My Iron Giant
-The Iron Titans-
Part 2
"And this is where you two will temporarily live, young Momo and Knight-san will take good care of you two." All Might brought them to the dorm buildings, a similar version to the ones in their own universe but built smaller and more simply. Now that Ochaco could see the difference in how her parents designed things versus other people, she noticed the details that showed how the Uraraka construction company really put their best efforts into design.
"Yeah, like Uncle said. Momo is really cool and like a sister to me so you don't need to worry, Ochaco-san. And Izuku will certainly take good care of Izuku-san too... we will need to come up with a nickname for you or something, this could get confusing really fast." This Melissa stated, now introduced to yet another problem to solve.
"Like Mel said, I'm really happy to have someone for a small sleepover. Even if our first impression wasn't too good I'm really looking forward to getting to know you a bit." Momo held her hand out to Ochaco. Taking care not to accidentally send her to the stratosphere Ochaco shook it gently.
"Okay, I'm extremely tired and want to go to sleep as fast as possible. I'm the homeroom teacher in this class, Aizawa-sensei if you would. I know very little about what is happening and for the moment I prefer for it to stay that way." The man that seemed homeless at first glanced to All Might, leaving one final word with the fellow teacher.
"I'm expecting for you two to behave, I'm sure that you know that already. Goodnight." He said, ready to fall into a temporary coma.
"He's a bit... different than in our world. Damn that's weird to say." Ochaco still had plenty of thoughts, questions about how exactly the multiverse works. No one could answer them, leaving her to simply wonder.
"Don't worry, we will think something out. Maybe when Mei wakes up she will be able to explain what that device did." Melissa, the one everyone had started relying on to come closest to understanding how to sort this out layed out a basic plan, some way to try and help.
A small drone, a round contraption, hovered towards Izuku. He kept an eye, or technically a few of his cameras, on the strange thing. No one was reacting poorly to it, so it wasn't bad per say. He thinks…
[Scanning...]
[Scan Complete]
[Continual ranged signal detected]
[Results: Scanned unit is remotely operated]
That much was already obvious. Why did his weird robo powers never work exactly as he expects?
"Wow! You are so cool! I really like the futuristic aesthetic and how your armor looks!" The drone spoke in a voice very similar to a person's, but not quite human.
"Thank... You?" Izuku wasn't sure if there was an actual person behind it. "Who are... You?" He asked, pondering on how far the basics in technology this world had.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Luna! It's nice to meet you mister Titan!" She, assuming it was a she, swerved side to side, always moving in some direction. It, she, recognized his reference.
"Midoriya... Izuku."
A gasp emanate from her, it, thingy majig.
"Papa! He is called Izuku just like you! That's so awesome! Mom, you heard that?!" It zoomed towards Knight, then altered its course on a whim and rammed into Momo's chest.
"Yes sweety, I heard that. You are acting really hyper all of a sudden, something happened?" Momo asked, holding the small drone up.
"I helped Grandpa David with a really hard project that he wanted to finish, he said that I was a really great help!" There was so much pure joy radiating from it, but Ochaco was still thinking about what it called Knight and Momo.
"That's... your daughter? You two have a child? She sounds at least 12 to 16 years old... How in the world?" Ochaco looked between the Titan, then back at Momo. Melissa had told them some things, and given how strange quirks can be..There is a chance they might have-NOPE! Not gonna go there, too many things were confusing already.
"That's a long story." Momo replied, bashfully looking elsewhere. With a small toss the drone performed circles around the air and returned to Knight.
"Let's go, it's getting really late and a lot happened today. What is your size, Uraraka-san?" The raven haired girl asked, leading the way into the dorms.
"Why do you ask?" Ochaco asked, unsure if there was a cultural thing here she should be very wary of.
"I can make you a few pieces of clothing with my quirk. I'll even make them in any shape and color you want as a bonus!"
Oh, that doesn't sound too bad.
Izuku watched Ochaco as she followed the taller girl into the building. One that he couldn't fit inside. There wasn't any skylight to a bedroom for him to keep an eye on her, not that walls were an issue. This place was at war though, so he shouldn't stray far.
"Don't worry, Princess will keep her safe. Let's go, my home is just beyond the dorms." The Titan started walking to the 'home' he called for himself. Izuku realized it had been a while since he was able to step foot into his own home, the outdoors being his only place of rest for the past weeks.
"So... I can't help but notice that your body is a bit weird. Your power signature is extremely small right now, and the composites of your armor block any scans that I could do." Knight brought up, filling the silent walk.
Scanning, huh, maybe he would get better results this time.
[Scanning...]
[Scan Complete]
So much filled Izuku's mind, way more than anything else he tried to scan. Right off the bat there were multiple types of background radiation around his armor, frequencies that weren't on any known scale, and so many tiny tiny parts shifting along the surface. It was like looking at someone made of static. Either his scans were way off, or too accurate. Unfortunately he didn't currently have the vocal skills to elaborate.
"Can't scan... You too..."
"Great minds think alike..."
Arriving at what seemed like a hastily built garage by Cementoss and Power Loader, Knight opened the main door for his guest.
"Mi casa es su casa and all that. I know that it's a bit bare but I guess that guys like us can't complain too much."
Yeah, this was more than Izuku has at the moment. The furniture, how little there was, felt strange to Izuku. It had been a while since he found something he could actually sit in with his outer body. Luna, the strange drone flew up from a docking point and spun between the two Titans.
"Mister Izuku, why are you looking like a Titan? Was it like in Papa's case? To defend someone?" She began speaking faster the longer she went on. This was why Izuku liked hanging around Ochaco, she spoke for him. Well, he would have to just get in some more practice.
"Ochaco was in... Danger. I wanted... To help. My qui... quirk. Activated. I changed into a giant. I was able... to get smaller only a few days ago." He looked at his metal fingers, testing them. This body was significant progress from his original transformation, but still a long way to go from feeling human. It even restricted his real body to simply be a battery, not moving, not doing anything but serving as a part. He preferred having the headspace.
"So it's exactly like Papa! When I was barely aware at the beginning, my Mothers talked about him a lot. How he saved mother Momo from a villain so powerful even Grandpa Might couldn't defeat!" Luna replied in excitement, retelling the story.
