Chapter 1: International Cup.

The world was in chaos, the acts of the assassin of heroes Stain had caused a stir not only in Japan but through the entire world where people saw their beloved fighters of justice less and less as omnipotent figures and more as people who could suffer defeats, costly defeats in lives and the terrible encounter between All Might against All for One in which the terrible state of the most powerful hero in the world was made public, as well as the "officialization" of his retirement as defender of the planet left vacant the most vital post in the world of heroes, a true symbol of peace was missing.

The day had begun quite strangely, far from the typical furtive entrance of Aizawa to surprise his students this came with a serious face, way more serious than usual, and asked five students to accompany him with the director Nezu that was waiting for them with an important announcement.

—What the fuck do they want us for? —Bakugo complained loudly while they continued walking through the corridors, Aizawa was much quieter than usual.

—You´re are not in trouble, if that's what you think—It was the only thing he answered before reaching a great door, without further the raven hair teacher move aside allowing them to pass first.

Inside, not only the director was waiting for them since there were multiple people waiting as well, from their professors of various classes to two superior classmates who they soon recognized.

—Hello my little Kouhais! —Nejire Hado's effusive greeting did not take long to resound in the "serious" atmosphere that had formed before, without hesitation a smile appeared on the faces of the younger ones with the exceptions of Todoroki who remained stoic and of Bakugo who only muttered something similar to "The crazy noisy bitch"

—Hado-senpai! Amajiki-senpai! — The young heir of One for All noticed the presence of the dark-haired depressive boy, who, seeing how they recognized him, turned his face gently to the side.

—You'll call me Nejire-chan—The girl did not take long to move toward him squeezing his cheeks with his hands, stretching these as if they were rubber —Ne-ji-re—chaaaaan! —She try to force him to say the words while the green haired just writhed softly.

—Hado-san, could you? . . . — At the words of Shota Aizawa who finally entered the room the girl just released her poor victim.

—Ok, Ok. I'm sorry . . . But I'll return with mighty vengeance—She warned poking his forehead with her forefinger before returning with the raven-haired, who kept his eyes away from those presents.

—Well, well, well ...— The director stood on his desk taking slow steps on it, looking strangely more serious than usual—Boys, everyone here has been called for a simple reason ... But first, does anyone want tea? —And with that the serious atmosphere went out the window accompanied by the laugh of the marmot/bear/thing that ran the school—But now, seriously ... What do you know about the old event known as" The Olympics "? — The majority put doubtful face, without doubting it few knew of those subjects of ancient history.

—Do you talk about that old sports celebration? —As you would expect the studied Iida Tenya was the first to respond while stroking his chin to remember what he read about it —From the ancient Greece was held a traditional sports fair where people of various sports met to seek an award, this practice was extinguished years after the appearance of the Quirks because it was impossible to know who had and who not a Quirk to benefit their sporting skills—All students, with obvious exceptions, were surprised of the knowledge of their class president.

—Exactly, I could not expect less from you Tenya-kun—Clapped with his little paws—Yes, that event has disappeared by the appearance of the Quirks ... But in the same way the organization of the United Nations has fought for the countries join again in world events, this has led to the preparation of the first "World Hero Cup" an event where representatives of the big blocks will send their best heroes to fight to prove they are the best—Only said this the ears of Bakugo almost turned towards him, like an animal detecting something that interested him—Of course there was a lot of controversy since they considered it would be dangerous to gather so many heroes and thus leave their home countries unprotected from their greatest defenders ... But for all what happened recently the world needs more than ever a symbol of hope, the world needs to believe in something and someone again, they need to know that the world is in good hands. —

—Your hands!—Through the window the symbol of peace, the smile that made the world shine in the moments of greater need show up, the one that never—Agh!—Blood came out of the mouth and return to his weak form, he seemed to forget that his body could not bear to use the shape of the One for All and that it lasted only three seconds at the most.

—All Might! —After the surprise cry from the students, the principal, and all the other professors, smacked their foreheads with total annoyance as Toshinori did not learn not to overuse his body after all that he had suffer so far.

—I'm fine! — He got up as if nothing happens, wiped the blood from his mouth with a hand effortlessly showing up that he was fine again—Boys! As the director was explaining to you—A drop ran down the back of everyone's necks when they saw how he was returning to the main topic, ignoring his bizarre entrance failure—Given the refusal, mainly of the Americans and Europeans, to send the Top Hero ... The event was organized using only participants under 20 years old. What could be better to make people have hope than showing future heroes? It's your turn to fill hearts with hope! —He pointed his skeletal finger at the eight young people present.

