Hello Everyone! I'm back with more story!
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving break because I spent most of mine moving a house! YAY
Anyway, I want to get right into the next chapter, as I know I haven't posted a chapter in a while, but before that, I would like to apologize for my grammatical errors regarding sempai in the story. I made a huge mistake and it's been a while since I've seen a good anime/manga to watch. Before you heckle me about your shows, I don't mean that the ones out are bad, I'm saying that I've been really busy and I don't have time to watch the ones I've been looking forward to.
Anyway, lets get right into the next chapter, I hope you enjoy!
*I do not own Boku No Hero Academia or any of its Characters. Any OCs are my ideas, so please no stealing or I will reap your soul.*
Chapter: Kumo
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After a satisfying lunch, Izuku flashed through history and literature without much concern. Both were inherently easy as long as he did the required work and stayed on time of the assignments.
Now he was back in class C-1, wondering what was in store for him and the rest of his classmates.
"Since we got through everyone's quirks in the first portion of the day, you have a free period until school ends. As long as you don't blow anything up, I don't care what you do." Tetsuki-sensei placed her hand on her chest with a shrug.
"Personally, I would encourage you to talk to your classmates and get to know them. You'll be in class with them for a while, even if you plan on transferring as soon as you can." Tetsuki-sensei then went to her desk in the corner of the class, leaving her students to get up from their chairs and talk to one another.
Izuku found himself in the company of Surikku and Hiru once more, the two of them pulling him into a conversation about heroes and quirks.
"I gotta say, I think Best Jeanist has the most unique quirk. It's great for capture and can be used for combat as well, making his wires razor sharp." Surikku put in.
"Nah, I say Ryukyu is the most unique. She has super strength, enhances speed, can change into a dragon, and can resist fire. She can easily handle more diverse situations than a man with pockets on his face." Hiru snark-ed with a smile.
Izuku gave a nod to both. He thought they were both pretty good examples.
"Those two are nothing against a hero like All Might." The three turned in their chairs to see Tsume looking down at them, a cocky smile on her face.
"Hey, you almost killed me this morning!" Surikku shouted in a high voice.
The short haired girl smirked. "Believe me, if I wanted to, I could have made you a pin cushion." The slime and nail users stared at each other, one with defiance and the other with confidence.
Hiru sighed. "What do you mean by your statement? Care to clarify?" He asked coolly. The girl scoffed at his relaxed behavior.
"I mean he's the best because his strength. He can defeat villains in a single punch and fight anyone with any kind of quirk. He's never lost a fight and never will. That's why, dry boy." A tick mark formed on Hiru's head at the new nickname.
"Dry boy?" He muttered with a glare at her, the tough looking girl unashamed of her statement.
"I don't think that's right." Izuku put in, getting looks from the three.
"If you don't like insults then you shouldn't be here, runt." Izuku brushed off the term for his height. He was used to it.
"I meant the stuff about All Might. He hasn't won every fight he's been in." The girl took a seat next to Izuku and closed in. "Oh, And how's that? Please tell me what he hasn't won a fight, I'm waiting Mr Know It All." Izuku sighed.
"If you look back a few years ago, there was a fight where he couldn't beat a villain, one with the ability to absorb kinetic energy. All Might kept punching the guy, but he soaked it up and dished it back without remorse." The three plus one tuned in closer with interest.
"If you look it up, you can probably find the video online. He kept fighting the guy, but couldn't do any damage. The only reason All Might won was because the villain charged at him with the hero's own power, but ended up hitting his head on the way after not seeing a pole in the street. He was probably moving too fast and got tunnel vision because he was unused to All Might's abilities."
"All in all, All Might didn't win, he got lucky." The spectators looked at Izuku with mixed emotions.
"You did quite a lot of research on this didn't you?" Hiru asked. Izuku nodded and felt memories come back up from before UA.
After All Might told him to give in, he couldn't stop himself from looking up the flaws of the man, and ended up finding a site full of info on All Might's failures.
While most of it was made up, he did find several things that ended up being true after looking deeper.
There weren't many, but All Might has made his mistakes. People who died because he didn't handle the situation well enough. Fights that hurt people in the process. Villains that could stand up to him and nearly win.
It might sound terrible that he wanted to learn this information, but he was broken and angry. He wanted to vent and analysis was always a way for him to relax. Not only did he reduce his own anger at the number one hero, but he learned more about him too.
He learned that even someone like All Might wasn't perfect. That the Symbol of Peace wasn't always as victorious as he would hope. That there were times that things didn't go the way as planned.
It helped him with clarity. All Might wasn't perfect, which means his words weren't always the truth either. Those words he said could be proven wrong.
Not only that, but Izuku taught himself that heroes weren't always going to be there to save the day, and that people were going to get hurt, no matter how hard he tried. He was going to be a hero to save as many as he could, but he knew better than to think he could save everyone.
It was a hard lesson, but one he needed to teach himself.
"I'm guessing you aren't much of a fan of All Might?" Tsume drawled out.
