It was the morning after the work experience week, the first day of class, and just as Naruto walked into the class.
The first thing he saw was Bakugo, with perfectly combed hair.
Both of them stared at each, with complete silence and high tension between them. Slowly, Naruto's lips started to twitch.
"Don't -!" Bakugo warned but it had the the complete opposite effect. Naruto burst laughing.
"Hahahahahaha! I thought you were someone else? Really what the bloody hell Boom Boom Boy!"
Naruto immediately started to laugh at Bakugo, soon joined by Sero and Kirishima.
"Stop laughing! It's just stuck like this, even after a good washing."
The three boys didn't stop laughing.
"Keep it up and I'll murder all three of you."
Bakugo threatened, which did nothing to the three boys but Naruto moved to sit down on Momo's table, he also nodded to Midoriya, Shoto and Ida. Three of whom nodded back at him.
"Naruto-kun!" Momo exclaimed as he sat on her desk.
"I saw the Advertisement, I see you had an eventful week." Naruto smirked at her as she held a palm on her cheek and muttered in embarrassment.
"I still don't know how that happened."
Naruto started to laugh loudly as she giggled as well.
Naruto turned to look at Kaminari and Mineta when they both started to talk about transformative and traumatic week, and pointed to the Hosu four.
"Yeah, Yeah, The Hero Killer." Sero said from Bakugo's hold.
"I was so worried." Momo told him.
"So happy you're alive; no joke, that's the most important thing!" Kirishima said, also from Bakugo's hold.
Naruto, Ida, Midoriya and Shoto turned to the rest of the class as the rest of the continued speaking.
"They say you got rescued by Endeavour! That's the number two hero for you!" Kaminari said and Naruto chuckled as he spoke.
"Technically he rescued them, I just appeared there by chance."
"I saw it on the news -!" Ojiro was saying but Naruto spoke up.
"Hero killer could have been part of villain alliance, or it could have been sheer coincidence that they attacked at the same time. It's not our business, not now at least. There is always something to learn, whatever you want to say about Hero Killer. He had conviction. We should have the same level at least, we might just become great heroes."
Everyone remained silent on his words as they all took it in, Iida was the first one to speak up.
"He certainly was, However his method of 'purge', that is a sin. So, to make sure that this society doesn't create more like him. I must advance on the path of hero anew."
While the rest of the class had their own reactions at Iida's outburst Naruto got distracted by a text from an unknown number on his phone, he pulled it out to see whoever it was had sent him the video about Hero Killer and warning words along with it.
IT'S JUST BEGINNING.
—x—
Same day during the practical portion of their day, they were summoned to ground gamma and while the rest of the class paid attention to All Might's words, Naruto only picked up the bullet points, his mind was preoccupied with who could have possibly texted him.
It was too small potatoes for All For One, he didn't think Shigaraki had anything to do with it either. Then who could it possibly be. His mind stopped racing when he realised that he was part of the first group, along with Sero, Iida, Ashido & Midoriya.
He calmly walked towards his starting point and waited for the signal that marked the start of the test. He didn't have to wait too long as the buzzer went off. Collecting energy into his he soared high above everyone & everything. While in the air he moved his body to point towards where All Might had indicated he would be and he burst energy out of his hands and feet.
Shooting off from his position like a missile, while he was flying he used his hands to correct the trajectory changes due to air. That wasn't it, while he did this he noticed Midoriya jumping from one place to another in very similar fashion. The style he couldn't pinpoint because he was already at All Might's location, he flipped himself so that he would land feet first on the railing of the rook they were on.
Before All Might could say anything to him. Sero appeared on the roof, followed by Iida, Ashido and then Midoriya.
When they all made it to the roof, All Might spoke up.
"Marvellous! Naruto-shonen, you learned to use your ability to practically fly! The rest of you have also learned how to use your quirk more broadleaf since you first entered the academy!"
All Might congratulated everyone and the spoke up again.
"Now keep at it for me and begin preparing for the end of term test!"
As this group returned to join the rest, Naruto felt a sense of dread. He turned towards the source to find what it was and sighed it relief, it was just Bakugo giving Midoriya murderous glare. So he walked up to his best friend and sat down next to her.
As soon as he did, she started asking him questions as to how he achieved such a feat in one week, leading to him explaining his entire week to her. Omitting some parts, of course.
Luckily for Mineta, Naruto had changed and left the boys locker room earlier than the rest of the class and left. It was Naruto's turn to cook dinner and he wanted to take a nap before.
While he did this, All Might informed Deku about the history of All for One and One for All. Of course, the story, any story is different based on the one telling about it.
—x—
The next day, as the classes continued Aizawa took homeroom.
"Let's see here - right, summer break is fast approaching."
Aizawa addressed in the same level of excitement as he normally did, none whatsoever.
