*Midoriya's P.O.V*
*Bzz* *Bzz* ... Who's texting me?
I pulled out my phone to see... that Iida texted me, while I was working out no less.
I: Midoriya, we are having a pool training day, would you like to participate?
M: Pool day? Sure... wait, whose idea was this?
I: It was mine, I figured that we could all utilized some training before the training camp.
Okay, good, if it was Chargedolt's idea, then I would have declines, but since it was Iida's...
M: Alright, what time?
I: It starts at 12:00, we have the pool for up until 5:00
It's currently 11:00... ehh I have time for a quick shower.
M: Alright, I'll be there.
I put my phone to sleep and headed back inside, after a quick shower I put my swimsuit and headed to school. Thankfully it was open for students who would like to utilize the facilities during the break. I was walking towards the locker rooms, once I was inside... they were empty. Well, to be fair I did come here pretty early it's 11:27, I wanted to get some reps in before everyone else. I slipped into my swimsuit and headed outside.
"Oh, Midoriya." A familiar voice next to me said.
"Oh, hey Uraraka." I said as I saw what she was wearing, "I see we went with the same approach."
"Haha, yeah, well these are U.A. provided swimsuits, you chose that all on your own volition." Uraraka commented, "But still I'm curious, why didn't you come in swimming trunks?" She asked.
"Well... I don't like showing skin." I muttered, "If I had a choice of a full body or a swimming trunks and shirtless, then I'd choose fullbody, and besides... it feels nice." I said, "Anyway, you're here to do some training too?" I asked.
"Oh that's why you're here. I'm here becasue Ashido and Hagakure said we should." Uraraka said, "But your idea sounds way better!" She exclaimed.
"Well... the guys aren't gonna be here for about a half hour." I said glancing at my phone, "So I can help you train for a little bit before they get here." I said.
"That'd be great." She said.
"Alright... hmm, perfect idea wait right here." I said as I rushed into the locker rooms, for some bizarre reason they decided to have a lot of life preservers... when in reality you only needed one, I stacked them precariously high and headed out, "Here, practice your Quirk on these life preservers."
"Okay, but what will you do?" She asked.
"Supervise, while I train my Full Cowling." I said as I activated it as such, "I'll be here in case you feel nauseous to catch the preservers so they won't fall out of the fence."
"Okay... if you say so." She said.
We got some training in, Uraraka would tell me whenever she'd get nauseous so I'd get ready to catch the plummeting preservers. I missed a few of them on the first couple tries, but on the 5th attempt, I caught all of them and landed gracefully.
"Good job you two." A voice said as applause could be heard.
"Oh, hey Iida." I greeted as I set the preservers down, "I got here early so Uraraka and I were getting some training in."
"I see... very punctual of you." Iida said, "Anyway let us start, would you like to join us as well, Uraraka?" Iida asked.
"Um..." She said as she turned to face Ashido and them.
"Oh you can go ahead, don't worry about us." Ashido said with a smile.
"Alright, I'm in." She said.
Now... the real training began. It was a mix of... literally everything. By the time we were allowed a rest we were all tired out of our minds. Well, at least Iida was kind enough to provide us drinks. Though... there was one too few, Iida didn't expect Uraraka to join us.
"Here... take mine." I offered.
"... I couldn't." She said as I still held it out to her.
"I can do this all day... but then the drink would get warm, so take it. I'm not taking no for an answer." I said.
After having a staring contest for a few seconds, Uraraka spoke up, "What will you drink then?" She asked.
"I brought water from home."
After another staring contest, she caved and took the can, she cracked it open and took a sip.
"Oh by the way I lied." I said as she choked on her orange bevarage, she shot me a glare, "How else was I going to have ou drink it? Dehydration is not a good thing."
"Then why aren't you drinking?!" She yelled.
"Well... if it was you or me situation, then I'd pick you." I responded.
She said nothing after that... in fact her face went a little pink, "What's wrong? Are you sick?"
She just shook her head, "N-No, just the summer heat!" She exclaimed.
"Oh... then I have a great idea then." I said as I turned to Iida, "Wanna have a race?"
Iida placed a hand on his chin in thought, "Hmm... yes I believe that is an excellent idea."
"Hold on." Sero interjected, "Are you sure Midoriya? With your arms and all?"
