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Izuku's memory was a blur. He remembered meeting Sir Nighteye and Gran Torino through his tearful gaze, he remembered seeing Aizawa move to confront All Might after Izuku found himself with his master's teacher and student.
He remembered seeing two silhouettes watch him for a few moments before disappearing into the night. He knew for a fact that they were friendly, as one of the silhouettes, which was clearly feminine, seemed to wave at Nighteye before disappearing.
But beyond all of that Izuku couldn't remember a thing of what happened for the rest of the night.
He could infer quite a bit though.
He knew for a fact that Aizawa knew that he had inherited One for All from the way the pro hero looked at him during homeroom the next day. He knew that Gran Torino had decided to stick around for a while and assist in training him, as mixing his style of close combat, along with Izuku's long range capabilities would be a combination to be feared.
And judging from the room he was currently sitting in, and who was present along with him, that Sir Knighteye had seen into his future and he certainly had something to say about that.
"I presume all of you have a general understanding of how my quirk works right?" asked Sir Nighteye "It requires three conditions to activate, but once those conditions were met, I can use my quirk in two distinct ways. When I use it the first way, I gain the ability to accurately predict all of my target's future moves and actions for an entire hour. When I use it the second way I gain the ability to see into my targets future, viewing it like a film from third person. I can witness all major events in their life right up to the moment that they die, though due to the nature of my quirk I won't be able to give you the date when an event would happen, just a rough estimate of it. Through my training I have gained the ability to use both ways simultaneously, though doing so does tend to exhaust me."
"Yes… and?" asked Aizawa, wondering where he was going with this.
"When I looked at Izuku, I didn't see certainty, I saw possibility" said Sir Knighteye "I saw the original timeline as it was supposed to be, as it was meant to be. And then I saw the current timeline, just how things are actually progressing ever since All Might passed on his quirk, up until the events that happened yesterday…"
"And?"
"Something that I've managed to develop over time a way to instinctually name the main point of what I am seeing" said Sir Knighteye "Like let's say for example I see Izuku being attacked by a Nomu in Tokyo. If the name that comes to mind is Izuku vs. Nomu, or attack on Izuku, I know that Izuku will be attacked even if we hide him somewhere in the mountains. The details will change but the main event will still happen. Likewise If I see that exact same scene and the name that comes to mind is attack in Tokyo then I know that it is Tokyo, not Izuku that is going to be attacked, and we can station more pros around the city to act as backup. It's why I make sure that every single possibility is accounted for before I use my quirk, because a death is always included in the title, and once an event is named, the details may change but the event will happen."
"So tell us the names!"
"Spoilers" said Sir Knighteye with a grin "You forget that I'm looking into a schoolkid's life. More than half the events either will go in his favour, don't concern us or will be orchestrated by U.A. itself. There are three events that we should be concerned about!"
"And those are?"
"Izuku vs. Overhaul, Attack on the Students, and One for All vs. All for One" said Sir Knighteye, his voice now grim.
"Overhaul makes sense" said Izuku, speaking up for the first time since the start of the meeting "Thanks to both the physical experiments she has undergone and the mental trauma she has experiences, Eri's power has be gathering up, concentrating itself, and basically turned her into a walking time bomb, and a high stress scenario is just what it will take to set that bomb off. Aizawa's quirk disables a person's ability to use their quirk, which would only delay the inevitable in this case. The other option is to let her use her quirk on someone, and with me constantly destroying my body and her constantly reversing the damage, well there is no choice here. And if I can use it to do some damage against that hypocritical bastard, well all the better for me!"
"You could end up destroying your entire body if you decide to do that!" said Gran Torino "Are you willing to take the risk?"
"I'm the only one who can take the risk" said Izuku "Sir Knighteye, did you see me permanently destroying myself."
"No, but it could happen!"
"Even if it did, I'm sure you wouldn't mind that much!"
Aizawa glanced at both of them sharply as Sir Knighteye did nothing be smile at the jab before continuing on "Regardless it's the other two that I am more worried about."
