Katsuki Bakugou grumbled to himself as he stalked the halls of Yuuei. He had just finished his work experience with Best Jeanist, the No. 4 Hero. And while he was working there, Best Jeanist decided it would be an excellent idea to style his hair.
Nothing the explosive blonde did would revert his hair back to its natural spikey state, and change this ridiculously gelled mess. Bakguou growled as he went to open the door to his homeroom, only to freeze as he heard a voice call out to him.
"Bakugou?" He recognised the voice, and snapped instantly.
"IF YOU SAY ANYTHING I'M GOING TO FUCKIN-" Bakugou cut himself off as he turned to see Jutsu staring at him. At least, he thought it was Jutsu. His hair was not what he remembered, instead of the usual flat brown, it was curled up like an afro.
Bakugou never thought much of the boy, only seeing him as another classmate. Another stepping stone. However, Jutsu's actions in the sports festival made Bakugou reconsider the boy, if only slightly.
Normally, Bakugou would have cursed Jutsu to hell and back for his hairstyle, but seeing as he was in the same boat, he did not feel the insults would have the intended effect. The two boy's eyes met, steel and red clashing.
They shared an unspoken agreement, and entered the room together. There was silence for a moment, before Sero and Kirishima erupted in laughs. "FOR REAL BAKUGOU! NO BUT FOR REAL?!" They laughed, causing the blonde to curse them out.
Jutsu sighed, making his way to his own seat. He noticed it was currently occupied by someone else, and they were having a conversation. Not wanting to be rude, Jutsu continued walking, seeing a group of people who he wanted to talk to.
"Hey guys. Club meeting?" Jutsu asked, looking at Iida, Todoroki and Midoriya. Todoroki squinted at him, putting both of his hands under the table.
"Uh, no. Just talking about stuff." Midoriya told the taller boy. "Like what happened during our work experience." Jutsu squinted lightly at the freckled boy, whose eyes widened. "Oh! No! Not, uh, that." He whispered, Jutsu now knowing they were not discussing Stain.
Just before he replied, Jutsu heard Kaminari speak from behind him. "I had a fun time getting fussed over! But y'know, the one's who've transformed the most…" He turned to look at the group. "Are you four!"
Jutsu froze at his words, the other three looking upon him with fear. "W-What do you mean Kaminari?" He asked, turning around to stare at the blonde.
"Dude yeah! The hero killer!" Sero exclaimed, as he was being throttled by Bakugou.
"…I was worried for you." Yaoyorozu said, Jutsu noticed the comment being directed toward Todoroki more than anyone else.
"So happy you're alive; no joke, that's the most important thing!" Kirishima commented, also being throttled by Bakugou.
"But it was only those three." Jutsu told them, voice wavering. His words went unnoticed, as Kirishima continued talking.
"They say you got rescued by Endeavour! That's the No. 2 Hero for you!" Jutsu's eye twitched, as Todoroki confirmed the statement from behind him.
"I wasn't there. Is no one listening to me!?" Jutsu cried, the room falling silent.
"Didn't you watch the video, Jutsu?" Kaminari asked, Jutsu going quiet, remembering the video that Angus had showed him. "It was when he was speaking. I mean, his one track mind or tenacity or whatever it was, was cool and all, but it showed you standing up against him."
Jutsu began shivering in place. "So they did all see it. They saw me using my quirk against Stain. This is it… I'm done for." Jutsu waited for the accusations and questions, but was thankfully saved by Midoriya, who was whisper-shouting to Kaminari.
"Ahh!... Ii..da.. I'm sorry!" Kaminari apologised, forgetting that Ingenium was one of the heroes attacked by Stain.
"No… it's all right." Iida said, glancing down at his left hand, the one that he had complications with. "He was certainly a man of conviction… So I understand if people find him… cool." He raised his hand high. "However, he chose to advance his cause by means of a purge. And whatever beliefs you may hold, that alone is in error."
"And so, in order, too, that people like me may not hereafter multiply!" Iida said, chopping his arm back and forth. "I shall proceed down the path toward being a hero anew!" Midoriya looked upon the president with awe. "NOW! Class is almost upon us, so take your seats!"
