sup, everybody! I am back after so long and am really sorry you had to wait for two months and believe me when I say that it didn't feel worth it either. February downright sucked! and March has not been any better! especially with this COVID-19 bullshit! ugh! anyways like I said to make the wait more worth it, I managed to use my free time to make three whole chapters which aren't the best I know but its better than nothing. I did really want to make four chapters but the days have been going by so fast that I just can't keep up sometimes. anyways that's enough of my complaining, here are the three new chapters of Who I Am!
Chapter 28: SWIMSUITS!
during the last week of school before class 1-A would be going to the training camp, Izumi was at her locker getting ready to leave for the day
"aw man! over already?!"
"eh?" Izumi then noticed that Kaminari and Mineta were walking down the hall while only wearing swimming trunks, Izumi just stared at them with a mixture of blankness and disappointment.
"... don't you guys think you should have changed first before walking down the hallway half-naked?"
"well, we can't help it! we're just sad that our swimming time is over!"
"yeah, and we can't swim tomorrow either Aizawa said that was reserved for the girls only!"
"oh? hm, swimming huh."
"oh! hey Izumi why don't you tell the girls they can swim tomorrow!"
"yeah! but hurry up! you guys will be on reserved time!"
"... you guys sure want the girls to go for a swim, how do I know this isn't another horrible scheme, like the cheerleader incident."
"Are you serious?! if that were true then we would have to go against Mr. Aizawa!"
"if that man found out he would hang us with that weird scarf of his!"
"We would be digging our graves!"
"ok ok, I get it! can you guys not shout so much, I had a rough night you know." Mineta and Kaminari then stopped their pretend panicking and looked at Izumi with genuine concern.
"Oh right, the whole Shigaraki thing."
"sorry Izumi, guess it's still haunting you."
"what? oh no, that was bad but I was talking about how my mom wouldn't stop crying." Mineta and Kaminari were both immediately dumbfounded and said "eh?"
"yeah she was really scared for my sake so I had to comfort her before I could sleep and she didn't stop crying for about two hours. haha, she's a good mom but she worries too much."
"... well, swimming might be a good thing for you to do!"
"ok guys I get, me and the girls use the pool tomorrow but I'm keeping an eye out for you two and if I see you peeping on the girls then I won't hesitate to use a Smash, it should be alright since Aizawa approved only girls to the pool right?" Mineta and Kaminari then pretended to be scared and nodded to show they understood, Izumi then smiled and walked away and both of them then smiled to show their true nature.
"The plan was a success!"
"indeed but was it truly wise to use Izumi as the key point?"
"Izumi may be smarter than either of us but she is still naive to many things of the common world, she is truly the key to our salvation!"
"yes! tomorrow the gates of heaven will open for us both!"
"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU GUYS! I CAN'T MAKE OUT WHAT YOUR SAYING BUT YOUR DEFIANTLY PLOTTING SOMETHING!" Mineta and Kaminari then ran out of the hallway with smiles still on their faces.
"OOOOOH YES!"
"Today is the day!" Mineta and Kaminari were now running down the hall and toward the pool both drooling but smiling and full of energetic excitement.
"TIME TO SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL SWIMSUITS!"
"oh... uh, thanks? but I prefer the word proper over beautiful as a description for my trunks."
"... HUHHH?!" Mineta and Kaminari screeched in terror as the only thing either of them saw were the boys around the pool and no girls.
"what the heck! why are you guys here?!"
"Izumi invited us, she said that she talked with Aizawa and he confirmed that today the pool was available for all of Class 1-A today." all the colors then drained from Mineta and Kaminari.
"s- she talked to A- Aizawa..."
"b- but I thought s- she hated him..."
"I wouldn't say I hate him if anything I think he hates me." Mineta and Kaminari managed to smile again when they heard Izumi's voice and quickly turned around to see Izumi in a bikini only for their dreams to be smashed almost immediately, for she was wearing a standard U.A. swimsuit as well as the other girls behind her.
"w- whats with that swimsuit?!"
"nice right, it covers everything but is easy to swim in! Aizawa recommended it to me and the other girls." Mineta and Kaminari were both greatly disappointed while Izumi was smiling at them both, Mineta then caught a glimpse of her eyes and could see that she was mocking them which infuriated him.
"Izumi! how could you betray us like this!"
"... what are you talking about? you betrayed me! you guys said that today was only reserved for-"
"not that! you were a boy once right?! how could you betray your fellow man!"
