I only own my OCs, everything else belongs to their respective creators. Warning, may contain Out of Character moments.


Eri took a few deep breathes. It was time.

Growing up, she wondered about what it would be like to fight friends amidst a roaring crowd. She wondered if any Heroes take interest even if she didn't demonstrate her Quirk. She wondered if she could become champion with her current level of skill.

Eri didn't know the answer to any of these… The only thing she could do is move forward.

"Don't let her innocent looks fool you! This unicorn from the Department of Heroics has quite the kick! Introducing… Midoriya Eri!" Present Mic announced as the girl entered the field. And while the noise was deafening, she could hear two sections cheering especially hard for her. First, Eri looked to her left and saw the 1A seating area where most of her classmates were out of their seats and waving to her. And then she looked to her left, to see the Top 19 shouting towards her.

All this encouragement filled Eri with a renewed vigor. She'll do her best to not let them down.

"A stranger from a strange land, this young man from the Department of General Education now stands on biggest stage Japan can offer. Just what kind of surprises will he show us next!? Introducing, John Egbert!" Midnight announced. A modest cheer rang out through the stadium as the cheery Caucasian stepped out. And despite those cheers being obligatory at best, John didn't let that daunt him, with him energetically waving out to them.

Eri watched as he stepped atop the fight area, his blue eyes passionately shining behind his glasses. Honestly, it wasn't the kind of look she was expecting out of her opponent. Mostly because this was a serious event and every past Festival she watched had everyone look like they were going to war. Perhaps John had something different in mind going into this?

"Hello there! I'm John, let's have a good fight." The boy said in very stiff Japanese.

"Hello, I'm Eri. And you could speak English if you like, I understand it well enough." Eri replied, sensing the boy's struggle. The girl was also not joking with her words. Akko would sometimes slip into speaking English and it really impeded communications during Hero training. John shook his head and continued in stiff Japanese.

"Thanks, but if I'm going to survive in Anime Land, I need the practice."

"Contestants, the rules are simple. Fight until you can't or won't. And going out of bounds will results in your loss. Any tactic is permitted, but if you got too far… Well, you'll know it when it happens. Are you both ready?" Aizawa explained.

"Yes! And as my cousin says, 'put up your dukes and let's tussle'!" John answered entirely in English and puts up a comical fighting stance. Well so much for putting in the practice. Still, Eri couldn't help but let out a light laugh as she saw how silly he sounded. Regardless of her comedic foe, she got ready to raise her gun.

"I'm ready!"

"Then let's get this under way. Ready, begin!" Aizawa shouted.

And without a single pause, the one horned girl immediately fired a burst of rounds towards John. But despite this preemptive, John didn't even move as the match has begun. In fact, he didn't even flinch despite being shot at. The girl raised an eyebrow, absolutely sure that at least one of those rubbers bullets hit their mark.

Looking closely at her foe, Eri noticed that there were holes in John's jersey. And not moments later, steady trails of blue smoke began to leak out of those holes. The boy looked down at the damage and gave a frown. But his tone was anything but sad.

"Aw, I liked this shirt."

Eri just stared at him, asking various questions in her mind. But the most prominent being, was he taking this seriously? The one haired girl honestly couldn't tell. His attitude didn't feel like someone fighting to win, rather it was to entertain. But then there was his degree of control with his Quirk. To only make only his torso an intangible target and hide the fact he already activated his rather noticeable Quirk… That made John more formidable than your average General Education student.

"Okay, my turn!" He called out. John pulled back his arm and threw out a haymaker. But while it may not seem so threatening due to the fact he was too far away… The punch was a different story when the boy's arm began to turn to blue smoke as it came around. Eri had to quickly duck as it became long enough to reach her. And even when she ducked, the one horned girl felt a strong gust blow over her. Was that just from that haymaker alone?

"What a haymaker! I felt that from up here! Could this be a result of his Quirk!?" Present Mic commentated.

