Black Magic!

Part 19~Covernip Toadflax

Giggling, Akuma held onto Iida's hand as they walked to the support hero department. They paused, hearing explosions from within.

"You sure this is a good idea?" Akuma glanced at Iida, who smiled, holding Akuma's hand and pulling him into the studio.

Hatsume was standing above some suit of armour, holding a blowtorch and burning the metal while Power Loader tried to stop her. Akuma blinked, watching as Hatsume screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Are you super sure this is a good idea?" Akuma raised his eyebrow as Hatsume stopped. Her eyes widened as she charged forward.

"Hello!" Hatsume grinned, grabbing Iida and bringing him in. She began looking at his stump, her eyes sparkling with eyes. "You're the one here for the arm, right?!" Hatsume ran off, grabbing a strange-looking device. "But have you considered this instead?" She attached it to Iida's shoulder as the robotic arm-thing grew knives and barrels and was too heavy for Iida to hold.

"I'm good with the arm, thank you." Iida unstrapped himself as Power Loader sprayed water at Hatsume, making her hiss and run off.

"Sorry about that. I was hoping with the timing, she wouldn't bother you, but alas, I didn't get that option. Your arm is over here." Power Loader walked to the other side, picking up the prosthetic arm. "It will take some time to get used to, but I think you'll find it to your specs."

Power loader helped Iida put on the arm. At first, nothing happened, and then the hand twitched and started to move. The arm was white with black joints, looking almost like a sci-fi robot.

"Sorry about the colour too. We thought it was best that you had it before the training camp, and as such, we just used the available colours."

"It's fine." Iida's face made it clear he would have preferred something else.

Akuma hummed, his head a few miles away as Power Loader explained to Iida how to use the arm, charge it and maintain it.

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Iida stood before the bus, waiting for the remaining members of the class to arrive.

"Come on, you're making me late," Ichi grumbled as she paused, waiting for Akuma to catch up. "I still don't understand why you brought that stuff."

"I still don't understand how you passed the exam, yet here we are." Akuma matched Ichi's fiery gaze with his arm, running past and loading their bags onto the bus. "Morning, Tenya." Akuma cheered up as he hopped to Iida's side, taking his hand and holding it close.

"Morning, Akuma."

Iida tilted his head at the bag slung over Akuma's shoulder. "It's a surprise." Akuma giggled in excitement, taking Iida's hand and leading him on the bus. Akuma ensured he was next to Iida's prosthetic arm when they sat. He placed his bag on the floor, unzipping it and showing Iida the 30 x 40 grid of coloured acrylic markers. Several slots were filled with multiple markers as there were too many.

Iida stared in shock. He had never seen so many acrylic markers in one bag before. It was organised in a rainbow as well, making it even better.

Akuma grabbed a pencil before forcing Iida's new arm before sketching softly. He drew long lines and small details as Iida watched him.

After he was satisfied, Akuma grabbed his first marker, filling in the drawings and making them real. The entire design was inspired by ancient greek poetry with a modern twist. Flowers and animals and warriors going all around the arm.

"What do they mean?"

Akuma jolted, glad he wasn't drawing when Iida talked- though he suspected that's why he chose this moment to speak. "Which part?"