MHA Arc 5 Chapter 1
Chapter: Finals
[Alright sorry about the delay for the chapter, but I will explain at the end of this longer chapter. Enjoy!]
It has been a few months since new year's, coming into the start of March and the end of the first year is rapidly approaching our first years. Izuku's new power black whip emerged, dark energy acting like a whip, but he still has very little to no control of it. He went with Todoroki to train under Endeavour, but Bakugou didn't come. Instead, he returned to Best Jeanist. Much as he denies it, Bakugou has made rapid gains in power under Best Jeanist, catching groups of villains at once. But now all students have returned to school and are preparing for the very end of their first year as heroes in training.
Izuku POV: March 1st:
I am watching as Mr Aizawa fiddles with paper. Trying my best not to watch Eri play with her doll of me on my desk. Making me fly around and smash the evil books on my desk. But it's not working, my heart leaps everytime she yells,
"Smash!"
"Alright Eri, please be quiet for a little bit please," Mr Aizawa commands quickly pulling my attention from the red-eyed angel and to the front of the class. "Today I will be announcing the beginning of finals, I hope you have all been preparing for a few weeks now even with the internships," he says which gains a mutter of groans mostly from Kaminari, Mina and Sero. Causing most of the class to giggle.
They didn't learn after the last set of exams,
I think as Mr Aizawa coughs gaining everyone's silence.
"SMASH!" Eri yells, just as silence has settled making Mr Aizawa stare at me, and Eri, as he stares, making me feel like I have to lift a massive weight or I feel like All Might has landed on top of me while I was training quirkless again.
"Eri, little one. Please can you be quiet so I can listen?" I ask as I stroke her hair, causing her to hum quietly, which Mr Aizawa nods sending me a smile, making me creeped out because it didn't look right or maybe because it didn't look forced like his usual.
"Alright, so as you know because you are in the hero course, we will have both practical hero exams and normal finals just like before for mid-years. Usually, the exams would have already happened, but since everything has been rather crazy this year, we have decided to give you till the weekend, where you will take all your exams. They will include, Maths, Science, English, Hero Studies and Home studies. Each will be two hours about everything we have learnt this year, these exams are essential. If you don't pass Hero Studies, you will be dropped from the program. Next weekend after finals will be practical finals. Which I will tell you about on Monday. After your practicals you will get all your results from theory to practical," Mr Aizawa explains to the entire class, I didn't even notice, but I had started writing notes without even thinking about it. "Alright this next week is all your individual study and practice, you have free time between now and your exams. Use it wisely. Timetables are on my desk," he states as he steps out from behind his stand, his regular neutral face returning. "Eri lets go," he says. As he does, Eri jumps off my desk, smiles at me, causing my heart to trip over itself as if it had walked onto a banana peel. She then twirls away with a doll of me in her hands.
I would watch as everyone would stand up and leave, as I continue to grab and collect my notes from all my subjects.
I am going to have to separate my time efficiently if I am to succeed this time. I want to improve my marks from last time maybe if I collect my notes on my previous assignments and see which subject is the poorest dedicating the most time to that one. But perhaps not since I might skip out on some essential points from my other subjects.
I think as I collect the timetable and placing it in my bag and wandering out of the classroom.
"Maybe an even spread would be the most efficient, but how to I dedicate my time between notes revision and questions, not even mentioning the group study sessions how to do I count that in my time especially if we jump around subjects. My regime will have to change to support the increased study times, but I can't slack out because I need to work harder to use my quirk at its fullest potential,"
I mumble as I walk from the classroom to the dorms not looking at anyone but the ground, following nothing but my gut feeling. I don't even remember sitting down or opening my book or also starting to study. It feels like I am in a trance-like Shinso's quirk again.
"Midoryia!" someone yells snapping me out of my trance and making me jump almost off my chair. As I look around, I see my math notes scattered everywhere across the table, notes from trigonometry to algebra. "You good man? You looked really deep in thought, I was trying to talk to you, but you just kept muttering and writing notes at speed I have never seen before," Kirishima says exceptionally manly.
"Yeah sorry, I just got in the zone, and I was just studying, and I didn't even realise you were there sorry," I say looking at my spiky red-haired friend.
"All good, you look like your really into it, and know what you are doing so I was hoping you could explain these topics to me, I really want to pass man please," he practically begs, "I can't go to Bakugou since we still aren't speaking,"
I ruined that friendship, and I didn't even realise they hadn't made up its been months.