"Of course, it stands to reason none of you have enough leeway to just relax for the time."
The class realized what this meant, Naruto knew Aizawa well enough to know this was not going to be an easy summer.
"We'll be going to a summer break forest lodge."
The entirety of the class erupted in cheer and questions, and just like always Aizawa didn't answer them and got annoyed by their talking. He tried to shut them down by activating his quirk while saying;
"However, should any of you fall short of a passing grade for the end of term test, then you're stuck in school, in remedial hell."
If this was supposed to scare them, it didn't. Instead either Kaminari or Kirishima asked the entire class to do their best. Naruto chuckled at this as he joined in with the other.
Not knowing, what was happening in the warehouse where All for One resided.
Unknown Warehouse;
"I never thought the hero killer would get captured, but for the most part, things are going as foreseen."
All for one, despite of being hooked to life support his voice oozed with power, three figures listened to him speak. All three males.
Oldest of them was a short bald man with glasses, dressed in a lab coat while the other two appeared to be of the same age, in their late teens.
One of them was thin, dressed in black leather pants, black boots, black tank top and a choker with silver spikes on them, his black hair were spiked as he twiddled with a mallet in his hands. A crazy smile on his face.
The other one was dressed in a blue pants, black boots and a blood red muscle shirt. He had the most distinct pink hair, which were messy. He stood leaning on the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. Also, while the other one his age was thin, this guy was well built and had a serious expression on his face.
"The schlub who just want to run wild, and the sympathizers - all sorts of people seek the villian alliance as a place whereby they might act on their impulses. Shigaraki Tomura will lead them."
The thin one started to crackle, no one giving it much thought as he immediately went monotonous.
"Can he do it?"
As soon as he said this, he started cackling again.
"Yes, well he has to - for he has to become the next 'me'!"
As All for One stated this, The thin one started to cry. The fit one spoke up over the thin one's sobs.
"You want us to help him?"
All for One chuckled ominously. As he did the rest of the men stood still and watched him.
"Of course Apex. You, Legion & Doctor are, after all, the base of my plan."
He then turned to a monitor that played Naruto's clip during the sports festival.
"Naruto - All Might - Izuku Midoriya - Shigaraki Tomura and Me, what a magnificent game this is going to be."
He continued the laugh that he had stopped on. Apex got off the wall he was leaning on and started to walk away, Legion turned towards him and asked him still in tears.
"Where are - you going?" He asked sniffing.
"We won't be able do anything, if we don't even meet this kid." Apex answered and Legion let out a pain filled scream as he exclaimed.
"So right!"
Legion slung his giant mallet on his shoulder and started to follow Apex out of the warehouse.
—x—
It was a week before exam whenthe class realized that only a week was left before the exams. Naruto was making a time table for his theory exam when his attention was attracted by Kaminari & Ashido.
"I haven't studied at all!"
He looked up at the bottom two of the class during mid term and realized how lucky he was to have a bit of a brain like the females of his bloodline. Otherwise the fourth position that he scored wouldn't have been possible. He then looked around at the rest of his class and the mid term rankings came to his mind.
Yaoyorozu
Ida
Bakugo
4. Uzumaki Naruto
Midoriya
Todoroki
Asui
Jiro
Ojiro
Mineta
Shoji
Sato
Uraraka
Tokoyami
Kirishima
Hagakure
Sero
Aoyama
Ashido
Kaminari
While Izuku, Shoto and Iida tactlessly flaunted their superiority on the face of the bottom two, Momo actually suggested an idea and decided to host study session at her house.
When the rest of the class were heading towards the cafeteria, Naruto jogged up to Momo and Jiro.
"Hey you." Naruto said as he slowed down to walk next to them, Momo smiled at him and greeted back.
"Hello Naruto."
"A study session?" He asked with a smile, and she blushed, Jiro saw this interaction and blushed in realization and awkwardness.
"Do you want to join!" Momo was almost hopeful for a yes, but his smile faltered as he spoke.
"Sorry but I have some things to do during the week, might disturb the rest of you."
Momo's shoulders slumped as she nodded back at him with a sad smile.
"Looks like a visit to each other's place is still isn't in our cards." Naruto joked and while Jiro's blush intensified, Momo looked at his with the same sad smile.
"Yeah." She answered and Naruto, who was looking at her bumped into someone. Naruto without looking who it was bowed his head, it was the same for person that bumped into him.
"Sorry about that."
"I apologize for my sin of not paying attention to where I was going."
Naruto and the girl both realized who the other person was and immediately straightened up.
"You?" "You?"
Ibara and Naruto spoke at the same time.
"Oh hey, I'm Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto introduced himself. Momo and Jiro noticed as Ibara looked at his face and immediately turned away.
"Well yes, I must take my leave."
