Glad to know some people are enjoying my story, a little bit better than my Miitopia start, considering it's a completely random thing that goes around, but I digress. Let's get back to the whole story at large, so this does mean that battles will be a bit more action-packed, primarily since it's based on the video game and not the anime. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter because our next destination is Professor Magnolia!
Pokemon belongs to Nintendo, and My Hero Academia belongs to Kohei Horikoshi.
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"After this, we'll be bringing in a couple more people," Aries says, looking at them. "Now, is there anyone that wants to leave?"
"Nah, I think we're good for now," Kirishima says, making Aries nod. "I'm honestly looking forward to seeing what Midobro is bringing up next."
After a night's rest at Hop's house, Izuku, Gloria, and Hop were excited for the start of their adventure, though, of course, Leon had a different idea in mind. After asking if all three of them were good bonding with their Pokemon, Leon suggested why not have them do a small Pokemon battle, one where Hop immediately challenged Gloria to one. Izuku steps to the side with Leon, though he let Grookey out of his Pokeball to watch the fight.
Gloria pulled out her Sobble, ready for the fight, while Hop started with this Wooloo instead of his starter.
"That's not manly!" both Kirishima and Kaminari cried out, making both Gloria and Izuku smile.
'Not fair, huh?' Gloria thinks to herself.
"Oh, no fair!" Gloria says, giving a fake pout.
"I already have two Pokemon, so I'm using both of them," Hop states, grinning.
"Fine," Gloria mutters, her eyes flickering with fire. "Sobble, use Pound to start this all off!"
Sobble nodded before charging straight towards the fluffy Pokemon as Hop grins back.
"Wooloo, Tackle in return!" Hop commanded, getting a 'Baa' in return.
The two Tackles collided, their heads hitting each other, though it flung Wooloo a bit further, leaving Sobble where it was standing. The frog Pokemon stared down towards the bundle of fluff as it was shaking its head. Gloria decided to have Sobble use Growl against the Wooloo, causing an aura of blue to appear faintly around the Pokemon, before Hop used Tackle again, only to miss.
"I didn't think Growl could work like that," Uraraka says, leaving Momo in the dust of the situation.
"Mind explaining that to me?" Momo asks as Uraraka looks at her.
"Oh, sorry, Yaomomo," Uraraka says, smiling. "I thought you'd know some of the knowledge from the game."
"Game?" Piers asks as Gloria's eyes widen.
"I forgot you told me earlier that your world considered ours as a video game and a tv show," Gloria says, with Marnie rolling her eyes.
"Growl can decrease the strength of a physical attack," Uraraka explains, getting a nod from Momo.
Hop frowned before seeing Gloria's Sobble use another Pound on the Wooloo, knocking out the Pokemon, as Gloria cheered. Before Hop pulled out his other Pokemon, Leon suggested allowing Izuku a quick battle as well, one that the two agreed with, so Izuku went in with Grookey, going against a Scorbunny. Izuku smiled as he looked at his Grookey, as it was rubbing the back of his head, while the Scorbunny grinned.
"It looks like that your Grookey is still too tired from last night," Hop says, grinning, but you'll be losing against me, that's for sure."
"Hop was pretty confident in his pokemon," Gloria says, blushing a bit.
"You just obligated to say that since he's your boyfriend," Izuku says, making the girl blush heavily. ' And not because of your bi, and enjoy Marnie's company as well.'
"Overconfidence is the first step to downfall, Hop," Izuku says, smiling. "Now, let's get this started! Aizawa, use Scratch!"
Aizawa charged forward, while Hop called for his Scorbunny to dodge, making Aizawa zone in, hitting the Scorbunny's leg as it jumped away. Aizawa stared at the rubbing foot of the Scorbunny as it stared back at him, the eyes burning with fire.
"Didn't think your Grookey was that determined to land a hit," Hop says, grinning. "But just because I'm put in the corner doesn't mean I'm out! It's where I like to be!"
