The next day Minoru slipped into his PE outfit after cutting off the left arm sleeve completely off. He had planned to use the week away from classes Nezu gave him for his bravery and sacrifice to train. Also the time was given to him for his mental health to recover as well, God knows he needed it. The teachers he had agreed to copy notes for him for the lessons he would miss. He was thankful for that.

His classes week long vacation started now and he was going to use every second of it he could to close the gap between him and his classmates. He had to admit, despite his distaste for them at the moment...they were better than him. There were very little classmates he could best or match. The only ones he felt like he could best with some luck were Kaminari and Koda. Maybe Kirishima too since he's not all that smart if he was really lucky.

However the point was, there was a huge difference in strength and power when it came to him and the others. However he's not working with just pop off anymore. This new quirk changes the game for him drastically. This was his time to close that power gap. He was gonna train hard and get a hold on this quirk. Control it. Master it. At this moment, nothing mattered more to him then getting stronger.

He would prove that this loss wouldn't keep him down, that it would make him stronger.

"I might not have died that day but the person I was did. Like my arm, he's gone and someone new shall take his place." Minoru zipped his PE jacket up.

"And good riddance too and not because of him being perverted...but for him being weak. A floor mat for everyone. A ghost. A nobody...a punching bag." The boy clenched his fist.

"No more. Time to rise up." Minoru looked at his stump and sighed.

The boy then made his way out of his room and walked to the kitchen area for breakfast. However of course the others were dressed in their school uniforms having breakfast themselves in the dining area.

Momo was the first to notice him and spoke out. "Good Morning Mineta." She smiled.

The others looked over at Momo's response and a few smiled. "Morning dude!" Kaminari smiled and waved.

Minoru just rolled his eyes and waved making his way into the kitchen.

"How come you're in your PE outfit?" Mina asked, confused.

"I won't be in class with you guys for a week. Nezu and the teachers agreed to give me some time off so I can recover from all this." Minoru replied flatly not even turning to face them as he looked up at the cabinets.

"Oh well that was nice of them...you deserve it." Iida said.

"Awww, it's gonna be a little less fun for me without ya but, you get better man." Kaminari smiled.

"Um do you need he-" Izuku was about to ask Mineta if he needed help do this height and also due to his arm but then suddenly…

He and the others saw purple smoke seep out from Minoru's stump and stretch up and open the top cabinet. The smoke then grabbed a box of cereal and brought it down to his level.

Izuku watched in awe and quickly took out his notebook and quickly started writing down all he saw.

"That quirk again…" Momo watched closely.

"Hey man! Way to go getting the hang of that new quirk already!" Kaminari praised him.

"I haven't. It chooses when it comes out. It helps me when I need it." Minoru replied as he poured himself a bowl of cereal.

"Hmm. So it has a mind of its own?" Tokoyami asked.

Minoru just nodded, pouring his milk while the smoke put away the cereal.

"Maybe Tokoyami can help you, your quirks seem rather similar." Iida added.

"I'll be fine learning it on my own." Minoru responded as he picked up his bowl and the smoke put away the milk as well.

"If you say so...but just know we're here if you need help." Iida gave a small smile.

"Yeah, always." Izuku reassured him.

Minoru only hummed as he sat down and began to eat his cereal. The smoke vanished as Minoru didn't really need anymore help. He came over to the table and sat down with the others and began to eat his breakfast.

"Well man, what are ya gonna be up to?" Kaminari asked, trying to break the ice.

"Training." Minoru replied quickly.

Everyone was surprised at his response. "Shouldn't you rest or something?" Mina asked.

"I've rested enough. I need to use this time to get a handle on this new quirk." Minoru said.

"I have to push harder now more than ever." Minoru's hand clenched his spoon tightly.

"Well try not to push too far okay?" Momo said to him with concern.

"No. I haven't pushed far enough. You've all pushed yourselves far beyond your limits. Now it's my turn." Minoru answered stoically, not looking up from his bowl.

"Mineta you've pushed yourself just a-" Tsu was then cut off by Mineta.

"Don't even. No I haven't and you know I haven't. Save your consolement." Minoru gave Tsu and glare.

"Sorry. Ribbit." Tsu apologised.

Minoru only nodded and continued eating. The others decided to leave him be and finish up their breakfast quickly and ship out for classes.

"Well we're off class. We'll see you later dude." Kaminari waved smiling.

Minoru waved back to him. "See ya Denki."

"Hehe, see ya man." Kaminari said leaving the dorm along with the others.

Minoru sighed and finished his cereal then put away his dish.

"Alright, time to see what this quirk can do." Minoru wasted no time heading out from the dorms and to the schools training area.

As he entered it was as expected completely empty. "Perfect. I'd say I got a good hour here to myself."

"Okay time to get started." Minoru looked at his stump and held it.

"Listen, um...I'm not sure how to address you so I'm just gonna call you Smoker okay?" Minoru got no response.

"Smoker look...I know you only seem to come out when I need you but I need you out more often than just those certain instances." Minoru said looking down at the ground.

"I need you. I dunno if you understand me or even hear me but please. If you can. I need you to be my new arm. I'm not trying to use you." Minoru pleaded.

"I want us to work together. I'll prove it to you however you want...please just help me. Be my new arm. Please. Stay with me." Minoru held his stump tightly prying for a response…

"Look, we need to work together. I can't do it on my own. Smoke...right now." Minoru paused and lifted his stump up into the air.

"You're all we have in this world. Sure Ace, Denki and Aizawa are around but...I'll need you more than any of them. You're a part of me. So we have to work together. You want to keep me safe right? Then this is needed. Our unsynchronized bond could get us killed out there." Minoru spoke as scenerely as he could.

"So one more time. Please. Work with me." Minoru pleaded to his quirk once more.

Silence followed for a few seconds but then...to Minoru's surprise the purple smoke seeped out and formed a mist like arm with a hand and fingers.

Minoru smiled. "Thanks Smoker. You're the best. So what can you do?" Smoker quickly answered Minoru's question by shaping the smoke arm's hand into a large claw like hand.

"Woah!" Minoru was taken back. Smoker then shaped it into a sword, then an axe, a mace, a chain, a scythe, then a shield before turning it back to just a normal hand.

"Okay that's really gonna be helpful. Show me what else you got." Smoker stretched the arm out far then back. "Okay we got reach too. What else?"

Smoke seeped out of more areas of Minoru's body and wrapped around him like armor.

"Yes! I could really use this in a fight! Hey, try grabbing one of my sticky balls." Minoru instructed.

His quirk swiftly grabbed a sticky ball off the boy's head. "Okay good! Now let's see...try dropping it." Smoker did as he was told and let go of the ball letting it drop to the floor.

"Oh, so it doesn't stick to you. That's great! Anything else?!" Minoru smiled widely.

Just then Minoru's whole body turned into a cloud of smoke then quickly reformed.

"Ah! Jesus...that felt weird but it's amazing! You can turn my whole body into smoke! Just keeps getting better! Is that all!?" Minoru asked with glee in his eyes.

Smoker simply shook the smoke arm as a "No."

"I see, well this is BEYOND enough to work with. This changes the game up for me immensely. Okay Smoker, ready to train?" Minoru smiled looking at the smoke arm.

Smoker clenched the fist of the arm twice as saying "Yes."

"Right! Let's go!"

To Be Continued...