~{Author's Pre-Notes}~

This chapter... was surprisingly really annoying to finish. I don't know what it was exactly, but this chapter took much longer to finish than it should've. I ended up rewriting scenes so many times at the point where it started to just really annoy me. I swear it feels like it's taking longer and longer to put out chapters. Meh, oh well. Enjoy reading!

Answered Comments (Oldest to Most Recent):

Bonkey1996: Well, too bad. I'm afraid you're gonna have to wait until next chapter, heh.

blue grimmoire: Thanks for the luck. I think I really need it more than ever with classes and the stressful times we're in. Thanks for always leaving a small comment.

5AT05H1L1NK: I like your detailed analysis. And believe me, even I get really lazy writing chapters sometimes if I don't get too excited about them. But I try to do my best bring out chapters even with all other obstacles of life!

PasiveNox: *Tips Fedora*

MBS41: I have not made Enso's true age clear. Not even he knows what his actual age is, since he woke up without any memory of his previous life.

Guest: If you mean if my friends and I did anything for Halloween, I'm sorry to say that we didn't. I simply remained at home and did absolutely nothing.

fpinheiro96: Well now you don't have to wait! Well, for this chapter that is. Time to wait for the next one. Heh.

TQ679: Excellent points! I do find the hero society interesting, but that's because of my general interest in what's 'right' and 'wrong' and why they're portrayed that way in any world. Love writing about, yet it's also hard to write about sometimes.

Atomic11: The sad reality is that usually people who write good fics (If I do say so myself) tend to have busier or more stressful lives, mine included. And I see so this many times in all the discontinued fics I've loved but never seen updated again... It sucks. And yeah, I should have more time to work on the fics through thanksgiving/winter breaks, but I don't think it'll necessarily mean that the fics will come out faster. I've come to the point of the story where I really gotta retype and change so many things and hope it's good.

SpiceR4: Can't say I've ever seen to much of either character, nor can I say I ever really played too much Tekken.

PRemington900: Yeah. When I first wrote Enso in the first versions of my chapters, he was a lot more of an asshole that just kinda criticized people. But now I actually had him go through a better learning process. Glad you enjoyed it.

Extra: Well... No ones perfect. I still have a lot of things to work on to make this fic better. I was so good at writing characters like they would actually sound. Hm...

Guest: Heh, surprisingly, I don't get as good results in my essays as I do here in the fic.

RavenKiller911: Interesting. I may be curious enough to check it out.

Guest: Hold up, I really don't think he's gotta stop being kind. He still knows what's right and wrong. I don't think he should be the type to be more brutal or meaner towards people.

Guest: Favorite version of Izuku? I don't even know too many 'versions' of him. So then I guess the cannon one.

Nick4Speed: I honestly just don't care too much about opinions like that. No character development? It just sounds unreasonable.

Vidkid: If it's what I think about Mr hot man, then I kinda saw it coming.


"Who's Lynch?"

The moment Izuku heard these words, his heart rate skyrocketed, his pupils shrunk in shock, and he started shaking on the spot. For a moment, he wondered if he actually heard that right. Did he hear the name of the one that gave him the scar on his back?

Izuku's eyes lost color as many other questions came into mind. Questions that made him more panicked by the second. Why did Momo and Jiro know his name? Why were they talking to him alone about it? Did they actually meet him? Did they learn that Enso came from another world? Did they know Enso's connection to Lynch? Did they-?

"Izuku!" Momo suddenly yelled as she frantically shook the boy by his shoulders.

"H-Huh!?" Izuku blinked several times, his eyes regaining their bright green color as he felt sweat trailing down the side of his head. He realized he must've been in a daze if Momo had suddenly shaken him. This appeared to be the case as both Momo and Jiro both looked rather distraught.

"Your heart rate just spiked! What the hell happened to you!?" Jiro asked, her earphone jacks detecting intense thumping from the boy.

"Something happened during the internships, didn't it!?" Momo asked, her hold on Izuku's shoulders getting even tighter.

With so many questions going through his head, he found himself asking one back rather than answering.

"H-How... How do you know that name?"

Momo froze when she saw the returned look in Izuku's eyes. The distress, the fear, it was clear she wasn't supposed to know anything about that name, or even the name itself.

"I heard it." Jiro answered Izuku, staring right at him with serious eyes. "I was at my internship with Death Arms. We ended up meeting up with Enso and Kamui Woods when the pros wanted to meet together. Enso and I talked, but then... he got a call."

Izuku could feel his blood turn cold as Jiro continued.

"It was from All Might... He told him that a guy called 'Lynch' has been around since the Sports Festival. That's all I heard."

There was then a dreadful silence in the air around the three, with Izuku glancing down at the ground, attempting to calm his breathing.

"O-Okay... Sh-She doesn't know... They don't know who he is... They don't know everything..."

"Izuku..." Momo started, a pained look on her face as she placed her heart on her chest. "Please... Just tell us what's going on... Let us help you."

Izuku's eyes shadowed as he turned his head away.

"I can't..."

That shocked both females.

"What!? Why not!?" Jiro stepped forward, her disbelief clearly visible on her face.

"Because... I... I can't." Izuku muttered.

"Is... Is it because of Enso?" Momo asked.

Izuku didn't seem to react to her words, but the lack of response seemed to be his answer.