Kaminari apologised once more, and returned to his seat. Jutsu gratefully took his own, glad that no one was asking about him being in Hosu. With a sigh, he relaxed into his seat. His relaxation was cut short when he felt something poking his shoulder.
He gulped, already knowing who it was that was poking him. He turned his head slightly, seeing Kodai staring at him intently, her eyebrows knitted into a frown, and her mouth unsmiling. He gulped once more, turning back around.
The poking grew more rapid, Jutsu genuinely feeling a small amount of pain from it. Jutsu hunkered down, lowering his head between his shoulder blades. "Please stop." Jutsu whispered. The poking hesitated, before a small ball of paper was thrown over his back.
Jutsu opened the crumpled piece of paper, reading it. "Tell me after." Was all that was written on it. Jutsu sighed, shakily raising a thumb over his head. He didn't hear anything after that, but assumed Kodai had gotten the message.
Aizawa came in, greeting the students in his usual manner. He slinked out of his sleeping bag, informing Iida to begin roll call. After the class president did so, Aizawa took his place at the podium at the top of the class.
"Before I start…" He began, and instantly the class could tell this was important. "In regards to what happened in Hosu." Four students in particular gulped audibly. "There is a video circulating, that is being continuously uploaded and taken down."
"The contents of that video, should not be repeated to anyone." Aizawa stated, to much confusion. "The student in that video," Jutsu shrunk into his chair "should not have been there. But the press doesn't know who it is."
Jutsu let out a breath he didn't realise he'd been holding. "And they aren't going to find out who it is, because none of you are going to tell them." The thinly veiled threat was noticed by all, everyone nodding firmly.
"Of course, none of you should know about that video in the first place." Aizawa said, his regular grin back on his face as the class all shuddered. He looked ready to speak again, but before he could, the door was thrust open.
"I AM HERE! BRIGHT AND EAR-" All Might announced, before seeing the glare on Aizawa's face. "Ah. Did I interrupt something?" The No. 1 Hero asked, pressing the tips of index fingers together, looking more like an awkward schoolgirl.
"No." Aizawa stated, before turning back to the class. "You'll be going with All Might to test out what you've learned at your work experience. Go get ready." Their hero suits came out of the side of the wall, Aizawa slipping back into his sleeping bag as the class grabbed their suits.
Jutsu hung back, waiting for the rest of them to leave, so he could stay out of their sight. "Back to the old days. Just staying in the background." He sighed, but was content to be there.
Everyone seemed to be talking among themselves, Jutsu being the only one who wasn't speaking. Even Todoroki and Bakugou were speaking, granted not with one another, but still. Jutsu was glad of that though, knowing any question towards him would more than likely be about what happened in Hosu.
"Hey Jutsu!" Kirishima fell back, calling out to the boy, causing him to shake slightly. "I heard about this new game coming out! I thought you might be interested." The redhead threw an arm around his friends shoulder, smiling widely.
Jutsu could tell it was an attempt at comfort. And he appreciated it gladly. "Really? What's it about?" He asked, smiling softly at the redhead. Kirishima smiled, and began talking about a game that was apparently set in space, where the protagonist was Quirkless and had to survive against a deadly alien.
The distraction proved fruitful, as they had reached the area for their class just as Kirishima was finishing up with his description. "Hi! For I am here!" All Might greeted his students. "…is the note I usually do things on, but right, onto foundational hero study time!"
"It's been a while, boys and girls! In good spirits, I hope?!" He asked, to different replies. Jutsu said nothing, fiddling slightly at the tear in his suit, specifically the one at his stomach. "Right on the heels of all your workplace experience, this time we'll mix in an element of play."
"It's a rescue-training race!" All Might told them, Iida sending his hand up and asking a question. All Might explained the situation in greater detail. "This is playground Gamma. Where densely packed lanes make this construction site seem more like a complex labyrinth! We'll make two groups of five, and two groups of six! We'll do the training one group at a time!"
He then explained how he would be in roughly the centre of the faux city, and send a distress signal, which will prompt those in a group to start simultaneously. "Of course, keep damage to the surrounding buildings at a minimum!" All Might said, pointing a finger at a certain explosive blonde.
"Don't point fingers." Bakugou growled, looking away from All Might. The groups were then created, Jutsu being a part of Group A. The other members of Group A were Ashido, Iida, Midoriya, Ojiro and Sero.
