Chapter 6: Ryuga Banjo: Origin
TEAM B VS. TEAM I
Team I consisted of Ojiro and Hagakure. While Ojiro had the clear advantage in the strength department due to his Quirk, Tail, Hagakure was the wild card. Her Invisibility Quirk could prove useful in stealth missions due to her entire body being invisible. However, the Quirk did have a down side to it, her clothes didn't go invisible with her. Which means that her costume consisted of…just a pair of gloves and boots.
While this would have provided a distraction for the other boys, Ojiro wasn't concerned. His martial arts training had taught him that he needs to have strong discipline in rather stressful situations. Still, it's weird to be in a room with a nake- 'No!' Ojiro began to think to himself. 'Remember your training! Master Muto would be disappointed in you if he knew what kinds of thoughts you're having!'
"Team B, Team I, your time starts now!" All Might had called out over the loud speakers. The plan was simple, Hagakure would try to sneak around to try to locate the opposing team, while Ojiro would stay behind and guard the bomb. Just as Hagakure was about to leave the room, Ojiro noticed something that really baffled him. That being the fact that he was able to see his breath, even though it was 26 C today.
All of a sudden, the entire room was covered with ice, and freezing Ojiro and Hagakure's legs in place. No matter how hard they struggled, they were unable to break the ice, even with the strength of his tail. After what felt like 5 minutes, Todoroki and Shoji entered the room. Without saying a word to his opponents, Todoroki walked up to the bomb and placed his hand on the bomb. "Team B wins!" All Might shouted into the loud speakers.
"Damn it." Ojiro said to himself. "Even if I lost, I am just glad that I lost to a worthy opponent like you." He said to Todoroki. Hearing those words, Todoroki turned to Ojiro. "Sorry," He began to say, "We're just on different levels." With those words, Todoroki began to help defrost the room. When they got back to the viewing room, Todoroki was declared the M.V.P. of the round based on the fact that he was able to quickly incapacitate the opposing team. He looked indifferent to the compliments he received.
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TEAM H VS. TEAM K
Sero and Mineta, who were the members of Team K, clearly had the edge when it comes to defense. Both of their Quirks could leave their opponents trapped in a sticky situation…pun included. "Hey, I'm all done!" Sero called out as he finished placing the last piece of tape. It seemed like Mineta was done as well. "Nice, I'm done too. Say, if you had to pick, who would you say is the hottest chick in our class? "Sero was a taken aback by that question. "I…Um…I don't know, I would have to think about it. What makes you even ask that question?"
"Oh, no particular reason." Mineta then turned to his teammate in anger. "EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU WERE CHECKING OUT YAOYOROZU!" Now Sero was really confused. "Dude, what the hell are you talking about?" Mineta seemed to get more angrier at the statement. "YOU KNOW DAMN WELL WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! YOU CAN'T HAVE HER! I ALREADY CALLED DIBS ON HER!" Sero was starting to be ticked off at this point. "Dibs? Dude, she's a human being like you and me! Can we focus on the training exercise?" "NOT UNTIL YOU ADMIT SHE'S MINE!"
The two teammates kept arguing to point where it was the only thing they could focus on. That was, until Tokoyami burst through in the room using Dark Shadow to claw away at Sero's Tape, while being careful to avoid Mineta's sticky spheres. Sero was quick trying to wrap up Tokoyami, while Mineta just threw his balls at random place hoping that would do something…it didn't. "You know it's funny that you have purple balls," Dark Shadow started to say, "given the way you talk about girls, I figured they would have been blue!"
Everyone seemed to stop what they were doing after hearing that comment. Sero just started to laugh hysterically. "Shadow, what did we talk about?" Tokoyami asked his Quirk. "What? I thought that heroes and villains were supposed to have witty back and forth with each other?" Dark Shadow quickly explained. "Plus, I just giving her enough time to touch the bomb." Mineta and Sero were perplexed by that comment.