"So he enjoys getting dominated in the corner?" Kaminari asks, causing all the adults to either cough up or groan.
"He didn't enjoy it with Bede," Izuku adds on, causing the Electric and Hardening users to blush.
Izuku kept his mouth quiet on commenting with that, while Gloria was a bit red in the cheeks and Leon was shaking his head. Hop rubbed the back of his head, not sure what was wrong with what he said before he shook his head.
"Whatever, Scorbunny, use Growl!" Hop called out as the bunny released a growl-like version of his name.
"Aizawa, Growl as well, and then follow up with a Scratch!" Izuku called out.
Aizawa growled the Scorbunny, and as the aura afflicted the Fire Bunny, Aizawa charged forward, landing another hit on the Scorbunny before Hop could react. The attack landed perfectly on the chest and sent the Scorbunny rolling across the field, knocking it out. Izuku clapped his hand as Aizawa nodded his head before poking the ground with the stick in his hand.
"Man, that was a fun fight to watch, all three of you," Leon says, grinning. "It almost made me want to bring out Charizard for fun!"
"Just imagine the Charizard going into a battle with them," Mina says, as everyone groaned. "It would have been a literal slaughter."
"I'm just glad he didn't," Izuku says, nibbling on some katsudon.
"Where did you get the food!?" Gloria cried out as everyone saw him eating it.
"Concession Table," Izuku says, gesturing towards the table.
Everyone moved over and got their food. The Galar crew got come various forms of curry; Mina got some Netto, Kirishima got some different meat, including some American venison. Denki decided to have some cereal Aoyama with some French pasta. The rest ended up getting their favorite food. As everyone got back to their seats, Jirou chose to sit by Izuku, on the other side where Gloria was on one.
The action caused Urarak to glare towards the two, while Mina was internally whining about her ship may not set sail. Piers looks between Jirou and his little sister, seeing the two have similar clothing, though he kept it to himself.
After getting told to visit the Pokemon Lab in Wedgewurst, a loud crash as the two were getting ready to leave. They ran towards the sound, seeing that the path led towards the Slumbering Welds, where Izuku originally came. As the two debated to head in, Izuku felt his heroic pride take place and ran into the forest.
The others quickly followed behind the Hero-in-Training, running into the forest and feeling the fog starts to creep around them slowly.
"Oh, that is so creepy," Uraraka says as Momo rubs her back. "It's like it comes from a Horror Movie."
'It gets better,' Izuku says, rubbing the back of his head.
"Man, it's so creepy in here," Gloria says as they continue through the forest, taking out the rare wild Pokemon.
As they get further into the forest, the fog slowly gets thicker until they can make it into a clearing. The three looked around as a giant wolf-like Pokemon came walking out of the mist, looking towards the three. Izuku stood in between them all as he sent out Aizawa, ready for a fight, while Hop and Gloria stuck close to each other.
"Aizawa, use Scratch!" Izuku called out, which the green monkey nodded, charging forward.
As Aizawa goes to Scratch the large Pokemon, the attack goes right through it, as if it wasn't even there.
"That didn't do anything?" Hop says as Izuku grits his teeth.
"If physical can't do it, try taking a Growl instead," Izuku commanded.
It wasn't even affected by it, as the body started to wave around gently, causing it to howl, forcing the foggy mist to surround them. As Hop commented that it was getting harder to see, Izuku stared forwards, seeing the fog cover them, before their vision turned black.
"You survived!" Mina cried out, tackling Izuku onto Jirou while her body was lying on Gloria's and Marnie's legs.
"Yeah, learned something afterward," Izuku says, rubbing her head. "Now, can you please get off? I'm sure Jirou doesn't want my head pressing against hers."
'Ignore his hand on your lap,' Jirou says, blushing a bit. 'Ignore the warm, soft yet leathery hand that is resting on your thigh to steady himself. Gah! Why am I thinking this?! Mop Head named a Pokemon after you; it's not enough for you to end up liking him… Right?'
