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Chapter 8

I stood in the forest of UA with All Might, I wore my gym uniform, we were working on my control over black whip. Eri was with Nezu working on her lessons.

There was Two weeks till the Sports festival.

I needed to gain control over Black whip as fast as I can, time isn't on my side. I was able to use Full Cowling with ease due to using it continuously, I just had to use Black Whip as much as I can until it comes to me like breathing.

I took a deep breath and charged One for All to 15%.

I shot out a black tendril towards a tree, the tendril cut right through the bark, I flinched at how strong it was. All Might in his true form flinched also, rubbing his torso where I grabbed him, "You probably subconsciously toned it down when you grabbed me." All Might commented.

I pulled the quirk back before I lost control, I couldn't use it for more than 40 seconds before it started to get out of control. "Probably." I replied with a sigh.

All Might put a hand on my shoulder, "Don't worry, you just need practice." I looked up at him, "I know but it's really taking a toll when I try to hold it for longer than a minute." I rolled my shoulder.

All Might hummed, "Maybe you should try to use it at 5%." I looked at him, "But I can only summon it at 15." I frowned.

"When you summon it, it shoots out, at 5% you need to force it out." All Might instructed, I looked at my hand, I dialed it down to Full Cowling. I raised my arm and closed my eyes, I could feel Black whip inside me, I just needed to pull it out.

"There you go." I opened my eyes at All Might's words and saw small tendrils of black whip forming at my wrist, "Well, it's a start." I said and shot it towards a fallen branch, I pulled it towards me, I tried to catch it but it was too fast, hitting me right on the nose. "OUCH!"

I took a step back holding my bleeding nose, tears threatening to spill, All Might took out a handkerchief and moved my hand holding the fabric against my nose, "Well, that'll be bleeding for a bit, good news, you can catch stuff without breaking them, now you need to have a faster reaction time." All Might says enthusiastically.

I gave the handkerchief back to my mentor and cracked my knuckles, "Let's get started then." I summon Black Whip again shooting it towards a tree.

Ojiro delivered a high kick making me block with my forearm, I retaliated with a grapple sending him flying, Ojiro landed with a roll and got up. 12 days till the Sports festival.

"You saw what I did there?" He said, I hummed, "Your footing?" I asked, rubbing my arm.

"Yeah, you see when fighting, footing is an important aspect of fighting, your fighting style is solid, I'm surprised you taught yourself." Ojiro went to the bench where Eri sat drinking a smoothie, He took a bottle of water and threw me one, I immediately shot my hand out summoning Black whip and let it wrap around the bottle in midair, pulling it towards me, I was able to catch it and sighed in relief.

"You're getting the hang of that." Ojiro commented with a smile. "It's taking me a while." I walked up to Eri and ruffled her hair making her pout with the straw in her mouth still.

When the class first met Eri, everyone, except Shoto and Bakugo, called her cute, the girls were fawning over her, Eri was scared but she was getting comfortable around them.

"I normally watch fights online and try to implement the good stuff." I spoke drinking my water, "That can only get you so far." Ojiro replied, "I could teach you some stuff after the festival if you want." I raised an eyebrow.

"After?" I asked. Ojiro shrugged with a smirk, "Can't show you all my tricks." I laughed, "Well I'll hold you to your offer." I put my water down. I see Eri playing with Ojiro's tail, "Sorry." I tried to apologize but Ojiro shook his head.

"It's okay, this is more common than you think." He assured me, "So fluffy." She whispered as she hugged his tail. My heart clenched at the cute sight.

We walked back to the center of the gym, Full cowling flowing through my body. Ojiro shot towards me, jumping into the air spinning around. I jumped back dodging his attack.

I landed and shot black tendrils towards the blue rubber balls that were fired from the automatic tennis ball launcher. Momo, Eri and I were out at Beta Field, Momo provided me the rubber balls for me to practice with, in return, she wanted to play with Eri, she was smitten with the little girl, currently she was brushing Eri's long silver hair, looking very bubbly.

If I didn't know any better, I would have assumed that Momo was a doting aunt who spoiled the child…

I tossed the ball into a net, a red rubber ball shot out and I caught it with the black tendrils, I threw it into a red bucket with other red balls. 11 days until the Sports Festival.

"Stop the machine." I called to Momo, Momo took a remote and turned off the launcher. I walked over and took a towel drying my sweat, Eri sniffed the air and her nose scrunched up, "Stinky." She mumbled, Momo giggled and I gave her a pout.

"Well I am training, I'm bound to be sweaty." I said. "And Momo. thank you for the rubber balls." I sat down, "It's no problem." She smiled at me.

