Hello once again people! I am finally back with another chapter for you all. I apologise for the long wait, but as I said in the update I posted, I had a serious lack of motivation to write. If there's anything I want to address, it'll be at the end, so for now, let's just get into the chapter!
I do not own My Hero Academia or it's characters, the franchise belongs to its respective owners!
Gravitational Sorrow
By Kokoyori
Currently, All Might was going as fast as he could to reach Izuku. Due to recent events, Izuku collapsing was dangerous.
'This is bad! Really bad! I don't know if Izuku will be able to take one more attack like last time!' he thought, before going even faster due to the idea of Izuku suffering anymore crossing his mind.
Within no time, he had reached the building Izuku was in. All Might wasted no time leaping to the floor Izuku was on and smashing through the wall, allowing him access to the building. He remembered watching Izuku and Ochaco plan their attack on Iida, so he knew exactly where to go.
A few seconds of searching later and he was in the bomb room. Inside the room was a frantic Iida and a teary-eyed Ochaco. Probably because she was holding an unconscious Izuku in her hands.
"Son! Son, can you hear me?!" All Might desperately called out.
However, there was no response. It was clear to everyone present that if someone with as loud of a voice as All Might couldn't help, then Izuku was out cold.
All Might turned his attention to Ochaco, "Young Uraraka, what happened? Did he just collapse?"
Ochaco nodded her head. "Y-Yeah, he was completely fine, but then he just collapsed" she finished, pulling Izuku closer and tightening her hold on him.
"Young Iida, did you notice anything off about Izuku?" All Might desperately asked Iida.
Iida was slightly taken aback by All Might's use of his friend's first name and how he was calling him 'Son', but he decided to ignore it for now and focus on what actually mattered.
"No, I didn't Sir. He seemed completely normal during our entire interaction. I was slightly worried that something may have happened from the explosion I heard earlier, but nothing seemed off about Yagi" Iida concluded, sadly not being able to provide a definitive answer as to why Izuku collapsed.
All Might started thinking to himself, 'Maybe it was just out of exhaustion? We may not know the full extent of what Midoriya can do, but I highly doubt that he can just make Izuku fall unconscious on will. Besides, Izuku took an explosion close range and he is very stubborn, so he probably just acted like nothing was wrong so he didn't worry Young Uraraka.'
All Might, satisfied with his conclusion, turned his attention back to Izuku and Ochaco. Though, before he could say anything, Ochaco spoke up.
"It was my fault" she said, holding back her tears. "If Izu didn't jump in front of that explosion for me, then he would be completely fine."
The realization of the whole situation hit Ochaco hard. She hadn't even considered the possibility that Izuku was in that much pain. In her eyes, Izuku was like an invincible force that could get through anything - someone that could overcome any obstacle. This perception of him is likely due to his overwhelming growth over the last few years, with Izuku going from a timid boy to a strong and independent fighter. Though, in the end, her naivety got the best of her. Izuku may be strong, but he's also a normal human like everybody else. But beyond everything else, there was one question she kept on asking.
'Why? Why didn't Izu just tell me that he was hurt? I could've taken on Iida by myself so he could get some rest!' she thought, frustrated by how short-sighted she was.
Her thoughts were swiftly interrupted by All Might, who knelt to her level and lightly patted her shoulder. "Young Uraraka, although I cannot deny the truth in your words, what Izuku did was his own choice, and you and I both know well that he would beat himself up non-stop if he didn't do what he did. So please, don't feel responsible. If anything, it was my fault as your teacher that I didn't keep Young Bakugou under control. Though, I'm not even sure myself if I can keep that boy under control" he explained with his signature smile, his little joke at the end earning him a small giggle from Ochaco.
Iida, who was watching from a distance, was very impressed. 'All Might really is amazing. Not only is he an amazing hero, but he is also just a great person.'
It then dawned on Iida that they had completely forgotten about someone.
"All Might, Sir? What should we do about Bakugou?" Iida asked, only just remembering that the explosive blonde had been knocked out unconscious for far longer than Izuku.
"Ah yes, there should be medical bots taking him to the nurse's office now. Can you do me a favor and make sure they can get to him, Young Iida? I can't tell you why, but I personally need to make sure that Iz- Young Yagi is okay, so I won't be able to tend to Young Bakugou" All Might explained, it only just dawning on him that he had been referring to Izuku by his first name in front of Iida. Said mistake being something he knows he'll regret.
Iida just nodded, before exiting the room and making his way towards wherever Bakugou ended up.
After Ochaco finally let go of her hold on Izuku, All Might picked him up and started making his way out of the building.