'So, IzuMina, IzuJirou, or IzuMinaJirou,' Aries thinks to himself, looking at the three. 'This'll be fun to watch.'
Once their vision returned, the three were found by Leon, who was expressing concern for them when they never showed up at the Pokemon Lab. After a small lecture from the Champion and Hop's comment saying that his brother was 'pants' with directions, Izuku and Gloria let their mother know that they'll be off to the Pokemon Lab started making their way through. They were forced to take the longer path during their walk through Route One, being a curve in the road.
As Hop decides to enjoy his time on Route One, they choose to walk around the path. During their walk in the tall grass, Gloria caught a Rookiedee, a small bird pokemon, while Izuku was able to get a Grubbin. Izuku held the small bug pokemon in his hand as he looked at it, knowing that the evolution would be pretty powerful.
"You know," Izuku says, looking at Gloria. "I'm sure one of my friends would probably feel insulted if they didn't get a Pikachu, but I'm naming this guy, Kaminari."
Everyone looked at Kaminari as he was rubbing the back of his head.
"Sorry, I didn't get past Gen Three," Kaminari says, rubbing a bit. "My family told me to beat each Generation before I get the other, and I'm having trouble with Wallace from Emerald."
"I'll be honest," Izuku says, smiling. "Emerald felt easy to me, mostly because getting to Champion Wallace made it a bit easier to do as I still had my Voltorb to beat him."
"It still feels weird that you guys are talking about events that are happening around the world in a 'video game' tense," Sonia says, rubbing her finger around her hair. "It's as if you guys know all of our deepest secrets."
"Nah, just the general idea at times, though I think only Izuku could live in it," Uraraka says, smiling. "I've been stuck with Gen Five; I feel like I keep losing at Cynthia."
"So, besides Mop head currently living in Gen Eight, am I the only one here replaying Gen Seven all the time?" Jirou asks as everyone nods.
"Pokemon Nerds for the win?" Izuku asks her, making her nod with a faint blush. "Yeah, I enjoyed it, especially the Ultra Beast idea, but it honestly feels like most of them aren't even worth it at that point besides just completing the side quest. I enjoy the Nuzlock for Gen Three, though."
"So, your naming Pokemon after friends?" Gloria asks, raising an eyebrow. "Also, why would your friend look like a Pikachu?"
Izuku pulled out his old phone, showing Gloria a picture of Kaminari in his Hero uniform before and after using his max electric limit. Gloria had to cover her face at the sight of the 'Wey' face Kaminari and the small video that came with him walking around aimlessly.
"Not your best moment, bro," Kirishima says; Marnie had to cover her mouth from laughing as well.
"Why do you even have that video!" Kaminari questions, making Izuku point to Mina. "Mina! You backstabber!"
"You said you wouldn't snitch!" Mina accused Izuku, making her smile.
"Would you believe me if I said I have some tea on you?" Izuku says as Mina stares at him. "It involves that little page sticking out of your bedsheets."
"When did you even have the time to sneak into my bedroom?"
"I didn't; Aoyama did. In exchange, I gave him some information involving Monoma and Tetsutetsu."
"Okay, let's get back to the video," Piers says, rubbing his face. "Then, after this episode, we can take a break and walk. I'm getting stiff legs."
"Okay, you have some awesome friends," Gloria says, causing Izuku to put his phone away. "Plus, who is Aizawa?"
"Oh, Aizawa-sensei," Izuku says as the two continue through the path. "He's our teacher back home. I don't think he'll hear this, but I'm sure he pretty much accepted our entire class as his adopted children, even though he denies it every time we mention it. Even Todoroki-kun ended up developing a theory of him being the father of Shinso."
"He must be a great teacher than to be like that."
"I think it's his lack of sleep, he always has his yellow sleeping bag, and I'm getting to the point where there is some wormhole in there because he never smells bad, always fit, and I never see him in the cafeteria. There isn't any way he doesn't have something in there that keeps him all set and ready for fights with just how many times he falls asleep."