She said as she started to walk away, Naruto knew exactly why she was acting this way jogged towards her, as she was power walking away. While saying;
"Hey, look about that crush thing -!"
Momo, Jiro and Ibara all flinched as he said that, Momo's eyes didn't leave Naruto as he stood with Ibara and inaudibly explained whatever the crush thing was, while rubbing the back of his head.
While Jiro was able to take Momo away, not mentioning the things that happened during the interaction.
Naruto had just explained what had actually happened during the cavalry battle to her.
"-So you see it was to distract you, since you were the strongest of the group. So, I don't actually have a crush on you."
Ibara sighed in relief, as it had turned out Naruto and she had a lot in common. They took the same train home, they got off on the same station and they even had the same station during work place week. However, he had worked with Edgeshot, while she with Kamui Woods.
He didn't know this but she had witnessed Naruto with Edgeshot. They had witnessed the two of them racing around the city. He moved so fast that even Kamui commented on it. She tried her hardest to remain hidden from him but that didn't mean she didn't see him.
She witnessed him giving his umbrella to a stranger who forgot theirs, helped an old lady take her groceries to her apartment, and do all sorts of random acts of kindness.
By far her favorite was when he bought ice creams for a bunch of kids who couldn't buy any for themselves, and were looking at him in envy. Then he played soccer with them till nightfall. She remembered how during his game he texted and a very excited boy joined them soon after.
She replied to him, she didn't realize the disappointment in her voice until she spoke up.
"I see."
Naruto seemed to have noticed her disappointment, he had thought that her disappointment was because she had taken him not having a crush on her as a comment on her attractiveness. So, he immediately spoke up.
"Not because you aren't beautiful -!"
Her eyes widened and she blushed a vermillion red. He noticed this, thinking he had crossed a line spoke up again.
"I didn't mean to say that."
Her smile dropped and she looked at him in confusion. He smacked himself on the head and spoke up.
"I don't mean that! I mean you are beautiful but I don't judge a woman just on her look -!"
She smiled finally realising what he was trying to say, she smiled softly at him as he smacked both of his hands on his face and spoke through them.
"Ahh! What the hell is happening to me! You are beautiful, smart and powerful but I don't have a crush on you. See that is my final option. Goodbye."
He said as he turned on his heel and started to leave, as he was leaving Ibara spoke up after him.
"Ah! Uzumaki, I'm Ibara Shiozaki. Hello!" She greeted him with the same smile, he smiled back her. Relieved that she had understood what he was trying to say. So he turned back to her, exclaimed with a grin and a wave of his hand.
"Hello! and you can call me Naruto, Shiozaki."
She nodded as he walked back to towards her, she smiled up at him and said,
"Well, then call me Ibara."
They both were smiling at each other when Naruto noticed the time and spoke up, he was going to treat her as he would a friend.
"Have you had lunch yet? You can join me if you like." He offered.
She shook her head, a little disappointed as he informed him the reason.
"I have my comrades waiting."
Naruto nodded at her normally as he started to walk away while waving his hand in goodbye at her.
"Of course, anyways see you around Ibara."
Naruto was texting with Inasa as everyone was preparing to go home, asking him if he was up for some hands on training when he heard Deku inform the rest of the class that they might be fighting robots during their end of term exams. While Naruto thought the same thing, it was Bakugo that spoke up.
"Who cares if it's people or robots, you should still know how to control your quirk. Walk in a park my ass."
Well, he wasn't going to say it like that but he still agreed with Bakugo.
He would have paid attention to the threat that Bakugo delivered but he had grown accustomed to them, so he gathered his stuff and started to leave. However he stopped when he heard the last part.
"I'll annihilate all of you, leave you in the dust. You both as well!" Bakugo told him and Shoto as well.
With that he left and slammed the door of the classroom as he did.
"I never thought I'd see this." Naruto said as he had walked up to Midoriya, who paid attention to his words, not knowing that Midoriya was listening Naruto continued muttering to himself.
"An insecure Bakugo." Naruto said, so low that Midoriya or anybody else for that matter couldn't hear him. He felt his phone buzz and saw Inasa tell him that he would be coming to train.
—x—
Written part of the exams came and went very soon, Naruto knew that he would be passing that part of the exam but when he saw eight teachers assembled for the exam he knew that they were not going to fight robots.
"The test exercise will begin shortly. Obviously, you can fail this test, too. So if you want to head the forest lodge, then we'd better not see any pitiful blunders from you." Aizawa addressed the rest of the class. As the students prepared themselves for whatever might come, he continued.
"I've no doubt you all learned what information you could of the test beforehand. So, I think you already hold a vague notion of what you are to do." He stopped to get their responses.
While Denki and Ashido cheered thinking they will be fighting a very familiar voice from within Aizawa's scarf spoke up.
