Author's Notes: Chapter edited and corrected by Scott Fellman.
A cursed technique inherited from the Zenin family, the Ten Shadows Technique. Using shadows as interdiaries, the technique allows one to summon ten different shikigami: nine animals and one monster.
Divine Dogs, Nue, Toad, Great Snake, Max Elephant, Rabbit Escape, Round Deer, Piercing Ox, Funeral Tiger, and finally, Divine General Mahoraga.
And that was the damn quirk I'd just acquired from the runestone. Now that I knew what to look for inside , inside my aura, my quirk, my soul, I could see them, all nine animals. The tenth remained hidden. Mahoraga was slipping away from my sight.
But that wasn't important for the mont. I focused specifically on the nine animal-type shikigami. Eight of them seed... dull, blurry, unresponsive, immovable, and inaccessible. I wasn't eligible to use them. But there was one that was. It seed completely alive, eager to get out.
Canonically, when soone inherited the Ten Shadows technique, they ca away with a copy of the divine dogs, which were completely available for use. But that wasn't my case; I could sense the wolves were completely unusable, but what I could use was—
"Izumi?" I looked up and saw Taylor and the others who were looking at worriedly.
"Is everything okay, Miyamura? Is sothing wrong with your quirk?" Aizawa asked, his eyes shining slightly.
"No… actually, I'm better than ever… I just discovered that keeping things in my shadow is more of a side effect… my quirk's main ability is sothing else." I said simply. All four of their eyes widened slightly.
"Really?! What can you do?!" Ruby asked excitedly.
"Summon animals," I said simply. All four of them blinked. I laughed lightly and separated myself from the rest, my hands moving almost entirely on their own, like sothing I'd been doing for years, even though it was the first ti my hands had ford an animal shape.
I looked at my projected shadow, specifically at my shadow's hands. They ford a rabbit. My body seed to drip shadows and create a small puddle beneath , and with a small pop, a rabbit erged from the shadows. We all stared at the rabbit.
"Oh, my cookie! That's such a cute bunny!" Ruby laughed happily as she grabbed the rabbit. The rabbit tried to struggle out of Ruby's grasp.
"It looks like a normal rabbit." Aizawa said as he snatched the rabbit from Ruby and grabbed it by the ears.
"That's adorable. It suits you," Taylor said amusedly.
"Does he have a tattoo?" Azula asked as she looked closely at the rabbit. "What a rebellious rabbit," she scoffed back. I rolled my eyes and grabbed the rabbit from Aizawa's hands. The rabbit clung to eagerly. I rested it on my shoulder, and the rabbit snuggled up to my head.
"It's so adorable," Ruby said, her eyes sparkling.
"It's na is Rabbit Escape," I said simply as I petted him. The four of them looked at in confusion. "From what I understand, they aren't normal animals I can summon, but rather, each one has its own ability, its own Quirk, that they can use to aid ." I said with a smile. The four of their eyes widened.
"It's like winning the power lottery!" Taylor said incredulously. And I nodded. And not only that, if it really was a copy of what the ten canon shadows could do, that ans it could fuse them together—at a quick count, that's around 500 different fusions, not counting Mahoraga. It was just ridiculous!
"And what can the rabbit do? Did you na it... Rabbit Escape? Did you na it, or did it co with the quirk?" Azula asked, looking closely at the rabbit. I shrugged.
"It seed appropriate. And... I'd better show them." I said, smiling playfully at him. Everyone nodded quickly. "Let's do this." I told the rabbit as I dropped him into my shadows. I took a deep breath and began to use large amounts of my aura.
I injected my aura and channeled it into Rabbit Escape. It quickly began to use its special ability. From my shadow, more and more rabbits began to erge rapidly. Dozens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of rabbits instantly exploded, flooding the entire street where we were standing. I started to laugh out loud as I let myself be carried away by the seemingly endless wave of rabbits.
I could feel a large group of rabbits being killed, and my attention imdiately went to Aizawa. He was using his quirk while looking at the rabbits. To my surprise, all the rabbits in his vision began to turn into shadows, clearing large areas, but the rabbits were everywhere, and they just kept multiplying.
"Izumi! Stop them!" I heard Taylor squeal as she was crushed by large numbers of rabbits and suffocated to death. With one last laugh, I made the rabbit escape, and then all the copies stopped and instantly exploded into shadows that seed to drip before lting into the ground and disappearing.
I looked at the four people, and they were slightly disturbed as they stared at the shadow at my feet, searching for more rabbits.
"What the hell was that?!" Azula asked in disbelief as she straightened her clothes once more. I laughed lightly.
"Escape from the rabbit, not the strongest of animals, but it has the quirk to multiply in enormous numbers. They will serve as a distraction." I said with a wide smile.
