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'Thoughts'
"Speech"
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{Something New}
[Quirks]
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Izuku wakes up to an all-white environment.
'Hospital?'
'Ugh, my head is killing me...'
'What even happened?'
"Oh good, you're awake."
A voice.
One he'd recognise under different circumstances.
So agonisingly familiar, but he couldn't piece together whose.
Izuku's mind was sluggish, nowhere near as quick as he'd like it to be.
But it would catch up soon, once he woke up a little more.
"Honestly... You boys keep getting yourself hurt or overdoing things."
"It worries me how little you all seem to care about your own well-being."
An elderly voice.
Izuku's mind slowly started piecing things together, waking up.
"Too reckless too, you're all about going beyond your limits."
"Forgetting they're there for a reason in the first place"
The white curtain is pulled away.
By a small old lady wearing some kind of nurse unif-
"Recovery Girl?!"
"Who else would it be!"
"Honestly, what were they thinking making you a hero when you're 15..."
"W-What?"
"I don't remember what exactly happened, I passed out during the exam."
"No. No, you didn't, the exam had already finished when you passed out."
"You passed."
Pride swells inside Izuku.
"Top of the group."
"T-Top?"
"You defeated three heroes. Including two in the top ten."
"Where else did you think that would put you?"
"The 'villains' where only there as obstacles to work around, not beat. They were instructed to not hound you, examinees, too much but you went out and defeated three of them like it was nothing."
"Well, I did struggle and I didn't think I'd be able to do it and-" Izuku slowly went into another mutter storm.
Recovery Girl hits him with her cane to stop his muttering.
"Well, the point is you did."
"However since you were out of it they chose your hero name for you, it's only temporary though."
"The Emerald Hero: Valor."
"Again, you can change it if you wi-"
"It's great!"
"I wasn't able to think of anything better anyway."
"Well if you say so, you should get going now." She responds, slightly taken aback.
"You've got to get changed into your hero costume, you're going on a trip with class 1-A today."
"It will be Thirteen, Eraserhead and you. So don't worry too much."
"Where are we going?"
"To the USJ, so hurry along, you'll be late."
He gets up and picks the case with his repaired costume up.
"Oh, one more thing. When you get ready, head to the staff room."
Izuku rushed into the nearest toilet changing out of the ruined costume he wore for the exam and into the brand new, augmented one in the case.
He didn't have time to read all its features this time, he'll just have to figure them out as he goes.
He runs straight to the staff room.
"HEEEEEY! IT'S OUR NEW CO-WORKER!"
'Loud, must be Present Mic.'
"WELCOME TO THE TEAAAAAM!"
The other teachers welcomed him similarly but much, much less loudly than Mic.
"YOU'RE FAMOUS ALREADY, I'M JEALOUS!"
"W-What?"
"YOU DON'T KNOW?"
"CHECK IT OUUUUUT!"
He points at the TV mounted in the staff room.
It's covering a story on 'The Emerald Prodigy: Valor'.
"W-wHA-?"
Izuku blushes furiously behind his mask.
"I-I'm no prodigy."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, MIDORIYA?"
"YOU'RE A GENIUS, NOT TO MENTION YOUR QUIRK!"
"SPEAKING OF THAT, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT SICK ADAPTATION QUIRK YOU'VE GOT?"
'Adaptation? They...They don't know?'
Out of the corner of his eye, he spots Aizawa.
In that one second of eye contact, a silent conversation passed between them.
"Erm...I thought it wouldn't be fit for heroics seeing as I didn't know what it would become in a situation."
"I-It might become something too specific that I wouldn't be able to use."
He laughs nervously while scratching at the back of his neck.
A habit of his. It's more prominent when he lies, but not many of the teachers would've figured that out.
"You're coming with me today Midoriya."
Aizawa says in his usual tired tone.
"Yup, I'm aware."
Izuku says, a smile in his voice (hidden behind his mask).
"Thirteen is the star of the show today seeing as we're doing rescue training, so don't worry too much about your first day."
"That being said you will have to introduce yourself." his volume shifts, to a much quieter whisper, not letting any of the other faculty members know what he was saying "And you can keep pretending that your quirk is just an adaptation quirk if you're not comfortable telling them yet"
"T-Thank you." Is whispered right back.
A grunt is all the answer Aizawa gives the new faculty member.
And they head to class 1-A's homeroom.