We sat in silence, Momo was braiding Eri's hair, after a while, Momo looked at me. "... I never really saw myself making a lot of friends here in UA." Momo said as she looked at the sky, "I have the power to create anything from my lipids, people try to get close to me because of my quirk." She made a hair pin and placed it on Eri's silver locks.

"I wasn't.. Social with others my age, I didn't want to have friends that only used me for their own gain, but coming here, meeting you all, I feel like I can finally have real friends." I looked at her.

"Where's this coming from?" I asked, She sighed, "I don't know how to act with the others, some of the girls are easy to get along with." Momo then made a doll, one that looked like me in my hero costume, Eri looked fascinated by it and took it.

"But the others.. I don't know, but with you, you talk with confidence, when that boy from general education declared war, you turned it into a challenge and everyone followed you, how do you talk so freely?" Oh so she was asking for advice on how to socialize with the rest of our class.

Momo was smart, but had confidence issues. "Well… I'll let you in on a secret." She leaned in.

I poked her nose, Momo frowned, "What was that?" I laughed, "Momo, it's all about being yourself, there is no secret." I explained.

Momo looked down in thought, Eri continued to play with the doll. "You just have to adapt to the atmosphere, but stay as yourself." I said as I got up. "Turn it on." I walked in front of the machine summoning Black Whip.

Momo blinked and grabbed the remote turning on the tennis launcher. A red ball shot out and Black whip shot out to catch it.

I stood on a platform of Training Ground Gamma, I was there alone, I was able to convince Nezu to let me train here.

9 days till the Sports Festival.

I took a deep breath, "Overdrive 15%" I felt the power surge through my body. I could feel my body getting used to the strain, getting stronger. I shot out Black whip towards a pipe, I pulled myself into the air, just like Sero, I shot another tendril, latching to another pipe and pulled myself towards it.

I landed on a water tower, I panted as I grinned. "Alight." I jumped shooting a tendril hooking to the side of a building, I ran across the wall and continued to swing through the Ground Gamma.

I felt so free, I smirked as I ran on a pipe, I jumped, swung, parkoured. I stopped shooting two tendrils to act like a slingshot.

I pulled back, grunting at the effort, I then flung myself into the air, "WHOOOO HOOOO!" I twirled in the air and took a good look around, as I started to fall, I shot a whip towards a pipe catching myself, I swung around before hanging by a whip against a building catching my breath.

I panted with a smile on my face, I was about to start swinging again. "Wow you seem to be having fun!" I froze and looked at the wall, there was a face with black beady eyes sticking out with a smile. "Hi." "GAH!" I screamed in shock

I lost my focus, Black whip dissipated and I fell, crap crap crap! I aimed my finger at the ground below me and flicked at 20%, the strong wind stopping my momentum. I landed on my back with thud instead of a splat.

"Whoa sorry about that." A voice apologized, I looked to the side to see a blond man wearing the gym uniform. Mirio Togata, Lemillion… Wait, how did he change into his pants and shirt so fast?

I sat up, "It's fine." I reassured, "I shouldn't have lost focus." I rubbed the back of my head to dull the pain.

"Still, quite the quirk you have there. Super strength and those black whips. If my guess is right, you're from class 1-A." I sighed in relief when he didn't say tentacles.

"Yeah… wait how do you know?" I looked at Mirio confused, "Rumor mill." Togata shrugged, "Damn." I cursed.

I got up, "So who are you?" I asked brushing myself off. "Togata Mirio, I'm a third year." He grinned with a thumbs up, "Midoriya Izuku." I introduced myself, cracking my neck, "So you're here training as well?" I asked.

"Yeah, but I saw you here and thought I would watch." He explained, I hummed, "So what do you think, you're a senior, any tips?" I gave him a grin.

"Haha well I don't have much advice on your swinging, though my friend might have some tips." Mirio cupped his chin in thought.

I could imagine Tamaki Amagiki trying to teach me with his quirk Manifest. "So what's your quirk?" I asked, Mirio smiled wide and pushed his hand through the wall, "Permeation, I can phase myself through solid objects."

I watched in fascination, I already knew what his quirk was, but seeing it was a whole different thing.

"Well, my quirk is Stockpiling." I started to explain. "I can use the stockpiled power to enhance my body." I said, "And the black whips?" Mirio asked, "It's something I'm not so sure of yet." I said, I didn't want to explain everything.

"Well I look forward to seeing how you do in the Sports festival." He poked his own forehead.

I smiled, "I'll try and impress you, I'll see you around." I started to make my way back to the locker rooms to take a shower.

I sat on my desk with my headphones on, Around the World by Daft Punk was playing, I looked for all the songs I remembered and found new ones that I haven't heard of before.

