The Green Flame

Mother Dearest (Part 2)

Author: This chapter is intense. That OP Izuku tag? Finally starting to realize it.

Teleki was flying over the streets on patrol. Her job was to stop any criminal activity she comes across, but her sights were focused on her personal goal of finding the Green Devil. She came up to the hospital her late husband worked at, and immediately wanted to look away from it. Before she tried to ignore her past, she noticed a young boy in a black and green hoodie walking towards the edge of the roof. She flew after him before he jumped. "Hey! What do you think you're doing!?"

The boy froze for a moment but ignored her and continued walking. "Did you hear me!? Stop! This isn't the answer!" She was ignored again, and the boy was about to step over the edge. Left without any other options, Inko used her telekinesis to hold the boy in mid air and slowly bring him towards her. That was a mistake. The person she was holding suddenly rocketed towards her at great speed. She didn't have time to react and took an elbow straight to the nose!

The force of the blow made her drop her hold on the boy and she took a moment to wince in pain. Her nose was now bloody, and she looked at the one who struck her who was now hovering in the air on green flames. "Don't think for a moment I'll go anywhere with you, hero...!" he growled. Teleki ignored the pain and glared hatefully at the vigilante before him. "Green Devil...!"

Nearby people looked up in the sky in shock. The Green Devil in a standoff against the pro hero Teleki. They made sure to take steps back in fear of the battle about to occur. Teleki raised her fists while the Green Devil kept his arms at his sides. "What are you doing here, monster?" she growled. The devil glared back at her. "Like you need to know. I was just leaving." This time, Izuku turned his back to her and began to fly away. "No, you don't!" Before he could get far, Inko stretched out her hand and grabbed him. She turned him around and reeled him in quickly. 'How sad.'

Izuku emitted flames from his chest that neutralized Inko's telekinetic grasp, and he was once again hovering on his own. Inko tried to grab him again, but no luck. She aimed for his leg, but flames came off of there too, and her grasp was negated. "You're a fairly high-ranked pro with an impressive quirk. I bet you never imagined someone could counter your power, Teleki." The flames coming off of his chest took shape as a cross that also extended to his back.

'It disgusts that this aspect of my power is directly inherited from you, but it'll have to do. I'll just relish the fact that you can't do anything to touch me now!' "You can thank your idiot daughter, that experience pushed me to come up with this telekinetic negation." A vein was bulging out of her forehead as she furiously flew towards her own son. "Don't you dare talk about my child!" Izuku sidestepped and let Inko crash into an air conditioning unit on the roof of the hospital. 'So careless.'

Inko picked herself up and charged again. Izuku effortlessly dodged her flailing arms. Teleki is far better at a distance, but her rage and hatred is making her sloppy and predictable. "Have you no shame!? Attacking two lone youths in the dark! And what did you do to my son!?" She pressed the 'son' button. She shouldn'ta did that. The Green Devil caught one of her fists and twisted her arm. As Teleki screamed in pain, the devil spoke right in her ear. "Who the hell are you talking about?" Before kicking her down.

Teleki clutched her right arm. It hurt more than she expected from a boy, and her fist was smoking. She looked up at the vigilante who was glaring hatefully at her from above. He clenched his fists with barely suppressed anger. 'Your idiot daughter and nephew were the ones who attacked me for years, and you did nothing! You pushed me away and now you're focusing your guilt on me because you can't take the time to reflect! Don't you dare come to me proclaiming justice like you're a hero!'

Oblivious to his internal monolog and blind by anger, she flies up to him readying her fists again. 'Moronic!' As soon as she was close enough, Izuku's entire body emitted a burst of flames that caused Inko's telekinetic flight to be erased. Before she could fall, she was caught by her throat and brought almost nose to nose with the Green Devil. It was terrifying enough to have to stare into the flaming eyes of the emerald demon. But his crushing grip around her throat, in his condensed heat, it made breathing next to impossible.