Chapter 7
Izuku entered the Shie Hassaikai Compound as usual, nodding over at the various thugs strewn about the place. It had been a relatively easy day at UA, which made sense seeing as it had been the first day. It was pretty weird seeing Pro Heroes like Present Mic talk about English though. And Eraserhead was…unique, to say nothing less.
"So, when's your first Heroics Class?" Kurono asked as they walked through the front door. Kurono's classes were apparently pretty good, and his homeroom teacher was Midnight, so, he was definitely beating Izuku at something.
"Tomorrow, I think," Izuku replied. Suddenly, a small figure came out of a doorway.
"Izuku, Kurono, I got my quirk!" Eri called out with a tiny smile. She was shortly followed by The Boss, who was wearing a smile of concern. Izuku noticed this and raised an eyebrow, and The Boss sighed.
"Izuku, come with me. Kurono, stay with Eri," He said simply before walking back into the room he just walked out of. Izuku entered as well, closing the door behind them.
"So, I'm guessing her quirk is destructive?" Izuku asked. The Boss nodded.
"It's called Rewind. From what we know she can, well, rewind any living being or object back to a previous state. When I mentioned that you studied her Quirk Strains and what you found, they basically just shrugged and gave the professional equivalent of 'figure it out yourself'," The Boss explained. Izuku's eyes widened. A quirk like that was practically unheard of, and it perhaps proved the Quirk Singularity Theory published all those years ago.
"So…are you saying she…"
"Rewinded her father out of existence? Yes," Jesus, that was one hell of a way to go. Although, Izuku had to wonder if he actually disappeared or if he just turned into a sperm cell or something.
Izuku had to look further into this quirk.
"Anyways, you can tell Kurono if he gets curious and asks. Right now, I've got to sign Eri up for some Quirk Counselling. I think your counsellor is still working, actually…" The Boss trailed off. Izuku nodded and left the room, deciding to leave the Boss to his thoughts. He opened the door to see Kurono and Eri chatting happily, and Izuku smiled.
"Hey, Eri! Wanna hear what UA is like?" Izuku asked.
The entire class was waiting in anticipation, and the reason was obvious: they were about to have their first class with All Might, the Number 1 Hero. Of course, spending 10 months near the man kind of desensitized Kendo and Izuku to him, but it was still pretty cool.
So, of course, the entire class was confused when Aizawa walked in instead of the man, the myth, the god damn legend All Might. Before anyone could ask, Aizawa was already explaining.
"All Might was supposed to be teaching you today, but his idea for the lesson made us all realize that he needs a crash course in education. Nedzu will be personally teaching him how to teach for the next 2 weeks. Until then, you'll be stuck with me," The entire class let out sounds of disappointment, but a quick flash of Erasure from Aizawa shut them up.
"Grab your costumes and get ready. I'll be waiting for you in Gym Gamma. Don't be late," Aizawa said. He then clicked a button, which caused a bunch of cases to appear from out of the wall. Any disappointment from earlier was quickly replaced by excitement as everyone clambered over to grab their case, which had been branded with their seat numbers. Izuku opted to wait until the rest were finished, along with Reiko and Tokoyami. Kendo and Iida were attempting to calm them down, but they soon gave up once they were able to grab their cases as well. Finally, they had grabbed their cases and the trio could grab their own.
"I really hope Kurono was right when he said this would suit me…" Izuku muttered.
"May I ask who this Kurono is?" Reiko asked.
"Remember that guy who came out of the vents yesterday?"
"IZUKU!" Kurono yelled as he burst out of the vents, startling Izuku, Kendo, Reiko, Momo and Tokoyami, who had all been on their way to the cafeteria for lunch, "HELP ME! THE PINK DEMON IS AFTER ME!"
"The…the what?" Izuku asked, very confused as to what was going on.
"Where are you going, Designer-Kun? I need you to help me make babies!" A slightly deeper than average feminine voice came from deeper within the vents. Suddenly, Kurono was being pulled back into the vent.
"IZUKUUUUUU!" Kurono cried as he was pulled away until he could no longer be heard. Izuku and Co. were silent for a minute before someone spoke.
"What a mad banquet of darkness," Tokoyami exclaimed.
"Ah, was 'Designer-Kun' this Kurono you speak of?"
"Yep. Still don't know who the Pink Demon is or what she did, but he was traumatized,"
"Should we have done something about it?" Tokoyami interjected.
"Nah. If Kurono was truly in trouble he would've just used his quirk," Izuku replied.
"Well, it is time for me to depart from the conversation. I shall meet you both at Gym Gamma," Reiko said as she turned to where her changing room was. Izuku and Tokoyami entered the male changerooms shortly after, and Izuku opened his case to see his new outfit.
