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simply there are more worlds out there than there are stars in the heavens. Some are so identical that the differences are indiscernible, while others are so different, they appear to be nothing alike.

But even amongst the truly infinite realities. Some unfortunately choose to war against one and other, and some are just victims of that choice. This is the story of three of these victims the hero, the demon, and the Xelor.

Our first victim was a man named Noximilien Coxen.

Noximilien had once been a humble clock maker and family man. However, after finding a powerful magical object called the Eliacube. Noximilien was driven mad by both the cubes power and the manipulations of the Eliotropes Qilby and Oropo. One day Noximilien discovered his family had left him while he had been experimenting with the cube. Upon discovering a note from his family, saying that if he regained his senses and abandoned the cube he could come and find them.

However, when Noximilien tried to find his family, he discovered that the island they had been living on had been destroyed while he had been tinkering away in his workshop. This discovery was too much for his already damaged mind causing him to finally snap.

It was at this the lowest moment in his life his manipulators spoke through the cube. Convincing him he could save his family if he could unlock the secrets of the cube, he could then go back in time and fix this. So, he could fix his mistakes he could fix everything.

It was on that day through manipulation and madness Noximilien Coxen died in delusion Infatuation and the false hope a dispirit man and father becoming Nox the mad Xelor.

“Twenty minutes! All that power! All that wakfu and I only go back twenty minutes! Two hundred years of work for a measly twenty minutes.

No No! NO!!!! This this can’t be right! THIS CANT BE RIGHT!”

Nox wept as his massive mobile fortress crumbled around him. Nox tumbled to the ground, along with tons of gears and metal. He would have died if he had still been able to, but two hundred years of experimentation and exposure to the Eliacube had twisted him into something neither alive nor dead, only kept functional by the wakfu fueled eldritch machinery within him.

He was a living machine, with only the last vestiges of his organic self-left alive. Only because he had yet to find a way to function without them. He blasted his way free from the rubble searching for the cube quickly finding it buried in the rubble.

“Why? WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?!?!?! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ME BACK!!! SO, I COULD SAVE MY FAMILY!!!! SO I COULD FIX ALL THIS!!!!!!! ANSWER, ANSWER, ANSWER ME!!!!!!” He screamed, snapping and slamming his fist into the cube. Only to be fried by the cubes discharge before slumping over in defeat.

“Did you really expect it to answer you?!” The boy who had defeated him yelled.

“It… spoke to me… it really did.” Nox wept.

“All the people you killed! The lands you destroyed! All just because you’re crazy!!!” The boy screamed in rage before noticing the tears rolling down Nox’s mask as the Sadida army surrounded Nox.

“In the name of the people of Sadida, it is time you pay for your crimes, Nox.” The Sadida king said as his army rushed him. Only to be saved by an act of mercy by the very boy he had just been trying to kill.

“STOP! It’s over.” The boy said just tired of all the violence and bloodshed.

Nox stood up, his broken mind all but shut down to the point he was more or less running on autopilot. Allowing what little of Noximilien that remained with in him to resurface for a few fleeting seconds.

“Farewell Yugo the Eliatrope.”

Then in a much softer voice that only Yugo could hear he said. “I’m sorry.”

Nox flickered for half a second before vanishing, teleporting away never to step foot on the World of Twelve again. Because unknown to even him, when he had struck the cube his already damaged teleporter had become overcharged, sending him far from the World of Twelve and into the one of Heroes and Villains.

One that was just getting its first taste of magic and powers. As many years before the events of this story some unknown force had shattered the barrier between realities, allowing things from other worlds to seep in. This event also caused a dramatic shift in the inhabitant’s evolutionary path. Causing dramatic superhuman mutations to begin to appear in the majority of its population and this is where our story takes place.

Nox began to flicker back into existence. This was a slow and agonizing process, as he had to fight with all the control wakfu he had left to pull himself back together from across all time and space. The act causing a small explosion throwing him into a nearby wall leaving an indentation.

“Ouch.” Was all he was able to say before falling to the ground in a heap. He started to try and get to his feet, as he needed to find a source of wakfu before he ran out completely. If he didn’t find a source of wakfu soon his core would shut down and he’d die along with it.

However, as he tried to get up everything, he had done and all the horrors he had committed flashed in his mind.

‘Maybe it would be better to let it run out. It would be quick and painless end, and he could finally rest. By the gods… how many decades has it been since I have last slept?’ At the moment however it sounded so nice, to just.. finally… rest. These where to be his last thoughts as he slipped from this world.

That was… until he heard a small girl cry out. “Daddy no!”

Nox eyes shot open, as his sword materialized into his hand, he then used it to support himself, as he got to his feet. Before he flickered, teleporting deeper into the alleyways. His core flickered before dimming but not going out just yet. The three thugs stumbled back at Nox’s sudden appearance.

Nox couldn’t blame them as he spotted his reflection in a bit of broken glass. His mask was broken his lenses blown out and he was covered in torn dirty bandages. Nox turned his head to look at the small girl who was crying over her father. Her father who was clinching a stab wound.

In his addled mind he saw his daughter for a moment, before realizing it wasn’t her. However, that momentary distraction was the opening the thugs needed. One of the thugs, a skinny man with cat like pupils, nearly managed to slash Nox when he suddenly grew large sharp claws.

Nox only just managed to dodge out of the way in time to grab the goon and start to drain him. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get much from the goon before a levitated trash can came flying at him.

Nox intercepted the can and sent it back at the goons with a swing of his sword. The third goon started to charge up some strange red lightning. Nox wasn’t sure what type of magic this was, but it definitely wasn’t safe for the girl or her father.

He quickly turned, floating barely an inch off the ground, shooting forward grabbing the girl and her father. Nox glanced down, he could see the core in his chest not just dimming but turning dark at the edges. With so little energy left he had to struggle to maintain the simple levitation for even a few seconds, but he only needed to put some distance between himself and the goons.

Thankfully, he quickly reached the alleys exit he set the man and his daughter down, before placing a hand on the man’s wound. He then looked down at the core in his chest it wasn’t glowing anymore, and the edges had turned black.

Nox knew doing this would leave him without any magic to defend himself, but if he could drain even one of the goons, it would be a large step towards restoring his depleted energy reserves. Nox inhaled and called on the magic, speeding up the flow of time around the man’s wound letting it heal and keeping the man from bleeding out. The spell only lasted a few seconds before sputtering out, but it had managed to close the wound.

“He will wake up soon, once he does make sure he sees a healer. I only closed the wound. So, he’s still hurt, but he should be ok to move around at least.” Nox said, before walking back into the alleyway, with only minutes left to live and a sword to defend himself.

However, when the heroes came to help the strange man in a mask. He and the goons were gone but the heroes did find outfits matching those of the goon’s description half buried in piles of dust.

One week later, our second victim a young boy named Izuku Midoriya ran down an alleyway. Trying to escape a group of bullies chasing him. Not noticing when he passed through a magic barrier. This barrier was designed to keep anyone with superpowers or a quirk out and trap anyone with magic inside.

However, Izuku being quirkless, was able to pass through the barrier without notice. Not knowing he was entering into the hunting ground of someone far more dangerous than any bully.

Izuku leaned against a wall trying to catch his breath. “Phew I, I think I finally lost them…” Izuku muttered to himself, starting to try and find a way home, but on his way he heard what he assumed was a fight between a hero and villain.

“I wonder whose fighting?” Izuku muttered to himself as he cautiously approached. Not wanting to get in the hero’s way, or worse into danger.

He peaked around a corner to watch the fight and try and stay hidden. Odd thing was Izuku didn’t recognize ether of the combatants, and he knew about every hero in Japan, and even some from outside Japan.

One was a mummy looking man in patch worked metal armor, caring a sword of all things. The other was a man who looked like a three way cross between a fantasy style rogue, a western gunslinger, and a tv show demon hunter.

He was decked out in all black, with a dagger on his thigh, a set of revolvers on each hip, and another set in his hand a bandolier full of small vials and bottles.

He was wearing a duster that rattled with every movement, making Izuku think the coat was lined to hold more vials and weapons.

If that wasn’t over the top enough, the guy had a battle axe on his back. He had the hood on his duster up with a bandana mask and on top of it all was a black cowboy hat. Izuku couldn’t help but think it was not only ridiculous. It had to be extremally uncomfortable with how hot and heavy it would be.

Finally, Izuku noticed the oddest part of all this, there wasn’t any one around, and the city was eerily quiet. There was no sound of traffic or the hustle and bustle of the city. Even in a back alley a brawl between hero’s and villeins should have brought at least a few other people to watch.

“Wait, where is everyone?” Izuku muttered under his breath as he pulled out his phone.

“Wha-what the no signal? We’re outside, and in the middle of a city. What the heck is going on? Is this one of their quirks doing? Maybe I should try and find a hero?” Izuku wondered, about to sneak off before a shot hit the wall next to him. Smashing it as Izuku barely able to stumble out of the way in time.

“Well, well, well. Who’s this little rat? Is he one of your playthings, Clockwork?” The gun man said barely sparing Izuku a glance.

“No, I’ve never seen him before, and if I could build anything that could remotely pass for human, do you honestly think I would look like this? He’s not part of this.” The mummy looking guy said as he picked himself up off the ground. The gun man looked at the mummy guy then back to Izuku then back to the mummy.

“Then why are you protecting him? Your kind care little for the other races.” He said before shooting at Izuku. The mummy teleporting Infront of him, creating a shield that resembled the face of a clock. In fact, if Izuku wasn’t mistaken, it was even displaying the correct time.

“I told you already, I’m a Xelor! Not a clockwork dammit!” The mummy no, apparently, he was a Xelor? Whatever that was supposed to be said.

Both the Xelor and Izuku started to float as a small insect like robot flew in and exploded in the gun man’s face. With a wave of his hand the Xelor magickly pulled Izuku to him grabbing him before teleporting away.

This was anything but a smooth ride, even Nox regretted using the teleporter as they were sent flying upon arrival. Izuku rolled across the rooftop, while Nox crashed into another wall before falling to the ground groaning.

“Uggh…ouch.” Nox groaned, as he once again levitated himself off the ground. Then using the same spell, he yanked his leg and shoulder snapping them back into place with a sickening popping sound. While Izuku threw up.

This was only partly because of what happen to Nox, but mostly due to the fact he literally felt like he was repeatedly turned inside out and right side in by the teleport.

“Uhhg…We…we need to get moving. We don’t want him catching up to us, and I don’t want to risk another teleport. My teleporter is breaking down, and I fear it only has a few more uses before it becomes too unstable to use safely.” Nox said walking over to help Izuku up.

“What!? How was that safe?! We-we were thrown halfway across the rooftop!” Izuku groaned getting to his feet.

“True, but we made it through in one piece rather than leaving some pieces of us behind.” Nox said before prying the roof access door open with his sword.

“Ok! But, um, would you mind explaining what’s going on?” Izuku asked as Nox started opening doors clearly looking for something.

“We are inside a magical barrier designed to keep those with powers out. What is it you hear call them? Quirk users? Well, it keeps them out and traps magic users inside. As for what happened to the people there on the others side of the barrier and as the barrier is two realities occupying the same space with an invisible unperceivable wall dividing the two. We are on this side of the barrier and everyone else is on the other side speaking of which. That does raise the question of how you got in here?” Nox asked turning to Izuku who had started to sneak off believing Nox was crazy rambling on about magic. Nox just waved a hand levitating Izuku over to him.

“You know it’s very rude to not answer someone’s question when asked.” The eye holes in his mask narrowing to slits. At the same time the blue lights burning behind the eyes of his mask brightened making him look more intimidating.

“Uh-I don’t know! I-I was being chased by some of my classmates! I fi-finally managed to es-escape them wh-when I stumbled across yo-you and the oth-other guy fighting!” Izuku stammered out afraid of what Nox was about do to him but instead of hurting him Nox just set him down making sure his feet were under him so he wouldn’t fall over.

