Finally we start the school year! Luffy is definitely overpowered in this fic, after all he can use all quirks if he wants. The next chapter shows the extreme downside to that, so look forward to that! Enjoy~
Edit: some of the names of UA students get mispelled, missing a letter, and it's hard for me to catch them sometimes. So be prepared for some Todorkis and Midoryas. lol
Luffy knew that UA was crazy, but felt he would do well both in the education aspect and the hero aspect. He knew a lot about being a hero from working with Hawks for 7 years, now 15 years old. He also knew Todoroki knew a lot as well, even if he didn't want to spend time with Endeavor, he still was forced to learn about being a hero.
At the time, it was not desired, but in the long run it would help. The halls of the school and doors were tall and easy for him to walk through. He and his close friend were in the same class, and both sat in the back. Luffy for his wings being big and Todoroki for sitting next to a familiar face.
They'd gone to the same school since third grade, and wouldn't be stopping now. The class looked at Luffy in interest. He was the one to by far get the highest score in the practical exam. Plus, his wings were pretty flashy and people stared a lot. Luffy didn't care about the staring, totally used to it by now. It was nothing new.
They had both gotten there a bit early, so students were still walking in. Then, the kid who'd broken his limbs and the girl that had been trapped under rubble went straight to him, sitting down in front and next to Luffy.
"I wanted to say thank you again, for helping us. You could have gotten more bots, but you saved us instead." Luffy waved it off, saying he'd gotten more than enough bots. A kid was glaring at him but then looked away. "Your score was almost 200. That's really amazing! My name is Midoriya Izuku."
Hawks had given Luffy his last name to use, so he was Tamaki Luffy. He gave his first name, since most didn't know Hawks' actual name. The girl introduced herself as Uraraka Ochaco. Then another guy came up, an intense looking guy that Luffy recognized with the engine legs. He spoke to Midoriya, apologizing for seeing him as useless in the beginning.
Luffy almost laughed but managed not to. Iida Tenya was his name, and he was clearly a blunt guy. Entertaining but blunt. Everyone was introducing themselves to one another, and so many people asked Luffy about being with Hawks. He wasn't surprised, since Luffy lived with the number 3 top hero.
"He took me in when I was 8, and I've stayed with him ever since. He's how he seems. Laid back and good with light sarcasm. Sometimes I go with him on patrols that are disguised as walks. I like living with him, he's a good guy," Luffy said simply, not going into any details besides what other people know already about him.
"Did he take you in because you had wings?" Hagakure asked. Luffy shook his head, but said nothing else. Then the teacher came in, in a sleeping bag for some reason, but he could tell he was exhausted. Eraser Head. Luffy knew almost all the pro-heroes names after Hawks told him knowing everybody was helpful for getting along with them quickly.
He seemed pretty grumpy, but Luffy wasn't bothered. Neither was Todoroki, both of them well versed in being grumpy kids. It was a brief introduction and then they were told to put their gym clothes on. They went to the changing rooms, divided by gender. Luffy went behind something so nobody saw his scars on the first day.
Todoroki helped him clip the shirt scruff behind him so it was stable but with the open back for his wings. He was glad the infrastructure here was so accommodating that his wings weren't affected at all. They went out to the baseball field, wondering what would happen when they got a very depressing synopsis of Aizawa's view of being a hero. It was nothing like Hawks, and he definitely knew which version he liked better.
He also said UA was hard and they could teach however the hell they wanted and not get in any backlash or trouble for it. Then he finally explained why they were out there, still making it sound horrible and boring. They were told it was stupid that schools didn't let the students use quirks during their physical fitness tests, so this time they were allowed to.
For the previous times, Luffy dimmed his strength considerably to make it seem fair for the others. He threw halfheartedly. But he was actually excited to use his full power to throw this time and do other things.
Luffy had asked everyone to call him Luffy, so Aizawa said, "Luffy, you finished first in the practical exam, right? In junior high, how far was your soft ball throw?"
"709.6 meters," Luffy replied honestly, earning some mumbles. Todoroki was not surprised and would not be surprised with how much stronger he'd be throwing. He knew the extent of Luffy's strength, and never looked down or up to him, thankfully. They hid that part from Endeavor.
"Then try doing it with your quirk." Luffy nodded and took the ball. He wasted no time to stretch and take a deep breath before he chucked the ball so hard that it disappeared from sight almost immediately, and the device kept increasing until it got to 3,008 meters.