"Right now security is tighter than it's ever been and I doubt that will change till summer" said Aizawa "plus I'm sure I can convince Vlad to up the ante after he see my class's performance at the Festival, which would be an ideal time for an attack. That and the summer cam you spoke off."
"It is going to be the summer camp" said Sir Knighteye "but hiking up security at the sports festival is a good idea as well."
"And speaking of the summer camp, I know you'll have to run it by Nezhu, but I think that the Pussycats would be the best choice Aizawa" said All Might "Plus I have a few ideas on how to both increase security and create a litmus test so to speak."
"Meaning?"
"Finding out from which side the leak is, the students, the faculty or something else entirely."
Aizawa closed his eyes and nodded. While he never liked to consider a scenario, denying that it may well be true would simply be illogical. "Very let's move on to the third event, One for All vs. All for One!"
Immediately the room darkened as All Might, Gran Torino, Sir Knighteye and even Izuku clenched their fists in anger, much to Aizawa's surprise "How do we prepare?"
"The very nature of his quirk makes any sort of preparation to counter him near impossible" said Gran Torino "All Might is the only Hero who can face him, we know that. And the only Pro that can provide any assistance that I can think off would be Aizawa."
"All for One is many things but stupid isn't one of them" said Gran Torino "The minute he heard of your quirk he would have come after you to get rid of a potential threat, unless he has some way to counter it, or at the very least mitigate it."
"Even if he doesn't I'm sure he wouldn't try to engage battle if he even had an inkling that you were nearby" added Sir Knighteye "The problem is that I can't think of another pro who would be useful in such a situation."
"What if it doesn't need to be a pro?" asked Izuku
"What?" said Aizawa "No absolutely not!"
"One for All Vs All for One right" said Izuku "Plus Knighteye has already seen me which means that one way or another I will get dragged in there."
"Don't be arrogant boy" said Gran Torino "As you are now you wouldn't stand a chance against All for One!"
"In a head on battle sure" said Izuku as he pulled out a pistol hidden inside his uniform and placed it on the table. "Right now I am a glass cannon. I have the ability to dish out a whole lot of damage, but not take any. But that's where All Might comes in, a main tank" with a nod to his mentor "A flanker" a not to Gran Torino "And a long range D.P.S"
"It could work" said Knighteye "Especially if we take a more gentle method"
"No! Absolutely not!" said Aizawa firmly as he lost his cool "Are all of you Insane? We are not putting a child into a goddammed warzone, especially when we have ample time to prepare for it!"
"If we can give him enough of range we won't need to" said Gran Torino "And we can give him more than enough of range."
Aizawa's eyes widened, he knew what was being suggested "It will never be approved. He'll need his Provisional Licence for one and even then, I doubt they will ever authorize it!"
"Let me deal with both of those" said Sir Knighteye "For now just get him ready for a battlefield, you have three months, I'm sure you will have enough time!"
"Let it be known I am still against this" said Aizawa "But... I'll do the best I can with what I have."
"I'll be sure to give you my best Sensei!"
"Ring out! Ida wins"
Izuku looked on as Yaoyorozu simply slumped to the ground in defeat. It was her third defeat in a row and it seemed that the black haired beauty was simply on the verge of tears.
"Yaoyorozu front and centre" commanded Izuku and his vice-representative gave him a forlorn look before she pulled herself together and once again walked to the centre of the ring "Momo what is your greatest strength?"
"My versatility" came the immediate answer. There was no question about it, her quirk and her near picture perfect memory, along with her mind, usually gave her nearly limitless ways to handle any given situation.
"And what is your greatest current weakness?"
"I…" the girl tried to say something but she couldn't think of what to say. What could she say? Her weakness? The fact that despite her amazing quirk and all the hand to hand training her parents gave her she couldn't even win a single fight? What was she –
"Your versatility"
"My – My what?" asked Momo, completely stunned by what Izuku said. Whatever she had been expecting that certainly wasn't it.