"Hmm... from your words it seems our meta abilities are different in function. I would need a really powerful power source to create and properly operate a bigger body. My current one is an ideal balance between size and power, I could maybe go to 10 meters tall but any more and it would put too much of a strain on my reactor." Knight butted in.
Wait, he actually knew about his power source? And had control over it? One for All was vague, and no one thought you could run machines off a quirk directly. Even then, Mirio said that there was some kind of power source in his body when he first visited. Maybe Knight could actually make his body, make sense.
"Re...actor?"
"Yes, I'm powered by a 6th generation Arc Reactor. From your reaction I'm guessing that you don't have anything like that?" His new friend asked. Izuku was always good in school, but he never heard of an arc reactor. Wait, he did, in some movie he watched with Ochaco.
"I... don't think so? My quirk... just works?" Izuku replied honestly. This was part of the reason why they started that club, to actually understand what the hell was going on. Now he's in another universe that might have its own laws of energy.
"I envy you a bit if you're able to get even smaller. The only way for me to even remotely feel like a normal human would be to pilot a person sized drone." Knight confessed.
"I can't...You can't?" Izuku asked in surprise, with how advanced and knowledgeable Knight seemed with his own body, he had a hell of a lot more control over it than Izuku.
"Not to my knowledge. When I changed into this form it felt just right, now my meta ability refuses to reduce my size back down." Zuku leaned back to stretch, Izuku connecting the dots on how different they were.
"This is... your body? Not armor? Suit?"
"Yes, this is my body now. Judging from your words this form of yours serves as an exo-suit of sorts?" Knight asked intrigued. Exosuit was a simplification of things but it worked.
"Yes."
So, they really were different in power, function, and even living. Izuku started to bet that understanding one of their metal bodies wouldn't help understand the other. Too much was different. Ochaco had been seeking out a way to get him smaller for so long, and he wanted to be normal again, just as she wanted. Remembering the girl, Izuku glanced back to Ochaco, his lenses easily seeing through the structure to confirm her security.
"Don't worry, both of them are safe there." Zuku chuckled, gettin Izuku to feel more self conscious about his decision to constantly observe Ochaco.
"Ochaco's far... will she be safe, alright?" Izuku asked one last time, tired of getting a false sense of security only for it to be crushed.
"Oh... you are driven by protocols aren't you? I know that feeling. Don't worry, everything will be alright."
Protocol? He just cared about Ochaco, always kept her safe, and would never let anything obstruct the primary….Was it him who actually cared about protecting Ochaco? Or was it the machine?
Ochaco was sleeping, softly snoring as her body had time to relax. No early morning workouts, no drills, no Snipe sneaking up on her with a gun ready to-
Her body reacting, shooting out of bed as an alarm sounded. Bumping against the nightstand, she winced as she heard something shatter on the ground. With the adrenaline jump starting her brain, she quickly recalled where she was, why she was here, and the expensive looking lamp on the floor.
"Oh shoot…" She muttered out loud.
"Good morning Uraraka-san." Momo called out, somehow not angry at Ochaco.
"Ah… good morning." Ochaco replied with a nervous smile.
"Don't worry about that, I'll just buy a new one later." Momo said so earnestly, like it was hardly any inconvenience. Ok, maybe she just got it at a thrift store or something. Hopefully...
"Please tell me it wasn't expensive, I think I have my wallet with me…maybe." Ochaco went over to her clothes lazily draped on a chair, searching for where her money might be.
"Oh please don't worry about that, it was only around two hundred thousand Yen." The ravenette replied, making her way into the bathroom.
"Two… two hundred thousand?" Her mind broke, just like the lamp still on the ground. Lamps could get that expensive?!
"Well… Actually I think it was something around two hundred and eleven thousand, quite a bargain for one of those."
THAT WAS A BARGAIN?! No way, no way a lamp on sale could ever cost that much. This was a different universe, there must be a good explanation.
"Right… I guess that inflation in the time of war is rather harsh…" Ochaco tested the waters, seeing if that was the case. Otherwise she might have to find some way to make money here too.
Now that she wasn't focusing on the stress of being in another world, she began to examine how the furniture was arranged. The very expensive looking wardrobe, the handmade mirror, the way too big of a bed that took up over half the space in the room.
"Bathroom's free. I created a few simple pieces of clothing for you there, please choose whatever you like." Momo stepped out, drying her long hair in a towel embroidered with fancy patterns. OH! A creation quirk. That explains it!
"Your quirk is amazing, no wonder you can afford these things." Ochaco felt relieved, finally cracking the mystery to the ridiculous wealth.
"Ah, I see why you would think that. To be completely honest I only use my quirk when it's absolutely necessary. If we had a bit more time yesterday I would organize a quick shopping trip instead of creating those clothes for you. Maybe we could do that later this week? I mean if we don't find a way for you two to return of course." Momo replied with a smile, doing her hair into a wild ponytail. Whether or not she was trying to make it look messy or not Ochaco couldn't figure out. Taking the new clothes, she stepped into the bathroom to see if they really did fit her.
"Ehehe, I think I have just enough for a cheap meal… Wait, does my money even work in this world?" Uraraka asked, her worry rebuilding now that she might not have a way to pay for food.
"Probably not. In the best scenario it's indistinguishable and would just double some serial numbers, in the worst you could get accused of counterfeiting. Don't worry I'll pay for whatever you and your Izuku need."
"That's a bit too generous, I wouldn't want to be a burden on you." Ochaco came out, wearing one of the simple shirts with a pair of pants.
"As I said before, don't worry. I have more money than I could ever spend on myself anyway."
Damn rich people, fine, she could play that game. Gaining her grin that her mother always hated, Ochaco started to reveal her near future.
"You know, right before we came here we started making a bunch of plans to advance our technology. Through new energy methods, prosthetics, and even toys I'll be able to buy whatever I want. I'll be making about fifteen million yen by the end of the year." She stood confidently, with her hands on her hips. That's right, she was gonna be the richest highschool girl ever.
