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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: The Journey begins now

Authors note:

Speaking: "…."

Thinking: '….'

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Over the next six months both Izuku and Katsuki have been spending almost half of their time at the penthouse of doctor Daigo, and their free time together with their parents even Masaru, who was eventually told all the knowledge that he had missed out on.

The children had now accumulated enough knowledge to be able to pass exams meant for 12 year old children easily and have developed quirk analysis skills beyond what most professional hero's were ever able to achieve thanks to on Asahi Daigo and his enthusiastic pupil Izuku.

Even for Inko who had previously suffered from to many night shifts as a nurse was eventually offered a job from the phoenix doctor to be his assistant. With her mental and physical health restored she had finally been able to make a name for herself as an assistant to one of the greatest minds of humanity.

But now enough of the real world the six months are finally over and our heroes can finally enter Aincrad again.

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„ Bye Mom Kaachan and I are gonna be heading of to Aincrad now" Izuku told his mother hugging her and Katsuki doing the same to his even though he didn't want to, but Mitsuki didn't let him go without one.

„ Just make sure you come back after the promised 3 months and I know I can trust you don't get yourself In trouble but maybe try to make sure Katsuki doesn't come back early" whispering the last part both started to chuckle a bit.

„ You know I can hear you right!" Katsuki said annoyed at the comment getting himself free from his mothers death grip and letting of some explosions after. „ Ah whatever I don't care I'll simply have to show you how badass I am. We'll see y'all, Link Start" the ash blonde boy said exitedly before tapping Izukus shoulder and disappearing.

„ Oh what a shame it is that I am to busy to go with you I would have loved to go to Aincrad with you, but your mother gave this old man a lot after work and meetings over the next three months" Asahi sighed intending to place a hand on the boy's shoulder before Inko stopped him with her own hand.

„ Do you think I don't know what you're trying to do! Well im not letting you, your staying here you have 3 meetings today and I can't have you miss them" the green haired woman explained in a commanding manner before dragging the pleading doctor away by the arm.

„ Please Inko just a quick tour in and out twenty minute adventure?" but one stern look from his green eyed assistant was enough to shut him up.

Now with only Izuku and Mitsuki in the room anymore the boys quickly said his goodbyes to his auntie and headed off.

„Link start"

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Aincrad

Wildemaw { Floor1 }

Opening his eyes in the bedroom he last slept in six months ago looking down his body the now teen grinned.

„ Finally the child body may be cute and all but this one is much better for mobility" Izuku said stretching his body a bit before going downstairs yelling „ Kaachan c'mon let's go grinding some levels" then runnig past him while throwing the keys at his now again silver haired friend smiling.

„ Hey the fuck do you think your doing get back here" Katsuki yelled back squeezing the keys angrily.

Not stopping in his path he yelled as loud as he could „ Ah yeah could you please lock the front door, thanks!". Afterward he could only hear one angry Pomeranian running after him.

However Katsuki not letting up eventually caught up to him throwing the keys back at him yelling into his face „ What kind of move was that, you wanna get stronger than me that badly well you're on" increasing his tempo Katsuki briefly outpaced him but when the green haired swordsman changed into top gear with his superior speed stat he was quickly left behind.

„ Well you've always lacked in speed so let's see who's faster" Izuku said while passing by with a genuine smile on his face and Katsuki furiously running a little behind him towards the sunset.

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1 week later

Boss room { Floor1 }

„ Ahhhhhhh Die you pice of oversized goblin shit! Now ,waterfall Slash" The silver haired teen screamed out in mid air before slicing deep into the chest of the almost dead Boss killing it in the process.

[ Congratulations Players ]

Coming up to his friend Izuku did a high five with the crimson eyed boy both a huge grin on both their faces. Katsuki then sheathed his blade before saying " The week of grinding and hunting really paid off now that we knew all its tricks and are stronger it was a piece of cake". After that Izuku intended to reply but was interrupted by Katsuki getting another system message beside the standard loot message.

[ Player has received last hit bonus. Open? ]

[Y/N]

" Last attack bonus what's that. Well well bonus loot eh sweet, what do I get the goblins blade or maybe his skin as armor yeah that'd be nice" pressing yes an item appeared in his inventory.

[ Cloak of midnight oca level 11 ]

+ 6 agility + 4 speed

" Damnit why the hell do I have to get something this good that only raises my stupid agility and speed I don't need this shit" The angry silver haired teen yelled throwing the cloak on the ground walking away angrily.

" I might currently only be oca level 9 but I'll hang onto this just in case" he then packed it into his inventory and following Katsuki he said " Wait up im coming Kaachan".

Making their way up the stairs wich had now been opened they eventually stopped at a giant double door. Looking at each other they nodded and pushed the door open revealing the next floor.

