Arc 4 Chapter 2: POWER!
Class 1-A entered the gym in their sports uniform, with some students wearing certain parts of their costumes such as Katsuki's Boots, Kenshi's Eraser Special, Izuku's Full Boots, Momo's Yaoyoro-dictionary and Leo's titanium claws.
"Alright class, the rules are simple, you need to pin Mirio down for a total of 3 seconds in any way, manner or form. You can use some of your support items, if you wish. We also have a guest joining us today, please welcome Sir Nighteye." AIzawa said in his monotone voice. "He is Mirio's workstudy and is here to give some students that do extremely well here the opportunity to be his understudy for a month as part of the workstudy internship programme."
"No need to greet me, just get on with the exercise. I have no intention of watching wasted potential here. I'm just here to see Mirio's progress." Nighteye told them, glaring at Izuku as he said 'wasted potential'.
Ochako shot him a glare right back, and flipped him the bird.
"Right." Aizawa said, tiredly. "Mirio, are you ready?"
Mirio, who had by now walked in wearing the top half of the sports uniform and the bottom half of his hero suit gives the pro a bright smile.
"Alright, i'll give you a minute, make whatever scheme you want." Mirio told the kids of class 1-A.
"Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, what's the plan?" Iida asked them, knowing they were better at thinking of strategies on the spot from past experience.
"Jirou, I want you to plug yourself to the ground, everyone focus on keeping her safe, I don't think the battle will be as straightforward as it seems. He's got something up his sleeve and whatever it is, it might surprise us." Izuku told them. "Everyone, circle around Jiro, girls inside, boys outside. Momo I'm going to see Aizawa's capture weapon ready, Mineta, Sero, Jojo get ready to try and capture Mirio if he comes too close. Kaachan, Todoroki, go all out, you'll be the bait, I want to see what he can do, rest of you, make sure to keep your distance, I think he has a short range or melee quirk or possibly something that could only apply to him."
"Dont fucking order me around, nerd. But I must say I like your idea." Katsuki responds.
"Looks like we got two eggheads," Mirio said with a smile, "Let's hope your plan gets put to good use though cause you're all in for a surprise."
Katsuki and Shoto walked forward. Those two were gonna take him on headfirst as Izuku instructed.
"Oi, blondie, you're going down!" Katsuki shouted, charging at Mirio.
"Oh am I?" Mirio asked.
Katsuki had an explosion at the ready as he continued to charge at Mirio. However as soon as he got close, he started vanishing. Mirio was going through the floor. Katuki and Shoto were confused as to what the hell just happened.
"Where did he go?" Shoto asked.
Mirio suddenly reappeared in front of the others. However, the bottoms fell down, and some girls saw something they didn't need to see. Jiro screamed and covered her eyes.
"Your clothes just fell off!" Sero said.
Aizawa face palmed himself.
"You gotta be shitting me," he said.
"Oops, still working on a few kinks with the new costume," Mirio said as he pulled his pants up.
"I say we all attack at once," Shoto said, "There's no way he can take us all down."
"Guys wait a…." Kenshi said.
They didn't hear Kenshi as they were all too busy charging at Mirio. Nighteye smirked knowing how this would all go down. Mirio stayed in his pose for a minute. He suddenly vanished again and appeared before Jiro.
"I'll start with the long distance fighters first!" he said.
He then dashed forward attacking each of the long ranged students from 1A, showing little to no mercy. Even without the use of his quirk, the man was a powerhouse.
"POWER!" Mirio said.
"Holy Mother of Clusterfuck!" Leo said surprised by his awe inspiring strength.
Kenshi rushed over to Momo, concerned for her.
"Are you ok?" he asked as he held her close.
"I… I think so," she said.
"Just who is this guy?!" Mina asked.
"That is my student, Mirio Togata, and with his quirk and power, he will truly be the true number one," Nighteye said, "Unlike a certain someone." He scoffed.
Mirio then looked at Leo.
"One thing you'll find interesting about me," he said, "I've been trained by nighteye to predict attacks"
"I don't care," Leo said, his claws at the ready.
Izuku, Kenshi and Iida were lined up ready to fight him alongside Leo.
"I should focus on using my legs," Izuku said, "They can take more strain."
He channeled OFA throughout his body but focused most of it on his legs. Izuku then lunged at Mirio and performed a kick. However his leg went straight through him. Leo followed up with a barrage of claw attacks only for them to be dodged.
"Mirio has trained time and time again to punish such low counters," Sir Nighteye said, "He is the one true successor to All Might."
Izuku and Iida decided to team up against Mirio.
"I'll take the back while you take front," Izuku said.
"Got it Class Rep!" Iida said as he started speeding around.
He was attempting to blind Mirio so Izuku could go in for the kill. Nighteye knew this couldn't work. He was using his quirk knowing how this would happen. Mirio then warped away and went behind Iida. He knocked him out of the ring in one go. This was the chance for Kenshi to show off his moves. He threw some tape near Mirio's leg.
"GET OVER HERE!"
Mirio tripped and fell into the ground. Nighteye was watching him and found his techniques to be intriguing. Kenshi turned to Izuku.
"Deku now!" he said.
Izuku lunged forward towards Mirio. He was only using 5% since Mirio was a student, but if the situation demanded it, he would kick it up a notch. He went with a few kicks towards Mirio who used his quirk to phase through them. Kenshi then dashed forward and went with a punch. Mirio countered with a few attacks, however Kenshi used the Eraserhead special to evade them.
Mirio decided to kick things up a notch. He used his quirk once again and disappeared into the floor.
