Alexander Trainn wasn't much of a issue when it came down to it. He was a bit of a stammer, he was interested in playing games often, and knows how to see people in a different light than they believed ideals. So, it was a minor surprise that he was doing just that at eleven at night, pointing out flaws in a number of people's profiles and leaving it to everyone else to blow up at it before he closed out and focused on a new love of interest.
Months ago, there was a new app for the anime My Hero Academia or, as the real fans would love to call it, 'Boku No Hero Academia' that allowed one to make their own character design, merely fan edits or fan characters, but Alex loved it as he had made a simple character with a tragic back story, the Quirk's name being 'Soul Robber', basically it was like All for One's Quirk, but it had the severe drawback of ripping half of the soul out of the targets, giving him grief about how the Quirk was like the Devil's, even when he had taken a Copy Quirk to make up for that.
Another drawback, as he typed it up to give his character life, was that he had a limit of six Quirks before his body started to look more and more skeletal, giving him a ghastly appearance which is why he hardly used the Quirk and instead used a Quirk he called 'Manufacture', as long as he had the ideas, he could construct anything that could be created in a factory or workshop to a limit so no huge mechs. Alexander bit his lip as he groaned in the dark. "This is getting me nowhere..." He got up, saving the character and shutting off the computer before he headed to the main room, a small place of an apartment, but he insisted on taking it slowly over getting a house, he was stacked from doing both some stocks and his job as a ride operator of a nearby park, so he was in no rush as he opened the fridge door and grimaced as he pulled out a jug of juice, it barely even done before he sighed to the small amount left. "I guess I am taking another trip to the market for more."
He got dressed up; jeans, t-shirt, combat boots, and a light jacket before he grabbed his keys, heading out of the apartment and locking up, pocketing his keys before he headed down from the third floor, waving good-bye to those that greeted him as he walked while his thoughts budded up. 'Anime and manga make worlds so amazing now that I'm thinking about them, so many possibilities to see and so many different ways to handle it, I get that it is all fictional, but sometimes... there are days that I just wish that I could be like that...' He shook his head and reached the store, going through the aisles for his choice and smiled as he grabbed it and headed up to the register to pay for it, making small talk with the cashier before heading back out, his plan half-way done as he left the store behind and glanced up for a moment to stop.
Sirens now rang out from down the left as a car came barreling down the way and forward of him was a small family, a little girl rushing ahead ahead of her family and his heart stopped, criminals coming out of nowhere and ran over a young girl who had barely started out in her life. Other would have just stood there in watching as it would have happened in moments, but his jug made that mistake as he dropped it, its violet liquid gushing all the sidewalk as he ran, the car barreling just as the mother yelled, the girl seeing death barreling right for her before Alex grabbed her, grimacing as he had sprained his ankle and moved with the next action for the ill-run.
He tossed her to the family and braced for the car, feeling it slam into him and launch him as the criminals had panicked and crashed into the store, he laying there as darkness started to overtake his vision before he smirked. A hero is self-sacrificing, he was not really a hero, but it sure felt like it as he dropped away, his conscious fading into the abyss before... it changed, from a black abyss to a violet smoky type of darkness...
He stirred again to the feeling of being dragged and dropping before he recovered fast, keeping his scream in as he rolled in the air and landed on top of a building before he looked aroudn him. "This... isn't the packing lot nor...?" He rubbed his head in trying to figure it out as his surroundings were really different, there was him on some ruined building and the ceiling seemed to curved downward before he started to pale as he could see more, people using... powers, places that were suited for... "Oh hell... I mean, heck, I am in USJ, if I am in USJ, then I am..." He felt the need to correct himself and paled even more, he had the same issue with religion as Alex Grimm, his character, but that was impossible, impossible!
He nearly started to break down before he spotted a fight in the main plaza and they widened as a pale-blue haired man was running from a hobo looking guy before he suddenly worked. 'Anti-tank rifle barrel... Sniper rifle stock... Shotgun body... Extended magazine of Point Five Rounds... 25x Zoom Scope...' The amalgamation weapon formed in his hand and he moved like it was part of his life and zoomed in before he fired, the sound barely muffled as the round was launched at faster sounds than a standard weapon...
