Chapter 4
Kurogiri doesn't seem surprised but I surely am, "All Might? The strongest hero is our target?" Shigaraki just questions me menacingly, "What? Do you have a problem with the symbol of peace being our target?" "I just don't understand, how can we defeat him?" Shigaraki looks at me with understanding and says, "I understand where your coming from, you don't believe he can be defeated right? I mean you were probably one of his most passionate followers." Was I? I'm remembering, I was I belived in him, I met him, and he tore me down. Through I didn't realize it I was releasing negative burst without intending to. Shigaraki teases me a bit, "Did I strike a nerve or something?" I just stare at him, anger and rage flowing through me like waves onto a already battered and broken shore. He quickly uses the tension of the room to get back on topic, "We have gotten information that he has been getting weaker." I just walk up to him and ask, "Where's the evidence? What if it's misinformation? Or some trap?!" He just pulls a paper out of a briefcase and puts it on the countertop. It's a graph of All Mights activity and it's starting to decline. I think about it for a second and ask, "But wait didn't you say we are attacking UA? How are we going to get All Might there?" Shigaraki sighs in annoyance, "I forgot that you've been out of loop forever now." I don't understand what he means for a second and then it clicks, "How long have I been missing?" He says, "It's been like a year. There are posters all over the place for you, although now those pictures look nothing like you." I just can't believe it, a year has gone by. A whole year. I've lost a year of my life, it's hard to believe. Shigaraki sees my expression and says, "It's okay, you'll be fine, you have us now." I guess he's right, they took me in to take care of me, I should be thankful. "Alright, back to the main topic. How are we going to defeat All Might? We have some time for figuring this out as All Might will be working at UA and that school year hasn't started yet, the entrance exams haven't even started yet." Kurogiri pipes in and asks, "Where will we strike?" Tomura quickly answers with, "USJ aka the Unforeseen Simulation Joint. The date will be given to us a little time before we have to attack as they haven't decided the date of the USJ training." Before I can ask a question it's like Tomura knows what I was going to ask and answers it, "We have eyes and ears everywhere, we have many allies in the underworld and are continuously strengthening and growing those bonds so we can improve as an organization and attain our ideals." I wonder what those are but I don't think it's my place to ask and I don't have the chance to anyway because Kurogiri asks, "Do we know the location of the USJ? If we are going to teleport us in there I'll need a location." I pipe up this time asking, "Kurogiri you have a warp based quirk?" He answers my question without hesitation stating, "I can warp whatever I want and as many things I want as long as I know their exact location or can see them." That's very interesting, warp based quirks are very rare and this one is very strong as well. Tomura continues on, "Yes I have the location." He then hands Kurogiri a piece of paper that looks like a map, coordinates and anything else Kurogiri needs. He gives Tomura his thanks and exits the room, now it's just me and Shigaraki. He hands me a piece of paper and tells me to go to my room to read it, I obliged and go to my room, it takes me a second but I find it. I put it on my desk and start reading, I guess this is my part of the plan, I must admit Tomura is a lot more capable than I thought. I must admit I'm very impressed by he's well thought out plan, he is worthy of being the leader of this organization.
*Authors Note*
I will be using multiple perspectives in this story as I did in chapter 2 but this time it will be in the 'heroes side'. Specifically this will be from Katsuki's or Kacchan's perspective for this chapter. I thought it would be a good idea to tell you this so you know what's going on. Thank you, and enjoy.