"They're waterproof, not that I won't be able to win without them." I boasted.
"Is that a bet?" Bakugou asked.
"Depends, how much money you wanna lose?" I responded back.
What was originally a method to cool off the overheating Uraraka, turned into a battle of wits and glory. The first match resulted in Bakugou using his explosions to fly over the pool, not even touching the water. Todoroki barely did better by using his ice over the water to reach the finish line first. The third match consisted of Uraraka, Iida, Ojiro, and I. Iida utilized his Recipro-Burst and jettisoned himself on one of the pool dividers, Uraraka utilized her zero gravity to float over the pool, Ojiro used his tail to swim faster, and I used Full Cowling to rapidly swim to the edge. It was a close match, but I barely edged out Iida and Uraraka and won the race.
After brief congratulations, it was Todoroki, Bakugou, and I for the finals. We got into position, ready to race to the edge.
"Go!" Yaoyorozu said.
We jumped in... but I couldn't use my Quirks! We slammed face first into the water.
"It's 5 'o Clock... Pool's closed." Mr. Aizawa said.
"Oh come on Mr-"
"Fine with me! Let's go." I said climbing out of the pool.
"Midoriya..." Sero complained.
"Look, it's all fun and games until the man who can give my second of three strikes comes barging into the party." I said as I headed into the locker room, after washing off the chlorene, I dried off and slipped back into the clothes I wore coming here.
Bakugou kicked a can in frustration, not that I blamed him... even though I would obviously win. Soon after I hopped on the train and headed back home.
After going to a special summer class for those who want to still train during summer vacation. I was asked by All Might if I would like to go to I-Expo. I said yes because I am not someone who would reject going to a vacation/expo. Everything went well... Hahahaha! No, everything went to s**t. A villain attacked, but luckily All Might and I handled it with style... with the help of everyone else. Once I returned it was a few days before the training camp.
After spening a few days recovering from that experience, I went shopping on the day before the training camp to pick up some last minute items I was missing, including a few slightly larger bottles of gasoline... it was a surprise the department store sold this. Anyway, I went from smaller bottles to larger bottles, because it a hassle to have a bunch of small bottles, as well as I wanted it to be a standard move, and not a one use move.
Now, it's the day of the Training Camp, after some brief and annoying interaction with Monoma, we were ushered into the bus. I had the 'pleasure' to sit next to Iida, not that he isn't a joy to be around, it's just that he's currently in his 'Class Rep' mode, which consists of yelling at the others. Once he cooled down... which took 5 minutes by the way, we could finally have a rational conversation.
"So, what do you think the camp will consist of?" Iida asked.
"Probably training our Quirks. We haven't really done Quirk training at all." I said, "We've done everything else but that, so it would make sense."
"Indeed, that does seem the most likely." Iida responded.
"But still... Mr. Aizawa did say we have an hour until we get there." I said as Iida stared at me with a confused expression, "Was I the only one who heard that?"
"Most likely." Iida said.
"Anyway not my point, what I'm thinking is that there might be a mmph-" I said until I felt something forcibly wrap around my mouth.
"Midoriya... come up here." Mr. Aizawa said with a stern tone. I nodded and headed over to sit next to him, with his bandage scarf still around my face. "You're too smart for your own good, you know that?" He asked in a whisper.
"So-" I said before lowering my voice, "You're saying I was right?"
"That depends... what were you going to say?" Mr. Aizawa asked.
"Well, I was thinking that you were going to test us by dumping us somewhere close yet far from the location, and have us walk there ourselves. Odds are there will be some perilous obstacles there, the robots from the entrance exam I'm assuming, and allow us to use our Quirks to fight our way over to camp." I explained, "So how close am I?"
"You're... in the ball park." Mr. Aizawa said, then shot a glare at me, "But that surprise test won't be a surprise, if you share your theories with others now would it?" Mr. Aizawa asked.
"Nope, it won't." I said as I dug into the backpack that I kept on me and grabbed my gloves, "But then again, it was just a theory. Just a theory that existed well within the realm of possibilities, especially since you're leading it."
Mr. Aizawa hummed to himself, "I see you pay attention."
Looks like I'm sitting next to Mr. Aizawa out of fear of blabbing the details to the others. So all I could do is prepare for the upcoming trial.
