close to the shoreline. He shook his head again and stood up, and he felt, wait, he felt stronger? Lighter? For some reason, the feeling was confusing but he felt so much wind in his face, it suddenly feels like he's falling, wait, falling?!
Izuku looked down and widened his eyes till his pupils formed 2 green dots, he was several meters off the ground, way far off to the sky that the beach looked like it was a pack of sand, and he was falling down.
'WHAT THE HECK?! HOW DID I GET UP HEEERRRRRRRR-AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' Yup, he was picking up speed, going down fast, like really fast.
'D-D-Did I jump up that high?! Now that I think about it, I did feel like I launched myself, BUT STILL!' Izuku yelled internally as he picked up more speed towards the ground.
"A-A-Am I really strong?! I didn't even use magic! Wait…" Izuku yelled as he thought deeply for any clues or signs Meliodas gave to him earlier.
{Flashback}
"If you want to train your magical attributes, then come to me, but your physical training is up to you."
{End Flashback}
"T-That's right! Maybe what he was talking about was that I have to train my body now so I can get used to my new strength! The rigorous training of lifting invisible objects wasn't in vain then! I was physically working out at that place while my body moved on it's own! Wait, moved on it's own?" Izuku shivered at the thought possibly sleep walking, or in his case, sleep working out? It really didn't matter because the ground was getting closer.
"Since I'm this strong, I should be able to land safely with no injuries right?" Izuku said to himself as he repositioned himself in the air, with his feet now pointing towards the ground.
'Hope this works!' Izuku thought as he braced for impact. What happened next was just, well, unnatural. As he landed, his feet planted themselves unto the sand and a loud boom rang through the beach, but that wasn't what surprised Izuku, no, him landing created a large crater as sand exploded under his feet, the sheer force made a shockwave (that explains the booming noise) that made nearby sand fly away from the wind, nearby trees were knocked off root and flew towards other trees, he even freaking cleared the water from the shoreline to an extent where it was far off till the water refilled itself back to it's original shape, then the shoreline was back to normal in a couple seconds. To say Izuku was shocked was an understatement, he was flabbergasted to a degree of near-head explosion, and he was just frozen in place, taking in how he didn't feel any pain from the fall. The beach now looked like it was cleared off sand on one area, and it gathered towards a nearby wall making it look like a uneven pyramid. Izuku snapped out of it and looked at his hands, he really did feel powerful, and that's just the tip of the iceberg of what was going through Izuku's head.
"Thank you Meliodas, I owe you a lot." Izuku said with a smile, then he shrieked after two words were spoken out of nowhere and Meliodas just appeared in a spirit-like form, looking transparent from view.
"You're welcome! Ni~shi~shi." Meliodas snickered at the loud shriek of a man that was Izuku's voice.
"So I take it you found out about your body's capabilities now?" Meliodas said with a grin while Izuku tried to recover.
"Y-Yeah, I-I found out that my body feels lighter but yet I feel stronger." Meliodas nodded twice.
"Good, good, your body is now physically capable of large scale attacks like this crater you created when you jumped and when you arrived back down, creating an even bigger result of destruction."
Meliodas grinned as he looked at Izuku, his body was really fit and buffed but not too much to make him look like a bodybuilder. Izuku looked at his hands and smiled, then taking in what Meliodas said afterwards.
"I can't believe I can cause this much damage from a jump alone, let alone a fall as well." Izuku said as he continued to survey his body and feel the magic flowing around him. Meliodas smiled and placed a palm on Izuku's right shoulder, it didn't faze through.
"Yeah, it takes a while until you can fully control the damage you give out of your body, just shows how much you need to maintain a steady control of power usage and remembering to hold back on fights. Simple punches like those can already kill someone on contact, and you don't want that now, do you?" Meliodas smirked at Izuku's paled face and his wild shake of his head sideways, he then jumped over Izuku, flipping through the air before landing back down, stepping on the sand. He looked back at Izuku and smiled.
"Then we better train you outside in your world, to better understand on how to control your body's strength, because you just gained a massive amount of it in the process of what we did back at Lostvayne's." Meliodas smirked while Izuku looked shocked with what he meant.
"Everything at Lostvayne's is 30 times heavier than the original object at this place." Meliodas said casually as Izuku looked like his head would explode any second, to his delight, was just what happened as Izuku fell down with smoke coming out of the top of his scalp.
"I-I-I didn't know I was pushing and carrying such heavy objects." Izuku stuttered while Meliodas just grinned.
"That's just the way I do things, expect the unexpected! Ni~shi~shi." Meliodas chuckled as Izuku regained hold of his sanity once more before switching to a more serious look.
"But seriously, you should get home Izuku, it's really late." Meliodas said with a stern tone while Izuku was paled faced again and panicked, earning him a chop on the head from Meliodas with a comical expression.
"Y-Y-Yeah, you're right again." Izuku said as he stood up, carefully placing his feet on the sand this time, much to Meliodas' amusement on the green-haired boy's course of action. Izuku finally stood up and tried to run back until Meliodas stopped him by grabbing his right shoulder.
"I should warn you, even when running, you're strength is used, so you'll be much faster than usual, probably even faster than this All Might person you've been telling me about." Izuku just widened his eyes at that, looking at his feet as he separated them.
'F-F-Faster than All Might?! W-Well I mean I am quite strong now, got trained by one of the most powerful people to ever live since a thousand many years ago, I wouldn't be surprised by the outcome though, I had a long day.' Izuku thought and he smiled, thinking of something. He took a stance with his feet apart in a crouched position, with Meliodas eyeing him a confused and questionable look.
