IT'S REDUX TIME. New day, new chapter! Redux just passed 2000 views, which honestly I'm humbled by. I didn't think we would get to this point until the USJ arc.
Also, I need to say, this new chapter had to be split into two. More details at the bottom, but the second part should be out soon. Just wanted to get it done before the new year.
But first, the reviews. Time to respond to some reviews from the last chapter.
Memeking the Third: Yeah, that's the problem when you try to adapt something from another medium, especially if it's as radical as going from a visual medium to a literature medium. It's not drastic if you adapt manga to anime, since the manga can act like a story board to the animation. However, with just words, you have to put a lot more details in. As it stands with everything I done here, it's not too bad. It's good by fanfic standards, though I would be lying if I said this was no different as watching the OG material.
NERO1002: I really like this review. It's the perfect balance between being positive and negative, so thank you good sir. With Bakugo, if I get there, I will take his character in a different direction. Not in the sense that he becomes a whole different person. Let's just say he's going to be humbled in this story. Also don't worry, you weren't coming off as a troll. Feel free to go as critical as you want with your reviews. Your critiques will honestly help me improve my work out a lot.
Noobisland: Glad to be an inspiration dude! Hope that fic of yours is amazing :D
I realize a funny thought. But the time that season 2 of this fanfic is starts, the MHA manga might be over, since it's been confirmed that there's only one year left of MHA. So I guess people reading the manga, I guess Redux can fill that hole that MHA left you. Well that depends if the series ends well, which…I'm not going to say anything because I'll be here complaining for 20 plus pages :P
With that all said, let's continue!
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The first round has ended, the students, asides from Midoriya, all gather in the control room, where they discuss the results of round one.
Bakugo, Orokana, and Uraraka are set aside from the rest of the group to receive their feedback on their performances during the exercise.
Bakugo, however, isn't focused on anything in his surroundings, only on the battle he and Midoriya just had. Bakugo couldn't believe he had lost to someone like Midoriya, a person for most of his life who never had a quirk.
"The first round clearly produced some truly shocking spectacles from everyone there. But only one stands above the rest when it comes to your performance, someone who went further beyond but also stuck to their objective and displayed a great deal of commitment to their role in the exercise. This is why the MVP of this round goes to…Occhaco Uraraka!" All Might declares with a high amount of passion in his voice.
Uraraka is shocked by this reveal, unable to believe this honor she is receiving.
"Wait what?!" Uraraka said, complete in shock, unable to believe she got this honor.
"Now, can anyone please be able to explain to me why Uraraka was the MVP of the round?" All Might asks.
One hand is raised, which belongs to a teenage girl, Momo Yaoyorozu, who seems to be cool and collective, someone who is certain about All Might's choice of the MVP.
"Yes, young Yaoyorozu. Do you have an answer? "All Might asks.
"Uraraka displayed very appropriate actions during the exercise. She follows her teammate's advice to carry on during the match and focus on the objective. Not only that, Uraraka displayed quick thinking and cleverness to delay Orokana and give herself enough time to find the bomb. She had some luck when Orokana did lose his concertation, allowing her to deactivate the bomb, but overall, her performance during the exam was the highlight."
The entire class is just silent at the brilliant lay down by the teenage girl, showing nothing but the intelligence and genius of the young lady.
Uraraka is competently shocked for the moment as all these praises were heaped onto her, which quickly made her chuckle awkwardly and blushed in embarrassment, humbled by all the kind words by her fellow classmate.
"Oh, it was nothing really." Uraraka said fluster.
"Wow, she's really smart. She said way better than I could." All Might thinks as he has no words to say, completely shocked by Yaoyorozu's well reason and intelligent assessment of the most valuable player for the round. But also a bit embarrassed that one of his students blew him out of the water when it came to breaking down.
"Woah, she's good." Sato said.
"Yes. It makes sense. She's one of the students to get in on recommendations." Iida said.
"Recommendations?" Tabi asks, not knowing what Iida meant by "recommendations."
"Students that get in based recommendations either have a connection to a hero or their skills are highly remarkable that were recommend by their previous school. From what I heard, Yaoyorozu is one of the four students to get into the hero program through recommendation." Iida said
"Hmm. Exciting!" Tabi said, impressed by Yaoyorozu's recommendation.
"Sir, was my assessment accurate to Uraraka?" Yaoyorozu asks All Might.