Muffled shouts of "Have you heard?" and "15-year-old?" could be heard from inside their classroom.
Izuku froze outside the door.
They were talking about him.
They saw the news.
Izuku's brain is stuck booting back up after the shock.
"I'll tell you when to come in and do your introduction."
Izuku is barely able to grunt his response.
The shifting of chairs can be heard as everyone takes their seats.
"I've got some important announcements."
"First of all, as you know today is your trip to the USJ to practice your rescue skills."
"Second, three qualified pro heroes who teach at U.A will be accompanying us, including me. It was originally supposed to be All Might but he's resting on Recovery Girl's orders."
"Third, I have someone to introduce to you."
'This is your time Izuku, introduce yourself properly and make sure they suspect nothing.'
"Come in!"
'You can do it. You can do it. You can do it. Youcandoit. Youcandoit. OhgodthisistoomuchIcan'tdoit.'
Izuku thinks as he comes in, his costume donned.
It was slightly upgraded from the last model.
All of his costume was fire-resistant, water-resistant, semi shock-absorbant and insulated to stop Izuku from getting shocked. All of this made to his order, he'd be dealing with many quirks in his career so he had to have a costume capable of handling them.
His boots were made with impact force in mind. They're steel capped and heavily padded on the inside making them comfortable and useful. Not to mention the blades hidden within them.
Well, Izuku had hidden blades all over in inconspicuous places, it was necessary for maximum efficiency with his quirk.
His world once again moves in slow motion as he looks over the class from behind his mask and hood.
They're all surprised or excited at the view of the 15-year-old pro hero.
Kaminari's and Jirou's jaws have dropped.
Iida and Momo look on with awe in their eyes.
Aoyama was sparkling as usual but he also had a sparkle in his eyes as he looked at Izuku.
Ashido, Ochako and Sero were excited, visibly on the verge of exploding.
Bakugou seemed mostly indifferent, except...Was that pride in his eyes? Why would he be proud when looking at Izuku?
Tsuyu seems impressed but also mostly indifferent.
Ojirou, Kirishima and Satou, the more well-versed close-combat fighters, were all incredibly impressed with Izuku, probably having heard all of his escapades during the Hero Licensing Exam.
Shoji's and Todoroki's expressions were unreadable, as usual. Both of them were wearing masks after all, well...One of them was wearing a literal mask.
Tokoyami...Erm...He seemed impressed. Maybe? It was tough to tell with his inhuman features.
Monoma seemed most inspired of all, maybe due to some of the similarities between their quirks. Izuku must really have a good effect on him.
Toru's expression was...Well...Izuku had no idea.
"You've all probably already heard about him, considering how famous he got right out the gate."
"Go on, introduce yourself." He whispered to Izuku.
The 15-year-old grabbed some chalk and turned around to write on the blackboard.
'The Emerald Hero: Valor' were the words he ended up scribbling on the board, deliberately trying to make his handwriting look at least slightly different from his usual.
'Okay, stop stalling for time, take a deep breath.' he does exactly that 'And put on a show, you've got to act differently.'
"It's nice to meet all of you hero hopefuls!"
"I'll be starting here as a quirk advisor, tutor and."
"Well, I'm basically an all-around helper, the job description was a little vague, but who am I to pass up a job at U.A High."
He laughs, shocked at the fact he's been able to keep up the charade for even this long.
He expected it to be harder.
"You'll probably be seeing a lot of me, taking some weight of All Might's shoulders is pretty important. Our Symbol has enough to deal with as is, not to mention he's not gonna be getting any younger so we need to support him too."
"Anyway, Eraser?"
The tired pro-hero turns toward him.
"D'you mind if I answer their questions if they have any that is?
"Keep it short, we have a little time before we have to get to the USJ."
"Alright!" He says outgoingly.
"Raise your hands if you've got a question to ask me!"
Most students have raised their hand.
"Oh?"
"You're nosy."
"Let's start with you, class rep."
"What hero course did you attend to become a hero at such a young age?" Iida says confidently, waving his hands for emphasis as he usually does.
"Well...Erm. I was actually scouted from a general course at a fairly no-name Hero Academy. They pulled me from the general course and decided I was fit to be a pro and threw me right into the examination with no preparation." He's only half lying there.
The "general course" comment has a lot of students gasping, some hands drop.
Probably going to ask the same question.
"How about... Kaminari, what d'you wanna know?"
"What even is your quirk?"
