"You could've done more! You could've saved us!"
Daidoji stood on the dark red stained sands of Chimera Island, her friends standing around her, blood leaking from multiple gushing wounds. "No… no… I-"
A bony hand spun her around, revealing the bloodied and eviscerated corpse of Endo. "You're the reason I'm dead."
"What? No! Endo's still-"
"You're a disgrace to us Daidoji." The shadowy figures of her parents formed behind Endo, "You're not our daughter!"
"NO!"
Daidoji sat bolt upright in bed, her body covered in a cold sweat.
"Ok, no need to shout, just wanted to know if you wanted breakfast Dai." Kenichi's voice echoed from outside her dorm room. It sounded like he was just barely holding back laughter.
"S-Sorry, I was having a nightmare!"
"You too?!" Kenichi asked, "Man, I think that makes twelve."
Daidoji blearily rubbed her eyes and crawled out of bed, pulling open her dorm room, "I guess the island had more of an effect on us than we would've liked to admit."
But Kenichi was too distracted to even think about the nightmares anymore, "Uh, Dai? Before you come down for breakfast, I would put on some pants… and a shirt."
Daidoji's mandibles snapped for a second as she processed the sentence… and the cool air racing across her body. Her face grew bright red as she looked down to confirm that she was, indeed, only wearing underwear and a bra. Needless to say, the whole dorm heard her squeal in embarrassment.
MHA: 1-C
Kenichi sat down heavily at the wooden table, "Pass the milk, I need some calcium to grow back what Dai punched out."
Okami poured some of the white liquid out of a jug into a cup and offered it to Kenichi, but he just grabbed the whole jug instead. "Hey!"
But the bony student ignored the cries, wiping away the white from his mouth as he said, "Man I never thought Dai would be one of those girls to hit you after exposing herself to you."
Ryouji shook his head, "Nah, you only see that in manga. There's no way she actually hit you."
"Personal experience says otherwise dude."
The elevator dinged, opening to reveal, Shizuku, and Daidoji.
"Hey what happened to Endo?" Kaito asked, "I thought he was free for a couple of days. Why'd he leave so soon?"
Shizuku yawned and stretched her back like a cat, "He said that they moved up the launch date for Hopper 1. There was some stuff he had to take care of back with Hina before he could lift off though, so he left at like four in the morning."
"Wait wait wait," Aika made a timeout signal with her hands, "He spent the night?! I thought he was the smart one! Doesn't he know Eraser's gonna kick his ass if he catches you two?"
Emica tilted her head, "Come on Queen," She said, using the chess player's nickname, "Even Aizawa wouldn't beat up a cripple. Besides, it's not like Endo's a student anymore."
Kaito shrugged, "I wouldn't take that chance Shizuku. I don't think Aizawa would take pity on anyone he deemed necessary of punishment."
"How astute of you Otachi."
"Thank you Sensei," Kaito replied without even batting an eye at the pro hero behind him.
The whole room visibly straightened up once 1-A's homeroom teacher entered the environment, but Aizawa wasn't exactly in teacher mode, "Relax. I'm just here to drop off a package."
"For who?" Yosei asked.
"All of you. Endo said he didn't want to leave it just laying around, so he left it with me to give to you when everyone was awake." Aizawa stepped aside to reveal the giant box behind him.
"Ok, you coming in here without making a sound I understand," Kenichi began, "But how in the world did you get that thing in here without any noise."
Aizawa just grunted and walked out, not another word leaving his mouth.
"He seem grumpy to you guys? Er… more so than usual?"
"Didn't he talk to Endo the other day? Maybe it had something to do with that."
Shizuku shook her head, "But what could they talk about that would make Aizawa upset?"
"Genetics." Vincent quietly answered
"Didn't ask for your input," Aika spat out.
Kaito shrugged, trying to defuse the tension, "He's probably right you know. All Might retires from an injury and someone with the tech to genetically enhance their body shows up, it only makes sense."
"Can he even do zat?" Wilhelm asked, "Modify anozer person?"
Shizuku sighed, "I've known about this stuff for as long as you guys. Who knows if it's possible. I'll try and remember to ask him next time I talk to him."
Ryouji nodded, "Ok! So are we gonna open this or what?!" He had been standing next to the enormous box for the entire conversation, waiting to peel open the box like a kid on Christmas.
Kaito smiled and four black blurs flashed around the box, allowing the cardboard to fall away, revealing another nineteen boxes. "Looks like he got something for all of us.