Kenshi, using his knowledge in quick time events tried pinpointing exactly where he could strike. He closed his eyes. Everyone else was confused as far as what Kenshi was doing. Kenshi then jumped into the air as Mirio was right below him. He then countered with a kick to the face forcing him back. Mirio was surprised at this.
"He knew where I was going!" Mirio said.
"Interesting." Nighteye said, "Who is this boy?"
"Kenshi Jotaro, or as his friends call him 'Jojo', his quirk allows him to make almost any sort of game equipment. I trained him myself." Aizawa told him.
"So you're his father then?" Nighteye asked.
"No not exactly. But….. I will admit I have been acting like a father to him lately." He confessed
"This boy has potential. I want him in my internship." Nighteye told him.
Kenshi overheard this.
"Wait…. For real?" Kenshi asked.
"That support item of yours is very useful," Nighteye said, "With a few adjustments it could be legendary."
Aizawa however wasn't so sure about this. Although he had respect for Nighteye, he didn't trust him completely, especially after what happened.
"Mr. Nighteye is right, that support item of yours, its very useful and given the right person, you could have a good fighting style," Aizawa said, "You can continue to train with me or other pros to develop it for the work study, or you can train with someone who's only guided by his own self interest."
Nighteye turned to Aizawa.
"Now Shota I know how you feel about me, but that shouldn't effect…"
"This is your decision in the end Jotaro, but you should know that Nighteye is one of those pros who would do things his own way to get to where he is, even risking someone's life," Aizawa told him.
"That's just not true," Nighteye said.
"I wouldn't trust him with your work study, or anything, or Anyone else." Aizawa said.
Nighteye ignored him and turned to Kenshi.
"Jotaro, I'm offering you a chance to be the greatest hero next to Lemillion," Nighteye said, "This kind of opportunity doesn't come around very often."
Kenshi thought for a moment. He then turned to Izuku.
"I appreciate the offer Mr. Nighteye," Kenshi said, "But no thanks. I think Aizawa has good ideas as far as fighting styles and I feel like I gotta go with him. And I believe that Deku might benefit more than me with that offer. Plus he's proven himself time and time that he can be a hero, and goes beyond Plus Ultra constantly."
Izuku smiled knowing one of his friends believed in him
"I thought you were smarter than that, but that doesn't change my opinion about Midoriya." Nighteye said, "No matter what he does, he will not be worthy to succeed his father. Well, I have business to attend. As you were."
He walked off, and Momo noticed he had one of the gauntlets in his hand.
"Mr. Nighteye," she said, "That belongs to my boyfriend."
"Oh of course," Sir Nighteye said, tossing it back to Kenshi.
Later on after the fight, everyone was heading back to the dorms. Momo latched herself onto Kenshi. By doing this she earned a few jealous looks from girls since he was pretty popular, but she ignored them.
Mirio himself was thinking about Jotaro and Midoriya, especially his quirk. He thought he was a formidable opponent and had what it took to be a hero, despite what Nighteye said.
"I think sir would like him if he gave him a chance," he said to himself.
Back at Heights Alliance…..
Kenshi was seasoning some meat for dinner while the girls were talking about how cool Mirio was.
"His story of how he reached the top was pretty amazing I'll admit!" Mina said, "Speaking of which Jojo, why'd you turn down Nighteye?"
"To be honest, I just wasn't interested," Kenshi admitted, "Nighteye seemed like the guy who…. I don't know how to put it."
"An asshole and a self centered bastard?" Katsuki asked, "Cause that's what I see in him. Bastard had the nerve to come into Deku's house uninvited and demand that Izuku give up his spot as successor and give it to Togata. Like honestly, what does Togata have that Deku doesn't."
"That's what I'm saying," Mina said, "What's his deal with Midori?"
"Beats me," Todoroki said.
"But yea, Aizawa saw me in action with the Eraserhead special and…"
"Oh yea, you really kicked ass out there," Leo said, "You've taken all of Aizawa's lessons and applied them to that item. Pretty useful when your quirk isn't."
"Yea," Kenshi said sheepishly, "I guess his style must've rubbed off on me. I bet it will be quite useful when it comes to the work studies."
"Well I suppose there's nothing we can do til Mr. Aizawa gives us the green light," Momo told him as she kissed his cheek.
Meanwhile…..
Someone was walking into an abandoned warehouse. He was wearing some kind of facial mask and had a suit and tie. He noticed the door was locked. He decided to disassemble the lock and bust the door down. Someone approached him.
"You know, it's rude to enter someone's room unannounced," he said.
It was Shigaraki.
"You don't remember me do you?" the man asked.
"Oh I remember you…. Chisaki," he said, "You joined us during the raid, but then you escaped."
"I had plans to attend to," Chisaki said, "Not that it matters now that the key to my plan is gone. But that doesn't matter either."
"So why are you here?" Shigaraki asked.
"Who's this whackjob?" Twice asked.
"They call him a gangster of sorts," Shigaraki answered, "The capo of the Eightfold Cleansers."
"So in other words, there's something that makes him different from us," Mr. Compress said.
"Precisely," Shigaraki answered.
"I'm here to help finish what All For One started, only…. I have different ideas for my society," Chisaki stated, "So where's your boss? The one who can perfectly copy other's quirks."
"He has…. Business to attend at the moment," Shigaraki said.
"Looks like he doesn't care who's part of his empire," Chisaki said, taunting him.
"You dare speak of our leader in such a tone?" Mr. Compress asked, "Such rude behavior.
"Now now, let's not get ahead of ourselves," Overhaul said, opening a small case, "I believe this will explain why I'm here."