He then turned to look at Ochaco, "Young Uraraka, head on back to the rest of the class while I take Izuku to Recovery Girl" he told her, knowing that if he didn't say anything, she would try to come with him.
"But I want to make sure that Izu is okay! What if Midoriya tries something again? I want to be there for Izu if that happens!" Ochaco contested.
"I appreciate your concern, but I can assure you that Izuku will undergo no harm if I have anything to with it. Besides, the last thing Izuku would want is you jeopardising your education for his sake" All Might replied.
Ochaco hated that she knew he was right. She wanted to be there for Izuku, but she also needed to trust the people here. The UA staff all knew of Izuku's past and his current problems, but above all else, they were heroes. If Ochaco couldn't trust them in taking care of Izuku, then who could she trust?
Ochaco stood up and sighed. "Okay, but who will be teaching us?" she asked.
"I will probably have to ask a member of staff to temporarily take over the class. I can't ask Aizawa as I will need him there just in case anything does happen. It won't take long, I only need to be there while Recovery Girl checks over him" All Might explained.
Ochaco simply nodded and started her walk on back to the rest of the class.
And with that, All Might shot out of the building and started heading towards Recovery Girl.
Currently, Iida is trying to locate Bakugou. You'd think that finding an unconscious person would be quite easy, but the building they were in was literally a maze.
There was one thing, however, that Iida just couldn't get out of his head.
'Why was All Might calling Izuku his son? Are they actually related in any way? Though, when I think about it, their powers are very similar, even if they look nothing alike. Maybe Yagi just took after his Mother more?' Iida questioned in his mind, trying to figure out where the new pieces of the puzzle that was Izuku went.
He then stopped for a moment. 'But if Yagi is really All Might's son, then how has his life been so hard? Although I cannot comment on All Might's ability to be a father, I know for sure that Yagi would have had an easy life if his dad is All Might. From what I've seen, he is very intelligent and his combat abilities are higher than that of most pro's, so he must have been guided very well in life. So why? Why has he supposedly had such a difficult life?'
The more questions Iida couldn't find the answer to, the more frustrated he became. He wanted to help his new friend, but mindlessly questioning things was doing nobody any help. He needed answers, but he knew that he wouldn't get them from Izuku himself.
As Iida carried on his mission to find Bakugou, he concluded as to how he would get the answers he needed.
'Uraraka. She is the one I'm most likely to get answers from. I highly doubt that she will just give me the answers I'm looking for immediately, but if I can prove that I just want to help Yagi, then maybe she will agree' Iida finally concluded.
And like it was planned, Iida finally found Bakugou the moment he arrived at his conclusion. Thankfully, the medical bots had managed to get Bakugou out of the wall that he had been sent flying into by Izuku.
After hearing one of the bots say to head towards the nurse's office, Iida felt satisfied with his venture and began his walk back to the rest of the class, planning how he will go about questioning Uraraka the next day.
The second Izuku stirred awake, he immediately became aware that, wherever he was, it wasn't normal. All of his surroundings were white, and he seemed to be in some sort of room. What caught his attention the though, was that the room seemed to stretch out endlessly.
'Am I dead or something?' Izuku joked to himself. However, his confusion was then quickly answered by a voice he definitely recognised.
"You're an idiot. You do know that, right?" Midoriya asked him obnoxiously.
Izuku turned his head and stared at him blankly. "Good morning to you too?" he said, still slightly confused by the situation.
Midoriya scoffed at his response. "Well, at least you aren't being a coward like you were the last time we saw each other" he commented.
"And you're blaming me for all that?" Izuku asked, aggravated by the fact that Midoriya is acting like he wasn't the cause of Izuku's pain last night.
"I was just trying to claim what is rightfully mine. I don't see the problem with that?" Midoriya responded with full honesty.
Whether he was being serious or not was unclear to Izuku. His own body is obviously rightfully his, but Midoriya's expression said otherwise. Instead of dwelling on the past, Izuku decided to move on to what he really wanted to know.
"Okay, enough of this. What's going on here?" Izuku asked bluntly.
Midoriya raised an eyebrow at Izuku's question. "Honestly, I don't know. All I know is that you over-exhausted yourself like an idiot and the next thing I know, I'm here talking to you."
Izuku tried to find any trace of lies in his words, but he was unable to.
"So you're telling me that you have nothing to do with this?" Izuku questioned, his confusion now growing even more.
"What? You honestly think that you would be able to move freely if I had any part in this?" Midoriya answered bluntly.
Izuku smirked, "Well, you aren't wrong there."