"Ah, I guess that hasn't been disclosed. My quirk is quite strange, I don't completely understand it myself as of now." Also technically not a complete lie "It seems to be some kind of adaptation or copying quirk, that or maybe a roulette quirk. No, that's too random. It's an adaptation and copying quirk, let's go with that."
Some more hands drop, only 2 students have their hands up now.
Kirishima and Ojirou.
"Alright, after you two we'll get going to the bus."
"Kirishima?"
"How d'you beat three pro heroes? That's super manly!"
"Oh...Well. I kind of went into the exam thinking I'd fail if I didn't hold back. So I decided to go full steam ahead, I managed to hatch out several plans that could've worked and decided which one to go with as the fight unfolded. I originally wanted to take out Jeanist first since he had a strong quirk that he could attack me with from afar, then I would take out Gun Head because he was a mixed fighter and less tough than Orca would be."
"But my first attack failed due to Jeanist's quick thinking so I had to find a way to get rid of them one at a time because just like your homeroom teacher I don't handle groups very well, anyway, I was going to take out Gun Head after throwing Jeanist at him but Orca stopped me so I thought 'Well might as well take Orca out.' I-"
"You're going to run out of time for the last question if you don't hurry up, Valor."
"AH! Right, sorry. My explanation ran on. Basically, careful planning and staying cool."
His rambling and analytical nature really reminded 1-A of someone... Just where has their green-haired friend been these past two days?
"Alright, sorry you had to wait 'til last Ojirou, but I have a feeling the answer to your question will run on a little too."
"That's okay, I don't mind. What martial arts did you learn and how long did you practice for?"
"Ah, I was a bit of a street child. Often getting into skirmishes, so part of my experience comes from that. Formal training and practice though... I learned some kickboxing, some flips but other than that most of my fighting style is just adapted from other pros like Eraser, All Might et cetera. My style depends vastly on what my quirk decides to be like in the moment. I can't really fight like Snipe does if my quirk is some kind of pyrokinesis or some strength enhancement."
"I hope that explains it well enough."
"Yes, thank you very much."
"Okay!" Izuku is a little exhausted from keeping the confident and outgoing alter ego this long, how was he going to keep it up for the entirety of the trip? "Let's get going then!"
The bus trip is mostly quiet due to Aizawa telling the kids to let 'Valor' relax a little.
Telling them the first day on the job was likely getting to him a little, not to mention he was only their age.
Once they get to the USJ they meet up with thirteen who gives an eloquent and impressive speech about quirk use for good and not evil, Izuku takes notes, tapping away at the screen in the arm of his costume, a touch that a certain 'Mei Hatsume' had added when he mentioned note-taking on the go. He suggested a secure pouch for a small notebook but she insisted on the computer in his costume.
Well, it was useful as it could show his vital signs and sensors all over his costume would forward any damage reports to the PDA in his costume, that included costume damage, internal damage to Izuku's body and some external damage.
He kept tapping away until his [Sonic Hearing] picked something up. A strange noise coming from the fountain in the central plaza of the USJ.
His head whipped around toward it. Some students and the two pros turned toward his sudden motion.
He was getting a bad feeling about this.
"Eraser."
"We're under attack."
It was a long stretch but Izuku's instincts were screaming and the beginnings of a purple vortex down at the plaza were familiar to him. He'd seen the villain with that warping quirk.
"Are you sure?" Aizawa asked as he pulled his goggles over his eyes.
"Positive, I recognise the quirk. It's a warping quirk, its user is a certain 'Kurogiri' who has been a fairly underground villain."
Once the swirling vortex was fully formed Izuku became aware of the tens. No, hundreds of individuals with quirks inside of it.
"What's going on, has the training already started?" Kirishima is curious, but none the wiser as to the danger they are in.
"I thought we were practising rescue?" Kaminari is also not aware.
"They're villains!"
The class seems terrified, to fight villains merely a few days after starting the hero course is a misfortune.
"E-Eraser..."
"What do you see?"
"There are hundreds of them..." Izuku's voice is barely a whisper as despair sets in his stomach.
"Thirteen, Valor!"
"Protect the students!"
Aizawa takes a running start and jumps towards the villains who are pouring out from the gate.
"WAIT! YOU'RE NOT SUITED TO FIGHTING BIG GROUPS LIKE THAT!"
Valor shouts after him, but it's no use.
"Damnit!"