"Oh that's a really nice idea, it would allow you to acquire some spending money. My parents made a few investments in my name for the future too. I think that one of the subsidiary companies that are going to be mine have a really close annual income to what you predict."
Those damn, damn rich people.
"There is no winning with you…" Ochaco grumbled, stupid rich families and their hand me down money and businesses. Giving up on playing the 'who's life is better' game, the brunette changed the subject.
"So… Shield-san told me yesterday that you and Knight-san are together, how did that happen?"
The rich girl paused in her morning routine, seeming more shy than her confident appearance from just earlier.
"Umm… that's a bit complicated to be honest. Some things happened and I ended up asking Zuku to pretend he is my boyfriend, I didn't think that it would be such a sensation…" She twirled one of the dark long strands of her hair in her fingers.
"So you two are just friends?" Ochaco asked for confirmation.
"I certainly hope that we are something more? It's hard to tell really. I… umm… I certainly like him quite a bit but…" Momo words got quieter, fidgeting with her hand as she sat in place. Right now, she seemed way more vulnerable.
"I think that I'm a burden to him… Zuku would probably never say that, and yell at me for thinking that, but he is always helping me. Recently I found out that he is struggling with his body, and I'm the reason he had to change into it… And to make things worse I didn't even spot it by myself, our friends and my own daughter had to spell it for me…" Momo guiltily confessed, but it was something that Ochaco could relate to.
"You know… I think I understand you a bit. We met with Izuku at the UA entrance exam. Just before entering the school I saw him tripping on his own legs from nervousness, so I stopped his fall with my quirk. The next thing I know he is standing there, towering over me after defeating the 0 pointer that was going to crush me. Now he is stuck like that, not being able to change back. He saved me just because I showed him a bit of kindness, not even knowing he could do anything." Sitting on the bed, Ochaco reflected on her personal situation with Izuku. It felt useless, trying to help Izuku herself. Mirio, Nezu, even her parents were more helpful to Izuku than she was. This whole time he stayed by her, kept her safe. He nearly died a few times and ever since he took up the mantle of being her personal bodyguard she never even got a scratch.
"So… You two…?" Momo asked, implying something more.
Ochaco quickly told her the truth of it.
"Nono! We're not like that. We're...gosh I don't really know. We're obviously good friends but, we know everything about each other. We did this... mind share thing when fighting and now I can remember everything about his life. It's beyond any friendship but neither of us thought of anything like that. But, I can't even imagine my life without him now." Uraraka replied, looking to the window. She frowned not seeing her big metal friend standing just outside, but she would need to slowly get used to it. Especially if Izuku would be able to get even smaller, he would need a room for himself then too.
"Why don't we go say hi to them? We have the next few days free because of the festival, we can eat our breakfast later." Momo said, getting up and already walking to the door.
Journeying out to the door, through the hall, and down the elevator, a familiar sight greeted them.
"Good morning Yaoyorozu-san, Uraraka-san. It's my pleasure to greet someone from a different dimension than ours!" Ida was making breakfast, chopping his arm along with every word.
"Good morning Iida-san, we are going to check up on Zuku and Izuku so please don't wait for us with the breakfast." Momo quickly said, tugging the brown haired girl along.
"Of course, but I implore you two to return swiftly. Our classmates will gather for a meal any moment now." And with those commands, he sat back down. All feelings of familiarity are starting to vanish.
"He's… more serious than back home." Ochaco whispered to Momo. Usually Ida would have greeted her warmly, breakfast already made with some for her.
"He can be a bit stiff, but he has his heart in the right place." Momo chuckled as she recalled something she didn't know.
Being led to the backside of the dorm building, Ochaco saw where her friend was staying. The simple structure sticking out like a sore thumb in the backyard area. Getting closer to the door, both could hear the voice of that robot ball practically shouting in excitement.
"That's amazing! It's a shame that you can't design a reactor on par with Papa's but it would be helpful nonetheless. Thanks Uncle!"
Uncle? Looking to Momo for an answer on who that could be in the confusing family dynamic, she seemed just confused as well.
"Sorry…Need bigger storage..Sample maybe?" Izuku's voice was heard.
What were they doing in there?
"Can I put my armor back on?" Knight said in a more hushed tone.
Now mixed with curiosity and worry, both girls have had enough. Momo pushed open the doors, revealing all three metal beings staring at them, frozen like statues in a renaissance art piece. Luna was hovering near her Knight's exposed back. Powerful looking pistons and servos intertwined between a sturdy frame. At the center of his back was a large golden cylinder with a hatch opened to reveal a glowing triangular window into his reactor chamber.
"Well… That's awkward…" Knight's center eye looked at the newcomers.
"Aaaaa! Mom! Don't look! Papa's naked!" Luna flew straight to Momo's face, trying to block her view.
"Quick! Uncle! Cover Papa with something!" She called out, Izuku reacting to help in some way. He quickly put his hands in front of the reactor, hiding Knight's nakedness. Or, was it this part that he felt embarrassed about? Switching his hands to hide different parts, unsure how he was actually supposed to help. Knight sighed aloud, getting everyone's attention.
"Sorry about that, Luna had a rather good idea of Izuku here trying to scan my internal systems to try and replicate some of the technology that I personally can't." He said, reaching with one of his hands to the wall where a few thick armor plates leaned on. Taking one of them he moved it precisely into the spot it should go and somehow attached them, not even making a sound.
"Uhh… I'm sorry Zuku, I didn't think that you could be… um… naked? Sorry." Momo apologized, a blush adorning her cheeks. Ochaco eyed her, wondering if it was out of some embarrassment or she actually found the sight attractive. This universe was so weird, then again, so was hers.
"So how did you guys spend the night?" Ochaco asked, walking closer to her friend. Instead of him replying the little drone zipped up to her.
"Oh, Uncle Izuku helped me with a lot of things! He made a few blueprints for the Valkyrie and even created a…" She tried to listen, she really did, but she didn't understand a word coming from the little robot's speakers. This was the problem with constantly hanging around revolutionary geniuses, they assumed she was smart too.
"Luna, I think you should give this body a bit of rest. I can pick up with my sensors that the power source is nearly depleted." Knight said, finishing putting on his armor.
