HI EVERYONE! I'M BACK!
Deku: (Snoring suddenly stops) … oh shoot, OCHACO HE CAME BACK! RUN!
Hey… you two are here still? I left for over a week…
Ochaco: HUH? NOOOO DEKU RUN!
… Ok then. Right back to the important parts, I am indeed back! Thanks to my week off, I have been able to do a lot of thinking and finally have the overall general outline and direction of the story! However, that does not mean it can be changed and if anyone has something they really wanna see, let me know! I will consider it and see what/if I like the idea and if it fits into this story. Like for example, the plan is to only show the fights that include Deku and Ochaco. Which, actually, brings me to my next point. This story is going to be longer than most but will also soon be earning its 'M' rating… very soon. So, do be prepared, its not gonna be tame. There will be some heavier scenes, some violent ones, and lots, lots of more mature level content. But there will be fluff and softer moments! But… do be prepared. And I wanted to explain in case you didn't understand it, when I have the characters talk in rapid succession without any thoughts or context its to mirror what happens when a conversation picks up in pace! I like to write as if the reader is seeing everything happen through the POV owner's eyes and brain. So, sorry if it seems confusing but that was kind of the point! Now… without further ado, let's begin!
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(Warehouse, Musutafu Prefect {3rd Person POV})
"Hey look I've been as patient as you guys but…"
"It's been like a year! And he hasn't woken up…"
"Enough of this… we knew it would take time…"
"BUT A YEAR?!"
"He was not fully ready for it… the power takes time."
"Tch! If he hasn't woken up…"
"Enough!" Kurogiri yelled out, finally having enough of this bickering. "Tomura Shigaraki has taken in the power of the man who could stand toe to toe with All Might. As we have seen, giving someone multiple quirks lowers brain function. Noumu's have it happen to them. Only our three High-Ends are able to maintain most of their brain function and that requires tremendous effort…"
"That is true. The young master will awaken soon enough. In the meantime we should decide how to act… with the information our special friend gave us." Gigantomachia said, standing further back from the group, close to the resting body of Shigaraki Tomura. "Midoriya Izuku has returned along with his woman: Uraraka Ochaco."
"Yes. And he is at the Hero License Exam. Dominating it apparently." Came the calm, slightly unstable sounding voice of Dabi. He had not changed very much in the two years, other than his clothes being slightly more torn. As if he had been putting a lot of work in. "What should we do?"
A beep came from a monitor, getting Gigantomachia's attention. "I say we send in the High-Ends, test him. See if we can't remind them that we can do whatever we want." Came the voice of one of the newer members of the League of Villains, a man who went by the name Savant said. He had only joined six months ago but had grown quickly into one of the major members of the League. He had really made some major moves and gained the attention of the other members, none more so than his defeat of a certain hero recently…
"I agree with the Wash-Killer. Savant, as always, has a good sense of strategy." Came another new voice, Dozer. He had joined shortly after the prison break, being usually a quitter, more reserved but strategic focused member of the group. He usually coordinated any major moves, working from behind the scenes.
"OH! IZUKU! I WANNA GO SEE HIM!" Came the colorful, terrifying sweet yet crazy voice of Himiko Toga, who had grown more to look her age in the past two years. However… her mental state had also grown more unstable as well.
The beeping from the monitor intensified, getting the doctor who had worked with All For One running up from his work space at seeing Gigantomachia's concerned movements. "No… no our colleague, Savant, is right on the ball here. I suggest sending the two with top ten kills, they have the best chance." Grodd said, having survived this long and now being a member of what was now dubbed the elites.
Shigaraki began shaking, the monitor finally beeping so loudly everyone else turned to see what was wrong. "MIDORIYA!" Shigaraki yelled out, sitting up for the first time in two years… He was panting, his body feeling… oddly strong. "Yes… I am ready. Send those High-Ends to test him… I need to see if he is ready to fight me soon. And if I'm ready to kill him… Kurogiri!" He said, turning his attention to his second in command, "I have been asleep for a long time… tell me everything."
('Victim' Resting Area)
The members of the HUC (Help Us Company, legit the one they used in the provisional license exam what a weird name) crew sent to this test were all now there, waiting for a bus to arrive to take them back to their office. They were all in their own groups, discussing what had happened; however, one group was larger than the others, the talk dominated one person who was in awe. "IT WAS CRAZY! HE... HE WAS LIKE ALL MIGHT! I MEAN SERIOUSLY! IT… IT FELT LIKE I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF A GOD NOT A MAN!" yelled a young-looking man, his face unable to revert to any look other than in awe, he had been shaken to his core.