I think as I nod to him as he takes a seat across from me at the table. "Which topics in maths?" I ask as he holds up a trigonometry sheet. We would study together for about half an hour before I would notice Mina sitting right next Kirishima and taking notes as well. We would continue until I was interrupted by Iida.
"Hello my fellow classmates I was hoping I could join you in this study session?" he would ask as his robot arms would go to town and I would swear I could hear a mechanical squeaking as they would move as if his joints were a poorly kept joint.
"Of course," Mina says before I can answer, as he places his books down and again, we dive into studying, debating and questioning answers. As we go, I glance up to see my bubbly girlfriend sitting on her own studying, writing a few lines.
Just like that, she looks so beautiful, and she isn't doing anything.
I think as I pull out another sheet of questions for us to do. We continue to write and study. My group trance only interrupted once when I hear Shoto slurp some soba right next to me.
"Are you going to join the discussion or just slurp your Soba?" I ask curiously as my half red, and half white friend continues to stare at me and just sip his soba as a response. Causing me to smile and have a warm feeling as I look at all my friends muttering and studying and just before I look away, I see the side of his lips poke up.
With that, I look over at my brown-haired girlfriend who has just stood up. I watch as a small teardrop would fall, as she would race out of the room. My heart would stop beating as I would watch her leave.
What's wrong?
I wonder as I close my book and start collecting my notes.
"Sorry guys I need to go check on someone, please continue I think Iida's method is the best way to do Trig and would be easiest for you to learn Kirishima, if not I am sure Shoto here will help," I say which gets a slurp in response from Shoto.
"All good, I learned a lot of things. Teaching my understanding is a great way to test my knowledge and how deep my understanding is. Thank you for this wonderful teaching experience," he says which I nod to completely understanding that it is quite an effective method.
"Thank you Iida I will be back tomorrow if anyone wants to study with me," I say as I start to leave, and I hear another slurp from Todoroki. I quickly wander out of the room and up the stairs. As I get to Uraraka's level, I start to run.
I hope it isn't her parents again or she is sick. I just hope she is alright.
I think as I reach her door. I stand there pinned to the floor by the small sobs coming from inside the room. My hear feels like it is cracking as if it was a piece of marble for a sculptor. I somehow manage to move my body, which feels like an icicle and push the door open. As I enter, I have to turn on the light so I can at least see. As I do, I see a mound of sheets sobbing and Uraraka's notes scattered all over the floor.
I wander over to the mound and pull away the sheets to reveal my beautiful girlfriend. Her face covered in tears, all red upset. My heart reacts before I can think of wrapping my arms around her and pulling her into the crock of my neck. She cries and cries for what feels like hours.
"Uraraka what's wrong? Can I help you?" I ask as I continue to hold her not wanting to let go of her afraid, she might cry herself away. But it only gets her to cry harder into my neck. "It's ok. I am here. I am not going anywhere no matter what you say," I say as I feel her stop crying.
"I can't do it," she cries again as I feel the tears start flowing again. "With the internship, managing my money, training and studying I just can't understand what opposite over whatever is," she cries, making my heart crack as if the sculptor breaking my heart had just accidentally snapped it in half ruining it.
"It's ok, Uraraka, I will help you," I say as I start to stroke her hair. "I understand almost all of it, we can do it together," I suggest but she keeps crying in my neck.
"Your so smart, you deserve someone better than me," she cries, and I feel my whole body goes cold, and I feel my eyes start to water. I grab her more tightly, pulling her into me as I begin to cry.
"I don't want anyone else but you Uraraka, please stay with me, my entire world, my strength and my best friend," I cry, and I feel her hug me back,
"I am sorry Deku, I hurt you please, I didn't mean it, my best friend too, my world," she responds, tightening the hug even more.
"It's ok, Uraraka, I umm I,"
I love you
"I know Deku I know," she responds finally releasing me from her grip, I can look at her red eyes as she wipes away the tears.
"Let me read you my notes, and we can stay here, just in my arms," I say as I grab my notebook for hero studies.
"Yes please," she says, laying fully into my body, her touch warming my stone-cold body. Then I read for hours and hours until I feel a small snore come from my lap. "Deku Kun," she whispers, which causes my heart to flutter like a butterfly as I lay her down to sleep and take my study stuff away.