"That was amazing!!" Ruby squealed happily. "What other animals do you have?!" Ruby asked excitedly, I grimaced.
"I only have Rabbit Escape," I said with a grimace.
"Didn't you say there were ten?" Aizawa asked, confused. I nodded.
"I can feel them. There are definitely 10, but 9 of them are… disabled? Inaccessible? I don't know why, but I can't use them." I said completely sincerely.
"A quirk with conditions?" Aizawa asked, frowning. "It's rare, but not unheard of. Especially since it ca from a runestone, which makes it more abnormal than natural quirks. Do you have any idea how one could be unlocked?" Aizawa asked. I humd lightly.
"Not really? They're just... there. I know how to summon them, but I don't think it'll do anything." I said simply. I placed my hands to form the shape of a dog with my shadow. Just as I feared, absolutely nothing happened. I changed the shape of my hand to all the other animal shapes. Nothing.
If we followed canonical rules, then I was supposed to perform an exorcism ritual and defeat the new shikigami in single combat in order to use them. But... how the hell do I invoke a ritual with a Quirk? How was the ritual canonically summoned? I couldn't recall gumi ever doing it.
The only ritual gumi consistently used was the Mahoraga. And it was frustrating. gumi was frustrating to watch. He barely improved his cursed technique simply because he had an "invincible" trump card. The mont he lost in any way, his first instinct was to commit suicide by summoning the Mahoraga. Ridiculous.
Yes, Mahoraga was nearly invincible under the right conditions. But ignoring the full potential of all the other shikigami was ridiculous.
But back to the taming rituals. I couldn't recall gumi using any of them. Whenever she acquired a new shikigami, it was off-screen, which was frustrating at the mont. But even if I did know, I doubt it would be of any help. Aura wasn't cursed energy, and shikigami didn't exist as such. There shouldn't be any ritual to ta them.
"No, nothing." I said with a sigh of disappointnt.
"There were 9," Aizawa pointed out. I blinked at him and tilted my head in confusion. "You made nine shapes: a dog, a bird, a toad, a snake, an elephant, a rabbit, a deer, a bull, and a tiger. What's the tenth?" Aizawa asked, my eyes wide.
"Do you know about shadowgraphy?" I asked, surprised. Aizawa snorted and pointed at the ground.
"No, the figures are pretty good. The shadow figures were pretty accurate." Aizawa said simply.
"Ah... right." I said simply with a crooked smile. "And the tenth... it gives a really bad feeling. I know I probably can't summon it, but it's a horrible idea to do so." I said with a grimace.
"Can you tell what they do?" Taylor asked, confused. I wrinkled my nose. I didn't see the point in hiding that information. Rabbit Escape was just like its canon counterpart, so I expected the rest to stay the sa.
"If I'm not mistaken and reading my aura very incorrectly...yes. Divine dogs can tear more easily with their fangs and are good trackers. The Nue, the bird, has great speed and emits lightning. The toad has a long tongue capable of snaring enemies or bringing soone to safety inside its body."
"The great snake is massive, like… very huge. Elephant Max, it can expel large amounts of water. Rabbit Escape, you already know. The piercing ox can charge with imnse force, but it can only move in a straight line. The longer the charge, the more powerful it will be."
"The tiger… that one confuses . So, I'll skip it for now. And finally, the round deer. I guess the best summon I'd want to unlock is the ability to instantly heal serious injuries." I sighed. The eyes of the other four present widened.
"You... you're fortunate." Azula said dryly as she recovered from the shock.
"That's incredible, Izumi. It may not be a direct improvent to your strength, but it certainly increases your versatility trendously," Taylor said, her eyes shining.
"Animals with quirks! That sounds amazing! Too bad you can't summon the rest yet." Ruby said with a pout.
"Truly amazing, Miyamura. You just have to figure out how to use the rest of your animals. It may be ti. So grow slowly and improve in so way, such as accumulating quirks. You just have to figure out what it takes to use them effectively. It's not a good role model, but Moord Nag, is a good example of a summoning and accumulation quirk." Aizawa said with a grimace. I nodded.
"I'll have to experint." I said simply. Aizawa nodded. "But before that, there's one more thing I want to try." I said before Aizawa left. Aizawa sighed.
"Alright, let's get this over with. What is it?" Aizawa asked. I grimaced as I summoned the escape rabbit once.
"Kill him." I said simply as I grabbed the rabbit.
"Wait, what?! You want to kill him?!" Ruby asked, horrified. I grimaced.
"I feel like… sothing bad will happen if the summon is killed. And I want to know exactly what it is so I don't get caught off guard in the middle of an important fight." I said honestly. Everyone grimaced.
"Are you sure? The worst that can happen is you lose it forever. It's rare for a quirk to disappear like that. But summoning quirks are always rare," Azula said with a frown. I grimaced.