"Uh-yes! Excellent work, young Yaoyorozu." All Might spout out, still surprised by the very detailed breakdown from the teenage girl.
"Thank you." Yaoyorozu said, humbled by All Might's words.
Now with the MVP of the group chosen, now it's time to focus on the biggest losers this round, Team A, Bakugo and Orokana.
All Might's gaze turns serious as he looks at the losing team.
"Now, Bakugo and Orokana. Both of you, while your hearts were clearly in the exercise, committed several terrible actions during your examination that cost you the game. Not what is expected of students here." All Might said sternly, with disappointment in his voice.
Bakugo is still not putting much focus on his surroundings, still focused on the fight beforehand, which All Might took notice of, so he starts with the rageful explosive master.
"Bakugo, not only did you refuse to work with your teammate, but you showed a complete disregard towards young Midoriya. Your stunts could have easily had gravely injured young Midoriya, likely even worse." All Might said sternly.
"Yeah, I know." Bakugo said, not focusing on All Might's words, still focused on the battle between him and Midoriya.
"Young Bakugo, don't treat the health and safety of your classmate as something to be shrugged off on. If he was any more injured, it would be your sole baring of responsibility." All Might said angered, not taking kindly to Bakugo's vicious attacks on his pupil and successor, but more importantly, the sheer uncaringness towards a fellow student.
"Hey, don't blame me. If my moron teammate actually trapped Deku at the start of the match, none of this would have happened." Bakugo barks back, unable to process the criticism and to try to deflect it on his teammate.
"Hey, don't blame me! Me not trapping Midoriya isn't an excuse for you to beat him up!" Orokana said yells back, angry that Bakugo is trying to put the blame on him.
"Shut up, you worthless idiot! You are the reason we lost!" Bakugo yells back, furious at his teammate.
"That's enough for both of you. Bakugo, blaming others for your actions is very unbecoming of a hero and not what UA looks for in its students. Be that as it may, Orokana has a fair amount of blame in why your team lost today that cannot be overlooked." All Might said.
"Wait what? But I put on a good show for everyone! Right?" Orokana said, confused and shocked. The psychic genuinely didn't understand how he was barely better than Bakugo.
The class is silent, just staring at Orokana, unable to believe that Orokana really thinks he was that funny during the exercise. However, one of the class A students gladly answered Orokana's question.
"During the exercise, not only did you display immature actions such as horsing around with the area and with the other team. But also, you show complete degrade for your orders and the mission at hand when you rushed and abandoned your post. That action and the string of mistakes throughout the match such as being hit by Midoriya and losing concertation cost your team the victory." Yaoyorozu said sternly, sounding annoyed and disappointed by Orokana's actions during the exercise.
"Oh…" Orokana said depressed, that verbal gut punch just shattered the happy look he had, now turning a frown.
"I'm sorry, Orokana. You just aren't that funny." Kaminari said.
"You are just a fool. Your jokes are just as disgraceful as your pitful battling skills." Noburu said coldly, having no affection for Orokana.
"Hey dude, chill. That's a bit harsh." Kaminari said shocked by Noburu's very insulting and cruel tone, like he sounded like he hated Orokana with all of his being.
"I just wanted to make people laugh." Orokana said, sadden, being absolutely devasted by all of the harsh words by his classmates.
Most of the class look away in shame, a bit guilty for being harsh on the goofy teen, he didn't really mean to act annoying. The kid just wanted to try and make people happy.
"Hey man, you aren't a bad guy. You just have to be- " Kaminari said, trying to be constructive, though he didn't get the chance to finish his sentence.
"Well, I just have to try harden next time!" Orokana said with a quick change of tone as he became cheerful and upbeat.
Everyone in the class just stares in bafflement at Orokana's sudden change of emotion, now acting like the harsh words barely affected him.
"Huh…he got over it fast." Sato said.
"I guess that's Orokana for ya." Sero said.
"I respect your spirit, young man. Hopefully, you can use it well for the assignment I have for you and Bakugo." All Might said.
Orokana and Bakugo are intrigued by what All Might said. What kind of assignment did All Might have planned for them? Well…not a fun one.
Now young Bakugo and Orokana. To make up for your actions today during the exercise, you will be assigned to do a thousand-word essay about how you will do better in the future! To reflect and become better students at UA." All Might said.
"A THOUSAND WORDS!?" Bakugo said in complete anger as he was given a large assignment.
