Chapter 9- Heroics Class 2
When the bell rang signalling the end of lunch, all members of class 1A hurried to the classroom. Partially because they knew not to make Aizawa- sensei wait, and partially because of the anticipation of seeing the new student in battle.
Aizawa- sensei entered the class shortly after they arrived, pointed the remote to the wall and pressed a button.
"Get in your costumes, we're going to the P.E grounds. Don't make me wait." He placed his sleeping bag under the teacher's table and left.
Everyone excitedly grabbed their costume cases with shouts of excitement for the possible tasks.
"Do you not have a costume yet Sabaku- san?" The class turned at the sound of Tokoyami's voice to find that their newest member did not have a costume case.
"No not yet." The class mentally agreed that his voice is gonna take a while to get used to. They watched as he said something to Tokoyami. They couldn't hear what he said. They watched as the short conversation took place. Tokoyami then told them they'll be back soon and left.
The class continued on their way to the changing room.
"Maybe he went to pick up his costume?" Hagakure asked as her uniform moved animatedly.
"No. He wouldn't have said he didn't have one." Asui corrected.
"We'll find out eventually if he wants us to we need to hurry and get changed!" Iida reprimanded while doing chopping motions with his hands. Sero stood behind him making the same chopping motions while the class laughed.
"Yo Bakugou! Do you have any guesses for what type of quirk he may have?" Kirishima asked as he draped an arm over Bakugou's shoulder.
"Emitter." He didn't bother to explain nor did he bother to shrug the hand off. It would end up there again anyways.
"What makes you think that?" Came from Kaminari.
"His body- built. He has a similar build to icyhot and the rest of us as emitter types." He explained. The rest of the class eavesdropped. They knew better than to comment though.
"By looking at him you can tell he is strong. If I had to guess, he is skilled in close combat too." He grinned at the thought of asking for (demanding) a spar.
They arrived at the changing rooms quickly got in their costumes and went to meet their sensei. Iida, being the responsible class president he is, told Aizawa that Tokoyami left with Sabaku- san.
"Well it can't be helped, we'll have to wait on them." He drawled while running a hand through his hair.
The class whispered among themselves, throwing out theories about their newest member. It would take special circumstances to make Aizawa- sensei wait. A couple minutes later, they heard a set of footsteps coming towards them. The immediate question of why they could only hear Tokoyami was answered before it could be asked.
"Sabaku- san, why are you not wearing any shoes?" Tokoyami asked, nodding towards Sabaku's bare feet.
"They are uncomfortable," was the dry response.
"You two are late." Came Aizawa's voice as he glared at them.
"I made a stop at the principal's office." Gaara responded, giving the reason for his disappearance.
"I had to re-plan today's assignment with the change in training grounds so be grateful." He said turning away.
"Thank you very much." Gaara replied.
"Today's activity is search and destroy. There will be two teams, the heroes and the villains. The villains will be carrying a bomb to plant wherever they like. The goal for the hero team is to search and capture the villain team members before they place the bomb. If the bomb is placed before the heroes arrive, then take down the villains and disarm the bomb. The villain team's goal is to plant the bomb and defend it as well as take down the incoming heroes. The teams will be random and will be shuffled upon completion of each round." Aizawa took out a small bag and shook it. He then counted out ten folded pieces of paper.
"The first hero team is Bakugou, Gaara, Tokoyami, Iida, Ashido, Asui, Jirou, Ojiro, Aoyama and Todoroki. You will capture the villains with these capture tapes. The rest of you will serve as the villain team. The villain has a five minute head start, go."
The villain team ran off with the bomb replica towards the various structures set out as a part of today's exercise. The hero team stayed where they were to plan how to catch the villains. They looked amongst themselves cataloguing who should do what to come up with a concrete plan when a voice spoke up.
"Does anyone have a plan?" Sabaku asked, sea- green gaze travelling over their faces.
