"Iida, are you ok?" Izuku asked.
Class 1-A was at the train station, each student carrying their hero costume and all the personal belongings they had packed for their internships.
"I am fine Midoriya," Iida said. Izuku didn't believe him.
"Well, if you ever need anything, you can talk to me," Izuku responded, "I'm your friend."
"I will keep that in mind," Iida assured before hurrying to his train platform, despite it not arriving for another half an hour.
"What's wrong with him?" Uraraka asked.
"Ingenium was attacked during the Sports Festival," Izuku answered, "I think he's more upset about it than he's showing."
"I hope he doesn't do anything too rash," Todoroki said.
"Nah, Iida's too rule loving to do anything too bad," Shinsou commented.
"People don't act the same when they're angry," Todoroki argued.
"Alright everyone," Aizawa spoke up, "Listen to whatever the pro that picked you says, and don't wear your hero costumes unless they tell you to."
Suddenly, a train entered the station.
"Oh, that's mine," Izuku noticed, "I'll see you all next week!"
"Bye, Deku!" Uraraka said as the green-haired student started running towards his train.
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"Put your costume on," Nighteye commanded as soon as Izuku walked into his office, "Mirio can show you where the changing rooms are."
"Hey, I'm Mirio Togata," Mirio greeted as he stood from the seat across from Nighteye, "My hero name is Lemillion, what about you?"
"Oh, I'm Midoriya Izuku," Izuku answered as he followed Mirio out of the room, "I chose Deku for my hero name."
"Doesn't that mean blockhead?" Mirio asked, confused.
"Yeah, but a friend of mine told me it sounds like Dekiru," Izuku explained, "So I like it."
"Alright, if you're sure," Mirio responded before stopping, "Here are the changing rooms, you should head back to Sir's office once you've finished changing."
"Thank you!" Izuku said as he stepped into the room.
A minute later, he was back in Nighteye's office.
"Alright, now attack me," Nighteye commanded.
"Alright!" Izuku said as he charged up One for All and was surrounded by green electricity.
Once he was ready, Izuku leapt at Nighteye, who didn't react. Once he was within striking distance, Izuku teleported behind Nighteye and aimed a punch at his back.
Before the punch could connect, Nighteye turned around and caught the attack.
Izuku responded by teleporting to the other side of the office and replanning.
Crap, he touched me. I know there's a limit to how often he can use his quirk, so did he use it on me just now? Or is the cooldown too long to use it during an unimportant spar? I'll have to assume he used it. But what perspective does his quirk give him? Does he know what I'll do if I can't see it?
Izuku tested this by picking up some paperweights off of Nighteye's desk, closing his eyes, and throwing the small objects.
A moment later, he opened his eyes to find that Nighteye had dodged all of them and was now rushing him.
Izuku teleported to another portion of the room, only to find that Nighteye had already changed course.
Before Izuku could choose another destination, Nighteye threw some stamp shaped weights, forcing Izuku to leap to the side to avoid being slammed into the wall.
Alright, so his quirk gives him a third-person perspective, so it doesn't matter if I know where my attacks will land. So, I need to do something he can't dodge, even if he knows it's going to happen.
Izuku teleported behind Nighteye and threw a fist at his shoulder, only for Nighteye to catch that fist. Izuku then teleported to the other side of Nighteye and threw a fist, this time almost hitting him before he could turn around. Izuku repeated this rapidly, teleporting in circles around Nighteye and throwing attacks faster than Nighteye could turn
Even Nighteye's knowledge of where the attacks would come from didn't help him avoid all of the attacks, so after a few moments, a punch landed, and Nighteye was thrown into a wall.
"That's enough," Nighteye declared, "You did better than I expected. Coming up with a plan to test the extent of my knowledge and finding a way to hit me despite my knowledge of your actions being unlimited was beyond what I expected you to be able to do."
"Thank you!" Izuku said.
"I still think Mirio would have been a better successor for All Might," Nighteye mentioned offhandedly, "But you're not as bad as I expected."
"You know about-" Izuku started.
"One for All? Yes," Nighteye finished, "All Might told me about the quirk and asked me to help him find a successor after he was injured."
"Has All Might told you about-" Izuku started to ask.
"All Might and I haven't spoken since his injury," Nighteye interrupted, "Well, we did twice, once for me to suggest Mirio as a successor, and once for him to tell me he had picked you."
Izuku and Nighteye sat down as Izuku explained Black Whip and what the vestiges had told him.
"So, I was hoping, since your quirk requires you to focus on two time periods at once during a fight," Izuku said, "That you could help me learn to control both quirks at once."
"Yes, that would explain why you came to me despite not knowing I knew about One for All or having a similar quirk to mine," Nighteye commented, "But helping you control the one won't be helpful in the long run, you'll have to learn to focus on three things at once as soon as another quirk develops and then four when the fourth quirk develops."
"I'll learn to control those when I unlock them," Izuku argued, "For now, I just need to learn to control this one."
