The Lord Of The Forest | Nature Deku Au

Waterfall Training | Chapter 6

"Speaking" 'Thinking'

The monkeys calmed down after awhile. Still attached to his tail however, they didn't seem to want to move. He watched some of the monkeys attach themselves onto the red fox's fur. The fox complaining but ultimately giving in as Izuku started walking to the waterfall. The ones that didn't manage to attach themselves to the fox simply scurried over quickly to attach themselves onto him. 

Izuku grabbed the ones that were attached to his tail and moved them off so he could leave. The fox stayed near his feet so he didn't get drenched as well. His tail took the brunt of the heavy water and they finally made it out to the pond. None of the elder monkeys were there, which meant they really did just up and dump their children on him.

He's still confused about what happened with the wood inside the cave, he's definitely aware that he didn't bring that in there. Which meant something else must of happened, but he's not sure what. Could it have actually been his quirk? He thought that his quirk was only a mutant type, where one's body changes to fit the quirk. Though if he was the cause of the wood then wouldn't he be classified as the "other" section of quirks that aren't entirely identifiable. 

He sighed to himself and looked over at the pond. He could definitely use a wash, but he's not quite sure what the monkeys would think of that. He placed the monkeys down on the ground and removed his shirt. He thought about that too for a moment and looked around. The monkey's were all interested in the calm stream leaving the pond. There were small fish all investigating them too. 

He walked over towards the forest and grabbed a few sticks off of the ground. The longer sticks were then implanted into the ground and he took his claws and scratched out a hole into both of them. He placed another stick into said holes and pretty much created himself a clothes line made of wood.

The monkeys seemed to quickly take a liking to the wooden creation and began climbing onto it. He smiled and removed the rest of his clothes, its not like there was anyone else out here anyway, so it didn't matter. He walked over to the calm river and placed another long stick on each side. Afterwards placing his clothes onto the stick and letting the water run through them.

He then walked over to the pond and jumped in. His hair would no doubt give him plenty of trouble because of this, but he'd ignore that and instead clean himself as best he can without soap. Maybe he can find a plant around here that'll help with that. 

Izuku stayed in the water for a while, noticing a rock directly under the waterfall, he received an idea. He swims over to the rock and climbs onto it, placing his body directly under the falls, it hurt for a moment but his body got used to it. The pressure was something else, his body felt like it was being pushed against and like he was going to be crushed into the rock but he didn't really mind it. 

(Haha a way to grow stronger? Now that I'm thinking about it, I should have waited for this one considering he's literally a four year old..., oh well, my guy's gonna be buff.)

His body felt like it was folding in on itself after some time, he decided that it was enough and fell back into the water. His body was really tired now, it felt like he was back at the playground exhausting himself.

It was even hard to swim at this point. He made his way back over to the side of the pond and looked at the little monkeys that found themselves playing on his clothes rack. He smiled and laid out on the grass, ignoring the slight ache of his stomach muscles.

At this point he kind of wishes that he made a nest out here too. Just as he was thinking that, he felt a small tingle behind his eyes, a small glow emanated off of them. After that his body was moved into the air even though he still felt like he was sitting on the ground. He looked around in surprise as a wooden platform came up from the ground. It was similar to the stump of an incredibly big tree, the top that he was lying on though was smooth, almost like it was sanded down and smoothed. He looked at the stump completely perplexed. 

'Did I do that?' He thought to himself as he looked around. There wasn't anyone else around, if there was he'd be incredibly embarrassed right about now. His clothes were still in the river after all.

He looked around for something else he could use to cover himself. Its not like he brought anything else with him. He looked back towards the river and simply sighed, it didn't matter, he's pretty sure that no one else would come out here, he's all alone after all.

He walked over to the stick that his clothes were on. He grabbed it and brought the stick towards his makeshift clothes rack. He took the original stick from its place and replaced it with the wet one. The sun was shining directly onto it so it shouldn't take too long. Though being naked was a tad nerve racking.

A strange sound caught his attention further into the forest. A squeal of sorts, he looked further and his ears worked their magic. He could hear something running towards him at a fast pace. He stood and readied himself, hoping for the life of him it wasn't a human.

His eyes caught a shade of brown, it was an animal, horns or tusks scratched against the foliage. A boar? He got an idea and a smile landed on his face. It was running right at him, the sharp looking tusks in its mouth pointed in his direction. He could definitely use those, not only that, he knows that the animals can be used to make clothes, his neighbor has a deer skin and even mentioned that he hunts quite often and tends to take whatever he can from the deer. His neighbor was kind of a godsent at this point. Him and his wife have taught him a lot, though his mother would probably kill someone if he'd ever told her.

Izuku quickly had his claws extended and readied himself to attack, before too long, the boar got into striking distance and he quickly moved to the side, even though he was tired he was looking forward to something other than fish today.

His claws struck the side of the boar and blood quickly took over, he felt queasy at the sight but continued anyway. The animal ran passed him and was about to run into the pond before quickly stopping, it turned around and faced him. The wound on it's body not seeming to effect it much. Izuku readied himself once more.

The boar came rushing back at him, Izuku decided to jump onto it at this point. Sinking his claws into both sides of it. The boar squealed loudly and rushed into a tree, he jumped off of it as soon as they grew near the tree, falling onto his side as the boar hit and shook the tree. Leaves and branches fell down from it and the boar seemed to fall down along with them.

He looked over the boar for a moment, noticing the fox that had gone into hiding, had come out and investigated along with him.