"Even though you're clearly going through something, Enso is telling you to just keep it yourself?" Momo asked, appearing to seem angry that Izuku's mentor was letting him suffer by himself. "You can't let him tell you to keep something to yourself when it's hurting you..."

"No... It's not my secret to tell in the first place... It has nothing to do with you guys." Izuku responded, his voice lowered in volume.

"Like hell it's got nothing to do with us!?" Jiro snapped. "We're your friends, aren't we!?"

"It's because you're my friends that I can't tell you!" Izuku suddenly yelled, raising his head to reveal crimson red seeping into his green eyes.

Momo and Jiro suddenly became cautious, even backing up a bit to see the familiar red.

Surprisingly though, the flash of red faded as quickly as it came, with Izuku looking down with a sigh.

"Look... Everything I've been through... From the hellish training to running into the Hero Killer, it was all my choice. And I was able to get through all of it because of Enso's training. What happened wasn't about me. It was about Enso. I'm so grateful to him for helping me be here in the first place... So..."

He looked back up at his two friends, trying not to cry right there.

"S-So... I can't tell you what happened. I can't... It's not something I should tell you."

Momo saw the look in his eyes that his decision was final. As much as he wanted to tell them what was going on, he couldn't. Nor did it seem like he wanted to tell them.

"So... You're not going to say anything then?" Momo asked, almost seeming hurt.

"No... I'm sorry..."

"..." Jiro looked down for a moment, thinking aloud. "So... If we wanna find out what's going on... then we gotta ask Mr. Grim Reaper himself?"

"I..." Izuku looked down, not seeming so sure himself. "You shouldn't...

Then all three remained silent, with Izuku hoping they wouldn't ask any more out of fear that he wouldn't be able to hold himself together if they kept pressuring him.

"Fine..."

"Eh?" Jiro and Izuku turned to Momo, who was also looking down with a hurt frown.

"If you don't wish to say anything... Then I won't force you. But... just know that it hurts... It really hurts to know you're going through something but refuse to tell us..."

Izuku could feel the guilt piercing his heart, but he remained silent as Momo turned her back to him and went for the door.

"Just remember... We're students that want to be heroes too, Izuku... So whatever it is you and Enso are going through... I wish that you'd let us help you."

Izuku said nothing as shivered in place.

"Let's go, Jiro." Momo finished as she opened the door.

"I'll be there, just... give me a minute." The purple-haired student told her.

Momo nodded before leaving the rooftop with the door gently closing behind her, leaving Jiro and Izuku alone.

The rock girl turned her gaze to Izuku, who looked away in shame.

"Hey, Greeny. Just how... 'alright' are you? That's... That's all I want to know."

"..."

Izuku slightly turned his head.

"I-I... I'm fine, Jiro... Really, I am. I-I know I worry all of you a lot, but compared to before..." He fully put his gaze on Jiro, giving a weak smile that still held his genuine feelings. "I feel much more confident than before. I feel like I can do so much more."

"Because you got me now, ayyyyyyy!"

"Ikari... Please..."

"Oh, right. Bad time. My bad."

Thankfully, that small reassurance from Ikari had Izuku's smile grow bigger, knowing that he could work with his powerful companion.

Jiro could see some of the brightness return in Izuku's eyes, at least giving her some relief that he was mentally fine.

"Alright, Greeny. But... remember what I said to you that time you and Kendo were heading to lunch?"

"Eh?" Izuku stared at her as he recalled the day.

"I said... you could talk to me again whenever you needed to. I really mean it... I want you to talk to me, Greeny."

She stepped forward to him, making Izuku feel nervous as to what she was going to do.

Surprisingly, though, Jiro wrapped her arms around him, even placing her head on his shoulder. Izuku flinched and turned slightly red as he felt the warmth of the girl on him, not seeing Jiro also turn red against him.

"I-I know that... you can be a real idiot. I know you get too worried about everyone else and feel like you have to deal with a lot of things yourself... But like Yaoyorozu said, we're your friends, and we're training to be heroes to help too. So... You can rely on us to help you out. Don't forget that..."

With that, the punk-girl let go and quickly rushed away, not wanting Izuku to see her embarrassed blush.

After she left, Izuku remained motionless and alone on the rooftop, eyes completely open with his blush gone after hearing what she said.

"Hey... You okay, partner?" Ikari asked, not feeling any aggression from Izuku but feeling depressing negatively instead.

"I'm... I'm good. I just..."

His legs suddenly felt like putty as he fell on his behind, finding himself breathing harder as he put a hand to his head.

"It hurts... To keep secrets from everyone... It really does..."

"There's not much you can do about that... We can't tell them about Mr. overgrown corpse just like we can't tell them about One for All..."

A single tear went down Izuku's right eye as he let out a sniffle, brought his legs close, and then rubbed his eyes with his arm.

"I don't want them to be mad at me... And I know it's unfair... To expect them to trust me and tell me anything when I'm keeping secrets. But they're not mine..."

"But... Is One For All really not 'your' secret now?"

Izuku rose his head with his eyes widened, immediately getting what Ikari was saying about his quirk. His quirk. He thought about receiving One For All from All Might, the training he did with it, the handling he managed to gain.

But despite this, Izuku closed his eyes and shook his head.

"No... It isn't... Not yet."

"Eh?"

"Even with the power I hold right now, I still haven't brought out even half of its potential yet..."

Izuku managed to stumble up to his feet, wiping away more developing tears.

