~NRK~
Obito smiled apologetically as Recovery Girl shot him a flat look, his cut chest hissing as it healed, a scar forming where it'd just been hurt.
"Hmph, honestly," the old woman huffed as he nodded, putting his UA sports top back on, his black top in need of repair and in his pocket. "Hmph, you're lucky this isn't my first go-around, much less the worst wounds I've ever treated," she said as Keigo groaned in his medical cot.
The Midoriya family found their way into his room along with the two's friend group sans Fuyumi, Rumi, and Ryukyu.
"How's everyone holding up?" Inko asked as she looked at her son and then Keigo who was groaning in his bed.
"F-Feeling cheeky," he said with a shakily-raised thumbs-up. "Ah, my head's killing me and my teeth hurt."
"Apologies, those kicks to the chin probably don't feel great," Obito admitted as Rumi snickered.
"You kicked his ass, it's just the way things went," the young rabbit woman said with a grin. "Now, all that other cool stuff? That was something else. I know I'd feel pretty frickin honored."
"Y-You're weird," Keigo said weakly as Kaoruko chuckled at his bedside. "My last words… are… bunny girls… are overrated," he said with a shaky fist.
"Oi!" Rumi looked offended as Izuku ran up to his brother with a grin. "The hell we are!"
"W-Why are you…" Yoha sweatdropped. "S-Senpai, what?"
"It's a brand."
"You WON, nii-chan!" Izuku said with a grin as Obito chuckled.
"I did, that's the truth. The awarding ceremony is supposed to start soon, too," Obito said as Hisashi nodded with a cackle.
"Hahahahaha! My boy's famous!" He said as Onemu snorted while Yu snickered.
"He's not wrong," they said.
"O-kun's probably got tons of invites already," Bocho said with a smile as Umi nodded along with Kaoruko.
"If he didn't, I don't know what chance we would have had," the fin-eared girl said. "He literally threw out all kinds of tricks and moves in this event for every match, I'd be surprised if he had less than a 100."
"It's bound to be more than that, think of how many hero agencies there are in the world," Kaoruko said with a grin. "You're gonna be mobbed."
"... Ugh," Obito looked annoyed. "I think I might want to pick a hero who's NOT so well-known. This got away from me, because of someone," he emphasized as Keigo grinned weakly.
"H-Haha, worth it."
"I'm sure those kicks to the chin were, too."
"That's why we're here!" Came Present Mic's voice as the group jumped, the man, Nezu, Vlad King, and Nemuri by the door. "Way to KILL IT, kids!" He said with double thumbs-ups.
"You all did remarkably well," Vlad said with a smirk. "Damn well done."
"I've never been so FIRED UP!" Nemuri said as they came in. "The majesty! The rivalry! The THEATRICS! God, I bet it's gonna be hard to top what you guys did today."
"W-We're-Huh?" Fuyumi blinked as she and Enji appeared in the doorway, the man putting her wheelchair down with her and Shouto in it. "I didn't think you'd be here, Vlad-sensei, Nezu-sensei."
"We just had to do it," Vlad said with a proud grin. "You all did amazingly well, I bet Endeavor's proud."
"Damn right I am," Endeavor said with a huff as Keigo nearly squealed like a schoolgirl. "Hmph, you two did remarkably well, while Obito won, your way of using your quirk was downright impressive."
The boy blushed and stammered as his friends grinned slyly. "T-Thanks, man! Sir, I mean!" Keigo said. 'Holy shit, I'm actually talking to Endeavor!' He thought in awe.
"... What's wrong with him?" Enji asked Fuyumi who giggled.
"He's probably a big fan," she hinted and the man looked alarmed, causing her to grin. 'This is probably new for you,' well, she'd enjoy this.
"... I see," the man smirked like the proud hero he was and the group chuckled before three familiar individuals came in, shocking them with one of their presences specifically.
"Okay! Dammit! Stop crowding the medical bay!" Recovery Girl said as All Might rubbed the back of his head.
"Ah, sorry," he said as Enji looked surprised. "I had to see this Sports Festival up close, Endeavor. Why, your daughter performed remarkably magnificently compared to the young woman from two months ago!"
Enji hummed before smirking. "Of course she did, she's trained the hardest of all of them. Despite her loss, she's made it into the top four and made the closest to first numerous times."
Fuyumi blushed while All Might chuckled.
"He's right! Fuyumi-shoujo, you're new to this but you've already made your splashes!" The Number 1 laughed before waving to Obito. "How are you, Obito-shounen? Izuku-shounen?"
"Fine, sir!" Izuku grinned with rosy cheeks as the others looked surprised.
"Wait, when did you?" Rumi considered.
"Oh, we met in a hallway before we had the matches," Obito said nonchalantly as they all gaped at him. "What? Unlike some people," Keigo stammered. "They're just heroes to me, damn good ones, but heroes nonetheless."
"My word, he's an odd one!" Present Mic said with a look of awe that Nemuri shared. "Still! I've got a thing to give ya!" He said as he slunk through the crowd and gave Obito a letter.
"... an invite from your company?" Obito considered but the man waved him off on that. "?" Opening it up, Obito's eyebrows shot into his hairline.
"That, Obito-kun, is Shouta-kun! The man I told you about!" Nezu said from on his shoulder, leaving the boy's eyebrow raised as he looked at him. "Well done, by the way!"
"Thank you, sir," Obito skimmed the letter. "... Oh, isn't this Eraser Head?" He asked as Nezu nodded, Enji looking curious.
"Ah, yes, Shouta Aizawa, the underground hero," he said as Fuyumi perked up along with Nagant and the students. "You did say you wanted to stay out of the limelight, right?"
"I do," Obito said as he rubbed the back of his head, looking at the others. "Right, well… apologies."
"Nah, man, it's good," Yu said with a grin.
"Dammit, you're not coming?" Rumi groaned as Obito smiled apologetically.
"Sorry but it's as I said, I can already feel the annoyance building," Obito said. "Right now, I can live without the clout."
"Sounds ridiculous."
"Exactly."
"We understand," Keigo said with a nod as Kaoruko grinned.
"It's not like we're not learning already, we've got many chances to be the team we are," she grinned as Obito nodded. "We've trained together for so long, we've got a good grasp on each other's quirks, how to use 'em, and also already had ideas on how to work together. Right now, we need to take the chance to specialize more."
"Powerful words," Nagant said with a smile. "It's true. Over the past month, watching you all, it's become clear you all clearly understand each other well enough. Now's your chance to broaden your horizons."
"Yep," Kamui Woods said with a chuckle as Obito blinked at him.
"... Oh, that's going to be awkward," he said as the wood man blinked before Hisashi started laughing.
"W-Wait! That's right, his name is Kamui Woods! That gold!" The father of two said as the group looked confused. "Tell 'em, my boy."
"Well," Obito chuckled nervously. "I was going to go with the Hero Name 'Kamui'," he admitted.
His friends balked. "No way!" They said in disbelief as Enji snorted while All Might chuckled along with Recovery Girl.
"Oh, those were the days of much infighting," the medical hero said as Kamui Woods looked embarrassed.
"I-I didn't expect that," he said.
"Same, I'd been prepared to research you but never got around to it due to training," Obito said. "That's gonna be a headache. There aren't heroes like that, right?"
"Heroes with similar names, usually only between nations and not literally within the same one," the wood man said. "Well… it's not the full-on name, right?"
"Divine Flame Emperor Kamui, that was the plan," Obito said with a chuckle as the man whistled.
"Damn, that sounds horrifying."