"Team H wins!" Everyone turned their attention to where the bomb was located and saw that Tsuyu had placed her hand on the bomb. She used her Quirk, Frog, to climb onto the ceiling where she was able to avoid the traps. "Wait to go, Tsuyu!" Dark Shadow called out to its teammate. "Just call me Tsu. And thanks for the distraction." Was her only reply. Tsuyu was declared the M.V.P. due her resourcefulness and ability to sneak around enemy lines. She took the compliments in stride.
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TEAM G VS. TEAM E
"Alrighty, bomb is in place! You ready Aoyama?" Mina called out to her teammate in her usual cheery attitude. However, Aoyama wasn't feeling same way. He was too busy holding his cape. "Y-You ruined my cape with your acid!" He managed to whimper out.
"Team G, Team E, your time starts now!" Hearing that statement, Jiro and Kaminari entered the building. The first thing Jiro did was plug her earphone jacks into a nearby wall. It was faint, but she could here what sounded like whimpering just a floor above them. She pointed up, indicating that Team E was right above them. Kaminari seemed to get the message as he started to fire up electricity in his hands.
"Relax you big baby, you can get the Support Course to make you a new one!" They heard Mina call out. "You don't understand! This cape is made out of satin! The Support Course doesn't a fabric that feels this soft! To make a new one would be an insult to me!" Aoyama declared. Jiro and Kaminari just stared at each other dumbfoundedly while hearing this conversation. "What the fuck is he going on about?" Jiro quietly said to her teammate. "Who knows? How do you want to do this?" Kaminari asked. Jiro took a second to think, then an idea came to her.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Kaminari shouted, causing Mina and Aoyama to turn towards the blond boy. They saw Kaminari flying towards them. Mina quickly dodged out of the way, but her teammate wasn't as quick as her. Both blond boys collided with each other, causing electricity to fly out at random. A stray bolt of lightning hit Jiro as she tried to sneak around to reach the bomb. "What the hell, Kaminari?!" Jiro called out in anger. However, her anger she saw Kaminari's face. He was drooling, giving both thumbs up, and the only sound he was making was "Whey~" She couldn't help but laugh.
She then felt something wrap around her. She looked down and saw she had capture tape wrapped around her. She looked up and saw that Mina somehow was able to get away unscathed from Kaminari's shocking attack. She used her acid to quickly skate around Kaminari as she wrapped him up. "Team E wins!" All Might called out. Mina was declared M.V.P. due to her quick reaction time.
"Great job Mina!" Kirishima said as he, Banjo, and Sento made their way over to her. "Aw, thanks Kirishima! You big softy!" Mina said in a teasing manner, which caused Kirishima caused him to look away due to embarrassment. "I got to admit; your reaction time is pretty impressive. You had around 5.15 seconds before Kaminari collided with Aoyama, and you were able to register the danger and jumped out of the way in 2.53 seconds." Sento quickly explained, which caused the group he was with just to stare at him. "What? Were my calculations wrong?"
"Whoa." Was Kirishima's only response. "Smart and sexy? You're just a winning package, huh?" Mina asked in flirtatious tone of voice. That comment caused Sento to lock up. "Would you excuse us for just one second?" Banjo asked as he literally dragged Sento away from the group. Seeing that Sento was still frozen in place, Banjo snapped his fingers in front of Sento's face, hoping that would work…it didn't. 'Time to resort to drastic measures.' Banjo thought to himself.
The next thing Sento sent felt was a sharp pain in the back of his head, which was caused by Banjo slapping it. "Ow." Sento finally managed to mutter out. "How?" Banjo asked his friend. Sento was thoroughly confused. "How the hell are you doing it?" Banjo clarified. "Um…Doing what?" Sento questioned. "How the hell are you attracting these girls?"
