Souls Hero Academia (Rewrite)

Chapter 5: Bonds

Edit: 02-08-23: Had a sentence that literally made no sense and repeated in the next paragraph. Fixed!

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Disclaimer: I don't own My Hero Academia and Dark Souls, both belongs to their respective owners, Kohei Horikoshi and FromSoftware respectively (Goddamn I want to play Armored Core 6 so baaaaddd)

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The figure of the young teen he failed to save months before now tore through his heart like a stake. The teen's once green hair now snow white was still the same curly mess All Might had remembered. His dim green eyes now glittering underneath the light with a hint of madness hidden deep within was a far cry from the depressed teen All Might had met.

And the longer he looked at the humming Izuku Midoriya, the more his heart clenched with guilt, worry, and unabashed shame.

"Hmm... Peculiar. Very peculiar." Nezu, who was watching Izuku as well beside the deflated form of All Might, placed his stubby arms behind his short body, the chimera's beady eyes squinting ever so slightly. "Toshinori, you told me before young Midoriya here was a depressed teen. I do not see that here, although my perception may be incorrect without fully meeting with him here."

"He is... was depressed." All Might narrowed his eyes at the teen. For all he knew, the humming could've been an act to hide away the pain, but his sixth sense was telling him that the depressed teen conclusion was wrong... Very, very wrong. "However, we cannot come to a definite conclusion without speaking with him face to face."

All Might felt like he swallowed a lemon when he voiced the words at the end, his heart pounding at the thought of coming face-to-face with the teenager he had failed to save right when he needed it the most.

"True, true." Nezu bobbed his head back and forth with a paw right below his chin/jaw/snout. "Detective, would you kindly accompany us? We could use your quirk in validating young Midoriya's words."

"Of course, Principal Nezu." Tsukauchi nodded as the trio began to enter the room one by one.

Noticing the entrance of three men, Izuku stopped his humming and focused on the three newcomers, well, two exactly. One of them was the detective from earlier, so he technically wasn't a newcomer.

He raised an eyebrow when his gaze landed on the animal hybrid, a bit confused at the sudden appearance of an amalgamation of creatures but put that thought onto the back of his mind for the moment.

And once his eyes landed on the gaunt blond, his eyes narrowed, before widening and a grin split his face in half.

"All Might!" The cheerful voice of the physically young teen caused the gaunt blond vomit a bucket of blood. "Aha! I know that blood vomiting. You really are All Might!"

Meanwhile, All Might couldn't believe that this teen in front of him was actually the one he failed to save before. It was like a slap to the face, followed by a knee to the gut and a piledriver onto the pavement... With spikes...

Tsukauchi and Nezu, on the other hand, curiously looked between the two with raised eyebrows. Well, for the latter at least. Tsukauchi was busy gaping at the sudden release of his best friend's secret in a police interrogation chamber that was mostly monitored 24/7 in case there was someone held captive inside.

Luckily for All Might, Nezu had thought far ahead and had the current feed paused indefinitely beforehand, making sure that the secret of the Symbol of Peace remains a secret.