"It's so cool!" Izuku said in awe while Yoha chuckled.
"It's very ferocious, if a bit long," she said as Obito nodded.
"I might need to cut back on that word, it'd originally been without."
"Mmmm," Kamui crossed his arms with a thoughtful hum. "It's not like he's infringing on my name but it's VERY close despite how it's written. The 'Kamui' I use is for 'Deity' in another language."
"I'm relying on the normal Japanese reading meaning 'Divine Threat' or 'Authority of the Gods,'," Obito said as the hero's fist shook.
"Dammit, I should have gone with that," the wood man rubbed the back of his head. "Well, you're going to be working with Eraser Head-san, huh? That's certainly far away enough," he shrugged. "I don't have a problem with you using the name Kamui as long as we don't cross the streams."
"Thank you, sir."
"So, you've got your hero name already, I'm glad you all are so ahead of the curve," Nezu said as Obito's friends began to grin nervously. "... Oh! Take your time!" He realized. "Now, the award ceremony is going to start soon. Hopefully, Keigo-kun can be up by then."
"I-I'm coming through," Keigo said with a groan. "Is there someone with a vapo-rub quirk? I'd love that right now."
"No, but I and Fuyumi are here," Obito said with a smirk.
~NRK~
Keigo felt far better as he stood on that 2nd Place platform in the middle of their battlefield.
Obito stood at the center and top on the 1st Place platform while Kaoruko and Fuyumi stood, the former helping the latter, on the 3rd Place platform.
In front of them, Nezu chuckled with a microphone in hand, standing on Vlad King's shoulders, the blood-quirk user holding four medals in his hands.
"We've had a rather spectacular showing today and this was only the Freshmen Bracket!" The small principal said as the crowd cheered and whistled. "Yet, they've set quite the precedent! Power, skill, strategy, and intelligence were all shown to their utmost and it's clear that our future is in the bright minds of our upcoming heroes!" Nezu declared as Vlad chuckled, walking forward to the 3rd platform.
"In third place, we have the feminine duo who've nearly brought the titans to their knees! Things could have changed if split-second decisions had been countered and we can't forget that! Kaoruko Awata and Fuyumi Todoroki!"
The arena erupted into applause as the two girls bowed their heads to the Class B teacher who grinned all the same.
"You two did well. Beyond every expectation," he said as he placed the medals over their shoulders. "Be proud."
The two grinned with nods as the crowd settled down.
"The feathered titan of the Freshmen Bracket is but a boy whose talent with his quirk and intelligence brought him near the top!" Nezu narrated as Keigo blushed a bit, rubbing the back of his head. "An intelligent fighter with creative quirk usage with just feathers! A boy who can make the most of a precise quirk like that can't be underestimated!"
Keigo chuckled as he bowed to his teacher. "Thanks, teach."
"Hm, hm, you played a big part in all of this, I'm sure," Vlad said with a smirk as Keigo snickered.
"Can't let him think he can coast by."
"Right."
Obito snorted as he looked up at the screens.
Each and every one shifting before his face found itself on them all, his feats, his fights, his stats, his placement.
"Haahahahah!" Nezu chuckled as he got to him. "We've seen a lot of folks come through this stadium, many of whom went on to become some of the greatest heroes known to all of Japan," he began as the crowd roared. "Heroes who'd conquered the odds and had their names spread out into the world at large!"
Each screen had a virtual gold medal slap itself onto it, all leading down to the simple screen with his face on it.
A big gold #1 medal burst onto the top of the screen.
"A boy who's made it his goal to keep his word and the top spot! A mix of masteries that couldn't be expected and were nothing less than inspiring! This young man has dominated the events in every way possible!" Nezu shouted in awe. "WE'VE GOT THE NUMBER ONE FRESHMEN STUDENT! OBITO MIDORIYA!"
Confetti exploded out into the stadium as clapping, cheers, whistles, and roars reached the stadium floor.
The former Uchiha crossed his arms as he bowed to his teacher, the man chuckling as he placed the medal around the boy's neck before patting him on the shoulders.
"Stand proud! Class 1-B is at the top!"
"I feel like your priorities changed immediately," Obito said as the man laughed proudly.
Well, this event had gone, Obito didn't hesitate to smirk.
~NRK~
Shouta shrugged as he made himself some coffee, watching the award ceremony out of the corner of his eye.
And then his phone rang, confusing him for a moment before he grimaced with a sigh.
'Let's see how I fared,' it couldn't be that bad, right?
As he answered, the underground hero didn't have many prospects in landing-
-HE'S IN!- Yamada's voice came over the line as Shouta flinched. -My guy, you've got yourself an intern!-
'What?!' The hell was this kid thinking?! "Explain. He hasn't even seen all his potential applications yet. Why would he come to me?"
-Well, despite his amazing theatrics, he's kind of like you but with more energy to use for his stunts!-
Shouta's face settled into a grimace. "And?"
-And he wanted to get away from all the attention and knew you were an underground hero. Ol' Nezu told him about you- Yamada said. -So, how's it feel to snatch up the hottest topic of the month?-
Shouta rolled his eyes before humming. "It's surprising, for one. I'll have to actually put in effort for this," he realized as his friend laughed.
-That's just like you! Right up until the very end, yeah? Well, you know how this works. Next week, they're gonna be going on their internships. Don't slack off!-
The call ended with Shouta having a twitching brow.
Still… he had a point.
He had to put in more effort. God, he was regretting this already.
~NRK~
With the end of the Freshmen Tournament, the Sports Festival ended for that day. The Junior and Senior segments of the festival would be happening over the next two days.
Obito, at present, was resting in a tree by a line of stands and vendors, leaning back against the tree and crossing his arms with his eyes closed.
"Hmm," he breathed out slowly, relaxing. "..."
"There you are," came Fuyumi's voice as she walked over slowly to his location, slowly. "I figured you'd be resting out of sight somewhere."
"How'd you know I wasn't somewhere else?"
"Your family is nearby," Fuyumi said with a smile as she sat down on the stone benches around the tree, Obito considering his options before dropping down and taking a seat next to her. "Hm, hm. It's safer this way, right?"
"... Correct," Obito said. "Who knows when some random villain, rabid hero agencies, or horrible fangirls and boys would show up? I can't let them take that blow for me, definitely not."
'As subtly kind as always,' she thought as they looked slightly down from the small uphill climb to their spot. "... I'm going to go to my father's agency," Fuyumi told him as he nodded.
"Sorry, again. I know we're supposed to be a team," he said but she shook her head.
"I already accepted that you might not be going to the same agency as me right now. I was prepared for it and know that I still need much tutelage so I'm going to have my father train me," she nodded as he did. "Keigo-kun is actually going to be interning with Ms. Nagant. I'm surprised because she offered that to all of us and Umi-chan accepted."
"Really?"
"Yeah. She's thinking of taking up a long-range Support Item."
"That's good for her. Despite her spearplay, she's lacking in long-range options," Obito said before looking from his family to her. "What about you? Have you figured out what kind of Support Item, and name, you'll want?"
"Hmm… I think so, on the second one," Fuyumi said with a grin. "I considered it, ya know? A lot of the themes and things that I'd base myself on… but I realized I didn't want a theme that only relies on my powers or role in the group. I want a name I believe in with all my heart and that name is…" She blushed before whispering it into his ear.
Obito's eyes softened. "Oh."
"Y-Yeah," Fuyumi stammered a bit. "I-I think it works. My ice does create a bit of it and… well… you know."
"I do."
She smiled with a nod. "... We just finished our first Sports Festival."