— Of course—Midnight intervened at once, because although everything had been very nice so far it was time to talk to them about the not so good part of all this—While everyone here is a potential hero, World Tops even, you must understand that you will not go to a simple sports festival ... We are talking about the best among the best, warriors who will fight with everything to be the best and although your lives will undoubtedly always be a priority you could be terribly injured...Attending this event is completely your decision and you should not feel pressured to accept ... Japan is great and there are many possible representatives—After saying this silence did presence again.

—Midnight-sensei has just made a good point ... If you do not feel ready for the international challenge, remember that you should not take it, you can, and will, be great heroes. Tend this or not—Without more the director gave a slight applause—Then, who wants to join the official team of Japan, take one step ahead—The first was not a surprise in the least.

—Katsuki Bakugo, ready! —No one doubted that he would be the first to accept.

—Hey, leave something to your senpai Explo-chan! —Without further ado the only female member of the "big 3" stepped forward—I, Nejire Hado, I'm ready! —She raised her right arm in a sign of strength.

A small silence forms again before another young student move forward.

—Todoroki Shouto, I'm ready. —The number two of the last sports festival finally made its appearance. The rest of them did not look so determined, even when it was a tremendous opportunity it was clear this wasn't like many other things they had faced so far.

—Amajiki Tamaki, ... I'm in—More than one was surprised by the voice that said those words, without warning a pair of arms surrounded him in a back-breaking hug.

—Amajiki-kun, you decided to come! I´m so, so happy! —His companion did not hide in the least the joy of knowing that she would have him as a companion, although he always had him as a partner due the fact they share class since first year.

—En...Enough—He try to separate from the embrace, the mere fact of being so touchy in public was already something very shameful, but by his female companion in front of all his kouhais? He was dying of embarrasment!

—It is certainly surprising to see that you accepted Tamaki, is not that we are not happy for it but it was unexpected —Said Aizawa to the boy who could be mistaken for a son of him. After finally breaking free from the hug the Sasuke-looking hero frown softly.

—... If Mirio still had his Quirk he would be here ... And he would have been the first to accept, without a doubt —Looking up, his words generated more of a lump in his throat—That's why ... For him, for his dream, I'm going to go ... I'm going to ... I'm going to fight for him, just as he fought for me and for everything he believed that was fair—Strangely, the most introverted of the group ended up giving a great inspiration to the rest of his companions.

—I, Iida Tenya, student of class A of Heroes of the UA Academy, 16 years old, blood type—Before I continued with his exaggerated introduction, a furtive Bakugo shouted at him.

—Just say you accept, four eyes! —Roars loudly, hating to see him babbling around without reason instead of cutting to the point.

—That's what it was going to do Bakugo-san, please do not interrupt me! —He retorts stirring his hand in a manner worthy of a karate-chop.

—I, Yaoyorozu Momo, accepted the invitation —Iida was surprised when his classmate accepted the challenge ... Not because she accepted to go but because she did interrupt his mini acceptance ceremony.

—Excellent, excellent, already with that we have six ... Young Midoriya? —Now everyone looked at the last of the young people present, the only one who had not given his answer so far. Toshinori just closed his eyes softly because he could understand the fear that seized the young hero, leaving his comfort zone was never easy.

—I ...— Swallow hard with difficulty, in his mind crowded a thousand images that went from his first days of training to the faces of Eri and Mirio, he squeezed his eyes tightly—I ...

— If you're going to jump back, say it now you fucking Deku! —Bakugo's always flowery language returned Midoriya to reality, although his dreams of being a hero whose smile illuminated the world had not diminished in the least, far from it increased over time, a deep fear began to seize his being. What should he do now? Not even Mirio, who more than one consider the most worthy heir to the One for All had emerged unscathed from the battle against the evil that reigned in the world, All Might no longer existed as a hero to protect everyone and he was not ready to be that symbol of peace that the world needed. But ...

—Group A, Midoriya Izuku ... I accept —Pressing his hands into a fist with a determined look the boy accepted, he could not retreat from this challenge, the only way to develop the One for All was facing challenges, stronger enemies and either win or be defeated always give all of himself, emulate the motto of his school and go much further.

