#sudden developments

[the-lupine-sojourner]

Sudden Developments, Final Part 3

Dang. Here we are already, huh? The final part of @fleurie3am15inspo‘s 3-part commission. 

I had a lot of fun with this, coming up with the story and filling Fleurie’s prompt. :) 

Hope you guys like it too and if you want your own commission, or to support my writing, please consider getting your own commission. Just refer to This Post Here to get the details on how to get your own commission. I tried to make them affordable for people who want them! 

Part 1: Here! 

Part 2: Here!

Real quick; word count is 1046! Got a little wordy lol but I think it needed to be longer. I just couldn’t whittle it down any more.

Anyway, here we go!

God Bless and Good Day!

~The Lupine Sojourner

Izuku knew he was playing a dangerous game. There was hardly any reason for Shigaraki to trust him or even let him into the League, but...here he was.

“So...Izuku Midoriya…” Tomura murmurs in that creepy voice of his. Izuku made himself look neutral, unaffected, but it was hard. “What brings you here?”

If Izuku hadn’t determined what he’d say beforehand, he’d have panicked and probably said the wrong thing. But he had given what he’d say a lot of thought, and he felt fairly confident it would work. 

“...No one was there to correct those awful things that happened to me nearly every day while I was growing up. Katsuki Bakugo has been bombarding me with hateful, cruel comments and wanton violent acts since we were little kids. I’d hoped someone would stop him or he’d become mature enough to give up what he was doing to me, but the acts and words never stopped.” While all he said was true to an extent, Izuku had seen subtle improvement in Kacchan’s attitude. Whether that was because of the Kamino Ward Incident, Izuku didn’t truly know, but he did know that Kacchan was maturing and so was Izuku. “Even now he’s horrible, and no one checks his actions and words. I grew tired of it and decided to show them that bullies create monsters, that evil can take root anywhere.” That caught Shigaraki’s attention, Izuku could tell. Good. He hated lying about someone he’d known so long, but it seemed to have worked.

“So, you want to make society take more notice and action against bullies. That’s why you reached out to me?” Izuku nods. 

“Yeah. I want to make the world see that kids who are bullied shouldn’t be ignored when they report the problem. Bullying and harassment happen everyday and no one does a thing. I want to fix that, show them the consequences of standing idly by.” Shigaraki smiles. 

“Compelling, but how can I trust you? After all, you defended Bakugo from my colleagues when we tried to recruit him.” Izuku had known this question was coming, swallowing back nerves.

“I hadn’t fully decided to commit to evil. Fighting Muscular made it clear I couldn’t win against you all and the Kamino Ward Incident fully opened my eyes.” 

Shigaraki chuckles, then tilts his head, considering Izuku’s words. “Well then, welcome aboard, Midoriya.” 

=#=#=#=#=

The next hour or so was a waiting game for Izuku.

He bet UA was trying to figure out what he was thinking, and that Aizawa, if anyone, could figure out why he went with the League. He’d texted Toshinori moments before the League showed up so All Might couldn’t stop him. 

Izuku wanted to capture the League by himself to prove himself worthy of All Might’s power and the position of #1 hero eventually. If he could do that, then this would all be worth it. 

He’d earn 1-A’s trust again after probably shattering it by his apparent betrayal. He’d become a Hero and rise to the #1 spot, just like All Might had, but he’d carve his own path. He’d determine his own future. 

=#=#=#=#=

“No offense, but...why us?” Akiyama asks tentatively. Shota tilts his head, eyeing her. 

“Minato, you can create and manipulate mountains. That’s a useful ability to subdue or attack opponents. Also, you can defend against the larger-scale attacks the League can throw at us. Kirishima’s Hardening is a virtually impenetrable defense in closer quarters. Bakugo is the opposite end of the spectrum, his Quirk allowing for large scale attacks to counter the League’s. And, given that he seems to have something to do with Midoriya’s decision, he is coming to try to get through to him.” Bakugo grits his teeth. No need to remind him. This whole incident was a reliving of his worst moments. “Shoto is also here for his attack power.” Shota continues, centering the focus back on the task at hand, “And he could also help Minato in defense if necessary. That’s why you four are coming.” The team nods. They all wanted to get to the bottom of what happened and get Midoriya back. They’d do what it takes. 

There’s suddenly a knock at the door and Toshinori walks in. 

“He’s moved! The signal from the tracker jumped again. This time it’s on the edge of a 100-mile radius of Kamino Ward.” Aizawa grits his teeth. 

“Alright, we have to move quickly before the League move with him again.” The four students nod and follow their teachers. 

“They’re closer to us now but not by much.” Toshinori notes.

“Keep that signal up. We need to know the signal’s precise location at a moment’s notice.” Shota orders.