"Midoriya... are you wearing your hero outfit underneath?" Mr. Aizawa asked.
"Yeah." I said as I pulled up my bandana that's around my neck up to show him, "I prefer using it, especially since we're doing a preliminary combat test."
He looked at me for a few seconds then shrugged, "By all means, just don't damage it."
"But I've only damaged it a few times." I said.
"Good... keep it that way." Mr. Aizawa said.
The bus ride went smoothly. Jirou was playing her music which was loud enough that everyone in the bus and within a 10 mile radius could hear it. While everyone else was talking about... whatever really. Then the bus stopped at a stopping point over looking a forest. Guess this is the testing point. I stretched while Mr. Aizawa debriefed everyone.
"There's no point stopping without a reason." Mr. Aizawa said as the car that was parked on the rest point opened.
"Hey Eraser!" A voice said within the car.
"Long time no see." He said bowing, as two people came out of the car.
"Lock on with these sparkling gazes!"
"Stinginly cute and catlike!"
"Wild, Wild... Pussycats!" They yelled.
"Oh hey, it's the Pussycats." I commented.
"You know them?" Uraraka asked.
"Yeah, they're the selecte few heroes I still like, they are a four-person hero team wh oset up their own agency. They specialize in mountain rescues... they've been in the business for abo-" I said before the blue one, Pixie Bob, clamped her paw on my mouth.
"I'm 18 at heart!" She yelled, then she glared at me, "At he- OW!" She exclaimed taking her hand off my mouth, as a black mark appeared on it.
"Don't place your hand over my mouth." I muttered as I blew embers into the air.
"You damn brat!"
"Try telling that to my mouth!"
"That's enough!" Both Aizawa and Mandalay yelled, causing us to both turn away from each other.
"But Mandalay!" Pixie Bob whined.
"Well, you shouldn't have snapped over something like your age." She muttered, "Anyway, we own this whole stretch of land here. You all will be staying at the foot of the mountain." She explained as she pointed towards the general directions.
As she was explaining I leaned in towards Uraraka, "Get ready to jump off the ledge." I whispered.
"Why?" She whispered back, "That seems dangerous."
"Yes, and staying up here will be more dnagerous, just trust me on this." I muttered.
"It's 9:30 a.m. right now. If you're fast... Maybe around noon?" She said, as everyone looked worried and rushed towards the bus. I on the other hand gripped Uraraka's wrist and started running towards the ledge.
"Kitties who don't make it by 12:30 won't get any lunch!" Mandalay exclaimed as the stampede of students who were running towards the bus were stopped my Pixie Bob.
"Midoriya! Why are we doing this!" Uraraka yelled.
"Pixie Bob is the reason!" I yelled as we jumped over the ledge, I pulled my bandana over my mouth, carried her bridal style, and slowly hovered to the bottom.
Above us, all of the students were launched over the ledge with Pixie Bob's Quirk, Earth Flow. Once we landed safely, the rest of the students fell onto the ground rather hard.
"Ow..." Ashido muttered, "HEY MIDORIYA! WHAT THE HECK!" She yelled dusting off her uniform.
"Yeah dude! How come you didn't say anything?!" Chargedolt exclaimed.
"I figured out this was coming, and Mr. Aizawa didn't want me to spill, hence why he had me sit with him in the front." I said, "So I told Uraraka and now I'm here." I said setting Uraraka down, "Anyway." I said as I started to unbuckle my belt, "You guys... should get ready." I said as I took off my school pants and shirt, revealing my Hero Costume.
"What the? How did you?" Sero asked.
"I smuggled it from the classroom." I said as I checked the contents of the pouches, since I can pretty much fight with my gloves on always, I use my glove pouch to store the larger bottles of oil I bought a while ago, which I managed to store 2 within the pouch. Which reminds me... I now need uses for not only the third pouch I requested, but the second pouch that I once used for the smaller bottles was now empty.
"Hey! Since it's private land, you can use your Quirks as you wish!" Mandalay yelled, "Though one of you has already took the initiative. You have 3 hours! Come to the facility on your own two feet!" She said before pointing towards the forest behind us, "After getting through... The Beast's Forest!"