"Sorry, I'm afraid not! Due to various reasons, we're changing the contents of the test, starting today!" It was Nezu, as he descended from Aizawa's shoulder and stood on the ground. Then he explained that due to the changing nature of villains the testing criteria for the students should also change.
Now, instead of easily exploitable robots, the students would go up against their teachers. Who will not only fight back but will actually make it difficult for students to do much, considering the match ups it was clear that the teachers planned to exploit any and all weakness in the students guard.
He was teamed up with Jirou and he didn't have any problem with that it was their opponent that screwed with his brain. As he sat at the back of the bus with Jirou next to him he spoke up.
"We are screwed." Naruto muttered.
Jirou didn't think so as she spoke up.
"Are you sure? I mean he isn't much -!"
Present Mic who had heard this spoke up.
"Dammit girl! Watch your mouth!" He exclaimed but didn't continue speaking as he turned away once again. Naruto pursed his lips together and as soon as they were explained the rules of the exam he took Jirou away. When he thought they were appropriate distance away he spoke up.
"That dude is a walking death amplifier -!"
He couldn't continue as the example of what they were up against was given to them, form most probably the escape gate Present Mic screamed 'come on' and the wind pressure and the sound itself made the two students grabs their ears in pain and take cover behind a large rock.
"He is loud and you pick up smallest of vibrations, keep you ears protected!" Naruto barked as Present Mic screamed 'Hey', once again making the two fall on their knees and squirm in pain.
"If I try to use Energy or Kitsune to augment myself and reach him, by the time I reach him, I'll be practically deaf. I cannot create twisters either because he can destroy them by creating fluctuation that I cannot-!"
Once again Present Mic attacked.
Jirou and Naruto witnessed each other's bleeding ears as they took the pain.
"He is our enemy because he can destroy us, without even facing us at short distance."
Naruto completed his train of thought as they both took in the small time of relief before another one of Present mic's assaults came.
"Add to that me disrespecting him."
Jirou added and Naruto chuckled as he spoke up.
"That actually helped - Ahh!"
Once again they both screamed in pain. Jirou who could actually think compared to Naruto who wasn't even able to think straight.
If she had to say, to her it appeared as though he wasn't in more pain then her. He was simply more traumatised by the pain compared to her.
However she didn't dwell on this fact for a long time and decided to come up with a plan.
"I have a very bad plan!" She exclaimed to him. They were both yelling at this point because of the ringing in their ears.
Naruto didn't even ask what the plan was, he just held a thumbs up at her smirked.
"Let's do it!"
—x—
Present Mic stood in front of the escape gate screaming, not at the top but defined up there intensities.
He knew these kids weren't going to bring a fight to him. Aizawa was an evil genius and had already known about his students weaknesses.
He also didn't mind exploiting them. So, as Aizawa had told him to do, He kept attacking to keep them from making this a close combat.
As he once again screamed, thinking that once again he'd have to stop when he needed to inhale again. He was surprised when a burst of sound cancelled his attack.
He only had four seconds, as Naruto, in his full fox form emerged from the tree line. Jirou on his back.
He had expected that, he had expected Naruto to use Kitsune. He had however, not expected the kid to have his jaws open with blue energy leaking out of it. Before he could act on ways to fight back, Naruto roared loudly.
As he roared the blue energy shot out of his jaw in a straight beam, Present mic was able to dodge as the beam passed beside him and erupted like a bomb few meters behind him. Before he could say anything, he heard.
"Team Uzumaki/Jirou are the first team to pass by escaping their opponent. Oh -!"
All three of paid extra attention at Recovery Girl's surprise. They heard as she continued.
"Team Todoroki/Yaoyorozu clear the exam by 'catching' their opponent."
Naruto sighed and the smiled at Jirou.
"At least we were first." He said as he nursed his ears. His healing had already kicked in.
Present Mic walked up to them and congratulated them on their achievement. They rode the bus back to the main centre where Jirou got first aid.
Soon after most of the class passed, while Midoriya took this time to spectate his classmates growth. Naruto took this time to calm himself down.
That ear piercing pain was very familiar to the shrill sound devices used on the Island to keep its inhabitants controlled.
So, While those who took a stride forward, and those who were thwarted by their walls saw the end of term practical exam.
They attempted to make their move for the third time.
Apex and Legion walked straight into the bar to see the showdown happening between Toga, Dabi & Shigaraki.
Kurogiri gasped in surprise as he saw the two who walked in, However before Kurogiri could speak Apex spoke up.
"Look at that, The Party is just getting started."
Bitches I'm alive, thinking about my stories but not having enough time to actually write anything.
Don't worry though;
The Dark King & Naruto and the Wizarding World will be updated as soon as I can.
I actually couldn't help myself after what happened in the last few chapters of My Hero Academia.
Im not mentioning what but damn! I haven't hated & loved a manga series so much at the same time.