=#=#=#=#=

Arriving, the team walked quickly toward the source of the signal, wearing civilian clothes to avoid recognition of a possible tip-off of the League. So far it seemed to be working. 

However, the closer they got, the more the signal moved around. It seemed Izuku was staying relatively in the same place, but moving around that area quickly like he was…

like he was fighting.

“Come on! Let’s get moving already!” Bakugo hisses impatiently. He wanted this incident behind him. 

Shota sighs. “We go too quick and we could alert the League and jeopardize Midoriya’s safety. Now be quiet and follow my lead.” On the way to Kamino Ward, Shota had told the kids what Toshinori told him. 

Izuku had texted him about going undercover and that he shouldn’t worry cus Izuku could handle it. 

In reality, that wasn’t entirely true; Izuku seemed to be in a lot of trouble.

They needed to move quickly. Risk be damned.

=#=#=#=#=

Izuku should have known it would end like this. 

He had been out with Dabi, Toga, and Magna for some kind of initiation when he’d slipped up and blown his cover. 

He was now fighting for his life, and it was starting to look like he wouldn’t make it out. Then Aizawa and a handful of his classmates, including Katsuki, were coming around the corner. 

He foolishly assumed the villains were as distracted as he was, turning his head toward the League members. “What are you doing h- -Agh!” 

A knife, propelled by Magna’s Quirk, dug into Izuku’s back, his scream echoing eerily off the walls. 

[the-lupine-sojourner]

Sudden Developments Part 4

Y’all @fleurie3am15inspo have commissioned a continuation! We’ve been talking about it and ohmigosh I LOVE this story! Fleurie is an awesome friend and lovely supporter and I love working with them. 

Anyway, I might need to whip up a Masterlist for this story at some point, but for now let’s just add the links, kay? 

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3

After this part, there will be a quick epilogue then this story will close. :) Gosh this story is fun to write despite it being a bit angsty. 

Last thing is the word count: 1172. Good gosh I kinda overdid it but um here we go lol. 

God Bless and Good Day!

~The Lupine Sojourner

“Midoriya!” 

“No!” 

“Deku! Don’t you dare die!”

“You assholes are gonna pay!” 

“Let’s take em down quick! He doesn’t have much time!” 

Everyone cries out at once as Izuku stumbles a little, then collapses. 

Shota curses under his breath. “I’ll grab Izuku, you all handle the League.” He had to get Izuku out of here, and fast. That idiot was going to get himself killed one of these days. As Shoto launches a wave of flames and Akiyama forced the League to back up with a wave of earth, Aizawa raced toward the fallen student, grabbing him, using his capture weapon to steady the knife, applying pressure with his arm, and retreating quickly before the League could react. “He’s alive, but we have to subdue the League and get Midoriya to a hospital. I’ll use my Quirk and Akiyama will restrain them. Todoroki, seal off all other exits.” 

The addressed students nod, the plan clear and concise. 

It goes off as well as can be expected, Shota being careful to not let his students be affected by his Quirk. The League members in the alley didn’t have a chance as Akiyama easily created small mounds of earth around each villain, ensuring they couldn’t move. 

Kirishima was already calling the police. That done, they had to leave to get Midoriya to the hospital. Luckily, if Akiyama didn’t put the earth she moved back, it would stay as she left it for roughly twenty minutes, so Dabi, Toga, and Magna were sure to be taken into custody. 

=#=#=#=#=

“Where is he?!” Toshinori cries, coming into the hospital. Shota is quick to stand and explain the situation. 

“Midoriya is getting the best care this hospital can provide and Recovery Girl is on her way. Until we know more, there’s nothing more we can do. I’m sorry, All Might.” Toshinori tries to hold himself together, taking a few deep breaths as he wearily sits in a waiting room chair. 

“I couldn’t stop him…” 

“I know. No one could. Midoriya moved without proper backup and without our knowledge. He only texted you because it’s you. This is no one’s fault but the League’s.” 

“He better pull through. His poor mother entrusted him to my care and I couldn’t stop this.” 

“She knew the risks letting her son come back to UA and the repercussions of your retirement. She won’t blame you.” 

Neither of them needs to say anything else as they wait for news about their student’s condition. 

=#=#=#=#=

“He was already exhausted when you showed up, straining several muscles and breaking many of his fingers, his right ulna and radius bones, and even some of his ribs, likely from an attack from the villains. He nearly went into overdrive trying to push through his pain and injuries, and that further drained him. The knife wound hit a very critical nerve, and it is possible he could be paralyzed. Recovery Girl called us and we believe she can help reserve the nerve damage, but at this point we still can’t say for sure how well he’ll recover.” The doctor’s report sank what little hope Shota and Toshinori had managed to hold on to. 

