As the class of 1-A waited in their homeroom for the heroics class to begin, they were all chatting about what their first lesson would be on. Some thought it would be a more book orientated lesson whilst others thought it would be more practical in nature. After discussing this topic, another of interest appears. "Who's going to be our teacher?" asks Hanta Sero, one of the male cohort whose quirk allows him to shoot a tape-like substance from his elbows. Izuku could see the effectiveness of this ability to restrain an enemy and for movement, but not much else. Some other interesting quirks he had seen active yesterday would be Fumikage Tokoyami with his "Dark Shadow" quirk which allowed him to have what appeared to be a solid shadow like minion that assisted him with tasks and it even appeared to have its own personality. Two other interesting quirks he saw in action yesterday were one Mina Ashido and Tsuyu Asui each with some pretty interesting quirks.
One was able to produce acid from here orifices and the other was like a frog person. These quirks interested Izuku too, but he did not think he needed them in his repertoire as he could already do everything a frog could do, even breath underwater. The acid, however, he just did not think he needed it. They were both still interesting though.
As Izuku was contemplating what quirks could come in handy and which ones not, he could hear someone approaching the class. He did not outwardly react, so to everyone else he was still sleeping. That was until "HAVE NO FEAR. FOR I AM HERE!" called out All Might in his hero form. Izuku knew about his wounded state, even if Toshinori Yagi did not know he did remember their encounter. "Now students, today we will be going over the most…." before All Might could finish. He was interrupted by Izuku, whom he found seemed to speak very differently than when they first met.
"Yea All Might, we all figured out what this class was. So, is today a physical or a written day?
I for one think it's going to be physical like yesterday to see what you are all working with." called out Izuku as he slowly lifted his head up to look the number one hero in the eye. When they did meet eye to eye, All Might could see that the boy was much different than their first encounter. No longer was he a shy small boy who lacked any strength and resolve to do as was needed, no. Now he stared into the eyes of a hunter, who would single-mindedly track their prey till the ends of the earth. He saw a man, not a boy like he saw all those months ago. He also saw something familiar in those eyes, but couldn't place where.
"Very perspective Midoriya, yes we are in fact doing hero studies and we are in fact doing a practical and it's called….. BATTLES!" Called out All Might, as he held out a card with the same word of battle printed on it in big loud letters. "Wait, why are there only 19 students?" asked All Might to the class.
"Because I put him down to general for rude and unheroic behavior as well as not passing my test with enough results," answered Aizawa from the doorway.
"So you did not expel him?" asked Rikido Sato, another quirk Izuku saw in action yesterday but was not interested in as he had heard him explaining how it worked. So the lowered brain power was something he wasn't interested in, even if he got strength from it. He already had a way to gain godlike strength every day from training and eating to gain mass.
"Of course not Sato, that wouldn't be illogical of me. After all, he did show some strength and so, if he is able to regain his place back to the heroics course, then it shows he is determined. If he decides to sit in his failure though, then he is no true hero." Clarifies Aizawa as he makes his way into the room, sleeping back in tow. "Now, if you will all excuse me. I am going to take a nap here." After that announcement, Aizawa slips into his sleeping back and goes to sleep.
"Well then students, we will make our way to the changing rooms with these as what is a HERO without a cool costume!" exclaims All Might loudly, which aggravated Aizawa to no end as he puts on some headphones to block the noise of All Might. As this is going on, the students turn to face a wall panel that has broken open to 20 different panels, each with a number and name written on them.
"Oh My God." "So Cool" "Hell Yea!" Were many of the different reactions to seeing that they had their suits all ready on the first day. While all the other students made their way over to the opened wall, with Tenya Iida trying to calm the tide of students into a more regimented line, Izuku made his way out of class.
"Hey Deku!?" called out Ochaco Uraraka in confusion as she saw Izuku make his way out of the room without grabbing his box.
Without even looking, Izuku pointed at the spot that should be his and called out. "It's empty, I don't need a costume." as he continued to walk out of the room. This stopped everyone in their tracks in confusion.
"It's true, Problem Child did not fill in the sheet required to get a costume. My guess is he doesn't want one." called out Aizawa once Izuku had fully left the room.