"Let me put this another way. Let say Kirishima was fighting me. He would charge straight at me and I would lift my shotgun and fire it straight at him, launching the boy straight back. If Ida was fighting Kirishima he would activate the engines in his legs to get close to him, keeping his body on the down low. Duck under the fist that Kirishima would no doubt try to hit him with, before launching a series of vicious kicks at his side and back. If it Tokoyami, he would launch Dark Shadow to engage him and keep him at a distance. If it was Bakugo, it would be small precision explosions at point blank to wear down Kirishima's quirk before he could break through the red head's defences and pin him down. If it was Todoroki, the half cold half hot user would freeze Kirishima before he got close. Do you get what I'm saying?"
"No"
"Yaoyorozu, what would you do?" asked Izuku
Yaoyorozu hesitated for a second as she thought of a strategy to beat Kirishima before she opened her mouth to respond, only to pause as Izuku held up her hand to stop her.
"That's exactly the problem here Yaoyorozu" said Izuku "What would you do? Would you create some kind of range weapon to keep him at bay, use a staff to fight him with a bit of reach? Create a shield to absorb his blows and waiting for him to tire himself out? Make a machete and try to break through his hardening? For a pro having versatility in their kit means that they can handle and adapt to a variety of situations and will be able to move around any plans that the villains make to counter their style. The problem with you is that you have the versatility without having the style. You are an amazing all-rounder Yaoyorozu, but you lack the ability to make split-second decisions, which in our field, can be the difference between life and death."
"If that's the case then what would you suggest."
"Combat training isn't what you need right now" said Izuku "Right now the ability to make spit second decisions is what you need to make a difference. And so I would recommend chess."
"Chess?" the question there was obvious.
"Specifically minute chess and hyper chess" said Izuku "So that will be your training. When you head back home go online and make an account on a chess network, there are dozens, just pick one that has minute chess and hyper chess tournament. Try to do a tournament every two days, since I know playing a tournament a day can be hectic."
"I understand."
"But you still need battle training" said Izuku "Which weapon are you most comfortable with?"
"A staff"
"Then that's your weapon of choice from now on" said Izuku "For the next week you'll only be fighting with a staff and nothing else. The week after that you'll be allowed to create weapons and items of your choice, but only during the first thirty seconds of the fight, after that you'll be fighting quirkless. The week after that your limitations are removed and we'll see how you do.
"Asui-chan"
"Call me Tysuu" the frog quirk holder replied nearly instantly "And yes?"
"Tysuu-chan then" said Izuku "You're a good all round fighter and with a little refinement your dizzying mobility will make you impossible to pin down. But I feel as if you could be better."
"Kero" said Tsyuu as she tilted her head to the side in thought "What would you suggest Midoriya-san"
"I don't know" said Izuku "Can you tell me what your quirk can do, try not to leave anything out please."
"Well I can jump very high, and stick to walls. My tongue can stretch to a maximum of twenty meters. I can also spit up my stomach to clean it and secrete a poisonous fluid" said Tsyuu "Well I say 'poisonous' but it really stings a little."
"That's actually an advantage for you" said Izuku "As heroes we are supposed to avoid letal force as much as possible. Plus even if it stings just a little, it still acts as a distraction and could create a potential blind spot, with could easily be the difference between life and death. How do you secrete it?"
"Through my sweat glands, especially those on my hand, and my saliva glands" she replied "I can create the most concentrated version in my mouth, and to a certain extent I can control how much it stings, but even at best, it will only sting a little."
"Show me" said Izuku
"Kero?"
"You said at best it will only sting a little right, so show me how much it stings!" Izuku said "I trust you Tsyuu-chan"
"Alright" said Tsyuu dubiously as she concentrated the poisonous fluid in her tongue before launching it forward and slamming it into the side of his face.
"Tysuu" said Izuku as Recovery Girl finished her medical scan "I though you said it only stung a little"
"I thought so too Kero"
"That's probably either because you and your family seem to have a semi-immunity towards it" said Recovery Girl "Or it has simply grown more potent as you've grown older. I'll have to do some testing to determine the validity of that is your willing Asui"
"Kero" said Tysuu nodding her head in consent
"Well then from what I can see it seems that the extremely concentrated version of your paralytic toxin would cause the body to shut down" said Recovery Girl "Of course I'm sure that there will be some kind of kickback if you use this ability too long or too frequently, but a less concentrated dose should create total paralysis or at the very least partial paralysis"
"So I guess you have your trump card now Asui-chan" said Izuku with a smile on his face
"And different people will have different resistances towards it, especially those with aquatic heteromorphic quirk."