*End of Authors Note*
Katsuki Bakugo is at home, sitting on the couch waiting for the acceptance letter from UA. He knows he'll get in, because 'I'm the best'. That's the mentality everyone sees or I show, honestly I just don't want that high of expectations on me. It can really get to me when trying to meet those expectations. He sighs and turns on the TV, there's nothing really interesting on as it's just the daily news roundup of this hero defeated this villain and random other uninspired or uninteresting shows. Katsuki turns off the TV in disappointment, nothing of interest today. He looks up at the ceiling where the fan just keeps going and going, never stoping, it's like life in that way, it's like society in that way. It keeps going and going never stoping to stay on something that's important or even something small. He hears a ring at the door and he yells, "I'll fucking get it!" He can hear his mom yell back, "There's no reason to be fucking cursing at this hour you piece of shit!" Katsuki just screams back, "What was that you old hag! I'll fucking kill you!" She yells, "Get the fucking door or so help me!" Katsuki just yells, "I was but you had to speak up smart ass!" He hears her walking down the stairs from their second floor. He notices his father drinking coffee like nothings going on, he's probably used to this already. He's broken out of his little world by his mothers hard hit to the side of his head, "Get the door you shit!" And walks back upstairs, Katsuki shaking with anger goes to the door to see the mailman shaking with fear. Katsuki just yells at him, "The fuck are you still doing here idiot, get the fuck going before I kick your ass!" That gets him going pretty fast and he makes sure he leaves before picking up the stuff he left off. Katsuki sees it his acceptance letter, he takes it too his room and opens it. There is a big projection of All Might and in his big booming voice he tells him he's accepted and what it means to be a hero and such. It just goes in one ear and out the other. He thinks to himself that why is he even doing this anymore, why does he want to be a hero? To be the strongest? To be the best? Those used to be his goals but they seem like old memories now, what replaced them was a promise that he intends to keep.
He tells his parents and they don't seem surprised. They congratulate him of course like all parents do they offer support and advice, the normal parenting gig. Katsuki just goes up to his room without a word, his room is his safe space, a place he can relax. Nobody bothers him here, he can sit in peace and quiet to collect his thoughts or whatever else he wants to do. He lays down on his bed and falls asleep, he'll have to go back to school soon but it's a school he chose so he doesn't mind as much.
It's the first day of school, he walks in to see that it's almost full already. There are many faces in here, some people stick out more than others, like the glasses kid that's yelling at everyone to sit down properly and be ready for class. Katsuki can already tell he's going to get on his nerves. He sits down minding his own business and puts his feet up to get comfortable. The kid practically goes into a sprint at light speed to get over to him and karate chops the air saying, "Be respectful to our upper classmen who had these seats before us as well as the school, so please sit properly!" He says it very demandingly and Katsuki is not a fan of this in the slightest. "Eh? Why the fuck would that matter four eyes!" The glasses kid is taken aback by his rude behavior and language. "You should not use such language in a school setting! And my name is not four eyes!" Katsuki snorts and says, "Shut up four eyes I don't really care what you or anyone else thinks of me idiot!" Right before the situation can escalate any farther another kid walks in, he has red hair and blue eyes, he is tall and muscular, he almost commands the room as he walks in, stoping all conversations when he enters. He seems confused at this and tells everyone, "Don't mind me keep having your conversations please." Soon after his entrance everyone is in and the teacher takes attendance. "Yuga Aoyama?" He's a blonde kid that seems to do a little more of a spectacular intro to show he's here but the teacher cuts him off. "Mina Ashido?" It's the pink girl with the weird horns that says with a lot of enthusiasm, "Here!" "Tsuyu Asui?" This girl looks like a frog and she raises her hand and says plainly, "Here." "Tenya Iida?" It's the glasses kid, he looks like he's been waiting for this as he starts off trying to say a motivational speech or something but yet again the teacher cuts him off and in response the glasses kid says sorry. "Ochaco Uraraka?" She says in a bubblely, overly happy way, "Here!" "Mashiroa Ojiro?" He says in a very normal tone and attitude, "Here." "Denki Kaminari?" It's another blonde kid, this one at least seems to be sure of himself and very social as he cracks a joke saying, "I am here!" Mimicking All Might's saying but twisting it to sound like a girl is saying it. The