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Chapter 3

My second day at UA, I was nervous about the battle ahead of me, but first I had to go through something that will test my patience. English class, I stared at Present Mic as he asked us which sentence was wrong, I raised my hand. I was sure Momo did the same behind me.

"Midoriya!" Mic pointed at me, "It's the fourth sentence." I answered, "Correct!" I was glad that I was able to speak and understand Japanese. It would have been weird to only know English. I take some notes on the subject but also think of some moves I could use against Bakugo when we fight. And lastly, my costume, Mom did get me the jump suit but I told her that I could use this as the base, She agreed, she knew I needed more protection, I needed a costume that could handle my quirk … I decided to ask All Might.

Flashback

"You need help with the costume?" All Might asked through the phone, "Yeah, I want to be sure that it can handle my quirk and I also want to add a little something to it. A support Item." I spoke as I sat on my bed. "Do you know a good support company?" I asked.

"Ah! Yes I know someone who would be happy to help. But it'll take quite a while, just send me the papers and I'll send it to him!" I had a feeling that I knew who this person was but I wasn't gonna get my hopes up.

"Thank you All Might, I really hope I'm not bothering with this." "Haha Not at all young Midoriya!" I smiled and hung up the phone.

Flashback End

The costume should be ready today, I really hope it comes out the way I expected it to come out, especially the support item I asked for. English ends. Time for lunch. I sit down with Iida and Ochako, we meet the pro hero Lunch rush and I take a bite of the best food I ever tasted.

"Wow this is amazing." I complimented him as I took another bite of my chicken, "Thanks, always love to see people enjoying my cooking." Lunch Rush leaves and Camie comes over sitting next to me, "Hey Deku~" I blush as she smiles at me, "Hey Camie." I tried my best not to stutter.

Mina and Kirishima sit down with us setting they're trays down, "So who do you think will be teaching Hero Basics?" Mina asked as she ate some of her beef, "I heard that All Might might be teaching." Kirishima answered. I chuckled and ate some more rice.

We finished lunch and walked to the classroom, I sat down at my desk and waited, I then smiled hearing the familiar catchphrase, "I AM HERE!" I look to the door seeing All Might coming into the room.

"COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A HERO!" His booming voice filled the room then was replaced with the excited chatter of my classmates, I watched my mentor march into the room and stand behind the desk.

"Welcome to the most important class of UA High, think if it as Heroing 101." He announced, "Here you will learn what it means to be a pro and fighting in the name of good!" I bit back a laugh from how over the top it sounded.

"Let's get into it!" He then pulled out a card with the words Battle on it. "In this class you will pull no punches!" I could feel Bakugo grinning in front of me, "Fight training." He was clearly excited to fight.

"One of the most important things of being a hero is looking good!" All Might points to the wall as the suitcases come out of the wall for us to take. "Suit up and meet me at training ground Beta!" I get up and take my suitcase and All might pull me aside, "I hope the costume is good enough, my friend had his daughter work on it as a project." He whispered to me. Ah so Melissa did this.

I made my way to the locker room and sat down, I opened the suitcase and saw my costume, the jumpsuit was dark green and black, I see a small letter and take it, I opened it and read it,

"Mr Midoriya, My name is Melissa. My dad asked me to help with your hero costume, you request was simple enough, the support item though was hard to make, But I love a challenge, It's almost indestructible I assure you, I would like to talk to you about it more, I put my email here so we can talk. I hope that the costume serves you well.
Melissa Shield."

I smiled and sees the email underneath, I put the letter in my bag and took out the suit, I put on the jumpsuit and metal boots, It was similar to Deku's original costume gamma, I had the steel boots, the white arm length gloves but on my right arm was a armguard my support item, I look around seeing I was the only one there, I activated it and a black circular shield expanded around my arm, it was similar to Taskmaster's shield in the Black Widow trailer, I had some practice but now it was time to put this to the test.

I deactivated the shield and put on my utility belt, my respirator around my neck and pulled on the steel boots. I left out the hood because I'll be honest, it looked ridiculous. I replaced it with a green visor that matched with the respirator. I ran out of the locker room and out into the opening, I saw everyone ready and waiting on me. "Sorry I'm late." I told everyone.

I looked around and smiled, I was here with these amazing heroes, I knew the potential they all had, I could push them further with the right nudges. "Whoa Deku awesome costume!" Ochako complimented me, I turned to the anti gravity heroine, her costume was the same as the anime at this time.

"Thanks, your look amazing." I returned the compliment making her blush and rub the back of her head. "This bodysuit is skin tight, not really my style."

"Well maybe it helps by pressing the pressure points to help with the nausea?" I chimed in, Ochako ohh'd "I didn't think of that."