"Sero's definitely the biggest threat here." Jutsu thought, nodding to the sticky tape student. Sero waved back, evidently thinking the same. They took their positions, and waited for All Might to give the signal.
…
The rest of the class sat before a large screen, which was showing live footage of each student. Many of them were stretching in preparation. "All the kids with most manoeuvrability in the class are in that group."
"I say Sero takes first place." Kirishima bet.
"Ah, I can see that." Kaminari agreed. "But don't forget, Jutsu's there too."
"I say it'll be Ashido, her motor reflexes are insane!" Mineta commented.
"Deku's dead last." No points for guessing who said that.
"He's got that wound handicapping him, but I still feel it'd be Iida." Uraraka said, Tsuyu nodded in agreement.
The class watched, as All Might announced the beginning of the race.
…
"START!"
With that, Jutsu shot upwards with a 'FWSSH', flying high. When he was high enough, he cut off the thrusters, enjoying the feeling of weightlessness. He allowed gravity to angle him to the middle, his feet falling so his body was parallel to the ground.
He activated them again, seeing Sero using his tape to scale over the buildings. "Looks like Sero is doing pretty good. I wonder if he could beat…" Jutsu's thoughts screeched to a halt as he saw someone pass him by. "...me?"
He watched as Midoriya leaped from rooftop to rooftop, flipping and spinning in many ways that Jutsu recognised. "Bakugou…?" He thought, before shaking himself out of his stupor and increasing his speed.
He caught up to the point that he was right next to Midoriya as he leaped through the air. He noticed the expression on his face, one that looked like he was trying too hard to keep composure. He watched as he made another leap, only for his foot to land on a wet pipe, and slip off.
Jutsu's instincts kicked in, as he instantly divebombed to stop Midoriya from falling. He caught him mid fall, to the surprise of the green haired boy. "Jutsu! This is a race!" Midoriya exclaimed.
"Oh. Right." Jutsu commented, letting the boy go. Midoriya let out a yell as he fell, but found himself landing on a surprisingly soft pile of trash.
Midoriya watched as Jutsu flew onward, mind back on the race. "His instincts are almost ingrained into saved me without a second thought." He muttered. "He really is a hero…"
"CRAP! I NEED TO GET BACK INTO THE RACE." Midoriya shouted, jumping to his feet and activating his Quirk.
…
"FIIIINISH!" All Might announced, standing atop a water tower with the students all there. Jutsu had his helmet tucked under his arm, smiling happily, a banner wrapped around him reading 'Thank you for saving me'.
"Young Jutsu was No. 1, but all of you have learned how to use your Quirks more broadly since you first entered the academy! Now keep at it for me and begin preparing for the end-of-term test!" All Might congratulated, sending the students on their way so he could prepare for the next group.
…
"Wow, Koko!" Ashido congratulated Kodai. "I never knew you could do half that stuff." The girls were currently getting changed back into their school uniforms.
"Thanks Mina!" Kodai said. "I only learnt them a little while ago, cause I went to a museum that showed off all the skeletons." Kodai said happily, stripping out of her hero outfit.
"You went to a museum by yourself?" Yaoyorozu asked.
"Psh. No." Kodai laughed. "I couldn't understand half of the names if I went by myself. That's why I brought Kagaku!"
There was silence for a moment, before… "EHHHHHH!" The majority of the girls cried. Kodai instantly realised what she had said, and tried to rectify it, but it was to no avail. Accusations, questions, gossip, they all flew in the room, leaving a single blushing, stammering reptilian in their wake.
…
"I need to work on my manoeuvrability." Kirishima complained, having not fared well in the race.
"Suppose gathering information to compensate for it is the only way." Tokoyami replied curtly.
"Yeah, and then we'll always be one step behind." Kaminari said. "I'm damn jealous of you and Sero. Jutsu too." The brown haired boy looked up in confusion, but said nothing.
"Hey. Kirishima, you got any hair gel? This thing won't stay down." Jutsu asked, trying to flatten his afro. The redhead rummaged in his locker for a moment, before tossing Jutsu a tub of 'Riot Wax'. Jutsu recognised the brand.
He began applying it to his hair, but froze as he heard someone speak. "The girls' changing room!" Mineta exclaimed, many of the boys looking to him, then to Jutsu. Jutsu did not move, which frightened any male that was looking at him.