“That doesn’t make since, you can’t just randomly pass through a magic barrier…. Unless you’re a variable he didn’t account for.” Nox said before turning to look at Izuku.

“So, what is it that makes you so special?” Nox asked looking Izuku over.

“Nothing! There’s nothing special about me! You can ask any one. I’m worthless.” Izuku said sadly but to his horror Nox grabbed him shoving him against a wall the lenses of his mask narrowing into slits as he scanned the boy.

“All life, despite its function, length, greatness, or lack thereof, has some value. So, what makes you think yours has none?” Nox asked coldly trying to intimidate the boy.

“I-I’m quirkless…” Izuku stammered out as Nox just sighed.

“And that’s supposed to mean what exactly?” Nox asked simply with no sign of malice. In fact, to Izuku’s shock he generally seemed clueless.

“Yo-you really don’t know do you?” Izuku stuttered out in shock.

“No, I don’t let’s just say you and I are from different worlds. Now are you going to explain or not?” Nox said starting to grow impatient.

“I’m quirkless er someone born without any powers. People even say that if your born quirkless you might as well be born worthless.” Izuku said sadly. Nox blinked before setting Izuku down and placing a hand on his mask sighing in annoyance.

“And hear I thought you were hiding something useful. Instead, it’s just some foolish discrimination nonsense.” Nox said before walking over to the elevator Izuku had tried to sneak off to earlier.

“Wait, wha-what do you mean by foolish discrimination?” Izuku asked chasing after him.

“I’m mean what I said. It’s foolish to discriminate between races and people, other than to acknowledge and account for naturally imbued efficiencies and weaknesses. Now, how do you operate this contraption?” Nox asked looking for a lever or handle or something. While Izuku push a small button on the wall engaging the mechanism.

Nox still couldn’t get used to this world they had so many machines, some so complex not even he could figure out what their function was. Well, not yet at least, he had outsmarted the God Xelor himself. He would figure them out eventually, but for now he had a lot of learning to do… well if he made it out of this that is.

Nox walked into the elevator letting Izuku handle its operation. As Nox looked down at his palm trying to energize the emitter placed there. It opened, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn’t get anything other than some small sparks out of it.

“Hey boy if you’re not a quirk user. Do you know how to use magic by any chance?” Nox asked as the elevator started to move.

“No, I um I’m not sure how things are where you’re from, but magic isn’t really a thing hear. In fact, as far as I know most people don’t believe magic is real.” Izuku said simply.

“Yes, I had guessed as much.” Nox sighed but after a short pause Nox realized something.

“Wait your someone without a quirk or magic. Maybe that’s why you were able to enter the barrier. Could it really be that simple? But in that case, then you might be able to escape it as well.” Nox ponders aloud as the elevator door opened.

“Maybe but, how do I do that?” Izuku asked following Nox.

“We simply need to find the edge of the barrier and see if you ca-Argh!.” Nox was interrupted when he walked into the invisible wall of the barrier cracking the right lens in his mask.

“Damn it I just replaced the lenses.” Nox said blinking a few times to check if his mask was still functional.

“Are you ok?” Izuku asked rushing over to help Nox up.

“Yes, I’m fine. I only broke one of my lances. I swear I’m starting to break down faster than I can fix myself.” Nox sighed as he got to his feet.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“Sorry for what? None of this is your fault.” Nox said in confusion.

“Sorry, force of habit.” Izuku said awkwardly getting a groan out of Nox.

“Well, that’s an annoying habit. Now let’s see if you can pass through the barrier.” Nox ordered starting to turn away but as he did something clicked into place for Izuku.

“Wait what about you?” Izuku asked noticing Nox to stiffen at the question.

“What about me?” Nox said coldly.

“I can’t just leave you hear that.” However, before Izuku could finish Nox interrupted him.

“Yes! You can. The hunter is already starting to get curious about you, and these are dangerous people. That you don’t want to get involved with. Plus, I’m… what you would likely refer to as a villain. So best to run home and forget about this whole mess while we villains kill each other.”

Izuku tried to follow him only to find himself staring down Nox’s sword as Nox tried to run him off. Only to be suddenly tackled to the ground by the boy.

Nox grabbed Izuku and was about to throw him off when a spell exploded against the wall of the barrier. Passing through where the two had just been standing.

The boy had just saved him and, Nox was determined to return the favor. He levitated Izuku off him and with a gesture flung the boy through the barrier to safety. He just hoped the boy would be smart enough to run instead of trying to help him.

Izuku gasped when he hit the ground, the fall having knocked the wind out of him.

He heard bells as he gasped for air, staring up at the sky for a few seconds as his mind spun. Before his mind cleared enough to realize what had just happened. He gasped again desperate for breath as he forced himself to roll over and try and get to his feet.

His vision swam. ‘No! You’re not going to pass out you can’t afford to pass out!’

Izuku started to stumble towards the barrier before turning around and stared to work his way around the building. Assuming he could get back in he needed to reenter elsewhere, or he’d just be gunned down.

He thought for a second about trying to call the hero’s but if what Nox had said was true. The heroes, even if they believed him, they wouldn’t be able to pass through the barrier.

It was up to him and him alone, so he needed to hurry.

Izuku started running as soon as he had caught his breath. This drew the attention of a few people, but he didn’t care, Nox needed help. Izuku turned a corner and slowed, he wasn’t sure where the barrier was or if he could even get back in.

Izuku slowly walked down the alleyway desperately searching for some sine of the barrier. Tell suddenly, the city went silent again, except for the sounds of the two magic users trying to kill each other.

Izuku pressed himself against the wall, inching along. Before hiding behind a trash can to watch the fight. Nox was clashing with the gun man axe against his sword, before an energy ball appeared in Nox’s palm as he shoved it into the gunman’s chest.

The ball exploded the moment it made contact. Throwing the two apart and, unnoticed by both combatants, sent the dagger on the gunman’s thigh flying, where it landed next to Izuku. Who was so focused on the fight that he didn’t notice it. Even when an eye on the hilt opened and looked right at him.

“Okay, I’m back in but now what do I do?” Izuku muttered under his breath.

“Pisssst kid hey kid down here.” The dagger said watching the boy tense before shakily looking down at him.

“Wh-wh-what are you?” Izuku stuttered out quietly.

“Names Rubilax I’m what you would call a Shushu, and before you ask what that is, we don’t have time. That guy fighting your friend back there’s a mage hunter. He killed my previous owner and took me. I’ll happily help you fight against him, you just need to pick me up and I’ll help you fight.” Our final victim Rubilax said as the eye on the dagger stared at Izuku.

Izuku wasn’t sure what to do, but something seemed to be drawing him to the dagger.

However, the moment he touched the dagger he saw a flash of green and gold before everything went dark. It was then Izuku knew the dagger had tricked him.

He could barely think as his mind was all but taken over by Rubilax. This did leave Rubilax open for Izuku to do the same, but in his current state he could do little more than receive passing thoughts and random memories from Rubilax.

This was just enough to know that Nox was telling the truth about magic, and to know what Rubilax was and what he was doing.

Rubilax was a Shushu, a demon trapped in an object, and Izuku had just been possessed by him.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, Izuku’s body was twisted and warped by the demon’s power. His skin turned grey his hair turned spiky his eyes became white and pupil less. As a third eye with a slitted black pupil formed on his forehead. His body became muscular and monstress.

Timing his jump with an explosive clash of magic so he’d go unnoticed. Rubilax leaped over to the roof of a nearby building with a single jump before peaking over to watch the combatants below as he planned his next move.

If Nox won, he’d let the Xelor live. As with the barrier down he’d be free to hunt for a stronger host.

Though he was glad to be free, he had not been lucky in terms of his hosts, as an out of shape, powerless, magicless human was far from ideal.

He doubted he could handle the Xelor outside of the magic suppressing effect of the barrier. The hunter on the other hand. Well, if he won Rubilax would be forced to fight, something he really did not want to attempt in such a week body.

That thought in particular hurt Izuku. To know that even a body snatching demon thought he was useless was yet another blow to what little was left of his fragile confidence. However, he didn’t have long to dwell on it nor could he really.

As a prisoner in his own mind, he was only given short spirts of self-awareness before fading back into the dark abyss of Rubilax’s influence.

Down below Nox wasn’t doing so well, with most of his magic suppressed. The best he could do was little more than throw around raw magic and a few extremely basic spells. On top of that most of his equipment was severely damaged.

He hadn’t been able to do much in the way of repairs since arriving in this world. As the majority of his time and efforts was devoted toward setting up a makeshift workshop, and sourcing the resources needed to actually do the repairs. The only thing that seemed to be in his favor was the device in his palms that let him drain wakfu were still functional.

If he could just get ahold of the hunter, he could drain him and increase his own energy supply.

Unfortunately, this was easier said than done. As his opponent was cautious of him and wouldn’t let him get close long enough to do so. He just needed an opening.

Nox tried to get close, relentlessly swinging his swords at him to keep him on the defensive so he couldn’t use his guns. He could block bullets at range, but the closer he got, the harder they were to block or dodge. He knew from the few hits he had already taken. His armor could stop the projectile, but not it’s kinetic energy and those things freak in hurt.

Unfortunately for Nox, the hunter was carrying something far worse than just a gun.

When the hunter dodge Nox’s next swing, he dropped one of his vials before retreating to a safe distance. The glass vial shattered releasing a pinkish purplish powder. That swirled up into the air quickly forming crystals on anything that touched it. Trapping Nox by nearly completely incasing his body in crystals.

“Rushu dammit! Looks like I’m going to have to fight after all.” Rubilax groaned, reading to attack as the hunters as he raised his axe for the killing blow. As strange black flames coated the blade of the axe. At the sight of this something deep in Izuku’s mind stirred.

“NOOOO!!!” both Izuku and Rubilax screamed, shooting forward trying to punch the hunter. Who only just managed to block the attack with his axe. The axes shaft shattered from the impact and sent splinters flying.

“What the?!? Oh! So that’s where the boy went. Rubilax! you traitorous Shushu! I will punish you severely for this!” The hunter said, but as he tossed aside the shattered remains of his weapon to pull out his guns. He finally noticed that something was off.

As he did black goo started leaking from around Rubilax’s eye as his pupil shifted between black and green and Izuku’s eyes glowed an ethereal green.

Seconds earlier in Izuku’s mind.

“What are you doing!?! You’re ruining everything!!!” Rubilax growled at the now struggling Izuku.

He hadn’t realized this until the boy had started to resist him, but there was something different about this host. All of the host Rubilax had had prior to this one. Ether had been fully taken over by his consciousness fully suppressing the host., or in rare cases, like the hunter, kept him out of their minds with shear will power.

However, this boy was different. There was a small part of his mind that no matter how hard Rubilax tried he couldn’t suppress. In fact, he couldn’t even touch it.

“Yo-You tricked me... I-I won’t let you hurt people! I-I-I want to be a hero! I want to save people! I will never let you use me as a weapon!!!” Izuku said as he desperately tried to break free.

However, at the same time Rubilax was doing everything he could to suppress Izuku. From Izuku’s perspective this felt like he was drowning as if he was being pulled deeper and deeper into a pitch black ocean as Rubilax used all his might to try and crush Izuku attempt to escape.

Starting to get frustrated Rubilax flooded Izuku mind with ever horrible memory from his past hoping to break the boy’s spirit.

Izuku was forced to relive the day he discovered he was quirkless, the day his father left him and his mother, the countless beating from his classmates and former friends. Deeper and deeper he sank into despair until he reached that day’s events.

As an image of the trapped Nox flashed in his mind. In that instant something again stirred in Izuku, but this time he latched on to that sensation for dear life.

Nox had been fighting to save him to buy time for him to get away. Izuku wasn’t going to let anyone die for his sake. As the one part of Izuku mind Rubilax couldn’t touch. The one thing that countless beating or the shittiest days of his life couldn’t extinguish roared to life.