Sento was a little bit in shock by that comment. "Um…Girls? I-I really don't know what you're talking about." Banjo then facepalmed, in a little bit of annoyance due to Sento's ignorance. "First it was Mina, I can't tell if she is joking or not when she makes those comments so I'm just assuming, then it was Yaoyorozu. I don't know how you're doing it, considering it's you, but somehow some of the girls in our class are attracted to you!" Sento shrugged his shoulders. "I don't how eith-…Wait, Yaoyorozu?" Banjo had a slight smirk underneath his helmet. "Oh yeah. First day of school, I saw the way she was looking at you, she was totally checking you out. Don't worry she's all yours." Banjo said, holding his hands up. Sento began to trip over his words. "I don't have…I mean…There's no way…However if she does…No, she's just an acquaintance…Maybe…"
"Alright Everyone! It's time for the next drawing!" All Might called out. Sento was just glad that something happened to stop his conversation with Banjo. "This isn't over." He heard Banjo whisper, causing him to feel a little nervous. All Might reached into the hero and villain boxes and pulled out the two balls. "Team J is the Hero team, and Team F are the Villains!" Team J was Banjo and Kirishima, and they were up against Sato and Koda.
"Hell yeah!" Kirishima said. He then held out his fist towards Banjo. Banjo took that as a sign for a fist bump, so he did it. "Let's show them how it's done!" Banjo exclaimed. "Now, follow me you young zygotes!" All Might said to the two teams. Before Banjo could leave, he felt a hand grab his arm. He turned and saw that Sento was the culprit. "Good luck. And don't anything stupid." Sento jokingly teased. Banjo chuckled. "Thanks. And don't worry, this is me we're talking about." And with that Banjo left. "I know. And that's why I'm concerned." Sento whispered underneath his breath, hoping that no one could hear him…However, that wasn't the case as Momo gave Sento a quick look of concern.
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TEAM J VS. TEAM F
Banjo and Kirishima sat outside the building that the battle was taking place in, waiting for All Might to call out their team. "So," Banjo began to say, "Since were waiting, what's your Quirk?" Kirishima had a sudden look of realization. "Yeah, guess we didn't really have time to tell each other our Quirks, huh? Well, my Quirk is Hardening." As he began to explain his Quirk, Banjo saw that Kirishima's hand had turned rocklike. "Basically, it allows me to harden any part of my body." Banjo couldn't help but snicker. "…Not like that. Any part of my body becomes toughens up like a rock, which means I can take some serious damage. However, it does wear out my stamina, so I can't use it for long."
"Alright, you can essentially be like a human brick wall. Nice." Banjo said, clearly impressed. "To put in a short way, yeah. So, what's your Quirk?" Kirishima asked his friend/teammate. "Which one?" Was Banjo's response. It took Kirishima a second to realize what Banjo just asked. "Wait…You have more than one Quirk?" Banjo pointed at his buddy and said, "Bingo."
"Dude!" Kirishima began to exclaim. "That's so cool! I've never met anyone with more than one Quirk! So, how many do you have?" Banjo held up two fingers. "Just two. The first is Damage Absorption. Basically I take up to three solid hits without feeling any pain. The second is called Nebula Dragon. It's similar to Sento's Quirk, except I can only use the essence of a dragon. Now, any questions?"
Two questions came to Kirishima's mind. "Wait, how could you have been a boxer if you have a Quirk that absorbs damage? And second, what exactly is Sento's Quirk?" Banjo chuckled to himself. "Yeah, when I started out boxing, I made agreements with officials that I wouldn't use my Quirk in the ring, so I pretty much had my trainer give me three solid hits before each and every fight, that would pretty much stop it from working. And to answer your second question-"
"Team J, Team F, your time starts now!" All Might's voice cut off Banjo before he could finish his sentence. He quickly hopped up to his feet. "Another time then. Come on, we can't waste any time." And with that the duo head off into the building. The first thing that Banjo noticed was that the hallways were empty. Given the nature of the exercise, it made sense. The second thing he noticed was that a rat scurried away from them. Since the training grounds were quite a bit away from the school, it was only natural that there would a few rodents using the buildings as homes. However, as they began to go further into the building, Banjo noticed that there were quite a lot of rats in the building…and how they seemed to be watching their every single move.
