AN: DO NOT FEAR FOR I AM HERE! I am amazed by all the reviews that I've got. I had to wait as they kept coming in. Thank you all so very much. And thanks WelshDragon18 for giving me some ideas on custom suits. I'm going to take SkylerHollow's suggestion for classes since a majority of you wanted him to stay in support. Ugh the pairing I like are always rare or usually in harem stories where you don't get to see a lot of them, fun. Oh well on to the story and onto writing Mei.
… And now it's christmas where I am. MERRY CHRISTMAS HO HO HO
Chapter 14
(Mei POV)
It was the sunday after the festival and she found that building babies without Izu wasn't nearly as fun as it once was. So she decided to go inside but that was a mistake as well her parents were watching the news and they were still on about Izuku winning. Some were saying it was amazing and a great step for quirkless representation while others criticized UA for allowing him to compete with his 'disability' Mei just scoffed hearing that. They didn't understand. Izuku had made the impossible possible and they say he's disabled. 'He's more human than you are.' she thought.
"Jesus leave the kid alone why don't you?! He's just following his dream is that really wrong!" Her father got it. He had been yelling at the tv all day. Mei had gotten texts all weekend from members of the support club congratulating her and Izu, even a few asking if they were still together which she promptly deleted. She made it to her room and collapsed onto her bed. 'Izu you better be ready to build many babies tomorrow.' She looked at her sketchbook, a bad habit she had picked up from her boyfriend. She had some designs for the suit but also some for her hero project.
(Izuku POV Sunday Night)
'OK! Screw metal detectors!' He had visited his moms work earlier and they had gone off when he passed through. Explaining you had metal shards stuck in your arm was rather annoying and a little embarrassing as soon as the guards recognized him as the winner of the sport festival thankfully they just asked for a photo. 'I guess I'll have to get used to that.' He thought as he sat in front of his pc. He plugged in his encrypted drive where he kept all his designs and opened one labeled Glacier. It was a design he had thought up a while ago. He had no idea if he'd ever need such a suit but you could never be too careful. He edited the rail guns designs and saved the file and started working on a new idea. He needed to find a metal that could take blows from someone like Kirishima or he'd be in trouble. At the moment though he was designing a suit with gauntlets that should allow better hand to hand combat. Using one arm ment it was slow going. He had just started the designs on the super heating system when he got an alert of a new email on his old I-Island account. 'Huh maybe Ribbons and Melissa saw the event.' He thought as he opened it.
Dear Mr. Izuku Midoriya
I don't know if you will get this but My name is James Rhodes. I saw your matches in the U.A. Sports Festival and I have to say as a quirkless middle schooler myself you are amazing. Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have hoped to see someone do what you did. At first I wondered why you didn't use that suit from the beginning but after some thinking I realized that would have cheapened what you did. You wanted to show you were just as capable without the suit as others from the hero course right? Well I don't want to take up too much of your time so I'll end with this. You have inspired me to try my hardest to become even half the hero you will become.
Signed
James Rhodes
It wasn't his friends, it was a fan. He couldn't believe his eyes. He had actually inspired someone, but also somehow this kid got an email only those who would have gone to I-Academy would know. 'Kid might be pushing it, he said he's in middle school so probably only a year or two younger than me.' He mentally corrected himself. Yawning he went and laid down on his bed he grabbed his phone and brought up Mei's contact.
Iron Man
Hey the most amazing thing happened. Another quirkless person saw the event and just emailed me saying I inspired him to try becoming a hero.
Mei3
That's great. But you've probably inspired hundreds, how's this any different?
Iron Man
He contacted me through my old I-Academy email. He's only a middle schooler so only a year or two younger.
Mei3
Ok I can see why you are excited. But I'm just as excited about tomorrow.
Iron Man
Why's that?
Mei3
You get your cast off! We are going to make so many babies tomorrow.
Iron Man
Oh I thought you were going to say because I owed you more hugs.
Mei3
You do but babies! I have so many Ideas for the suit! OH THE SUIT! We still have to fix that!
Iron Man
I'm so sorry.
Mei3
You're lucky you're cute.
(Monday Morning)
"Alright Mom I'm going to school!" Izuku hugged his mom and started to open the door.
"Be safe my little hero!' His mom just had to say that now. The neighbors outside snickered a little. Izuku just shrugged and started down the stairs. He had to get to UA Early for some meeting with Nezu and get his casts removed. He had hoped he would be able to beeline it to the nurses office first but as he came in view of the main gates Maijima was waiting.
"Well you're here let's go hero." Maijima said as he made sure to lead Izuku to the principal's office. "Let me say this before the meeting Midoriya. No matter what I'm proud of you. It's not very often do we find someone with your talents for development. Yes Hatsume rivals you but she's got a few explosive tendencies, if you catch my drift." Izuku just chuckled. He knew alright. Mei had a tendency to not test her inventions and it would lead to explosive outcomes. Sighing, he stepped through the door. Upon entering he encountered a few of the teachers, All Might , and Nezu.