Within the forest, I heard a loud roar, "The Beast's Forest, huh?" I asked as I powered up Full Cowling, "I'm game." I said rushing into the forest to meet a monster. It was dark brown beast with tusks... and no eyes. I launched towards the beast's legs, "Hurricane Kick!" I yelled as I spun around and hit the knee of the beast, I saw a few splotches of it fall down... so it's made of dirt huh?
Then an ice wave froze the other leg of the beast.
"Reciproburst!" Iida yelled as he blew off the left arm of the beast.
"Die!" Bakugou yelled as he blew off the right arm of the beast, then blasted himself back towards the beast taking out the head, returning it to dirt on the ground.
"Nice job guys." I commented.
"More are coming!" Jirou yelled.
"3 from the east, 2 from the west." Shoji added.
"Alright..." I said as I rushed towards the beast, "Let's take them down!"
*Many Hours Later*
That... was hell, 8 hours worth of hell, but at least we made it. Once we made it to the camp, we collapsed onto the floor.
"What do you mean 3 hours?!" Kirishima yelled.
"That's how long it would have taken us sorry!" Mandalay commented.
"Were you trying to boast about how much better you are?" Sato asked as Kirishima moaned.
"I'm hungry... I'm gonna die." Kirishima complained.
Then Pixie Bob started to laugh, "But honestly, I thought it would take even longer. You guys didn't have as hard a time beating my earth beasts as I thought you would. You guys are great... especially... you four!" She said pointing towards Bakugou, Todoroki, Iida, and I. "Were you able to act without hesitation because of your experience?" She asked as she licked her lips... oh this can't be good, "I'm looking forwards to where you'll be in three years! I call dibs!" She yelled launching towards us like a predator who hasn't had anything to eat yet.
"Mandalay... was she always like thiat?" Mr. Aizawa asked, as Pixie Bob was running back and forth between us and our classmates were watching with a mix of exhaustion and horror.
"She's a little desperate, since she's about the suitable age for, you know..." Mandalay explained.
"Speaking of suit-" I said as Pixie Bob clamped her hand over my mouth again.
"What ab- OW!" She exclaimed, again pulling her arm back from my face.
"I said, don't cover my mouth... I need it to breath. Anyway, whose kid is that?" I asked pointing to the kid who was looking angrily at us.
"Oh, not one of ours. He's my cousin's kid." Mandalay explained, "Come on, Kota. Greet everyone. You'll be with them for the next week." She said.
As I walked over... his glare got more and more angry, in fact I could sense murderous intent almost. But I gave him the benefit of the doubt. "I'm Izuku Midoriya from U.A. High School's hero course." I said extending my hand to him, "Nice to meet ya."
He pulled back and threw a punch right at my... yeah. I barely caught his punch before it landed, thus saving the future generation of Midoriya from sudden extinction. Mandalay looked at us with a both fear and a small pinch of disappointment.
"You know... there are nicer ways to give handshakes." I said as he looked at me with a mix of shock and confusion.
"Your arm... it feels different." He muttered.
"What?" I asked as I twisted it to the right, popping it off, "This?" I asked.
"H-Huh?" He asked, this time with more shock.
"Yeah, these are called prosthetics, for people who lost their limbs and need new ones." I said as I put my right prosthetic back into my arm.
"I-I know what they are... but how did you get them?!" He asked.
"How about a deal." I started, "You introduce yourself NICELY! Then I'll tell you the story."
"... Fine." He muttered with a sour tone, as he was introducing himself to everyone, I walked towards Mandalay.
"Does he hate heroes or something?" I asked.
"W-What do you mean?" She asked.
"Well... let's see, he was glaring at us from the start, he tried to punch me in the area after I mentioned 'hero course', and he begrudgingly introduced himself to everyone." I explained, "There's shy, and then there's that." I said.
"Why do you care?" Mandalay asked.
"Two reasons." I said, "1.) I don't want him to punch my area again, 2.) Becasue I've been where he is... I've had that look in his eyes before." I said before turning away, "Look, if you don't want to tell me, fine. I could care less, but keep an eye on him during the week we're here." I said.
"... Wait." Mandalay muttered, I turned to face her, "...We'll talk after dinner." She whispered.
