Ok, so before we start this chapter, I just want to point out a few things:
1. Thank you to Druss the Legend to adding this fic to his community, and I definitely agree that this is a fucking brilliant fanfic!
2. Don't mock ANY Mental Disorder in the reviews of my stories. I have Autism, Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD myself, so mocking my kind is really triggering, so don't mock mental disorders. Otherwise I block you so you can't review my fics EVER AGAIN.
Now that I have all of the important shit out of the way, lets get into this!
Izuku woke up at 4 AM to go to his morning run. He had made it through most of the route, but there were moments where he stopped to catch his breath or slow down. When Izuku had finally finished, he headed to the shower.
After getting dressed and brushing his teeth, Izuku decided to try to get his thoughts together.
"What am I supposed to expect today?" Izuku pondered. "Maybe the same thing that you've always expected for the past year. More training, but it's going to be harder now."
After a few hours past and Izuku had gotten ready for U.A, said goodbye to his mother, and walked to U.A with Katsuki.
The two had gotten to class a bit early, the only student being there besides the two was Tenya Iida.
"Midoriya! Bakugo! How lovely it is to see you!" Tenya exclaimed, chopping the air.
Soon Aizawa had walked into the room, surprised at Katsuki and Tenya's presence.
"Mr Aizawa. I believe you are a little early." Tenya pointed out, chopping the air... Again.
"I am aware, Iida. I just want to talk with Midoriya outside for a moment." Aizawa explained, taking Izuku outside.
Once outside, Aizawa closed the door behind them.
"You wanted to talk to me?" Izuku asked concerned.
Aizawa gave Izuku one of his usual blank stares.
"I just wanted to let you know what'll happen today." Aizawa informed. "You'll have the normal classes, like English and Math. And then after that, you'll have Basic Hero Studies. Also, with the permission from your mother, you've been signed up for councilling sessions with Hound Dog. You'll have your first session with him this afternoon."
"Really?! You're signing up for that?!" Izuku gasped.
"Of course." Aizawa confirmed. "Now, I need you to promise me something."
"Okay." Izuku nodded.
"Do not hesitate to speak up if you feel uncomfortable, and don't try and push yourself to talk. You need time to heal from all your experiences, you also need to take breaks to allow your body time to heal from the trauma."
Izuku thought about all the words Aizawa said and sighed. He didn't really know what to say to reassure his teacher.
"You can always ask me anything, you know." Aizawa told him. "I'll always be happy to help you out."
"I know. Thank you, Aizawa." Izuku smiled, grateful.
"Alright. You can head back into the classroom now. I have some other stuff to do before the day officially begins, but feel free to do whatever, just as long as it doesn't break the rules." Aizawa told Izuku, walking off.
Izuku walked back into the classroom, taking his seat. Katsuki then walked up to Izuku.
"So, what did Eraserhead need to talk to you about this time?" Katsuki asked.
Izuku whispered something in Katsuki's ear.
"He told me about how the day would go, and that I'm going to be seeing Hound Dog this afternoon." Izuku whispered, not wanting Tenya to hear, since it was none of his business.
"... So, are you actually going to be seeing him or what?" Katsuki asked curious.
"... I don't know. I'm still thinking about it." Izuku shrugged. "But I think you're right, I should try talking to Hound Dog about what I've gone through. If I get scared and start panicking again or lose control of my emotions because of those flashbacks, then it could make things worse and I could hurt someone. Or worse... I might kill someone."
"That's fucking bullshit. That shit wasn't your fault. That was caused by something else."
Katsuki scowled. "If anything, it's the person who tried to kill you. Not anyone else who has done nothing wrong."
"Katsuki, I'm serious." Izuku shook his head.
"Fuck! Look I know that what you've been put through is traumatic, and you should've been treated for it, but you weren't. It's no one's fucking fault but whoever the fuck did it." Katsuki growled, anger clearly visible in his eyes as he continued. "If anyone is allowed to blame anybody for your trauma, it should'nt be you. You didn't deserve any of that shit. Now stop blaming yourself okay?"