But Daft Punk was one of my favorite artists.

6 days until the Sports festival.

I was the only one in the classroom, I was 30 minutes early, Eri was with mom today, Eri wanted to spend time with her, I smiled, Eri was getting used to talking to other people, she was becoming open to trying new things, she just needed positive influence in her life.

I felt someone tap my shoulder, I looked up to see Kaminari, I saw Iida already in his seat. I took off my headphones.

"Hey man." I greeted, "Hey… I need your help." Kaminari sat on the desk next to mine.

"Oh sure man, what's going on?" I turned to face him, "I need help with my quirk." I tilted my head, "Okay, I've been trying to control where my electricity goes once I let loose." He explained rubbing his hands together unintentionally conducting some electricity. "But it keeps flying everywhere."

"Okay I can see the issue there, but why are you asking me?" I asked, Kaminari stared at me as if I asked a stupid question. "Dude, you're the one of the strongest in this class, you have an amazing handle on your quirk, even that whip stuff you got just a while ago!" He exclaimed.

I blinked at that, Now I could see why he would come to me, "Okay… I guess it wouldn't hurt to try, meet me at gym Gamma after school, I'll ask Mr. Aizawa if we can train there after class." I said, Kaminari grinned and bowed. "Thank you, Thank you!" He went back to his own seat as the rest of our classmates started to come in.

After Homeroom, I walked up to Mr. Aizawa, "Mr. Aizawa, Kaminari and I need to use Gym Gamma after school, quirk training." He gave me a look that made it obvious he hadn't slept in a few days. "Sure, it's free that time, just fill out the form." He took out the paper from his desk and gave it to me. "Submit it to the faculty room once you're done."

I went to my desk and started to fill it up.

"So how are we gonna do this?" Kaminari asked me, we were in our gym uniform in Gym Gamma.

"I need you to show me how you're trying to control your quirk." I said as I walked behind him and pointed at a dummy I set up in front of him. "Try to hit that dummy, and not me." Kaminari looked at me nervously then at the dummy.

"Okay…" He pointed at the dummy with his pointer finger. activating his quirk, lightning started to fly everywhere, I stepped back as he stopped, "What were you trying to do?" I asked, "Umm I pointed at the dummy hoping the electricity would come out of my finger." Kaminari said, I gave him a blank look.

"... Okay I know what to do here." I walked over and gave him a firm slap on the head. "OW WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" Kaminari looked at me angrily, "That was to make your brain work, you can't control lightning you dimwit." I glared at him.

His expression changed to one of confusion, "I can't control it, but then what do I do?" He asked, "Kaminari, what is electricity?" I asked. "In layman's terms."

"Ummm it's the flow of charge?" Kaminari asked. I sighed, rubbing my face, patience…

"It's energy, wild energy." I looked at him, "You don't control it, you'll only fail, what you need to do is guide it." I activated Full Cowling. Kaminari watched me, "I have energy, I have a battery inside me and my body is like a network of wires, I can guide the energy inside me to a certain part of my body because I can move the energy through the wires." I explained shutting off OFA.

"What you are, is a generator/battery." I poked his chest. "You have no wires to guide the energy, sure, you can have a support item to control where you want it to go, but what happens if you don't have it." I poked him on the chest.

I closed my eyes, how can I show him. I suddenly got an idea, I took a few steps back.

"Kaminari, I want you to hit me with your electricity." I ordered, "What?!" He looked at me like I was crazy. "No way, I'm not gonna do that." He shook his head.

"Just do it, and not enough to fry your brain!" I shouted. The blond looked at me and sighed, he then let loose, I watched as the lightning flared around.

I took a stance and activated Full Cowling once again, I saw the lightning come towards me, I shot my hand out and let the electricity course through my arm, I used my other arm to guide it through my body, just like in Avatar the Last Airbender, redirecting lightning.

I pointed my index finger in the opposite direction and the lightning shot out of it hitting the wall, Kaminari stopped looking at me in awe. "Dude… what.." He tried to speak.

"...I'm gonna be completely honest with you, I didn't think that would work." I said trying my hardest to contain the grin trying to emerge from my face. I failed.

"DUDE!" Kaminari looked at me, "How did you do that!" He asked running up to me looking me over.

"I did what you should have done, guide the lightning." I said smiling, "You have the power, use your body to guide it to where you want to go, don't control it, let it flow." I spoke in a sagely tone.

Kaminari looked at his hands. "Can you show me what you did?" He asked, I nodded and started to go through the movements that helped me redirect lightning.