"I haven't made this quirk my own, yet... Just like what I told Bakugo, I have to make this power my own. Then..."

He took a deep breath.

"That's when I'll tell them..."

"Why did you tell Bakugo already then?"

"..."

Izuku took a deep breath as he calmed himself.

"I... I don't really know myself... It just felt right to tell him...To let him know that 'I' didn't beat him, but I will one day..."

"That's... understandable? But it still sounds pretty stupid if you ask me."

Izuku flinched.

"Dang it, Ikari."

Izuku managed to form a small smile and chuckle, trying not to let his guilt overtake him. Even though he would have to keep secrets, even he knows that he'll most likely not be able to keep them forever, especially with Enso's situation and Lynch, Izuku knew he had to do for now.

So it was lucky that the internal conversation with Ikari was in his head. Otherwise, the invisible girl a few feet away would've heard him.

"This… This looks serious… I've… I've got to tell Mina…"


~{Musutafu Police Center-12:25PM}~

Detective Tsukauchi was sitting at his desk within his personal room of the police center, comparing his notes of the brutal Cafe massacre with Izuku's testimony on Lynch himself. He was disappointed to learn that Izuku didn't really have any good leads on where Lynch could've taken him. But he should've expected it from a villain, even if he thought he was someone who sounded psychotic enough to leave clues out in the open.

He tapped his pen against his head as he read what Izuku had seen in his surroundings, the lab-like room with several computers around.

"*Sigh* Can't even give a vague area on where he could be... From what Midoriya said, he was no doubt held in a lab of some sort, but those types of areas are places you just can't locate, especially when they're made so they aren't ever found..."

He checked his other list that contained notable labs nearby conducting research studies of some kind, but those were mostly the kind you knew most villains couldn't be in. From student labs to professionals, there was no possibility of someone likeLynch being in any of those areas.

"Are you still investigating the same case, woof?"

Tsukauchi raised his head to the door, finding the Chief of Police, Tsuragamae, entering the room. The beagle-headed man approached the detective's desk before pausing and taking a few licks from his dalmatian-style cup of coffee. In his other hand was a file of some sort, no doubt for him.

"Of course... With this kind of case with no motives besides inducing chaos, and added to it the apparent dangerous power this 'Lynch' has, he's one of the most dangerous kind of villain. The kind that only wants to add numbers to his blood-stained list... He'll just kill, and kill, and keep killing..."

Tsuragamae sighed, "You've been at the same thing for so many days... Knowing you, you've looked into every possibility. But with this kind of perpetrator with an apparent teleporting quirk, it's the same issue we have with the League Of Villains. We can't find them, as they can be literally anywhere. The only difference this apparent Lynch has from the league is that he doesn't have a goal like Shigaraki... It's as you said. He simply wants bloodshed."

"Except he actually has a goal... Or at least a focus..." Tsukauchi thought to himself, recalling the apparent fact that Lynch, for some reason, has an interest in Midoriya and Enso. "But if Midoriya knew where he was, I know he would've said so."

Tsuragamae took another lick of his coffee before speaking again.

"I think you need to focus on something else for a change. Take a break from this circle you've gotten yourself into, woof."

Tsukauchi looked up and raised an eyebrow. "What do you have in mind?"

Tsugamae placed his mug down and handed Tsukauchi the file. "Well, throughout a list of missing person reports we've looked through, I discovered something. Two of these cases involve people heading to the same area just outside the city. Apparently, they went into the forest at the end of the highway a little outside Musutafu, but none reported coming back to their homes."

"How many people are missing that connect?" Tsukauchi asked, opening the file and looking through it.

"One case involved a college boy taking a dare, while the other was a couple going to hike in the same forest the male entered. These cases aren't that old either, so there's a search party being formed from people who knew at least one of these missing people. I want you to lead it, get some fresh air while still doing something, get me? Woof?"

Tsukauchi was silent for a moment as he thought about it, then sighing as he closed the file, placed it on the table, and stretched his arms up.

"Alright, I guess I need it. So when is this search party happening?"

"Tomorrow in the morning, they'll be meeting up around ten, to be precise. I hope that isn't too sudden? Woof."

"No, it's alright. I wasn't gonna do anything but continue with this case anyway. Are you coming with us, chief?" Tsukauchi chuckled.

Tsuragamae shook his head, "No. I have a meeting to attend with the board. But there'll be a few officers and heroes on the scene with you and the group."

"Ah, so basically, since you had something to do, you just pushed it onto me?" Tsukauchi joking chuckled.

"Heh, sorry. But to be fair, I usually leave you to yourself anyway." Tsuragamae chuckled back.

"Fair enough. I'll head over there early tomorrow, but for now, I'm gonna continue looking through these a bit more." Tsukauchi said, motioning to his desk full of notes.

"Alrighty then. Good luck, woof." The chief of police took his mug, politely bowed, and turned around to take his leave, gently shutting the door behind him.

Once he left, Tsukauchi leaned back on his chair, closing his eyes and rubbing his temples with his hands as he thought about his current situation.

"The chief is right. I probably won't find too much as of now... whether about Lynch or the League of Villains... But from what All Might mentioned to me, he knows that Lynch isn't connected to the league. The only way he would know that for sure would be if he knew just who Lynch is... on a deeper level, at least. Whether he knows him personally or has been told about him."

