I present you one of the latest story, Naruto of Class B! A Naruto x My Hero Academia fanfic!
Most characters might be OOC and there might be some grammar errors but I'm trying my best.
Few things to get out of the way…Naruto will replace Nirengeki Shoda, U.A. has dorms at the beginning and there'll be some changes. Some characters' personality and other things will be different (OOC).
Enjoy the first chapter of NCB
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, My Hero Academia and anything mentioned in this story.
Chapter 1: Class 1-B
Fire, fire was everywhere as the forest of mountain burn away at alarming rate and an news helicopter fly over it to report the most chaotic moment. A roaring explosive break out, sending heavy dust and shockwave that push the helicopter away as the reporter describe every moment step by step with screams while the cameraman film everything shakily. They gasp loudly when one of the famous figures fling away like a ragdoll until the figure regain control with a skid as the person pant heavily and several figures join this person, each appear to be exhausted and injured to some degrees. Bright blue eyes snap upward under the shadows of its blonde brows to meet the white eyes surrounding by dark red before the latter give out an savage roar as it lunge toward the group.
Ochaco feel so thrilled as she carry stack of boxes in and her eyes dart everywhere at the dorm that she will live in for the next few years. She's so happy that she pass the U.A. entrance exam but she's more happy because the U.A. provide free boarding to anyone who live far away or if they're tight on money like herself. She jump on this opportunity to move in the day before the first day of school. 'Whoa, this place is so huge!' The brunette gawked at the common room, 'So fancy and all! I wonder who will move in here?' All she know about this dorm is that it's for students in Heroic department, there are other dorms but they were for different department from support to general and the heroic dept only get one dorm per year. "Where is the elevator?" She muttered to herself as she take few steps until a blonde girl with long horns and horse features come into her view and they nearly startle each other with a light jump. "O-Oh, hi! I'm Uraraka Ochaco" She smiled brightly, "I'm moving in today. I'm in class 1-A, you?"
"Hello." The blonde girl smiled back, "Po…" She stop herself with a short pause, "Oh! Tsunotori Pony. Me…Um…From America. I in 1-B."
"Oh, you're from USA?" The brunette replied as the blonde girl nodded few times, "Wow, that's a long way from home." They slowly start to feel awkward as they just stare at each other in silence with some shifting of their feet, "…Um, which way to elevator?"
"…Elevator?" Pony seems to not understand this word and the brunette was about to explain until they hear the door opening then close before they look over to see a blonde boy. He have a long blonde spiky hair that frame his face, blue eyes with black slit pupils and whisker birthmarks on cheeks. He wear a long-sleeved orange shirt with turtleneck, black gloves, blue jean and pair of orange sneakers, everything but his face was covered up. Another thing that make him stand out is a long thickest bushy red fox-like tail behind him.
"Hi, I'm Uraraka Ochaco from class 1-A and I'm moving in today." The smiling brunette greeted him and she notice that he don't have anything else on him. "Can you tell me where elevator is?"
"I just got here." The blonde boy gave her a flat look.
"Really?" Ochaco blinked couple times, "Oh! Sorry, I thought you were…Um…" She turned her head to Pony, "Ah, um, have you meet Tsunotori Pony? She's in class 1-B." The said girl waved with a smile.
"Naruto." The blonde boy walked by them into one of hallways with a dismissed wave, "Class 1-B."
"…Nice to meet you?" The brunette muttered slowly before she turn to the blonde girl with a blink, "He seems to be friendly?" Pony simply tilt her head innocently.
"Hey, found elevator over here." Naruto's voice called from the hallway that he entered.
"Oh, thank you!" Ochaco quickly turned to Pony, "See you later, I gotta go find my room and unpack my stuff! Nice to meet you!" She jogged off into the hallway.
"Um, bye?" Pony waved in confusion, she barely understand anything and the only gist she get is that the boy that just came in is her classmate…She think?
The next morning, Naruto, wearing UA uniform with turtleneck under shirt and gloves, enter the kitchen and walk up to the food cabinet before he takes a cereal box out with a bowl. He pour some out when Ochaco and Pony come in, the latter look so drowsy while the former was wide-awake. "Morning!" The brunette greeted him as she took two pieces of bread out to make toast, "You exciting for today?"
"Not really." He replied flatly as he put milk in and he put the bottle and box away before he start eating his breakfast.
"Um, okay…" Ochaco muttered, starting to feel awkward as they eat in silence after Pony fetch some apples for herself. "…Do you two want to walk together with me?" The blonde boy shrug his shoulders uncaringly while the blonde girl tilt her head confusingly, had missed her question and the gravity girl sweatdrop. 'That is going to be a long year.' She hope that it'll get less awkward once they get to know each other, after all they have a lot of time until then.
"Bye, see you later." The brunette waved to the blondes as they split up in the hallway to find their classrooms.
"Um, Naru, you know where 1-B?" Pony glanced around worriedly, she was following her fellow blonde and it feel like he know where it is.
"Yeah, I do." Naruto replied and they walk some more until they reach a giant door with '1-B' sign.
'I hope everyone's friendly.' The blonde girl take a breath to calm her nerves down, only to blink when her fellow blonde open the door then walk in without any hesitance and she shuffle inside to see eighteen teenagers socializing in their own ways. 'Are we last in?' She was surprised to see her classmates present at this hour but it must be understandable because it's the first day of school and they must be really exciting to be in heroic course.
"Oh yo!" Pony jumped when a girl with long green hair approached them out of nowhere with a cheery wave, "Name's Tokage Setsuna and you are?"
"Po…Tsunotori Pony." Pony answered nervously, "Um, I from USA. Japanese no good. I can understand but speaking, no good."
"Ah, gotcha." Setsuna flashed her a thumb-up before she turn to Naruto, who just taking his seat at a empty desk. "What about you?"
"Naruto." He answered flatly as his head turned to the window with his cheek on fist, propping up with elbow on desk, and the greenette wait for him to say more but he didn't.
"…Shy fella?" The greenette turned to Pony while pointing at the blonde boy and the blonde foreigner simply shrug her shoulders with confusing expression.
"Hey man, I'm Tsuburaba Kosei." A boy with brown hair and fish-like eyes turned around from his desk to face Naruto, "Nice to meet you." Naruto just ignored him in favor of staring out of the window, "…Um, ok, cool…" Kosei rubbed his neck awkwardly as he turned away from the blonde, maybe he's nervous, shy or don't like to talk much like some people.
It was getting clear that Naruto won't talk to anyone when several classmates tried to strike up a conversation or say friendly hello to Naruto and all they can get out of him was just simply his name with cold tone.
"Everyone, in your seat!" A bulky man in costume walked in as soon as the school bell rang, "My name is Vlad King and I am your homeroom teacher. After I take a roll call, we will go to orientation, covering few basic things then take Quirk Apprehension test at end of the day." Vlad King bring the clipboard up and he call names out one by one as the students respond back.
After the longest, sleeping-induce in some case, speech from their principal, Nezu, and other long talk about boring basic topics, the class were getting ready for their quirk apprehension test and when some students walk out onto the field, they notice that Naruto was first there as he stand next to Vlad King. One or two raised their eyebrows at the fact that the blonde was wearing turtleneck shirt under gym outfit with gloves, wondering if his quirk play into it. "Naruto, you know it's quirk apprehension so please use it at least once." Some students heard Vlad speaking to Naruto as they get closer.
"Whatever." Naruto grunted.
"Naruto, and…" The blood hero was about to say something until the blonde cut him off.
"No, go fu…" The blonde was about to say something but he get off this time.
"Ah, you're all here now." Vlad King faced his gathering students with fists on his hip, "Listen up, everyone, you will go through eight physical exams and you are allowed to use your quirks. At the end of this test, you all will see where you rank on the scoreboard from best to worst."
"Will it affect our grade for a year?" Yosetsu raised his hand up.
"No, it won't." The teacher shook his head, "This test is for me to gauge your use of quirk and see where we can improve from there. Any more questions?" He scanned the students but they don't raise their hands up before he clap his hands with a nod, "Now…We will do fifty meter dash…"
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu was getting more and more furious as the class went through some tests and it was not because of his performance, he aced some tests with manly effort! It's because of one person, Naruto. This Naruto guy never give it all during the tests…No, he treat it like some kind of joke in Tetsutetsu's eyes.
When Naruto was going up against Awase Yosetsu in fifty meters dash, the latter ran with all of his strength and barely make it under six seconds while the former causally jog within eighteen seconds.
The blonde with fox tail barely squeeze the grip machine then toss it aside within five seconds. He did one single sit up, drop out right away when it come to both distance run and standing long jump, simply sit down during seated toe touch and take his sweet time with repeated side steps, which was just hop once with both feet then walk away.
But what make Tetsutetsu snapped is the ball throw, Naruto simply wrap his tail around the ball then dump it right in front of the circle and Vlad King have mildly exasperated expression on his face as they stared at each other for a while before the blonde shrug his shoulders as if he was saying, 'what are you going to do about it'. Naruto walked away from the sighing teacher and Tetsutetsu took this chance to stomp toward his classmate angrily.
"Hey you!" Tetsutetsu shouted out to the blonde with fox tail, causing him to turn slightly to face him with a irritated glare and the silver-haired boy don't care if people was looking at them as long as he call him out. "Take it seriously, will you? Everyone here have been giving it all they get like manly men and here you are, slacking off and treating it like it's unimportant. It's like giving everyone a mi…"
"Don't you hear Jaws?" Naruto cut him off with hands in his pockets, "This so-called test is actually unimportant because it will not affect our grades or anything in long run so why should I put some efforts in it?"
"W-What?" The sliver-haired teenager scowled, "Even if we don't get graded on it, you should have take it seriously nonetheless! Not only that, you have never use your quirk, didn't you?!" He can hear some mumbles in background as some teenagers realized that he was right, "I can understand if it's mental-based quirk but either way, you could have give it all you get!"
"Why should I use my quirk for something so pointless?" The blonde teenager walked past Tetsutetsu uncaringly, "And why should I show it off to you all like some bunch of deluded dumbasses."
"Deluded? What does that supposed to mean?!" Tetsutetsu spun around to glare at his back and Naruto look back over his shoulder.
"At best, you'll be forever unrecognized sidekick." Naruto said as a matter of factly, "Dropped out of heroic course, die right out of the gate or something like that. Most of everyone here want to become pro heroes for what? Fame? Popularity? Easy money? Well, guess what? Not all of you will make it."
"Well, he's not wrong, not the forever sidekick part but the rest." Setsuna pointed out, "I heard some rumors that any students in heroic department can be replaced by other students from different department after Sport Festivals."
"And lately, there have been some news about how some pro heroes take the mantle up just for these three reasons he listed out." Jurota rubbed his chin with a hum, "There was one where a pro hero just stood by when apartment building was on fire with many people trapped inside, just because he was waiting for camera crews to show up so he can go in on live."
"Seriously, that happened?"Kosei looked shocked by that and some teenagers start to discuss until someone point out.
"Um, t-t-this Naruto g-guy just left w-w-while you guys were talking." Kojiro pointed out meekly.
"…WHAT?!" Tetsutetsu, who end up discussing about 'unmanly' heroes, whipped around to see one missing blonde, "Dammit! That guy is so unmanly! Where did he go?!"
"Everyone, the tests are over so you can check your ranking." Vlad King announced, "You may can leave the school now if you want to, it's a half-day." The students quickly check their places on the scoreboard and Naruto was unsurprisingly in last place.
When Pony walk out of school and toward the direction of her dorm, she spot Naruto ahead on the same path. "Naruto, you go dorm?" She called out to her fellow blonde, causing him to turn slightly to see who was calling out to him.
"Yeah." Naruto replied curtly, still walking as the foreigner jogged up to his side and they walk in awkward silence on Pony's part until they reach their dorm. The first thing they see when they walk into the common room was Ochaco lying face down on couch with her face buried deeply in the couch pillow.
"Uraraka?" Pony approached the brunette with some concern and Naruto simply enter the kitchen to make something for himself without batting a eyelash before the gravity girl slowly lift her head up.
"…Hey, Tsunotori and Naruto."Ochaco exhaled out sharply with a low hiss, "You won't believe my day…It was so stressful because my teacher…Logical ruse, my bum!"
"Um, why?" The foreigner tilted her head as Naruto come out with ramen cup and he sit down on a two-seat sofa, turning television on to random channel.
"My teacher, Aizawa Shota, forced my class to take quirk apprehension test so early in morning as soon as the class started, making us missing the orientation and he told us that anyone who come in last place will be expelled." The brunette sat up with a long exhale, "Turn out it was an 'logical ruse' to bring the best out of us. So the whole morning of stressing over my results was for naught. Although I feel bad for one green guy from my class, he look like he nearly have heart attack when he saw his name in last place."
"Who?" Pony asked curiously.
"Never get his name." Ochaco shrugged, "I think it's Deku because someone was screaming it at him."
"Maybe it's not." Naruto said absentmindedly as he slurped noodles up with his eyes glued on a show, "And for your teacher…He did expel the whole class on first day last year and before that."
"…WHAT?!" The gravity girl's eyes nearly popped out before she pause for a moment then she laughed nervously, "G-G-Good one, Naruto. I believed you for a minute, there is no way U.A. will let any teachers do that on first day." The blonde boy slurped his noodles calmly, "…N-Naruto, it w-w-was a joke, right? Right?" He still ate his ramen, "…I-If that's the case, t-then how do you know that?" Naruto calmly get up as soon as he empty his cup out and he walk away from the girls to the kitchen to get another ramen cup. "…Naruto." Ochaco sweated bullets, suddenly she's not looking forward to tomorrow.
"…How you do on test?" Pony asked her lamely, "I in middle, Naruto last."
"Oh me too." Ochaco perked up, "I got in tenth place." The blonde boy return with two cups, "Naruto, did you come in last place?"
"Yeah." Naruto replied flatly, ate half of first cup then fill it up with second cup to mix the content together.
"Cheer up." The brunette smiled, "You will do great next time, after all we have three years to training."
"I got the last place on purpose." He ate his ramen, "There is no point in doing quirk apprehension test because everyone use their quirks freely before high school and after."
"Oh, um…" Ochaco turned to Pony with a blink as the blonde girl confirmed the first part before she turn back to Naruto, "Well…Um…I guess you have your own reason."
"Mm." Naruto got up to walk away, "I'm going to my room."
"Will you be down for dinner or…?" The brunette asked.
"No." The blonde boy entered the elevator and it closed with a ding.
"…Well, at least we got more than few words out of him." Ochaco turned to Pony and she nod her head, not fully understanding her.
Vlad King stand in front of his class the next day, "For today's foundational hero studies, we will have a joint training with Class 1-A."
"What kind of training will it be?" Sen raised his hand up.
"And why do we have to training with Class 1-A?" Neito scoffed and he was about to add more but the teacher cut him off.
"It will be battle trial." The blood hero answered and few teenagers looked excited before he press a button as the sections of wall expand out to reveal briefcases with numbers. "To go with your first heroic training, we've prepared the gears we had you send in requests for your outfit to match your quirks…" He don't scold some teenagers who ran to get their cases eagerly, "Get changed and meet up at Ground Beta." Almost all teenager rushed out as soon as the teacher finished his sentence and Vlad King just shake his head somewhat amusing.
In the girls' locker room, the girls from Class 1-A was taking things out of their cases to give it a look over until the girls from Class 1-B enter to their surprise and confusion. "What are you doing here?" Momo asked them puzzlingly.
"You don't hear?" Itsuka replied as she noticed their confusions, "Both A and B, our classes, will have a joint training."
"Really?" Kyoka blinked, "Our sensei didn't say anything…" She frowned, "But again, Aizawa-sensei is kinda dick so I won't put it past him."
"Raka!" Pony waved to Ochaco cheerily.
"Oh hey, Tsunotori!" Ochaco waved back with a big smile, "Look like we're gonna learn together this time."
"You two know each other?" Setsuna and Mina asked their respective classmates.
"Tsunotori and I are living in same dorm here." The gravity girl answered before she turn to the foreigner, "Oh, if we're training together, does that mean I'll see Naruto there?"
"Who's Naruto?" The pink-skinned girl asked.
"He's another student from our dorm." Ochaco replied, "It's just us three there."
"Oho, a boy?" Mina gain a glint in her eyes.
"Yikes, that must suck for you two." The greenette winced.
"Why?" The pinkette turned to her.
"He's kinda…" Setsuna scratched her cheek unsurely with index finger, "Standoffish."
"Sound like couple guys from our class." Toru shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know, he's not this bad." Ochaco said, "Just quiet and bit nice…I guess."
"If you say so." The greenette shrugged her shoulders as the girls changed into their costumes, introducing each other and making small talks.
The girls were joined by most of the boys on the way to Ground Beta and when they reach the monitoring room, they saw their homeroom teachers with Naruto. Some teenagers with keen hearing can hear bit of their conversation. "What does it take to have you send request in?" Vlad King sighed.
"I don't mind if you don't wear hero uniform but I prefer it if you have some gears…" Aizawa said.
