Chapter 8

Izuku groggily opened his eyes to see that he was in some kind of clinic. A moment later, he realized it was Recovery Girl's clinic, and he tried to remember why he was here. Sparring. Bakugou being a Bakubitch. Koryu. Ballbreaker.

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Oh, now he remembered why he was here. He got kicked in the fucking groin so hard he fell unconscious. Now he thought about it, he'd been kind of crap that entire session, really. His quirk was powerful, he knew that. In fact, most would say it's potential and strength far exceeded Explosion. So how did Bakugou come so close to defeating him? Did Explosion really outclass Overhaul? Was Bakugou just more experienced? Maybe Izuku wasn't taking him seriously enough? No, that last one can't have been right; he was definitely aiming to hit Bakugou with the spikes, and he couldn't go all out anyways because there wasn't enough room. If he had the entire gym to use, could he have beat Bakugou? And he didn't even want to open the can of worms that was Koryu Denryu. Instead, he sighed, although if it was out of exhaustion or exasperation was an enigma to all.

"Hey, you, you're finally awake," A familiar voice said. Izuku turned his head to see Koryu sitting on a chair next to the bed.

"What do you want?" Izuku asked, deciding to just get it done with.

"Uh, I guess I wanted to apologize?" Koryu replied. Izuku raised an eyebrow, gesturing for him to continue, "I mean, it was kinda rude to kick you in the balls for a simple sparring match. A Casbah Cuff or a Rainbow Rising would have been enough, honestly. It's just…do you have the time to listen to me whine?" Izuku hummed and sat up.

"Knock yourself out," Izuku replied.

"Yeah, well, you see, I've just been kind of stressed recently. I like helping people by volunteering, because it helps them and helps me feel good, but I think doing that every day for the last 2 weeks or so really got to me without me realizing. And then during the holidays Tensei got me working a bunch as well at the Agency. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that all of that combined leaves little room for free time," Koryu vented as he picked at his slacks (Izuku only just realized at this point he was in his school uniform). Izuku contemplated about that for a moment. Honestly, he was kind of impressed at how hard Koryu worked to help others, even if there was no material gain to it. And he was guessing Tensei was the actual name of the Hero he did his Work Study with, because Koryu mentioned doing Work Studies before the fight, and he mentioned Tensei had an Agency.

"You're a pretty cool guy, Koryu," Izuku opted to say, not sure if Koryu wanted his advice on the situation. Koryu just snickered and crossed his arms while leaning back in his chair.

"If you say so," He replied before stretching, "Anyways, while I'm here, why don't you tell me what your quirk is? I mean, it looks like simple earth manipulation, but quirks are never that simple. Never. Always a damn catch or secret part to it you never knew existed," Izuku raised an eyebrow, wondering why Koryu cared about his quirk. Koryu seemed to catch on to this and held his hands up.

"Hey, I'm just curious. Anyways, I might be able to help you find a different way to use it," He explained. Izuku considered what Koryu said and shrugged.

'Alright. My quirk's called Overhaul. To put it as simply as possible, I can disassemble and reassemble any matter I touch with my hands," Izuku explained. Koryu put his hand to his chin and hummed.

"So…if you disassembled my arms, could you reassemble them differently? Like, shift all my fingers onto one hand or just have both arms attached at the same shoulder?" Koryu asked. Izuku shuddered as he thought of that scenario.

"I don't really…don't really use my quirk on living people like that except for healing, but I'd assume I could?" Izuku replied. Koryu took this in and considered it.

"Any reason why you don't like using it on people?" Koryu asked.

"Personal reasons," Izuku answered quickly. Perhaps too quickly. Koryu's eyebrows raised in realization, but he quickly corrected it.

"…Hey, Midoriya…do you live with your parents by any chance?" Koryu asked. Izuku's lack of a reply told Koryu all he needed to know. He sighed and looked into his lap.

"Sorry for prodding," He apologized, "That…that can't be easy to deal with. I'd recommend maybe going to Hound Dog some time? He's kind of scary, but he's good at helping people," Izuku looked at Koryu and felt tears welling up in his eyes.

"I…thank you, Denryu-Senpai," Izuku said. Koryu simply waved it away.

"Koryu's fine. And don't thank me, I was just doing what anyone should," He replied before standing up, "Anyways, the school day ended a minute or so before you woke up, so you better get ready to go. See ya," And with that, Koryu left, grabbing his bag and a guitar case from beside the chair he was sitting on. After he closed the door behind him, Recovery Girl came out of her little office.

