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Wow! The previous chapter sure was something huh? Anyway, the votes have come in and there's a winner for this fanfic's new arc. And so…without any delay…the winner is…THE HEROES VS VILLAINS TEST!
Yeah, I was really surprised. I thought many would like to see Fubuki's side of things in order to get used to the side characters and see Mob in action. But…well I guess the majority wins yet again. But don't worry, I've added a bit of Fubuki and Zenko arc in this chapter.
Now then, on to the chapter!
Chapter 10: Heroes vs Villains test Pt 1
Somewhere at the coast of the United States, there was a luxurious yacht cruising peacefully in the open sea. There was no trouble nor was there a sense of negativity as the expensive ship went its way. As for the one that owned it, it was none other than the Pro Hero, Handsomely Masked Sweet Mask, standing on the front deck by the railing and sipping on a matinée.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" asked someone with a feminine voice.
"Hmph…" Sweet Mask sounded. He knew the identity of the person who spoke, but decided not to turn to her as he eyed his glass with a bored expression. "Aren't you supposed to be in a class right now?"
"What can I say…? I have free time." The feminine voice said. "Besides…who says I can't do two things at once? Teaching is a bore anyway."
"You're the one who chose it, correct?" Sweet Mask said. From there, he tilted his head to his back to face the person. "But I must admit. You are indeed a powerful esper. Being able to make an astral projection all the way from Japan is something I find…intriguing, Psykos."
Psykos smirked in response. She was presently in a sexy purple bikini and seated on a beach chair facing him.
"Aw…aren't you sweet, Pro Hero Sweet Mask." Psykos said. "How long has it been since we talked? Two, three years?"
"Four?" Sweet Mask answered. He then began approaching Psykos. "Four years ago since the girl escaped and ruined the facility. And to think you would face me after your failure. Do you really think I wouldn't have gotten to you since then?"
"You worry a bit too much." Psykos said, giggling.
"'Worry a bit too much', you say?" Sweet Mask replied. Ironically, he just chuckled and began walking over to Psykos. "You know, power is a fundamental tool one must have to gain influence. Now imagine people with quirks having such power."
"What is this about, Sweet Mask?" Psykos asked. Her light persona dropped as she became serious.
"Patience, my dear. I'm getting to it." Sweet Mask calmly said. "There was a time in my life where I idolized heroes. I still do, but…for years I've had a bad taste of the recent ones. With order restored, heroism became a job rather than an obligation. People who are in for the fame and fortune became rampant, and to be honest…it worries a pro hero like me. I cannot blame the Hero Killer for going after some of them."
"The Hero Killer?" Psykos questioned.
"Yes, I believe you've heard of him." Sweet Mask answered. He now stood directly before Psykos with a dark menacing face as his eyes became bloody red. "Though I do not approve of his tactics, he has a point of this present life we've gotten adjusted to. That is why…when you approached me to make my dream of true heroes I funded you to create what you called Oxform Labs. I also gave you the resources and anything else just to get specific subjects; Subjects that would arise to replace this decay that is false heroism in this world. But do you know what I found?"
Psykos's astral body suddenly shook. Sweet Mask had slammed his hand on a table close to her, and now he was staring at her with scary look just inches from her face.
"You…lied to me, didn't you?" Sweet Mask questioned menacingly.
"A-Sweet Mask…?" Psykos choked.
"Shut it and listen." Sweet Mask interrupted. "I don't know what's your true goal is, but just know this. Never cross my path again or else I might do something you'll regret."
Psykos scowled in response. She didn't like the position she was in. Thus, she sat up with anger in her eyes. "Now you listen here, you little –"
"Be gone! I have no more use of you anymore!"
With that, the Pro Hero slashed his hand swiftly across the woman's abdomen. Of course, this didn't kill her, but it did make the astral projection to disappear. Now it was just Sweet Mask left before he composed himself and pushed some strands of his hair behind his ear.
"I let my anger get the best of me. I can't let that happen again." He said. With that, he turned to his back and faced the rising sun. "That woman couldn't be trusted – Of course, I knew that from the beginning. Fortunately, her research I recovered has proven vital and now it's time for me to make my own move."
The Pro Hero then began walking away. "I will save this world from the heretic heroes that have occupied it. I just need that girl. What was her name again? Ah, yes…Fubuki. She holds the catalyst. Hmph! I guess the saying is true. If you want something done right…then do it yourself."
With that, the Pro Hero's intention was revealed. However, just what he had in stall for the little sister of Tatsumaki was a mystery.
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Back with Psykos, the real her shouted and clutched her stomach. Though her experience with Sweet Mask wasn't physical, her mind still reacted like it was. As such, her students behind her were worried, especially when a certain black haired girl standing her.
"Alice-sensei, are you okay?" Fubuki asked.
Psykos sighed and removed her hand from her stomach. The least she needed was to be suspicious before the girl. As such she turned to her with a small smile with a sweet expression.
