I'm With you, Forever, The End

by Katsuki-1x

In the world of quirks 90% of the population has a quirk. Scientists believe that soulmates and quirks are somehow linked. Izuku and Katsuki are training at the beach when Izuku finds a fruit. Izuku eats the fruit and gains a power. On the beach the boys save a group of strangers that have washed up on shore. Izuku finds out what is power is and what it is called when the stranger

51. Chapter 51: Plans in Motion

Nezu waits outside Class 1-A during homeroom, he wants to catch Aizawa before the man disappears to his sleeping bag to sleep the next few hours away. There is something different in Aizawa's voice as he goes through the announcements and what they are going to do as a class moving forward. It takes maybe half an hour or so before Aizawa starts to wrap up, and gets the class prepared for Present Mic to take over.

Aizawa slips out of the class, apparently not noticing the principal as the man starts to walk out of the building. Nezu climbs on top of the man's shoulders, grabbing the man's attention. Aizawa side glances at Nezu, an impatient look in his eyes. Nezu hides a smirk, this is a different look from the tired impatient look he usually gets when he prevents the man from going to take a nap. "Do you have a moment to talk, Shota?"

Aizawa huffs and sighs, "not really. I promised someone I would meet them after homeroom."

"Oh? Who is it?" Nezu pries.

Aizawa blushes and dips his head to hide in his scarf, he mumbles out, "Kakashi."

Nezu brightens, "Perfect. I'll tag along. I was hoping to talk to both of you anyway."

Aizawa sighs again, knowing it would be futile to try and convince the rat otherwise. But still, not even the vindictive rat can dampen Aizawa's good mood. So he nods and lets Nezu chill on his shoulder for the walk to the ninja's dorm. As Aizawa approaches the dorms he notices two figures sitting under a tree. He can hear Gai's loud voice pestering his eternal rival about where he was last night. Kakashi expertly ignores the loud nuisance. As Aizawa gets closer Kakashi looks up from his book and beams up at him. Aizawa blushes looking a little regretful. He greets, "Hey, Kakashi."

Kakashi beams, "Hey, Shota."

"Ready to go?" Aizawa asks, "I've got a couple of hours before I need to get ready for the afternoon class."

Kakashi nods, bids Gai a departing wave, he follows Aizawa back to the main building.

Nezu shifts on Aizawa's shoulder, reminding the man of his presence. Aizawa sighs, "I hope you don't mind but a vindictive rat decided to join us."

Kakashi looks puzzled, "vindictive rat?"

Nezu pops out of Aizawa's scarf cheerfully announcing his presence, "Shota-kun means me. I was hoping to talk to both of you this morning. I hope I'm not intruding on anything personal."

Kakashi now understands what Aizawa meant by a vindictive rat, but he can sense the intelligence in the mouse-bear-hamster animal. It only takes a moment to recognize him as the principal of this school. So Kakashi nods and follows Aizawa to his office.

Arriving at the office Aizawa goes right to the couch, Nezu uses the man's scarf to repel onto the table. Kakashi settles next to Aizawa on the comfortable couch they were on earlier. Nezu completely takes over the office, making himself tea, like he owns the place. As the tea is brewing, he glances at the two men. There is something different about Aizawa and he would bet his freedom that Kakashi is the cause. Well, it doesn't really matter as long as Shota is happy.

He levels a sly look at Aizawa, he never said he wouldn't tease the man, "So, Kakashi huh?" the blush from Aizawa, and the small patch of skin he can see on Kakashi's face, makes his little vindictive heart swell. He lives for teasing his teachers, it's so easy to get under their skins and find the most effective way to embarrass them. The fact that he finally can do this to Aizawa, makes him positively gleeful. Aizawa glares at Nezu, hair starting to stand on end, and capture weapon gaining a distinctive black sheen. His quirk doesn't quite activate, but the threat is there if Nezu doesn't stop. Nezu waves his hands in faux surrender, his face morphing to show he is sincere, "I'm happy for you, Shota."

Aizawa glares, but the blush rising on his cheeks dampens the heat of it, "If you just wanted to talk about my match to Kakashi we could have discussed this later."

Nezu shakes his head, "no that is not the topic of this meeting."

Aizawa gives Nezu the get on with it gesture, completely done with the rats bullshit for the day.

Nezu sits on the table, steeples his fingers in front of his lips, and sighs, "As you know I am working on making an underground class. Midoriya came to my office yesterday, and something he said has made me want to accelerate the process."

Aizawa sighs, "what did my problem child do this time?"

Nezu smirks, "I'm sure you already know what happened. But due to yesterday's classes, Izuku no longer feels it is safe for him to be in the Hero Course."

Aizawa slumps and puts his eye drops in, "yes I have noticed the rift between Izuku's group, and the others have grown. I wouldn't say it is dangerous for Izuku to be in the class, but I do fear that one more degrading term from Iida it will be. I understand Izuku doesn't want to do anything yet regarding Iida, but after what I witnessed yesterday, no matter how many olive branches Izuku extends this situation is not going to be resolved."

Nezu leans back, "exactly. That is where you two come in."

Kakashi looks confused, he is not really good at anything except killing. He doesn't think the principal would have them assassinate one of his students. He chances a look at Aizawa because he cannot be too sure. For all he knows it is exactly what they are going to do. Aizawa's face is intently focused on Nezu, urging the principal to continue.

Nezu glances at Aizawa, "Izuku recommended who would be in this class. Obviously, the pack, with the addition to all under age Ninja, Kato Tenjin from support class 1-H, Shinso Hitoshi from General Education, Fumikage Tokoyami, and Mezo Shoji."

Aizawa nods, "it's a larger class than normal, but it is acceptable. Who would be the teachers?"

Nezu smirks, "at First, I thought of All Might or Shanks, but then I decided since it will be an underground class, the teacher should be an underground hero, don't you think. So I have decided that this class will be taught by Shota Aizawa for the hero-hopefuls, and Kakashi Hatake for the Ninja's support."

Aizawa hums thoughtfully, "Why now? I'm sure Izuku could hold himself back for another month or so until the school break."

Nezu nods, "yes I am sure he could, however, he brought up another valid point to this. Iida has taken to stalking the group every time they go on missions, Iida is making sure they leave with who they are supposed to. Even if Iida is not the spy, raising Iida's suspicions will alert the spy that we are up to something. If we put them in the underground course, and away from Iida there is a chance Iida will forget his hostility."

Aizawa nods, the plan is solid, as expected from Izuku, "Ok, I agree to this new assignment. When does this happen?"

"The school festival will be your last day as a teacher to class 1-A, from then on you will be the teacher for class 1-X. Vlad is going to take the others from Class 1-A. From the start of this, there will no longer be class 1-A and Class 1-B, it will now be called the hero course and the underground course. For the future years, we will be looking for those with quirks not only suited for spotlight heroics but also those suited for underground heroes."

Aizawa nods agreeing to the new change, to be honest, it was something he wished changed a long time ago. A lot of great underground heroes have slipped through the cracks because the entrance exam is tailored for spotlight heroes. He looks over the roster Nezu gave to him, "Sir, why did Izuku choose Tokoyami and Shoji for this class? They are not affiliated with this mission, and they are not pack members."

"About that, "Nezu hums. "Izuku said Asui could feel something was coming and she felt unsettled by it. There is a chance Tokoyami or at least Dark Shadow feels it too. Izuku wants to add both of them to the overall mission, with two extras as well."

Aizawa glares, it is not like Izuku to be irrational, but he just can't seem to figure out the teen's thought process on this. "Who?"

Nezu smirks, "From Shiketsu High, Inasa Yoarashi. And from Ketsubutsu High, Yo Shindo."

Aizawa hums, "he does know they are in different schools, right? It's not like we can just kidnap them."

Nezu's smirk widens, "of course not, Izuku suggested a way to get both of them."

Aizawa sighs, "of course he did."

Nezu steeples his fingers again and hums, "yes, with U.A. going into hiding Izuku fears the other schools are going to be targeted. He suggested all the hero schools merge, move them to a central location, and away from civilian bystanders."

"The islands?"

"Yes, I am unsure how he is going to convince those two to join him. But if anyone could do it, well I wouldn't doubt Izuku will get them on board." Nezu makes a show of looking at his watch, "It seems I have taken up enough of your time. I just wanted to inform you about the upcoming change. I'll let you both know the specifics another time."

"Yes, Sir," Aizawa nods. He watches as Nezu dismisses himself and leaves Aizawa and Kakashi alone. Aizawa turns to look at Kakashi, noticing the man is taking off his mask since it is just the two of them. Aizawa sighs, "this will make things easier."

Kakashi startles, Aizawa's voice cutting through the absorption of information just dumped on him. He will be teaching class 1-X with Aizawa, he will be in charge of all the ninja here. Well, he already is considering he is the highest-ranking Shinobi here. Gai has never been in Anbu, and Itachi was never promoted to Jonin. He is unsure of the other adults but being as they're Jinchuriki he highly doubts they ranked very high in their villages. Besides, they seem alright following his direction and reporting to him. He gives his attention to Aizawa, "yea?"

Aizawa smiles, "yea, the only reason why it took us so long to respond to Gaara's distress call, was because Nezu needed to sign off on a mission. If we basically disappear, we can leave at a moment's notice."

Kakashi straightens, "how long did you know Gaara was in trouble?"

"We knew for two whole days," Aizawa reminisces. "When we went to the Grandline, Izuku found a puzzle box of some kind, he kept saying it was calling to him. He had to wait until after the provisional license exam to tinker with it. So, after the exam, Izuku zoned out and tinkered with the box, he managed to get the box open in about an hour, and then he started panicking for Gaara."

"Why?" Kakashi whispers.

"Because Gaara was pack already, Izuku could hear Gaara and Shukaku screaming for help. He got into a fight with Shanks over it. Shanks told him to calm down with conquerors in his voice and Izuku snapped and used his full force of conquerors on Shanks. That was when I knew for sure Gaara was pack. Izuku only acts that strongly when the pack is in danger."

"So if you didn't need a cover mission, then you could have responded before the Leaf even knew there was a threat." Kakashi hums.

"Exactly, we couldn't take half the class away for a week without anyone asking questions. So we needed another uncover mission. We also didn't know what we were heading into, so we couldn't leave anyone behind. There are only a few outside heroes Izuku trusts, so we needed to stage those heroes to take a couple of them at different times to avoid suspicion of half the class going with one hero. But now, we won't need a cover mission. All I would have to do is put in a training request for however long and Nezu will approve it right away."

"That does make things a lot easier." Kakashi hums.

They spend the next couple of hours just soaking in each other's presence. Aizawa will admit that he feels the most peaceful now than he has ever felt in his life. He doesn't even regret giving up his usual nap time to spend time with Kakashi. He feels rejuvenated in a way he has never felt before. Most days even with adequate sleep he is still sluggish and drained. Usually, his eyes irritate him even after sleeping. But Aizawa can't remember the last time he slept so peacefully, so completely, able to let his guard down and actually reach REM sleep.

As their time together ends, Aizawa sighs, "The pack is going to be late for training," he informs guiltily. "The others in the class do not believe Izuku and the others train the way we train the students. While they are correct, it is not in the way they are thinking. The truth is Izuku trains his group far harder than we train the other students. Typically after his training with you guys, he takes the pack to continue their own training. I wanted to use heroics time to show the difference in skill between the class and the pack."

Kakashi nods, "I will let the others know. Since we have the balloons and rubber balls, I'll have them work on Chakra control. Just have Izuku contact us through the headsets. Either Itachi or I always have it on."

Aizawa agrees, "I'll let him know, Kakashi." He pauses on his way to the door before he turns around and glances at Kakashi with slightly vulnerable eyes, "I'll see you tonight?"

Kakashi catches the hint of vulnerability in Aizawa's face as the man avoids eye contact with him, Kakashi smiles softly and reaches out to Aizawa's face, "Of course." His thumb brushes the scar under Aizawa's eye forcing the man to look at him, "whenever you want me around, I'll be there." Aizawa's breath hitches at the sincerity in Kakashi's voice. Kakashi smiles softly, "even if you just want me to chase away the loneliness."

Aizawa melts at the softness coming from the other man, "thank you, Kakashi." Aizawa's eyes flit to Kakashi's lips, wanting nothing more than to kiss him again and seal the implied promise.

Kakashi uses the hand he still has cupped to Aizawa's cheek, to pull the man in for a sweet tender kiss. Aizawa melts against him as their lips communicate in a way, they are unable to. Kakashi smiles in the kiss and nibbles on Aizawa's bottom lip, causing the man to gasp slightly. Kakashi uses the moment to deepen the kiss slightly, tasting the inside of Aizawa's mouth and coaxing the man's tongue to dance with his. Aizawa is an eager participant in this endeavor before he slightly pulls away to breathe. He leans his forehead to Kakashi's shoulder and shivers slightly as he tries to settle the overwhelming emotions he feels. Once composed Aizawa chuckles slightly, feeling giddy, "that was one hell of a good-bye."

Kakashi hums an affirmative sound, "I believe you have a class to get to." Kakashi smiles as he feels more than sees Aizawa's pout, "I'll see you tonight, I promise."

Aizawa nods but does nothing to disengage yet. He takes a couple of blissful moments soaking in Kakashi's embrace. Once he feels satisfied enough to last a few hours, he pulls away with a pout, "Let me walk you back to your dorms?"

Kakashi smiles softly, fixing his mask back into place, "of course."

It is almost the end of lunch when Aizawa enters his classroom, unsurprisingly Izuku and Co. are sitting in their seats talking among each other. It looks like Izuku is going over something in one of his older notebooks, from the looks of the worn pages it is most likely one of Izuku's old training books. Aizawa clears his throat, gaining Izuku's attention. Izuku tilts his head curiously.

Aizawa puts in some eye drops, "I have just spoken to Kakashi. I have let him know that you will be late for training. Iida was questioning where you were during yesterday's training." Aizawa smirks, "I want you to give them a taste of your training."

Izuku catches the predatory smirk, obviously, the class has done something to piss Aizawa off. Izuku is pretty sure he know what happened, Aizawa is pissed because of the way the other students treat the man's younger brothers. And while Izuku hates that Aizawa is using training as punishment, he can also see that it is also meant to help others. So he nods, "What are my restrictions?"

"Nothing too advanced, we don't want anyone getting hurt," Aizawa states.

Izuku nods, understanding Aizawa's restrictions. Basically, Izuku has free reign, he just can't teach about Haki. That is fine he has no intentions to teach the others Haki. Not until he can be 100 percent sure they are trustworthy. His eyes glaze over, coming up with a training plan that would not only soothe Aizawa's rage but also be beneficial to the other students.