Despite all odds Eraser manages to deal with them one by one, but, Izuku knows it won't last. His eyes will get dry, he'll have to blink more often and that's when the villains will attack him.
But he has to focus on the students.
He has to keep them safe, they're his students now too.
More importantly than that though, they're his friends.
"Alright! Class 1-A!" Valor shouts above their scared voices, garnering their attention "Follow Thirteen out the facility, I'll cover your retreat!"
Thirteen starts herding the class towards the door as Valor looks at the fight unfolding below them at the central plaza.
There were three villains giving Eraserhead a wide berth one simply observing him, analysing him. His glow, his quirk... Felt depraved, restless, unyielding.
The other was... He hurt to look at. Not only physically but the confused glow coming from him. It made no sense. His glow, no...His glows, two distinct feelings, colors. Merging in one second and ripping free from one another in the second.
And the third... Izuku looks over, expecting to see a purple haze.
Nothing greets him in its stead.
Wait.
'Kurogiri is gone? Shit!'
"This is very strange." A deep voice emanates from behind Izuku.
"All Might was supposed to be here today and yet I see no sign of him."
Izuku whips around and sees a swirling purple form with yellow eyes staring back at him.
"It seems the young prodigy is here in his stead."
'He knows me?'
'That doesn't matter, they're villains.'
'Villains who are threatening the students.'
'My students.'
'My friends.'
'And they're not getting out of here without paying for that.'
"What are you here for, Kurogiri?"
The smoke villain seems surprised at the name call.
"That's right, I know who you are!"
"Well, well, well. Looks like the child prodigy lives up to his name knowledge-wise."
"I wonder how you'll fare against this!"
His deep, bellowing voice rings out as he himself dissipates towards them, intending to consume the children and teachers in his vortex.
'Damnit! I can't do anything against th-'
Thirteen jumps in front of Izuku, their quirk activated to turn Kurogiri's suffocating smoke into dust.
And it works...
Not for long.
Soon another warp gate is opening behind Thirteen, Kurogiri intending to redirect Thirteen's black hole against them.
Izuku stands there, powerless.
'I don't have a quirk for this situation...'
'But I can't just stand around...'
'THINK!'
'YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A GENIUS!'
'THINK DAMNIT!'
'Oh...That's crazy enough that it could work.'
Izuku's eyes scanned the crowd of students until they met the explosive blond he'd been looking for.
Kacchan.
Of course!
How could he have been so stupid?
"BAKUGOU, I NEED YOUR QUIRK!" Valor shouts, hoping against hope that they'd be fast enough.
"IF YOU SAY SO, TEACH!" explosions like firecrackers go off in the palm of his hand.
Izuku uses his [Mimicry]
"Follow me!"
"Use the strongest explosion you can!"
"BLOW HIM AWAY!"
The warp gate behind Thirteen was fully formed and had begun crumbling their costume, but they could still limit the damage if this worked.
Bakugou and Valor simultaneously used [Explosion].
An ear-piercing sound erupted from their escapade.
A cacophony of flames and smoke.
Neither of them held back any, knowing what was at stake.
The muscles in their arms strained and screamed for mercy as they released their simultaneous attack.
And it worked, blowing Kurogiri back, his concentration wavered and the warp gate behind Thirteen collapsed.
So did they.
'FUCK!'
'We were too late...'
{Damage report: Lacerations, non-extensive bleeding}
'Wait...No.'
Ashido, the first to run to Thirteen's side once they collapsed, calls out. "They've got a pulse! It's weaker than normal!"
Most of the panic was kept out of her voice to make the report as clear as possible. Impressive for a student.
"His tactic will be divide and conquer!"
"He'll split us up all around the USJ leaving the small fry to pick us off one by one!"
"Be cautious of his gates!"
Izuku's research on the League and it's members had paid off, he'd researched them extensively looking to bust their hideout and take their quirks. They weren't like usual villains... Too clever. There must be some mastermind at the top.
"Kaminari! Can you contact the school?"
"No, sir! They're jamming the signal."
'Of course they were...'
'The only choice was getting someone out, but who?'
'Thirteen's down, Eraser and I have to stay to help... A student.'
'One quick enough to get to U.A...'
'Only one man for the job.'
Izuku smirks behind his mask as he quickly shuffles toward Iida, taking advantage of Kurogiri still trying to gather himself.
"Class rep," Izuku whispers to the taller boy in white armour "I need you to get out and run for backup."