"What are you doing little Iku?" Meliodas asked with a curious look on his face, to which Izuku just smiled at.
"I'm going to try and control my speed, if it works like I think it does, then I should be able to control it faster than normal. So if I'm physically faster, everything around me would slow down naturally right?" Izuku asked Meliodas, and Meliodas just nodded to it.
"Try it out then, it's better if you learn how to do it yourself." Meliodas grinned as Izuku nodded back in agreement.
'Ok, here goes.' Izuku closed his eyes and took a deep breath, holding back pressure, then he opened his eyes and launched himself forward. To anyone who may be watching near the beach, they would've seen Izuku just disappear, leaving a trail of destruction behind him as he launched forward, a loud boom of a shockwave caused the tides to move back rapidly by the sheer force, and the sand below where Izuku once stepped suddenly disappear from where it was and left a crater with no sand in view, just a bunch of cracked concrete. To Izuku, he just ran normally, and everything slowed down to a degree where time didn't stop, but enough to make Izuku see the cars, tree leaves, and other people slowly going at a speed of a turtle or just plain not moving at all. It was phenomenal and awestriking, Izuku was even covering large distances at a, what he would call "normal pace" and he kept running till he made it back home. He should've noticed that when stopping everything returns to normal and he stopped too quickly and created a crater near his sidewalk as another booming noise exploded in the area, activating car alarms around Izuku, and he just rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.
'THAT...WAS...AMAZING! My theory was correct! Everything slowed down while I moved at an even faster pace than before! I wondered what I looked like to other people? Probably just a flash of light passing by at an unbelievable speed, I even left another crater just from stopping alone! So that means my strength is also on par with my speed! So many ideas to use now!' Izuku yelled in enthusiasm as he now saw what he was capable off. Satisfied with the results, he walked to his front door with a smile in his face. In never faded as he was getting constant hugs and rants about not being home early and Izuku just smiled at her saying that he was fine. Inko was surprised that his whole atmosphere had changed a full 180, his baby boy was happy? Even happier than before? That was a surprise on her part, he asked her if he could sleep early, since he wasn't that hungry after he happily declined an offer for dinner and went to his room. Inko was just filled with confusion but she had a feeling in her heart, that she was finally able to see that fire, the fire in his eyes that had long gone out for 8 years, and it was finally rekindled. She just cried without realizing it, and when she did, she cried even louder and went for the phone, calling a known number with a Mitsuki Bakugo written as her name on contacts and the other line was answered.
Izuku just laid down on his bed, looking up to the ceiling and was in a daze, reflecting on the events that happened today. The heart-breaking truth that All Might gave, meeting Meliodas, receiving Lostvayne and being its newest wielder, the amount of magical energy in his body, he could actually feel it flowing, making his eyes feel drowsy, it felt like it was comfortable in a soothing-like manner, he thought about how Meliodas dubbed him the newest Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins, and finally him being the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, such a title it was, if nothing else, it was an honor, and he was glad he accepted it. He raised his hand up, reaching for the ceiling, then grinning while chanting.
"Sacred Treasure : Lostvayne!" He shouted and with a blinding light, Lostvayne appeared in Izuku's palm as he held it firm, admiring it from each side as he turned around to get better looks at it. Izuku still couldn't believe it, but it was really happening. He yawned, signifying that he was tired so he turned to his side and shut out the lamp as he looked towards the ceiling, Lostvayne still rested on his hand as he tightened his grip.
'I won't let you down, Meliodas!' Izuku thought as he took one last look at Lostvayne, before throwing it in the air and it vanished in a flurry of gentle winds that blew to Izuku, cooling him down, and that finally put him to sleep, as he closed his eyes and drifted off. Wondering what tomorrow would bring.
That begs the question, what will happen tomorrow?