"Oh no!" Orokana said, dejected.
"Now, let's resume the rest of the exercises! Everyone, please gather together, and we'll pick our next two teams."
Everyone begins to gather back around the monitor, where All Might would pick up.
"Uh, All Might, I need to use the washroom quickly." Orokana states.
"Alright, just don't take too long. You don't want to miss your classmates battles."
"Thanks!" Orokana said as he ran out of the class, which seemed like he really needed to use the washroom, however as soon as he left the room, he ran for several steps before stopping.
Orokana's smile began to fade and turned into a frown, and his act fell apart as he stood at the back with no one looking at him. The words said by Yaoyorozu and his fellow classmates hurt him. The psychic just wanted to bring joy to his classmates and give a good laugh. But all Orokana did was cost his team the game and just annoy everyone. A single tear leaves Orokana's eye, but Orokana wipes it away. The psychic teen's look became determined, hurt by what was said by his classmates, but making sure next time, he'll do better.
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The other teams take their turns to battle each other. At a new building, of course, since the first building was too damaged to continue on, thanks to Bakugo and Midoriya. First up, Team B and G battle it out in the second battle of the day, the match being Chiken Tabi and Mina Aisho vs Tanshio Surikku and Momo Yaoyorozu.
Tabi and Mina stand outside a training building, ready to take on Surikku and Yaoyorozu.
"So we are up against two people we know nothing of and how to fight them." Tabi said, eager for a fight.
"Yeah, it's going to be- "Mina said.
"EXCITING! Yes, Mina! It will be an excellent time for us both when we rush in and win the game!" Tabi said with an enormous amount of excitement for the coming battle, pointing towards the building where their adventure lies.
Mina sweatdrops at the adventurous spirit of her teammate, perplexed by the excitement that Tabi has for their match, despite the limited info on the other team and the threat that they could pose, the adventurous teen didn't even seem to have a plan to win aside from charging in.
"Um…sure. That works." Mina said perplexed.
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In the bomb room, Team G is prepping themselves for the next round. However, Surikku is having a hard time focusing since he's distracted by his teammate, who he found to be very attractive.
(No, this is not that type of fanfic! Get your heads out of the gutter, go to horny jail, degenerate scum. Though I will describe the outfit and Momo herself since I need to do that)
Yaoyorozu wore a red one-piece outfit with a large section cut out, exposing her stomach and the center of her chest. Yaoyorozu also wore a loose light yellow belt that is wrapped around her hips, with some red boots to go along with it, while she also has her black hair done up in a ponytail.
Yaoyorozu notices Surikku kind of casually staring at her, finding her incredibly to stare at, though this slight perversion isn't needed at the moment, as both of them are going to battle soon. Yaoyorozu stops barricading the door she was on and walks towards Surikku.
"Surikku, can you help set up defences? We have to prepare for the perfect defence for Ashido and Tabi."
"Well, how about you walk over here and tell me your plan and then we can brainstorm." Surikku said with a calm and casual tone, trying to be friendly with his teammate.
"Alright," Yaoyorozu said as walks over to Surikku, about to tell her teammate the plan. However, the dark-haired girl lost her footing as she stepped on something slippery, which caused her to slip.
"Ahhhh!" Yaoyorozu cries out, taken aback by the sudden slip.
Surikku catches Yaoyorozu by the waist, wrapping his arm around the teenage girl's stomach before she could hit the ground.
"Oh. Thanks, Surikku." Yaoyorozu said, relieved she didn't slip.
"It's nothing. I don't mind catching something beautiful once in a while." Surikku said with a calm and cool tone, trying to woo Yaoyorozu.
Yaoyorozu blushes at the compliment. The young lady usually gets compliments all the time back in middle school, whether it be for intelligence or, more commonly, her looks.
But the way that Surikku did it, it made Yaoyorozu feel a bit moved, as no one has ever been this smooth with her.
"Here, let me help you set up those defenses for you." Surikku said as he let out a handsome smile and a wink, which caused Yaoyorozu to feel a bit of blush on her face.
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Surikku's fellow students are surprised by the suave moves done by the greasy teenager. Such a smooth pick-up line is usually saved for an older adult, who had learned through trial and error what is the best way to grab a lady's heart.
"Woah. Smooth." Kaminari said thoroughly impressed.
"Yeah, the guys got moves." Sato said.
"A bit convenient that Yaoyorozu slipped." Sero said.