Shouta Aizawa moved to hit the ringleader of these villains with his elbow, it was his duty as the teacher of Class 1-A to get them out of there before anyone was hurt or killed. It was a simple day to teach the upcoming heroes how to rescue someone, how to do it, and what are the needed requirements, but it was a mess. Him fighting the hordes of villains in the plaza, that warping second hand getting past him and getting to his students and warping them away, it was a mess as he readied to fight the ringleader before he could take him down, but his eyes widened at the sight.
One moment, the leader was coming with hand outstretched to do something and the next, his arm erupted in blood, a clean shot through the elbow as he howled with leaping back just as quickly as Aizawa took in the damage swiftly.
The shot was aligned with the arm, the elbow section to be exact, it ripped a hole through the ringleader's arm before hitting the ground with a hiss, a point five round from the looks of it and he became aware of the titan behind him before the leader hissed. "Forget that hobo, Nomu, get the one who just shot me!" The beast with beak-like features and budging muscles, maybe an equal to All Might, obeyed as it took off looking as Aizawa slipped away to the entrance, Thirteen could be in trouble and what students were left there too as he had a feeling that he was just saved for some reason, but why...?
Alex had seen the beast known as Nomu before, but this was the first time he had seen it so... disturbing, pants the only article of clothing it had as it roared for him, it was sent to kill him, but he was not done in as super-strength was engineered to be biological in the monster, Regeneration and Shock Absorption were Quirks on the other hand and he was sure that while Regeneration would keep it going from mortal injures, it shouldn't keep it from going down for a while as he pumped, unloaded the magazine into his hand and fired the bullet into the kneecap, it stumbling for a moment from the shot, but it was enough as he felt 'Manufacture' kick in. 'Heavy Elephant Tranquilizer Darts...'
His body pulled at itself before the magazine changed into a mag of darts, his thought of a second Quirk being used to make the concoction slipping away as he loaded it up and aimed before firing, the first hitting the same leg and went into action within seconds as the leg went limp, he fired the second into the arm and it drooped as the thing roared before the third hit right in the brain and the monster collapsed, Alex beaming at the success before he kicked himself at how much he was feeling weak as he glanced to his free hand, flexing it before he noticed how more bony he was feeling like he hadn't been eating and kicking himself as he was like that for two days before he gripped and ran to the edge, jumping off before he landed before the downed beast as he spoke. "You poor soul... you wanted nothing more than to be a low criminal and a villain, now you are just a mindless weapon for the Symbol of Peace's death, don't worry..." He crouched down and rested his hand on the beast's mind, feeling the Quirks yield to his touch and he softly returned the fractured soul to the monster as he knew that he couldn't do much in healing the beast, but he could stop it from being even more harmed. "Rest... rest and hope that tomorrow, you will see the next dawn with your eyes and not be a tool for these villains." Alex removed his hand before he breathed and turned to the building where explosions were going off. 'Grapple Claws... Energy-based Retractable Tethers...' Another pull, but the claws formed around his arms before he scaled, getting back up in record time and snatched his rifle before turning to the Mountain Zone, zooming in to find his third prey and found him just as the guy burst from the ground, the scope not lining up right now so he focused to change it.
'Iron Sight... Magazine of Point Five Rounds... Tri-pod..." He snatched the darts out and it changed back before he socket it and focused, his body pulling again as his eyes changed into a ridicule, lining the shot before he spoke. "You're the jammer, so say good-night to your arms, the knee cap is an added bonus..." His finger flickered to the trigger and pulled with swift movement, getting both shoulders and drilling a shot into the left knee as Alex tried to pump a fist. "I... I did... it..." He toppled back, his gear disappearing as he looked more like a scrawny figure of bones than a human, his final thoughts going over what he just did. 'Manufacture... Zoom... Chemical Solution... Soul Robber... Copy... Energy Generation... ... Shoot... I hit my limit...' He faded out as the events of the USJ had changed in the slightest, due to him...
