The characters and world this takes place in solely belong to Kohei Horikoshi. This is my first fanfic ever and I hope it turns out well. I'm going to update when I can and I'll be alternating points of view which I've never done before, so sorry in advance if it doesn't turn out well.
The school bell rings and the entire class sits down like normal, awaiting the entrance of Mr. Aizawa which will come in a few seconds. The door slides open and Mr. Aizawa appears with his puffy yellow sleeping bag draped over his shoulder. He tiredly enters the room and shuts the door behind him. "Okay class. Today we'll be doing some basic training techniques with your quirks," he states. I let out a small sigh and rest my chin in the palm of my hand as I glance to the seat to my left. Sitting beside me is Momo Yaoyorozu, the creation hero. "You all need to get into your hero costumes and pick a partner you are compatible with for today," Aizawa continues.
Yaoyorozu looks my way and gives a small smile. I sit up straight and reply with a simple nod. Ever since our exam last year before summer the two of us have come to know how well we can work together in our training. Whenever we get an assignment like this we pair up if possible. Today's exercise is already off to a good start.
"Yes. Kirishima?" Aizawa says. I look back over the classroom from my seat in the back and see Kirishima with his hand up.
"So we just pair up with someone we're compatible with our quirks with and spar?" He asks for confirmation. Kirishima isn't the brightest in the class, but I know he is a strong hero in training. He's been getting better over this last year though. He's in the top ten of the class now, ever since Bakugou has been willing to help him study when given the chance.
Aizawa nods his head. "Yes. Don't just go and pair up with your friends though. I know for a fact who you all work well with and will reassign partners if I have to," he replies with a stern glare across the class.
After we all changed into our hero costumes we made our way toward one of the many outdoor training areas around UA. "So have you decided who you're pairing up with yet Todoroki?" I looked to my right and see Midoriya walking beside me, along with Iida and Uraraka.
"I'm going to be with Yaoyorozu," I answer simply.
I see a slight twinkle in his eyes as I gave him my answer, which confused me. Yaoyorozu and I are good at training together so I don't quite understand what's going through his head. "You and Yaoyorozu both work really well together! Even just in these training exercises!" He exclaimed happily and with quite a bit of enthusiasm.
I shrug my shoulders as we continue to head to the large field before us. "Well yeah. It makes sense. Plus I enjoy her company." Iida and Uraraka both suddenly drop their jaws and stop walking. I turn my head to face them and stop. "What's wrong? Are you guys not feeling well?" I ask, confused by their odd behavior.
Uraraka's face looks a shade darker than it normally is. She looks the same whenever she and Midoriya are alone. "Todoroki you can't just say something outright like that," she finally answered.
"Like what? I was only speaking the truth."
Iida waved his arm down in a chopping motion like he usually does when speaking. "Todoroki what Uraraka is saying is that saying you are fond of a girl to people can be something rather intimate!" He exploded.
"Intimate?" His phrasing puzzled me. I bring my hand to my chin as I try to understand what they're telling me.
"He means you can't just go around spouting whatever comes to your mind dumbass." I look back up from my thoughts and see Bakugou and Kirishima approaching us. I look at him with a questioning gaze. He gives an exasperated sigh as he and Kirishima pass us. "Saying you like a girl's company, especially one who looks like big boobs, is something that will give people the wrong idea if you don't like her in that way fucktard."
"Hey man, ease up a bit," Kirishima said as he pats Bakugou on the back.
"Give people the wrong idea?" I look to Midoriya and the others who all nod in agreement to Bakugou's statement.
I haven't ever considered what I say about women having an actual effect. From living with my monster of a father I've learned what not to do and say to women so I try to not repeat his actions. Yaoyorozu and I have a far better friendship than my mother and father ever did. I haven't ever thought about being close with someone before, but if I had to choose it would definitely be someone like Yaoyorozu, if not her.
"Todoroki. Todoroki!" I snap out of my daze and looke around. I'm standing in the middle of an open field with Yaoyorozu next to me. I notice that all the others have paired off and were spread out and already fighting. Yaoyorozu tilts her head and has a concerned look on her face. "Todoroki are you alright? You've seemed out of it since Mr. Aizawa started giving directions."