"Alright." I said as I headed back to the group, blocking Kota from punching Bakugou in the area like he did to me, "I said nicely!" I exclaimed.
He glared at me... but with a huff, he introduced himself nicely.
"Hmph, about time brat." Bakugou commented.
"You, don't antagonize him." I yelled as I let go of Kota, he turned around and tried to punch me again, "You're not gonna get me, so stop trying."
Soon after that introduction, we ate a rather delicious dinner. Kota lent a helping hand with the Pussycats cooking. Once he finished he walked towards me.
"So, are you going to tell me the story about your arms?" Kota asked.
"Yeah, I'm curious about that as well." Kirishima commented.
After being sent nervous glances from Todoroki and Iida, I set my food aside, "Alright, get ready it's a long story." I said.
I proceeded to tell Kota and everyone else about the incident with Stain, how we fought to protect ourselves. I even lied about how Endeavor saved us from Stain... at the cost of my arms.
"Why would you do something that stupid?" Kota asked.
"Hey!" Kirishima yelled.
"Trust me... I asked myself that same question at the hospital. The reason was there was a voice in my head yelling at me to protect them, protect them by any means nevessary." I explained, "So I did, and luckily I just lost my arms... and this." I said lifting up my eyepatch revealing a scar, recieving gasps and wide-eyes from everyone including Kota, "This eye is pretty much gone, I can see, but I can only see a bunch of splotches and blurs, so I have this eye patch." I explained, "Anyway, what I did was stupid. Could I have done something else like used my fire Quirk on Stain? Yeah, in hindsight I could have. The point, is that you shouldn't worry about something in the past. It's already in the books." I said as I finished my Katsudon.
"Why aren't you upset about it?" Kota asked as I looked up at him, "You lost your arms! YOUR ARMS! Aren't you sad or something?"
"I was sad, past tense. In fact I told myself that if I couldn't get these arms, then I wouldn't have bothered. The reason I'm not fretting over about them anymore, is that these were a gift." I answered.
"A what?" Kota asked.
"A gift. From two people close to me." I said as I looked at them, "Rejecting them would have been rude, it's like I'm rejecting their hardwork and sacrifice." I said, "So I use them proudly." I explained, "Any more questions?"
Kota stared at me blankly... before scooting his chair back and walking away.
After dinner, we all hopped into the bath... well the guys all hopped into the bath, the girls had another bath. Thankfully this place has it's own hotspring. After finishing and drying off, I headed to the manager's office, where Mandalay said she would talk to me about Kota.
"So... you talked to Kota about your arms." Mandalay said.
"Yeah..." I muttered.
"He told us about it... I hope you don't mind." She stated.
"Ehh... saves me the trouble." I said as I took a seat on the couch across from her.
She took a deep breath, "There are many people in this society who don't think well of heroes... had he been raised in a normal environment then he would have admired heroes." Mandalay said as Pixie Bob walked in.
"Mandalay's cousin, Kota's parents were heroes, but they were killed in the line of duty." Pixie bob explained.
"... That explains it." I muttered.
"Two years ago... protecting citizens from a villain... For a hero, it was a respectable way to die... an honorable death. But... a child who was barely aware of what was around him couldn't understand that concept. His whole world revolved around his parents." Mandalay explained, "But society kept praising them, saying it was a good thinkg for heroes... a wonderful thing. He doesn't like us much, either, since we're also heroes. But it's like he's just here because there's nowhere else for him to go. To Kota, heroes are a kind of human he can't understand and finds them unpleasant." She finished leaning into her seat.
"... Do you remember anything about the villain who killed them?" I asked.
They both looked at me with confusion, "Um, it was a man, blond hair, and can make his muscles expand." Pixie Bob said.
"... Muscular." I said.
"You know him? How? Also you said you know the face of hating heroes because you experienced it... what happened?" Mandalay asked.
I sighed, "Pixie Bob, you should take a seat. I'm about to tell another long story." I said.