"I refuse to…" Naruto looked annoyed until he get cut off.
"Hiya, Naruto!" Ochaco approached him with a greeting as the teenagers use this time to introduce to each other, "Can you believe that we're gonna…Um…" She trailed off as soon as she noticed that he was wearing gym outfit, "Did something go wrong with your requests?"
"No." The blond replied flatly as he turned away from teachers to her, "I never make one because I find it stupid. Wearing a uniform is like screaming 'I'm here' to the world."
"Oh, so you're going for underground then?" The brunette chuckled a bit awkwardly and he didn't give her any response. "…Anyway, what do you think of my uniform?" She patted her wrist guard as Pony approached them, "I think my design kinda come out more…Puffy. Maybe I should have sketch it out better."
"It's fine." Naruto replied flatly.
"You look good." Pony smiled to her friend before she fidgeted with her skirt, "But my…Um…Outfit? No good."
"…Out of everyone, you have best uniform." The blonde boy with fox tail said after couple moments of staring to some people's surprise because that's the first time they heard him being a little nice.
"Really?" The foreigner tilted her head head curiously, "Why?"
"It's orange." Naruto said.
"It's your favorite color, am I right?" Ochaco guessed before she giggle as he make a tiny nod with his head.
"Hey, I'm…" Mina suddenly appeared at their side too close up in front of Naruto with her arms around Ochaco's and Pony's neck before he suddenly walk away from them rudely and she blinked couple times. "…Wow, that's rude." Mina frowned, "I just wanna introduce myself." Setsuna was right, this guy is so standoffish.
"Well, you kinda come in all of sudden." The gravity girl pointed out, "I think he don't like it."
"He should have just say it instead of walking away." The acid creator grumbled as Ochaco was about to say something until she see Izuku run in and she was about to tell him about his costume before she get cut off by the teachers.
"Now everyone's here, it's time to start…" Aizawa grunted until a booming voice cut him off to his annoyance.
"IT'S MEEEEEEEEE!" Most teenagers looked surprised and exciting when All Might burst in through the doors in his silver-age costume, "THROUGH THE DOOR, LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!"
"It's All Might!"
"I can't believe it! All Might's really gonna be teaching us!"
"He's wearing uniform from silver age!"
"Talking about throwback!"
"OH YEAH!" Almost all awestricken teenagers cheered at the posing number one hero.
"Not this dumbass." A low grumble can only be heard by few with superior hearing.
"You're too early." The underground hero shot the number one hero a sideway glare and All Might look slightly sheepish.
"Let's see what you're made of, you embryos!" All Might cleared his throat as he faced the students, "It's time for the battle trial!" He scanned them with cupping chin, "I'm liking everyone's styles! Very cool…Hmm?" The muscular hero noticed Naruto's attire, "What happened to…"
"I refuse to wear tights." Naruto cut him off with challenging glare.
"But i…" The number one hero muttered as the blond boy's eyes narrowed farther before the hero whisper under his breath, "…Haven't change a bit…How long until…" He turned to the students again with a clearing throat, "Ahem!"
"Sensei!" Tenya raised his hand up, "Regarding the performance ground we'll be using, is it the mock city from entrance exam?"
"You'll see!" The symbol of peace grinned, "In fact, take two steps and you'll be there! This will be an indoor battle! Villain cleanup is usually seen in the open, but statistically, the better part of it is an indoor job. Most acts of villainy are committed indoors. Imprisonment…House arrest…The black market…In this hero-saturated society. Why, any villain with intelligence is lurking in the shadows!" He threw his hand to gesture at the monitors, "For this test, you'll separate into 'villain' and 'hero' groups. For a two-on-two team battle!"
"What about the foundational training?" Tsuyu tilted her head.
"This is foundational training!" All Might clenched his fist as Aizawa scoffed in background while Vlad King simply blinked, "Only this time, there won't be any robots it'd be okay to just destroy!"
"So how do we determine who wins and loses?" Momo asked.
"Is it okay if we just blow them away?" Katsuki grunted.
"What's the time limit for battle?" Togaru looked very eager to take anyone on.
"Is there a threat of expulsion like with Aizawa-sensei's exercise?" Ochaco asked worriedly, that does earn Aizawa an weird look from his fellow homeroom teacher.
"If we're separating into different groups, what would be the best way to do so?" Tenya raised his hand up.
"If we're allow to pick, can I be with a girl?" Kosei asked with a perverse blush.
"Yes, yes, I want Yao…" Minoru drooled with nosebleed.
"Doesn't this cape look killer on me?" Yuga posed with his cape and All Might was about to say something until someone spoke up.
"It's fitting to call it killer because the cape will kill you before you graduate." Naruto looked at the French teenager like an idiot, "Cape is number one death cause for heroes and villains."
"Heh, Naruto, don't be silly." All Might chuckled at him, "Cape can't kill…"
"Thunderhead, snagged on missile fin and people got rained on in his blood and flesh." The blonde with fox tail said flatly.
"That was over hundred years ago so…" The number one hero said.
"Stratogale, her cape got sucked into jet turbine two years ago and the airplane crash with hundred passengers onboard." Naruto cut him off.
"Um, you can't generalize about…" All Might raised his hands up nervously.
"Meta Man, elevator." The blonde boy counted off with his fingers, "Dynaman, rocket takeoff. Splashdown, vortex. Dollar Bill, cloak entangled with bank's revolving door and shot to death by bank robbers. Grim Reaper, villain with long cape, got tangled with wood chipper and blast his henchmen and heroes with his blood. Faker, another villain, got behead when his cape snagged on Gold Booster's fastest car. Jester, strangled to death at Batty's hands by her cape." He looked up to the muscular blonde, "And remind me how many times you have close call with death when you wore this thing."
"…" All Might stared off in space then he slowly look over his shoulder at the innocent cape, an action that was shared by several students who have cape as part of their costume, before he slowly unfastened his cape off and he quickly threw it away behind him with a loud clearing throat. "F-F-For this training, we'll have some 'villains' guard a nuclear weapon they intend on deploying! The heroes must stop them and their nefarious scheme before it's too late! If the heroes capture the villain or reach the nuclear core before the time runs out, they win. If the villains manage to keep the core the whole time or capture the heroes, they win."
'Are you reading it off the cues?' Some can't help but to sweatdrop at the sight of number one hero reading the cues.
"And your teammates and opponents will be chosen by lottery." Vlad King held two boxes up and Aizawa also have two boxes.
"Not only that, your teammate will be someone from other class." Aizawa announced and some students exchange glances with each other.
"Is that really how we'll do it?!" The speedster gasped.
"Pros are often team up with others on a sudden whim." Jurota pointed out, "When there is something major like rescuing people from landslide or arresting gang, you normally see some unlikely hero team-ups because they share one..."
"I see!" Tenya cut him off with a understanding nod, "Always with our eyes on the future, are we! I apologize!"
"Anyway, let's start that!" All Might coughed into his fist and the students draw the balls out before they find their partners.
Yuga stared blankly at his cape with sparkles around his head while his partner, Kinoko, poked her fingers meekly. Hanta wondered what kind of luck put him up with Neito, who was rambling something about class rivalry and nonsense stuff. Jurota politely introduced himself to Mina, adjusting his glasses. Tenya did the same thing with Manga but with arm chops to the latter's puzzlement. Mashirao looked unsure and nervous about working with Shihai, who was staring at Yuga's team with narrowed eyes. Kosei was paired up with Denki to his disappointment since he want to be with a girl and his partner also feel the same way.
"Wow, we must be linked or something." Ochaco pumped her fist cheerily as she smiled at Pony, "Pleased to have you!" The equine-type girl nodded happily. Momo stood straight with some confidence while her partner, Yui, just stare expressionlessly. Itsuka greeted Tsuyu kindly. Ibara and Mezo share a quick hello with short introduction. Kojiro fidgeted nervously as Kyoka, his partner, give him a brief glance. Sen look slightly uncertain about his team up with Koji since the latter look so nervous and too quiet. Reiko looked very displeased with her partner, Eijiro, because he was being too loud in her option and won't shut up about 'manly' that and 'manly' this. Yosetsu look very concerned and worried when he get paired up with Katsuki. Rikido share Yosetsu's sentiment when he end up with Togaru. Shoto paired up with Hiryu, Juzo with Fumikage and Setsuna with Toru. Izuku looked nervous and slight intimidated by his partner, Tetsutetsu and finally…
"NOOOO!" Minoru cried ugly when his draw match him up with Naruto before he turn to the others as his finger pointed at his partner, "Someone, please trade place with him! Gimme hot sexy babes with big titties! I don't wanna be with a dirty beast! Someone, take this fox bastard!"
"What did you just said?" Naruto's head sharply turned to the ball-haired boy with deadly glare.
"What?" The ball-haired boy took a step back with shaky knees and he looked back to teenagers for backup, only to see some looks of disgust and anger from more than half of the group. He turn back to his angry partner, "Y-Y-You heard me!" Minoru foolishly mistaken that the teenagers' looks was directing to the blonde, not himself. "I don't want animal mutant bastard like you, only good mutants are…" He heard some gasps in back as Naruto stomped close to him, "AH, GET AW…"
"Mineta, come with us now." Aizawa come in between the boys as Vlad King stopped the blonde in his track and the said boy was relived…Then it was dashed when he said the next few words, "We are going to see principal about your actions."
"What?" Minoru pointed at Naruto, "Why am I going, not this scary beast?!"
"Shut up, you fucker." Togaru looked very livid, blades grow from his arms and the confused ball-haired boy looked around to discover that the looks were directing toward him and not the blonde with fox tail.
The pervert was so confused as the homeroom teachers dragged him out, why is everyone mad at him for not want a dude for partner?! He prefer sexy pony girl or frog babe with dat ass instead of fox boy! Should be better if it's fox girl!
"Unbelievable." Mina threw a dirty look at the exit.
"Um, due to the situation, who would like to have Naruto join their team?" All Might cleared his throat to get their attention and their minds off this…Uncivilized conversation.
"No, I'll do it by myself." Naruto growled angrily.
"Are you sure?" The number one hero turned to him and the young blonde just stare him down. "Um, all right then." He bought black and white boxes up to front before he put his hands inside, "And the first two pairs to do combat will be the following…" He pulled two balls out, "Nine will be villains! The heroes will be thirteen!"
"We're thirteen." Sen raised his hand up before he glance around, "Who's nine?"
"I am." Naruto walked past the number one hero before he stop to turn to the new teacher, "For this villain role, am I allow to be any kind of villains or is there a specific type for this one?"
"Oh, you can be anything you want your role to be." All Might answered with a thumb up and the young blonde walked out, following by Sen and Koji. Everyone watch them reaching the building on monitors and Naruto enter first.
"He look so mad…" Denki gulped as they watch Naruto chuck the fake bomb on third floor with a scowl on his face, "All just because Mineta call him fox mutant, which is pretty silly…"
"Seriously, are you this ignorant?" Kyoka glared at him, causing the electricity generator to flinched.
"W-What?" He looked clueless.
"The training exercise will start…" The number one hero announced to the mic, "Now!"
"How will this Naruto guy handle…" Hanta wondered before Naruto on the monitor suddenly spin around to punch a hole in the bomb, causing him to choke on his spit along with several students at the blonde's bizarre act.
"N-N-Naruto, why did you punch…" All Might stuttered bewilderedly.
"I detonated the bomb." Naruto replied, "This battle trial is over."
"Um, you…" The number one hero muttered as he watched the young blonde walked out on the screen, "Um…T-T-The exercise is over." He can see pure confusion on Sen's and Koji's faces and he can't blame them for that, "P-Please return to the monitoring room." It don't take long enough until the fox-tailed teenager walk in with confused team thirteen behind. "Naruto, can you please explain why you did that?"
"I was playing the role of suicidal villain." The young blonde replied flatly, "I asked you if there's specific type and you said I can play any kind of villain roles."
"W-Well, that's true…" All Might replied.
"I don't find it fair." Eijiro narrowed his eyes, "That was totally unmanly of you to do that! You should have let them do the exercise and fight you instead of ruining it!"
"Yeah, I agree!" Tetsutetsu backed him up with a thrusting fist in air, "There's no way a villain would go out in a unmanly and stupid way!"
"Right, no insane guy can use atomic bomb to wipe a city out!" The hardening user nodded, "All Might, can they retake…"
"You two, take your fucking rose-colored glasses off or just drop out of heroic course." Naruto's gaze shifted to them in scornful glare with a cold tone in his voice, "No villain should take their own life with devastating consequences? How sheltered can you be to have no fucking idea what it is like in real world? Do you know how many villains murdered many people before they take their own life? The Kent Bank Massacre, the D-Bomb incident, Kiro Resort Tragedy and these were three of many situations where the villains commit suicide to went down in infamy for many years, even some was drive to it by some so-called heroes like this Kiro Resort! Get your fucking heads out your asses and face the reality! If not, then why don't…"
"The VIP of this match is Naruto!" All Might quickly spoke loudly to cut him off before the tensions can get any bigger, "Why you ask? Because he have show us that we must consider all possibility and think about the mental of villains before we go in! Sometime you have to figure out how to talk an suicidal criminal out of committing a horrid crime instead of taking action or the consequences can be quite devastation! Naruto, thank you for showing everyone how cruel reality can be sometime before it's too late for them when they go out on field for first time!" He flicked a thumb up to the fox-tailed boy, who just scoffed at him.
"All Might's right!" Ochaco clenched her fists with a single cold sweat down her cheek, "Because of Naruto, I now realize that there are different kind of villains out there and we need to be prepare for anything when we go out on patrol someday." She smiled weakly at Naruto who was staring at her, "Thank, Naruto!"
"Yes, it's better to know the risk, I have learned about it three years ago." Mezo nodded slightly, had seen a horrible results of an suicidal villain few years ago.
"The news of Kiro Resort Tragedy was pretty recent." Togaru pointed out, "The 'villian' was depressed with mentality of child and shouldn't have create a giant tsunami if Mister Blaster never beat him to pulp and suicide-baiting him after the culprit was tricked into robbing the gift shop by two criminals." Several teenagers grimaced at the mention of Mister Blaster, he was a corrupted hero who abused his authority and enjoys humiliating and beating people close to death over a minor crime like litter, which he drum the charge up to felony with false evidences. After the Kiro Resort Tragedy, Mister Blaster's activities have come out into light and he was arrested, his hero license revoked and sentenced to Tartarus while pleading his innocence.
"Wait, what about them?" Tetsutetsu pointed to team thirteen, "Surely, they'll be pissed off that…"
"I'm fine with the results." Sen shrugged his shoulders as his partner nodded timidly, "Not bothered about it and all." He's glad that it ends so early so he can avoid some embarrassment because he suck at combat…For now.
"Now it's over and done with, can I leave?" Naruto turned to the number one hero with a scowl.
"Well, you can but you'll miss some…" All Might rubbed his chin with a hum, "Aaaaand you're already going." The number one hero and the students watched the blonde boy walking to the exit as soon as All Might gives permission.
"He look so familiar, where have I seen him before?" Izuku mumbled to himself as he tilted his head at the exit and he never get a chance to think on it any farther when All Might announced loudly.
"The heroes will be seven and villains will be one!" The number one hero held the balls up.
"Oh, we're seven!" The green-haired boy gasped before he look around, 'Who's one again?'
"We're one." Yosetsu raised his hand up and Izuku paled when he realize that he was going up against Katsuki.
Naruto watch movies on television in common room with stack of empty ramen cup as he sipped some ramen up until he hear footsteps and he barley glance over to see Ochaco and Pony walk in. "O-Oh, hey!" The brunette jumped in surprise when she see pile of empty cups lying around on table, "Um, are you feeling little better now?" Naruto just turned back to the movies with a grunt, "I guess you are, with all these cups." She clapped her hands together, "Oh! Pony and I went up against Iida and Fukidashi, we did great!"
"We won." Pony pumped her fist up as the smiling brunette nod her head, "We kiss ass!"
"Kick! Kick ass!" The now-blushing gravity girl hurriedly corrects her.
"Ok, good." He sipped noodles uninterestingly.
"…Oh, right!" Ochaco turned back to him, "I don't know if you already know but Aizawa told my class that Mineta, this little asshole creepo, will have one week detention and that he get first strike."
"Should kick him out." Naruto grumbled under his breath.
"What you watch?" Pony tilted her head at the television curiously.
"Comedy." He shrugged with another grunt and the foreigner plop down in sofa near him.
"I'm going up to my room to do my homework." Ochaco informed the blondes as she make her way to the elevator, "I'll come down a bit before dinnertime."
"Later!" The foreigner waved over her shoulder while the blonde just grunt.
The next day, Naruto once again keep to himself as he stare out of the window while his classmates chat about the news press outside the gate and bit about battle trial. "Please take your seat, everyone." Vlad King entered the classroom as his students sat down, "Here are the evaluations with some markings from the battle trial." He patted the stack of papers on his podium before he hand it to the front row, "Find your name on the paper, keep it and pass rest to back." The students receive the papers within few minutes, "While you are looking at your evaluations, I have an important announcement to make…" Most teenagers looked up to him with various expressions, some curious and some nervous. "You need to pick a class rep and vice rep."