"Always so sweet, Fubuki." She said. The woman looked different. In fact, her entire appearance was different. She had short blonde hair and wore no glasses. Along with that she wore a purple feminine suit and had blue eyes. Anyway, she added. "Now seat down. I'm fine. I just felt a little nagging in my tummy, you know."
"I see. My apologies, sensei." Fubuki apologized and sat down.
With that, Psykos turned back and continued writing on the board. However, while her appearance seemed calm, her mind was different.
'Sweet Mask…you have no idea what line you just crossed. I underestimated you by thinking I could get your help again. But I see now I was wrong…It doesn't matter now, anyway. I'll just watch Fubuki until the time is right…and as for Tatsumaki, I'll leave that to my little infiltrator...for now.'
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U.A, an academy for upcoming teenagers wishing to become heroes, was known for its fair share of excitement. However, today was different. Things felt so normal for the Class 1-A despite being a school for upcoming heroes. Even Tatsumaki noticed this as she sat still and watching the annoying and loud Pro Hero, Present Mic teaching.
"Hey! I'm not annoying!" Present Mic complained.
"Yes, you are! Now shut up and don't interrupt!" Tatsumaki angrily shouted.
Music Mic mumbled some complaining words before continuing his teaching. As for Tatsumaki, she just huffed as she got a couple of stares from her fellow classmates and earned even a whisper from Momo.
"What was that about?" She asked.
"That's probably the fourth wall being broken." Minoru answered.
"What?" Momo turned to the girl confused.
"What?" Minoru blinked, also confused.
Anyway, time went on before it became afternoon. However, the circumstance was different because of what the students would have to study. It was time for their daily foundational heroics studies, and Izuku was excited for it. In fact, the atmosphere became even more exciting when the door was pushed aside and a certain #1 Pro Hero entered with his famous grin.
"IT'S MEEEE!" He exclaimed cheerfully.
"You came!" Izuku was excited.
The Pro Hero didn't stop there though. He laughed with his famous laugh as it was heard all around the classroom as he held both sides of the entrance with the rest of his body moved forward.
"…Through the front door like a normal person!" He exclaimed.
And with that, almost everyone in class was excited to see him. There were already murmurs and comments of the Pro Hero amongst the heroes as he walked into the classroom weirdly. As for those didn't feel anything about the pro hero, they were Katsuki and Tatsumaki as both just looked away with disgust.
"Show off." Both said simultaneously. Of course, both of them were then surprised as their eyes widened. But after a second none of them turned to the other.
Anyway, back at All Might, the Pro Hero did a pose while displaying his muscles as he spoke.
"Foundational Hero Studies! For this class, we'll be building up your hero foundation through various trials!" He exclaimed. And then he turned to them and held a square plate with the word 'battle' on it. "Let's jump right in with this! The trial of battle!"
"The trial…" Katsuki grinned.
"of battle…!" Izuku added, but with less excitement.
From there, All Might stretched his arms apart and continued. "And to go with your first battle…we've prepared the gear we had you send in requests for to match your quirks!"
"Our battle gear!" Izuku exclaimed.
"Awesome!" Ejiro exclaimed excitedly, standing up.
"Hmph! It's about time we get to do something!" Tatsumaki exclaimed. Unlike others though, she just seemed annoyed as she lay back on her seat with her arms crossed over her chest.
Fortunately, not everyone was like her. In fact, Izuku seemed one of the most excited as he grabbed his bag.
"My costume!" He exclaimed.
All Might continued. "Get changed and we'll be ready to go! Everyone gather at Grounds B! The garb you bring into the battlefield is vitally important, boys and girls!" From there, he heroically began to walk away. "And don't forget! From here on out, you're all officially heroes!"
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The costume subsidy; before a teen entered the academy, they are asked to send in a report on their quirk and body specs. That way an affiliated company attached to the school then takes that information and makes their ideal costumes. It's a smooth system. Also, detailing specific requests was accepted and so their state-of-the-art costumes were crafted.
So while many students were able to submit their ideal costumes, there were very few others that found themselves in a problem. Like Izuku, who had to inquire of his costume and quirk registration to All Might, and Tatsumaki who had her own problems. Thus, a flashback to a few months ago was needed.
Tatsumaki, at the time, was getting frustrated. She was sitting at the round table in her small apartment with litters of papers with crude designs all over it. She wasn't an artist, nor was she one interested in a hero costumes. However, each design she failed at only made her angry to the point that she finally couldn't hold back.
The esper furiously screamed as her quirk became active and lifted the papers up into the air. From there, the papers spin fast until they were ripped into shredded pieces that then fell to the ground.
"THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING!" Ttasumaki screamed into the air. She then slammed her fist onto the table and snarled. "So what if I don't have a hero costume!? I can still kick ass more than any of those heroes! Besides, I don't wanna look like a slut like that giant heroine on TV! So if anything, having no hero costume saves time and money! I don't need a costume!"