"What? Oh... I had something on my mind." I didn't even realize that the training had started. The last thing I remember was Bakugou talking to me. "What were the guidelines?" I ask.
"Mr. Aizawa said we have a time limit of thirty minutes and to push our quirks to their limits during our fight but keep them contained in our designated area." Yaoyorozu takes a few steps away from me and takes a fighting stance. "Are you ready to fight now? I don't want you to be a sore loser if you're out of it Todoroki," she says to me with a slight mocking tone.
I felt the corners of my mouth quirk up at her comment. My left side ignites in a mixture of red and orange flames. "Fine by me. Come at me with all you've got."
The school day had finally come to an end. The rest of the day had flown by after I won against Yaoyorozu during our training session. Present Mic's class was simple and All Might was feeling under the weather today and took the day off. As of right now we should be in his class, but we were given the rest of the day off. I glance around the room and see everyone packing up their bags to leave, then I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and see Yaoyorozu standing by my desk. "Yaoyorozu? What is it?" I ask, a litte concerned. She normally doesn't approach me like this after school is over.
"Well Todoroki, since we have some extra time today I was wondering if you'd like to join me to go and get a bite to eat in town before heading back to our dorms."
She looks quite cheerful like she always does and has a certain tone of confidence when she speaks now. I stand and nod my head. "Sounds good. Let's get going." She leads the way out of the room and I follow right behind her. I notice most of the class has already left, but my eyes drift over and see the class perverts glaring at me. Mineta and Kaminari. Those two tend to get on my nerves when it comes to the girls in our class. Mineta has no shame or filter with them. But at least Kaminari isn't a complete insensitive pervert like Mineta. I glare back at them and can feel my quirk activating. The air in the classroom becomes cold and they both suddenly snapped their gaze away from me.
Yaoyorozu was waiting for me in the hall. She's rubbing her arms with her hands trying to get warm. "What did yoy do Todoroki? It's freezing now," she says as she stares at me.
"Sorry..." I didn't know how else to respond. "Here. Let me help." I hold my left hand out and ignite a small orb of fire in my palm. "Warm yourself up."
I look away and out the window as she takes a step closer to me. Even without looking at her I can feel the presence of her hands just above mine. "Thank you Todoroki." Hearing her gentle voice causes me to look back at her. Her dark eyes are staring back into mine as I focus on her face. "Come on. Let's go get some food now," she says as she takes a step backwards. She turns and once again leads the way. I lower my hand and let the flame go out. I shove my hands in my pockets as I follow after her.
We left the campus and made our way to the train station. From there we took it a few stops down and got off. The entire way we exchanged small stories about our individual training and our most recent internships. After about a twenty five minute journey we finally arrived at a small traditional Japanese cafe. "I've never been here before. This place looks nice. How do you know of it Yaoyorozu?" I focus my attention on her as we enter the small shop.
"I used to come here in junior high to eat while I studied. I liked having the company of all the people around. When at home it was usually just me and it could get pretty lonely and boring," she answers as we get in line to order.
"Did you not have any friends?" I asked with genuine curiosity.
She gave a small shrug with one shoulder. "I had school acquaintances, but no close friends. As you know my quirk requires a lot of knowledge about objects and how to create them at a molecular level," I nod, "so I had to constantly study since my goal is to be a pro hero. I didn't have much time to hang out and have close friends."
"I see." It surprises me to hear that she didn't have any close friends, but, I'm no different. I never had any friends before coming to UA. I always kept my distance from people, mainly because they were only interested in me because my father was the number two hero. I knew they most likely just wanted to be able to see him in person or something. "But you have plenty of friends now don't you?" I ask, trying to get the thought of my father out of my head.
A smile forms on her face as I speak. "Yes. I've gotten to know most of the class now and are happy to say the majority are my friends. However, I'd have to say that Jirou and you are my closest friends." She grins at me as she speaks. I feel my chest suddenly get tight and my left side is heating up. What is this feeling? Why is this suddenly happening? Yaoyorozu cocks her head as she looks at me and her smile fades into concern. "Are you okay Todoroki? You look a little red."