The next days fly by in the same routine every day, wake up, work out, study with Kirishima and then spend the whole night studying with my with girlfriend in my arms. Each night a different subject and always her falling asleep in my arms while I read. But then it all changes, the exam day comes around, which passes with just exam after exam. It felt like one big dream, and I only woke up when Mr Aizawa yelled,
"PENCILS DOWN," causing me to shoot upright from my heroes' studies exam. I remained silent until the final paper was collected and I dare move a muscle. "Alright all theory exams are finished, only one practical exam remains," Mr Aizawa states as he stares us all down with that cold hard stare, he gave us all on our first day. "It's a group final of three people. Each test will be different, some combat, some rescue and some a mixture. Since these exams are happening so late many of the robots being used are the first year's projects, Mrs Hatsume has created a robot which will be its own test on how it mimics quirks with technology. Groups will be up tomorrow, and results will be given to you after the practical exam," Mr Aizawa says before he takes all the papers and just leaves.
Before I can even react, I am embraced by someone. "Thank you so much," says a voice of an angel, also known as Uraraka.
"It's ok?" I ask a little confused as I start to hug her back, "What am I getting thanked for?" I ask, confused.
"You helped me study, I knew at least how to start all the questions, thank you for just holding me and studying it really helped," she says a little too loudly, as she does I notice many eyes are on me. I take notice of Mineta leaning back in his chair.
He is trying to look up her skirt!
I mentally scream as I try to stand up for this hug, but Uraraka won't let me. Before I can say or do anything, I see a piece of ice bigger than Mineta's head fly through the room and hit him square in the face. I watch him hit the floor with a ground shattering thud.
Kirishima POV, Tuesday the week after theory exams:
Alright, one more push up to go!
I mentally scream as I push myself to do my final two-hundredth push-up. As I finish, I feel my arms scream, my shoulders burn, but I feel good and pumped and sweaty.
"So, I did my six hundred push-ups, six hundred sit-ups, my weights, my two hundred concrete wall punches with my quirk. All in all, a good session," I say as I start to wipe down my body from all the sweat when I hear the door open. "Mina I love you too, but I know you don't love sweaty and smelly me," I joke as I turn around to instead see my dirty blonde red-eyed classmate.
"Hi Kirishima," he says, losing my usual nickname as shitty hair. He just stares at me, I am still confused it's been months, but he still hasn't apologised to me or especially Midoryia,
"Speak now!" a viney haired female says, staring angrily at Bakugou, which changes Bakugou's eyes entirely, instead of anger or rage, they turn to be filled with sorrow. No longer being filled with enthusiasm many miss, mostly mistaking it for rage. "Now before I whip you again!" she states this time I remember who she is. She is Ibara from 1B.
I fought a few villains now, but nothing could have prepared for what Bakugou said next, nothing in this entire world could prepare me for what he said. "I'm sorry, for everything I was jealous, upset and felt I didn't get your attention and I was wrong. I was so wrong; I am so sorry. You saw me for me and not the quirk. I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I am here to ask anyway," he says before stepping back and taking Ibara's hand which I decided I wouldn't bring up now but maybe later.
"Thank you, man, of course, I forgive you. I have missed my best friend," I say as I give my friend a manly hug. "You should really to apologise to Midoryia, you didn't blast me into a wall," I say as I release him from our manly embrace.
"It took a lot for him to get here, to apologise to you. But between Midoryia and Bakugou. There is rage, anger and even more emotions. But he is making progress. This here is the first step. Please help him make the next. He is caring, smart and kind when he wants to be," Ibara says, entering the conversation, her body language screaming she is nervous, but I can tell she is telling the truth.
So, I walk over to Ibara and hold out my hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you Ibara, properly I am Kirishima, and I am happy someone else sees this bomb as something else," I say smiling at the vine haired girl. "Please help him more, he has done things with you, I would never imagine he would do with me,"
Izuku POV: Day of Practical Exam.
"Alright, final exam only Todoroki, Kachan and me to go. Mei's robot hasn't been seen, so I assume it's now," I think as I look around the changing room. It feels lonelier since everyone else has finished their exams now. Most relaxing and some watching the finals. "Still can't believe I got stuck with Kachan," I say as the doors to the training city starts to open. I wander out into the city that looks almost the same as the one for midterms.
"Defeat Mei's robot that is the only objective," Mr Aizawa's voice calls out. As it ends, I hear a massive explosion, and the ground shakes like an earthquake.
I think Kachan found the robot.
I quickly activate my quirk and jump up the fire escape and onto the roof. As I reach the top, I see a cloud of black smoke looking darker than the darkest of nights in winter.