At that, an old man stepped forward while scoffing, "Please young man, he is still a man. He may have been overly impressive but he's not god. He's no All-Might either." He had stepped right up to the younger man, his arms crossed and a look of annoyance looking as if it was etched on his face permanently (RBF if you know what that means), "You young people know…"
"No. He is the same as All-Might." The young man responded, stepping forward and his face looking upset while still in awe, surprising the old man but looking even more upset than before, "I was once saved by All-Might, I was a small child when it happened and it inspired me to do what I do to this day. Its why I work for HUC. And yet… I don't know, I felt something even stronger after being saved by him. He managed to pass in less than a minute. LESS THAN A MINUTE! All the while… he was smiling so brightly that it felt like the sun was beating down on my face! I know it's probably an exaggeration... but it felt as if he was different. In fact he was different."
The old man was taken aback by what the young man had said, especially the last part… "What do you mean?" He had uncrossed his arms, now looking more curious than annoyed. It was an odd thing to say so randomly, so casually… Did he know him?
"Two years ago, I worked the provisional exam at the Dagobah Municipal Arena." The young man said, taking a step back after realizing how close he had gotten and upset he had been, "On that day, I met that very same young hero… he was much smaller, timid, and unsure of himself. But also on that day I saw the potential he had… and that day I had hoped I would be able to see him reach a point where he would lose the unsure look in his eyes. But to see him like he was today… it makes me wonder just how great of a hero I had met two years ago. It really felt like I had met a god among men…" He trailed off, the awe in his voice ever apparent still. It was a life changing moment, he had witnessed the first rescue of Deku: The Hero for All. 'I wonder what he's doing right now…' he thought to himself as the buses arrived.
The older man had backed off significantly in his stance, shocked but also understanding the younger man… 'I remember being saved by All Might. I remember the feeling that I was forever safe… maybe Japan's future has hope. Again…'
(Meanwhile, Final Phase Test center {POV change to Uraraka Ochaco })
"HEY DEKU! TALK TO ME YOU FUCKING LOSER!"
"…"
"Uh… Midoriya, while I know Bakugo is being Bakugo but… you told only a few minutes of the story of being blind for a month before the match started… MIDORIYA?" Kirishima asked, waving his hand in front of Deku but was getting no response… Oh. He was doing that.
'He's in his new version of mutter storm… now he doesn't even talk, he just analyzes quietly… why did I try to make break the verbal habit… great job me…' I said to myself as I sighed outwardly, before I yelled out to the boys who were trying to talk to my Deku, "Kirishima he's doing his muttering to himself! He just does it quietly now… You just have to ignore him for now!" Kirishima looked over at me, his mouth in an 'O' shape. He then nodded, everyone else going 'ohhh' and shaking their heads at his ridiculousness; even after all this time and becoming more confident and… different he still was his nerdy self. I giggled watching all the guys laugh, patting him on the back which caused him to snap out of his mutter storm. He laughed sheepishly before getting back into his story, having to see where he had left off. He looked happy to be talking to his old friends, which made me happy too…
"Awwww! Guys look at Uraraka… she's giving Deku 'THAT' look!" Mina said, cooing at me as she did so while getting everyone else to giggle and snicker at me. I merely smiled smugly, knowing full well she was trying to tease me and get me flustered like before… unfortunately for me I wasn't buying it.
"Well of course, I am looking at my boyfriend." I said, sounding so casual about it that I was actually somewhat proud; before these last two years I would have been flustered by any insinuation of me and Deku being together. In fact, I would have gotten flustered by the mention of him at any point. But now… now talking about him was as easy as breathing. Which makes sense considering I have to breathe to talk to him…
"WHAT? THEN THAT MEANS…" Mina yelled out, pausing for a long moment. I looked over to her to see what she was doing, and I saw something I didn't expect… she was smirking. "So… how is he in bed?"
My brain immediately shut down… that was not something I was ready to talk about! "Ribbit! Mina!" Tsuyu scolded, seeing that I was shocked by what Mina said.
"What? If she wants I can talk about me Eiji if that makes her comfortable…" Mina said, but stopped when she realized she had just said something she wasn't supposed to say… 'WAIT HER AND KIRISHIMA FINALLY GOT TOGETHER!' I mentally yelled, most of the other girls doing the same as they had not known that was a thing apparently. "Ummm… I meant…"
"MATCH ONE WINNER: TSUNOTORI PONY" The intercom rang out, breaking everyone out of their stupor causing everyone to look in surprise. Sero was out of the ring, looking dazed as he laid on the ground.
"Wow… he lost."
"Huh… well… that's unfortunate for him."
"I feel so bad for him! He was always so lonely at school after what happened…"
"Yeah… Eiji told me that…" The girls all started chatting in shock, while I sighed. I stood up, deciding I needed to talk to Deku… his match was coming up soon and I know he is gonna be weird about this. He always was weird when it came to Bakugo, and it had taken another turn over the last two years.