Fubuki shook her head with mild disappointment. She was some feet behind her sister with a tray of baked cookies in her green glowing hands when she had seen her sister overreact. But rather than say anything there, she walked over to her sister's opposite and placed the cookie down on the table.
"There you go making excuses again, big sis." Fubuki said.
"What did you say!?" Tatsumaki yelled angrily at her sister. "If this is about your fanatics for heroes again, you can say goodbye to buying the next issue of that manga you like!"
"NOOOO!" Fubuki whined comically.
However, Tatsumaki didn't listen to her sister. She just turned away in annoyance and her hand under her head while her sister fell on her butt, still thinking over her sister's threat.
"Besides…" Tatsumaki muttered. "…getting this hero costume seems such as a major deal. I don't get it anyway."
"Hmm?" Fubuki smiled. She seemed to suddenly forget her sister's threat. Thus, she became straightforward. "Well that's the thing, big sister. A hero costume represents something in a hero's life."
"What? A fashion sense?" Tatsumaki turned her eyes to her sister. "Maybe that makes sense with how much of an attention-seeker that giant woman is with her costume being skintight."
"Ah, you mean Mount Lady." Fubuki mentioned. "Actually, I wouldn't use her as a good example, big sister. She did steal Kamui's victory of that villain months back."
"Whatever." Tatsumaki said and looked back away.
Fubuki felt disappointed. A part of her wanted her sister to continue the conversation, but she could see her sister wasn't like that. However, that didn't stop her from using her quirk to levitate a few pieces of the shredded papers into a single almost perfect page with the design of a bad her costume.
"This is awful!" Fubuki commented straight away.
That didn't go well with Tatsumaki. She became angry as the next thing she did was stand up and slam both hands on the round table with her upper body bent forward, glaring at Fubuki.
"And you think you can do better?!" She yelled angrily.
"Pretty much." Fubuki smiled chirpily.
The little esper then activated her quirk. Hence, with it, she levitated her schoolbag from its original position and placed it right next to her. From there, she dug her hand into the bag and began pulling out books as she continued to talk.
"Do you remember that one hero costume design I made for you months ago?" She asked.
"Yeah, and I remember shredding that stupid thing." Tatsumaki answered. Her eyes then widened in realization before they became menacing. "Wait, didn't I tell you to not draw any of those stupid hero stuff?!"
"You didn't." Fubuki calmly said. "You told me heroes don't exist. You also said you weren't going to be one. But here we are now."
Tatsumaki huffed and stood back straight. Along with that, she crossed her arms over her chest and looked away. 'I haven't told her about the debt, so of course she thinks that way.' She thought.
Soon enough, Fubuki found what she was looking for. It was a sketchbook, which she then placed on the table before facing her sister.
"Ever since that time, I actually took what you said into consideration." Fubuki said honestly. "I haven't been in this world as long as you have. In fact, you've been the only one that I can rely on for as long as I can remember. But despite that, I want to be some help to you. That is why…I spent hours learning how to draw. I had Lily and my arts teacher teach me the techniques in drawing until finally I made a sketchbook on it."
Tatsumaki didn't seem impressed. In fact, if anything, she just tilted her head over to her sister with a cold glare at her sister. So of course this figure of Tatsumaki was a bit scary to Fubuki, who then reluctantly got up and began walking out the door.
"W-Well…I better be going. Saitama wants to go shopping and I thought that…I could go and learn a few things about it." Fubuki said as she stepped away. Once she got to the door, she opened it and turned back to her sister. This time she had pleading eyes. "Please just take a look at it. Bye."
With that, the little esper walked out the door and closed it behind her. Now it was just Tatsumaki who just continued to stare at the door until her eyes moved to the sketchbook.
"What a waste." She commented rudely. The girl then followed her strict emotion as she bent down and picked up the book before standing back straight. "I want so much for Fubuki to have a normal life from all of this. But at least she's considering what I told her back then. Anyway…I should confiscate this book to set another example."
With that, Tatsumaki turned away. She was very well intent on dealing off with the book when suddenly a thought came to her. She didn't know how, but she took that moment to pause and lift the sketchbook to her face.
'Wait…what am I thinking?' She thought. 'I get Fubuki is still dealing with her heroism phase, but she still worked hard to do this for me, right? Besides…it wouldn't hurt to take a look. Maybe after that I can confiscate it if it seems it's influencing Fubuki negatively.'
With that, the green haired esper opened the book and became surprise. The sketchbook was beyond what she would've expected. Fubuki had indeed improved, as each sketch on each page consisted of her, Tatsumaki, in different poses and styling a familiar heroic costume with an addition. In fact, it was so good that Tatsumaki became mentally lost in it as her mood loosened and she turned each page.
'Fubuki really drew all this?' Tatsumaki thought. She was surprised and at the same time in astonishment. 'I never knew.'
Not long after, Tatsumaki reached the last page. She expected it to be as good as the other ones, but it actually was more breathtaking. Fubuki had drawn a perfect picture of herself and Tatsumaki holding hands and smiling, with some words below it.