Izuku proceeded to walk around for a bit, trying to see if there was any explanation for what was going on. Again though, to no avail.
He once again turned to look at Midoriya. "I'm guessing that this has something to do with your quirk, so how come you don't know what's going on?"
"You seriously think shit like this happened to me regularly? This is some whacky fever dream or something along the lines of that. Also, I don't know if you've realised yet, but my quirk changed a lot as soon as you got it. The fundamentals may be the same, but stuff like this and being able to contain separate entities? Definitely not" Midoriya explained.
It took Izuku a while to properly process what Midoriya said, 'Of course, there's no way stuff like this would be normal for anyone. But still, if neither of us knows what's going on, then why are we even here?'
"Maybe this will just be something that happens when you're asleep or unconscious? Clearly, there's a lot more to learn about my quirk than I thought" Midoriya answered Izuku's thoughts.
Izuku brought his hand up to his chin, "Hmm, maybe." He then paused for a moment, "Wait… How did you know what I was thinking?"
"Didn't I say this before? I can hear your thoughts, idiot" Midoriya responded harshly.
Izuku was unfazed by his insult. "Well, isn't that just great?" he remarked sarcastically.
"Yeah, just don't go getting any weird thoughts when we're both here, got it?" Midoriya told Izuku, resulting in a small blush from the white-haired boy.
"You think I'm some type of pervert?" Izuku asked, slightly offended.
"No, I've watched you forever now and you're as pure as they get. But, I know that now is the time where your body might start changing an-"
"Stop right there. Are you seriously trying to give me the puberty talk right now?" Izuku interrupted him, a deadpan expression forming on his face.
Looking at Izuku's expression, Midoriya let out a slight smirk, trying his best to hold in his laughter. Though he could only manage it for a short amount of time before he had to let out his laughter.
As Izuku looked on at the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but enjoy this new side to Midoriya. It was strange, after his previous encounters with him, Izuku never would've imagined any type of healthy bond forming between them. But here they were, acting like actual friends.
"You know, apart from the fact that you try to take my body, you aren't all that bad" Izuku told him with a smile on his face.
Even if it was only for a second, Izuku noticed a small blush form on Midoriya's face. "W-Well of course!" he swiftly responded, trying to cover up his embarrassment.
Izuku decided not to call out Midoriya on his obvious embarrassment, though he did let out a small laugh.
"Well, don't go thinking that every time we talk it will be like this. I'll take any opportunity I can get to experience life again" Midoriya told him, instantly shifting the mood from calm to intense.
Izuku gave Midoriya a determined look. "And you better not be thinking that it'll be easy for you. It definitely won't be the same as last time."
Midoriya scoffed at his response as if he didn't care for Izuku's words. But, in reality, Midoriya was impressed by Izuku's confidence boost since the last time they interacted.
'I guess that Uraraka girl can dig Izuku out of any hole then, huh?' Midoriya thought, before irritatedly clicking his tongue, 'How annoying.'
As an awkward silence filled the air, a bright light started to take over the surrounding area, enveloping both Izuku and Midoriya.
Before either of them could even say anything, they had once again been separated, and it seemed as though it was time for Izuku to actually wake up.
The second Izuku's eyes opened to see the white walls of a nurse's office, his body jolted up as he scanned his surroundings. In the corner of his vision, he managed to catch sight of an object floating in the air, before it dropped back onto the bedside table.
'Was I-' Izuku paused for a moment. 'Was I using my quirk in my sleep?' he asked himself, hoping that Midoriya would somehow answer his question. Though, to no avail.
After taking in his surroundings a bit more, he brought his hand from under the covers of his bed and stared at it for a moment.
'Just what is this quirk?'
Before any speculations could be made, Izuku felt shifting to his right. Upon looking down, he noticed that a sleeping Ochaco was sitting in a chair and resting her head on the bed.
Izuku couldn't help but smile at the sight in front of him.
'How did I get so lucky to have someone as amazing as Ocha in my life?' he pondered, before deciding that he should wake her up.
"Ocha, wake up" Izuku said as he gently shook her shoulder, earning him a quiet grumble as Ochaco stirred awake.
Upon raising her head, Ochaco's eyes locked onto messy white hair. "I-Izu?"
"Sleep well?" he questioned her.
Izuku didn't receive the verbal response he was expecting. Ochaco tackled him and brought him into a tight hug.
"O-Ocha?!" Izuku said, startled by the sudden physical contact.
"Idiot idiot idiot idiot!" Ochaco repeated, bashing her fists against Izuku's chest.