Katsuki was angry at the person that tried to hurt Izuku, but he couldn't bring himself to blame Izuku for it, either. After everything that Izuku has dealt with, he deserves better.
"Thanks Kacchan. I'm glad that you understand." Izuku replied gratefully.
"Don't worry, Quirkologist! I won't ever let anybody do something like that again." Katsuki declared while smiling.
As Izuku started thinking about what Aizawa had told him, a certain phrase began to flash through his mind. He hadn't been able to figure out what it meant, but it kept coming back to him.
"It's not your fault…"
"It's okay…"
"You didn't do anything wrong…"
All these words seemed familiar, and yet…
Why? Why does it feel so real…?
Before Izuku could even think about what those words actually mean, he heard his name being called.
"Midoriya!"
Upon hearing his name being called, Izuku turned his head around to find Ochaco running towards him. She ran straight into Izuku, nearly knocking both of them over. As she landed onto her feet and stood up, she placed her hands on both of Izuku's shoulders.
"Oh, good morning, Uraraka!" Izuku greeted.
"Good morning!" Ochaco greeted. "How are you feeling, Midoriya?"
"Uh, fine." Izuku lied. "And yourself?"
"I'm alright, thank you. I was hoping we could talk sometime later though. Right now I have to tell you about something important!" Ochaco exclaimed.
"Oh, uh yeah, sure." Izuku agreed, unsure of what she was trying to say. "About what?"
"Well, I was wondering if you would like to come to lunch with us today." Ochaco smiled.
"I'd love to!" Izuku exclaimed, excited. "Is everyone else going too?"
"Yeah. Tsu, Ashido, Sato, and Kaminari." Ochaco smiled, knowing that Izuku would enjoy being with the group more than by himself. "And I'm also going to ask Iida if he'd like to join us, too!"
"Can I ask if Bakugo would like to join us?" Izuku asked.
"Sure! If you want to!" Ochaco smiled.
"Okay!" Izuku smiled. "Thank you, Uraraka. For inviting me and asking."
"No problem, Midoriya! See you later!" Ochaco waved and went to greet others in the class.
After going through the normal classes, lunch came around. Izuku and Katsuki had met up with Ochaco. Together they had sat at a table with Tsuyu, Mina, Rikido, Denki, and Tenya.
As Lunch Rush started preparing lunch, everyone talked amongst themselves and enjoyed their food, chatting happily with each other.
The conversations were light, friendly, and happy until Mina asked Izuku something.
"Midoriya, what did Mr Aizawa want to talk to you about, yesterday?" Mina asked Izuku.
Izuku was flustered by this question, but before he could answer, Katsuki defended him.
"That's none of your business, Acid Face." Katsuki stated, crossing his arms. "Quirkologist isn't obligated to share his secrets, if you want to make Quirkologist uncomfortable-"
Katsuki was then cut off by Izuku.
"Kacchan, it's ok, she probably wasn't aware." Izuku interrupted. "But Ashido, it isn't polite to be all nosy like that. If I want to share what Aizawa wanted to talk to me about, I'll share it. but if I don't, I won't. And that's ok."
Mina then looked very guilty with what she had asked.
"Midoriya, I'm so sorry! I had no idea!" Mina apologised. "I didn't even ask if you wanted to tell me."
"It's fine, Ashido. There's no harm done." Izuku reassured her. "But please note that you don't know what someone else could be going through, so it would be better if you wouldn't ask such personal questions."
Mina lowered her head with guilt.
"I understand that, Midoriya." Mina assured him. "I understand what you're saying about privacy."
"Good to hear it." Izuku smiled.
Tenya then spoke up.
"Midoriya, I get what you're trying to say, but I noticed before homeroom, Aizawa-sensei wanted to speak with you, and when you came back into the classroom, Bakugo asked what he spoke with you about, but you didn't seem as flustered as you were with Ashido." Tenya pointed out. "Why is that?"