The class can work on endurance, he thinks back on the U.S.J. incident. And while he didn't see any of the other fights, he felt the exhaustion and fatigue all over the building. Sure that was at the beginning of the year, but even during the summer training camp incident, the students were already exhausted from training all day. Izuku knows he is being a little harsh, not everyone has the training they do, but Villains are not going to care if you are exhausted from training when they attack. Izuku, Katsuki, Ace, Shoto, and Luffy did more training and still fought off the villains. Granted Izuku failed in saving everyone, but at least he save Kota and rescued Tokoyami before he collapsed.

Izuku puts distance running down on the training, he thinks starting with 15 miles at an 8-minute pace is tame enough to start with. The class also needs to work on their Physical Capabilities as well. Izuku ponders how to train this, one way would have been sparing, but he decides against it. Every member of the pack can outmaneuver, outpace, and beat the shit out of any member of the class. That would be unhelpful, no matter how much he wishes he could just let go and beat the shit out of Iida. So he takes a look through his old training book, drawing inspiration from his time training with Shanks.

When they started training Izuku was the weakest, so more often than not he was paired up against Ace or Katsuki. Shanks said going up against a stronger opponent would motivate one to get stronger. But he quickly discards this idea, it wouldn't help anyone to go up against Izuku or Katsuki. And unless the other members of the class start learning Haki, going up against Ace, Sabo, or Asui wouldn't be beneficial either. That leaves Izuku with one more option, physical conditioning, strength building, and working on agility, speed, and reaction time.

The only issue with Izuku's plan is, everyone is built differently. Iida is mostly built on speed, but even so, there is much to be improved on if he is not using his quirk. Proven by the sports festival, Iida should have come in first, but either he didn't apply himself fully (which to Izuku is a travesty), or he relies too much on his quirk for quick short bursts of speed. If Iida is going to be a speed hero, he needs to be able to either continuously use his quirk or be naturally faster without it. Ojiro has decent combat abilities from what Izuku has observed, but he lacks in everything else. Shoji is a decent well-rounder; his speed is acceptable, and his strength is impressive for the amount of training he has. But Izuku can push it, make him a bit stronger, a bit faster, and improve his situational awareness, and reaction time. Tokoyami has a great grasp on his quirk, his flexibility and quick reaction time is impressive, but if Tokoyami loses the ability to use Dark Shadow, or the situation wouldn't be advisable to use it, Tokoyami would be helpless. Dark Shadow is Tokoyami's source of offense and defense, against a fire or light type quirk Tokoyami is at a major disadvantage. Everyone else to Izuku's dismay is pretty worthless.

Katsuki hides a snicker at Izuku's mumbled rants about how worthless the rest of the classmates are. He doesn't interrupt his Nerd's planning, he knows Izuku wants their other classmates to become stronger. And while they are going to move to the underground class, they are still in Class 1-A. And Katsuki won't lie he is looking forward to putting the others in their places, hopefully without exploding. Well, Katsuki hopes with minimal explosions.

As the rest of the students trickle into the classroom, Izuku sits there smirking at his training plan. He may want to help the others, but like Shanks used to say, "no pain, no gain," and Izuku is vibrating in excitement to put those famous words into practice.

Aizawa smirks as the rest of his students enter the classroom suspiciously quiet, and not glancing up from the floor. Then a sadistic, thrilling, feeling fills the class, Aizawa and the rest of the class look towards the culprit. Izuku sits at his desk, head tipped back, eyes closed, and smirking dangerously. He cracks an eye open, and his smirk widens to a positively gleeful expression that makes Aizawa want to shiver. Whatever Izuku has planned, it's going to be brutal.

Aizawa smirks, 'well then, let see what you got, Problem Child'

Aizawa tells the students to get into their gym clothes and meet at Gamma again. He smirks at the collective groaning he hears coming from the students. He makes his way to the Gamma Field and meets up with Shanks on the way. The man slides into step right next to Aizawa.

"You seem like you are in a better mood than you were in yesterday?" Shanks inquires.

Aizawa nods, "I am."

Shanks glances at the man sideways, "What happened?"

"A lot happened, Shanks," Aizawa sighs. But Shanks catches the small content smile that blooms on the other man's face before it is hidden under his scarf, "but I guess the main reason I'm in a good mood is that I finally got the chance to speak with Kakashi."

"Well that explains it," Shanks smiles. He did not expect Aizawa to tell him straight out why he is in a good mood. And Shanks would have never guessed that it was because of the other Emotionally Constipated Man. He figured there was something between the two, but he never expected it to be resolved so fast. He almost thought he would have to drag the reclusive teacher to the Masked Ninja himself, lock them in a room and not let them out until everything was resolved. But he is glad his friend is happy, and if the Masked Ninja can keep Shota happy, then Shanks has nothing to worry about.

Aizawa hides his face in his scarf, "Izuku is leading Hero Training today." Aizawa states hoping for a change of topics.

"Oh really?" Shanks asks interested. He knows what Aizawa is doing, and it seems the other man is done talking about his personal feelings. Shanks lets the other man change the subject, no doubt Izuku has already razed and interrogated Aizawa and Kakashi already.

"I'm tired of Iida accusing Izuku and the others of being villains for not doing the same training as everyone else. So I am going to have Izuku give the class a taste of how he trains." Aizawa explains with a smirk, "maybe then, they would leave them alone."

"I could only hope so," Shanks sighs. "I wonder what he has planned?"

Aizawa hums spotting the students making their way to the gym. "From the look on his face, no doubt it is going to be brutal."

Shanks smirks, he can't wait, witnessing the training himself, yesterday would seem like a warm-up to the students. Inside he feels like manically cackling, like a madman. If he is being honest, he is hoping this will finally put the others in their places. If not, at least it should put things in perspective.

Aizawa calls the class to attention, "today Midoriya is leading training."

"Huh? Why?" Iida snarls in disagreement.

"I'm glad you asked, Iida," Aizawa smirks. "Yesterday, you brought up a very valid point. Izuku and the others have not been participating in-class training. Since the Summer Training Camp, Izuku and his pack have been training more ruthlessly so what happened does not repeat itself. This fast-tracked training has been approved by Principal Nezu as long as there is a teacher supervising the training. That being said, in each of your student handbooks there is a clause that states, "Any student who wishes to perform additional training outside of school hours, may do so with the supervision of a teacher." This opportunity is open to each and every student that wishes to partake."

Iida smirks, thinking he caught them in a legal technicality, "The handbook says Additional training, meaning they would still be required to participate in Class Training."

Shanks nods understandingly, "however, it also states, "if approved by the principal and at least 2 teachers, the student may opt-out of Class training. If the student is being held back, and the training is no longer beneficial to their growth they may opt to individual heroic training that is suited to their needs." That being said, with Izuku and the others' accomplishments in not only U.S.J., but the Hosu Incident, and the Summer Training Camp Incident, Izuku, and the others have been authorized to perform class training on their own. With their accomplishments in those events they are being targeted by the League of Villains, so the additional, more extreme training is necessary to their survival. With Izuku, Katsuki, and Ace having already been targeted and attacked by members of the League, this is a situation U.A. cannot afford to ignore."

"Shouldn't we all be subjected to this training as well?" Sero asks. "I mean with them being targeted, isn't it more likely the League will attack another school event?"

Shanks smirks, "that is why they are leading training today. To give you a little taste in the difference in skill." He motions for Izuku to take the spotlight.

Izuku clears his throat, battle hardens his face, and laces conquerors in his voice, "we are going to start with a 15-mile run, the pace will be set at 8 minutes per mile. I will give you all 10 minutes to stretch." Izuku starts his stretching as the class breaks off into whispers, he squats and pulls something out of a bag.

Iida spots Izuku pulling something out of his bag, he glares, "What are you doing?"

Izuku smiles disarmingly, "Since I can run faster than that for longer distances, I am giving myself a handicap."

"Handicap?" Momo questions.

Izuku nods, "I will be wearing an extra 100 pounds on my body."

"100 Pounds!" the class yells in disbelief.

Iida sneers, "I don't believe you; those weights do not look thick enough to weigh that much."

Izuku smiles again, "With the help of my friend from the support department I have created a fabric that amplifies the intensity of the gravity around it. While it is not as bulky as 100 extra pounds it does provide the resistance and strain 100 pounds would cause." He sighs at the looks of confusion and disbelief around his peers, "Momo, could you make a scale for me?"

Momo nods and pulls out a small-sized digital scale. She places it on the ground and zeroes it out. Izuku hums, now he has to prove it has not been tampered with. He glances at the class and decides, "Iida, step on the scale."

"Why?" Iida argues.

"To calibrate it, and since you don't trust me, who better to calibrate the scale?" Izuku reasons.

Finding no flaws in Izuku's reasonings, Iida does as told. He steps on the scale and waits for it to calculate his weight. After a few seconds 185LBS flashes on the screen. Iida nods at the accuracy of the scale and motions for Izuku to weigh his improved cloth.

Izuku waits for the scale to zero out again before he places the entirety of the cloth on the scale. He waits a few moments and turns the scale around when 100lbs flashes on the screen. The accepting glare he receives from Iida is enough to make Izuku smirk and put the gear on. After everything is in place, Izuku stretches a bit to get used to the extra weight. He turns to Aizawa and Shanks, "Will you two be joining us for the run?"

Aizawa nods, "yes, we will take up the rear and lead any fallouts to the end zone."

Izuku nods, "U.S.J. is exactly 15 miles from here. We start the second part of the training in 2 and a half hours."

Shanks and Aizawa both nod and follow after the students form up to start running. Izuku and Katsuki take up the front, making this something else they will probably compete in. Though it is not a race, it is most likely going to turn into one.

Izuku calls out "Start" and starts at a moderate pace. Right now they are running at a 10-minute pace, at about a half-hour Izuku speeds up a bit. Izuku has his senses open, keeping track of the others behind him. Ochako is the first to fall out at the 3-mile mark. Izuku picks up the pace again going slightly slower than the 8-minute pace he set. Koda, Aoyama, and Jiro are the next to fall out, at right about the 5-mile mark. At the Five mile mark, Izuku sets the pace at 8 minutes. Around 6 miles, Iida, and Sato fall out. Just past the Halfway point, Ojiro, Sero, and Asui fall out. By the time they are reaching the 10-mile mark, all that is left running is Izuku, Katsuki, Ace, Luffy, Shoto, and surprisingly Kaminari. Izuku smirks, "Since it's just us, let's make it interesting."

"Interesting how?" Ace asks breathing slightly elevated.

"Last one to the U.S.J. is on Kitchen clean-up for a week." Izuku smiles.

"What are the rules to this event?" Shoto asks stoically.

"No Quirks," Izuku smirks, leveling the playing field a bit.

"You're on!" Ace hypes, the others nod their acceptance to the challenge.

Izuku smirks and takes off, his endurance has always been the best out of the group. Even wearing his modified weights he is still naturally faster than the others. Katsuki comes close, even without the boost his explosions would give him. They are practically tied, and they keep trying to get the other to trip. Hey, this is a competition; soulmate bonds have no place in such activities. Luffy is right behind them with Shoto on his heels. Kaminari holds fifth place, while Ace is at a disadvantage. Without the use of Quirks Ace can't use his flame speed. Compared to the others Ace is not built for speed. Izuku pulls ahead looking like he is sprinting, laughing while Katsuki growls and chases.

The air around the racing students is light, carefree, and sparked with competitiveness, which makes each other strive for greatness. Izuku again increases his speed as the U.S.J. comes into sight, blurring through the last mile as if he was using Full Cowling. Thought the others know he is not aided by his quirk, due to the lack of green lightning. He touches the door first followed by Katsuki. A few seconds later Luffy is sprinting towards the door, he crashes into it unable to slow down. Shoto pants heavily as he touches the door, securing his place in fourth. After a few minutes Izuku spots someone sprinting towards them, Kaminari is gaining ground, but Ace is hot on his heels. Ace catches up to a few paces behind Kaminari. The last quarter mile between the two is intense as one pulls in front of the other. It is a photo finish as two thumps are heard on the door. Izuku smirks, "Looks like Ace is on Kitchen Duty."

"Huh?! No, I got here before the sparkplug! I know I did!" Ace rages.

Izuku pulls up the picture he took on his phone clearly showing Kaminari touching the door first. "Nope, it was very close, but Kaminari secured the win."

"Danm it!" Ace rages.

Izuku chuckles and calls Aizawa, after a couple of moments Aizawa answers, "What is it, Problem Child?"

Izuku stifles his laughter, "We have made it to the U.S.J. feel free to drop the others off."

"Shanks was picking up the stragglers in the school van. We are at the 10 Mile Mark."

"Thank you, Sensei," Izuku hums and hangs up. He turns to the others, "The rest of the class is being picked up by the school van. Aizawa said he was at the 10-mile mark."

Katsuki nods, "So what is next?"

Izuku smirks dangerously, "I know I am going to have some complaints about the physical training. So I am going to give them an ultimatum."

"Oh? What is that?" Ace asks curiously.

"If they can beat me in a spar, I'll let them do their own training," Izuku smirks.

"You just want a reason to knock them around a bit huh, Nerd?" Katsuki sighs.

Izuku smiles innocently, "now why would I do that?"

"Figures," Katsuki smirks.

The sound of an engine reaches Izuku's ears, he perks up waiting for the rest of the students. As the rest of the students exit the van, Izuku studies them. They are all looking worse for wear, breathing heavily, and flushed. Izuku smirks, "Ok on to part two of our training." Ignoring the groans coming for the others, "we are going to work on physical conditioning."

"We are still sore from yesterday's training!" Complaints are heard throughout the students, "do we really have to work out until muscle failure again?"

Izuku smirks, "well there is something else we do for training." He poses as if he is considering something, "ok here is what we are going to do." He waits for the class to pay attention to him again, "I am going to give you 15 minutes to plan. Your objective is to bring me down and rescue the hostages. It does not matter how you all do it, as long as one of you manages to take me out, we will stop training for today."

"Who are the hostages going to be?" Momo asks.

Izuku smirks releasing his paralysis feathers and shooting them at Shanks, and Aizawa. "Those are the only people who don't need this training. To even the scales a bit I'll let you have Kacchan." Izuku waits for the class to settle, "you have 15 minutes to plan. Remember only one of you needs to defeat me." Izuku lifts Shanks and Aizawa's paralyzed bodies and retreats to find a stronghold.