Izuku didn't know what to say. So, instead of saying something he would probably regret, he read the situation and remained silent.
Ochaco raised her teary-eyed face to look at Izuku. "Do you know how worried I was?! I don't want to see you in any more pain! Stop receiving pain and just think about yourself for once!" she shouted, letting out all of her pent up feelings.
Izuku decided that he should allow her to let everything out, even if her punches kinda hurt. Besides, what type of a boyfriend would he be if he didn't let her?
"What would've happened if Midoriya attacked you again?! What if you just never woke up?! What then, Izu…?" she desperately asked him.
Izuku brought his hand around to the back of her head and pulled her in closer. "It's okay, Ocha. Nothing happened to me, I'm completely fine. Sorry for worrying you" he finished, his voice soothing and calm.
Thankfully, Ochaco seemed to calm down quickly thanks to his comfort. There was a silent mutual agreement for both of them to stay like that for a bit.
Unknown to both of them, Toshinori had listened to the entire interaction.
Toshinori was walking to Izuku's room after the school day had ended. He knew that Ochaco was there since Aizawa let her go earlier on, most likely since she wasn't concentrating in class. Either way, he wanted to check up on Izuku, even if Recover Girl had said that he just passed out due to overworking himself.
Though, when he was about to open the door, he heard Ochaco shouting at Izuku. Upon listening further, he began to understand how the entire situation had effected Ochaco.
'I didn't realise Young Uraraka was this stressed by the situation. Is it really surprising though? She's just a hero in training after all' Toshinori pondered, before mentally beating himself up due to his short-sightedness. 'Dammit, I knew I should have let her go with Izuku. She had all this time to make the situation far worse than it actually is.'
He slowly backed away from the door after the room fell silent, deciding that it would be best to leave them alone for now. As he walked down the halls, he made a mental note to think deeper about his student's feelings. Ochaco's feelings were his first mistake, and he wanted to make sure they were his last.
"Ocha!" Izuku called from a distance, earning him Ochaco's attention.
She ran towards him and greeted him with a hug. "Good morning, Izu!"
"Good morning to you too, Ocha" Izuku said, smiling at the shorter girl.
After their greeting, they both started making their way towards UA. After the events of yesterday, Izuku explained what happened with Midoriya to Ochaco and Toshinori, who were both surprised by what Izuku told them about the interaction. In the end, everyone was glad that Midoriya wasn't just some tyrant constantly trying to take Izuku's body.
"How did you sleep last night?" Ochaco asked, tilting her head to look at Izuku.
"It was fine, Midoriya wasn't there or anything, so I think it might just be a random thing" Izuku explained, sounding unsure near the end of his sentence.
"Well, that's good then. You never know when he might attack you again, even if he seemed alright yesterday" she told him, still adamant in her mind that Midoriya is a major threat.
"Yeah, you aren't wrong" Izuku admitted, before remembering something. "Oh yeah! I forgot to thank you for staying as late as you did last night. You didn't have to help me catch up on everything I missed."
Ochaco blushed slightly. "It's fine, Izu. I'm just glad I could help" she told him with a beaming smile, blinding Izuku and his usual dark expression.
As they continued to walk and talk, the conversation eventually got to their class. Izuku was curious as to how they reacted to the events of yesterday, but Ochaco assured him that nobody said much in regards to what happened. A fact that confused Izuku quite a bit.
Eventually, the two reached UA, though they were surprised to see that the front gates were almost completely blocked by reporters.
Izuku scowled, "Seriously? I just want to go to school but I'm being blocked off by these scum?"
At first, Ochaco didn't understand Izuku's hostility towards the reporters. It then dawned on her that these were the same people who worked for or gave information to news stations - one of which nearly tore apart everything he and Toshinori had built up over the years.
She decided not to comment, unsure of what to say in the situation.
In a flash, the reporters had noticed Izuku and Ochaco walking towards them.
"You two are students of UA. What is it like having All Might as a teacher?"
Izuku grabbed Ochaco's hand and started walking ahead, trying to ignore them.
But, of course, that didn't work.
"How are All Might's classes? He is the Symbol of Peace, surely they must be great!"
Izuku turned and glared at them, "No comment."
Still, the reporters persisted.
"How do you feel about All Might spending less time doing hero work?"
"I said. No. Comment" Izuku spoke harshly.
Most of the reporters took the hint and backed off, all except a female reporter who noticed something about Izuku that most didn't.
"You look quite similar to the boy in the news a few days ago, Izuku Midoriya. Is that you? If so, how do you deal with what you did and what do you have to say to the families of the ones wh-"
She stopped talking, however, when Izuku turned to face her with an expression that sent chills down her spine.