“Thank you, doctor.” Shota murmurs. The doctor nods sympathetically, leaving the two teachers to process what he’d told them. 

“There’s still a chance for him.” Toshinori spoke, desperate to find some hope. “Recovery Girl should be able to repair the nerve, right? So at least he won’t be paralyzed. Then it would just be a matter of observing him and waiting for him to recover enough energy to wake up.” 

“Maybe. We’ll have to wait and see.” Shota replies. 

“I hate this.” Toshinori is practically whimpering, and Shota was surprised. He’d never seen All Might like this. He puts a hand on the taller hero’s shoulder.

“I know but it is what it is.” 

=#=#=#=#=

A few days later, and nothing had changed. Inko had been understandably very emotional, but once she’d heard what happened and understood the entire situation, she stopped glaring at Toshinori and started trying to ease the poor man’s guilt. She had come to see and understand that her son had acted on his own and without setting up his plan properly. 

“Mrs. Midoriya, I am so sorry. There is still a little hope, though. Recovery Girl is helping as much as she can and the doctors are almost positive there won’t be lasting nerve damage thanks to her work.” Inko nods, watching her son lay there on the bed, wired and machines surrounding him. 

“He’s always been tough and stubborn. He’ll pull through.” Toshinori puts a comforting hand on her shoulder. 

“I trust he will...someday soon. His body just needs to recover.” Inko sighs heavily, wiping teary eyes on a tissue. 

“Recover Girl says it shouldn’t be too long now. I’m grateful for her help, but I don’t know how much longer I can stand watching him lay there.” 

“I know how you feel. I hate seeing him like this.” Toshinori replies, trying to hold back his own tears. “If I could, I would trade places with him instantly.” 

“I know you would. Thank you.” There was nothing else Toshinori could say, so he lets her be, giving her privacy in the hospital room. 

=#=#=#=#=

“Kid, it’s almost been a week. Can you wake up already? Your mom’s worried sick and everyone misses you.” These one-sided conversations were getting harder to keep having. “The kids feel really bad, so why don’t you come back and tell ‘em it wasn’t there fault, huh? Us teachers saying it isn’t cutting it anymore. They need to hear it from you, so please come back, okay?”

Silence from the bed, as always. Izuku was looking increasingly pale and haggard, and despite trying to hold to hope, Toshinori was starting to believe this could develop into a coma, resulting in a potential situation where Inko would be forced to consider taking her only child off life support. Toshinori shakes himself to try to keep composure. “Kid if you don’t wake up, the doctors are worried you’ll slip into a coma, and that can’t happen, so please just wake up. We’ll help you recover, just...just please open those eyes!” Unable to stand there and watch Izuku breath with a machine, Toshinori walks to the window, breaking down sobbing. 

He’d tried to keep it together for so long, but he just couldn’t bottle up his emotions any longer. 

From the moment he met Izuku, this kid had been burrowing into his heart, earning his trust and friendship time and time again. 

And now...this same child, too young to be in this perilous situation, was laying on a hospital bed, his future so suddenly murky and unclear. And Toshinori could do nothing to help. 

It was simply not fair. He wanted to badly to reach out and somehow wake Izuku up, but he couldn’t. 

“What...All...Might..? What’s going on?” Toshinori whirls around, wiping his eyes and praying he wasn’t asleep. 

Was that...was Izuku finally awake!?

[the-lupine-sojourner]

Sudden Developments, Part 2

Here is part 2 of the 3-part commission from @fleurie3am15inspo who is a lovely human and a wonderful friend. :) They are also letting me use her awesome OC, Akiyama Minato. Thanks, sweetie! 

I forgot to link the post that opened commissions last time. Oops. 

Um here also is the link to Part 1 for those who missed it. 

The word count on this part, again not counting this author’s note, is 1010 words. 

Hope you guys like this update! 

God Bless and Good Day!

~The Lupine Sojourner

“And that’s when you arrived.” Tenya had given as good an account as he could of what happened on the training field. Shota hangs his head. There was clearly something they were missing. 

There was something that wasn’t being said on Midoriya’s part. The things Iida had reported didn’t seem like reasons Midoriya, the most eager and determined future hero, would suddenly turn and betray them. There had to be something they were missing...right? 

Or...had everyone missed warning signs of the kid’s real intentions. No. No, surely he had a reason for what he did. There had to be! 

Shota shook himself. He didn’t have time to sit here and get emotional. Until they had more facts, all they could do was move forward. 

“Bakugo, come here please.” Shota calls. Bakugo made to leave. 

“I don’t have anything to say.” He grumbles. 