If in Izuku’s mind Rubilax will was comparable to and ocean, then that ocean was vaporized in an instant by this one overriding desire. That was the desired to help protect others and to be a hero that everyone could feel safe around.

Back in the real world Izuku grabbed Rubilax’s eye and ripped it out of his head, pooling out a mass of squirming black tentacle like goo. That started to reform into Rubilax’s dagger. However, before it could Izuku poured every ounce of himself that he could into his link with the demon before it could be broken.

This time, instead of being possessed by Rubilax, Izuku was possessing the demon, taking all of its power for his own even if only temporarily.

The eye on Rubilax’s dagger form shot open but now it was a deep emerald green. Izuku struck the dagger against the ground transforming it into its sword form. However, this one was not one of Rubilax’s normal sword forms.

It was something Izuku had forged the demon’s power into. It was a long bladeless broadsword with a ridiculously wide cross guard. Well ridiculous tell with a flash a large green blade made of pure Wakfu surrounded the shaft of the sword. It almost looked comical in Izuku hands just due to the size of the sword. As with the blade the sword was bigger than he was.

However, to Izuku it felt as light as a feather.

Seeing the swords new form Izuku smiled. He had the Shushu’s power, weapon’s and even all the Shushu’s knowledge. This gave him the knowhow to use them, and to a small extent use magic. Essentially, he had powers now, even if they were only temporary, and Izuku knew just how he was going to use them.

Even if it was just this one time, he was going to be a hero.

(Don't Say Lazy originally by Yōko Hikasa sung by AmaLee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcDVvaTIbeM )

“What they fuck?” Was all the gun man could say before having to jump out of the way.

As Izuku shot forward at superhuman speed. Having subconsciously augmented his body using magic. This instantly put the gun man on the defensive. As he was unable to do anything but dodge.

The boy didn’t give him even a second as he ruthlessly attacked with shocking skill and reckless abandon, leaving himself completely open. Not that that mattered as he wasn’t giving the gun man a chance to capitalize on it.

Meanwhile Izuku was marveling at how slow the gunman- no, everything- seemed to be moving. If he wasn’t under the influence of a demonic entity, that was taking the majority of his concentration to maintain his connection with, and running on pure adrenaline and instinct, he would have realized and been fascinated by the fact it wasn’t the gunman who had slowed down, but he who had sped up.

Izuku swung Rubilax’s sword form, having it shoot off a blade of Wakfu forcing the gunman to teleport back.

It was then Nox realized that the gun man had been toying with him this whole time and could have probably won their fight already. So why had he let him live this long? The only thing Nox could think of was that this hunter, or whatever he was, enjoyed toying with his prey.

But that wasn’t the part that currently had him worried. As he desperately tried to break free of the crystals what had him worried was that he wasn’t toying with Izuku.

Izuku block two shots from the gun man’s revolvers with the flat of his sword, getting a grunt of discomfort out of Rubilax, but it was nowhere near enough to brake Izuku’s hold over the Shushu.

Through this connection Izuku had access to the memories of the fighting styles and weaknesses of all Rubilax’s former owners. As well as the style developed by the Shushu himself.

Izuku smirked as three Statues Izuku’s burst out of the ground, grabbing the gunman arms and legs and letting Izuku slash him the green blade seamed to pass through him harmlessly. Before the shaft of the blade hit the gunman smashing him and the statues into a nearby building and through the wall.

He turned to free Nox, when the gunman teleported in front of him, a grenade in one hand and a purple, green, and red, vile in the other. He shattered the green vile at Izuku’s feet, trapping him in vines before pulling the pin in the grenade dropping it in front of Izuku and teleporting away.

Izuku didn’t have a second to think, he just stabbed his sword into the ground. The blade then lengthening, freeing Izuku and shooting him up into the air fast enough to be just out of range of the blast.

Izuku yanked the sword free in the air as it blade shrank down to its normal size, Izuku landed on the side of a building as if gravity had shifted so he could stand on the wall.

He then looked up, glowing green ethereal eyes meeting those of the hunter on the opposite building, startling the hunter, making him take a step back in surprise. Only to be forced to dodge when Nox now free charged him with his sword.

The gunman dropped the two normal revolvers he had been using, pulling the two off his hip. Pointing them at Nox, and if Izuku wasn’t wrong the strange glowing rune engravings on these weren’t for show, So Izuku wasn’t going to give him a chance to use them.

He thrust his sword forward, the blade again extending forcing the hunter to dodge or be ran through. This gave Nox the opportunity to shove an energy ball into his chest. The following explosion sent the two flying in opposite directions. The hunter shooting off for the sky while it took all Nox had to not crash into the ground. Before using his levitation to chase after him, but he wasn’t fast enough.

“Nox think fast!” That was until a certain green haired nut case shot into his path. His hand outstretched for Nox to grab, and the moment he did he regretted it. As gravity seamed to go crazy, as the two started to spin faster and faster before Izuku let go launching Nox at the hunter

‘He used centrifugal force to build up momentum to launch me. Huh, smart kid.’ Nox thought smiling under his mask as he rocketed at his target.

The hunter managing two magickly enhanced rounds before Nox had to use his teleporter to dodge out of the way. He only managed a short jump to a few feet away, but now he wasn’t close enough to deliver a counterattack, not that that mattered he had played his role perfectly.

He had distracted the hunter long enough for Izuku to get into place.

The blade of his sword had extended to the size of a skyscraper and was still growing. As he swung the sword it pierced the barrier and seamed to slice open the heavens themselves. As the massive blade hit the hunter and threw him out of the barrier. Moments before with a powerful explosion that shattered windows and set off car alarms. The barrier, popped like a soap bubble before the massive blade vanished the sword morphing back into Rubilax’s small dagger form Izuku dropping it to the ground out cold, Izuku having burned through all of his and Rubilax’s energy with that last attack.

Nox inspected Izuku, before letting out a sigh of relief when he realized the boy hadn’t over done it bad enough to shorten his lifespan. Well not by any extreme amount at least.

Nox placed a hand on Izuku’s chest giving him half of his remaining energy. This would only be enough to treat the worst effects of overusing ones wakfu.

He’d have to head to the forest outside the city to refuel his reserve after this. Nox thought picking up the unconscious Shushu inspecting it.

The boy had done one hell of a number on it, if Shushu weren’t so stubbornly durable the boy would have killed the thing with that stunt. It barely had any wakfu left but it was still alive, that much he was sure, but it was inert. Oh well, if the thing got any worse, he just needed to give it a wakfu jump start… If Nox decided that he was interested in having a Shushu in his possession in the first place.

Nox shifted his attention to the unconscious Izuku. Even with all the energy contained within a major Shushu, I be it a small one, it would have only been enough to punch through the barrier even without whatever had been suppressing their magic.

Maybe it could even destabilize it if he hit a week point or something vital. However, the boy had cut clean through a large portion of the barrier. On top of that, he had generated an energy blade the size of a building to do it.

The demon simply didn’t have the capacity for that much wakfu. He hadn’t bother checking the boys wakfu levels when he had met him, and he would hardly get a good reading now. The real question was. Where did all that energy come from?

Moreover, how in the gods did an untrained boy pool off a stunt like this. Even if he was somehow tapping into the Shushu’s powers, that still didn’t explain how he knew how to do that either. This boy grew more curious and interesting by the moment.

He’d have to keep an eye on him. Nox thought, as several of his Noxine drone flutter down around him, the barrier no longer trapping them outside.

He was considering syphoning some wakfu from his Noxine, when he noticed the mark on the boy. Izuku’s arm had been burned by his connection to the demon. The black mark also known as the mark of corruption.

Started right at the pulse point on Izuku’s wrist and wrapped around to a point halfway up his forearm. Almost looking like a flame had wrapped itself around the boy’s wrist. Nox knew all too well marks like these never faded, and if he encountered anyone who could since magic heed stick out like a sore thumb even in a crowd.

The boy may have saved him, but he’d put himself in even more danger. He would definitely have to keep an eye on the boy to make sure he didn’t attract the attention of any other magic users. Even if they seemed extremely rare in this world.

He was considering what could be done about this when he heard the shouts of the so called heroes as they searched for survivors. Nox had already had a few run ins with them, and he was in no shape for another. He left a few of his Noxine to watch the boy before running off. Once he was far enough away, he used one of his Noxine new upgrades that let him speak through them. To call for the heroes to help the boy. Letting out a sigh of relief when they carried him off to see a healer.

Now, onto the forest for a quick recharge then he’d have to fix his mask lenses… Again.

A few days later Izuku woke up in the hospital, where he was questioned by the police. Worried that one of the officers might have a lie detection quirk. Izuku told them as close to the truth as he could. Telling them about how a villain had trapped him in a man named “Nox” in a pocket dimension like space.

That he and Nox had to work together to survive and try and find a way to escape, and that he did not know where the villain or Nox had gone after their escape.

When questioned about the mark on his arm he was just as confused about it as the doctors where, as they could find no reason why that section of his arm was suddenly died black. His mother had had a panic attack when she had saw the mark, but quickly calmed down after assurance from the doctor it wasn’t a tattoo.

Well at least not one in the normal since. After running several more test the doctor came to the conclusion that the mark was some sort of black burn scar. Because of this Izuku was given a note for his school record so he wouldn’t get in trouble once he went back to school the next day. Something he was really not looking forward to.

Three months later Nox now had a much larger swarm of Noxine, that he used to scavenge resources and gather wakfu. Although nowhere nearly as destructively as before.

Nox had finally settled into his newly built workshop, which he had set up in an abandon factory just outside of Musutafu city. Once Nox had gotten set up and had repaired himself, he had started studying any salvaged technology his Noxine brought back to him.

Though due to both lack of time and lack of general of understanding. This was proving harder than he originally suspected it would. It also didn't help that he had to use most of the resources his Noxine had scavenged to build more Noxine to gather more resources. This was partially due to the fact that not every Noxine returned when it went out. One in every thirty that went out didn't come back this was due to a number of factors.

Animals’ collateral damage from villain attacks street punks who shot them out of the air for no other reason than boredom, and the occasional hero that didn't trust the small flying drones. Which Nox didn’t understand, civilians used drones as well for everything from delivery to recreation. Heck the local guard and some hero’s used them as well, and several of the drones had been as far as he could tell shot down in airspace designated for civilian use of them.

Another reason was he only had a few hundred of them. This meant that he couldn’t cover even one fourth of the city. If he could just manage to find one good location to salvage a large cache of resources. He could build enough to cover the entire city. With multiple Noxine covering a single area he could limit not only the number of losses, but he could also greatly increase his resource salvaging potential.

However, this didn’t help him get around the issue of powering all the Noxine. He could power his current swarm off the forest and only take out a handful of trees leaving others to recover with time. To power a swarm that could cover the entire city he needs a steady supply of wakfu, and he wasn't going to start stripping the entire forest of life like he once had.

However, for the time being he couldn't do anything about either of these issues. All he could do was try and solve the problems in front of him and figure out the bigger issues when they became well more of an unignorable issue.

Nox sighed, looking over at one of the large glass magnifying glass lenses affixed around a quartz orb. This item let him see through the eyes of his Noxine and was one of the few advantages of having a smaller swarm.

He didn't need the Eliacube to process all the data they brought in. If only he could figure out how to set up one of this world’s thinking machines to help him process all the data. It would make his life a lot easier. The lens he was currently looking at was showing Izuku going about his daily routine.

As he packed up to go home for the day a blonde haired boy Nox didn't know the name of walked into view. All Knox knew about the boy was he apparently had some explosive based ability, and he was Izuku’s primary tormenter.

He watched in distaste as the blond blew up the boy’s notebooks. Knowing how much effort the boy put into those books only increased his already extreme dislike of the blonde. He'd have to do something about him before he went too far. Just as he was having that thought…. The blonde did just that, as he threw Izuku’s notebook out the window and into the koi pond below before telling Izuku. ‘That if he really wanted a quirk that bad, he should take a swan dive off the roof and hope for one in his next life.’