Izuku took the opportunity to finally pass through the gate, still holding onto Ochaco's hand. After letting go of her hand and carrying on their walk to class, Ochaco let out a sigh of relief. Izuku wasn't the type to easily lash out at others, but Izuku's expression just then was seriously terrifying.
They passed by Aizawa, who was heading towards the reporters to tell them to leave. Aizawa took note of Izuku's expression, deducing that the reporters must have angered him in some way. Deciding not to pry into the details, he walked over to the reporters and told them that they were disturbing the students and that they should leave. Most listened, but again, the same female reporter from earlier didn't listen and attempted to enter the school for more questioning. Though, as soon as she stepped through the gate slightly, red lights flashed and a plethora of metal walls rose around the school, signifying that someone had attempted to enter without a Student, Teacher, or Visitor ID.
Aizawa sighed as he walked away. 'Do these people ever learn? How does All Might work as a hero with people like that constantly flocking towards him?' he rhetorically questioned, sighing once again as he now had homeroom.
As soon as Izuku swung the doors of Class 1-A open, he was met with stares from the entire room. Still wearing a slightly pissed off expression, some turned away immediately, but a select few ran towards him, catching him off guard.
Kirishima, Mina, Sero, and Sato all rushed over to Izuku and started fussing over him.
"That match yesterday was amazing! I got chills just watching it!" Kirishima shouted, slowly getting closer to Izuku.
"Where did you learn to fight like that? Most pros can't even fight like that!" Sero exclaimed, inserting himself into the conversation.
Mina nodded in agreement. "I'd love to know where you learned to move like that!"
"You got us all fired up for the rest of the matches, even if All Might wasn't there for some of them!" Sato told the stunned boy.
Izuku was taken aback by the sudden attention and praise he was getting. "I-U-Um… Thanks?" he stuttered, not knowing how to respond.
Everyone there then began to introduce themselves, before Kirishima decided to talk about why they actually went up to him.
"Look, Yagi. We just wanted to apologise for what we've said about you. There are no excuses for doing stuff like that, so we just wanted to say that we're very sorry!" Kirishima said, bowing his head.
Most of the people in the class joined Kirishima, bar a select few like Bakugou, Todoroki, and Momo.
If Izuku was surprised earlier, then right now he was speechless. He didn't know how to react. Something like this was foreign to him. Although people had liked him in his previous school, nobody every had their suspicions and therefore nothing like this had ever happened before now.
Ochaco, who was watching everything with a smile, decided to break Izuku out of his stunned trance. "Izu?" she asked, lightly tugging on his shirt.
This seemed to work as Izuku fumbled around with his words for a moment, before taking a deep breath to calm himself. "Please, all of you, raise your heads. I know that what you all did wasn't cool, but I can't exactly blame you for it. We may all be heroes in training, but that doesn't change the fact that we're all still young. Plus, it isn't every day that you see something like that on the news, to then find out that someone in your new class could be related. If I wasn't the one in question, I probably would've done the same as you all" Izuku told the class, who were now all in their original postures. Izuku then also bowed, "I should also apologise if I acted cold towards any of you in the past few days."
Ochaco was surprised by Izuku's maturity, only just realising that Izuku was giving her a look that said: 'You too.' She quickly bowed as well, recalling that she yelled at most of the class. Although she didn't disagree with her actions, Izuku seemed like he wanted to make up with the class, so she wasn't about to go against him.
Kirishima started rapidly waving his arms around. "Ah no! It's fine, you have nothing to apologise for, seriously!"
After hearing this, both Izuku and Ochaco raised their heads simultaneously. Though before anything else could be said, Aizawa appeared at the door.
"All of you take your seats, homeroom starts now" he told the class, causing everyone to rush to their seats. Although he wouldn't tell anyone, Aizawa had heard the exchange of apologies. He was glad that Izuku had made up with the class, hatred, or even just dislike within the hero industry is something that never ends well. Although Aizawa was yet to know it, Shoto Todoroki is a perfect example of how hatred can lead to misfortune.
After everyone was seated, Aizawa spoke up. "Good work on the combat training yesterday, especially since your actual teacher had to step out for a bit. I looked over the videos of the combat" he said, turning his attention towards the front of the room. "Bakugou, you're very talented, but you need to stop your anger from controlling you" Aizawa told the explosive blonde, a slight bit of harshness in his voice.
Bakugou grumbled in annoyance and evaded eye contact. "I know."
