The Lord Of The Forest | Nature Deku Au

A Small Sapling and A Discovery Of His Quirk | Chapter 8

"Speaking" 'Thinking'

Izuku had the monkeys and the fox wait outside. He went into the cave and made a similar stand to the one he had outside. However with his spider silk being perfect for the job, he made shelves instead. He placed them as high as he could so that other animals didn't get to them. Of course, with his small figure, he wasn't exactly able to place them too high up.

The meat was cooked and would have less of a smell that animals would look for, he's just hoping that it doesn't spoil. After a bit longer inside the cave, he found himself wandering back out, he walked over to the pack of baby monkeys and the fox. He had the monkeys latch onto him and the fox and they went on a small journey into the forest. Further away from his area so that he didn't cause any issues with the land. He really didn't like the idea of having to find another shelter.

As he walked through the plant filled area, he noticed that both the monkeys and the fox sniffed around and grabbed little plants here and there. He payed close attention to the ones they ate and stayed away from. It was good to know which ones he could bring back with him if he ever needs to.

He'd walked quite the distance by now, memorizing his surroundings simply by the smell of the air. His setup now smelt of blood and meat, it would probably be that way for a while, out here all he could smell was the scent of fern. The plant covered the ground and stole most of the water from other plants.

He let the monkeys latch onto the trees in the area and focused on that feeling he'd felt before. Thinking about wanting to grow a tree. As if on command, which it technically was, a sapling appeared, however the strange thing about that was that it wasn't in the ground. No, the sprout formed off of his skin...

That was something he'd never thought possible..., especially since his skin obviously wasn't dirt... 

The sapling looked darker in color compared to the trees all around him. He inspected the plant that grew on his right arm and looked it over fully. There's no way that he's still a human right? Are human's physically capable of doing this? In fact, is anything physically capable of doing this. Does this make him an abomination? Well considering how his body is made up, he already is, but this just takes things to a whole other level. (Izuku wasn't exposed to all the quirks of the world and especially doesn't know much about plant based quirks like Ibara's or Kamui woods who hadn't even debuted when he was this young.)

He sighed and placed his hand to the ground, the roots of the small sapling disconnected from his arm and he buried it in the surrounding area. Though he's not sure how he did it, maybe he could use it in areas that aren't as healthy as this one. Though he's not sure if he should be planting different trees in the area...

He cleared a circular spot and took a seat in the middle of it. He thought about all possible ways he could use this, he still doesn't have full control over it and he's not entirely sure how far he can go with it, he'd still like to think about all he could use it for. For one, he could probably help the plants in the area grow, he did just create a sapling from his arm after all.

He looked over at the sapling and imagined it growing. This time, instead of the small tug at his eyes, it actually kind of stung, but he was pleased to see that the small sapling began growing a bit. (While writing this, let me just tell you, I'd like to sue nature. A f squirrel got into my room and drove my cat up the damn wall, I, not wanting a dead squirrel in my room, took my time to grab it and bring it outside, now I'm ok with nature, just keep it outside and we're good.)

He tried his best to keep this going, to the point that the sapling began thickening and even grew far taller then he was. He stopped focusing on its growth and it stopped growing. At this point, it looked like it'd been here for a few years growing, though it was different from the surrounding trees so it was strange to see it growing here.

He sighed and smiled happily, yet another ability discovered, he was in fact quite the weird existence. The animals that surrounded him watched this play out as well, their eyes growing wide at the sapling that grew off of his arm and then immediately started growing. 

Izuku stood up and dusted himself off, he walked back to his small settlement and walked up to his drying wrack, he'd gotten his clothes back on while he was eating, now all that sat on there was the boar's pelt. He grabbed a hold of the stick and brought it over to the stump. He looked around for a moment and thought of ways to put his quirk to use. He actually wondered if he could build himself a house with it, though that would be too complicated, he's still not quite sure how to use it properly anyway. 

He'd learn with time, no doubt he'd be here for quite a while anyway.