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It's been 3 years after that fateful day, Izuku started training nonstop with all his newfound power and started to put some effort into creating new combos. He learned to take better control of his strength and train himself until he was able to unconsciously shut off the power or regulate it to a percentage that he wanted. He learned as well (based off his notes and from a certain golden-haired boy) that the sheer amount of force Izuku could register that can split open a mountain with one swipe of a stick is at only 40% of his released strength, and that was a mountain, a freaking mountain. Not even at half of his power, and it's already able to do that much damage and devastation to a degree, that's not even the gist of it. Meliodas said that going full power could very well destroy an entire land with just a punch, with a blade was even worse, Meliodas explained that if he went full power to an extent, the very land mass below him could crumble just from standing alone, his power measured off the charts, and it was massive. Going 100% (percentages was Izuku's idea) would be too much destruction caused to the land, and it definitely wasn't going to stop there, no, Meliodas also mentioned that 100% isn't the limit, he said that 250% was the minimum limit. Ok first of all, what the heck, and second, the MINIMUM?! Although Meliodas said never to go above 70%, which is considerably peeking my curiosity but I chose to ignore it and trust Meliodas' judgement, Izuku still wondered why. The amount of power Izuku could use to be fast enough to outrun any opponent would be 5% without casualties of hurting the opponent too much to give him broken bones, and Izuku mostly trained the most out of his control with 5% and it just became second nature now, his natural dam was 5% at best and it would stay there regardless whether Izuku would forget or when he would need it, he trained enough for his power output to stay at a fixed percentage. Izuku even trained himself to master releasing the strength at one point of his body while the rest of his body would stay stationary to 5% while he increased that one part of his body. The best percentage to use to NOT kill anyone was 10%, and it would only leave the opponent immobile for the rest of the fight, and that was already enough to destroy steel with a punch. Of course, that didn't stop Izuku from training with Meliodas using magic, and it was just pure torture for the green-haired boy, since magic was foreign to him and he tried his best to use it. Over the years, Izuku showed steady progress with magical control and could even sense magical signals like Meliodas could, although that was basic magic usage but it was still progress nonetheless, Izuku was even able to use the Refined Full Counter properly with no casualties, albeit from massive amounts of exhaustion and sweat to finally get this far to control it, he had to train both Full Counters first before moving on to the refined state, but it was a heck of a year to just even perfect it, and he did. The second year followed after with constant control of magic to not let it overflow through the body, releasing it constantly would cause major accidents to occur like unintentional point-blank range Full Counters, to losing focus of his strength causing him to lose control, and others, Izuku did his best to tower over every obstacle and he succeeded, what a guy to never give up. After the long 3 years of nonstop training, what felt like pride? Joy? Maybe even relief? Whatever the feeling was, Izuku was roaring to the sky, standing tall whilst bloody and bruised from body to bottom, the feeling was mutual, and frankly Izuku just felt more alive, if that's anything to go by, but the roars of triumph never faded. Meliodas watched from afar with a wide grin on his face, he felt that he did his job, and that Izuku proudly succeeded each one without quitting or giving up, and Meliodas just stared in awe at the sight before him, Izuku Midoriya, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath and the new Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins, was now roaring in the sky, content that he had completed hard and rigorous trainings, whether they were physical or magical, the sight before him was the final and daresay, boasted result of Izuku's hard work and perseverance, that undying flame of determination in his eyes that Izuku always made during really painful training sessions made Meliodas smirk, reminded of a certain someone who had that same look everyday, Meliodas then smiled, remembering that person as he closed his eyes and memories begun to flood his mind as emotions jumpstarted, the blond-haired teen felt happiness, joy, sadness, anger, and what none would expect, love. As he reminded himself of those memories, he felt a strange liquid falling down his cheek, he plucked out a drop with a finger and examined it like it was the strangest thing he'd ever seen. Then he realized the roaring subsided a moment ago.
"Meliodas?" Izuku asked with concern and slightly gasped when Meliodas looked at Izuku, he was crying, with a confused expression like he didn't know he was crying.
"Meliodas, why are you crying? D-Did I do something wrong?" Izuku asked with slight fear, to which Meliodas reassured him with a smile and wiped off the tears on his cheek. Then Meliodas looked up.
"No, it's just that, you reminded me of someone very important to me." Meliodas stared at the sky, smiling a genuine smile that made Izuku wonder who was that person that made Meliodas smile this way.
"Her name was Elizabeth, Elizabeth Liones." Meliodas said, somehow answering Izuku's question.
"Liones? She's a princess then?" Izuku asked to which Meliodas nodded then looked back up again, remembering her face.
"Yeah, and she was beautiful, really beautiful. Her white hair that I would've died to touch again, was softer than anything I've felt, even being slightly taller than me, she was someone I knew that I would protect with my life, no matter what. Being a knight means being someone who protects right?" Meliodas said and Izuku nodded, eager as to hearing this person that Meliodas mentioned.
"Well, I was her knight, she came to me, to the Seven Deadly Sins, when we were banished from the kingdom due to being accused for killing the Holy Knight Captain, she told me she needed to look for the Sins, which I lied about me just being a normal bartender. What really caught me off guard was that she liked my cooking, even when I knew it tasted disgustingly terrible, but looked wonderful from the outside, and well, things kinda picked off from there, I saved her from being killed for running away from the kingdom, and I vowed to help her find the rest of the other Sins." Meliodas chuckled, remembering the face Elizabeth made when she was crying for being given food despite it being really terrible, Izuku just looked at Meliodas with a smile.
'I see, Meliodas has someone he loves, just like how mom loves dad huh?' Izuku smiled as Meliodas sighed, to which he replied with one of his own.
"So, what happened to her?" Izuku said but felt the atmosphere change from being happy to a gloomy bloom, he felt the sadness coming from Meliodas, he looked to his side and saw his face covered in the shadows of his hair. Izuku regretted his decision and apolgized for bringing up a bad memory but Meliodas just looked up, with a much brighter expression but it had signs of sorrow in them.
"She died already, no longer able to reincarnate since the curse was broken, and I still have at least a thousand years left in me. Sometimes living your life, knowing you can die at any moment and be revived, stripped away of any emotion you learned from that life, it's just…it's just so frustrating" Meliodas said that last part softly, but Izuku heard it and flinched, he also felt the same way? Albeit in a different way but you get what I mean. Izuku looked up to the sky and just felt relief, joy, sadness and pride. Then he closed his eyes, thinking of all the times he was discriminated against, bullied from, they were already fading away from his memory and he can hardly remember any of them at all, but the feelings were still alive, still trying to be set free and he did and sighed, Meliodas heard it and looked over to Izuku's side.
"I actually know how you feel Meliodas, honest. I also felt frustrated at being teased from, discriminated against, bullied, abused, physically injured, all those pains I felt, they just fueled the anger in my heart just dying to let itself out and lash unto others the stored pain I felt from all their hurtful words, the blows, just being a quirkless person already means you don't fit in with others. I just wanted the pain to end, but couldn't find it in my heart to do so, so I ignored everyone's remarks, words, for as long as I can remember. It really did frustrate me, somehow I just wished I could've been, like others, be normal." Izuku said, slightly teary-eyed as Meliodas looked at him with slight concern and empathy.