"How do we chose our rep?" Itsuka raised her hand up, "Through nominate someone and voting or…?" She wasn't sure if U.A. school has same system like her junior high school.
"It's up to you guys." The blood hero replied.
"I think we'd do what Kendo said." Setsuna thrust her hand up in air with a grin, "I nominate Kendo!" The said girl choke on her spit from startle, she don't expect someone to nominate her right off the bat.
"I nominate Shishida because he get the face for it." Manga raised his hand up.
"…Face for it…" Jurota whispered to himself with a small sweatdrop.
"I nominate Setsuna." Itsuka raised her hand up to get a petty revenge on the said girl, who just groan.
"I nominate myself!" Neito stood up with puffed chest, "With my leadership, we will show these so called superiority of Class 1-A…" Almost everyone tune him out at that.
"I nominate…" The nomination continues, following by voting.
"Ok, we have nineteen votes with one abstention…" Vlad King shuffled through the ballot papers as some teenagers sneak a glance at Naruto, who refuse to cast his vote. "The class rep is…Kendo Itsuka! Her vice will be Tokage Setsuna!"
"Noooo!" Setsuna shed crocodile tears, "Not more works!"
"I will do my best as your class rep." The orangette bowed slightly to her classmates and the teacher resume the class while inform the reps their duties.
Naruto slurped noodle from a giant ramen bowl in a secluded spot outside, he was sitting on a swing under a tree and he was enjoying the quiet…"Why is there a swing here?" Until someone come and ruin it. The blonde's gaze up to the right corner of his eyes with annoying glare toward Juzo and the lipless teenager was so puzzled by the fact that there's a swing in high school.
"What do you want?" Naruto slurped his noodles with annoyed furrowing brows.
"I feel like eating in a quiet place." Juzo lifted his bento up slightly, "Mind if I join you?"
"Go away, that's my spot." The blonde avert his eyes from his classmate.
"I'll take it as yes." The lipless teenager sits down at base of the tree to the fox-tailed teenager's annoyance as they eat their lunches, "Lunch Rush make best lunch, don't he? Cooking so many different foods in short time. Make me wonder if his quirk is speed-based or relate to foods?" Naruto don't give him any response, "Oh yeah, what did you get on question twelve in Snipes' class?" Juzo tried his best to communicate with his classmate until a loud siren blare all over the campus, "What's going on?" He looked around in confusion and slight anxious as the broadcast scream 'security level three'.
"It mean someone break in but it's just news press." Naruto slurped his noodles.
"…How do you know?" Juzo raised his eyebrow at him but the blonde just stare straight and the lipless teenager follow the line of his sight to see crowd of reporters and cameraperson wander around, calling out for number one hero. "…Oh." They continue to eat their lunch under the blaring alarm until the U.A. staff force the reporters out with police.
The day after the press break-in, most boys were blushing in class as Midnight sway down the aisles while reading a paragraph out loud from the textbook in her hands and few girls shake their heads at the boys' reaction. "Any questions, my cuties?" Midnight turned to them with a flirty smirk.
"How long does this copyright law last for?" Yosetsu raised his hand up with a blush, "I find it pretty silly that they put up a law that prevents heroes from dressing up like fictional heroes from pre-quirk days. It's so fucking stupid if you think about it because I have never heard of...What was the name of this Western comic book again?"
"Like public domain, it will last until…" The R-rated heroine said before Ectoplasm suddenly rush in to whisper something lowly in her ear, "What?" She quickly looked to her students, "That is free study period now! Stay in your class and do not come out!" The confused students watched the heroes ran out, slamming the door close and they can hear more hurried footsteps outside.
"What's going on?" Kosei turned right to face his classmates.
"Emergency, maybe?" Manga guessed, "Like an training accident or someone's quirk get out of control and they need Midnight's quirk to stop it?" Most teenagers chitchat in confusion.
"Everyone, I know we're all confused but maybe we should focus on our studies and wait until sensei comes back." Itsuka spoke to regain the control back, "I'm sure they'll let us know why." The teenagers listened to her as some take their homework out to finish it early and some go back to reading the textbooks, there was some short chat here and there. A hour later, the door slide open and they look up to see Vlad King walk in with a exhale.
"Listen up, everyone." Vlad King scanned the class and he seem to be relieved that everyone were present. "Just about a hour ago, a group of villains have invaded Unforeseen Simulation Joint when Class 1-A were going to do their training." Some teenagers looked worried by that, "They're all fine, only one student get injured and the other two teachers who were present will make full recovery." He can't let them know the details for now, "Because of this incident, the school will close early and everyone will have a day off tomorrow. Ectoplasm will escort you all out with his clones and make sure you all reach your destination safely. Please pack your things up and get ready to go." Everyone obey him with various expressions and mixed emotions as Ectoplasm clones step in to escort the students.
When the blonde duo get back to the dorm, they immediately find Ochaco on phone in common room. "Oh, my friends from dorm are here now." Ochaco gasped out as she cupped the phone close to her ear, "I'll talk to you tonight, mom, daddy. Yes, yes, I'm fine, don't worry. Ok, love you both. Bye." She put her phone away as she turn her attention to the blondes with anxious expression, "Um…Did you both hear about what happened…"
"Raka, you ok?" Pony quickly approached her with concern as she start to fuss over her, "No hurt?"
"G-Guess you both know." The gravity girl laughed shakily as she wringed her hands, "I-I'm fine, I was i-in safe place s-so the villains never get a chance to hurt me…"
"But are you ok?" Naruto asked, "You and your class just get…"
"I…I…N-No, I'm not!" Ochaco suddenly tackle him, burying her face in his chest with stifled sobs as she held him in tight hug and he stiffened up with his arms stretch out horizontally, "I-I was lying! I-I was so scared! W-We were trapped a-and they w-w-were going to kill us…T-T-Thirteen and Aizawa-sensei w-w-wa…" Her sentence melts into babbles as she cried on his shirt.
"Raka…" The blonde girl moved close to wrap her arms around them in a group hug, "You safe now." It took the gravity girl few minutes to calm herself down with some sniffles, "Feel better?"
"Y-Y-Yes, I do." The brunette gave her a wobbly smile.
"Since you're feeling better, can you two please…" The blonde boy spoke up, "Let go?"
"O-Oh, sorry." Ochaco stepped away from him with Pony before she glance down at some wet and snotty spots on his school uniform with a embarrassing blush, "Sorry about your jacket."
"It's fine." Naruto turned slightly away from her and the girls noticed slight discomfort on his face. "Just…Don't do it again."
"Ok." The blinking brunette muttered as Pony nodded couple times, 'Is it because I hugged him without warning him or does he not like to be touch?'
"Do you want talk?" Pony asked her with backrub, "About it?"
"…Y-Yeah, I want to." Ochaco exhaled slowly, "I can't tell my parents about it because I don't want them to worry…And I think I'll feel a lot better talking to you two." She sat down on the couch with Pony and the blonde boy takes the sofa chair. "I'm going to start from the beginning…When we get to USJ and meet Thirteen…" She told them about the USJ incident, the villains and their ringleaders with scary quirks, what happened to two teachers who defended the remaining students that wasn't scattered around the zones, and All Might's dramatic rescue from her perspective. "…And then the police came to take the villains in and take our testimonies." She finished with a deep sigh before she glance between the blondes who were silent through the whole story, "…T-Thank for listening." She muttered lamely, she felt somehow lighter after venting out to them.
"Wow, so crazy." The blonde girl hugged the gravity girl's arm.
"Yeah, it was." She leaned her head on Pony's shoulder and Naruto just stay quiet. "…But you know what's unbelievable, despite the whole thing?"
"What?" Naruto asked.
"In middle of the whole thing, this Mineta asshole groped Tsuyu's boob and when they were trying to hide from the leader with hands!" Ochaco scowled.
"And how did you know that?" He frowned at the mention of this bastard's name, "…And who's Tsuyu?"
"She's the one with frog quirk, I think you saw her at the battle trial." The brunette replied, "She wore green wetsuit." Naruto nod slightly at that, "And how I know, I was there when she report it to Midnight. The principal happen to overhear her and inform us that he'll get three days suspension following by four week detentions and second strike." She exhaled sharply, "Tsuyu told them that Midoriya was there right next to them when it happened…"
"Midoriya?" Pony muttered puzzlingly.
"Oh, the one with super strength that break his bones." Ochaco reminded her.
"Oh, this boy." The blonde girl nodded in recognition.
"And what happened next?" Naruto asked.
"Midnight called Recovery Girl to ask him, he was bring to nurse's office at this time, and I overheard her telling Tsuyu that he didn't see it." Ochaco said.
" Either he really don't see it with everything going on or he's covering for this bastard?" He frowned.
"I don't know, perhaps the first one." The gravity girl replied before she growled with clenched fist, "Seriously, I don't know how this little creepo get in heroic department in first place! Aargh!"
"What quirk?" Pony asked.
"Huh? Oh, um…" Ochaco tapped her chin to recall, "From what I have seen, he take balls off his head and make it stick to anything but himself. He can bounce himself off them."
"Maybe this little shit have some connection that get him in through recommendation or it count when you make bots immobile." Naruto frowned deeply with soft growls.
"It's the latter because I happen to saw him during the entrance exam, not sure if he was in my testing zone." The brunette muttered and there was about four minutes of silence between them.
"…Want watch fun movie?" The horned girl suggested, "Take mind off today."
"…Yes, I'd like that." Ochaco gave her a small smile as the blonde girl turn the television on, changing the channels until it land on a movie channel and Naruto moved from the chair to the couch next to the brunette with few inches of space between them. The gravity girl wasn't surprised that he changes the seats because anyone can't see television easily from the sofa chair's position. She become more comfortable and relaxing as the trio spend next few hours watching comedy movies back to back.
The school resumed two days later and the Class B students take their seats as soon as their homeroom teacher enters. "Welcome back, everyone." Vlad said to his class, "I have an important announcement to make…" Some students looked nervous and some slightly lean forward in curious, all wondering if it's related to USJ incident. "Next week, the U.A. sport festival will start."
"SPORT FESTIVAL?!" Kosei raised his hand up, "I-Is that good idea to have one so soon? I mean, the villains just invaded USJ two days ago."
"Yes, wouldn't the villains try to infiltrate the festival with many people there?" Ibara asked worriedly.
"Settle down, settle down." The blood hero bobbed his hands at his students, "I understand your concern but the reason why we are having sports festival go ahead is to show the world that the school is confident to have all eggs in basket when it come to the crisis control. Also, the police and pro heroes presence will be five times bigger than usual. It's a event that can't be stopped by some villains." He paused to let it sink in his students' heads, "What you should be thinking about is…What a huge chance the academy's sports festival presents for you all."
"To be scouted by pro heroes?" Jurota pressed his glasses up, "Since the festival will be watched by this country's heroes, even some top heroes."
"Right, Shishida." Vlad nodded, "Getting scouted into hero agency will earn you some status and experience, but remember the time is limited. This is the chance you'll get only once a year…For total of three chances. If you aim to be a hero, this is an event you can't overlook." He glanced at the faces of his students, "Now for the agenda today…"
The fourth period end and some Class B students start to chat as soon as the break start. "Alright, I'm so psyched for festival!" Tetsutetsu pumped his fist, "I can't wait to show my manly side off to pro heroes!"
"It'll be pretty tough to get noticed by heroes when you're going up against many people and some have flashy quirks." Yosetsu muttered, "I'll be satisfied if one pro hero notice me."
"I'm pretty certain that it'll be difficult because everyone will all of their attentions on Class 1-A." Itsuka spoke up, "After all, they went through…"
"HA, WE'LL SHOW THESE GLORY-HOUND THEIR PLACES DURING THE FESTIVAL!" Neito cut her off, "THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER THAN US AFTER FACING THE VILLAINS BUT WAIT UNTIL WE PULL THE RUGS OUT UNDER THEM AND TAKE THEM DOWN TO PLACE WHERE THEY BELONG! RIGHT BELOW US!"
"RIGHT, MAN!" The steel user agreed with another fist pump, "WE'LL SHOW THEM THAT WE'RE MORE MANLY THAN THEM!"
"Hey, that's not…" The orangette frowned, only to cut off.
"Who want to train after school with me?" Tetsutetsu turned to several teenagers loudly as he ignored the orangette, have not hear her over his loud voice. "I know a good gym that let us allow us to use our quirks."
"Ugh, forget it." Itsuka left the class with her friends to get lunch as she shook her head, maybe she'll wait until their excitement die down so she'll have a talk with them.
"I'm up for training." Sen said to the steel user and two more teenagers express their interest in the said gym while some teenagers start to leave the classroom for lunch. "We should try and invite the others." He glanced around until he spot Naruto walk toward the door, "Hey, Nar…"
"Don't waste your time with this unmanly bastard." The steel boy stopped the gyrate user while he glared dirty at the blonde boy's back as Naruto left the room uncaringly and he wait until this bastard get out of earshot range. "This bastard is gonna be gone after festival, good riddance! I bet he got in through connection."
"You mean he's one of these recommended student?" Kosei blinked with widened eyes, "Wait, Tetsutetsu, for real?!"
"Yeah, if you think about it, Naruto never use his quirk so that mean it's not something amazing and he's really a deadlast." Tetsutetsu huffed angrily, "This bastard just cheats someone out of their place in hero classes. Wait until the festival comes around and everyone will see how pathetic he is."
"Hey, Tetsutetsu, take it easy." Sen frowned slightly while few of boys seem to be unsure or bought into Tetsutetsu's words. Unknown to the small group, several general students overheard the conversation when they walk by the class and the rumors have spread like wildfire that always start with 'This Tetsutetsu guy said the guy with fox tail is…'.
Ochaco walk down the hallway from restroom and she spot Naruto near the corner before she approach him. "Hi, Naruto!" She called out to him with a wave as the said boy turned his head to her, "How…" She nearly choke on her spit with a jump when she saw that Naruto wasn't alone, "P-P-P-Principal Nezu?"
"Hello, Uraraka." Nezu raised his paw up with a cheery smile on his face and his other hand behind his back.
"H-Hello, principal." Ochaco glanced between them nervously, "Um, did I interrupt something? If so, I am so sorry."
"No." Naruto replied flatly.
"Oh, you haven't interrupted anything so don't you fret." The principal chuckled, "We were just wrapped something up."
"For now." The blonde scoffed, "Because you and the others won't stop bugging me about it. My answer is still no, you shrewd chimera." The brunette give out an shocked squeaking noise as her eyes popped out at her friend and she was so worried that he'll get in trouble but the creature just laugh it off.
"And don't you forget it." Nezu turned around then walk away with a crackle, "One of those days, you will say yes one of those days."
"No, I won't." Naruto glared annoyingly at the principal's back until the creature disappear from their sight.
"…Um, what was he asking you about?" Ochaco asked.
"Nothing." He walked away from her.
"Wait, do you want to eat with me and my…" The gravity girl called out.
"No, just ate." Naruto grunted before he went around the corner.
"…Oh, ok." Ochaco blinked, it seem like her friend was irritated and she wonder if it's something to do with something between him and the principal as she walk back to the cafeteria.
"I so nervous." Pony slumped across the dining table with a groan in front of her two dorm mates, "Festival not here but heart go…Um…" She furrowed her brows with scrunched face, "Shit, what's the word in Japanese again?" She muttered in English, "Doki doki? Bamp bamp? You know what I talk about?"
"Yup, I get it." Ochaco nodded to her, "The festival is a week away and I'm so nervous already. You won't believe how many people crowding around at my classroom's door today after school because of USJ incident and to scope us out. Ugh, so nerve wracking!" She glanced between the blondes, "But it's kinda for selfish reason. I want to become a hero for the money." The blondes stared at her as she waved her hands quickly, "Not for myself! For my parents, I want to give them easy life. My parents own an construction company but there's not a lot of works out there so we're pretty flat broke." She took a deep breath, "I'm going to become a hero and earn money without fail and I'm going to give my mom and dad the easy life they deserve. I hope it don't change what you guys think about me…"
"…At least your reason for easy money is not selfish." Naruto sipped noodles, it's so clear now to the girls that his favorite food is ramen. "I'll mouth you off if it's otherwise."
"He did to class." The blonde girl nodded once before she give the brunette a beaming smile, "You good person, you care a lot and love ma and pa."
"Oh, thank you." The gravity girl beamed at the blondes before she lean forward slightly, "Hey, I'm curious. What make you want to be a hero?"
"All Might, he cool!" Pony clenched her fists with shiny eyes, "Make me want help people!"
"Lot of people want to become heroes because of him." Ochaco giggled at her before they turn to Naruto, waiting for his answer but he calmly finished his ramen.
"I'm going to my room." Naruto tossed the empty cup in trash can and he gets up to walk away from the table, "Later."
"I guess it's personal." The gravity girl muttered to her friend.