He knows Kacchan, and the others of his pack are going to be the ones to do the most work. Izuku smirks he will just have to take them down first. After placing Aizawa and Shanks in an abandoned building in the demolished zone, he makes his way to the roof and suppresses his presence. He observes the class coming up with a plan. Izuku gave them the way to win, they just need to follow Kacchan's plan. Katsuki is the only person in class with any chances to defeat him.

As he sits on the roof, he can sense Katsuki's rising irritation and Iida's smug satisfaction. Izuku can already guess what is happening, no one wants to listen to Kacchan's plan, and instead, they are isolating them out of the discussion. Izuku smirks, maybe if they used Kacchan in their plan, he may not have completely destroyed them. It is not that he was going to go soft on them if they included Kacchan, but maybe he would be a little less harsh. If the class does not believe they need Katsuki or any other member of Izuku's pack to take him down, they have another thing coming.

Izuku can hear the snide remarks of Ochako saying he struggled in his fight with Shoto. She thinks because they have Shoto on their team that it would be easy for them. He also picks up the pack's adamant disagreement with her observations. Shoto even goes so far as to tell her, "Izuku was going easy on me. He could have won in seconds if he was being serious." But he goes ignored.

As the 15 minutes are almost up Izuku walks back to where he kept Shanks and Aizawa. "You didn't have to paralyze us," Shanks grumbles.

Izuku smiles innocently, "I'm trying to be a villain. What type of villain would I be if I didn't make sure you couldn't fight for them?"

"But now we won't be able to see the action." Shanks almost whines.

Aizawa sighs, "just don't kill them."

"I'll try not to," Izuku smirks, "but as it stands right now, they have no hopes to defeat me." He pouts, "even though I gave them Kacchan."

Shanks laughs, "is Katsuki pouting because he is not going to be able to kick their asses?"

Izuku smirks, "no, they are refusing to use Kacchan in their plans. They are accusing him of being a double agent." Izuku huffs, "seriously, I gave them the means to have a chance at defeating me. But without Kacchan, I wouldn't even need to go into wolf form to prove my point."

Izuku's ears perk up with the tell-tale sounds of Katsuki's explosions, "ah, it seems our time here is running out." He laughs innocently, "I should go meet my guests."

Izuku walks out of the building, letting his feathers loose. He waits for the first few to attack him. The class surrounds him, cuts off his escape. Well, for the most part, that is. If the opponent was anyone other than himself, he would agree with their methods. However, Izuku can fly, and he has speed on his side, he could just fly straight up and attack them from the rear. He is certain he could take out one or two of them before they even know what happens.

He is sure Katsuki told them this, so his best bet is to take out the range people first. So he controls his feathers that are behind the line of students to start targeting the few students hanging out in the background. Sero goes down, with a yelp and a cut-off "what?"

The other classmates turn to look at their downed teammate, Izuku smirks, "I wouldn't take your focus off me, heroes."

The class glares at Izuku and the melee-type students attack. Iida comes in hot, Izuku dodges his kick and counters with a chop to the lower back. Ochako runs to him, using the same style she tried against Katsuki during the sports festival. It is not going to work because Izuku isn't making explosions that would cause debris to fly around. He bats her away with his tail. Ojiro, Sato, Luffy, and Kirishima attempt to gang upon him. It is easy to weave between their blows and dodge the incoming fire coming from Ace and Shoto. He makes quick work of Ojiro and Sato, throwing the tail man into the larger one. Sato catches his classmate and receives an elbow to the face for his efforts. Luffy, and Kirishima retreat, falling back into the mainline of Students.

Luffy bends to whisper something in Kirishima's ear. Kirishima responds with an excited smirk. He activates unbreakable, as Luffy goes into Snake man. Izuku bares his fangs in excitement, while he has studied Luffy's snake man he has not gone up against it.

"Ace, Shoto, cover me!" Luffy shouts. He blows air into his muscles and compresses his fist back. He uses his leading fist to aim and shouts, "Python!"

Izuku laughs heartily, thrillingly at the adrenaline coursing through his veins. He dodges, keeping part of his observation Haki on the fist chasing him. He continues to evade Luffy's Python, while Ace and Shoto are working together to try and lead him to an ambush. Jiro slams her earphone jack into the ground hoping to make Izuku lose his footing. Izuku leaps into the air and lands in a crouch on top of a roof. He can only stay there long enough to catch a breath and look out over the battlefield before he needs to dodge Luffy's fist again.

The other classmates feel confident about taking Izuku down now that he is on the move. They attack in vigor, using their special moves as they try and detain him. Tokoyami sends out Dark Shadow to try and wrap around him. Izuku contemplates letting this happen, just to see the looks on their faces when he breaks out. But he doesn't, instead, he dodges, and Dark Shadow is too slow to react and traps one of the other students in its grasp. Confusion and chaos erupt through the battlefield, as Izuku's classmates regroup. This time they include Katsuki in the planning.

With half the attackers either knocked out or otherwise out of commission, Izuku decides to step it up a notch. Asui attempts to control the water in his body, and Izuku is impressed because even though she hasn't mastered it yet, he can feel her trying to pull on the water inside him. He decides to continue letting her practice. Asui is using her Camouflage ability to allow her to stay stationary and work on her Water Manipulation.

Izuku notices almost too late that Asui is leaking small amounts of water to soak the battlefield. Kaminari sparks dangerously but not attempting to unleash his electricity yet. Izuku realizes what Kaminari is waiting for, as he spots Asui mixing her Acid into the water to make it sticky. Izuku coats his feet in Haki to walk along the top of the Water trap they set up. Kaminari believes he is stuck in the concoction and puts both his hands to the ground. "Indiscriminate Shock: 2million volts!" Kaminari shouts as he unleashes all his electricity.

Izuku waits until the current is gone before he deactivates his Haki, "That was dumb, Kaminari." He sighs exasperated, by now Denki has managed to take himself and a few other remaining classmates out of the fight. Izuku feels a little bad, but he is trying to teach them a lesson here. Koda and Aoyama lay twitching on the ground, while Kaminari walks around like an Idiot. Izuku controls his Paralysis feathers to hit Denki causing him to face plant the ground. Izuku doesn't want the teen wandering and getting caught in the battle without being able to defend himself. Sabo sparks as he took the brunt of Kaminari's attack. Izuku wraps the unconscious Sabo in his flames to help him heal then damage, he also makes a mental note that Sabo is a walking Lightning rod and should be careful when fighting in the same vicinity as Kaminari.

Izuku observes the rest of the opposing classmates, all that is left is Kacchan, who hasn't really done anything, Luffy, Ace, Shoto, Kirishima, Asui, and Shoji. Izuku smirks and gets into his fighting stance. His fist poised like Luffy's, and his posture relaxed and ready to strikeout. He waits for them to make their move. As expected Shoto launches a wave of Ice towards Izuku, as Ace follows by unleashing all his fire.

Izuku smirks wildly, this must be a version of their twin stars' move. But instead of two massive suns, Shoto is unleashing a massive amount of Ice to super cool the air. While Ace is taking care of heating the Air. The resulting collision is going to be devastating, and Izuku can't wait. A sensation behind him tells him Kacchan is gearing up to perform a devastating attack as soon as Ace and Shoto unleash theirs.

"No more kid gloves then," Izuku growls out thrilled, "Time to get serious." Black whip activates sending tendrils out, Izuku increases the percentage of Full Cowling he is using up to 60%. Ace and Shoto match his grin as they condense their powers. From the rising feeling of bloodlust and glee, Kacchan is just as excited.

It isn't very often that they can go all out on each other, and without Shanks and Aizawa to stop them they want to see the devastation this move could cause. After all, how will they know if it is safe to use in a villain fight if they don't test it first? Izuku unleashes all his flames, wrapping his unconscious classmates up to ensure their safety.

As Ace's flame commandment hits Shoto's Ice a massive explosion happens blowing debris up into a violent vortex around Izuku. Izuku senses Katsuki coming in hot behind him and coats his body in Armament Haki. Katsuki spins rapidly in the air, popping explosions to cause a twisting fiery tornado to crash into Izuku. The force of the secondary explosion forces the rest of the standing Classmates, plus Izuku to go crashing into the wall. Luffy and Kirishima catch Shoji knocking all of them out. Asui crashes into the wall in a splash of water. Shoto tries to slow his and Ace's momentum into the wall, but the Ice only manages to knock the wind out of them before they crash into the wall. Katsuki uses his explosions to avoid crashing into the wall and instead changes his directory to land on the soft sandy beaches of the water zone.

In the middle of the carnage, Izuku flaps his wings breathing heavily, "if I didn't have my healing that last attack may have taken me out." He flares his healing around the classmates, he waits a few moments for the class to regain their bearings, "now do you understand why we don't train with you. You guys are nowhere near our level. I didn't even go all out; I didn't use my healing until the very end. Besides, Kacchan, Ace, Shoto, and Luffy no one managed to land a hit on me. It does not matter how strong you are if you can't hit your opponent. It doesn't matter how strong your attacks are if they take you out as well. As it stands right now, you all are nothing more than Cannon fodder."

"We can't all be monsters like you! No one should be that powerful!" Iida screeches.

Izuku glares and uses his speed to blur right in front of Iida, he snarls, "It's not about me being a monster, this is about you being too weak to stand against me. I hate to break it to you, but there are plenty of people stronger than me, that won't hesitate to kill you. I have no interest in letting people die when the League comes after me. I have no choice but to be this strong. I have been training every day since I was five to control my power, to use the exact amount needed to subdue my opponents." Izuku turns around letting his back face Iida, voice dropping low enough to just be heard by his target, "If you are looking for a villain, or a monster; start with the one in the mirror before you start making accusations you have no grounds to make."

Iida glares, bloodlust rising, "take that back!" he snarls.

Izuku smirks, "Oh? You don't like it when the role is reversed. But you see, I have actual evidence to back up those claims. You went after Stain with the intent to kill. You have spent this entire year discriminating against people you don't like and intimidating others that want to reach out and form bonds with people you don't like. Accusing everyone that wants to even talk to me for being a villain. As I recall, that is something a villain would do. If there is anyone you need to be looking at for being a villain, I'd start with you." Izuku starts to walk away when he dodges slightly to the left grabs Iida's ankle and throws him into the wall. "Attack me again, outside training, I dare you. Next time I'll make sure I break something."

Ochako runs to defend Iida, screeching something about Izuku being threatening and attacking Iida unprovoked, trying to warp the truth in Iida's favor to the others that come running to investigate. Izuku ignores them, he heads to the area where he left Aizawa and Shanks. He uses his antidote on the two teachers, trying to keep his fury contained.

Shanks places a hand on Izuku's shoulder, "want to talk about it?"

Izuku shakes his head, "watch the cameras. I'm done here. If you need me, I'll be with the Ninjas." He walks away ignoring everyone that tries to follow him and ask him questions. As he reaches outside, his pack is there waiting for him. He senses the worry flowing out of them in waves, but he ignores them as he starts to shift into Fuji's massive form. He waits until the others board before he takes off with a much more powerful leap than necessary. He beats his wings harder and harder, forcing himself to fly faster and faster, wanting nothing more than to put space between them and the rest of the class. He lands on the helicopter pad and waits for the others to dismount before he shifts back wordlessly. He walks to the ninja's dorms, ignoring everyone and everything around him. He knows the pack is worried, but he is done. He is done caring about trying to get Iida to accept him, he is done trying to give the other students pointers on their quirks to help them. He is done playing nice.

In a way he knew this training was going to isolate him more, that is part of the reason he had pack go up against him. They are going to be more afraid of him, and he understands, really, he does, because if Izuku really was a villain, they would stand no chance at defeating him. But Izuku couldn't even think of being the villain, even just to spite them. And if they want to hate him for calling out their weakness, then fine. Izuku at least hopes they will start taking training seriously, even if it is just to take him down. Because if they can take him down, at least they will have a better chance to survive.

Izuku leads the pack into the dorms, wanting to blow off some steam around people who don't hate his guts. People who take the training Izuku is giving them seriously. Some of the ninjas give him concerned looks, mainly Kakashi, Itachi, Sasuke, Gaara, Naruto, Shika, and Neji. Izuku smiles warmly, Gaara and Naruto are getting used to their senses, right now they are able to pinpoint negative, or heavy emotions. Kakashi, Itachi, Sasuke, and Neji are very close to being able to use observation Haki, they are already sensing emotions, without actively focusing on them. Shikamaru has already demonstrated the first few steps to mastering the basics of Haki. Izuku is going to start him on light sparring to have him train while his focus is divided.

From the looks of things, the Ninjas have moved on to the second step of forming the Rasengan. Kakashi tells the others to stop, as Izuku gets closer. Izuku breathes out the rest of the negative tension surrounding him, being here around all the positive energy makes it easier on Izuku. He smiles warmly at the ninja, "sorry I'm so late. Training with the class went a bit longer than planned." Izuku offers as an explanation. But instead of the disappointment, he was expecting, the excitement buzzing around the Ninja actually increases. So Izuku figures they just want to continue training. Well, Izuku is actually ok with that, at least the ninja appreciate him helping to regain their strength. They never make him feel ashamed for being stronger, more in control of his abilities, than they are. "Ok, let's begin. We are going to do 30 minutes of Observation Haki for each partner. Then we will do 30 minutes of Armament Haki. If we have time we will work on light sparring, and for the hosts, we will work on the next Tail. For Gaara, we will work on increasing the amount of time you can hold Shukaku's form."

Receiving nods from the Ninja, they start to pair off. As Izuku walks around and observes, he remembers he was supposed to talk to Rayleigh about Sasuke's issue about losing his will. He was also supposed to figure out a way to help Gaara stop his sand from blocking Lee's attacks during Observation Haki training. He will have to see the older pirate either tonight after training or tomorrow. The Ninja, (Except Gaara) are all starting to at least feel the twinge or ping of an incoming attack. Now all they need to do is focus on it, hone it, and learn to feel it so acutely they would be able to use this is combat. At the rate the ninjas are going, Izuku believes they will have the basics down by the end of next week. Asui, Kaminari, and Ashido are all improving though it is much slower than the ninjas' progression. He believes it will take probably 2-4 more weeks before they are combat-ready.

At the end of the Observation training, Izuku immediately sets them to meditate. Repeating the same questions from yesterday:

"Why do you fight?"

"Why do you want to become stronger?"

"What are your ambitions?"