Izuku had to admit, Kurono knew how to design a costume. It was a black jumpsuit made of a thick, insulated material, with sea-green accents. There were also gloves which went up to his elbows, but there were some cuffs on them that Izuku found retracted it into the cuffs, allowing him to use his quirk. There was also a respirator, which Izuku put on and found that not only was it breathable, but it made him feel like every other breath in his life up to that point had been low quality. Perhaps Izuku's favourite part was the sea-green fur collar, similar to the thick fur collar his favourite jacket had. All in all, it was far better than the original design he had been intending to send in…
"Hey, Izuku, what's that?" Kurono asked as he walked past Izuku into the lab, where Izuku was currently sitting at the bench scribbling on a piece of paper.
"Costume Design Request. I gotta send it in by next week," Izuku replied quickly. Kurono narrowed his eyes and walked over to take a closer look. When he saw what Izuku had drawn, he sighed and snatched it from the bench, surprising his friend.
"Wha- hey!" Izuku cried as he turned to face Kurono, who currently looked disappointed and a little miffed.
"Izuku. No," Kurono simply stated.
"What do you mean 'no'?" Izuku asked.
"YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE YOUR HERO COSTUME BE YOUR CASUAL CLOTHES!" Kurono yelled as he pointed at what Izuku had drawn. Indeed, it was just a drawing of Izuku's favourite outfit, fur collar and all, "Actually, you know what? Wait here for an hour, I'll be right back," And then Kurono stabbed him with the hour hand.
'Welp, guess I'll be here for a while,'
1 hour later, Kurono walked in, and his quirk's effects disappeared, allowing the now floored Izuku to stand back up. Kurono then shoved the request form back into Izuku's hands, with his eyes looking both tired and proud.
"There. Submit that. And I swear to god if you change it back there ain't no force on this planet that will stop me from choking you," Kurono said before walking away. Izuku was dumbstruck, left with just the request sheet. Well, if Kurono designed it, it'd probably be fine.
Izuku looked around the changing room and found that everyone else had pretty good outfits as well. Except for maybe Sato and Koda, because pure banana yellow spandex was not a good look, and shorts were just ridiculous (and it didn't help he looked like Ronald Mc-Fucking-Donald's long-lost brother). Todoroki's was fucking horrendous as well now he looked actually. Izuku's favourite costumes were probably Aoyama and Iida, honestly, with Bakugou being pretty high up as well. Now that he had seen the boys costumes, he was excited to see the girls costumes as well!
Izuku was the first guy out, and once he was out, he found a couple girls approaching.
"Oh, hey Izuku!" Kendo called out. As soon as Izuku saw her costume, it immediately went up to the top of his list of favourites. The costume was a turquoise blue qipao, which was paired with a black corset. She also had a loose brown belt, and from what he could tell she was wearing black shorts underneath the costume (which he was highly thankful for). She was also wearing a black domino mask, which really finished the look.
"Nice costume, Itsuka!" Izuku said as he turned to look at Reiko, who was next to her.
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Now, Izuku Midoriya was not one to say he had a fetish, primarily because he'd never had one. But that day he discovered that his fetish was apparently girls wearing knee-length kimonos. Or was it girls with eyebags wearing masks? Wait, no, was it girls with fluffy collars? Maybe it was-
"Midoriya,"
"Huh?" Izuku replied as he suddenly snapped out of whatever trance he had been in. In that time he had been spacing out, Reiko had appeared in front of him, looking slightly concerned.
"Are you quite alright? You weren't responding," She explained. Izuku, realizing what that must have looked like, blushed and looked away.
"Sorry, I was, er, thinking about something," Izuku muttered. Reiko was about to reply, but Kendo came in to save the day.
"Lets just get to Gym Gamma! We don't want to keep Aizawa waiting!" She suggested. Reiko and Izuku gave sounds of affirmation, and the trio trudged towards the gym. When they opened the door, they saw that Aizawa was talking to a trio of students that they didn't recognize. One of them was a slightly skinny but tall guy, who had long d that went down to his middle back and electric yellow eyes. He was wearing a midnight-blue long leather jacket, with gold studs on the shoulders and golden cuffs with 'AC' and 'DC' on the left and right respectively. Under that he wore a vest that was a lighter blue, under which was a shirt which was black. His pants were a black leather, accompanied by midnight-blue boots with what looked like amps on them. Oh, and he also had an electric guitar on his back, for some reason.