"We did," he smirked. "And we all did well despite everything."
"Hm, hm."
Looking towards all the stands he could see, Obito sighed softly.
"So… Fuyumi," he began with slightly red cheeks as she tilted her head at him. "That… kiss-"
"I-I don't know yet!" She squeaked with a glowing red face as he coughed off to the side. "I-I… I don't know what that meant… yet," Fuyumi admitted in embarrassment.
"I… see," Obito didn't know what to make of such a statement. "... Right," way to, eloquent one, you idiot!
Fuyumi giggled a bit and he sighed.
"I'm honestly not good at this."
"That's fine, I-I can kind of get it."
"So, we're balancing out again, are we?" Obito asked with a raised brow.
Fuyumi simply giggled. "Hm, come on," she said as she got up slowly before Obito helped her up, her arm around his shoulder. "T-Thanks, like always," she admitted with red cheeks.
'Cute… wait,' that didn't sound like it usually did. " Right, ahem, let's go. I can only imagine you want to find some kind of ice cream," he said with a smirk as she stuttered.
Okay, things were back to normal.
~NRK~
The next two days, Obito and friends joined the families in watching the next two years' fights.
And it wasn't to be underestimated, likely the Freshmen Rounds enticing them to try harder, be more flashy, or outright make 'statements'.
Obito had not been allowed to live that one down.
The following winners, amazingly, had been Yoha and Rumi for the Junior and Senior Brackets, respectively.
They'd clapped time and time again, Obito pointing out various weaknesses in several of the two's opponents though it was far more with Yoha's year than Rumi's.
With that, on a Thursday, the UA Sports Festival came to a close.
~NRK~
"Yep! Feed ME!" Rumi declared with a grin as Obito rolled his eyes but worked the grill in their backyard.
Every one of the students had been dressed in their UA Sports Uniforms while the heroes were in uniform, the sheer number of people here, at the venue that Endeavor had booked, not small in number.
The man also, coincidentally, had his 'food' day today and had supplied the funds for the food.
Obito would be forever grateful.
"Good gravy!" Kamui Woods cried tears of manly joy as he ate through a small hole in his helmet. "A-And you didn't want to be a CHEF?!"
All Might chuckled raucously as he ate with as much gusto, an odd man next to him who he'd said was an associate.
Looking like a salaryman in a light-gray suit with a red tie covered in yellow polka dots, he had an angular chin, fair skin, and cleanly-combed green hair with some yellow strands within.
His eyes were angular and his glasses rectangular, allowing his yellow eyes to peer down at his food in shock.
"T-This is outstanding, how'd you decide to be a cop?" The man asked in disbelief as his hero chuckled.
"I wanted to get to places and get information that normal heroes couldn't in some situations. Having a well-known face isn't exactly intuitive to secrecy, Sir Nighteye," Obito said.
Sir Nighteye nodded with a chuckle. "Yes, well, I guess you enjoyed cooking for the sake of it."
"Indeed."
Nagant looked at her food like it was trying to deceive her as Keigo laughed like an idiot.
"W-What? H-How many skill sets does he have?!" She shrieked as she looked at the piece of fish filet she'd eaten at least three of by now. "?!" It was so good, too!
"Man, when we had some of his little snacks and stuff, I thought nothing of it," the bird boy said as he stuffed some fried rice in his mouth. "Hm-Hmmmmmmmmmm!"
Yu had ascended into a plane of existence beyond mere mortals as Yoha's snakes danced.
"Oh," they said in unison as they chewed. "Wow."
"It's scary!" Moe said in awe. "I think he'd give Lunch Rush a run for his money!"
"I-It's a defeat I didn't know I wanted," Kido said in awe as she cackled like a madwoman.
"Yes, it's quite outstanding," Ectoplasm said with a chuckle as he ate. "Hmm… and this kuzumochi is to die for."
"I heard Enji-san liked it," Obito said as the man in question ate with his sons, the three eating in unison. "Hmph, it seems so."
Rei giggled along with the other mothers. "He's got them within his grasp," she said with a smile. "But, still, such a change in quality really brought out his talent!" This tasted too good!
"Yep, the boy's treasure," Mitsuki said as Masaru chuckled along with Hisashi, the boys of the two families eating at a table. "It's hard to think the tree let a 'fruit' grow so fast," she said with a smirk as Inko giggled.
"I can still find little bits he hasn't known yet but, yes, Obi-kun has truly surpassed me," the green-haired mother said.
"Okay, fellas, read 'em and weep," Hisashi said as he, Hizashi, Masaru, Izuku, Katsuki, and Vlad King put down some cards. "Go Fish."
"Dammit!" The UA Sports Festival announcer cried as he picked up a card from the deck just to see what it was. "Who even has this number?! No!"
"Hehe," Vlad chuckled as he placed his cards down. "Well played."
"Aw, man!" Katsuki grumbled as Izuku tilted his head.
"I-I was one away," the moss head said as Masaru chuckled.
"So, which one of our plates are you picking off of?" The father of one asked.
Fuyumi giggled at it all, meanwhile, Onemu was currently sitting down in a food coma along with Bocho, Umi, and Kaoruko.
"S-So good," the Bubble girl said in awe.
The Todoroki girl grinned before going up to Obito. "Everyone's loving it," she said with a smile as he chuckled.
"Seems so."
~NRK~
The days seemed to blur by before they were walking to school once more but Obito with far more attention than neither he nor Fuyumi ever expected.
Fuyumi giggled nervously as he was asked for another autograph by some random civilian.
"One moment," he said before signing it and the woman grinned as she bowed to him before hurrying off. "This is a bit…" Obito grunted as she nodded.
"Come on, we can hurry up, then."
They did, stopping their walk to instead rush off towards the school gates where more of their classmates could be seen getting mobbed by the camera crew.
Obito's eyebrows twitched as the reporters turned on him.
Keigo and the others grinned nervously.
~NRK~
The group looked drained as they groaned, heads down, or grunted while leaning back in their seats.
"That was bad," Keigo said with his seat leaned back, his classmates snorting at him. "Hey! I didn't lose in the Loser Games!"
"BARELY!" The class shouted at him as Obito snorted and Fuyumi giggled. "ONLY BARELY!"
"Still won."
Their teacher came into the room with a chuckle. "I see our 'favorite' students got the true go-around," Vlad said as the students who didn't make it laughed. "Well, you all know what's coming up, correct? Your internship numbers are in and it's what you'd expect."
When he clicked a button on his desk and the black screen they had for a blackboard blipped and showed the results.
It was almost horrifying as Obito nearly fell out of his seat as Keigo pulled back on it with a shit-eating grin.
"You're welcome."
Obito Midoriya Cases - 6023
Fuyumi Todoroki Cases - 3620
Keigo Takami Cases - 2455
Bocho Shinpi Cases - 1642
Kaoruko Awata Cases - 1068
Onemu Shinya Cases - 1025
Yu Takayama Cases - 1002
They all balked at the sheer difference in five lines.
"Holy crap!"
"Six thousand?!"
"A-Are there that many agencies in Japan?!"
Fuyumi blushed at her own numbers. "I-It's so high," she whispered in shock as Bocho nodded.
"You did great, Fu-chan!" She said as the Todoroki giggled a bit.
"Dammit, I'm below Kaoruko?" Onemu groaned.
"It's still just in the thousands," Keigo snickered.
"Shut up."
"Hmph, you all got a good look at it all. And now," Vlad said as the screen changed and the energy in the room exploded. "Time for your codenames."
"YESSSSSSS!" The collective cry hit them like a bomb.