"Let's just take down these fuckers and show them who's number one!" Bakugou shouted, grinning maniacally as explosions sparked from his palms. He didn't see the need to plan against people he fought with and against everyday. It's not like any of them can beat him anyway.
"Ok let's do that then." Sabaku responded.
"What!" The group shouted in surprise. Even Bakugou himself was surprised. He was expecting to be shut down like all the other times he said something along those lines. In a situation like this, it was the easiest and fastest way to complete the exercise. The rest of the team started to realize this too as they didn't seem to have any complaints.
"See, the new guy gets it!" The blond cackled, excitedly.
"Does anyone have a scouting quirk?" Sabaku asked, bringing everyone back to the point at hand. Jirou raised her hand. She didn't know what to make of this person. She felt uncomfortable but also at ease around him. She thought the unease may be because he is new but she was not necessarily a shy person. When his eyes met hers, she shivered. She felt trapped before a beast.
"Search for the others. When you find them, mark their positions. I'll find the bomb. It's most likely being carried by the invisible girl. After we find them, I'll track them and transport all of you right to them. When you get there, disorient them and take them down in that instant. Do not take too long to recover from the transport." He explained to them.
"What the fuck do you mean by that!? How the fuck do you plan to transport us?" Bakugou shouted again. He needed to know how this would work so he could mentally prepare to be launched wherever.
The questions were ignored as the gourd was uncapped. A small portion of sand came from the gourd to Sabaku's hand and formed an eyeball. They gasped.
"what the fuck?" Bakugou muttered, summing up everyone's thoughts. Out of everything that could be done with sand they did not expect that. They watched as he sent the eye up while Jirou searched for the others. She gave out their positions while he tracked the bomb.
"Get your disorientation attacks ready. You will be transported on top of them." He said and they watched him push sand from the gourd into the ground. Soon, they felt sand on their skin and watched as more sand from the gourd surrounded them. They each took a second to breathe and prepare their attacks. In the blink of an eye, each of them were above their opponents.
Bakugou's POV
Bakugou quickly donned his costume, making sure his gauntlets were properly secured and went to where Eraserhead was waiting. He wouldn't ever admit it, but he was excited to know what the new guy's quirk was. Who knows, he might get a good fight out of it. He grinned.
After waiting for what felt like an eternity. The new guy finally got his ass to the field. Bakugou took in the sight of the massive gourd on his back as well as his bare feet and made a mental note to ask him (not demand. And if he didn't wanna talk about it then that's also fine. He's not gonna be like fucking Deku) about it when they were on friendly terms (not that he would ever say that out loud).
He listened as Aizawa told them today's activity. He grinned maniacally. This was gonna be easy. He was on the new guy's team. Today's starting to get better. He watched as the extras struggled to come up with a plan.
"Does anyone have a plan?" The new guy asked. Bakugou knew that there's no way the guy is their age. No fifteen year old child would have a voice that deep however, that was not his concern at the moment.
"Let's just take down these fuckers and show them who's number one!" Bakugou shouted, grinning maniacally as explosions sparked from his palms. He didn't see the need to plan against people he fought with and against everyday. It's not like any of them can beat him anyway.
"Ok let's do that then." Sabaku responded.
"What!" The extras shouted in the background. Bakugou himself was surprised. He was expecting to be shut down like all the other times he said something along those lines. He can't help it. It's just the way he is. He was happy (although he wouldn't say it) to know that he wasn't shut down for once.
"See, the new guy gets it!" The blond cackled, excitedly.
"Does anyone have a scouting quirk?" Sabaku asked, bringing everyone back to the point at hand. Earlobes raised her hand. He listened to raccoon face (quite fitting if he did say so himself) as he made a plan. He brain stalled at transport.
"What the fuck do you mean by that!? How the fuck do you plan to transport us?" Bakugou shouted again. He needed to know how this would work so he could mentally prepare to be launched wherever. He was used to being in the air but at least he had control over how, when and where he goes. He was uncomfortable with not being in control of his movements. He did not want anyone to try to control his movements. A shiver ran up his spine as he remembered the last time that happened.
