The cursed hero

Chapter 17

Six months ago

Izuku was training with Steve. This was Steve's second visit to Japan, and Izuku was sitting there meditating.

"Why am I doing this exactly?" asked Izuku.

"To get familiar with your body. Meditation helps you get calm and collected. Additionally, it lets you feel the different energies flowing through your body. In particular, the trio. 1- Chakra. Chakra is the neutral energy that mixes with your physical energy to form a metaphysical network which ninjas called Chakra network. It doesn't actually exist however at the same time it does. More like it isn't tangible and only chakra and chakra empowered tools can mess with it. Second, Chi. Chi is a free flow of energy, it's centered around the brain. The concept of heaven and hell comes from this actually," said Steve as he looked at Izuku.

"Huh? How?"

"Heaven is above and hell is below. Chi centers around the brain, and Cursed energy around the belly button, making it the bottom when sitting in the pose of meditation. Energy influenced by the positive emotions at the top and the negativity at the bottom." 

"... Oh."

"Yep. So there are two ways to get familiar with the cursed energy. One is meditation. This is effective, but there is one more effective way."

"What is it?"

"The black flash."

Present

The beast was almost like a flash as it appeared in front of Aizawa, whose eyes went wide.

'I guess this is it,' Aizawa thought as he braced for the impact, only for a green blur to appear in front of him.

'I need to do it!' he thought as he kicked the nomu in the stomach, on the right side of the chest, and finally in the face, making it turn.

'This kid packs a lot of punch,' thought Shigaraki as he grinned.

Izuku was calm. As calm as a lake on a bright day.

'Black Flash. It is a devastating move that is caused by the distortion of space due to the contact of cursed energy delivered in a trillionth of a second of the blow. It delivers 2.5 times the damage than a regular blow.'

Izuku's fists were glowing with an unusual black color with white streaks.

'No sorcerer could use it constantly, except for one who used 5 in a row. However, for those who have used it versus the ones who haven't, the difference in the quality of their cursed energy is like heaven and earth.'

Finally, Izuku's fist was covered with black lightning which had crimson borders as he punched the nomu, sending it back as it screeched.

'He hurt Nomu!'

As for Izuku, he could feel a layer of cursed energy surrounding him. It appeared to him as a translucent blue aura as he looked at his body.

'Is this my cursed energy?'

'Take it as cooking. The ones who haven't used Black Flash are the cooks who don't know the flavor of the ingredients, they just cook as per the instructions. However, the ones that have used Black Flash are like the cooks that have tasted the ingredients and are supremely familiar with it. The type of food they'll cook will have their own imagination, their own flair, their own self inside it.'

'I am a completely different chef than I was a few minutes ago. I now understand the taste of my Cursed energy, and instead of just throwing in the ingredients I can use without knowing why I can craft complex recipes with ease.'