2 A Difficult Decision RE:W
The next day, Izuku stayed home most of the time.
He figured out that by studying, his intelligence increased considerably.
He has also tried some weightlifting with 2kg weights. They were heavy, but they raised his strength quite a bit.
"Izuku dear, why won't you go out with your friends today? It's such nice weather outside."
'There goes mom again.'
"Oh..."
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QUEST ALERT
TASK FROM MOM:
Go outside and enjoy the weather with your "friends."
Your mom wants you to enjoy your youth! Go outside and do something!
LIMIT TIME: 30 minutes.
REWARD: EXP. +250,
FAIL PENALTY: None.
ACCEPT ☑ DECLINE ☒
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"Well, I can go out if you want me to."
Izuku stood up from his chair and changed his clothes.
"Izuku dear, what are those clothes?" Inko asked in bewilderment.
"Oh.. I am going out for a jog, I don't feel like playing with friends today.
I have decided to train myself into a perfect hero!" Izuku replied with a grin.
"OH, Izuku!"
Without any warning, his mother hugged him and started crying.
"It must be so hard for you..."
"It's fine mom, I will be a hero no matter what! Just watch me!"
"Sure." Inko just absentmindedly nodded. While she loved her son and rooted for him, she believed that sooner or later, her boy would grow up out of these delusional dreams. After all, quirkless people can't start a career as heroes. The government itself doesn't allow it as heroes fight villains, who without a doubt, possess quirks.
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"That damn nerd really got us yesterday huh."
"Yeah, it was really unexpected, to think that this timid kid was so strong all this time."
The bully duo sighed.
They continued with their talk until their leader Bakugo arrived.
"Hey, Bakugo."
"Huh?! What is it!?
The duo flinched at her explosive behavior, but they smirked and said,
"How about we go and beat that bastard up? Maybe he was just lucky yesterday!"
"Yeah. There are three of us and we have our trump card, which is you, The Explosive murder queen. We are practically invincible against that dumbass, yesterday's incident was just a ruse!"
"I don't feel like it," Bakugo replied with a relatively quiet voice.
They were surprised. Was she scared of Deku? Or was it something else?
Both of them looked at each other and nodded.
"Alright. We will go and beat him up without your help."
"Do as you wish. I am leaving."
Saying that, Bakugo silently left the place.
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Izuku went for a jog to strengthen his body and stamina. He added on the speed and started sprinting. He never jogged or sprinted that much before, so he got tired rather quickly. After five minutes, he stopped to catch his breath.
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A new skill is created with a specific action.
[Sprint] is created, which allows the user to Sprint a short distance before slowing down to a normal jog.
[The experience of skill [Sprint] increased
[Speed Skill lvl 1 EXP: 2.5%]
[Passive Skill - agility plus 2]
Active sprinting for 15 seconds before running out of breath.
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A new skill is created with a specific action.
[Breathing Technique] is created, which allows the user to gather his breath faster than you normally would.
It also helps with slowing down your pulse.
[The experience of skill [Breathing Technique] increased.
[Speed Skill lvl 1 EXP: 15.05%]
Using this technique, you will regain your breath and slow down your pulse in 20 seconds.
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"Good, Good. Give me more skills. It's like I have more quirks. The sensation is amazing." Izuku laughed.
Unbeknownst to him, a certain pair of bullies, watched him the whole time.
"Hey, I think he is crazy. He is talking to himself." Honta whispered.
"I agree, what do we do? Do we still go after him or what?" Shinto asked.
Honta put his hands behind his head and replied, "I don't know, beating him up
isn't fun anymore and I don't think that we can beat him without the leader."
Katsuro silently listened in on their conversation. She was on her way from a metal music shop when she saw that those two were stalking Izuku.
'Well, they said that they would beat him up, but why are they hesitating?
Are they scared of Deku? They probably want to formulate a plan before beating him up, it seems like their brains have evolved.
Oh well, it's that damn nerd's fault anyway.' Bakugo thought.
"To be honest, I hate that quirkless kid just as I hate Bakugo. She is just pissing me off with her behavior. I don't get it. She considers us lower than Deku and when we say something bad about him, she just beats us up as well, while saying that only she can say that to Deku." Honta growled.
"Yep. True. I don't get her either, I don't consider her a friend, she is annoying." Shinto replied.
The more Bakugo listened, the worse she felt.
'So this is how everyone sees me? Well, fuck them all.' Bakugo thought.
"She never calls me by my name, like ever. Not even once, she always calls me Chicken Wings. I am tired of it." Shinto sighed.