"I do?" I used my right side to regulate my temperature and could feel an instant change. "I'm fine... I was just-" A loud explosion booms through the cafe, causing the windows to shrapnel into glass fragments and the civilians to duck for cover. Without hesitation I use my ice to create a large wall to protect all those I can from the glass. I quickly turn and face Yaoyorozu again. "Yaoyorozu! Are you okay!?"
I can tell her eyes are focused on something behind my ice wall. "Yes. I'm okay. We need to go and see what's going on though Todoroki."
I press my left palm to the ice and melt it away. In the street in front of the shop I see a trio of criminals. They look as if they had just robbed a bank and are now lost. One is yelling at the other two while they are using their quirks to scare people away. My brow furrows at the sight of these low end crooks. "Yaoyorozu. Let's take these clowns down."
The air had become freezing cold once again. My eyes are clenched shut and awaiting the impact of glass that was heading our way, but without opening my eyes I already knew what had happened. I opened my eyes and see Todoroki standing in front of me and all the other civilians, his right foot out and a trail of ice leading up into a thick wall of ice. My eyes looked over the strong posture of his back, then drifted past his ice shield and I can see a commotion in the street. "Yaoyorozu! Are you okay!?" I heard Todoroki question me but I kept my attention focused on what was happening outside.
"Yes. I'm okay. We need to go and see what's going on though Todoroki," I say and wait for him to melt his ice.
He touches the large frozen wall with his left hand and melts it away. Finally we can see what had caused the explosion. There were three men standing in the middle of the road. They each had a large duffle bag stuffed with money and one of the men was firing off his quirk, which appeared to be some form of bombs, into the crowds of people.
"Let's take these clowns down Yaoyorozu." I look over as I hear Todoroki speak. His eyes are focused on the criminals and he has a certain fire dwelling up within them.
I can't help but give a confident smile. "Of course." I pull the sleeve of my jacket up and create a shield on my right forearm. "Let's go!"
Todoroki and I charge out of the cafe side by side. He starts our attack with his ice of course. He freezes the ground around the men, causing them to slip and fall over each other. "What the fuck!?" I hear one of them shout. I watch as Todoroki attempts to freeze them together in an ice prison. One of the men aim their hand towards him and from his palm shoots a black ball. The ball blasts through the air like it had been fired from a canon. I watch as Todoroki sees it flying toward himself. He forms yet another wall of ice, shooting it up in front of himself and curving it around the area in an attempt to shield the civilian spectators. The ball cracks against the ice and explodes. Todoroki's ice holds up against the blast. "Fuck!" One of them exclaims.
I turn to observe our opponents. The one who can shoot bombs from his hands seems like he's their most offensive man while the other one that doesn't appear to be the leader looks a little more calm and collected and has the appearance of what looks like a tiger. The one I assume is the leader is hanging back behind the other two, probably waiting for the right moment to use his quirk on us. "Todoroki. The one in the back must be their leader. He probably has the most dangerous quirk. We should focus on taking down the other two simotaniously then attack him together," I suggest to him.
I glace over at Todoroki to see how he feels about my plan. My eyes widen slightly when I see him smiling my way. "Sounds like a good plan Yaoyorozu. I'll take the one with the bombs. I can handle him quickly. That tiger looking guy probably has enhanced strength and will be fighting with his hands, or claws."
I turned my attention back to the criminal I was assigned to. "That won't be a problem," I say with confidence. I hold my hand out and create a metal staff from my palm. I grip it tightly as it is complete.
From my shoulder I create a russian nesting doll. It rips out from the sleeve of my jacket and I catch it. "Wait is that-"
"It's what we used against Mr. Aizawa during our exam last year," I interrupt Todoroki since I knew what he was going to say. "I'll throw this then it'll give us an advantage over them."
"Good. Do it," he said in a calm, yet excited tone which only he is capable of doing.