"Eraser and I won't be able to handle this by ourselves, we need the other pros."
"But, sir!" Iida starts "That wou-"
"Would be dishonourable? Stupid. You'll be saving lives by calling for help. No one will hold it against you."
"Wait for us to get you an open-"
"DIE!"
Bakugou's shriek has Izuku turning his head so fast he gave himself whiplash.
And what he sees once he turns gives him a sinking feeling.
Kirishima and Bakugou are in the process of attacking a fully composed Kurogiri.
'They don't realise they can't hurt him.'
Deep and bellowing laughter erupts from the smoke.
"You're still children after all. Reckless idiots."
Their attacks go right through him.
And so do the redhead and the blond.
Kacchan.
The villain took Kacchan.
"And as for the rest of you. BEGONE!"
'I have to lower the damage.'
'Stop him from taking as many as I can.'
Before Izuku has time to do anything the mist spreads over the students...
'No...They're all gone. He took them.'
'He took them.'
"Sensei!"
'Shoji?'
Izuku cast his eyes all over searching for the masked boy.
And once his eyes finally fall on his figure.
He couldn't be any prouder.
Shoji had kept Uraraka from getting captured.
"Ugh."
Izuku's eyes darted to find the source of the noise.
He was wrong.
He definitely hadn't reached maximum pride in this class.
Satou.
Iida.
Sero.
Those three made it through too.
But he still took them.
Fifteen of them.
Fifteen Izuku had gotten to know to various degrees.
Fifteen he cared for.
Fifteen he was responsible for.
Unforgivable.
Something in Izuku finally snapped.
"Kurogiri."
The venom in Izuku's voice was unlike a hero's.
And he was clenching his already damaged fist.
"If my students. No, if my friends are hurt."
"If your henchmen manage to hurt them, lay even a single scratch on them."
"I will hunt you and your pathetic League down."
All the students that remained had turned back to face Valor, fear visible in their eyes.
But a warmth in their hearts. They could tell Valor would stop at nothing to protect them and it was reassuring.
"I will chase you relentlessly until every single one of you is history."
"Not even death will stop me."
It was tough to tell for sure, but Kurogiri seemed frightened.
The venom, the honesty in Izuku's words.
His threats.
They terrified him.
"Kids."
His tone was different.
Not as cold as when he addressed the villain.
More commanding sure, but not cold or frightening.
It spurred them to act.
"We're taking him down."
"He can't change all of his body into smoke, he has a piece of armour in that mist somewhere."
"I'll figure out a way to expose it, I just need your help to give Iida an opening."
"Uraraka, as soon as I expose his physical body use [Zero Gravity] on him."
A curt nod from the brown-haired rosy-cheeked girl follows his order.
"Sero. You'll tape him then pull him back. He'll be weightless so it'll be easy."
"Right." Sero replies.
"Shouji, Satou."
"You two are using brute force to open the door for Iida."
"Got it!" The two reply in tandem.
"Iida, you run like hell and get us help."
"Understood Sensei!"
"Alright. You kids get ready, once I get him dispersed it's your show!"
Izuku turns toward the mist villain.
Fury bubbling away inside him.
Just waiting to boil over.
Not yet... He needed to stay calm for a little longer.
Then he could go wild and take Shigaraki's pawns down one by one.
"Bold of you to discuss strategy in front of your enemy."
"Not even the prior knowledge will save you. If Shigaraki won't turn you to dust after this. I will."
Izuku directed his intense glare at the sickly yellow eyes that belonged to his enemy.
"You're through."
"[Amplify]!"
'All I have to do is run around him fast enough to disperse him long enough for Sero to tape him.'
{Time necessary: 3 seconds}
{Recommended speed: 50 km/h}
Izuku immediately gets started on his plan.
Circling Kurogiri to disperse his mist and stop him from redirecting Sero's tape.
'Wait until his body shows.'
'Abuse your enemy's weakness.'
'There!'
He stops circling so as to not interfere with the next phase of the plan.
"Uraraka!"
"Now!"
Satou and Shouji throw her toward the villain.
Her fingertips make contact and Kurogiri becomes weightless. Helpless and disoriented he has no chance of dodging.
"Sero!"
The boy follows the plan perfectly, effortlessly slinging his tape at the villain. His aim true.
And just as instructed he pulls, Izuku runs toward Sero to help him get Kurogiri out the way.
The other boys do as they were instructed previously.