"first of all I only dressed like a boy, I was never actually a real boy; second of all what would does being male have anything to do with it? you're making it sound like all men are perverts."
"well duh! everyone knows that a man's purpose in life is to one day see a girl naked! that's why it only makes sense for all boys to help one another in meeting that end goal." at this point, Izumi and Kaminari were both looking at Mineta in confusion, Kaminari did want to see the girls in bikinis but didn't entirely agree with his wild idea. Mineta, on the other hand, was standing tall as if he said something truly philosophical and truthful but quickly regretted it when he felt an aura of anger growing behind him.
"cool speech you purple turd, so you think that all boys are as perverted as you!" Bakugo then released some small but powerful explosions from his hands to show Mineta how furious he was. before Mineta could come up with an excuse or something to say out of mercy Bakugo grabbed him by the head and started swinging him around while yelling angrily and Mineta was crying non-stop. normally Izumi would try to save Mineta from Bakugo's wrath but she found it humorous and couldn't help but keep watching instead of helping.
"huh, so I think it's safe to say that Bakugo is not a pervert." Izumi then noticed that Kirishima was right next to her and looking at Mineta being attacked by Bakugo as well.
"well Bakugo doesn't mind being insulted about a lot of things but when you refer to him being as perverted in any way you will regret it. like this one time in our old school Bakugo accidentally fell down some stairs and fell on top of a girl, his head landed on her skirt so when she got up she slapped him and accused him of perving on her. so, of course, he blew up with anger for it."
"oh my god, is the girl ok?"
"oh uh, let's just say that she isn't going to let being in a wheelchair for the rest of her life keep her from following her dreams."
"... Izumi, can I ask you something?"
"um, sure what is it?"
"What kind of school doesn't expel a student who disabled another student!"
"... a bad school Ejiro, a very bad school."
"Hey, you two! that's enough roughhousing, its time to get some exercise! we are here for the sole purpose of endurance after all."
"yeah Kirishima sorry but were going to have to borrow Izumi for now." before Izumi knew it she had her left arm locked by Hakagure and her right locked by Ashido they then slowly dragged Izumi away to the other side of the pool where the girls where. Izumi would try to fight this in the past but that was mainly when she would be pulled into a situation that was bound to get awkward but she didn't see any danger this time she instead she allowed herself to be dragged away. both the girls and the boys were doing stretches for exercise however it seemed that the boys were going a little more intense under Iida's instruction. Mineta and Kaminari were doing even more than the rest because Bakugo was threatening them to, although it was basically torture, Iida didn't seem to disprove and allowed Bakugo to keep tormenting the two.
then after the exercise, Iida passed out sodas for everyone, when it was time to relax the boys went over to the shade to drink in peace while the girls played volleyball in the pool. Izumi never played any sports, therefore knew nothing about the rules of volleyball, but was still happy to participate in the activity especially since nothing awkward was happening. just then as Izumi was trying to get the ball Yaoyorozu jumped up for it as well and managed to hit the ball before Izumi did, however, Izumi was not smiling anymore for she was and Yaoyorozu were about to collide. Izumi had no way to change her direction without using too much of One for All and within a second Izumi's face impacted Yaoyorozu's breasts. all the girls were shocked by the sigh but Asui managed to keep calm and looked over to the boy's side and was relieved to see that none of them saw the incident. when Yaoyorozu was back in the water she was fine but Izumi, on the other hand, was in shock, when she fell back she was paralyzed and floating in the water like a dead body, looking to the sky with soulless eyes and a nose bleeding.
"Izumi are you ok?!" hearing Uraraka's voice of concern allowed her to snap back into reality.
"ah! Izumi, your nose is bleeding again!"
"did my ribcage break your nose?" Yaoyorozu was trying to show her concern for Izumi while also covering her breasts out of embarrassment, however, in doing so Izumi couldn't help but stare at them. it's not your ribcage that was the culprit Izumi thought but then realized that she had been staring for too long and quickly got out of the pool.
"uh, I'm fine you guys, I just need to clean my nose so none of the blood will contaminate the pool." Izumi then went over to her bag and grabbed her towel and cleaned her face in dread. ugh... that was so embarrassing, it was like one of those comedy anime where the idiot protagonist gets into all sorts of coincidental yet horrible and awkward accidents with the female characters. but then that makes me the idiot protagonist! Why does it have to be me! Izumi then couldn't help but cry her signature waterfall tears.