"You should be fine to go now, Midoriya. Hopefully we'll never need to meet anytime soon," She stated. With that, Izuku nodded and quickly left to go grab his stuff. Today had been an eventful day, and he had some things to think on. One of those things was considering going to Hound Dog (who was apparently some kind of counsellor?). Izuku supposed there wasn't any reason not to go. Maybe he'd organize one for after school the day after tomorrow? He probably wouldn't be that tired after their heroics class that day.

2 days later, Izuku would learn he should be careful not to jynx himself.

3 men – well, 2 men and 1 man-shaped mist – sat in a bar in Yokohama.

"Have you memorized your role tomorrow, Tomura?" A man wearing a lab coat over dress shirt and slacks asked, his voice slightly muffled by the beak-like mask he was wearing. The other man, who had light-blue hair and was wearing disembodied hands over his body, scoffed.

"What kind of noob do you take me for? Of course I remember my quest for tomorrow!" He rasped back, not even looking up from his handheld games console. The man with the bird-beak mask narrowed his eyes in contempt. He'd never admit it in front of the man-child, but he despised Tomura Shigaraki. He had no experience in making deals or convincing people to join his cause, he whined when things went wrong, and perhaps most annoyingly, his goals and motivations were shallow at best, ridiculous at worst, and stupid at average. Sure, even if you kill All Might, what then? Are you simply creating chaos because you can? It just didn't make sense.

Perhaps even more annoying was how All for One vouched for the man-child and encouraged him. Honestly, he had no idea why All for One would pick a whiney and impatient child over him. He was everything that Shigaraki wasn't, and a far better choice to succeed All for One. Sure, he didn't even like quirks, but if it was about quirks, then hell, his quirk was literally better than Shigaraki's! He could control it, he instantly blew up anything he touched when he activated his quirk, and he only needed 1 finger, not 5. Truly, his quirk was a superior quirk to Decay.

At least the Doctor recognized his talents.

At least the Doctor trusted him to design his own Nomu.

At least he was creating the Nomu that would destroy All Might.

At least at the end of this era people would not talk of All Might, Tomura Shigaraki, or even All for One.

No.

They would talk only of Kai Chisaki, the man who would cure this society of quirks.

"Alright class, today you'll be deciding your Class Presidents," Aizawa states as he enters the class, shedding his sleeping bag as if he's some kind of strange butterfly. The entire class breaks out in excited chatter, which is broken by one of Aizawa's trademarked erasure glares. When the class is silent, he continues.

"You can choose by yourself. I don't care how you do it, just have it done by the end of the period," He says before returning to his sleeping bag to sleep. Once the sleeping bag is zipped up, the voices return at twice the volume; Izuku wonders if this is what it's like in Class 1B.

"Oh, pick me! I can breakdance!" Mina shouts from her seat.

"If you pick me, I'll…er, what can Class Presidents do?" Kaminari trails off.

"I'm the strongest, damn it, so I should be the leader!" Bakugou snarls. Sero raises an eyebrow.

"What? Nah! Kendo would beat your ass in a fight! She sure beat Yaoyorozu's yesterday!" Sero commented. Bakugou's face contorts into a face of rage, but thankfully Iida talks before Bakugou can go off at Sero.

"Everyone! We will never reach a conclusion at this rate! I say that we hold a vote to see who people want as their Class President!" Iida suggests.

"People will just vote for themselves, won't they?" Jirou points out. In response, Iida chops his hands in mid-air.

"Then whoever gets the most votes are clearly the most deserving of the role!" Iida replies. Nobody can find any other flaws, so once Yaoyorozu creates some paper using her quirk (Izuku realizes just how badly he wants to ask about her quirk now) and everyone begins writing names. Once Yaoyorozu collects them all, she counts them all up at the front and then writes the names on the blackboard behind her and the votes. Izuku is writing in his notebook as she does this, as he doesn't expect to get the role.

So imagine his surprise when he and Kendo are announced as President and Vice-President respectively.

"H-Huh?" Izuku whispers to himself as he stands at the front of the class with Kendo beside her.

"I…I got the role?" Izuku asked.

"It would seem so," Aizawa replied, awakening from his hibernation.

"So…what are my duties?" Izuku questions.

"Meetings every Friday afternoon, and-,"

"I resign," Izuku states calmly.

The room goes dead quiet.

"You…you're resigning?" Aizawa asks, actually looking surprised for once. Izuku nods.

"Itsuka can be the President, and Yaoyorozu can be her Vice. I have things to do, and I don't have the time for meetings as well," Izuku explains. Aizawa sighs and looks at Momo, who seems touched at the offer.