"Hmph, yes. You all know how to do this, don't you?" Their teacher asked. "Remember, names and natures are a big part of a hero's name. Sometimes, it'll be super obvious, other times, it'll be unique through a manner of several references but, remember, don't go too far! A name someone doesn't get is just as bad as a plain one!"
"Gotcha," Keigo said with a smile. "Though, my name might be in the second half."
"We'll see, won't we? What's yours?" Vlad King asked.
"Hehe," Keigo stood up. "Hawks, the Wing Hero."
The screen caught his words and put them up.
"It's still dynamic enough, Takami, it's a simple but eloquent name."
"Heh, thanks."
"Who's gonna go next?"
Obito nodded and stood up, the class paying attention.
"The Divine Flame Hero, Kamui," Obito said as the name shot onto the screen. "And, yes, I did get permission from Kamui Woods. We'll be trying to stay out of one another's name pools."
"I was there, it was hilarious," Vlad said with a smirk as the class laughed. "Alright, a powerful name with an even more mystical subtitle, damn good. Next?"
Fuyumi stood up with red cheeks. 'This is it. This is your title,' no matter what, she'd not give up on this.
This is the type of hero she wanted to be, no matter what! "Frost Unity," Fuyumi said with a look of determination. "The ice heroine who'll bring the people together."
"Oh," she blushed as her teacher chuckled. "A name with some warmth in it! Valid!"
Keigo snickered as Obito smirked while Fuyumi blushed.
Honestly.
~NRK~
Lunchtime found the Freshmen group, Yoha, and their three senpais back on a flaming cloud as they ate.
"So, you've got your choices?" Obito asked the others who grinned.
"I'm going with Sir Nighteye to work with him where he works," Kaoruko said with a grin. "As it turns out, he's one for doing detective and investigative work for his agency. I want to see what it's like for the team."
"We got picked up by Ryukyu," Yu said as Bocho nodded. "She was able to convince her pro to accept us. Since she's also a 'grow-big' heroine, she might know a lot of stuff we can learn."
"Hmph, I'm gonna go to Ingenium," Onemu said. "He's from that big Iida family."
"That's crazy!" Yu balked. "You get to hang with a rich guy and we're pulling averages!"
"Oi!" Rumi snorted. "You thinkin' I'm average?"
"Not a hint, senpai!"
"Damn right."
"You're going to be working with Lady Nagant with Keigo, right, Umi?" Fuyumi asked and the fin-girl nodded.
"Y-Yeah, she said that she knows how to use a number of weapons and can teach me a decent long-range one even if it's only one week," Umi said. "Oh, and my hero name is 'Suiryu', by the way."
"Right, I'm Kamui."
"Hawks."
"Frost Unity."
"Mount Lady."
"Uwabami," Yoha said.
"Name's Mirko," Rumi said as the group looked intrigued. "A bit fancy and not, it'll be good for the charts."
"I-I'm Enigma," Bocho said.
"Oh, right, the name's Burnin," Moe said.
"Kido," Kido said. "Went with somethin' simple."
"And I'm Bubble Girl," Kaoruko snickered. "Roundin' out these names of ours."
"Oh, speaking of," Fuyumi considered. "W-When we make a team, what should we call it?"
The group, as one, blinked at that, Moe humming. "She's got a point, your team name's gonna be almost as important as your normal hero ones. You've gotta lot of different types, powers, and people so it can't be as themed as you'd want."
"Hmph, call it the Power Houses," Rumi said with a big grin. "Maybe, I'd join a team named that."
"Hmph," Obito considered something. "... Well, you were onto something, Moe-senpai, we're very varied… but that doesn't mean we couldn't be themed if we got one piece of clothing that all of us can represent," he said, reminded of his former organization. "But that's also more work in figuring out what we'd want to be named plus it'd have to work with our hero uniforms."
"Hmm, didn't consider something like that," Keigo said. "... a tying-together theme or bit of clothing, that'd be something else."
"It'll be an important part of your development," Nagant said from the railing above the cafeteria next to them, surprising the group. "Considering your future's important."
"As we're learning," Obito said. "Right now, we'll have to consider it before we hit our second year… hmm, maybe rings," he thought as the group perked up. "It's just a thought."
"Jewelry!?" Yu perked up in excitement as the others chuckled. "I like it!"
Obito rolled his eyes. "No one's surprised… maybe not rings, though, considering some of our quirks."
"We'll workshop it," Keigo said with a snicker as Fuyumi nodded.
"We can all consider something for us to wear or just a name. For now, we've got to focus on our internships," she said as they all nodded.
"Man, I remember those days," Kido said as Nagant chuckled. "Why, I'd just hop from internship to internship because I kind of… was an idiot."
"Hehehe, you wouldn't believe it now but he used to be the worst in our class," Moe said as Kido grumbled. "But he shaped up, nothing wrong with knowing where you went wrong."
"Hmph."
~NRK~
Come the end of the day, Obito sat at home and jotted down some things in a notebook, Izuku peering over his shoulder.
"Support Items, are you going to use one, too, nii-chan?" Izuku asked.
"Most likely but less for my quirk and more for my own options," Obito responded. "Right now, I've got most aspects of combat covered. What I need to focus on is something to give me more edges over villains… Hmm," he drew out some things. "I already have my Gas Kunai and some steel wire. Those can help me with quickdraw attacks and movements."
"Then, what about your body?" The boy asked. "You have to be super safe, nii-chan."
"I know, I know, but I need as much air to touch my skin. My outfit is already thin enough beneath my cloak to allow for a lot of air to come through, I can't weigh myself down too much."
"Then, um…" Izuku considered some ideas. "Hmmm, c-can you get telekinetic stuff?"
"..." Obito considered the idea. "Well… that'd require money that I don't have right now. You see, Izu, UA may be connected to a lot of Support Companies but not ALL of them want their work to just funnel through UA. They'd also want to sell to all schools and control their prices. Right now…" He wrote down a name. "The only company I can think of that can give me what you're talking about is… Detnerat. They have special technology that can allow one's quirk's side-effects to be used to full effect. But it's not only super-far away but the material is pricy, I don't even know what I want yet, and, once again, money is the biggest issue."
"Oh, a-alright… still?"
"Yeah, I'll consider it."
~NRK~
Fuyumi hummed in her white nightgown, sitting at her desk by her bed and going over her notebook.
On her bed edge sat Shouto, the boy holding his hands cupped together.
A small ball of flame coiled in his grip before ice made a little cover above it.
As it melted, he increased the heat and smiled as, when he was finished, he was left with dry hands and not a bit of water on the floor.
"Hmm, nee-chan, you're going for a Support item, right?" He asked as Fuyumi nodded. "What kind?"
"Well… for one, I need a short-range option," she explained as he nodded. "Besides that, I don't really have a big move yet."
"What about Mirror Ice?"
"It takes too long, Shou-kun. Besides, I can't just keep setting that up for every villain, I'd make a horrible mess," she sweatdropped. "All that property damage is not something I want in my purse."
"Oh, right! Money is important!" The boy said as she chuckled nervously. "Dad's got a lot but I know he always has to make small payments."
Fuyumi's eyebrows twitched. 'Yes, I certainly don't want that on my account,' never mind that a starting out team isn't going to just be rolling in money. 'We'll need to be independent. We can't just rely on our family and have to make the most of these internships.'
Mistakes, damage, wounds, and overhead, they had to use everything to their advantage.
And, right now, she needed to make a suitable Support Item.
"Hmm," she looked at her left arm's scars.