That comment infuriating Nox, the boy had more potential than the entire building put together! All he needed was someone with the capability to teach him, or even just a fighting chance! Nox knew that last fact from firsthand experience with the boy. He would definitely have to have a few words with the blonde now. He started gathering his swarm in preparation, with the boy’s powers he needed to be careful, lest he lose the small swarm he was sending after the blond. Nox got up he couldn't focus on his work in his current state. He levitated the quartz crystal and lenses off the desk having them follow him before leaving for the city. Perhaps a relaxing flight around the city would help him clear his mind.

“Hu-hey where are we going metal man?” Rubilax asked from where he hung on Nox's hip. The Shushu had only awoken a few days ago and while he still spent most of his time resting. The Shushu seem to become more and more talkative as time passed.

“I don't have a particular destination in mind. I just needed to get out of my lab for a while.” Nox said as they casually flew into the city. All the while he continued to watch Izuku on the orb. Before returning his attention to the blonde finding an opportunity to introduce himself. When one of the blonde’s cronies asked him if he had been a little too harsh with Izuku. Before the blonde could respond Knox spoke up through his Noxine.

“You should listen to your friend there he’s clearly not as big as a dunce as he looks.” Nox said startling the three.

“Who the hell said that show your sorry ass now!” Bakugo said before finally noticing the Noxine hovering Infront of them.

“I would but I have more important things to do then introduce myself face to face to a bunch of cretins like you lot.” Nox said watching his swarm surround them.

“What the fuck did you just say you bug bastard!!!” Bakugo barked as small explosions crackled in his palm.

“First off, I am not an insect, this is a drone, I know you aren’t the brightest bulb but I thought that would be rather obvious as it is made of metal and all. Secondly, I explained why I couldn't speak to you in person already. I have better things to do then meet cretins like you face to face. Now, with that said let's move on to the third and primary reason for me being here. As I'm a busy man and I do not have time for long winded explanations so.” However, before Knox could finish Bakugo shot up in the air attempting to grab the Noxine drone. The drone only just barely got away.

“Now, now. Temper, temper. I’d be very careful with your next action lest your friends pay the price.” Nox says as Bakugo turning around spotting the Noxine latched to the back of each of his friend’s heads. A large blade like Stinger pressed right on the base of their spines.

“Move and either the Stinger goes through their spine paralyzing them, or I detonate their core and there will be nothing left of them but red splatter.” Nox said making his position very clear.

“Alright what do you want!” Bakugo said going cold ringing in his anger. This surprise Nox but it made things easier at the very least.

“I'm a busy man so I make my demands simple. You will from this day forth limit all interaction to Izuku Midoriya as is possible. You will not bully or torment him. You will not speak foully to him and if you must speak to him you will speak to him as little as possible and be as…. pleasant as you are capable.” Nox said simply.

“What this is all about that useless fucking Deku?!”

“It seems your insistent about proving my point about not being that bright. I just gave you a warning and you are already trying my patience. The boy is far from useless despite his lack of powers. He has a very very large well of untapped potential. Far more than you or your friends do boy.” Nox said before pulling back his Noxine.

“Well goodbye boys and remember, I’ll be watching, so if you think about telling anyone about our little chat, I'll pay your families a visit.” Nox said simply. New reality or not Nox knew how to make people fall in line.

“Now boys I’ll leave you with this last bit of advice. All life, despite its function, length, greatness, or lack thereof, has some value. Keep that in mind next time you suggest throwing one away.” Nox said before the last Noxine flew off. Leaving slightly stunned Bakugou scowling after the Noxine.

With his business with the boys finished he turned his attention back to a Izuku. Spotting him trying to walk up a wall. Nox could only guess the boy was trying to call on some small amount of magic. Like he had during their fight with the hunter.

He was considering what he was about to do when he noticed something oozing up out of a manhole behind Izuku. He found this peculiar, but he didn't let it worry him until he saw the slime monster try and force its way down into Izuku’s throat.

Nox shot off to try and rescue Izuku teleporting forward whenever he could. However as soon as he arrived a large blonde man burst out of the sewers. Before punching the slime monster so hard it was pasted across the walls, saving Izuku in the process.

Nox was worried momentarily when he realized Izuku had passed out, but he came too quickly enough. Judging by Izuku’s excited reaction he was in good hands. That was until he grabbed onto the large man's leg as the man jumped off. If Nox still had a functional beating heart, he would be having a heart attack at the moment for that little stunt. Nox chased after them to trying to catch up. Only having to hide when the two landed. He didn't know who the blonde man was but if he packed enough punch to send that slime monster flying. He did not want to be on the receiving end of it, but this was what he had his Noxine for.

“What were you thinking! That wasn’t a very smart move kid. Now, bang on the door and someone will let you in eventually. I have got to go.” The blond haired man said getting ready to rush of when the Izuku called out.

“Wait not yet!!” Hearing the kid’s desperation, the blond seamed to stop in consideration before pressing on.

“Sorry, but I don’t have the time for a Q&A right now.” The blond said, heading for the edge of the building assuming that the kid had finally given up. Only to be shocked by what Izuku said next. “I just need to know is it possible to become a hero even if I don’t have any powers.”

That stopped the blond in his tracks in shock, but Izuku wasn’t done just yet. “I’m just a normal kid without any powers. Could-could I ever hope to help people, and be someone like you!?!”

This finally made the blond turn back and judging by his expression he was clearly conflicted. “Without a quirk…” The blond started. Before he cringed in pain steam starting to come off him.

Izuku had kept talking, but Nox had missed most of what he had said. As he watched the blond change forms in a manner that looked extremely painful.

“Hu- how- who- what- yo- you deflated?! No, wait- where did All Might go?! Wait no, you are an imposter?!?” Izuku said freaking out over the sudden deflation of the blond.

“I assure you, young man. I am all migghgghggt-.” The blond who was supposedly named All Might tried to say, before coughing up a large amount of blood.

Despite Nox’s limited knowledge on the heroes of this world. Even he had herd of All Might, and Nox knew that he absolutely didn’t want to fight him. As the man sounded more like a demigod then a human.

Nox placed a hand on the Shushu on his hip, if this man was truly an imposter, and more over a threat, he’d be needing the demon’s power. Even if the blond wasn’t as strong as the real thing. He had already proven to be plenty powerful.

“What? No that’s not possible!” Izuku screamed in shock.

“Well, to put it simply. Look, I’m kind of like those guys at the pool, that walk around sucking in their gut. Pretending to be buff, I’m kind of like that.” All Might said nonchalantly not realizing he had just baffled Nox.

“No that-that can’t be.” Izuku stammered stumbling back. While All Might just sighed and set down.

“Look I need to keep this a secret for a lot of reasons. So, don’t put this online or anything.” He said and then lifted up his shirt revealing a horrid scar.

“Pretty gross huh? I got this wound in a fight about five years back. It did a number on me. I lost most of my respiratory system and it damaged a few other vital organs. Before you ask no, it can’t be fixed. Because of this I can only do hero work for about four, maybe five, hours a day.” All Might said self loathing in every word.

Nox took his hand off the Shushu. An injury was at least a plausible story, and so long as he was trying to convince Izuku, instead of attack him he would at least humor him.

“Wait five years? Th-that then you got it in your fight with toxic chainsaw!?!” Izuku shouted.

That outburst seam to shock All Might and just confused Nox what kind of name was Toxic Chainsaw. He had lived an unnaturally long life and that by far was the most iop name heed ever heard. Though now that he thought of it, he might have heard of a Sram with a somewhat similar name. Though the Sram where an odd and edgy bunch.

“Wow, kid you really do know your stuff. Though, no, I got this in a fight that was never made public. You want to know why? Because if people knew there would be a panic. I’m the symbol of peace. I’m the guy who is always smiling and reassuring people, but the truth is. I use my smile to hide my fear. Because pro heroes are constantly risking their lives and some villains just can’t be beaten without powers. So, I’m sorry to say this kid but no you can’t be a hero without powers.” All Might said with a sigh.

“I I see.” Izuku said voice quivering.

Hearing Izuku distress the lenses on Nox mask narrowed into slits. While he agreed with All Might he could have at least tried to be a bit nicer about it.

“Look kid, if you really want to help people. Then why not consider being a cop, or doctor, or fire fighter. They may not get the fame hero’s do, but they all do a lot of good for people.” All Might said. Getting up and walking over to the door finding it unlocked.

“Look kid, it’s good to have dreams. Just… make sure it’s feasible.” All Might said. Before leaving the boy alone.

Nox frowned under his mask, the boys dream hadn’t seam to unfeasible to him but then again, he’d done the impossible before. After all he’d outsmarted the god of time Xelor himself.

“So, it’s impossible to be a hero without a quirk huh… well, we’ll just have to see about that.” Nox said himself smirking under his mask as he left his hiding place to finally meat up with Izuku.

Meanwhile, Izuku had walked over to the edge of the roof to look out over the city. As Bakugo words played over in his head. He hadn't thought it would be so hard going back to being the powerless hero wannabe. After getting a taste of being a real hero, but as it turns out it was a lot harder than he expected.

To go back to being everyone's punching bag, to being seen as a freak, to know that he once had the strength to stand side by side with some prose, and now he couldn't even hold his own against a basic street punk. He had tried over and over again to tap into even a tiny amount of what he had in that fight, with next to no success.

The best he had been able to pull off was when he had made a few glowing green sparks appear from his palm and even then, that took him hours to pull off. He looked over the edge maybe all he needed to do was put himself in a strenuous scenario where he would have to use magic. Or maybe just never have the ability to use magic again maybe it was just a onetime thing.

“That would be a terrible waste you know.” Knox said startling Izuku out of his thoughts.

“Oh, dear God Nox! Don't do that to me… Wait what do you mean, what would be a terrible waste?” Izuku said clenching his chest as he tried to get his heartrate to slow back down to a normal pace.

“You taking that Bakugo boys advice.” Nox said floating over next to him.

“I I wasn’t planning on it I was just thinking is all. Wait how do you know about that?” Izuku stammered out.

“Well, that's a relief.” Nox sighed, not answering his question.

“So, um, I don't mean to be rude but, why are you here? It's been a few months since the whole hunter trapped in a barrier thing. I was honestly starting to think I'd never see you again.” Izuku says having finally calmed down.

“My apologies about that. I have been rather busy. I only just recently managed to finish my repairs and getting on my feet…. I believe that’s the right phrase. Well, regardless, I've been very busy.” Nox said as with a wave of his hand several of his Noxine drones flew into sight.

“Wow!” Izuku said reaching out to one and to his surprise it landed on his arm letting him inspect it. “This is amazing how did you build something like this.”

“It is an updated version of an older design form my…. From my past there essentially scouts and scavengers. I use them to collect resources that people have… abandoned. I use those resources to build items like this one or to repair myself. Though I must admit it has been slow going.” Nox sighed in annoyance.

“But my supply chain issues are not your problem, or the reason I am here today. You see I've been keeping an eye on you for the past few weeks, and I’ve come to make you an offer.” Nox said pulling Rubilax off his hip and offering it to Izuku.

“You can either take the demon and use its power and become the hero you wish, or you can reject it and try to go it alone, or you can come and learn magic under me. You can keep the demon if you wish, but under my tutelage you will learn to draw upon powerful magic even without the demon’s assistance.”

“Huh you-you really will teach me? Wait, why? Don't get me wrong! I'm very grateful! But why make such an offer to me?” Izuku asked bowing his head.

“Simply put, I see immense potential in you. You not only broke the control of a Shushu, but a greater Shushu at that. Not only that, but one that held you completely under its control then you turn around and wrestle its powers from it. Something I still struggle to comprehend, and then to go beyond even that, you took down that hunter. While simultaneously pulling off feats of magical strength I have never seen the like of. You are one surprise after the next, and yet this world tears you down time, and time again, only for you to get back up and keep trying. I honestly can't figure you out, and that intrigues me. So in conclusion I want to see what you can become.” Nox said not realizing the impact of his words. Or just how they had shook Izuku to his very core.