"Cease at once, Mineta! Peeping is a flagrant crime!" Iida instantly told the shorter boy off.
"Hey man, my little Mineta's already being a flagrant crime if you know what I mean!" Mineta said, tearing the paper that was covering the peephole off the wall, and staring through it.
"YAOYOROSU'S HONKERS! ASHIDO'S FIGURE! HAGAKURE'S FLOATING PANTIES! URARAKA'S BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL BODY! KODAI'S AMAZING AS-" Mineta was cut off by a hand constricting his throat, and a dark, murderous aura emanating from behind him.
"Mi…Ne…Ta…" Jutsu said slowly, turning the purple haired boy to face him, eyes flashing dangerously. The pervert paled, forgetting that Jutsu was there.
"Come on Jutsu!" He choked out, literally, as Jutsu was doing the choking. "You're a guy! Don't tell me you aren't gonna look through there when all our backs are turned!" The pressure increased, Mineta instantly realising what a mistake it was to say that.
"Bakugou." Jutsu called, the blonde boy letting out an 'eh?' of confusion. "Open the door. Please." He said, as he leaned backwards. The bombastic boy understood in a moment exactly what he had planned.
Normally, Bakugou couldn't give less of a shit about the pervert being, well, perverted. But for some reason, he felt particularly annoyed at this instance. With a shrug, he kicked open the door to the locker room.
Mineta was cocked back over Jutsu's shoulder, much like one would prepare to through a softball. Jutsu hurled Mineta out of the room with such force, that the short boy ended up getting stuck in the opposite wall.
The door to the changing room swung shut from the wind that passed it with Mineta being thrown. Jutsu bent down to examine the hole, seeing something strange sticking through it. "Jirou?" He questioned, the ear jack shivering upon being noticed.
"I'm going to block this up. Please take your jack out." The fleshy jack retreated, leaving the hole completely unblocked.
Jutsu turned one of his fingers into a hole cutting drill head, measuring it with the hole. He then grabbed one of the wooden benches in the room, and placed his finger to it. Just before he did, Iida called out.
"Jutsu! While your actions are noble you will be destroying school property!" Jutsu looked up to Iida, steely eyes glaring into his. "And I… I cannot…" Iida began to falter under the boy's dangerous gaze. "I cannot watch you do that."
Iida then turned around, staring at a different wall. Everyone in the room was shocked that Jutsu was able to make the rule abiding Iida ignore an obvious breaking of a rule. Jutsu looked up from the bench, daring anyone else to speak.
When it proved everyone was intelligent enough not to do that, he drilled out a small piece of wood from the bench. He roughly shoved the wood into the hole, and then transformed his hand into a piece of technology no one had seen him use before.
Jutsu activated his palm sander, placing it against the wood and concrete. After a short moment, he removed it, pleased with his work. He stood up, but stayed facing the wall. "If I find out someone removed this…" He said, changing his hands back to normal. "…I will show no mercy."
Every boy there gulped, not wanting to invoke the wrath of the gentleman. They all nodded, even Bakugou. "Good." He stated, tying his tie and exiting the changing room, blazer tucked under his armpit.
There was silence in the male's locker, no one quite sure how to break the tension. The tension was broken soon enough, by Mineta being flung back into the room. "AGH! HE'S SO VIOLENT!" The purple pervert cried.
"You reap what you sow! I told you so!" Iida instantly retorted.
…
Class A was confused. Not in the usual sense, when a question did not make sense, or Aizawa pulled off one of his 'logical ruses'. No, they were confused, because they had no idea where Jutsu was.
"He was the first one out. Shouldn't he have been the first one back?" Sero questioned. Luckily, there was a free period after every physical foundational heroics class to act as a rest period.
"Yeah. So where'd he go?" Kirishima questioned. The class was lounging around, very few people sitting in their proper seats, and all of them wondering the same thing. "Where is Jutsu?"
Their answer became clear, as the classroom door was thrown open. Then slammed shut. Jutsu had appeared, panting, and leaning against the door with his arms splayed backwards. Many people instantly cried out in shock, questioning the boy.
"I WASN'T HERE!" Jutsu shouted, as he ran across the room, and jumped out the window.
Wait.