However, Sero notices something on the floor where Surikku and Yaoyorozu are standing on, a dark yellow puddle that covers the floor, which is coming from Surikku's shoes, which are bright yellow.
"Hey, look, he let out grease on the floor."
"Did he just do that to just woo Yaoyorozu?" A student with a crow head said in disbelief.
"Gotta respect the commitment." Kaminari said.
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Surikku places Yaoyorozu right back up and gives her a handsome smile.
"Now, let's win this match, and we can grab something to eat at lunch." Surikku said.
"Well...let's first focus on the game. We have to discuss the plan." Yaoyorozu said, composing herself putting her game face back on.
"Fair enough. Besides, if the plan is as good as you, we won't need to worry." Surikku remarked.
Yaoyorozu stares confused at Surikku, not understanding what her teammate meant by that.
"And why's that?" Momo asks.
"Masterpieces usually don't have flaws." Surikku remarked with a smirk.
Yaoyorozu is once again surprised by the smooth lines from her teammate as her face grows a light red from the compliment.
"Um-I..." Yaoyorozu said, completely taken aback by Surikku's smoothness.
"I'll see you at lunch then, beautiful." Surikku winks at Yaoyorozu, which causes the young lady to blush a bit more, smitten by the orange-haired boy.
Tanisho Surikku. Quirk: Grease. The user is allowed to produce grease from any part of his body.
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A few battles pass on, several teams battling it out with all of their hearts, various teams battling each other for victory. But now it's time for the last match of the day. For those playing the heroes, it is Team C, Shoto Todoroki and Kashikoi Noburu. The team who would be playing the villains, Team E Tenya Iida and Meiyo Yudaina.
The latter team is currently in the bomb, waiting for the match to start. However, one of Team E isn't taking their role of being a villain well.
"I cannot stand this, to play evildoers! It's the very thing I came here to stop!" Yudaina said with a somber tone, disgusted with playing a villain.
"We have no choice, if we have to play the role of villains, then we play into our roles. Besides, we are just roleplaying villains. We won't actually do any real harm." Iida said, trying to calm down the very passionate Yudaina.
"I cannot stand the idea of being a villain, even if it's pretending. However…I WILL DO WHAT I MUST AND FIGHT ON! BUT I WILL NOT SACRIFICE MY HONOR, BUT I WILL CHALLENGE THE OTHER TEAM AND HOPE THEY FIGHT WITH ALL THEIR HEART!" Yudaina passionately yells out, accepting what she must do.
Yudaina takes out her sword from its holder and raises it up into the air, and declares, "WE SHALL FIGHT WITH OUR ALL STRENGTH AND HEART AND DEFEAT THE HEROES!"
"Don't tell me you are going to cut our classmates in half?!" Iida said, breaking character, horrified that Yudaina might dismember the other team with her sword.
"No! I would never! My sword is dull!" Yudaina said as she presses down her blade's edge with her right index finger, showing that it isn't sharp as her hand hasn't been cut.
"Oh, thank goodness." Iida said relieved.
"I SHALL STRIKE AT OUR FOES AND DEFEAT THEM! I SHALL FOLLOW MIDORIYA'S EXAMPLE AND FIGHT WITH STRENGTH AND HONOR!" Yudaina screams out passionately, ready to win and defeat the opposing team.
"Wait, we don't even have a plan yet!" Iida said
"JUST CHEER ME ON, AND WE WILL HAVE THE STRENGTH TO DEFEAT THEM!" Yudaina yells out, determined to defeat both Noburu and Todoroki.
"WAIT, YUDAINA, WE NEED A PLAN!" Iida yells out, trying to stop Yudaina from running off without much thought into how she would combat the other team.
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Outside the building, Todoroki and Noburu are in the same spot the other hero teams are at before the start of the battle, standing outside the building, ready to battle their opposing team. However, the two teammates aren't too keen on each other.
The differences could be seen in their outfits, while Noburu's outfit is highly detailed with his military like uniform and his mask, Todoroki's outfit is just a grey jump suit. But the contrasts aren't just limited to their outfits, but their personalities also made them stand apart.
"This battle will be quick and decisive, so as long as you follow my lead." Noburu said.
"We won't need to do that." Todoroki said.
Noburu is confused by Todoroki's remark, though he didn't think much of it aside from wanting a different plan.