teacher ignores it or doesn't care as he goes on to the next person without pause, "Eijiro Kirishima?" This guy has weird spiky red hair and says in a manly tone, probably forced, "Here!" "Koji Koda?" This one just shrinks himself done and raises his hand, "Rikido Sato?" This one just answers like he was surprised or not ready for it and just raises his hand. "Mezo Shoji?" This kids probably the tallest in the class and has a couple extra arms just says plainly, "Here." But what's weird is that one of the arms? I think they're arms, forms a mouth and says it. "Kyoka Jiro?" She just raises her hand and stares at the ceiling. "Hanta Sero?" He makes finger guns like an idiot and says like he's some big shot, "HERE!" "Fumikage Tokoyami?" Holy shit that's a long name I'm never going to remember that shit. I look over at him and he has a bird head so I guess that makes up for it. "Here." "Toru Hagakure?" She says in a really girlish way, "Here!" "Katsuki Bakugo?" Finally he got to me, I just say "Here." As I really don't care. Next up is the kid that grabed everyone's attention, "Ayumu Akira?" He says with as much enthusiasm and conviction as you can with saying 'here', "Here!" "Minoru Mineta?" He just does a 'here' but in a way like he's got something better to do. The teacher now says, "There will be two more students joining us later, they are being processed right now as they got in through recommendations. I am Shota Aizawa, your teacher. Now get into your PE clothes and go out to the field." I think I'll like this teacher, he gets right down to business.
The class gets their gym clothes on and now we are all at the field. Mr. Aizawa tells us, "This will be a quirk test, a simple physical but you can use your quirks." The class is shocked, we have never done anything like this before, in school we where never allowed to use our quirks but I guess this is to be expected of the hero course as one of the students pointed out. Mr. Aizawa seems surprised by what one of the kids said I didn't hear it but I can tell we're about to get an earful. "This is fun huh? Is this the attitude you will have towards becoming a hero for three years? Well let's add a twist then, whoever finishes in last place for all eight test will be expelled." The class seems to be processing what he said for a second and then their overblown reactions come through like, "On the first day of school!", "You can't be serious!", etc. Mr. Aizawa just states, "If you want to be heroes, you can't lose as there will be lives on the line, it's as simple as that. Also us teachers have free reign over our students, I can do whatever I want with all of you." The way he said the last part sends a shiver down my spine. The tests start, the long jump, sidestepping, etc are all tests we have done before but never with our quirks. Then comes the ball throw, I come up to bat and blow the ball away to seven hundred and fifty meters away, I can sit satisfied as nobody's going to beat that. And then the Bubble girl comes up and sends it into the atmosphere registering as infinity... That's bullshit it doesn't count. Then the red head Ayumu steps up, his quirk is interesting, he can create super condensed air around the pores in his arms and legs. He has complete control over it but it seems in order to charge the amount he wants, he needs to hold his breath. He condensed it all into one arm something he hasn't done before, he holds his breath for as long as possible and then boom. It sounds like a damn gunshot, the ball literally gets torn apart and it's pieces go flying everywhere like shrapnel or shotgun pellets. One of the pieces goes one, one damn meter farther than me. That pisses me off so much, I can't explain in words. Mr. Aizawa seems satisfied with the results and tells us, "Don't worry, I wasn't going to expel anyone anyway so take it easy." This just sends the class into chaos as everyone starts yelling at him about how dumb it is for him to do this. I understand why and so does the stupid air horn kid, he just wanted us to try our hardest.
The rest of the day goes smoothly, honestly I think it goes to well. There's nothing exiting to do in those dull classes, I just want to get out and let loose like Mr. Aizawa let us at the beginning of the day. That one kid must feel the same way, he keeps fidgeting in his seat and twirling his pen. I mean he did get a much higher score than I did, but he also got rescue points so I don't really care. I. Don't. Care.
The next day comes and goes but the two recommendation students were processed and put into our class, so now we have twenty students instead of the normal eighteen. Ones Endevors kid apparently he was born with his fathers and mothers quirks, a half and half ability. The other is a girl with the quirk creation, whatever that is. Days go by faster than the previous, classes after classes after classes, it just feels like a glorified version of my old school. I came here to learn to be a hero not anything else, then my wish comes true as we go to hero basic training. I can't wait to crush everyone.