"Izumi? what's wrong." Izumi then noticed that Iida was staring at her with some concern on his face so she quickly used her towel to clean off the tears while blushing in embarrassment again.
"oh uh, the volleyball hit me in the face by accident and caused my nose to bleed."
"oh dear you really need to be more careful Izumi, you get hurt far too often."
"don't worry about me Iida from here on out I can only get better!" Izumi was trying to be enthusiastic but then her mouth suddenly got dry and there was a bad taste in her mouth. she then coughed into her towel and saw that she had coughed up more blood, it's getting more frequent. she thought to herself. but I'm not worried! I just have to take it easy, that's all.
"hey everyone! our time is almost up! so let's finish it up with a swim race!" Kirishima's suggestion seemed to get everyone riled up and excited except for Uraraka.
"hey yeah, that sounds awesome."
"can we use our quirks as well?"
"hell yeah, we're going to use our quirks! I want to go all out when I beat scarface here!"
"I think I liked it better when you called me half and half."
"I liked it better when you were just a side character!" Bakugo then growled at Todoroki with an aura of pure rage while Todoroki just stood there looking at Bakugo in disappointment. everyone couldn't help but stare at the both of them and imagine Todoroki being a large glacier of ice while Bakugo was the raging sun trying but failing to melt the glacier.
"hmph! well if the barbarians want to turn this pool into a war zone they could at least leave us out of it, right Izumi?"
"actually a race sounds fun I want to participate too!" Uraraka was instantly shocked by Izumi's immediate response, Jiro, however, wasn't surprised and couldn't help but laugh at Uraraka.
and so a majority of the class decided to participate in a swimming race with quirk usage being allowed. the first race consisted of Mineta, Tokoyami, Koda, Bakugo, and Kaminari; when Iida gave the signal they all went into the water and swam as fast as they could except for Bakugo who instead used his explosions to fly over the pool and get to the other side in an instant.
"Ha! bite the dust slowpokes!"
"Bakugo what are you doing? you didn't even touch the water."
"You have to touch the water for it to count as swimming, idiot!"
"its called freestyle, dumbass!" Bakugo and Sero continued to yell at each other for a while Kirishima tried to end the shouting calmly. after the arguing finally stopped the next race then started which only consisted of Sero, Aoyama, and Todoroki. when Iida gave the signal the three of them went immediately into the air with Sero using his tape to swing to the other side, Aoyama using his cannon to blast his way to the other side, and Todoroki using his ice to make a path. in the end, Todoroki was the winner but no one was cheering.
"What is wrong with you?!"
"That wasn't swimming! that was cheating!"
"um... freestyle?" Todorki's excuss was not enough to settle the anger of Mineta and Kaminari, then the third race was to start which had Izumi, Ojiro, and Iida. when Yaoyorozu announced the start of the race Iida was the only one to stay out of the water while Izumi and Ojiro were swimming normally. however, since Iida was in the lead Izumi used her One for All: spark at 5%, of course, she could go all the way to 10% even without her dark form but doing so would make her exhausted faster. after using her spark Iida took notice and used his Recipro Extend however it was too late and Izumi managed to get to the other side and win the race.
"yeah! I did it!"
"you actually beat me! good job Izumi." Iida then let a hand help Izumi out of the pool but when she was getting out she felt like there was something wrong with his grip and then hers. Izumi then looked at her hand and noticed how fuzzy it felt.
"Izumi, are you alright?"
"um... yeah I think my hand is just acting up. you know with the injury and all."
"oh, of course. that will happen. my arm sometimes acts weird from time to time." Iida then smiled proudly and Izumi smiled as well in joy, but then she felt a strange gaze from the back of her head and turned to see that Todoroki was looking at both of them in concern. Izumi couldn't help but feel guilty and disappointed at the sight, is he still blaming himself for our injuries? we already told him that it's not his fault! why can't he accept that? Todoroki then looked at his left hand and then made a fist and held it high in the air which got both Izumi's and Iida's attention.
"to becoming a better hero!" Izumi and Iida were caught off guard by this while everyone else of class 1-A was confused, Todoroki then managed to make a genuine smile I vow to be a great but also kind and caring hero... the exact opposite of Endeavor Iida then raised his left arm as well and made a fist as well, although it proved to have some difficulty with his injury he still managed and raised his fist.
"to becoming a better hero!" I vow to uphold responsibility, teamwork, and justice like how my brother and parents did. Izumi then couldn't help but follow along and have her right hand with the scar form a fist and raise it high.
