The Demon Within

Chapter 2 Might Of A Demon

Key
'Welcome' - Thoughts
"Back" - Speech
"Lovelies!" - Demon

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"I, Izuku Midoriya, accept your deal, Shiori."

"Brace yourself, Little One."

"Brace for what?" Izuku asked, only to be answered by an aggravating headache. Falling to his knees, he held onto the sides of his head.

Alarmed by this, a few citizens opted to help the boy, but when they approached him, it felt like something was being pulled out of them. Stepping away from him, everyone either watched the boy struggle with his headache or watched the other boy struggle to escape from the villain's grasp.

"Kid, you alright?" Death Arms asked, looking behind him.

Izuku didn't respond. Instead, he groaned as the headache spread out.

"Is that a no?" Death Arms asked again, glancing at his fellow heroes.

Still groaning, Izuku looked toward the sky and let his arms fall down to his sides. Now, everyone looked at him.

He kept shouting in pain and the pain only amplified itself. It changed from a headache to a migraine and started to spread to his eyes. Drowning out the migraine, Izuku felt his eyes burning from the inside out, it had even felt like his eyes were twisting and changing.

Then, the pain subsided, his shouts ceased, and all of the attention was redirected to the Sludge Villain and its captive. Lowering his head, Izuku remained on his knees.

'I feel... energized.' He thought, bringing his hands into view, though neither of them had changed at all.

"That is expected," Shiori said to him. "Now, I believe it is time to save your little friend."

Izuku paused. With a deep sigh, he pushed himself up to his feet and shoved his way through the crowd again. Ignoring those watching, he sprinted forward, the burning sensation in his eyes returning.

Just mere meters away from reaching the villain, he was stopped. Actually, Mt. Lady had grabbed him while in her enlarged state.

"Kid, leave this to the heroes," she whispered, placing him at the back of the crowd.

Clenching his fists, Izuku pushed himself through the crowd once more, ignoring the heroes that had still only negotiated with the villain. "Hey! Get out of there!" Death Arms shouted, only for his call to fall on deaf ears.

Reaching out to the freckled boy again, Mt. Lady's hand missed him when he had ducked under her hand and pushed it away. Still running, Izuku reached out to Katsuki, only for the Sludge Villain to slither back.

"Wait, you're that kid from earlier. So you were hiding your Quirk?" It asked, slithering away from every swipe that Izuku made. "Not so flashy and not so powerful. I think I'll stick with this flesh bag instead." It taunted.

Stopping, Izuku looked at the monster. He couldn't see any weaknesses with such a short display of power. All he knew was he could inhabit someone's body.

'A little help!' He mentally screamed, slightly panicking from his failed attempts.

"Get close and reach into the slime. I will take care of the rest." She told him, though it had barely calmed him down.

Nonetheless, he followed her orders. Charging forward again, he didn't stop to swipe this time, aiming solely on reaching into the villain. "Come on, I'll kill you, kid!" It taunted once more. This time, instead of slithering away, it directed Katsuki like a puppet, forcing him to make an explosion that was slammed into Izuku's right cheek.