Am I Supposed To Punch Cthullu? (MHA SI): CH003

-CHAPTER 3-

-MIDORIYA IZUKU POV-

Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Click! Clack!

I looked intensely at the bright light of the LED screened monitor, my pupils flickering up and down while my fingers continued to dance on the keyboard as I researched anything I could about my new reality.

Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Click! Clack!

Click! Clack! Click! Clack! Click! Clack!

[“-All Might is obviously still at the number 1 position on the boards by far. But analytics say that the current number 3 Hero Endeavor is right there on his and the number 2 hero Bang’s heels and the only thing holding him back is his poor PR-” Two hero pundits talked on a “Pro Hero analysis” show.]

[“-The first recorded Quirk was Luminescence. A power that a newly born baby in Qing Qing City, China exhibited right when he was born. This kicked off a social frenzy-” Said the narrator in a documentary about the Dawn Of Quirks.]

[“-ALL MIGHT IS THE GREATEST HERO IN ALL OF HISTORY!! You wanna know why?! Because for the last HUNDRED AND FIFTY PLUS YEARS the world was in total disarray that we now call as The Dark Age of Quirks. Supervillains were rampant, their population and strength too many to count, and the heroes were too few and too weak! Hell! Most of the countries hadn’t even regulated Quirk and Po Heroes at that point! You know what changed everything? ALL MIGHT! In three days, he showed the world the strength and impact that a Pro Hero can do when he’s strong and not bogged down by a bunch of red tape! He caught more than 500 villains in three days and saved more than TEN THOUSAND civilians-” Said a ranting podcast host.]

[“-There were multiple resistance groups established in multiple countries against the villains when even the governments proved to be fallible to their evil machinations. This gave rise to an age of vigilantism that would culminate in the establishment of the first true hero school and hero culture as a whole. Many of these vigilantes later became licensed Pro Heroes though few of them went against the law and stayed vigilantes which ended tragically as they were soon caught and sentenced. Though almost all of them received very light sentences for the contribution they had made to the society. On the other hand, modern vigilantes though continue to receive harsher and harsher sentences as each year passes.” Said another documentary narrator about the Dark Age Of Quirks.]

[“-Quirks can adversely affect their users. Even if we would have liked to pretend that something like that can’t happen. A person with a transformative Quirk that lets them turn into say a… sloth cues laughter would also starts showing changes in their personality akin to a sloth!” Said a famous psychologist on a talk show.]

[“-ALL MIGHT SMASH BURGER! NOW AT YOUR LOCAL SMASH BURGER CHAIN FOR ONLY 1000 YEN!” An ad popped up in the corner of my vision.]

[“-US has now begun to copy us! Recently they also established their own Top 100 billboard of heroes! And the decade old team of heroes- Guardians Of The Globe are chosen as their number 1! They chose a team of all things-” A news host ranted.]

[“-Just this morning All Might stopped a rampaging villain from attacking a bus full of children, he then proceeded to give autographs and click picture with the enthusiast victims-” ]

[“On this year’s statistics All Might is clearly ahead of all the rest of the Pro Heroes in terms of solved cases by far.”]

[“All Might saved me and my family-”]

[“All Might is the best-!”]

[“I love All Might-!”]

[“All Might is my role model-”]

[“-All Might?”]

[“-All Might.”]

[“-All Might!”]

[“HAHAHAHA! WORRY NOT CITIZENS! WHY!? BECAUSE I AM HERE!”]

Once more I looked at the clip, of All Might first big debut and I couldn’t help feel the same hero-worship and awe that I had felt when I didn’t have the memories of my past life.

He truly is the Symbol Of Peace. My lips quirk up in a smile before it dimmed. But the threats ahead are even above him…

My optimism was running out. After all, I had just seen multiple people that shouldn’t even exist on this world, just living normally. What do I mean by this?

[“-So Miss. Prince, today you are completing your 50 year anniversary as the president of the US Department Of Heroes, what would you like to comment on this auspicious occasion?”

The screen showed a raven haired beauty, with long raven black hair tied in a bun, wearing a red and yellow business suit with a pencil skirt that showed off her busty figure and muscled and thick long legs, painted red lips, with olive colored smooth skin that would make you think that she was barely past 30 if not for the host’s comment.

Her brown eyes shine as she smiles and crosses her legs. “Please call me Diana, Jim. As for your question, I think it’s really great. It’s a huge honor that the government trusted me to lead this new department all those years ago. And since then we’ve really come very far in terms of making the nation much safer for our citizens. In this year alone the crime rates have dropped drastically ever since we established the Top 100 billboard.”