"And what about mine?" Camie asked as she came up to us, I looked at her and blushed, she was wearing the cat suit she was wearing in Shiketsu but instead of her cap she had a respirator with tubes connected to it that lead to two gauntlets.

"Wow you look great, but what's that for?" Ochako looks at the gear Camie had on. "You'll see when it's my turn." She winked at me, I knew her quirk and what she could do, this was a good idea, she kinda reminded me of Mysterio, I held back a laugh as I imagined her with a fishbowl head.

"Alright listen up everyone, now that you're all ready, let's get started with combat training!" All Might announced as everyone looked at the number 1 pro hero, Iida in his Ingenium costume raised his hand.

"Sir, this is the fake city from our entrance exam, does that mean we will be conducting urban battles again?" Iida asked, "Not quite, I'm gonna move you two steps ahead, most of the villain fights you see take place outside, but in reality, the real battles take place indoors." All Might explained,

"Backroom deals, home invasions, secret underground lairs." The pro listed out, "The most intelligent criminals stay hidden in the shadows." I think back to the Shie Hissaikai raid and chewed on my lip. What was I gonna do about Eri? I needed to find a way to save her before something bad happens to her from meddling in the timeline.

"For this training exercise you will be put into teams of good guys and bad guys and fight two on two indoor battles!"

"Isn't this a little advanced?" I look to the side to see Tsuyu Asui in her Froppy costume, "The best training is what you get on the battlefield. But remember you can't just punch a robot this time, you'll be dealing with actual people now!" I took a deep breath hoping for the same team as in canon.

My classmates start to ask questions but I stay quiet until All Might stops the questions and start to read from his script, classic All Might, number 1 hero but a rookie teacher…

"Time is limited and we'll choose teams by drawing lots!" I see All Might hold up a box, "Isn't there a better way?" Iida asked, "Well life is unpredictable, you can't always choose who you work with on the field, this will help us prepare for that scenario." Iida nodded, "Ah yes that makes sense, excuse my rudeness." Iida bows, I rolled my eyes. All Might waved him off "No sweat, let's roll!"

I stepped up and took a ball with the letter A from the lots, I waited for everyone else to draw from the box, Ochako came up to me holding a ball with A on it as well, "Look Deku we're on the same team." she cheered. I smiled and nodded, "Yeah, I'm glad." I look to see Camie and Momo in the same team, so no Mineta, good, I didn't want to deal with that grape.

I look to All Might who was drawing lots from the hero and villain boxes, he then drew two balls, I inhaled sharply seeing that me and Ochako would be against Bakugo and Iida, well… at least I was planning on it.

"Everyone can head to the monitor room to watch," Everyone agreed and I looked to Bakugo who was staring at me, not glaring at me, but staring, like he was trying to figure me out, I blinked as he turned and went with Iida into the building, that was odd..

"The heroes will wait five minutes and then will be let loose and the battle will start." All Might gave us a pair of ear pieces along with the layout of the building, I put mine on and took the building plans.

Bakugo

Bakugo was deep in thought as Iida knocked on the weapon, "Fake of course." Those words filled his head, Deku wasn't the same as before, he was different, too different, he had a quirk, he was showing confidence, he was fighting back.

"Bakugo, are you listening?" Iida asked, the explosive teen scoffed, "What is it?" He asked, "We need to come up with a plan, I suggest-" But Bakugo cut him off, "You stay here and guard the weapon, I'm gonna blast Deku to hell." He marched to the door, "Wait Bakugo!" But he left before Iida could stop him.

Bakugo growled, "That's not Deku, he's a fake…."

Midoriya

I looked at the layout and hum, a plan started to form in my head, "So you have a plan?" Ochako asked, I looked at her, "Yeah, listen up." Ochako turns to me with her full attention, "Once we get inside, Bakugo is gonna come after me right away, I know how he thinks, he probably wants to blow me up to hell." I sighed, "So once he reaches us, I need you to go and find the weapon."

"So it's like a rivalry?" Ochako asked with a tilt of her head, "No… we were friends a long time ago, but not anymore, anyway, as you find the bomb, I'll try and take Bakugo out of the fight as fast as I can, then we can confront Iida together."

"Why not take Bakugo together, he seems really tough." She suggested, I shook my head, "He'll be focused on me, he'll just push you aside, let's use that, besides, no offence but he's a very good fighter." Ochako nodded, "I understand that, okay let's do this!"

"START!" All Might announced through the speakers. Ochako and I run into the building and keep an ear out for explosions, my respirator over my mouth and visor over my eyes. As we make a turn I hear rushing footsteps, I instantly push Ochako back and expand my shield blocking the explosion, wasting no time. I shield bash Bakugo hearing him fall with a grunt. I swing the shield blowing away the smoke.