"But Papaaa… I want to talk with Uncle a bit more…"
Was this a real person, a remote toy, or a robot? Never mind, she just wanted to spend time with Izuku.
"You were talking his ear off for around 8 hours now, He needs to spend some time with his friend too. I'm sure he will be happy to talk with you a bit more later on." Knight said as if he was talking to a daughter.
"Okay… But you promise that Uncle will be here later, right?" Luna slowly floating to a docking point in the corner, looking to Izuku.
"Maybe, if we..can't get home..I'll be back." Izuku replied. With his words the little drone seemed convinced, its body plopping itself into its place.
"See you later Uncle!" The lights alongside the drone went dark as it rested.
"So what brings you two here so early? It's an off day from school so I thought you would be coming in later." Knight asked, sitting on his enormous chair.
"We just wanted to check on you before breakfast, it's a shame that both of you can't fit inside the dorms." Momo replied after making sure it was okay to look.
As Momo talked with Knight, Ochaco went up to check on her close friend, or whatever he was to her. "Are you tired?"
"No." He replied too quickly for her liking.
"I know you can stay up for a few days, but you're still human inside." She pushed her finger against his metal body, pointing right where she knew Izuku really was.
"I'll, be fine."
"Yeah, I know you will." Ochaco smiled, glad that there was some comfort that hardly anything could actually hurt him. After each fight, Izuku's body got tougher, upgrading itself from learning its own weaknesses.
"Thank you, but I think that I'm talking for both of us if I say that we would prefer you two to take proper care of yourself first." Knight spoke up , looking between the two girls.
"It's not me who lost her left arm three times." The ravenette replied back playfully, getting a surprised look from their guests.
"Very funny Princess, I'm able to recover from such damage quite easily so that doesn't count. Please let Melissa know that we gathered all the data about the incident that we managed to record, we should go over it later. Maybe that would shed a bit of light on how to proceed." Knight mused.
"Knowing her she is probably sleeping on her desk under a mountain of books and paper." Momo chuckled, turning to Ochaco.
"Let's go then, Uraraka-san. We will drag Melissa here with us later, please contact me if you two need anything." She said, starting to walk back.
"See you later Izuku, Knight-san." The brown haired girl called to them, walking after her the ravenette.
"See you." Izuku said, waving after her as they left. Normally he would be right behind her, joining her to whatever she was doing. Back home he could barely fit inside the dorms. Here, he had to settle for waiting outside again. At least in this universe, he was with someone who shared similar circumstances.
"So we wait again… do you know how to play chess by chance?" Knight asked.
"A bit." He didn't get the chance to play too often, just rarely when he and his Mom were looking for something to do.
The holographic projectors on the sides of Knight's eye came to life, creating a board and the pieces on the table between them.
"Then let's play a game or few."
"It's nice that Knight-san has a place of his own like this. Maybe I could have my parents build something for Izuku back home…" Ochaco started, just when the two of them reached the dorm building.
"It's better than letting him stay at the school workshops. We wanted to decorate it a bit for him but there somehow wasn't too much time to actually do that." Momo replied, pushing the doors open.
"Not enough time, that's something both our world's have in common." The gravity defying girl chuckled to herself.
A few more of the other dimensional classmates showed up with Ida trying, and miserably failing, to somehow organize them.
"Heya Yaomomo! Is this our alien visitor?!" A pink blur suddenly ran up to them, Ochaco's hand shooting to her hip. Patting her side she only now realized that her firearm was left in the room upstairs, hidden in her own clothes. Suddenly she felt glad that they were in another universe, otherwise Snipe-sensei would chew her out for that something fierce.
"Mina, can't you act more normal for once?" The raven haired girl asked, a bit exasperated. "This is Uraraka-san, she isn't an alien."
Well, if you wanted to get technical….
"I'm Ashido Mina! Just call me Mina, everybody does!" The pinkette introduced herself.
"I don't do that Ashido-san." Shiozaki replied from the table that she was setting up. One of the few that Ochaco didn't need introductions to.
"You only are buddy-buddy with your Izuku-kun, for a Christian girl you are quite a homewrecker." Mina said playfully, causing the vine haired girl to drop the cutlery onto the table in a loud clutter.
"I am not! Mine and Izuku-san's relationship is purely friendly and platonic!" She exclaimed, blushing furiously.
"You say that but the two of you spend a lot of time together in that love garden of yours." The pink skinned girl replied with a big grin.
"It's because our plants need a lot of attention! It's hard to maintain a garden like that!" Shiozaki replied, still red in the face.
"Do they tease your guys' love life all the time?" Ochaco asked the raven haired girl who only watched unamused how the two of her classmates started to argue.
"Sometimes… let's go to the kitchen, before Mina remembers that we exist." With that idea in the air the two of them managed to get away, with Shiozaki starting to chastise the pinkette in the background.
"This place is a bit different than back home, a little smaller. I mean, I'm in class 1-B but all the dorms should look the same." The brown haired girl stated, looking around.
"I guess that's to be expected. From our short talk earlier it looks like our worlds have completely different histories. It could be as simple as a different construction company being hired to make them here. I'm pretty sure that the layout of those buildings was created by Principal Nezu himself and later realized by Cementos-sensei." Momo replied, walking into the kitchen area. A girl with audio jack ears and some invisible chick were already at work, with Tsunotori's horns visible from behind the small doors of an open kitchen cabinet.
"There no maple syrup." The horned girl called out, standing up.
"Are you maybe making pancakes? We can help!" The raven haired girl said happily, gaining the attention of everyone.
"We planned on it, but there isn't too much to go with them. I'm Kyouka Jiro by the way, it's nice to meet you." Kyouka replied, introducing herself at the same time.
"I'm Uraraka Ochaco, nice to meet you too." The brown haired girl replied, looking with interest at the moving set of clothes that sauntered to them.
"I'm Hagakure Toru, it's so cool to meet someone from a different world! You look exactly the same as the Uraraka from the sports festival though, if I didn't know Yaomomo I would say that she is pulling our legs with that story." With a cheerful voice Hagakure started to drone on. Ochaco could only try to follow her gestures with the fast movements of the clothes and accessories she had on her wrists.