"Yaoyorozu? Do you accept?" Aizawa asks. Yaoyorozu nods, "Then it's official. Kendo is the new President, and Yaoyorozu is her Vice. Also, this week you'll have a meeting today in the Cafeteria after school. Don't be late," And with that, Izuku gracefully returns to his seat.

"I cannot believe you gave up your position. You are aware of the benefits of being a Class President in UA are, correct?" Yanagi says from behind Izuku. Izuku turns to face her.

"As I said, I'd rather be doing other things than meetings. And anyways, I'm not a good leader," He replies. Yanagi raises an eyebrow.

"Things like what?" She asks. Izuku blushes slightly.

"Uh...it's…Quirk Science," Izuku replied quietly. Yanagi just smiles kindly.

"I understand. And…for the record, I think you'd be quite the incredible leader," She says. Izuku blushes even harder and splutters out a thanks while looking at his shoes, and because of it he misses the slight tinge on pink on Yanagi's cheeks.

Izuku had been flat out for most of the day, so he'd really only gotten to talk with Itsuka, Yanagi, Yaoyorozu and Tokoyami at lunchtime. Kurono was, once again, absent (most likely due to the 'Pink Demon'), so it was just the 5 of them.

"Are you alright after yesterday, Midoriya?" Tokoyami asked as they sat down at a table. Izuku chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

"Yeah, I'm fine now. Koryu came and apologized later, so it's all good," Izuku neglects to mention the conversation they had after Koryu apologized. Yanagi hums and slurps some ramen before talking.

"If I may ask, how does it feel to be kicked in your nether regions?" She asked. Izuku immediately choked on the katsudon he was eating, and Kendo has to thump his back. Tokoyami seems indifferent, but closer analysis shows that he's also surprised by the question.

"Yanagi-San! It's improper to ask things like that!" Momo scolds as Izuku stops choking.

"Oh…I apologize, I am afraid my knowledge of proper social norms is quite limited. I was…fairly anti-social during my early life," Yanagi apologizes. Izuku waves his hands around frantically.

"I-It's ok! I j-just wasn't expecting that question is all, Yanagi-San! To answer your question, erm, it's-,"

Thankfully, Izuku is spared answering by an alarm blaring throughout the school.

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Wait.

There's an alarm blaring?

What the hell's going on?

Izuku stands up and sees that most of the cafeteria is in pandemonium, with a lot of the senior students running out into the hallway. He manages to spot Futeki and runs over to her.

"Joshi-Senpai! What's going on?" Izuku asks. Futeki looks at him with her aggressive eyes.

"Level 3 Alarm, don't they tell you this shit at- oh, wait, you have Aizawa. Anyways, it means some dumbass actually got on school grounds, and the entire school has to evacuate outside," Futeki explains, after which she leaves, pushing people out of her way and turning parts of her body into string to weave through the crowd (that was so cool to see, but he could focus on that later). Izuku rushes back to his friends and relays the information.

"Should we leave?" Kendo asks. Izuku looks at the stampeding crowd and shakes his head.

"Safer to wait, we'll be crushed if we go through there," Izuku replies. Kendo looks at the group again and stands.

"I'm gonna make sure nobody gets hurt," She explains before walking away.

"I'll go with her and make sure she doesn't get hurt either," Momo says as she stands up and goes after Kendo, leaving Tokoyami, Izuku and Yanagi.

"Ah, Lesbians," Yanagi murmurs dreamily. Izuku chooses to ignore it and returns to his food along with Yanagi and Tokoyami. However, they're interrupted moments later by a new voice.

"Aren't you guys going?" A voice from above asks. The trio look up to see a floating disembodied head above them. The head seems to be female, and she has long green hair and sharp teeth.

"Well, I'd rather not be trampled to death today. I only just got kicked in the balls yesterday," Izuku explains. The head hums and soon multiple body parts float over and form into a single person where Yaoyorozu was sitting.

"Well, in that case, I guess I'll sit here and wait it out as well. YUI! COME OVER HERE!" She adds, and soon after a girl with a black bob cut joins them in Kendo's chair.

"So, you're from Class 1A, I'm guessing?" The sharp-toothed girl asks.

"That would be us, yes," Yanagi replies. The other girl grins.

"Cool! I'm Setsuna Tokage from Class 1B, and this cutie here is Yui Kodai from the same class, but she doesn't like talking much," Setsuna says. Yui replies with a simple 'Mm'.

"If you don't mind me asking, what are your quirks?" Izuku asks, pulling a notebook out of nowhere. Thankfully, Tokage obliges.

"It's called Lizard Tail Splitter. Basically, I can separate my body into pieces and fly them around, and if they get destroyed while disconnected, I can just regenerate them! Also gives me a minor healing factor, but really only enough to heal minor cuts and stuff," Setsuna explains. Izuku writes this down at top speed before asking another question.