With the frostbite healed, she'd been left with some small lacerations in her skin and on her hand.
Looking at it, she ran her finger past several. 'I really messed up my skin,' and she liked her skin, a lot, actually.
But as she kept doing this, Fuyumi realized how vapid her thinking used to be. Her dad probably had more scars than she'd ever know and he didn't consider it some kind of sin.
… Still, Yoha-senpai had been clear that she could still care a lot about it.
She grabbed some of that specialized location on her desk and rubbed it in.
A Support Item, something to keep her going and as a weapon.
Then she saw the overlapping image of her ice katar/shield and considered it.
'A shield and sword?' Maybe?
~NRK~
The following week came and went before the group of students from class 1-B found themselves at a train station.
Well, not all of them, many of them had already been taken to their designated agencies by heroes near UA.
Obito found himself almost alone as he, Kaoruko, and Onemu were the only ones from their friend group to still need to go to another area.
"Me and you are heading in the same direction, yeah?" Onemu asked him as they all held onto their costume suitcases and duffle bags. "So, we'll be bumping into one another often."
"Yep, I'm nearby. Hopefully, we'll see each other this week! Hehe!" Kaoruko grinned as Obito nodded.
"It shouldn't be so bad," he said. "It's only a week."
Their train came hissing into the station.
Time to go.
~NRK~
Taking the train to Naruhata, Obito, Onemu, and Kaoruko looked out at the passing scenery with small breaths.
"Huh… I've never been so far away from home before," the horned girl said as Kaoruko nodded.
"Same, our parents are probably worried to death," the blue girl said as Obito nodded.
"It's not wrong to say, we're basically in the positions of actual pro heroes to them," the boy said. "We're out on our own, likely to face villains with no true idea of what kind or what kind of back-up we'll have. It's likely a lot for them."
"And that's why we train," Kaoruko grinned. "To ease those burdens and make them know we're good enough."
"Hmph, I'd definitely be chickened over by my mom," Onemu snorted as they chuckled. "She's a total worrywart."
Kaoruko was the first to leave, waving at them as she was greeted by Sir Nighteye himself.
They waved to him and he nodded back, the two students remaining on the train for say another ten minutes before they got off in NR Naruhata Station and entered its shopping district.
There, waiting for them, were their to-be-shadowed pro heroes.
Eraser Head, Shouta Aizawa, was dressed in some plain black clothes, pants, a long-sleeved top, boots, and a dark-gray scarf of bandages around his neck.
His eyes were covered by a yellow visor as he held his pants up by a silver belt.
The man next to him, a male of similar height, was dressed in a black bodysuit with some slack in it.
Over that, he had on white armor on his feet up to his knees and on his torso down to his hands and on his head with exhaust pipes on the biceps, elbows, and the back of his shoulders. On his waist was a metal band while his helmet was knight-like and sported a cowlick-like angular horn atop his head.
"Eraser Head-san," Obito said as Onemu chuckled.
"Ingenium, right?" She asked as the armored man chuckled.
"Yep, Turbo Hero: Ingenium, at your service," the man introduced himself as Eraser Head huffed a bit. "Come on, you decided to take on an intern, isn't this a special occasion?"
"Hmph, the Erasure Hero: Eraser Head," the man introduced tactlessly as Obito nodded.
"Pleasure to work under you," he bowed as Onemu did the same. "I hope to learn well."
"Save it, right now, I can honestly say the only thing I can give you is experience," Shouta said with a hand rubbing the back of his head. "Come on, we'll head to a private area."
"Then we'll do the same," Ingenium said as Onemu nodded. "Take care, young man, you've been quite the rage all over."
"I've noticed, unfortunately," Obito said.
As the pairs went their separate ways, Obito ignored the gasping civilians around him who quickly besieged him, much to his annoyance.
"Apologies, Eraser Head-san."
"Drop the '-san', my name's already a mouthful," Shouta said before grimacing at the crowd. "Come on, ignore 'em."
"Apologies, you all, I'm on urgent business," Obito said before he and Shouta ran. "This seems productive!"
They went from running to jumping to leaping.
In seconds, they scaled a building and stood on the roof, watching the world down below.
"Your movements are good," Aizawa considered. "I knew that already but you're quicker on your feet than a TV would show."
"Thanks," Obito said. "I'm not surprised you're so good at moving about. With your quirk, getting in your 'shots' when you can is important. Along with navigating around obstacles, you're likely one of the faster heroes without a speed-enhancing quirk."
'Hmph, a good head on his shoulders,' not that he didn't know but Shouta was happy the boy's smarts extended beyond combat. "Correct. With me, you're going to be interacting with a lot of physical labor and… characters you might find yourself at odds with. That's the heads-up I'm giving you."
"I understand," Obito said with a frown. "There's a world that, sadly, open heroism simply can't always combat."
"Exactly, it's not simple."
~NRK~
Getting to the hero's apartment, Obito nodded to the clean space and moderately large amount of area.
"I've got a guest room for you to use," Shouta said. "I don't need to say this, you seem to get it, but don't make a mess, clean up after yourself, and don't incur damages we can't pay off."
"Understood," Obito said as he carried his things into the room and deposited them before returning. "So, what do you wish for us to do today?" He asked the pro who nodded.
"Let's test you out."
~NRK~
The back of Obito's foot slammed into Aizawa's raised forearm, the hero grabbing it before kicking out at the boy's stomach.
It landed but only ended up doing little damage and being caught.
'Right, he prefers kicking techniques,' the boy likely knew how to use his hands for maneuverability and diversion.
Obito did as he expected, pulling on his leg before a jab came for Aizawa's face.
The hero's leg bent and he used his greater reach to push Obito's chest, the two of them separating.
"Hmph," he lunged and the teen met him with a kick to his temple.
Shouta rolled to the side only to raise his forearm again to block the back of the leg.
He stepped up and forward, pushing the boy's leg back and down, sending Obito to the floor only to lean back as hissing leg swiped above him.
Obito's form rotated on the floor and Shouta jumped over the boy's second leg before grabbing it stomping down on his head.
In an act of impressive flexibility, Obito threw his body up with the man's hold on his leg as his pivot point.
Eraser Head pushed down and pulled, fist raised and slamming into the boy's crossed arms.
He followed through and sent Obito flying but the UA student simply recovered mid-air and landed in a crouch.
"... Hmph," Shouta raised his hands and Obito nodded, standing up and walking over. "I'm impressed, I expected you to have a few imperfections in your style due to quirk-reliance but you don't have enough that it's concerning. Likely, as you grow, you'll reach a form that makes your kicks perfect."
"Thank you," Obito nodded before his and Aizawa's stomachs growled. "You don't mind if I cook, do you?"
"I've heard good things."
~NRK~
Turns out the boy was an amazing cook, Shouta really had gotten a 'steal' for an intern.
They ate and watched the news, the two of them keeping an eye, and ear, out for anything from the nearby window or noises from anywhere.
"It may seem mundane but finding out about attacks like this is honestly the most relaxing," the hero said as Obito nodded.
"You also do patrols, right?" The former Uchiha asked.
"Yup but if I'm feeling too horrible about a day, I keep things simple and subtle."
They watched and ate for maybe an hour before cleaning up and getting ready to leave.
~NRK~
"Hmm, I see, he went to Naruhata? That's pretty crazy," Ujiko said to himself as he looked at the most recent 'trending' about 'Obito Midoriya'. "Honestly, it's really like the public is on our side when they do stuff like this," he chuckled as he looked at the tube to the right of his computer. "A few days and I can snatch him up before he's surrounded by actual threats."