“I guess the Heroes really are after that number 1 position then?” the news host quips as he chuckled.

She chuckles along. “Well popularity and fame is a really good incentive.”

The news host looks almost excited as he asks the next question. “So Diana when can we expect the return of the Wonder Woman?”

She once again lets out a beautiful chuckle. “Who knows? Maybe if a really formidable villain appeared even I would have to dust off the old costume.”

“Well then, they should stay hidden away. After all, you were once the strongest Hero of America!” The news host replies back enthusiastically.

Diana mock-glares at him as she brings a hand to her mouth with a gasp. “’Once’? Did you just call me old Jim? I thought you were better than that!”]

The interview goes off for a little while more after that but it doesn’t lessen the dread in my heart.

Wonder Woman was real in this world, and much different from her comic book counterpart. Here she was a retired hero that had been operating since the age of Quirks began. One of the oldest people confirmed to be alive on the planet. Her Quirk- Wonder Body gave her a long lifespan, super strength where she could crush a truck easily, super speed, super durability and flight. A full package.

Her existence itself was a proof that people from other franchises existed here. Just taking a look on the internet had given me countless questions and answers.

DC, Marvel, Invincible, WORM, One Punch Man heck even characters from the Incredibles existed here!

-And I had just found all of this with a quick search! And considering all of these crossover elements taken with the [Invasion] curse meant only one thing…

The invasion is going to be bigger than I thought. For the past two days since the doctor visit, I had thrown myself into this research session.

At first I had been going off on the assumption that since MHA didn’t have any aliens, I was getting off easy and the invasion would be scaled down to match the setting.

Who would’ve thought that the world itself would be scaled up to match the invasion? I let out a tired chuckle as I leaned back on my oversized chair.

Still, I would’ve been jumping for joy if the main characters- or even the strongest people –from these settings were here on the side of humanity. Like Superman, he alone could’ve easily put my mind at ease.

But no, as far as I could search- and trust me, I’ve been on the internet constantly for the last two days –and see there was no Smallville, Metropolis or even Superman on the planet…

To put even more salt on the injury, Superman turned out to be a comic book that had never continued past the initial first issues a little more than 300 years ago…

Similarly many of the strongest defenders of humanity were missing. Like there was no Hulk, Sentry, Thor or Saitama either…

As far as the international public and even the governments were concerned All Might truly was the strongest being on the planet.

I wasn’t really sure about that though… There was a slim chance that these characters could surface later on, but didn’t want to hold some misplaced hope.

As for Wonder Woman, I don’t really know if she’s lying about having a Quirk and if her origin is still the same. In the end, it doesn’t really matter because even if it was correct, Gods had never really helped humanity in any of the many invasions in comics as far as I remembered.

But this meant that Darkseid was a real threat- of course there was a chance that he simply didn’t exist but I truly wasn’t that lucky -along with all the rest of the cosmic dangers from the other franchises.

-And there might even be more crossovers that I don’t recognize as I’ve forgotten about them!

My mood had really dropped down to the sea level in the last few days.

When I talked about punching Cthullu, I didn’t really think I would have to fight a cosmic god! I had meant it as a metaphor!

Still, I would have to make do with what I’ve got. I sighed. After all, anything trumps being stuck in that void. Let’s just hope I have time.

It was a clusterfuck; there was no other way of describing this new reality. Thinking about it so much was starting to give me a migraine.

My eyes flickered back to the monitor screen, the little kid in me wanting to watch that video once again. I sighed. 

Something nudged my hands, looking down I smiled as I scooped up the little cinnamon roll of a snail. “Hey buddy, how you doing?”

He blinked slowly at me, and I felt flickers of care blossom in his projected emotions and my mood lifted up a little.

The snail was of average size, orange colored squishy body, with two eyes and a bright blue swirly shell. And of course, who can forget that he’s immortal?

This guy had just appeared not long after we had come back home, and since then our bond had continued to grow nonstop. In some ways you could say we were deeply connected as we could feel flickers of each other’s emotions when we were near each other.

Like I now knew the exact type of leaf he likes to eat. I grinned. I guess that’s what having a “Familiar” meant… 

“Thanks Turbo.” I bopped him on his head with a smile but sighed. “I’m just a little bummed out you know? The deck is stacked against me by a lot…”

He stares at me as I began unloading my stressed thoughts on him. “My meta-knowledge is basically useless right now and I can’t even use the one power I do have without blowing myself up! The invasion can really happen any day! And I’m just so freaking useless right now that even that one water goddess from that one isekai is above me for god’s sake!”

