Author's Note: It's been a while since the last chapter, but I managed to write a new chapter.
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Story Arc: Welcome to a world of superheroes
Episode 2: Laboratory Chaldea
Chapter 4: Siberian Husky, Yorkshire terrier, Dobermann, Chihuahua
Plot: Plot: Izuku has finally arrived at Laboratory Chaldea, where he meets a member of Laboratory Chaldea and learns some new things about Saver, including his love for dogs.
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POV Narrator
In the far north of the town of Musutafu a 1970 Plymouth Cuda convertible pulled up to a seven-metre high metal gate with security walls.
"Izuku, we're almost there!" Astolfo exclaims with a joyful tone, while holding a large cone with three different ice cream cups covered in cream.
Izuku is in the back of the car holding a small cone with a cup of mint ice cream.
Unlike Astolfo, the green-haired boy is quite anxious and is shaking.
Izuku's shivering is not caused by his nervousness, but by the low temperature.
To keep the ice cream from melting, the driver used his powers to lower the temperature inside the car.
'Saver must like the cold, I've only met him twice, but each time he's used his Quirk to bring winter inside. I think I'll have to invest in a good quality winter coat.' Izuku thinks, sure he'll have to get used to it.
Bruce took a customized high-tech smartphone out of his pocket, pressing a corner of the screen, the gate opened.
Approaching the window, Izuku sees a large circular steel building that makes the area seem much more advanced than the rest of the world.
'My dear Husky, despite your stoic face and antisocial attitude, you are an adorable nerd. The design of this place is taken from the STAR Labs of the TV Series The Flash.' Astolfo thinks, knowing the most hidden sides of his Master.
The red car stopped in front of the entrance to the facility.
"Green Boy, we're here, get out, eat your ice cream and get ready for the tour." Bruce said in a stoic tone, before getting out of the car.
Hearing that they had arrived, Izuku felt a certain anxiety, as if he were a small child going to the dentist for the first time.
'Keep calm, don't say anything stupid and don't embarrass yourself.
This is just your one chance to become a Pro-Hero, Saver, Shielder and some of their colleagues will try to teach you how to be a hero.
It's just a private tutoring before taking the UA entrance exam. Izuku thinks, trying to become a nervous wreck.
The Pro-Heroes fan boy was lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Astolfo opening the car door.
"Izuku, didn't you hear? We're here and it's time to go out and have some fun!" Astolfo exclaims in his usual energetic and lively tone.
Astolfo grabbed Izuku's hand and pulled it out with extreme ease.
"You weigh very little, if you want to become a big and strong hero you should eat more." Astolfo comments, noting how easy it was to move Izuku.
"Noted." Izuku comments quietly, appreciating not being called a walking sack of skin and bones.
"Astolfo, don't tell Green Boy that he can become a giant with muscles like Heracles. Some are born with a leaner, smaller body. The two of us are a clear example of that." Bruce said in a monotone voice, standing in front of Izuku and Astolfo, locking the car.
"I know that very well. That's one of the reasons why we are so close to each other." Astolfo said, grabbing Bruce's arm, standing very close to him.
"Here's your ice cream, it's cold as ice, just the way you like it." Astolfo said, handing the ice cream he had in Bruce's hand, holding it close to Bruce's mouth.
As if it were the most normal thing in the world, Bruce took a bite of his ice cream, ending up staining the corner of his lips.
Astolfo seeing an opportunity to be intimate with his Master, decided to take advantage of it, after all today is his turn to act as the Master's assistant.
"Brucy, you got yourself dirty, I'll take care of cleaning you up." Astolfo said with a fake innocent tone.
The red-haired paladin reaches out a finger and takes the cream left on Bruce's lips and then puts it in his mouth.
"The sweetest cream ever." Astolfo said, with a flirtatious tone.
"Astolfo, you're lucky you're a cute and funny idiot. Otherwise I would have torn your finger off with a single bite." Bruce said with a serious expression, before continuing to eat his ice cream.
Astolfo chuckles happily, used to Bruce's Tsundere side.
Izuku, having seen the whole scene, blushes with embarrassment and moves his gaze in the opposite direction, looking at the green lawn, as if it were the most interesting thing in the world.