He leaned forward on his desk and stared down at his papers.

"I think All Might does know so much more about Lynch... But if he didn't tell me everything, then there must be a reason. Hm..."

He checked the name of the other individual apparently involved with the villain's interest.

"I haven't spoken to that other fellow yet... Ureshi... All I've seen from him was from the sport's festival."

Tsukauchi pushed his chair back and stood up, stretching his legs as he formed a plan.

"Tomorrow, I have that search party to attend to, so the next day I'll go see if I can speak to him and maybe Midoriya again."

Having his plan of action, Tsukauchi smiled before walking over to his coat rack and pulling both his trench coat and hat from it, putting them on.

"But for now, I've gotta get something to eat."


~{U.A High School- 2:01PM}~

It was the last period.

Izuku gulped nervously as he headed with his class towards the locker rooms, knowing that it would be finally time for not just him but also everyone else to present any new skills they've learned over their internships.

And for Izuku, this was a lot.

Just being able to talk to Ikari finally fixed the problem the two of them were having. The miscommunication, the lack of control on both sides, and the scale of destruction they can bring. Luckily, now the two of them were able to work together as they wanted.

However, Izuku couldn't help but feel nervous about introducing Ikari to his class. After all, from what his classmates knew, Ikari had been a somewhat 'negative' influence on him with how violent he made him.

Izuku glanced back at his class, watching them talking excitedly to each other, but flinched when he saw the gazes of both Momo and Jiro on him. Their looks weren't anything angry or hostile, but the sadness he could see in their eyes pained his heart once more.

And it didn't help that the two of them avoided his gaze when he looked, making him feel worse.

"Something happen?"

Izuku turned his head to Enso, who was walking right beside him with an eyebrow raised.

"Well..."

Izuku sighed and rubbed the back of his head as he looked down.

"I'll tell you later. It isn't good to talk right now..."

"Understood." Enso simply nodded.

The class then started splitting off to the locker rooms of their respective gender, heading to change into their hero costumes. Enso, however, simply kept on going while tapping his black watch, to which his U.A themed suit changed into his usual black colors.

"I still don't get how he does that!" Kaminari exclaimed as he pointed over at Enso walking away.

"I think it's magic, heh." Shinso grinned as he walked past him.

Izuku watched as Enso headed away, then glancing at Jiro and Momo, who were heading with the rest of the females.

"Er... You okay, partner?"

Izuku weakly nodded as he turned to head in with the rest of the males.

"Yeah... I'm fine..."

"Okay, because I just wanna warn you, you still got... 'that' on your back."

Izuku froze as he realized that he would have to take off his uniform to put on his hero costume.

And in turn, would have the scar on his back exposed.

"Shoot! How am I-!? What do I-!?"

"Don't worry! I got this!" Ikari exclaimed, surprisingly calm and confident.

Izuku then felt a chill as he felt a warm substance starting to cover his chest and back, continuing to spread until stopping its movement.

He blinked a few times to process what happened before using a finger to pull his collar and look under his uniform.

"You... Formed a tank top?"

"Sure did! Changing my shape sure is useful! Nyeheheh!"

"Midoriya? Are you coming?"

Izuku flinched before looking forward to see Iida waiting by the locker room entrance, the only one waiting for him as everyone was inside.

"Y-Yeah, Iida!" Izuku put on a smile as he hurried forward.

But before he could get inside, Iida put a hand on his shoulder with a considerate look.

"Midoriya... Do you need Todoroki and I to help... hide your back?"

"No... I've got it." Izuku said with a reassuring smile.

Iida saw his smile, and his worry dropped as Izuku walked past.

At the same time, Shinso was talking to Todoroki around the corner of the locker room as they changed.

"So... You and Mr. gotta-go-fast are gonna be joining us?" The indigo teen asked in curiosity.

Todoroki was somewhat surprised but immediately knew what he meant.

"So, you're being taught by Enso as well?" Todoroki returned.

"Heh, yup. Edgelord gave me a heads up about you guys." Shinso said as he put on his U.A gym uniform rather than a hero costume.

"So you know about Enso's secret too?" Todoroki whispered.

"Hm?" Shinso paused as he raised an eyebrow. "What secrets?"

"...I get the feeling you may want to speak with him later if we're going to be joining you."

Shinso titled his head with a question mark appearing over it.


~{Ground Gamma-A Few Minutes Later}~

Ground Gamma.

An industrial site that consisted of many different structures of pipelines, factories, and heavy machinery, including cranes, to form a large labyrinth. This was where all of Class A stood on their first hero class back from their internships. Everyone stood in their hero costumes aside from Shinso, who only had the U.A uniform. However, most of the class was surprised to see that the indigo haired teen was looking more robust than the day he had joined their class.

"Is it just me, or is Shinso looking pretty buff?" Kaminari whispered to Sero.

"He must've been working out a lot." Sero shrugged.

Shinso just had a dead gazed looking down as he recalled how he got the results on his body.

"A hundred... A hundred each team... It was too much... And whenever I was sore, he just somehow fixed it..."

"I Am Here!"

Everyone looked up as they saw a shadow eclipse the sun for a brief second, the figure falling all the way down and landed gracefully onto the roof the class was on.

"All Might!" Izuku exclaimed happily.

"Why does it always sound like you're surprised to see him? You have class with him nearly every day..." Enso facepalmed.