I move quickly towards it, jumping across alleyways and streets, making my way towards the explosions. As I am about to reach the battlefield, a massive sheet of ice appears causing me to slip and fall onto my butt. I quickly push myself up as the ice disappears.
I look down to see Kachan prepared for his special finisher move. Armour piercer aimed at the seven-foot robot with a sleek silver body. I start to climb down, jumping down next to Todoroki when I feel a shockwave, making me almost fall over again. I look to see a massive black cloud of smoke now covering both Kachan and the robot, but then I see one singular red-eye coming from the smoke.
As the smoke clears, I get a better look of the robot which looks like a tall slim metallic cyborg. "Dam robot!" Kachan yells, but before he can continue, he is thrown against the wall with a bone-shattering thud. I watch him blackout and fall in a heap.
Even though I still have mixed feelings about Kachan, I don't want him to be thrown around like a ragdoll. So, I feel the lightening, the energy and race towards the robot. But before I can dodge a piece of ice coming from the robot strikes me sending me flying back right next to Todoroki.
"Not looking great," Todoroki lets out. I turn to look at my friend, and I see he is bleeding and is hurting bad.
"Yeah not fantastic," I say, pushing myself up, "I have an idea, I need you to create the coldest blast you can, reduce its movement and make it more brittle, I will smash it. Hopefully, it won't use your fire quirk or at least struggle to use it," I say, pushing myself up pushing past the pain.
Uraraka POV:
I watch as Deku stands up, my heart lifting as he stands.
Come on Deku you can do this!
I watch the screen as Todoroki and Deku start to chat briefly to one another. But then something catches my eye, Mei. She has been running around crazy checking computers and her personal touch screen since the exam started.
"NO NO NO!" she yells finally making not just myself but Mr Aizawa and All Might as well.
"What's wrong?" Mr Aizawa says,
"An electrical surge, plus something else. The robot shouldn't be this strong. The quirks it's copying it's too strong!" Mei says, causing me to raise an eyebrow.
"We agreed to be at 50% power, not a hard robot for them but to work together for this test not to show strength," Mr Aizawa states walking over to the computer,
"I agree but, I don't know It's Midoryia's quirk it couldn't copy it, so it is using a quirk like it, Super strength like the third year it fought. Mirio's friend," Mei states confusing me about this friend of Mirio, Izuku has never mentioned it to her.
"Are they at any risk?" Mr Aizawa asks.
"Yes, the failsafe is unengaged. Kill mode is activated," Mei states, my heart drops, Izuku could be killed in this exam. I feel like my whole world has just gone cold. I watch as Mr Aizawa starts to storm towards the door. "Your quirk won't work. Yours works on the genetics of quirks this is 1's and 0's. You can't erase it. If you get too close, it will get your quirk. You will make things worse," she states. As she does, I feel my heart and legs want to run to Izuku, but my head starts telling me to stop.
I watch as Mr Aizawa clenches his fist, "The best we can do is hope they can stop the robot before they get killed, if we go, we will make things only worse,"
Izuku POV:
"I have just the attack, but it is going to take a little while to cool my body temperature," Todoroki says as we both push ourselves up. My body screaming in pain, not even activating my quirk, is making the pain leave my body.
"You will have thirty seconds. This robots quirk is strong, stronger than mine currently, He reminds me of Muscular's quirk," I say as One for All race down my spine. The power is surging through, "Full Cowling 30%," I yell as I watch the aqua lightning zaps off me. I race forward, then leaping at the robot. I am going to punch him in the chest. Instead of hitting the robot's chest, I am stopped by a metallic fist. I leap back, crouching down preparing to leap at him again.
I need to go for the head, a kick at thirty percent should be enough to try and dislodge it. Maybe I should try and end it now.
I think as I jump and go to kick the robot square in its ugly one-eyed head. But a metallic forearm quickly stops my leg, and I feel my leg scream in pain. I drop down as I land, I find any weight on my leg causes pain. This one second was too much for me, and I feel a metal fist hit me, and I hear a crack as my stomach ignites on fire. The force from the punch sends me flying backwards, only stopping as an ice wall shatters breaking my fall.
"You alright, Midoryia?" Todoroki asks, through the ringing in my ears.
"Fifteen seconds is all I can give," I say as I push myself up onto one leg. My stomach on fire and I feel like at least one maybe two ribs are broken.
Come on. You're a hero, push yourself forward, you know she is watching.