I reached Deku, seeing his fingers were tightly gripping his arms were the rested while having them crossed, and immediately tapped him on the shoulder, while the intercom announced two people I didn't know were about to have their match. "Hey Deku. Can I talk to you?" I said, getting everyone to look at me and smile, "And Kirishima. Kaminari. You might wanna go talk to Sero." At that, the two in question immediately nodded and got up to go and talk to their friend who had been distant since the incident. Bakugo however was about to start yelling at me as I heard him turn to us, but I immediately turned on him and said, "No. Not now. Hush." I said and smirked at his outraged face, before turning to Deku and led him off to the side. I could hear Bakugo yelling, but I ignored him and snickered while I heard him being restrained from chasing me. While I could tell he was slightly more mature, given he wasn't letting off explosions to escape his restraints at the moment, it really did feel like he hadn't changed at all.
"Ochaco, why did you wanna talk?" Deku said, reminding me I was there for a purpose. He was looking at me expectantly, knowing I wouldn't just ask him to talk privately for no reason. He then looked where I had been looking and, like he had learned to do, understood what I was going to talk about, "This is about my fight with Kacchan, right?"
"Yes."
"… What about it?"
"You know what I'm worried about."
"I do?"
"… You know as well as I do right now, when he was doing his usual talking, you were getting annoyed slightly. Don't even pretend that wasn't happening, I could see that your hands looked like they wanted smack him around… You know what could happen if you use your true one hundred percent and your best combo."
"… ok so MAYBE I was a little upset."
"Deku…"
"But he did get in my face again… You know how I feel about that…"
"Deku." I said more firmly, grabbing his face as I did, "I know you lost that weird intimidation factor Bakugo had over you but in its place it looks like apathy is all you think about when it comes to him… and that's not good at all."
Deku had to pause at this, looking down as if he were thinking. 'Which honestly could be bad or good, he could go on a super inner mutter spree, or he could just realize I was right! Or maybe he'll think I'm right but not care! Oh I swear if he does that he is so not…' "OCHACO?!" Deku said loudly while waving his hands in front of me, "Hehe! You did one of my mutt-"
"I DO NOT DO THAT!" I yelled out indignantly before covering my mouth, embarrassed at having yelled out so suddenly. I had spent a lot of time with Deku and had managed to… pick up some of his habits. Unfortunately this was one of them and it was happening more and more often… "… Sorry. You were saying?"
"Haha! Its fine, it's a good… eh know what it doesn't matter." He said, stopping himself from saying it was good I had started doing his muttering habit which I nodded knowingly to, "I was saying… that you're right. It's just so hard. After I realized that Kacchan was just being a jerk and honestly a little insecure… I just got over him. And it lead to me being apathetic. So, I'm sorry Ochaco. I have to be better!" The last part was said in an extremely critical voice that I knew was him saying he was being extra hard on himself.
I sighed and grabbed his hands, hearing the intercom announce another match over meaning it was three matches until Deku's turn. I rubbed the back of his hands, comforting him, "Deku, you're human! You are allowed to have these conflicting feeling, feelings that are in opposition to who you are! All Might himself wasn't perfect, neither will you be nor are you currently. You will make mistakes, you will have negative emotions, you will fail… but as long as you get up and work past the failures then you will reach your goal!" I said, surprising even myself with that speech. It honestly came from nowhere, 'I had just wanted to say 'Its ok! Don't be so hard on yourself!' but then I just couldn't help but myself! And honestly that sounded so cliché! Ugh why am I like…'
I was suddenly pulled out of another… reverie, yeah reverie, by Deku grabbing my face and kissing me so deeply that I felt my knees almost give out. The kiss lasted for what felt like legitimate hour, when it was only a matter of seconds… how that worked I had no idea but it felt like time had stopped for us. "Ochaco… how I was so lucky to get someone as loving, as kind, and as amazing as you is beyond me. I love you so much…" He paused, having pulled back a little to just have his forehead touching mine, his eyes full oh love and happiness, "You always know what to say… meanwhile I only make you worry… I can only wonder how…"
"You know, Toshinori-Sensei and Nezu kept paying my apartment's rent… And I lived alone." I said as cheekily as possible, getting him to smile even wider with a hint of mischief in it, "If you were wondering how to thank me."
"… You know me too well."
"I'm four fights after you… we can sneak out then."
"You had me the moment you opened your mouth… I would follow you anywhere."
"Good! Now come on, lets watch our fellow new heroes try and beat each other up and show off their quirks!"
"… Were you made in a factory for me?"
"Nope! I just know you better than anyone else."