"Well, Iida, it's because me and Kacchan have been friends since we were really young, so I trust him with personal information like that." Izuku explained.
"I see." Tenya nodded. "Though I do apologise if my question was personal in itself."
"There's no need to apologise for a question like that, Iida." Izuku reassured his new friend. "In my opinion, the best way to figure out if a question is personal is if it has to do with something personal in regards to something that has happened to the person that you're asking the question to. For example, if I asked you what your quirk is and what you can do with it, that wouldn't be a personal question. But a question like, what a teacher had to talk to you about after class, would be a personal question."
Denki then raised his hand.
"But what if you don't know whether or not the question is personal to the person you're asking?" Denki asked Izuku.
"Well, Kaminari. if you aren't sure then you should start the question with, 'If it's ok for me to ask', and then ask your question, and if the person finds the question personal, then they don't have to answer, but if they do answer and they don't find the question personal, then it's important to listen to the person's response." Izuku explained.
"Now I have a question." Rikido said. "How should I respond if I'm ever asked a personal question?"
"That's a hard question, Sato. But I think I might know." Izuku replied. "If the question is personal, but the person isn't aware of it, you can just tell them that the question is too personal for you. But if the person is aware, then you have the right to be offended and also correct them if they don't get why you're offended."
"Does it also apply if the person is trying to pick on you?" Tsuyu asked.
"It does, Asui." Izuku replied.
"I'd prefer it if you called me Tsu." Tsuyu corrected.
"Oh, sorry, As-... I mean, Tsu." Izuku apologised. "As I was saying, you have no right to feel uncomfortable. And no person should try to take those rights away from you."
Ochaco smiled to herself because of how she could be making her own friend group.
"You know, guys. I honestly wouldn't mind hanging out again." Ochaco spoke up.
"I agree, we should hang out again sometime." Izuku agreed.
"Sure. why not? Though I do have to warn everyone, I'm not too good with names, so I'm definitely going to call you all nicknames based on your quirks." Katsuki warned.
"So that's why you call Midoriya, Quirkologist." Ochaco realised.
After lunch had ended, it was time for Hero Training.
Everyone had already gotten changed, they waited at Ground Beta's entrance.
Suddenly, the door to the building opened.
Coming out was the Symbol of Peace: All Might.
"I heard rumours about All Might being a teacher here, but I didn't think it was true!" Izuku mumbled to himself.
Izuku's hero costume was a black, sleeveless body suit with green lines on it, black elbow pads and knee pads, and a respirator around his neck.
"Welcome to the most important class at UA High. Think of it as "Hero‐ing 101." All Might announced. "Here, you will learn the basics of being a pro. And what it means to fight in the name of good!"
Ochaco walked up to Izuku.
"You look good in that costume, Midoriya." Ochaco complimented. "I should've been more specific about what I wanted."
"Well you look good in your costume either way." Izuku blushed, before noticing Katsuki, specifically his gauntlets that looked like grenades.
Izuku had walked up to Katsuki.
"Hey, Kacchan! What are those gauntlets for?" Izuku asked.
"Quirkologist, I'm gonna keep it simple with you. Five words: It's a surprise, you'll see." Katsuki smirk. "Remember this, you won't always know what you're dealing with, but once you know, use that knowledge to your advantage."
Izuku smiled at this response, not that he liked it when Katsuki kept secrets from him, but it was because he always loved it whenever Katsuki gave him advice.
All Might cleared his throat to catch everyone's attention.
"Alright! You're all readynow, so let's begin." All Might declared. "Most of the villain fights
you see on the news take place outside. However, statistically speaking, run‐ins with the most dastardly evildoers take place indoors. Think about it. Backroom deals, home invasions, secret underground lairs. Truly intelligent criminals stay hidden in the shadows. For this training exercise, you'll be split into teams of good guys and bad guys and fight two‐on‐two indoor battles. But remember, you can't just punch a robot this time. You're dealing with actual people now. Remember, go beyond. Plus Ultra style!"