Aizawa then directed his attention to the back of the room. "Yagi. The way you performed yesterday was refined, but you need to think about your health more. Make that mistake in the professional field and it could end your life" he explained. Although he knew that Izuku didn't need to be told this, he decided to use this as a way to let the rest of the class know.
"Okay, Sensei" Izuku responded simply.
Satisfied, Aizawa moved onto what they were going to be doing this homeroom. "Okay, now onto some homeroom stuff. It may be a tad bit late to tell you, but today you'll be deciding your Class Representative and Deputy Class Representative."
A sense of relief washed over the class, glad that they didn't have to do some sort of test again. Immediately after that feeling went away, chaos erupted.
"I wanna be Class Rep!"
"Me too!"
"I'd also like to do it."
"This job is a role for someone as elegan-"
"I want to be the leader!"
"I'll make it so the girls' skirts are 30 centimeters above the knee!"
"Let me do it!"
Izuku just rested his head on the desk and groaned. "So loud…"
Ochaco giggled at Izuku's reaction.
Before any more chaos could occur, Iida shot out of his seat. "Silence, everyone!"
This quickly gained silence and the attention of every student in the room.
"The role of Class Representative is not one to take lightly! It carries the burden of the trust of everyone around you, so it is not a role for anyone who simply just wants to do it. I believe that the best way to decide would be to do an election!" Iida exclaimed, Izuku smirking at the fact that the one who had their hand raised the highest was Iida himself.
A discussion quickly started with Iida's suggestion.
"I can see the logic behind it, but is it really the best option?" Kaminiari asked no one in particular.
"We haven't known each other for very long, so how do we know who we can trust" Tsuyu also asked, most of the class agreeing with her.
"If we do it like that, then won't everyone just vote for themselves?" Kirishima asked Iida, who immediately sprung into action.
"Indeed. But that is exactly why whoever gets more than one vote deserves the role the most!" he explained, gaining nods of understanding from those around him. Iida then turned to Aizawa, who was already zipping himself up in his sleeping bag. "What do you think of this, Mr. Aizawa?"
"I don't care how you do it, just make sure you decide before homeroom ends" Aizawa told him, before collapsing to the ground and supposedly falling asleep.
"Thank you very much!"
Skip a little while, and everyone's anonymous votes had been tallied and put onto the front board.
Izuku Yagi - 3 votes
Tenya Iida - 1 vote
Momo Yaoyorozu - 1 vote
…
"I got 3 votes?" Izuku questioned, confused by the results.
The rest of the class was also confused by the results.
"Only one person got more than 1 vote?..." Iida asked, rubbing his chin and thinking of what to do next. He then once again shot out of his chair, "It would be unfair to Yagi if we re-did the vote, so how about we do another vote where the person who gets the most votes will be Deputy Class Representative. Is that okay with you all?" Iida asked the class, who agreed with his idea.
Although Iida was disappointed that he didn't get the role of Class Representative, he agreed with the idea of Izuku leading the class, after all, he was one of Izuku's three votes. Besides, he knew that he still had the chance of getting Deputy Class Representative, a role he would happily take.
Once again, people voted and the scores were tallied on the front board.
Momo Yaoyorozu - 4 votes
Tenya Iida - 3 votes
…
Momo let out a sigh of relief upon seeing the results on the board, while Iida bowed his head in disappointment.
Aizawa rose from his sleeping position and motioned Izuku and Momo to the front of the room.
"Okay then, Yagi will be your Class Rep and Yaoyorozu will be your Deputy Class Rep."
Izuku and Momo looked at each other for a moment, Izuku giving her a friendly smile. He then turned his attention towards the class, "Thank you to those who voted for me, I'll try my best not to betray your trust."
Almost the entire class was satisfied with the outcome. Before yesterday, they never would've put that much trust in someone shrouded in as much mystery as Izuku. But the training exercise proved to them that even if he is the person they suspect him to be, he definitely isn't evil.
The lunch area of UA is always chock full of students. After all, the area supplies food to students from all courses in UA.
While Ochaco was enjoying her rice, she noticed that Izuku was staring blankly at his food. "Aren't you hungry, Izu?"
This broke him out of his trance. "Oh, yeah I am. I'm just wondering how I was the only person who got more than 1 vote. I didn't even vote for myself" he admitted.
This new revelation intrigued Iida. "You didn't vote for yourself? That means 2 others voted for you…"
Iida's words confused Izuku. "2 others? Don't you mean 3?" he asked.
"Ah, I accidentally thought out loud. But yes, I do mean 2 others. After all, I was one of your votes" Iida told him.