My big sister is the best sister in the world! She always seems to be there for me, even when she can act so mean sometimes. I remember one time two years ago I scrapped my knee and she was mad at me for that. But she didn't hold it against me. She treated the wound and actually brought an ice cream to help me stop crying. That was really nice of her. But, of course, this won't be her only act of kindness. She's my sister and I love her and one day I want to be as strong as she is. Maybe that day will come. I don't know yet. But one thing for sure is this. I love you, Tatsumaki, big sister.
Fubuki, sister to the greatest esper ever!
A single tear drop fell on the sketchbook. Fubuki's words had actually hit Tatsumaki right in her heart. In fact, if one where to see Tatsumaki right there and then, they would see a girl crying softly as she stared at the book.
'Damn you, Fubuki…' Tatsumaki thought. She wasn't anger or regretting. No, she seemed grateful and at the same time ashamed as she squeezed the book in her hand. 'All this time I thought you would grow to hate me…Sure, we had our good moments, but…I never thought you thought highly of me…Dammit! Why do you have to be such a sweet little sister!'
With that, Tatsumaki used her jacket's sleeve to wipe the tears from her eyes. Her mind was already made up, so she did what she thought then. She flipped through the sketchbook's pages until she landed on a dramatic pose of her and tore the page off. From there, she looked at it.
'You know what, Fubuki? This doesn't look so bad.' She thought and smiled/.
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The day had finally come. The hero costumes for Class 1-A was prepared and ready to be used. That was why, when each student walked through the huge entrance gate, they each had their own moments over it. This was even for Tatsumaki who could feel the black material touching her skin as her desired costume. Hence, she walked through the gate as they approached the ending.
'This costume…I'm still not keen of being a hero. However, Fubuki used a lot of her time to help an uninspiring sister like me.' Tatsumaki thought deeply. 'I didn't really care if I became the bad guy in her life. Heck, I never gave it an actual thought until that moment. So now…this costume is more than just because of UA. This costume…is with my sister's love and effort. I won't disappoint you, Fubuki. Just watch me. I'll show you an actual sister to be proud of.'
With that, Tatsumaki's hero costume was in full display when she and everyone else walked through the gate. She wore a formfitting black dress with long sleeves and hour high-cut leg slits that showed her legs and black small heels. However, unlike its original design, it had black skintight shorts that reached almost to her knee while giving a bit too much detail of her thighs and other places.
'But still…I can't help but feel I'm a little exposed.' Tatsumaki thought with a shudder. Unknown to her though, a certain little pervert was staring a bit too much at her shorts. He was probably the cause of her feeling.
Anyway, Izuku was the last to emerge from the tunnel. There, Tatsumaki faced him with her arms crossed and a small scowl on her face.
"Well it's about time you showed up." She said.
"Sorry, Tatsumaki." Izuku replied. He then noticed Tatsumaki costume. "You look really great. I mean your hero costume."
"Hmph!" Tatsumaki stubbornly tilted her head away. "Whatever. Let's just get this dumb test over with!"
"Ah! Deku! Tatsumaki!" Ochaco called out. She was turned at their direction as she too was wearing her hero costume. "Cool costume, you two! They look really practical!"
Izuku seemed surprised and taken aback by Ochaco's costume, which looked sexy on her. Her costume consisted of a skin-tight suit with detached sleeves, knee-high boots, belt, helmet, collar and thick round braces with handles attached to them.
"I wish I'd drawn my request sketch a little better…" Ochaco said with an embarrassed blush. Along with that, her hand was behind her head with a sheepish look on her face. "My costume came out puff." She said.
"Hmph!" Tatsumaki simply snubbed. Then without saying anything, she angrily walked away, much to Izuku and Ochaco's surprise.
"Wait, did I say something wrong?" She asked.
Izuku was about to say something. But then he was approached by Minoru, who gave him a thumbs up and confused him.
"Heroics are the greatest." Minoru said.
Anyway, back with the task at hand, All Might stood before everyone. As expected, he complimented on their hero costumes until he saw Izuku's costume and noticed the long ears of the teen's mask resembled his long spiky blonde hair. Fortunately, he didn't say anything wrong about it. Tenya Iida then raised his hand up to get the Pro Hero's attention.
"Sensei! Regarding the performance ground we'll be using, is it the mock-city from the entrance exam?!" He asked.
'Is that four-eyes in that?' Tatsumaki questioned, staring at the person next to her.
Iida's costume consisted of a black and white one-piece suit with high collar over his various pieces of armor, including a helmet that covered his face.
"You'll see!" All Might responded with his famous grin. "In fact, take two steps and you'll be there! This will be an indoor battle trial! Monsters are a problem outdoors due to their chaotic desire to destroy, birthed from either an obsessive behavior, natural birth of nature or scientific experimentations! However, today we'll be dealing with villains!"