As the team reached the third, the pair noticed that there were footsteps that didn't belong to any of them, and they were coming towards them. "INCOMING!" Kirishima shouted as he pushed Banjo out of the way. The wall next to them collapsed as Sato literally crashed through it. Seeing the sudden threat they now face, the hero team prepared themselves for battle. Kirishima hardened his arms to provide some extra damage to his opponent, while Banjo put himself into the orthodox boxing stance. The two began to swarm their foe.
Kirishima lead the attack by going straight for the stomach. As the first punch made contact, Sato barely recognized it as he swatted Kirishima away. It was Banjo's turn as he landed a flurry of punches on Sato's stomach as well. Sato tried to land a punch, but Banjo saw the attack coming a mile away as he ducked underneath it. He landed one punch directly to the ribs, that one seemed to actually cause some damage to the Sugar Rush user as he fell to one knee. It also seemed to aggravate Sato, as he finally managed to punch Banjo, which sent him flying through one of the walls.
As Banjo tried to get a sense of his surroundings, he noticed something in the rubble. The Lock fullbottle. As he grabbed it, he stared at it and began to recollect at how exactly he came in contact with the guy who once saved him.
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11 months ago
Banjo put away his boxing gloves. He just finished practicing for a fight he had in a couple of days. It helped him clear his head ever since Kasumi's… No, he couldn't think about it. Even though it had been a year, it still felt recent. He just wished that he could have told her how he felt about her before she died. He considered it his biggest regret. But he knew that at some point he would have to move on.
As he left the school, he noticed a trio of students heading to the gates. 'The notorious three' is what they were known around school. They were considered the most popular kids at school, and they were also the ones that were closest to being accepted to a Hero Course. However, there were rumors that they bullied some kids. One of the girls on the school paper has always been trying to get any of the 'victims' to confess. Yet whenever she tried to talk to them, they always seemed too scared to speak up. Banjo looked up to them due to their popularity and always wanted to hang out with them. Maybe today would be the day.
"Wait up!" He called out to them. They turned, with a look of annoyance on their faces. "What do you want, Banjo?" The leader, Daiki, said to the impressionable boxer. "I was just wondering if you guys wanted to hang out." Banjo said, with a grin on his face. There was a second of silence, before the trio started to laugh. "Us? Hang out with you?" The second in demand, Isao, asked in between laughs. "Yeah. What makes you think you're cool enough to hang out with us?" The runt of the group, Saburo, questioned Banjo.
"I have quite a lot of free time, so I just wanted to kill some time before I headed home that's all." Banjo explained. The trio just began to laugh harder. "Nah, not quite yet. Come on boys, I'm starving. You all are paying." Daiki commanded his gang, leaving Banjo just to stand there. Turns out today wasn't the day. As he stood there, he felt someone staring at him. He looked and saw a boy around his age, with black hair and mismatched high-top shoes. "What are you looking at?" Banjo questioned the boy. The boy seemed startled, as he began to walk away. "Weirdo." Banjo muttered under his breath.
As he began to walk to the train station, he felt his phone vibrate. He looked and saw that he got a text message from his mom.
Mom: Hey, I have a date tonight. There is food in the fridge, or you can get take out if you want. Text me when you get home. I love you.
Banjo sighed. Of course she had a date. Although he couldn't blame her. His dad apparently died before he was born, so he knew that she just couldn't be by herself forever.
As he continued to walk, he paid no mind to his surroundings. He was about to walk past an alleyway, when all of a sudden, he pulled into the alley. He was pinned up against the wall by a someone wearing bat-like armor. "Hello Banjo." The mysterious stranger said in a synthesized voice. He then sprayed some type of mist in Banjo's face, and Banjo slowly felt his conscious fading.
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When he woke up, he found himself in some kind of tank with green fluid surrounding him. He looked around in a panicked state. Scientists in hazmat suits with gas masks were looking at computers with some type sciencey looking readings on them. He then saw the bat guy speaking to one of the scientists.