I look behind me, "Are you okay Uraraka?" I asked, Ochako was already standing, I nod towards the hallway, she looked at me for a moment before nodding and running past the recovering Bakugo to search for the bomb.

"I knew you would be after me Bakugo." I collapsed the shield and walked towards him, he gave me a hard stare as he rubbed his nose, I must've hit his nose, I looked at his gauntlets, I needed to break them, minimize collateral damage.

"Who are you?" I raised an eyebrow at his question, "Umm what are you talking about?" He glared at me, "You're not Deku, so who are you?" My expression soured, "The Deku who let himself be your punching bag?" I tightened my fist.

"The Deku who you always called useless?" Vermillion lines started to form around my body, One for All was responding to my emotions, years of buried resentment and anger. "The deku who you told to give up his dreams of being a hero?" I glared, "No I'm not that Deku, I changed," I got into a fighting stance as teal lightning covered my body, "Deku is the name of a hero!" I declared.

Bakugo growled and charged at me with his famous right hook. I took a hold of his arm and pulled the grenade gauntlet off while elbowing his stomach hard, stunning him, I threw the gauntlet away and ran towards him. Bakugo shook his head and tried to blast me but I expanded my shield and raised it in front of me.

Bakugo grabbed the shield and tried to blast me but he was surprised when he saw that I wasn't there, he turned just in time to see me ready to strike. "Detroit Smash!" I punched him across the cheek sending him flying to the wall, I dashed towards him and pinned him to the ground, "Sorry Bakugo, I can't afford to let our past get in the way of our academics at the moment." I punched the back of his head, knocking him out.

All Might

All Might stared at the screen as Midoriya knocked out Bakugo with ease, "Whoa, he just took out Bakugo like it was nothing!" Kaminari exclaimed, "Yeah and did you see his moves?" Ojiro commented, "I couldn't predict what he was gonna do next"

"I believe that was the point." Momo replied, "Bakugo was expecting Midoriya to block his explosion and attempted to hold the shield in order to attack but didn't expect him to remove his arm from the shield and move to attack from behind, he also ended the battle without any collateral damage."

"Correct, remember students, when fighting villains attempt to subdue them before they can cause any harm to civilians that may be watching." All Might lectured. He then looked at Midoriya, what was young Bakugo talking about?

Midoriya

I got up after wrapping the capture tape around Bakugo's wrists and picked up my shield that was connected to my glove. Bakugo was expecting me to be predictable, so I fought unpredictably, thank you Naruto for teaching me to be unpredictable.

"Bakugo has been eliminated!" Okay now Iida knows we're coming for him

I press the ear piece, "Uraraka, have you found the bomb yet?" I collapsed the shield, "I found it, it's on the 3rd floor with Iida guarding it, I'm waiting for you." Uraraka whispered, "On my way. Go in and distract him." I started to run up the stairs until I reached the 3rd floor and I started to hear talking from a room which I suspect is where the bomb is.

I can't just go in without a plan.. Heh time to do a little stealth.

I go into the room next to the bomb room and open the window, I took a deep breath steeling my nerves and crawled out and held onto the ledge, I shimmied to the other window, thank god for my training or else I would have fallen, I stopped at one of the windows, which was open and heard Iida monologuing, a villain's greatest downfall.

I peaked in to see Iida in front of the bomb and speaking to Uraraka, I quietly crawled inside and met Uraraka's eyes, with full cowling I grabbed the bomb. "Hero Team WINS!" Iida froze and looked behind him, "But how did you?" I pointed at the window, "It was easy but let's go back and I'll explain."

Iida slumped down. "I failed.." I pat his back, "Don't worry failure is a part of learning, learn from your mistakes and you'll be fine." I assured him, Uraraka ran to me and hugged me tightly "We Won!" I blushed and hugged her back, "L-let's go and meet everyone else. Iida, can you please go and wake up Bakugo, he's on the 2nd floor" I looked at Iida who nodded and ran out of the room.

Once Iida woke Bakugo, who looked to be in shock, I can't really blame the guy, the weakest person he knew just beat him in a mock battle, we all made our way to the monitor room,

Kirishima offered his fist for me to bump, "Nice one bro." I smiled and bumped fist with him, "Thanks."

All Might clapped his hands getting everyone's attention "Good you're all here, now tell me who is the MVP of this round?"

Probably Iida since he stuck to the exercise. Momo raised her hand, "It was Midoriya sir!" I blinked and turned to the rich girl.