Most of the boxes were about the same size. All but one was the size of their hero costume cases. At the top there was a note that read, 'One last gift for my friends.' Seeing that they were labelled, Ryouji began handing them out. As it turned out, the one that didn't belong was a small book sized box that had Shizuku's name plastered on it.
"You think he'd get his girlfriend the biggest one."
"Yeah well… Endo's weird," Emica commented as she began opening her own box, not waiting for the rest of the class.
Everyone followed suit, tearing the cardboard apart to reach their prize. Daidoji was the first to reveal hers. "Wait…" Inside the box was another slightly smaller box with a 13 plastered on the case, "Are these our costumes?"
Ryouji pulled his out, "The cases aren't the same design… do you think he…?"
The rest of the class dug in with renewed vigor, all but Vincent who sat on the couch alone. Nikiya would've waited with him, but he insisted she open hers.
Shizuku finally got the small silver container in her hands open, revealing two similarly colored bracelets. There appeared to be nothing special about them, so she lifted them out of the box with slight disappointment, revealing a small note. 'As much as I love seeing you naked, you need something that Karkinos won't tear.' Shizuku gave the bracelets another glance, deciding to put them on. 'They're a prototype for the lab, so hopefully there aren't any issues.'
Daidoji pulled open the lid to her case, revealing nine different metal pieces surrounded by firm padding. Inlaid in the padding, was a simple label for each piece, 'RThigh, RShin, LThigh, LShin, Chest, Back, Head, RArm, LArm.' Seeing this, Daidoji pulled out the chestpiece and held it up to where it should've been fitted, but it seemed way too small, in fact, it would only cover about a third of her chest. She pressed it up closer to herself to make sure she wasn't missing anything and the metal suddenly expanded. Making several clanking noises, it moved to deftly cover her body with small, yet tough, flexible armor plating. It was pure black, with a dark blue spider logo in the center. Unlike her previous costume, which was a fabric that would stretch with her transformation, this would allow her to be durable without even activating her Quirk, and was flexible enough to grow with her.
"He upgraded all of our hero suits." Okami realized.
But Shizuku barely heard him, she was busy tapping on her new bracelets, trying to figure out the functionality. Looking back at the note she saw, 'Flick your wrists to activate.' Doing just that, she found that the bracelets immediately went to work. She felt her own clothes get pulled into the bracelets as they expanded to cover her body in a silvery white armor, not unlike Hyperion. 'When you transform, the armor will work with you, sliding back to its bracelet form.' She continued reading, learning that the armor was just that, armor. It didn't provide strength or speed boosts like Hyperion had, it was simply to react to her transformations, ensuring she stayed clothed.
Performing another complicated maneuver, the armor shrank back down to bracelets and Shizuku hugged them close to her face, happy with the gift.
The upgrades ranged quite heavily. Kaito only got an attachment for his sword, which would heat it up to a red hot temperature, much like how it acted when boosted by Tannin. Thanks to his sword's durability, it wouldn't lose its shape.
Hirose got contact lenses that performed all the same duties as her old goggles, but also were made of a special material that would never dry out when applied to her eyes, she also got a more durable suit and improved drug to slow her heart rate.
In fact, Hirose wasn't the only one to get a more durable suit. Whether or not the actual clothing portion of their costumes was changed, they were newly woven with the best materials Endo could get his hands on. Even Okami, whose outfit was only pants and shoes, got them rewoven with graphite silk, the strongest fiber to ever be created.
Aika got her Saber costume upgraded to a Mordred costume(Fate Apocrypha) with the same color scheme. Ryouji had his Shakespeare costume outfitted with metal gauntlets and steel toed shoes, along with extra pockets for pens and books. Kenichi basically just got a 'I couldn't think of anything else for you,' and received denser calcium supplements for his costume. The fairy girl Yosei probably got one of the most unique upgrades. It was a small filament that was attached to her wings in order to make them more durable and as an added bonus made them sharp enough to cut through simple things that might tie up her wings.
Wilhelm received special ear plugs that canceled out the noise from his lightning strikes and gloves that could be set to a certain voltage in order to control his output. Unfortunately, these gloves couldn't actually discharge the electricity in a long range fashion and were only for close combat. Will got a similar upgrade. Gloves and boots that could store his radiation in order to regulate his control.