—Splendid! I could not be more proud of you! —The words of All Might generate more than internal rejoicing, because perhaps his career has ended at this point but he was still the greatest hero that humanity had ever known—Fight as hard as you can, not for the country, not for honor but for yourselves, give your best and become champions, seconds, third or even last. But come back with a smile on your lips and with your hearts satisfied to know that you gave everything!—Said raising his fist, the same fist with which he had managed to defeat All for One for the second time, that fist that saved countless people giving every ounce of his power in that punch that shook the whole world in more ways than one. That erased doubts of their young hearts, serious faces supplanted by smiling ones, some more than others, but happy to know that any challenge could be surpassed if they do it together.

— Good, good, good — The principal called attention again before raising his right paw showing seven plane tickets surprising the young heroes since each had their respective name ready—What? Do you think we did not foresee that you´ll accept? —He laughed loudly, damn mutant rat and his hyper-deductive abilities thought the students while one by one took their respective ticket—We have already spoken with your legal guardians, the consents have been signed and will depart tomorrow at Kansai International Airport. The time, your seat, terminal and everything else is in your passage so take care of it...I'm talking about you, Bakugo-kun—He let out a laugh while the aforementioned blonde only pulls out his middle finger.

—What?! Tomorrow?! — Normally Iida would not react in such a way but a travel plan needed days, weeks, not just a few hours.

—That's right, tomorrow. You must acclimatize to the place where you´ll be competing, as well as to the schedule and get ready for what you´ll see, that's why we decided to send you four weeks prior to the event, although it has been prepared for several months it will be announced officially in a week to the public—Explained a sip to his cup of tea—You have today to go to your bedroom, pack what you think appropriate and spend the night with your families if you wish—Without more to say he gave the stage to the teachers.

— As you should expect a couple of teachers will make you company during the trip—Aizawa ran his hand over his head with some annoyance, since he and All Might would be responsible for such heavy task—What annoyance ... But there is no other option— He shrugged later.

—By the way sensei, where? ... —And Iida's question was answered by a shout from Yaoyorozu who opened her passage to see the place that would be their destiny, the rest did the same amazed of what it reads.

—Paris?! — It was the collective cry. The headquarters of the great event among the young heroes that someday would protect the world and will give the relief to the present generation was none other than.

—Yes, Paris, France. The city of light, love and crepes. What? Did you expect this to be in the Kanto region? —At the end of his comment the furry in the room release one of his typical laughs that, without a doubt, hurt the hearing of all the present people— Sleep well, prepare well, remember that you must be two hours before departure or the plane will leave you. Strive! —And without further guidance, they were led out of the building.

A deep silence between the young students, it was clear that the walk back to the dorms wouldn't be as chatty as usual considering the hell amount of information they just had received.

— I warn you all—Bakugo stopped suddenly, nobody was surprised that he was the one that finally speak—No one will stop me, I will conquer that world shit and destroy all who dare to cross in my way—Warned with his typical mean voice, that contemptuous tone of him that most of them were used to hear when the ash-blond was being challenged, or at least he felt challenged. He turn his face to see them out of the corner of the eye: A wild smile of pure excitement through his lips—That includes you, you dipshits ... —He would not admit it loudly, as expected, but he saw in those four his biggest challenges to be the best of his course and therefore in the future as a professional hero.

— You speak as if this is going to be easy for you, Bakugo. —The always calm voice of Shouto Todoroki answered him, instantly the blond turned his face.

—It will be easy for me, half and half bastard—Bends his head a little to see him in the eyes, because of the height difference .

—Bakugo-san, I think—Yaoyorozu tried to intervene to avoid further anger among his teammates, but was interrupted by the hand of Todoroki who made a simple gesture to ask her back down.

—The last time we face each other I disrespect not using my left arm, Bakugo—The always serious voice of the young man did not seem to show any emotion, but his eyes show the opposite as they shine with a singular desire to fight—It will not happen again, take it for granted. —Said finally and with such words one would expect the blonde to respond in an aggressive, violent and loud manner as is typical of him ... But it was not like that: It only widened his macabre smile .

—You better do. Or I'll have to kick you to the unconsciousness. —Now that did sound much more like Bakugo, he soon turned around since he had nothing else to tell them, only walked away in the direction of the dorms because he planned to visit his parents that night.

—Kacchan ...—Whisper the young Midoriya, watching his childhood "friend" walk away alone. Then he just sigh turning to his companions, with peaceful face, very different from his usual worried one—Guys ...—And before he could say something else a pair of hands covered his eyes.

—Guess who!—With only listening the voice, and the singing tone, Izuku recognized the person behind him.

—Ha-Hado-senpai! —He did not seem to remember that she asked him to be called by her name, which caused her to twist his head in a little abrupt way.