Raccoon face ignored his question. He growled softly. The cork in the gourd came out. He watched with rapt attention as sand came out of the gourd. He was on the mark about the emitter but it didn't quite feel like an emitter quirk. Why didn't the sand come from his hands or feet? The sand slowly formed an eyeball.
"What the fuck?" He muttered in a hitched breath. He did not expect that. Out of all the possible uses for sand he could think of he would have never thought of forming body parts. He was curious now. The tentacle bastard forms organs with his extra limbs to enhance his senses so it wasn't anything unfamiliar but the way it was done does not make sense. How can sand from a container be moulded into a body part for him to use and send it so far from him and there's no visible connection? Ugh. Now he's sounding like fucking Deku.
"Get your attacks ready. You will be transported on top of them." He watched sand travel from the gourd to the ground. He soon felt sand slowly inching its way up his body coming close to his neck. He knew the panic attack was coming before he even felt it and forced himself to relax. Panic can wait. He needed to win. He felt a warm sensation through the sand and suddenly he was in the air, right above Deku. He grinned and adjusted his body to fall faster. Once he was close enough he unleashed his flash grenade attack.
Disoriented, temporarily blinded but still standing, Midoriya held up his hand to flick his finger in the general direction the attack came from. Seeing the attack coming before Deku even thought about his next move, Bakugou grabbed the outstretched hand as he landed and threw him over his shoulder. He held him down on his stomach and pressed a knee to his back when he felt him trying to push him off. He quickly placed the capture tape around his hands.
"I win again shitty Deku!" He cackled as the feeling of victorious pride pushed through his chest.
"My other teammates are still out there Kacchan."
Bakugou's face contorted at the dumb nickname but remembered that all his teammates were transported to there targets at the same time as him. He grinned.
"Nah Deku. Your team's done for and we win." Immediately after, the buzzer signalling the end of the round sounded. Bakugou turned away from Midoriya and walked towards Aizawa, excited for the next round.
He made it back to the clearing they started at and found Aizawa and some other extras already waiting. Once the rest of the class arrived the teams were shuffled and he was now on the villain team. Raccoon face, Bird Brain, Shitty Hair, Dunce Face, Round Face, Shitty Deku, Ponytail, Walking Diabetes, Quiet Guy and the tentacle Bastard were on his team too. At least Ponytail has a brain under all that hair. The time to start came and they had the head start. He looked for the nearest tree that could hide him while he lay in wait for the heroes. Raccoon face took the bomb from Ponytail. He could hear the protests from Deku and Ponytail before they even opened their mouths. Seems he was not the only one because before they had a chance to say anything Raccoon face said,
"I'll take the bomb. You guys focus on keeping the others away." And he walked away from them. Before the others had a chance to argue, He barked out some plans.
"Ponytail, make us some communicators. Shitty hair, Dunce Face, Bird Face and Diabetes you guys are with me. We'll hold them off. Round face, Deku and Ponytail go on ahead. They'll probably assume Ponytail has the bomb. Quiet Guy, Tentacles you guys are our scouts. Inform us of their positions at all times and never step into the fight. If we lose you, we lose our eyes and ears. We'll need to take down Icyhot and Glasses first. Icyhot will probably figure out that Raccoon Face (the rest of the class sweat dropped at the nickname) has the bomb and will send Glasses to try and find him."
"The communicators are done." Ponytail said while she handed them out. When everyone was fitted with an earpiece, Bakugou turned to the tree he spotted earlier. With his back turned he said,
"Ponytail take your escort and get the fuck out a here."
As they ran off, he turned to Quiet guy and Tentacles, "there's a tree a few meters back the way we came. It's the tallest one in the area and should provide a good vantage point. Get your asses up in there in a minute."
When they ran off, he faced the rest of his team. "The rest of you fuckers find a tree on either side to hide in. Those extras would know what hit'em. Icyhot and Glasses are mine." With that said, he launched himself into the tree and waited.