All Might triumphantly enters the room and tells us to put on our hero costumes, we are doing combat training today. Some of the guys are chatting while changing, I just keep to myself, the red heads changing next to me. "Hey can you do me a favor?" He asks, this is out of the blue and I don't even know him that well so what could he ask me? "Can you go somewhere else please? This is the only spot that nobody else is at and I don't want to get in trouble for being late." I just yell at him, "Fuck off red head, the fuck do you think you are telling me what to do!" He doesn't flinch and just says, "Then keep this to yourself, I don't know what he's talking about. He's got to be crazy or something. He starts changing and I look away, he's got to be shy or something. I look over for a second and I see why, he has a huge scar across his body, it almost reaches his face. That's a good reason not to want anyone around. I just ask, "Why the hell do you not want anyone looking at you huh?" He just answers flatly, "You can see why, but the real reason that I don't want anyone's pity, or remorse. I don't need that, it isn't necessary, I've lived with this for a long time. I don't need reminding." That's a pretty solid answer. "What's your name red?" I ask full deadpan, he just looks at me and says, "Ayumu, but I prefer Red." "Why the hell do you like being called 'Red'? And wait, I just called you that!" He chuckles and says, "Easier to remember." With that we are done changing into our hero's costumes, me and him took longer since we talked a bit and came out last. His suit is interesting, he has white gauntlets with a black body suit and some type of light armor to boot. Then the teams are being decided, and I'm stuck with the fucking four eyes asshat. I'm so annoyed by this I don't even hear what team we're against or what side we're on. So I ask him, "Hey four eyes, what side are we on and who are we against?" He starts doing karate chops or something and yells at me, "You should be paying attention, and my name isn't four eyes it's Iida Tenya!" I give him an annoyed look and he just fixes his glasses and says, "We are the hero's, we are against Ayumu and Ochaco." I guess I'm against him. They have to set up before we get to the fun part, combat. Iida asks me, "Do you want to have a strategy going in or are you just going to go full blitzkreig?" I just smile and say, "That's a really good way of putting it, but yeah." He just sighs and gets ready.
Times up, now the fun begins. I rush in and look around, it's a maze. I looked briefly at the map earlier so I have a general idea of where they would set up, the objective apparently is a fake bomb. Iida is following behind me quietly, I make a hand motion for him to go on without me. He sees what I'm trying to do and goes down the long hallway, but before I could react, in an instant Iida is blown into the wall with a huge amount of force. The sound deafens me for a couple seconds and when my vision comes back I can see that his armor is destroyed and I can see his face. He's out cold, "Hey! That shits really loud asshole!" It's Red, he just laughs and says, "I have special headphones in my helmet to counteract this, it's better this way as it'll disable opponents from the sound." He takes a stance, his right hands out and it looks like he's using that for defense, the other is ready for attack, is he a lefty? Before I can think of what to do I take a miss step and in that instant he's on me, he reaches me before the sound does and he uses another smaller blast to slam me into the ground. I just instinctively set off as big of an explosion as I can in his face. I didn't have time to use my guantlet so I feel the bones in my arms suffering stress fractures. I get up slowly, he moves all the smoke out of his face from my explosion. I can see I destroyed his mask and the ceiling above him. He smiles, "That was a good move Katsuki, very impressive." I can see the fire igniting like a great flame in his eyes, their like mine filled with the hunger for a good fight. "You know I haven't had a good fight ever, I bet your the same way. Our quirks are just too strong, if we use them; well, we'd be in a lot of trouble." He uses his quirk again but this time he uses it to close distance and do a devastating kick, the force breaks one of my gauntlets and as he does that I pull the trigger on the other one. The explosion goes through the hallway enveloping the hall with glowing flames. He's burned pretty bad, his equipments pretty burned. He sees my gaze and sighs in annoyance, "Man I just got this too!"