The entire class got exited, especially Hitoshi and Izuku. Hitoshi's hero costume is a short-sleeved black shirt, grey shoulder pads, fish net arm sleeves and fingerless gloves. His pants are also black, with purple rings around the bottom.
The pairings were as followed:
Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka (Team A)
Hitoshi Shinso and Mezo Shoji (Team B)
Shoto Todoroki and Momo Yaoyorozu (Team C)
Katsuki Bakugo and Tenya Iida (Team D)
Yuga Aoyama and Mina Ashido (Team E)
Rikido Sato and Koji Koda (Team F)
Denki Kaminari and Kyoka Jirou (Team G)
Fumikage Tokoyami and Tsuyu Asui (Team H)
Mashirao Ojiro and Toru Hagakure (Team I)
Ejiro Kirishima and Hanta Sero (Team J)
"Looks like we're together for this one, Midoriya." Ochaco smiled.
Izuku smiled to himself.
This had been one of the reasons why he enjoyed spending time with his friends. He was lucky enough to spend almost every moment with them.
As Izuku thought to himself, it seemed as though the others were thinking along the same line of thought.
"The situation is as follows: the villains are hiding a payload inside the building and the heroes must secure it or defeat the villains within a time limit. The villains are granted victory if they successfully protect the payload or capture the heroes." All Might explained. "First up: Team A as the heroes. and Team D as the villains."
Soon, Team D was instructed to go inside of the building first.
"So, this is what we're supposed to be protecting?" Tenya pointed out the fake missile.
"Looks like it." Katsuki said.
"We're going to need a plan to make sure we don't let Midoriya and Uraraka near the missile." Tenya explained. "Midoriya said during lunch that you and him have known each other since you were young. How much do you know about his quirk?"
"All I know is that he can steal the power of Emitter and Transformation quirks, and he can just straight up copy Mutant quirks." Katsuki explained. "He also has at least 24 quirks already stockpiled."
"I see, how much do you know about those quirks?" Tenya asked.
"Not too much." Katsuki lied, in order to not reveal any personal information about Izuku.
"That does make sense, since quirk usage without a licence is illegal." Tenya nodded.
"Alright, I think I have a plan." Katsuki smirked.
Meanwhile, Izuku and Ochaco were looking at a map of the building.
"This building is so big, hopefully we don't get lost while trying to navigate this place." Ochaco admitted, looking at the map in front of her.
"Don't worry about it, Uraraka." Izuku assured, placing his hand over hers and giving it a gentle squeeze. "I've got your back. Let's just focus on getting to the bomb safely."
Once the five minutes of preparation was up, Team A entered the building. Katsuki suddenly ambushes them emerging from an adjoining corridor, ready to attack.
Izuku froze, flashing back to the first time he was ambushed by one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.
"Come on, kid. The league is waiting for you..."
"You'll be better off coming with the league..."
"He's waiting, Izuku."
"You wouldn't want to disappoint anyone, Izuku."
"You're better off with us... With him..."
As soon as Katsuki could throw his first attack, Ochaco pulled Izuku and herself out of the way. Soon, Izuku snapped back into reality.
"It's only Kacchan. It's only Kacchan." Izuku continuously told himself.
"Are you okay, Midoriya? You spaced out for a moment there." Ochaco asked worriedly, as she and Izuku started running.
"Y-Yeah. I'm fine." Izuku lied.
Izuku activated a combination of Tentacles, Hold Up, and Sparks Fly.
Izuku reached one of his tentacles and used Hold Up on Katsuki, keeping him in place, using Sparks Fly on himself and Katsuki, sending Katsuki flying in the opposite direction.
"Uraraka! You go capture the missile! I'll keep fighting!" Izuku planned out a strategy.