"Alright, we can stand side to side. Just provide me with support in case of a surprise attack." Noburu said.
"Just stand away when the match starts." Todoroki says.
Noburu glares at down his teammate with the red hair on his right side and white hair on his left, annoyed and angered by his teammate's refusing to bow to his own orders and follow him. The taller teen wouldn't be intimidated, even if his teammate has a nasty red scar on his right side, which would put off most people.
"Do not order me around. I can beat without your assistance." Noburu said with a slight amount of anger in his voice.
"I got this." Shoto said with no emotional tone in his voice, just slowly focused on winning.
"I didn't ask for your help. These two fools will be crushed without effort." Noburu said annoyed, insulted that someone would fight for him.
Both teens give each other a cold stare, as neither teen wanted to take orders from the other and rather take their chances alone.
"Begin!" All Might said over the PA.
Within a moment of All Might's announcement, Noburu took a few steps forward to enter the building, more than ready to take on the opposing team and crush them swiftly. However, Noburu's teammate, Todoroki's places his right arm in front of Noburu, blocking him from moving forward.
"You will not stop me, you-." Noburu said annoyed with Todoroki's actions. The teen didn't have much time to finish his sentence as Todoroki makes his move.
A sheet of ice comes out of Todoroki's left foot, as Todoroki's left side is covered by ice, but more importantly, the ice heads towards the building. Within a few moments, the building is encased in ice, with the interior of the building's temperature dropping to sub-zero temperatures.
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The class of 1A just stares in shock at Todoroki's quirk in an instant, and the game is already in his and Noburu's field.
"Holy crap, Todoroki, just turn that building into a popsicle." Kaminari said
"He didn't get into recommendations for nothing, that's for sure." Sato said.
"Exactly, young Sato. Todoroki's mastery of his quirk is absolutely impressive." All Might said wowed by Todoroki's usage of his quirk.
All the while, Bakugo cringes in anger, annoyed by the sheer skill and power that Todoroki is showing off, which made his battle with Midoriya earlier look unimpressive by comparison.
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Large chunks are formed in the hallway, creating an icy wonderland from the inside, which creates a sparkle for anyone who can gaze upon it. However, it's not as beautiful if you are a person stuck inside it, such as the case of Yudaina.
Yudaina's entire lower body up to her thighs is encased in ice, preventing the teenage girl from running anymore, no matter how much effort she puts in trying to move her legs.
"No! I cannot lose!" Yudaina yells out, desperately trying to escape but to no avail. This is a sight to see to Noburu and Todoroki as they walk through the building, Todoroki walking through the building that he casually turned to ice, while Noburu walks formally, with both of his arms behind his back, like he was an officer in the military inspecting his troops.
"No. You will not pass!" Yudaina declares as she tries to break out of the ice, she is trapped in, more energized seeing the other team.
The teenage girl's attempts are pointless, though, as the ice that encased her is impossible to break with her current strength, all she could do is struggle pointlessly as Todoroki and Noburu casually walk by her.
"If you know what's good for you, you shouldn't try to move." Todoroki said coldly.
"I WILL NEVER SURRENDER! I WILL NOT LET YOU TWO PAST!" Yudaina said as she struggles to free herself from her frozen constraints, though it was pointless in the end as she couldn't muster the strength to break free from it.
The two teammates don't pay much attention to Yudaina's struggles, as their focus is solely on the bomb and nothing else.
After a good minute of walking, Todoroki and Noburu reached the bomb room, which is as frozen as the rest of the building, with it being absolutely freezing. However, the two students didn't seem to be bothered, as Shoto's body is used to the cold, while Noburu just didn't seem to put much focus on it.
Though Iida, who is still in the room, cares about it a lot as he is freezing thanks to being trapped in a block pile of ice, which encased up to his kneecaps.
"If you two don't stop right there, I will force you to stop you!" Iida yells out.
Noburu and Todoroki ignore Iida's orders as they walk past him, seeing him as not anymore as a threat as Yudaina was earlier, though they are wrong to assume Iida would do nothing to stop them, as luckily Iida could finally attack.
"You may have frozen my legs, but as long as the boosters are usable, I can't be stopped!"!" Iida declares as he breaks free from the ice using the engines at the back of his legs and begins his attack. Recipro Burst!" Iida yells out as he charges toward Todoroki and Noburu, not having the time to think of a plan, desperate to make sure the other team doesn't get to their bomb.