This time while observing Lee, it seems the teen has taken Izuku's thoughts to heart. Izuku can tell Lee is trying to push his aura out. Trying to wrap it around himself. He is close, so much closer to unlocking enhancement than the rest of the Ninja. Once Lee can call up on Enhancement, all he would need to do after that is focus on concentrating it, to master Hardening. Once that is finished all Lee would have to do is learn to direct it, in order to master Imbuement. Izuku smiles, he can't wait to see how much stronger Lee will be when he combines Haki with his normal Strong Fist style.

A sudden rise in spiritual energy forces Izuku to be on guard. He throws his senses out more deliberately to pinpoint where it is coming from. To his shock, it is coming from Kakashi. It seems the man was able to turn his regrets and guilt, into a conviction to protect. Kakashi's aura settles around him, like a weighted blanket. Kakashi must be able to feel it because he breaks his concentration with a startled gasp.

Sasuke is still struggling with his waring emotions, Izuku really wants to help him, but there is nothing Izuku can do at the moment. Finding a will and the convictions to see that will through, is something Sasuke is going to have to figure out on his own. Still, Izuku needs to talk to Rayleigh, possibly Shanks to see if there is a way to help him.

Naruto and Gaara are fairing a bit better than they were yesterday. Izuku thinks with Gaara, it comes from having confidence in his control over Shukaku, while also being accepted by his soulmate. Yesterday, Gaara was at war with himself, not knowing if he really could let Shukaku out without hurting anyone. He was also unsure if he would be rejected by Sabo. Izuku grins at the feeling of accomplishment coming from the red-haired teen. He looks over at Naruto, he doesn't know what the teen's will is, but it seems like cooperating with Kurama is helping him achieve it.

The others are not doing too bad, Itachi still needs to find a way or a reason to turn his regrets and guilt into a conviction that is strong enough to match his will. So his aura is still wild around him. He knows Itachi wants peace, but how is the man going to achieve it. Why does he want peace, is it for the betterment of all, or for his brother? This matters because the convictions would be different for different reasons. If it is the betterment for all, would Itachi be able to give up Sasuke if it comes down to it? Would he be able to let Sasuke die to save more people? Not that Izuku ever wants it to come to that, but that would need to be the conviction to tie his Armament Haki for the betterment of all. However, If Itachi wants Peace for his brother, would he risk the peace of everyone else to achieve it? Would he be ok with never being forgiven by his brother, if that is what it takes? These are the questions Itachi needs to be able to answer.

Gai seems to be repeating what Lee was doing yesterday. He will have to explain again to Gai that he needs to push out, not pull in. Maybe Lee could help with the explanation, all Izuku can do is guide them based on his observations and what emotions he senses in them.

By the time the training is done, there is a slight improvement. It is still going to be difficult for those whose wills were tied to a specific duty or thing in the Elemental Nations. Some like Nii, Roshi, and Han need to find a better will than just surviving. While that may have helped them in the Elemental Nations, it won't help them here. Izuku already swore his life to protect them. According to Shanks, Haki mastery could take years to accomplish. The fact that they are this far in the training after only 2 days is impressive.

Izuku calls the training to a halt, goes over what he has observed. He gives Lee his observation, "Lee, you are very close to completing the first step. Your will and your convictions are strong. To complete the first step, after you have pushed your aura out, pull it in like a blanket on a cold night."

"Yosh!" Lee cheers.

Izuku smiles warmly at the teen, "Gai you are stuck where Lee was yesterday. You need to push your Aura out, instead of pulling it in."

Gai nods, determination flaring in the man's eyes, "I will master this training of youth!"

Izuku chuckles, "I know you will, Gai." He turns to look at Kakashi, "I'm not sure what you did, but you managed to turn your guilt and regret into a conviction. All you have to do is compress your aura around you."

Kakashi blushes slightly, mutters under his breath, "I don't want to see Aizawa die by my hands or my actions." Ahh, so that is Kakashi's conviction to be better in order to protect Aizawa. To Izuku, any conviction that protects a member of his pack is a strong one. Izuku smiles blindingly at the man but doesn't say anything to put his thoughts out.

He moves on, "Naruto, Gaara, I have noticed a slight improvement. As I thought the more confidence you get in honing your power the stronger your convictions and fighting spirit will be. We will keep progressing taming your Spirit Gods."

Naruto nods his head excitedly, "I'm becoming friends with Kurama. He is starting to trust me and cooperate with me." He rubs the back of his neck, "at first when you brought up the idea of working with him, I didn't believe it would be possible. After you healed him and suggested we forgive each other, I didn't know if I would be able to do it. But then I thought to myself, whether good or bad, Kurama has always been there. And well, I'm sort of stuck with him…" Naruto scratches his cheek, "so I figured I would do my best to forgive him and befriend him."

Izuku nods a look of understanding on his face, "I know it was not easy for you to forgive him. A lifetime of mistreatment, for something you didn't understand is hard to put behind you. But I want you to know I am proud of the effort you are putting forward."

Naruto beams at the praise, eyes sparkling like a child on Christmas. It breaks Izuku's heart that something so easy as a good job is foreign to the Sunny Teen. Gaara clears his throat, "I feel the same as Naruto, the first step was putting my trust in Shukaku to not rampage and hurt anyone. Feeling him out but with none of the bloodlust or intent to kill makes it easier to try and befriend him. I longer see Shukaku as the monster I once did, I see him as a part of myself."

"That is great Gaara, I am proud of both of you." He turns to the other holders, "all of you are working so hard to work with your Spirits. I am proud of all of you."

The other hosts look bashful at the praise, but Izuku supposes having a teenager praise an adult like a child, would do that. They all mutter their thanks, but Izuku can feel the honest, unfiltered happiness that flares in them.

"Sasuke," Izuku begins, "I was unable to hunt down Rayleigh today, I will hunt him down tomorrow and bring him to training. If anyone can help you it would be Rayleigh."

Sasuke nods, "Thank you, Izuku."

"You're welcome," Izuku smiles slightly he turns to Itachi next, "Itachi,"

The man looks at him curiously.

"Your will is a strong one," Izuku states knowingly, "but a will like that is vague. The question is who is it for? The betterment of all? Or an individual? If it is for the betterment of all, what are you willing to sacrifice for it? Could you really give up the life of one to save many? If it is for an individual, are you willing to do whatever it takes, even if you can never be forgiven?"

Itachi adopts a thoughtful expression, Izuku lets him mull it over. "Think about it, that is what I want you to do for tomorrow." Itachi nods.

Izuku addressed everyone else, "for the rest of you, don't try to force it. Don't just settle on a generic will, like to survive. Surviving is good, but it is a weak will that doesn't have a strong conviction. A will is putting your life, or something of equal value to you on the line to achieve it." The others nod and look a bit dejected, Izuku tries to smile reassuringly, "don't worry about it too much, we have time before the calamities start. It can take years to get as far as this, the fact that you all are already working on your wills is impressive."

The dejected atmosphere is replaced with determination. Izuku grins, "we are going to break into groups. Like yesterday Kacchan and I are going to work with the other hosts. Shoto and Kirishima, I want you to take Kaminari and Ashido and work on quirk improvement. Ace and Sabo, continue helping Asui with her devil fruit. Luffy, I want you to spar lightly with Shikamaru and Lee. I want Shikamaru to experience Observation Haki in combat. For Lee, I want him to try and use Armament in battle."

Everyone nods and breaks off into groups, Izuku takes the hosts to the large empty space behind the ninja. "Gaara, unleash Shukaku." Gaara concentrates on shifting into Shukaku's sandy form. It doesn't take as long as it did yesterday to amass Gaara's sand and condense it into Shukaku's form. Izuku turns to Nii, "Release Matatabi." The girl nods and does as told. "Next weekend we are going to train at the Red Force, so for now all I want you two to do is focus on extending the time you can be out."

Shukaku and Matatabi nod, Izuku smiles, "Kacchan, shift into Fenrir." Katsuki does as told without complaint. When Fenrir comes out, he immediately pounces on his two friends. Izuku watches as Fenrir's tail wags happily at seeing Shukaku and Matatabi, he chuckles at the playful pounce. He turns to the other holders, "now we managed to get to 2 tails yesterday, though most of you are only completely in control of 1 tail. Today I want you to work on taming the next tail."

He receives nods from the other holders and watches as the non-toxic aura's start to blanket their bodies. Before the seals were fixed all the hosts had the same corrupted red, angry, hateful auras. Now Naruto's aura is a reddish-orange mist, Rin's aura reminds Izuku of the sea, a calming teal. Roshi's aura, while still red, is not the angry, hateful, toxic feeling like it was before. Now it is more of a fiery red aura full of passion and determination. And finally, Han's aura reminds Izuku of fluffy clouds before sunset. Han's aura even has a faint barely noticeable purple tint to it. Izuku could not be prouder of the other holders. They are all working so hard to be in control and confident in their partnerships with the Spirit Gods.

After about a half-hour, Izuku stops the training. The hosts he was helping have made progress on taming the next tail, but they have not mastered it yet. Izuku is confident though, if it is needed, they could use the second tail without going berserk. He flits his eyes over to where Fenrir tackled Shukaku and Matatabi. It is not surprising to see Gaara and Nii have reverted back to the human forms. What is sort of surprising is Fenrir is still out cuddling with an exhausted-looking Gaara. Nii sits calmly nearby looking content and accomplished. Fenrir huffs and looks away, and Izuku is sure if the giant puppy could, he would be blushing. Izuku chuckles softly to himself. Izuku supposes it has been over 900 years since Fenrir saw any of the other gods, so it is not surprising that Fenrir is happy being around them.

Izuku lets him be for a while, his gaze falls on the door as Aizawa and Shanks approach the Gym. Izuku figures they are going to want to talk about why Izuku threw Iida into a wall. The truth is, he was just sick of Iida demeaning him, so he snapped. He could have dodged the attack and kept walking. But Iida just managed to prove his point. If Izuku lashed out like that the first time Iida called him a villain, well he wouldn't be in the hero course. With a slight twinge of guilt flooding Izuku's heart, he ignores the two teachers for now. After all, there's training debriefs to be had.

He makes his way to Luffy's group first. "How's it going over here?"

Shikamaru glares, "it is harder to use Observation Haki when I have to focus on other things."

Izuku nods, "from now on, instead of doing the same observation Haki training as the others; you and Luffy are going to continue doing light sparing."

Shikamaru nods, "what a drag."

Izuku chuckles at the put upon sigh released from Shikamaru. He turns to Luffy and Lee, "how did it go?"

Luffy grins wide and blinding, "Lee is impressive. He managed to hit me, obviously, he still needs to train but he is progressing at an astonishing rate."

Izuku smiles at Lee, "from now on you will spar with Luffy, instead of meditating. Meditation only helps when you are uncertain of your will. The rest comes from actually using it in battle."

Lee's face morphs into determination, "I see. I will train my hardest!"

"I know you will, Lee," Izuku smiles warmly at the teen, "you have come a long way in your training so far. I am impressed."

Lee blushes at the praise muttering his thanks.

"We are finished with training for today, so you are free to hang out. If you want." Izuku offers.

Lee runs off to Gai to ask permission to hang out with the pack again tonight. Izuku focuses on the other groups. Shoto and Kirishima are putting Ashido and Kaminari through a torturous beatdown. But Izuku senses the pride and determination to improve in both of his bruised packmates. He grins, he will heal them later. He turns his attention to Ace, Sabo, and Asui. The girl is a natural with her Devil fruit. Izuku thinks because she has a frog quirk that she is naturally entuned to water.

He calls an end to the training after he says his observations to the group. He gives pointers on what needs to be worked on. And he is happy when they nod determinedly at his advice. Izuku sometimes wishes he had this respect in Class 1-A, but it is not to be. Iida singled him out on the first day, and everyone gravitated against Izuku. But luckily, not all of Class 1-A act like sheep. Ashido, Kaminari, and Asui sought them out, wanting to befriend them regardless of Iida's baseless accusations. They defended them, supported them. Asui may have been wary about him in the beginning, but she knew her best chance of survival at U.S.J. was to stick with him. After seeing him put himself in a deadly situation to keep her from getting hurt, must have changed her opinion of him.

Izuku makes his way to the still training Shinobi. Kakashi stands off to the side waiting for Aizawa to approach him. Izuku doesn't know if they are going to be open with their relationship, Izuku and pack already know, but what about the other Shinobi. As Aizawa reaches Kakashi, he greets him with a soft, fond hello. Izuku can sense giddiness coming from the two adults, and he wants to coo and cuddle them. Because two grown-ass adults should not be this adorable.

Izuku reaches the two adults, "Hey Shota, how was the rest of training?"

Aizawa glares, anger rising in him, Izuku flinches slightly. Aizawa, feeling Izuku's flinch reigns in his anger, instead guilt takes over, "I'm sorry, Izuku. I'm not angry at you."

Izuku blushes, "I'm sorry I bailed on the rest of training." Frustration oozes out of him, "I just couldn't take it anymore. I'm tired of being nice, I'm tired of trying to help them. I snapped at Iida, told him if he wants to see a villain, he should look in the mirror. I shouldn't have done that, but it is true he went into the Stain fight with the intent to kill, not bring him to justice." Izuku looks down guiltily.

Aizawa hums and kneels in front of Izuku, "Izuku look at me," he does, because this is Aizawa's older brother's voice. "There is nothing to be guilty about. He has provoked you and demeaned you since day one. Could you have said it with a bit more tact, probably?" Aizawa smirks, "But I think he deserved it."

"I just wanted him to taste a bit of what I have been dealing with since the beginning of the school year. I was pointing out that the things he is accusing me and the pack of, are things he himself is doing. He called me a monster again, after training. I knew there was a chance that training would isolate me more, but I tried to tell him that there are villains out there stronger than me. And they won't hesitate to kill them. I tried to tell them that I have no intentions of letting them die when the League comes after me." Izuku blushes, "I called them cannon fodder."

Aizawa smirks, "maybe they will start taking training more seriously now."

Izuku nods, "I hope so. As much as I don't like the other members of our class, I don't want them to end up dead."

Aizawa's face softens, Izuku always cares about everyone. Too much, sometimes, because Aizawa knows Izuku will throw his life down for anyone, even Iida. Well, Aizawa thinks, it's different now. Izuku and Katsuki made a promise, Izuku wouldn't be so reckless with his life anymore. And Aizawa thinks Izuku probably didn't realize how reckless he was being until Katsuki beat it into him. "I know you don't." Aizawa sighs, "but that doesn't mean you have to carry their incompetence and burdens on top of your shoulders."

Izuku nods, "I get it, Aniki."

Aizawa smirks, "Good, now I think your pack is waiting for you."

Izuku glances at his packmates, "yea. They are."

"By the look on Katsuki's face, he wants a puppy pile." Aizawa chuckles.