"You have to be fluid with your movements." I said as I put my arms down. Kaminari nodded and looked at the dummy. Taking a deep breath, he starts to charge his body with electricity, moving his arms in a fluid motion, he guides the electricity through his body and thrusts his fist towards the dummy, the electricity shoots out of his fist hitting the dummy.

Kaminari smiled and jumped in the air, "Hell YA!" He cheered, I clapped smiling, "Good work, now you just need to experiment on movements similar to that." I said.

Kaminari looked at me and gave me a grateful smile. "Hey man… thanks, I owe you one." I smiled back. "No problem, what are friends for?" I offered my fist for a fist bump which he returned.

I layed on the roof of the main building of UA campus, it was free period. I decided to do some relaxing.

3 days until the Sports festival.

I always liked to go on top of buildings and take in the view, it was so peaceful. I had my headphones on, I listened to Maroon 5 - Payphone.

I let my leg hang from the ledge, I had my eyes closed, the song drowning the sound of my surroundings.

I opened my eyes only to meet two bright blue eyes staring right into my own. I nearly jumped in surprise, I patted my pants for my phone and turned the volume down once I found the button. "Ummm hi?" I greeted awkwardly.

The girl above me smiled brightly, "Are you Izuku Mirodiya?" I recognized her voice, now that she's leaning back, I could see her whole face.

Nejire Hado, the only girl of the Big Three, I sat up and turned to face her. "Yes that's me." I answered. I wish I didn't.

"So you're the one Mirio was talking about! I heard the rumors but I wanna hear it from you, does your quirk only enhance your body or does your mind get enhanced as well? Are you super smart? How strong are your black whips? Oh you're cute, are you single? What were you listening to? Do you always come up here? Can you fly?"

She started to ask me questions at high speed, so she always was the bubbly chatterbox. "Umm I couldn't catch that, who are you and how long were you hovering over me?" I asked, trying to follow her questions. I looked down and saw that she was hovering… literally with her quirk.

Nejire stopped. "Oh I'm Nejire Hado and just about 5 minutes." She replied, taking a seat next to me, "So you mentioned Togata, you're a friend of his?" She nodded, "Rightio, he told me and Tamaki about meeting you and I wanted to meet you myself, you're so interesting, someone who can use super strength and black whips, how do you do it?" She asked, "As I said to Togata, I'll tell you another time." I answered.

"Aww." She pouts, damn… the anime didn't do her cuteness justice. I blushed and looked away. "Anyway, why are you up here?" She asked me.

"Well.. I just wanted some peace and quiet and up here." I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Up here, It's like I'm the only person who exists, I can think." Nejire smiled softly, "I can understand that, when I fly, I feel so free…" She exhaled relaxing.

Silence filled the atmosphere, the only sound was the wind blowing.

"... So you can't fly?" She asked, I laughed, "No I can't fly." I shook my head, yet. "Mirio told me he found you swinging with your black stuff." She poked my cheek, "So you can somewhat fly."

"Not the same." I said. "But it's close." She said and blinked, she reached for her bag and took out her phone, "Oh gotta run, I have to get to class, Bye Midoriya, Good Luck!" She got up and used her quirk to descend to the ground,

I took out my phone to check the time, I got up realizing that it was almost time for history class. "Crap!" I ran to the staircase and made my way downstairs.

1 Day until the Sports festival.

I was eating dinner with Eri and Mom, we were having beef curry, I looked at Eri who was eating slowly, I reached over and stroked her hair, Eri looked at me confused, I gave her a smile, but Eri didn't return it.

She hasn't smiled since she was saved, I tried to make her smile. Maybe one day.

"So All Might gave me two tickets to the Sports festival, that means we can watch you up close." Inko smiled happily, I blushed, "Guess that means I have to try my best to not embarrass myself."

Eri looks at me, "You're gonna win right?" She asked, I looked at her, her big red eyes bore into mine, she looked hopeful. I pat her head, "I'll win for you Eri." I declared and gave her cheek a light pinch, making her whine.

I stopped and looked at her growing horn, no incident, needed to make sure she didn't rewind anyone by accident.

"You'll be safe right?" I looked at my mom, "Mom.. you know that I can't really promise that." I frowned, "I know but I can't help but worry." Inko fussed.

"Izuku-nii is strong." Eri said holding my hand. I looked at her shocked, "Izuku-nii?" I looked at my mom who was just as shocked and teared up.

Eri squeaked as I scooped her up and held her in a tight hug, "Yes Eri, you big brother is strong." I cried silently thanking whatever god is there for this girl. Eri's lips quivered as she let the ghost of a smile slip past her lips.

After dinner, I put Eri to bed and laid next to her after turning the lights off.

Tomorrow was gonna be a big day, I closed my eyes letting sleep take me.