The Warrior Of Gray: Deku

SMACK!

"Stay calm Midoriya. This is the final but hardest emotion to control, rage." Gran Torino also known as Sorahiko was holding a bamboo sword, pacing behind Midoriya and would hit him randomly.

"I know Gran Torino, but it's difficult when you have an old man SWINGING A SWORD AT YOU!"

SMACK!

"Stop complaining and meditate. Find where that rage comes from and harness it into the tunnel that you created with the other emotions." Midoriya nodded and closed his eyes again. He let himself go into the Force and find his rage, a red and black cloud that is constantly shifting and zipping around. Once he managed to corner it, Izuku proceeded to kneel in front of it confusing the cloud as it expected a fight or struggle to happen. To Izuku, it felt like hours of waiting until the cloud came over to Izuku and enveloped him in itself.

The constant shifting of being freezing cold or boiling hot made the young gray uncomfortable to say the least. He understood what it meant though, the cold represented the rage a calculative person may feel or a person who doesn't want to show it on their face how it affects them, the other was the boiling anger that all people can experience if pushed hard enough. One was expressive in its d.e.s.i.r.es and doesn't hide behind anything while the other was the exact opposite, but of the two, Izuku was more afraid of the latter as it felt like it was more capable of anything.

Izuku endured the metaphysical temperatures until the cloud calmed itself and became more docile around its person. He stood up after feeling its acceptance and led it towards a cave-like tunnel for it to roam around until needed. After watching it go in, Izuku released his hold of the Force, but not before hearing a manly voice speak out "Finally, the young gray has mastered his emotions. Now all that is left is the physical conditioning." Before Izuku could respond, he was back into his physical body where Sorahiko was smacking the sword into his back repeatedly.

"What the hell are you doing Old man?" Sorahiko looked over at Midoriya before dropping the sword and walking up to him. "You know how worried I was? You were in there for over 8 HOURS! That is longest amount of time you have been in there and I started to believe that you may never leave that place." Sorahiko looked at Izuku with a bit of worried look on his face before walking over to the microwave and heating up some taiyaki.

"So you smacked me with the sword so I could wake up?" Sorahiko looked down for a second in embarrassment. "Yeah but apparently that healing factor of yours made your skin tougher so the blows were practically doing nothing." Nodding in acceptance, Izuku took a piece of taiyaki from the cooked plate while having another with Sorahiko.

It has been three days since we started the training and I have been under some crazy shit. Gran Torino made me watch depressing moments of his life after finding out I can read minds now. He would switch up the emotions and feelings until I can finally say that I grew numb to them. In between those sessions, we would spar and I learned that echani martial arts and mandolorian hand-to-hand were perfect against acrobatic or fast opponents. Gran Torino shivers a bit like how All Might does it when I asked him about his training every time I mention us sparring now.

Now that I mastered my emotions to the point where I won't feel anything unless I choose to do so. It feels weird as I now know exactly how others feel and it feels intrusive especially since we are on a train going towards the mountains for the other half of my training. I don't know why but Gran Torino told me to wear my costume, helmet and all, so that I could be used to how it feels as I would be wearing it all day for hero work. I looked out the window after the conductor mentioned coming into Hosu, "Hey I have some friends who are in this city. I wonder how they're doing right now." After the train passed a particularly large building, it revealed the city to be under attack as fires were alight on the sides of the buildings and a large muscular figure was coming straight towards our train car.

CRASH!

The thing looked like Nomu except it had a sickly green skin tone and wings on its back. Gran Torino shot out of his seat, kicking the winged nomu out of the car where it hovered looking at us. "Gran Torino we need to go out there and help the citizens! I'll call my Friend Todoroki and let him know that I'm here. His father, Endeavor, should be here as well." Gran Torino looked over at his ward before nodding his head. "Fine. I hereby give you permission to use your quirks and perform hero work. Be careful kid, I do not want to be the one to inform your mom why you got injured under my care." I jumped out of the train on top of a building since I didn't want to respond to that last sentence. I ran towards Iida's signature as I felt multiple energies including one bloody aura that promised death. 'God damn it Iida! A hero does not seek out revenge like this.'

Tenya POV:

Tenya came into an alley where he saw the pro hero Native and a student of his school laid out on the ground on their stomachs. He also noticed the hero killer standing over them with the tanto sword in hand.

"Stop! Villain, you will pay for the crimes you have committed and for the damage you have done you monster!" Before the man in question could respond, Iida sprinted at him with a high kick aimed at his head. The hero killer ducked down and swiped his blade at the gap in armor at his t.h.i.g.h and hip. "Well well well. Look at this. Another wannabe hero looking to die. Sorry kid I don't usually show mercy so why don't you walk away from this." The hero killer walked away from towards Native who looked to be struggling to move still.

Tenya clenched his teeth and went for another attack with his full power, he intended to aim for the head again. This time however, he froze and crashed into the ground on his stomach like the other two. "I warned you kid. Now you get to join the others."

Tenya strained himself to move, "Do you even recognize this armor? You don't do you?" The man stopped and looked over at him again, this time in recognition. "You're wearing the armor of that hero that I showed mercy to." Tenya's neck veins bulged as he screamed, "MERCY! You paralyzed him you bastard! He can't be a hero anymore because of you. You paralyzed my brother. I swear that the moment I can move I will come for you! You hear me Stain! This is justice for my brother."

Stain just looked at him with apathetic eyes, "You ain't nowhere as much of a hero as your brother then. He was at least worried about the citizens when he could. You completely ignored the statuses of the other two and went on the attack on me. You could have gotten them out of here for safety, but you instead wanted to enact your revenge on me. I decided. You will be the first one to go as we don't need any heroes like you in this world." Iida slumped down as if someone cut off his strings as he was processing the words spoken by the killer. Stain, on his part, pulled out the blade and was preparing to stab Tenya in the heart.