"Why wouldn't he want something to enhance the strength of his quirk?" Asked one Denki Kaminari whilst looking around the room for an answer.
"It's because he is so manly that he doesn't need one!" called out one Eijiro Kirishima, whose quirk had interested Izuku until he remembered he could just use armor and while it would be useful, it wasn't an ace in the hole he was looking for.
Once Izuku reached the changing room, he started to transform into his new idea for his hero costume. It still had the leather jacket and the same color scheme on it. The pants were also the same, with the primary green color and white stripe on the side, but what he did change was his undershirt was now black with a single E on it, which symbolized the hero name he had chosen.
One day after the entrance exam.
"Hey Izuku, how was the exam?" Asked Alex as he made his way down to his green apprentice.
"Yea it went well and also, whoever you have as an informant was spot on. Three types of smaller bot each different in point and strength with a single one of high strength and worth no points." Izuku answered as he approached his trainer.
"Here's a lesson Izuku, never resile who you have as a spy. Not even to allies, as you never know who is listening and who many try to deceive you." retorted Alex. "So what's your hero name gonna be?"
This was something Izuku had thought of before. He thought about using Deku to show himself that he had overcome that hurdle in his life and overcome the years of bullying, but he decided to look beyond that and to the future. So he thought about what he would do as a hero, the way he would only grow in strength and on ways he could help people. That is why he wanted his hero name to be "Evolution"
Now, as well as the open jacket with the E on it, he had also removed the bandana and hoodie as though it could be seen as more intimidating, which while effective against villains it also scared kids. So maybe when in public Izuku thought he would have the hood down but when in combat, the hood could work as a way to scare villains into submission. Same as the bandana, which had been removed entirely from Izuku's costume.
Once Izuku had finished changing, the rest of his male cohorts started to arrive to start putting on their costumes. Izuku saw lots of different designs with all the costumes in the male change room. Some of them had more practical designs with armor and other gadgets in the gear. Then there were others that had a more aesthetic idea to them like Yuga Aoyama's costume had some armor, but it did not look practical, same as Mashirao Ojiro who was where a martial arts Gi. Izuku could understand the idea of it as it would allow mobility and agility, but if he got hit he had no protection. There were many others that had similar ideas behind their costumes, thoughts on what is cool and not what's effective. 'At least they will learn after today and during the time they are at U.A
Once Izuku looked at all the other costumes, he was approached by a group of the guys. "Hey Izuku, I thought you did not grab a costume?" Asks Denki as he, Hanta, Eijiro, Rikido, and Shoji come to approach Izuku.
"Oh hey, technically I don't need one. I am able to create this as my quirk allows me to be able to completely control my body. So this is technically my quirk and it's also my body." Izuku answered as he slowly made his way to the exit of the changeroom.
"Wait, that's your skin?" asks Eijiro even though his costume has his chest completely exposed as well as his for arms. "THAT IS SO MANLY!!"
After his discussion with some of the other boys in 1-A, they all made their way to Ground Beta, a mock city with complete buildings with each having an interior and some even fitted with furniture. This got Izuku thinking, were they fighting in the streets with the bots again, or inside the buildings were surprise attacks and other tactics could be used.
As Izuku contemplated this, the rest of 1-A's class made their way onto the grounds. Again, Izuku noticed most of the class favored their apparel's looks then it's usefulness, even Momo was were a rather refiling outfit, most would think this strange but Izuku knew her quirk worked off fat cells and each hole was placed where a large reserve of fat was. It just had the extra benefit of sex appeal, whilst others like Mina's costume were like that of a dancer and Toru was…
"OH GOD TORU YOUR NAKED?!" called out Izuku as he saw his old friend was completely exposed.
"Yea Izuku, but she's naked?" answered Mina as she looked confused, and then realization settled in Toru's mind as she remembered Izuku could see here.
"OH GOD, I FUCKED UP!" called out Toru as she hid behind Mina.
"Wait, can Izuku see you Toru? That's kinda.." before Hanta could finish his thoughts, All Might appeared almost out of thin air. As he approached the class, All Might wondered what was going on.
"What seems to be the issue here?" quired All Might to anyone in the class.
"I believe Izuku can see Toru even though she is.." answered Momo as she gestured to Toru hiding behind Mina and Izuku holding his face whilst looking the other way.