—I told you to call me Nejire-chan! —She was going to continue with the neck torture but a hand on her wrist stopped such thing to go further

—Hado ... —And just hearing the voice of her dark-haired companion is that she stopped , freeing Izuku of his punishment.

— Okay, okay ... I´ll calm down. — She took a deep breath before sighing deeply, a simple exercise to release that energy contained.

— I do not understand Hado-senpai. Why do you ask me to call you by your name but Amajiki-senpai is still calling you by your last name? —A pretty logical question from our protagonist.

—Because if I ask Amajiki-kun he turns red, red like an apple and then he explodes—She clarified without shame of what she just said, the aforementioned only opened his eyes before his cheeks became red as long with his ears.

—... You did not have to tell them that ... — He look away quickly, not wanting people to see his face so reddened by shame.

—Neither had to not tell them, right? — Damn with Hado and her logic.

—Excuse me, senpais ...But, where is Mirio-san? —The duo stopped their little sketch keeping silence for a few seconds.

—Togata-kun is abroad—The girl answered putting her hands on her hips, surprising the young man with greenish hair.

—A few weeks ago, after the festival ... —Amajiki began to speak—They contacted him for a study that could help him recover his Quirk—Despite how encouraging that sounded, the boy did not show much conviction—Possibilities, according to what Togata told us, were one in eight hundred chillions—Everyone just stare at Tamaki surprised by such "number" —... Those were Mirio's exact words—It sounded, sadly, logical.

—But what about Eri-chan? —Another big question if it´s that Togata was not in the damn country.

—She wanted to accompany Mirio but they told her that she could not leave the country for security reasons—Izuku sigh calmly now, at least she was okay.

—I'm sure she'll miss Togata-senpai a lot ... I'll try to visit her before we leave—He nodded to himself, little Eri had made tremendous progress in those weeks, especially after the school event; where she was able to smile again and in large part was to the joint efforts of Izuku and Mirio.

—Surely she'll be happy to see you, she loves you so much! —Nejire enthusiastic raise her thumbs.

—Thanks...I do not distract you more, senpais. I'll see you tomorrow at the airport—With a formal bow he say goodbye to them.

The afternoon fell quickly on them, the dormitories were a little emptier that night as several students had left for their real homes, in some cases as those of Bakugo and Iida were received with joy, pride and words of encouragement from their parents ... Well, in the case of Bakugo mixed with insults and many yells. But no less supportive! And even if she did not let him see it, the insane blonde who was his mother, was proud, her smile betrayed her without any doubt.

—Fuck of old hag! —He shouted back, but far from being angry ... He looked happy.

Iida was received with words of encouragement, affectionate gestures ... And above all with a sincere smile from his brother who, after a hug, told him that he could not be more proud that his younger brother carried the name of Ingenium.

—I will do my best, brother—And he would not disappoint him about that promise.

On the other hand, Momo did not run into her parents so happy about the situation because they worried too much about what their daughter could suffer in such a situation. trip ... Even so they had signed the permit since they knew their daughter would not accept a "No" for an answer, especially since she found herself and started to travel her own path to become a heroine.

—I thank you ... Father, mother. This is what I want to be—They did not agree; she knew ... But she knew that they accepted her as she was, and that was the only thing that really matters for her.

Todoroki Shouto was a special case ... When he arrived at his home he ran into the person he least wanted to see, his father Endeavor who gave him a typical stern look before telling him to follow him to the kitchen because he wanted to talk to him. The talk in question was exactly what he expected: That he had to win, that he had to show why he was born to beat All Might ... But none of that mattered.

—I will fight for myself, for what I can achieve with this power that it's mine, not yours—And with these stern words he retreated to his bedroom ... He should rest, though after leaving his father silent with such an act of rebellion he would surely sleep like a baby.

Finally Midoriya Izuku came to his home, It wasn't strange that his mother welcomed him with a warm hug and tears of happiness. How could her mother not be proud that the little boy whom she felt had failed as a mother since she could not inherit him a Quirk will now represent her country in such an important event? Of course she was worried, she could not hide it although she tried hard, but she knew that there was no word that could make her son change his mind and far from wanting to do this, Inko decided to support him in his dream, as he had always done.

—Mom, I'll come back stronger than ever. I promise! —His words would surely make a mark on his mother's heart that would wipe away her tears to offer him a smile, support and as always all her love.

... The next day ...