Soon, Izuku deactivated all of the quirks he was using and charged at Katsuki.
"Well. well, well. If it isn't Izuku Midoriya. How nice of you to join us again today." Katsuki pretended.
Izuku thought of another combination to use.
Chameleon + Rock Plates + Heart Bomb!
Izuku turned himself invisible, while also forming invisible Rock Plates on himself, while enhancing his jumps using Heart Bomb. Without Katsuki seeing him, Izuku had punch Katsuki in the face.
"What the fuck?!" Katsuki yelled in disbelief.
"Now Kacchan. Let's talk some business." Izuku revealed himself, as he punched Katsuki in the gut, leaving him breathless.
Before Katsuki could recover his balance, Izuku had already kicked him in the stomach again.
"Let's see what your gauntlets can do..." Izuku smirked.
"You really want to know what I can do, huh, Quirkologist?" Katsuki smirk. "These gauntlets of mine allow me to build up sweat over time, and shoot them out..."
"Like a grenade!" Izuku gasped.
Katsuki smirked, using his explosive sweat on Izuku. Izuku then activated Rock Plates once more, protecting himself.
"Why the hell am I fighting someone who uses sweat to build up sweat!?" Izuku cried, as he threw several punches towards Katsuki, managing to force him back.
"And why would I tell you? Because, I'm enjoying watching you squirm under my feet." Katsuki answered, dodging Izuku's attacks.
Suddenly, Katsuki jumped behind Izuku and grabbed the boy by his waist before throwing him over his head, slamming him against a wall.
Izuku groaned in pain as Katsuki lifted him up by his neck and slammed him down. Before Izuku could regain control of himself, a large explosion was fired from Katsuki's left side, exploding the floor. Katsuki stood over Izuku while still holding him hostage in the air.
"I'm not done yet, Midoriya. I haven't even begun." Katsuki grinned.
Izuku struggled desperately against Katsuki's grip, but in vain. Katsuki kept holding tight onto Izuku, causing his breathing to quicken, and blood began seeping through Izuku's fingers. Izuku then activated Ignite throughout his body, turning himself immune to Katsuki's attacks.
Meanwhile, Ochaco had made it to the room containing the missile, where Tenya was guarding it.
Soon, Tenya noticed Ochaco.
"Midoriya, I'm up at the missile, what do I do?" Ochaco asked Izuku through her earpiece.
"Try to buy yourself some time, I'll see what I can do from down here." Izuku instructed through his earpiece.
"I'll try. But I can't hold him off for long-" Ochaco stated.
Ochaco had jumped in and waited for Izuku's move.
"I knew you would come here alone the instant that Bakugo ran off by himself and engaged with Midoriya." Tenya pointed out. "Your Quirk allows you to float anything that you touch, but I've prepared for that. By hiding every object in this room so you have nothing to use against me, do‐gooder! My dastardly tricks have rendered you helpless! You've blundered, hero!"
Meanwhile, Izuku had punched the floor above him, using a combination of Rock Plates, Heart Bomb, and Ignite, destroying the floors above him, including the floor that Ochaco and Tenya were on.
"What did you do to the floor above us, Midoriya?! What's happening?!" Ochaco panicked, as soon as she heard explosions being released from below.
"Don't worry about it, Ochaco. You can use your quirk now!" Izuku exclaimed while using Regeneration on himself, because he used a combination of more than two Transformation quirks.
Ochaco had made a nearby pillar float and used it as a shield against Tenya's attacks. Caught in the onslaught of rubble, Tenya is unable to stop Ochaco from using her Quirk on herself again to jump the hole in the ground, grabbing the weapon and securing the victory for Team A.
Team A walked back inside the room to find Katsuki lying on the ground and surrounded by debris.
Tenya ran up to Katsuki and picked him up bridal style and ran outside.
"So you two won?" Katsuki asked Izuku and Ochaco, the two of them nodded. "Well good game. Quirkologist, I hope my acting skills will help you with that thing."
