AMP (IzuJirou)

The Almighty Man: Part One

"No reason?" Inko asked incredulously, raising her hand again and bringing the phone over Izuku's head.

"Well, okay, there's a big reason...Eh, a lot of big reasons, but still!" Izuku reached up and grabbed the phone again. "Please, don't do this."

Inko scoffed, furrowing her brow in confusion, "I'm sorry, but I just don't understand any of this. Why on Earth would you not want these people to get what they deserved a long time ago?"

"I-. It's...It's complicated. Uh, that's not me trying to hold back information! I'm just trying to find the right words to say this. It was just so long ago."

"Long ago? Izuku, you were at Aldera less than a year ago. I found you with bruises and a black eye less than a year ago. I'm not seeing why you wouldn't want whoever did that to be punished."

"Because I'm handling it!"

"You're handl-..." Inko raised a brow, "What's that mean?"

"Uh...N-Nothing bad. I'm not hunting down anybody, or something like that."

"What he means is," Kyouka cut in, "he's got a very indirect way of dealing with it."

"Exactly," Izuku reaffirmed for her. "I'm not going out and getting into fights...except that one time, but-"

"That one time?!" Inko cried out. "What's that supposed to mean?!"

...Maybe Izuku should have kept that one in his back pocket for a little bit longer.

"I-I didn't go looking for the fight!"

Kyouka came around to Izuku's side and sat on the table, "To be fair, it wasn't really a fight."

"Not helping," Izuku deadpanned at Kyouka. He turned back to Inko, not looking forward to the rest of the conversation. "It was just someone from Aldera trying to get a rise out of me. Which he succeeded in. He tried to insult Kyouka and I-I, uh...kindbrohinose..." Izuku mumbled.

Inko squinted at her son, "Izuku..."

Izuku slightly recoiled back, prepared for the backlash, "...I kind of broke his nose."

"Good!"

"I just reacted! H-He made me so-...I'm sorry, what?"

"Izuku, I don't like violence, especially when related to you. You know that. But, to not only bully you, know what you can do now, and still try to pick on you? He wasn't going to learn his lesson."

"...Wow, today really hasn't gone how I expected."

Kyouka nodded, "The understatement that applies to our entire lives."

Izuku shook his head, trying to get back on track, "All I'm trying to say is, I don't want to go back and hurt them. Everything that's happened today was about moving on, right? Getting better, making us better despite the past? That's all I want. I don't have time to live in the past. I need to focus on Kyouka, on school, on you. To hell with all of them, but I don't want vengeance. I want justice. And the only form of justice I can accept, is to prove them all wrong. I already did it by being accepted into UA, and achieving my dream of becoming the number one hero...Well, that's more than I could ask for. So, please, don't go dragging all of this back up. Not for me. I'm already haunted by my own mistakes, and I'm tired of being haunted by others'. It took time, but I finally have everything I need and more. I don't need to go back. In fact, it's the last thing I want."

Izuku watched his mother try and contemplate on it all, still very clearly conflicted. He knew letting all of those people and their acts go unanswered was a lot to ask, especially for a parent. Izuku had no idea what he would do if it was his own child, especially if they were put through the same pain he did.