"He really is a fascinating subject. His Quirk could provide some use in combat purposes giving proper training and experimentation." The scientist said to the bat guy. "Excellent. He could prove himself useful in our cause. Prepare him for the gas exposure." The Bat man said. However, the lead scientist seemed to some reservations. "Sir, do you really think a child is capable of help acquire Pan-" "You dare to question my authority?" The bat guy said, which caused the lead scientist to back up a little bit." N-No sir.I-I should also warn you. His DNA is…well, it's unlike anything we've ever seen. The only word to describe it is abnormal."
"Abnormal? What is that supposed to mean?" The bat guy asked. "Well…We're not too sure ourselves. It's nothing we have seen before." The bat man pondered to himself aloud. "It would be interesting to see how the gas reacts to him. Do it anyway." The head scientists then gave the order to the rest of his coworkers, and the tank Banjo was in started to fill with some type of gas.
Around 3 seconds passed before Banjo was able to break out of his restraints, smashing his way out of the tank. Most of the scientists stood back in shock. "Come on!" Banjo shouted. "I'll take you all on if I have to! What are you waiting for!" The Bat villain chuckled at the boy's bravado. "You would have made a fine addition to our forces." And with that statement, he snapped his fingers.
Soon Banjo was surrounded by what looked like four men with semi-automatic rifles. "Destroy all the evidence." The bat man commanded his scientists, which they did. "It's a shame really. To die at such a young age, and then there's the fact that you won't get a proper burial." As those words sank into Banjo's head, he realized that today would be the day that he dies. He thought back to all the regrets he had in his life. His mom, the fact that he would never be a hero, Kasumi. At least he would get to see her soon.
Suddenly, an alarm started blaring. It didn't seem to be part of the bat guy's plan as looked around all confused. "Sir! It's him!" One of the scientists said, while looking at a video monitor. On one of the screens, a figure suddenly rushed by while taking down two guards. "No. NO! It's too early!" He shouted. He pulled out some kind of weird gun. "You all know the location of the next base. Finish downloading and wiping the data, then meet up there. Our cause doesn't end here." The bat man then fired the guy, and a mist appeared out of the barrel. After a few seconds, the steam disappeared and so did the mysterious Bat man.
As Banjo looked at men with rifles pointed at him, they appeared unfazed by what was happening. In fact they seemed almost…robotic. "SNEAK ATTACK!" A new voice suddenly called out. A figure dropped down behind one of the men and used what looked like a drill/sword combo weapon attack him. Sparks went flying as the weapon made contact. The new party then leaped in front of Banjo in a defensive position. "If you want to stay alive, stay behind me!" The figure commanded.
Banjo was able to get a good look at his savior. He was wearing an asymmetrical purple and blue costume with a strange looking device on his waist. He had a helmet on that had visors that consisted of a blue tank and a purple ninja star. One of the men charged at the duo, but luckily the masked stranger saw him coming as swiped at him with his weapon. Two more then started to charge at him, but in one foul swoop, he was able to knock off their heads off. Sparks flied out of where their heads were, revealing that they were truly robots.
"Come on!" The stranger yelled as grabbed onto Banjo's arm and started leading him out of the base. After what felt like a grueling couple of minutes, they made their way outside. It was nighttime so Banjo figured that he had been gone for a couple of hours. Banjo panted heavily as he felt fresh air for what felt like forever. "Is it over?" He asked his savior. "It's never as simple as it seems." He said as he once again got into a defensive position. Banjo heard what sounded like a flamethrower being started coming behind him.
He turned and saw some kind of monster with an orangeish color scheme with a flamethrower for an arm. "Get behi-" The stranger started to say. "Yeah, there's no need to tell me." Banjo said as he quickly made his way behind his savior. After a few seconds of silence, the monster and the stranger charged at each other.