"I assure you that it's much weirder for me…" The brown haired girl replied a bit unsure how to proceed.
"Ladies! We have much more important things to do!" Momo exclaimed, with her eyes shining from excitement. "Those delicious pancakes won't prepare themselves!" She continued with conviction, causing the rest of the girls to sweat drop.
"That was delicious…" A blond boy with a black lightning bolt on the side of his hair commented with a light burp. The girls ended up getting carried away, making food for the whole class.
"Heh, of course it is. You normally would just start your day with a cup of instant ramen." Some other boy with tape in his elbows said.
"Guys… it's a homemade meal from a highschool girl! How can you two be so calm about this! We should preserve this for the future!" A midget exclaimed, with a few of his pancakes remaining on the plate.
"You are beyond weird right now…"
Ochaco noticed that on the other side of the long table Momo poked her last piece, sulking a bit.
"Not worry Yaomomo. I'm not too good with kitchen stuff too." Pony said, trying to cheer the raven haired girl in her broken Japanese.
"There's bad and there's Yaomomo. I never saw someone set an empty pan on fire, there wasn't even any oil involved…" Kyouka replied, causing Momo to sulk even more.
"Well, knowing a recipe for a dish is totally different from actually being able to prepare it. I'm just surprised your Iida didn't offer to cook. He does it all the time back home." Ochaco butted in, after finishing her own meal.
"I tried, okay? It's not that easy…" The raven haired girl tried to defend herself.
"Our class president's culinary prowess aside, what's our plan for today?" Mina asked with a devilish smile already forming on her face.
"Well… aside from trying to get our guests back home I don't really think that I have any plans. Not that I could contribute too much, but maybe Mel will need my quirk for something." Momo replied, drinking some tea. She wasn't miffed about her total failure in the kitchen, not at all.
"Then what about a small party?! The third year sports festival is today, so we could watch that. Maybe use a projector in the garden, I think that Izuku's house could be perfect for a screen!" The pinkest of them all excitedly exclaimed.
"That's not a bad idea, I can provide some music. My room is facing that way so we could just throw the speakers onto the balcony." Kyouka agreed, not having a better idea herself.
"Barbeque!" Pony exclaimed happily, causing everyone to smile at her enthusiasm.
"Umm… Momo-san. Do you maybe know what to do in this situation?" Izumi's voice caught everyone's attention. The greenette just exited from the elevator with Melissa in princess carry, not even breaking a sweat from carrying the bigger girl.
"Coffeeeeee…" The blonde inventor groaned, reaching out in their direction.
"Just drop her under the showers and hose her down with cold water, she will wake up eventually." Ravenette replied, not even batting an eye.
"I'm up! You are heartless Mo!" Melissa scrambled out of her green haired friend's grasp, barely avoiding a faceplant into the floor.
"If you would really be so tired then you would just pass out for half an hour and be good as new after. You did that more times than I care to count." Momo replied, sipping her tea gracefully.
Ochaco enjoyed her own cup of milk, bewildered at how the girl they were depending on to get them home could act so...she wasn't going to finish that.
"Okay, from the top. Hatsume tried to interface with Izuku-san's internal systems by using standard computers with advanced particle directing cables. Though they weren't designed to retain graviton particles so they started to rebound off the fibers until they built up, essentially causing a clot in your core g force regulators and then you… fell? That's a bit vague, but I assume that you somehow punched into a some sort of an interdimensional rift in space…" The blonde inventor went over what they knew, sipping from a large mug of coffee.
"I think that it's a good guess. When I was trapped in that wormhole for 6 years it looked quite similar to what Izuku here described. A dark void, literally empty of everything that you could imagine." Knight added, looking over her shoulder at the screen of her laptop that was standing on a picnic table backyard of 1-A dorms.
Nearly all of the class was present, setting up the small party to relax a bit more on those few free days they had. Even Todoroki, despite looking like a fish out of water, not knowing what to do in the slightest. Izumi recruited his help in getting the barbeque running, the bi colored boy not refusing to the surprise of everyone.
Melissa, Knight, Ochaco and Izuku were to the side, discussing how they were able to get to this universe. Momo was helping Kyouka with setting up the speakers on the balcony of the rocker girl's room.
"So after you were in that void you picked up a gravity well that our Hatsume created by using our Izuku's discarded antenna. If I remember correctly Luna was talking about that pink gremlin calling it an 'anchor baby'. Even Izumi said that Mei was mumbling something about a vision from a great white one…" Melissa massaged the bridge of her nose, already feeling a headache coming.
"We probably will need to wait until she wakes up, it's strange that she didn't already." Ochaco said, not really understanding half of what they were talking about.
"Recovery girl is keeping her under for now. Somehow Hatsume managed to wreck her body to the point she was barely functioning. It'll take her a few more days of rest in the infirmary to get back into shape." The blonde inventor replied, writing away on her computer.
"Hey, hey! Izuku-san!" Mina ran up to them, taking a closer look at the Ion class Titan for the first time. Ochaco scooted a few feet closer to Izuku, suddenly feeling defensive for her friend.
"Hello?" He replied a bit unsure, not knowing what this girl could want from him.
"You are so cool! It's like Izuku all over again! Is this body of yours based on some other Titan? It looks so futuristic!" She started to happily drone on while looking him over from all angles.
"It's based on an Ion class Titan. Mostly energy weapons like lasers, lots of lasers." Melissa replied absent-mindedly, still working on the laptop.
"Well sorry for being old fashioned…" Knight said to himself, seeing how the pinkette's eyes started to shine.
"Don't worry Zuku, I like you how you are." Momo said from just beside him, a rather catchy but soft music playing in the background. Getting caught off guard he only grumbled to himself, getting a giggle from his friend.
"Not real body. Exo suit." Izuku replied, quickly regretting that confession.
"Wait! You mean you have a normal body like us?! Then come out, I'm going to dance your butt of!" Mina happily exclaimed, bouncing on her feet.
Ochaco flinched, she wanted to dance with him? If anyone was gonna dance with him it was her and not some stranger.
"Can't. I'm stuck." He tried to explain.