Izuku laughs at his pouting soulmate, "I suppose your right." He rubs the back of his neck, "um Shota?"

Aizawa sighs, "What is it, Problem Child?"

Izuku blushes embarrassed, "Can we stay here for the night?"

Aizawa raises his eyebrows in question.

Izuku's blush intensifies, "I don't want to go back to the dorms. It's suffocating in there, and I just can't do it, tonight."

Aizawa hums, "it's up to the Ninja. This is their building after all." Aizawa glances at Kakashi.

Kakashi studies Izuku, whoever this Iida guy is must really get under Izuku's skin. Kakashi wonders what the teen could possibly say to get Izuku to try to avoid him. It is probably linked to Izuku's reaction to their spar, the way he shrunk in on himself and kept apologizing for losing control and promising he is not a monster. Kakashi doesn't want to put the teen under any more stress than he is already feeling. He knew something upset Izuku after their class training, the way the teen's emotions were all over the place. He radiated Anger, sadness, resignation, and guilt as he walked into the training room. But after a couple of moments, Izuku relaxed. If Kakashi remembers anything from his dad's summons with the wolves, they can sense emotions and intent to a minuscule degree. Izuku said his dorms are suffocating, can the teen sense emotions so acutely they physically affect him?

He watches as Izuku squirms under his gaze, and he decides, Izuku wouldn't be asking if there was another option, besides sucking it up. And if Kakashi says no, Izuku might actually sleep outside tonight, instead of going to his dorms. So Kakashi nods, "Maa, I don't mind. If you're doing a puppy pile, you can use the training room. There's plenty of training mats you could use to make a comfortable area."

Izuku smiles blindingly, "Thank you, Kakashi-nii. Since we are staying in the building can I steal your Shinobi for the puppy pile?" Izuku blushes at Kakashi's searching gaze, "it's just their happiness, and comfort around me makes the air lighter. And Fuji has been hounding me to let him spend time with the newer packmates. He hasn't seen them since the elemental Nations, and even then, we were more focused on the calamity chasing us, he couldn't enjoy their presence."

Kakashi softens his face, his visible eye showing fondness, "if they want to join your Puppy Pile, I'm not going to stop them."

Izuku beams, eyes sparkling in joy and excitement, "thank you, Kakashi." He turns around and bolts to the group standing by the door. "Kakashi and Shota said we can use the training room for a puppy pile!"

Luffy cheers, "Ohh like a big sleepover!"

Shoto smiles wistfully, "Maybe we can even get Fenrir to cuddle with us. I still want to see whose tails are softer."

Katsuki blushes, "I suppose, Fenrir might like that. He really enjoyed playing with Shukaku and Matatabi." He chances a look at Izuku, his Nerds face looks conflicted. There is joy plastered on his Nerds face, probably for the chance to cuddle with Fenrir. But there is also sadness, Katsuki thinks that because of the events this afternoon, Izuku was hoping to cuddle with Katsuki. And he knows Fuji wants to be out, to actually spend time with the Ninja and newer packmates. "I'll ask him."

Izuku nods, "I'm going to ask the others if they're willing to cuddle." Izuku walks over to where the others are performing their cool-down stretches, "Kakashi gave me permission to use the training room for a cuddle pile. It would mean a lot to Fuji if you all would join in." Izuku rubs the back of his neck, "it's just he has been wanting to be around you all without the danger of looking out for the calamity or being alert to find his kin."

Naruto smiles like the Sun, "I've never had a sleepover, before."

Gaara, and Neji nod silently, they didn't get the chance to cuddle last night with Fuji. The room they were in last night was not big enough. Lee is excitedly bouncing, "We can cuddle with Fuji? Can we watch some hero movies too?"

Izuku blushes at the agreeing nods and excitement he feels, except Shikamaru is radiating a reluctant acceptance. He smiles, "I'll let Kato know to bring my laptop. There's an entire library of hero movies, documentaries, and even some American movies." He ponders how they are all going to see the movie with such a small screen. He searches the room until his eyes fall back on Aizawa and Kakashi. "I'm going to ask Aizawa if he can get me a projector."

The ninjas are excitedly rambling among each other, Izuku slips away to head over to the teachers. "Shota?"

Aizawa glances up from his quiet conversation with Kakashi, a small impatient frown on his face, "what is it, Problem Child?"

Izuku smiles, "the others agreed to cuddle. But they want to watch hero movies. Do you have a projector we can use?"

Aizawa hums, "there should be one in the storage room. If not, I'll tell Shanks to grab one for you."

Izuku beams and heads over to the storage room. He searches the shelves until his eyes fall on a brand-new projector. Nezu must have bought a new one when he had Cementoss build these buildings. He cheers victoriously as he inspects the connections, he is glad to know it will connect with his laptop. He looks around for a cart and projector screen. He finds them tucked into the corner. He places the projector on the cart and pushes the screen and cart out of the storage room.

Once everything is out, he hits the button on his comms set, "Kato, you there?"

Static greets him for a moment, "yeah, I'm here. What can I do for you?"

Izuku smiles, "We are doing a puppy pile at the Ninja's dorms. You in?"

A hearty chuckle meets Izuku's ears, "sure. Need me to bring anything?"

"My laptop, I left it in your shop." Izuku asks, "we are gonna get Shanks to get us some snacks."

Izuku can hear the smirk coming from Kato, "you know, Kats doesn't like it when you eat junk food."

Izuku smirks, "well unless he wants to make our food, he is just gonna have to let me have a cheat day."

Kato chuckles on the other end, "alright then, I will close up what I'm doing here, and be on my way."

Izuku smiles and tells the others Kato is coming with his laptop. Lee cheers, hyping up the different heroes he watched from Izuku's collection. Izuku pulls Katsuki with him to help pull out the extra training mats. It only takes a few minutes before the rest of the teens are helping layout the mats. Izuku takes a moment to shift into Fuji's form, testing the comfort of the padded area. He yips to give his approval to the others.

Fuji whines at Katsuki, wondering if Katsuki is going to let out Fenrir. Fuji is excited to have Fenrir join their cuddle piles, and they are not going to be able to use the training room every time they want to cuddle. But he also wants to snuggle into Katsuki. So he nudges Katsuki's stomach, grabbing the male's attention. Katsuki smiles knowingly and starts petting the wolf softly. Everyone settles against Fuji; it is a little cramped with so many snuggling teens. So Katsuki shifts as well, Fenrir awakening with a low growl.

Fuji yips at the other wolf, excited to see his friend.

Fenrir huffs and turns his head away; he releases a grumbling growl at Fuji. He lays down, giving Fuji a soft bunt to his head. The others are content just looking through Izuku's movie library, that they give the two Wolves a chance to get comfortable.

Ace watches as Fenrir and Fuji greet each other, almost lovingly. There's almost nuzzling as Fuji rubs his face against the side of Fenrir's. Fenrir pulls his lips back baring his teeth and nipping at Fuji's ear, clearly embarrassed with all the shown affection. Fuji retaliates by placing his paw on Fenrir's head to push him off his ear. Fenrir goes easily, placing his chin on the floor and looking at Fuji expectantly. Fuji yips at the obedience and plops his head on top of Fenrir's neck, nuzzling into his willing captive.

It doesn't take long after the two wolves settle, that the others are spreading out and cuddling into both wolves. The heat and happy atmosphere put Fuji into a relaxed state. This is what his pup needed, his pup has been soaking in the heavy negative emotions of the other Class 1-A students for so long, it is almost like he has forgotten how to live without it. But now with his pack, the new additions to the pack, the peace, and comfort from his old friend, and mate settles and clears the tension in Fuji's frame. He allows a happy-sounding rumble to escape his throat.

Fuji can sense, Lazy-pup, Masked-pup, Loud-pup, and the red-furred one close by. He lets his guard down, knowing the others will look after him and the pups. He curls tightly around his packmates, snuggles deeper into Fenrir's neck, and slowly but surely sleep begins to claim him.

*** Time skip***

The next couple of weeks, Izuku and pack get closer to their Ninja packmates. Every night after training, Izuku ends the night with a small cuddle session. They pull even farther away from the other students of Class 1-A. There is only a week before the school festival, and Izuku doesn't really know what they should do, they have spent most of their time training.

Over the last two weeks, most of the ninja have started on light sparring to work on Observation Haki while in combat. Rayleigh and Shanks were able to figure out how to help Gaara suppress his automatic defense. While Gaara's sand still comes to his defense, he can sense if the attack is going to be too strong or too fast to break through his defenses. Izuku has taken to sparring with Gaara, as his speed is more than enough to bypass Gaara's sand defense. Izuku notices something arising when sparring with Gaara, it seems this is also speeding up the pace in which Gaara's sand responds to a threat. Izuku notices he has been having to move faster, hit slightly hard to break through the sand defense.

The Holders can now confidently tame three of their tails. Even Naruto, whose seal still needs to be fixed, can remain in control with three tails. Gaara can hold Shukaku's form for about 2 hours before the sand starts to dissipate. Rin is now able to do a full transformation into Isobu's massive turtle-like form. On the weekends Izuku takes Gaara, Nii, and Rin to the Red Force to work on letting them use their combat skills while transformed. This room is strong enough to handle a full berserk attack from Fuji, so the room holds under the attacks of the three Gods.

Rayleigh has taken Sasuke under his wing for Armament Haki training. Every time Izuku spots Sasuke he looks a bit worn out, but his aura is calm, contemplative. So Izuku smiles and flares his healing around the sore teen. He won't ask what they are working on, but it seems Sasuke is connecting with the Dark King in ways he didn't connect with Kakashi or Orochimaru. At least according to the Masked Man himself.

When they are not training, Rayleigh pulls Ace aside and chats with him. Getting to know his nephew in all but blood. Rayleigh tells Ace unaltered stories about his Captain, showing Ace the side of his father reserved only for his crew and a small number of people outside it. He talks about the rivalry-like friendship between Roger and Whitebeard. How the two would battle, draw, then drink together to celebrate none of their crews falling at the other hand. And Izuku thinks Ace is finally accepting himself a bit more with every epic story Rayleigh tells him.

Today is a day like any other for Izuku, wake up, watch Katsuki make breakfast, go to class 1-A earlier than the other students. Ignore the comments slurred behind his back, Ignore the pointed stares he gets when nobody realizes he is watching. He mutters through English, he mutters through Hero Law, and quirk theory, he even mutters through the small block of time Aizawa gives them before lunch to work on their festival activities.

Izuku still struggles to figure out something they can do. Something that includes the ninja. He thought briefly, of having all the Spirit Gods do a full transformation. But quickly discarded the idea, people are uncomfortable with just him transforming, add 7 others, and well, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that's a bad idea. To be honest, none of them have any actual hobbies. As kids they were too focused on training every waking moment, there was no time for hobbies. If this was a few weeks ago, before Izuku started not caring about everyone else, he would have suggested an activity everyone could participate in. But now Izuku could care less if everyone is tense, sure it is partially their fault for drawing so much attention to the school. However, why should Izuku care that the rest of the student body is uncomfortable, they never cared that their actions made him uncomfortable. Is he being petty? Yes, yes, he is. Does he care? No, no, he doesn't.

He wonders if Aizawa will let him do a quirk firework show. That way he can spend the day with Eri, walk around the festival with his pack. Then at night Gather his pack, the Ninja, Marco, and transform into Fuji to paint the sky in a myriad of colors. Show everyone that powers can be for something other than violence. The Ninjas have been steadily working on their Chakra, they are mostly in control with their Jutsu. So Izuku waits until lunchtime, waits until the others are filing out to get their lunches, to talk with Aizawa.

Izuku excitedly bounces on his toes, "Aizawa-Sensei?"

Aizawa looks up, happy but lazy eyes peeking through his fringe, "What is it?"

"I was wondering if we could do a quirk firework show for our presentation. It would be at the end of the festival, right as it becomes dark." Izuku asks voice full of hope.

Aizawa sighs, "explosive ordinance is not allowed on school grounds."

Izuku smirks, "The only explosive would be Kacchan."

Aizawa hums, "How would you pull it off without explosives?"

Izuku ponders, "well I can make capsules of different salts, like Magnesium Sulfate which is found in Epsom Salt to produce White fire. Or regular Sodium Chloride, or table salt to produce yellow fire. Purple flames come from Water softener salt, green comes from borax, or copper sulfate which is used in road de-icing. Then I would have Ace and Kacchan use their fires to light the capsules resulting in a burst of color."

Aizawa hums, "No gunpowder?"

Izuku smirks, "don't need it. Sugar would work perfectly for the sparkling effect. If I mix a small amount of sugar in each capsule it would mimic a firework without the use for gunpowder, or explosives."

Aizawa nods, "I would like a small test run to be done before I approve it."

Izuku beams, "We could do it tonight."

Aizawa nods, "Sure."

Izuku bolts out of the room running into Katsuki with an excited yelp.

Katsuki catches Izuku, "So a firework show?"

Izuku blushes, "yea it was the only thing I could think of that wouldn't set the entire school into a panic. Besides this way Kacchan can practice with his AP Shot." Izuku smirks, "besides, I think it would be cool to showcase our quirks in a positive but controlled manner. We could even add the other abilities too. I'm sure Shoto can make glitter with his ice. We also have multiple colors of lightning at our disposal. Kaminari has yellow, Kacchan has orange, Luffy has red-tinted black, Ace has white, Kakashi has purple, Sasuke has blue, and I have green."

Katsuki hums, "It's a great idea, Nerd."

Izuku beams "let's go tell the others."

Izuku pulls Katsuki up to the roof where they have been spending their lunches, ever since the day Kaminari broke down. Kato is already up there; he has been spending every lunch period with them. Izuku smiles and greets everyone cheerfully. He excitedly explains his plan for the festival, going over the different salts and chemicals he needs to make colored fire. Kato agrees immediately to help find them.

Everyone is excited about the fireworks show, but "What will the rest of us be doing?" Kaminari asks a little sad tint to his voice thinking he won't be part of the show.

Izuku smirks, "a Lightning Show."

Kaminari tilts his head in confusion, "Lightning Show?"

Izuku smiles, "we have multiple different colors of lightning among us. My green, Kacchan's orange, Luffy's reddish-black, Ace's white, Sasuke's blue, and Kakashi's purple."

Kaminari's eyes sparkle, "that would be awesome."