All his life Izuku had been looked down on bullied and be little’d. No one had ever believed in him or his dream. Not even his mother, who he knew cared for him believe he could become a hero. Now someone was not only saying that he could achieve his dream, but he had impressed them.

Izuku picked up Rubilax, he could feel the Shushu’s power again the moment he touched the dagger. The power was there I n the palm of his hand, he wanted so desperately to use it again. He wanted to feel strong again, he wanted it so bad he could taste it, but instead he shoved the dagger into his pocket and turned to Nox.

“Alright Nox! When do we begin!?” Izuku Asked with a determined look, while under Nox’s helmet NOx had a wide smile.

(Wrecker’s corner: New stories and small announcements.)

On The Wreckers corner stage wrecker set at his desk inspecting the Eliacube.

“Huh fascinating maybe I can use this to fix those damn leaks.” Wrecker said to himself glaring over at a bucket overflowing with potatoes as another potato seemingly fell from the ceiling. Before finally seeming to notice the reader.

“Oh, hey just some quick updates and I'll let you on your way. As always, I hope you enjoy my new story any feedback you can offer is greatly appreciated. As for anyone who's wondering about the pole, I mentioned on my last chapter of the three worthless heroes it's still up. I've barely got any votes so I'm going to leave it open for a little bit longer. Next, I'd like to apologize for the long delay between chapters I have been busy with life work and my new PS5 and so on. Also, I never stopped writing I got a lot of stories either halfway or nearing completion. So be prepared for an increase in posting probably followed by another long dry spell I'm sorry to say but I'm working on it. Lastly and like always if you have any questions, you'd like to ask me or any of my characters leave a comment review whatever it's called in your site with the Q&A tag. Or go to my discord Wrecker’s corner and leave a comment on the Q&A section of my discord. ( discord.gg/CkSQcjV ) Once I have enough together I'll write a chapter of Wrecker’s corner the story not these little tidbits I do at the end of each chapter. You'll get a shout out and I or my characters will answer your questions in the chapter. Well with all that said I hope you all had a happy holiday and please for all our sakes pray to whatever deity object or creature of your worship that 2022 is a lot better than the last year.”

(Wrecker’s corner: A special thanks.)
“Hey Wrecker here. I want to give a shoutout and special thanks to Ned From Neverland for helping me touch this up. If you get a chance go check him out.

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Izuku wasn't sure what he expected when Nox had offered to train him, but he was certain this wasn't it.

It had started simply enough with basic physical training though the training was extremely harsh. As Nox was able to heal him whenever he overdid it which was often. So, he let Izuku set the pace it wasn’t till much later did Nox admit he had done so because he knew Izuku would push himself far harder than he ever could. Something that honestly would have never clicked with Izuku if Nox hadn’t pointed it out for him after the twelfth time, he passed out that day and Nox had decided to put his foot down. Mostly because Izuku was putting a sizeable dent in his wakfu reserve.

So, Nox instead had him help in his workshop to learn about his equipment and eventually create his own. Unfortunately, Nox didn’t have a lot to work with due to his supply issues. This got Izuku thinking and within forty minutes he had a map and several locations marked where Nox could find a lot of usable materials. Most were illegal dumping sites like Dagobah municipal beach and a junkyard. This solved Nox’s material issues for the time being and had the added effect of helping to clean up the community. Nox couldn't help but smile under his mask Izuku never failed to surprise him.

It wasn’t till a few days later during one of Nox’s technical lessons did Izuku find out about Nox’s wakfu shortage and just where the miracle substance came from. At first, Izuku was horrified especially when Nox had shown him the small section of the forest he had drained. Though he did find some relief when Nox admitted he was looking for a less destructive Method to fuel his equipment. It took Izuku close to a month to find a solution and it was mostly by accident when he did. Izuku had stumbled upon a busted up old energy collector. A support item used by people with energy or radiation type quirks to help power their homes or realis pent up energy when needed. Izuku brought it to Nox and with a little tinkering, they managed to get a functional wakfu collector prototype up and running. After that, it took them close to a month to create the final design and test it. It turned out living things gave off a small constant amount of wakfu that could harmlessly be absorbed. The problem was each collector had a limited range and small output, so they had to compensate with a large number of them over a wide area. This allowed Nox to greatly expand his swarm and rapidly expand his research, production, development, and surveillance capabilities. Helped along in no small part by Izuku's curious analytical mind.

It was around this time Izuku had a decent understanding of the basics, though he still needed to rely on an emitter or Rubilax as a focus. It was at this point he decided it was time to explain things to his mother, and that had most definitely not gone as planned and Rubilax really didn't help. Things got out of hand and the Midoriya matriarch had all but ordered him to call Nox over to chew him out. Nox still didn't have a proper phone, so Izuku just shrugged walked outside and shouted Nox name to his mother's bafflement. She would probably have thought Izuku was mad if Nox himself hadn't materialized Infront of them startling Inko. Who promptly sent the entirety of the kitchen cutlery at him with her quirk. Nox simply stopped them with a wave of his hand. What followed was the strangest dinner Izuku had ever had. He certainly wasn't going to be able to forget it any time soon just like how he hoped Rubilax wouldn't forget his night in the washing machine.

Izuku spent the next few months training, studying, and learning he did a lot of learning. Learning magic, how to fight with a sword, hand to hand combat, mechanical engineering, programming, metalworking, weapon and armorer smithing the list went on. Izuku consumed any lesson Nox set out for him, overcame any problem or challenge set in his way, and surpassed any of Nox's or anyone's expectations really.

However, as they say, all good things must come to an end, and this was no different. As it wasn’t long after that the day of the entrance exam came and Izuku found himself at the gates to U.A.

Izuku took a deep breath to calm himself before heading into the U.A. campus. He needed to get moving or else he'd miss the exam but as he made his way through the courtyard his foot got caught in a break in the concrete tripping him. He felt someone touch him, but he didn't register it instead on instinct he activated his teleporter. Only to find himself now hovering a few feet off the ground spinning out of control before levitating himself to be upright. The odd part was he was still floating even after he stopped levitating himself.

“Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I tried to use my quirk to save you from the fall. Though it looks like you had it under control. Oh, I'll let you down now.” A girl with short brown hair said before placing her fingertips together and saying. “Release” Letting Izuku fall to the ground catching himself at the last second with his levitation ability to lessen the fall.

“Sorry, again I guess I should have kept to myself.” The girl said sounding ashamed of herself.

“No no, it’s ok you had the right idea and all. You just didn't know my abilities I mean if you didn't want to help people why would you be here this is a hero school after all.” Izuku said trying to comfort her.

“Yeah, he's right we are all here to be heroes after all.” A girl with pink hair and skin chipped in cheerfully.

Izuku was a little startled by her sudden appearance, but he was going to take all the help he could get at this point. However just as she started to cheer up a familiar voice cut in.

“What the hell are you doing here you damn nerd!” Bakugo Barked as he approached the group. Izuku flinched out of habit and unintentionally drew upon his magic in reaction to the perceived threat. This caused the quartz crystal in his teleporter under his shirt to glow green for a second before dimming back down as Izuku calmed himself. Knowing that Bakugo wouldn’t risk picking a fight in front of UA and risk getting barred from taking the test altogether.

“Hey, what’s your problem man!?” The pink skinned girl said defensively putting herself between Bakugo and Izuku.

“Step aside pinky my issues with that cheating bastard, not you.” Bakugo growled as small sparks formed in his palms.

“Cheating? What you this guy’s boyfriend or something?” The pink skinned girl asked Izuku who turned bright red stuttering out. “N n no no no I’m straight not that’ there’s anything wrong with that. It’s just not for me and Kacchan is way too violent to ever consider being in a relationship with.” His words coming out so fast that it was almost unintelligible.

“What the hell you pink bitch! You got a death wish or something!?” Bakugo barked, the sparks in his hand growing more violent.

“Oh, great boom boom boys here.” Rubilax growled from inside Izuku’s bag.

“Who said that?” The brown haired girl asked looking around in confusion.

“You brought the damn knife! It's bad enough you're going to try and cheat your way through the exam you just had to bring the stupid knife!” Bakugo growled out.

“What!?!” The two girls said turning to Izuku in shock.

“Kacchan for the last time it's not cheating. I confirmed it with the school before hand. We are allowed to use support items in the test so long as they relate to our abilities, and they'll be checked before the practical.” Izuku groaned rubbing the bridge of his nose in annoyance.

“I don’t care what you say, you quirkless bastard! using some weird device to get powers is cheating and I hope UA has enough sense to throw your ass out for it!” Bakugo growled before shoving his way past Izuku and the girls.

“Jesus, he needs some help or something.” The pink skinned girls said helping Izuku up.

“I don't mean to pry but could you explain to me why he keeps calling you a cheater? Because that was all pretty much just a bunch of yelling to me.” The brown haired girl asked sheepishly.

“He calls me a cheater because I don't have a quirk. However, I found a way around that.” Izuku said forming a glowing green energy ball in his hand while the quartz crystal on his chest lit up again.

“Wow! Wait how are you able to do that if you don't have a quirk?” The pink skin girl said in shock.

“That is a very complicated question. But the extremely short version of the answer is. I'm wearing a device under my shirt that allows me to channel energy and do a few other things. I have other devices to help me do other things but in short, I figured out a way to get myself powers using a mix of gadgets and otherworldly energy. Now I can't take all the credit I did have a good teacher who showed me the basics of how this energy worked.” Izuku said tapping the glowing spot on his shirt with his free hand before dissipating the orb of energy.

“That's incredible but wouldn’t it be better to go into the support department with this? I mean if you can make gadgets like these. You could make a fortune on just the patents of the concepts alone!” The brown haired girl said cheerfully.

“No normally that would be a good choice, but I don't want to be in the support department I want to be in the hero course. It's been my dream since I was little to be a hero and now, I finally have the ability to do so to prove to everyone that just because you're quirkless you're not worthless.” Izuku said determinedly.

“Well, fair enough man gotta respect someone who chases after their dreams like that.” As the pink skin girl said that the bell that signified the last call for the test rang.

“Oh no, we are going to be late for the test.” The brown haired girl said as she turned to the school to run only to turn back when she felt a hand grab her shoulder.

“I'll get us there hold on.” Izuku said as the outlines of Izuku and the two girls flickered for half a second before they teleported into the classroom. The pink skinned girl stumbled forward having to take a few deep breaths to try and settle her stomach. While the brown haired girl shot for the nearest trash can to throw up her breakfast.

“Oh, I’m so sorry I forgot most people don't react well to their first teleportation.” He said placing his hand on the pink skinned girl's back pouring a small amount of his wakfu into her to help her recover and ease her discomfort. Before turning to the brown haired girl and doing the same.

“Thanks for your help dude but next time please give us a bit more warning first.” The pink girl said before she and the brown haired girl found their seat.

Izuku followed their lead hunting for his seat as the teachers passed out papers and pens for the written exam. Izuku was kind of surprised at how easy the written exam was. Though ever since he had started training with Knox, he wasn't sure if it was due to some odd effect of the magic. Or the fact he literally spent his entire day studying both magic and science, but schoolwork had become trivial at best and just outright boring at worst. Due to this Izuku had finished the test in a matter of minutes leaving him over an hour before the practical exam to just sit and wait. Izuku turned in his paper to the surprise of the teacher before being offered to go ahead and head over to the lecture hall and wait there. Izuku thanked them before walking out and though he wasn't technically supposed to he went to his assigned locker to grab his briefcase that held his equipment.

He quickly popped it open and began to inspect his equipment. He honestly wished he could have brought more even though he was technically cheating bringing as much as he did. UA had a strict maximum of three support items limit. Unless you were given written permission by the principal before the exam three items was the maximum, and annoyingly, they counted each one of his gauntlets as one of the items in total he had his teleporter/power pack two multitool gauntlets and lastly Rubilax.