My mind screams as I start to hobble forward, then stumble faster and faster. I keep going closer and closer until I am in range. "Smash!" I scream as I go to punch the robot one more time. I again am blocked by a fist, but it feels different, it feels like I have hit an unmovable wall. I watch as elbow breaks and my bone stick out. Then my arm turns purple.
The pain comes rushing to me. Like a massive wave at the beach crashing down, starting from my arm, it is worse than any pain I have ever felt. Worse than Eri's quirk after she lost control, worse than when I broke my body fight Todoroki and worse than fighting Bakugou.
I have to watch as the robot pushes back on my arm, making the bone stick further and further out of my skin. All the while, causing massive waves of pain to shoot over my body. Then it grabs me by the elbow, causing me to scream in utter agony.
I would be thrown around through the air smashing my face and leg onto the ground as if I was a towel of some kind. Slapping my face over and over I feel my face break, my leg landing at weird angles. When the robot finally releases me, I fly through the air and land in a similar pile of ice.
I just collapse in a heap. A pile of trash thrown aside. "Blast it," I mumble out as I do a massive icy blast fires from next to me and races towards the robot. The ice covers the robots, but as soon as the ice finished freezing, I hear yelling only small words come through from Todoroki.
Come on get up! Izuku you need to get up you have one good leg.
I say when I hear something. "DIE!" a familiar furious and angry voice, I move my head slightly to see Kachan blast the robot into a million pieces. With an ear-shattering bang, I feel my body start to shake, and my ears start to ring.
Then I drift off into the darkness. The darkness caused more pain, more suffering. I would have scenes drift over and past me like water in a river. View of Uraraka, Todoroki and All Might all standing around me. But all I felt was stinging pain and then suddenly tiredness. Then darkness returns for what feels like days.
I finally feel my body come together, as my eyes flutter open. I recognise the room instantly, Recovery Girl's office.
Well, I assumed I would end up here.
I think as I feel my entire body unable to fully move because every time I do, I feel like a million knives have started me whenever I move. I manage to turn my head towards the window, and I see its dark outside. Then my eyes fall on someone sitting next to me.
Oh, she has been sitting here probably for ages. She looks so beautiful in the moonlight.
I think as I move my arm towards her. A million knives are stabbing up and down my arm as I just grab her hand. Then it stops, as I manage to intertwine my fingers, the pain leaves my arm as if the pain had decided to just up and leave.
"Deku?" she tiredly mumbles, as I watch her beautiful chocolate eyes start to open. I smile, feeling as if I had started drinking a hot chocolate.
"Ochako, is everyone ok?" I ask as I start to watch her move through the darkness towards me.
"Yes the robot has been destroyed, and you only have a few new scars on your arm," she says as she climbs in next to me, making me move which causes stabbing pains all over but as she gets closer I feel small warm feelings whenever she touches me.
"How long have I been out?" I ask as she full holds me, pressing my sore body against her holding me like an oversized and injured teddy bear.
"A few hours its 3 am," she responds starting to rub my newly healed arm, as I look, I see the new fresh scar running right on my elbow and then all the way up my arm to my shoulder. Then I would feel something wet drop onto my shoulder, "I was so worried, I wanted to help but would of made things so much worse, don't scare me like that again," she cries pulling me tighter and causing me new pain, but I take it she needs this.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," I say as I fully lay back into her body, the heat of her body comforting me as I feel at home, safe and happy.
"It's ok I just need to hold you like this, for a while," she responds as I feel a piece of paper be placed in my lap. "I go your results for you, you got the highest mark for the practical, because you self-sacrificed yourself to defeat the villain, plus it was the hardest exam, and the teamwork you showed. All your theory subjects you got over 80 for," she says pausing before I hear another piece of paper be placed in my lap, "I did it, I got the 60s and even an 80 for maths, thank you Izuku. Thank you for helping me pass the finals. Thank you for being mine," she says.
"Thank you for being my strength," I say as I hear her start to snore.
[Hey guys, sorry about the late post but it is a longer chapter, and I was waiting for something, If you are reading this on Wattpad you can see it as the cover for this chapter. This is the new cover for the fanfic done by Paperypiper on Tumblr! They have been working on it for a week an a bit now! And I love it.
Please go check them out!
/piperypaper
paperypip/?hl=en
Please tell them you came from my fic and say hi! Please share and support their fantastic work. I hope you enjoyed the chapter today and you check out this artist! They are amazing. Their work is truly Plus Ultra. So everyone, GO BEYOND PLUS ULTRA!]