Izuku smirks, "so here's the plan." He pulls out his notebook and sketches his idea. Izuku notes that Kakashi has regained his control over his water nature. He points to Asui that she is going to work with Kakashi to make them a pond in one of the clearings. Shoto's job, since he can't shoot out balls of fire, is going to release his Ice. Izuku, Luffy, and Kirishima are going to smash the Ice to make glitter at the very end. Kato enlists Kirishima's help in finding the salts, testing them, and making the capsules for the fireworks. He tells them that he is going to talk to the Ninja to see what they feel comfortable adding to the show.

By the time lunch is almost over, they are excitedly talking about their firework show. Izuku tells them they need to do a demonstration for Aizawa later tonight. Kato nods, "I agree with doing a small demonstration. I'll get small samples of salts and we can test them in different quantities to see how big we want to make the capsules."

Izuku smiles, "exactly, we also need to test out how long each burst of color would last."

Katsuki hums, "as long as I get to blow shit up."

Izuku laughs at the small hint of a pout he hears, "of course Kacchan. We also need to figure out how we are going to get the capsules in the air. They can't be launched because the spark might ignite the capsule."

Shoto hums, "What about using an air propellent?"

Izuku's eyes sparkle at the suggestion, "yes of course. I could channel a small amount of OFA to give them sort of a flick. We also need a way for Kacchan and Ace to be able to see them."

Kato nods, "we can make the capsules glow in the dark. Night vision goggles won't work because the intense burst of light will damage their eyes. Or if your flick is too powerful, we could direct the capsules using your feathers. Only make them bright enough for Katsuki and Ace to see."

Izuku beams at the input, "ok tonight we will try launching them using OFA to test how little strength I need to put into them. We will also check the efficiency of launching them with my feathers." As they reach the classroom Kato confirms once more that he will look in his shop for the chemicals and materials to make the capsules. Izuku nods and relays that they will stop by after training.

Sitting in the classroom, Izuku mutters while writing his firework plans in his notebook. He wants everyone to have a role in the show. He needs to figure out what the other ninja, that does not have lightning chakra can do. As the other students trickle in, Izuku ignores their heated stares, opting to pretend they don't exist, and continues muttering in his book. As Aizawa approaches with Shanks in tow, Izuku pouts as he puts his notebook away, and calls the class to attention.

Aizawa enters the classroom, half-heartedly returns the class's pleasantries. He reaches his podium and tells the class to sit and settle down. "As you know there is less than a week left until the School Festival. Those of you that have submitted temporary passes have been investigated. The only passes that are being approved are for family members, and/or emergency contacts. Basically, if they are listed on your approved contact list the passes will be approved."

"When will we be getting the passes?" Sero asks.

Shanks hums, "they will be delivered straight to the recipients. Please notify your guests that they must have the passes on them at the gates to be allowed in."

The class nodded their acceptance to the order, most already planning to call their parents to tell them. Before the class could predictably break into murmurs, Aizawa sighs, "you will have the rest of this afternoon to work your festival activities. If you must leave the classroom, bring a teacher with you."

Iida shoots his hand up, "can we go to a large open room to work on our routine?"

Aizawa nods, "yes take Shanks with you."

Izuku mutters through the chaos that is the herd of students leaving the classroom. Izuku thinks a herd of elephants is quieter, and he grimaces because they are supposed to be trained, light on their feet as to not give away their positions, or their teams' positions. Shoji and Tokoyami are the only two students that have tried to bridge the gap between the pack and the others. Izuku has even heard them trying to correct the class's assumptions that the pack is evil. Shoji has even tried to reason with the others after the training session, "there is nothing wrong with being strong enough to survive. You don't have to like them, you don't have to be friends with them, but they deserve your respect, and there is a lot we can learn from them."

Izuku has even caught Tokoyami flashing sad, and longing looks at them as they stroll into the building at night. Izuku wants to reach out to Tokoyami, wants to reassure him that he doesn't hate him. Izuku is doing this to protect Tokoyami, he doesn't want the Bird-faced teen to be outcasted from the rest of the class as well. But as the noise of the rest of the class leaving, Izuku notices Shoji and Tokoyami are still in their seats.

He raises a questioning eyebrow at Aizawa, he wonders if Aizawa has told them about the other class. Aizawa sighs, "I have one more announcement to relay to you all."

Tokoyami perks up hearing the teacher's voice, "should we wait for the other students?"

"That won't be necessary, Shanks is going to inform them of this," Aizawa states as he puts eye drops in. Aizawa glares in a show of seriousness, "there is a reason I didn't bring this up until after the other students left."

Tokoyami and Shoji straighten up in their seats, feeling the aura coming off their teacher. This is not their lazy, perpetually tired teacher, this is the Hero Eraser Head speaking. They nod to show the man, he has their full attention. Surprisingly, it is not Aizawa that starts talking but Izuku.

"I am sure you both have felt the rift in the class growing as of late," Izuku begins. "At first I didn't want to get you two involved." Izuku pauses as his ears droop, "but I don't really have a choice anymore."

"What is it Midoriya?" Tokoyami pushes.

Izuku sighs, "Nezu is changing the classes. The day of the festival will be our last day in Class 1-A."

Tokoyami's face morphs into shocked-induced anger, "Is this because of Iida? Are you letting him win? Midoriya? I won't accept it! I won't let him convince the only people worthy of actually being in this class to leave!" His rage turns into sadness, even Dark Shadow is upset at this development. Shoji looks between Aizawa and Izuku, there is a worried look on his face, the fabric of his mask pulls into a frown.

"Tokoyami," Izuku calls softly. He doesn't get a response from the shadow teen. Tokoyami continues to shake his head in disbelief. Muttering to himself that he will convince Nezu to let them stay. Izuku approaches the teen, he puts his hand on his shoulder, "Fumikage," he calls just as softly as the last time. This time Tokoyami raises his head in confused shock. Izuku smiles softly at the teen, "Fumikage, it wasn't just Iida's treatment of us that has pushed us away. We actually suggested the move to Nezu."

Tokoyami is still in shock hearing his own name to respond, so Shoji clears his throat, "if Iida and his treatment of you and your pack is not the cause of move; Why are you moving?"

Izuku hums, "I'm sure you have noticed the other people around the school. The people that were hired out for additional protection?"

Shoji nods, "yes, I was there when Nezu introduced them."

Izuku smirks at the subtle sassy tone he hears, "truth is, it is not just the League of Villains that are after me." Shoji raises a questioning eyebrow. Izuku sighs, "you know my quirk is a spirit animal, right?" Shoji nods, Izuku continues, "Fuji has warned me of a threat, bigger than the League, bigger than All for One. This threat has the ability to wipe entire worlds out of existence."

"How do you know this?" Shoji questions.

"I've seen it, I feel it, Kacchan and Asui feel it. And I am pretty sure Dark Shadow feels it." Izuku states.

Dark Shadow makes a gasping noise, "so that is the unsettling feeling I have been experiencing?"

Izuku smiles fondly at the quirk, "yes. Fuji calls it the Calamity. Fuji is actually The Ten Tailed Spirit God of Life; his homeworld was destroyed by the Calamity over 900 years ago. He ended up in the Grandline, another world affected by the Calamity to help put a stop to it. They lost, and Fuji ended up being sealed in a fruit, forever forced to give his power to whoever ate his fruit. Before I acquired Fuji, his fruit was eaten by a man named Gol D. Roger, this man because Pirate King in the Grandline. Shortly after my fifth birthday, I was diagnosed as quirkless. Kacchan brought me to Dagobah Beach to cheer me up and I found a strange-looking fruit." Izuku reminiscences with a smile on his face, "after I inspected the fruit, I deemed it safe to eat. I was not expecting to start on fire after I took a bite."

"You got Fuji from a fruit?" Shoji and Tokoyami look at him in disbelief.

Izuku laughs, "It's crazy, isn't it?" He sobers up, "eating that fruit gave me a second chance to be a hero. At first, I thought the doctors were wrong and I wasn't quirkless. But I found three people on the beach that looked like they were in a bad accident. Somehow, I knew that my new ability would help them, so I called on the power and healed the three strangers. Kacchan and I waited until they woke up to make sure they were ok. It took a while, and when they finally woke up, they didn't know where they were. So I took them home with me to get my mom to help figure out where they needed to go. We looked at all the world maps, even searched for their home on the internet. None of our maps looked familiar to them, none of our countries sounded familiar either, we figured out they were from another world. The fruit I ate actually belonged to them, it was in the adult's possession and washed up on a different part of the shore. They explained to me what it was that I ate and trained me to control it."

Sometime during Izuku's history lesson, Tokoyami has calmed down enough to absorb this new information. "Why are you telling us this? What does this have to do with the Calamity?"

Izuku chuckles, "If we are going to be working together, I need to trust you."

"What do you mean?" Shoji asks hesitantly.

Izuku smirks, "after the training camp incident Fuji manipulated the soulmate trait I passed on to my Soulmate. He sped up the awakening of my soulmate's spirit animal. He told us about people we needed to save, his kin, the other spirit Gods, people from the Grandline, and people from the Elemental Nations. He told us there was a way to save our world, but I needed people from three different worlds to save it."

Shoji hums, "The people Nezu introduced?"

Izuku grins, "yes we went to the Grandline, ended up fighting in a war, almost lost Ace, and saved who we needed to save; all before the provisional license exam."

Tokoyami gasps, "So Sabo? Is he really from the Grandline as well? The timing is right?"

"Yes, Sabo is the only minor we brought back from the Grandline. He is actually the sworn brother of Ace and Luffy. They were separated just days before Ace and Luffy ended up on Dagobah Beach. For the last ten years, they thought their brother was dead, so we came up with a cover story that he came from overseas." Izuku explains.

Tokoyami hums, "that certainly explains why he was so protective in the cafeteria. Though I never would have guessed he was from another world."

Shoji nods along with Tokoyami. "So that means the militia people are from another world as well?"

"They are ninja from the Elemental Nations," Izuku confirms. "They're only about 10 underage Ninjas, so I suggested an underground class to principal Nezu."

Izuku watches as realization blooms on the other two teens' faces, he smirks, "In order for us to continue this mission we need to disappear, so to speak. I am sure you have heard the rumors of a spy in the school, and I have reason to believe the spy is linked either with the League or the Calamity. Iida might not be the spy, but his distrust of us is going to tip off the spy that we are up to something. If the spy catches wind that we are amassing an army, then the League and the Calamity could attack us before we are ready to face it."

Tokoyami gulps, "so when is this threat supposed to happen?"

Izuku hums, "based on my visions, and from what Nighteye saw in my future, we estimate between 5 and 10 years. I can't leave this threat in the pro's hands because there is only a couple of people outside this classroom I trust. We can't wait until we graduate to start amassing our army, because there is no way of knowing if the people we need, will still be alive then."

"What do you mean?" Shoji asks.

Izuku sighs, "If we didn't go to the Grandline when we did, we could have lost Marco and the Whitebeard Pirates. If we didn't go to the Elemental Nations after the provisional exams, we would have lost 4 or 5 of the Spirit Gods. It is not just our world that is threatened by the calamity, countless other worlds are as well. So far, I can only go to two of them. In these other worlds, they have their own threats as well. In the Grandline, the Marines are being controlled by the government, the government consists of 20 generals of the calamity. Marco was supposed to be executed. Law was being hunted by a General so Law could make him Immortal at the cost of Law's Soul. In the Elemental Nations, there is a group hunting and sealing the spirit gods to resurrect a goddess of the Calamity. Most of the villains in this world are influenced by the calamity, Shigaraki, All for One, are the big ones, but even they are still only pawns. The calamity feeds on the negative ambitions of the populous, like greed, vengeance, hatred. In my visions we won't just fight the calamity, heroes corrupted by greed, villains, even civilians are influenced by the calamity. I need all the help I can get if I am to save as many people as possible." Izuku takes a deep centering breath, "So, can I trust you two to help me?"

Tokoyami and Shoji spend a few moments considering the information given to them, "What do you need us to do?"

Izuku smirks, "train. Shoji, your strength, and speed are impressive, but we could push your limits, we can make you faster, stronger. Tokoyami, your control over Dark Shadow is impressive. But you rely too much on Dark Shadow for offense, and defense. We can improve or create a fighting style, so you won't be defenseless when using Dark Shadow is not advisable." Izuku's eyes start to glaze over, going through his observations and thinking about improvements. Before he can spiral into a muttering fit, Katsuki bops him in the back of the head.

Izuku sends a grateful look towards Katsuki, "Thanks, Kacchan."

While Tokoyami and Shoji are stunned silent Dark Shadow hums, "when will we be training? If you are moving underground, we would have to train after school hours. Also if we are helping you on this mission, how are we going to avoid the suspicion of the other classmates?"

Izuku hums thoughtfully, "that's simple, you two are coming to the underground class with us."

"HUH?!" Tokoyami and Shoji screech.

Izuku nods, "starting next Monday all of us, the underage ninja, Kato Tenjin, and Hitoshi Shinso are moving to the underground course. Aizawa is going to be one of our teachers. The rest of class 1-A is merging with Class 1-B."

"I see," Shoji hums.

Aizawa clears his throat, "this class will be similar to a fast track program, basically, all we will be doing is survival training, Quirk strengthening, rescue operations, and the like. We will be going on missions to the other worlds as well to continue building our army. There you will get practical experience that training does not give you."

"What about academics?" Tokoyami questions.

Aizawa sighs, "we will work on the academic part of the curriculum after you learn to survive. We are on a time crunch of 5 years to get you up to Izuku's level."

Izuku smiles, "don't worry about academics, not to brag but the top students in Class 1-A are overwhelmingly my pack. To be honest, if it wasn't for our ages, me, Kacchan, Luffy, and Ace would have tested out of schooling. But the hero commission put a minimum age requirement for pro heroes." He finishes his rant with a pout. "If we have academic tests, I will make sure you know everything about the subject."

Katsuki smirks, "Trust us, Bird face, Arms, my Nerd's intelligence is only rivaled by that Vindictive Rat."

"Vindictive Rat?" both teens ask confused.

Izuku sighs exasperatedly, "Kacchan, you can not call Principal Nezu a vindictive rat."

Katsuki pouts, "but it's true. He keeps stealing your attention away from me. I don't like it."

Izuku chuckles, "I will always make time for Kacchan."

Katsuki blushes and grumbles "it's not enough" under his breath, Izuku nods in understanding, they have been so busy lately, training the ninjas, getting their own training done. Basically, the only time Izuku and Katsuki have together is at night when they are cuddling, and the small moments during the day when they take their breaks from training. Izuku smiles fondly at his explosive soulmate, "I will make more time for Kacchan."