The monster tried to swipe at the hero, but he jumped over the attack. He swiped at the monster with the weapon. Sparks went everywhere as the monster tried to recover. It tried to use its flamethrower arm, but the stranger saw the attack coming from a mile away as he dodged the attack. He then gave the monster an axe kick straight to its weird bulbous head. It seemed to cause some damage as the creature started to sway back and forth. Seeing an opportunity, the masked individual took the blade off his weapon and attached it to the front of it "Let's finish this." The stranger muttered as he slid some type of bottle into his weapon.
READY GO!
The blade/gun started to glow a bright red at the barrel. Banjo took this as a sign to find some sort of cover.
VORTEX BREAK!
A ball of glowing energy shot out the barrel making its way to the monster. Seeing this, the monster made a sound similar to 'Uh Oh'. As soon as the ball made the contact with the monster, a huge explosion of green flames shot out. Had Banjo not found a spot to hide behind, he probably would have been burnt worse than a piece of toast. The explosion caused the monster to go flying back.
As the monster laid on the ground, the stranger walked towards it, all while pulling out some type of white bottle. He turned the top of the bottle and energy started to be sucked into the bottle. As soon as it was done, Banjo was shocked to see that the monster turned back into a person. Almost based on instinct, Banjo immediately rushed to the side of the former monster. "Hey! You all right?" He asked as he shook the unconscious person trying to wake him up.
"They'll be fine." The stranger said, which drew the attention of Banjo. "Well, they'll be amnesiac for couple of hours and they'll need medical attention. But other than that, they'll be fine."
"And how do you know that?" Banjo asked.
"I've been fighting both this organization and these creature for around two months now. So I'm kinda the expert on this subject." The stranger explained as he put one of arms of the unconscious person around his shoulders. "You gonna help me or what?" It took Banjo a second, but he understood what he meant as he followed suit.
"I guess I really shouldn't question a pro hero, huh?" Banjo joked around. The stranger remained silent.
"Sidekick?"
He still remained silent.
"Highly experienced vigilante?"
Still quiet.
"…How new are you at this?"
"…Around two months."
Banjo sighed. "We got to start somewhere, huh?"
"Yeah…you're not going to tell anyone about me, right?"
"Way I see it, you saved my life, so why I rat out someone that put their life on the line for me?"
The stranger sighed. "Good, I didn't want my chance at U.A. being ruined…I said that out loud didn't I?"
Banjo laughed at the last part of that comment. "Yeah yo-" Banjo's eyes suddenly widened as he grasped what his savior just said. "Wait, You're my age?" The stranger realized that there was no point in hiding his identity anymore as he took off his belt and his costume suddenly disappeared. As soon as it was gone, Banjo immediately recognized him. "You're that kid that stared at me!"
"Yeah, sorry about that. I have bad social skills."
"It's cool. Besides, that's the least of my worries. My mom's going to kill me when she realizes that I've been gone for hours."
The kid nervously scratched his nose. "Um…try three days."
Banjo stopped in his tracks. "THREE DAYS?!"
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Two days after the whole incident, Banjo went back to school. While he told the police that got kidnapped, he made up that he was able to escape all by himself. He just so happened to leave out the fact that someone saved him. Shame he didn't get his name though. While the police said that they would be able to figure out who took him, somehow Banjo got the feeling that this was far from over given the way that the bat guy was talking. His mom, while obviously worried, was still acting pretty cool. Although she did start enforcing some new rules on him like checking in at every train stop.
Apparently, word about his incident managed to get out to his school as his classmates started treating him…differently. Students that never talked to him were coming up to him in the hallways as if he was a pro hero or something. Girls were asking him out, which he gladly accepted. All the attention around school made him feel like he was the most popular guy at school.
As the day was wrapping, Banjo was about to head out of the gates, but then he felt himself step on something. He looked down to see some type of small blue bottle with a dragon's face on it. As he picked it up, for some reason he got a weird sense of déjà vu from seeing it. He then heard someone come up behind him. "Hey there, Banjo!" He turned to see Isao and Saburo approaching.
