Izuku the Killer

Chapter 15

Izuku didn't move. Despite the seemingly friendly invitation to sit, Izuku felt the being in front of him, wasn't as keen to make friends. After a few seconds of silence, the man began to speak again.

???: "Oh! Right, you don't know who I am. I suppose I should introduce myself."

The man approached Izuku, but stopped halfway before leaning forward slightly.

???: "I, am Slender Man."

Izuku, despite the off putting feeling he was experiencing, couldn't help but let out a small laugh.

Slender: "What is so amusing?"

Izuku: "You mean to tell me, that all this time, I've been scared of a guy that goes by tall and skinny?"

The man reacted with what Izuku could only describe as confusion, making newfound confidence flow through his veins. Izuku approached Slender Man, pulled out his knife, and placed the tip directly at the white skinned monster's heart.

Izuku: "You're going to give me answers, or you won't be leaving this office."

Slender, not being intimated by the shorter being, simply spoke.

Slender: "I had a feeling this would happen, which is why I had my proxies go and grab these."

A snapped his fingers and the doors to his office opened. In walked three men, each dragging someone behind them. Izuku recognized two of them, Toby and Hoodie, but the third was new to him. A man in a dull yellow jacket with short brown hair and a doll-like mask was the third of the man's personal lackies.

It was then Izuku noticed who the three being dragged in were. His mother, Bakugo, and Yuu, all unconscious. He also noticed, none of the so called proxies were unscathed either. Hoodie had a large gash in his shoulder that was still bleeding, Toby was missing both of his hatchets as well as singed clothes, and the masked man's mask was cracked over it's right eye.

Slender: "As you can see, you are in no position to negotiate."

Izuku shakily lowered his knife.

Izuku: "I see."

Izuku looked to his captured friends and family. The way they were dragged by the hair, the bruised and dirty marks. Their helpless faces made him remember something.

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Pain, that's what he felt. He was just walking home from school, why was this happening? Shoved into a familiar alley, Izuku's hands landed in a pile of broken glass. He looked up to see a familiar head of spikey blond hair.

Izuku: "K-k-kacchan. Why?"

The boy smiled as one of his underlings brought over a bucket.

Bakugo: "Why? To show you your place useless Deku!"

He took the bucket and dumped the contents onto Izuku, drenching him in a mixture of bleach and explosive sweat.

Bakugo: "See you later, Deku."

He laughed as he sent a spark at Izuku, igniting the mixture. But the result wasn't expected. Bakugo was expecting a quick blast that would hurt, but would ultimately heal, not a blaze hotter than he'd ever felt. As he burned, Izuku saw a look of helplessness in Bakugo's eyes.

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It was dark except for the television. Blood dripped from the knife a pale skinned Izuku held in his hand. At his feet, was what he assumed to be a dying Inko. Her eyes, held the same look of helplessness Bakugo's had. As if they wanted to help, but couldn't.

Inko: "I...zu...ku. -cough- Go."

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Back in the office, Izuku's eyes met their reflection in a mirror Slender Man kept in his office. In his eyes, the look he had grown to hate could be seen. Toby laughed.

Toby: "Oh my g-god! Look at h-him! He doesn't k-know what to do!"

Izuku's gaze shot over to the beat up teen and his comrades. He felt a hand land on his shoulder.

Slender: "Well, now that you're calm, let us sit an-"

Izuku: "Let go of me."

The faceless being paused.

Slender: "Could you repeat that?"

Izuku: "I said. Let. Go. Of. Me."

Slender: "It appears you didn't understand me."

Izuku's view began to fade to black, but unlike the USJ, he was able to resist. Black tendrils sprouted from Slender Man's back and began to approach Izuku and the hostages. Slender brought his head to Izuku's ear.

Slender: "You are in no position to make demands. Am. I. Clear?"

Izuku turned his head to face his captor's.

Izuku: "Crystal. But neither are you."

Slender: "Oh? What makes you say tha-"

Suddenly, his tendrils were cut off and laying on the floor. Surprised, he looked to Izuku.

Izuku: "You can bluff all you want, but I see now why you're doing this. You want me scared, want me subservient. Why? Because it's YOU that's scared."

Slender: "Do not mistake my invitation for cowardice."

Izuku turned to face him and pointed his blade at him. Slender regenerated his tendrils.

Izuku: "You became a coward the second you needed hostages to make me listen."

This angered the hostile Slender Man as Izuku could feel the pressure in the room grow heavier and the tendrils became bigger and longer.

Slender Man: "You think I, lord of this manor, leader of our kind, is afraid of a child with a knife!?"

A smug look appeared on Izuku's face.

Izuku: "You're free to prove me wrong."

He swung his knife around to point at the others.

Izuku: "Let them go and prove you don't need your lapdogs."

Without an order being said, the three proxies did what Izuku suggested and left the room. Izuku pointed his knife back towards Slender Man.

Izuku: "Well come on then Tall Dark and Ugly. Let's see who's right!"

Izuku charged at his opponent who sent tendrils his way. Their fight had just begun.