The second person was a pretty short guy with messy white hair that went down to his neck, which went well with his gray eyes. He was wearing a sleeveless ice-blue puffer jacket with a white fur collar (why does everyone have one of those nowadays?) that went over a white turtleneck. On his arms were ice-blue gauntlets with silver accents that went up to his elbows, which seemed to store something. His pants were white and baggy, and he was wearing ice-blue snow boots with a fur lining on the cuffs. All in all, with the whole ice-blue and white, Izuku wouldn't be surprised if he had an ice quirk.
The final person was also the only girl of the group, and she had a slightly annoyed look on her face. She had long black hair with yellow highlights pulled up into a high ponytail. She was wearing a black sports bra with a golden spiderweb pattern on it, with a red gem placed in the centre of the web. It was paired with a pair of pants that had a similar web pattern in the same golden colour, and her pants seemed to be connected to her shoes, which were just plain black.
"Ah, you three are early. I'll wait for the rest of the class to arrive before explaining; it's pointless to explain something twice," Aizawa said. The guy with purple hair looked at them and smiled.
"Sup, Kohais! I'm your friendly neighbourhood 2nd year!" he said, putting his hands on his hips, "I'm Koryu Denryu, the guy over there is Kyōsaku Himura, and the girl is Futeki Joshi!" Kyōsaku nodded and Futeki just grunted. At that point, the door opened to reveal that most of the class had now arrived. They all walked in talking to each other and went up to where Izuku was. When the final person (Iida, surprisingly) walked in, Aizawa began explaining.
"Today you will be doing a simple sparring exercise, where your goal is to force your opponent to surrender or be immobilized. However, I have decided to employ child labour to help, and so your Senpais will be helping. These 3 are considered the 'Big 3' of the 2nd Year. Not as good as the 'Big 3' of the 3rd year, but they'll most likely be as good or even better by the time they reach their 3rd year. I'm tired, so I'll be taking a nap. Listen to them, or you'll be expelled," Aizawa explained before walking off and climbing into his sleeping bag and zipping it all the way up.
"Alright, here's how it's gonna work!" Koryu yelled, making everyone jump, "Kyōsaku – he's the short guy – and Futeki – she's the girl – will watch you guys fight to make sure you're not going too far, got it?" Everyone gave sounds of affirmation, and Koryu grinned.
"Great! Pick a partner, preferably someone you don't know, and pick a spot in the gym! Once I say go, you can start sparring! And remember, don't do any more than what's necessary, got it? Great!" And with that, the class dispersed to find a partner. Izuku was going to pick Kendo or Reiko but seeing as he said not to Izuku decided to find someone else.
"Good luck," he said as he left Reiko and Kendo to find their own partner. He looked around to see who was available. There were a couple candidates, but Izuku wasn't sure of who he should-
"EARTH BENDER, FIGHT ME!" Izuku spun to see that Bakugou was yelling at him, and God if that wasn't the shittiest nickname in the world. Izuku sighed and shrugged.
"If you really want to," he said as he went to find a place to fight. Bakugou soon went to the opposite side of Izuku and began stretching.
"Where the hell do I know you from?" Izuku heard Bakugou murmur.
"Hm?" Izuku hummed, not sure what he was on about.
"Where do I know you from, damn it?! I know we know each other from somewhere, so TELL ME!" Bakugou yelled. Izuku thought about this for a moment. On one hand, he doubted it would end well for him if he revealed he was Deku. On the other hand, not telling Bakugou would end up backfiring somehow. He had to make a compromise between the two somehow. Suddenly, Izuku remembered the sludge incident.
"W-we met when you were attacked by the sludge villain thing, remember? Same with Itsuka!" Izuku said, hoping Bakugou would just accept that. However, mentioning the sludge villain seemed to piss him off even more.
"GOD DAMN IT, IT GOES EVEN FURTHER BACK THAN-,"
"Start!" Koryu yelled from where he was standing. Not a moment later, Bakugou was blasting towards Izuku, flying via his explosions. Izuku barely managed to retract the gloves into his cuffs before he dodged Bakugou's attack, feeling the heat of the explosions on his cheek.
"DIE, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE," Bakugou practically screeched as Izuku slammed a hand onto the ground and tensing it. Suddenly, the piercing sound of the ground being disassembled was heard as the destruction went towards Bakugou. The explosive teen flew upwards to dodge it but had not been expecting the spikes which came a moment later. While he didn't get impaled, he did get a cut on his thigh and cheek, making him grimace.
"FUCK OFF WITH THAT STUPID GIMMICK!" He yelled as he went towards Izuku again. Izuku tried to dodge again, but Bakugou anticipated it this time and he quickly redirected himself to sling an explosion at Izuku's back. Thankfully, Kurono was smart enough to specify a material that was pretty good at withstanding explosives, but Izuku's neck still felt like it had been burnt even with the fur collar in the way. Izuku winced in pain before he decided to erect a wall between him and Bakugou so that he could think.