Katsuki's tail wags excitedly for the new promise, causing laughter to flow from the others. Tokoyami and Shoji look on confused but wisely keep their mouths shut as Katsuki's face starts to redden in rage. Izuku diffuses the situation with a soothing hand on Katsuki's back. He clears his throat, "we have the training to get to with the Ninjas." He wraps his tails around Katsuki and turns to walk out of the classroom. He looks over his shoulder at the two new additions to the mission, "Fumikage, Mezo? You coming with us?"

Tokoyami and Shoji share a look, shrug their shoulders, and follow the group out of the classroom. The walk to the Ninja's building is mostly filled with soft chatter between the group. Talks about firework prep and Izuku's muttering fill the air. Tokoyami clears his throat, "what are you guys doing for the festival?"

Izuku stops his muttering rant, eyes sparkling, and an excited grin on his face, "we are going to do an improvised firework show."

"Improvised how?" Shoji asks curiously.

Izuku hums and pauses in his steps, he puts his finger to his chin, "when different salts and chemicals come into contact with fire you get different colors. If you sprinkle table salt on fire it turns bright yellow, Epson salts will turn fire white, water softener salt will turn fire purple, and so on. If you add sugar to the salts, you will get a popping effect."

"Ahh, so you are making non-explosive fireworks?" Shoji summarizes.

"Yes, exactly." Izuku beams at the taller teen.

Kaminari bounces behind Izuku and Shoji excitedly, waiting for attention. When Izuku nods in his direction Kaminari beams, "we are also going to do a light show. We have multiple colors of lightning among us so we will all have a part in the festival presentation."

Izuku smiles something that looks a little sad to Shoji, "I just wanted to show a different side to our powers. I wanted to show that quirks can be used to bring joy to others." A helpless look takes over Izuku's face, "you know, one last attempt to not be seen as a monster or villain."

Shoji's eye softens, "I have never thought of you as a monster." He pauses with a slight chuckle, "overpowered? Definitely. But someone who would protect their injured teacher to the point of near-death, or being shot to save a kid, just to head into another battle to make sure their friends were safe, could never be a monster." The look in shoji's eyes changes to something fierce, "it takes a strong and kind person to do that. Not to mention putting up with all the hatred aimed at you and never lashing out or using your strength against them."

Tears fill Izuku's eyes making his eyes sparkle, he chokes down on the sob that wants to rip out of his throat. He clutches his hand over his heart because those words cut deep. Not in the same way words of hatred and distrust cut through him, and fester; but similar to a blade scraping an infection, to allow the gaping, festering, oozing wound to heal finally, finally. But at the same time the words soothe him in a way, and a tension he didn't know he carried lifts off his shoulders with every word. He gets his emotions under control again, under Kacchan's carefully heated fingertips tracing his mark. He smiles blindingly at the six-armed male, "Thank you, Mezo."

Shoji nods accepting the gratitude, Tokoyami hovers close but still gives Izuku some space as he nods along and agrees with every word said. Tokoyami has always felt the good in Izuku. And he knows Katsuki's brashness is mostly bluster, a front to shield himself from the hatred that surrounds them. Tokoyami has observed the group since the sports festival, he couldn't understand why Ace would protect his weakness. If he believed the whispers from the other students, then Ace would have had no problems exposing his weakness to all the villains watching. And then watching the fiery teen's match against Katsuki proved how outmatched Tokoyami really was.

Then he thinks about the Summer Training Camp, he lost control over his quirk when the villains were attacking. He thought for sure he would be left behind by the other students in fear, not really believing Shoji when he shouted, he was going to get help. But then, Izuku appeared broken, bleeding, barely standing on his own, only managing to do so because his job to protect was not finished until he accomplished his self-given mission, died, or collapsed. To plan through the agony Tokoyami knows the other teen must have felt, to get someone's (other than Pack) rogue quirk under control. Izuku knew he couldn't help Dark Shadow, not on his own at least so he ran, forcing the rogue quirk to follow. He ran to the only three people who figured out Dark Shadow's weakness and got him under control, all while being poisoned. Then he was captured, he was scared, unsure what the villains wanted from him, but positive it would be for nothing good. And just when he was starting to lose hope, he was broken out of the capsule. Izuku saved him first, before saving his own friends, his own soulmate. He instead parted with a piece of his soul and put Tokoyami first. Tokoyami is not delusional enough to believe Izuku didn't know who was in each capsule, there was something more than just wolf instincts guiding his actions that night. Something terrifyingly powerful, but aimed only at Izuku's enemies, the will to protect manifesting in a physical form. It was then that Tokoyami figured out the true source of Izuku's strength. Sure his wolf is powerful, don't get him wrong, but that is not the source of Izuku's strength. Because the teen was powerful when his wolf was blocked from him, no Tokoyami believes Izuku's strength comes from the determination to put his life on the line to protect those weaker than himself.

This was proven a couple of weeks ago when Izuku was leading training. Izuku was not being hard on them for the satisfaction of beating them into the ground. He was trying to protect them, prove to them that they are not prepared to survive a threat like the league of Villains, let alone the other threats very few people know about. Izuku was trying to help them realize they need to take their training seriously if they want to survive their first battle with a major villain. But still, the rest of the class viewed the show of strength as threatening because people fear what they can not control. Tokoyami thinks some of that fear is unintentionally misdirected. Izuku is right there are villains out there even stronger than Izuku, what hope does the class have to take down such a threat. If they can't take down Izuku in a spar as a class, then they really are nothing more than cannon fodder.

Tokoyami wishes the rest of the class would come to their senses, see that Izuku is only trying to help them because he cares about their safety, he cares too much for people that would leave him to rot if the role was reversed. And Tokoyami remembers sticking with Izuku during the provisional license exam, Inasa's wind would have taken him out if it wasn't for Izuku's quick reaction and quick reflexes. And he knew Izuku could have been the first to pass, probably could have taken out all the applicants single-handedly. But like the teen said it wouldn't be fun and no one else would pass, he even tied up an entire class worth of opponents just so the rest of Class 1-A could get their targets and pass. Tokoyami tries to remember a single time Izuku acted selfishly, he comes up empty.

Tokoyami is broken out of his thoughts by several loud pops. He startles and looks around frantically, he spots a group of teenage militia-dressed people. It only takes a moment to realize that these must be the Ninja from the Elemental Nations Izuku was talking about. Tokoyami studies the group, a couple of the teens have similar animal-like features as Izuku and Katsuki have. He watches as Izuku makes a beeline for the ninja, steps sure and confident. Unlike the almost tiptoeing Izuku does around Class 1-A. There is a happy, excited smile on his face being surrounded by positive energy. Tokoyami gasps because he is not used to feeling this peaceful, light atmosphere around Izuku and his pack. He has gotten so used to the heavy feeling in the classroom and the dorms every time Izuku is around. What shocks him the most is, as soon as the younger ninja sees Izuku stroll up with his pack, they immediately give the teen their complete attention.

Izuku strolls to the gaggle of Ninja, "How's training coming along?"

A bright blonde smiles like the sun, "we have successfully completed the second step of the Rasengan."

Izuku smiles with pride evident on his face, "that is great Naruto. Soon you will have your Jutsu back."

Naruto nods excitedly, "I can't wait to try adding Haki to the Rasengan." His eye sparkle in mirth, "Ne, Izuku do you think it would be possible?"

Izuku hums thoughtfully, "I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. But you would have to find a way to make your Haki rotate with the Chakra." His eyes start to glaze over, but he doesn't go into a full muttering fit, "I suggest trying to rotate Haki on its own first. We don't know what could happen if things go wrong."

Naruto pouts but he understands, "you'll help me, right?"

Izuku smiles fondly at the teen, "of course Naruto, if there is a way to do it, I will help you figure it out and perfect it."

Kakashi clears his throat, getting the attention of the two excited teens, "I believe we have the training to perform."

Izuku nods, "yes… but before that, I have a few announcements."

The ninja gives Izuku their full attention, all thoughts of training are put on hold while Izuku relays information to the ninja. "First of all, you all know the School Festival is in three days." He receives nods from the ninja, Izuku smirks, "it will be up to you if you want to participate in it. However, I thought of a cool idea and could really use your guys' help."

Naruto bounces, "Ohh I want to help."

Kakashi smiles under his mask at his former student, "it depends on what this 'cool idea' is."

Izuku's smile widens as he explains his light show and improvised fireworks show to the ninja. He explains to them that different salts will produce different colors in the flames, with the addition of Sugar there would be no need for gun powder, as the sugar would give the effect of popping. He goes into his idea of a lightning show before the fireworks. Breaking down everyone's colors. He also tells them if there is a Jutsu they know that can add to the effect to let him know after training. The ninja has thoughtful expressions on their faces as they think about their control and what would be safe for them to perform.

Izuku gives them a moment to give him their attention again, "The next topic is about the class."

"Did you get more information on it?" A white-eyed teen asks.

Izuku nods, "Yes, I did. We start the class next Monday. Aizawa will be our teacher for most of the heroic courses like hero laws, and hero training. Kakashi will be our teacher for combat while also giving you all lessons in Chakra control. Until we find out if it is something we can teach here like Haki, for part of the day you will be working on Chakra control, and the hero hopefuls will be working on their quirks. On that note, there will be a few other teens in this new class." He points out the two unknown teens "This is Fumikage Tokoyami, his quirk is Dark Shadow. And this is Mezo Shoji, his quirk is tentacle arms. Along with these two, two more people will be joining our class Kato Tenjin, and Hitoshi Shinso. We will do proper introductions on Monday."

The Ninja nod and Naruto controls himself enough to not hound the new teens with questions, instead, he is practically vibrating with excitement. Izuku smiles fondly at the sunny teen, and states with a chuckle, "shall we start training then?"

The ninja nod, excited murmurs break out of the group. Izuku gives control of the group to Katsuki while he gives the rundown of Haki to Shoji and Tokoyami. Tokoyami has an understanding look on his face, figuring out what the source of that power from the Summer Training Camp was. He was right in a way, Haki is the physical Manifestation of will. It seems impossible that there would be such a power, but as Izuku demonstrates the three types, recognition blooms on the two teens' faces. They have felt this power before, and now they have the privilege to learn it. Izuku also warns them it is not a power they are going to unlock tonight, it could take years of training to be able to use it effectively in combat. It makes sense really, nothing that powerful would be easy to learn if it was the villains would have it too.

Once they have been introduced to the concepts of Haki Izuku pairs them up and walks them through what they should be focusing on. With Shoji's enhanced hearing he dodges about half the time. Tokoyami's Dark Shadow interferes with Tokoyami's progress. Izuku supposes that is to be expected, at least this way he knows how to help him. Well, he can get Aizawa to help him, by erasing his quirk. Maybe he can snag some quirk-canceling cuffs for Tokoyami.

At the end of the training, Izuku gives his thoughts and progress updates to the Ninja. Over the last couple of weeks, most of the Ninja have unlocked the beginnings of Observation Haki, they have started to lightly spar with each other to get a firm grasp of Observation Haki in combat. Kakashi, Itachi, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Neji, and Lee have all started sparing blindfolded.

As far as Armament Haki goes, so far only Gaara, Gai, Lee, and Kakashi are fully combat-ready. Gaara's confidence in his partnership with Shukaku and Sabo's unwavering acceptance has helped the teen immensely. Lee is a natural at Armament Haki, he is able to already use it with most of his Tai-Jutsu, as is Gai. Lee has taken to sparring with Luffy and Kirishima as they both are brawler-type fighters. Kakashi's will to protect his comrades and lay down his life for Aizawa plays a huge role in the strength of his Haki. Kakashi spars with Izuku tests Armament Haki with his Chakra. And the results are devastating. Well not to Izuku, but any mid-grade threat will not stand a chance against Kakashi. Kakashi and Gai spar while Izuku is busy with the holders.

Naruto, Neji, and Sasuke are very close to being combat-ready, they are still in the light sparring phase, but they are improving in leaps and bounds. Itachi is better at Observation than he is with Arm's, but that is ok. Itachi can use Armament, but he reflexively dodges even when Arms is activated. Izuku has reassured the older Uchiha that Observation Haki fits him better anyway.

Tokoyami observes the training Izuku puts the Ninja under, observes the way the ninja hangs on his every word. Even the adults listen to Izuku's theories and put the teen's instruction into practice. He realizes this is the respect he should be getting from the other students of class 1-A, even Ashido, Kaminari, and Asui listen to Izuku as if he was a trusted teacher. And Tokoyami can tell the training is benefiting the trio. Ashido and Kaminari failed the finals because they couldn't see the true objective of the test. They couldn't see the pattern through Nezu's destruction. But as he watches the two spar with Shoto and Kirishima, it is obvious they are constantly observing their surroundings. Where Kaminari was practically useless in a fight, he is now able to control small amounts of electricity to accomplish his task without frying his brain. Tokoyami can't really tell what they are working on specifically, but he thinks it is a much more personalized version of Aizawa's Quirk Boot Camp.

His eyes flit to the frog girl, ever since the overhaul mission she has gotten closer to the group. Somehow, she has managed to get not only Izuku's protection but from the other tail wrapped around her wrist, she has Katsuki's protection as well. Asui was always level headed, observed the group without letting other people's opinions influence how she sees them. She saw the way Izuku threw himself in front of her and blocked Shigaraki from using his quirk on her, she was there when he pushed her out of the way so she wouldn't be crushed by the Nomu's punch. And she must have come to the same conclusion Tokoyami did. Tokoyami watches Asui sparring with Ace and Sabo, somehow countering the fire from Ace when no one else has been able to. She moves fluidly like her body is made of the water that sprays from her hands. And Tokoyami is confused, she was never able to use water before. It only takes a moment to consider, maybe Izuku gave her one of these "Devil Fruits," and if he did, Tokoyami can't help but think a water-based power is perfect for Asui.

Several growls sound through the training room, Tokoyami flits his eyes over to investigate. He spots Fuji and another wolf standing side by side. Pleased sounding rumbles escaping them, Tokoyami believes he has seen the scarred wolf before, but he can not place exactly where. It only takes a moment to realize the other wolf is Katsuki. In front of the two wolves, three other spiritual animals stand. One is a two-tailed cat on fire, purring happily. Another is a giant raccoon that appears to be made of Sand. And the last one looks like a turtle, but spikier. None of the sounds released from the animals sound aggressive, merely loud, and powerful. But they greet each other like long-lost friends. Fuji yips and shifts back into Izuku, a happy, fond look in his eyes as he watches the other wolf pounce on the raccoon playfully.

