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"By the way, I just have to ask. Are you perhaps the Scar-leg Midoriya?"
Seichi looked at Maruo for a moment, slightly suprised. However that didn't last long as he chuckled.
"Now that's a nickname I haven't heard for decades." He said.
Maruo looked at Seichi in awe. "I thought so. It really is you..." He said as he smiled.
Izuku was looking at them both, confused by their exchange.
"Uhm, what do you mean by Scar-leg Midoriya?" Izuku asked curiously.
Maruo looked at Izuku. "It seems like you don't know. Young man, your grandfather is a legend in the industry. He was known for playing only in action movies and done every stunt on his own." Maruo said with stars in his eyes.
"Yeah, those were the times." Seichi said.
"I know that part, but why Scar-leg?"
"During one of my stunts, one of the explosion team members kinda overdid it with the effects. I ended up with completely messed up right leg. Of course, since we had medics with healing quirks there, my legs were back together in no time, but it did leave a scar." Seichi said as he rolled up his pants to reveal a scar.
"So, that's where the nickname came from." Seichi said as he covered the scar again and looked at Maruo. "What I want to know now is where did you hear about that nickname. Only people from the studio knew about it."
Maruo scratched the back of his head. "You see, my father worked as a cameraman for some of your movies. I happened to overhear it during one of your movie shootings."
"Is that so..." Seichi though for a moment before he realized something. "Wait, are you Kazuto's kid?"
Maruo looked suprised. "You remember my father?" He asked.
"Yeah, the guy was real lifesaver. We even went out to drink together few times." Seichi said smiling. "How is he doing these days?"
"Car accident 10 years ago..." Maruo said looking down.
Seichi was suprised by this. "I see, I am sorry to hear that."
"It's fine. It actually makes me happy to hear that people still remember him." Maruo said and got up. "On that note, could you please come along?"
"Sure." Izuku and Seichi said in unison and stood up.
They followed Maruo to the next room.
"I have to say, I really admired your work as a child, mr. Midoriya. Truth be told, you were my inspiration to get into entertainment industry." Maruo said nervously as looked at near wall. "Everytime I had a bad day, I looked at this."
Izuku and Seichi looked at the wall to see an old movie poster.
"Unkillable soldier, now that takes me back." Seichi said in awe, looking at the poster in perfect condition. He then noticed something in the corner. "Is that?"
"Sure is. You might not remember it, but you sighned me that poster on the day of premiere."
"You might be right, I sighned that day so many things that I most likely forgot about it next second." Seichi admitted. "Then again, it was never about knowing people. It was about leaving behind something that people will remember you by... The fact that you still have this... It gives me a sense that it wasn't all for nothing." Seichi smiled at Maruo. "Thank you."
They continued to talk for 30 more minutes, until they came to an agreement that they should leave.
"It was an honor to meet you mr. Midoriya." Maruo said.
"Likewise. It has been a long time since I had such pleasant chat." Seichi replied and looked at Izuku. "We will be going now."
Izuku bowed. "Thank you for making time for me today sir."
"Please, drop the 'sir'. We are colleagues now, so just call me Maruo."
"Allright... Maruo." Izuku said with a smile and shook hands with him.
Izuku and Seichi then left.
Maruo was grinning from ear to ear. "Oh my god, I just talked with Seichi Midoriya! I know that kid was good news, but this is beyond my expectations! Ok, ok, calm down. This is amazing, but you have to keep your co-"
"Who was it dad?"
Maruo jumped up abit from his daughter's interruption of his inner monologue.
"Oh, let's say he is... my new coworker."
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It is now tuesday and Izuku's last class just ended. Over the last few days, he had to hammer out some details with Maruo regarding things like his stage name and his previous song's ownership. All that got resolved pretty smoothly thanks to Maruo's support.
Izuku packed his things way before the bell rang, so he was ready to go while everyone was still packing.
He stopped in the doorway and looked at his classmates.
"BY THE WAY GUYS, I AM LEAVING THIS GARBAGE SCHOOL TODAY FOR GOOD!" Izuku yelled.
His classmates looked at him for a moment. "HUUH!?" They quickly processed the information with shock, even Bakugo and his lackeys couldn't believe it.
"Just saying so you won't be suprised when I won't be here tomorrow. Anyways, cya forever guys." He nonchalantly said and started leaving.
As he was leaving the classroom, he thrown to his classmates a notebook titled, "MIDORIYA'S THOUGHTS" and left without any explanation.
Izuku was going trough the school hallway with a smirk, thinking about his classmates' faces when they will read the notebook.
He bought that notebook just yesterday and spend the entire day writing there everything he thought about people in his school. Both good and bad,... mostly bad. Anyone he could remember, his classmates, random bullies, even teachers had their names in there.
With that, Izuku left the school grounds, looking at his old school one last time.
"Goodbye forever."
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Melody Of Life
FanfictionIzuku Midoriya had a dream of being a hero one day. Unfortunately he wasn't born with a quirk to help him on such a path. His life was completely turned upside down. But perhaps this was fate guiding the young man to a future even better than he him...