Izuku wasn't sure if Rubilax counted as a support item as he was technically alive but just in case, he was leaving Rubilax in his bag. Plus, if it came down to it, he could summon Rubilax from just about anywhere if he needed him. This little trick surprised Knox. Apparently, when he had forced his will into Rubilax there had been some type of connection made. Izuku was able to summon Rubilax through this connection and Rubilax had become corrupted by Izuku. Knox had explained that's when two souls became intertwined willingly or unwillingly even with a minor connection like they had. The stronger of the two souls would become dominant and would intern assert some level of influence over the weaker. Knox would have put his full efforts into breaking the connection if it wasn't for the fact that Izuku apparently had a far stronger soul than Rubilax. All he really understood about that was that Rubilax never should have been able to possess him in the first place for some reason Nox seemed to find this very humorous though Izuku had no idea why.

Izuku checked the time on his phone, something he seemed to be doing less and less lately. He could just chalk this up to Xelor's having some innate ability to know what time it was. The written exams were supposed to take two hours to complete. He had completed it in under fifteen minutes, so he was going to be here for a while.

Izuku sighed and pulled out his notebook as he began to work on his hero notes. However, as he worked his mind began to drift, he couldn't help but think about the murderous look Bakugo had given him when he turned in his test. Bakugo had not been happy when Izuku first started showing off his new abilities a few months back.

It had been months since Izuku had started training with Knox. He had just finished learning the basics of manipulating wakfu and he and Nox had finished his first prototype teleporter/power pack unfortunately this was before they found the energy collector, so this version had a limited power supply. However, it still made using magic a heck of a lot easier than if he tried to call upon his own wakfu. Now that said it was still something he could do. Though he still wasn't the best at it, he could do it easily enough, but it was never quite as powerful or as easy as it was drawing from an exterior source. Something both he and Nox agreed was a crutch he could not afford to limit himself with. So, he said he wasn't allowed to use the Power Pack during any training sessions. Now he was free to use it for his day-to-day activities and he had taken to wearing it at all times as it wasn't too particularly bulky, and he could wear it under most of his outfits. Well so long as the sleeves weren't too short, and he remembered to close the covering over the quartz crystal power cell in the chest. He still found it curious how something as simple as quartz could hold so many unique properties when it came to interfacing with wakfu. Not only was it a battery it was a focus and could retain simple commands to make simple magical machines. Knox is viewer he used to keep an eye on his swarm was one such of these machines. All it was a simple visual spell focused through a quartz crystal and projected onto the various lenses. By moving the lenses, you could change which Noxine you were looking at. Simple but surprisingly effective.

Izuku smiled at this as he pulled out another notebook where he wrote down observations about magic and gadgets. Nox had told him that his analytic abilities were one of his greatest strengths. Izuku started to flip through the book coming back to the page where he had started to write down the properties of quartz crystals. Frowning when he saw the two downsides. ‘Fragile.’ and. ‘Explosive when charged.’ It seemed like no matter what Izuku did that day he couldn't escape thoughts of Bakugo and what happened.

The day had gone the same as any other day at school. With the students and even some of the teachers poking fun at him because he was the quirkless freak of the class. That was till gym that day he had managed to convince his teacher well more like a bribe as he had to slip him some yen to let him try something during a quirk training day. When Izuku started out onto a small target range they had set up for those with ranged based quirks everyone got silent confused as to why the quirkless freak was here for. As well as what the heck he was wearing as his old multitool gauntlet prototypes were a lot bulkier than his current models. Mostly because Izuku still didn't have much knowledge on how to build them and Knox didn't have a lot of knowledge on electronics to make them more compact. Izuku still couldn't help but smile at the thought of the look on his classmate's faces when he obliterated the targets.

He just wished Bakugo hadn't gone berserk over it all. The two had just barely avoided having it put on their records or being expelled. Since then, Bakugo had been taking every opportunity he could to try and get Izuku alone so he could pay him back for that embarrassment. Something that was no easy task considering Izuku now had a teleporter. This also had the unwanted effect of making Bakugo even angrier with Izuku. Izuku just sighed at the memory before returning to his book to wait out the rest of the test.

Meanwhile back in Knox his workshop. Knox smiled under his mask. He knew his student was bright, but it didn't hurt to get to see him complete the test hours before everyone else. He was about to return to his own work as he had some time before the practical when he sensed a presence in his workshop. A presence that hadn't been there a second before. However, he had sensed no magic or release of energy, it was as if the being had just appeared out of the ether.

Knox started to walk off only to spin around swinging his sword as it materialized in his hand only to be shocked when it was blocked by a bamboo pole.

“Relax Knox if I wanted you dead you would be dead. I'm here for other reasons.” A man with a tall wide build with an unnaturally large purple arm even for this world of quirks said casually as he leaned against the worktable behind him.

“Who are you and how do you know my name?” Knox asked as the slits on his mask narrowed to glare at the intruder.

“I am Wrecker and as to how I know your name is a bit complicated let's just say I'm an interested third party in your apprentice's story. Someone who knows where it's going and knows that things are not going to work out as you hope. Now that being said what I'm able to tell you is limited due to rules I have to follow. Hell, me just being here is pushing those rules. So, let's just say my hands are more or less tied. However, I want to see this have a more favorable outcome so I'm going to give this a small nudge in the right direction. Now do keep in mind like I said earlier I am bound by certain rules, and I cannot provide much more assistance than what I have already.” the man said setting down his staff. Then with his normal arm offered knocks a simple business card that read. ‘Cats Paws, herbs and teas’

The card was for a business not too far from where Knox lived. Knox looked up at him with a suspicious glare.

“And this is supposed to help me how?” Knox asked not yet trusting the man.

“I've told you already my hands are tied beyond this point. However, I will give you this one exemption. It's not going to help you that much it will however be of great help to Izuku. Aaannd with that said I truly have overstayed my welcome. Do not expect to hear from me again anytime soon for I have far overplayed my hand this time.” As the man said this, he picked up his staff and walked out vanishing as soon as he stepped through the door.

No longer able to sense the man Nox glared at the card he had met Zelor himself and knew the power and presence of a god he had even fought a few demigods. However, that man wrecker was something else. Not quite a god but a being on a similar level and definitely not of this world Nox flipped the card over to look at the back.

'Bring something for trade.' Was written on the back this only increased Nox’s curiosity Nox glanced over to the lenses monitoring Izuku. He was scribbling away in one of his notebooks. Nox had a little over an hour tell the practical exam he’d have to make his trip quick. He sent some Noxine to scout ahead while Nox himself got ready. He wasn’t going into this unprepared. He didn’t know or trust this Wrecker but if there was a chance, he was telling the truth. Well, Nox wasn’t taking any chances.

He pulled on his latest armor before stepping in front of a mirror to check it. Izuku had claimed he looked like a knight themed suit of Ironman armor. Before having to explain to him what Ironman was. Now all Nox needed was a disguise as he looked too much like a hero and not enough like a citizen. Nox wrapped himself in more bandages covering as much of his armor as he could. Now he looked like a slightly buffer version of himself. He just sighed he didn’t have time for this, he needed to hurry. He’d already wasted twenty minutes. He grabbed the first articles of clothing that he remotely liked. These were a blue Hawaiian shirt and brown cargo pants. The pants because he liked the pockets and the shirt for the color, and the fact that he could wear it open chested as he just didn't like covering up his core. Plus, he only needed to pass as a civilian for a few minutes so it would have to do. He grabbed a fully charged quartz orb of wakfu before teleporting away.

After a short flight, he teleported into an alleyway before walking out normally. He looked down at the card and then to the store in question. It looked like a simple if not small herb and tea shop. He doubted anyone would even notice it if they weren’t looking for it…. No, even then they would have a hard time. The building was hidden by a disillusion spell meaning that any normal person couldn’t see it even if they were looking for it, they would just walk right by it. This had Nox even more on edge. Magic was next to nonexistent in this world. This shop was only the second time he’d encountered it since coming here. He wanted to materialize his sword, but he couldn’t, yet. He took a deep breath to try and calm his nerves, he needed to be ready to walk into a trap or whatever this was.

Nox opened the door ready for just about anything and he would be lying if he said it wasn’t disappointing. The walls were lined with labeled drawers’ cabinets and jars. It was just, a normal shop a cramped little shop barely five feet wider than the door he had come through leading back twenty feet to a counter. Where a bored cat girl who, judging by the drool on the counter had been napping before he came in.

Blair was trying to shake off the haze of sleep. She had a customer and she.

'Shit! What’s up with this guy?!'

She was fully awake now. She had at first assumed he was a customer but the moment she had got a good look at him he'd put her fur on edge. Her first thought was clockwork but with the gaudy outfit, her second thought was that he could be a hunter. However, as he started to approach her, she was desperately hoping he was just a none human with a poor fashion sense. Regardless she quickly grabbed her wand under the counter activating all her wards traps and the ever handy truth spell.

"Nayn welcome to the cat’s paws herbs and teas what can I do for you sir?"

"You can tell me why an omnipotent being broke into my home to give me your business card?" Nox said before the eyes in his mask narrowed into slits. He quickly located the source of the truth spell before causing the small cat statue above the counter the spell was carved into to explode. Without Nox even needing to cast a spell.

"Well now that that nuisance has been removed... I had planned to be more subtle about this but yes that's why I'm here.” Nox said, placing the card on the counter while his sword materialized in his other hand. All subtlety having been thrown out the window by the truth spell.

"I um what weight what are you talking about?!? And you are paying for that!" She said in shock.

"No, I don't pay for others stupidity. A man with a giant purple arm suddenly appeared in my workshop past all my defense's and left just as easily. I have had the great misfortune of meeting deities before and while not quite a god he was a being of equal power and authority. He gave me a cryptic message about how he wasn't supposed to be helping me then gave me your card and left." Nox said in annoyance.

"I remember a man with a purple arm he came in earlier to look at a few beginner magic books took a card then left. He was a little odd I didn't sense any magic from him but as he managed to find my shop, I didn't think anything of it. As for the whole deity’s thing, I got no clue about that I'm just a cat trying to make ends meet."

Her last comment got Nox to pause for a moment. "I'm sorry did you just refer to yourself as a cat?"

"Yes." then with a poof the girl turned into a cat wearing her hat sitting on the counter.

"I’m a cat I was born a kitten I was raised by a momma cat may she rest in peace. I was just born with nine souls I.E. nine lives. Though I'm down to seven now and with those life's came a unique talent for magic. Now with that said I'd really rather like to lose my seventh life to old age so would you please put the sword away." She said giving him a look that screamed not amused feline her statement having taken the wind out of Nox's sails.

Nox reached up to rub the bridge of his nose in annoyance before remembering he was wearing a mask.

Nox squelched the urge to let out a groan and dispelled his sword before saying. “I will apologize for threatening you. Though I will not apologize for my caution I have only had one encounter with another magic user since arriving in this world and he was nowhere near as friendly as you. Then some deity shows up in my home from out of nowhere So as you can imagine I'm more than a little on edge. It doesn't help that my student is, or we'll be shortly taking part in an exam to decide his future.”

Blair sighed in resignation and with a flick of her tail a broom started to sweep up what was left of the cat statue. "Ok so let me get this straight. I'm guessing you came here expecting a fight or something right?"

"Yes, as you are only the second magic user, I've in countered, I had assumed you had some ties with that hunter that had attacked me." Nox said levitating a few inches up off the ground his armor was heavy and his legs weren't as functional as his arms and had started to ache. Well as little as they could he didn't have much of a nerve system left to feel the pain with.

"Only as little as I can get away with. The hunters are supposed to keep magic out of the public eye even though it's hardly needed anymore as most of us can blend in with modern day quirk users. A bunch of backwards thinking hypocrites if you ask me but unfortunately, they are the closest thing we in the magic community got to heroes." Blair said stretching lazily.

"So there some form of law enforcement?" Nox questioned.

"Oh hell no they're more like self appointed vigilantes. They have no jurisdiction or governing body backing them. The only authority they have is what they take by force and the group in Japan are particularly violent. You're very lucky to be alive, especially with your resemblance to a clockwork." she said glancing over at him suspiciously.

