It was a nice Wednesday morning, and Izuku was taking the train to school. He had his phone out, and was checking his newsfeed to see that All Might had a busy morning dealing with criminals and other incidents.
I really hope he isn't pushing himself. His wounds make it so that he can't maintain his real strength for too long. That's on top of the fact that he transferred One for All's power to me and he's just using the leftovers. I wonder if he'll even be able to teach today- we can't have any of the students see his skeletal form. Especially Kirishima and Kacchan- they'll connect the dots too easily and see a connection between me and All Might.
Well, whatever happens, I'm pretty sure having a lack of All Might in today's Heroics class is going to make things interesting.
"Alright! Rescue training!" Shouted several students in preparation for that day's special Heroics class. Every day until now has been doing something related to combat or some type of physical ability, whether it be speed or power or something in the middle. This was something different, and so most of the students were excited.
Also, the training would happen on a place where they needed a bus for transportation, so they were a bit more excited. This was on top of the fact that they were going to receive education from three different Pro Heroes: Aizawa, All Might, and another person whose name was not revealed to them.
Everyone was waiting outside, staring at the bus that would take them to their special training session. They were all wearing their Hero costumes.
"Everyone!" Phweet! Phweet! Iida blew a whistle. "Now that the bus has arrived, we must board it in an orderly fashion! Line up according to your classroom seat numbers and begin to fill in the each of the rows of the bus in a calm and completely not chaotic manner."
"Class representative, I don't think we can do that very well- look at the seating arrangements of this bus."
"Class Vice Representative Yaoyorozu, what do you mean?" He looked inside, saw the interior of the bus was not completely in rows but had half of its seats on the sides, and then deflated. He let everyone board the bus however they wanted, and then the bus took off towards their destination.
"Ribbit," Tsuyu attracted almost everyone's attention. "I've seen you take notes on everyone, so you should know that I tend to speak my mind a lot, Midoriya." The martial artist just looked at her. "Your Quirk is very reminiscent of All Might's." He scoffed at that.
"Nah. Wait, actually, in a way, yeah. Minus the electricity and the glowing body parts, that is. But you are right in that our Quirks both enhance our physical abilities, although my enhancements are weaker since I haven't trained with my Quirk as long as others have."
"You say that, but your super-strength Quirk is still awesome, bro! I remember when you used it on the beach all those months ago. That was amazing, man! Shucks that you can't use the same power you used back then, otherwise you'd be like a smaller, greener, All Might." A couple of the other students looked at the red-and-green combo with slightly wide eyes.
"Wait-wait-wait, you have that much power? Really? Why haven't we seen this before then, Midoriya?"
"Because I can break my bones if I use a power output I'm not used to yet. In case you're all wondering, right now I can use 7% before my body begins to feel pain."
"Mon ami, I know that feeling. When you have a flashy Quirk comme le mien, but then the flashiness is too much and it blinds the body! I feel it every time I fire my Navel Laser for too long, mon estomac feels pain. But that is a necessary sacrifice on the shining road to becoming a Pro Hero, especially one with such a shining positive image like mine!"
"Ribbit, that's true. Good Pro Heroes tend to have good public images. Most of us here fit the bill for being a positive role model… except for Bakugou. He's pretty unhinged."
"What the fuck did you just say?" Izuku just nodded along.
"Yup, he is. Kacchan's been like that since we were kids."
"Deku, I'll explode your Dick-u off!"
When the bus dropped them off, each student was amazed at their location. The entire area was the size of a small town, and was split into several sections. One was a large pool or manmade lake containing a boat, rocks, and several other boats that looked half-capsized. Another looked like a mountain road that suffered a landslide, one looked like a burning city, one looked like a ruined city. In fact, it looked like a mishmash of various scenes in a disaster movie spread out across a town-sized area.
"Woah! It's like looking at a movie! Are we at Universal Studios Japan right now?" Jirou whipped Kaminari with one of her extendable Earphone Jacks.
"Dumbass, why would we go to USJ for a lesson?"
"Exactly!" The students looked to the source of the voice: it was a person dressed in what looked like a spacesuit, but with a unique helmet that completely encapsuled the wearer's head in a glass dome. Only the eyes were visible. The image projected by the suit was someone ruined by the wearer's decision to where bright yellow sneakers instead of space boots, but that was okay, since most of them knew they were dealing with a Pro Hero.
"Oh my god, oh my god! It's him! It's really him, Deku! It's the Thirteen, the Space Hero!"
"One of the best heroes for a rescue situation, thanks to his Quirk."
"Ahem, yes, thank you! Still, first things first, I'd like to welcome you all to this special area that was built specifically for U.A. students such as yourself." The Pro Hero gestured to the area around them. "This place has several mock simulations of various disasters- fires, landslides, getting lost in a cave, tornadoes and hurricanes, and several others. This place, built by me, is known as the USJ- Unforeseen Simulation Joint!"
A nice intentional reference to the USJ. I guess the name fits- it looks like the dream playground for up-and-coming Pros focused on rescue, anyways. As he studied the layout of the place with the rest of his classmates, Izuku saw Aizawa talking with Thirteen about something. The Space Hero lifted up three fingers, and Aizawa shook his head in an annoyed sort of way. Wonder what that's about.