Pixie Bob took a seat next to Mandalay, giving me their full attention. "Alright, it all started about... a year ago actually. I always wanted to be a hero, loved heroes and wanted to be one. The problem? At the time I was quirkless." I said as their eyes widened with surprise, "If you're shocked now, imagine how heartbroken I was as a 4 year old. Anyway, a year ago I ran into a hero, a hero I looked up to and respected the most. When I saw him I asked this question, 'Can I become a hero without a Quirk?' he responded with a 'No, it's impossible'. Needless to say, that made me snap. I ran away, tears falling from my eyes. I found the nearest dark alleyway and started yelling, letting every single emotion out of my system. After a few minutes of yelling and crying, I suddenly got my fire breathing Quirk... you can guess what happened to the building."
"Oh my god..." Pixie Bob commented.
"You haven't heard anything yet." I responded, "Anyway, as I was running from the scene, I was walked up to by none other than the leader of the League of Villains, Shigaraki Toomura." I said, "Once he walked up to me he gave me this whole spiel about heroes and how much they're a plague to society, how two faced they are. At the time... and even now to some extent, I agreed." I said.
"What?" Mandalay asked.
"Yeah, I used to love heroes, every single one. Then I learned first hand that the face they put on for the cameras and news is all just a face. I learned that there are people out there who became a hero just for the fame and fortune. I understand becoming a hero for a living as a job nothing in life is ever free. However, there's a living, and then there's Mt. Lady who stole the credit from Kamui Woods just for publicity." I said, "I could go all day about that... but we don't have that kind of time, so Shigaraki brought me into the League of Villains, and they had me do a bunch of stuff. Ranging from robberies, attacking heroes, and task that got me caught, burning down a hero agency." I said.
"You were arrested?" Pixie Bob asked.
"Yup, but I skipped over an important part, the reason I know Muscular, was because the League wanted to recruit him during my time, he of course said no for a stupid reason of 'I wanted to see people bleed on my own' it was rather creepy... but I didn't press him on it." I explained, "Now back to the story. Yes I was arrested, they questioned me on who I was working for... I didn't answer out of hopes that they would get me... then they sent in Mr. Symbol of Peace himself." I explained, "So I told him everything, out of blind anger, about the League and everything." I explained.
"But you're in U.A. how?" Mandalay asked.
"All Might, like the f**king insane guy he is offered me a spot, for 'rehabilitation'. A part of me wanted to decline, reasons being that A.) I felt like I didn't deserve it, and B.) Someone else would probably use it better than I would. But I remembered something, my mother. I called her with my one phone call, she cried and apologized numerous times over the phone, she took the blame for the s**t I've done. The neighbors heard her crying so she was taken to a mental hospital. The fact that she was crying and apologizing for something she didn't do hurt me. Made me feel like a s**t excuse of a son, so I'm here to become a hero and hopefully rebuild everything I destroyed over a hissyfit of anger." I explained.
I took a deep breath and exhaled a small flame, "Anyway, All Might allowed me into U.A., of course everyone except All Might was either wary or hated me. Not that I blamed them for feeling as such, no one would want to associate themselves with an ex-criminal, especially if they want to be a pro. So I ignored them at first and decided to focus on myself and become a hero for my mom. Then over time... people started to associate and slowly become friends with me. To be completely honest, I thought they're insane to associate with me, I never really had 'friends' they are usually a**holes who bully me for being quirkless, or people who are afraid of a criminal. So when people actually wanted to be friends with me... I don't know... maybe if I had friends I would have not done the stupid s**t I did... but what are you going to do? The past is history. Anyway, now I have other reasons to be a hero, at first it was because of my mother, then other people started to have my back, so now I can't let them down, what kind of friend would I be if I failed after they believed in me?" I asked, "So now I have two goals, 1.) Send that bastard Shigaraki to f**k in the a** prison. 2.) Become a hero for my mom and everyone." I explained. "Any questions?"
"... You mentioned your Quirk manifested a year ago. What is it?" Mandalay asked.
"It's fire breathing... I should know." Pixie Bob answered.
"You're half right." I said as they looked at me with confusion, "My Quirk is Fire Breathing, but the reason my Quirk manifested so late... was because of this." I said as I activated Full Cowling, "I have 2 Quirks."
"... That's impossible." Pixie Bob commented.
"So was me getting into U.A, me doing the impossible is almost a daily occurence." I quipped, "Trust me I was confused when the second Quirk manifested, in fact it literally manifested when I was doing a Quirk assestment test at the first day of school." I added.
"How is that possible?" Mandalay asked.