[ Dear player you have reached the second floor, each floor after the first has a specific name matching its characteristics and terrain the name of this floor is:

" The Skull Desert"]

Looking in front of them a clear sky not a single cloud to see and an endless amount of sand and bones of dead animals.

" Great a fucking Desert just what we needed" the crimson eyed teen sighed now less motivation visible on his face.

" I don't think it'll be all that bad so come on let's start our new Journey" grabbing the pouting Pomeranian by the arm they jumped towards their new adventure in the scorching sun of the desert.

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Izukus journal

1st entry

Alright first journal entry,the last 3 months have been a rollercoaster of emotion's,things and even people. Me and Kaachan have been home again on the outside world since yesterday and not much has changed, however this time around we didn't die and even managed to get all the way to the sixth floor without dying though we did come close a couple of times. But enough of that I'm getting off track let me tell you of our adventures.

So after we departed from the gate leading to floor 2, we were pretty much lost, in all four cardinal directions nothing but sand. After about a day of not finding anything Kaachan got fed up and struck the ground with his sword, in the process attracting a giant bone worm easily 500 meters long, straight towards us.

And as idiots we were back then we thought we could kill it, long story short the thing beat us up real good and we had to be saved by some locals who had heard the commotion.

After that they took us with them back to the capital city wich was named skull creak. After staying there for a while we managed to get the guards to show us some of their techniques including how to ride on of those big skull worms as well as a new set of desert clothes wich were basically a brown poncho, a Shemag, wich is a cloth that you wrap around your head and neck and a set of goggles.

After we both managed to ride a skull worm they even threw us a party. We got drunk relatively fast and ended up forgetting most things but apparently we won a dance competition and got our names etched into the stone wall of the pub wich I guess is something.

And after a while of grinding levels and riding around with the skull worms we found the dungeon inside a giant sand storm wich we quickly beat before finding the boss room.

The boss was an old skeleton man whose name was Drizzd the skull king. He had an annoying ability to turn the ground to sand and summon tiny skull worms. And Kaachan almost died trying to rush in head first and falling into a sand pit.

Anyway we beat it and I got the last attack bonus wich surprisingly wasn't a piece of armor or a weapon it was a ring made of bones with some weird symbols all around it. It gives me a self regeneration ability that heals 50 health every 20 seconds so it payed off, not only to see Kaachan kick the head of the boss through the room out of frustration from missing out on a good item.

Heading up the stairs we opened the door to the next floor which was named platinum fields and it was a floor full of farmland and a lot towns with good bars. The next floor was also a bit underwhelming since it was basically a copy of the first floor with some different terrain and towns.

Expecting another boring floor we were surprised to see a topical rain forest named Kipiri jungle as our next adventure on floor 5. And just like the in the desert we once again got lost and had to camp outdoors. At least until a rainstorm hit us and we had to retreat to a cave nearby.

It took the rain 3 days to to die down and we got so bored during that time that we played around with the menu a bit before finding out that we could not only challenge each other to a fighting duel but also a game called world chess. Wich is chess but in large with pieces that move on voice commands.

But when the rain finally stopped we continued exploring the forest before Kaachan accidentally triggered a trap and got himself captured. When I tried to help him I also tripped and fell on a trap, he'll never let me hear the end of that fall.

After a day of waiting and getting caught in yet another rainstorm, the local beast men population found us in a trap they had set for hunting monsters. They brought us to their city wich was a breathtaking treehouse village with bridges connecting each house and path.

When we were brought to their king who was a Jaguar, he at first wanted to dispose of us but when his daughter, a teenage black panther girl, came into the picture and took a liking to Kaachan we luckily got a royal pardon.

After that we got to live in the royal tree house and we were given the location of the dungeon of the floor as per Kaachans request to the princess. However she only gave it to us on the condition that we would take her with us to the dungeon. And in the end we ended up having a party with the princess, whose name was Kurenai by the way, and a group of ten royal guard members.

We ended up clearing the dungeon in less than a day wich was a new record. After that we went back to the royal tree house to train some more and start learning the traditions, customs, culture and fighting techniques.

Then when the final day of our three months came to pass we left the city, that at least for a while we will continue to call our home, and headed for the boss room one last time.

Opening the door we were greeted with a circular overgrown room with the king of snakes, Takshaka, waiting for us. He was a difficult boss since he was so fast that only I could hit him and so durable that only Kaachan could damage him. After a while of try and error we eventually defeated it with combo attacks and a bit of luck. Kaachan got a new armor out of it and for once didn't complain about the fight.

Unlocking the next floor and activating the teleport point we left before opening the gate and were welcomed back by our family and Asahi, who looked like a walking zombie, he thanked us for finally ending his suffering that was paperwork and meetings all across the world.

Well that was our last three months summed up and I can't wait to get back to learning together with Asahi cause tomorrow he'll take us to an exhibition about quirks all the way in America. I wonder what we'll learn there?

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