"Aww… then can you at least show us your face? I'm really curious what you look like!" Mina tried once more, getting the attention of the rest of the class. Now that she was getting way too close for comfort, Ochaco stepped between the two.
"Ashido-san, Izuku would love to get out and join us but he is physically incapable to do so. We tried a lot of things but nothing worked." Ochaco tried to rescue her friend, remembering how All Might ripped him out of his metal body by force. That memory still caused shivers down her spine, especially when she was able to remember it now from Izuku's own perspective.
"That sucks… I really wanted to know how the new Robro is looking like." A red haired boy stated from somewhere in the small gathering nearby.
"Sorry." The Titan in question replied, feeling a bit bad that he let down so many people.
"If you want to see him so badly just imagine Izumi-san with really short hair and without boobs. They would look exactly the same then." Ochaco said, pointing to the greenettes who covered her mentioned breasts with a blush when everybody looked in her direction like one.
"Hey! The festival is starting!" Tape elbows called out, getting the attention of everyone to the projected screen on the side of Izuku's house. Until Ochaco actually learned his name he would be dubbed tape elbows. The third year students started to walk out into the stadium, with Principal Nezu himself being a host from the shoulder of All Might. The #1 hero looked majestic as ever, dwarfing the diminutive chimera nearly four times over.
"They look a bit silly." Pony commented, seeing the two act like two drama actors with their over the top movement.
"Uncle Might just likes to show off in situations like that, he always said it was for the small kids so they can smile more." Melissa stated, closing her laptop for how. Without any more data she would just go in circles, not accomplishing anything. They would need to do a few controlled tests with Izuku, maybe even go to her father's labs to get better equipment.
Seating around the place the whole class watched the transmission, using this occasion to see how their seniors are using their abilities and quirks. It quickly became clear that a trio of students was above everyone else, getting ahead of their peers.
"And this year's big three don't disappoint with their performance! In the first place Hado Nejire blasting over the course like a shooting star! Right behind her Togata Mirio running straight through the obstacles without a care in the world, thank God and the support department for his new underwear! We certainly don't need the accident from last year to repeat!" Present Mic's commented on the first event, an obstacle race that appeared incredibly intense. This was probably the result of the fact that there was a chance these graduates would be drafted and sent to the front lines as super soldiers.
"And in the third place Amajiki Tamaki, barreling through the course like an unstoppable tank. His abilities certainly are higher than last year with so many transformations going on at once!" The voice hero narrated, showing the third place contestant. He was looking like a centaur armored with shells and fur.
"Wow, I don't think I had an opportunity to see them go all out like that back home." Ochaco said, sitting more on the back with Izuku and the rest.
"So those three are so powerful in your world too?" Izumi asked while scribbling furiously in one of her notebooks.
"Yeah, but personally I know Mirio the most. He helped with Izuku before we could properly communicate with him. He's a great friend." The brown haired girl explained, observing how the blonde hero on screen effortlessly forced his way through all obstacles. It seemed that he had more of that fabric that doesn't fall off him in boxer short fashion.
"Hey Mel, isn't that the guy that Uncle David made the quirk compatible fabric for?" Momo asked her friend, munching on some popcorn.
"I think that's the one, it's really strange how that quirk of his works. If I remember correctly he can become completely intangible and pass through any matter, but at the same time we can still see him so photons don't count. He can't see or breathe but the air that already is in his lungs remains there, giving him around 2 to 5 minutes of time to use his ability. Gravity still affects him too, and if he tries to turn off his quirk while inside something he is violently pushed out…" The blonde inventor trailed off, seeing that Izumi was writing so fast that her notebook was slightly smoking.
"Is she using her quirk to write faster?" Momo whispered a question to her bestie who only shrugged.
Ochaco felt herself becoming slightly thirsty with all the activity. Deciding to get herself a quick drink, she left the conversation to grab herself a can of some soda brand she never heard of. Reaching out, she froze when she saw the boy on the other side of the folding table.
"The hell you looking at round face?" The blunt question from Bakugo finally managed to snap her out of her odd moment.
"You...right, different universe different Bakugo." She said aloud, mostly to herself.
"There's only one me. Anything else is a cheap knock off." The boy replied as a matter of fact, beginning to walk away from the other worlder.
"Hold up." Ochaco called out to him, Bakugo just turning his head enough to acknowledge her existence.
"You're, similar to the Bakugo back home but...well ours is a lot more angry, violent, and even tried to attack Izuku." Trying to summarize it to him wasn't an easy task. Who knew how much they really had in common?
"Tch, then he's an idiot." Bakugo rolled his eyes, then glanced to the Ion Titan, judging if he really could take on the tall metal robot boy.
"Yeah, I get that." Ochaco huffed, trying not to think about the horrible things she recalled Izuku experiencing because of a similar explosive blond. "But, you're different, calmer, and obviously smarter now."
"Did you think I was stupid?"
"If you keep interrupting me before I get to the point."
"Then get to it!" Bakugo raised his voice, tired of his time being wasted.
"I am! I'm trying to figure out what changed in you because ours is still a stubborn jackass who lost his arm picking a fight when there wasn't one! If there is even a glimmer of hope to get it through his thick skull that he messed up tormenting Izuku all his life I wanna know how to do it!" Finishing her rant, Ochaco finally started catching her breath. She really needed to vent that.
Bakugo turned away, shamefully knowing very well what she was talking about. "I don't know." He let out in a whisper.
"What was that?" She hardly heard him, getting closer to try and hear him.
"Don't know, don't care. Ask someone who does." With those words of 'wisdom' Bakugo stomped off to watch the third year's sport festival.
"Geez, that was helpful." Ochaco stated with sarcasm, deciding her time was better spent talking to someone else. Maybe she would find out what was different between their Iida's next?
Izuku was watching the entire time, his several cameras locked onto Ochaco and Bakugo. It surprised him, not even noticing his presence despite how alert he was with his own past childhood friend. After a few scans though, it became clear that there was some different kind of reading for everyone else here, making them different than their multiversal counterparts.
With the events of the festival playing in the background, class 1-A mingled and talked between themselves. Being at the edge of the large courtyard, Izuku observed a small flower garden that was not so far away. It somehow reminded him of the small girl that became his friend, and the colorful mushrooms she would show him whenever they spoke.