Iida leaps forward, ready to deliver a mighty kick to Noburu's head. However, Noburu just grabs Iida's leg just before his head could have been struck with his left hand.
"What?" Iida said
However, Noburu didn't seem fazed at all by it. Noburu stares
"You should have stayed in the ice." Noburu said calmly.
Noburu raises his right hand, which is now surrounded by blue fire-like energy. Noburu opens his palm up, and a massive stream of blue energy explodes from his hand and hits Iida, sending him flying across the room and hitting the wall, creating a crater.
"Ugh!" Iida bellows out as his body is in an incredible amount of pain, unable to move much with inducing a great amount of strain on his body.
Todoroki is shocked by the sheer brutality and efficiency of Noburu. For the first time during the exercise, Todoroki is starting to see why Noburu acts superior to everyone because his skills might be superior to most of the students in the course.
"You'll be okay. Your armour absorbed most of the impact. You'll just be in too much pain to move for the next few minutes. But you'll be stronger for it." Noburu said, not concerned with the amount of pain that Iida is in from his powerful attack.
Noburu turns to face Todoroki, staring down at his teammate, his exposed eye glowing blue still rilled up.
"With that settled, go place your hand on the bomb." Noburu orders Todoroki to do. However, Todoroki doesn't follow the order, just staring back at Noburu, not letting Noburu push him around.
Noburu narrows his eyes at Todoroki, annoyed and slightly angered by his teammate's continual disregarding by his orders.
"I said go to the bomb." Noburu said sternly and with a hint of anger, trying to scare Todoroki. However, Todoroki stares back at him, not budging to Noburu's demands.
Noburu stares down Todoroki for several moments, trying to intimidate his teammate, but Todoroki still holds his ground, unmoved by Noburu's attempt to scare him.
Seeing that Todoroki will not bow down to his tactics, Noburu walks over to the bomb, seeing that the only way the bomb will be disarmed is by his own hands.
Noburu places his hand on the bomb, effectively winning the round. However, Noburu didn't enjoy it, as he and Todoroki still stare each other down, disliking each other and wanting to just leave the other's sight when this exercise is over.
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The class stares in disbelief at how much time passed in the match. Barely two minutes passed by before Noburu and Todoroki won the match. The class is speechless, and no one could even say anything to express the shocking image of this quick victory.
However, someone needs to declare the winner of the match, which the teacher of the class had to do.
"Shoto Todoroki and Kashikai Noburu win the match." All Might said declares Todoroki and Noburu's victory. The last match ended, and it went to the powerful but distant powerhouses.
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Back in the bomb room, Noburu removes his hand from the bomb and turns back to face Todoroki and once more, both teens lock into the eyes of each other and glare.
"I suggest if you know what's best, you follow what I say to you." Noburu said calmly, though Todoroki knows that it's just a faintly veiled threat.
"If you think your act can scare me, then you'll have to try harder." Todoroki said coldly, unfazed by Noburu's attempts to scare him.
Noburu narrows his eyes at Todoroki, angered by his teammate's courage and not bowing down to his fear tactics. Noburu stomps away back to the class, seeing that starting a fight now would have no meaning to it, with Todoroki following suit.
Both students may have won as a team, but they are far from friends.
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After a few minutes, the entire class, baring Midoriya, gather together to discuss at the end of the lesson, with All Might addressing all of them in the mock city.
"I congrats to all of you for your hard work today. All of you, even if you didn't win, showed the great potential of being heroes through actions. And we didn't have any major injuries aside from young Midoriya."
"It's nice to receive some encouraging words. Mr. Aizawa is a bit much…" A frog-like girl said, still getting used to Eraserhead's grumpy attitude.
"Glad to be a service to you young men and women! Nice excuse, I have to head out now and check on Young Midoriya. Now watch how a hero leaves like he has somewhere else he needs to be in a moment!" All Might said as he storms out of the room at an incredibly fast speed like he had somewhere to be in a hurry.
The students are amazed by the fast speed of All Might, even him running away is an epic sight to see.
"Woah, so cool!" Kaminari said amazed.
"Ah man, I'll never beat that." One of the students said, who has a massive tail.