"But after a while, I found out that even words can hurt you inside, they can break you, they shatter your soul with no chance of recovering, and you just find out that the only way to break everything, to "free yourself"? Is to just give up and let everyone tell you what they think, let all your problems out and give up on fixing them." Izuku said as Meliodas widened his eyes slightly at the sudden remark because one, he did feel that once, in a very painful place, where he was always brought to after death. Purgatory, that bastard's place of humor to hunger on Meliodas' precious emotions, devouring it one by one to bring him back to what he hates the most, himself. And two, it was similar in a way to Izuku but for Meliodas, he actually gave up, thinking he can never get out and succumb to the darkness until he was no more. Then someone bright came to save him from certain doom, his best friend, and he continued on, determined to see the outside world again. What happened next was unexpected, Meliodas hugged Izuku this time, kind of surprising Izuku until he returned it, they stayed like that for a while until separating.
"Thanks Izuku, I needed that." Meliodas returned to his positive demeanor after and Izuku smiled back.
"Glad to see you back at it again Meliodas, now enough with the drama and let's move forward!" Izuku then smiled a bright toothy grin, while Meliodas just snickered.
"To think you would use my own words against me, my, how the tables have turned. The student does really learn from the teacher. Ni~shi~shi." Meliodas just chuckled and Izuku snorted.
"I think you're rubbing off my back already." Izuku said with a grin and Meliodas smiled while slamming his hand on Izuku's back, to which Izuku almost fell forward.
"Please, I think hitting is the best term for that." Meliodas grinned as Izuku rolled his eyes.
'One of a kind Izuku, you are one of a kind. If only Elizabeth were here, she'd love to meet you. Wouldn't you, Elizabeth?' Meliodas thought as he looked up again, the purple skies still as still as ever, yet never ceases to calm the mind somehow. The two continued to talk as they rested until Izuku felt it was time to head home.
"Already huh? Time sure flies when you're having fun, ni~shi~shi." Meliodas chuckled as he faced Izuku, who was already off the ground.
"Yeah, sure does, thanks again Meliodas, for everything." Izuku smiled back as Meliodas sighed and jumped up.
"All I ever did was teach you little Iku, you did everything else on your own." Meliodas grinned looking at Izuku.
"Still, it was you who taught me, I couldn't ask for a better teacher." Izuku grinned back as Meliodas chopped a hand on Izuku's head.
"You're hard work is yours, and yours alone. You did better than I expected, and managed to be the first human to ever learn Refined Full Counter, that's already worth my respect, ni~shi~shi." Meliodas said as a matter of fact, Izuku just looked off the horizon and smiled, then turned back at Meliodas, placing a fist on his chest.
"See you on the other side, Meliodas." Izuku smirked as Meliodas just chuckled a little.
"Guess the student really does learn from the teacher, can't wait little Iku." Meliodas smirked back as Izuku just laughed it out.
"You won't have to." Izuku smiled as Meliodas grinned and snapped his fingers.
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Izuku woke up on his bed, still intrigued by the training being finished, he decided to take a walk, it was still a little early to call it a day. He headed out before his mom could stop him as he stretched his arms out. Then in a flash, he disappeared from the doorway and appeared right out the road and then flashed out of view again. He just casually laid back his arms on the back of his head as everything turned back to normal speed, he got used to it by now, able to control how fast he moved or how much he needed to hold back in order to avoid hurting other people. He was keeping the Full Cowl at a 5% rate to avoid hurting others while being able to move faster than even light itself, Meliodas mentioned as well that Izuku was much more faster than Meliodas due to Izuku's way of handling the power of his strength and because Izuku generally had way more magic than Meliodas, so it was only fair to say so. He named it Full Cowl or Full Cowling based of the name of Full Counter and the constant feeling of magic amplifying his strength to better control it and going throughout his body, thus explaining the cowl term, much to Meliodas' amusement, he liked the name and allowed it. At some point Izuku slowed down enough to see smoke up ahead, little did he know, this is another fateful day.
'Fire? I better go see what's happening, I want to see what kind of heroes will showcase their-' That thought was interrupted by an explosion, followed by another as the smoke rose and grew. Izuku eyes grew wide as he ran towards the scene, and it was scary, not terrifying for Izuku, but for the people. A slime-like monster was rampaging through the broken down road, probably from the constant explosions, wait, explosions?!
"What's going on here Izuku?" Meliodas appeared out of nowhere next to Izuku, while Izuku stared wide-eyed at the scene before him.
'Explosions, today's the day where Kaachan was supposed to be back from camp, it's late afternoon, no it couldn't be.'Izuku thought until he was proven wrong. The slime villain was still wreaking havoc from explosion after explosion, until it moved to the side and revealing, crap. It was Katsuki, trapped inside the slime's grasp and suffocating as the slime covered his mouth and nose, until he made eye contact with Izuku for a moment was when he saw it, pleading, his eyes were pleading for help, asking for it. He had a look that no one else had seen in Katsuki's face before, fear. Izuku covered his mouth in disbelief, he was proven wrong and all his speculations were correct. He clenched his heart and fist and looked with a determined expression with only one thought.
'I have to save Kaachan!' Izuku thought and he took a step back away from the crowd.