"You seem interested in our garden, are you maybe sharing Izuku-san's interests in flowers and plants?" A girl with long and green hair asked, carrying a watering can from the dorm building. She proceeded to water every single plant with diligence, taking care to not miss even a single one.
"Friend likes mushrooms. Plants them, in your garden. I like them." He replied, taking a few steps closer to the working girl so he wouldn't disturb anyone with his louder voice.
"Oh, I never really considered taking care of any fungi. Plants always were a bit closer to my heart, but it's maybe because of my own mutation." She mused, looking at him with interest. "It still surprises me that despite being mechanical in nature the two of you appreciate nature to such a degree." She continued, finishing with her work just after.
"Nature is nice." He replied, observing the colorful flowers and leaves before him.
"That it is. It seems that our friends are excited for some reason." Ibara pointed out with a smile. Looking in their direction Izuku immediately saw that it was true, with most of the class discussing something between themselves but the music from the balcony muffled them out.
Walking closer, the Ion class Titan immediately garnered the attention of everyone.
"It just needs to be done! Such an opportunity could never repeat itself!" One boy stated with excitement.
"I agree! It would be the manliest thing ever!" The red head exclaimed, slamming his hardened fists together. He reminded Ochaco and Izuku of a certain metal head back home.
"To be completely honest I'm curious as well. Both of us can't scan each other, so we can't calculate what would give in first." Knight added to the existing excitement of his classmates.
"It's arm wrestling time!" Mina shouted, together with the invisible girl and Pony.
"You ok with this Izuku? You can say no if you want." Ochaco asked, not really knowing what to think about that idea.
Her giant shrugged his shoulders, personally interested about the possible results.
"Well… maybe we should let them be for now? If your Izuku is as sturdy as mine then they will be fine. Maybe a bit of fun like this would help them feel more human for once." Momo whispered into her ear, causing the brown haired girl to nod a bit reluctantly.
Oh she knew Izuku would be fine, but there had been multiple instances where things got really intense. Even though he has much greater control now, she couldn't help but think about the quirk apprehension test done first day of class. When she commanded Izuku to move as fast as possible from one spot to the next, he decimated the field.
"What do you say Izuku, want to test your mettle against those guns?" Knight asked the other Titan, mimicking one of All Might's flexing poses. The class laughed at his acting, getting only more hyped to see who would win.
"Sure?" With a bit of curiosity the other Izuku replied. Seeing that Knight's antics were causing so much laughter and smiles he decided to try it too, flexing like his mentor would sometimes. To his joy everybody started to laugh again, it was nice to put smiles on people's faces like that.
"Let's carry my table outside, we can use that." Zuku said, already walking to the giant doors on the other side of his home.
With both of them going off, the whole class started to talk among themselves, excitement clear in the cacophony of voices talking one over another.
"I bet two thousand Yen on Knight!" Electric blond suddenly called out, causing everyone to look at him.
"Kaminari-san! As UA students we shouldn't gamble on the performance of our peers!" Ida immediately started to chastise, his hands becoming a blur.
"Four thousand on the Ion Izuku, just because I want to see what he's capable of." Melissa added to the bet, causing the blue haired speedster to short circuit and stop moving all together.
Ochaco felt offended on behalf of her best friend. He started off as three hundred feet, has All Might's quirk, AND threw the zero pointer across the UA property! They had been thorough to tell Melissa about what they knew about Izuku's abilities, and she's just because?
"Just to see what he's capable of? Fine, I actually believe my Izuku will win. Even if my money doesn't work here I'm betting all 1,500 Yen on him." Ochaco pulled out her wallet, filled with more coupons than cash.
"Twenty million on Zuku." At Momo's words everyone started to stare at her, some of them with eyes large like plates.
"What… I don't have any more pocket money on myself right now…" The raven haired girl replied bashfully, totally misunderstanding the situation.
Damn rich kids.
"Okay, that one doesn't count. Max bet is five thousand, take it or leave it." Melissa took the situation over, already making a small list of the bets on her computer.
They just managed to place all their bets when the two Titans stomped from around the corner, the large and sturdy table in between them. One of Luna's drones was hovering near Knight but flew to the group of people after spotting them.
"Mother, why didn't you tell me that there will be a party? I would like to join too…" She whined a bit to Melissa who caught the round drone that was on a collision course with her.
"Sorry sweety, it just sort of happened. You can stay and play with everyone if you want." She replied with a bit of guilt.
"Okay, everything's ready." Knight's loud voice announced, with the two steel giant's already opposite one another. "Please don't get too close, we both don't know how our bodies will react. There is a possibility of us destroying our arms so please watch out for any falling parts if something like that happens." He continued, giving a clear warning.
Ochaco suppressed a laugh, if the last fight the Nomu, something that went toe to toe with All Might, didn't take off one of Izuku's limbs she doubted a twenty foot robot could do it with pure strength. Fire power, small chance but not pure strength. Izuku had One for All, and machine on his side. Ochaco was gonna become a few yen richer by the end of this.
"Okay, are you ready Izuku?" Knight asked, gripping the table with his left arm and placing his right on it. His opponent did the same, mirroring his position and clasping his hand with a soft clang.
"Ready." Izuku replied, waiting for the signal to begin.
"Mo, an air horn please." Melissa asked, with her friend placing the smaller than normal device on her outstretched hand. "Okay, on my mark!" The blonde called out, raising the noisemaker over her head.
With the plastic tube letting out a screech the two Giants started to apply pressure, surprisingly equally judging from the minimal movement of their hands. The whine of servos and pistons was the only indication that something was happening at all. It continued like that for half a minute, with the armored hands starting to vibrate from the amount of force the two were outputting.
"Huh, well this is taking longer than I thought it would." Ochaco stated to Momo, who nodded slightly.
Izuku himself felt the flow of power running into his arms, the current machines being pushed to their safe limit. Looking at Knight across from him, he saw the fellow metal giant seemed to be in similar circumstances. Now Izuku knew for sure that mechanical strength changed depending on how big his body was. It wouldn't be fair to suddenly upgrade himself or get bigger in the middle of the match right? He would wait on Knight, if he did something to change his body then so would Izuku.