Izuku nodded in understanding. "That makes sense. I knew you voted for someone else, but I didn't know it was me."
Iida was once again intrigued by what Izuku said, "How did you know I voted for someone else?"
"Because I was your original vote, so if you voted for yourself, then you would have had 2 points" Izuku explained.
Ochaco tried to keep up with the conversation, but Izuku and Iida's analysis of the votes ended up frying her brain. Noticing this, Izuku decided to change the topic.
"Iida, I've been meaning to ask, but you come from a family of heroes, right?" Izuku asked.
Iida was startled by Izuku's question. "And what makes you think that?"
"Well, for starters, you're clearly very well off. Also, your quirk is very similar to that of the Turbo Hero, Ingenium" Izuku explained bluntly.
Iida sighed, "Well, I guess there's no hiding it any longer. Yes, I come from a family of heroes. My older brother is Ingenium."
"That's so cool, Iida!" Ochaco exclaimed, making the blue-haired boy blush slightly.
"My brother is someone I look up to. He is an amazing leader and he sets a great example by honoring the rules. The reason I set down the path of heroism is because of him" Iida finished.
Izuku smiled at him, "Good for you, Iida. I know that Ingenium is an amazing hero. If you work hard enough, I'm sure you can become a hero to rival or even surpass him."
"Thank you, Yagi" Iida said, elated that Izuku thought so highly of him.
However, before any more compliments could be given, the sound of an alarm filled every room and hall in UA.
"There has been a Level 3 security breach. All students must evacuate the building promptly. I repeat-"
Iida immediately turned to the third year sitting next to him. "What's a Level 3 security breach?"
"It means that someone is trespassing on school grounds. This is the first time anything like this has happened in all of my 3 years being here! You should hurry out of here, too!"
The students went into a panicked frenzy, not knowing what to do or where to go. The hallway leading out of the lunch area was full of students, nobody being able to properly move or exit the hall.
Just the sight of students being so unorganised annoyed Izuku quite a bit. He could tell that if nothing was done to calm them down soon, then someone would end up seriously hurt. After being shoved to the window looking out towards the gate of UA, Izuku noticed that the so-called 'breach' was just the reporters somehow getting through the metal gates. Izuku concluded that he seemed to be the only one who realised this, and therefore he was the only one who could calm down the masses.
Izuku started scanning the crowd of students for Ochaco. He made sure that he was holding onto her, but the constant pushing resulted in them eventually getting separated. After looking around for a bit longer, he finally noticed her chestnut-brown hair. Izuku managed to barge his way through the crowd of people just enough to reach out to Ochaco.
"Ocha! Quickly, make me float" he told her, receiving a nod from her.
After a bit of stretching to reach his hand, Ochaco managed to get Izuku in the air. Upon the start of his ascent, Izuku charged up Full Cowling at 20% and kicked off the wall, sending him flying towards the end of the hallway. Before he hit the wall above the doorway, Izuku flipped in the air and planted his feet on the wall, his body facing the crowd of students. He quickly grabbed onto the pole above him for stability, before finally speaking up.
"Everyone! Calm down! It's just the media, there's no reason to panic! We are proud students of UA, not a bunch of disorganised clowns! People could get seriously injured if this continues!" Izuku shouted at the students, anger clearly detected in his voice by the people listening. Said people immediately listened and stopped barging into each other.
Izuku let out a sigh of relief upon seeing the students now leaving the hallway in an orderly fashion. He didn't like the attention, but he was just glad that he had calmed everyone down.
After the chaos that was the breach died down, Class 1-A was gathered for their second homeroom session of the day, just before they were scheduled to go home.
Aizawa decided to use this time to allow the class to decide the rest of the roles students have to take on. "Now, before you get onto that" he turned his attention towards Izuku, "I heard that you calmed down the students earlier, Yagi. Thanks for doing that, you might have prevented someone from getting injured."
Izuku blushed in embarrassment from Aizawa's rare praise. Soon after, the class also started to praise Izuku on his deeds.
"What you did out there was manly, Yagi!" Kirishima exclaimed, raising his fist in the air.
Kaminari nodded in agreement, "Yeah! You seriously helped us out there!"
"Thank you, Yagi! I thought I was gonna get crushed by all those people!" Mineta shouted, a terrified expression forming on his face as he recalled almost getting stepped on.
Izuku was once again taken aback by the praise he was getting. "It's fine, really. I just did what I knew I had to do at that moment" he explained.
Iida smiled hearing Izuku's response. 'And that's exactly why you're perfectly fit for the job, Yagi' he responded in his mind. 'Why did we ever even question you?'