(Earlier, Private Box {3rd Person})
"What do you mean by that?" Aizawa Shouta asked tensely, unsure if he should be worried about his pupil or not…
"I mean, Young Midoriya is not the same boy you knew him when you last saw him. That should be quite obvious. However! One of the changes was that his view on Bakugo-Shounen changed… in a very odd and honestly troublesome way." Toshinori Yagi said, his voice calm but also sounding very tired, "Before, as anyone who had them in their class would know, Young Midoriya was almost scared but reverent of Bakugo. But this was due to him believing fully that Bakugo was so strong, so powerful that it was why he was acting as such. However after realizing that he had no reason to fear anyone and realizing how powerful he truly was… he felt nothing for Bakugo but pity and frustration. Pity in that he felt for the fact that everyone had placed Bakugo on and the pressure he had to face. But also that he handled it extremely poorly, and that he no longer deserves it and that his constant attempts to belittle others… well, that those moments grind him in such a way that he almost does not worry about Bakugo's very fragile mindset."
"Tch, then you underestimate Bakugo's growth." Aizawa said, now much calmer, "If you think that he has fragile mindset then…"
"I do not mean in terms of losing and winning." Toshinori said calmly, "I meant the fragile mindset in the case of being dressed down. Embarrassed. Humiliated. Which… well if Bakugo-Shounen does not demonstrate caution with Young Midoriya… there may not be enough of Bakugo's mind to repair him. Especially if he realizes he has no hope of reaching his dream to be number one."
"TCH! You speak as if Midoriya is in a class all his…" Aizawa started, dismissiveness dripping from every word he said, but he was suddenly cut off.
"Currently speaking, Young Midoriya could honestly beat me when I was the same age. In fact… given how fine tuned his fighting prowess is and how strong his quirk is now… He might be able to stand with me at my true prime." Toshinori said, shocking everyone in the room at how deadly serious he sounded. Not even Nezu had expected such high praise from the former number one hero… At this moment, Toshinori stood and walked as close to the window as possible, their view being very good for the fight, "Do not underestimate what Young Midoriya has become. I fully expect him to reach the pinnacle of this world's hero hierarchy sooner rather than later. He has surpassed every expectation I ever had of him… he makes me proud." Toshinori finished quietly, a fond smile on his face as watched another match end… 'Wow… that had been four matches already? Man, I really am too long-winded…' Toshinori thought to himself, before turning and adding, "Now watch everyone… it is time to see the gap."
(The Match Ring {Midoriya Izuku POV})
'Hmmmm… I know this is gonna end with me knocking Kacchan out, both of the ring and of consciousness. It should take about three minutes before I have the urge to finish it.' I thought to myself, as the fourth match finished up.
"MIDORIYA IZUKU AND BAKUGO KATSUKI PLEASE REPORT TO THE RING!" the intercom ringed out as I walked into the ring. I was stretching my neck, hearing it crack repeatedly, while Bakugo tensely walked into the ring. He looked annoyed, but slightly calmer than when he was yelling his lungs out… but still like he was agitated. "YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES! THE FIRST TO IMMOBILIZE THE OTHER, KNOCK THE OTHER OUT OF THE RING, OR FORCE THE OTHER TO SUBMIT WINS!"
"Hey… Kacchan?" I said, getting Kacchan to look over at me before I continued, "Let's have a good fight."
"… Tell me the truth, Deku."
"What?"
"How much of your power have you used?"
"… Kacchan…"
"TELL. ME."
"… In reality, I have only used one hundred percent on the robots. That's why even though it was just rubble… they were shredded."
"… Use it on me."
"No."
"USE IT ON ME! SHOW ME YOUR TRUE POWER!"
"NO!" I yelled out, sounding very desperate, "No… no I would never use it on a friend. We're friends right?"
"FUCK YOU!"
"See! The best!" I said cheekily, making him even angrier… "But seriously. I made a vow to never use more than sixty to seventy percent on my friends in spars. And as we're friends…"
"BEGIN!" The intercom yelled out, and immediately Kacchan charged at me. I read his plan, he was going to come at me with everything and try and make me use one hundred percent. He came at me from my left, coming from down low. He then used his quirk to almost instantaneously change his position to being at my eye level, his left fist coming at my face. I sighed before I merely moved to my right, creating enough space to be almost ten feet away in less than a half a second.
His swing wasn't as wild as I remember but it was almost blind, he completely missed and looked over to where I had moved. He gritted his teeth, looking even more upset if that was possible. "FIGHT. ME!" He yelled out before using his gauntlets, they charged up much faster than before now it would seem, to launch an attack at me. I shook my head before dodging down. However it would seem that his plan, he quickly had closed the distance and was bringing his fist up into my face… still wasn't fast enough.
I quickly brought my own fist up and punched him squarely in the face, sending him flying across the ring. He recovered quickly since I only used fifty percent in that moment, landing on his feet and quickly charging back towards me. He stayed low this time and immediately I had a hunch what he's going to do. 'He can maneuver even faster than before, he has way more control over his explosions too. He's likely gonna fake what he did before and use two explosions to try a low attack.'