Thirteen was severely hurt from her own Quirk, but Aizawa made it out of it okay as the ringleader tried and managed to get him with the other hand, but only slightly when Eraserhead had returned to fend off the villains, their 'Anti-Symbol of Peace' was located, but it was missing both its Shock Absorbent Quirk as All Might, when the Number One Hero had arrived, bashed the creature back and forth, even taking note that its moves were even more sluggish for some reason as even Kyoka Jiro and Momo Yaoyorozu had watched as the electric-type villain that caught a overcharged Denki get his shoulders nailed and his knee popped, but Snipe had arrive with the rest of the teachers, so it came down to who was the one responsible for the shots as the main villains ran when it was clear that their victory was in vain and their Nomu weapon was launched out of there, it was still okay, but more scarred up from breaking through trees as something had happened before that whole thing was done, even Izuku Midoriya saw something was up as the beast took off to the Ruin City zone and only returned by portal, not by foot as it stumbled like a kitten unable to move right for the moment.
The lab results would tell what the Nomu was affected with before long, but Aizawa focused on who was firing the shots, his eyes resting first on Momo as her Quirk allowed her to make anything as long as she knew the chemical formula of it, but that didn't add up as she was fighting in the Mountain Zone and worked to make sure that they were protected from the electric shock wave, not taking out villains with actual point five rounds as the bullets found in the ground of the entrance and in the rock face near the jammer villain were matching the same size, the Nomu was different as All Might had said that there were three darts sticking out of the weapon, Aizawa even seeing them to quickly understand that they were specialized tranquilizer darts and what little remained were meant for stopping elephants, how that worked he didn't know, but now there was something else, something that stood out.
Only Class 1-A, himself, Thirteen, and All Might were the ones meant to be there as his eyes trailed to the side where the medics were rolling a covered body into the ambulance, inbound for U.A.'s nurse office... So who was the corpse of a student that was laying unconscious on top of one of the buildings in the Runs Zone...?
Darkness started to fade to light as Alex opened his eyes slowly, taking it all before he concluded. 'Oh... the U.A. Nurse's Office...?' It was not really a surprise to him as he must have been draining his resources and leaving himself in a weakened state as he spotted the line going up to a bag, he must have been put on the drip as he slowly sat up and took a look at himself in the mirror across form him...
He was... younger now, his features no longer the face and body of a twenty-two year old office worker, it was the body of a fifteen year old with some scarring as he ran a hand over the one crossing his collar and down, he frowning as, in Grimm's history, that was the one scar he could never remove as it was dealt by his father, Regina the 'Phantom Bullet', when the man had got him with a swing with a butcher knife for believing that he could become a hero, that was the day that he snapped and destroyed the Grimm's legacy of trying to rule the underworld as he rested his hands down and peered back at the monochromatic eyes of blue and yellow.
He hummed with glancing outside, seeing the bright sun, but it told him the different story as he looked around, finding a few beds, but all empty, a few having been used lately, so he was out for a whole day or several as he looked down and spoke with hand raised. "...Why am I here... as him... and not me...?" The answer was not easy to see or believe, but he knew that he was no longer Alexander Trainn, he was now Alex Grimm so he had to be... himself as he deadpanned at his own thoughts, Alex was suppose to be a deadpan-type of guy, lack of emotions and a total general of his own actions, not listening to anyone else...
He groaned as he thought about it more. "... And I'm in a friendship with the blood sucker..." Another part of the backstory that was going to bite him in the butt, Toga being a part of it, but she vanished shortly after telling him about her accident and telling him that she needed to go under the radar, never to be seen again. He had tried to stop her, but it was too late, the damage was done and she was now lost to be a villain, driven insane by her own Quirk and her erratic behavior. But this was not a fan-fiction or a change in the story, he had appeared at USJ and... altered the story as he grimaced with a pale look. 'What did I just do...!?"
"Oh, you're awake now?" Alex was pulled from his thoughts as he glanced to the entrance as an elderly woman in a doctor's outfit had arrived and he knew who she was. Recovery Girl, U.A. heroic nurse whose kiss can mend any injury as long as the client had the stamina to fuel it. Sadly, that was exactly the type of wording that came flowing out of his mouth in surprise.
