Chapter 66: The Culture Festival Part 1
Summary:
Class 1-A get their concert done and then go chillax at the festival.
Notes:
Yall's support makes everything worth it.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Izuku was rushing to his room from the roof. The boy handed a quirk off to one of the animals as he exchanged it with another. He needed to get washed up and find a way to lessen the nose bleed he was currently suffering from. Izuku quickly rummaged his key out of his pocket, thankful for the fact his room was so close to the roof. He opened it and closed it quickly hoping to avoid anyone seeing him, though they should all be at the auditorium anyway. So when he opened the door to his room and found Momo waiting for him he was a little shocked. "Uhhhhhh."
Momo crossed her arms and folded her legs leveling a glare at her boyfriend. "And where have you been?"
"I plead the fifth?" Izuku sheepishly asked the air.
Momo sighed and she softened her gaze, she pulled a handkerchief out and used it to wipe the boy's nose. "We'll talk about this later, but we got to get down to the auditorium. Just, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, slightly bruised but fine. I ran into some villains on the way to get that rope ... the rope that I forgot." Izuku pouted. "I gotta make another portal I gotta gra-
Momo stopped him. "I knew I should've made that rope for you. And it's fine I should've done this in the first place." She huffed as she created some nylon rope.
"Actually I think it worked out for the best you didn't, I think I just saved some people." Izuku smiled brightly at the girl.
That caused Momo to stop her actions for a second. "Well that's good Izu, I brought your costume for the concert. You should go ahead, wash up, and get changed. I'll wait for you in the common room."
"Thanks Mo, I'll see you in a few." He grabbed the bag from her and proceeded to the bathroom. His face was pretty roughed up, he'd taken a decent couple of scuffs during that fight. His clothes were covered in random bits of shrapnel and wood chippings. "God I don't look very good right now, do I?" Izuku quickly splashed water on his face as he brought a cloth up, he quickly changed after cleaning himself off. He then ran out of the room as fast as he could and then bolted down the stairs. Izuku met back up with Momo and they both quickly ran off towards the class.
"Where the fuck are they?" Bakugo grumbled loudly. His class forced him into being the drummer and if his practice was for naught he was gonna be pissed.
"Bro chill, they'll be here soon. I know Yaoyorozu, said she'd fetch him, we just gotta trust her." Kirishima tried to calm his friend down.
"Yeah man, Midori's a bro, he ain't gonna screw us over right Kyoka?" Kaminari was busy charging somebodies phone with his quirk but still listening in.
"Ugh fine, High Class better fucking hurry up though." Bakugo kept grumbling.
Jiro didn't hear herself being addressed, she was just nervously tapping her ear jacks together. "H-huh sorry?"
"Kyoka you got this! We've all heard you sing, you're amazing." Mina gave her a pat on the back.
"Y-yeah, I k-know..." Kyoka weakly stammered out.
"WE'RE HERE!" Izuku shouted as he jumped into the room with Momo. "Sorry there was a villain attack but I'm here let's do this!" Izuku warmly smiled at everyone present.
"A VILLAIN ATTACK?! Deku are you okay?" Uraraka bounded over and started searching him up and down.
"Yeah yeah I'm fine." Izuku rubbed the back of his head. "I hope you guys get to meet them, they ended up being really nice." He smiled again.
Hagakure sweatdropped. "I don't even want to ask but I feel like someone is going to anyway. You made friends ... with the villains? The villains ... that attacked you."
"Yeah!" Izuku smiled brightly at her.
"You know what, I don't even care, you do you." Hagakure just walked off.
Jiro's nervousness had vanished in all but a second. She just started laughing. "This is why we love you green holy shit!"
"She's not wrong." Momo laughing a bit as well.
"Deku why the fuck did you make friends with the people that attacked you?! You know what fuck it, we don't have the time for this discussion, we're on in five." Bakugo followed Buzz Fuck out of the waiting room.
Todoroki looked Midoriya up and down for a bit. "This is why my father hates you Midoriya, you're too nice. You remind him of All Might." Todoroki coldly commented before following the rest of his class.
"Guys we can talk about Midoriya's villain friends later. We got this, let's rock it class 1-A!" Mina shouted before dragging everybody in with their enthusiasm.
Five Minutes later
Jirou was screaming internally, how had she let them convince her to do this. Singing in front of this many people!? She barely managed to do it in front of her class and this was an entirely different level in comparison. It's like she skipped the whole game and just went for the final boss. Great now she was making video game references because of her stupid boyfriend and her anxiety was flaring and she still had to sing.
Jirou turned to see Kaminari giving her his best derpy smile, the one he had when he'd overused his quirk. She couldn't help but smile back at him, she did love the idiot at the end of the day. As much as she refused to say it.
The crowd began chanting. "YAOYOROZU! YAOYOROZU! YAOYOROZU!"
Izuku sat at his perch high above the stage. "Why is everyone shouting Yaoyorozu?" Izuku asked aloud.
Todoroki gave him a simple shrug.
"Bro don't you know she's like the idol of the first years." Kirishima unfortunately spoke the truth.
"Ah I see, I have some people to kill." Izuku coldly retorted.
"Dude don't kill them just cause you don't appreciate how lucky you are." Sero moaned.
"Nevermind, congratulations you get to die first Sero." Izuku started walking over to the boy, his intentions clear.
"Wait, no, I didn't mean it man, I'm sorry!" Sero started bowing and begging.
"Perish." Was the only reply Sero got.
"Someone stop him please, I'm too young to die!" When no one came to his aid Sero considered running.
Bakugo's loud yell unfortunately interrupted Izuku's murderous plans. "It seems you get to live for now."
'Thanks Bakubro!' Sero screamed in his head.
Moment's prior, the room darkened.
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"LET'S GO, DAMMIT!" Bakugo howled as he raised his drum sticks. "All of U.A. ... WE'LL KILL EM WITH OUR SOUND!" Bakugo slammed his implements down before making one of the largest explosions of his life.
Jirou was cursing internally. 'I told you not to adlib it Bakugo!' Whatever it's here, they've started, she had to do her best, so she opened her mouth.
"What am I to be?"
She could do this, Kyoka could do this!
"What is my calling?"
Momo began her riff on her keyboard as she shot confetti out of her body, she even added a little bit of One For All to really give them some distance. She smiled briefly as she looked out at the roaring crowd, maybe she could get used to this.
"I gave up giving up"
Aoyama tensed as he got ready for his part, he was going to sparkle brighter than he ever had in life before, he felt their vice reps black tendrils surround his body and he was thrust into the air. He let out his quirk from everywhere on his body that had an amplifier, he then solidified it and made himself a platform high in the air. It wasn't much longer before a small group of the class was tossed up after him. Aoyama smiled as Tsuyu and Tokoyami stuck the landing.
"I'm ready to go!"
Izuku smiled as the group of 3 started dancing on Aoyama's 'Flying Carpet'. His part was going to be soon, and for that he'd be needing a slightly unfamiliar quirk. But during his battle it didn't seem like the quirk had any kind of backlash so it should be fine, in theory. Hopefully his class won't mind the slight alteration to his part, though to be fair this was his petty revenge for all that wasted dance training.
"Tried all my life
I tried to find
Something that makes me hold on and never let go"
And that's the signal, originally he was going to be doing this with Zero Gravity and he would be, but with a slight twist. Izuku jumped from the top activating Zero Gravity on himself as he flew through the crowd, touching as many people as he could while Todoroki unleashed a massive glacier, Kirishima used his hardening to scrape off ice while Uraraka blasted the scrapings to make the air sheen like a winter wonderland. Izuku's task was completed as he saw many of the crowd floating up into the air, Time for phase 2. Izuku started making bubbles of elasticity all over the room's floor causing people to start bouncing about lightly, the smarter of the crowd realized what they did and started jumping on them. His class gave him a glare but he smiled back at them and started hopping up and down in place, truly it was a shame he'd have to give this quirk back.
After the show
"What the hell green bean! I expected Bakugo to adlib, I can't even count how many times I had to tell him off for that during practice, but don't go whipping out an entirely new quirk on us in the middle of the show!" Kyoka was slightly furious, she'd been nervous as it was, she certainly didn't need that surprise on top of everything else.
"Sorry but it's not like I had time to tell you all, I literally got the quirk like twenty minutes ago. Besides it all worked out didn't it? People really loved the trampolines and floating about the room." Izuku smiled as he melted another chunk of ice.
"Ugh whatever, you're just lucky no one got hurt." Kyoka sighed once more, hating their class president for his antics.
"Had it not been for my quick intervention with Black Whip someone may well have." Momo added.
"And they weren't and isn't that the only thing that matters?" Izuku smiled brightly.
"Not really dude, but I do gotta admit it was kinda fun." Kirishima had jumped down from his post mid song because he wanted to join in.
"I'm guessing that's one of the villains quirks Deku?" Uraraka asked.
"Yeah I'm going to most likely be giving it back though so I wanted to have fun with it befor-
"Izuku Midoriya to the Principal's Office. Izuku Midoriya to the Principal's Office."
Izuku heard the speaker in the auditorium go off.
Hagakure started laughing. "Your in so much trouble moptop, try not to die."
Izuku paled, maybe he'd taken it slightly too far, nah. "It's probably just about you know what, I'll be back guys!" He gave them a wave as he started walking to the office in question.
"If you get expelled can I have your Principal Nedzu merch?!" Mina shouted after him.
"No!" Izuku didn't turn as he went.
"I'll back him up." Momo sighed and ran after the boy.
Nedzu's brows were furrowed, well as much as an animals could be. How was he supposed to cover up the crimes of an infamous youtuber, he'd listened to their story. He empathized with them, he really did, but of all the things Izuku had to ask for a favour, it had to be this. "So let me get this straight, there is video evidence of you publicly assaulting pro heroes and their sidekicks?"
Gentle was squirming in his seat. "...Yes?"
"And Izuku dropped you off here because he thought you two should be given a second chance." Nedzu continued.
"Yes."
"And he somehow expects me to just whisk away your crimes? The crimes you have recorded and are currently being shown about the internet?"
The more the mouse talked to them the more unlikely the scenario sounded to Labrava, publicly filming your crimes then asking to be shown lenience was just a lot. "We can take them down?..."
The rat turned his head. "And anyone who has downloaded any of your videos will still retain evidence?"
Labrava knew that already but she wanted to try and contribute something to this conversation.
Nedzu sighed for the umpteenth time today. "I'll see what I can do, delete your videos. The longer we can keep you both hidden the better, though that shouldn't be too hard with how secretive I make U.A." Nedzu looked at his watch before reaching over to the intercom. "Izuku Midoriya to the principal's office. Izuku Midoriya to the principal's office."
The now quirkless Gentle thought he should plead his case. "Nedzu, can I offer myself to lessen Labrava's crimes? She never participated in my deeds, she simply recorded them." The man lowered his head from his chair.
"Gentle! No! I won't let you take the fall for this. I'm just as guilty!" The twin tailed girl shouted at the mouse.
Gentle turned to her, his voice barely a whisper. "Labrava, please. There's no reason we both need to be imprisoned, please let me do this."
Everyone in the room turned to face a new voice speaking. "I do not understand the issue, God said these interlopers were to be shown mercy. How could anyone trample his lord's majesty?"
"Have an apple Arakiel." Eri said basically forcing the thing into his mouth.
"I suppose if the princess requests it then I shall acquiesce." The quirked animal ate it in one bite. "Still I do not understand the issue, simply pardon these two and be done with it."
Nedzu stared at the creature, the fact it could speak still greatly shocked him. "Arakiel your master does not control the law."
"Folly, he speaks and we obey, he is law."
Nedzu didn't realize trying to convince a quirk would be this difficult but here he found himself, how does he convince the quirk that his 'god' wasn't all powerful? An idea hit the rat suddenly. "Arakiel there are other gods, a council so to speak. The gods must debate amongst themselves, this system was set up so that no one god would hold all the power."
"I see, my master has chosen to let the voices of his underlings somewhat influence his actions. I see it now, ... a memory, 'Absolute power corrupts absolutely.' My lord is worried that with too much power, he would lose himself. Truly, the Blood God is wiser than the rest of us." Arakiel affirmed.
Labrava and Gentle both looked at each other while simultaneously thinking 'BLOOD GOD?!'.
"Oh yeah Mister Izu is all kinds of smart. He taught me how to brush my hair, and to color inside the lines, and to do math better, he's taught me lots of things." Eri smiled brightly at the quirk.
"I see, I must request additional knowledge from my lord, I failed in the most basic of tasks. To learn, truly they must be disappointed in me." Arakiel lowered his head.
Eri waved her hands a bit. "Oh no, Mister Izu loves you Arakiel. He told me your uh, huh what's the word, INSPIRATIONAL!" The little girl shouted.
"How so Princess?" Arakiel tilted his head towards his masters second most beloved.
"You prove that he can do better and he want's to learn and uh get better?" Eri's head also tilted.
"I see just as my master constantly improves himself, I must do the same. I understand Princess, you have brought great knowledge to this servant."
Izuku then walked into the room. "So, I'm here."
"God! I shall strive to do better." Arakiel bowed.
Huh. "Yeah you do that, I believe in you."
"Your trust is not misplaced lord, I shall whip the others into shape as your will desires."
"Rrrrrrright." Izuku dismissed the creation. "You called me Nedzu?"
"And I came because I know Izuku did something incredibly stupid again." Momo appeared behind the boy sighing. "Are you the two that attacked him?" Her gaze suddenly sharpened as she stared down the costumed pair.
Gentle felt the hairs on his neck straighten up under the pressure the girl was exerting. "Yes?"
Labrava on the other hand felt herself subconsciously wanting to flee behind Gentle, but barely managed to keep herself composed.
"Try anything or hurt anyone, and I will end you." Momo threatened the pair.
Holy shit Izuku thought to himself, is this what its like when your not the one she's staring down?
There was an audible gulp followed by silence.
"Yaoyorozu please do not threaten to kill people in my office." Nedzu was still looking through the footage of the youtuber pair in front of him. So, so much evidence that proves he's a villain, how was Nedzu supposed to fix this.
"Fine." Momo relented.
"My queen while getting to see your rage in it's full splendor is a welcome sight, I have already been commanded to deal with the interlopers should it become necessary, worry not."
"Queen?" Momo asked aloud while turning to the quirk giver.
"I don't know, they always talk like this." Izuku shrugged doing his best to ignore how weird his creations thought processes were and wondered if in some way he should be worried about his own.
"Midoriya, you're asking a lot of me here." The faces of the two captives went white. "But I believe I may have some idea of how to handle the situation. Honestly what you want me to do is downright illegal and as the principal of a hero school it sounds wrong." Nedzu paused again. "However I believe I must, it will take time. I won't be frank with you two, you are going to suffer for a bit, but at the end of it I think it may just be possible. For the meanwhile however your freedoms will be greatly restricted, do you accept?"
"Restricted how?" Gentle asked.
"You WILL NOT leave campus, you will not be seen, you cannot for if you are, well then it'll be the end of it. I will deny this meeting ever occurred, ... despite your lack of popularity I have no doubt a student of mine has seen you before. In the very very short term you will either go to prison immediately, or you will do EVERYTHING I say. Do I make myself clear?" Nedzu's cheery face had completely dissolved.
"I'll do it, I'll keep Gentle out of prison!" Labrava suddenly shouted. "I'll do anything, please..."
"Labrava ..." Gentle stared at the girl.
Nedzu's smile returned. "Wonderful!" The rat shot out of his seat. "Then we have a deal. Eri I can trust you not to say anything that happened during this meeting?"
"Of course Mister Mouse, ask Mister Izu, I'm great at secrets!" Eri exclaimed.
"Well is she?" Nedzu asked humoring the girl.
"She's just the best." Izuku chuckled.
"Well then, I will be using the cell I created for Izuku's portals for you two, once the festival is over and more things are finalized, you two will be released once conditions are met. In the meantime I apologize for any rough treatment you might be put through, I'll have Lunchrush whip you something up as an apology."
The pair bowed. "We both accept, we understand this is a rushed affair and as such our personages will not dispute our treatment, we look forward to working with you Principal Nedzu." Gentle said.
Momo smiled at the situation, Izuku was finally doing what he always wanted too. To save people who needed saving. "Wanna go enjoy the rest of the festival Izu?"
"Absolutely Momo, though I wish you'd put yourself in the beauty pageant. Lord knows you would've won." Izuku smiled back.
The praise caused her to blush greatly. "Do you mean, do you really mean it?"
"You heard the crowd earlier." Was all Izuku said as he grabbed her hand and led her off.
Notes:
Honestly one of my host hated chapters, sorry.
Current Quirk List
Izuku Midoriya: Kuroe, Breath of Life, Tempo, Ultra Sight, Muscle Augmentation (Renamed to Muscular), Warp Gate, Galeforce, Quirk Enhancer, Confession, Overhaul, Minor Regeneration, Elasticity, Zero Gravity
Bakugo Katsuki: Explosion, Pyrokinesis
Tenya Iida: Engine, Air Step
Jirou Kyoka: Earphone Jack
Koji Koda: Animal Speak, Voice Throwing.
Mina Ashido: Acid, Liquid Manipulation
Sero Hanta: Tape, Minor Fire Resistance, Fire Breath
Yuga Aoyama: Navel Laser, Photokinesis
Kirishima Ejiro: Hardening, Shunpo
Yaoyorozu Momo: One for All, Creation, Blackwhip
Shinsou Hitoshi: Thunderclap, Brainwashing
Denki Kaminari: Electrification, Lightning Rod
All For One: Unknown
Kurogiri: EMP
Eri: Rewind
Nedzu: High Specs, Silence
Uraraka: Air Cannon
Mirio: Permeation
Sato: Sugar Rush
Eraserhead: Erasure, Super Strength
Setsuna Tokage: Lizard Tail Splitter, Vitality Stealing
Kinoko Komori: Mushroom, Float
Jurota Shishida: Beast, Mute
Manami Aiba: -None-
Danjuro Tobita: -None-
Arakiel: Spider
Quirk Bank: Molecular Manipulation, Paralysis, Bad Luck, Love