Gloria laughed at her pseudo-brother's problem when it came to his teacher, and the two were able to make their way to the small down of Wedgewurst, where they visited the Pokemon Lab with Leon standing in front. After entering the building, listening to Leon talk about the tiny puppy Yamper, meeting Sonia at the lab, being given a Rom-Phone, the two also made a small pitstop at the Poke-Center and learned everything in it.
"Oh, that makes things so much easier!" Kaminari says, staring at it. "I mean, everything you need in one simple place, and the move tutor and nickname is the same!"
"You have to beat Gen 3, Kaminari," Uraraka says, smiling a bit. 'Now, how to confess my love to Deku-kun and keep him away from Jirou.'
"Man, that is a lot of info to take in," Gloria says as Hop leaves. "Still, his motormouth is going to get him in trouble one day, I swear it."
"He's a big boy, Gloria," Izuku says, looking at her. "He'll take it like a champ, and if he doesn't, I know you'll be there to pick him up."
"Aww, thank you," Gloria says, hugging him. "You're the best, even able to come up with an amazing mini-speech to cheer me up."
'Thank god for All Might in teaching me simple and encouraging speeches,' Izuku thinks, hugging Gloria. "We should get going, heal up and head out."
Gloria nodded, and the two went ahead, healing their Pokemon, before continuing to Route Two. On the following route, the two ran into Hop, who was talking about adding new Pokemons to the team, which led to Leon catching up and seeing if they needed help with catching Pokemon. Since he could tell that Gloria and Izuku already had two, he left them a reminder that a knocked out Pokemon or Pokemon willing to join was easier to catch.
Walking through the field, Izuku decided perfect timing to start practicing and training his two Pokemon. So the two found a couple of things to work with; Kaminari was working on swinging around with String Shot while Aizawa was using his new move, Branch Poke, on some rocks to get it more robust. Gloria did the same with her Rookiedee and Sobble, having Rookiedee perform Peck attacks on some logs lying around while Sobble was using Water Gun to cut the nearby rocks.
As the once morning got closer to dusk, the two hurried through the path of Grass and Trainers, Gloria challenging the first and last one, while Izuku challenged the second one, both of them winning easily. They made it the Professor Magnolia's house, overhearing Leon and the Professor talking about the Dynamax Phenomena. Hop was there as well, and the three walked into the house, where Hop tried to convince the Professor have Leon endorse them for the Gym Challenge.
Leon said he could only sponsor them if they could impress them, so they went outside to do their challenge. Izuku decided he'd stay out of it this time, knowing that Gloria would be able to handle him now since she could keep up with his thinking. Izuku sat on the cobble fence; instead of wanting to fight, he'd watch with Kaminari and Aizawa.
"Good thinking, problem child," Aizawa says from his sleeping bag, causing the Pokemon Squad to jump.
"Man, we forgot you were even there," Piers says as the man looks at him before returning to the screen. "Okay, not much of a talker."
"He prefers stuff being logical," Izuku says, smiling. "Of course, Aizawa might be one of those that would spend the time making sure his Pokemon was at their best, knowing about EVs, IVs, perfecting every little bit."
'Brat,' Aizawa thinks, smiling a bit. 'Of course, I'd spend the time making sure I can win every fight.'
"Alright," Hop says, grinning. "Let's do this! Go, Wooloo!"
"Rookiedee, fly high!" Gloria says, pulling out her Rookiedee. "Let's start this off with Hone Claws!"
Rookidee nodded its head before flying up and sharpening its claws up, staring down towards the Wooloo. Hop told it to start using Defense Curl to counter the Hone Claw's buff, so Gloria decided to keep Rookidee to use Hone Claws, knowing it'll gain more attack before Defense Curl could take effect. Hop chose to leave the Defense Curl for one and have the Wooloo Attempt to Tackle the flying bird. Flying out of its range, Rookidee called out its name, reaching its maximum potential with the attack.
"Good, now use Power Trip!" Gloria commanded as the bird swooped down.
"No, Wooloo, use Defense Curl, quickly!" Hop called out, hoping to catch it in time.