"Yea, I can see inferred to such detail that it looks normal," said Izuku to clarify how he was able to see Toru even though she was invisible to the naked eye.
That was when Katsuki decided she had enough of this shit. "OK WHAT THE FUCK!"
After the strange events that just happened, everyone made their way to a control room whilst being led by All Might. Once they entered, everyone could still feel a strange tension and second-hand embarrassment in the air but All Might tried to push past it. "Well everyone, they say the costume makes the hero, and from where I am standing you all look like heroes to me!" called out All Might to try and lower the tension in the air whilst also encouraging the students. "Now, who here knows where most villain encounters are seen?" he asked the class.
"On the streets, there the most common ones on the news," answered Denki Kaminari in a confident voice.
That was until Izuku answered the question with the actual correct answer before All Might could correct his student. "Sorry Denki, but that's actually false. The most common place villains are faced in are in buildings as they try to hide from heroes and the law. The villains faced on the streets are usually petty criminals who are cornered or people losing control. Real villains hide in the shadows."
"Yes Midoriya, most real villains are faced indoors and that's why today's battle class will be a 2vs2 combat with two playing heroes and two playing villains!" announced All Might, forgetting that they were missing a student.
"Um, sir?" called out Ochako to the heroics teacher as he made a very heroic pose.
"Yes young Uraraka, you have a question?" answered All Might whilst pulling a finger gun and smiling.
"Sir do remember we are missing a student." said Ochako as she showed that there were only 19 students. Meaning that one person would be alone.
"That's ok Uraraka, as i wont be assigning teams. They will be drawn by THIS!" called out All Might as he showed off a computer that started listing off teams.
Ochako Uraraka and Momo Yaoyorozu
Katsuki Bakugo and Shoto Todoroki
Tenya Iida and Mezo Shoji
Mashirao Ojiro and Toru Hagakure
Fumikage Tokoyami and Tsuyu Asui
Eijiro Kirishima and Hanta Sero
Denki Kaminari and Kyoka Jiro
Yuga Aoyama and Mina Ashido
Rikido Sato and Koji Koda
Izuku Midoriya
Izuku looked through the list, he hoped to any god listening that they have mercy on him and either with someone he could work with or at least not…
"Hey Izuku look, you're by yourself!" called out Ochako to Izuku's dismay.
"It seems I am. Oh well can't change that." was the only response he could think of giving. 'Ok that's not too bad. Lets just hope that I am not fighting some power houses.'
"Now the rules, the way this works is one team is heroes another villains. The villains have a bomb that the heroes must diffuse before the timer runs out while the villain's goal is to keep the heroes away. Both teams can also win by restraining all members of each team with this capture tape. Now…… HERE ARE THE BATTLES!"
And ofcourse, the gods did not listen to his prear.
Villians: J vs Heroes: B
Villians: C vs Heroes:A
Villians: D vs Heroes: G
Villians: H vs Heroes: I
Villians:E vs Heroes: F
'GOD DAMMIT!'
In another world, Izuku could hear someone cursing him out. He did not know why though.
"Well Teams J and B, get ready. Midoriya, you may head towards your 'hideout' now." Says All Might as Izuku starts to make his way out towards the exit. Izuku could feel the rest of the class eyeing him as he made his way out. Izuku knew why though, he was about to face two of the strongest students in the entire class if not the entire year. He knew his friends would be worried about him, that was why he rushed out of the control room at a quickened pace. He did not want anyone to be worried about him.
Once Izuku got into the hideout, he scanned each room for furniture and entrances. He also saw the camaras scattered everywhere. 'If i could jack into the system, those would have been useful.' Izuku decided to place the bomb on the middle floor, as both Katsuki and Shoto could both reach the top floor with their quirks. After this Izuku did something he hadn't attempted yet. "This is gonna hurt."
To those in the control room, it appeared as if Izuku's skin was moving but it wasn't in truth moving. Then they saw it. "Something's coming out of his feet!" called out Tenya as he pointed to a screen which showed a red substance moving out of Izuku and moving onto the floor. From there it moved to the door and the walls. The slime did not stop there however, it moved under the door into the hallway and throughout the entire building. After it covered the entire building it seemed to change color. It also started to harden and solidify, almost looking like steel. This confused everyone even more, even All Might whom had seen Blacklight before, it did not even sink in to him that this was Blacklight as with the virus's infection of buildings it was a disgusting growth that removed everything and everyone for space and matter, this had a more beautiful and calming presence to it.