"to becoming a better hero!" I vow to learn for my past mistakes and become a hero everyone can look up to. the three of them now had their fists in the air feeling proud of one another.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS BULLSHIT!" then the moment of pride was instantly killed when Bakugo showed up with his signature aura of rage.
"I knew Izumi was friends with the annoying elite but to think that she's actually friends with you?"
"I don't understand what's so difficult to comprehend?"
"you're the asshole who nearly tore off her arm in the sports festival!"
"Are you not the one who nearly killed her during the battle training?" Bakugo went speechless form Todoroki's statement, he wasn't wrong but Bakugo was defiantly going to explode over it. Izumi knew this and wanted to get in between them to stop the fight but Iida, who was concerned for her safety, stopped her immediately.
"also are you not the one that put that scar on her face?" hearing that made Izumi fell down and made her go into her dark mode and it seemed to have a similar effect on Bakugo for he looked to the floor in shame. but then, after a second or two he looked up at Todoroki and grinned like a murderer.
"who gave you YOUR scar, you half and half?" this actually managed to enrage Todoroki, thought the only think about his expression that changed was how his eyes now had murderous intent. Izumi knew this could only go south so now that she was out of Iida's grip she ran in between the two of them before they could attack each other.
"ok, that's enough please no more!" Izumi had both her hands on their chests which normally would have left her red with embarrassment but right now she was more focused on stopping the fight. she first looked at Bakugo and pleaded with him to calm down, he backed away in shame, she then did the same with Todoroki and he back off as well. then Izumi found the time to take a breath out of relief and Todoroki looked to the floor in shame, great now I'm just another reason for Izumi to worry... Izumi then went over to Bakugo and then lightly chopped his head. it wasn't hard enough to hurt but this still surprised Bakugo and Izumi couldn't help but jump back out of fear.
"u- uh... um... you deserved it! y- you crossed the line when asking about Todoroki's scar so... take that..." Bakugo was still a little surprised but then nodded, Izumi then calmed down and sighed in relief, she then went over to Todoroki and lightly chopped his head too.
"you allowed the fight to escalate, so you deserve a hit as well!" Todoroki was surprised as well, he didn't think it was wrong to fight with Bakugo but thinking clearly it could escalate to dangerous levels so he then nodded to show he understood his mistake.
"hey come on guys! we're having a race remember?! if you want to settle a rivalry then do it in the pool!" when Bakugo heard Kaminari's suggestion he then smiled sinisterly again Izumi then started to panic and shielded Todoroki despite being shorter than him.
"This is how I'll beat you, you icy hot bastard! you and I are going to swim race, and then we'll see who is better!"
"That will only work if you actually swim!"
"I refuse, I don't want to be a part of a competition, even if I would win."
"what?! that's sucks! It would have been really cool to see those two compete."
"what do you think it would take to change his mind? a reward maybe?"
"oh hey, that's not a bad idea! hey Todoroki and Bakugo, if you guys race then the winner will get to go on a date with Izumi!" hearing this Izumi was deeply shocked and lost all of her colors, Bakugo and Todoroki, on the other hand, turned red at the idea of winning a date with Izumi. everyone else, however, looked at Mineta in either anger or disappointment for his horrible suggestion.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU PURPLE TURD! I JUST WANT TO PROVE HOW MUCH BETTER I AM THAT THE ICY HOT BASTARD!" god damn it I can't believe that actually made me want to win the race even more. Bakugo thought as he tried to use his anger and yelling to hide the fact that he was actually flustered.
"yeah that was awfully shallow of you Mineta, if one of us wanted a date with Izumi it would be better to ask her in person. I have decided to race you Bakugo but only so that you'll stop your senseless rage." yeah that's the reason I want to beat Bakugo, I'm sure it's not because I want to show I'm more capable in getting a date with Izumi than Bakugo... that most certainly is not the reason! Todoroki was also flustered and mentally lying to himself.
"um... well if it's only going to be a simple race then I would like to participate as well..." Izumi's face was still red with embarrassment but she still wanted to race to see who could go the fastest.
"b- but uh hey! if there should still be a reward then why doesn't the winner get to receive a treat like candy or even a cake and the losers have to pay." Izumi thought that this would be a good reward to have and that it would get everyone's mind off of Mineta's horrible suggestion. However, Todoroki then blushed as he imagined Izumi giving him a pink sweet cake shaped like a heart, he then imagined her making a beautiful smile and saying "I love you Shoto". Uraraka actually imagined something similar and her nose started to bleed because of it.