"I know, but I want to know. As useful as Rabbit Escape is under certain conditions, I'd rather have no doubt about the usefulness of my Quirk than have it fail in the middle of a fight." I said honestly. Everyone nodded. I took a deep breath and imdiately moved my hand quickly and decapitated my shadow.
Rabbit Escape was instantly killed and turned into a pool of shadows. I felt the sensation of Rabbit Escape's figure inside close in tightly, darkening and becoming more opaque, becoming much more inaccessible than the other nine figures. I felt my stomach drop. I imdiately felt a surge of energy surge out of Rabbit Escape.
The energy first sought out the nine figures, but since they were all sealed, the energy directed itself toward and filled imdiately. I shuddered as I felt sothing shift inside . I felt stronger, lighter—certainly not much, but I had definitely beco slightly stronger.
"Pfff!" I blinked and looked at the girls, who were trying to hold back a laugh as they looked… over my head. I looked up, but I didn't see anything above .
"Miyamura... why do you have bunny ears?" Aizawa asked slowly. I froze in place and reached up to find precisely what Aizawa had said: a pair of bunny ears growing out of my head. I could hear my three fiancées burst into laughter. I started to blush slightly.
"It's not funny!" I snapped in their direction.
"Oh my gosh! He has a fluffy tail!" Ruby squealed from behind . My eyes shot wide open, and I looked behind without hesitation. I stared in horror as a bunny tail twitched on my back. Azula was the first to snap and start laughing out loud, but the others quickly followed. Even Aizawa had a small, amused smile on his face. My face blushed deeply.
"I'll kill them all." I groaned in embarrassnt.
" Ignore them. You know what changed besides your appearance?" Aizawa asked amusedly. I growled loudly and glared at my fiancées before sighing and inspecting myself once more.
"It was... weird, when the Escape Rabbit was killed, I felt like his power was trying to bond with one of the other animals, but since they weren't... available, it bonded with ." I said with a frown.
The only thing I could co up with was Totality. When a shikigami was killed, the power they left behind was inherited by another shikigami. It increased their base stats, and they acquired the abilities of the slain shikigami. Or so the theory was, the only display of said power was the divine dogs, and Nue: Totality - rged Beast Agito, which was never confird if the shikigami involved in the 'fusion' were sacrificed by Sukuna to create it.
I inspected myself once more and frowned. I felt slightly stronger. The difference wasn't much, and it was certainly barely noticeable. I suppose inherited strength from a rabbit certainly wouldn't be much help. Finally, I searched for the most essential thing and found it.
I took a deep breath, and with a slight ntal flex, I split myself in two.
"This... this is weird." I said simultaneously from both bodies. I looked up, and everything was duplicated. Having two bodies was terribly confusing; I felt everything duplicated but different. The points of view were completely different. The noises, the sensations, and all the stimuli were distinct from one body to the other; it was truly disconcerting.
"Izumi?" Taylor asked with wide eyes, both of my bodies imdiately looking at her.
"Apparently… I can inherit the abilities of my sacrificed summons." I said with both bodies once more before both bodies grimaced. "I have to learn how to handle this," I said with a grimace.
"Two Izumis!" Ruby squealed, surprised and terribly delighted. She moved quickly and began inspecting us both, her eyes wide with excitent.
"And you said you had other animals with more quirks? Does that an by sacrificing them all, you could have a massive boost and nine different quirks?" Azula asked, surprised. I thought I'd hear jealousy in her voice now that so of Ten Shadows' potential had been revealed, but her voice sounded genuinely curious, with no malice or annoyance in it.
"That... is horrifying. In a surprising way. Just thinking about so of the combinations you've made with these new... Quirks, it's incredibly strong. That Ox Charging ability, along with Thunderclap and Flash or Godspeed, would be a terrifying combination." Taylor said, thoroughly impressed. Aizawa and the other two shuddered slightly at the thought. I grinned wildly.
"I like the way you think, Taylor," I said with both bodies at the sa ti.
"This... is incredible. How strong are your clones?" Aizawa asked, fascinated. I blinked and began inspecting both bodies once more. I quickly grimaced.
"Almost as strong as a civilian." I grimaced. Aizawa wrinkled his nose.
"And how many?" Aizawa asked. I focused once more and began cloning myself. One after another, they began to appear, and I had to close my eyes as they all appeared. I'd only gotten to about 30 of them, and my head was already pounding with information.
"Taylor. You're a monster." We all said at the sa ti. Taylor looked confused.
"It's just . I'm not cloning my consciousness. I have to control each body individually and get feedback from all of them. This amount of clones is my feedback limit. Now, however many I can effectively control will surely be a smaller number." I said with a grimace. Taylor snorted amusedly.
"I remind you, I spent three days completely catatonic after the first feedback. Maybe you should do the sa," Taylor pointed out. All of my bodies stopped as I considered this, only to feel my clones being imdiately eliminated.