I throw the doll forward with all my strength. The men watch it soar through the air, laughing at the small child's toy coming at them. Todoroki and I watch as the doll separates and the flash grenade is exposed. We hide our eyes in our arms as it goes off. I hear the loud sound from the grenade and I remove my arm from my face. I see the criminals grabbing their eyes and cursing us out. "NOW!" Todoroki and I charge toward them.
As I near the tigerman I can see that he is rather large. I jump at him with my shield in front of me. I knock it against his head causing him to stumble backwards. I land low to the ground and grip my staff with both hands. I use all my strength to swing it at his feet. The staff smashes against his ankles and I hear a loud crack and feel a strong vibration through my weapon. The man falls to the ground, holding his now broken ankle. I quickly create something to restrain him. I rip open my blouse and create thick shackles large enough to fit around the criminals wrists. I quickly slap them on his wrists as he's holding his ankle and whining.
He glares up at me with his yellow cat like eyes as I put them on. Before he can even attempt to stand and attack he is frozen to the ground and restrained further. I look back and see Todoroki a few feet away from me with the bomb user frozen upright. "Yaoyorozu..." His eyes drift to the last man of their trio.
I nod and turn to face the man. He's standing in a fighting position and has a certain look in his eyes that's telling us we can't win. "We need to be cautious. We don't know what his quirk is yet," I remind Todoroki.
"We should attack from a distance. That way-" Todoroki was interrupted by the man who took off in a full sprint towards us. He reaches to the back of his belt and pulls out a fairly large knife. I watch as he throws it at Todoroki. Todoroki makes a small ice wall, stopping the knife in front of him. After the man had thrown the knife he turned and charged me. I ready my staff as he nears. He begins to punch his fists at me. I use my staff to block his attacks. This man doesn't seem to be as big of a threat as I first thought, but he might be holding back for some reason. From behind the man I see Todoroki rushing him. I watch as the man's mouth curls into a suspicious smile. He grabs my staff. I hold on and try to pry it from his hands, but he's too strong.
The man pulls me along with my staff as he turns and uses me as a human weapon against Todoroki. I feel my body flip through the air and I lose my grip on my weapon. I crash into Todoroki and we both fall to the ground. I land in Tododoki's lap. My face is pressed up against his hard chest and his strong arms are wrapped around my body. I can only assume he attempted to catch me. I feel a hard smack on the back of my head and I get severely light headed. "You two have amazing quirks. There's no way I could have taken you both on when you have full control," I hear the man say.
I open my eyes. My vision is blurred and everything is overly bright. I see the man scoop up the duffle bags full of money and push his way through the crowd of people. "Damn... He's getting away..." Wait. Why can't I get up? What's on me? Wasn't Todoroki holding me? I look down and see my body curled up in my lap. My eyes widen and I feel my mouth gape open. "What?! How!?" I exclaim. I cup my mouth with my hand as I hear the sound of my voice. I'm Todoroki? Then, that means that...
My body sits up and looks around hastily. "Where'd he go? Yaoyorozu-" my body stops and turns to face me, eyes wide and mouth gaped just like mine. "Yaoyorozu?"
"Todoroki?" We scoot away from each other and stare at our original bodies that are staring back at us. "It must've been that guy's quirk," I say. It feels so wierd to have Todoroki's voice come from me when I speak. I look to Todoroki who is staring at the ground silently. "Are you okay Todoroki?"
He looks to where the man had run then turns his head to face me. "He got away. How are we supposed to fight using each other's quirks?" He asks in my own voice. "There's no way I'll be able to use your quirk at all."
It suddenly hit me that I now have his quirk since I'm in his body. "I'm sure it'll wear off. We should probably just head to the dorms and try to sleep it off. We'll probably switch back after some rest or a certain amount of time passes," I state. I stand up and hold out my hand to him. He takes it and stands up. I hear him grunt as he stood up straight. "What's wrong?" I ask, a little concerned.
His cheeks dust pink. "You're, or my chest feels heavy and it's too weird..." He blatantly states as he avoids eye contact with me.
I feel the left side of my body getting hot and it ignites in flames. "Ah! What's happening!?" I flail my arm around and try to pat the fire out but it's not working.
Todoroki grabs my hand to stop me. I look at him. "Focus on using your right side to regulate the temperature. Calm your emotions down and the heat will subside," he tells my calmly.
