Chapter 45 - CH 33: TRUE TRAINING (3) 2 in 1 (1/2)
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A few minutes earlier:
Kuroha looked at the boy who was sweating in front of him with a little bit of wonder. Izuku just finished his training. Frankly, Kuroha thought that it was rather low-level training. But for someone who has never trained in his life, it was pretty harsh.
Honestly, he didn't understand this boy. He didn't want to understand him either. Losing interest in watching him, he laid down on against a tree and looked at the sky.
The weather was a little chilly. The time was at daybreak. The sun was slowly rising. This gave an ethereal painting where light and darkness fought against each other.
For a short instant, Kuroha felt like he was the only one in this world were light and shadow fought against each other.
He didn't want to move, didn't want to speak; didn't want to think. He just wanted to lay down and sleep. He wanted to sleep, for the first time in many years, sleep felt like it was coming,
It was then that he heard a voice, it felt like someone else he knew wished to see such a sight, but who,
̷”̷N̷e̷!̷!̷ ̷n̷e̷!̷!̷ ████████̷,̷ ̷h̷o̷w̷ ̷d̷o̷ ̷y̷o̷u̷ ̷t̷h̷i̷n̷k̷ ̷t̷h̷e̷ ̷s̷u̷n̷ ̷f̷e̷l̷t̷ ̷l̷i̷k̷e̷ ̷o̷n̷ ̷t̷h̷e̷ ̷s̷k̷i̷n̷?̷”
The voice was blurry, but he could feel that it was a girl, a young girl, almost a child
”̸T̸e̸l̸l̸ ̸m̸e̸,̸ ̸d̸o̸ ̸y̸o̸u̸ ̸t̸h̸i̸n̸k̸ ̸t̸h̸a̸t̸ ̸t̸h̸e̸ ████████ ̸w̸i̸l̸l̸ ̸k̸e̸e̸p̸ ̸ ██████?̸”̸
He could barely hear her, some were completely inaudible, but he could feel the joy and hope in those.
”̸ ██████ p̸l̸e̸a̸s̸e̸ ̸h̸e̸l̸p̸ ̸m̸e̸ !”
Now he could only feel and pain and suffering. Sadness and despair. He couldn't breathe. It hurt, it hurts so much, he felt like his body was screaming in pain.
”Huaa!!! Kuroha!!! Kuroha STOP!!!”
He heard a scream and immediately woke up. It a little time for him to reorganize his thoughts, but he could feel that something was strange.
More precisely, he was holding Izuku down and had a blade that was only one inch away from Izuku eyes in his hand. A little more and he would have stabbed Izuku to death.
He then began to feel his body. He could feel that he was sweating. He couldn't remember what happened a few seconds ago. The only one who could do so was the boy he was holding down.
As such; he slowly got up before giving his hand to Izuku.
”I'm sorry, I didn't mean to harm or even scare you. I don't understand what happened.”
Kuroha was truly sorry and confused. He didn't understand. He tried to remember exactly what happened but
”*Urgh*”
He nearly kneeled as a sharp pain flashed through his brain. Now if he only had a doubt in the past, he was now sure that was something was truly wrong with. More precisely something was wrong with his memory.
(Oi !! Madness answer me. What happened!!)
Since one year ago, Madness had stopped invading his thought, he could only interact with Senketsu/slayer but right now, for some odd reason, he was sure that he could now speak with Madness.
As he thought, a voice answered him,
”*????????????????* ???????????????? ???????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????????????????????? ???????? ????????????????????. ???????????????? ???? ????????????????????????, ???????????????????????????? ???? ???????????????? ???????????????????? ???????? ????????????.”
This voice changed a little, but he was sure that it was him,
(”What do you mean?... Madness? MADNESS?)
”F.U.C.K!!!”
”hiii!!!”
Izuku jumped at the sudden curse coming from Kuroha. Kuroha, on the other hand, was in no mood to care about this. He rarely became angry, but this kind of stunt pissed him off so much.