"WHAT?!" much of the class shouted. Luffy gave an awkward smile and said he'd always dimmed his throw at junior high. The others started to get excited and say it looked fun before Aizawa came to dump cold water on their positive attitude. Luffy really didn't like his way of thinking and hoped it didn't rub off on him.
Apparently, you couldn't have any fun while being a hero. Bullshit. After he was done saying "no fun, only hard work" he told them the person with the lowest score would be deemed to have no potential and would be expelled. Luffy knew that was bs, he couldn't expel them on the first day for not being strong enough. But he said nothing.
Uraraka protested, and again Aizawa told them UA would be hell with hardship after hardship. Luffy was'nt worried or deterred, he just didn't want to be in a classroom with a bunch of depressed kids. He was finally happy more than he was grumpy, he didn't want to be influenced to go backwards.
After he was done demotivating everyone in a happy way, it started. First was the 50 meter dash. Luffy went next to Midoriya, and sadly, the difference couldn't be any clearer. He cleared the dash in 1.3 seconds from using the super strength one one flap of his wings.
The next fastest was Iida, with 3.04 seconds. He headed to Luffy and said he was impressed by his speed. Luffy replied his wings were very powerful. Iida replied, "I know, that's how you got most of the bots quickly." Luffy made a small grimace, feeling awkward again. "I'm not upset or anything, I passed as well and that's all that matters. I was impressed, though. But then I heard that you learned from the best, or at least were influenced by his abilities. My family is full of heroes, too!"
Luffy liked Iida, he seemed like a positive guy. Luffy waited for Todoroki and then he went to talk to the other guys, Todoroki coming along but saying nothing. They all had really diverse quirks. He just added a little under 20 to his filing cabinet, putting them in the "do not use" drawer.
Next was the hand grip. Luffy squeezed so hard he crumpled and ruined it. "Luffy, don't break the equipment," Aizawa scolded in a lazy voice. Luffy replied that he was supposed to use his quirk to the fullest extent. Aizawa had no argument, but told him not to try another one. Many there were very strong, but Luffy was the only one to break it.
He put it down to toss later as it was unusable anymore. Kirishima, also an intense guy, came over and said his strength was crazy, asking how he didn't break everything he touched. "I have complete control over it. What's the point of doing everything super fast? That'd be annoying."
Kirishima asked what his quirk was. "Well, Hawks named it 'Argentivias', the strongest bird to ever live. It's extinct, of course, and it was massive. I also read that they were fast healers, but it's disputed. Makes sense to me since I heal really fast.
"I'm not sure why I have a mix like this, but it's helpful," Luffy explained, some others listening. He was asked what he meant about healing. He wasn't sure whether to show it, not wanting to be too overpowered. "Eh, I don't want everyone to think too highly of me," he said awkwardly.
Todoroki was different since he was raised in a hero family, he didn't think Luffy was some god. "Pleeaasseeee," Ashido begged. Luffy caved and nodded, using a rock on the crouch and slicing open his leg really badly. They gasped before the wound closed neatly, only leaving some blood.
"Wow!" Kaminari exclaimed. Luffy asked them not to spread it around the school. He didn't want to be resented for his strength. "Yeah, I can see that," the lightning boy said, and everyone else who heard nodded their heads. Iida was over and asked him if that was how he punched the bots without getting hurt.
Luffy nodded. "The super strength still hurts my skin when I punch something hard, but it heals quickly. I think it's a good trade off. I do wish I had long distance attacks, but you can't have everything."
Many of the students there had long distance attacks, which was pretty cool though he wasn't jealous. He had plenty of long distance quirks in his arsonary but never used them. He'd decided with finality that these two, plus the regenerative ability, were good enough and his permanent quirks.
Next was the standing long jump. Some weren't using their bodies at all but their quirks. Luffy didn't want to use his wings since that wouldn't be jumping at all, so he got a running start and kicked off of the ground, arcing over the sand and landing on the other side neatly, using his wings to soften the landing by flapping softly.
The one thing he sucked at was repeated side steps. Luffy sucked, but laughed it off. Todoroki did well by using his ice on either side, and Mineta did as well. His quirk seemed kind of useless. The other tests were just physical ones that were easy. The only memorable things that happened after that were Uraraka's infinity throw and Midoriya breaking his finger.
