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Chapter 7: Zancrow

Summary:

Happy, Erza, and Gray meet Inko. Izuku finally sees Zancrow's fights.

Notes:

A bit longer than the previous chapter. How you enjoy!

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Happy flew over Katsuki and to the Midoriya house.

"I hope that no one calls the police on us," Izuku says.

"Shesh. Just chill out and have fun, Zu," Natsu says in a care free tone.

"Wow Natsu, you are horrible at making nick names," Happy states.

"He's bad at remembering names, Happy," Lucy comments. "Did you expect any good nicknames from him as well?"

"He is not even that good at insults either," Laxus says. "Just look at every name he gave Gray."

"A lot of them are repeats from a previous fight," Lucy mumbles.

"Guys, if you fight with Happy in flying and he suffers from a headache or a blackout," Izuku starts, "we may splatter on the ground below."

"Right," many say. Others grunt, and the rest go silent.

Happy flies to the Midoriya porch. He opens the door and goes to the kitchen. "Izuku's mom, we're back," Happy says in a very excited voice.

She is cleaning the kitchen floor. When she sees Happy, she gasps.

"Hi, I'm Happy. I'm a cat," he says. "Got any fish?"

She blinks several times before answering in an unsure tone, "There may be some in the fridge."

"Happy, can I have control back please?" Izuku pleas.

"Absolutely," Happy replies. Inko watches as her son's appearance returns normal. Izuku goes to his shocked mother.

"Mom, are you okay?" he asks, looking in her eyes.

Inko takes a moment before replying, "I am fine. It was just odd seeing the cat ears and tail. Thinking back to it, you were absolutely adorable." She lurches to hug Izuku, and he returns it in equal enjoyment.

"I knew I was cute," Happy says.

"How was training? Did you find a magic to use?" Inko asks. She was told about the mages' idea the morning after he gained the mages. She had been wary about it at first, but she agreed to it after a bit of thought.

Izuku blushes to her question.

"May I explain to her what happened?" Erza inquires.

Izuku agrees. "Erza will explain what happened." He takes a few steps back from his mother and allows Erza control.

Inko watches as her son gains effeminate features. Green hair gains red stripes. Eyes change colors to brown.

"I am Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail. I am sorry for what happened while we were training," Erza says. "Izuku went into meditation and we discovered that we could show him memories. Two others, Natsu and Gray, used this ability for their own personal reason. Natsu showed a scene of Gray naked. Rest assured, he was punished. If you are upset, you may hit me."

"Erza why did you say that?" Izuku asks.

Inko stares at Erza. Taking several moments of silence, Inko finally forms a question, "Why was he naked?"

"How about I explain it?" Gray suggests.

Natsu retorts, "As if you could."

"Please let Gray do it," Izuku pleas.

Erza nods. "Gray will be explaining his habit to you."

"His... habit?" Inko asks. The body changes again. Red turns to black, and effeminate features disappear. The eyes are now colored black.

He speaks, "Hey, I am Gray. I am sorry about what happened while we were training. I use Ice-Make Magic. My teacher, Ur, trained me by having me strip in the freezing cold. Since then, I randomly take off my clothes."

A shirt falls on Inko's lap. She looks at the boy and sees that his shitprt is gone. She tells him, "Gray, I mean no disrespect, but you are shirtless."

He looks down. "How the hell did this happen?"

"The stripper is at it again," Natsu says.

"I'm letting Izuku back," Gray states. Eyes and hair return to their normal green of her son. He reaches for the shirt and quickly puts it back on. Blushing furiously, he mumbles out many apologies. Inko hugs her son again before sending him to his room to do homework.

Izuku manages to do his tiny bit of homework without too much interruption from the rambunctious fairies. After it gets done, Izuku decides to meditate.

In the mental cave, Erza was standing over a terrified Natsu and Gray. Lucy was holding Happy as a shield. Others laugh or grimce at the scene.

Erza looks at Izuku and says, "Now that they will be on good behavior, you will hear what happened in Natsu's fight with..."

"Zancrow," Juvia says timidly. "That is what Merdy called him."

"Just watch me fight, Zu," Natsu cheers. He puts an arm around Izuku as one side changes to the battle. All of them watch the battle. Izuku mumbles as he studies Zancrow's spells. He watches intensely as Natsu uses Dragon God Magic. When the viewing is over, Izuku starts plaguing Natsu with questions.

"How did it feel using the God Slayer Magic? How different did the flames feel? Could you activate it aga-"

"Kid, I think you broke him," Gajeel interrupts. Izuku takes a moment to look. Smoke rises from Natsu's ears. He stops his pestering of questions to Natsu. He turns and looks at Juvia.

"How do you know about him?" asks Izuku.

Juvia blushes. Another section of the engraved cavern turns into another scene. It has four people in it. Juvia and Zancrow Izuku knew, and he could guess that Merdy was the pink-haired girl. Zancrow mentions a Zeref, and he grabs the dark-haired person. Merdy and Zancrow argue before a black energy spreads from Zeref. The scene ends.

"Whoa, it was that weird stuff," Elfman says. Izuku starts to feel his eyelids drop.

"I think that we will have to end this," he says.

"Alright," Erza agrees. "Just remember that we have training tomorrow."