"Maybe will tell in time?" The blonde girl tapped her chin with a hum and they share dinner as she learns a bit more of Japanese with help of Ochaco.
The day of sport festival has arrived and there were a lot of tensions in Class 1-B's waiting room because of certain teenagers. Neito will not stop drawing some ire from his fellow students with his rant, Tetsutetsu have been antagonizing Naruto over week by badmouthing, outright call him deadlast among some names and attempt to prevent any classmates who try to befriend the 'antisocial' blonde while unwittingly feeding the fire of rumors and some teenagers was feeling anxious around Naruto because they don't know his emotions since he was stone-faced…More cold than usual. "Get ready, guys." Itsuka informed her class, "It's almost time to go out."
"Finally!" Tetsutetsu smirked before he shot a glare at a certain blonde, "Get ready, deadlast, to be kick out of heroic class." Naruto just ignored him, "Nothing to say? Pfft, you're a coward, you mangy mutt." The blonde froze for a moment before he resume his walking, "Ha, did that rile you up, you ma…"
"TETSUTETSU!" The orangette girl hissed furiously at the said boy, "Knock it off!"
"What?" The steel boy grunted out, "It's true, he's a co…"
"You better keep your mouth shut." Itsuka glared at him and Tetsutetsu growled under his breath.
'Did this guy forget sensei's warning early this morning?' Togaru shot a glare at Tetsutetsu's back from behind, 'That our voices will be picked up and broadcasted to everyone when we're out there this year?' He decides not to remind the steel boy after this comment, let him fall on his own sword if he say something wrong on nationwide television live.
"It's the freshmen stage!" Present Mic's voice announced as the students make their ways out and Naruto tune the voice hero out, his mind went back to some whispers over week.
"See this guy over there, the one with fox tail? I hear it from this Tetsutetsu guy that he cheated on entrance exam."
"I heard that he paid his way into heroic department."
"He rigged the scoreboard to get in."
"His quirk is pathetic and weak. After all, he's deadlast."
"Can't wait to skin this fox, getting in hero class will be shoo-in."
"Fucking deadlast, why don't he go and drop out if he don't want to be a hero."
"Now now, fair play!" Midnight whipped the air as the sound snap Naruto out of his head while some students muttered in worry about her presence on television and no one notice that someone was moving close to the stage. "Silence!" She snapped her whip, "My tenure here is perfectly on the level! Now, player rep!" She was about to announce the name until…
"Sensei." Katsuki stood in front of the microphone with an arrogant tone, "I'm gonna place first." Some students express their outrage at him.
"I can't believe Kacchan's the freshman re…" Izuku gasped in mixed of awe and shock while couple of his classmates nodded as if it's a acceptance of fact until…
"BAKUGO!" The R-rated heroine looked furious, "What are you doing?! Get off the stage now!"
"WHA…?!" The explosive blonde was about to bark until the heroine's glare narrowed harder with a sharp whip, forcing the fuming boy off and the students watch on in confusion.
"As I was going to say before someone rudely interrupt me…" Midnight shot an irritating glare at Katsuki before she plaster a smile on her face, "Let me introduce the REAL rep…NARUTO!"
"Eh?"
"What?"
"Huh?!" The students, mostly these in hero department, uttered in shock and confusion as Naruto walk toward the stage with hands in his pocket under their eyes and the fox-tailed blonde don't give Katsuki a look when they walk past each other, the latter look back in puzzled fury.
"Wait, does that mean he got first place on entrance exam?" A general student whispered to other student.
"But how?" Another student whispered back, "Does that mean he don't cheat like what the rumors said? Since the teachers check and know everything?"
"WHAT THE HELL?!" Tetsutetsu shouted out as Naruto take the stage in front of the microphone.
"…My original plan was to hang back in last place and let everyone showing off what they get but…" Naruto stared over the freshmen student body apathetically, "But now? I'm pissed off because I have been hearing you general kids complaining about entrance exams, how unfair it is for these who don't have 'flashy' quirk, whining about your 'villainous' or 'weak' quirk when you should just put some DAMN effort into your own body!" A sneer drawn up on his face, "For some in hero department, you're bunch of joke that does not belong here. Who the hell want to look up to quirkist, sexual harasser or phony hero poser?! There is no HPSC around to cover your dirty laundry so quit acting like they still exist! Either quit dreaming and face the reality, wise up or drop out now!"
"W-W-Who's HPSC?" Denki whispered with a gulp, due to Naruto's 'pledge'.
"Hero Public Safety Commission, they used to be law enforcement agency until it was shut down due to corruptions, committing crimes and for having connections to Cre…" Hanta whispered.
"Quiet." Mina shushed them.
"I promise that I will crush the sport festival and make you all regret for looking down on me as mutant." The fox-tailed blonde's eyes become icy cold, "Today none of you will reach the top of mountain where I'm standing on." He walked off the stage to the front row while ignoring everyone else.
"A-All right, with that we can move directly onto our first event!" Midnight cracked her whip toward to the giant monitor with a nervous smile.
"Wow, never an idle pause at U.A." Ochaco commented with a small sweatdrop, she and few students swear that the art history teacher was sneaking a glance toward Naruto couple times.
"Onto the preliminaries as they're called!" The R-rated heroine announced as the screen flash randomly, "Lots of fine folks end up choking on their tears here every year! And this year's first round of destiny is…" It stopped on 'Obstacle Race' text, "This! It's a race between all eleven classes! The course makes a nearly four km ring around this stadium! We always sing about our freedom on campus, fufufu…Well, this is what it's all about! You're free to do anything, anything, so long as you remain within the course!" Everyone tensed up as the signal lights lit up one by one, "So let's get cracking…On your marks…" The final light lit up, "STAAAAAART!" Everyone took off right away, only to be struck in a crowded narrow entryway as the teenagers tried to fight their way out and for those who manage to make out, they were frozen to ground courtesy of Shoto.
"Yo hey, broadcasting live here!" Present Mic grinned over to his co-commentator, Aizawa, "Are you ready!? To commentate, Mr. Mummy-man!?"
"Sure." Aizawa huffed behind his heavy bandages as he watched most of his students breaking through to chase after Shoto, "Since you dragged me here by force."
"Here come the obstacles, and so suddenly!" The voice hero hollered out as soon as the villain bots appeared before the racers, "And from the very outset, the first barrier will be a robo inferno!" On the ground, Shoto was confident yet apathy about facing the wave of bots since he's in lead by wide ma… "Meanwhile! Our freshmen rep make it look way easy on these tightropes!"
"Huh?!" The dual-haired boy blinked along with many racers before they glance up at the giant monitor briefly to see Naruto ran across the tightrope over giant pitfall as if it's a solid ground to him.
"WHAT THE?!" Setsuna dropped her jaw while running toward the bots, "HOW DID HE GET OVER THERE SO FAST?!"
"No, the best question is how did he get there without us noticing?!" Jurota gawked as he broke some ice off his feet.
"THIS FUCKER!" Katsuki roared, pissed off that someone is stealing lead and some students speed up in attempt to catch up to the fox-tailed blonde.
With Naruto, he easily reach the end of the pitfall obstacle as he ran toward the next obstacle and he only pause for a bit to give a warning sign a glance. "Minefield?" Naruto scoffed to himself.
"It look like while everyone are still dealing with the robo inferno, our little flash have reach the hidden final barrier!" Present Mic announced loudly, "The minefield right out of Rambo Three! It's set up so that if you look carefully, you can see where the landmines are placed! Strain your eyes and feet! In any case, they're landmines! They're not overly lethal, but they bang big and bright, so you'll definitely knock a stool or two loose! Will Naruto take his sweet time navigating his way to finish line considering the huge wide margin lead he has on his co…" Before everyone's eyes, Naruto jumped over the minefield to near the finish line literally in a single leap. "OR HE CAN JUST JUMP OVER IT!"
"And just like that…" Aizawa muttered as the blonde causally stroll across the finish line and into first place, "Naruto took the first place in a record time."
"Who could have predicted this outcome when the trial began!? Naruto has returned to the stadium in flawless triumph! I'm so rooting for him!" Present Mic screeched, "I'M SO PROUD OF…"
"Don't try to butter him up." The underground hero cut him off with a grunt but no one hear them because the audience roared out loudly with applause and Naruto walked close to the stage with hands in his pocket, ignoring the voice hero's comments about the ongoing race. It took about ten to fifteen minutes until second person crossed the finish line with heavy pants.
"And in second place is Midoriya Izuku!" The voice hero announced and the said panting boy glance around somewhat disheartened until he look up to the audience to see a thumb-up from his hero, an action that confuse him internally.
'Don't he want me to come in first place?' Izuku take some breaths in as the racers make it to the finish line one by one, '…No, there are still two more events.' His gaze land upon Naruto and something itch at his brain again, he still can't figure out why this guy looks so familiar to him.
"SHIT!" Katsuki fumed when he came in fourth place, "GODDAMMIT!" His rageful eyes snapped to a certain blonde, "FUCKING GONNA SKIN SHITTY FOX!"
"Naruto!" Ochaco jogged over to the said blonde with heavy pants, "You were amazing! So fast!" She panted with hands on her knees as she gave him a wide grin, "Congrats on first place! But, damn, it stings!"
"…Thank…" Naruto muttered flatly.
"M-M-Make it…" Pony stumbled over to them, "Geez, you two are so fast like bolts!" She gave them a shaky thumb up, "Way to go…Gonna…P-Puke!"
"Waaaaaah, I wish I can stick myself to Yao-titty's ass!" Mineta wailed as he came in seventy place to some people's disgust and unwittingly cost himself a chance to be scouted by many pro heroes.
"And so it's over!" Midnight announced on the stage, "Now everyone, here are the results!" The students checked the placement result on the monitor from first place to hundredth place, "The hundred at the top have earned the right to advance! I'm sorry for the kids who failed, but take heart!" She clapped, "This festival's showstopper is still being prepared!" She wait until those who don't make the second round clear the field, "And now for the post-preliminaries, the final section! From here on out, even the press corps will teem in a white heat of excitement, so go all out! Now then, onto today's heart-pounding second events! I already know what it will be, but the suspense is killing me…What could it be!? Well, I'll tell you!" She threw her hand to the monitor that land on a second event, "Behold! THE CROWN GAME!"
"The crown?" Ibara arched her brow puzzlingly before the students jumped when cements raised up around the field to form forty thrones far apart from each other but one throne keep rise until it reach thirty feet tall.
"The goal of this game is to possess a crown like one here…" Midnight held an plain crown up in her hand, "And claim one of thrones by sitting on it. However it does not mean you're home free after taking a throne! You have to defend your crown from others who are trying to steal the crown and you can't leave the throne! If you don't have a crown, you can't sit on throne! Lose the crown? Get off the throne and try reclaim a crown! If anyone with crown manage to stay on the throne for ten minutes, they will get a pass to final event! Now…" She cracked her whip to the tallest throne, "For these who wonder about this throne, it's the best throne that you all want to take because there's a speeeeecial reward for you."
"SPECIAL REWARD?!" The perverts drooled with nosebleed as dirty images come to their minds.
"Special reward?" Some muttered in confusion but no one can deny that almost all eyes were on the tallest throne.
"There are forty crowns total and one will shot up in air each one minute!" Midnight tossed the crown over to Power Loader as he stand next to mini cannon, "The game will be over immediately when the one that get the last crown and claim the throne. Quirks are, of course, allowed so I want to see some fine brutality out there! If you destroy the throne on purpose, you're disqualified." She grinned widely, "Welcome to our survival game! We will start in fifteen minutes so I suggest you all to pick a spot somewhere on the field then pray that the crown will fly close to you!"
"F-Fifteen minutes?" Some students cried out, it'll going to be one long anxious waiting.
"Getting up there will be so tough, even when everyone'll be after your crown…" Manga stare up at the tallest throne, it has some footholds like a rock wall climbing, "Since there's not a lot of fliers here, everyone else may go for other thirty-nine thrones."
"It'll be a slugfest." Yosetsu grimaced, "But at least everyone have equal chance this time."
"We'll see about that." Sen commented and the competitors spend the time by placing themselves in what they believe to be best spot, some chose to stand in middle of the field while some stand close to the thrones.
"We'll be starting any moment now!" The R-rated heroine announced as the teenagers tensed up while some wonder what the hell is Neito muttering under his breath, something about snotty Class A kids and placing low.
"Wake up, Eraser!" Present Mic woke the snoring underground hero up with smacks, "Their fifteen minutes to strategize and set their positions are nearly up! And hundred dukes and duchesses have prepare themselves!"
"…Look like we have quite the interesting set-up here…" Aizawa muttered sleepily as he looked over the field before he turn to his friend, "…Dukes and duchesses?"
"Of course, it's a title below the royalty!" The voice hero screeched, "Who will be ascending to king or queen of the thrones! Let's find out in the Game of T…"
"Don't you dare finish this sentence."
"The copyright have expired like hundred years ago so I can say it on live!"
"…There are children watching."
"…ANYWAY! WHO WILL BE THE ONE TO CLAIM THE TOP THRONE OR BE FIRST ONE TO CLAIM THE CROWN?!"
"The first crown will launch in three!" Midnight raised her whip up in air, "Two…One…START!" The cannon shot a crown high up in air above the field and the competitors scattered.
"It's mine!" Tetsutetsu shoved some teenagers away from him.
"No, it's mine." Shoto narrowed his eyes as he prepare to launch himself up with glacier.
"HAND OFF THE FUCKING CROWN!" Katsuki leaped up in air with blasts, "I WILL FUCKING KILL ANYONE WHO GET THEIR MITTS ON MY CROWN!"
"I-I must get it…" Izuku tried to make his way through the crowd and the flying crown was about to reach its peak until Naruto suddenly appear in air, snatching it right away to the shock and surprise of his competitors.
"YOU FUCKING MANGY FOX BASTARD!" The explosive blonde propelled toward the fox-tailed blonde, "I WILL SKIN YOUR TAIL AND WEAR IT LIKE S…" Smokescreen appear around Naruto with a poof before it clear away to reveal…Tetsutetsu falling toward him.
"WHA?!" The steel boy choked out together with Katsuki before they clash violently in midair and the competitors were confused until they hear a voice speaking, drawing their attentions to the source.
"You know, I was considering taking the throne and get it over with…" Naruto twirled the crown around his index finger, "But then I realize that'll give you a chance to shine and it'll be no fun…" He tossed the crown onto his head lopsidedly, "So that's why I'm gonna take the next nine crowns then put seven random guys on thrones and secure ten spots myself."
"Oh yeah?" Denki create zaps between his hands, "Last time I checked, there's ninety-nine of us and one deadlast! Taking this crown from you will be so…"
"Great…" The fox-tailed blonde inhaled deeply as his chest swollen up like an balloon before his mouth open with a roaring winds, "BREAKTHROUGH!"
"EAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSY!" The electricity user screamed out along with unlucky competitors as they fling away like ragdoll under the powerful winds.
"He has a wind quirk?!" Someone cried out, "Now that make sense why he get ahead of us so fast in race!"
"Ha, I can counter his quirk with my…" Mineta held onto his sticky ball with a gloat, only to scream out as earth pull him down by his feet until he was buried up to his neck. "WHAT THE!" Few competitors met his fate, "I CAN'T GET OUT! SOMEONE HELP ME!"
"And let's not forget that I said there are some people that don't deserve to be in heroic department…" Naruto cracked his neck with his right hand as some competitors scrambled up to their feet, "That's why I'm gonna force them to drop out right here in this round." The earth break outwardly at his sides and some teenagers choke on their spits when they see two Naruto rising from the holes. "And for the record, I don't have wind quirk."
"EVEN IF THERE'S THREE OF YOU FUCKING BEASTS, I'LL KILL YOU ALL THE SA…" Katsuki lunge at the fox-tailed blondes with savage roar, only to blow back by powerful torrent from third Naruto and few unlucky teenagers get washed up in the crossfire.
"You, keep using water." The fox-tailed blonde pointed to his second clone before his pointing finger shift to the first clone, "Earth." The clones gave him a nod before they charge toward the crowd as three more clones appear at his sides via smoke poof and he point at each one, "Wind. Fire. Lightning."
"Boss, what about other things?" The fourth clone asked.
"Genjutsu and bunshin's fine but the rest are off limit." Naruto snapped his fingers and the rest of his clones leap into action before he glance up to see second crown shooting up in air, which he snatch it with a mighty leap.
"Great fireball!" A clone blew fire from his mouth through his fist in form of giant fireball, forcing some students to dive out with yelps and melting Shoto's glacier before it can even reach him.
"Earth dragon bullet!" The second clone slammed his hands on ground and a giant head of mud-like dragon rise with gaping mouth before it fire several giant mud balls at the competitors, splashing and trap them in heavy mud.
"Water prison!" The third clone imprisoned few teenagers in giant water ball with left hand before his right hand hold out to another group, "Great waterfall!" Large volume of water twist around then cascade down on some screaming teenagers as if the waterfall have fall upon them.
"Thunderbolt!" The fourth clone discharge lightning from his hands to electrocute two screaming teenagers.