But it made Luffy suspicious almost immediately. His throw looked exactly like Luffy's. Was he using All Might's power as well? He could be a beginner, just getting it. Unlike Luffy immediately being able to handle it, his body couldn't.
Luffy turned around, feeling someone watching and saw All Might peeking behind the corner of the building. Luffy raised an eyebrow at it but then turned around. But then Bakugo tried to attack Midoriya, claiming all of Luffy's attention again. Aizawa restrained him, and that was the end of the squabble. Bakugo had a different kind of hate in his eyes. Not like Luffy knew he had been.
He had a feeling he wouldn't be friends with Bakugo. He glared at Luffy a lot. Maybe because he got second place in the practical exam, who knows? Or he just didn't like birds or something. Then Aizawa showed the results of the whole activity and Luffy was behind Yaoyorozu and Todoroki. Not first place, and he was glad of that.
"By the way, I was lying about the expulsion." Luffy was not surprised. And neither were a few others, including Todoroki. They weren't stupid, academic wise and common sense wise. Then he deemed class over and to get their curriculum in the classroom and look it over.
The rest of the day was like a normal school day. Luffy packed his own lunch, and Kirishima saw how fancy it was, and asked who made that. "I did. I like to cook," he said simply. "Hawks has a nice kitchen and I kinda banned him from cooking," he laughed.
The others asked why. "I'm kind of compulsive about making the food since in the beginning we mostly had take out. I want him to be healthy so he can be in perfect shape for being a hero, so I cook everything."
"Is he like, your dad or something?" Sero asked. Luffy shook his head, saying they liked to think of being close friends. Luffy pointed out that he was only 14 years older than him, so having him as a dad would be kinda weird. They were happy with calling each other friends even though it's closer than that.
The others did agree that having a person that young to you would be weird calling a dad. "But man, your food looked delicious," Kaminari said.
"Maybe I'll cook for everyone some time. I'm practicing deserts. So far the hardest to make is chocolate lava cake. Makes a damn mess," he grumbled, making a few laughs. Midoriya, he noticed, looked at him a lot, sometimes sadly other times in awe. He honestly could see why. Luffy's "quirk" (not quirks) was advanced and he had control over it. The other's quirk destroyed his own body. Luffy pitied him.
After school was out, Luffy said he'd see everyone tomorrow and flew off at his fastest speed. It took fifteen minutes to get back home when it would have taken an hour in a car. When he got back, he immediately worked on his homework, getting it done easily, checking over everything again like always.
Then, he went to see what ingredients they had to make some desert. He found cake mix, chocolate and vanilla. That would work. When Hawks got back, it was to Luffy decorating his cake with a determined look on. "What'cha doin?" he asked, since it was weird to see him making a cake for no occasion.
"I told my classmates I was working on deserts. I think this cake is good enough to try," Luffy responded. Then he told Hawks about his day, the normal parts and the crazy first period where the teacher lied to the class. Hawks was glad he'd made friends already. "I might have done too well. My ball throw was over 3,000 meters," he admitted.
Hawks said, "Don't dull yourself for others. Always do your best." Luffy said he knew that, he just didn't want everyone to think too highly of him. "I can see that. Well, now you can't lower your strength cause everyone has seen a touch of it. Faking being weaker might actually put more people off.
"But it was a good lie, telling them that Argentavis was a fast healer. Smart on the spot." Luffy replied that he was always smart. "Except when it comes to plumbing, that is." Luffy scowled, not wanting to remember when there was a leak in his bathroom sink so he attempted to fix it himself, flooding the bathroom.
"I was ten, okay?" he said defensively. Hawks just chuckled. "How was work?"
Hawks replied, "Kind of weird, to be honest. I had some villain come right up to me and ask to be arrested. I put a zip tie on his wrists, thinking he was faking or something, but he wasn't. He obediently got into the cop car and went away. I've never had that happen before." Luffy agreed that that was pretty weird.
After Luffy was done decorating the cake with little flowers, he put it in the fridge to bring to school tomorrow in a sturdy cake box he'd gotten for Christmas when Hawks had no idea what to get. He'd used it maybe twice, but it should be fine.
He made dinner and then put the leftovers in the fridge to bring to school tomorrow for lunch. He hoped everybody liked the cake. It was hard to make, honestly. He had three cake layers, two vanilla and one chocolate. He filled the chocolate cake area with frosting and then the vanilla with vanilla. A safe one, except that he'd layered them too fancy. It worked in the end, but probably only because he was lucky.