"We heard that you've been getting some…attention around school, and well, the boss thinks it's time for add a new addition to the group." Isao explained. Hearing that put a huge smile on Banjo's face. "Wait, really?!" The thing that Banjo has been hoping to hear was finally happening. "Yeah. Although there is sort of an initiation that you have to go through if you want to join. Think you're up for it?" Saburo joined in. Banjo scoffed. "If I can escape a kidnapper, I can handle anything."
The two boys started to lead Banjo to the back of the school where the track team was practicing. A certain question suddenly popped into Banjo's head. "So. What exactly am I going to have to do?" A sort of force field was extended to cover the three boys. Daiki suddenly appeared standing over a beaten-up boy. "Simple. You want to join; just show us you aren't afraid to get your hands dirty." This was not the thing that Banjo was expecting. He now knew that the rumors were true. "Relax, no one's going to see us." Daiki said causing Banjo to turn to face him. "My Quirk allows me to create a veil that won't allow anyone to see through it."
The beat-up boy struggled to sit up to look up at his attackers. Seeing the face of the boy shocked Banjo. It was him. The boy that saved him from his kidnappers. To see someone that seemed so mighty and powerful lying on the floor in a weakened state caused Banjo to remember something. Or rather someone. Kasumi. He always remembered her as a bright and cheerful person. But the last time he ever saw her, she was weak, tired, and pale as the life was drained from her body. Seeing him like this caused something inside Banjo to realize something.
He had to put a stop to this.
Banjo raised up his fist for a punch. The notorious three got an excited look on their face…up until Banjo's fist made contact with its target. That being Daiki's face. A blue flame surrounded Banjo's fist as the punch made contact. The hit made Daiki go flying and crashing through his force field causing the track team to notice the commotion.
"YOU EVER THINK OF HURTING ANYONE EVER AGAIN; YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME TO GET TO THEM!" Although Banjo was confused by the super punch, his rage was overpowered that confusion. He stood in a defensive position, trying his best to protect the boy. Isao and Saburo were about to fire up their Quirks, something became very clear to them. The commotion they were causing drew the attention of more students…and more teachers as well.
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Banjo and the mysterious boy sat outside the headmaster's office waiting for them to be called so that way he could take their statement of the incident. They sat in silence, none of them not knowing what to say. Finally, Banjo broke the silence. "How was I able to do that? The blue flame I mean." The boy continued to sit in silence. "Look, I wasn't going to actually beat you up if that's what you're thinking."
"That's actually not what I was thinking." The boy said, causing Banjo's interest to be peaked. "Look, the people that snatched you up, they turn people into monsters. So far you're the first I rescued that had no side effects…At least that's what I thought until today." Banjo was really confused. "Why-…Why are you telling me all of this?"
"…Because I believe that the same thing that happened to you, happened to me." That statement caused Banjo to be surprised. He didn't expect anything like that to come out of his mouth. "I should also tell you that your fly is down." Banjo looked down to see that the boy was telling the truth. "Seriously? How does this keep happening?"
The boy then started to chuckle at the situation. Then Banjo started to laugh as well. After all that happened today, it finally felt like the two boys had a moment to themselves to finally act like boys. Then the laughter died down, it was then that Banjo noticed something about the boy.
"I recognize that uniform. Aldera Junior High, right?"
The boy nodded.
"It true that have a bullying problem there?"
The boy nodded again.
"…You never really had any protect you, am I right?"
It took a second, but the boy nodded once more.
"…Well, that's not going to happen while I'm around."
The boy looked at Banjo with a confused look on his face.
"Ryuga Banjo." He held out his hand, hoping for a handshake. It took a couple seconds, but the boy eventually shook his hand.
"Sento Kiryu."