"Divine wind!" The fifth clone summon several small tornados that send some screaming teenager flying.
"THE TREES, THE TREES!" A random teenager screamed with stiffened body, "THEY'RE ALIVE! THEY'RE ALIVE!"
"WHAT TREE?!" Another teenager shook her in attempt to snap her out of whatever hallucination she's having, "THERE IS NO TREE AROUND HERE! WAKE UP, WAKE UP!"
"What a maelstrom of chaos we're seeing right here!" Present Mic pumped his arm, "Naruto is truly living up to his namesake! He's giving it all he get while stacking some crowns up!"
"Nah, he's just holding back." Aizawa watched the screaming kids running around like headless chickens under barrage of elements left and right, at least some are trying to fight back or defending others.
"WHAT?!" Yosetsu shouted with popped-out eyes as he dove under fire torrent, "HOLDING BACK?! WHAT THE FUCK?!"
"NARUTO, WHAT THE HECK IS YOUR QUIRK?!" Sen duck behind Kosei's air barrier with a scream, "IT'S TOTAL BULLSHIT!"
"Since when wasn't quirks bullshit?" Naruto caught the fifth crown, slip it up his right arm as he easily evade his opponents with some acrobatic moves and few substitutes between students…And a log, no one know where this log come from.
"Air…" The fifth clone was about to attack until a giant shadow cast over him, "Mm?" He looked up to see a broken one-story tall earth pillar, wielding by one certain brunette.
"SORRY, NARUTO!" Ochaco swung the pillar like an baseball bat with a shout, sending many debris pieces flying toward the clone. "COMET HOME RUN!"
"Oh." The clone stared at the shooting debris before he shrug his shoulders, "So thus end of my short life." The rubbles strike him with enough force that knock him off his feet and he pop out in smoke.
"Wait, they can be take out in one solid hit?!" Hanta shouted out with a realizing gasp, "Any heavy hitters, please take these crazy clones out!" Two new clones pop into existence, "OH COME ON!"
"That's seventh now." Naruto grabbed another crown while kicking Tsuyu's whipping tongue away and the tongue retreated into the frog girl's mouth, seem to be unhurt.
"FUCKING MANGY FOX!" Katsuki came up with an improvised move as he stretched his left hand out with right fist making circle on his palm, "GO DIEEEEEEE!" An powerful concentrated blast of explosive shot outward from the fist toward the fox-tailed blonde at high speed and the whiskered blonde was about to dodge it until…
"Ah!" The fox-tailed boy's eyes snapped to right to see a group of five behind him, someone have tripped over and he realize that if he move out of the way, they'll be caught up in the direct fire. From a single quick glance, he can tell that none of them can defend themselves from the explosive.
'Fuck!' Naruto have no choice to take it directly and he stretch his left hand out to the blast before it engulf him and group in explosive and smokes.
"Bakugo, that was too much!" Rikido shouted, "He'll must be hurt and didn't you see people back th…"
"DO I LOOK LIKE I GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THESE WASTE OF OXYGEN?!" Katsuki snarled, "I DID EVERYONE A FAVOR BY TAKING FUCKING NOBODIES OUT! I DID SAID I WILL FUCKING KILL ANYONE WHO GET IN MY…" An air bullet smash into his stomach, sending him tumbling backward as the gust clear the smokescreen to reveal Naruto and the group unharmed…The only victim of the explosive attack was bit of the fox-tailed blonde's clothing. His left glove, entire left sleeve along with top-left part of his shirt and bit of turtleneck was gone, exposing his skin and they were covered with scars upon scars. There is a circular scar on his palm and back of it as if someone have drive an spike through it, from hand to his chest were scarred by various scars from chemical or fire burns to cut upon cuts, 'hole' scars and many other things and it appear to expand under his clothes. One thing that stand out above all scars is a branded numbers running down from his shoulder to end of forearm, 923882.
"Hey, you guys alright?" The fox-tailed blonde asked the group behind him without looking back, shaking his hand as the atmosphere become very quiet between the competitors who were staring at his scars.
"Y-Y-Yes, b-b-but your a-a-arm…" Someone stuttered.
"Don't mind the scars, they're old." Naruto waved it off, "This bastard's attack may pack a lot of punch but thank to my quirk, I have high defense and if it damage me, I still have my high re…"
"Ah!" Everything clicked in Izuku's mind after seeing Naruto in action and this number brand as he pointed at the fox-tailed blonde, "You're Shounen K, one of the survivors from Red Zoo!" The blonde's head snapped to him in shock with widened eyes.
"Shounen K, Red Zoo?" Mineta asked from his position, still buried and almost all teenagers looked so confused while the pro heroes in the audience fall silent with some gasps and horrified expression. "What's that?!"
"Shounen K is an anonymity alias that was given to Naruto five years ago because he was little when he broke out from Red Zoo and went on rampage in Shikoku in form of giant kyuubi no kitsune." The greenette boy replied quickly, "It was breaking news nationwide this day. Many heroes were called this day to stop him, thankfully that no citizens were hurt since he was far away from cities and that's where they discovered Red Zoo, an area that was run by…"
"How dare you!" Naruto cut him off with a angry snarl as the color of his eyes change red, "That wasn't your secret to tell!" He took a step forward with a hard stomp as it leave crack in ground, "And you have gall to go and babble about it all to the world!"
"I-I-I do…" Izuku stuttered with cold sweats as he was about to apologize but someone cut him off."
"YOU BELONG TO THE RED ZOO SO GO BACK THERE, YOU MANGY MUTT!" Tetsutetsu shouted, all he heard was just the red zoo and it look like it get under this bastard's skin more when the fox-tailed blonde froze still.
"I'LL FUCK YOU UP AND THROW YOU IN CAGE MYSELF!" Katsuki roared and Naruto's red eyes snapped to them with pure rage. Red aura slowly enclosed the fox-tailed blonde before it suddenly disappear without any warning and Naruto's angry gaze snapped up to the commentary booth from the corner of his eyes, staring straight at Aizawa.
The underground hero give him a subtle headshake then mouthing, 'Stay calm. Save it. Tournament next.' The blonde gritted his teeth angily but he make a tiny subtle nod that went unnoticeable by everyone but the underground heroes and few certain heroes before Naruto feel his quirk kicking in.
"I change my mind…" Naruto growled angrily, "Seven thrones are taken now…" Before everyone know it, six voices yelp out and they turn to the sources to see clones grabbed six teenagers then they toss the teenagers onto the thrones with crowns. Some turned around to see Naruto leap onto the highest throne and two clones slam their hands on ground.
"Mokuton!" Both clones said together before the woods burst out from the earth itself, tangling and twisting to form an maze of intertwined trees.
"Quick, get these guys!" Someone ran toward the six taken thrones and the owners get on their guards…Only to have several clones appear in front of the thrones.
"Four red yang formation!" One of the clones shouted to other clones.
"HAI!" The clones shouted back as their hands smashed on the ground to create a red square barrier around the seven thrones and some competitors crash into the barrier with a painful groan as if they have ran into the brick walls. An giant ice wave clash into the barrier but it remain unbreakable as the ice crumbled in pieces.
"I'd say good luck but I'm not going to." Naruto growled down at the shouting teenagers who were running around trying to find their way out and get their hands on the crown or find the thrones somewhere in maze. He tune everything out to seething in his throne.
"…Yikes, look like he's making it more tough for our players." Present Mic recovered with a cough, concern can be heard in his tone. "With a maze of woods, how will they able to plant their bottom on thrones or shall I say thorns?!"
"Ugh." Aizawa can't help but to groan at his friend's use of words, "Well, they have to handle the unknown and unforeseen situations like this one since the heroes have been dealing with them every day."
"SO TRUE!" The voice hero agreed as the game went on for a while before he make an announcement, "Ten minutes have passed and just like that, Naruto have secure his place in next event along with…" He checked the result for the names, "Tsunotori Pony, Shinso Hitoshi, Uraraka Ochaco, Hatsume Mei, Agoyamato Tsutsutaka and Togeike Chikuchi! Those who have passed, get off the thrones and make your way to the exit…" Present Mic leaned forward to peek down at the field, "…Um, I think you all can get there by walking close to the edge…" He waved his arm wildly, "No, no, you're going the wrong way! Other way around!"
The group manage to reach the exit into a corridor and Pony get close to Naruto from behind with a worrying expression. "Naruto, you ok…"
"I want to be alone right now." Naruto cut her off as he walked faster with a growl, refusing to look back at her.
"Naruto…" The blonde girl uttered softly before Ochaco approach her.
"Hey…" Ochaco put her hand on the blonde's shoulder with gentle tone, "Let him be alone for now. I'm worried for him too." Her friend nod slightly.
"I can't believe I made it to the third event but I really hope I won't face this Naruto guy in tournament." A teenager boy with long chin gulped, "I'll give up right away, not going to lie."
"…Oh, that's right…" The girl with black hair in pigtails muttered, "Sport festival always start with race then end it with tournament for final event every year. Second event is always random."
'Tournament's next?' The brunette blinked to herself, she don't know that since she don't watch a lot of television until she move into dorm, courtesy of two blondes.
After a long hellish Crown Game, the freshmen were getting their lunch while discussing about the festival and the rumors that are clearly false after one certain overpowered blonde's performance. "Fuck this Tetsutetsu guy, he's the one who have been going around blabbing all these lying craps!" A random student complained, "We lost our chances because this motherfucker has to go and piss this guy off!" Some bitter students agreed with her, glaring at the steel boy at distance from their tables.
"Fuck this guy, why does someone like him is in our class?!" Tetsutetsu growled, he barely pass the second event and it was all this bastard's fault! He turned to some of his classmates, "Hey, let's get back at him pretty good in the next on…"
"Don't you fucking speak to me." Togaru cut him off with an angry glare as he walked away from him, "Or even come near me."
"Bros, what's his pro…" The steel boy narrowed his eyes.
"Don't call me bro." Sen walked away from him with hands in his pockets, "We're not friends." More classmates follow suit as they shun the steel boy.
"Ugh, stupid mangy mutt got them all mad and I don't blame them for that." Tetsutetsu huffed but everyone ignore him, some dirty glares were thrown at his way.
At same time, a certain pervert overheard other perverts' plot and he join them with some hushed whispers.
"Before we get started with the final event, there's good news for those who dropped out of the preliminaries!" Naruto can hear Present Mic's announcement from his booth as the fox-tailed blonde walk out into the stadium from the entrance, wearing new shirt with spare glove and he can't help but to arch his brow at the sight in front of him. "In the end, this is still a sports festival! So to have everyone continue to be able to participate, we've got some recreational events in store! Just look how fired up those cheerleaders we called from America are…Huh? What's this?"
"What are they even…?" Aizawa muttered tiredly.
"WHAT HAPPENED, GIRLS?!" The voice hero hollered as the girls of Class A and B were wearing an U.A. cheerleader uniform with pom-poms and they have gloom cast over their eyes. What make it more puzzling for some people are that a support girl and general student girl were also wearing the said uniforms, the latter look so morbid while the former appear to have no clue with a naive grin.
'What the hell is going on?' Naruto glanced at the girls before his eyes shift over to the boys' side to see Mineta giving a thumb up to Denki and Kosei with perverse grins and he immediately figure out that it was them who somehow tricked the girls into it.
"That is the best fap material." Mineta ogled the girls, trying to be subtle with sneaking pictures from his phone but it end up in very open and it draw some anger from girls and many people in audience. "What do you say?"
"Oh yeah, I can't believe we trick them all into wearing them." Denki laughed, "Can't wait to see boob slip and panty shot, since we told them that the skirts need to be more short."
"Make me imagining about certain things." Kosei agreed with nosebleed, "Like this frog girl's tongue wrapping around it…"
"The invisible chick in public…" The electricity generator drooled, "Oh, same for Jiro's earlobes, she'll make it up for the lack of her flat body…"
"Pfft, I can do you all better." The ball-haired pervert start to line out all dirty fantasy while most boys just stared at the girls openly, making the girls feeling more uncomfortable and angry every seconds.
"HEY!" Tetsutetsu stomped over to them as some thought he's going to stop them, "DON'T TALK ABOUT KENDO, I CALL DIB ON HER!" Never mind, the said girl look so offended.
"Komori's mine, I saw her first so quit looking at her and don't even trying to talk to her." Shihai glared at the boys and the said girl feel more discomfort than before as she tried to hide herself behind some glaring girls.
"FUCK, QUIT DREAMING THAT YOU HAVE A CHANCE WITH THEM!" Katsuki barked at them, "BECAUSE ALL BITCHES WANT TO SUCK MY DICK AND WISH THAT I KNOCK TH…" A wall of earth suddenly shot up between the girls and boys, causing them to jump up before they look right and left until they see Naruto lifting his hand up from the ground and he walk on the boy's side with a annoying huff. Before anyone know it, Naruto snatched the phone up from the ball-haired pervert's hand as he destroy it to pieces barehand.
"YOU BASTARD, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" Mineta wailed over his destroyed phone as he tried to find the sim card but it was damaged beyond repair, "AH! DON'T TELL ME, YOU'RE DOING IT TO GET IN THEIR PA…"
"Shut your filthy mouth or I'll do it myself." Naruto cut him off with intimidating glare and the crying pervert suddenly wet his pant as some people look at the pervert in disbelief, how can someone just wet their own pant from one single glare?! "How pathetic." A certain asshole was about to yell at him but…
"It's the final event!" Present Mic announced to draw their attentions, "Forty individuals have made it through! It's a variety tournament!"
So it's a tournament, huh!" Eijiro clenched his fists, "We'll be standing on the same stage we see on TV every year!"
"Oh, I forget about that." Yosetsu muttered.
"The system changes a bit each year, but typically there'll be similar one-on-one competitions." Hanta inputted, "But variety? Sound like they're mixing something up this year."
"All right, now!" Midnight appeared on the stage in front of the students, "For the variety tournament, every round will be different and we'll start the first round off with…A heated fivesome! In other word, it's five-person battle royale! Only one person can advance to the next round, which will be a tag team between two winners of first rounds! Semi-final and final rounds will be one-on-one!"
"So that mean there'll be eight battle royale matches, two tag-teams matches and then one-on-one for the rest." Jurota adjusted his glasses and some teenagers wonder how'll the matchup work.
"Before we start, I want to remind you all that I did promise that the person who claimed the high throne will get a special reward." The smirking heroine swung her whip toward a certain blonde, "Naruto! Your special reward is…To choose four opponents to face in your battle royale match!" She beckoned him up on the stage as Naruto walked up under everyone's stares, "Come on up and take a look at the list!" She hand the tablet over to him.
"…Shit, I hope he don't pick me." Denki paled with cold sweats, very few teenagers share his sentiments as Naruto look through the list of forty individuals, including himself.
"Tetsutetsu, Bakugo, Midoriya…" Naruto picked them right away before he scan the list again, "…This guy came in third place in the race, didn't he?" He gave the tablet back to the R-rated heroine, "Then I'll pick this guy, Todoroki."
"Alright." Midnight gave him a nod before she tell him to go back to the group as she turned to the teenagers, "Now, here's the matchup! Beside the first match, all have been chose randomized!" Everyone from the competitors and audience look at the setup on the giant monitor.
Naruto, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Bakugo Katsuki, Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shoto
Hatsume Mei, Kirishima Eijiro, Iida Tenya, Shiozaki Ibara, Kaminari Denki
Shinso Hitoshi, Tsuburaba Kosei, Awase Yosetsu, Tokage Setsuna, Sato Rikido
Togeike Chikuchi, Aoyama Yuga, Hagakure Toru, Bondo Kojiro, Kodai Yui
Tokoyami Fumikage, Yaoyorozu Momo, Shoji Mezo, Agoyamato Tsutsutaka, Fukidashi Manga
Uraraka Ochaco, Rin Hiryu, Koda Koji, Kendo Itsuka, Shishida Jurota
Tsunotori Pony, Asui Tsuyu, Sen Kaibara, Honenuki Juzo, Komori Kinoko
Kamakiri Togaru, Sero Hanta, Ashido Mina, Jiro Kyoka, Yanagi Reiko
"If it wasn't for Naruto, it'll be hero dept. sweep." Sen hummed thoughtfully, "Kuroiro, Monoma and two guys from Class A don't make it."
"I'm not surprised because one guy was buried for the whole game." Juzo commented as he scan the names on the screen to find his name, "Oh, we're in same round with other two from our class and one person from Class A, Asui."
"No hard feeling, wherever the result turn out?" The gyrating teenager said and the lipless teenager gives him a goodhearted thumb-up.
"Who's Shinso?" Kosei questioned, not knowing that the said boy was behind him as he eyed the monitor then at his soon-to-be opponents while forming some plan in his head.
"Some match look pretty interesting but I'm actually looking forward to the first match." Toru said as some agreed with her, "Who do you think will win this one?"
"Naruto!" Pony thrust her pom up in air.
"Yeah, we're gonna root for Naruto." Ochaco smiled at her equine friend with a nod.