The next day, he said goodbye to Hawks and then put his backpack on and carried the cake box in his hands as he flew to school easily. When he landed, he went straight to homeroom, putting the cake to the side where he sat by the window. Todoroki asked why he had a cake, even though he was at the table with them.
Luffy said, "I wanted people to try it out. Hawks always compliments my food but he just likes food in general." Others came over and asked about the cake, excitedly. "I'll cut some pieces at lunch," he said and the others nodded.
The day was normal like the last, besides the fact that Aizawa didn't say anything depressing to them. Hero basic training had been boring as hell the day before while All Might introduced himself and the course. He… he clearly was teaching for the first time. He wasn't very organized and made a lot of side comments.
But everyone was too amazed by his presence to notice. Besides Todoroki, who looked out the window almost the whole time.
At lunch, Luffy gave tiny pieces to everyone who'd been at the table the day before so they didn't get sick if they actually did something in hero basics training. They all loved it, and Luffy smiled, glad that it didn't totally suck. There was a small amount left that Luffy would take home. Then they went to All Might's class, Luffy hoping things would be interesting today.
They were doing combat training. He'd need to pull punches. Unless it was against Todoroki or Bakugo, who he'd feel would be completely insulted if Luffy didn't go all out. Then, their costumes came into the picture! Out of the wall. Everyone was so excited, including Luffy. They went back to the changing rooms, and much of the class had trouble putting their costumes on for the first time.
Luffy put his on, able to zip the back where the zipper went between the wings. There was a lock on it so it wouldn't unzip. The gloves and wings matched and he put on the blue tinted sunglasses. He thought he looked pretty cool. The bottom of his boots were steel enforced, a last minute design change.
Everybody looked so diverse that it was really cool. They were to gather at ground beta, and Luffy was impatient and just flew there. Some of them said that wasn't fair, but Luffy just waved to them before speeding up and landing easily in front of the gate and All Might.
"You have quite the diverse quirk, young Luffy," All Might said while they waited for the others. Luffy told the truth, just not the whole truth, and said the wings were a nightmare at first. He had trouble with them before Hawks took him in and helped him learn how to fly.
"The strength came after the wings, so it was even harder. Then, the regenerative power came last. All when I was young, but at different times. Before Hawks took me in, that is," Luffy replied. The students got there and they all went through a tunnel to get in that was also the exit.
All Might called them cool, and then told them to get ready. But Luffy had a question and raised his hands. "Are these costumes ensured? If something was broken, would it be replaced?"
"That is correct. Many times first time costumes break and then are improved," All Might replied. Good, he could break costumes and not worry about having to pay to replace it. He told them they'd be fighting two on two battles indoors, since most villain attacks happen indoors. Luffy had no idea who he'd fight with but did know their quirks well enough. God, he hoped he didn't team up with Bakugo, who seemed like he'd be a nightmare to work with.
The basis of the training was pretty simple. One team would be villains and the others heroes. The villains guarded a bomb in any of the many floors of the building. The heroes had to either trap both villains or retrieve the bomb. That would mean they won. It was also timed.
Luffy was fine to be in a group with Sero. He was a nice guy so far, and had an interesting quirk. Luffy was fine with either protecting the bomb or hunting the heroes. He thought that Sero would be best trying to capture the enemy while Luffy either assisted him or guarded the bomb. Whichever role he wanted.
He asked which role the guy wanted, and he said he was fine with guarding the bomb, able to tie anyone up who managed to go up. They were against Bakugo and Iida. Those two were arguing already as they entered the building. Luffy was sure that Bakugo would go for him, trying to get the guy who got twice as many points in the practical exam.
Bakugo entered the hall, demanding to know where Luffy was. He could tell Iida was going up the stairs, maybe he should have been the one to guard. But Sero's tape wouldn't work on Bakugo and he'd just set them on fire with an explosion. Luffy didn't know how good Bakugo's explosions were, but burns no longer harmed him. He'd dropped boiling hot water on his foot once while making tea. It had hurt but was gone in a few seconds.
He didn't wait to walk right up to him. Bakugo scowled at him like he was the most disgusting thing on the planet. Luffy walked forward and Bakugo let loose an explosion that could have killed Luffy if he wasn't able to regenerate, but once the dust cleared, Luffy's burns on his face disappeared and his suit was perfectly intact.