"Midoriya came up with a plan to take down Bakugo while Uraraka searched for the bomb, divide and conquer." Okay that was my plan, I'm surprised she was able to come up with that conclusion… okay now I'm just underestimating her. "He also took out Bakugo quickly and efficiently, without any causing any damage to the building and knocked him out in order for Bakugo to not follow him should he try to escape his bounds, he also sneaked into the room holding the bomb without Iida noticing and disarmed the bomb quietly."

Everyone stared at her for a few minutes. "Y-yes that is exactly what I was thinking, the MVP is Midoriya." I chuckled and looked at Iida, "Hey Iida a word of advice, don't monologue so much." Iida looks at me, "Villain's monologue but they also pay attention." I explained, the engine hero nodded.

"Yes I will keep that in mind." Since I wasn't in the nurse's office this time, I was able to watch the next battles. It was almost the same as the anime but I could see more. When it came to Momo and Camie, they won in a landslide, Camie was able to redirect Kirishima and Sero away from the bomb room long enough for time to run out.

Todoroki froze the whole building and touched the bomb, I frowned at his actions, he was still in his daddy issues phase. I needed to fight him in the festival... One step at a time.

The Heroics Class ended and we all went back to the locker rooms to change, I was praised by my actions in the battle against Bakugo, and said boy was glaring at me, as usual I suppose.

We were all in the classroom in math class… I thank whoever sent me here for letting me keep Izuku's knowledge. I was able to listen and take notes without getting lost in the numbers.

At last it was time to get ready to go home, "Hey dude!" I looked up from putting my books in my bag to see Kaminari, "I need to ask you something, are the two girls you were talking to on the first day single?" I gave him a sour look.

"Dude I wouldn't know but I think you're barking up the wrong tree." I look to the other side of the room to see Jiro talking to Momo, "Beside I think that's more your type." Kaminari looks at Jiro then back at me.

"Why do you think that?" I put my bag on my back, "Well because you two seem to have a good vibe going in battle training, if you want my advice, just go slow and be friends first, get to know her and see if you two can hit it off." Kaminari smiles, "Well thanks man, I'll do just that." He walked away, yesss I shall have my KamiJiro.

I walked out of the classroom and to the gate, I saw my friend's talking to our other classmates so I didn't bother them, I stopped at the gate to see Bakugo waiting.

"We need to talk." I narrowed my eyes, "Bakugo, we have nothing to talk about." He growled, "Who. Are. You?" I rolled my eyes, "Are you still on that, I'm not an imposter or anything like that Bakugo so stop assuming such."

"You're not Izuku Midoriya." I was surprised to hear him say my name without the Deku in it, "Bakugo.." "NO, YOU ACT WAY TOO DIFFERENT TO BE HIM, HE ALWAYS MUMBLED WHEN HE HAD TOO MUCH IN HIS MIND, HE FANBOYS ABOUT HEROES, YOU DON'T MUMBLE AT ALL, YOU DIDN'T EVEN BAT AN EYELASH WHEN WE MET THE OTHER HEROES HERE!" Bakugo screamed, I couldn't take it anymore.

"AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF I'M NOT THE REAL IZUKU, ALL YOU DID WAS PUSH ME DOWN LIKE I WAS NOTHING!" I screamed at him with tears streaming down my cheeks. "I CHANGED, YOU DON'T LIKE IT? I DON'T CARE!" I panted and took a deep breath, "I want us to be friends again… I don't see you as weak nor am I trying to pull you to my level, I just want us to be friends like we used to… I never looked down on you. You were always my symbol of victory Kaachan."

Bakugo's eyes widened as he stepped back, "I'm telling you this because I respect you, If you don't want to be my friend then just.. stop bothering me and I won't bother you, let's have a working relationship and get through high school together."

We stared at each other for what seems like eternity, I decided that we were finished and walked past him.

I was walking away from the gate until I felt a big hand on my shoulder. I turned to see All Might looking at me, "You heard." I simply said. The hero nodded, "Are you okay?" I took a moment to think about it. "I don't know, but that depends on Bakugo, If he wants to be friends, he has to make the effort, if he doesn't… I tried."

"I wanted to tell you I'm proud of how you handled the situation. I could tell you two had history and yet you pushed it aside for the mission, even if it was fake." All Might praised, I couldn't help but smile at his praise, "Thank you All Might, that means a lot coming from you."

"What did he mean when he said you weren't the real Izuku?" Ah right, All Might must've heard from the battle training, "I changed All Might, Bakugo always expected me to be the weak and defenseless Deku but I won't always be that." All Might nodded "All right, I suppose that makes sense, now go home and get some rest, you have a new day tomorrow,"

I grinned and started to walk home, he was right, tomorrow, no this week entirely was gonna be eventful.