Sure enough, he did. He used an explosion to come up, but immediately tried to go back low with a second explosion. Since I saw it coming, I had already brought my leg up and curb stomped him on his back in the blink of an eye. He slammed into the floor, being hit by my upper spar limit max of seventy to try and knock him out. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, he was not out yet. Although he did look dazed… He stood, looking at me in shock, "That… that wasn't your max?"
"No." I said, before landing another kick to his face, this time only using fifty percent as it was a free shot. He went flying again, ending up close to the edge. 'The only way I win fast is if I knock him out. But… well this is a chance to show off right?'
"USE IT!" He yelled, causing me to gawk at how he was still on that even after getting thrown around, "USE IT YOU BASTARD! SHOW ME!"
"Kacchan… don't start."
"IT STARTED WHEN YOU SAVED ME EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T NEED HELP!"
"… You really just never want to feel weak, do you?"
"HOW COULD I!?" He yelled back, somewhat shocking me, "How could I ever accept help when my goal is to be the best?!"
"Huh…" I muttered out while he charged me, landing a point blank explosion… or would have if I hadn't used the sheer force of a punch to negate his attack. "I never actually considered that maybe… you saw me as a threat…" I quickly elbowed him in the gut, before grabbing his wrist as he doubled over in pain. "So… you basically wanna see how you measure up?"
I then picked him up to eye level, before letting go and kicking him in his side, sending him flying once again to the edge… but he was still in. "…I want to see how equal we are, Deku." He said, causing me to sigh in frustration. He did realize I was basically playing with him right?
However… this did present an opportunity to end this pointless feud once and for all… "Ok." I said, surprising him, "I'll show you what one hundred percent feels like." I could hear Ochaco getting very upset, our hearing was good enough to hear what was being said on stage somewhat, especially since we were ten to fifteen feet away from the edges of the ring. 'Sorry Ochaco… but this is that 'Fated Battle Between Men' you always reference… I won't hurt him though.' I thought to myself as I saw Bakugo stand up.
"FINALLY! COME ON YOU LOSER!" He yelled out, before putting his hands into what looked to be his ultimate move he created back in high school. "LET'S SHOW OUR ULTIMATE MOVES!"
I sighed, he wasn't getting my ultimate move… that combo was a guaranteed kill move. I wasn't gonna physically kill him. PHYSICALLY. Mentally? …. He might not recover. "Fine… Here I co-" I said while moving at one hundred percent, getting there so fast I think he hadn't even heard the sound of my words reach him yet, "me." I finished as I arrived, I was in mid-air, my legs at his face level, and immediately I swung my right leg at his face, using my everything… and missed.
On purpose.
The desired effect however was achieved as the force of the kick, the sheer energy created from the motion, hit him square in the face. Immediately, his head went back, his eyes rolling into the back of his head before… he went flying all the way into the wall. Then through it. He was stopped by a very large amount of cement, Cementoss had seemingly arrived and saved him… But the damage was done.
Everyone in the area were just gaping… they had never seen anything like. A guy had just been sent flying from the force of a kicking motion… through a wall and making a human sized dent and permanent indent on a cement wall behind it. "… UH… BAKUGO KATSUKI IS OUT OF BOUNDS… MIDORIYA IZUKU IS THE WINNER…" The intercom ringed out, the man operating it in complete shock. I merely shook my head, knowing that this would be the outcome from the very beginning. The only difference being how much power I used. I looked over to the timer that was used for the matches and say that three minutes had passed exactly. '… Man, that's creepy…'
"DEKU." Ochaco said very sternly as she walked over to me, before grabbing me by the ear… this always hurt so much, I yelped in shock before yelling out in pain, "What did I say?"
"Uh… not to embarrass him?"
"…"
"Uh… it wasn't my fault?"
"…"
"… No Katsudon tonight huh?"
"…"
"… Shoot." I said quietly while she dragged me off, to probably yell at me for giving in… 'but then again I had warned him and didn't actually hit him… yeah that excuse won't work… Well at least on her. I wonder about on the others though…"
(Private Box {POV CHANGE to 3rd Person})
"Oh my god he actually did it…" Gran Torino said quietly, his cane now on the floor as he had dropped it in shock.
"He… he didn't… kill him… did he?" Asked Midnight, who could only muster short sentences as she watched on in horror at what she had just seen. Everyone else was wondering the same thing, they had only really seen this kind of force once or twice depending on who it was… And one of the people to do it was in the room.
"No. He missed on purpose, he just used the wind he creates with his motions to create an almost solid wind that knocked Bakugo out. He is fine." Said man, Toshinori Yagi said coolly before turning to Aizawa, "I warned you this would happen. I had hoped you had gotten Bakugo over his melodramatics when it comes to his goal. Not everyone reaches their goal, there is no need to lose one's mind over it."
"There… there was no way I could have prepared him for this. He saw Midoriya as his true rival, the only threat to his success. So, he trained hard, he trained daily; not just physically but also mentally to be less like he was… but now… to see it was basically all for naught…"
"You should have realized by now why Midoriya is so strong."