With that said, he continued. "Villain-cleanup is usually seen out in the open, but statistically, the better part of it is an indoor job. Most acts of villainy are committed indoors. Imprisonment…House arrest…the black market. In this hero saturated society, why any villain with intelligence is lurking in the shadow! So for this test, you'll separate into 'villain' and 'hero' groups for a TWO-ON-TWO TEAM BATTLE!"
"What about the foundational training?" Tsuyu asked. Her hero costunme was a green and black skintight suit yellow linings which imitate a frog's skin markings. Along with that, she wore goggles, black gloves and boots with a frog-like design.
"This is the foundational training!" All Might beamingly raised his fist to his face. "Only this time, there won't be any robots. It'd be okay to just destroy!"
From there, the questions came from a few of the students. Some of them made sense; however, Yuuga seemed more fascinated with his costume to ask a legit question. But still, the fact that they were asking questions at the same time got on All Might's nerve, though he held it back and said. "I can't hear you if you speak all at once!"
With that said, the pro hero opened a small sheet of paper and began reading from it.
"For this training , we'll have some 'villains' guard a nuclear weapon they intend on deploying!" He said, informing them. "The heroes must stop them and their nefarious scheme before it's too late! If the heroes capture the villains or reach the nuclear core before the time runs out, they win. If the villains manage to keep the core the whole time or capture the heroes, they win!"
The Pro Hero then went over to a lottery box and added. "Your teammates and opponents will be chosen by lottery!"
Iida was surprised. "Is that really how we'll do it!?"
Just then, Izuku explained. "Well pros are often forced to make impromptu team-ups with other bheroes they might not know very well, so this is probably testing that…" He said.
All Might was very pleased with Izuku's analysis. As such, he raised his arm up into the air and exclaimed. "I see…! Always with our eyes on the future, are we? I apologize! Anyway! Let's start this!"
TEAM A – OCHACO URARAKA & IZUKU MIDORIYA
TEAM B – SHOTO TODORIKI & MEZO SHOJI
TEAM C – MOMO YAOYOROZU & MINORU MINETA
TEAM D – TATSUMAKI & KATSUKI BAKUGOU
TEAM E –MINA ASHIDO & YUUGA AOYAMA
TEAM F –KOJI KODA & RIKIDO SATO
TEAM G – DENKI KAMINARI & KYOKA JIRO
TEAM H –FUMIKAGE TOKOYAMI & TSUYU ASUI
TEAM I – MASHIRAO OJIRO & TORU HAGAKURE
TEAM J – AKEMI TOSHI & HANTA SARO
TEAM L – TENYA IIDA & EJIRO KIRISHIMA
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Everyone picked in various teams had their own reactions. Most of them accepted it the way it was, while others like Katsuki and Tatsumaki resented the decision. As for Izuku and Ochaco, the girl beamed happily about it while Izuku seemed too nervous to speak.
Anyway, All Might wasn't done yet. He dipped his hands into two boxes tilted 'hero' and 'villain' to pick the first pairs to do combat. Hence, when he brought his hands out, he held a ball in each hand. One of them was marked 'A' while the other was marked 'D'.
"Pair A will be heroes!" All Might announced. "Pair D will be the villains!"
Katsuki and Izuku were shocked about it. They clearly hadn't expected each other to cross the other's path so soon. As for Tatsumaki and Ochaco, the girl just seemed tense as she looked away while Ochaco seemed worried.
Anyway, sometime soon passed before the scene changed. All Might instructed Katsuki and Tatsumaki to head into the building to get inside the head of villains, while the heroes, Ochaco and Izuku, were to wait for five minutes. Of course, everyone else would be able to watch from surveillance cameras. As for the limits of using their quirks offensively, they were free to use it, though the test could be cut short if things went too far.
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Tatsumaki placed her hand on the so-called nuclear core. Of course, it was a prop as both she and Katsuki were within a room in the highest part of the building. However, there was something on the girl's mind as she frowned and stared at the bomb.
'I've tried so hard over the years to never be the villain. Now here I am playing such a role. This sucks, even if it's just a dumb test…' The esper thought.
"Oi! Tatsumaki!" Katsuki yelled.
Tatsumaki responded by turning back at him. A part of her had expected the teen to be angry; however what he did next was surprising. He got close to her so quick that it forced Tatsumaki to back up to the nuclear core prop. But if that wasn't enough, the blonde teen slammed his hand on the thing as he glared at her face closely.
"How long has deku had it!?" Katsuki yelled angrily. "That quirk! You knew about it, didn't you!? Don't play dumb with me, tornado!"
Tatsumaki said nothing in response. Instead she remained quiet as she shared an intense moment with Katsuki with a small scowl before shoving him back and walking away to a side of the room.
"Get that close again and I'll make you regret it!" Tatsumaki retorted without turning back. She then came to a stop with her arms crossed over her chest. "As for Midoriya, I didn't know about his quirk until later on! But if you're so intent on finding out the truth then there's only one thing to do!"