'I think fans of the Saver X Shielder ship will never see their couple become reality.' Izuku thinks, looking out at the green grass and taking small bites of his mint ice cream.
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After finishing eating the ice creams and making about thirty passes, Astolfo, Bruce and Izuku entered the Chaldea Laboratory located in Musutafu.
Once they crossed the front door, they received a rather unusual welcome.
"Master, you are late." Said a cold, stoic female voice.
In front of Astolfo, Bruce and Izuku is a beautiful girl who is 160 centimeters tall.
His tanned skin is smooth and healthy, without any blemishes, but covered with a strange series of markings, similar to tattoos.
Her hair is white and shiny like snow, her eyes are scarlet red.
A long veil, reaching to her knees, covers part of the girl's head. The veil has a multicolored diamond shape that sits on her forehead.
The beautiful girl is wearing a rather skimpy dress.
Simply put, her dress covers slightly more than a typical bikini, with a pair of white sleeves making up her forearms.
The color of her dress is mostly white, with a black interior and blood red trim.
Red-black shoes and black stockings cover her legs.
In this Amazon's hand lies a blade of many shades.
This woman's face is full of stoicism and apathy, just as Bruce is a billion times colder and more unreachable.
She is Altera, one of Chaldea's strongest Sabre Servants and the Servant with Bruce's highest compatibility level.
Altera is also one of the most devoted Servants in her task of protecting and aiding her Master.
"Yes, I arrived later than expected, I had to stop at an ice cream shop." Bruce replies, used to receiving a little interrogation from Altera if he is late or something unexpected happens.
In reality, it is more common for Tamamo-no-Mae to be waiting for Bruce at the entrance door or for Tamamo-no-Mae to participate in the interrogation together with Altera.
'Knowing Tama-chan she's making something to eat, she loves playing the role of stay-at-home wife.' Bruce thinks, distributing his attention between his thoughts and what's going on around him.
"Was it Lovecraft's or Astolfo's idea to go to the ice cream shop?" Altera asks with her expression unreadable.
'Who is Lovecraft?' Izuku thinks, not knowing any person or Pro-Hero with that name.
At the mention of Lovecraft's name, something behind Bruce's false left eye moved.
"It was my idea to get ice cream. It was a nice idea that made us feel good and we took a well-deserved break from work." Astolfo said, proud of his choices.
On the other hand, Altera is not happy with Astolfo's choices.
"Rider of Black, when it's your turn to accompany the Master, it means you must be vigilant, remove obstacles from his path and protect him from external and internal threats. You must not go on a little date with the Master." Altera said, not appreciating when someone takes advantage of working hours to be cute with the Master.
"You have your ways of looking after the Master, and I have mine, if I hold his hand, he can't wander off on his own and end up in serious trouble." Astolfo said, combining the useful and the beautiful in his strategy.
Izuku, hearing this little discussion, couldn't help but ask a question: "Do the two of them realize that you are a successful Pro-Hero who froze a tsunami in his debut?"
In Izuku's mind, the fact that a person who many people consider to be the owner of the most powerful ice Quirk in the world needs an escort.
"Despite my abilities and successes, my subordinates and allies are particularly protective of me." Bruce said in a bittersweet tone.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Izuku asks, pretty sure that having people who care about you is a good thing.
"Sometimes yes, sometimes no. They try not to leave me alone at any time, especially when I go out." Bruce said in a hard to decipher voice, as he crossed his arms.
"Why is such a program necessary?" Izuku asks, not realizing he's said these words out loud.
Altera and Astolfo stopped arguing with each other and turned to Izuku as if they were about to reveal information vital to the functioning of the world.
"The Master is a magnet for disasters." Altera and Astolfo declared at the same time.
Izuku, slightly intimidated and confused, turns to Bruce looking for an answer.
"To make a long story short, I have the misfortune or fortune of getting into unlikely trouble, meeting strange people, finding crime scenes, witnessing strange phenomena and many other things," Bruce said, admitting that he is good at getting into or being in trouble.
"Aren't you exaggerating?" Izuku asks, not believing Saver's immense bad luck.
Hearing this question Altera, Astolfo and Bruce reacted with amusement.