"What?"
"… We have the same quirk Aizawa." Toshinori said quietly, getting everyone to gape again, but this time at the former number one hero. "How could none of you have noticed? He copied my style, yelled similar things I did when he attacked… Did none of you actually notice how we had similar ways of doing almost anything?"
Everyone was stunned into a silence, connecting the dots as they did… "Then… is this why you took an interest in him?" Midnight asked in a quiet voice, unsure what to make of this.
"Of course it is. All Might wouldn't have shown so much favoritism to just anyone. The real question is… how does he have the same quirk? That's genetic, is it not?" Aizawa asked, skepticism in his voice. He knew something was off. He knew something wasn't right. He… he knew.
"I cannot say for sure. Quirk science is still developing, its imprecise. No one is for certain. Perhaps our quirk is a mutation." Toshinori said quietly, hoping that he would buy the white lie. He had been truthful when saying it was still a muggy science. But…
"… I see." He said, sounding as if he believed me like a woman trusts her boyfriend around other girls. Completely unconvinced. "All Might… what…"
Aizawa was about to ask something else but was interrupted by Vlad King, who had been more or less ignoring the other to see his own students fight, who yelled out, "WHAT IS THAT?" Everyone looked at where he had been pointing, seeing two black… monsters?
"NOMUS!"
"THOSE ARE HIGH ENDS!"
"…Aizawa." Toshinori said getting Aizawa's attention, a small smile on his face, "Just watch."
(Moments Ago, Fighting Ring Area {POV CHANGE to Midoriya Izuku})
"WHY DID YOU DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT I SAID? DO YOU KNOW JUST HOW BADLY YOU EMBARASSED BAKUGO?" Ochaco was in minute three of her lecture, quite upset that I had thoroughly embarrassed Kacchan. I was just sitting taking it, I knew this was coming but I really didn't feel like I had any choice. He was not going to stop unless I did something to show him that he was not even remotely close to winning. Any further and he might have been seriously hurt. "AND ANOTHER THING! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO NOT DESTROY THE BUILDING! WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE YOU KNOW!"
"Wait what?"
"Yes! They told me as soon as you did it that they were gonna bill you for the walls!"
"…Fuck."
"YES YOU… you hear that?" Ochaco was on guard now, her voice having been upset but now she was neutral. I listened and heard what she did as well, what sounded like screaming. But inhuman screaming… the kind of screaming I hadn't heard since the start of the incident that led us here.
I stood up, standing right in front Ochaco and looking to see two black figures burst through the wall I had destroyed… 'Well, now I can probably get out of paying for the wall.' I crouched down ready to move at the slightest movement. "WHERE… IS… MIDORIYA… IZUKU?!" One of the two yelled out, looking around.
"Look! There's another priority target. Bakugo Katsuki." The other thing said, looking at Kacchan who was now awake, looking dazed but also… down? Like a dog who had been admonished almost…
"OOH! LETS TAKE HIM! LET'S ALSO KILL…" The other one yelled, it seemed that was his only tone of voice. I jumped forward, quickly closing the distance and grabbed the louder one by the throat with my right hand. Simultaneously I swung my left leg and connected with the other one's face.
"MICHIGAN SMASH!" I yelled and kicked the Nomu's head clean off it's shoulders. It went flying, landing into the wall, causing me to flinch. 'Great… I'm gonna have to pay for that…' I could feel the one in my grasp struggling to escape still, gasping for air. I looked down at it before squeezing tighter, "You. Tell me who sent you and from where." It just gritted its odd-looking teeth, looking angry. I tsked at the thing and squeezed even tighter, "NOW! OR ELSE WE FIND OUT HOW MUCH PRESSURE IT TAKES TO POP YOUR HEAD OFF LIKE A WINE CORK!"
"FUCK… YOU…" It said, refusing to give in. I grunted, annoyed but calming down slightly… 'It'll be better if we capture this thing. Hmmm… ok got how to keep it down.' I then smashed its head on my knee, knocking it completely unconscious as its entire body went slack in my hand.
"Yaoyorozu! Kaminari! Come here!" I yelled out, getting everyone to stop gawking and move. The two quickly came forward along with… ah! Yes I almost forgot about him. "Oh Awase! Perfect, I can use you too. Yaoyorozu, I need you to create extremely conductive tungsten poles along with a battery. I need ten. Kaminari I tell you, I need you to overcharge the battery, so it shocks upon touching it. Awase, I need you to use your quirk to fuse the poles in the spots I tell you. Then fuse the battery to the poles." I was barking out orders as if I was in charge, as if I was the leader of these guys… "Ah, please? With that we should be able to constantly force electricity into the body which will not allow it to move anymore."
There was a pause, leaving me to wonder if it was too… presumptive to think they would merely… "Right! Good call Midoriya." Yaoyorozu said, getting Kaminari and Awase moving as she started making the requested items. I looked over to where I had left Ochaco to see her walking over with… an upset look on her face.