"Can you regenerate an arm even if it's still alive? Like, if you disconnected it right now, could it regenerate?" Izuku asks.

"Sure, but I'd be pretty tired after doing it too much," She replies. Izuku writes this down and then turns to Yui, apparently satisfied with Setsuna's quirk.

"And your quirk is?" Izuku asks. After a moment, Yui replies.

"Size. I can shrink or grow objects," She explains in a monotone voice. Izuku writes this down before he pauses and looks back up at Yui.

"So, theoretically, you could just shrink yourself down, climb into someone's nose or mouth and then make yourself grow back to normal size?" Izuku asks. The entire table goes silent, and Setsuna and Yui's faces are contorted into some expression that is a mixture of horror, disgust, and general shock, meanwhile Tokoyami looks slightly shook, and Yanagi seems mildly interested.

"Ok, first of all, she can only use it on non-living objects. Second of all, what the fuck?" Setsuna explains. Izuku nods and writes this down.

"So, it would work with just a rock or something, right?" Izuku asks. It's at this point where Setsuna and Yui slump their heads on the table in frustration.

"I have seen and heard many strange and horrifying happenings…and yet this might just top them all," Tokoyami states. Thankfully, before Izuku can continue asking strange questions that showcase his slightly skewed ethics and morals, the alarms stop blaring, and an announcement from Nedzu explains that the people on campus were only the press.

"So that entire time people were being trampled over the press? That's kind of dumb," Setsuna says. She then stretches and stands up with Yui, "Well, guess we'll head back to our old table. See you later, hopefully minus the extremely strange theories," And with that, the two Class 1B students leave. Izuku looks down at his notebook and frowns.

"My theories aren't weird, right?" He mutters, more to himself than anyone else.

"Your theories are entirely valid, Midoriya. It is just that you do not excel at knowing what others consider socially acceptable to say, a skill that we both lack in now I think about it," Yanagi replies.

Kendo and Momo return, and after explaining what happened, they all finish their lunches before going to Math.

Kai quickly goes through the filing cabinet. He's aware that the distraction Shigaraki made won't last too long and that he has a minute, maybe 2, to find the schedule for tomorrow. Finally, he finds the file which should contain the schedules for the month and grabs it. A quick look through it confirms that it contains the schedule for the entire month, and he closes it.

"Kurogiri, go to the Doctor and get the duplication Nomu, Mocha I think it was called," Kai orders. A few moments later and Kurogiri returns with the disgusting creature and hands it over. Or, well, puts it next to him; Kurogiri is well aware of his disdain for touching anything remotely filthy.

"Mocha, duplicate the file here," Kai says. Mocha obeys, and soon it emits a gray sludge, which takes the shape of a file which contains the schedule for the next month. It's a perfect copy, and as long as he's careful, or more accurately, as long as he doesn't let Tomura hold it, it'll be fine. Kai puts the original file back and stands up.

"We're done here. Kurogiri, warp us to the Doctor," Kai orders, and once again Kurogiri obliges, opening a swirling purple vortex. Kai walks through and finds himself in the Doctor's inner sanctum, located underneath Jaku Hospital.

"Doctor Garaki, I'm back. Thank you for letting me borrow Mocha," Kai calls out. A moment later, the short man walks out with a grin.

"Oh, it was no problem!" He replies, "Mocha needed some time out of the lab anyways!". Out of everyone he associated with, Kai liked the Doctor the most. They understood each other. They were both intellectuals. Really, their only disagreements were on quirks.

Kai would, admittedly, be quite sad when the time came to dispose of the man.

But that would come later.

Now, they had a mission to plan.

Name: Futeki Joshi (不敵女子)

Quirk: Unravel – Futeki can unravel her body into a kind of string which is about as tough as steel wire with the same flexibility as cotton string. They can completely control this string, using it to set traps, swing, climb, climb through tight spaces, and restrain.

Supermoves:

Best Jeanist Style: Futeki wraps the string from her arms around an enemy's body, effectively immobilizing them.

Slingshot: Futeki wraps some string from her arms around two solid objects and slings herself at an enemy, feet first.

Jail House Lock: Futeki lets an enemy get a hit in on her torso, however at the last second, she unravels the part that is getting hit and traps their hand in her body, allowing her to get in plenty of good hits and potentially finish the fight while her enemy is still confused.

Favourite Hero: Miruko

Favourite Food: Anything Italian

Likes: Punk-Rock Music, Exercising

(Not related to Futeki, but I just discovered Picrew and decided to make one for Koryu in his casual clothes)