Altera kept an inscrutable expression, but her eyes had a look that said: children are funny when they utter ridiculous sentences.
Astolfo tries not to take any risks, but a laugh or two escapes his mouth.
Bruce simply smiles in amusement and shakes his head slightly, knowing that Izuku will soon change his mind.
"Green Boy if the superhero thing ever doesn't work out you could become a talented comedian." Bruce said in a humorous tone, while ruffling Izuku's hair affectionately.
'I don't understand why everyone is laughing at my question, but it's nice that they're not laughing at me.' Izuku thinks, finding Saver's classmates strange, but not unpleasant at all.
Once the laughter is over, it's Altera's turn to ask a question: "Master, who is the little boy?"
Bruce stops messing with Izuku's hair and focuses on Altera.
"Da Vinci or Olga-Marie didn't explain to you why I changed my schedule for today and what's going to happen?" Bruce asks, believing that one of the two people running Chaldea has updated Altera.
The white-haired, red-eyed beauty shakes her head in denial.
"This means either Da Vinci got distracted from his latest Quirk Factor project or Olga-Marie overindulged again." Bruce lists the most likely explanations for how Altera was not informed.
"Altera, this is Green Boy for the foreseeable future, you'll be seeing him around a lot." Bruce said, as he patted Izuku on the head to make his presence known.
Altera remains silent and looks at Izuku as if studying him, trying to understand why he is here.
'Never before has a woman stared at me like this.' Izuku thinks, starting to sweat, feeling as if there was not a beautiful woman in front of him, but a creature that was tearing him apart with her gaze.
Bruce holds back a sigh, seeing that Altera is trying to figure out Izuku's role, while Izuku risks wetting his pants.
"Altera, please say hello to Green Boy and don't look at him like he's your next target." Bruce said, trying to help.
"Hello." Altera said in an apathetic tone, making little effort to socialize.
"Hello... I'm... Izuku... Midoriya." Izuku mutters, looking at the floor, not feeling comfortable talking to such a beautiful and scary woman.
"This is going to be a problem, you're one of those guys." Bruce said, understanding what Izuku is made of.
"Those guys?" Izuku asks with a worried tone, believing he's made a mistake.
"Green Boy, you don't have to be the world's greatest detective to figure out that you're one of those shy boys who hasn't had a serious conversation with a woman other than his mother." Bruce said, hitting the bull's-eye.
Izuku blushes in embarrassment, it's no secret that he has no experience with women.
"The way you look at the floor, the more beautiful or the more skin a woman shows, the worse you become." Bruce comments, sure that Izuku will be looking at the floor as long as Altera is around.
Izuku's blush got worse.
"Master, don't make fun of Izuku, boys his age have their problems with girls, some more than others." Astolfo said, trying to be supportive of Izuku.
"Green Boy, take notes, being a hero very often involves interacting with aesthetically attractive women in outrageous outfits and eccentric personals." Bruce said with a serious tone.
Bruce in his long experience as an Occult Detective, Masked Vigilante and Last Master of Chaldea has met a huge number of women who are colorful and extremely dangerous characters.
As humanly possible, but Izuku's blush only got worse.
"Are you serious?" Izuku whispered, unable to imagine that part of selfishness.
In Izuku's head, Pro-Heroes are people who save people from disasters and defeat Villains, not talking Femme Fatale or Fangirl or Fanboy.
"If you stand near me or frequent this place, you'll see that I'm not joking at all." Bruce said with a serious tone, Laboratory Chaldea contains many Servants with unique personalities and attire.
"Unfortunately, the Master is no joke." Altera and Astolfo said at the same time, with a bitter tone.
For many Servants, the Master's luck/bad luck with women is not a good thing.
"In my personal experience and that of my colorfully costumed companions in North America, you will at least encounter one of these types of women: a female thief in tight, cat-themed leather; a yandere with a maniacal smile and a passion for knives; a Femme Fatale who loves to manipulate people with sweet words and a large amount of cleavage." Bruce said, having personally or indirectly known such women.
'Life as a hero is going to be harder than I imagined.' Izuku thinks, not knowing why, but a shiver is running down his spine.
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In a place far away a blonde girl with a maniacal smile and a love of blood and knives, suddenly sneezes.