"Whoa, you're Recovery Girl, the nurse for U.A. High!" He kicked himself internally with a scream 'REALLY!? You just call out who she is and know exactly what she does!? Alex, you absolute moron!'
"It would seem that you are well enough to know who I am, granted it is not much of a secret, but still that is far from the plan of teaching staff, isn't it?" Alex nodded in agreement as she took a seat and spoke with her cane in hand. "Now, since you are well enough, do you mind explaining what you were doing in the USJ facility when villains chose to attack?" Alex didn't think too far in trying to lie as he suspected that somewhere, he was being watched and recorded for the police to catch any sort of lie and exposed, the Detective Naomasa, for example, had a Quirk that allowed him the truth in any situation.
"I don't... really remember..." Alex laid back in making a believable story, one that would be a partial lie, but was also the truth... from a certain point of view, darn you, Star Wars! "I was out about the city of Manchester when I was snatched up by this... violet fog and I lost some focus before getting dropped somewhere that was in a dome or arena..." That covered his blackout from being hit and also the fog, but not his coming to in the place. "Further than that, I don't really remember what happened, I did something, but I don't quite recall..." That was a lie as he was sure that he was sniping some fools, but it must have been the adrenaline in his body at the possible threat of villains in the area, so he couldn't really recall if he had actually killed someone or if he was hitting crippling shots. "Does... does that make any sense to you?" Asking the nurse or doctor about the thought would force the chat to their side to try and make up an excuse or for them to return the volley in getting straight to the point.
Thankfully, she was the latter as she spoke. "It may be possible that you suffered from some memory loss and don't remember anything, what is your name, sonny?" A name... shoot, if he said his name, then they would be on to him within seconds, but if he played it off right...? He trained his gaze on Recovery Girl in speaking.
"I... I think it's Grimm, Alex Grimm or was it Grimm Alex in this part of the world...?" It was going to be weird for him to use his last and first name like that, but he would deal with that later as Recovery Girl bought it.
"Very good, you remember a name at least, now you should report to Class 1-A as they were the class that found you and will be watching over you until you remember even more." A moment went by before Alex finally spoke again.
"...Huh...?" That was going to be the worse problem to come to term with, he would be in the same class as the 'USJ Villain Attack' class, he had to deal with a pair of ego-pricks and a stammering mess...
He blinked before his inner face smiled. 'Well, if I am going to be in there, it's also time for the shipping lord to come to life as well, thank you for your dark ways, FEA, this day...!'
Dressed in the U.A. uniform and making sure that his Quirk was registered as 'Manufacture' with the side effect of a headache if he tried for something too large or too quickly, he took to searching for the class, asking a few people where to go and getting there, he was surprised that no one noticed him enter before Mr. Aizawa (Aizawa-sensei his mind recovered to say) entered the class room, looking less like a mummy and more of a guy in a cast as he announced the U.A. Sports Festival, Alex frowning as he knew that he wouldn't be partaking in it as he wasn't all that good in the teacher's eyes as a 'suspect individual', so he didn't say anything as he knew his current position in the roster right now.
"Also, you may have noticed a new student here with us, or not since he's sitting all the way in the back of the class." GOSH DARN IT, AIZAWA! Most eyes turned to look at him as he silently waved as the Eraser hero continued. "He will be a part of Class 1-A as an extra twenty-first member and will also be partaking in the Sports Festival for good measure." DOUBLE GOSH DARN IT! He was being put on the spot and he had no retreat option as Aizawa started homeroom. He had a feeling that with the Festival coming up, the reveal of Uraraka Ochaco's reason to be a hero to both Izuku Midoriya and Iida Tenya would be a good reason to hear it, likewise the introduction of All Might to Midoriya about how to present himself is also at the table.
So he left it alone as the class focused on their class chances and none of them approached him which was good, but the glare... he felt sweat slowing down his spine at the look Aizawa was going him, meaning that if no one stepped up, Aizawa himself would be on his case, and he is a no-nonsense type of guy as Alex focused on his work in front of him, it was something to bide his time with until he caught up, his seat behind Shoto Todoroki and Rikido Sato, but it was still disturbing that Aizawa would call him out like that as he went into the U.A. Sports Festival and then dismissing the class for their subjects, Alex keeping in position as the subjects were done.
