•The Heros Journey: Step 1. Call To Adventure•

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Izuku woke up the next morning with his head throbbing and his stomach aching. Through his curtains, the early sun colored his room bright yellow, causing him to wince his eyes. He was about to get up when he heard a soft knocking thumping at his door.

"Izuku, sweetheart, are you awake?" Inko's sweet voice whispered, "I made some breakfast."

Izuku grunted, stretching his limbs that weren't sore, before pushing his ragged blanket out of his lap.

"Yeah, I'm awake," He responded as he opened the door, "My head is throbbing though."

Inko carried a concerned look on her face, as she usually did when Izuku got hurt, but this time she seemed calm.
"Let's go sit down," she said, turning towards the dining table, "I'll change your bandages then after we can talk about last night."
To that, Izuku hummed, following his mother, before sitting down in his chair. He heard his mom rummage through the cabinets, grabbing new bandages along with medicines for his injuries. 

"Do you remember what I said to you a couple years back," Inko asked as she undid the wrappings.
"I told you that you have my permission to leave the house if you wanted to go on journeys. But, I didn't specify why I was okay with that."
Izuku felt something cold touch the back of his skull while his mother talked.
"Your dad was a huge reason, but, lately I've been feeling kind of odd," she paused as she finished wrapping up his head again.
"It's been a nagging feeling, one that appeared around two decades ago."

Izuku cut in, "Wasn't that around the time 'evil' started to be spread around?"

"Yes, it was," Inko sighed, putting away the aid, before turning her attention to the two plates of breakfast she had prepared earlier. "It's weird," she chucked out, "It's been getting stronger and stronger the more I see you go to the village." She placed the plates onto the table, before taking her seat.
"My gut has been telling me that whatever you choose to do, will be the right answer. If you choose to go out and travel the world, I know I can't keep you cooped here forever, even if it pulls at my heartstrings." In Midoriya fashion, Inko had tears streaming down her face.

Breakfast forgotten, Izuku rushed over to his mom, hugging her in a tight embrace.
"I'm not going to disagree with what you had to say, I do want to travel, but I'd feel horrible leaving you here alone," He whispered.
"But I know you feel confident in your gut, it's never been wrong before." His voice cracked, but he refused to cry.

"Baby, you've grown up so much," She gushed out, "I'm so proud of you," if Izuku wasn't crying then, he sure would've been now.
"It's going to happen soon, something is going to occur and you're gonna want to leave, I can feel it, so once that time comes please come to me."

"I will Mom, I promise."

Their morning went like that, with the topic of the stolen money almost being forgotten. But Inko was sure to bring it up, causing Izuku to apologize profusely.

Unaware to the two, the time was in less than a week. The start of the hero's journey cycle was soon to be repeated, causing the end of the 300-year peace.

It was Thursday again, marking a week since Izuku had gotten robbed. His injuries had mostly healed by then, with only a scab and slight discolorization to where he had been hit. As of right now, Izuku was on his way back to the village, wary of the path he had taken.
Once he arrived at the busy marketplace, he quickly ushered over to where the woods were. Through the trees and bushes, Izuku could see the brown-haired girl, though her demeanor seemed more distressed than happy.

Upon hearing the rustling of bushes, Urakaka turned her head quickly towards the sound.

"Midoriya," she said urgently, "I know this is sudden to ask but," she paused, rubbing her clammy hands together, "My mom has gotten sickly ill, and we don't have the money to pay for it. Not only that, but the cure isn't even sold here, it's in a completely different country, and no one was willing to sell it to us unless we came there, so I'm going to be the one to leave, but it's dangerous to go by myself." Urakaka rambled on, clearly stressed out about the whole situation.

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⏰ Last updated: Nov 15, 2024 ⏰

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