I do as he says and the fire goes away. His quirk is so different from mine. "Are you okay now Yaoyorozu?" He asks me.
"Yes. I'm fine now. Thank you Todoroki."
He looks away and rubs the back of his neck. "You should melt the ice around and we should get back to the dorms. I'm sure a pro hero is pursuing that criminal so there's no need to worry about it," he states.
I look down to my left hand, then focus my attention to all the ice around. I see the long wall that was blocking off the citizens, the shield he had made to stop the knife and the ice that was holding the two criminals in place. "I'll melt the ice. You should go and get the police or find a pro hero Todoroki," I say to him. I turn back around and look at my body staring back at me. I then notice that my blouse was still unbuttoned halfway and there were several tears on the jacket on my original body. "Todoroki, would you mind fixing mysel- yourself up? You are in a girl's body now and that will attract attention," I inform him while pointing to his chest.
He looks down and begins to button up the shirt. "Thanks for reminding me," he casually says. I watch as he quickly leaves to find a pro hero or the police.
I turn back to face the ice walls and sigh. Okay. Let's melt this. I walk to the smaller ice wall and press my left hand against it. I focus on generating heat in the palm of my hand. To my surprise it works and the ice begins to disappear. I do the same thing to the larger ice wall and by the time I'm done Todoroki is back with Death Arms and the police. "That was fast," I say to him as he walks over to me.
"Yeah well Death Arms and Mount Lady were already in pursuit of them. The same thing happened to them as it did us. That's actually Mount Lady there," he says, pointing to Death Arms.
I look over and she was acting as her usual fame obsessed self as she assisted the police in properly restraining ths criminals. "Yeah I can tell," I state. "So what happened to Death Arms?"
"He accidentally used Mount Lady's quirk and is stuck in the park nearby trying to figure out how to shrink back down."
"Wow... Even the pro's are having a hard time with this," I state as I rub my face. My hand runs across the burn over Todoroki's left eye. This is the first time I've felt it. It feels so smooth just like the rest of his skin. I snap myself out of my trance and focused my attention back to Todoroki.
"I informed the police about all that had happened and they said we should head back to UA now," Todoroki says as he pulls on the sleeve of my jacket. I let him drag me along until we are through the crowd. We walk in silence as we near the train station.
Yaoyorozu and I walk to the train in silence. This whole ordeal is so awkward. I can't help but think about what's going to come of when we get to the dorms. For now we need to figure out a plan. There's no class tomorrow, but I'm supposed to visit my mom at the hospital. I don't want to cancel on her but I might have to if we don't change back. The train comes just as we reach the platform. Without thinking I gesture for her to board first. I watch as she in my body walks past and onto the train. This whole thing is too wierd for me to process.
I follow her to some empty seats and we sit down next to each other. Neither one of us is talking and it's only making this situation worse for me. She must hate being stuck in my body, with my quirk that she probably can't control and that hideous scar on my face... I glance up to her and she looks back at me and smiles. "Is something wrong Todoroki?" She asks.
I turn away so I don't have to look at my own face. "It's nothing really."
"If something is bothering you you should tell me. Maybe I can help," I hear her say.
I let out a small sigh. "Do you hate being in my body Yaoyorozu?" I finally ask.
I barely turn my head and look at her with my peripheral vision. I see her tilt her head to the side with worry in her eyes. "Do you not like being in my body Todoroki? Is that why you're asking me this?" Her answer was surprising to me.
I turned my attention back to her. "No it's not that at all. It's just, I thought since you're used to being such a beautiful girl you wouldn't like looking like a guy with a horrible scar on his face," I truthfully inform her.
The temperature raised suddenly within the traincar. I watch as Yaoyorozu holds her hands to her face and tries to calm herself down. Why is she getting like this? Did I say something wrong? Bakugou's words suddenly echoed throughout my head. You can't just go around spouting whatever comes to your mind dumbass. You'll give people the wrong idea if you don't actually like her in that way fucktard. I can feel my face getting red as it sets in. I just told the girl I like that she's beautiful...