"Uh… Sorry for acting without thinking?"
"…Deku…"
"Hahahaha… sorry?"
"…You are so…"
"UH… RIGHT! THE PRO HEROES IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE DOWN SHORTLY TO TAKE THE NOMU AWAY… LET US CONTINUE!"
"Wow we're still continuing?"
"Come. Here. Now." Ochaco said calmly, sweetly having outwardly calmed down but I knew that tone of voice… I was s…
"HAHA I KNEW YOU TWO WOULD MAKE EXCELLENT HEROES!" That voice had a very thick, familiar accent. I turned to see the number one hero walking towards me, many other of the top heroes also following behind. "AH DEKU! URAVITY! WHAT A SHOW, EPSECIALLY YOU DEKU!"
"Plantero. I knew it was you we met the other day. I had heard your office was in my home prefecture of Shizouka."
"OH MY! I FEEL SO SPECIAL!"
"… Um, o-ok?"
"Did you know those two Nomu are famous?"
"Wait what?"
"Yeah! They killed Yoroi Musha and Crust!"
"WHAT?!"
"Yeah, grizzly affairs. Both died one on one, both had more or less fallen out of the top ten but…"
"Stop. Talking." I gritted out, becoming very annoyed at how lax he was being, how he made the deaths of two great heroes sounded like they meant nothing. I can see why everyone who any sense of tradition disliked this guy, he completely disrespects everything and everyone. It… it made me sick to hear someone talk about heroes like this! "Ochaco, come on. We're…"
"Hey, hey! I apologize for the tone of my voice, I just don't do the voice inflection and tone of Japanese well yet and well… I am a little bit on the bad side of tone deaf."
"Try terrible side by a lot."
"Mas Uno! Please! Not in front of the future partners!"
"Shut it Plantero… the loss of those two heroes was devastating. I also apologize for this idiot."
"Hey! I already apologized!"
"Yeah, but you're not a credible person."
"MI AMOR!"
"Wait! What did you say?" Ochaco asked as she had walked up to us now, her voice making me turn to look at her. "What do you mean future partners?" Wait he had said that…
"AH! Yes! Before I was interrupted by Mas Uno… you two have made me a believer in that you two will soon become an even better version of Mas Uno and I! So please! Do me the honor of having you two start your careers! Start with us!" Plantero said as he held out his hand, a very hopeful look on his face. "Oh! And I saw you two are probably on the hook for paying for the damage here… with us you would not have to worry about any money or collateral damage costs! And the pay…"
"WE'RE HIRED!" Ochaco yelled out suddenly, her eyes replaced… with dollar signs? Wait! What did she just?
"OCHACO WAIT A MINUTE!"
"YES!"
"… That was easy enough."
"OCHACO!"
"Yes? Sweetie?" She asked, a sweet smile that told nothing but a lie, and I could see I wasn't getting out of this one… that tone of her voice was back and I knew this one was a lost cause… But I also knew I had to salvage this! I had to get something back… especially given how today had been going.
"Fine." I said, causing to Ochaco to squeal happily and give me a kiss on the cheek, "But! We are then even, like we were BEFORE my fight."
"OK!"
"Wha?"
"Yeah! It doesn't matter as much now! WE ARE GETTING THAT MONEY!"
"… Well as long as you make Katsudon tonight too…"
"YUP!" She said, her infectiously happy voice getting me to smile happily too and shake my head; she was just too adorable… I could feel my face do the thing at the sight of her extremely bright face.
"Uh… Deku, what's with your face my guy?" Plantero was giving me a concerned look, unsure if I was ok… Ochaco was too bright for my own good, she made me make this face too often. I calmed down some and smiled at him instead.
"Sorry… happens whenever I see something too cute… or someone" I said, giving Ochaco a look that told him all he needed to know… I really did love this girl. She made my days so much better, even with all of the difficulties we had at first with not knowing what we were doing and being so isolated from normal lives… we made it work.
"Ah! I see." He said that yet he looked like he didn't but motioned towards the door regardless, "Now, come with me so we can discuss our plans in private." I nodded, feeling Ochaco take my arm as we walked with him and Mas Uno, who looked as serious she always did in public.
As we did, I saw Kacchan sitting while talking to a doctor and Recover Girl close by. Kirishima, Sero, and Kaminari were all there as well making sure he was ok. We made brief eye contact and I saw something that I had very rarely, if ever, in his eyes… a lack of confidence and like he was lost. He looked as if he had his entire identity taken from him. The eye contact was only momentary however as he quickly looked away and yelled at the doctor, but even that sounded half-hearted and like he wasn't feeling it… 'Uh oh. I may have done of something terrible… did… did I just destroy the man Kacchan was? What… so easily? That… no way. He's like a hurt puppy right now, just licking his wounds before coming back! He always has been insecure when it came to me… But this is just weird… I wonder if something else happened.'