"Oh, not Midoriya?" Mina tilted her head at the gravity girl, "I have seen you eating lunch with him and Iida."
"Sometime." The brunette replied, "I don't know Midoriya very well enough. I won't root for him since he's facing my friend, plus Midoriya just told some secrets about Naruto against his will, stuffs that I don't know, so…"
"Gotcha." The pink-skinned girl nodded with a frown, "It's not cool to blab someone's secrets to world."
"Yeah, now people are going to look those up online after that." Setsuna whispered.
"Okay, so now the tournament will start in ten minutes!" Present Mic announced, "So you all, please clear the field!" The teenagers entered the entrance to find their seats or prepare for their match, "…Think Cementoss can do something about this earth wall?"
"Yes, he can." Aizawa huffed, the cement hero can demolish the wall by overflow it with cement.
"Hey guys, are you ready!?" Present Mic screamed gleefully as the stage have been completed, "We've got a bunch in store for you! It's here that you will brawl! And the only person you can rely on is yourself! You don't have to be a hero to have face such trials in life! You get it, right!? That will test your body! Your skills! Your very soul! Your wisdom and intuition! Everybody mobilize and get your butts out here!" The first teenager walk out onto the stage, "First up, we have the boy of steel, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu!" The said teenager puffed his chest up with a grin as he waved to the audience, only to be puzzled with frown when he hears nothing but booing. "A literally walking bomb, Bakugo Katsuki!" The explosive blonde walked on the stage and he look very furious and irritating by booing.
"Fuck them all." Katsuki huffed under his breath but his voice was picked up by surrounding mics.
"Third challenger, the ice prince himself, Todoroki Shoto!" The voice hero contained on as the said teenager walked up to the ring emotionlessly while some in audience start to cheer before the fourth person join the stage, "Fourth challenger, a plain boy that did well up to now, Midoriya Izuku!" The cheers was somewhat lackluster and scattered, "And finally! The one that you all are looking forward to!" The audience start to cheered when Naruto walk toward to the stage with shadow cast over his eyes, "The unrelenting juggernaut who have taken the sport festival by storm, Naruto! Will he steamroll through the tournament like pervious two events or will one of the challengers pull an ultimate upset here and become the dark horse? I SAY NO TO LAST ONE!"
"Present Mic, we talked about favoritism." Aizawa drawled, "It's unfair to other players…Not that I'll expect much from them in this one."
"That's pot calling kettle black!" Present Mic shouted, "Mummy here is secretly rooting for Naruto the whole time!" He cleared his throat, "The rules are simple! This is a scuffle won by either ringing out your opponents, rendering them unable to move or getting them to say uncle! I give! Whatever it take to surrender! Feel free to maim! We have our Recovery Girl waiting in the wings…Hold on, she said don't maim, she can't heal severed limbs, put any teeth back in or bring dead back to life and she'll threaten to break any shins! I hope you've left your sense of morals and decency at the door!"
"Not that few have any in first place." The underground hero muttered.
"Of course, you're not allowed to endanger each other's lives to one inch close to death, that'd be shitty!" The voice hero said, "Cementoss and Midnight will stop the match anytime if they say so! It's only when capturing a villain that a heroes must never stay their hands!"
"Now let's start the battle!" Midnight raised her hand up as she glanced between the teenagers, "Get ready…"
"Get ready for ass-whooping, mangy mutt." Tetsutetsu glared at Naruto,
"I'm gonna murder all of you, starting with you first." Katsuki glared at everyone then growled savagely at the fox-tailed blonde, "I'll take your fucking tail off while I'm at it!"
"Todoroki…" Izuku stared at the said boy with a soft whisper, how can he convince him to use the fire side? The dual-haired boy stare blankly at Naruto with his eyes slight narrowed and the fox-tailed blonde simply stands still.
"STAAAAAAART!" The R-rated heroine bring her hand down in chop gesture.
"Todoroki, your quirk, you have to…" The greenette said, only to be cut off by a roar.
"DIIII…" Katsuki charge with a roar…But he barely take one step before a backhand slap meet his face and the power behind it was enough to send him fling across the stage, flying past between Izuku and Shoto then crash into the wall. To add salt to the violent boy's wound, the backhand slap have knock him out of his shoes and the said pair of shoes plop on the stage with couple bounces. In this moment, the boys realize that the person who have knocked Katsuki out of the ring was Naruto and he have moved from his original spot to the explosive user in a single blink with his left hand outstretch in post-swing.
Shoto immediately send a giant wave of ice in form of iceberg toward Naruto and the blonde swiftly slide his foot forward as his fist wind back behind him before he throw an overhead punch at the giant ice. The moment his knuckles make contact with the ice, there was an pulse before the giant iceberg shattered into million tiny pieces. Shoto's eyes widen for a moment before he receive an kick to stomach from the fox-tailed blonde and the dual-haired boy was send flying off the stage onto the dirt, rolling over few times until he land on his stomach with some rough coughs.
"D-D-Delaware Smash!" Izuku flicked his index finger to send an powerful shockwave toward the blonde in panic, breaking his finger in process. At first he thought the attack land when the shockwave hit Naruto, only to widen his eyes when the blonde switch with ice chuck at last second as it shattered and before he know it, Naruto was right in front of him with his right side face him with his right middle finger tucked under his thumb aiming very close to the greenette's forehead. With a single flick, it give Izuku a mother of all painful headache and an airtime as he tumble backward all way over to the edge and drop onto dirt with a crash.
"…E-E-Eh?!" Tetsutetsu uttered in bewilder. One blink and he saw Katsuki knocked out of the ring by a backhand slap, second blink show shattered ice and one kicked boy and third blink, the green boy was taken out by a single flick.
"Hey, you said something about getting ready for ass-whooping…" Naruto spoke coldly as he lift his head up slightly to show an icy yet intense stare, "I hope you're ready to get it now."
"Y-You wish!" The gray-haired boy barely turn his body into steel before the blonde deliver a high kick to chin from low crouch stance, launching him up in air…For few seconds until Naruto grab the steel boy's ankle and he smash Tetsutetsu into the ground hard that it form an small crater. Tetsutetsu thought he have a chance to recover but he wasn't prepare for Naruto to lift him up again by same ankle then smash him on other side…And again and again as the blonde smashed him left and right like an ragdoll. After about twenty slams, Naruto finally release Tetsutestu's leg as soon as he slammed him. "Yo…" The steel boy growled from his downed position until Naruto pull his fist back then swing it down hard to Tetsutetsu's head and the strength behind the punch bury Tetsutetsu's head into the stage with a shockwave that form many cracks across the stage.
Naruto mount the steel boy to plummet him with barrage of punches at high speed as Tetsutetsu barely defend himself with steel arms and each punch cause the cracks to become fracture with some piece of cements displaced. He rear his fist way back before he bring it to home with a mighty punch to steel face and the majorly of stage break apart as debris send flying in all directions. Naruto get up while pulling the groaning steel boy up by his shirt and some steel fangs fall out of Tetsutetsu's mouth as his skin become flesh once again. "Good, your quirk finally wear off." Naruto rear his free hand back overhead before he slap Tetsutetsu's face hard as couple more teeth flew out and he backhand-slapped him then he repeat his action. Slap, backhand, slap, backhand, slap, backhand, slap.
"P-P-Please don't hit…S-S-S-St…" Tetsutetsu sobbed with shedding tears, only to cut off by another hard slap and he cried hard while cowering with arms over his head.
"How pathetic." Naruto stared down at him coldly, "You go around spreading rumors about me, saying shits and brag about how 'manly' you are because you have 'amazing' quirk…And yet, the moment I hit your flesh, you cry and beg like an coward. You're no hero but a pathetic cowardly quirkist!" He give Tetsutetsu a haymaker that break his jaw and the gray-haired boy give one final wail before he become unconscious. Naruto release the steel boy, who just drop like an sack of potatoes and the blonde turn away from his downed opponent with hands in his pockets.
"W-Winner is Naruto!" Midnight announced with her hand raised up to the said boy but the blonde just ignored his surrounding as he walk toward to the corridor.
"…W-WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING FEAT OF STRENGTH NARUTO HAVE DEMONSTRATED!" Present Mic screeched to the stunned audience and it seems to snap everyone out of their daze. "I JUST BLINKED AND HE SEND THREE GUYS FLYING OUT! THEN ONE BEATDOWN ON ONE DURABLE TETSUTETSU TO WORE HIS QUIRK OUT SO HE CAN SLAP HIM AROUND LIKE AN H…"
"Children are watching."
"BIT…"
"Again, children are watching."
"WIMPY VILLIAN!"
"…I'll take it." A huff, "At least Naruto restricted himself this time."
"That's right, he did!" A sniffle, "I remember how he…"
"Oh for pete's sake, get your hand off the button!"
"…O-O-Oh my god…" Rikido gawked with saucer-sized eyes and he wasn't the only one. "H-H-He defeats three strongest guys in our class…"
"And he bust the stage up by beating the shit out of his classmate…" Hanta sweated nervously, "What a relentless dude."
"To be fair, this asshole deserves it." Mina watched the medic bots loading the unconscious steel teenager onto the stretcher to carry him off the field along with another downed teenagers, "This guy have been bullying Naruto since the beginning of school from what I have heard."
"This Bakugo guy is gonna look like chump." Sen commented with a gobsmacked expression still on his face like others, "Don't he say he was going to take first place…"
"Yeah, he came in fourth or fifth in the race, tenth in Crown game and now this…" Rin gestured to the repairing stage, "He was first to be eliminated, therefore he is in last place."
"Don't feel bad about it." Setsuna shrugged with a smirk, "This guy was totally douchebag. One pimp slap and his shoes went flying." That earn few nervous chuckles.
"…What's this smell?" Jurota grimaced and the people around him realize there was an foul stench. They look around to pinpoint the smell with grimace expressions until they finally find the source, who turn out to be Mineta as he shivered with overflowing tears and his pant was wet…Along with brown stain.
"…Did you just shart yourself?!" Kyoka moved away from him with a disgusted screech, the rest follow suit.
"H-H-H-H-HE S-S-S-SHOULD HAVE K-K-K-KILL ME!" Mineta wailed in fright, "T-T-T-THAT M-M-MONSTER…" He refused to move from his seat until a disgusted pro hero force him to leave the seating to change…Their disgust grow when he beg all the way to exit for a sexy girl to change his pant and wipe his ass, which no one grant his 'wish'.
"Ugh, I hope the next match will cleanse my mind from that…" The punk girl groaned and most girls agreed with her by nodding their heads.
Ibara feel like she was having an surreal moment and she wasn't the only one who feel this way as she watched Mei showing her inventions off by using Tenya and Eijiro as her unwitting guinea pigs. How she convince them into it, the vine-haired girl'll never know…But again, Mei asked her to let her be for few minutes to show off. Her gaze shift to Denki, who was tied up in her vines with derp expression as he thrusts his thumb-up fists out in air with drool running down his chin. "Derp, herp, derp, herp, derp!" Denki droned.
"Pheeeew!" Mei wiped some sweats off her forehead with a beaming grin as she stepped off the stage, "Everyone was able to view my lineup so thoroughly and now I have nothing to regret!"
"Hatsume is out of bounds!" Midnight announced.
"You played us for a foooooooooool!" Tenya screamed furiously.
"Why did you do that?!" Eijiro cried in disbelief, why would anyone throw towel in after getting this far?! Ibara notice that both boys were standing together close to the edge so she command her vines to throw Denki at their back and the derp teenager clash into the yelping teenagers, knocking them over the edge.
"…Iida, Kirishima and Kaminari are out of bounds!" The R-rated heroine lifted her hand up with a small sweatdrop, "Shiozaki advances to the second round!" The said girl step down with a clasped hands in prayer stance as she have mixed feeling about the most weird and anticlimax match ever and her easy victory.
"…What even is this…" Present Mic can be heard whispering to his friend and his response was just an exhausted sigh.
Hitoshi glanced around at his opponents, he have one chance to pull it off and any single mistake will cost him the match. He wait until the referee start the round and he turn to one threatening person. "Hey, Tokage, right? Want to team up?" He asked.
"Pfft, yeah ri…" Setsuna snorted before she suddenly froze with glossed over eyes.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Yosetsu noticed her odd behavior.
"Think she get a stage fright or something like that?" Hitoshi said to the wielder.
"No, that's not it…" The wielder turned to him, only to end up froze like his classmate.
"W-What's going on?!" Kosei glanced between his still classmates in panic and Rikido look so puzzled by the lack of actions. "Wait, is that your quirk?!" He turned to the purple-haired boy.
"And what if it is?" The purple-haired boy smirked.
"What did you do to th…" Again, the pervert of Class B fall to his classmates' fate and Hitoshi turn to see Rikido with tight-closed eyes.
"Ooh, you figure my quirk out, don't you?" Hitoshi pretend to groan in dismay.
"Yeah, they froze after looking into your ey…" Sato muttered, only to froze with opening glossed eyes.
'Bingo, that was so easy.' The smirking purple-haired teenager put his hands into his pockets, "All of you, now aboutface and amble out of bounds." The four teenagers obey his commend as they walk down the steps out of bound like zombies.
"Wha…What's going on?!" Present Mic shouted in confusion as Midnight announced Hitoshi to be the winner of this round, "How meek!"
"That's why I've been saying that entrance exam is illogical." Aizawa snorted under his breath and several pro heroes discuss about Hitoshi's quirk, seeing how useful and value it is as the purple-haired boy walk away with a barely-noticeable smile that he fought to keep it down while the eliminated opponents look so confused and lost at their short blackout.
"BLAAAAAA!" Toru gurgled out as the water blast her out of bound along with Yuga and Kojiro. The water retract back to Chikuchi's sleeves, reform into her arms and the pig-tailed girl turned to Yui, who was trapped in ball of water. The expressionless girl floats with clenched-tight mouth.
"Do you yield?" Chikuchi asked the expressionless girl and Yui make couple attempts to swim out but it was useless as she remain suspending in water. Yui calmly raise her hands up in surrender, glancing over to the referee.
"Kodai have give up!" Midnight announced, "Togeike advances to next round!"
"As expected of the hydro gal, she washed everyone out with her Water Body quirk!" Present Mic clapped loudly over the cheering audience, "The general students are showing us that they are not to be messed with!"
"Well, Togeike should be in hero dept but she narrowly didn't make the cut by few points." Aizawa muttered boringly, "It appear that she have been training more since then."
"Next up!" The voice hero lifted the clipboard for a little refresh of next match.
Pony decide to go to the waiting room to steel her nerves for her battle royale match and she was following by Ochaco since the gravity girl's upcoming match is right next after the ongoing battle. They reach the door of the waiting room and the blonde open it before she jump lightly with a gasp as soon as she see Naruto on bench watching the match on monitor. "Naruto!" Pony squeaked, "You here! Was you here whole time?!"
"Yeah." Naruto gave them one sideway glance before he watch the television again as Fumikage's Dark Shadow fling the teenager with long chin out of ring along with Manga, who was tossed out by Mezo's extra arms after few evades.
"We were wondering where you have been the whole time." Ochaco glanced at the television, wincing when she see both of her classmates taking Momo on together with ruthless assaults as the creator defend herself behind the riot shield while skidding backward to the edge inch by inch. "Tsunotori have been saving your seat the whole time."
"…Oh." The blonde boy muttered, "Sorry."
"It okay." The blonde girl waved it off, "How you feel now?"
"Mm, a little better." Naruto muttered as they watched the creator pushed out of the bound before Fumikage and Mezo turn on each other with relentless attacks, mostly on Dark Shadow's part. "Beating shits out of bunch of quirkists help me release some stress…Would be perfect if this little shit stay in the game." He hummed softly, "Maybe I shouldn't have bury him in last game."
"If it make you feel better, this creepo actually shit himself while watching your match, even wet himself too." Ochaco replied, her face become slight green at the memory.
"…It actually does." A ghost of smile appears on his face.
"Naruto smile!" Pony giggled with pumping arms.
"He is!" The gravity girl smiled and Naruto drop his smile right away. "Aww!" She sat down at his side to watch the television while the blonde girl sit on his other side, "Oh, can I ask you what's name of your quirk? I'm not going to ask you details on it because I know you won't tell us about it since we're still in the tournament."
"Chakra." Naruto answered with his eyes on the monitor, "That's the name of my quirk."
"Chakra?" The blonde girl blinked before she tap her chin with index finger, "Why it sound…Um…Fa…Fami…Um…"
"Familiar?" Ochaco suggested.
"Yes, familiar!" Pony nodded as she mutter the word few times under her breath to memorize it.
"I took this word from one of old religions because it feel right to name my quirk." He replied, "Hinduism or Buddhism, I'm not sure which one it was when I first heard about this word." They watch Dark Shadow deliver a uppercut punch to Mezo but the latter narrowly dodge it with a sidestep, "…You nervous about your match?"
"Yes." The blonde girl exhaled slowly, "I nervous but I can do it."