"It's not that I hate him, I just understand that he's not perfect." Izuku sighed. "I get that he has done so much for so many people, but I know better than to think he's infallible. It's not healthy to believe he's always going to come in and save the day." His eyes flashed with determination. "It's why I want to be a hero, because villains are going to be out there that he won't be able to defeat. Villains that I possibly can. It just depends on the situation and what type of quirk the enemy has, and if I can do my part to save people." He sat back in his chair, wondering to himself if said too much. He usually did when it came to heroes.
Hiru and Surikku looked to one another before staring at Izuku. "Were you raised by a samurai or something?" Hiru asked. "Cuz you have such deep and long explanations for anything and everything." Tsume laughed. "I agree, you probably have deck of cards in your pocket with proverbs and metaphors on them, huh."
The three of them broke into laughter, Izuku joining in and absently wondering if they knew he was a swordsman.
If they didn't, it only made it funnier.
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Toshinori, formed as All Might, watched as the hero course students battled it out in the heist building, the team consisting of young Bakugou Katsuki and Iida Tenya protecting the bomb from Uraraka Ochako and Koda Koji. Bakugou was a powerhouse, knocking through walls and searching for the hero team with the eyes of a predator. Koda and Uraraka have split up, both of them trying to make it to the bomb without getting caught be the explosion user.
The blond boy was powerful, much like the many others in the class. They were all amazing and gifted students.
But to him, none of them felt right.
He was still searching for a successor, one to inherit his power and the title it carried with it. He needed it to be someone who was brave, confident and strong. Not only in physique, but in heart as well. The next Symbol of Peace needed to have a strong sense of justice, one that pushed them to save others for the act of saving them, not for fame, or grades, or wealth, or power.
It needed to be real heroism, and sadly none in his class fit. Some came close, but it wasn't right.
He couldn't help but think about what Nezu told him after that recording. The one about the quirkless boy.
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Principal Nezu jumped off of All Might's large shoulder, the man turning to the small mammal. "Nezu-san, was it true what you said, about that quirkless boy getting 72 points in total?" The human animal nodded.
"Yes, he did quite well in the written portion as well, scoring a 98%, higher than anyone else." The principal smiled. "Now for some tea." The principal began to walk away to get to his office and favorite drink.
"W-Wait Nezu-san." All Might was stopped in his pursuit by a hand.
"Please, All Might-san, there are still several students that need their own recordings." The assistant said nervously. All Might stared between the small assistant and the distant head of UA, relenting in his decision.
His curiosity was piqued at the moment by this 'Midoriya Izuku', but he had a job to do first.
Getting back in his spot, All Might looked at the stage cards for the next student on the list, his mind somewhere else.
-flashback end-
After finishing his job, All Might transformed out of his muscle and went right to Nezu's office. He was desperate to learn about the quirkless boy with so much potential. He was amazed with the results.
Like the information he was fed on the recording stated, the boy scored high in both rescue points and battle points. Midoriya-san managed to destroy eleven 1 points, seven 2 points, and four 3 points.
All with a simple katana blade.
It astounded the number one hero that someone so ordinary could do something so extraordinary. The quirkless boy scored second in the exams! It was like something out of a blockbuster movie! Like ROCKY!
While the boy was jipped out a spot due to paper error, it didn't make his feat any less incredible to the One for All user. After he finished going over everything, he practically begged Nezu for the address of the boy. He needed to see him as soon as possible.
From what he watched in the high stands, the boy was fast, powerful, and most of all, helpful. He jumped into a fray and carried a girl to safety, simply because she needed help. Now that was hero material! One for All hero material!
However, Nezu denied him his request.
The small principal didn't want the Symbol of Peace to pressure Midoriya-san into the spot he offered, much less talk to him about gaining a quirk. From Nezu's standpoint or reasoning, Midoriya-san would most likely be broken up about not passing due to his own katana, which All Might could understand. The boy's own weapon was his downfall, which was probably very rough on him.
So Nezu told him to wait until whether the boy came on the first day or not, leaving the option up to the boy on whether he wanted to continue his journey in a different way. The wait made the pro hero twitch with anticipation for a week.
Now, it was the first day, and he probably wouldn't even be able to talk to Midoriya-san, if the boy showed up that is. His hero class would go for a whole hour past the bell for UA, meaning that everyone, including Midoriya-san, would go home for the day before he was done.
He also had to take into account his time limit. He would most likely change into his skinny form mid speech if he did manage to track the boy today.
All Might sighed. He would have to wait until tomorrow then. It wasn't terrible, but he's already waited for a week and the anticipation was getting to him. He wanted so desperately to meet the boy and talk to him, ask him about his dreams and the reasons for trying so hard. The hard work that went into training for the entrance exam.
All Might couldn't predict the future, but he felt that he wouldn't be disappointed by whatever the boy told him. Anyone who pushed themselves to be a quirkless hero obviously had some good motivations and passions. He just wanted to hear about them and finally determine if the boy was a good fit for his quirk or not.
Sadly, such actions would not happen today. He was confident that Midoriya-san showed up like he thought he would, but he still needed to confirm it. All it would take was to talk to Nezu, and he was golden to go for tomorrow and find the young swordsman.