Satou forcing one door open, Shouji taking the other.
"I'LL BE BACK WITH REINFORCEMENTS!" Can barely be heard as the class rep is gone in a flash.
Success.
Izuku having kept his eyes on Kurogiri vigilantly notices when the villain begins to fold into his own gate and follows.
"Y'all did great, stay here!" he calls as he disappears through the gate.
"Sensei!"
Their voices all blend together before fading completely as he passes through the gate.
"Kurogiri, you idiot!"
"If you weren't our warp gate I'd kill you right now!"
'I could take them both out right now.'
'They wouldn't even realise.'
'No... My priority is the safety of the class.'
'I've got to make sure they're fine.'
"[Amplify]." Izuku mumbles quietly.
'I recognise all the glows, the emotions their quirks emit.'
'I just have to extend the range and the intensity of my quirk sense, boost my [Sonic hearing] too.'
'Bakugou and Kirishima, they'll be fine.'
'Todoroki has already neutralised the villains, impressive.'
'Monoma, Tsuyu and Mineta are in the shipwreck zone. Surrounded. 10 villains.'
'Momo, Jirou and Kaminari are in the Mountain zone. 1 villain, they seem unaware of him.'
'Koda and Tokoyami are in the storm zone. 7 villains.'
'Ojirou and Toru are in the fire zone. 4 villains.'
'Aoyama and Ashido, landslide zone. 3 villains.'
'25 villains, not counting the ones still in the central plaza.'
'I've got work to do.'
'But first...'
"Shigaraki!" Izuku growls out as he charges the man in charge.
Izuku gives the scumbag no time to respond as he punches him in the gut, avoiding his hands.
Izuku knew about a lot of villains and their quirks, Shigaraki wasn't an exception.
"That's just a warning shot."
Izuku's emerald eyes send a piercing glare at Shigaraki.
"I'll be right back."
He disappears in a blur leaving Shigaraki in a daze.
'Who the he-'
Before he even has time to finish his thought Izuku returns.
Carrying 10 of Shigaraki's unconscious henchmen effortlessly.
"Your pawns are all decommissioned."
"Someone left garbage just like this all over the USJ."
"This is all I could carry back in one go."
He throws the villains at Shigaraki's feet.
"You're nex-"
Izuku's eyes wander beyond Shigaraki's lanky form.
What he sees churns his stomach.
The beaked villain with the exposed brain stands over Aizawa's unmoving form.
One of Aizawa's arms, bend at a sickening angle, hangs limply in the monster's hands.
The hatred and boundless fury Izuku feels finally boils over.
The fury burns white hot in his chest.
His hyperactive mind crawls to a stop.
He stops thinking.
And starts acting solely on instinct.
He stops trying to push his limits and instead ignores them completely.
Activating many quirks at once.
Including the ones he stole from Shigaraki's small-fry.
Izuku feels the student's fear, Aizawa's pain.
Rocks around him start levitating.
And fire envelops him.
His muscles start pulsating with power.
And the next moment he's gone altogether.
An explosive bang and a crater left behind is the only evidence he was even there.
The same instant Nomu releases Aizawa although not of its own volition.
His motionless body begins to move by itself, rising in the air and heading toward the entrance.
Another explosion rings out, Nomu's body ripples from some unseen impact.
A small silhouette wreathed in flames appears to be the culprit.
Its arm...His arm outstretched after delivering the blow.
"Impossible..." Shigaraki's whispers his scratchy, manic voice low.
"H-He's using multiple quirks."
"How?" The villain exclaims.
"Only Sensei should have that power!"
"Nomu!"
"Kill him!"
The Nomu finally attacks, only to have its fist stopped by a green barrier.
The villain orders, his voice barely holding steady.
"Shigaraki..."
"What?"
"We should leave, there's no guarantee Nomu will win."
"And if it doesn't... We really will be next."
Shigaraki scratches his neck viciously as he growls.
And then he suddenly stops.
"You're right."
"Get us home, Kurogiri."
The purple haze envelops them both as they disappear, leaving the Nomu to fend for itself against Izuku.
Izuku was still fighting the Nomu.