'Ok, Bakugou has an incredibly versatile quirk which can do almost anything if he puts his mind to it. The only way to fight a versatile quirk is to limit its options and to force it to stick to only a couple of possible moves instead of multiple. And the easiest way to do that is to have the environment against them!' Izuku thought. Now that he had an idea for how to combat Bakugou, he felt like he could take on the world. He slammed his hand back on the ground and disassembled the foundations. However, instead of just spikes, Izuku made walls all around them while also taking down the one between them.
"I've limited your movements, Bakugou-Kun. If you surrender now, it'll be easier in the long run," Izuku said, which made Bakugou snarl.
"Shut your mouth, you damn nerd. Just because you can make a wall doesn't mean shit," Bakugou growled before he began to fly forward again.
'This is getting quite repetitive' Izuku thought as he put his hand on the ground once more and made a bunch of spikes. However, these spikes were more calculated than the first bunch, intending to limit his opponent's movements rather than hit him directly.
"GOD DAMN IT! THAT'S IT, I DON'T CARE, I'M USING IT," Bakugou yelled, which for the first time in this fight caught Izuku off guard. Just what the hell was 'it'? And now that Izuku had made all the spikes, he realized just how much they impaired his vision, which made it impossible to tell what Bakugou was doing
"Y'know, my gauntlets aren't just for style…they also store my sweat," Bakugou started, and as he said it Izuku realized what was happening, "So when I pull the trigger, it all comes out as one massive explosion!" Izuku slammed his hand onto the ground and made a wall, but it wasn't enough. A massive explosion, easily bigger than any of Bakugou's natural explosions, blasted through the wall, knocking Izuku back with debris. Even the wall behind Izuku blasted open, sending Izuku way back to the wall of the gym. It was at that point that Izuku gained a greater respect for fur collars, as his one was so thick that it cushioned his head. He fell looked ahead to see Bakugou was approaching him.
"Alright, you shitstain, now that I've beaten you, tell me where the fuck I know you from!" Bakugou demanded. However, before he could take another step, a blur of midnight-blue, purple and electric blue smacked into Bakugou, knocking him out. The blur grabbed Bakugou and tossed them over to Futeki, who's arms turned into string and wrapped him up. Then, the blur stopped, revealing Koryu, who had sparks of electricity arcing all over his body.
"Jesus, what the hell happened? I could see his explosions a bit before you put up a wall, and they weren't that big," Koryu asked, the sparks fading after a second. Izuku got up to stand before answering.
"He said it was because he stored sweat in his gauntlets, so he could make bigger explosions," Izuku explained. Koryu sighed.
"That shouldn't even be legal, really. And considering what he did with them, I'll ask Aizawa to remove them from him until he cools off. Anyways, now that he's out cold, you don't have anyone to fight…" Koryu said. He thought for a moment before grinning and snapping his fingers.
"Oh, I got an idea!" He exclaimed, "Hey, everyone! Can I get your attention!" Everyone stopped fighting to look at their Senpai, who now looked extremely excited, "Due to your classmate being a dumbass, we're a person short! So, how about this: all of you fight all of me!" that statement sent the entire class into excited shouting. Koryu smiled and walked to the centre of the gym.
"Don't be too rough, Koryu. Last time you did this to Karuguchi and Akabara they walked funny for a week," Kyosaku said. Mina, Kaminari and Sero chuckled a bit at that sentence, and Futeki slapped him across the back of the head.
"Dude, wording," She stated, to which Kyōsaku mumbled out an apology. After that, the entire class, sans Bakugou, prepared in front of Koryu, who currently had his guitar out and was lightly strumming it.
"You know, I got a lot of pent-up stress to release. What with Work Studies starting up again, homework, and just helping out around the place, I've barely had any time to just let loose!" Koryu said, "Kyōsaku, will ya do the honors?" Kyōsaku sighed and began counting down in a monotone voice.
"3, 2, 1, start," The class pushed forward at that, being led by Kendo and Iida, the fastest in the class. However, none of them were prepared for Koryu's first attack.
The entire class felt their ears being tortured as Koryu began to absolutely slay the guitar, playing perhaps the most amazing guitar solo Izuku had heard in his entire life. However, he'd find it easier to enjoy if the amps didn't amplify the sound so loud that the entire building was vibrating. Izuku knew that if this went on, he wouldn't be able to continue, so he quickly thought and overhauled his ears to block them off. With his sense of hearing removed, he could now actively focus on moving forward. When Koryu saw this, he smirked and began moving forward towards Kaminari after a final strum from his guitar. Kaminari saw this and smirked back. Izuku saw Kaminari moving his mouth, but he realized he still couldn't hear it because he hadn't undone his ears. He quickly did so to hear what Kaminari was saying.