"Ah yes, the hunter kept calling me that despite informing him I'm a time mage. Also known as a Xelor and while I'm a bit more mechanical then most Xelor parts of me are still human." Nox said while Blair's gaze softened.

"So, any clue why the guy with a purple arm broke into your home just to give you, my card? like did he tell you anything about why he was there?" She said hopping off the counter and changing into her human form.

"Sort of he gave me a vague and cryptic message about how he was an interested third party in my student's story and that it wasn't going to end how I hoped. He wanted to give things a nudge in the right direction and gave me your card before explaining that he wasn't allowed to interfere anymore and left." Nox sighed sounding like in Blair's opinion like a man who desperately needed a drink.

"Well, if my memory serves me correctly the man with a purple arm came in asking to look at beginner spell books. Nothing too advanced but there might be something in one of them you and your student can use." Blair offered going behind her shop counter to fetch the books and just as Blair had said the books were just that. A beginner guide to magic, a book on magic theory a book of basic spells a book on basic elemental magic a book about the crafting and designing of magic tools as well as a beginners guide to alchemy and its uses in magic.

"I'm a Xelor my knowledge is limited to Xelor magic and a few basic spells, but these all contain a large number of spells with high utility and versatility. Izuku's a very clever and resourceful boy, even one of these books in his hands would be a veritable arsenal." Nox said flipping through one of the books.

"That's a bit of an exaggeration don’t you think?" Blare said giving Nox an odd look.

"Hardly, in fact, it might even be underestimating the boy. He does have a surprising habit of distorting any and all expectation this world has placed on him." Nox said proudly.

"Come on what is he some prodigy or something?" Blare said in confusion managing to get a chuckle out of Nox. It was a deep harsh bark of a laugh that both looked and sounded unnatural in contrast to his mechanical form.

"I'm sorry but it was so, just so absurd I couldn't help but laugh. No Izuku Midoriya is as far from a prodigy as you can get without being incompetent."

"What then why have him if he's that hopeless?" Blare asked completely baffled at this point.

"The boy is many things but hopeless is not one of them but to clarify in more detail. What I meant was that boy has only known suffering at the hands of this world. Prodigy, gifted, or even talented implies he had received some form of boon from this cruel world. No, quite the opposite he has had to work harder than everyone else to get where he is now." Nox said with clear pride in his student while Blair's mouth went dry at his wording.

"What do you mean he suffered?"

"I won't lie and say his life was nothing but hardships, but the boys had it far harder than most he was born I believe the word is quirkless and as you can imagine probably better than most just how cruel people can be to those who are different. Then for fourteen years, they tore him down in just about every way they could, including physical and psychological abuse. One particular violent one has proven to be particularly problematic." Nox said and with a gesture, a Noxine landed on the shop's counter startling blare for half a second before her blood ran cold when it played its recording.

"If you really want to be a hero so bad then you should take a swan dive off the roof and hope for a quirk in your next life."

"That-he he had to live all his life dealing with people like that!? his whole life?" Blare asked in shock only getting a nod of confirmation from Nox. With a gesture, Nox opened the shop’s door levitating his quartz viewing orb into the shop followed by a few Noxine.

“That was the case till about a year ago when he stumbled into a hunter’s trap. Simply because the hunter had forgotten or just didn't care to account for the quirkless. Either way, a scrawny quirkless magicless boy stumbled into the trap and found himself caught up in our battle." As Nox said this, an image of Izuku from the day he met Nox appeared on the lens. Blare looked at the image, her worry evident. To her, he looked like a simple wend spell would be enough to send him sprawling.

"The hunter had used a magic dampening dimensional barrier to trap magic users making his own private hunting ground. Where he was hunting me when Izuku found us. Not knowing what was going on he assumed it was a hero and villain fight and got dragged into the whole mess. My teleporter was damaged but was able to get the both of us out of there. Unfortunately, I couldn't get us out of the barrier, and with my magic suppressed there wasn't much I could do. Unlike the hunter who was a walking arsenal. I don't even know if the barrier affected him like it did me, he didn't take us serious tell it was too late. However, we've now got to the best part of this story after learning that Izuku was quirkless I theorized that he could pass through the barrier and escape. It turned out my theory was correct however I underestimated the boy's heroic nature. Shortly after escaping he reentered the barrier only a short distance from where he exited. Then, believe it or not, he came into contact with a shushu the hunter had dropped of all things.” As Knox said this Blare gasped covering her mouth, she had been fortunate enough never to run afoul of a shushu but she had heard enough to know that they were nothing she ever wanted to mess with.

“The demon managed to trick the boy into picking him up and it went about as well as you can expect. The demon took control puppeting his body and looked for an opportunity to strike and try and possess a stronger form. According to both Izuku and the demon, it would have happily let me leave if I won. As its quarrel was with the hunter that had kept it not me. However, with my magic weekend, and unable to access the majority of my equipment on top of being already in a badly damaged state. I was not able to put up as much of a fight as I would have hoped. Now just as the hunter was about to strike me down the boy struck. I still have a hard time believing it and I was there but again it would seem the demon had also underestimated the boy’s heroic nature. For when the hunter went to finish me off Izuku not only gained control but forced his own will onto the demon. Untrained and untaught he completely subdued the demon and took its power for his own. Reforging the demon into a weapon in his own image. He then turned that weapon on the hunter, saving my sorry life in the process. The battle that followed was shockingly one sided as the boy proceeded to thrash the hunter thoroughly. Before ending the fight by slicing through a large chunk of the dimensional barrier. I've done the math, and I still can't figure out how he did it neither he nor the demon had the power to do so. Even combined they would still only make up less than half of the energy needed to fulfill such insane feats but regardless he did. Untrained, ungifted, and having absolutely no idea what he was doing, the boy managed not only to fight off the hunter but save my sorry hide. I had to admit I was intrigued, so I started looking in on him and saw how the world tried repeatedly, again and again, to tear him down. Yet even at his lowest when most men would have been broken. He not only chose the more difficult path of becoming my apprentice but instead of choosing vengeance or selfish self indulgent. He chose to take the skills I taught him and applyed for a hero school of all things. A gentle soul, a hero's heart, and the uncanny ability to surpass all expectations placed on him. Give him an inch and he'll carve you a mile that’s Izuku Midoriya in a nutshell.” Knox said fondly while Blair looked down at the proud beaming face of the green haired boy who was far stronger than he had any right to be.

“Now with that being said I would like to discuss a form of payment for these books. You see I have not been here very long and do not have much in this world's form of currency I do however have something to trade should it prove inefficient I can offer various services.” Knox said while Blair gave him a very unamused glare.

“I run a magic shop, not a pawn shop so unless it's a magical artifact or some valuable reagent I can't promise you that I can accept it.” Blair said sternly well Knox pulled out a charged quartz orb.

“Holy crap where did you get a mana Crystal that big?” Blair said in shock reaching out to touch the crystal only to yank her hand back her eyes glowing from the contact.

“Or find one that powerful.”

“I didn't find it I made it this is not a mana crystal it's more a battery of quartz artificially charged with energy. Though I assume they can more or less fulfill the same roles as these crystals you speak of.” Knox said offering the orb to Blair.

“Well, most of the time mana crystals are used either as power sources or if they have an elemental aspect as a focus or component of a magical object or artifacts.” She said quickly putting it away mere contact with the thing was making her jittery with the sheer amount of mana the orb held.

“Hmmm, I've never thought to directly imbue a magical aspect into one of the orbs. Hmm, I do not know if that is possible however I have successfully used the orbs as power sources for many of my machines in fact each of my noxins uses a far less effective version.” Knox pondered as one of the drones spread its wings to reveal the core within.

“Wow well if you can remove that limitation this should fetch us a huge price on the market. Heck, one that powerful even a quarter of its size would be more than enough to buy my entire shop! I'll carve it up and we'll sell it off bit by bit. Even if I only take a seller's fee that should be more than enough to pay off my loans from starting up my shop and put a sizable nest egg away.” Blair said cheerfully.

“No! You cannot fracture the orb it becomes highly unstable when damaged and explosive when broken.” Knox warned Blair.

“What but I guess that does diminish the value. I'm going to need to get this properly appraised then but even with those issues, I can honestly say with the sheer amount of mana stored in this one orb alone will still net you quite a tidy profit. I'm afraid to say though that's far too much for me to buy off of you. You could take my entire shop as collateral, and I still fear I'd owe you a great amount of money.” Blair said worriedly.

“In that case how about a pay as you go agreement. I will let you keep this orb in exchange for the books and your services in the future as both a financial partner and fellow mage. Also, since I have no way of making contact with the magical community of this world, I would like an introduction. You can consider this part of the payment if you like. I will not ask you to do anything drastic or put yourself out for me. I'd be more than satisfied with a simple introduction to somewhere where I can meet other magic users.” Knox offered and Blair felt like she was making a deal with the devil, but it was one that was just simply too good to refuse.

“All right, but I'm adding the condition that we claim no direct affiliation with the introduction as a paid service. I'm not going to say I’m not curious about you in this student of yours but if you end up pissing off the entire magical community in Japan or something. I don't want that axe on my head so until we get to know each other a bit better our relationship is as client and provider. I'll let you take a look at the other magic books I have in stock though they aren't much compared to those there. Where those are introductory guides, the others are beginner guides. Tips and tricks to improve upon along with some basic spells. I'm sorry to say this but I'm a small shop in a land with a very small magic community. If you want something more powerful, you're going to have to look elsewhere. Next, I will retain the full right to deny services rendered if you request anything that I morally or otherwise object against. Lastly, while I'm letting you take these books as a down payment. Once I have the orb appraised a contract will be written out and an amount for each service rendered will be assigned and placed towards paying off the amount owed. At any time if I can get the money together, I can buy my way out.”

“Paranoid little Kitty cat aren't we but fair enough. I can understand wanting to make sure you aren't hitching your carriage to the wrong dragon turkey and can respect that. And understand that you want a way out if things don't turn out well. So be it I will accept your terms they are more favorable to me than they are to you anyway. I can make more of those orbs easy enough so regardless I lose relatively little and gain a large amount. So, you trying to make this arrangement more favorable for you only makes sense and if I’m being honest only raises your value to me more.” Nox said to Blares utter shock. She had been expecting negotiations or backlash. She didn't know a lot about this man, but he was clearly powerful and used to getting his way one way or another.

‘Is this really such a favorable deal for him that? He is willing to acquiesce to my demands that easily? Why would he be willing to help?’ Blare couldn’t help but wonder.

“Oh, look at the time I got so distracted by our little chat I nearly you missed the start of the physical exam. Would you care to watch it with me?” Nox offered as the lenses around the orb shifted to display the UA auditorium.

Izuku was looking around watching the other examinees file in one after the other. Most were confused as to how he had beaten them there as they were sure they would be one of the first to finish only to find Izuku waiting for them. However, it wasn't much longer after the first few started to show up that the rest of the student body started to pour in. Knox and Blair only managed to tune in a few seconds before the announcer started. A blond haired man with a speaker neck brace and leather outfit walked up on stage as the lights in the auditorium dimmed.

“What's up U.A. candidates I'll be your announcer for today’s events. Present Mic! Now let me hear you?” Mike shouted boisterously only to get silence in response and a confused look from Nox who had no clue what he was watching.

“Keeping quiet huh. Well now like your application says after this all of you'll be rocking out in one of our urban training centers listed on the cards you're given.” Present Mic said giving them all a chance to look down at their cards.

“Um is there something wrong with him?” Nox asked Blair.

“No that's just his thing. His powers work’s around his voice. Also, he plays up the whole radio host roll thing as a gimmick.” Blair said waving off Nox's concerns.