"You will do great." Ochaco leaned forward to look at her friend with a smile before she straightened up with a sharp inhale, "And I won't lie, I'm super scared. But even so…" She beamed with her fingertips touching together, "It's all right." She glanced at him, "You're amazing, Naruto! You've already entered the spotlight so incredibly quickly. For the crown thing…I got lucky because of you…If I'm being truly honest with myself, I realize I may've just been counting on you to pull through." Naruto open his mouth but she speak again as Fumikage narrowly won the battle royale when Dark Shadow knock the multi-arm teenager out, "That's why I want to challenge you because I'm a little ashamed of myself for hoping to get lucky." She stretched her arms out, "That's why it's all right! Everyone's duking it out with their futures in mind so really, everybody's each other rivals…Mostly." She gave the blondes an thumb-up, "Let's meet up at the final!"
"…" He stared at her for few moments then at Pony before his gaze shift back to the brunette as the horned girl nod rapidly in support, "Alright, see you there." The gravity girl's beaming smile grow larger at her blonde friends before she left the waiting room and the blondes turn back to the television in silence.
"…Naruto?" Pony turned her head slightly to him, "Can I…Ask you pe…Um, pers…Um…"
"Something personal?" Naruto suggested.
"Yes, personal." She confirmed before she wring her hands, "About what green boy said…If too per…Personal! I understand if you say no."
"…" He stared at the television as Present Mic start to introduce Ochaco along with her opponents, "…I'll tell you…But after this festival and with Ochaco if she want to hear about it…I'm going to tell you both because, thank to one loudmouth dumbass who blab it on live, the world will look it up online and find out about me." His head turned to her, "You're not going to look them up?"
"No, I want hear from you." Pony shook her head, "Feel wrong to know be…Before ask you first. You know what I mean?"
"I think I get what you're trying to say." Naruto muttered softly before he gesture to the television, "Let's watch her match."
"Oh, yes!" She agreed and the blondes watch together in the waiting room.
Ochaco have one or two biggest threat in this match, Hiryu and Jutota. She remember that the Chinese student's quirk allow him to project his scales and the beastly student can become large and stronger. She's confident that she can take Koji and Itsuka on since one rely on close combat and one is at greatly disadvantage in quirk area. When Midnight start the match, Ochaco dash over to one of her opponents, Hiryu, and she duck under the shooting scales before she lunge at Hiryu. The Chinese student was caught off guard as the gravity girl leap toward to him with a scary fierce face and he hardened his body with scales, expecting an brawl but it was his mistake when she smack his guarding arms before he start to float upward with flailing limbs.
"Oh sh…" Hiryu uttered before the brunette grab his legs and she spun him around as fast as she can until she release him, tossing him toward a random opponent who turn out to be Koji. The gentle giant widened his eyes as he tried to catch the screaming teenager.
"Release!" Ochaco canceled her quirk with touching fingertips and the gravity return to the scale user at last minute, which take Koji off by guard as he topple over the edge onto the dirt with Hiryu. "Sorry, Koda." She apologized lowly under her breath to her eliminated classmate and she turn to face her remaining opponents to see Jurota ram Itsuka off the stage with a roar…Along with himself, having lost himself to his quirk.
"Kendo and Shishida are out of bounds!" Midnight announced, "Uraraka advances to next round!" The said girl blinked once, twice then thrice before she left the stage with a big smile on her face. She'll take the result of victory as it is.
Have finally calm her jittery nerves down, Pony stare at her opponents with a plan in her head and she wait for the referee to give the signal. When Midnight did, Pony shot four horns off her head toward the group at high speed and two horns pin through Juzo's shirt, sweep him off his feet and pin him to the wall.
The other pair piece through Sen's shirt over his shoulders but h break free by rotating his shoulders rapidly to dislodge the horns and he drop down back on his feet. The gyrating teenager charge toward the blonde girl until he feel something wrap around his shin and he look down to see long coiling tongue, swiftly following it to Tsuyu. Sen never have a chance to struggle free when the frog girl yank him off his feet, tossing him out of the bound.
Pony realize that Tsuyu have eliminated Kinoko when she was attacking the boys, perhaps a surprise attack, and she think it's good time to bust her new move out since she have seen the frog girl in action before. "Thunder Horn!" Pony couched down before she fire rapid barrage of horns toward her last opponent and Tsuyu give out an croak as she tried to evade the shooting horns with acrobatic hops but the barrage was too much for her to handle. Four horns manage to pin through her gym outfit as Tsuyu attempt to shot her tongue at the blonde but it was too late as the horns flew her out of the bound.
"Tsunotori advances to next round!" Midnight announced the winner as the panting blonde pump her fist with beaming grin before Pony jog down to the corridor with some waves.
"Wow, this move is amazing!" Ochaco gasped in awe before she turn away from the television to Naruto, "Did you know about that?"
"Nah." He replied flatly before Pony burst in happily.
"I won!" Pony ran up to them with proud smile.
"We saw that." The gravity girl gave her double high five, "Congrats, Tsunotori! You were so cool out there and your move! Wow, that was sure something!"
"Thank." The blonde girl high-fived her friend with a giggle, "We in second round now!"
"Yeah." Ochaco grinned before she remember something, "Oh yeah, second round will be tag-team matches, right?"
"Yeah, it is." Naruto watched the ongoing last battle royale and it look like Togaru gain some advantage against his opponents.
"I wonder if it's going to be random or fixed?" The brunette hummed.
"I think it set." Pony guessed, "One and two together, three and four together."
"Ooh, you think so?" Ochaco tilted her head thoughtfully, "If that's the case, Naruto will be paired with this girl with vine hairs. Shiozaki, right?" The blondes nodded to confirm the name, "And I'll be with Tokoyami, Pony must be with the winner of the last match."
"We'll see about that after this one." The blonde boy muttered and they watch the game until it end in Togaru's victory.
"And with that, eight fighters have make it to the second round!" Present Mic's voice announced, "To refresh our listeners' mind, the second round will be tag-team battle and here are the lineup!" The screen of tournament's second round matchup pops up.
Naruto, Shiozaki Ibara VS. Shinso Hitoshi, Togeike Chikuchi
Tokoyami Fumikage, Uraraka Ochaco VS. Tsunotori Pony, Kamakiri Togaru
"Tsunotori, you're right!" The brunette gasped before she realize something else, "Oh…And we're facing each other."
"No hard feel?" Pony leaned her head forward past Naruto to her.
"Yup, no hard feeling." Ochaco smiled back.
"We will start the first match of second round in five minutes!" Present Mic announced through the PA, "Fighters, get ready to make some entrance!"
"I'll be going." Naruto got up to leave the waiting room.
"Good luck!" Ochaco hollered out and Pony also wish him luck.
Both Hitoshi and Chikuchi were clearly nervous because they were up against Naruto and Ibara but it's more Naruto than his partner. "The rules of this round are very simple!" Present Mic said, "The match end when both partners are out of play, if one person is the last one standing, both this winner and their partner advance to semi-finals even if the partner have been defeated!"
"Hey, do you want to finish this fight quickly or do you want me to fill support role?" Naruto muttered to the vine-haired girl next to him.
"Um…" Ibara looked conflicted and worried, "Finishing this match faster is an ideal but…" She clasped her hands together, "I can't feed these poor lambs to the wolf."
"Don't worry, I won't repeat my last match here." He replied with hands in his pockets and the general students feel relived by that but it does not mean they're less nervous. "Since you want this round to finish as fast as we can…"
"START!" Midnight gave the signal with a holler before a powerful wind shot past her to the general students, flinging them off their feet and out of the bound with screams. "…" She stared at the groaning teenagers on dirt before her head slowly turn to Naruto as he put his hands down boringly while his partner just stare at him blankly, "…Naruto and Shiozaki advance to semi-finals."
"…Why do we even try?" Hitoshi lie on the ground, staring up at the clouds with flat expression.
"At least we don't get beat up badly." Chikuchi sat up with a groan as the audience chant 'good try, good try' and the teenagers left through the opposite corridors.
The second tag-team match was mostly 'keep-away' due to the opponents' quirks. Ochaco have to avoid Togaru due to his blade quirk, the blade creator have to dodge Dark Shadow's wild assault since his blades have no effect on the sentient quirk, Fumikage evade Pony's shooting horns while defending the gravity girl from the very same blonde and Pony stay away from both Ochaco and Fumikage while keeping them at bay with her quirk. Ochaco was first to be eliminated when a misstep take her out of the bound after she leap backward to dodge both homing horn and swinging blade and Togaru was second to go when Dark Shadow tackle him out over the bound then Pony was eliminated by surrendering after trying to evading the living shadow's assault until she realize there was no way for her to win, due to Dark Shadow's excellent defense and offensive.
Both Fumikage and Ochaco have move on to the semi-finals.
"Are you all ready for the semi-finals?!" Present Mic screamed above the cheers of the audience, "The semi-finals will be Naruto vs. Uraraka Ochaco and Shiozaki Ibara vs. Tokoyami Fumikage! Our first semi-final will start in few minutes!"
"Next match is that match…" Tsuyu said with index finger on her chin from the seating, "That's bound to be the most upsetting." She can tell how much the festival mean to the gravity girl but it'll be a upset to not able to reach the final because she's going to face the strongest person in the festival.
"I feel like I might look away the entire time." Kyoka grimaced, she hope this Naruto guy won't hurt Ochaco much or end the fight so fast in humiliating way.
"Yeah, for like ten seconds." Rikido gulped.
"Man, it's starting to feel like he's untouchable now." Yosetsu muttered.
"Elemental manipulation, clones, weird displacement, super strength…" Jurota adjusted his glass, "And from what I heard, he can cast illusion on people. Make me wonder what his quirk is all about."
"That and is there any limits to it?" Setsuna wondered, there must be some drawbacks but she don't see any so far.
Down in the corridor, Ochaco take few deep breaths to prepare herself for the fight and she hear her name call out but from behind, causing her to look back to see Izuku approaching her. "Midoriya?" She blinked in confusion.
"You helped me out before so I thought I'd help you out in my way, if only a little…" Izuku held a notebook out from behind his back with both hands, "This is a strategy I drafted against Naruto based on your quirk. It's super hasty last-minute stuff. But…This is what I came up with!"
"No thank." Ochaco rejected his offering.
"E-Eh?!" The greenette stuttered in surprise, "B-But you need help! I mean, Naruto is really stronger than you think he is! Five years ago when he went on rampage after escaped the Red Zoo, he fought…"
"Midoriya!" She stopped him with a sharp hiss, "That is Naruto's secrets to tell, not yours. I don't know anything about his past but one thing I know for sure is that I don't want to hear it from you. I want to hear it directly from Naruto until he chose not to, which I'll understand because it's his life and his right. I don't want your help because I want to challenge Naruto and give it all I get on my own." Ochaco walked out of the corridor away from Izuku toward the stage with determination.
"It's the first match of semi-finals!" Present Mic cheered with the audience as the fighters walk up the steps, "The boy who's been blowing everyone away since the beginning of festival, some literally! The one I'll be rooting for!" A tired sigh can be heard, "Shush you! Ahem! Naruto of the Heroic Dept!" The said blonde stare straight to his opponent with hands in pockets, "VS…The girl who have been surprising us so far! Uraraka Ochaco of Heroics as well!"
"Naruto…" Ochaco said with a determined expression, "Don't hold back."
"Oh, I never do." Naruto pulled his hands out, "…No hard feeling?"
"Yup, good luck." She smirked and the gravity girl have to admit that she feel proud internally when she finally draw an short amused snort out of him but at same time, the brunette was so confused when she heard some brief gasps somewhere in the surrounding and she swear that Midnight look shocked for a moment.
"…START!" Midnight shout out and Ochaco immediately charge as Naruto inhale deeply, his chest expand in size. The brunette continue to charge as she wait for the right time until the blonde open his mouth and she dive to right at last minute, avoiding an air bullet. Ochaco swiftly lunge to Naruto with thrusting palm but he grab her wrist, judo-flip her over his shoulder to slam her back on the ground and it knock a little of wind out of her. He bring his fist downward at her but Ochaco roll away and his fist make an fist-size crater in floor. The gravity girl quickly leap up back on her feet, throwing a wild swing at her opponent's sid but Naruto avoid it by leaping backward as he gain a distance from her.
'I can't give him a chance!' Ochaco dashed to her opponent to prevent him from using one of his long-range attacks but Naruto have different plan. He jump high up in air with a somersault and his right feet stretch out, dropping down toward the stage. The brunette realize what he was planning to do and she quickly ran in other direction, using quirk on herself. The moment Naruto's heel make contact with the stage, almost half of the stage split inward with side ends raising up as many debris pop up left and right along with the earth beneath the ring and Ochaco was able to avoid the whole earth-splitting attack barely by floating, thank to her anti-gravity quirk.
"Holy hell, is he really going all out on her?!" A young pro hero in knight-theme costume gasped, "Against a girl as an opponent…"
A large boulder hurl at Naruto's direction and he punch through it with super strength, shattering it into pieces as the dust kick up to create an smokescreen. 'Where is she?' Naruto scanned his surrounding until he get a glimpse of blue clothing moving close to him from the right corner of his eyes and he quickly throw a punch…Only to feel nothing but fabric. 'Wha?' The dust clear up to reveal an floating jacket and a moving shadow on floor was all he get as a warning before he spun around to punch Ochaco in stomach while narrowly duck under her swipe, sending her skidding back away from him. Some people in the audiences gasped out at that as he retreat but Ochaco won't give him any space by dashing toward him again.
'I figure it out!' Ochaco gritted her teeth, 'His super strength…It's all about time!' It must be something to do with Naruto's chakra quirk, maybe he need to channel it to certain location in his body but one thing she know is that she can't give him any times. She quickly smack some large debris and hurling each one to Naruto, who either evade the flying stones or break it apart in pieces with timed hits. 'Not only that, his quirk can't let him use more than one attack at same time until he bring his clones out!' Her opponent slam his hands on the floor to summon three earth dragon heads and they shot barrage of baseball-sized mudballs, some strike her in various places but she refuse to go down. "ORAAAAAA!" She charged, only to get hit by air bullet in stomach and she barely regain her balance along with bearing to prevent herself from fall out of bound as she resume her charge. "I'M STILL STANDIN'!"
"I can't stand to keep watching!" The knight-themed hero stood up with a shout as the teenagers fought each other, "HEY! DO YOU MEAN TO BE A HERO WITH CONDUCT LIKE THAT!? IF YOUR STRENGTH LEVEL IS THAT MUCH BIGGER, JUST BLOW HER OUT OF BOUNDS ALREADY! HOW DARE YOU TOY WITH A GIRL LIKE THAT!?" He booed and heckled Naruto, making big scene but the teenagers ignore him in middle of their battle and they even ignored the underground hero chewing the knight hero out.
'She's almost out of gas.' Naruto stared at his panting opponent as she get up with a fierce yet determined look.
"I guess…This…Is it…" Ochaco spoke as she slowly bring her hands together, "Thank you, Naruto…Thank you for not letting your guard down and taking me seriously." Her fingertips touched together and a plopping pebble was all warning Naruto get before he look up to see shower of debris plummet to him. "METEOR SHOWER!"
'Shit!' Acting fast, Naruto smash his hands on floor to summon dozen giant roots with some rumbles and the whipping roots bat some debris away or catch the large debris with net-like woods, some debris crush into the stage as it knock some dusts up. Once the meteor shower was taken care of, he quickly scan the field for his opponent in the smokescreen. 'Where is she?!'
"GOTCHA!" His gaze snapped to right as Ochaco leap at him from the smokescreen and her fist meet the side of his chin hard, turning his head away in opposite direction due to the force behind the gravity girl's punch.
"UNBELIEVABLE!" Present Mic screamed in surprise, "SHE LAND A HIT ON HIM! THAT IS THE FIRST TIME NARUTO HAVE GET HIT IN THIS FESTIVAL SO FAR!"
"SHE DID IT!" Toru waved her arms with a scream and most A and B students were stunned to see someone land a hit on Naruto, who some thought to be untouchable so far until Ochaco prove them wrong.
"Uuu…" Ochaco grinned at her opponent as Naruto recovered enough to turn his head to face her, "I finally get you, didn't I?" The brunette topple over and she would have hit the floor if Naruto haven't catch her by slide his arm under her side. He glance down at her to see that she have fainted.
"…Yeah, you did." Naruto muttered under his breath as he waved Midnight over, "Hey, she's out." The referee jog over to check.
"Uraraka have passed out!" Midnight announced the result, "Naruto advances to the final round!"
"WOW, THAT WAS ONE INTENSE MATCH I HAVE EVER SEEN!" Present Mic screamed in awe as the blonde teenager put the fainted brunette on the medic bots' stretcher, "This girl have the grit! She's someone to watch in the future!"