"1.3 MILLION VOLTS!" He exclaimed, sending a torrent of electricity at Koryu as everyone else jumped away from the uncontrollable mass of electricity. However, Kaminari's smirk was replaced with shock as Koryu absorbed the electricity.
"Your quirk…" Koryu said as the electricity began arcing around him again, "ACTIVELY BENEFITS MY OWN" He yelled as he sped forward and kicked Kaminari, knocking him back into Jirou and Kirishima, knocking all 3 of them out. An iceberg erupted from where Todoroki slammed his foot down, but Koryu dodged it with ease, appearing in front of the boy.
"CASBAH CUFF!" Koryu yelled as the electricity increased around his right arm and he punched Todoroki in the gut, sending him flying back into the wall. Izuku suddenly realized something as he watched his senior fight. He seems to emit electricity and has super strength and speed, similar to Kendo, however he also absorbed the electricity that Kaminari flung at him. By this logic, Izuku concluded that Koryu's quirk let him absorb electricity and turn it into raw power, which must mean he had a point where he ran out of electricity. Although, the problem was knowing how much electricity was put into each attack, or how much he even had stored up.
Izuku threw all caution to the wind and decided to try something. He put his hand on the ground and absolutely focused all his attention onto what he was attempting to do. Suddenly, the ground beneath Koryu shattered and reassembled, creating a box around Koryu. Izuku made sure to leave a couple holes so that he could breathe. However, Izuku was not expecting a mass of electricity to stream through these holes, which formed into the shape of Koryu.
"You thought I could only turn electricity into power, didn't you?" He asked with a sly grin, "However, you didn't expect me to also be able to turn my body into pure electricity for a moment, did you?" It was now dawning on Izuku on exactly how he was considered one of the best that UA had to offer. And he wasn't even at the top! He was just near to the top!
A blur of turquoise smacked into Koryu, sending the gloating teen into a wall.
"This guy is no joke!" Kendo said as she was revealed to be the one that hit Koryu. Izuku decided that this would be his last chance to get Koryu and went to make a dome around where the dust was still settling around Koryu. However, before he could, he felt light tapping on his shoulder.
"Hey, at least you tried!" Koryu said. Izuku stood up and turned to face him, surprised. However, nothing could prepare him for Koryu's attack.
"BALLBREAKER!" He exclaimed as his foot slammed into Izuku's crotch. The entire world it felt went silent as everyone felt what had happened to Izuku.
Hari Kurono cringed and let out a single tear randomly as a girl with pink hair dragged him towards the Support Studio.
Toshinori Yagi felt a pain comparable to when he fought All for One as Nedzu taught him how to make key concepts stick in students' minds.
Kasoku Karuguchi turned pale as a sheet for no apparent reason as he helped Akabara Nemuri with science
Shin Nemoto felt a wave of pride and happiness as he collected the protection fee from the flower shop owner.
All in all, almost everybody was saddened by the trauma that had been inflicted on Izuku, and almost everybody hoped he would have a graceful recovery as consciousness left his body and he succumbed to the darkness.
Name: Koryu Denryu (交流(こりゅ)電流(でんりゅ))
Quirk: Discharge – Koryu can absorb any electricity he touches and then convert it into raw power. His current limit is 10 Million Watts, which puts him at the level of 50% of One for All. Koryu's attacks are dulled against non-conductive materials, making the attacks as dangerous as his regular strength instead. If Koryu goes over 10 Million Watts, he enters a 'whey' mode similar to Kaminari. Over time, his power is depleted and must be replenished, which makes him far better suited to short battles over long battles.
Towards the end of his 1st Year, Koryu gained the ability to briefly turn himself into pure electricity for around 2 seconds.
Supermoves:
Ballbreaker: Koryu activates Discharge in his leg, and uses it to kick an opponent in the groin. This is often an instant knockout move, even if it is a bit dirty in more ways than one. Eruption: Koryu uses his quirk to power the amps in his boots, which are connected to the electric guitar he always carries. The sound produced by these amps is incredibly loud, comparable to Jirou's Heartbeat Surround attack, except it sounds kind of cool. Casbah Cuff: Koryu activates Discharge in his arm and punches his opponent in the gut, which usually sends them flyingFavourite Hero: Present Mic
Favourite Food: American Cheeseburgers
Likes: Music, Helping People