As the Wooloo started to perform the move, it was hit by a powerful strike from the Bird Pokemon, effectively knocking it out in one shot. Gloria cheered as the bird nodded his head, bouncing around as Wooloo returned Wooloo to the ball. Shaking his head, Hop called out Scorbunny next, hoping to take it out with the speed advantage, though Gloria was smiling, as she's hoping to knock out the Fire-Type Pokemon completely, but decided to play it safe and called out Sobble.
"Alright, then," Hop says, grinning. "You may have the Type Advantage, but it's nothing unless you can't prove it. Scorbunny, use Tackle!"
"Counter it quickly with Water Gun!" As the Lizard Pokemon shot a burst of water from its hands, Gloria planned out, hitting the inbound bunny.
"Not bad," Hop says, grinning. "I guess learning your type advantages is better than not."
Scorbunny shook its head before jumping around now, making it harder for Sobble to get a better aim at it, causing Gloria to glare at her friend before a smirk came across her face.
"Sobble," Gloria says, making her pokemon look at her. "Aim for the sky!"
Nodding, Sobble shot another Water Gun into the sky, making Hop laugh, and charged in forward for a Tackle, just as the drop hit Scorbunny in the top of the head, knocking it out. Hop stared in awe while Gloria did a super little dance before Hop pulled out his Rookidee, letting her Rookidee come out, still powered up by the Hone Claw.
Aiming up with the Power Trip, the two collided together at the command of their trainers, and the end was a clear winner, as Gloria's Rookidee was still standing, though tired by the attack. Leon nodded, stating that he'd give both of them their Endorsement Letters while Izuku was provided one by Professor Magnolia so that he wasn't going to be alone.
"And I guess we'll stop there," Aries says as everyone gets up, stretching a bit.
"Hey, Kaminari," Izuku says as the blonde walks over, just as a giant flying bug comes to appear. "Kaminari, this is Vikavolt Kaminari, my second teammate."
"That is a freaking awesome pokemon," Kaminari says as Aizawaboom petted Vikamari, chuckling. "Okay, I'll accept this guy instead of Pikachu; I need to get to the later generations so I can see what else there is."
"Problem Child, one moment," Aizawa says, getting out of his yellow sleeping bag, revealing his black clothing.
Izuku walks over, scared of what Aizawa would be doing before being swallowed into the yellow sleeping bag. Inside, Izuku fully understood what was hidden inside the sleeping bag before he came out, looking at the man who forced him into it.
"Do not tell anyone, and I'll let you off with the comment of me treating all of you annoying brats as my kids," Aizawa says, getting a nod from Izuku. "Good, and tell Todoroki that Shinso is not my son, no matter how coincidental it is."
Izuku nodded before walking away with a faint smile.
'There's a freaking integrated shower," Izuku says, now thinking of stealing one of Aizawa's multiple sleeping bags.
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I'm sorry, but we need to have a reason why Aizawa stays in the sleeping bag and not just sleep in it. So, Aizawa's Yellow School Bus Sleeping Bag now has an integrated shower, massaging device, and a picture of all of 1-A in a simple pose, grinning with each other. Okay, going away from that, yes, instead of a Pikachu, I have Kaminari as a Vikavolt, just because Kaminair will be stuck seeing a square, Electric-Bug type Pokemon for most of the first part. We all know that the closest Thunder Stone is on the ledge, where you'll need the bike to survive for the most part.
Now, I am honestly thinking of the rare combination of Mina, Jirou, and Izuku for the pairing. If you want a reason for this, I was looking through some older posts in FFN, and we rarely get Mina and Jirou together, much less having them not in a harem with Izuku. So, hitting three birds with one stone, because I enjoy IzuMina and IzuJirou, so I'm smashing all three together for this.
For those that want Ochako in the mix, while I don't mind her with Izuku, since it'll pretty much be canon at this point, I already have a plan for her. And it involves a specific rich person. Hint: Mineta will never get a chance.