With that question, Iida was reminded that he needed to ask Ochaco about Izuku before they leave today. Though, for now, that could wait.
And this chapter has finally come to a close. Honestly, people, I thought that the last chapter would be the most painful one to write. Apparently not though.
In all honesty, I have no idea what to think about this chapter. I feel like my overall writing has improved, but I just don't know if this chapter is right or not. I dunno, let me know what you thought in the reviews.
Now, there is something I want to address here as well. I don't know how many of you have seen my most recent review, but it's basically from someone with the account name 'HarryClarke3'. I have reported the review for reasons I will explain shortly, but at the time of me writing this, the review is still there for people to see. Now, onto why I want this removed. For starters, I just want to address that I have zero issues with people disliking my story. Everyone has the right to their own opinion, and everyone has their own taste. If you go through my reviews, you will find reviews that I could have easily removed myself or reported, but I haven't. I don't think that expressing your opinion on a story by leaving a shitty review is the right way to do it, but I don't want my reviews to be only good reviews. That is dishonest and it's just not the way I want to run my story. Anyway, I'll respond to this as if I'm responding to the person in a PM.
The reason I reported the review is for two main reasons. For starters, the simple fact that you are going onto my story and leaving a review that openly encourages others to not bother reading my story is seriously scummy. I wouldn't mind as much if you actually gave details behind the points you made, but your points can literally be boiled down to: "I didn't like this. I also thought that this was bad". So, the next time you decide to discourage people from reading a story, actually make valid points that have some sort of detail to them. Or, just delete your account and leave the site. Nobody wants people like you on this site. You have every right to express your opinion, but forcing it onto others with no proper explanation is something that shouldn't be tolerated on this site.
Now, onto the second reason. Basically, your last paragraph. Aka the one where you for some reason decided to target me. Now, for everyone reading this. NEVER. And I mean NEVER say shit like that. Referring to a writer's lack of motivation as 'bullshit' is incredibly insensitive. I know that I said myself in the update that I didn't know why I had a lack of motivation (which, by the way, is true), but how the hell are you gonna know if somebody saying that isn't just a lie to hide the truth? How are you to know whether or not a family member just passed away, and that's the actual reason for the lack of motivation. So calling anyone's lack of motivation bullshit is horrible. People get this misconception that words online mean nothing, but let me tell you, they definitely do. So please, never say stuff like that to anyone online, you never know how it may actually affect them. I could go on to more details, but I think everyone reading this gets the point.
Now, the last thing I want to say before ending this is actually related to the thing I said just now. Previously, my lack of motivation was unknown to me, but after it came back and I started writing this chapter, I had by far the worst week of my life. I'm not going to make it worse than it seems though, it was only 3 out of the 7 days that were bad, but that doesn't really matter. Basically, last Friday I discovered that a large portion of a community of professionals I respected greatly were actually predators. I'm sure that many of you know what community I'm talking about, but I won't give the details. I never followed any of them to that much of a large degree, but they were still people I respected nonetheless. Anyway, Friday may have been a sad day of scrolling through twitter, but it was nowhere near as bad as Saturday. When I went to sleep on Friday, I went to sleep with the idea that one of the people I idolised the most was safe from all of the drama. However, when I woke up, I discovered that they were actually being dishonest with the community and that they had done illegal things as well. It was horrible, finding out that someone I idolised and watched religiously was actually just a sick human that preyed on underage girls. But I came to accept it and moved on, as sad as it was for me. However, that wasn't the end of my already shitty day. It turns out that my 17-year-old dog - the dog that has been a part of my life since the day I was first brought into my house, had collapsed. Her legs had been becoming less reliable each day, but it got to the point where I thought she would never die, as silly as that sounds. However, every life has to come to an end. So on Saturday the 4th of July, my family dog, Maddy, was put down. Honestly, even now I haven't properly accepted that she's actually gone, it all feels too surreal. Sunday wasn't nearly as bad, but it was a day I mainly spent just contemplating things. I had zero motivation to do anything, let alone write. But I stuck it out for you guys, knowing that one of the things that raises my spirits the most is reading reviews on my story.
Sorry for all that, I just seriously need to vent and let out my feelings. Thanks to those that actually read all that, I appreciate you a lot. This is usually the part where I promote my discord, so go and join that if you're interested, the link is in my profile thing. Anyway, I guess it's time to finally close off this chapter. It's 4 am as I write this and I still need to go over this chapter once again, so that's all I have to say for now. As always, check your PMs if you review.