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"Continuing my little story, what I said about women applies to men too. But, personally, I find men easier to handle, with certain exceptions." Bruce said, knowing that there are also problematic men in his life.
"Husky, am I one of those easy or difficult men to handle?" Astolfo asks, returning to stick close to his Master.
"Easy, in some ways you're just a hyperactive Yorkshire terrier, needing a steady hand and finding activities to burn off your energy." Bruce replies, comparing Astolfo to a specific type of small dog.
Astolfo remains silent for a moment, thinking about his Master's words, whether he should feel offended or flattered.
"I like Yorkshire terriers they are so cute." Astolfo said, taking Bruce's words as a compliment.
'Astolfo is definitely a very affectionate person.' Izuku thinks, trying not to look away.
"Master, out of curiosity, what kind of dog would Altera and Izuku be?" Astolfo asks out of pure curiosity.
Bruce doesn't need even a second to think of an answer to Astolfo's strange question.
"Altera would be, without a doubt, a Doberman, one of the best breeds of dog, and also, my favorite breed. A Doberman needs constant contact with his master who he venerates and defends to the death." Bruce said looking in Altera's direction.
The white-haired, red-eyed beauty blushes slightly and smiles, having long since developed the ability to appreciate her Master's unique compliments.
"You look beautiful when you smile, you should do it more." Bruce said without thinking too much.
Altera's red and cold eyes showed a certain warmth and affection hearing those words.
"Master, what would Izuku be if he were a dog?" Astolfo said with a small pout, shifting his attention from Altera to Izuku.
Bruce turns to the haired boy, when he looks at him and hears him talking a specific type of dog appears in his head.
"Green Boy you look like a neurotic and underweight Chihuahua to me, but you're lucky I'm good at dog training and grooming." Bruce said, considering Izuku as small and noisy as a Chihuahua.
"Do I look like a neurotic Chihuahua to you?" Izuku asks out loud, feeling his pride slightly hurt.
"I'm a Siberian Husky, Astolfo is a Yorkshire Terrier, Altera is a Doberman and you're a Chihuahua." Bruce said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Master, why did you bring the Chihuahua here, is he a key witness or a victim in need of protection?" Altera asks, seeing no other explanation for Izuku's presence at Chaldea Laboratory.
'Great, I got an embarrassing new nickname, but at least it's not Deku.' Izuku thinks, trying to look on the bright side.
"Altera, you guessed wrong. Green Boy and I have a verbal agreement of mutual cooperation.
He offers his DNA and assistance to the medical and gadget departments, I offer training and my knowledge to make him a hero." Bruce explains his current relationship with Izuku.
"You found a stray, needy dog and brought him home and are teaching him tricks." Altera said, interpreting the agreement between Izuku and Bruce in another way.
"I'm not an orphan, my mother is alive and well." Izuku said, clarifying a few things.
"Hopefully, for the foreseeable future, Green Boy will be attending Laboratory Chaldea after school and on weekends." Bruce said, giving Izuku a friendly pat on the shoulder.
"It's time for a tour of Laboratory Chaldea, then a quick trip to the cafeteria and finally we'll start with an introductory training." Bruce said, explaining the schedule for today.
"That sounds like a good idea to me." Izuku said, having no objection to this plan.
Bruce began walking forward, followed by Izuku, Astolfo and Altera.
"So you like dogs?" Izuku asks, asking a rather obvious question.
"Yes, I am very fond of dogs, they are my favorite quadrupeds among mammals." Bruce said, having no problem talking about one of his favorite subjects.
"Have you ever had a favorite dog?" Izuku asks, curious about what it's like to have a dog.
The green-haired boy lives in a small apartment, so he has never been able to have pets.
"Later I'll introduce you to my favorite dog, Cosmo the Spacedog." Bruce said with a sly smile, preparing a little surprise for Izuku.
"Spacedog, an interesting nickname." Izuku mutters, slightly curious about the subject.
"Cosmo is a Golden Retriever-Labrador mix, he was part of a Russian space program. But things happened and now he lives with me. He's a good, smart, lovable boy who loves to wear his white space suit," Bruce said, starting the Laboratory Chaldea tour.
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