He already had a plan for distracting the heroes at that time. As soon as the boy was all on his own, it was over.
"Isn't that right, Flammen Schlauch?"
The creature wiggled.
~NRK~
They walked about in their hero uniforms, Obito minding the area with simple flashes of his Sharingan before focusing back onto the sidewalk.
"Hmm? Right, you have an evolved quirk, right, Kamui?" Eraser Head asked as Obito nodded.
"Yes, I didn't think people would figure it out from such a small thing but Keigo-kun's ability to deduce these things probably helped a lot, Eraser Head," Kamui said. "It's a powerful addition to my arsenal."
"Well, be careful with it, it's clear that it's a one-eyed deal, yeah?"
"Yes."
The sound of screaming reached their ears and their heads snapped to the side, far down the street, where a man was currently holding a woman at gunpoint, several men running out of a bank with bags in their hands.
"Go."
Obito exploded from his spot.
The robber growled at them, waving his weapon around at the civilians.
"Fuck off! All of ya! If I hear a single hero coming, I'm blowing a hole in this woman-"
"What woman?" A voice came from behind him as the deer-faced criminal's head snapped to Kamui, the young man holding his hostage in his arms.
"What-"
A small stream of white flame slammed in between the man's eyes and he dropped like a sack of potatoes.
Obito's head turned behind him and a quick burst of white fire sliced through the tires of the van the robbers had slipped into.
"Fuck! No! Don't let him-!"
"Don't let him what?" Came a voice from above.
Several kicks dispatched the four individuals before a familiar set of elastic bandages rounded them up as Kamui placed the woman back onto her feet.
"Are you alright, ma'am?" Obito asked the woman who nodded quickly. "Alright."
"Good time, Kamui," Eraser Head said as he and the intern nodded. "Let's go."
They took off down the street, leaped onto streetlamps, and then vanished behind buildings.
~NRK~
Fuyumi nodded as she and her father stood atop a building.
"The first things I'm going to be teaching you are likely things you've heard and learned about before," Endeavor said. "Understand, Unity, we'll be getting as much experience into this week as we can."
"Yes, sir!" Frost Unity said. "What's the first-"
A scream came from below and Fuyumi's head turned-
A flaming comet shot past her, tossing her hair back as she blinked before watching a burst of fire throw a villain down the street.
"H-Huh?"
She threw an ice slide and went down to the street, her father handling the situation already.
"The first lesson is going to be the most important," Enji said as she balked. "Process speed."
He nodded to her before taking off in a burst of fire, Frost Unity scrambling before shooting out towards him on a pillar of ice.
"Don't just leave that there!" She flinched at his call. "Get rid of it! What'll happen if it hits someone?!"
Fuyumi's eyes widened before she focused and shot the ice 'pillar' around her arm, a familiar shield finding its place on her wrist.
'I need to show you the proper way, more ways to make your quirk your own,' Endeavor thought as his daughter threw her hand in front of her.
Ice erupted out into another pillar that she landed on before jumping off again, 'pulling' the ice back around her arm.
'As you focus on objectives, you'll find the proper path to your heroism,' he thought as he made a sharp turn, the sound of scrambling behind him getting a snort out of him. 'Still, you've got a lot to learn.'
"C-Coming!" Fuyumi shouted as she gasped next to him if only barely. "D-Don't wait up! We have people to help!" She said to him and blue eyes widened at a pair of grayish-blue.
"Hmph."
~NRK~
"You're learning on the fly," Endeavor said as he drank some water, Fuyumi letting out whines of joy as she drank some tea from the cafe they were in. "So, you've learned to 'pull' and 'push', yeah?"
"Y-Yeah, um, well," Fuyumi looked at her arm. "I was just trying to think of a way to not leave it there as you said. I'm not Shou-kun, he could probably melt it as he goes but I had to do 'something' else and this came to mind."
"So, you can absorb into it from external structures, we couldn't figure that out when you were fighting."
"That's true, I was just so focused on trying to keep up… and I need to keep finding my way of doing that. I-It's just that making sure my mind is keeping up is the issue," she said. "Processing speed… thinking about several actions at once instead of just one, right?"
His eyes widened before they closed as he nodded.
Yes, she was, in fact, his child, wasn't she?
"In my agency, there are three fundamentals," he said as she nodded. "One, memorize your jurisdiction, your area of influence, and pull, that's incredibly important. There are some agencies and teams who treat their part of a city as having their rules. Whether that's ethically legal or not, is another thing but you don't want to step on another hero's toes," she nodded. "Second, speed. It's important to be ready to not only reach the site of conflict faster than anyone else but to also be ready to go top speed at a moment's notice. The fact remains, you have to be ready to go all-out from a moment's notice."
"That sounds exhausting," Fuyumi said as Enji nodded. "Not just that but considering that you have to do all of that at once."
"Hold on, I didn't get to number 3 yet," she blushed as he smirked. "Third, possibly the most important, limit casualties to the bare minimum of 'none'. Keeping civilians away from the fight whether that's by taking out the villain before they can even be in danger or by using your quirk to limit their panic, you need to mind them. Especially with quirks that have such large-reaching consequences. Those are the basics of the basics, unparalleled processing and unparalleled speed."
Process in parallel. Never give your surroundings the chance to escape your eyes.
Reach the villain before the destruction can take place.
And protect the lives of the people behind you.
She nodded, drinking the rest of her tea with a warm sigh. "A-Alright! Let's go! We only have a week!"
Enji snorted.
~NRK~
Keigo smirked as Umi went through forms for Nagant.
"... Alright, stop," Nagant said as the girl nodded with red cheeks. "No, no, you're doing fine, I promise. It's just been a while since I've tried using a spear and how it affects you," she said with an encouraging nod and smile. 'She's good at her spear work, Umi's probably practiced for hours on end to reach this level of adeptness,' the girl had spunk and will, it wasn't wrong to say she was an amazing learner. "Alright, Suiryu. Since we really do only have a week, when you're working with me, we'll be focusing on long-range… and, in other times… you'll be sparring with Keigo-kun."
Keigo nodded as Umi choked. "It makes sense, ya know? I bet if Obito was here, you'd be sparring with him, our CQC is greater than yours," she whined with watery eyes, causing him to flinch and grin nervously. "T-That is, ahem, no need for that, yeah?! We're here to get stronger, after all." God, please don't cry!
Nagant smirked as he struggled.
~NRK~
"... ?!" Kaoruko sat there, stunned, as she mechanically turned her head to the man sitting beside, eating a hamburger.
"Hmm! Good evening, Kaoruko-shoujo!"
"AIIIIYYYYEEEEE?!"
Nighteye's shoulders trembled over his food.
~NRK~
Four days passed for the heroes and their internships. Four days of rigorous training or harsh applications of their intelligence to push them forward.
And four days for an incident to take place.
~NRK~
Obito shrugged as he looked at his bathroom mirror, wiping away the fog to see his scarred chest.
'Before, I had the Hashirama Cells prevent scars,' now he was going to have scars like normal people. 'That thought isn't crazy or anything,' he rolled his eyes at his reflection before hurrying into his room and getting dressed.
There was a knock on his door. "Yes?"
"It's me. We're going to go on an early patrol," Eraser Head's voice came through the door.
"Alright, I'll be ready."
~NRK~
They leaped from rooftop to rooftop, Obito using small bursts of his flames to just barely push him to the next roof and then the one after that, Aizawa swinging around with his elastic bandages next to him.
"How have you liked it so far?" Aizawa asked as they kept moving.