Two unnamed strength enhancement quirks, his muscles tear and ripple with power,
[Air Blast], his strikes imbued, he was pushing the Nomu away,
[Blaze], he began to steam,
[Electrokinesis], lightning arced across his body, the energy bursting to leave his body,
[Telekinesis], rocks still levitating menacingly,
[Forcefield], an ultimate shield at the ready,
[Rush], adrenaline flooded his system,
[Reflect], Nomu's punches redirected,
[Blade], Izuku's knuckles were razor sharp,
[Size Manipulation], Izuku stood just as tall as the Nomu,
[Double], his clone was running around the USJ piling the unconscious villains up high,
[Emotion Sense], awe... The student's awe. They saw him facing the Nomu down, the monster to kill All Might and they were astonished... There was something else... From the Nomu. Pain, hopelessness... Beneath all the experimentation it was human. It was once human.
'There's only one monster who could do such a thing to a human. All For One... He's back.'
Izuku's awareness returned to him in the nick of time.
He hadn't been holding back... He could endanger all his students.
He can't fight this thing without holding back here.
His power was too destructive.
He charges into the Nomu, picking it up effortlessly, using [Telekinesis] to lighten the load.
He pulled back... And launched it through the dome of the USJ.
Then jumped right after it.
Leaving the few students who had gathered around closest to him (watching the fight) in a daze.
The Nomu leaves a crater in the forest it had landed in.
Several kilometres from the USJ.
No chance he'd hurt anyone here.
Izuku lands alongside it.
'All limiters off now...'
'It's now or never, I won't be able to beat this thing unless I give it my all.'
He roars in pain.
{Natural limiters: Off}
{Third degree burns imminent}
{Muscles, tendons and ligaments torn in several locations}
{24 bones fractured, shattered or broken}
{Brain overheating, seizures imminent}
{One minute remaining before total shut down}
'One minute?'
'More than enough.'
The flames enveloping Izuku grow in size and heat.
Blue flames dancing around him.
The blades on his knuckles grow smaller and smaller.
Sharper and sharper.
No amount of adrenaline in his blood could dull the immense pain all of the quirks were putting him through.
But it's worth it.
He had driven Shigaraki and Kurogiri away.
And was going to neutralise the threat to All Might.
No amount of pain would make him think any differently.
Saving people, especially people he knew.
It was exhilarating.
'Focus!'
{40 seconds remaining}
The Nomu charged.
Its fist met with Izuku's.
The impact sends ripples through both of their arms.
{2 further fractures}
'What is this?'
'None of my physical attacks work.'
'The impacts have little eff...'
'Oh...'
'Shock Absorption.'
'He has two glows... One of them must be another quirk.'
'But I haven't seen it being used.'
{30 seconds remaining}
'Well... Blunt force doesn't work, blades should.'
Izuku's arm transforms into a sharp blade.
And he swings.
Taking Nomu's arm clean off.
Only for it to grow back, like a lizard's tail.
'Well...That mystery is solved.'
'Time to do something I will regret.'
"[AMPLIFY]!"
Izuku's feels his quirk grow stronger.
And he pulls.
Exchanges blows with Nomu.
Pulls again.
Exchanges blows.
Going back and forth at the speed of sound.
Until finally he pulls one of the quirks free from within Nomu.
Time to find out which one.
He pours all of his strength enhancement into his left hand, the one he hadn't turned into a blade.
And strikes Nomu in the gut.
Nothing.
{Disclocated shoulder and elbow, 5 further fractures}
Mostly nothing.
'Still got shock absorption.'
'Which means I took its regeneration.'
'Normally I wouldn't hurt another human this drastically...'
'But this thing is in constant pain.'
'Wait...'
'I-I...I don't have to...'
'I don't have to kill it...'
'I could just.'
'Just fry its brain.'
'Free it from the pain.'
'But keep it alive.'
He redirects the strength enhancing quirks into his legs, using all four he has stolen.
And he rockets towards the Nomu.
{Legs broken in 2 places}
He smashes into the Nomu.
Clims up it slightly.
Legs on its shoulders.
Hands on its exposed brain.
{3 seconds remaining}
"I'm sorry."
{2 seconds remaining}
"So, so sorry..." tears start streaming down his face as his [Blaze] shuts off.
{1 second remaining}
"[Amplify]." He whispers and releases the electricity stored within his body, careful calculations allow him to fry its brain but not kill it.
'I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'ms-'
{0 seconds remaining}
{Seizure}
{Body shut down}
{Redirecting resources to essential bodily functions}
{Emergency protocol}
{Estimated chance of surviv-
Class 1-A had been given a week off to recuperate after all of that.
It did suffer a single loss in the aftermath.