The noise of overstressed machinery started to be more pronounced, with the edges of the table getting crushed in the grasp of the two.
[Alert: Heat build up detected in primary motors]
[Extracting excess magnetic polar charged particles]
Izuku trusted his metal body, it knowing how to handle itself better than himself. Suddenly on the back of the Ion class Titan something opened, starting to emit particles of some sort. Knight's body started to emit a turbine-like sound at the same time, quickly rising in pitch and volume.
"Wait!" Momo called out, causing the two Titans to look in their direction.
"Isn't using that a bit too much? That thing is hurting you every time you use it, please don't do that." Momo said, looking at her big friend.
"I don't think I've ever seen that before. Is it supposed to happen?" Ochaco asked, seeing the back of her friend closing up. Izuku never felt like he had really pushed his strength like that before, but if he did experience any damage then he would be alerted.
"Soooo… a draw?" Melissa asked.
"It seems that without accessing more power both of us are equal." Knight replied, inspecting his hand for any damage.
Izuku felt like he had the power, yet dumping more into his arms would most likely have broken something under sheer force. He would need to get his smaller body to upgrade itself later to handle more of One for All.
"A draw then." The blonde affirmed, looking back to the bets that everyone placed.
"Aww man… I really hoped that our Izuku would be stronger." One boy whined, handing over all his pocket money for the upcoming weekend.
"That's what you get for starting a betting pool. Saying that, I lost too." Tape elbows said with a smile, not really bothered with his loss. One by one everyone started to set their money on the table, wondering who would win.
Ochaco reluctantly handed over all of her otherworldly money. This was probably why her Dad steered her away from gambling at an early age.
"Well, the only one who placed a bet on a draw was Ibara-san it seems… you just got richer by sixty three thousand and eight hundred Yen, congratulations." Melissa counted up, giving the small stack of money to the surprised girl.
"Hey Uncle! Were you able to find a way home yet?" Luna asked, buzzing happily near Izuku who observed how Knight repaired the table using his Nanites. Izuku himself didn't have a way to produce nanites, or maybe he had his own version of them? Either way, he couldn't interact with matter like Knight could. There weren't even any tools at UA currently to allow them to create nanites, anything like that was on I-island. He should make that a priority once he gets back.
"No. Harder than it seems." He replied, observing the small white vehicle with one of his targeting cameras.
"Don't worry, I'm sure that Mother Melissa will be able to get you two back. She created me after all, so she is the smartest human on the planet!" The artificial construct said with a lot of pride. To his surprise one of the propellers that were keeping the small drone afloat seemed to lock up for half a second, causing the round vehicle to tilt. The AI quickly corrected that but it was a bit odd nonetheless, especially with his scans concluding that the device should be 100% operational.
"I'm done, let's carry this back inside." Knight called out, already prepared to lift the table back inside. He could lift it without a problem by himself, but with someone helping out it was much easier to maneuver through the doors.
With the two giants gone again, the small white drone flew to the group of students who started to watch the third event of the sports festival.
Sitting on a chair Momo barely was able to catch her daughter's round body that careened into her torso. "Luna, you can't just ram yourself into people. Not everybody is as sturdy as me." She chastised, lifting the drone so she could look directly into its cameras.
"Sorry Mommy, it just got so dark suddenly…" To the raven haired girl's surprise Luna's voice was a bit more stiff and monotone, like when she was just starting to learn how to use it.
"Maybe your camera stopped working? You ran into things a few times with this body already. Could you run a quick diagnostic?" She asked, looking over the few scratches on the small vehicle.
"... Error. System diagnostic inconclusive. Remote body status fufufufufully operational." Surprising everyone Luna started to stutter and talk in full monotone, with the propellers of her body firing off at random.
"Luna! Core status!" Melissa ordered immediately, with her shout everyone stopped paying attention to the happenings on the projected screen. Vaulting over the table the blonde inventor took the drone from her friend's hands and hooked it to the laptop that she was using earlier.
"Mommy… why is it so dark in here? I don't feel so good…" The artificial construct asked, all the optical sensors of her body visibly working without any synchronization trying to focus.
"It's alright, probably just some glitch in the communication subroutines. Can you tell me what's the status of the Core sweety?" Melissa asked once more, her fingers becoming a blur on the keyboard.
"Warning! Main power grid offline. Den is operating on emergency power only. Security breach detected, entering lockdown." Luna announced, with the drone getting silent and the connection indicator going dark.
Dun dun dun! Looks like Izuku and Ochaco can't get a break from something big happening. Even in another universe.
Now with a tv tropes thanks to Arakiisjogenius
Spotify Playlist I listen to while writing this. "CyberFunk" by BLACKOUT.
Any questions, comments, or jokes are welcomed. As long as they're funny.
Planar-Walking-Entertainment:
Yeah, Izuku and Ochaco nearly singled themselves out as an enemy to not just the entire country, but to the main characters of a new universe. Who knows how things would have gone if both sides got serious?
There is an Ochaco in this universe, but in class 1-B as Vlad King stated.
Helios61:
I mean, technically Izuku's first transformation was about a hundred feet taller than a standard Jeagar. So he would have no problem with that. But, we don't even know how well Knight's computers are compatible with synching up with Izuku's. Although some extra power would definitely increase the boy's size.
Kilo8:
That would be up to the author of the other story, but he really seems to like the owl so far!
AnimeFan13579:
The main things I'm looking for is for there to be enough space for Izuku and one other, humanoid shaped, and not require any drastic changes in operation. These transformations are more cosmetic with Izuku adapting his tech to look like it belongs with his transformations.
I actually rewatched Knight's and Magic recently, and loved a lot of the OG designs they had. Not a big fan of how that flying one turned out looking.
I do like the idea of Monoma and Izuku combining in a way to make a brotherly bot. Don't know if I have room in my rough drafts for it yet though.
Darkscale42:
It's not based on anything, it's an original design.
CommandantCo:
They shouldn't be gone long enough for everyone to panic.
StarSaber10:
Maybe I'll do little omakes with them in other universes, but as for the actual story this will be the only multiverse arc.