As everyone, even Katsuki and Shoto stood and watched the building start to armour itself up, the alarm rang to start the match. It took both Katsuki and Shoto a second to realise that the alarm went off. "So, what's the play Katsuki?" asked Shoto as they both looked at the now armoured tower.
"Blast our way though of course!" called out Katsuki as she started to make her way to the building, followed by Shoto.
"I wouldn't come closer if I were you Heros!" called out Izuku as he looked down towards the two heroes. "I AM THE VILLAIN EVOLUTION! LEAVE NOW OR PERISH!" was all he said before he seemed to disappear into the group itself.
"Which way are we blasting in from?"
In the control room, the students were still getting over the shock of what Izuku had just done with the building. "Umm, All Might Sir?" quired Momo.
"Yes young Yaoyorozu, you have a question?" All Might responded whist not looking away from the screen.
"Is Izuku aloud to do that sir?"
"As long as he doesn't put the bomb in jeopardy or destroy his base too much it's aloud. So yes, he can do this." answered All Might as he pulled his gaze away from the screen to look at his students.
"Is that Izuku? What's he doing on the roof?!" Called out Denki as he pointed at the screen that showed the roof of the building the test was going on at.
"I wouldn't come closer if I were you Heros!" called out Izuku as he looked down towards the two heroes. "I AM THE VILLAIN HIVE MIND! LEAVE NOW OR PERISH!" was what the camera heard as the class and teacher then saw Izuku melt into the very floor, much like he had done with the armour.
"THAT'S SO MANLY"
Once the heroes reached the building, they saw that the armour looked like skales and like a living creature, the yeven saw that it moved slightly. As Katsuki placed her hand on the armour, she could feel the movement of the scales. She then released her quirk into the wall. "FUCK YOU!" Was Katsuki's battle cry as she tried to blow the scales away but to no effect. "What the fu…." before she could finish, the wall started moving. Both of the heroes stepped back as they saw steel like tendril spread out of the wall and started trying to hit the heroes.
" Katsuki, what do we do?" asked Shoto as he started using his ice to slow the tendril down as it started to attack them both in a sweeping motion towards them both in an attempt to bat them away from the building.
"I don't know! Izuku wasn't able to do this before!"
Izuku was starting to get bored. He couldn't see what was going on outside, or how they were trying to fight his defences. He could only feel any contact he made with the tentacle as it swept wildly around. Another flaw with this is that it made weak spots as he had to move matter from the armour to the whip like extension. Also, all the matter spread out like this started putting massive strain on Izuku's mind. This was because each scale was like it's own living thing which as Alex had warned about, he was starting to get confused about what was real and going on. 'God, this is starting to really hurt my head.' Izuku was starting to contemplate just letting them both in as the headache was starting to get really bad and he was starting to hate how easy the test was. The timer was already halfway through, Izuku knew this as the only thing he could do was count down.
"How are we gonna get past this!" called out Shoto as he dodged past another swipe from the massive tentacle. As Shoto watched the giant whip, he saw that when they were at a distance, it seemed to not know where they were and swept wildly.
"I see you have also realised what the weakness of this thing is?" asked Katsuki as she saw Shoto stand back and observe the tendral from a distance. She had already seen that it seemed to move more on feel then sight.
"It can't see." commented Shoto as he observed the tendril stopped moving as it wasn't able to sense anything nearby. As they both stood there staring at the building thinking about the best way to enter the building, they saw the giant scaly whip seem to retract back into the building and after a few seconds the entire wall seemed to melt away into the building. "Guess that's how we are getting in then."
As the duo made their way through the building, they were both on edge as it felt as if someone or something was watching them. As they made their way in depper, they heard what sounded like the wall being rebuilt, and to their horror everything went dark. "Dam that Deku!" called out Katsuki as she started using her quirk to create small explosions so they could see. Once they could see both thought they could see eyes watching them from every direction for but a moment before they disappeared into the ever spralling darkness.