"There's nothing we can do Death Arms! My wood won't be able to get through the constant explosions and the stray fires around the area!" a hero with a wooden mask said as he covered his eyes from another explosion.
"Wait until the proper heroes with the right kind of quirk to use will come, they'll be able to supress the villain!" the hero called Death Arms said.
Izuku clenched his fist and looked at the other heroes.
'What are they all doing?! Don't they know the more they wait, the faster Kaachan will die!' Izuku thought as he looked at the heroes doing nothing at all to help, he even caught a glimpse of a scrawny-looking man with a darkened expression as he clenched the side of his oversized white t-shirt.
'All Might.' Izuku said with a hardened fist and now looking forward with an even more determined expression.
'If they won't save Kaachan, then I will!' Izuku thought and looked towards a parking meter, then staring at the pole holding it.
"Looks like none of those "heroes" are doing anything to help with the situation. I don't recommend using Lostvayne for this Izuku." Meliodas looked at Izuku, seeing him smile.
"I wasn't going to." Izuku said as Meliodas smirked.
"Then go and be a hero, Izuku!" Meliodas said and Izuku looked up with fire in his eyes and nodded.
Izuku then flashed towards the parking meter at no time and separated the meter and the pole using his own strength alone and threw the meter away, then pulling the pole from the ground and gripped hard at it. He then ran towards the crowd but instead of going through, he jumped over them, all of them and over the fences. Izuku ignored the calls to come back and ran towards Katsuki and the slime villain, he first grabbed the pole in a throwing stance (think of a javelin spear throwing stance) and shot at the slime villain's eye, blinding him momentarily and grabbing Katsuki's free hand and pulling him away easily as he gasped for air. The crowd was shocked while Meliodas just smirked and watched. Izuku then grabbed Katsuki by his wrist and in a flash disappeared, he then reappeared in front of the crowd as they all went into shock at how fast this green-haired kid came to them from far away. Katsuki was also bewildered at this.
"D-Deku?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Katsuki asked, as if what he said wasn't obvious, Izuku just smiled.
"I'm here to save you when no one else would, you did the same for me, now I'll return the favor." He smiled then disappeared, shocking the crowd yet again as he was seen in front of the villain. The slime villain managed to pull out the pole from earlier and was angry.
"WHY YOU LITTLE RUNT, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" The villain yelled as he shot multiple slime tendrils at Izuku but he didn't budge and just smirked.
"You hurt Kaachan, and for that, I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" Izuku yelled as he ran forward but got wrapped by all the tendrils.
"HA! ALL TALK AND NO-" he yelled but was caught off guard by Izuku when he suddenly got free with just one swing of his arm, shocking everyone even the villain.
"No brawn? Then how about this?" Izuku said then appeared in front of the villain's good eye then kicked it with a 8% reinforced foot jab, and the villain was sent flying away a good few feet from the crowd as they all watched in awe and shock by the strength of this boy. Izuku landed softly on the floor and grabbed the pole as it was spinning in the air (The villain let it go after being kicked). Izuku then sighed and walked towards the downed villain, pole in hand and with a determined face on.
"Heroes risk their lives everyday! I don't care if I don't have a license! There is no time for that if someone is going to die!" Izuku yelled as he shocked the crowd and the pro heroes, Katsuki just watched in disbelief at the scene of Izuku kicking this villain's ass like it was nothing.
"And while they waited for someone to come, none of them went in to try and get Kaachan out! Well, he needed help! And I answered his call!" Izuku yelled as some gasped in awe and Meliodas just grinned.
"Go get 'em Izuku." Meliodas said as he watched, proud of what he was saying.
"Now then." He then turned to the villain, finally trying to get up.
"I'll finish you off, since physical attacks do nothing on you..." Izuku said as he crouched down, arms wide and yelled.
"10% FULL COWLING!" Izuku was then covered in raging winds that were able to extinguish all the flames around the area, the crowd covering their heads as the winds were strong enough to push them back, clearly in awe as Meliodas looked with the same grin plastered on his face.
"Izuku, you're almost ready, now show them all! Who you are! The Dragon's Sin of Wrath!" Meliodas yelled with a smile as the winds kicked up, pushing back everyone, forcing them to hold on to the rails. The scrawny-looking man looked in disbelief at the sight of this kid, who he just remembered a few years ago, was now taking up the act of a true hero, giving his life for another's, when no one else would. He just stood and cursed at himself.
'I should've not have done that to him, what am I doing? Pathetic, I am truly pathetic.' the man thought as he began to buff up, but then he debuffed as the wind picked up, it's sheer force actually pushing him away. The man was in disbelief that this power came from just a boy, and he said he was using 10%? What in the world is this kid made of?
The villain stared in shock as he was also getting pushed back by the wind as Izuku glared at him, his eyes feigning supremacy and power.
"Yield." Izuku said loud enough for everyone to hear but the villain stood his ground, planting slime tendrils acting like anchors to keep him in place.
"NEVER!" The villain said but before he could do anything else, Izuku appeared in front of him, smiling and saying.
"Then bye." Izuku said as he then launched a fist towards the villain at such an inhuman speed and he took the impact, but the fist didn't hit him, no, the wind pressure created by the force of the fist was the one that made contact, sending all parts of his slime body in a scattered manner, the winds pushed back a bunch of people, causing them to fall, including some of the pro heroes and the scrawny looking man, as well as Katsuki, covering his face as the winds picked up and launched towards the sky from the impact and the clouds disappeared, changing the weather completely. Izuku stood his ground, fist raised towards the sky, he sighed a breath he's been holding in as he felt his strength decreasing back to 5%, then he lowered it and started wiping away the leftover slime off his shirt as the people started picking themselves up again and watched in disbelief, it wasn't sunny anymore, but it was raining? There was a hole in the sky as the clouds parted and behold them a sight to see, Izuku standing triumph while looking around the now empty broken road.