"And you will, but you will also learn to predict your opponent's moves in battle," Nighteye said, "It's another task that requires a lot of focus, and I'm hoping that if you learn two things that both need your full attention at once, you'll be able to get used to focusing on more things at once more quickly when you unlock the rest of the quirks."
"Alright," Izuku agreed, "I'll learn to control Black Whip and I'll learn to predict my opponent's moves, then I'll be ready for the other five quirks."
"Before I plan your schedule for the next few days, show me how well you can control Black Whip," Nighteye commanded.
Izuku complied and activated the quirk. Black tendrils extended from his fingers, and it took all of Izuku's concentration to keep the quirk under control. Izuku began extending the quirk, but once it was 5 centimeters long, Izuku lost control.
He started screaming as the tendrils extended to several meters long and began lashing out all over the office.
"Turn it off!" Nighteye demanded.
Izuku focused on disabling the quirk, and with great difficulty, he succeeded, and the tendrils shrunk back into his fingers.
"It seemed to take all your attention to control it at just a few centimeters long," Nighteye commented, "We'll be sure to extend that. Try keeping it at just a few centimeters long, but for a longer duration."
Izuku once again complied and activated the quirk. He forced the tendrils to stay still as he extended them to two centimeters. Everything seemed to be going fine for a few moments, but Izuku once again lost control and the tendrils began extending.
Izuku quickly turned the quirk off before the could lose control again.
"Alright, I should be able to make a plan for you now," Nighteye said.
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The next three days were hell for Izuku. He would wake up and immediately start practicing controlling Black Whip by sparing with Nighteye. He would then take a break for ten minutes before practicing predicting his opponent's moves by sparring with another member of Nightye's agency for an hour.
Sometimes, he would be given a blindfold and forced to rely on guesses to find his opponent, other times he would be given a dart gun and told to hit a person that was moving erratically without leaving a circle. In another form of training, he wasn't allowed to use his quirk, and being hit once would result in a loss, so he had to predict where the strikes would come from to dodge.
He would alternate between practicing Black Whip and predicting his opponent's until lunch, after which he would resume with different partners and continue until dinner.
By the end of the third day, Izuku was happy with this progress. He had learned to accurately predict his opponent's moves, and he could now use Black Whip for a few minutes without putting all his attention on it, and extending its length didn't cause him to lose control any faster.
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"We'll be doing something different today," Nighteye announced when Izuku finished his training on the third day, "You're going to practice everything you've learned against villains."
"Where are we going?" Izuku asked.
"Hosu," Nighteye answered, "All Might's old teacher agreed to help me with one of my larger cases, and when I mentioned you he told me he wanted to see how well you could use One for All, so we're going to meet him there."
Half an hour later, Izuku and Nighteye were standing in Hosu City, when they saw a winged Nomu attack a train car.
"What is that?" Nighteye wondered aloud, "I've never heard of someone who's quirk exposes their brain and gives them wings. The two seem completely unrelated."
"It looks almost exactly like a smaller, white version of the Nomu that attacked the USJ," Izuku told the pro.
"Then it's going to be difficult to beat," Nighteye predicted before they saw Gran Torino kick the Nomu out of the train car and chase after it.
"There's Gran Torino," Nighteye said, "He's All Might's old teacher, let's catch up with him."
"Alright," Izuku agreed.
Izuku and Nighteye followed after Gran Torino and caught up in what looked like a disaster zone.
"What's going on here?" Nighteye asked the nearest hero, Manual.
"These villains just started attacking," Manual explained, "They all seem to have multiple quirks, and they're all really powerful." He then muttered under his breath, "Where are you, Iida?"
"You have a ton of heroes' numbers, right Sasaki? Call some backup!" Gran Torino ordered.
"Alright, I can call everyone close to Hosu," Nighteye agreed.
"Iida's missing?" Izuku asked.
"Yeah, he was interning under me, but he disappeared a bit before these things started attacking."
Iida left the pro that was in charge of him? That sounds completely out of character for him. 'People don't act the same when they're angry,' That's what Todoroki said earlier. Could Iida be tracking down Stain?
"I'm going to go find Iida!" Izuku announced.
"Deku!" Nighteye called as Izuku powered up One for All, "I'm giving you permission to use your quirk and act as a hero during this disaster!"
"Thank you!" Izuku called back as he leapt away from the crowded parts of Hosu.
The Hero Killer only attacks in really secluded areas, so I need to find an ally way away from all the chaos!
A few minutes later, Izuku found the Hero Killer standing over Iida with a large sword pointed at the teen's back.
Izuku quickly started running towards the Hero Killer to gain momentum before teleporting to only a step away from him once he had reached a high enough speed. Izuku kept his momentum through the teleportation and slammed into Stain fist first, knocking him away from Iida and allowing Izuku to place himself between the Hero Killer and his friend.
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I couldn't not include Mirio and Gran Torino, so here they are!
Next chapter, we get to see Izuku vs Stain.
I wonder what heroes Nighteye is going to call for backup, or more specifically, who is interning with the heroes that are going to show up?
Leave your guesses as to who (besides Todoroki) is going to show up in a comment/review.
Or, just leave a comment/review with any criticism, suggestions, praise, or questions!