A loud buzzard shook All Might from his thoughts and he brought the microphone up to his mouth without a moment of hesitation.
"The Heroes failed to reach the bomb, the Villain Team wins!" Bakugou stood over Koda menacingly and Iida held the bomb in his arms, keeping it from the floating girl who had been trying to reach it the whole match.
All Might called out orders for the next teams, but his thoughts trailed off to Midoriya-san again.
He didn't know why, but he felt he'd met the boy before. There was something familiar about him that the Number One Hero couldn't put his finger on.
He watched the boy in the stands, yes, but there was something else. Somewhere else where he met him.
He pushed it aside as he called out the next teams of villains and heroes. He was sure that he would know as soon as he met to boy tomorrow.
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Izuku stepped into his apartment with a happy sigh, content with how the day at UA went. It wasn't the ideal dream he had of it as a kid, but then again, he wasn in the wrong course at the moment.
That didn't mean he didn't like the General Course or the people in there. Far from it. Even with their strange teacher, he had a lot of fun today talking to his new friends.
"Izuku, is that you?"
"Hai Kaa-san, I'm back." His worrywart of a mother rounded the corner and ran up to him with trepidation. "How was your first day? Was it good? Bad? Did you make any friends? Was it not like you hoped?" Izuku placed his hands in front of himself.
"Relax Kaa-san, it was fine, let me explain it to you in order in the kitchen or something." Izuku's mother sheepishly nodded her head with a smile on her face and led her little boy to the kitchen.
"I made pork cutlet bowls today, your favorite. Don't worry, I substituted some of the more unhealthy items in it for greens and protein." Izuku smiled. His Kaa-san was the best.
The two set the table and laid out everything for the delicious meal, Izuku almost drooling from the side of lip at the small by itself. With the table set, the two sat down and began their quirk prayer. "Itadakimasu." They picked up their chopsticks and began to enjoy the wonderful meal the mother made.
"So Izuku, how was your first day at UA?" His Kaa-san asked as she bit into her sticky rice. Izuku smiled. "It was nice. I suppose the best way to tell you everything if from the beginning, right?" He asked with a tinge of cheek. Inko smiled and nodded.
"Well, after going to my homeroom, I walked up to a giant red door and pushed it open to reveal a bunch of other classmates fighting with each other about one of them having his feet on his friend's chair. It was kind of unexpected for my first day, but nothing crazy happened. After that, the teacher, who's name is Tetsuki-sensei, walked in and had everyone go through their names and their quirks." Inko looked at him with concern, but Izuku waved it off.
"It was fine. I was asked about my quirk, which I replied with that I didn't have one, but nothing bad happened. I got some looks, but everyone in the General Course seems a bit more open-minded than my classmates back in Aldera."
"Anyway, I got through homeroom with no trouble than went through math, which was pretty simple, then...English." Izuku said with a pout as he bit into his pork. Inko stifled a laugh. it was no question that Izuku hated English. He found it too unusual and random for anyone other than natives English speakers to understand it.
"After those classes, I went to lunch and actually made some friends while I was there. One's name is Hiru and he seems pretty nice, though he tends to poke fun at his friend Surikku. Surikku is really outgoing and a bit wild, but not too much. He likes to smile a lot and seems like a friendly person. The two of them seem to have a good dynamic between them, and I was sucked into their duo as the third wheel." Izuku laughed. Inko bit into her meal with a proud look in her eyes. She continued to listen to her son with keen interest.
"After going through literature class and history, which were both pretty easy, everyone in the General Course went back to our homeroom. It was there that we learned that we apparently finished the class's objective for the day in the first half. Tetsuki-sensei gave us a free period to talk to our classmates and learn about who they were."
"I went over and started talking to Surikku and Hiru about stuff they found interesting. After finding some common ground with them, we all decided to have a debate about heroes and which ones were the best. Both had some pretty good examples of unique quirks, but then a girl put in her own opinion on the matter and got involved in our discussion."
"Her name is Tsume, and while she was a bit aggressive at first, she seemed pretty cool after a little while. We all had some common ground and managed to talk about hero stuff and our dreams of going into the Hero Course. Everyone of them want their chance just like me to shine." Izuku gave out a content sigh.
"We talked about quirks and skills, and training, and before we knew it, the period was over and we were free to go. The four of us continued to talk to each other until we exited the gates and went our separate ways, but not before exchanging information with one another to keep in touch outside of school." Izuku smiled happily, much to his Kaa-san's pleasure.
She was so afraid that he would be let down by the General Course. She knew it wasn't what he wanted, but he was willing to give it a chance, even if it might let him down. Luckily her worries were all for not. Izuku had a good time, made some friends, and didn't appear to be overly upset about not being in the Hero Course. She knew he still wanted to be there, but at least he wasn't beating himself up over not getting in.
Her son was happy, for now at least, and Inko was glad. Maybe having Izuku go into the General Course wasn't such a bad thing after all.
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(End Chapter)
I hope everyone liked the story! There is more to come, so stay tuned.
The next few chapters are more on character development rather than actual combat, so I will let you know when the first tournament chapter comes up. I hope that's alright.
Anyway, until next time, see ya!