"T-That kid just changed the freaking weather." A man in a black suit said.
"How in the world does this kid have this much power?!" Another practically yelled as Meliodas now looked towards Izuku with a smirk.
"Nicely done little Iku, nicely done." Meliodas grinned as he watched, then Izuku suddenly disappeared, catching everyone off guard then suddenly appearing in front of the pro heroes with two bottles in his hand filled with the slime villain's remains.
'This kid was able to even collect each of the slime villain's remains in a second?! Just who are you, young man?!' The scrawny man known as All Might said.
"Here are the slime villain's remains, next time, be sure to try and risk your life for another. You're heroes right? Then act like it." Izuku told the pro heroes as they were still shell shocked at the moment until Izuku then appears in front of Katsuki, extending a hand to him. Katsuki was still in a daze but then snapped out of reality, looking at an untouched, smiling Izuku with his hand out in front of him, he took it without a second thought and before everyone knew it, they disappeared, shocking everyone to a degree.
Izuku and Katsuki then reappeared in front of Dagobah Beach, still kept cleaned thanks to Izuku as he then sat down, looking at the sunrise until Katsuki literally screamed, about time.
"DEKU! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE DOING?! FOR 3 YEARS, YOU TRAINED YOUR BODY UNTIL YOU SUDDENLY BECOME ALL MIGHT LEVEL?! THE DAMN HELL IS THAT ABOUT?! HAH?!" Izuku just looked at Katsuki before smirking and gesturing a seat beside him, which Katsuki just sat down at, still trying to process what Izuku just did there with the villain that almost killed him. Shocked was an understatement as Katsuki looked at Izuku, who was just looking calm, facing the sunset with a smile on his face, he looks happier? Izuku then looked at Katsuki, still keeping up that smile.
"I got my quirk, Kaachan." Izuku said as Katsuki widened his eyes, clearly flabbergasted.
"No…fucking...way." Katsuki simply said, pausing on each word as he still had his eyes almost popping out of his sockets, and Izuku just nodded. Katsuki was actually genuinely shocked so much, his brain was itching to say all the curse words in his current mind but he found himself unable to say anything. He just sat down, hands together and looked down with one heck of a shocked face. Izuku finally broke the silence, looking at Katsuki.
"I-I know it's hard to process but it finally manifested, a few days after you left for that camp, it happened to appear when I was at this beach, which was once a trash site, and I just happened to train my quirk here-"
"What is it." Katsuki interrupted and Izuku flinched.
"W-What is what?" Izuku asked and Katsuki was still in the same position.
"Your quirk, what the hell is it?" Katsuki clarified, this time facing Izuku, making eye contact and Izuku gulped at that, then he sighed as he faced back to the sunset, which was halfway setting already.
"This." Izuku said then put his right arm forward, hand opened and closed his eyes.
"Sacred Treasure : Lostvayne!" Izuku chanted and Lostvayne appeared out of thin air, albeit with a few wind gales surrounding Izuku, while Katsuki just stared with wide eyes at the sword, he's actually never seen anything like it. Izuku then opened his eyes and faced Katsuki with a smile.
"This is my quirk, it summons a blade that is imprinted into my spirit so it only will obey me, anyone who tries to hold it cannot use Lostvayne, that's the name of my blade. It grants me a myriad of abilities, including the amount of strength you saw earlier, that includes my speed. It took 3 years for me to fully use, if not, master Lostvayne's capabilities, but I also had to train my body to keep up with it, because Lostvayne uses my stamina, like an MP bar in a video game." Izuku said but deep down, he hated lying to Katsuki. Meliodas mentioned that no one should know about magic, let alone know it still exists because they might try to use Izuku for purposes unknown but that's all Meliodas could say. Izuku didn't know why but decided to agree to that, it would be too complicated to explain what his power was so he and Meliodas decided to make others think that Lostvayne is a quirk, when it really isn't, so Izuku decided to go with it and this explanation proves that.
Katsuki just stared at the sword while listening to Izuku, trying to process all the damn information Izuku gave him, it confused him to no end. He's never heard of a quirk that manifested late, let alone a quirk that can summon a blade, and Katsuki wasn't dumb enough to not notice that this blade was actually in a good, if not, great condition. So Katsuki just sighed and fell on his back, covering his eyes with his arm as he just laughed all of a sudden, surprising Izuku as Katsuki kept laughing, it wasn't a maniacal or crazy laugh that Katsuki always does when he laughs, no, it was an actual genuine laugh, that's what shocked Izuku the most. Katsuki finally decided to cease his laughter and smiled.
"Finally." Katsuki just simply said and Izuku was confused at what he meant.
"We can finally prove all those damn extras that we are the best. No longer will we be the kids that always had to run away from a fight, finally we can be the ones to fight back. I'm just…I don't know. I'm just relieved, finally you, we can prove everyone wrong, and you can finally become what you always wanted to be, a hero, no, a true hero." Katsuki said while smiling, still covering his eyes as Izuku stared at Katsuki with wide eyes, Katsuki was actually smiling properly, and he saw something that would forever be planted in Izuku's memory. Tears, coming from Katsuki, he was crying, and it wasn't stressed out crying, or sorrowful crying, it was tears of happiness, Katsuki Bakugo, one of the people that Izuku admired since childhood, was happy, crying was a new thing for Izuku to witness, because he never saw Katsuki cry once, even as he fell that day.