“That’s not what Iida told me. Now sit.” Katsuki stiffens. Of course that kiss-up Class Rep would have reported what Deku said and how Bakugo had treated that nerd in middle school. He reluctantly sat. 

“What do you want to know?” 

=#=#=#=#=

“I just don’t get it.” Eijiro murmurs, fiddling with eggs Aki made. He didn’t feel like eating, but she’d tried at least. “I don’t get why he left with them.” Aki sighs, sitting beside her friend. 

“I don’t get it, either, but until we find him and talk to him, we won’t know anything.” 

Eijiro nods. “Yeah, I know.” He then brightens up, “Hey, wait! Don’t our IDs have trackers in them or something?” Aki blinks in surprise. Why hadn’t she thought of that?

“You’re right! It’ll be easy!”

“No it won’t.” Comes Shota’s voice. “We still don’t know the full situation and until we do, we teachers need to proceed very carefully.” Aki frowns. 

“Wait...we want to help!” Aki exclaims, standing suddenly. Shota’s eyes narrowed. 

“No. The way you help is staying here, staying safe. If we know you all are safe, we’ll be able to work quicker and get to the bottom of this.” 

“But he’s our friend!” Eijiro protests, standing as well. 

“And Midoriya is our student. Our job is protecting all our students while they are under our care. The way we protect you is to make sure you stay here. Rest assured we’ll get him back and we will determine what really happened out at the field and how to move forward.” Eijiro and Akiyama knew that no-nonsense tone too well. They had no hope of changing his mind. Shota sighs. “I appreciate your enthusiasm to help, but we need you all to stay here.” The pair nod mutely, sitting back down. Shota left to meet with the other teachers and come up with a plan for how to get their wayward student back. 

=#=#=#=#=

“He wasn’t injured in the incident, right?” Toshinori asks worriedly, walking quickly into the room. “Midoriya’s okay?”

“There weren’t any injuries from what Iida told me.” Shota replies. “In fact, I’m sure Todoroki had a hand in the minimal injuries with his quick response.” Toshinori breathes out, hand on his chest. 

“That’s a relief.” 

“Midoriya still left with the League voluntarily, All Might.” Shota points out, sighing and leaning against his hand wearily. Toshinori winces. 

“I know.” 

“Now...what do we do about it?” Toshinori doesn’t have a ready answer. 

“Well, we know the school IDs were recently implanted with GPS tracker chips. It’ll be easy to locate Midoriya, provided he kept his ID on him by mistake...or on purpose.” Aizawa had been thinking it over, and had come to this conclusion after hearing Iida’s statements about what happened. “Iida described Izuku as calm and fairly rational. He even said Izuku seemed eerily calm. Now, if he were truly against her society and UA, wouldn’t he have been more violent, more unhinged? My theory, with what I’ve been told as of now, is that he could be pulling an impromptu and dangerous undercover operation. If that’s true, we need to act quickly before this backfires and Midoriya is injured or worse.” 

Toshinori also seems to agree with Shota. “Okay. Now we need to track Midoriya’s school ID, see if he has it on him. We’ll work from there.” 

“We need to keep this fairly contained. Last thing we need is for this to spread and be plastered on the news.” 

“God knows we don’t need any more press.”  

“So let’s get started.” 

The pair walk to the computer lab, luckily hardly running into anyone. Once there, Shota quickly pulls up the tracking history, narrowing it to Midoriya’s specific tracker chip. They find it went from the field the exercise was held on to an abandoned warehouse just outside a 100-mile radius from the Kamino Site. Shota frowns. “So, they didn’t go far, preferring to hide in plain sight.” He muses, leaning back in his chair. “Although, perhaps this is a dummy location in case it was a setup. They could be making Midoriya prove himself before allowing him fully into their circle.” Toshinori shudders. 

“Who knows what they’re making him do…” Shota nods. 

“We’re going to get him back, All Might. And quickly.” 

“I know.” 

“You know you can’t be involved, right?” Toshinori sighs heavily, eyes prickling with tears, his casted arm affirming his colleagues’ words. 

“I know.” 

“I’m sorry, All Might. I will be leading the operation to get him back, and I’ll see to it he comes back to us unharmed.” 

“Thank you.” 

Shota walks back to the 1-A dorm house, where the class was eagerly waiting for updates. The explanation was swift and concise and the kids drank in what he said. “Listen, since we’re keeping this as under wraps as we can, we need to move quickly and with a heavy hand. I’ll pick a team to do reconnaissance work and we’ll go in and get out with as little incident as possible. I’ll pick a team and we’ll leave soon.” The class nods mutely, eagerly awaiting who would be picked. 

“Minato, Kirishima, Bakugo, and Todoroki will come with me.” 

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