"To be honest, your acting seemed kind of real." Izuku admitted.
"Yeah... The acting was Engine's idea." Katsuki chuckled.
Soon, Team A and Team D had made it back to the rest of the class.
"Well done, Team A and Team D. You really put up a fight in there!" All Might congratulated.
Everyone applauded both teams.
"So, up next..." All Might announced. "Team B and Team I! I hope you can both put on as amazing as as show as the first two teams!"
So, the Battle Trials have began! And Izuku gets a different hero costume from the main timeline, because I assume that since his first costume from the main timeline was an inspiration from All Might, I assume that Izuku would have some kind of fascination with All For One in this timeline, so his costume is inspired by All For One. Also a possible friend group has arised, one which I dub, the Urarakasquad or the Ochacosquad, which one sounds better? Lol.
Now something else that I'd like to say is thank you to whoever is reading this as I've noticed that this story is getting well-liked, or at least in my own standards. So thank you to anyone who as taken time out of their day to read this.
Now remember... Go beyond... Plus Ultra!
Stockpiled Quirks
Evaluate (An emitter quirk that allows the user to analyse other people's quirks. Given to Izuku by Shīkā Chishiki)
Ignite (A transformation quirk that allows the user to ignite parts of their body in flames, but the user's body heat depletes whenever in use. Given to Izuku by Sterling Shidoa)
Tentacles (A mutant quirk that gives the user tentacles that they can use at will. Given to Izuku by Ikatako Shokushu)
Hold Up (An emitter quirk that allows the user to hold their targets in place and move them in that state. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Sparks Fly (An emitter quirk that allows the user to either pull people near each other, or push people away from each other, literally. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Gunpoint (A transformation quirk that allows the user to have an accurate target on anything. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Ice Blade (A transformation quirk that allows the user to turn their hand into a blade of ice, but the user is depleted of water. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Braincurdle (An emitter quirk that allows the user to brainwash anyone as long as they have a sample of the person's blood. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Regeneration (An emitter quirk that allows the user to give targets, or themselves a small healing factor. Given to Izuku by a vigilante.)
Rock Plates (A transformation quirk that allows the user to form plates on whatever part of their body. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Web Shoot (An emitter quirk that allows the user to shoot out webs. These can be used to trap people, or just swinging around. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Gummy Body (A mutant quirk that gives the user an elastic body. Given to Izuku by a vigilante.)
Vine Whips (A mutant quirk that gives the user vine Whips. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Jelly Surprise (An emitter quirk that allows the user to create a jelly that traps it's targets within itself. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Rhyming Reason (An emitter quirk that allows the user to rhythm a phrase of words and the sentence becomes true. For example, if the user said "I'd be very at ease if I were holding a block of cheese", the user would be holding a block of cheese. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Heart Bomb (A transformation quirk that allows the user to create shockwaves using their own heartbeat. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Hot Wings (A transformation quirk that allows the user to form flaming wings on their back. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Objectify (An emitter quirk that allows the user to change objects based on what they're made of. For example, the user could turn a toaster into an oven. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Chameleon (A transformation quirk that allows the user to change their colour and make themselves invisible. Originally stolen by Izuku from one of the villains that tried to kidnap him.)
Ink Blast (An emitter quirk that allows the user to blast ink out of their hands. Given to Izuku by a vigilante.)
Handcuff (An emitter quirk that allows the user to handcuff an opponent to anything. Given to Izuku by a vigilante.)
Weight Loss (A transformation quirk that allows the user to lessen their weight, but cannot gain weight, unless going back to their original weight. Given to Izuku by a vigilante.)
Radio Signal (A mutant quirk that makes the user's mind connected to radio signals. Given to Izuku by a vigilante.)
Attraction of Small Objects (An emitter quirk that allows the user to use a telekinesis-like power that attracts small objects to them. Given to Izuku by his mother.)