"Still it will no doubt be a useful tool in combat" said Izuku "Keyword being tool. As long as you don't rely on it too much, or you figure out a way to gauge your opponents resistance to your toxin before you use it as a finishing move. Either way it take you out from being a great all round support hero, to a close range combative threat, which is going to be especially important in the final stages of the tournament."
"Kero!"
"Midoriya, Yaoyorozu" said the president of Class 1 – B "I'm glad to see that the two of you decided to come. Especially after what happened"
"Indeed, your entire class must have been extremely blessed to have come out of that incident with minor injuries at best" added the vice-president "But you all must have been terrified during the incident."
"It was quite scary" said Yaoyorozu voicing her agreement "There was a moment where I thought I would wind up dead, or worse"
"You would have found some way out of there Yaoyorozu I'm sure of it" said Izuku, his voice filled with confidence in his classmate's abilities "Don't put yourself down."
'I'm not' thought the creation quirk user as she shook her head slightly at her classmate's misplaced confidence in her. That villain had her dead to rights, that was a fact. She just needed to get strong enough to ensure that it never happened again "So anyway, how are your classes progressing?"
"Well enough" replied Kendou, shrugging her shoulders "Everything's been going the same as usual, except for our hero training, which has shifted slightly towards the combat aspect of being a hero."
'Most likely Blood King's response to Aizawa's manuals' thought Izuku before speaking aloud "Well then how about we have a little spar then."
"We'll get in trouble for using our quirks Midoriya-san" Kendou was quick to remind him "Not to mention we need authorization to fight!"
"Who said anything about using our quirks Kendou" countered the green haired boy "I just meant straight hand to hand. Besides if you read the rulebook it clearly states that two class president and/or vice-presidents can give authorization for a non-quirk battle, in lieu of a professor's permission, as long as the sparring students are in an appropriate area. And the dirt ground just beside the U.A building is as good a place as any."
"It would be an honor Midoriya-san, Yaoyorozu-san" said Shiozaki as she brought her hand's up in a textbook guard and shifted to her side so as to present as minimal a profile to her opponent. Both Izuku was quick to note that despite being technically correct, her posture was too stiff, and hense easier to take advantage off.
Kendou, seeing she was outvoted, brought her hand up and adopted a standard boxer's pose, a fighting style that suited her quirk perfectly. Unlike her companion though, the President of Class 1 – B was perfectly relaxed and even had a small smirk on her face, showing that she was quite comfortable fighting this way.
"Yaoyorozu, Shiozaki's yours, I'll take on Kendou." While his punches were nowhere near strong enough to take on a trained boxer without the use of his quirk, Midoriya had been training with Ida, and even had a session with Sir Knigheye to improve his kicking ability, and eventually recreate his shoot style.
Besides legs had more reach than hand after all, even if Kendou was taller than him.
"Aren't you going to put a stop to this" asked Vlad as he looked at his fellow homeroom-teacher who was watching his students battle with interest.
"Why?" asked Aizawa in a board tone as he watched Izuku overextend himself on his last kick, a move mistake that Kendou certainly punished him for. "Their little spar is certainly within the rules, and they're not taking it too far, so where's the logic in stopping them."
"You and your logic" said Vlad with a grin as he watched Yaoyorozu and Shiozaki somehow manage to get tangled up in each other's limbs and fall to the ground, turning their spar into more of a grappling match than anything else. "Those two need a bit of work thought"
"Yaoyorozu is far more proficient and far more confident with a weapon in hand, and Shiozaki is a long range fighter" countered Aizawa as he watched Izuku kick Kendou back before rushing to try and help his classmate "But there is merit in improving their hand to hand and especially their balance."
