My Hero Academia Untold: Draco Knight (Discounted)

III

Now for brand new readers, I recommend reading up to Chapter 19 of Fafnir Knight before reading this chapter. I will not lie; this is one of the darker chapters of the story.

Reader discretion is advised.

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Any Original Characters (OCs) unless specified are owned by me. However, I could care less about them and allow anyone to use them in their fanfics if they so wish. (OCs be damned.)

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My Hero Academia Untold: Draco Knight (Remastered Edition)

Chapter III: Cursed Blood

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Inko watched as Hisashi entered Izuku's bedroom to say his goodbyes to his peacefully sleeping son. Knowing the mission could take days, even weeks before he would return. When it was finished, she knew it was time for her to say her own farewells.

"You got everything set, Honey?" Inko asked while fidgeting with the letter slightly. Hisashi looked at her with a somber expression on his face. He hugged her, wanting to feel her soft embrace and her warmth. Once he had his fill, he answered while not letting go of her.

"The letter was the last thing I need to do; everything else is complete."

Inko wrapped her arms around her husband while still feeling the letter in her hands.

"Hisashi, about these letters...I know that it's hard for you to talk about...but don't you think it's time for you to face him?"

She felt Hisashi's grip on her stiffen, but Inko simply began to rub his back to try and loosen his tension.

"I don't know what happened that night all those years ago, and something has always told me that I would know one day, but only with your permission because that is how much I trust and love you, Hisashi. But you also know that I have always thought that you tend to be too hard on yourself."

Hisashi didn't answer as his body started to shake, his breathing became more ragged and rough.

"You've been so much like a son to him, and I know you still love the man like if he was your own father; if your bond was really that strong...then surely he could find it in his heart to forgive you, right? No matter what you did to him, right?"

She felt her shoulder getting damp as Hisashi had silently started crying.

"I-i-i don't deserve it...Inko...what I did...to him and to Saya. To the two that I wished I could have had as my own parents...for everything! Everything they did for me, only to cause them so much pain that they didn't deserve. I think...I'm more afraid of being forgiven too easily... as if Karma will only punish me harder, and that I still need to suffer."

"That's enough of that," Inko snapped quietly, tightening her around the man. "Hisashi, you are no longer a Kasei remember? You are a Midoriya now, remember? It was Hisashi Kasei who was the one who always needed to go the extra mile to make up for his past, a past he had no control over, but did his best anyway. You have been Hisashi Midoriya for the last ten years. And the first step for a Midoriya to do is correct their mistakes is by apologizing and atoning. And knowing when to forgive when we have been wronged."

She felt Hisashi's grip slack, so Inko tightened hers even harder.

"When you took my name, I swore that I would shoulder your burdens as you had done for me. So when you come back, let me share this burden with you; so we can go to him. And we can atone together, to regain the whole family you felt that you have wronged. It takes courage, I know. But I also know that you have the courage in you. Oh, my sweet brave knight. Let me share what little courage I have too and mend what we can together."