"Welcome back, you zygotes! I hope you've all gained valuable experience at your internships!" All Might shouted with a thumbs up.

Momo couldn't help but look ashamed as she recalled her experience as many others cheered.

"Then we'll put that experience to the test today! It's basic hero training once again! So how have you all been?"

As everyone was focused on All Might, Toru scooted close to Mina and began whispering to her.

"Eh? What do you mean by something bad might've happened to Midori? He faced the Hero Killer! Wasn't that what was bad?!" Mina whispered back.

"Not that! I think something else happened..."

"Eh? Wh-What?" Mina uttered, actually feeling nervous when he heard just how worried and even scared Toru seemed.

"I... I think it might take a bit to explain, so... I'll tell you after school."

At the same time, Ochako was asking her own question to Tsu.

"Hey... Is it just me, or are Yaoyorozu and Jiro staring at Deku?"

Tsu turned over to what Ochako meant, noticing both girls' stares towards the green bulb of light in their class. Seeing their looks, Tsu felt... confused. Their looks weren't what she expected, as they were full of sadness and worry.

"Perhaps... They're both worried about Midoriya-chan after what happened with the Hero Killer, kero?"

"Well, he did get hospitalized... Even I'm still worried about him." Ochako admitted as she placed a hand over her heart.

"..." Tsu stared at Ochako as she saw her gaze towards Izuku.

She suddenly found herself thinking... Ochako was who she considered to be her closest friend besides Izuku. Even then, she didn't necessarily talk to Izuku as much as she did to Ochako, but the boy still made such an impact on her. Especially since he was the one who saved her at the expense of himself.

Not just that event, but everything the boy ever did was just so eye-catching. With his selflessness, his strong sense of justice, his kindness, and his adorable timid nature, it wasn't a surprise to Tsu when she found herself developing stronger feelings. In fact, it didn't even surprise her when everyone else appeared to have the same kinds of thoughts.

But... As she stared at her closest female friend, she couldn't help but feel guilt building up for having the same interest as her.

Before she got any deeper into her thoughts, All Might's booming voice snapped her out of them.

"Alright! So for today's basic hero training, we'll be having a rescue training race!"

"Ew." Enso remarked without a change in expression.

Iida raised his hand. "If we are doing rescue training, then shouldn't we do it at USJ?"

All Might waved a hand to present the area behind him.

"That area is training for natural disasters! Do you remember what I said? I said this will be a 'race!' Behind me is Ground Gamma! A dense area filled to the brim with all sorts of obstacles to form a labyrinth!"

He then pointed back to the class.

"I will break you all up into 5-6 person groups, and then all go through the training area one group at a time! When I send out a distress signal from somewhere inside, you'll all start at once from the outskirts of this city!"

He clenched his hand into a tight fist.

"It's a race to see who will rescue me first! Of course, you have to keep damage to buildings to a minimum! And you can't sabotage or attack your peers either!"

"That means you, Bakugo." Enso bluntly remarked.

"You wanna die!?" Bakugo shouted.

"Enso, please don't just call out Bakugo like that..." Kirishima awkwardly smiled.

"All right, the groups are on the board here! First group, get in place!" All Might shouted.

As he said this, a holographic screen projected to show the list of students of the class.

Izuku saw that he was part of the first group, and it took him a few minutes to get to his assigned starting point for the race. He then closed his eyes and took deep breaths, stretching his arms to prepare for what would be the first demonstration of his new controlled abilities with Ikari.

"Alrighty, is it time, partner? Am I coming out?"

"Sort of... You're gonna help me here. But I don't want to show 'you' yet."

"Huh? Wait, so do I come out or not?"

"Er, you 'do,' to help with your power, but just don't take your actual shape yet. I wanna show you to everyone formally right after this. Th-Think of using this moment to show I'm perfectly fine with you."

"Ooooooh, okay. OOO! I'm so excited!"

Izuku smiled as he heard his anticipation.

"Oh, can I ask something, though?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Er... About those 'needles' in your costume..."

Izuku blinked as he was reminded of the additions to his costume before having gone to his internship. He realized that neither the vest nor upper arm braces had actually returned from the support department after he had sent his costume in for repairs.

"R-Right! I don't have them back! A-Actually... Th-Those weren't officially part of my costume in the first place! The department may have chosen to get rid of those... Oh, great..."

"But... You don't need them anymore, do you?"

Izuku paused for a moment as he looked down at his arm and held it, recalling the experience of getting pierced by so many small needles.

"And Poker Face did say that they would only be for you until you could actually talk to me... And here we are."

Izuku actually formed a small smile.

"Yeah... I... I don't actually need them... They were barely needed..."

Simultaneously, the rest of his classmates were around the large holographic screen and discussing who they believed would be the one to win the race among the first group of students, which consisted of Izuku, Iida, Mina, Ojiro, and Sero.

"Iida hasn't completely recovered yet, right? Shouldn't he just watch?" Kaminari asked.

"He told me he'd be fine." Todoroki answered.

"This group has plenty of people with good mobility in the class." Kirishima smiled. He turned to the left to who he was surprisingly sitting next to. "Who do you think is gonna win, Bakugo? I think it'll be either Sero or Midoriya!"

"..." Bakugo remained silent as he glared at Izuku on the screen, his mind trying to ignore the lingering speeches he's heard while at his internship.

"I think it'll be Ashido! She's really athletic!" Mineta declared.

"You're only saying that because she's the girl in the group..." Enso deadpanned.

"Shut up! Don't get cocky just because you got to feel Mount Lady's boobs!" Mineta snapped back.

A cross-vein of irritation popped on Enso's head before he raised a hand and karate chopped the boy on the back of his neck.

"ACK!" Mineta fell to the floor and twitched in pain, his neck steaming from being struck.

"Idiot..." Enso sighed.

"Okay! Here we go!" All Might shouted all the way from his location far from the students. He raised his hand up and pressed a button, which then sent out a distress signal to everyone.

"Start!"

Immediately after All Might pressed the button, a black aura burst around Izuku's body. His eyes then slowly seeped red into green as he grinned, green electricity sparking around him and body glowing orange.

Sero had gotten an immediate head start with his tape quirk, swinging himself from pipe to pipe like a certain web-slinging hero.

"This place was built for me!" He laughed as he swung.

Izuku caught a glimpse of the swinging hero fly, giving him his own idea as he used One For All to leap to a few pipes above before jumping up as his as he could.

"Alright! Let's do this!"

From both sides of Izuku's waist, two black tendrils shot out, managing to stretch all the way to some pipes which they wrapped themselves into.

Then instead of Izuku pulling back, Ikari reeled Izuku in, causing him to jerk forward at blazing speeds.

"SO FAST!" Izuku thought as the wind rampaged his face and caused it to stretch back.

Timing his speed to the pipe, Izuku managed to point his flailing arms downward to point his palms behind.

"Sorry about this Kacchan, I gotta copy your quirk for a moment!"

Izuku suddenly unleashed two simultaneous explosions under his palms, causing him to be sent upward. However, since Ikari's tendrils were still wrapped around the pipeline and connected to Izuku, the boy was yanked and flung in a medieval catapult-like way. Ikari's tendrils let go at the peak of the swing, resulting in Izuku being flung upward even higher into the air, to which opened his eyes and started laughing.

"WAAAAAHOOOOO!"

"Holy shit! Look at Midoriya!" Kaminari shouted with a point.

"H-He's flying!?" Mineta shouted in awe.

"He has that dark matter around him again..." Tokoyami muttered as his eyes narrowed in on the boy.

"But... He's smiling?" Ochako exclaimed as she stared in a captivated gaze.

Still in the air, Izuku pointed both of his palms behind him once again before mimicking the explosive quirk once again to shoot himself forward.

Momo stared in a mixture of shock and relief to see Izuku using his quirk. Watching as the boy didn't simply lash out at anything, but was using his own thinking to use his quirk effectively.

"He... He's controlling it?"

"About time!" Toru jumped up and down in a cheer, waving her arms and happily laughing.

"Whoa..." Jiro muttered as she stared at Izuku, her eyes engrossed on his crimson ones. Despite their color, she could still see the same kind boy she knew, one who was now choosing his actions with his quirk as he kept the biggest smile on his face.

"It looks like Midoriya-chan has learned a lot during his internships, kero." Tsu happily smiled up at the screen.

"Heh, those explosions..." Shinso chuckled. "They kind of remind me of-"

Two small explosions cut him off, making several people flinched and turn their heads to see Bakugo with both his palms shaking and smoking.

The explosive teen's red eyes narrowed in on Izuku as his hands then clenched into tight fists.

"My moves... Not just that, MY QUIRK!" He shook in anger. "While I was getting pointless lectures... this fucking nerd got ahead!?"

His pupil's dilated.

"And I'm supposed to believe he isn't looking down on me... When he's copying MY quirk like it's his own!?"

He clenched his teeth.

"Again…" He thought as he saw Izuku stretch a tendril from his right arm, using it to reel himself forward with additional explosions increasing his speed.

"Again!..." Bakugo shouted in his head as he saw Izuku land on a long pipe and run forward as a flash of green.

"Showing me up... I'll kill him..."

Enso could see the rage all over Bakugo's face, making him sigh.

"So obvious..."

"Hey, Bakugo... You alright?" Kirishima asked, looking concerned

"Like hell I am..." Bakugo growled.

At this time, Izuku pulled himself more in the air, then looking behind him to see Sero somewhat catching up to him.

"Uh oh, I guess I was having a little too much fun with my movement..."

"Hey, I think I could do something cool with you! Wanna try it!?" Ikari asked Izuku excitingly.

"Huh? I mean… we're in a race right now…" Izuku said as he landed on a long pipe and ran along it using One For All, making some distance between himself and Sero.

"It'll help you go even faster!" Ikari reassured him.

"I... guess it wouldn't hurt." Izuku replied to him.

"Yay! Just leave it to me, partner!"

Izuku didn't know what he was planning until he leaped into the air once again. The aura behind him suddenly started to build up into two large, black, and dragon-shaped wings that stretched out.

"E-Eh!?" Izuku's eyes were bulging when he glanced back to see the forming wings.

"Here we go!"

With Ikari controlling the wings, he performed a powerful flap that pushed Izuku upward into the air, creating powerful winds in the process.

"WHOA!"

"He's flying!?" Sero shouted behind Izuku as he saw him flying up, even feeling the gusts of wind pushing him back.

"Okay... This is actually pretty hard to control..." Ikari groaned within Izuku as they reached the peak of their flight, only to suddenly dive striaght down.

"WAIT! WAIT! DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!?" Izuku shouted in fear.

"I actually don't know too much about using these to fly... I guess gliding it is!"

Izuku's wings opened up, and his descent down became notably slower. However, his movement forward became faster and more direct. He realized that he was indeed gliding rather than flying, but his heart threatened to burst from his chest from the sudden scare.

"I'm not gonna die... Oh, thank god... Wait-AH!" Izuku's eyes panicked once again as he saw himself flying towards several metal pipes.

"Hang on!"

"TO WHAT!?" Izuku shouted.

Thankfully, Ikari shifted the wings and Izuku's body so that he managed to shift left and right to avoid hitting any pipelines, even folding his wings for a moment to squeeze between several obstacles.

"We're there!"

Izuku was panting heavily in panic before he heard Ikari say this, then looking up to see All Might standing on the edge of a higher building ahead.

Both of Izuku's wings then folding down and vanished, allowing Izuku to land on another pipe before leaping upward to his hero.

"All Might!" Izuku laughed as his black aura faded away when landing in front of him.

He saw All Might giving him a grin bigger than his usual smile, showing that he was both proud and amazed at what he just saw, then letting out a booming laugh.

"Young Midoriya, that was outstanding!" The pro proudly shouted.

Sero landed behind Izuku, looking somewhat annoyed. "Aw, man... I was sure I'd have it!"

"You nearly did, young Sero, but we have a winner!" All Might said, handing Izuku a small banner that read, 'Thank you for saving me.' "And now we wait for the rest of the group before going over results!"

Izuku walked back and leaned against the railing while catching his breath.

"Well... That was something..."

"Er... Sorry about that... It turns out we can't actually fly..."

"Wait, I don't get that... What happened?"

"Well, it felt really heavy to handle those wings, and I couldn't really lift them up to flap them... That one flap took a lot to do, so I could only glide after that. It turns out I don't know about wings too much."

Izuku sighed and rubbed his eyes.

"Well... At least we learned that."

After a few more minutes, the rest of the racing students came in, from Iida, Ojiro, and Mina.

Izuku was actually surprised to see Mina actually climb up using her acid quirk to make places to grip.

"Oh yeah, she did tell me she could do that!" Izuku recalled from the first time they met.

Once climbing up, Mina immediately rushed to Izuku with a large smile and open arms.

"Midori! You did it!"

"Eh-AH!" Once again, Izuku caught Mina as she flung herself at him, the girl wrapping herself around him and pressing her body against him.

"You can control it! You got your quirk down!" Mina laughed as her breasts pressed against his chest.

"Boundaries! Boundaries! I've gotta make them!" Izuku thought as he turned red.

"*Sigh...*."

A black tendril suddenly wrapped around Mina's waist, making the girl's eyes widen.

"Huh? What's tha-AAH!" Mina was shocked as she was yanked off of Izuku and sent spinning away.

"She became a ballerina!?" Sero pointed in amazement.

Mina's spinning slowed after a few seconds, but she then started stumbling around with swirling eyes. "Wwwwhaaaaa... Wha-wazat?"

"Ikari!" Izuku panicked, watching as Mina fell over to the ground.

"I did you a favor..." Ikari sighed.

All Might spoke once more.

"Young Midoriya came in first, but compared to the beginning of the year, you've all gotten a lot better at using your quirks!"

Iida smiled as he turned his head to Izuku, who sheepishly smiled back as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Keep going like this and start preparing for your final exam! They'll be coming up soon! But if you're all making this much progress, then I know you'll be fine!"

"Yes, sir!" The group shouted, with Mina dizzily getting to her feet.

"Group one, you can leave the field. Next group, get ready!" All Might addressed with a wave to the camera watching him.

The first group started to walk off, with Izuku smiling as he started following them. However, before he could get far, he felt All Might tap his shoulder, prompting him to turn around.

"Y-Yes All Might?"

"Oooo! Do I say hi!? Do I!? I wanna say hi!"

"N-Not yet, Ikari! He has something to say!"

All Might's grin was large as he proudly placed his hands on his hips.

"Young Midoriya, you really surpassed my expectations. I couldn't believe my eyes! I want you to see me after class. Be sure to bring Young Enso with you. We have..." All Might's grin slightly faltered, but he tried keeping it up. "...a lot to talk about."

Izuku could sense that All Might referred to something serious, already having an idea and nodding to him.

"Yes, sir..."

"It must be about... well, 'everything' that happened."

"Yeah..."

Izuku wondered what All Might would address to him as he made it back to his classmates, who all immediately rushed to him in excitement.

"Midoriya! You got wings!?" Kirishima smiled with sparkling eyes.

"You're using your quirk!" Ochako cheered.

"Yes, that's how that works." Shinso chuckled.

"You copied Sero's quirk to swing!?" Kaminari smiled.

"You even copied Bakugo's quirk!" Mineta added as he jumped up and down.

"U-Um..." Izuku was caught off-guard by his classmates' sudden grouping around him, including those who were supposed to be part of the next group. "I-I said this before, but I don't actually 'copy' quirks... Ikari and I just mimic them the best we can... Kacchan uses nitroglycerin sweat from his explosions, but I use Ikari's energy."

"Wait... So about you and Ikari...?" Momo started to say.

"It's time!"

"Huh!? Wait! We don't want to scare-!"

It was too late, as black suddenly burst from behind Izuku, stretching upward and slowly taking shape.

Everyone's eyes widened, and some people instinctively took a step back, with many of them feeling chills just from the natural aura of danger forming.

They watched as two black arms emerged and formed two claw-like hands that opened up to reveal their sharp fingers. They saw his torso form with a head growing upon it, growing an outline of rugged but spikier hair that resembled Izuku's. Then the most intimidating parts of him formed, as, near the bottom of his face, a jagged, open smile filled with burning red energy emerged. Then finally, two red, burning, and slanted eyes formed with intense crimson light, which narrowed in on all of Izuku's classmates.

Bakugo's pupils suddenly dilated as the entity's gaze came upon him. He could see the air start to vibrate around Ikari's presence and could sense danger. His mind flashed back to the festival, recalling when he had encountered Izuku after one of his own battles, recalling when he saw his hand gone for a second, and recalling how it was this... 'thing' that threatened him. And with this feeling of danger, it prompted an instinctive fight or flight response.

And of course, with Bakugo...

"SHI-NE!" He exploded forward with his eyes burning to Ikari.

"Kacchan!?" Izuku saw him coming, and his eyes widened.

Ikari's own eyes narrowed as they visibly started burning back. He opened his arms and shot a series of tendrils rushing towards the explosive boy.

Bakugo's mind once again went back to another experience he had. Day after day of threads, day after day of Best Jeanist tying him up and restricting his movement. His pupils dilated at the oncoming threat of familiarity.

He immediately spun like a top in the air and sent rapid explosions as the tendrils got close, blasting them back as they attempted to wrap around him.

Ikari let out a hiss as he immediately retracted his tendrils and hugged himself in pain.

"Nngh!" Izuku felt his arms start burning, hoping they wouldn't have any marks on them.

Bakugo came out of his spinning and landed on the ground, glaring ahead as he prepared to explode yet again.

"Can, you, NOT!?" Ikari suddenly shouted with his eyes blazing red in irritation.

Hearing his voice made everyone freeze, including Bakugo himself, their shock evident on their faces.

"What the hell!?" Kaminari uttered.

"D-Did that thing just speak!?" Mineta comedically cried in fear.

"Wait! Wait!" Izuku held his arms up in surrender to make sure everyone wouldn't overreact. "It's Ikari!"

Momo eye's widened. "Wait... This is your quirk Izuku!?"

"The thing that made you go ballistic at the festival!?" Mina added, visibly getting scared at the thought of it occurring to Izuku again.

"No! Well, I mean, yeah, he did, but that was before!"

He moved his hands to present his floating companion.

"E-Everyone, this is Ikari."

He then moved his hands to present class A.

"I-Ikari, these are my classmates. Although... I guess you already know them."

Ikari floated close to Izuku, hiding behind him as his gaze was just focused on Bakugo's steaming palms.

"..."

"..."

"U-Um..." Izuku nervously stepped between him and Bakugo. "K-Kacchan... Can you just... back up a bit?"

"Hah?" Bakugo growled.

Kirishima quickly picked up on Ikari's problem and stepped beside the explosive teen.

"Hey, Bakugo, let's just move over here." He said with a small smile.

"Why should I!?" Bakugo snapped as Kirishima somehow managed to slowly bring him back.

With him now farther away, Ikari slowly turned his head towards Izuku's other classmates, who all got chills just from his gaze and overwhelming aura. It wasn't on purpose, but with how Ikari was currently feeling, it somewhat caused him to have an aura similar to hostility. But in reality...

He was just really nervous.

And if you would stare closely, you'd see his hands shake as he held them on Izuku's shoulder.

"Erm..." Izuku could feel his own nervousness start to grow as sweat dripped from his head. "H-He's really nice, a-and you don't have to worry about him doing... 'anything' bad."

Izuku classmates didn't seem so convinced, as most of them shivered from the pressure Ikari gave off.

"Ikari, why don't you say something?"

"I don't know! I was so excited to pop up and surprise everyone, but now that I did, I have no idea what to say! They're all scared of me! And I don't exactly feel calm about them... I think I've got your anxiety..."

"How do you even get that!?"

Luckily, Iida, Todoroki, and Enso all stepped forward to stand beside Izuku, reassuring the two.

"Midoriya is correct... In fact, Ikari helped us against the Hero Killer." Iida said with a smile.

"Yeah." Todoroki agreed.

"Don't just sit there like an idiot. Say something." Enso sighed as he spoke to Ikari without any sign of worry.

"..."

Ikari turned from the ones around his partner to the rest of the class, then floating slightly upward.

"Ahem..."

Izuku's classmates flinched when they heard his somewhat demonic voice again.

But all that nervousness disappeared with his next words.

"What's up?"


~{Author's Post-Notes}~

And now the moment we've been waiting for! Or, in the next chapter at least. Ikari is finally introduced to the small family of students that is Class A! Not gonna lie, I don't think this chapter turned out as great as I wanted it. However, I couldn't really pinpoint too much of what was wrong with it, even with the help of a few others proofreading it for me. Like, I feel like the beginning conversation could've ended better, but I don't know how. *Shrugs* Oh well. I tried working on this chapter for a while, maybe took a bit long on it. Next chapter will be in a while, (as what appears to be the case for each chapter coming up.) and I hope to keep writing decent ones with all the time I'm taking on them. Until next time heroes!