Ashira had her camouflage cloak upgraded with new tech that would make it easier for her to blend in when still. Tannin got the same treatment as Kencihi and received the very unsympathetic message of, 'I couldn't think of anything,' from Endo and had to settle for his basic tactical armor.
Emica's upgrade nearly made her cry, she was so happy. Like Shizuku's they were two small bracelets, except they were black. Instead of having to wear a special suit when in public, these would contain her excess EMP output, making her life a hell of a lot easier.
Shinbou received the same sort of contacts Hirose did, but for her respective goggles. They allowed her to switch between infrared, ultraviolet, etc. Nayuki, like Hirose, got upgraded drugs for his own Quirk. Finally, Nikiya got a small piece of cloth, which, upon further inspection spread out as wide as she wanted and could make itself rigid, giving her access to more shadowy space.
All that was left was Vincent, but as Nikiya tried to give him the case, he pushed it away, his eyes downcast at the floor. "How on Earth can I accept that?" He asked.
Aika scoffed, "You shouldn't."
Kaito and Okami quickly gave her a glance, telling her to knock it off, but the damage had already been done.
"I've done too much to him to warrant me accepting any help from him. I won't accept it." He took a deep breath and turned to the rest of his class, "I'm so sorry. For everything I did to all of you… for all the lies."
"You think a sorry is gonna make up for it?" Ryouji spat.
"No. Which is why I turned myself in to Mr. Aizawa yesterday." The room went silent at that response, "I gave up all the locations of every Apophis base I know and all the information about every member I knew." He looked down once more, "But that obviously wasn't enough for him, so in order to make up for it, I have to wear a listening and tracking device at all times." He pointed to his wrist, where a thin ring was locked on, "Not all bracelets are as cool as yours I guess. He's also making me do patrols with him during the night and giving me all of his hero paperwork." Had more of the class been in favor of giving him up to the police, Aizawa would've gone straight for the arrest, he even said so himself, but since there were those siding with Vincent, Aizawa decided to give him a chance.
"It's… a start I suppose," Yosei said, her voice full of sadness and disappointment. She had her own family issues, but she had never let them turn her to the dark side, so seeing someone she thought to be her friend give into those tendencies was quite damaging to her.
Nikiya tried to give Vincent his case one more time, but he refused yet again. The dark-haired girl opened her mouth to protest, but at that moment, Endo's voice filled the room and everyone turned to see a projection of their friend.
"This is a recording, so I wouldn't bother responding." He said in a lackadaisical tone. "It's been about fifteen minutes so I figured it was time to activate this thing." He took a small pause, "I'm sure you all realize by now that these are your new upgraded hero costumes. Because we were so rushed into the hero course, a lot of you didn't have the chance to get a proper outfit that suited you. From here on out, Saturn Six will be sponsoring you guys, I hope you're fine with our logo because from here on out, I'm going to make sure you guys get whatever you need." He smiled childishly as class C inspected their respective costumes in varying places, finding a small sphere with two thick lines cutting through, imitating the planet Saturn, "I've said before that I don't buy into the whole class A vs B vs C, but the differing amounts of attention we received was obvious, so… I want to make sure you show them all that they were wrong to ignore you. I'm sorry I wasn't able to continue along this path with you, I will miss you all." He waved his hand in traditional farewell, "Oh and one last thing. Vincent… open the goddamn box." Then, as quickly as it had appeared, the hologram disappeared, leaving the room in a solemn silence.
They turned back to Vincent, except he was no longer there. Having long left the room in shame, leaving Nikiya standing there awkwardly with his hero case.
MHA: 1-C
It was just another day of class C shooting the shit as they waited for their teacher to enter the room. Hirose and Kaito teased each other back and forth, Aika and Ryouji were talking about their interests, Okami addressed some issues as the class President, and the rest of the class did what they normally did. All of them had their fingers crossed to finally get their new teacher. It had been weeks and the provisional license exam was fast approaching.
The bell rang and Okami went to take his seat, but before he could even move from the podium, a figure came flying through the door and practically tackled him to the ground.
Several of the class stood, their Quirks inches away from activating, fortunately, the figure came into shape as she lifted her head and gave the class a wide beaming smile as her emerald green hair fell gracefully behind her. "Hi class! I'm your new teacher! You can call me Ms. Ragdoll, meow!"
"Huh?!"
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Thanks for reading and thanks for the continued support! For those who want to learn more about Saturn Six and Endo's new life, go check out Saturn Six by Project Armament. I hope you enjoyed this new chapter and continue to enjoy this story!