'Because you are fat and you have wings. What else should I call you damn it?!'
Bakugo was squirming in bushes in anger.
"Well, she doesn't call me by my name as well. The only person she ever called by the name was Izuku before she started calling him Deku, but even that sounds better than Longy Boy."
'What the hell? I am calling you Longy Boy because you have a quirk that extends a part of your body and you are a boy. How is that hard to understand?'
But in reality, Bakugo was the one who didn't understand.
'Why are they angry? Aren't these nicknames? I just gave them nicknames as a sign of friendship. They call me the boss, Deku calls me Kacchan, even though I dislike it. But why do they hate it? It doesn't make any sense!'
Bakugo's world was falling apart, she never really needed anyone, but once she has someone, she expects them to stay with her as a comrade and a friend till she grows up. But now? Two of her "Underlings aka friends"showed how much they hated and disliked her.
Her face scrunched up in disgust and an indescribable feeling followed after.
'Fuck you all. I didn't need you anyway.'
She was about to leave when she heard something she couldn't ignore.
"How about we go to his house and put pins under their car? His mom is home alone, probably watching tv at this time, she wouldn't expect anything like that.
In the morning, when she goes to her job, she will get a flat tire and she would suspect that it was Deku, playing with pins, isn't that an amazing plan?" Shinto laughed.
"I agree, let's do th-"
Before he could finish his sentence, he got hit in the stomach by a brutal force.
Air escaped from his lungs and he was unable to breathe.
"What the fuck did you just say?!!" Bakugo angrily threw more punches at the poor boy.
Honta slowly looked up at the face of the attacker, unable to hide his surprise on his face.
*Bleagh*
Honta couldn't hold on any longer and vomited his breakfast on the ground. This was the first time, someone forced him to throw up his food and this scared him.
"Bakugo, why did you do that to him?!" Shinto shouted.
"Shut up extras! I don't care that you plan on beating Deku up or that you talk about me behind my back, but leave auntie Inko out of this you bastards!"
Once again, Bakugo threw some deadly combos, this time on Shinto.
Both of the boys laid on the ground, beaten up, as blood and vomit leaked out of their mouths.
"I don't consider you my underlings anymore! Don't show up in front of me ever again!"
Bakugo shouted as she left the place.
'Even though Deku is Deku. Auntie Inko was always nice to me... Just like Deku... Fuck.'
Bakugo was about to leave the damn place when she finally remembered,
"Where the hell is Deku anyway? Wasn't he here a minute ago?"
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Right After Izuku completed his mission, he heard a noise from behind the trash can.
This picked up his curiosity so he went up and he saw something he didn't expect to see.
"Bakugo, why did you do that to him?!" Shinto screamed.
"Shut up extras! I don't care that you plan on beating Deku up or that you talk about me behind my back, but leave auntie Inko out of this you bastards!"
He observed, as Kacchan beat them both up because they talked about harming his mother.
With a bright smile, Izuku left the place and returned home in full spirits.
"I am home!" Izuku announced as he stepped into his house.
"Oh Izuku dear, you are home already. How was your day? I hope nothing bad happened." Inko asked.
"It couldn't be better!" Izuku answered with a giant smile.
"I am glad."
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Bakugo Household.
Angry Katsuro stormed her house and violently closed the door behind her.
"Oi brat, stop being so damn loud!" her mother shouted from the kitchen.
"Shut up old hag! I am really angry right now!" Katsuro shouted back at her.
Mitsuki left the kitchen and looked at her child. "Katsuro, what happened?"
"I am feeling like shit right now. I am not in the mood to talk." Katsuro placed her bag on the sofa and went upstairs into her room.
Hearing the commotion, her dad quickly left the shower room and asked his wife about the details.
"It seems like Katsuro is down, what happened, Mitsuki?"
"I am not really sure, maybe she had another fight with Izuku. She keeps on distancing herself from him. I am afraid that she will lose her only friend like this. She wasn't always this way." Mitsuki sighed.
Their voices were audible enough for the young Katsuro to hear, even though she was on the second floor.
She put a pillow over her head and tried sleeping that way.
"As if I need a friend, fuck friends, every single one of them will leave me anyway."
'No, Deku wouldn't...Right? Right? Alright, I have decided.
You are the only friend I have left, but first, I need to put you through a test to see whether I can really trust you.'
While she acted as if the issue with Honta and Shinto didn't concern her, in reality, she felt betrayed. That's why she decided to put Izuku through an ultimate test. A small betrayal of her own.