{Flashback}
A 4 year old Katsuki and Izuku were walking in a forest, pretending to be heroes as they were roleplaying, Katsuki leading the way with his hand forward, small sparks were popping every now and then, Katsuki got his quirk recently, a few days ago at the daycare when it suddenly appeared and everyone was shocked at it. Katsuki was surprised and filled with glee that his quirk finally manifested as Izuku looked on him with admiration, to which Katsuki decided to be smug and give a look of "I'm the coolest" at him, and Izuku just ignored it and kept examining his new quirk. Back to the forest, Izuku was following Katsuki, wearing a large red cape tied to his neck and flowing as the wind picked it up. They ended up crossing a log that went over a small river and Katsuki didn't hesitate to cross it, Izuku however, was debating whether it was ok to cross, but was interrupted by hearing a slip, Katsuki slipped off the log after placing a foot too close to the edge, and fell down the lake. Izuku panicked and this time without hesitation, he slid down a slope that led to where Katsuki fell and saw him sitting down, rubbing his head and soaking wet. He ran closer and reached his hand out to Katsuki."You alright Kaachan? You could've hit your head there." Izuku said as Katsuki looked at his hand and then smirked, accepting it."Yeah, a fall like that is nothing, I'm tough as brick! Nothing will get me down Deku!" Katsuki declared with a grin as Izuku sighed and pulled him up, Katsuki wiped off some of the dirt on his shorts and stretched his arms."Just be careful next time Kaachan, you're not invisible you know?" Izuku said as Katsuki just smiled and punched Izuku lightly on the shoulder."I know, I know, I'll keep that in mind, Deku." Katsuki then started running up the slope Izuku used to slide down and Izuku followed suite."Can't you catch up Deku?! I'm not done yet! Heroes are supposed to handle anything!" Katsuki yelled back down as Izuku started running up with a smile on his face."Yeah! I know!" Izuku said with determination in his eyes as Katsuki just smirked at him and continued climbing up, both still eager to play again.Something like that won't bring down Katsuki, not at all.
{End Flashback}
Izuku just stared at Katsuki the whole time, finally taking all of what he said and also smiled, also plopping himself beside Katsuki, lying down beside him and started to laugh, with his own tears coming out of his eyes and Katsuki just continued smiling, histears subsided a little while ago and proceeded to wipe them off. They just stayed like that as the sun continued to set, Izuku stopped his share of laughter a moment ago and stared at the sky until Katsuki broke the silence this time.
"Hey Deku, we have 10 months left until the U.A Entrance Exam, think we can train together to better ourselves? Can't have you fail that with me just being the only one to pass." Katsuki said with a smug grin, eyes still covered by his arm and Izuku just laughed at that.
"I don't need you to tell me that, we would've already done it before you even asked, and who said I was gonna fail?" Izuku said as Katsuki chuckled.
"Man, that reminds me, why the hell did you bring us here after your little charade earlier?" Katsuki asked as Izuku smirked at him.
"Because the pro heroes will just give me a lecture on how reckless I was, I just didn't want to face it and besides, they would've scolded you for having a quirk like that, and I didn't want that either." Izuku said as Katsuki just full on laughed at that, this time it was a crazed laugh.
"Yeah, you're probably right, that would've happened. Thanks for that I guess, I wouldn't want to have that kind of shit thrown at me when I just came back." Katsuki finished laughing as he said that, while Izuku just laid there and closed his eyes with a smile.
"Welcome home then, Kaachan." Katsuki grinned and finally took off his arm of his eyes and opened them.
"Good to be damn back, Deku." Izuku just smiled and lifted himself off the floor, stood up and extended a hand out to Katsuki.
"Let's get going, it's getting late. I think Aunt Mitsuki might get angry at why you didn't come home early." Izuku said and Katsuki smirked as he grabbed Izuku's hand and he pulled him off the ground.
"Nah, that old hag will definitely be angry at me, been a while since they saw me so I'll just let it slide for now." Katsuki said and Izuku just tried to filter out some of the words he said now and from earlier.
"Right then, let's get going." Izuku said and put a hand on Katsuki's right shoulder and smirked at Katsuki's confused expression. Then in less than a second, they both disappeared and arrived in front of the Bakugo household as Katsuki then suddenly widened his eyes and yelled.
"HOLY SHIT! WHAT THE HELL?! DEKU, THIS IS HOW DAMN FAST YOU CAN GO? THE FUCK?!" Katsuki was just bewildered as Izuku started laughing.
"Yeah, this is how fast I can move from one point to another, it's not teleportation if you're wondering, I just move faster than the human eye can follow." Izuku said as Katsuki then sighed, still shocked from what Izuku did before he spoke.
"Damn it Deku, I had enough for today. My brain's about to fucking explode and I still have to listen to that damn old hag's ranting before I can even take a shower. I'll see you tomorrow." Katsuki just said as Izuku looked at him.
"You sure Kaachan? I'll go with you if you want to lessen Aunt Mitsuki's ranting." Izuku said as Katsuki just waved it off.
"I can handle it, anyways I'm tired and I don't have time to listen or care of what she says besides saying that I'm home. So go ahead, Aunt Inko might get worried, you know?" Katsuki smirked as Izuku then rolled his eyes and sighed and turned the other way, looking over his shoulder with a smile.