"By the way…" The fox-tailed blonde glanced around at the audience with icy eyes, "Whoever cry how unfair it is to go all out on a girl…Go turn your pro hero license in and quit, you fucking sexist." He hear an squeak somewhere, "Are you saying that you will take it easy on any villains or your sparring partners because they happen to be female?" He scoffed, "Well, good luck explaining to reporters and anyone else why you let an female villain get away to commit crimes because you were going easy on her. Will you take responsibility if this villain you let get away end up murdering people because you treat her based on genders and refuse to use your full strength?" He walked away with another scoff, "Either drop your sexist perspective and take this career seriously or go fucking quit and take up a job somewhere far away from this heroic career, you fucking sexist phony hero."
"S-S-S-S-S-Se…" The knight-themed hero stuttered in middle of the audience.
The final semi-final match end within five minutes in Fumikage's victory when Ibara surrendered because her quirk were useless to his quirk, who keep tearing through her vines ruthlessly and she don't see any way to win without losing most of her hairs.
"The finals will be settled with Naruto vs. Tokoyami!" Present Mic grinned widely as the said teenagers stared each other down on the stage, "The time has come! The last battle! The top contender from U.A's freshmen will be decided here! Final match! Naruto vs. Tokoyami!"
'Water and wind are useless against his quirk, close combat too because it always stay close to him enough to make any defense.' Naruto stared at the bird-headed teenager, 'Earth may work a little bit…There are some that may affect it greatly but I'll have to see how it turn out…'
"START!" Midnight gave the signal and Fumikage send Dark Shadow out at his opponent at high speed but Naruto was prepared.
"Fire snake!" The blonde shot fire from his mouth and it stretch out, snaking around the stage in form of giant snake of fire. The bright of fire cause Dark Shadow to shrink with a shriek. 'Bingo!' Naruto raced toward to his opponent to breath a fireball…
"I give." The blonde halt right away with a burping black smoke, blinked couple times at Fumikage with his hands up in surrender. "You weakened Dark Shadow to point that he can't do anything and I'm fully aware that I can't take you on in a close combat." Fumikage explained as tiny chibi Dark Shadow whined behind his shoulder with tears in its eyes, the bird-headed teenager does not have any combat experience since he have been relying heavily on Dark Shadow, something that he need to work on after the festival.
"Tokoyami have give up!" Midnight accepted his reasoning along with some pro heroes who give approving nods before she gesture to Naruto, "Naruto wins!"
"And with that, the competition is over!" Present Mic shouted over the cheering audiences, "This year's U.A. sports festival freshman champion is…NARUTO OF CLASS B!" The fox-tailed blonde just left the stage with a small shrug, not bothering to give the audience some waves.
"Now then, let's move on to the award ceremony!" Midnight smiled as the fireworks went off in sky but her smile seems to be a little strained with a small sweatdrop. Why? Because…
"Please don't tell me Naruto's ditching it." Jurota stared at empty first place podium with a small sweatdrop.
"Somehow I'm not surprised because it's him." Juzo sighed.
"He's unpredictable, isn't he?" Fumikage muttered to Ochaco and Ibara from his second place podium.
"It's just how he is." Ochaco laughed nervously.
"Is it okay for us to go ahead with the award ceremony like that without the winner?" Ibara asked worriedly.
"Time to confer the medals…" The R-rated heroine spoke until a booming voice cut her off too early.
"IT IS I!" All Might landed with medals in one hand and…"AND I AM HERE WITH MEDALS AND OUR WINNER!"
"Goddammit!" Naruto growled, the teenager was carried on the number one hero's shoulder like an sack of potato. The grinning hero place him on the podium and the fox-tailed teenager was about to make a run for it.
"Stay there and you can have all ramen you want on house." The number one hero whispered to him that only both second and third places hear.
"…Grrr…" The fox-tailed blonde crossed his arms.
"Congratulations, Uraraka and Shiozaki my girls!" All Might put the bronze medals around their necks, "You're both tough customers!"
"Thank you, All Might!" Ochaco grinned widely, proud and exicting that she come in third place.
"Thank you for your kind words." Ibara replied politely as All Might gave them some advices and encouragements before the number one hero move on to the second place.
"Congratulations, Tokoyami my boy!" The number one hero put the silver medal on the bird-headed boy then gives him some advices with encouragement.
"As you wish." Fumikage examined his medal with a understanding nod.
"And lastly, Naruto my boy!" All Might turned to the winner of the sport festival, "My, you sure have a lot of things to say today and your foreshadowing was exemplary!"
"Whatever." Naruto grumbled, "Just get that over and done with. I'm hungry and I want my ramen three minutes ago."
"Uhmm!" The number one hero coughed before he lift the gold medal up to him, "Take this and bear it! Wear it as a pride so that you shall not forget!"
"Who wrote your cues?" The fox-tailed blonde grumbled, "Get a new writer, du…" The gold medal was forced into his hands.
"And there you ha…" All Might turned to the audience with his signature grin until he hear a snap before he turn to see that Naruto have split his medal in half with flat expression.
"That's what I think of your stupid festival." Naruto said flatly.
"…And there you have it!" The number one hero turned back to the audience as if the boy haven't broke his medal, "This year, it's these four! However, take heed folks! There was a possibility for everyone in this arena to stand there! It's just as you saw with your very own eyes, ladies and gentlemen! They competed! And boosted each other up! Everyone climbing to ever higher, advancing even farther! The next generation of heroes will surely sprout from the seeds planted this day!"
"Did I accidently hit you with genjutsu or are you this blind and deaf to see what happened today?" The fox-tailed blonde deadpanned behind the hero and the muscular blonde sweatdropped slightly.
'Naruto, please stop trying to ruin my inspiring speech!' All Might whined inside his head, "And to that sentiment, I'll add one more thing!" He pointed up to the sky, "Everyone say it with me now! AAAAAND…GREAT WORK!"
"Pl…"
"Plu…"
"Plus…Huh?!"
"Fucking dumbass as usual." Naruto muttered under his breath, earning couple looks from the runner-ups as everyone shouted at the sheepish number one hero.
"Congrats!" Pony smiled at her friends as they entered the dorm together, "I so happy for you two! You so amazing! I so jealous of you two!"
"You will make it to top three next year, who'll know?" Ochaco smiled back at her friend.
"One thing I know for sure is that I won't go for first place next year." Naruto sipped some noodles up from bowl then put the empty bowl away, "…Until bunch of dumbasses piss me off again."
"Hehehe…" Both brunette and horned blonde sweatdrop at him and they have a quick dinner. After putting the dishes away in sink, Naruto glance at the clock then he turn to the girls.
"Want me to tell you guys about my past or do you want to wait a little?" He asked them, "I know you both want to hear it directly from me instead of looking them up online like everyone else will do tonight and over break…"
"Are you sure?" Ochaco asked as the blonde boy gave her a small nod, "If you're okay with that then sure, let's hear about it." They move to the couch in the common room.
"…The Red Zoo was…" Naruto take his time to share his past while the girls wait patiently, "The Red Zoo was an secret facility and it's literally an zoo and a hell at same time because it was ran by a branch of Creature Rejection Clan and an radical one at that." He glanced at them, "Do you know what Creature Rejection Clan is, right?"
"Yeah, it was an hate cult who discriminated against anyone with mutant quirk and it was decommissioned by government about a fifty to hundred years ago because of their terrorist activities…" The brunette recalled, "I only know that because it was in my history clsss in junior high school." She paused, "…Wait a second…"
"Turn out they were still around and in hiding." He replied, "The branch that ran the place was Animal Rejection and the members were referred to as the Red Zookeepers but they weren't your regular kind zookeepers…No, they were the cruel, vile and worst people…" Naruto take a moment, "…I don't remember much before I turn four, only my name, my whiskers are birthmarks and red hair…"
"Red hair?" Pony muttered.
"I was told that my mother has red hair and that my parents were killed." Naruto answered, "When I turned four, my animal features start to come in and that sure get the zookeepers' attention. They took me to the Red Zoo and imprision me in a tight cramped cell with quirk-suppression collar…" He rubbed the turtleneck over hie throat, "They made sure it's very tight enough to choke anyone that was forced to wear it and we can't remove it because it's very tough and high sophisticated equipment, you need a C4 to take it off…" He sighed, "I have been in Red Zoo for six hellish years."
"…I-Is there a r-reason why it's called Red Zoo?" Ochaco felt an pit growing in her stomach and her horned friend start to feel it too.
"…Yes, they torture and kill people in many ways." He exhaled sharply, "They never seen us as people but animals, claiming it's their duty to put the abnormal beasts down and to cleanse the mutants from this world. Of course they don't outright kill the 'animals' right away because they need to 'correcting' us and use us for some twisted entertainment."
"C-C-Correcting?" The blonde girl muttered.
"It depend on what zookeepers we were placed under…" Naruto growled lowly, "Some zookeepers were sicko because they want to make sure that the 'beasts' will not breed any more by using fucked-up methods. Some want to make mutants look more less human and more… Anatomically correct animals. I got one that want to 'correct' my animal features…When my second tail come in, he cut it off in a slow and painful way while laughing that my tail will make a better scarf or sell fox fur to people that want it. He even 'trimmed' my ears because it was long like bunny, not right for fox…" He reached up to rub the top of his head and the girls notice that he don't have human ears under his hair when his arm brush up against it. "I said it before, the zookeepers enjoy torturing us every single day and they don't give a fuck if it's a child…For six years, I have been tortured and some of them like to call me anything but my name, which no one bother to learn…Mostly mangy mutt or fox because of my 'corrected' features." He took a deep breath, "Lucky they don't cut my other tails off because I have been hiding them by merging them into one tail." He chuckled bitterly, "Made me feel so good that these fuckers never discover my secret the whole time…" He frowned, "Which is why they prefer to torture me because I never stop being proud and smug of myself." He sighed, "I got lucky that they never went too far down there…Not the tails but other thing, remember I said about 'neuter' animals?" The girls paled, "Yeah, I got lucky because they never get around to it. The Red Zoo was pure hell for animal mutants and 'playground' for these sicko bastards." Naruto slumped over with clasped hands between his legs, "I heard things from others, those who are like me, that the zookeepers have their own entertainments and they sure love The Pit, a blood sport that mutants are forced to fight each other to death."
"Y-Y-You never went there?" Ochaco asked.
"Nah, they find it no fun to watch children fighting, too much crying they say." He muttered, "You have to be about fourteen to be send there. To make it more fucked up, they force the winner of the pit to eat the losers because it's our 'natural'." The girls looked sicked by that, "For those who have died in Red Zoo, the bodies were send to the 'Elephant Graveyard', where they will be buried in shallow pit with no markings…Some were even left on the field to be picked off by wild animals like crows for example." He exhaled, "That was the Red Zoo."
"…H-How did you escape?" The brunette asked.
"Someone broke into Red Zoo to look for someone and he was so sickened by what he found there." Naruto glanced up to the ceiling as if he was reminiscing this day, "I was first one he freed…And that's when my quirk finally activated for the first time after everything." He paused before he look at them, "Tell me, what do you know about Awakening?"
"No?" Pony uttered in confusion and the gravity girl share her expression.
"A quirk can be evolved under a certain circumstance." Naruto explained, "Usually by intense feeling of stress and life-or-death experience. Somewhere over the six years, my quirk have awakening into what it is now." He tilted his head back for a moment, "I went on a rampage and everything was pretty blur. They said I destroyed most of Red Zoo and the next thing I know, many pro heroes were trying to stop me…Which was pretty tough for them because one swipe of a tail can send tsunamis and flatten mountains in my Kyubi no kitsune form." The girls choke on their spits, "Yeah, overpower I know. Even All Might have tough time with me at this time." The girls choked again, "Yup, there's videos of this rampage online for you to check out but my face's blurred out."
"How they stop you?" The blonde girl asked.
"I dunno, I passed out from chakra exhaustion." He muttered, "After that, they bought me here to U.A. where I grow up as ward of U.A. and make sure that my identity is kept secret and protected from the news and Red Zoo case, therefore Shounen K, because I want to keep it secret and buried in past…Until this loudmouth dumbass exposed me."
'That explained it.' Ochaco think back to the U.A. staff and heroes' behaviors around Naruto, it was because he grow up here for about five years.
"Now it'll be painful for me to find them or they think they can come and get me." Naruto grumbled.
"Huh, what do you mean?" The brunette blinked at him.
"When the heroes raided Red Zoo, few zookeepers escaped and went into hiding." He scowled, "Not only that, there are some 'visitors' that keep their identities secret when they come to visit the zoo for 'tour' and 'shows' like we're some twisted exhibits. I never forget their voices and one certain detail, thank to one chatty bigot."
"Oh I see…" Ochaco frowned together with Pony before she tilt her head at him, "What about this guy? The one who freed you?"
"He went on a murderous spree in name of vengeance and become most infamous villain in the history." Naruto answered, "You may know him as Toxic Chainsaw. Of course, this detail was made to be secret from the world."
"…WHAAAAAA?!" Both girls dropped their jaws before the brunette waved her hands, "Wait, wait! Are you saying that Toxic Chainsaw murdered over hundred people is because he was taking revenge…" She paused as she realized something, "Wait…"
"The people that he killed were the members of CRC or secretly support this branch." He said, "That is why he commit the HPSC massacre incident in their base, which lead to exposing their dark secrets to the world and their shutdown. When he was in Red Zoo, he found the black book and took it with him. In this book, it keep track of the people who were funding the Red Zoo, their memberships, connections and other things. The HPSC president was a member of CRC and has been using the budget to keep Red Zoo, she was not the only CRC member there. The details was kept secret for some reasons."
"…Holy shit!" Pony cursed in English, "…Wait. All Might stop Toxic but no book."
"No one know where he hide this book and he refuse to talk about it." Naruto said, "We only know about the black book is because one of Zookeepers confessed to everything, said that their leader wrote the book to keep information on the branch so he can run a tight ship." He rubbed the back of his neck with a sigh, "So…That's my story."
"…Wow, that's just…Wow…" Ochaco muttered in shock at loss for words and they sit in silence before she look up to him. "…Naruto, I'm going to give you a hug." She stretch her arms out.
"…What?" He leaned slightly away from her.
"I'm going to hug you." She slowly lean toward him, "If you don't want it, just say no and I'll back off…" Naruto said nothing with strange look as the brunette slowly moves close to him until she hug his side with her arms around his torso.
"Hug." Pony joined with slow move until she hug his other side.
"…Um…" Naruto glanced between the girls before he decide to leave it alone, feeling somewhat comfortable with the group hug.
"Is there anything we need to know about or is that it?" Ochaco asked him curiously and the fox-tailed blonde hum for a moment..
"…Don't be surprise if any staff and heroes show up here from time to time." He said, "They have been trying to talk me into letting them adopt me. It's pain in ass when they fight over me."
"…Wha?" The gravity girl uttered with raised eyebrow.
"This chimera want to be my grandpa, the rest want to be my parents…" Naruto grumbled annoyingly, "And one want me to marry into his family through his daughter. Everyone's fucking idiots."
"…Next thing you're going to tell me that All Might even want to adopt you." Ochaco joked but he don't say anything, "…Y-Y-You know I was joking about it, right?"
"I wish it was a joke but it's not." He deadpanned, "I will never let this dumbass adopt me…Ever."
"…I…I…" The brunette stuttered couple times before she plop her head on his shoulder, "Oh forget it…" After a while, Pony decide to turn the television on to watch movies as the teenagers cuddle up in a group hug.
"Oh god…" Juzo felt sick as he read the articles centering around Red Zoo online in his bedroom and he wasn't the only one that look Red Zoo and Rampage of Shounen K up.
"Holy fucking shit!"
'That is so sickening.'
"Fuck, that was Naruto?!" A giant nine-tail fox batted All Might away through the burning forest in a video.
"So we agreed that we will make some changes after Freshmen's workplace experience?" Nezu shuffled through the paperwork in staff meeting room, "Anything else before we end the meeting for today?"
"I want to know if the transferring student will be place in my class?" Vlad King asked, "After all Tetsutetsu have dropped out of hero class after his defeat at Naruto's hand."
"Good riddance, this little piece of shit." Power Loader muttered under his breath.
"Yes, this student will be in your class after the break." The principal confirmed before he end the meeting.
And that end the first chapter of NCB!
The first year of U.A. has begin and so much things happen in short time with some changes here and there! Ochaco move into dorm on campus with Pony and Naruto, where she become close to them in her way as usual! Naruto do and say whatever he want! Pony being Pony!
The changes that we have seen in this story so far is that both Class A and B have jointed training in battle trial but it went in a way that no one expected when Naruto end it early by punching a bomb. Tetsutetsu went from 'nice guy' to asshole. Mineta got punished! Different events in Sport Festival and results along with Naruto's OP quirk! HSPC is no longer around!
At same time, it's revealed that Naruto was a victim of hate cult who ran a zoo of horror until an unexpected person come to his rescue, who happen to be Toxic Chainsaw, and end up in U.A.'s care! Not only that, there will be some changes after workplace according to Nezu.
How will everyone act around Naruto after Sport Festival and some reveals? Who will be the transfer student that'll replace Tetsutetsu? What kind of changes will we see? Will there be different interaction between everyone? What'll happen next? Let's find out in next chapter!
Anyway, I think that's all I can say for now. Thank you for your time to read it.
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