The Demon Within

Chapter 5 Fighting Alone

Key
"Large" - Speech
'Time' - Thoughts
"Skip!" - Demon(s)

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~ BTYB Izuku going to the gym ~

Izuku looked around himself to see nothing but darkness. He couldn't hear anything either. Everything around him remained empty, it was just a dark abyss. Yet he could still stand and move freely with nothing restraining him. A moment later, he finally spoke.

"This will make it the third time," he muttered to himself, his gaze lowering until his neck was nearly parallel with the rest of his body. Right now, he didn't bother to close his eyes, already feeling his eyes start to sting. "I'm doing this to become stronger. I'm becoming stronger to become a hero. And I'm becoming a hero to save those who are weaker than me." He mumbled, feeling the stinging in his eyes magnify with each passing second.

Then, the growing pain arrived at a plateau. Rising his head, Izuku began to hear footsteps that grew louder while time continued to pass. After a few seconds, Izuku turned to his right to find the source of the footprints.

Walking up to him was the silhouette of a person that became clearer with each step. Recognizing the figure, Izuku gazed over to see a woman dressed in all black, covering all of her body except for her hands and head. Yet he paid more attention to her hands than her face. Sprouting from her hands was a sharpened bone the same length as her forearm.

'A transformation-type Quirk specializing in offensive combat.' The freckled boy thought, waiting for the woman to get closer. 'Don't stay too close for too long and aim to disable her arms first.' He told himself before the woman stopped.

Keeping their gaze on each other's hands, Izuku and the woman charged at each other, arms dragged through the abyss around them. Getting close, Izuku dropped to the ground when the woman tried to slash at him with one of her claws. Then, he tackled the woman down to the ground, readjusting his grip from her shirt to her wrists when they were on the ground.

Applying pressure to her wrists, he attempted to break them, though the most he could do was bring her a constant stream of pressure. Nonetheless, he was kicked off during his attempts, allowing the woman to charge at him again. Unable to get off the ground in time, Izuku's side was clipped by one of her claws.

When he did get up, Izuku ignored the pain as much as he could. 'I have to kill her,' he repeated in his mind, charging at the woman once more. Going for another swipe, Izuku tackled the woman, stopping her attack before it could connect. Shoving her onto the ground, he stepped on her stomach and one of her arms. With the other arm, he quickly directed the claw toward her throat, finally killing her.

Stepping away from the lifeless body, he felt the burning in his eyes simmer down while the woman's body withered away. It was a slow process but her body turned into nothing more than dust and a red flame for a soul.

The flame floated above where her corpse laid, flickering amidst the abyss. Bringing up his hand, the flame gravitated toward it before laying in his palm. "With this gain, my first stage will give me a two times boost." He commented, popping the flame into his mouth like a piece of candy. "Now, I just have to suffer until I wake up."

Falling onto the invisible ground of the abyss, he laid down and clutched his side. Closing his eyes, he let sleep envelop him once more.

Waking up, Izuku sat up with lingering pain in his side. Lifting his shirt, there was no trace of an injury, something he was grateful for. Shifting to sit on the edge of his bed, Izuku rubbed his eyes before grabbing his phone.