"A TRUE HERO! CONCERN! TRULY HE'S THE SYMBOL OF PEACE! HE CAN EVEN MAKE HIS EXITS LOOK BRILLIANT." Yudaina yells out, fangirling out over All Might's
"Alright, we get it." Sero said, a bit tired of Yudaina's overly passionate yelling
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While the students continue on with their school day, All Might continues to run at a fast speed, trying to rush to Midoriya's room as quickly as possible. However, the symbol of peace couldn't help to think about Midoriya's rival, Bakugo.
"Young Bakugo's truly overflowing with pride. His ego may be justified, but at UA, it's going to shatter. As his teacher, it's my duty to counsel him well. But it'll have to wait. I'm out of time!" All Might thinks to himself as steam comes out of his body, his time is up for his quirk. All Might dash into a room and closes the door before his body changes again.
All Might stands alone in a room, back into his smaller form with a massive cloud of smoking covering him, his hero outfit looking almost comically big to fit on his smaller frame. Though All Might didn't focus on that fact, rather, he focuses on the amount of blood he is coughing from using his quirk too long in a continual state.
"That was way too close there. Any longer I would have exploded." All Might said while coughing up blood.
"Now, let's change into something less eye-catching. Hopefully, Young Midoriya is doing better." All Might said as he sprints towards the nearest room to change into his civilian outfit.
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Midoriya still remains unconscious even after several hours had passed by during the school day, still reeling from the damage from his battle with Bakugo. Recovery Girl, who's been with him
"The second day of school, and he's already a regular." Recovery said as she sat at a desk, looking over Midoriya's medical record. All Might listens to the elderly women; he's now wearing his civilian clothes, which consisted of a plain shirt and brown pants, perfect counter to the bright and colorful look as a hero. All Might approach the unconscious Midoriya.
"Why didn't you stop him, All Might?" Recovery Girl said sternly and angrily.
"You are right, Recovery Girl. I'm sorry."
"Well, apologizing to me won't do much. He's too exhausted for his classes with my quirk. I can't treat all of his injuries at once. I gave him some first aid, but after the IV is finished, we'll have to wait until his body to recover overnight. Come on, All Might, I know you pass his powers onto this boy, but you can't spoil him." Recovery Girl said.
All Might looks down in shame, feeling guilty about what happened today during the exercise and how he could have done something to help the battle from getting as bad as it did.
"I am trying not to play favorites. But I was also trying to keep his feelings in mind. He needed to know he was capable of winning the exercise. Also, could you keep it down? Someone could overhear you." All Might whispers the last sentence.
"Yeah yeah I know. Mr. Symbol of Peace." Recovery Girl responds.
"Listen, not many people know my secret. The staff and a certain group of pros know about my state, but only you and a few others know about One For All and Midoriya. And I prefer to keep it that way."
"You are the number one hero in the world, All Might. Does it matter that you were born with your quirk or not? Do you have to be the symbol of peace? Is it really that important?"
"If they that I wasn't, the temptation of this power could corrupt society. This quirk and it barriers for the safety of humanity." All Might said with a serious tone, understanding the sheer burden that he and one day, Young Midoriya will face as One for All Users.
Recovery Girl smiles, still happy that All Might still has his convictions after all these years, though her face returns to a serious form shortly after.
"Well then, all the more reason to be a good guide to him." Recovery Girl said.
"You're right." All Might said, knowing full well that he has a long route ahead with Midoriya as his guide. But All Might cannot fail. If Midoriya couldn't make it as his successor, then Hero Society itself might be in danger itself.
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Now for the reason why this chapter is getting split into two. I been suffering again from some writer's block, don't worry I got better and I did put a lot of work in these past few weeks. All was looking good that this chapter would be out before new years. But then my room got taken over and I couldn't write as much on my PC. Not to worry, we are still flying half a chapter.
Good news is that the new chapter will likely be out next week, since I just have to finish two more scenes and edit it. So chapter nine might not face a delay and hopefully that chapter doesn't have a rocky production.
For this half chapter, yeah, we got some new scenes. It feels great to write a lot of the old characters, since they are so fun and unique and it feel so cool to have my character interaction with them.
Some of you might notice that the All Might and Recovery Girl scene is a bit different from the canon one, and you'll see why next chapter.
Also, please don't use Surikku's pick up lines here, I doubt they will work IRL :P
Also yes, I'm still trying to figure out how to post the link to the character refs. Give a me while, I'm a boomer when it comes to this stuff lol.
Anyway guys, I thank you all for reading this story. I am honored by every follow, fav, and review left. I wish you all a wonderful happy new year, you guys rock! :D