Actually, now that I think about it… He looked around their location, but did not see All Might's signature smile and hairstyle. All Might isn't here. The news this morning talked about him doing Hero work before school started, and he was supposed to be here to help out Aizawa and Thirteen with our Rescue Training. From the interaction I just saw, that most likely means that All Might went over his limit and is resting somewhere. Assuming this is true, then that's a bit irrational, as Aizawa would say, but that want to help others and be a Hero is why he's everyone's favorite.
"Alright everyone." Everyone paid attention to their homeroom teacher. "All Might won't be joining us today." They all started to complain. "Stop whining, and let's begin the training already."
"Hold on, Aizawa! I still need to go over one or two points about this exercise and Hero work in general. Er, three points. Or maybe four points… or five…" Most of the students just looked at the Hero as the number of points he had to make started increasing, and were already in the tens. "Well, anyway, let's start by talking about Quirks and abilities. As many of you know, my Quirk is called Black Hole. This is because, like an actual black hole, it can suck in anything and pull the matter apart."
"Mhm-hmph, mhm-hmph! It's a great Quirk that helps you help people from all types of disaster!" Uraraka said as she nodded with enough vigour to cause an earthquake.
"Correct. However," His face, despite being behind a domed helmet, took on a dark look, "my Quirk can also easily kill someone." The atmosphere turned dark, and everyone began to straighten up, get serious, and stand at attention. Their attention was focused entirely on the Pro Hero. "I have no doubt that there are some of you here whose powers could just as easily endanger the lives of others.
In our superhuman society of powered individuals, using Quirks in public is something heavily restricted, regulated, and recorded. Even though it seems like everything is under control, never forget that wrong and accidental Quirk usage can cause harm to others. You learned that during your mock Battle Trial with All Might some time ago. Meanwhile, Aizawa taught you all your hidden potential with the Apprehension Test. Today, instead of trying to fight villains,you will learn how to direct that potential to save lives!"
The students all cheered in response. Aizawa looked like he wanted to say something to all of them.
That was when Izuku noticed something in the distance. It was a small speck, like a black ember swirling in midair. The ember looked out of place in the middle of the USJ- a dark color among off-white tiles leading into the rescue training zones. That, and how sinister it felt in this place of heroics.
Izuku could taste the malicious intent coming from the dot. Judging by the reactions of other people, like Yaoyorozu and Ojiro, Kirishima and Kacchan, and finally their own teacher, he wasn't the only one that felt it. The speck started to expand, from an ember to a fire and then into a smoky, black flame. Now, the intent was stronger, and more people could feel it.
It eventually grew into a wispy coal bonfire around 2 meters tall, and everyone was noticing it. But still, less than half could feel the evil intent coming from there. Then, a hand came out of the hole, followed by a pale man with grey hair completely covered in severed hands. He looked to the students.
This feeling! This is different from "intent to harm." This… just like from that alleyway years ago… "intent to kill!" Izuku immediately dropped into a stance, taking out both of his batons. Kirishima and Mina also got into fighting stances, as did Ojiro, Kacchan, Thirteen and Aizawa. The rest of the class, while still wary, didn't feel the need to get combat ready just yet.
"Everyone, huddle up and defend yourselves! Thirteen, guard the students!" The darkness grew larger, and more shady characters started to pour out of it.
"Hey, Aizawa sir, are those robots, like from the practice exam?"
"No! They're real villains!"
They're probably the guys who caused that whole stir with the media.
"Hey!" The pale one, likely their leader, called out to the students and Heroes. "What is this? I see a bunch of fodder and midbosses, but I don't see the final boss of this stage. Any of you where I could find All Might? After all, all of us are here so that we could kill him. I mean, the intel said he would be here, right?" He looked to what was obviously a warp portal, which had no formed a face with some metal collar or something.
"Indeed it did. However, he is not here… at the moment."
"Ah, I see. Well, all you mooks, you heard that? All Might isn't here. So sad. Our plans might go to waste! But wait! There's a chance he'll appear if we slaughter enough NPCs. Do you all know what that means?
It means to turn those kids and Heroes up there… into corpses!"
A/N: "Ugh. Weakest chapter, by far."
"Wai- really? I-I can kinda see it not being as good as some other chapters, but you calling it the worst implies you think it's really, really bad. It can't be that bad, right?"
"No, you fucktwit, it's really bad. God awful. It SUCKS! Can't you find a decent way to write things like this?"
"Well it's not our fault. We had a busy week."
"You literally did nothing except 'offbrand anime', Monster Hunter, sleep and eat. That's NOT fucking BUSY!"
Umm... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
chunnin33: I see. Thanks for the information! I'll find a way to put it to better use in the future.
MrNeedsToRemoveAllFavs: Of course the little raisin ain't gonna change this fast. He's on the road, but there are potholes everywhere impeding his progress. He will, though, make it to his destination of 'being a likeable pervert'. Eventually.
"So long as I am anchored to this body, I will never rest! No positive wording will remove me. I will torment this person and his writing for all eternity! MUAHAHAHAHA!"
The next chapter might be a bit longer then normal and might take a bit longer than normal to finish.
See ya later!