Bakugo, seemingly understanding Luffy's skin was safe, aimed for his wings. Which infuriated him. The feathers grew back after Luffy had Bakugo pinned to the ground on his stomach, holding his arms back. He tried to blow him up, but Luffy grabbed both gauntlets and shattered them easily. "You don't attack my wings," he said in a low voice.
He chopped the back of Bakugo's neck hard enough for it to knock him out. Then he tied him in the string and wrapped it around a pole so he was stuck to the pole. Luffy hurried up the stairs to see Sero had captured Iida. "You get Bakugo? I heard some pretty loud explosions."
Luffy nodded, saying he tied him to the pole downstairs. Both villains were restrained and Sero and Luffy touched the bomb.
"Hero team wins!" they heard All Might's voice declare, echoing around the building. Luffy untied Iida and asked if he could carry Bakugo out. He was sure the guy would attack him if he woke up while doing so. Iida said he would never let him do that, but they came across him being unconscious, with his gauntlets in pieces.
Sero laughed, "Is that why you wanted to know if the outfits were insured? So you could wreck them?" Luffy nodded his head and said it was better safe than sorry. Iida untied Bakugo and put him over his shoulder and brought him back to the observation room with Sero and Luffy. Sero said, "No hard feelings, Iida?"
"Not at all. This is a training exercise. We need to go hard at each other. That's UA for you," he said strongly. The way he spoke was intense. It was entertaining to Luffy. Bakugo woke up in the observation room a couple minutes later while the other three were watching the other fights.
"Man, you barely had to do anything!" Kirishima said loudly. Luffy admitted it was kind of boring just to restrain him. "He would'a gotten you so badly burnt if you couldn't heal." Luffy agreed that it was reckless to do that, but was just glad he hadn't suffered burns or injured his wings. He was still angry that Bakugo would attack his wings. But it was a fight, no matter how underhanded they were.
And Luffy just walked up to him and slammed him down and broke his costume. That was pretty embarrassing. The other fights were more flashy than theirs. Since Luffy had just walked up to him and rendered him unconscious. The one that showed the most strength was Todoroki, freezing up the whole building and going straight to the bomb. It was over easily, with only him doing any real work.
It was unfair, but life wasn't fair, like Aizawa had said in his not motivational speech. The rest of the matches were pretty forgettable. When Todoroki came back, Bakugo was staring at him. Luffy gave a modest fist bump to Todoroki. Those in the room were impressed with his skill. Luffy knew he was strong and was happy other people were recognizing that. He knew they would, but still. He had largely been ignored in elementary school because Endeavor scared off any friends besides Luffy.
He was sure that the years in elementary school had been what made them stick together so long. After the matches were done, they all got a short lesson and then went to go change out of their costumes. Bakugo's was badly damaged and he'd need his gauntlets replaced. Well, that was what he got for attacking Luffy's wings.
Thank god he had somehow gotten the regenerative power. Hawks would probably be mad or at least irritated that someone specifically aimed for his wings. He changed and put his costume back in the case before flying back to the main building. It took everyone else much longer to get back.
He was waiting in the classroom where they were to all meet up to end the day. His cake was still there, and he was eating more of it. He must've looked so weird to the others, reading a book while eating a cake. "That looks really funny," Uraraka said. "Just waiting for class while eating cake."
Luffy smiled and said there was nothing else to do when he was waiting. Plus, he didn't want to have to fly carefully to not mess it up. His wings started to ache a bit, and he shuffled them around. Looked like the jolt of Bakugo's explosion had made it sore. Well, it was fine enough to fly, just would need stretching to feel better.
He resisted rubbing it, not wanting to show any sign that Bakugo had done damage. Todoroki quietly asked if he was okay. "Yeah. Just a little sore," he said in a mutter, no one else hearing. After All Might praised their performances that day, they were dismissed to go home.
The moment he was outside, he extended his wings stretching them a little before flying off to go home. The regenerative power affected injuries like being cut, or having a broken bone. It wasn't completely healing. Luffy could still get sick and have aches and pains. He felt a lot of people thought regenerative powers kept your body in perfect shape at all times.
That just wasn't true at all. He didn't know about other users, but he still had sore muscles or joints. Usually not too bad with his wings, but responding to the explosion had jolted it back further. Well, it would go away by tomorrow.
For once, he didn't do his homework first and went to take a nap, feeling like crap. When he woke up, it was Hawks shouting his name and shaking him awake.