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"The heroes have started to move. Earphone Jack is tracking us down." Tentacole's voice came over the earpiece.
"Kouda, distract her with lizards and spiders." Creati suggested.
"Isn't that a bit harsh?" Came from Chargebolt.
"Just fucking take her out." Bakugou hissed into his earpiece. He waited for the scream. Soon enough Jirou's scream could be heard in the distance.
"Twinkling, Iida, Todoroki and Tail man are heading our way. Invisible Girl, Pinky, Froppy and Cellophane are going around us to head to Creati."
"So they think Yaomomo has the bomb." Came from Red Riot.
"Speaking of where is Sabaku- san anyway?" Chargebolt asked.
"Anima said he's in a clearing not too far from us."
"Iida and Todoroki should be where you are in 30 seconds Bakugou."
"Leave them to me."
As stated, in 30 seconds, Iida and Todoroki were just beyond the tree Bakugou was in. Adjusting himself in his position, he timed them to get the perfect drop on them.
"I'll take care of twinkles when he comes." Came Red Riot's voice then he propelled himself downwards towards the two.
An ice wall greeted him as he landed. He put his hand forward and destroyed it with an explosion. He saw Glasses coming at him from behind and waited until he was in his kick motion then threw one of the grenades from his belt at him. The explosion pushed glasses back and icyhot came at him again with more ice. He pulled the pin on his left gauntlet as Icyhot stacked more ice at him. The explosion blew all the ice away and he launched towards Icyhot with another explosion pushing Glasses back once more. He knew it was about time for the fun part. Glasses came from the front with a kick to the side of his head which he narrowly dodged. This allowed for Icyhot to put some distance between them and continue his long ranged ice attacks. A few meters away, he saw Red facing off against Twinkle Toes and Dunce and Bird Face double teaming Tails. He ran ahead of Glasses, knowing he and Icyhot would give chase.
Now that he was far enough, he continued his previous plan. He charged right up into Icyhot's face intent on hand to hand combat. He knew Icyhot was good at that (not that he would ever say that out loud) but that was why his plan would work. With Glasses coming towards him, Icyhot was gonna back off so he sent another explosion as well as threw his right gauntlet at him in the direction he planned to dodge. The dual explosion took Glasses down so he turned to Icyhot as he stepped back. He was too close to use his long ranged ice attacks so he charged at him again his hand outstretched. A wall of flames met him and he smiled. Perfect. He kept this distance and pushed harder. Icyhot resorted to his flames more and he was able to time his next attack. Was it dangerous? Definitely. Did he care? No (well yes because he does not want to literally kill his classmates) But was he curious about the results? Most definitely. And it was that curiosity that led him to his next move. He threw himself towards Todoroki and just as the flames released he threw some of his sweat towards him and did a triple back handspring, using the momentum to carry himself into a flip and used a small explosion to carry him a further distance away as quickly as he could.
He saw the moment when Icyhot realized it was too late to call back his flames as he didn't have control over it like he had with his ice. He watched him make some ice to push himself back as the resulting explosion shook the grounds. As the debris died down, he saw Glasses and Icyhot on the ground beaten but otherwise fine. Shitty Hair had Twinkle toes pinned to the ground, and Dark Shadow was holding down Tails. He grinned. His side was taken care of.
"Good work guys. Creati, Deku and Uravity are finishing up as well." Tentacole's voice came through the earpiece.
One minute after, the buzzer sounded, signalling the end of the exercise.
"All members of the hero team are down and the bomb has not been found. The villain team wins."
They all made their way to the clearing they started at. Aizawa- sensei was waiting for them.
"Bakugou, great job on the swift take downs. In the field that is very valuable. The longer a fight drags on the more your enemies read your moves and skills and are able to discover your weaknesses. Kirishima, you handled your opponents well but you should try not to take every blow. Not because you can withstand it doesn't mean you should take it. Kaminari, I can see you are improving in your quirk usage. Good job. Sabaku,-" at the call of his name all eyes turned towards him. "Great use of your quirk in order to make Bakugou's strategy applicable when you were the hero team. As the villain team you also applied your quirk in the best way you could to help the situation. Good job. The rest of you are improving, keep up the good work. Dismissed."