I breathed out as Turbo nudges my hand sending feelings of care and understanding. “Thanks for listening pal… You know I can only really talk to you about this stuff.” I chuckled and shook my head. “Two days and I’ve already got a support animal.”

Turbo turns his head towards the monitor before turning back towards me and back and forth. I blinked. “You want to watch it?” He stares hard. “You want me and you to watch it together?”

His expression visibly brightens as he nods his head excitedly and my lips quirk up.

Well, watching it once more wasn’t really going to hurt. Really the kid in me was influencing me a lot… Though in my defense, it really was a good video.

I scooped the little guy up and put him on my shoulders as I pressed play.

I’m pretty sure I alone had given it more than a thousand views…

[The shaky camera footage began once again, the area showed the nights sky being lit up by the fires and destruction around the group of people.

“-Look at him! He-he’s saving everyone effortlessly!” An average looking guy, his clothing and body scuffed up and dirtied, exclaims in shock and awe. “He must have saved at least a hundred people in just five minutes!”

BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM! Loud footsteps echo throughout the area as a huge and extremely muscled figure steps up, his costume blue, red and white, at least a dozen people in his arms and back, his blonde bangs swiped up at the sky, a wide smile on his face and most of all-

“HAHAHAHAHAHA!” 

His carefree and reassuring laugh echoes, as if what he was doing wasn’t in the least bit dangerous, his aura so relaxed that other people’s stress melted away just from his presence.

All Might laughs out, his shoulders not in the least bit heavy as he declares. “WORRY NOT CITIZENS! WHY!? BECAUSE I AM HERE!”]

“This video really gives me optimism for the future.” I nodded to myself with a smile. That was ironic because this video was more than a decade old already.

“You liked it?” Turbo nods his head, his eyes shining brightly as I laugh. “I knew you would!”

He was after all, by far the best hero on the planet. Maybe I was a little biased being the fanboy that I was, but it is what it is.

Yet, my mood didn’t stay that good for long as my mind automatically went to the pressing issue at hand. But could he defeat the threats ahead especially with his injury-

“GASP!” My eyes widened as I gasped in shock and realization- Turbo turning to look at my frozen form while my mind moves at a lightning pace. He isn’t injured yet!

If timeline of events was right- seeing as All Might had said he got his injury 6 years ago in his first conversation with him when canon Izuku was 14… So I still have 4 years left!

I have time! I gulped hard.

Normally 4 years wouldn’t even be close enough to get to the level I would need to fight in an alien invasion- given my young age. But this wasn’t one was it? I didn’t have time to waste worrying about something I didn’t even know when was gonna happen, so all I could do was focus on stacking my own deck.

And ensuring that the Symbol Of Peace is healthy is paramount to that! I nodded.

On the other hand, 4 years should be enough where I could at least help All Might and stop him from getting injured in his fight with…

In his fight with-

In his fight with-

My eyes widened in dawning horror of realization. “FUCK!”

I had forgotten who All Might got injured against… “I have forgotten the main villain…” I grimaced.

This was bad. This was so bad that it wasn’t even funny. It honestly felt like I had taken one step ahead and two steps backwards. I didn’t even know what that guy’s Quirk is!

I remembered the blue haired guy with a disintegrating Quirk just fine- Shimagiri? No, Shigaraki! –I just don’t remember who the guy masterminding him behind the scene was… or if he was a guy… or what their Quirk was… or what they looked liked…

Though I guess remembering Shigaraki was a good start… I sighed and shook my head. Can’t afford to go on another rant again or I'll spiral, I’ve got one lead now and I’ll stick with that.

My eyes hardened and I met Turbo’s gaze, picking him up until we were looking eye to eye. “Alright Turbo, we’ve got 4 years to train the shit out and prevent All Might from getting injured against the big bad villain dude!!”

Turbo’s eyes harden in determination as he nods. “Yeah, we’ve got a lot riding on the line! Like the whole freaking planet! So let’s queue the training montage and get ready!”

“…”

“…”

“-IZUKU! DINNER IS READY!!!”

We looked down at each other and nodded solemnly. Dinner first, training tomorrow morning.

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A/N: And chapter 3 comes to a close. Sure, it was a whole lot of info dump but that had to come sooner rather than later since this is a good bit AU. Turbo the Immortal Snail is introduced- and FYI he’s gonna be featured quite a bit too. 

For those wondering Turbo is also the name of another snail from a same-named animated movie where he gains superspeed powers and goes off to take part in a F1 race.

Comment how you liked it and if you have any suggestions! I would love to read them!

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