Deku the Demigod

Meet the Grams

To say that Izuku was hungry was an understatement. He was starving. The two granola bars he'd packed had long since been scarfed down.

Hera really wasn't kidding when she said that she wasn't helping, in fact, all she seemed to do was criticize him and talk about the stupidities of humankind. She had already discussed the topic of crocs and was now onto fanny packs.

"I mean, they look horrible. And besides, the name is a bad choice.", At the moment Izuku was walking on the side of a highway somewhere in New Jersey with his thumb out.

"Why's it a bad choice in words?"Izuku asked innocently.

"Well, fanny means something uhg- else when used in British slang", Hera explained, suddenly wanting to change the topic.

"So, it's like a bad word?", Izuku asked. He really liked learning new bad words, especially when he told Annabeth the new words he learned. Her reaction was always priceless.

"Well, yes. It's a crude word", Hera now seemed to be also sticking her thumb out, probably wanting to avoid the conversation that was currently starting to go south.

"Fanny!", Izuku suddenly cheered, "Fanny, fanny, fanny, fanny" He laughed at Hera's face.

"Well, at least we're not in England," She sighed.

As she said that a car seemed to slow down and stop by Iuzku and Hera.

Izuku took a step towards the vehicle only to be stopped by Hera's arm. He looked up at her, she made eye contact with him and silently told him to wait.

She walked over to the window that was now rolled down. The face of a lady poked through, her eyes seemed kind. Hera's did not.

"Hey there! Where are yall headin'?", the lady asked, she had dark brown hair and brown eyes.

"D.C.", Hera said, Izuku could tell she was a little suspicious.

"OH", the lady obnoxiously exclaimed, "We'll all be darned, we're headin' there too. We're on a road trip around the East Coast! I'm sure we could fit you guys in here!"

Izuku looked at the lady, then at the man driving. They didn't look murderous, or monstrous. If anything they seemed to give off a nice vibe.

Hera agreed and they squished themselves in. Of course, Izuku got the middle giving Hera her adult space (at least that's Hera's reasoning).

"What's your name?", To the side of Izuku was the couple's daughter.

"Izucious", Hera answered for him. He looked over to glare at her.

The girl beside him looked to be about a year or so younger than Izuku. She had long brown hair and blue eyes.

"Woah, that's a cool name, Izucious, Izucious, Izucious, I like it, " she said after trying out his name, "My name's Mallory." She stuck out her hand and Izuku shook it.

Before Izuku could ask Mallory any more questions her parents interrupted.

"So, what're your guys' names?", the lady asked.

Hera answered for him again, "I am Hera and this is my nephew Izucious."

The lady turned her head to the back seat, "Izucious huh? Well, I'm Kim Gram and this here is my husband Dan. Oh! And this is Mallory, our daughter, she's nine. How old are you Izucious?"

Izuku answered quickly, "Ten."

"Where are you folks from?", Izuku stayed quiet, expecting Hera to answer for them again. When she didn't say anything Izuku quickly started talking.