"I don't know all this biology mumbo jumbo, so I can't help you on that department." I said, "Anyway, that's my story, from negative 40 to training to be a hero." I said standing up, "As for Kota, I'm sure he'll come around, he's still a kid after all." I said as I headed towards the door.
"Hey, Midoriya." Mandalay said as I stopped before the door.
"Yeah?"
"... Thank you for telling us." She said, "About Muscular, and everything."
I just shrugged, "I don't know why you have to thank me." I said opening the door, "You told me about Kota, I told you about me, seemed fair."
I exited the office and walked back to the boy's sleeping area. Not surprising in the slightest, all the students were asleep... the only one who is up is Mr. Vlad King, and Mr. Aizawa.
"Oh, you're back." Mr. Aizawa said as I slowly closed the door.
"Sorry... Mandalay, and Pixie Bob held a mini story time." I said sitting down.
"What about?" Mr. Aizawa asked.
"Kota and his parents. They were killed by a villain... and I just so happen to know who did it." I said.
"What?" Mr. King asked in shock.
"I'm surprised you forgot that I was once a part of the League of Villains." I commented, "It's some guy names Muscular, his Quirk allows him to expand his muscles to boost his strength, even go as far as to go beyond his skin... it's kinda gross." I explained, "Anyway in return I told them about me, who I was and who I'm aspiring to be." I explained as I laid down, "Anyway, we have a long day tomorrow, good night." I said as I closed my eyes waiting to go to the dream world.
*The Next Day*
The next day was training, training, and more training. I was doing a hybrid training regimen of some weird exercise and constantly breathing fire. It was around 5:00 when we were allowed to eat dinner... and by eat I mean make our own food. Which was curry. As much as I would love to sleep, I'm starving so I shook the tiredness out and proceeded cooking. At least living alone a year ago while training with All Might allowed me to improve my cooking skills. Soon we finished cooking and we proceeded to eat our food.
As we were eating, I saw Kota go up the path to somewhere. A small part of me said go up there. An even bigger part of me said let him be alone... The small parts winning. Gah f**k it! I grabbed a plate of curry, my curry because it's the only decent curry that's been made. Without exaggeration, and headed up the path. Once I made it up I could hear faint rumbling.
"Yo, you hungry?" I asked... okay maybe that wasn't the right way to open up the conversation.
"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" He asked in a defensive manner.
"I saw you walking up and decided to follow you." I said as I set the curry on the ground next to me, "So, I'm just going to cut to the chase, are your parents Water Hose? The water heroes?" I asked as his eyes shot open in both shock and anger.
"Mandalay told you didn't she?" Kota asked.
"I figured it out myself." I lied, "So that's why you hate people with Quirks? Because had they not had Quirks then you would have had a happy life with your family?"
"Shut up!" Kota snapped, "Everyone's crazy, calling each other hero or villain and killing each other, talking about their Quirks and stuff... It's because they're all showing off that it ended up like that... Stupid..." He muttered.
I sighed and sat down, "Look, I'm going to be straight with you. Heroes, Villains, they anger me." I said as he turned towards me, "Sometimes I think, had Quirks never existed, then things would be better. Maybe I wouldn't have been bullied at school for being Quirkless at the time, maybe I would have had friends during junior and middle school, and maybe I wouldn't have gotten arrested for burning down a hero agency." I said.
"You what?" Kota asked.
"Yeah, luckily no one died. Anyway while Quirks may have ruined my life, Quirks also put me on track to save my life." I said, "The Quirks I have, fire breath and my other Quirk... that I haven't come up with a name for yet. Allowed me to go to U.A to help my mom." I explained, as I laid down on the ground, "I did some messed up stuff, but the one who suffered the most was my mom, when I called her, she cried and apologized. She didn't have to apologize, none of the things she did was her fault, but she tried to make it sound like her fault. Even though I know and she knows it's mine. I was a terrible excuse of a son, letting my anger and emotions ruin her mental state. She's fine and in a mental hospital right now, slowly but surely recovering from that episode. Still... it was my fault for ruining her like that." I said sitting back up, "So that was once the sole reason I'm going to become a hero, the #1 Hero. Now I have other reasons." I said as I held up my arms, "Take these arms for example, like I said before they were gifts, but they weren't the only thing I was given." I said as I tapped my shoes, "These soles were made for me by a friend, another friend, the one with glasses and runs a lot, taught me a new fighting technique, another friend, the brown haired gravity girl gave me my hero name, so on and so forth." I said as I clenched my hand into a fist, "So as sappy as this sounds, I'm going to become the #1 hero to become a person that my mother and my friends can be proud of."