What?
"AHHHHHHHH!" Almost everyone in the class let out a cry of fear, seeing a classmate jumping out of a window. "We're on the third floor!" Kirishima suddenly exclaimed, only furthering everyone else's panicking.
They're screams were cut silent, as the door was once more thrown open, only this time, it was accompanied by a shout. "WHERE IS HE?!" A girl shouted. She had fiery red hair, and dangerous golden eyes.
When no one responded, granted more so out of shock, she shouted once more. "I SAW THAT JACKASS RUN IN HERE! NOW WHERE IS HE!?"
"The fuck is it to you?" A drawling voice questioned. Everyone froze, turning to Bakugou, who had both feet up on the desk, and was looking upon the girl with a sneer.
"NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS ASSWIPE!" The girl exclaimed, wisps of smoke trailing from her mouth. "I DON'T GIVE A SHIT WHO YOU ARE! I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THAT JACKASS!"
"Well, that jackass ain't here. So why don't you get the fuck outta here!?" Bakugou replied, palms sparking with explosions. The girl growled, literally, and stormed out of the room, giving them a very obvious threat.
With that, Bakugou got up from his seat, approaching the window Jutsu had jumped out off. He frowned, and reached a hand out. He pulled in Jutsu by the back of his blazer, before dumping him on the ground.
"Ow!" Jutsu said from the landing. "Thanks Bakugou." He muttered, standing up and leaning against the window sill.
"Who the fuck was she?" Bakugou asked, jabbing a thumb behind him at the door.
Jutsu sighed, hand rubbing the bridge of his nose. "A very, very, angry ex-girlfriend."
"EHHHHHHH!" The entire class, minus Bakugou and Jutsu exclaimed. Jutsu froze, forgetting everyone else was there.
Everyone crowded Jutsu, everyone spouting off different questions. "YOU HAD A GIRLFRIEND!?" "HOW?!" "WHEN?!" "WHY'D YOU BREAK UP!?" "WHY IS SHE TRYING TO KILL YOU?!" And, of course, we all know what happens when people ask Jutsu too many questions.
Jutsu froze, eyes going blue. The class also froze, unsure of what just happened. One person, a redhead, groaned slightly. "Ugh. Not again." Kodai complained, making her way through the crowd.
She stepped in front of Jutsu, and smacked the top of his head. Everyone cried out in shock, but fell silent once they saw Jutsu had returned to normal.
"…I crashed again. Didn't I?" He asked, rubbing his head where Kodai had whacked it. The reptilian nodded in confirmation.
"Jutsu!" Kirishima exclaimed. "You had a girlfriend!?" And like that, everyone began spouting off questions once more. They were silenced, however, when Kodai clapped her hands over Jutsu's ears.
"If you all question him at once he's gonna crash again!" She told them, the class falling silent at her words.
Jutsu groaned at their obedience. "Why the hell do you care anyway? It's not like I'm the main character of a manga or something."
"Achoo!" "Excuse you, Midoriya."
"Cause no one would've expected you to!" Kaminari said, many of the class nodding in agreement. "You're all so, gentlemanly and stuff. I thought you were swinging the other way for a while actually."
Once again, murmurs of agreement. Jutsu groaned into his hands. "…What do you want to know?" The class simultaneously took in breaths of air. "One at a time!"
Everyone looked around, deciding who should go first. "Who was she?" Kaminari asked. Jutsu sighed, leaning on the window sill.
"Kibo Hono." He told them.
"When did you two date?" Ashido asked.
"Start of Middle school."
"Oh!" Kirishima said, clapping his fist into his hands. "That's why you said dating early in the year is a bad idea!" His words make the class fall silent.
"What was the context of that question?" Tsuyu asked.
"This isn't a damn Q & A!" Jutsu exclaimed. The class looked at him sceptically. "I'm already uncomfortable enough answering questions about her! Do we have to increase it?!"
A few people felt bad at that, not realising what memories this could bring up. "Why'd you break up?" Kodai asked quietly.
Jutsu sighed. "As you could tell, she wasn't the nicest of persons." Bakugou let out a snort, something similar to the word 'understatement'. Todoroki then let out another snort, something similar to 'pot meet kettle'.