Katsuki said nothing back. It was no secret that he resented Tatsumaki very much. But that didn't stop Tatsumaki from revealing what she had in mind as she tilted her head at him with an emotionless look on her face.
"Beat him up." She said.
"Are you fucking with me!?" Katsuki angrily questioned.
"Believe me, I wouldn't dream of it!" Tatsumaki remarked with a glare. From there, she turned back to him fully with that emotionless expression. "But when you think about it, how else will he tell you!? You feel he played you, right?! Then beat the crap out of him to the point that he's begging to tell you everything!"
Katsuki angrily clicked his tongue before turning and walking away. He had his reasons for such, especially as he spoke.
"I don't need a fucking wind-blower to tell me what to do!" Katsuki angrily stated. "But just know this! I'll be coming for you too one day!"
Tatsumaki said nothing back. Instead she remained expressionless as she watched the hotheaded teen walk out of the room. As for her reasons for suddenly being antagonist to Izuku, it was somewhat revealed in her head.
'For Midoriya to be strong, he has to prepare for the worse. Good luck, you idiot. Bakugou isn't going to hold back on you now!'
Back with Katsuki, he had a wide grin on his faced, which was filled with rage and excitement.
'All this time you were laughing at me, deku!' Katsuki thought angrily. 'You fucking nerd! I'm going to make you regret that!'
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Meanwhile, outside the building, Izuku and Ochaco were standing just a few feet from it. The building was a few storey building, and in their hands was a small map of it that they could rely on for directions.
"A layout of the building…I guess we have to commit it to memory." Ochaco said with her other hand on her hip. "It doesn't seem there are any penalties like Aizawa-sensei, so I'm relieved. All Might's as nice in person as his image on TV."
So while Ochaco seemed happy, Izuku was a different case. In fact, the sweet teenage girl soon noticed when she turned to him and saw him sweating nervously.
"You don't look relieved!" She exclaimed in shock.
"Oh no, sorry…" Izuku said. He was able to then calm himself down a bit when he turned to her. "It's just…my opponent is Kacchan and Tatsumaki too…I guess I'm just…really tense."
'Tatsumaki…' Ochaco thought. A look of concern then came on her face before she blinked and said to Izuku. "I see…I remember now…It was Bakugou who keeps bullying you…I guess it must be nice to have someone as strong as Tatsumaki to help you."
"Tatsumaki was…" Izuku muttered. He then paused for a few seconds before speaking again. "Tatsumaki was the first girl I ever talked to. We didn't really know each other almost throughout middle school. But despite all that…despite being a stranger…she was the first to stand up against Kacchan. That courage, that resolve, that look of straightforwardness even when things seem troublesome…I can't help but admire that."
"Wow…" Oachaco muttered. She was astonished.
'However…it's pretty clear that she and I are exact opposites.' Izuku thought deeply. 'She's headstrong and confident while I'm intimidated and weak. A girl who has an amazing quirk but doesn't want to be a hero, and a boy who is quirkless but wants to be a hero…As I thought, we're actual opposites with nothing much in common. It even makes me wonder…if I wasn't there at the alley. If I had actually turned away and Tatsumaki eventually intervened to stop that villain. Would I still have One for All…or would Tatsumaki had been its wielder instead…? Honestly, the thought scares me.'
"Deku?" Ochaco called out. She seemed more concerned about him as she looked at him at the face. "Is this about Bakugou?"
"Huh…? No." Izuku answered. He then turned away as he held the bottom part of his mask in his hand. "I was just thinking about Tatsumaki." Then he tightened his fist as a flashback of Katsuki came to mind. "But right now I should be focused on Kacchan. I hate his guts, but I also admire him…His ambition…his confidence…his strength…his quirk…Both him and Tatsumaki are even better than me in a hundred different ways."
Ochaco remained silent. This moment Izuku was having was straightforward and honest as he seemed determined in a way. Thus, when he put on the rest of his mask, he added by saying. "All the same…this time I feel I don't want to lost…if that makes sense."
"So this must be fate! The bonds between former middle schoolmates!" Ochaco chirply exclaimed.
Izuku was taken aback by her reaction. Thus, he began shaky. "Oh man, I'm sorry for blabbering on about something that has nothing to do with me…"
"It does too!" Ochaco insisted. "We're a team now, aren't we? Let's do our best!"
And so, with that, the two seemed set to go.
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Within the basement of the same building, the other students and All Might were present. There, everyone could view multiple monitors in front of them as it showed different places in the building. As for All Might, he was resolved with a grading book to grade the students, especially for Izuku and Tatsumaki. He felt no favoritism towards them in this time.
So back at the main floors of the building, Izuku and Ochaco snuck into the place through a window. From there, Izuku led the way while Ochaco followed from behind.