"No one's frying their brains," Aizawa growled, his quirk active, in my direction. I pouted.
"Mmm, Izumi's new additions hold up even under Aizawa-sensei's quirk." Azula pointed out, and we all looked up at my head.
"Is it temporary, or did you just beco a bunny boy?" Ruby asked curiously. I stopped and paled.
"I hope this isn't permanent!" I exclaid in panic. The girls laughed at my misfortune, and I began to look at my quirk once more. I frowned when I quickly found Rabbit Escape still inside . It seed to be disabled, almost the sa as the others, but in a very different way than the other shikigami.
It was as if Rabbit Escape were dead, while the others were simply asleep. The sa difference. But with one significant difference. It seed Rabbit Escape was slowly regenerating.
"Oh." I said simply, a feeling of relief running through my body. I hadn't lost Rabbit Escape. But if I didn't completely lose Rabbit Escape, would Totality still exist? I explored my new Quirk once more and found a tir. I didn't know that could exist inside soone. It wasn't even exact; it was just a feeling. I had about two hours left.
"What did you discover, Miyamura?" Aizawa asked seriously.
"Oh yeah… this… fusion, is temporary. It will last about two more hours. The good thing is, the bad feeling I had about sacrificing my summon, wasn't as bad as I feared. Rabbit Escape will be disabled for about a day until it regenerates. After that, I guess I can summon it and use it again, or keep sacrificing it to have its quirk for a while. That's nice to know." I said with a gleeful smile. This opened so many doors! A quirk full of versatility just got even more versatile!
"That's good to know. Try to figure out more uses for your new quirk. Unlike the others who had over a decade to get used to it and discover their quirks. You're just starting out with yours, so take your ti. Also, if you're about to experint with sothing dangerous, don't hesitate to call ."
"Normally, we would let students experint with their Quirk alone unless we see they are hurting themselves in so way. But you are an S-Rank Hunter with an aura befitting your rank. It would be dangerous if sothing got out of hand," Aizawa said finally. I sighed and nodded.
"Understood, sensei. I'll be bothering you then." I said with a lazy smile. Aizawa grimaced.
"You really are a troublemaker. You'll be disturbing my sleep." Aizawa grunted ruefully. I laughed lightly. "Okay, do you have a na for your Quirk? Do you want to notify you and add your new Quirk to your personal information?" Aizawa asked simply.
"Ten Shadows. It's a fitting na. And go for it. I don't plan on hiding it. Well, maybe I'll say in public that I haven't used it yet because no one has been a strong enough challenge for to use it, but only to prevent people from thinking I got a runestone. I don't want Draw Sword connecting the dots and coming to bother ." I grimaced. Sothing that was echoed by everyone.
"Yeah… let's do that. You might sound arrogant, but after your festival, you have the right to be. I'll take the information to Nezu, and he'll take care of all the paperwork." Aizawa said before nodding. "If that's all, I'll take my leave. Congratulations, Miyamura! You're now half a step away from being considered for the National Hunter category if you can master your new Quirk." Aizawa said mockingly before turning around and leaving.
"A National Hunter?! Aizawa-sensei thinks you'll be a National Hunter, Izumi! That's amazing!" Ruby squealed happily before gasping. "I'll be married to a National Hunter!" Ruby gasped. I rolled my eyes. Taylor was just looking at in amusent, but Azula was looking at lustfully while biting her lip.
"I hope it's the power that's turning you on, not my bunny ears," I said dryly. Azula woke up from her trance and snorted.
"Mmm, I don't know, bunny boys are sexy." Azula said while purring.
"Oh, oh, oh! Can we get you a bunny suit?!" Ruby asked with a leer. I shuddered violently.
"No!" I said firmly, rejecting the idea.
"Hmm, I rember when we first started dating, you said you'd dress up as anything if I dressed up the sa. What do you say, we get bunny outfits for ourselves so Izumi can wear one?" Taylor asked with a knowing smile in Azula and Ruby's direction. Both girls stopped and smiled widely.
"What?! No!" I tried to stop them.
"Taylor, you're having a streak of good ideas," Azula said with a lascivious smile.
"I refuse!" I said again loudly.
"I'll start looking on the internet!" Ruby said happily.
"Don't ignore !" I snapped. But the three of them just ignored as they crowded around Ruby and her scroll. I groaned loudly. and my stupid mouth.
Well… I'll be able to see the three of them in bunny outfits. That was a reasonable compensation… yes… an excellent compensation.
"You know what, screw it, get one for Darkness too." I gave up. If you can't beat them, join them. I walked over to Ruby. The three girls giggled in amusent.
If I were forced to do it, I'd thoroughly enjoy half of my deal. Especially if I could use my clones for 'that.'
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