No kidding. Eri had to really to press into the ground to stop herself from losing balance. Though that was ultimately pointless as she saw John followed with an uppercut. And like his last attack, it just extended outwards from his body. With the fist quickly gliding towards her, Eri jumped to the side and fired a random burst in John's direction. It wasn't meant to hit anything, but it should keep her opponent's head down.

And it did just that, though it was a bit more literal than she was expecting. John, upon seeing Eri fire wildly at him, turned the rest of his body into that blue smoke. So her attack ended in failure… But she did gain the opportunity to see just how John's Quirk behaved when pushed. And looking at how the boy's empty jersey was being pulled around in a random direction, Eri had to make an assumption.

"Can… Can he even see?"

The one horned girl had to hold off from firing as she watched the smoke turn back into John. Only thing was, he was facing the wrong direction.

"Whoops, not that way." John said before turning back to Eri. No, he can't see at all. She began to raise her gun again, only to find a disembodied, headless upper body beginning an attack on her. The girl back instinctively stepped back and opened fire on the sudden intruder. It was here that she saw firsthand that the torso itself was smoke and her shots completely went through.

She stumbled away just before being hit with an uppercut. And upon recovery, she found disembodied set of legs charging her. Knowing her chances of outrunning something moves like the wind, she had to focus on blocking and dodging. And between dodging, she caught glimpses of John's head, floating around and observing the fight.

"What kind of nightmare am I watching? Being tagged team by a single person, Midoriya Eri has no opening to get a clean shot!" Midnight shouted. That comment caused something to snap inside the girl. She didn't put all those hours at the firing range just to be called a lousy shot. Eri decided it was time to put some more daring into her attacks.

The one horned girl charged through her opponent's disembodied upper body. And because the torso was just smoke, Eri pushed through with no resistance. John's eyebrows were raised as the girl fired at his head. His hair felt something blow past and that made him jumpy. John turned his head to smoke and it began to move away.

At this distance, Eri noticed how the blue smoke was carrying John's glasses. And with a quick glance back at the legs and torso behind her, which was starting to move towards its host, she quickly began running. She hardly thought of anything else as each step moved her forward. The John's glasses stopped moving and the smoke began to gather.

This was it.

She moved around the clump and saw John's face already formed. His eyes dilated as Eri punched him square in the nose. His face flew back, the smoke continuing to reform his head. But it was soon caught out of the air by John's body and planted it back where it belongs.

Albeit backwards.

To still be messing around despite taking a hit, John must be stubbornly optimistic. The boy proceeded to turn his head back around, his blue eyes giving off a more serious glare. It was as though he was finally grasping the magnitude of Eri's attitude towards this fight.

Still, Eri charged forward, having had a grasp on what John was capable of. She fired however many bullets were left in her gun towards John's body. And as she expected, all her shots only made more holes in his jersey. Despite this, the girl began charging John as the boy threw out some long range punches to intercept.

Eri's eyes had to focus on the incoming attacks, otherwise she would get hit. She also had to ensure her footing was secure; otherwise she would stumble from the strong gusts that followed. The girl removed the magazine from her gun and chucked it at John's head. His head turned to smoke, allowing the object to pass through.

But like last time, the smoke began to move away in a random direction with the body following closely behind. The one horned girl gave chase, following the glasses in the blue smoke.

"John needs to form his face first before doing anything, otherwise he can't see. I need to lock him in a loop so that he won't be able to attack. I got to lose my gun and ammo." Eri thought as she casted aide her gun. She also removed her tactical belt from her waist, lightening her body by a pound. It wasn't much, but every little bit helps in this battle of endurance.

The girl noticed the smoke gathering and she quickly stepped around, punching John once more. This time however, when his head was caught and reconnected to his body, the boy charged back at her. And without using his Quirk, John began throwing out unpracticed but strong punches. This change in pace forced Eri on the defensive, dodging and blocking all she could.

This didn't stop her from watching him. And as she continued to block and evade, Eri noted how there was no smoke coming from any of the holes in his jersey. This was the time to counterattack. All she need now was the right moment.

"Looks like it's become a no Quirk, no weapon brawl! Even then, look at those beautiful dodges and parries by Midoriya Eri!" Present Mic announced.