Mineta had decided to leave the hero course, instead, he headed to general education.
Aizawa had been badly hurt, but it wasn't life-threatening.
Thirteen was in a similar situation, badly damaged but guaranteed to live.
The same couldn't be said for Valor...
He had gone too far this time.
Burns covered his body top to bottom, ranging from first to third degree.
His bones had been unable to hold up, a plethora of fractures and breaks remained.
Dislocated elbow and arm.
Muscles, tendons and ligaments badly damaged.
Multiple seizures.
All of the class saw what he did.
Helping Iida escape to get help.
Saving all the students from the remaining villains.
Scaring the main villains off.
And defeating the Nomu.
They were amazed at him... He was no older than them.
Yet he held such incredible power.
But they all realised one thing.
His quirk couldn't be adaptation.
It couldn't be copying like Monoma.
He used multiple quirks, without a doubt.
But they'd get an explanation when Valor-sensei returned.
A definite 'when' not an 'if'.
They believed in his survival.
A week later, First day back for Class 1-A
They were silent.
All of them.
Including the loudest pupils.
Ashido.
Kaminari.
Sero.
All sat in their places.
And then Aizawa comes in, some bandages covering one side of his face, his arm in a sling.
With All Might and a student in tow.
They're quiet too, the sight of All Might doesn't manage to stir up anything from the class.
"Welcome back," Aizawa says in his usual tired tone.
"I hope that break was suffici-"
He stops in the middle of his sentence confusing his class.
"No... Course it wasn't sufficient."
"For any of us."
He looks at his class tiredly. But there was a glimmer of sympathy and sadness in those eyes.
"But I hope the good news I've got will help."
"Thirteen and Valor are both fine."
"Thirteen has already healed."
"They're back already."
The class, Ashido more so than the others, perk up a little.
"Valor woke up."
At that the class erupts with noise.
The boy had been in a coma since he had fought the Nomu.
And hearing that he was fine took a massive weight off their shoulders
"He's due to be back once he finishes he-"
Aizawa is interrupted by the class door suddenly bursting open.
"SORRY I'M LATE!"
The class gasps loudly.
Aizawa looks over in disbelief.
All Might's face is unreadable.
"Eraser."
"I have something to say to the class."
"Do you mind if I take homeroom today?"
"I'll do the other announcements first."
Valor's eyes are gleaming with determination.
A silent conversation passes as Aizawa looks into those eyes.
He yields his spot immediately once he understands the importance of what Izuku is about to say.
Aizawa stays in the room standing just behind Izuku.
"Right! I'll start with general announcements then I'll talk about the stuff that happened at the USJ and explain myself."
"First of all, Mineta has left the hero course."
"Eraser personally selected Shinsou to join in his stead."
Valor turns to look at Shinsou.
"Welcome to the hero course Shinsou, I can't wait to find out about you, your quirk and what kind of hero you are. That being said, you're free to take your seat."
"I obviously, technically, shouldn't be here yet. But I'll explain that too."
"One more announcement!"
"I've gotten a bit of a rank up, ehehe."
He laughs almost nervously... Very out of character for the outgoing hero.
"I'm now your 'gym' teacher." he air quotes.
"Which basically means I get to train you, it'll almost be like a second hero training class, 'cept I'll focus on physical strength and quirk strengthening more than All Might will."
"I'm basically going to be your drill sergeant."
The class shudders.
"But."
"Enough of that."
"You guys deserve an explanation."
"That goes for you too, All Might."
"I guess," his voice changes as he releases his mask, the voice changer automatically turning off "this is where I should begin."
He pulls back his hood.
Class 1-A stares at him dumbfounded.
Emerald eyes stare back.
"I'm Valor."
Izuku says, class 1-A still in a daze from the fact that Izuku had been the person behind the mask this whole time.
"Which leads me on to the next thing."
"A-All of you knew me as 'the quirkless genius in gen ed' or something close to that."
"Truth is... I've never been quirkless."
"I've just kept my quirk hidden."
"Since it lets me take what belongs to others."
"[All For One]"
"The ability to steal quirks and give them to others."
Note:
Probably took me longer than necessary.
Izuku will not remain this OP, it's just cause he needed to stop holding back in this instance.
Some of his quirks have now just become completely unusable because he pushed them, not to mention the ones he'll hand off.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.
This'll be the most action-heavy we get for a while.
Thank you very much for all of the support :3