"me too! I want to race too!"
"Uraraka?! you want to race against Todoroki and Bakugo?! you know you'll lose right?!"
"also are you ok? your nose is bleeding!"
"I just want a cake is all! so why don't we get this race started!" yes that's why I want to race! I want to beat Bone head Bakugo and rub it in his face when I ask Izumi to buy me a heart-shaped cake! ... it's defiantly not because I like Izumi in a romantic way!
"I want to participate as well." everyone was especially surprised when Iida stepped forward to join the race.
"Izumi mainly caught me off guard in the first race, therefore I would like a rematch, I'm sure if I went all out now then I just might have a chance at winning." Izumi then couldn't help but smile, she no longer felt embarrassed thinking that this would be a genuine race for fun and cake.
all five of them then got ready to begin the race, Iida was simply ready and only wanting a rematch against Izumi, Todoroki and Bakugo were next to one another and both emitting aura's of power showing their determination to win, Izumi was ready whenever but also sweating nervously because of Uraraka's large aura of determination to win the race and beat both Todoroki and Bakugo. the rest of Class 1-A couldn't help but cheer knowing that this was going to be a very thrilling race but then everyone went quiet when Yaoyorozu stepped forward to announce the start of the race.
"Alright! on your marks! get set! GO!" Uraraka then used her quirk to make her body lighter to swim slightly faster, Bakugo used his explosions to fly over the pool, Todoroki used his ice to quickly slide over the water, Iida used his quirk to ride along the pool divider, and Izumi used 10% of her spark to go all out. or at least that would have happened if their quirks worked but instead they all just fell into the pool except for Uraraka and Izumi. Izumi kept swimming but then stopped when she realized that her quirk wasn't working leaving Uraraka to be the only one swimming.
"Alright, your time is up, everyone get out of the pool and get dressed."
"wha-! Mr. Aizawa why?! that was going to be epic!"
"oh come on just give us five more minutes! or at least enough time to restart the race!"
"no! you will get, no more time! now get out and leave for the day! also, make sure to pack your luggage when you get home, the day for camp is coming up after all." Aizawa then left the pool and all of Class 1-A stood there with gloom and disappointment, but then Uraraka jumped out from under the water from the other side of the pool.
"huh?! I win?! I win! I beat Bakugo the boneheaded beast! yeah! yeah! yeah... what's with everybody?"
after everyone went home Izumi decided to stop by the beach first, not to exercise but just to watch the sunset.
"haaa... I never thought that this place would be where my journey to becoming a hero would start. actually I never actually thought I would live to be a hero! haha.
"Please don't joke about stuff like that Young Midoriya." Izumi then turned around and was surprised to see All Might walking toward the beach.
"All Might? why are you here?"
"I was going to ask you the same thing, but it seems your here for the same reason. just look at that beautiful view." Izumi then looked back to the sunset as All Might rested on the railings beside her.
"heh, back to this beach huh, back where it all began. you know kid, I'm not gonna lie, when I first meet you, you were really depressing and kinda needy but I knew that with proper training and guidance you would mature into a strong and caring young student of U.A. who would be destined to become a great hero as well as my successor. although I never expected you to magically turn into a girl though."
"hey! I didn't turn into a girl I just dressed like a boy and pretended to be one!" All Might then started to laugh and Izumi then started laughing with him.
"haaa... hey kid, the summer training camp is going to be really hard so your really going to have to go beyond your limit and trust me when I say that you'll wish you were dead... duh, wait! forget I said that! or actually! I meat to say that it would be tiring! I wasn't trying to make fun or-!"
"All Might it's ok! I'm not that suicidal brat you met on the roof anymore. from now on, no matter how hard it gets, I'm going to live for my mom, for my friends, for myself, and for you!" All Might seemed a little shaken at first but then smiled and put his hands on Izumi's shoulders.
"Izumi Midoriya, you truly are worthy of One for All." Izumi then blushed and smiled both brightly and proudly.
"ok now, go on home, you gotta start packing for the summer training camp after all."
"right!" Izumi then ran home while waving at All Might goodbye and he waved back while staying at the beach, after Izumi was out of sight he then looked back to the sun that was about to disappear in the horizon.
"haaa... I might have been worrying too much, yeah I'm sure she'll be fine on at the training camp. what's the worst that could happen... oh crap did I just jinx it. Nah! that kind of jinx only happens on TV anyways, there really shouldn't be anything to worry about."
