A Different Stockpile Ch. 4
Story Start: Entrance To UA Support Course
Izuku walked beside Ida as they lead Yaoyorozu, Hagakure, and Kaminari to the Support Course. When they reached the door Ida reached for the handle but Izuku quickly grabbed his arm to stop him.
"Midoriya?!" Ida asked in surprise.
Izuku shook his head and said "Trust me." He moved Ida back past the door frame then pulled the door open, joining the others as he did so. An instant later smoke came pouring out of the room and the students heard Power Loader berating a student.
"Support Course has a rather…enthusiastic student this year. Happened to run into her once before when I was acquiring a few specialty pieces from her parents' machine shop." Izuku explained before he walked in, storing the smoke as he did so.
The other Hero Course students traded alarmed looks before following him in.
As Izuku strode in, he called out "Power Loader Sensei! We need two DNA doped costumes and a set of grounding equipment!" