"Why didn't you tell us you had three quirks?!" Ashido, Kirishima, Mineta, Sero, Sato, and Hagakure shouted at once.
Izuku flinched as multiple voices shouted the question, causing the greenet to hear a ringing noise in both ears. Getting a good grip on his earlobes and with a fast and fluid motion, he pulled at them five times, causing the ringing to stop almost immediately.
"One at a time, please? I don't want to lose my hearing anytime soon." He said to the group, hoping the comment would make them back off, or at least back up so he wouldn't be trapped against the wall. Spoiler alert: neither thing happened.
"How long have you had it?" Sero asked.
"Can you fly?" Sato asked next.
"Can you bring your horns back out? They were so pretty!" Mina begged.
"Another winged beast of prey. What a mad banquet of darkness."
"What was that stuff you shot from your wings? Why did it shoot from your wings and not from your mouth?" Mineta questioned, confused.
"Uh, ok so, um, that was the first time I ever used it. I don't know if I can fly since, as I said, that was my first time ever using it. The stuff I shot was energy of some kind, and why it came from my wings and not my mouth I don't know. As for the horns…" Izuku trailed off, concentrating, before the horns protruded and poked through his hairline. "Yes, I can bring them out and put them back at will." He said, a warm feeling bubbling in his chest upon seeing Mina's sparkling eyes.
"Kiri look! Horn buddies!" She exclaimed excitedly, causing Izuku to laugh. "Can I touch them?"
"Uh, sure?" Izuku shrugged before leaning over. Mina was grinning from ear to ear as she reached up, grasping the right horn in her hand.
"It feels just like my own." She said, deciding to be careful with the appendage; she knew how sensitive the whole thing could be, especially her own. Her fingers trailed over the grooves and small bumps, allowing her to drink up the details. She began stroking it lightly, before she and the greenet froze as a purr sound began emulating from Izuku. "Did you just purr?"
"Uh, that's enough for now." He said, blushing bright red as he stood back up and retracted his horns. "This never leaves this room, understood?"
"Okay, besides that being the most adorable thing ever, I have a question. What do you mean that was the first time you ever used it? Were you hiding it, or did you not even know about it?" Kirishima questioned, causing Izuku to gulp again. He had known that question was coming.
"I-I didn't even know about it, honestly. It just kind of…popped out?"
"But you said your dad has a fire-breathing quirk, and your quirk is basically a mutation of your mother's. So where did a dragon quirk come from?" Hagakure asked.
"Well, you see-"
"His grandfather on his dad's side had a dragon quirk. It skipped his dad and went to him; the nerd was just a late bloomer." Bakugo informed the group, stepping in and giving them the backstory they had decided on the previous night.
The answer seemed to satisfy the group as they nodded at the explanation. Quirks were weird like that, so the dragon quirk skipping a generation and blooming late seemed realistic. Very, very coincidental since it bloomed at the second that Izuku had needed it most, but realistic nonetheless.
"All of you, please get back to your seats! Class begins in 20 seconds! You may continue with your questions during free time, or after school in the group chat!" Iida shouted from the back, his hands chopping in the air. The students groaned, but knew the blue-haired teen was right. Izuku sighed in relief at Iida's outburst and smiled, shooting a thumbs up towards his friend as a thanks, causing Iida to nod back. The greenet went back to his own seat like the rest and patted Bakugo on the shoulder as a sign of thanks. The blond merely grunted in acknowledgement.
"Hey Tsu? Who do you think's gonna teach class today?" Ashido asked, causing many to think the same thing. Who was going to teach them today?
"No idea, Mr. Aizawa's still in the hospital recovering from his injuries." Tsu answered.
The class waited patiently for the bell to ring, and when it did, the door to the classroom opened. Everyone was surprised to see the mummified form of Aizawa stand in the doorway.
"Morning class." Aizawa said, his greeting muffled by the bandages.
"Mr. Aizawa what are you doing here?!" The class shouted in unison, surprised that their homeroom teacher had come in today instead of resting.
"Whoa, what a pro!"
"Mr. Aizawa! I'm glad you're okay!"
"You call that okay?"
"My well-being is irrelevant. We have much to do and you need to get ready for what's about to happen." Aizawa informed the class as he sat in his chair. The comment caused some to worry, interpreting his statement that they would participate in some more combat training, while others were more worried that they would have to do more written tests. "The UA sports festival is about to start."
"Yes!"
"Why would you scare us like that?!" the voices of Mina, Sero, Toru, and Mineta shouted in unison.
"Is it really such a good idea to hold the sports festival so soon after the villains sneaked inside the USJ?" Jiro asked. Izuku agreed with her of course, although to be fair, the villains would be idiots to attack a stadium full of pro heroes and heroes in training. It'd be suicide, unless they had an army of Nomus.
"Yeah, they could attack once we're all in the same place. We'd be sitting ducks!" Mineta exclaimed in fear.
"Apparently, the administration thinks this is a good way to show that the threat has been handled and our school is safer than ever." Aizawa sighed. "Plus, they're beefing up security compared to past years. This event is a huge opportunity for all students at UA. It's not something we can just cancel over a few villains."
"Uh, I'm sorry, but why not? It's just a sports festival!" Mineta pointed out, and surprisingly, some of 1A agreed with the perverted grape baby.
"The sports festival is perhaps the single most important thing we'll experience here in UA. Pros from around the world will be watching us, studying us, and deciding who they want to take under their wing once it's over." Izuku said. "This thing can either make us or break us as future heroes."
"Fucking nerd."
"Language Bakugo, and Midoriya's correct. Our sports festival is one of the most watched events in the entire world. In the past, everyone obsessed over the Olympic games, but then quirks started popping up. Now the Olympics have been drastically reduced in terms of scale and viewership. For anyone who cares about competition, there's only one tournament that matters."
"The UA sports festival." Izuku finished for Aizawa.
"That's right. This is where we will get scouted by top heroes around the globe." Momo continued.
"Sure, unless you die!"
"She's right though, dude! After graduating, a lot of people join pro agencies as a sidekick! How cool is that?!"
"Yeah, but that's as far as some people go. They miss their chance to go indie and stay eternal sidekicks. Actually, that's probably where you're headed. You're kinda dumb." Jiro stated, causing Kaminari's left eye to twitch in aggravation.
A snort came from behind her, and Jiro turned to see Izuku trying and failing to stop himself from laughing. She smiled at that.
'So making fun of Pikachu makes him laugh…gotta remember that. I…I like his laugh.' She thought, before freezing. 'C'mon, not these thoughts again! Wait! Does he remember that kiss?' Her cheeks started to pinken.
Aizawa went on to back up what Izuku, Momo, and Kaminari had stated. He said joining an agency could get you greater experience and popularity, which is why the festival matters. He continued by saying they only had a limited number of attempts, so they better now slack off on their training. After a few minutes the bell started to ring, dismissing the class so they could continue on with their day. As everyone started to leave, Izuku felt someone grab his wrist before he could leave with Bakugo. Turning around, the greenet was surprised to see that it was Kaminari who grabbed him; the blond seemed tense and nervous.
"Could we talk for a minute?" He requested. Izuku saw no harm and nodded before gesturing for Bakugo to go on without him. Bakugo nodded and left, leaving the two alone.
"Sure. Everything okay?" Izuku asked, worried. The usual energetic and joke-cracking blond was unusually quiet today. By now, he would've tried telling at least nine jokes to try and impress Jiro, and yet one hadn't left his mouth during homeroom.
"I-I wanted to apologize, for the USJ…" He trailed off.
"The USJ? What about it?"
"Well, after I went back to normal, Bakugo kinda said it was my fault that you got hurt…he said that those villains kidnapped me and used me as leverage against you, and you got like, really fucked up because of it." Kaminari said, looking sad and remorseful before he bowed. "So, I'm really sorry for screwing up and being useless! I-I hope you can forgive me!"
Izuku was surprised by the display, saddened that Kaminari had blamed himself for everything that happened, and angry at Bakugo for making the blond think this was all his fault. He would have to talk to his friend later on about that.
"Hey, I don't know exactly what Kacchan said to you, but ignore it. I don't blame you for what happened, and I never did. I'm sure that the villains would've pulled some dirty trick to get the better of me, whether you were in your 'wheey' state or not. Whatever happened to me wasn't your fault." Izuku said as he placed a hand on Kaminari's shoulder, causing the electric blond to look up. "And don't call yourself useless either. You helped save Mineta and Tsu in the shipwreck zone; would someone who's 'useless' be able to wipe out, what, 50 something villains?"
"No…I guess not."
"See? So don't worry about what Kacchan says; you helped save the day back there. As far as I'm concerned, you're going to become a great hero in the future." Izuku said with a genuine smile, which caused Kaminari's tension to ease up a bit. "You better now?"
"Yeah…yeah, I think I am. Thanks, Class Rep."
"Of course, it's what I'm here for. Now c'mon, we better go before Kacchan gets into a fight or something." Izuku said, causing Kaminari to snort. The two entered the hallway, where they saw Bakugo and Mina glaring at one another.
"Oh look, a fight. And, guess who's involved?" Kaminari teased, causing Izuku to sigh.
"I can't leave him alone for even a second."
"You extras might as well give up in round one! There's only one person good enough to win!"
"I don't know, Sparky, Midori might have you beat. I'm putting my money on him!" Ashido said, causing the greenet to flush.
'Midori?'
"Just because you have a nickname for the nerd doesn't mean shit! I'll crush your damn boyfriend under my foot!"
'Boyfriend?!'
"I'd like to see you try!" The pinkette shouted back before the two got into a glaring match.
"Can we back up, like, three seconds to when he called the class rep your boyfriend and neither of you denied it?!" Kaminari exclaimed, his old personality coming back
'Well, that was fast.' Izuku thought. "I-I was in shock over the nickname she gave me! I'm not dating anyone right now!"
He wished he didn't hear the multiple sighs of relief from around the room, but he did. And now he was confused!
"And whose fault is that, shit nerd?! Just fucking date 'Sume so she'll stop texting me at two am talking about how great you are!" Bakugo shouted, palms sparking quicker and bigger than before.
"Well maybe others want to date him! Ever thought of that?" Ashido questioned while crossing her arms. Izuku was about to reply to Kacchan, before doing a double-take towards Ashido, his cheeks turning red.
'WHAT?!'
"Then how about you all get with him!"
"Maybe we will!"
"Get to class, everyone! The 5-0's coming!" Present Mic shouted as he rounded the corner. As he ran past the class, they could see he was gripping a phone with a black cat phone case in his hands.
"Mic, when I find you, I'm stomping you to death!" Aziawa shouted as he, too, rounded the corner, before seeing his class standing in the halls. "Why aren't any of you in class?!"
"Run. Fucking run!" Izuku shouted before he and 1A scurried away to class as Aizawa continued chasing Mic.
(One hour later)
"Have you been able to find anything on Tatsuo since the last time we spoke?" Izuku asked as he sat on the couch across from All Might, a cup of hot tea resting in his hand as it cooled.
After class, All Might had texted Izuku to come to the teachers' lounge where they could chat. The greenet, of course, agreed to the visit.
"Not a whole lot, but it's definitely a start. I was able to use some of my connections and discovered several things about him. Tatsuo was a second-generation quirk user. He had no spouse or kids, and he died at the age of 31. However, the circumstances around his death are…rather odd."
"31? That's so...young." Izuku said, saddened by the news. "Wait, odd how?"
"I wasn't allowed to bring the documents, but I memorized them. Apparently, the police ruled his death as a suicide, but his autopsy said he died after something pierced his brain. Even the lead coroner ruled his death as a homicide."
"That's…strange. Why would the police rule it was a suicide? Were they trying to cover something up? And if so, why?" Izuku pursed his lips in thought.
"I guess when one door closes, another three open." All Might said, equally confused. "I'll do some more digging and see if any heroes after him stuck out. Perhaps we can narrow it down and figure out who he gave One For All to before he died? Or you can try asking him yourself?"
"Tatsuo contacts me on his time; I can't talk to him until then, and who knows when that'll be." Izuku sighed. "Anyway, what did you-" Izuku's vibrating phone cut him off. All Might watched with interest as the greenet pulled it out before staring at the screen in disappointment. "Dammit."
"Everything all right, my boy?"
"Not really. I entered a contest to try and win concert tickets for Skillet this weekend, but I just lost to someone else."
"Tickets? As in plural? Were you planning on taking young Bakugo?" All Might asked, and became intrigued as his successor started to blush.
"Uh, no actually. I-I was planning on asking Jiro."
"Young Jiro, you say?" The pro had a teasing smile. "Are you two-"
"Changing the subject! This is me, changing the subject. Now uh, what did you call me in about?"
"I called you in here to talk about the sports festival and how I want you to use it to make your debut as the next Symbol of Peace, but this is much more interesting. You know I haven't said anything to avoid embarrassing you, but I think you and young Jiro would make a great couple!"
"Please tell me this isn't happening."
"I think the correct term is that I 'ship' the two of you. Is that correct?"
"Whatever god is listening, please strike me down now." Izuku pleaded, causing the teacher to chuckle at his reaction.
"Please calm down, young Midoriya. I'm merely kidding…for the most part." All Might informed the greenet. "But since we're talking about relationships and whatnot…your mother, is she and your father still together? Or...?"
"Wow, would you look at the time. I have to be…literally anywhere but here!" Izuku exclaimed as he shot up from his seat and dashed to the door before leaving, the reaction making the Symbol of Peace laugh once more. After a few minutes of laughing to himself, All Might finally calmed down and brought out his phone and to dial a number. As he waited for his call to be answered, he puffed up into his muscled form so the person he was calling would recognize his voice.
"Hello? Yes, it's me. Listen, I need a favor."
(Lunchroom)
As All Might tortured and embarrassed Izuku, some of the girls of 1A weren't faring any better themselves.
"So…I might have said some things I shouldn't have. I will admit I only said them because I was in the heat of the moment, and I apologize…that you all can't handle your emotions as well as I can." Mina finished with a shrug, causing Uraraka and Momo to sigh while Jiro growled in annoyance.
"You're insufferable." Jiro said with a glare.
"Bakugo started it!"
"While true, that doesn't give you the right to say what you said. We're all training to be heroes; we can't be distracted by petty fights with our classmates, or by the idea that we might have a chance of dating someone we like." Momo informed the alien across from her.
"So you admit that you do like him!" The pinkette accused with a pointed finger, causing the rich girl to blush.
"I understand your concerns; we have too much competition. We have Kendo, Hatsume, and Shiozaki, and while they have the 'childhood-friend-turned-lover' advantage over us, we have the 'rich girl, rocker tomboy, literal sunshine, and flexible dancer' angles. But to better our advantage, I've devised a plan-"
"Look…I'm not saying we don't like Deku, but I am saying 'maybe we'll all date him' is a bit extreme, isn't it? I mean, how would that even work?" Uraraka asked.
"Polyamory: the act of several individuals agreeing to share one person. If we all like him and can agree to share, and if he likes all of us and agrees to being shared, wouldn't you want to go for it?"
"But seven people at once? C'mon Mina, even you know that's a bit much for anyone, even Green. It'd put too much strain on him, and some of us would probably be neglected or forgotten about." Jiro said bitterly, believing that she would be one of the ones neglected since she wasn't…'built' like the others.
"It's Midori! If he can fight a literal monster, I'm sure he could handle seven girlfriends at once!"
"That's the most 'apples to oranges' comparison I've ever heard." Momo stated.
"C'mon guys! Don't you at least want to give it a chance?" Mina asked, causing the three to look uncertain. Their conversation was stopped as several pins were dropped onto their table, each clicking and clacking as they landed. They all had the same color scheme: half pink and half green, with the word IzuMei printed in them in rainbow colors with a white outline.
Turning around, the girls were surprised to see Bakugo, wearing a shirt and hat with the same colorings and word on it, and with pins in both his hat and shirt. He was, of course, flipping them off with both hands.
"I'm the captain of this ship! Don't fuck with us!" He hissed before slowly backing away, still flipping them off.
The three girls grimaced at the fire that sparked in Mina's eyes.
"Oh, it's on!"
(Later on: After school)
"I owe All Might so much." Izuku whispered to himself as he walked away from UA, a ticket to this weekend's Skillet concert clutched in his hand. The pro had miraculously acquired two tickets for this weekend for him and Jiro, and of course he wouldn't say exactly how he had been able to get his hands on them. He merely gave them to Izuku, and wouldn't take no for an answer.
"Hey Deku! Wait up!" He heard Uraraka shout. Stopping in his place and turning around, he watched as Iida and Uraraka ran to catch up to him.
"Hey guys, what's up? Is everything okay?"
"Everything is ship-shape! We just wanted to ask you something." Iida said.
"You wanna come to the mall with us tomorrow? We haven't really hung out since, ya know, and we figured tomorrow would be perfect!" Uraraka said with a cheerful smile.
"What time would it be?"
"Early in the morning, around 10 o'clock! It would've been later, but my family and I must attend an event in the afternoon." Iida informed the greenet.
Hmm, yeah, Izuku supposed that could work. He could hang out with them during the morning, come home after that to shower and get dressed, and then go to the concert with Jiro after that. Yeah, everything lined up perfectly.
"Yeah, sure! I'd love to go!" He said with a grin, happy to spend time with his friends without the fear of school or villains. Besides, it would be fun.
What the greenet didn't know, however, was how much fun he was going to have this weekend.
Idk but I kinda wanna do a QnA...
Anyway, I feel like this chap was a bit cracky, but I had fun writing it.
Finally got this chap out, thanks to the two betas in the TC discord. Thanks you two.
Note time...
Can you sense it? I think...I think I smell DATE CHAPTERS. Well I use 'date' loosely, but yeah, the next 4 chaps will be 'date' chaps. Spoiler: Uraraka is first with chap 20. I personally liked the Uraraka date chapter from the original CD, so I'm probably gonna just copy and paste it with some added stuff. This might disappoint the OG fans, but the newbies might be happy? Idk. But believe me, new stuff will be added.
I'm curious...if you could pick TWO/2 characters to join Izuku's harem...who would they be? NOT SAYING THEY'LL BE ADDED, but you never know.
I think...that's it. But knowing me I'll remember later on that I was supposed to ask/say something, but oh well. See ya in chap 20!