“OK, now that you've all had a chance to look at those can I get your attention, please? I still have a lot to tell you. In each stage, there will be three types of foe villains. Each is worth a different value related to their level of difficulty. Now with that being said the objective is pretty simple. Your job is to defeat as many foe villains as possible to earn points. Keep in mind we will be watching so no attacking other contestants or kill stealing from someone as the points will be awarded to their rightful owner. Along with a chance for you to be disqualified but yeah other than that it's pretty simple. Earn the points beat the baddies and prove you have what takes to fight the bad guys and save the day.” Present Mic said boisterously only to be interrupted by a tall blue haired boy.

“Excuse me Sir I have a question!?”

Mike pointed to him and said. “let's hear what you got little listener.”

“On the printout, you listed four foe villains, not three if this is an error it is downright shameful. We are exemplary students we expect better from U.A. the best hero school in Japan. Also, you can you cease that incessant muttering.” The blue haired boy said turning to point at Izuku. Who looked up in surprise but before he could attempt to apologize, or Knox could consider teleporting a large heavy object onto his head he was interrupted by Rubilax.

“Hey Jack ass it helps him think and he doesn’t even know he's doing it!”

“Well, I who?” Before either could finish, he was again interrupted by Present Mic.

“Hey, hey, dial it back a little, little listeners.” Present Mic said, trying to stop the two's argument.

“To answer your question the fourth bot is worth zero points. It's more an obstacle meant to be avoided than an actual opponent to be dealt with. You can fight it if you like but there's kind of no point.” Mic said the display behind him changing to match his words.

“Hmmm well that's interesting enough But is this truly a good test of heroism it seems,,, lacking. I can understand you need to test the children's physical aptitude and ability to control and use their powers, but I have yet to see anything that tests their morality sense of justice or anything of the such really.” Nox wondered aloud.

“I think it's more along the lines of weeding out those that can't keep up. They also offer tournaments throughout the next several years for those who improve. To maybe earn a chance, but I think the whole seeing if they have what it takes to be a hero thing is done while they're actually in school.” Blare said with a shrug.

“Hmm still seems inefficient to me.” Nox said watching as the students filed out into their testing grounds.

“Inefficient or not I'm going to go make some popcorn real quick. Let me know when the real shows about to start.” Blair said hopping over her counter and heading to a small almost concealed stairwell next to one of the herbal shelves. Knox turned around to fetch the orb but when he turned back, he was mildly surprised when he no longer saw the stairs. However, a quick check with his mask lenses allowed him to see the illusionary barrier hiding the entrance. To say the stairs were a tight fit was a bit of an understatement. His enlarged armor he had worn for the perceived fight barely allowed him to fit. Well, that was if he couldn't just teleport. Through once he saw where the stairs ended, he flickered and was there much to Blair's great shock and distress.

“Daaaah don’t do that!” Blair growled at him.

“I assumed I was supposed to follow. It's rather rude to leave a guest alone in your shop like that. I closed up your shop for you by the way.” Nox said moving towards the room's sitting area to set up the crystal monitor. Blair just huffed at him before going back to making her snacks and looking him over.

“Do you want any popcorn, or anything I guess?” She sighed.

“No, sadly the unique circumstances of my current form leave me limited in certain categories. That is unfortunately one of them. Though recently I found that I can enjoy tea though only the taste of it, unfortunately.” Nox said as he looked down at the orb to check his progress, Izuku was currently on some bus probably heading to the testing ground. He hadn’t noticed Blair had put a kettle of tea on for him with just a wave of her hand and a little magic.

“Bring your weird scrying orb thing over to the couch will you.” She said as she poured some popcorn into a bowl and walking over to the couch Knox levitated the orb over. Once Blair found the right lens she set to work and within a few minutes, she had cast a spell on it that worked like a projector at a movie theater. The lens on the devices was required to magnify and display the image so Nox couldn't have it projected without it. Whatever she had done had mirrored the image onto the ceiling and then flipped it, so it was the right way around.

She finished just in time as Judging by the fact Izuku was currently hooking up his gauntlets for the test. As the two settled down to watch the exam Nox was pleasantly surprised when a pot of tea and a cup was levitated over to him.

Once Izuku had them on, he put Rubilax into the case where he had been storing his gauntlets before handing it off to some sort of automaton or robot. Nox wondered if the shushu could take over the machine though he doubted it. He was however thankful that Izuku wasn't taking any chances.

“Hey Nox, why the hell does your student have a demon blade?” Blair asked glaring over at him. Nox just simply shrugged before elaborating.

“Rubilax is not a demon blade though I do see where your confusion comes from. He is a shushu a type of demon that can be sealed within an object to create a useful or powerful magical artifact. Unlike demon blades where the demon is actually forged into the blade itself, Rubilax can be freed without destroying the weapon. This also means he has a much easier time possessing his wielders. That is not a problem for Izuku, however as I stated before the first time, I met him he broke free of that very demon’s control. Now he wields it as a simple tool in his arsenal one that much to my own amusement is actually being corrupted by the boy's good nature.” Nox chuckled while Blair nearly choked on her popcorn.

“Whoa whoa whoa you're telling me that this kid is so good that he's corrupting a demon instead of the other way around!?!” Blair said absolutely shocked. When Knox simply nodded her eyes returned hesitantly to the plain face of the young boy. How anything that plain and innocent could be that powerful was beyond her. She guessed you really couldn't judge a book by its cover. Though she had to smirk when the blue haired boy from earlier tried to confront him again.

Halfway through the tirade they had been interrupted by an announcement from that present my character and Izuku had teleported away the moment the doors had opened to the confusement of the group. That was until Present Mic announced the test had already begun and they needed to hurry up the entire testing body rushed after him. Meanwhile, Izuko was already halfway across the city magically ripping his way through robots.

He didn't want to take all the robots and leave the other students without any, but he also wanted a good score for himself. So, he rapidly targeted the three-point robots as they were both the most dangerous and worth the most. Even with the handicap, he wasn’t in a hurry he could teleport, and time was literally on his side. As while he couldn't fully stop it like his mentor at least not yet, but he could slow it down. So, from an outsider's perspective. Izuku was a green blur that rushed through the testing ground destroying three pointers with energy blasts and the occasional magically charged punch. Once he hit sixty points, he stopped using time dilation that and he was already down to forty percent of his total energy capacity he needed time to recharge.

Izuku had done his research before the exams and came to a rough estimate. He needed somewhere between sixty and eighty minimum to pass. He had based it on the total number of students applying and keeping in mind the usual class size and that there were only two classes he was leaning closer to the seventy range minimum for his estimate. Especially when students started calling out their own points as if boasting. Most were already in their thirties so he figured he was well enough along, but it wouldn't hurt to try and grab some more points. Sticking to his three pointers targets he continued his hunt but now slow and steady, was the name of the game. He was trying to preserve power when he hit ninety he dropped the three pointers rule and started going after anything he saw. There wasn't much longer on the test left anyway and he was already back up to sixty five percent power. He figured he'd blow as much of that energy as he could. As if in reply to his thoughts the ground shook and a massive robot rose from the ground.

“Ohh so that's why the zero pointer was an obstacle? Yeah, I don't know if a lot of students can handle that.” Izuku blinked his hand shooting to his side in panic. only to remember why Rubilax wasn't there.

“I've definitely been spending too much time with that demon. I’m honestly starting to get used to our little back and forth aaand now I'm talking to myself out loud. Whatever I should probably go check that thing out.” Izuku said before teleporting away. Unfortunately, he had traveled a fair distance away from where the zero pointer had shown up. Even Knox couldn't teleport that far without some form of a relay. Though his range was far further than Izuku’s. Three jumps by the time he reached it he had already dropped back down to fifty two percent. He frowned seeing the destruction in front of him, but his eyes went wide. As he saw the building next to the zero pointer as it started to collapse but the surprising part was not the collapsing building. But the blue haired boy who had yelled at him earlier rushing at super speed to try and rescue the brown haired nice girl who had helped him at the entranceway.

Izuku panicked his hands shot down forming the complicated hand gesture his master had used whenever he had stopped time. His magic supply plummeted down to a whopping twenty one percent as the world ground to a halt. He teleported down to the street grabbed the blue haired boy and teleported him away then back and grabbed the nice girl he even stopped to heal her leg. There were a few other students while not in the path of the collapsing building, they still were in range of the shrapnel and debris. By the time he had moved them out of the buildings path his time stop come to an end.

Five percent.

He teleported in front of the zero pointer. Eye level with the robot Izuku didn't know what was going on in the control room but he doubted dropping a building on participants was part of the test. The people he helped looked on in shock and confusion from the building rooftop where he had left them. Izuku raised his arm, his battery was about depleted, and he didn't have enough magic by himself without risking the zero pointers survival.

He reached out for his connection to Rubilax, and his dagger form teleported into Izuku’s hand with a green flash. Rubilax's eye shifted from black to green as he morphed into Izuku’s sword the green energy blade forming with a flash. Izuku grabbed the hilt of the sword with his other hand and swung down as the blade extended. With a single swing, Izuku cut the Titanic robot down the middle.

Zero percent.

Only for the blade to flicker out as soon as he finished and he fell out of the air. Izuku struggled not to pass out as he pulled from his already depleted internal reserves as well as whatever he could in from the air around him. He managed to activate his teleporter and switch his gravity orientation so that when he landed on the roof with the other contestants, he rolled across it instead of splatting on it.

Meanwhile, Rubilax managed to wedge the blade of his dagger form into the gravel of the roof and groaned “Ooooow ohh I thought we were done with this suzuku! Stop using me as a damn battery!”

“Yeah, yeah sorry about that Rubie but I needed the extra power.” Izuku groaned before blacking out, not a second before the alarm went off announcing the end of the practical exam. Nox couldn't help but smirk at his student's actions while Blair's jaw dropped. She could count on one hand the number of mages she knew personally who could pull off anything like that sword move and it would take a full mana pull to do it. Not whatever that kid was running on after the exam.

“Wow you really weren't kidding that kid is something else.”

“Yes, yes, I know he is, and he'll be something far more impressive once he's properly trained. After all, there's only so much you can learn in one year.” Knox had to fight the urge to chuckle at Blair's expression he could all but hear the record scratch in her head when he said that.

“Wait you mean to tell me that kid has only been training with magic for a year?!” She asked in absolute shock.

“Yes, well it's like I said if you give the boy an inch, he'll carve you a mile.” With those ominous words Nox and all he had brought with him, but the quartz orb he left with a flicker. Leaving Blair alone with her thoughts as she wondered what kind of crazy shit show she had signed on to.

(Omake Wreckers corner: news and updates. In a Coffey shop in Musutafu citty

Wrecker picks up his staff pausing time to focus his attention to the reader. “Hey so I don't know if any of you read my other stories but yes, I do show up in them often. Though usually more as a background character. An influencer someone watching from the shadows for this one time I decided to be a little more forward but don't get used to that. Like I said in the story my OC appearing in stories are not going to be deus ex machina. They're not going to be miracle workers they are basically going to be just offering a better solution from time to time to move the story along a certain path and yes there is actually a plot to this believe it or not. Yes, it's spread out through most of my stories I actually started doing this as far back as first works as terrible as that story is. And yes I do intend to go back to it finish the first book and then do a full rewrite but for the time being I'm going to try and keep up my biweekly post schedule. For as long as I can. As for this story, what did you all think of Blair? I liked the idea of Blair's character from Soul Eater a lot and I wish she got a more story driven approach than what she got in Soul Eater. So, I'm looking to take a crack at the Blair I wanted to see in this. Also, on that note, the Izuku in this story is going to be very different from the Izuku in my other stories. This is mostly due to the fact I have to balance multiple main characters in the other Stories. In this one, I don't have it as bad and I also have a personal demon who's whispering plot ideas in my head in the form of my friend Steam. I don't think a lot of those ideas would work for my other stories but this one's a bit more free form so I could play around with that. Anyway as per usual any comments suggestions and so on would be really appreciated if you have any questions you'd like for me to answer in my Q&A's story time with the Q&A below or go over to the storage page or my discord and with that said this is wrecker signing off.”)