All Might looks at the screen bewildered, these kids. Kirishima sweating says, "Those guys are monsters." I just laugh, "Kirishima my boy, they are very impressive yes; but, look at it as something to strive for and surpass!" He looks at me with a big smile full of respect and happiness, "Thanks All Might! But isn't that dangerous? I mean that Bakugo kid just tore up and burned the other kid really bad." I don't respond, I see that, it's getting me really worried. The Ayumu boy, he's really gotten into this, but he's not like this. When I met him, he seemed very reserved and in control. This is much different, he's caught in true moment and filled with adrenaline. Katsuki on the other hand probably is in the same situation but instead has a concussion. I have a feeling this won't go well.
Reds just waiting for me, damit, what a wimp. No, he's playing smart but I can't just stand here forever, he's a lot faster than me. If he attacks I won't stand a chance. That only leaves me one choice, if he won't come to me I'll come for him! I use explosions to fly towards him and I prep a huge explosion in my right palm and it has his name on it! As soon as I move he uses a giant air blast to destroy everything in that hall. The power of it is enough to send me flying through a couple of walls and make the building really unstable. Before I can get up I see him above me, I see the wind in his hand, it swirls like a vortex of death. He just keeps making it stronger and stronger, I can't move, am I going to die? It all goes away instantly and he laughs at me but I don't hear anything. He waits for me to get up, I do and he reaches out his hand and says something. I still don't hear anything, what the hells going on? All Mights here now and he snaps in my ears as well as Red's, he reacts to his left ear but not his right. My eardrums must have burst.
Me and him are taken to the infirmary and this old lady tries to kiss me! "Get off me you old hag! Stop trying to kiss me whore! No stop!" Mr. Aizawa comes over and tries to hold me down, I just scream and try to wiggle out. "This is for your own good Bakugo." I just yell at him, "Fuck off, I'm not letting this bitch touch me." She just makes a very annoyed face and says in a way where you can tell she's holding back on hiring me, "Shut up, my quirk heals people, it can only activate if I kiss you." I just scream as loud as I can, "Help! This old lady is trying to kiss me! I do not consent! I do not consent!" Before I know it, All Might, Present Mic, and the rest of the staff to try to hold me down. I can hear All Might saying in the mass of bodies, "Bakugo my boy, this is for your own good. Please cooperate!" Eventually she gets a peck on my cheek, then all of the adults disperse except for All Might and Aizawa. I yell at them, "You bastards! I trusted you!" Aizawa just deadpans, "I'm tired I'm out, you discipline him." All Might shakes his head and then when Mr. Aizawa leaves he seems to realize what he got himself in. He tries to get him back but he disappears like a ninja. All Might just rubs his temples and tells me, "Bakugo my boy. I'll just put this in words you understand. Fuckin chill." He says that like nothing's wrong with what he said and leaves. I finally notice that Red's been laughing his ass off, "Hey! The hell are you laughing at bastard!" He just responds with, "I'm sorry it just was too funny Katsuki." After that there's a really akward silence for a while, I break it asking, "Hey when you where building up that attack what were you thinking?" He just says, "I just wanted to mess with you a bit. I wanted you to say chicken but your eardrums ruptured so you couldn't hear me." "Oh that's why." Then I realize what he said, "Fuck you, I wouldn't say chicken ever!" He laughs and says, "You should have seen your face! You looked so scared!" The rest of the day just devolved into him endlessly teasing me and constant yelling. When I start walking home I smile to myself, maybe I've finally made a friend. Haven't had one in a long time. Not since... Whatever the past is the past. I need to move on.
End of Chapter 4
*Author Note*
The reason this one took so long is because I had to re write the story a couple times to make sure I got it right. I also forgot about the combat training being a thing. That was fun deleting half the story and re writing again. Well I hope it was good enough for all the effort I put in!
*End of Author Note*