(Private Box {POV CHANGE to 3rd Person})
Aizawa sighed in relief, that was ridiculously quick thinking by Midoriya. Almost like… "Haha, he did the whole 'body moving on its own' thing again." Toshinori said while shaking his head in disbelief, he had seen him do that many times; especially if young Eri was in danger while he was training, we had made him able to move to protect like it was instincts.
"All Might, he's talking to Plantero."
"Who?"
"The foreigner who's number one."
"Ah! I see, I see. Hmmm, honestly I think I know why Plantero is talking to him."
"To hire them to his agency?"
"Yes! Many tried to get me to do the same but I refused, which is what we agreed Midoriya should do…"
"Him and Uraraka are arguing and… oh they agreed and shaking Plantero's hand."
"WHAT!" Toshinori yelled out, blood spewing everywhere like it was anime. He couldn't believe his pupils had broken from their plans…
"… You okay, All Might?" Aizawa asked, seeing how Toshinori was still coughing up blood. Everyone else in the room had stopped to stare at Toshinori, either in concern of the sight or at just how much blood he was spewing. Those who were concerned by the amount knew what was going on, their eyes looking sad. "… How much longer do you really have?"
Toshinori didn't respond immediately, instead walking over to the door, "Long enough." He opened the door, Ectoplasm suddenly flanking him along with Gran Torino, "I have to see Young Midoriya achieve the dream. Then I can die." He walked through the door and then closed it, leaving many wondering how much longer the man who had become synonymous with being the Symbol of Peace for as long as they remembered had left on the earth.
Aizawa looked at Nezu, knowing he knew full well what was actually happening, "I hope it's soon… given just who Plantero is supposedly targeting." He said nothing else, going down to check on his own pupil; he had just been embarrassed and looked the part. And while he would never admit openly, his heart had the softest of spots for these former and current students. And those who had helped cultivate them.
(Outside the Arena {POV CHANGE to Midoriya Izuku})
"So… what do you need from us?" I asked as we reached the outside, stopping as we reached the cold air of outside. It was Mid-December after all. And I know Ochaco wasn't the biggest fan of the cold.
"Ah! I wanted to discuss the details…" Plantero checked his watch while saying this, it was around eleven I believe given when we started and how long it had been. Which meant it had been like an hour or two… "Ah! Actually I have plans! Sorry, tomorrow we will discuss this!"
"Ok, sounds good to me."
"Me too!"
"Martín, hurry up. We have to be there. Our contact won't wait forever." Mas Uno said this while looking impatient. She and Plantero seemed to polar opposites, yet Plantero (Or Martín apparently, actually he said that when we met him… yeah, that's right!) seemed like he and her were together. They are definitely weird, weirder than Ochaco and I behaved…
"Alright, Alright Maria! I know… Right! Now then, please be at my agency tomorrow morning at ten. We have much to go over… especially our first order of business." Plantero said before turning and walking away, before stopping and adding, "The Yakuza won't stand a chance with the four of us working together."
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Aaaaaand I'll end it there! Whew it feels good to be back to writing!
Deku: … I-I don't even know how to feel.
Ochaco: Haha! I wear the pants here!
D: …
Uh… well duh have you met Deku? He'd bend over backwards for you!
D: …
Awww poor Deku, he's all embarrassed! Don't be! I made you the most powerful character in this story!
D: … Lets do shout outs.
O: Ok! Ill do the ones who only get one! Reactef, Swarthyness, and joae12 with favs! Also, lucyne.x11, Fox of the Emerald Isle, and Jonesy2.0 with the follow! We love you guys!
And with double shout outs we have: djcrackerjack, Dimitrovski, KaenLoki, and Alistair4898!
D: … I refuse to do the reviews… (Goes away to skulk)
Ok… right the reviews!
To adislt: Sorry to say we will not see any One-punch man characters here but I love your constant reviews! I really appreciate it.
To UrNatures: Hahahahaha I actually wasn't sure anyone would like that part but I'm glad you did! I found it hilarious and somewhat in character as All-Might does cuss when in private!
To Bio RL: … I mean I love the review but I'm still lost, much noob here! If you can explain to my noob self, please do!
To Guest: I am so happy that you're enjoying it so far! It really made me smile like an idiot, so much so my mom who saw me smile when I saw your review she thought I was talking a girl… kinda wish she was right but hey, what am I gonna do?
O: See Deku? At least you have a girlfriend!
… Do I need to embarrass you next?
O: Go ahead and try!
… In a week or so, I will. Which is gonna be my usual now! Around a week or so for each chapter, no set date for updates but I will be taking more time now! As always: REVIEW IF YOU SO PLEASE! GO BEYOND!
Everyone: PLUS ULTRA!
