A Faint Light

Slug Monster Incident

Deku's POV (past deku/another huge time skip)

           It's nine at night, my mother is probably worried sick that I haven't come home. It's whatever right now, I need some alone time. I need some time to process what had happened yesterday. Well for starters your "best friend" since childhood told you, "Take a swan dive off the roof and maybe in your next life you'll be born with a quirk." Then he proceeds to blow up the hero journal you've worked so hard on. What on earth. You walked home, well started to anyways, and this big slug monster attacked you. And he tried to engulf you, but that didn't happen, because All Might came and saved you. You woke up and grabbed onto All Might, and he revealed his secret. He also told you, "You cannot be a hero." Ouch... The slug monster escaped and tried to kill Kachan. You stepped in... you stepped in. Why did I step in? Was there a purpose? Well he's alive, I guess that's a good enough reason. Why am I even trying?

         Wait...Where am I? Not that it matters...I won't get lost again. Quick glances and my thoughts lead me to this disgusting beach. It's full of trash, and now I have become a piece of it. When did I wander in? Wait... what time is it? SHIT! IT'S ALREADY 10! Oh my gosh... oh well. I'm here, mise well look around a bit. Maybe this beach was beautiful, but it was trashed by people it provided for. Almost like me, but something beautiful is underneath all of this. Tears start to roll down my cheek, I should just give up on U.A and life in general.

"Hey, Izuku!" a familiar voice coming not too far from behind shouted out.

     I turn to see Tomura. He always shows up in my worst moments, but I can't help it. I know I can break down in front of him, and he wouldn't judge me. I feel the bottle inside me burst open, as tears stream down my eyes. I fall to my knees as I hear his footsteps rushing towards me.

"Izuku, what's wrong?" He comes over  and pats my head.

      I tell him everything that happened today. I fall to my knees, I cover my face with hands. I'm ashamed of myself. Through my tear filled eyes, I see a whole new expression on his face. Rage. This rage is like the fierceness of a dragon, one that would cut through anything.

Tomura's (age 18) POV

       How dare they do this to them, and I can't enjoy it. I just have to act like I'm not happy, but in reality this is perfect. This crushed spirit will come into play. He'll finally see that being a villain isn't necessarily a bad thing.

"It's okay Izuku, I'll always be on your side. I won't ever betray you. So don't worry. They don't know who you are!" I emphatically say.

    He slowly tilts his head up towards me and smiles. I think I can easily win him over. I'll show him he doesn't need any more heroes in his life.

"Not rub salt into your existing wound, but do you still plan on applying to U.A?" I ask.

    He went silent for a moment, but then he nods. WAIT! No that wasn't supposed to happen. He was supposed to say no. I give him a shocked look, but why does he persist? He probably won't get in. 

"Well...Tomura...I can show them, I'll prove to Kachan and my school I'll make it into U.A without a quirk. I will keep on going, even if this world trys to hold me back. Just watch one day, I'll be the number one hero, without a quirk!" he says full of disgusting hope, he's totally lying to himself. He's still crying though.

        Well, this unexpected, I'm starting to get frustrated, I need to take him home. But his hand grasps my shirt, and I see he needs just a bit more time to get out this emotion. I pat his head some more, he's like a pet. A pet that would do good on the villains side. He's like a lamb, sheepish but obedient. He starts to stand up, and I go up with him.

" I think...I'm going to head home. Thanks Tomura, I needed that!" he says, smiling a fake smile.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" I ask.

"No thank-you, I just need a bit more time on my own. Thank-you again," he says sorrowfully filled. 

       He starts to slowly walk off, with sniffling and tears probably still plastered all over that face of his. He's still brain washed. I grab hold of all the objects in this area, and burn them in pure rage.

      HE'S SUPPOSED BE SO HEARTBROKEN THAT HE'D JOIN OUR SIDE. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK OUT. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO BRING IT UP! I HAD SOME FORESIGHT WITH THIS. WHAT THE HELL. THIS ISN'T FAIR.

No-one's POV

Izuku made it home safely, while all of the trash on the beach was destroyed to nothing but mere ashes. (Bit of a time skip)

Deku's POV

          It was a few weeks after the Kachan incident that everything settled down. He ran up to me and said don't think that he owes me anything. I was just confused. Was it an apology? Well, it was something.

             The leading months were full of studying, that I rarely came out of my room. My mother was probably sadden I didn't spend more time with her. She brought my food to my room most nights. On the rare occasion I'd eat dinner with her. Well after this exam mom, I'll eat dinner with you every night! I promise.

             The night before the exam I decided to take a walk to that filthy beach. It took ten minutes, but when I got there I was dumbfounded. Where did all the trash go? Did someone clean it? The ocean was sparkling and people were using the pier. What the heck! Oh well, beach I'll be just as pretty as you one day! 

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WOW! Over 1000 words! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll do my best! Remember GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA!