Kisho smiles lazily as he stands in front of the other students. He waves lightly, "yo, I'm Kisho Ikarashi. Guess I'll be joining you now." He shrugs and looks over the kids gathered in front of him. Those among them who are more observant or have history with this particular individual notice how none of his smiles have reached his eyes.
As Kisho observes his new classmates a few stand out to him, namely the two recommendation students, Shoto Todoroki and Momo Yaoyorozu. He's heard many things about them and what power they posses. He makes a bit of a show of running his tongue over his teeth and chuckles at how it makes some people shift uncomfortably. He shrugs again and goes to take his seat as Aizawa begins the lesson.
(Heroics Training)
Kisho grunts as he feels the contraption around his neck being adjusted. His pupils contract and he takes a deep breath when he feels his power return to him. It's dampened, but he can certainly feel it there. He gives himself a moment to get used to the feeling, as well as readjust to his now heightened senses. He cracks his neck and grunts before turning to Aizawa with a lazy grin, "Finally, I've been waiting to cut loose." The tired teacher grunts, "Don't get cocky, you've been granted use of 25% of your power for training purposes, don't screw up and it'll net you more." The teen nods to the man and moves to return to the group of other students. As he returns their teacher, All Might symbol of peace, nods and begins his explanation of today's exercise.
"Today, in preparation of your upcoming finals, you will be sparring with one another to improve your quirks as well as your ability to combat those of others. Now come draw your lots to determine you sparring partner! Keep in mind that one of you will be fighting twice to account for our now uneven headcount. This mean young Ikarashi will draw two lots." Everyone nods and goes up to draw their lots. Kisho comes out with the partners Mashiro Ojiro and Eijiro Kirishima.
He looks around and finds them, a boy with a tail and another with spiked red hair. He nods to himself and goes to pair up with Ojiro first. After approaching, "Hey, you're Ojiro right?" He receives a nod, "yes, I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do." Kisho nods back and they space out to proper distancing.
The round starts with Ojiro charging and swinging with his tail, an attack that Kisho sees coming and dodges easily before activating his own power. Waves of black scales roll out and cover Kisho's arms from the elbow down as he charges and swipes at Ojiro, barely missing as the other dodges the strike. Kisho continues his assault not noticing the other students, most specifically his childhood friends, watching the battle.
Kisho continues his face off with his tailed classmate, and as they trade blows the boy in black is internally impressed with his opponent's martial prowess, 'I'm gonna have to step it up.' He drops to the ground and sweeps the other boy's legs before popping into a handstand and catching his shoulder with a kick. During the transition from sweep to handstand, Kisho had shifted the scales on his arms to his legs to empower his kick while reinforcing the limbs he was attacking with. He springs back to his feet as the other boy falls, shifting his scales back to their original position as he swings at Ojiro and nails him in the stomach, effectively knocking the wind out of him. Kisho backs away, "Yield?" The boy with a tail regains his breath and stands clutching his stomach, "Yeah… you got me pretty good there…" Kisho nods and shakes hands with the boy before turning to the rest of the class to see them watching. He blinks, "what?"
Bakugou grunts, "We were seeing how you fight, pretty interesting, especially since not even me and Deku have seen your quirk before." The class looks between the two with shock while Midoriya nods, "Yeah, you always did dodge the question." Kisho chuckles, "Trust me, I had my reasons, but I guess it doesn't hurt for you to know now." He shrugs and goes to rest while he waits for his other partner to finish his first match before they meet in combat. He settles into a meditative position and begins taking deep and controlled breaths as he lets his quirk fade from sight.
He cracks an eye open a few minutes later when he feels someone approaching him. He opens his other eye and gives a lazy smile when he sees it's his bushy forest haired friend. "Hey Izu, need something?" Said boy shakes his head and sits nearby, "not really, just wanted to talk a bit is all." Kisho nods and leans back until he rests against a nearby wall, "Anything in particular?" Midoriya gives a nervous smile and chuckles, "well…", he trails off as he pulls out a notebook and pencil. Kisho chuckles, he already knows what this is about.
"C-can you please tell me about your quirk?" Kisho chuckles at his friend's nervous excitement, "Sure, I think it's time you learned." Midoriya leans in closer to get as much detail as possible out of this. Kisho clears his throat, "Alright, as you've already seen I can use my quirk to sprout black scales over my body", he demonstrates, "but that's only a portion of my ability. Sprouting scales is a result of partial transformation, if I had access to all of my strength I could turn into a beast right before your very eyes."
Midoriya's eyes go wide and he starts furiously writing in his note book. "Ohmygodthat'ssocoolcanyoucontrolisizewhat'sitlooklikeca-", Kisho puts a finger over his friends mouth with a chuckle, "Izu, you were doing it again." The forest themed teen chuckles nervously and rubs the back of his head, "whoops, sorry." Kisho gives a lazy grin, "No problem, anyway, I can't control size, color, body part positioning, or anything like that. It's the same everytime and I can only control how much of me transforms. I haven't been in that form for a while and there are… reasons for that…", he looks off to the side. The scales fade from his arms as he ponders the events leading up to this present. 'I wonder… what would have happened if I hadn't-', he stops himself by pinching his arm with a grimace, 'no, don't think like that, it's too late to change anything.' He forces a small smile and turns back, "sorry, spaced out a bit. Anyway, any more questions?" He spends a few minutes humoring his friend and answering queries about his power.
After a while he notices his second sparring partner approaching, "Sorry Izu, looks like that's my cue." He stands and goes to greet his crimson haired combatant, "Kirishima right?" He receives a nod and toothy grin in return, "Yep! Your battle with Ojibro earlier was super manly! I've been looking forward to this!", Kisho chuckles at the redhead's antics while idly noticing that the boy has shark-like teeth.
He steps back to a proper distance and crouches into a fighting stance while the other boy does the same. Kisho takes a moment to think about his opponent, 'So, this is the guy with the hardening quirk right? I'm gonna have to be quick and get a decisive blow when he can't block it. Maybe a hold or throw of some kind. This'll be interesting.' He grins and charges his opponent, already coating his arms to better his offense.
He takes a swing as a feint and shifts the scales from his non-dominant arm to the opposite leg for a roundhouse aimed at Kirishima's head. It connects but he has to jump back as the redhead didn't flinch from the blow, on account of hardening his head, and attempted to counter-attack. Kisho readies his arms again and runs forward before springing into the air over and behind the manly teen and delivering a blow to the small of his back. The shark-toothed boy stumbles forward a bit, but holds his balance and turns to face his opponent and throw a punch of his own. Kisho intercepts the attack and uses the boy's arm as a lever to throw his opponent over his shoulder. He immediately drops to the ground and wraps an arm around the boy's neck, securing the hold by placing that hand in the crook of his other arm's elbow and moving the securing arm's hand onto the back of his opponent's head. He secures his place further by wrapping his legs around his opponent's waist before beginning to apply pressure to his neck. "Yield."
Kirishima tries to hold out against the steadily increasing pressure and remove Kisho's arm, but it was over the moment the hold was secured. After a minute and a half of struggling the redhead finally caves, "I give! You win!" Kisho drops the hold and removes himself from the other boy before helping him up. Kirishima chuckles, "Damn, wasn't expecting that. Good match bro! It was manly!" Kisho gives a small laugh, "I'll be ready anytime if you want a rematch." They shake hands and they go to find their own spots to rest in.
(Later)
As the school day ends and the student's make their way back to the dorms, Kisho smiles. He was currently listening to his two oldest friends bicker about hero statistics. It was… nice, refreshing. He looked to the sky, 'I could get used to this, it's pretty fun here. I hope it can stay that way.' He grimaces to himself, with his luck and how he is… he can hope can't he?
Kisho Ikarashi;
Age: 15
Status: Hero Student
Quirk: Beast Within;
Allows the user to transform into a beast of currently unknown nature. Partial transformations that simply bring out scales (that the beast is presumably covered with) are also possible. Senses are enhanced as a passive effect, but it is believed this effect is enhanced in beast form. Drawbacks currently unknown.
A/N: Another chapter, another step forward. Hoping people enjoy this one too, and I'm looking forward to writing more about this in the future. Till then, see you around.