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Present Day
Even though it was a couple of seconds, to Banjo it felt like an eternity before he realized where he was again. He looked up and saw Kirishima trying his best to try to keep Sato at bay. "You okay, man? You looked really out of it there for a minute?" Kirishima asked while Sato took a small break to eat another packet of sugar.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Say, think you're able to hold him for a couple of seconds?" Banjo asked Kirishima. "If he's dazed then yeah, I can do it. You got a plan or something?" Kirishima answered, all while smirking. "Nah, just a feeling." Banjo said all while having a big smile. Without warning, the two teammates rushed to their still distracted opponent.
When Sato noticed the two of them about to rush him, it was already too late for him to react. Banjo went straight for his knee causing him to drop to the ground. Kirishima then kneed him in the face, causing him to be dazed for a couple of seconds which was enough time for Kirishima to but Sato in a fell nelson. "You know what that feeling is?" Banjo asked as he began to turn the lever on his belt. "No. What is it?" Kirishima asked.
"IT'S THE FEELING THAT I CAN'T LOSE!" He shouted as he started to run towards Sato.
READY GO!
As he was running, a glowing blue Chinese dragon materialized out of nowhere. It began to shrink down and wrap around his fist as Banjo jumped up in the air as Kirishima let go of Sato.
DRAGONIC FINISH!
The fist made contact with Sato's face. He then went flying through three walls. Team J waited for a couple of seconds to see if their opponent would get up again. After a few more seconds, they started to get a little bit concerned. "Uh…You okay?" Banjo asked. "So…Sleepy…So…Tired…" Sato managed to respond with. At least he was alive.
Team J wrapped Sato up in capture tape and proceeded to check every corner of the third floor. Since Sato didn't attack up until they got to the third floor, the bomb had to be close by. They reached last room where the bomb sat as well as Koda…who was cowering in the corner. Seeing that he was not a threat, Banjo quickly ran to the bomb and placed his hand on it.
"Team j wins!"
(X)
After All Might gathered all of students together, they decided that both Banjo and Kirishima were the M.V.P. due to their teamwork. Now it was the moment that the class was waiting for. The final drawing. A chance to at redemption for the losing team. However, some of the students were kind of nervous due to who they would be up against. Team C who consisted of Sento and Momo. A.k.a. the top two of the class so far.
"Now then! Let the drawing begin!" All Might declared as he reached into the boxes. After a couple of seconds, he finally pulled out the balls. "Team C are the villains, while the hero team consist of…Team D." Everyone stopped at the mention of the team name. They then began to stare at Bakugo, who had a worrying looking grin on his face.
"Team C, may I speak to you alone for a second?" All Might asked, which caused Sento to be slightly surprised. He then led the two of them into the hallway. "After what happened during the Team A and Team D battle, I don't feel comfortable about letting Team D fighting again. If you want a redraw, I fully understand."
"With all due respect sir," Momo began to explain, "our duties as future heroes require that we face challenges that are out of our control. That includes battles with enemies that may surprise us. To do this exercise would be beneficial to our education." Both Sento and All Might raise an eyebrow at the explanation that was presented to them. "While I…Uh…appreciate that you took a quote out of my book, I will have you know that the two of you are team. So, should the team come to a split decision, I will do a redraw. Young Kiryu the decision is up to you."
Feeling the pressure suddenly placed on him Sento looked to Momo. Her explanation was correct. They had no control over what kind of villains they would face in the future. But then Sento thought back to 11 months ago, those bullies that Banjo saved him from reminded him of Bakugo. There was also the fact that Bakugo caused some serious harm to Midoriya. Sento looked up at All Might with all the confidence he could muster as he finally gave his answer.
"No redraws. We can handle it."
Hey guys, sorry for the month break. I had my spring break, then everything started to go crazy in the world. I know that things seem pretty crazy right now, but the best thing we can to do is wait. It's always darkest before the dawn.
Now then, next chapter is going to focus on Team C vs Team D. Explosions! Rage! As well as seeing who comes out on top between Bakugo and Sento! Plus, a tease at a certain 'hands-on' villain! Stayed tuned for the next chapter!