Rise of the Phoenix

~ C h a p t e r 39 ~

    

Hey guys, I am recovering well, I still have a lot of weakness in my left side, but the movement is coming back. It will just take a lot of time for my muscles to gain strength so lots of therapy for me. I should know when my heart surgery will be next week. They want to do it before April 1st. They think I have a neuro-muscular disorder so I have to have a full spine MRI before my surgery. Can't do it after because I am getting metal in my heart. It will not be open heart, they go in through an arm. Weird, I know. Thank you for your patience and well wishes, it means a lot to me.

Enjoy!!

 The first thing that Izuku noticed was a strange feeling that was very different from the fog he had when he died. He struggled to remember what happened. Had he fallen asleep? Did he get knocked out in a fight? The most important question was: where was he?

It all came back to him as soon as he opened his eyes.

Nala betrayed him. Eraserhead had him and wouldn't let him go.

He was all alone again. The way it should be.

Who knows what would happen to him now. Experimentation? Prison? It didn't matter. He would deserve whatever was done to him anyway.

A loud meow quickly brought him out of his head and back into his current situation. Izuku went to stand up but then fell to the ground upon seeing a jaguar. The large cat felt like Nala, but how?

Izuku shook his head. It didn't matter. Nala didn't want him.

Everything felt numb. Izuku wasn't sure how much time had passed, but Nala bumped into his hand and caused him to scramble back in surprise.

Nala was now back to her normal cat size and tilting her head towards other cats. Izuku blinked at them in confusion, before the dots connected in his head.

The first one had been orange, the second had died. The third was born black and the fourth was white. The rest had died.

There were three cats in front of him. One was orange, one was black and the last was white. Nala's kittens. Although, they weren't really kittens anymore. Still he felt relief flow through him as acceptance sunk in. The people he left the cats with took care of them, just as he had hoped. Even if her giving him up to Eraserhead wasn't enough proof he wasn't wanted anymore, Nala being reunited with her kin cemented it. There was no place for him anymore.

Still, he felt relieved, all was right in the world. Nala wasn't any different. She left like everyone else. For a while he had been worried she wouldn't leave, it wouldn't make sense for her to stay.

Mori didn't leave, well at least he didn't want to.

"Hey kid," Izuku's head snapped up and saw Eraserhead kneeling a few feet away from him. The rest of the people that Izuku had thought he had caught a glimpse of were gone, "I am sorry for taking you here, but you were really hurt and this was closer than any hospital. Although I doubt that you would have appreciated being in a hospital anyways." Izuku stared blankly at him and Eraserhead shifted awkwardly.

'What are you going to do with me, sell me to some scientist?' Izuku signed and then instantly regretted it. He really couldn't afford to show any sign of weakness. Eraserhead reeled back in shock.

"Oh hell no kid, I would never let that happen to you..." Eraserhead expressed, "Oh fuuu-shit. You are asking that because of your quirk, aren't you?" Izuku nodded once and Eraserhead ran his hand through his hair, "F-shit. Kid. I promise you that I would never do that to you. I know you don't believe me, but we," Izuku froze at that, 'we' was never a good thing, "just want to make sure you are safe and cared for. No matter what your quirk is." Izuku's sheer disbelief must have shown on his face because Eraserhead continued.