"Hai Sensei!"
The class quickly made their way to the changing rooms. He took his gauntlets off and placed them in the case then took off his boots. As he placed them in the case he saw Raccoon face enter the room and the class was in uproar.
"Sabaku- san, what is your quirk? How does it work?" He saw Fucking Deku with his notebook and pencil standing infront of Sabaku. He saw Sabaku shift uncomfortably. It was the minute shift of someone who was used to hiding their emotions but did not know how to handle new situations. He was just about to tell Deku off when someone else decided to stir the conversation in a different direction.
"Sabaku- san, I heard you were able to agree with Bakugou on something. Congrats man!"
Dunce Face. It was easy to forget that he was people smart and as good at reading people as he was when the guy acted as stupid as he did. He can tell by the look in those yellow- gold eyes that he saw what he did too. He was ready to tell the extras to shut up when someone beat him to it.
"Sabaku- san, great job today. As we have just finished rigorous training I believe we should leave the questioning until after we have all had time to rest." He watched Glasses hand chop the air as he spoke to Raccoon Face then the rest of the class. He then turned to Deku "Midoriya- kun, put the notebook down and go change." Fucking finally. Glasses then turned to Sabaku. "Sabaku- san do you need any help taking off your item? It looks quite heavy."
"No I am fine. Thank you for the offer." Sabaku replied unbuckling the strap.
"It's no problem. As the class rep it is my duty to ensure the happiness and wellbeing of my classmates and that includes you too Sabaku- san. If you need any help do not be afraid to come to me." Glasses responded with more hand chops.
"Thank you I'll be sure to remember that. You can all call me Gaara. Sabaku- san sounds weird." He said as he pulled his shirt over his head.
"Holy shit! Dude are those tattoos!" He heard Dunce Face shout.
He turned to look at his abdomen and saw said tattoo. It was neat and intricately done. As his hair shifted from his face, he saw another tattoo on his forehead. The kanji for love. He briefly wondered if he had piercings too.
"Gaara- san, tattoos are not healthy.." Glasses went off on a tangent about ink toxicity and blood stream. "... I can assure you however that we will not judge you however I do advise that for your health benefits and for the sake of your hero career do not get anymore. Tattoos are frowned upon by society and are seen as villainous behaviour especially if they are big." He finished with chopping motions.
He almost laughed. Glasses was such a mother hen.
Sabaku seemed to consider his speech. "I appreciate your concern for my well being…" he paused. Probably realizing he didn't know his name.
"Iida Tenya. Forgive me for not introducing myself."
"Well Iida, when I use my quirks to their fullest potential my skin gets covered in tattoo- like markings. I don't know how it does but it just does. But yes these are tattoos and I've had them for a long while however I do not plan on getting any more." Sabaku responded while he dressed in his school uniform.
Bakugou turned to get dressed in his uniform. He needed to get out before he started sweating again.
He saw Sabaku had quickly taken his bag and gourd and left.
He packed his stuff and made his way to the dorms. Now that the adrenaline from training has worn off he remembered how he panicked at the feel of Raccoon Face's sand making its way up his body towards his neck. Fuck. He thought he was over that. He thought he was fine but here was panicking over the slightest movement towards his neck. He didn't want to think about this anymore so he quickly went to his room, grabbed his things for a shower and made his way to scrub away the rest of the nitroglycerin from his skin as well as the useless thoughts from his mind.
After his shower, he made his way to his room, intent on staying there for the rest of the day.
A/N
And there is the class' POV and Bakugou's POV. I can't promise whose POV I'll do next but we'll see how it works out. I've been writing this chapter since forever but school decided it wanted to keep it that way. Hope you enjoyed the fight scenes as they are not my specialty.
Until next time,
Cece