"I thought she was nice. But she wasn't. Also, she tended to ignore me." Jutsu shrugged. "One day she was being meaner than usual, and I ended it."
There was silence in the room, before someone else questioned. "So, she's single?" Everyone frowned, stepping apart and letting Mineta be seen. Mineta gulped, at the question being revealed as his.
"Mineta." Jutsu said, the boy in question shivering. "I would not wish her upon even you." Everyone gasped. Mineta's eyes widened, wondering how bad this girl could be if the person who hated him most warned him against dating her.
"Can we stop now?" Jutsu asked, rubbing his arm awkwardly. Everyone complied, dispersing back into their groups, the class now a tad sombre. The only ones who stuck by Jutsu were Kodai and Bakugou.
"You've got weird taste." Bakugou commented with a smirk. Jutsu frowned at him.
"I didn't know she was like that when we started." Jutsu sighed. "Hell, she's basically a female version of you with how mean she is." He said, pointing to Bakugou. The boy froze, as Kodai let out a giggle.
"Shut it! That's the last time I try to fucking help your ungrateful ass." Bakugou cursed, as he stormed off to his own little unofficial group of Kirishima, Kaminari and Ashido.
Kodai and Jutsu stayed by the window, not speaking. "About earlier." Kodai stated, Jutsu unsure as to what she was referring to. "In homeroom." He paled slightly. "It's alright. After what Aizawa Sensei said, I realised how uncomfortable it made you."
Kodai's face was solemn, the expression not sitting right with Jutsu. "Don't worry about it, Kaseki." He smiled at her. "You were worried about me, I'm not gonna get angry at you for that."
"Alright, Kagaku." She said, before awkwardly placing her hands behind her back. "Sooo, why'd you two start dating?" Jutsu frowned up at her, but Kodai gave some rather effective puppy dog eyes.
"I had pretty low self-esteem when I was younger." Jutsu said quickly. "So when a girl came up to me asking, actually, now that I think about, I'm pretty sure she told me I was her boyfriend." Jutsu shook his head clear. "Point is, she asked me to be my girlfriend, and I didn't think I would ever get another opportunity."
Kodai looked at Jutsu strangely. "You, had low self-esteem? How? You're Kagaku!" She said, gesturing to all of him.
"I don't know what that means but, thanks. I think? It was also something about obliviousness or something." He muttered, Kodai smacking her head lightly.
"I can't believe you were like that when you're, so, you." She was unable to put it into words. "You probably could have dated anybody you wanted." She said, before slapping her hand across her mouth.
The action went unnoticed, due to Jutsu laughing. "Sure. And the next thing you're going to tell me is that I have a harem."
...
*cough*
"I think I just saw a tumbleweed." Kodai said, not looking Jutsu in the eye.
"Huh. Weird." He shrugged.
OMAKE:
"Alright!" Jutsu exclaimed, slamming his hand against a whiteboard that had a drawn on design of a building on it. "We're going to be infiltrating the villain hideout! In order to do that, we will need codenames!"
"You will address me as, Eagle One." He said, then turned to the people who had gathered.
"Hono. You're Been there, done that."
"Kaseki. Most likely to do that A."
"Itsuka. Most likely to do that B."
"Todoroki. If I had to pick a guy."
"Tsuyu, you're It happened once in a dream."
"Ashido, If I had a cosplay kink."
"Hatsume, I fear for myself if it happened."
"And Bakugou is, Eagle Two." "Oh thank god."
OMAKE OF AN OMAKE:
"Am I the only one here who thinks these names are bullshit?!" Hono exclaimed, to a few muffled agreements. Jutsu groaned.
"Fine."
"Hono. RoboDragon."
"Kaseki. Technosaur"
"Itsuka. MechaFist."
"Todoroki. Refrigerator."
"Tsuyu. RobotFrog."
"Hatsume. Enabler."
"Ashido. AcidDrill."
"Bakugou. Eagle Two." "Oh thank fuck."
You have no idea how long I was waiting to reveal Hono, FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS OMAKE! But anyway, yeah. Shit went down. People know about Jutsu. And what he did with Stain. How many people know? That is uncertain. Is there anything else they know? Anything else that happened in the same street where Stain made his creed? Anything else that could have been recorded?
Well, only time will tell. So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, leave a review if you did, and as always
Until Next Time.
-Friday