"You're right, I better head off. Meet me at the beach early morning after breakfast alright?" Izuku asked to which Katsuki just nodded at.
"Yeah, got it. See you around, Deku." Katsuki said, he actually felt tired, it was evident in his voice as Izuku then nodded back.
"See you around, Kaachan." Izuku said with smile and disappeared. Katsuki just smirked and yawned, he had to get used to Izuku doing that and started walking to his front door.
Izuku came back to view, but he wasn't at his front door, he was at the beach, looking at the waves reaching his feet and just sighed while looking off the horizon and heard a familiar voice call out.
"Finally done catching up with each other? Ni~shi~shi." Izuku looked to his side and saw Meliodas also looking to the horizon, hands behind the back of his head and smiling.
"Oh hey Meliodas, no, we weren't able to. I only told him about Lostvayne being a quirk and we kinda just had a moment. He was already tired so I decided to let him rest, he had a long day." Izuku said as he turned his head back towards the horizon as Meliodas smirked.
"Well, it's not everyday you almost die right? Can't blame the guy for feeling tired, ni~shi~shi." Meliodas said with a grin as Izuku just chuckled a bit.
"Yeah, I guess he really did have a long day. We decided to talk tomorrow morning so we'll start catching up from there. Besides, where were you the whole time?" Izuku asked, this time looking at Meliodas as he smiled.
"Sightseeing, nothing too serious. Just wanted to see how the world evolved over the decades." Meliodas said as Izuku sweat dropped at that.
'I swear, Meliodas is too carefree sometimes, no, all the time. He says decades too casually.' Izuku thought as he sighed and looked him, his smile that Izuku always thought could overpower All Might's own, he just smiled in return, it wasn't contagious but he just liked the fact that Meliodas always saw everything with the same cheery expression, it was inspiring in a way where Izuku couldn't explain. Meliodas decided to speak up.
"I'm proud of you, Izuku." Meliodas smiled as Izuku looked at him with wide eyes.
"Y-Y-You are?" Izuku stuttered and Meliodas simply nodded and looked back towards the horizon, closing his eyes.
"Always been, besides being the first human to learn all three Full Counters, you are actually stronger than me, I can admit. You exceeded my expectations in 3 years, and that only took 3 years, it took me more than that to master Magical Full Counter, and even more than that to create the Refined Full Counter. So call me impressed, but you really are amazing, and I couldn't be more proud, ni~shi~shi." Meliodas said with a smile as Izuku was teary-eyed as Meliodas said that, then he cried fully, his tears being big droplets of water as he then clenched his shirt and took it all in. Izuku smiled while the tears flowed down and Meliodas put a hand on Izuku's left shoulder and Izuku kneeled down, still happy and in disbelief that he did all of this.
"Izuku, you indeed showed everyone today, that you are the Dragon's Sin of Wrath. You even showed all those other heroes that you were the true hero today. I stand by what I said before, it's all your hard work that paid off, the results speak for themselves and I'm proud." Meliodas grinned as Izuku cried even louder and clenched his shirt tighter and let himself cry out his emotions and hugged Meliodas with all his might, Meliodas unaffected by how much strength Izuku used at him, I mean, why would 5% of Izuku's strength hurt Meliodas? This is Meliodas we're talking about.
"T-T-Thank you, M-Meliodas. Again, thank you for everything you've done. I-I won't let you down!" Izuku yelled in between sobs and gasps as the tears kept falling while Meliodas just smiled and patted his back.
"Ni~shi~shi, I know you won't little Iku, I know you won't." Meliodas said and Izuku finally stopped crying and straightened his back, the difference in height was evident and Meliodas just smirked, they both stood facing each other and their wrists hit, Meliodas grinning while Izuku smiled with a teary-eyed face.
Izuku was finally done with his training, he succeeded every trial that Meliodas threw at him. Only 10 more months of extra training before the exams, 10 more months to get ready and train with Katsuki, 10 more months till he finally can show everyone, that he, the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, and the new Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins, can become one heck of a hero.
And he was ready to face it head on.
After Izuku and Meliodas smiled at each other, Meliodas waved goodbye and disappeared, Izuku forgot that he was in his spiritual body when he came out of Lostvayne to his world, and it was the only way to communicate to him. Izuku stared at the starry sky one last time before walking slowly home, he wanted to walk home normally this time, to enjoy how the city was at night.
He was walking around, just closing his eyes as he walked on the sidewalk until he came by the same route he used before, where he met that villain and All Might that same day. He shrugged off the thought of All Might breaking his dream, he already had Meliodas, the one who fixed that shattered dream of his and just smiled and walked through, still thinking about all the times Meliodas trained him until something really unexpected happened. He felt a small push hit his right leg and opened his eyes, wondering what hit him and saw what did.
A small girl with white, maybe silver hair, a small bronze-colored horn on the right side of her forehead sticking out, must be her quirk, and wearing some sort of ragged clothes, it wasn't even clothes in Izuku's opinion. What surprised Izuku was that she had her eyes shut tight, gripping his pants tightly like her life depended on it, little did he know, it actually did. She finally opened her eyes slowly and showed the color, shiny red eyes that stared at Izuku's green ones and he slightly gasped softly when he saw her eyes filled with two things, fear and sadness, she was afraid to death and was silently crying, he saw the tears just begging to come out, and Izuku widened his eyes at what she said next.
"Help me…"