By lunchtime, it was break free to say it all when Cementoss had left after Modern Literature was done. They were very focused on being 'pumped-up' for the Festival that Alex could breathe as he finished up with his initial assignment and moved to pick up the next assignments he was assigned, thankful that they had left him alone to do it as he worked it out, he was sure that he didn't have need for food right now, but suspected that if he didn't, someone was going to make him eat, but he couldn't just walk out there with an ID, it was taking a bit to make it believable that he was a part of U.A. without causing issue to them in the first place.
He groaned as he didn't want to just sit there and do nothing to help right now, but he couldn't just butt in to aid something he wasn't even sure about as he focused on his work, taking note of a lunchbox beside his arm with a ... fancy touch. 'This has Yaoyorouzu's touch all over it!' He didn't want to feel indebted to the rich girl, but it was a kind action as he popped open the box and hummed at the simple dish before he dug in, still working out everything before the class resumed.
It was subtle, but he noticed that there were a few glances his way which meant they were taking in the fact that he was there now and not leaving him alone as the box closed and he resumed the operations before him, doing his best to avoid glancing Midoriya's way in trying to figure out if All Might had already given him the talk about standing out in the Sports Festival, but he didn't worry himself about it as he also figured out it was Saturday as the end of class came to an end and it didn't seem like there were any other classes ongoing before Uraraka's voice shouted, he glancing up to see...
'Oh gosh, it's the Classroom Blockade...' He also knew what else was going to happen as Bakugou walked his way over to the door to insult the 'extras' in his eyes before he sighed and readied, something forming between his fingers. 'Blue Paintball...' He then applied another one of his Quirks to the mix, 'Air Pulse', as he aimed and fired, Bakugou about to say 'Now move it, extras!', just as the shot hit, painting the side of his skull in blue as Alex screamed internally as all of 1-A was surprised by the hit, even the students in the hall.
'Welp, it is time to die by the hands of U.A.'s shortest fuse ever! Write on my tombstone, 'Here lays Alex Grimm, died by hitting a fuse with paint'.' But no one noticed it at first as Bakugou Katsuki started to heat up and Alex emboldened himself as he slung his bag on and spoke. "Geez, tone it down with the hostile plans, are we heroes or not...?" He rubbed his skull in monotone boredom which got Bakugou's attention as it focused on him.
"You want to die, extra!?"
"Take your threats elsewhere, Nuclear Option, we don't need a toxic environment." That held their attention that someone was standing up to Bakugou as another voice spoke up.
"So this is Class 1-A, right?" Alex turned as a spiky haired guy started to slip through as he spoke. "I heard you guys were impressive, but you just sound like an ass." Hitoshi Shinso, he was from the General Education Department, his Quirk allows him to control anyone within reason when they answer his question or sentence, his Quirk is voice based as he continued. "Is everyone in the Hero Course delusional or is it just you?" Before Bakugou could even answer, Alex cut in.
"It's just him, he has been fed a sense of being on top of the world with ego to boot, what can you expect, we have Endeavor to match in the pro sense." Shade was thrown into the mix as he clearly heard a pencil snap brittle in the mix as Bakugou growled at the insult while Alex continued. "Am I wrong, though?" That caused some confusion as Alex walked to them and spoke. "Please move, none of us have the time to be dealing with threats and insults right now, so what if Class 1-A survived villains, should that make us tower above everyone else?" No one answered as Alex walked with them parting, he feeling eyes on him while in his mind he was screaming again.
'Freak me sideways, I just went the calm and chill guy route with these guys, I am in the fireplace now, wait until the dorms go up, then I am going to die for real...' But... it felt nice, to tell off the fuse and walk, no one could tell him that using a Quirk was illegal, now can they?
...Wait... His eyes glanced to the hallway and spotted cameras, sweat dredging him again. 'Oh crap and heck, I forgot Nezu is the principal, so he would have seen that display, I am out to the curb now!'