SLAM!

A kick to the side of his ribs interrupted his motion as Stain crashed into a far away wall.

Izuku POV:

"Iida! Are you alright? Can you move?" When Iida wasn't responding, I looked over at the others, there was the pro hero Native who was dressed as a semi-native American, and a familiar girl with vines for hair and a white toga like dress. "Shiozaki? I didn't know you were here in Hosu." I didn't let her respond as I grabbed both of them and sprinted out towards the open streets where they were semi-safe compared to the alley. Right as I was back in the alley, I felt a disturbance and sent a punch into an arm that was swinging a sword at me. Stain slammed back and held his blade at an angle for both defense and offense. "YOU! I know you. Izuku Midoriya, the martyr of U.A. A hero like no other except All Might, you have my respect kid, not many can say they will hold the world's sins like you did." Stain gave a manic smile and licked his blade where the blood was.

My body locked up quickly as I struggled to get out of whatever invisible bind I was in. "I will keep you alive out of respect for the person who may change this world yet. However, that Ingenium fake will have to die. So if you will just excuse me." Stain walked menacingly towards Iida with his blade before a shot of flames came at him.

Todoroki came walking into the alley with his hands outstretched towards Stain. "Took you long enough! I thought that I would have to break a finger to use a small force push." I looked over with my eyes as Todoroki scoffed at my comment. "You texted me saying to meet you in this alley to fight a notorious hero killer. My Dad wasn't really keen on me leaving like that especially with you. I don't know what you said or did but he has been nicer and even brought Mom back. So thanks for that." He walked right next me on my left as I started to have some feeling to my arms. "No problem. What are friends for? Let's take down this guy and get these three out of harms way." I powered up full cowling at 25% while starting to walk with Shoto with the others looking at me in surprise.

"Hey kid! How the hell were you able to get out if you were frozen after all of us." Native shouted as he and Shiozaki were facing us in the alley. Tenya was also wondering the same thing. Stain just s.u.c.k.e.d on his teeth, "Damn. I guess you must a O blood type then." Izuku nodded and looked at the others on the ground, analyzing, 'His quirk must be based on what type of blood you have. My O negative type must have a very short timer. Iida is going to be there for a little while Native and Shiozaki are stuck there for a little longer than him.'

Todoroki shot long range ice waves towards the killer while I launched a force blast into him. He managed to dodge the ice but got slammed into the wall again. He shrugged it off and disappeared only to reappear near me. I used my gauntlets to block his sword and used the tip of my knee to hit a nerve in his t.h.i.g.h. He stumble back away from Tenya and me to shake out the numb feeling in his leg.

Quick Tenya POV:

Tenya watched all this with tears in his eyes, 'I am so sorry Tensei. I failed you as a brother and as a hero. I forgot what it meant to be a hero.' He looked over Izuku, who was dodging Stain's strikes and countering when he found an opening. 'I think I found an inspiration again. I promise I will change myself for the better.' He found that he could move again as he making his silent promise.

Back to Izuku:

'I need to get him on the ground again so I could use force stasis and end this battle.' Right as I made that thought Iida came rushing in and sent a kick right into Stain's back that pushed him the ground where Todoroki immediately sent ice through the floor and froze him there. I kept my eyes on the killer while thanking Iida for the good timing. I don't know why he thanked me for giving him inspiration to be a good hero again, but as long he is out of that depressing anger then it's all good to me.

We all walked out of the alley with Endeavor and Gran Torino coming towards us. "Kid! When I gave you permission to use your quirk I didn't mean that you could fight the infamous hero killer!." As Gran Torino was chastising me, a winged nomu came out and scooped up Shiozaki who was screaming for help. Almost everyone froze except two people, Stain was on the nomu's back stabbing into its spine while a black and red lightsaber flew and lodged itself into the thing's skull. I held Shiozaki in my grip and lowered her gently towards us as Stain landed with the nomu.

"This unfair world that portrays heroes as these pure humans who could do no wrong while those of us who have these quirks are immediately labeled as villains. Endeavor! You are especially one of them! I won't let any fake hero to catch me. The only one I will accept is All Might and maybe the kid! I wanted this world to be rid of these hypocrites and make this world fair!" Stain's mask fell off revealing his disfigured face while his killer's intent washed over everyone until an even larger intent countered his.

While Stain's felt bloody and murderous, a person who has killed enough to never rid himself of the scent of blood. This one felt like the Grim Reaper was standing there with them. It was colder than Shoto's quirk but gave people dread as they all looked over at the source standing there.

It was Izuku who was releasing this aura, walking over to Stain who was shivering in the face of death, he spoke in a voice that was not his own, "You don't know unfairness. You don't know what death is like, how cold and unforgiving it is. All you know is what you experienced, not what many others have seen. I have seen death in the thousands to even millions of people. A lot of them came from my own two hands. I am Solomon Crane! The Grim Reaper of all! Izuku's ancestor and one of the first Gray! HE IS MY SUCCESSOR! He will be the hero that this world so desperately needs and you are not necessary." A black and dark gray aura came out of Izuku as his eyes glowed a deep blue and hints of purple.

The aura disappeared soon after as both Stain and Izuku passed out from exhaustion while everyone looked at each other wide eyed. One civilian who recorded Stain's proclamation just happened to be knocked out by Izuku's aura and never recorded his statements afterwards.

On one side of the city, Shigaraki and Kurogiri were overlooking the city. "Well that was a semi-failure of an experiment. At least we have all the data we need for the next set of nomus. Kurogiri, take us home." And like that, they disappeared from the city without a trace while the city and heroes were left to pick up the pieces.