"True, and I'll be sure to speak to Shiozaki about that" said Vlad as he watched Kendou catch up with and tackle Izuku into the grappling pair, turning all four of them into a mess of limbs covered with dirt "Now do you want to report the loophole to Nezhu or should I?"
"He already knows" said Aizawa as bemusedly watched the spar turn into a tickling match of all things "The first thing I did when I joined U.A was to take a look at the rules and make a list of the loopholes and inadequacies and present it to him, since it was a pretty short list he had ample time to go through them all. He left that little loophole in as a privilege so to speak"
"Go figure" said the Blood King as he watched Kendou declare Yaoyorozu the winner of their impromptu match, before his eyes narrowed at what the winner did next "And what about that, are you going to let –"
Vlad trailed off as his eyes darted to where Aizawa was supposed to be but only found empty ledge instead "Plausible deniability huh, well it's your class, I'll let you deal with it how you see fit."
His eyes darted back to Yaoyorozu who was now using her quirk to create bottles of mineral water for her companions to drink.
"So you can create liquids" said Izuku as he finished his second bottle of water. Kendou and Shiozaki had already left since they were getting late for their train "I always wondered if your ability was simply limited to creating solid items."
"As long as I know the chemical composition of what I want to create, and it's not a living creature, I can create anything I like" Yaoyorozu replied "Water is quite simple, just two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen, after that it's just deciding just how much space there is between the molecules and how much energy they have."
"Interesting" said Izuku as his mind darted to several of the more pointless theories in his head, such as the theoretical composition of Vibranium "So you can basically be a discount Todoroki if you want to."
"Not particularly" replied Yaoyorozu "For one I simply don't have enough lipids to pull of his large scale attacks. For another I'm don't have fire resistance like he does, if I try to light myself on fire I'll end up burning my skin off and rendering my quirk useless in that area."
"True enough, but if you could you'd be something else entirely" said Izuku "Imagine a hero who can switch between the powers of Endeavour, Todoroki, Cementoss, Pixie-Bob, Water Horse, so on and so forth. Even if they were just discount versions of the actual pro's themselves, just the sheer versatility of what they could do would be on a whole other level and make them impossible to pin down"
"True..."
"Anyway I have to get going now Yaoyoro –"
"It's Momo"
"What?"
"For you it's Momo, not Yaoyorozu" said Momo as her mind flashed back to the U.S.J "You've earned that right!"
Izuku stood there for a moment, uncertainty marring his features as a slight blush came upon his cheeks, before he smiled and nodded firmly and said "Very well then, Goodbye Momo, I'll see you tomorrow."
The Creation quirk user smiled and waved goodbye to her friend before her brow furrowed in thought as she gazed at her hand "A discount Pro huh."
She started forming a cube of ice in the palm hand, before changing her mind slightly and creating water around the cube, before both the cube started to melt and the water began to boil as she created steam instead.
"Maybe he was on to something"
Yaoyorozu was confident that she could take on many of her classmates. With the training she was now undergoing she was sure she'd be able to beat the majority of her classmates such as Mineta, Ochako, Ayoama and so on. She felt she'd even be able to fight against battlers such as Sato, Ida and Tsyuu, though those battles would be hard fought, and she would have to pull out all the stops in order to win.
But against someone like Todoroki, Bakugo, and even Midoriya, she'd loose outright, there was no question about it. She needed something different, she needed a trump card.
Momo gazed at the steam that was curling off her skin. Her hand felt like she decided that an oven would be a good place to keep it, but the creation girl pushed that aside as she continued to gaze at the steam, a plan slowly forming in her head.
Suddenly her eyes widened as she realized just what she needed to do. Shaking her hand vigorously to cool it down she quickly rushed into and through the hallways of the school until she arrived at her destination.
"Pardon me for intruding but could I have a moment of your time Midnight Sensei?"
And that's a wrap folks,
No I do NOT plan on introducing something like caps shield or god forbid Thor's Hammer/Axe, until either the final battle or BNHA pulls out something so ridiculous that I have no choice but to create it...
And yeah, Yaoyorozu is now Momo...
Anyway it's been a blast and I'll catch you guys next time.
Review please
Rafael out