'We've gotten in, however now we have to be ready.' Izuku thought cleverly. 'Fortunately, I can adjust One for All to a certain level. That means I can use it in a hand-to-hand combat if the need comes. But I have to be conscious not to go over the boundary or I might end up killing someone. It's just that strength I can control and Uraraka's 'zero gravity' in her arsenal that we can have an actual chance of winning.'
With that thought out, Izuku was conscious of his surroundings. He followed certain steps within the notebooks he made from seeing experienced pro heroes in action. Hence, he and Ochaco were doing well as they went from corridor to passageway while being conscious of their environment.
However, that didn't mean everything went smoothly as one would hope. In fact, Minoru from the basement surveillance was quick to notice Katsuki flying forward from a passage the two were about to pass.
"A sudden ambush!" He shouted, alarmed.
A second later Katsuki attacked. He launched an explosion blast directed at Izuku, but missed. For some reason, Izuku's senses were higher so he was able to grab Ochaco quickly and jump out of the range of his blast before landing on the ground with his suit still intact.
"That was unexpected. He almost grazed me there." Izuku muttered. "Are you okay, Uraraka?"
"Yeah! Thanks!" Ochaco said. She was shaky though, as her voice sounded that way. "He came like a bolt."
When Ochaco looked forward, she could see the smoke from Katsuki's explosion fading. Thus, when he rose from the ground, he seemed intimidating amongst the clearing smoke as his voice was filled with frustration.
"Dammit, Deku! Don't dodge me!" He exclaimed.
"I thought so…" Izuku said, regaining his stand. "With me as his opponent, Kacchan's priority would definitely be to beat me up!"
Now Katsuki was ready. He rushed at Izuku with his right arm drawn back, ready to blast at the green haired teen once again. He even had a maddening grin when he drew close.
"I'll blow you away. But just short of getting this interrupted!" He exclaimed.
However, something unexpected happened. Izuku closed the gap between him and his bully by grabbing the arm the teen was about to use. Then, by summoning a small amount of One for All he could control, he did a spin while holding Katsuki and threw him away with so much force that he hit the end of passageway with a loud pained cry escaping his mouth. Along with that, the wall Katsuki had crashed into had spider-web cracks on it.
"Wow! That was incredible!" Ochaco exclaimed cheerfully.
The girl wasn't the only one though. Izuku's throw and speed had gotten the attention of the other students as they were astonished at what just happened.
"That throw was amazing! So manly to confront Bakugou like that!" Kenji expressed with a wide excited smile.
"I know right!" Mina exclaimed excitedly. "As expected from the person who got first place in the entrance exam!"
"Indeed." Tenya agreed. "But now that I think about, the top three who passed the entrance exam are all in one building. Bakugou #3, Tatsumaki #2 and the number 1, Midoriya. This might turn out to be quite the battle."
Back at the battle, the remnants of Katsuki's smoke had clear. Now Izuku stood with a determined expression on his face as Kacchan began to rise back to his feet.
'What the hell was that?!' Katsuki wondered with annoyance. 'Did that little shit actually read me!? Dammit, deku!'
"Kacchan…" Izuku called. He stood confidently with no scratch on him. "You always lead with a big right swing! I can't count how many times I've seen you do it! I analyzed and took notes on all the heroes I thought were amazing…including you!"
Katsuki lifted his head at Izuku with his anger rising. It was one thing to be thrown about and another to be talked down by the same person he treated lowly. But that didn't stop the bright determination in Izuku as he held his fist forward and took a stance.
"THE SAME NOTES YOU TRIED TO BLOW UP AND TOSS…! I'M NOT LONGER THE DEKU YOU EQUATED WITH A WORTHLESS GUPPY…NOW I'M…THE 'DEKU' WHOSE VIBE IS 'NEVER GIVING UP'!"
Ochaco was surprised to hear this. It wasn't bad, but it did make her flashback to the day she had told Izuku how much she liked the sound of the word 'deku'. However, that didn't go well for Katuski as he glared furiously at Izuku.
"You used to piss your pants before me…!" He stated angrily. "Now I see how it is! Finally, you show me that damn quirk of yours!"
With that, Katsuki didn't hold back his rage. "I HATE LISTENING THAT GIRLFRIEND OF YOURS, BUT I'M REALLY PISSED RIGHT NOW! I'M GOING TO BEAT THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF YOU, DEKU!"
'Girlfriend?' Ochaco questioned. 'Is he talking about Tatsumaki…? No, it can't be. Tatsumaki won't want her friend hurt, right?'
There was no time to answer, though. The reason was because Katsuki came flying forward by shooting simultaneous explosions from his palms behind him. Of course, this caught Izuku's attention as he took a step back.
"Go without me, Uraraka! Go now!" He shouted.
Katsuki kicked the green haired teen from the side. At the same time, Ochaco ran off without a word. She was concerned about him, but it was clear that she should take the chance while she had it. Besides, Izuku was able to use that chance to wrap a tape around the attacking teen's leg while he was still in the air.
"Proof of capture!" Izuku noted.