Then I stood up and turned around, "Anyway, eat your curry, it'll get cold and the flies will get it before you do." I said walking away.
"Wait..." Kota called out. I turned back to face him... he looked down and appeared to be struggling to say something, "You mentioned your mom... what happened to your dad?" He asked.
I looked at him for a few seconds and shrugged, "I dunno, to be honest, I couldn't care less about him." I said, "He didn't call once during the whole year I was in jail, out of jail, or when my mom was in the mental hospital." I said, "So if he were to show up right now... then I would punch him square in the face."
"But he's your dad." Kota said.
"A 'dad' isn't supposed to leave for 15 years. At that point he's not a dad... but a distant memory." I said as I turned away, "It may have been his genes that has given me my fire breathing Quirk, but right now, it's my Quirk not his." I explained as I headed back down the path. He didn't call out to me again, so I assumed we were done talking.
Then the next day rolled around and it was even more training. However once dinner was over, we were participating... albiet forced to participate in a courage builder thing? What we are doing is going around a path where the students of Class 1-B are in charge of scaring us. We were split off into pairs... but there was 15 of us. I bet you won't guess who was the soloist, spoilers... it's me.
"You know... I seeing a trend with these pairs and the one person being the solo." I commented.
"Well to be fair, you aren't really scared of anything." Ojiro said.
"Yeah, you faced All Might, Stain, and the League of Villains, pretty much all by yourself." Asui added.
"The Stain fight was a TEAM effort! Don't get it twisted. For the League, I had help from Mr. Aizawa and eventually All Might, everything else... is true" I said.
"Wow, way to sound cocky about it." Chargedolt commented.
"There's being cocky, and acknowledging the truth, I did face All Might all by myself... and nearly died, but semantics." I said.
Anyway, groups started going in one by one, and screams were heard from within the forest. Wait... is something burning?
"Is something burning?! Could there be a fire on the mountain?" Iida asked.
"Ahh!" Pixie Bob yelled, we turned to see a lizard guy, and another guy holding a rectangular type weapon on Pixie Bob's forehead... wait I know these guys.
"If it isn't Stain's lackeys." I commented walking forward.
"You know them?" Tiger asked, blocking me from moving forward.
"It's complicated." I said as I looked at them.
"It's you... the kid who got in Stain's way." The lizard villain, Spinner said.
"Long time no see Spinner, Magne, how's life?" I asked as I summoned Full Cowling, "Not that I care really."
"You, get out of here." Tiger said.
"I'm on their kill list for two reasons, it's not like I could leave if I wanted to." I added.
Then Spinner set his sights on Iida, "Hey you with the glasses. You were also the one who brought about the end of Stain at Hosu City." He said as he pulled out his abomination of a sword, "I apologize for the late introduction. As he says I am Spinner, the one who spins dreams into reality."
Tiger then stepped forward, "I don't care, but you bastards... The woman lying there, Pixie-Bob, has started worrying about getting married recently. She was doing her best to find happiness as a woman, despite her age." Tiger said as he extended his claws, "You can't damage a woman's face and just stand there laughing thoughtlessly about it!" He exclaimed as Spinner charged forward, "What's a hero doing trying to be happy like an average person?!" Spinner asked.
"Tiger, I've broadcast instructions. Leave the safety of the other students to Ragdoll." Mandalay explained, "The two of us will hold them back here!" She said as she turned towards us, "Go, everyone! Listen carefully. Do not fight. Class rep, you're in charge!"
"Understood!" Iida yelled as he led us away.
"No you don't!" Magne yelled as he tossed a knife at us, with quick thinking I kicked the knife away, and followed Iida to the woods.
Wait... Kota, he's probably at his hideout! I split off from the group.
"Midoriya! Where are you going?!" Iida yelled.
"I'm going to save Kota, you guys go ahead." I said as I pulled up my bandana and connected the tubes, "I'll be right back."
End of Chapter