"It's been some of the most peaceful days… I've had, recently," Obito said as they landed on a roof over a large intersection. "Honestly, it's been nice."
"I can imagine, all that attention must be stifling," Eraser Head said as they just stood on that rooftop-
The area rumbled, confusing the two.
"An earthquake?" Obito asked as the pro hero frowned, hand on his shoulder, as the rumbles subsided. "... Something's wrong."
In the far-off distances, the two gasped at the sight of rising pillars of heat and light.
"Fire!" Aizawa yelled as they took off towards it. "This isn't good! We've gotta-"
Obito's eyes widened as he grabbed the man's bicep and threw their bodies back with a burst of flames.
A dark black meteor slammed down past where they'd just been before causing an explosion that tore up the street and spread out a light mist.
Obito's eyes narrowed as he brought them down to the street floor. "All civilians evacuate the area!" The former Uchiha shouted to the horrified civilians nearby. "What the hell is that thing?" He asked as Aizawa looked at him in confusion.
"Thing-?"
Something shifted in the hissing crater, something odd and inhuman in a way that was completely obvious.
The creature was horrifying.
It was an all-black being with a humanoid form and several pipes coming out from its back. Its lower half was covered by gray pants as its talon-covered feet crushed the street beneath its powerful leg muscles.
Its arms were long and, at the ends of them, were big thick hands with long fingers that looked like an excavator shovel's 'teeth'. Its neck was thick and broad as its sharp teeth peeked over its brain.
… No, that hadn't been a metaphor, long, cartoonishly long, fangs shot up on its head to create a small shield for its exposed brain.
The easily ten-foot-tall being's exhaust pipes shot out more of that mist…?!
Obito's eyes widened before he grabbed Aizawa, Sharingan blazing, and jumped back.
"What is it?!" The hero asked as they landed further away. "Tsk, what'd you see?"
"That mist… it's condensed water particles… a fog… a powerful one," he said as Aizawa frowned. "... This thing isn't human."
"A little rude but he'll have to live with it-"
"No… that's what I mean," Obito said as the pro looked at him, the boy's eyes on the being's brain. "... There's barely a thought in that thing's head… it's not alive."
Eyes behind a visor widened as they looked at the creature's now crouched form. "... Fucking villains."
Obito removed his tonfa from his red box as Shouta unfurled some of his bandages.
It lunged and their eyes widened before they dodged to the sides to dodge the villain, its from crushing the street where they'd just been.
'Fast!' The two thought in shock as they circled the creature. 'Its form is rather built, it likely has some kind of strength-enhancing quirk.'
Pro and intern skidded to a halt before Kamui lunged in.
The creature's arm swung out at him and Obito simply skipped around to the creature's side before slamming his tonfa into the thing's kidney, at least, where he thought its kidney should be.
"Hmph!" He jumped back as the creature swung out with a backhand, the force of the wind pressure tearing up the ground as Eraser Head jumped overhead.
The pro hero's eyes narrowed before his foot found the side of its fang-crown, the man grimacing before hopping off the creature, its other arm swiping past his previous location.
Landing, he swung at the villain's other kidney before dodging its returning strike and kicking at its lower chin.
Obito at its back with both his tonfa raised back, flames bursting at the tips.
"Divinity Point!"
The creature's back arched as he slammed the flaming points of his tonfa into its spine.
'It's tough!' Obito thought as he jumped back, Aizawa appearing overhead.
The hero slammed his feet down into the creature's shoulders and it cracked against the floor as he jumped off, landing next to Obito with a frown.
The two grimaced as the thing cracked back to a standing position, hisses coming from the two marks on its back that healed over instantly as it turned its head to them.
"He's not normal," Aizawa said as he flexed his hands. 'No normal human just takes those kinds of hits and gets up,' had the kid been right?
Were they fighting a corpse?
"... It's healing," Obito kissed his teeth. "Is… is that its quirk?"
"..." Shouta didn't know, very concerned. "I don't like this… All civilians! Call more heroes! We'll hold this thing off!" He shouted before grunting. "Can you restrain its movements?"
Obito's eyes narrowed as the tomoe spun.
"Yeah, let's do this."
~NRK~
The Festival comes to an end and opens up the way for more interactions with the world even if only for a little bit.
Obito gets permission to use the title 'Kamui' as long as he and 'Kamui Woods' don't cross streams, so to speak, too much. The two's definition of the word also helps to differentiate them.
Fuyumi, meanwhile, isn't sure of what that kiss on Obito's cheek had meant and Obito's left as confused by it as can be. Still, she knows that she doesn't want to run from it and Obito's fine with letting her figure this out.
Next, we get her hero name 'Frost Unity'. Its first part is obvious and I hope the second part is as well. With her family lacking it for so long, Fuyumi wants to take on that kind of name for the sake of using her heroics to bring people together. She also wants to adopt Endeavor's naming style in her own name.
We get a bit of the group's training before arriving at the kicker. Obito's face-off with a Nomu.
Things'll get wild.
~NRK~
~Omake: Is that… Dad? ft. and co~
The two new dimensional travelers looked around with interest.
"So… this isn't the past, you're sure?" Obito asked and nodded.
"Things here are different as you can see," he said as he gestured to Fuyumi and Natsuo. "All things considered… things with my family are worse here by a mile."
Natsuo swallowed at his words while Fuyumi looked concerned.
"S-So, you're me," Fuyumi said as her other self blinked at her, blue eyes closing as she tilted her head. "A-And your eyes are… different?" She considered, confused.
"Y-Yeah, they are," Natsuo said with a grumble as he looked up at his older sibling. 'They're like Endeavor's… was that also a difference?" He questioned if that was why she and he were so different.
"Oh, well," rubbed the back of her head, the long black sleeve on her left arm shifting into view out of her cloak. "I'm you, yes. And my eyes were different ever since I really started using our quirk."
The group of non-dimensional travelers blinked at that. "Quirks can do that?" Izuku asked as Obito looked at him, one of his eyes closed. "... A-And you are… my b-brother?" He squeaked in embarrassment as Obito chuckled. 'God, he sounds kind of like dad,' of course his tone seemed a bit raspier but Izuku could remember a few things about his father and his voice was one of them.
"Yes, I am," Obito said and the boy realized that, yes, they did sound alike. "So… I guess something happened here we're not aware of."
"Y-Yeah."
The former-Midoriya nodded before looking at Tenya who bowed to him. "Ah, good afternoon, Tenya-kun," Tenya looked surprised.
"Oh, I thought only your… wife knew my brother," Tenya said as Fuyumi burned bright red while Natsuo and Shouto choked on their tongues.
"I-It's still recent," blushed as she pulled a small cord from beneath her top, the ring on it clear as day. "So, yeah," the familiar flustering threw another sharp angle of shock at the Todoroki children of his dimension. "Um, Obito-kun actually met your brother first, Tenya-kun. He and a friend of ours went to the same area for their first internships and he met him then. When he was interning under Aizawa-sensei."
"W-Wait, um, you guys know Eraser Head?"
"As she said, he was my first pro hero to shadow," Obito said as he crossed his arms, a series of scars on both gaining the group's attention. "He went on to become a teacher in our last year."
"... I see," Shouto said slowly as he looked down in embarrassment at 's look of concern.
"How did you end up in a medical bed?" She asked with a frown and Fuyumi and Natsuo looked alarmed at the heat in her voice.
"It was Stain," said and the two looked alarmed. "Yes, that stain."
"He looked for you?" asked in horror before Shouto shook his head.