Though he had to be hit, he saw this as his chance. The tape he was using was a way to indicate that the 'villain' had been captured. This was good as Izuku tried to wrap it around Katsuki's leg.
'Notebook #10, pg. 18! I can visualize it already!' Izuku thought. He was taking about one of his numerous notes of heroes. 'What will he do next?! If I know Kacchan, he'll start getting hasty!'
Katsuki did just that. He harshly brought his hand down on Izuku and let out a fierce explosion for his head. However, he missed due to Izuku running out of the way.
'And there came the right swing like I expected!' He thought again.
Back at the building's basement, most of the students were astonished at the battle. Izuku had cleverly dodged yet another of Katsuki's explosion. Of course, this scene impressed All Might, who was aware of the teen's hero-otaku knowledge and the way he displayed One for All.
However, the battle wasn't over yet. Katsuki turned back to Izuku who got back on his feet with his hero costume still intact as both met each other's eyes.
'I got him!' Izuku noted mentally. 'He pushed me back against the wall, but that being said, the rest won't be easy. I feel vindicated'
"Now you've done it, Deku!" Katsuki shouted angrily. He showed no sign or reluctance in his eyes as he opened his palms upwards and let out fierce explosions. "That quirk of yours is no match for mine! And I'm going to prove it by smashing that shit of a face with this! Now die!"
With that, Katsuki ran straight for Izuku. The distance between them was short, but it was enough for Izuku to gather himself even though a part of him was scared. Thus, he tightened his fist and ran straight at Katsuki.
"I'm not going to whimper or ran away anymore, Kacchan!" Izuku exclaimed strongly.
A few seconds, the both of them were close. Kacchan brought forward his right arm to release another explosion while Izuku swung his right fist for the teen. A lot riding on this moment, so none of them were willing to back down when they shortened the distance.
As such, what happened next was destruction. Katuski swung his right arm while Izuku did the same with his fist and a loud cry. Thus, a loud boom was heard as that passageway was impacted heavily.
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Ochaco stumbled as she felt the floor under her feet shake.
"What the…Was that Deku and Bakugou?" She wondered and became concerned. "Please just be okay, Deku! I'll get to Tatsumaki and finish the test for us."
Tatsumaki smirked as she took a bite of a cookie. She was currently by herself in the room with the nuclear core prop behind her while levitating herself in the air in a sitting position. At the same time, there was a small bag of cookies that she took delight in eating.
'Everything is going according to what I expected.' Tatsumaki said with a villainous grin. 'By firing up Bakugou, he won't hold back against Midoriya especially now that he showed his quirk to him. Now, I could end all of this and become the winner, but there's a certain girl I've been meaning to have a little chat with.'
"Uraraka…" Tatsumaki muttered. Her eyes then glow bright green as a snickering grin grew on her face. 'You actually got that idiot to call himself that dumb name. Now I'm going to enjoy what I have planned for you…So come, little sunshine of sweetness. Come and enlighten me with your sweet words, because when I'm done with you…that sunlight of yours might experience its sunset for good.'
And so the Tornado of Terror awaited her prey to arrive. Just what she had in mind was a scary thought especially with the role of a villain she had now adopted.
_(CHAPTER END)_
Yup, another cliffhanger! Please don't hate me! I wanted to save some moments for the next chapter, so this was for the best!
Anyway, you may have noticed how certain things are like. I'll start first with Sweet Mask. If you recall, in One Punch Man, he's A Class Rank-1 of the Hero Association. So while most of his backstory remains the same, he does have an ideology that ties with Tatsumaki and the Hero Hunter in this fanfiction. So expect more from him in future chapters.
Also, the fact that Sweet Mask is the one behind Oxform Labs is something I thought over. I did think of creating a bunch of OCs, with one of them actually being a character from the anime, Black Butler, but I thought that would be too much. So there you go.
Now then, about Tatsumaki, some of you may be surprised that she's seemed to turn from her development so far. Well don't worry, she's still the same but I won't state her reasons for suddenly playing the villain. You're gonna have to wait till the next chapter to find out.
On another note, I would like to thank a guest reviewer for his/her OOC, Akemi Toshi. The description of the character was so good that I couldn't ignore it. However, I will make some minor changes to this character if the owner doesn't mind. Like for instance, Akemi will be a girl instead of a guy disguised as a girl.
Now on to the vote results. However, before getting to that, I would like to thank those who went to vote for the one they still wanted. It was fun seeing a good number of you voting in the poll. Please keep it up the next time I set up a poll. Also, don't worry. I will still feature the chapter/chapters with Fubuki and Zenko in this fanfic.
What direction of The Esper of UA would you prefer?
Heroes vs Villains test – 9 votes
Fubuki and Zenko – 2 votes
Winner: Heroes vs Villains test.
Thank you all for your votes again. Also, another big thanks goes to those who reviewed the previous chapter, favorite and keeps following. Please keep it up. All your supports are what keeps me going!
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