Replacing Rimuru: A Multiverse story

17) How to Train a Protagonist Part 2

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3rd Pov

Midoriya swung his hand with his full might only to hit air and receive a kick on his stomach that caused him to hurl through the air, and he fell on the sand coughing saliva. " I giv-ve up!!", he shouted quickly in fear of being beaten down. " You lasted 25 seconds this bad, not bad", commented Akash nonchalantly while Midoriya groaned in pain as he slowly stood up.

He looked at Akash with fear, the one that is felt towards those guys whom you know going against them is useless. Midoriya for that part had understood this fact very well during his training, for the first few weeks he had been cleaning up the beach, pulling up exercises that always end up with a bruise or torn muscles. He even once had his biceps tore up, ending him up in a crying mess till the effect from Akash's potion healed him.

What he went through was literally hell, whether it was doing the pushups under the weight of the pillar of the justice which to say literally weighs what you would expect the Pillar of Justice to weigh or either getting battle sessions from Akash, which was more of Akash abusing him beating him like a bitch. Like that months had passed ever since he started training to achieve his dreams that had been reignited by the All Might.

" My gut, it hurts", Midoriya whimpered as he held his stomach, and Akash simply ignored it as if he wasn't the one who did it. Midoriya took out a potion from a bag he had kept nearby and drank the contents feeling much better. " Hmm, All Might seems to be late today, of course! A hero needs to be late in the most important part for the dramatics!!", Akash said exaggeratedly and All Might popped out the next moment.

" I AM HERE", he said landing on the ground, creating gusts of wind blowing away the sand nearby. Midoriya started coughing due to breathing the dust and sand, All Might meanwhile turned into his sick pale form and looked at Midoriya with a bit of worry. " All Might, how about you do a much less flashy landing next time", said Midoriya in a pleading tone surprising All Might.

" Okay... I shall be careful the next time...", he said and then Akash said," Damn let's start it already! Midoriya come here and gulp it down", he took a few strands of hair from All Might's head much to his pain and showed him. " Huh?", reacted Midoriya before realizing it might be a joke," *Cough* Yes, it isn't a joke to get my quirk, you need to digest a part of my body and head hair is one of the least disgusting ways to do it", said All Might ruining his fantasies.

" Wait a minute!! I didn't signed up for this!!", Midoriya retorted realizing the dark meaning behind his words causing him to shudder. " Midoriya don't you want to be a Hero? For that you need to make this sacrifice", Akash said with a look of pity, ' Damn I am becoming sadistic here ', and Midoriya gulped his saliva as he looked at the swinging hair strands on Akash's hand.

" Fuck, let's do this!", he said before snatching the strands of hair from his hand and gulping it down and quickly drinking water after that, he looked at them half-dead as he said," All Might, Akash I am not feeling good", he fell on the ground much to Toshinori's dismay who quickly rushed to pick him up.

Akash rolled his eyes seeing the drama and said," Stop it Midoriya, don't be that dramatic", surprisingly he received a retort from the boy," Listen up! It's not my mistake alright! How I am to suppose to react that I need to ingest some part of All Might to receive his powers! For umpteenth time, I thought I was to receive the quirk by some cool way! I thought his powers will flow into me", he said explaining his sadness to the world, while All Might coughed blood hearing his words, covering his face with red.

All Might said," I - I am sorry, Young Midoriya ", but all he received a reply from Midoriya," No need to All Might", and a blank look from his protege. " Good, this is it for now guys! See you later! We have just one month till test, I hope to see you tomorrow brimming with energy from your new abilities", Akash said leaving the two alone.