Tokoyami watches as Izuku turns his gaze back to the other teens around, commanding them that they are going to work on the next tail. And Tokoyami watches in awe as some sort of energy erupts out to the three other people. The energy condenses into different animals, animal Tokoyami has never seen the look that way. So he decides these must be mythical beings, like Fuji. He once heard Izuku refer to Fuji as a God, does that mean these other animals are Divine as well.

Izuku snaps his gaze toward Tokoyami as the teen gasps. Studious eyes hard with a protective sheen searches him for intent. But Izuku must not sense anything negative, because the fierce look in his eyes changed, no longer threatening, but still protective. He sighs and strolls over to the two clueless teens, "these are my Kin." Izuku hums, "well Fuji's Kin, but still, they're mine." And this is the first time he has actually witnessed Izuku's claim on someone. He knows about the pack dynamics, and Izuku's tendency to claim people, but he has never voiced his claim to anyone outside his pack. Tokoyami is confused because how exactly are they Fuji's kin? Didn't they come from the elemental Nations, and Izuku hinted that Fuji was in the Grandline; so how are they kin?

Izuku must sense his confusion because he sighs, "I guess I should start at the beginning huh? Thousands of years ago, long before our known Gods, there was a world that was home to all the Spirit Gods. In the beginning, there were ten Gods. Shukaku the Arid God, Matatabi the Fire God, Isobu the God of the Sea, Son Goku the Volcanic God, Kokuo the Plains God, Seiken the Acid God, Chomei the Sky God, Gyuki the Oceanic God, Kurama the Trickster God, and Fuji the God of life and Souls. They oversaw all creation in the known universe, up until a thousand years ago. The Gods we know of today didn't appreciate being subordinates to the Spirit Gods, so they waged war against the Spirit Gods. During the battle, Fuji heard the anguished cries of a Wolf. He went to investigate and stumbled upon Fenrir the supposed Beast of Destruction. Fuji has the ability to see into souls and determine if they are inherently evil. Fenrir was imprisoned because the Gods of Asgard were afraid of him, because of a prophecy. When they tried to imprison Fenrir, he lashed out. Fuji managed to break Fenrir's binds and heal his betrayed and tortured soul. Somehow, the Gods teamed up with the Calamity to attack Fuji's home. Fuji managed to push back the calamity, but his home was in ruins and his kin was gone. Fenrir was still injured, so Fuji went to look for his kin. He ended up in the Grandline to fight the Calamity alongside the D-Clan and JOY BOY. The Calamity won and was able to seal Fuji's soul in a fruit. The Nine other Gods were scattered in the Elemental Nations where they made new homes and protected the areas they claimed. The Calamity manipulated events in the Elemental Nations to keep the factions fighting each other. Two boys, Madara Uchiha, and Hashirama Senju dreamed of making a village so their respective clans would be at peace. The Calamity clouded the judgment of Madara's little brother, and he was cut down by Hashirama's brother. With the death of the youngest Uchiha Brother, Madara fell to madness, making him easier to control by the Calamity. Madara was able to control Kurama with his Hypnotic Eye and used Kurama to attack Hashirama. Hashirama broke Madara's control over the Nine-tails and instead of letting Kurama go free, Hashirama sealed the God into his Wife Mito. As more Villages started to stand up and band together, Hashirama sealed the rest of the Spirit Gods, to gift them to the villages in a show of good faith. The Shinobi with a Spirit God sealed into them, are outcasted and hated for the beings inside them. They are viewed as demons, monsters, barely human; they are called Jinchuriki. There is a group of Shinobi that are capturing the Jinchuriki to Seal the Gods into a statue that will resurrect a Goddess of the Moon. When God's soul is removed from the Jinchuriki, the host dies. When I arrived in the Elemental Nations, Gaara was in the middle of getting Shukaku forcefully removed from him. Since Fuji gave me his warning, I started getting dreams of people. Gaara became a packmate in those dreams, and when I woke up, I fully believed he was a packmate already. When I found out he was in danger I did everything in my power to save him."

Tokoyami looks at Izuku shocked and awed, "how do you know all that?"

Izuku blushes and rubs the back of his neck, "Fuji gets lonely, so when I sleep, I visit him. When I was younger, he used to tell me all kinds of stories about his life before. He told me so many stories about the other Gods, it was like I have known them my entire life. The Spirit Gods may be Fuji's, but I claimed the holders, so by extension, the Gods are mine too."

Ace bounds up to Izuku and Tokoyami, he drapes an arm over the bird teen, startling him. He chuckles, "don't think about it too much. Once Izuku decides you're his, there is nothing you can do to stop it. Might as well relax and enjoy it."

Tokoyami nods because he doesn't have anything to say about that. He wonders if Shoji and Himself have been claimed. Because he can't see Izuku divulging so much information about himself and not claiming the two. Shoji must be thinking the same thing because he clears his throat, a small blush peeking out from his mask, "what does being claimed mean?"

Ace hums, "That depends on who claimed you. For Katsuki he claims people who need him to be strong for them, or he wants to be strong for. There are only a few people Katsuki is gentle towards, no matter how strong they are. Blasty has claimed Izuku, Luffy, Shoto, Asui, Law, and Gaara so far. For Izuku he claims people that need someone to care, someone to protect them. Since they are wolves, they need people to care for and protect. We are all one pack, regardless of who claimed who. Izuku will still throw his life down for any of us, and Katsuki will always be there to lean on when we need him."

Shoto approaches from behind Ace, "The only difference between the claiming is how they approach us. Ace is more likely to get an explosion to the face, or a spar to distract him from whatever it is. Luffy or Asui on the other hand will get a strong form to vent their frustrations out on."

"I see," Tokoyami nods, understandingly. He saw the different dynamics on how Katsuki treats the different members of the pack where Izuku treats everyone fairly equally (with the exception of Katsuki), Katsuki treats everyone differently according to the role they fit. Ace is his rival; they are more likely to banter and fight each other. Luffy and Shoto fit the roles of younger brothers, Katsuki treats them as such. Even though he knows both of them can handle their own in a fight, Katsuki is always there ready to step in as a big brother should. Izuku is his soulmate, so Katsuki is naturally soft toward the person who least needs it. Katsuki is always fretting, worrying, or comforting the other, they are always touching each other whether it is when Izuku wraps his tails around the explosive teen, or Katsuki is always touching his wings and back. Tokoyami doesn't really know what role Kirishima fills, but Katsuki treats him almost no differently than he does Luffy, except less overprotective older-brother vibes. Almost like Katsuki trusts Kirishima to keep an eye on Luffy, trusts him to protect his younger brother in his place.

Tokoyami doesn't know much about the other packmates, Kaminari, and Ashido was just sort of absorbed into the pack. Asui is like the little sister to Katsuki, evident by the tail that has been wrapped around her in class these last couple of weeks. Before the overhaul raid, Tokoyami felt the unease that was around the girl. But he didn't know how to approach the girl, he was feeling uneased too. So when the group came back, he was equally relieved that none of them were seriously hurt. He picked up on the insincere claims the rest of the class made, but since the group played along, he didn't say anything. But it was evident how exhausted they were when they retreated and cuddled into each other. He was shocked when Izuku invited him and Asui to their suite to watch a movie. He was tired, planning to go to bed, but decided against it. He couldn't pass up the opportunity to hang out with them, and if he got to subtly fret over them until he was sure that they were all indeed alright, well no one but Dark Shadow knows about it.

Izuku's ears perk up and a strange smile blooms on his face, something that looks like a smile a mad scientist would sport. The door opens and another teen runs in with the same look plastered on his face. The new arrival takes a couple of moments to scan the present people until his eyes fall on Izuku. The new arrival makes a beeline straight for Izuku, his smile growing into an accomplished grin. Izuku matches the grin with his own slightly feral look and greets the arrival, "Hey Kato, is it ready?"

Kato nods excitedly, "I got everything set up outback. It's ready for you guys to test out."

Izuku beams at the other teen, "That is awesome Kato. Give me a moment to wrap up the training. We will meet you out there."

Kato nods slightly impatiently, "just hurry up. I'll call Aizawa."

Izuku chuckles and turns around, he laces a small amount of Conqueror's Haki in his voice to get everyone's attention. "Training is finished for today."

The ninja pout, Naruto almost whines as he protests, "but I was so close to the next tail."

Izuku smiles warmly at the teen, "we will continue tomorrow, I promise." A smirk blooms on his face, "I have something I want to show you all."

That gets Naruto to perk up in excitement and intrigue, "Oh? What is it? A new move?" The teen fires off questions a mile a minute that it is possible no one but Izuku can understand him at this point.

Izuku smirks, "It's a secret. You're just going to have to follow me if you want to know." He smirks as he turns around, not bothering to look back, he knows they will follow him. He strolls out to the back of the building, ignoring the confusion he feels radiating behind him as he waits for Aizawa. Aizawa and Shanks make their appearance, "what do you got for me, Problem Child?"

Izuku smirks, "well I have enlisted Kato's help to get me the salts I need. I am going to demonstrate how I plan to perform a fireworks show without the need for the explosive ordinance, well with the exception of Kacchan."

Aizawa nods and does a gesture to get on with it. He knows Izuku can pull this off, this is more of a check the book scenario.

Izuku smiles, "the first demonstration will be showing the different colors the salts produce, then we need to add salt until we can the correct intensity of color. Then we need to time how long the burst of color lasts and adjust our fire from there." The group nods as they follow along. Kato places different labeled containers of salts on the table, there is a fire extinguisher nearby just in case. Izuku directs Ace to stand in front of the table, with instructions to only use a firefly worth of fire at first. He pours salt on the table and directs Ace to light it.

The shinobi, packmates, Tokoyami, Shoji, and the teachers look on amazed as the yellow-orange flames turn to a bright purple for a few intense seconds. Izuku nods and pours a little more salt on the table from a different container, this time the fire is a bright green and lasts a few moments longer. The next test he does, he adds sugar to the salt. The result is delayed by a second or two as the sugar starts to burn. The final result of the sugar and salt experiment reminds them of those sparklers they see at festivals. The group stands in awe of the imitated firework.

Izuku hums, "now we need to figure out how to launch them. First I am going to try to flick them with a small amount of my quirk." He watches as Kato fills a capsule with the salt and sugar mixture. He flashes a glance at Katsuki telling him to get ready. The capsule is about the size of a baseball, so he calculates how much force he needs to add to make sure the ball is high enough that the flames have time to die out before they hit the ground. With his calculations in mind, he takes a deep breath and launches the capsule into the air. After a second Katsuki unleashes a single AP Shot in the direction of the capsule. Nothing happens at first, then suddenly the sky lights up in a popping display of green for a few blissful seconds. The embers dissipate before they hit the tree line.

Izuku looks at Aizawa for his reaction and approval, eyes glittering in hope that this will be okayed by the teacher. Aizawa sighs, but there is a proud glint in his eyes, "I will let Nezu know that you have something planned for the closing ceremony."

Izuku yips happily, "Thank you, Shota." He turns to the others, "shall we test the other aspect of the show, or should he save it for that night?"

Kaminari hums, "I could use some practice," he blushes embarrassed, "I don't want to be brain dead after my part."

Izuku nods, "I see, that would be unfortunate. I would have to paralyze you if you fry your brain." He pounds his fist to his palm, "ok, we are going to test all our lightning." He points his hand up towards the sky and activates Full Cowling. He mutters as he calculates how big he wants his spark to be, it will need to be large enough to be seen from the back of the crowd. Tomorrow they are going to scope out possible locations to perform the show. But for now, he uses 5 percent OFA and channels the energy to the sky. He nods to himself as this should work. "I used 5 percent of OFA so it should be possible for everyone to create this much lightning."

Orange lightning flashes next as Katsuki copies Izuku's stance and power output. As Izuku watches the lightning arc and dance toward the sky he realizes it is not enough to be seen from the back of the crowd. "Kacchan, try 10 percent."

Katsuki nods and concentrates on his power output, channeling 10 percent of his power to arc and dance out of him. At 10 percent the Arc is wild and Izuku tells Katsuki to stop. He starts muttering that they will need to build something that will attract their lightning. Izuku, Katsuki, Sasuke, and Kakashi will be able to handle the out-of-control arcs, but he is unsure if Ace, Luffy, and Kaminari can as well. So he tells the others they will wait until tomorrow night to test the lightning out, once he has something prepared for them. He turns to the ninja, "have you given some thought as to what you guys want to do?"

Kakashi hums, "my control is mostly back to what it was before. I am confident I can perform my water dragon Jutsu." Izuku's eyes sparkle in excitement.

"Can you demonstrate it for me?" Izuku asks with stars in his eyes.

Kakashi nods and lifts up the headband covering his Sharingan. He goes through about 50 hand signs in such a fast pace his hand blur through the motions. Everyone watches amazed as twirling around Kakashi is a dragon completely made of water. Izuku watches the Jutsu with wide child-like eyes filled with wonder. Kakashi lets it spin and dance around him for a little while longer until he finally disperses it into water vapor. Izuku is speechless for a few blissful moments, Ace chuckles, "Somehow, we need to learn that when we need Izuku to be quiet." The rest of the pack nod eagerly.

Izuku shakes his head to get his brain to start working again, "Kashi, that is awesome." He gains a dangerous glint in his eyes, a sign that he is theorizing the capabilities of this Jutsu. Can it get bigger? Can it be made of different elements? Can he make one with his fire? That will be something for him to work on. Before he can start manically cackling, Katsuki bops him in the back of the head.

"Nerd," There is a warning in his tone.

Izuku gulps and nods, "I get it, Kacchan." He turns to the other Ninja, "Does anyone else have anything they want to show like that? Just a reminder it needs to be applied in a relatively harmless way."

Sasuke has a thoughtful look on his face, but he doesn't say anything. Itachi nods but keeps his thoughts to himself. Izuku wonders what he might be planning. The rest of the ninja have varying degrees of thoughtful looks. Izuku smiles warmly, "before tomorrow's training I want you to consider a Jutsu that you can showcase. We will practice them tomorrow night."

The ninja nod, Izuku dismisses them and starts to head to his building, he has plans to write and notes to take. He watches as Aizawa walks with the Ninja back to Kakashi's dorm. His older brother has a small smile on his face as he walks with Kakashi, whispering too softly for Izuku to make anything out. Izuku thinks Kakashi and Shota are good for each other. He sees the way Kakashi has a reason to be strong again, instead of just throwing himself headfirst into missions as a means to escape his pain. He witnesses the way Aizawa is less tired, able to sleep peacefully at night, he sees how the edge of unbearable loneliness fades every time Aizawa spends time with Kakashi. And he smiles as he leads the pack to the dorms the only thought in his head is, 'it's about time.'