"Ah Mr. Midoriya please take a seat." Nezu waved his hand to the chair in front of his desk. Izuku sat and the meeting started. "So first off congratulations on winning the sports festival you showed the whole world how hard work can pay off."
"INDEED YOUNG MAN. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MEDIA SO ENGROSSED IN ONE OF UA'S SPORTS FESTIVAL SINCE I FINISHED FIRST IN ALL EVENT'S MY THIRD YEAR!" All Might chimed in.
"Quite so. Let's get down to business though I'm sure you want to be out of those sooner rather than later." Nezu stated, indicating his casts. "Earlier this year during our first meeting you expressed interest in becoming a hero. Is that still one of your goals." He asked.
"Indeed it is. It's but one of my goals though. I'm also thinking about starting my own support company, of course the suit is staying as my own personal gear. I shudder to think what would happen if villains somehow got a hold of one and unfortunately no matter how safe you make your company there will always be a chance of someone selling your product on the black market." Izuku explained his reasoning over not selling the Iron Man/Gundam armor.
"Indeed it's quite a shame when something like that happens." Nezu nodded somberly. "Well after a discussion we have come to a decision. We can help you achieve one of your dreams faster. Midoryia Izuku, we want you in the hero course. You too can become a hero!" Those words were the words he wished to hear for so long so why did they not make him excited as they should have. The discussion he had with Mei that day played through his head. How he seemed to be rushing and how she couldn't stand seeing him get hurt again. She had told him she had planned to follow his path as an inventor and hero. It didn't feel right getting this shortcut when she didn't. Then it hit him, why he wasn't jumping for joy, why he wasn't going to accept this.
"Thank you sir but I can't at the moment. I need the support course to reach all my goals if I'm not in that class I'll stagnate. I won't perfect my armor like I should, I'll constantly be looking for shortcuts. But more than that I'm nothing without my partner, the person I wish to spend my life with. Mei and I complete each other. We cover each other's flaws; without her I'd be only half the hero I could be and that's not just a disservice to me but to all the potential hero students." The room grew silent after he finished. He sat there for a bit and looked around. "Uhh would it be ok if i go to the nurses now?" Nezu just nodded.
(Nezu POV)
As Izuku Midoriya left down the hallway he felt the sudden urge to laugh so he did. Tea went everywhere but he didn't care. "Hehehe… See I told you all that would happen." He spoke to his staff. Some just shook their heads where others like Aizawa and Maijima just smiled.
"I assume he passed your little test Eraser." Maijima asked the resident sleep deprived teacher.
"It would have been illogical to accept such a proposal. I'll be honest though he's thought it through." The grouchy man answered. "So what now. If I know you and unfortunately I do, you have a plan don't you Nezu?" All eyes turned to the principal.
"Yup and this is what will happen."
(Mei POV)
She had paced around the workshop over forty times now. She picked up her favorite wrench and tapped her shoulder as she kept pacing. Where was he? 'Izu if you're late so help me...'
"Do what? I'm pretty sure you'd never use that on me. It would throw off it's balance." She spun to see Izu leaning on their work bench looking over plans to repair the suit. "Should add new hydraulics to counter the speed of the suit at full power."
"Why you… I ought to...'sigh' Probably but that's just a trail system now, It drains the reactor in just over a minute. We also need a metal that can survive the kinetic power of the punches or it would just be a repeat of Friday." She pulled her hair back, it was time to work. They throw suggestions at each other as they edit the blueprints for the next iteration of the suit.
"Alright class before we beg… Hey Hatsumei Midoriya get over here the class hasn't even started yet and I have a few things to hand out!" The telltale voice of their instructor rang out through the room.
"But Power Loader Sir if we don't start it will cut into our baby making time!" She complained, getting a few snickers from the class, she didn't care. If they were going to do 'that' then it would be between them in private.
" 'sigh' Phrasing Hatsumei and if you don't want to see the companies for the internships that's fine by me." That got her and Izuku's attention. Maijima went over how proud he was that Izu and her made it to the finals and Izu won. He told them the internships started in a week and to have their companies picked out by Friday. He handed sheets to all but Izu and her. As all the others went off to work Maijima flagged them down. He handed them lots of different papers.
"First one's are your new schedules..."
"What new schedule?!" Were they being kicked out?! Oh god what did they do wrong!?
"Let me finish." Maijima rubbed his temples. "Nezu decided you two needed extra classes, congratulations every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. You'll be training with hero class 1-A. The rest are internship offers." This was unbelievable. They had done it.
"Can we still…"
"You'll have the time after school until the building closes to work in here don't worry. It would be a disservice to us and you if you couldn't go 100%." He looked at Izu. It was like a dream she didn't want to wake up from. So many companies wanted her. Izu was flipping through his paper and then.
"WHAT THE HELL…"
AN: And that's a rap. What do you think Izu is screaming about?