The departure time for the plane was approaching, according to the boarding instructions the boys must have been an hour and a half before the time to leave so they had to arrive, at least, at two in the afternoon of that day since the flight left at exactly three thirty. With suitcases in hand and his uniform of the U.A. as mandatory for the flight, according to the document, the young participants of the Japanese selection arrive, as you would expect the first one was Iida Tenya who soon ran into his teacher in charge (Not to mention the only responsible) Shota Aizawa.

—Sensei! —Without warning he bowed to the aforementioned, who only shook his head.

—Less formality. —He asked with his typical serenity. Turning the face slightly as Bakugo said goodbye to his parents before walking towards them, ironically he was the rudest of the students but he was punctual as hell since he arrive even before Yaoyorozu who was just getting into the place.

—Hey old man— "Greets" the teacher in the most typical way of him.

—More formality—Eraserhead did not hit him just because they were in public.

—Sensei—Momo simply introduced herself with a very slight bow.

—This level of formality—Indicated to the other two, unfortunately they were not even like the Young Yaoyorozu.

—Screw you—Bakugo's response did not linger.

The rest did not take long to arrive, All Might made his appearance mixing with the public without much effort thanks to his skinny appearance, the young Hado alike made a non-silent appearance jumping like a girl in an amusement park, surprise was that when she arrived she jumped on top of ... Amajiki Tamaki who had been there for a while, but nobody had noticed him just because he was silent as a shadow.

— And here come the last ones...— Eraserhead was not surprised by the late arrival of Todoroki and Midoriya, they were the most likely to reach the place by public transport do the young of greenish hair boy being of middle-low class while the dual colored eye one surely would prefer a trip in mule that being taken by his father.

—I am so sorry for the delay—Deku did not take long to reverence his companions as a gesture of excuses, Todoroki on the other hand did not say anything despite his delay.

—It does not matter; we are all in time. Now we will proceed to make the necessary documentation to leave the country, I´m sure you not know this since it is your first time leaving Japan as provisional heroes but a pro cannot leave without having filled several formats, including a responsive if your Quirk causes problems during the flight—None of them was aware of such rules ... Except of course by Momo.

—The process is simple my peers, if you like I can guide you in any doubt you might have—The always radiant and friendly young rich girl offered a hand to who needed it, it was difficult to see it in a bad way, even when it shows her wealth.

—Let's hurry up, although we have time for the departure of the plane I do not want to have any sort of delays—Without further indications they walk to the registration module for heroes and Quirks, taking between five and six minutes per person they´ll still had 20 minutes to board the plane at the end ... It was a somewhat tedious process for some of them, mainly not being accustomed to declare Quirks, as they work in detail and ... Well, to summarize something obvious: Bakugo was almost accused of terrorism for the fact that his Quirk was able to make explosions and ended up threatening the officer who was interviewing him, luckily Aizawa managed to intervene for good. After a heavy hour of inspections, waiting and long lines they were finally about to board their plane just twenty minutes from takeoff, in front of them a huge hallway with acrylic windows that separated them from boarding the huge metal bird.

—Do not delay—At the instruction of their principal sensei, because All Might was practically on a vacation trip with that relaxed attitude of him, they began to move forward and it was not until they were in the middle of the hall that manage to hear something odd... A familiar group of voices shouting known names.

—Deku-kun! Iida-kun! —The aforementioned, as well as the rest of the youngsters, turned around and what they saw left them frozen for a few seconds

—Do your best! —It was the cry in unison, all their classmates were there raising banners with their names, gestures of support and as was obvious: Wearing the uniform of the Academy to identify who they were representing, Uraraka took two steps forward and put her hands around her mouth to cone magnify her voice.

—You can do it! —The security officers were quick to intervene because they had moved beyond the bounded area to see those who were about to leave, yet this did not stop the A class from making all the noise possible, letting them see that even in the they would not always be their side, the support will always exist.

—Do your best Yaomomo! You can do it Todoroki! Make them cry Bakugo! Demonstrate who´s the boss Iida! —

Without time to lose, and even wanting to see their friends a little more, the students had to turn around and walk inside the plane ... Of course, this help to hide huge smiles and in the cases of Midoriya and Yaoyorozu tears of happiness from seeing how much their companions supported them in that new adventure that awaited them.

—You five have great friends, don´t you? —Nejire asked, happily before such demonstration of companionship. Deku wiped away her tears before shaking his head softly.

—No ... They are our family. —He said only, the girl immediately understood why Mirio was so fond of that little green-haired boy. And with this ...The trip began.