As they reached the stairs, they saw or at least thought they did a small bug like creature run up the stairs. Both almost jumped at how suddenly it had appeared and how big it was. They decided it would be a good idea to follow the thing as it would most likely lead them to either Izuku or maybe the bomb or both.
Once the hero team had cleared all the lower floors, both were on a hair trigger as they had seen lots more bugs skittering around and one had even passed Katsuki right by her leg which had caused her to blow it to smithereens, only to see it piece itself back together and hiss at her. "I hate bugs." whispered Katsuki as quietly as she could, but apparently Shoto had heard her.
"You think Izuku is doing this on purpose?" asked Shoto as he looked upon the angry blonde whom stared back at him with uncontrollable rage.
"Izuku wouldn't purposely scare someone." was the only answer Shoto got to his question.
"Why is Izuku using those bugs like that All Might?" asked Ochako as she watched the screen showing all the bugs making their way from the wall where they seemed to spawn from to Izuku and along the way they all got as close to the hero team to keep them on edge.
"It's making them scared and paranoid. It's a strategy only a true villain would use!" called out called out Mashirao as he looked down to the floor with his tail staying still. "So at least he is playing the character well." he called out after a short but still tense few seconds.
"Indeed young Ojiro, he is using the bugs as a way to stress out the heroes, whist it seems he is also using it for another purpose. Has anyone else here been paying enough attention to see what?" called out All Might as he held out his hand with his thumb sticking up in his signature pose.
"Is he using them to keep an eye on the hero team?" asked Kyoka as she looked closer at the screens.
"Good guess but no, next answer!"
"He is using it to gain his mass from the wall back to himself?" asked Momo as she saw the bugs seem to materialise themselves from the wall much like how her quirk works, then make their way to Izuku and melt into him.
"That is correct young Yaoyorozu. He is using them as a way to sneak his strength back to himself. Good job on your perception check!"
Back in the test area there were only three minutes left of the test once the hero team had arrived at the room the bugs seemed to converge into. It was a room on the fourth floor with only one door into it and from her memory, Katsuki knew this was also a room that had no windows in it. As they entered the room, both saw it was a wide room with fortey metres in every direction to reach the opposite side wall. This meant that there was plenty of room in the area to fight, especially since there was no bomb.
"Welcome to my throne room Herossss!" called out Izuku to his opponents in a very loud and boisterous manner. He also wasn't wearing his normal hero suit and instead wore what looked like chitin like that off of a bugs exoskeleton. Even his red shoes were covered in the strange armour. "Now while it may be my throne room doesn't mean that….." before Izuku was able to complete his monologue, Shoto started lifting up his foot in an attempt to use his ice to freeze Izuku in place. What the heterochromic teen did not think of however was how fast Izuku could move. In the blink of an eye, Izuku had cleared the room and already had Shoto's face in his clawed bug like hands, which had grown to be the size of Shoto's torso. Izuku had left a space for Shoto to still see from and what he saw terrified him to the bone. He could feel his most basic instincts kick in and activate his flight or fight response but he was still unable to move. In what had been seconds, Izuku had grown twice in size in both height and muscle whilst he had also become even more insect-like. Before he had a normal human looking face, but now it had a giant pair of mandibles that looked big enough to crush someone's head, eyes that were now on the side of his head and even some antennes on the top of his head. "YOU KNOW SHOTO, ITSS RUDE TO INTERRUPT PEOPLES!" chittered Izuku in a strange distorted mimicry of human speech as he went to crush Shoto's head on the ground.
"NO YOU DON'T YOU STUPID INSECT!" screamed Katsuki as she flew towards Izuku, about to blow him to smithereens.
Her attack landed and forced Izuku to drop the still stunned Shoto but that was all it did to Izuku. That's when the duo heard it, a slight chittering and clicking of the insect that had led them here started to descend from the walls. There were dozens of them and each the size of a large dog. They started to surround the heros and bite at their legs as they swarmed all over them.
"FUCK OFF!" cursed Katsukias she unleash a devastating blast from her gauntlets with her large build up of sweat. The blast destroyed many of the giant insects in one direction and even a part of the wall on the outside of the building. Once the light entered and the heroes saw the bugs start to seem to melt, they heard it.
"TIME UP! VILLAIN TEAM WINS!"