"I say, but that John isn't pulling any punches. Pick the wrong time to attack; she'll be eating the ground." Midnight added.

Eri paid no heed to the commentators as she was experiencing what they were reporting. Despite evading and redirecting John's attacks, they were starting to wear down on her. Her arms had a dull throb running through them. Her legs were starting to get sore. The only thing that kept her moving was her drive to impress everyone watching.

Her classmates. Her surrogate family. The Hero she looks up to.

All of them will know how much she has grown.

And her moment came. John threw a particularly sloppy straight towards her. Eri used to her left hand to redirect the fist and grasped her opponent's wrist. She then turned alongside his back and elbowed John's head. Following that, she moved back around to her opponent's front. Twisting his arm away, Eri landed a direct hit on John's chin with an uppercut. But things didn't stop there. The girl proceeded to quickly turn her back to him while he was still reeling, both hands gripping his arm.

With the momentum of her turn, she pulled John over her shoulders and threw him to the ground.

"John Egbert has been forced out of bounds! Midoriya Eri's the victor!" Aizawa shouted.

As the crowd around her cheered, Eri's awareness began to return to her. And the first thing she noticed was how close she was to the arena's boundaries. She was so focused that, had her defense continued, the girl would've stepped out of bounds herself. Though could anyone blame her for being pushed back like this? If she hadn't been concentrating on John, she might've actually been knocked out.

Speaking of which…

"Hey, that was a great fight. You're really good with your Quirk." Eri said as she looked at John. He proceeded to sit up and give off a proud but friendly smile.

"Thank you, I worked hard on that. You can't prank anyone with a half baked effort."

That's why; he just wanted to mess with everyone around him. Still, it was refreshing to see someone with a unique attitude towards their own Quirk. Where everyone either viewed their Quirk as Heroic or Villainous, John saw it as a means to extend his trickster attitude. He wanted to give the audience a show, make them watch in awe.

But despite that, Eri appreciated the fact he didn't hold back when the fight began picking up. John threw out his fists like he meant it. He didn't go easy on her just because she was a girl. It was as though he was like the wind. One moment, a gentle breeze anyone could enjoy… And in the next, a raging storm that tears through everything without exception.

"Hey… Uh, mind giving me a hand? I'm pretty tired from all that fighting." John asked with a slight laugh.

"Sure." Eri replied as she reached out to him. Even if she was exhausted herself, the girl couldn't leave someone on the cold, hard ground like this. But as Eri took his hand and leaned back to pull him up, she ended up flat on her butt. It took the one horned girl a moment to register what happened. She looked at the detached arm she was holding before looking towards John.

His amused smile and his other arm's thumbs up said it all. "Whoops, looks like I gave you one instead."

For some reason, Eri felt something drain within the depths of her mind.


And that has been Chapter 25! The inclusion of John Egbert of Homestuck was a weird conversation between my brother and I. This mostly happened when we were both discussing what kind of Quirk would various characters have should they be transplanted to the world of My Hero Academia. So here we are, introducing...

John Egbert (Home Series: Homestuck), Quirk: Hurricane Body

"Also, for you fellow Homestucks... YOU ARE HERE FOREVER."

Yes, yes, we all know what happens when you get sucked into Homestuck. But anyway, how is the action? Because this arc focuses on the battle between students, I need to be able to flex my fight scene muscles to the fullest extent. The question is, how did I do?

"I think it's alright."

I'm aware, what do they, the audience think? So please, leave your questions, comments, and concerns in the usual place and I will answer them as soon as I can.

"Because only you can stop bad fan fiction."

In other news, I've finished my ESL Teacher training and am now looking for a job. And what better English teacher to have than a aspiring writer? So wish me luck on that front.

"Here's to being a responsible adult!"

With all that said... I will see you next update where we watch a ghost fight a malfunctioning refrigerator and a she devil fight a living cartoon.

"And I promise this nerd will make the fight wacky and interesting."

So...

Until Next Time. T1.