"No, we… uhhh," he looked more embarrassed.
"It was my fault," Tenya said to the group, Natsuo, Fuyumi, and looking at him. "I… With how he hurt my brother, I chased after him in an attempt for revenge," his fists clenched before growing slack. "I made a horrible mistake and may have caused more damage than I ever should have."
"I-Iida-kun! No, it's…" Izuku looked down before looking back at his friend with determination. "Had you not been there… we might not be here, lives wouldn't have been saved."
"You both got injured and may have died, Midoriya-kun."
"... He has a point," Shouto said. "The only reason Native is alive is because you held him off, I… I get it, I think. You were angry."
"Shouto has a point," said. "You stepped outside of the rules, that I'm sure has been drilled into you, but if they're to be believed, you saved a life and stopped a very dangerous criminal."
Natsuo and Fuyumi's mouths fell as Obito snorted.
"Y-Yes, sir," Tenya looked embarrassed but curious at 's words. "So… you really are different."
"Did my other half really give that bad of an impression?"
"Yes," nearly the entire room said in unison, Izuku the only one to hold his peace.
"T-That is! He's rather… intense," the moss head said as Obito chuckled.
"Maybe," he smirked. "Still, you three handled Stain, that's pretty impressive if I'm right about what point in time we're at."
"Oh, right… you must all be doing your first internships," considered as Shouto nodded. "... Are you three all healed?"
"Well, we're due to rest for a bit. It's kind of our punishment as well," Izuku said as Obito nodded.
"Obito-kun?"
Those of the current dimension blinked as he breathed out burning red flames.
"I'm not great at using it this way yet but it should be good enough," the albino said as he finished breathing out a large ball of fire.
The flame split into streams that moved towards the two boys before sinking beneath their skin, their cheeks growing flushed at the feeling only to balk at the sensation in their limbs and bodies.
"H-Healing?! Dad's quirk can do that?!" Izuku said in shock and awe as Obito shook his head.
"Well, for one, my quirk is a mutation with our mother and father's," Obito said and Izuku's eyes widened at his open Sharingan eye. "It's also evolved. I can control any flames I breathe out for simplicity's sake. This is fire healing I picked up over the years."
"Fire… healing?" Shouto asked in disbelief as he jolted a bit, the feeling of flame on him never having been so… nice. "Is this… teachable?" He asked as his siblings looked at him in disbelief. "Oh, right, your quirk is different."
"Yes, it is, but that doesn't mean you can't learn to apply your flames in your own ways to help people like Obito-kun," said with a chuckle as Natsuo peeked at her out of the corner of his eye. "Natsu?" He blushed before rubbing the back of his head, mumbling a bit.
"I just… you're different," he said. "No glasses, the streaks in your hair, your voice is different, I just… your clothes, you're a hero."
"... Yes, I am," said with a smile as regular Fuyumi looked down at 'her child' in thought. "Things simply developed in a different way with Obito in our dimension. Options, ideas, ways to change things. I took every chance I could get. Being a hero was simply the biggest change."
"Yeah, well… Do you not wear glasses?"
"Contacts," she said and regular Fuyumi sighed as she giggled. "I changed over a while back. I already have my goggles, having double that with glasses that can fog up or break easily wouldn't help," said. "Tobi, have you been good?"
"Yep!" The boy said as Fuyumi giggled a bit.
"He's been a good boy," she said as her alternate self smiled. "... Are you taller?" Fuyumi blinked as her copy did as well, the two standing up next to each other. "... Is she?" She asked her siblings who nodded, Natsuo standing up and checking their height.
"Yeah, it's by two inches or so but she's taller," he blinked. "Does being a hero increase your height?"
"Maybe," giggled a bit. "All things considered, I've done a lot of physical growing as I trained and grew. Alongside Yu, Onemu, and Obi, I'm probably the fourth-strongest, physically!"
"Wait, why?" Shouto asked in confusion as she grinned before lifting her left arm.
Ice expanded into a gleaming, mirror-like, shield over her forearm down to her wrists, the icy construct a shining white.
"This gets heavy," she said as Izuku perked up before the flames left the boys' bodies.
The moss head got up slowly before smiling as he looked down at his body. "T-Thanks… n-nii-san."
"No problem," Obito said. "It was around when we were doing our first UA Sports Festival that she brought out that technique and used it on me," he chuckled as smiled.
"What is it?" Fuyumi asked as Tobi answered.
"Mirror Ice Version 2!" He said as Shouto tilted his head.
"It's not the original version?" He asked as nodded.
"In the past, Fuyumi couldn't really use it for anything other than the ending of a big fight," the man said. "She trained to reach the point of being capable of wielding it with finesse."
"I had to do a lot of muscle training," said with a nervous giggle. "Honestly, I've never worked out so hard in my life," Fuyumi looked nervous.
"R-Really?" She asked and her alternate self nodded.
"Honestly, the last time I checked," the heroine tapped her chin in thought. "I think I benched 385 pounds."
Natsuo looked horrified and his along with his siblings' minds went to the image of a horribly muscular Fuyumi in shock.
"I know what you're thinking, you know," the heroine rolled her eyes. "And, no, I'm not all muscles under all of this, I keep my figure," she huffed as Obito chuckled.
"Yes, she does," he said with a smirk as she and this dimension's Fuyumi blushed. "Hahaha."
"Obito!" They shouted in unison as he grinned nervously.
"I don't follow," Izuku said with crossed arms. "He probably spars with her often…" He said to his friends as the adults in the room sweatdropped.
"So smart and yet so dumb," said in disbelief. "Hmph, well, I'm glad we could clear things up. What's your opinion on getting back?"
"Well, I was able to get here by following the trails," Obito said. "My eye didn't take to this so well. I'll need to 'recharge' for a bit. Give or take six hours, it feels like."
"Hmph, we'll need to rest for now, then," the hulking man said. "... how do you all feel, boys?"
The three students rotated their limbs slightly. "I-I think I could move slowly," Izuku said with a small smile.
"My arms feel better, thank you," Tenya said as he flexed his fingers. "Much better."
"I'm the same," Shouto said as nodded. '... This old man is so… weird,' it was honestly like whiplash.
This person was Enji Todoroki?
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"How did they allow you to sign us out?" Shouto asked in disbelief.
"To be fair, it's only for some 'exercise'," Obito said as he held his son in his arms, the group ignoring the gasping, gawking, choking, populace around them. "So, what does everyone want to eat?"
"Hmm," Shouto considered it. "... Soba?" He asked and Fuyumi hummed.
"Do you like soba, Shouto-kun?" She asked and he rubbed the back of his head a bit, embarrassed. "Hm, hm, I don't mind."
"Is shrimp soba a thing?" Natsuo asked the person beside him before choking as he remembered it was fucking Endeavor.
"Yes, actually, if I'm correct," the large man said as he looked to the side, across the street. "There's one right there. One-Soba. It's Shouto's favorite restaurant."
"Hmm?" Shouto's head snapped to the side as Izuku and Tenya chuckled. "I-I've never been there before."
"It's relatively new," said. "So, I'm not surprised you never went there before. You only found it half a year ago."
"... The other me."
"Correct."
Whelp, time for some soba.
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Soba, that is all.
Now I'm really feeling for noodles, dammit. I wish there was a good hot soba place in Houston. If anyone knows, let me know.
Ciao.
P.S. You all might have noticed some weird missing names and stuff in the Omakes. The reasons for that is because writing 'Alt.'X'' causing it to not transfer from a word doc to the FF word processor. So, it literally disappears. I caught it this time.
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