He always hated this kind of plot where some characters hides crucial info to the info and some BS excuse like ”it's for your own good” even though knowing said info sooner could have allowed the mc to avoid many unnecessary problems.
(I know you can hear me. I don't care what kind of explanation you'll give me, but please, PLEASE, don't spout Bullshit like you aren't ready to hear everything.)
Kuroha took a deep breath in order to calm himself. Sadly, his control over his emotions was on an all time low. It took him a few seconds before he finally managed to regain his composure.
During all this, Izuku cautiously took a few steps back away from Kuroha. He didn't know what was going on, but he really didn't want to be near him right now.
He looked behind him, hoping that All Might finished what he had to and come back. After taking a fourth step back, he heard a long sigh followed by
”Come on, I'm not scary. Stop trying to flee. Anyway, you wouldn't be able to do so.”
Izuku didn't know this, but he was already marked by Kuroha. Kuroha may not like him, but if everything went as it as, this guy would definitely become the true successor of All Might. There's no way he could let this guy without protection or a means to catch him.
Izuku felt a chill pass through his boy, but then he let an awkward smile before whistle with his hand behind his head
”*Whistle* *Whistle* What could you be talking about? I wasn't fleeing by any means of the way.”
Kuroha, seeing him like this, let out a bitter laugh before deciding to put what happened in the back of mind. He would see what answer Madness will give him later.
”Anyways, now that you finished for today, you should go home and take a shower. I will wait for you at the train station.
”What about All Might? Shouldn't we wait for him?”
”Don't worry, he fled long ago. He doesn't want to meet His old partners now since he knows he will be scolded.”
Izuku couldn't imagine All Might actually fleeing from anything or anyone, but he decided not to argue. He nodded before taking the road.
Kuroha now by himself looked toward the horizon. Sadly daybreak went past and the sun was hanging high in the sky.
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Few hours later
Izuku stood in front of the door of the office. In his hands was the gift he bought yesterday. His whole body was trembling like a leaf. He turned toward Kuroha who was standing and looking at him,
”He is here?”
”Yep!”
”Do you think he will like me?”
”Don't know, don't care.”
Looking at Izuku crestfallen expression, Kuroha had a flash of inspiration,
(No wonder this gets always got bullied. His reactions are really priceless.)
Yesterday, he asked All Might why Izuku was so weak-willed most of the time when it wasn't about becoming a hero.
He wasn't told everything, but from the little, All Might told him, the answer he got was that Izuku suffered from bullying from his youth until now. More precisely from the moments, he was deemed quirkless.
Frankly, when he heard this, he didn't feel any form of pity for Izuku, in this world, there were things way more pitiful than simply being quirkless. He was a living example of this.
But neither did it make him look down on Izuku. He wasn't self-centered enough to think that his pain was worse in the world. Pain could never be compared.
Only the one being bullied can understand his own pain. Sometimes, some words or actions that may feel harmless for the bystander or the bully can feel particularly harmful for the one being bullied.
Kuroha sighed deeply, before hanging his head with a little shame. He didn't know why, but he never felt comfortable next to Izuku. This made him act curt and a little arrogantly. He decided to stop acting like a cunt and help the poor guy,
”Sorry. I shouldn't have said that. To tell you the truth, I don't know what will happen. But don't worry, I am sure he will like you.”
He gave a pat on Izuku back and continued
”I may not be able to see why, but All Might is someone I respect and look up to. This man chooses you. Stop looking down, raise your head high and walk with pride. If you look down on yourself, everyone will also look down on you. Now follow me and you'll show us what you got, right?.”
After saying those words, he opened the door and entered
”I'm back!!!”
Izuku looked at the back of Kuroha with a dumbfounded expression for a few seconds, in his eyes, this back become way larger than it was in reality. Then, a bright smile broke on his face as he answered with a loud voice
”Yes!!”
Kuroha still didn't know how important those words he said would become for Izuku.
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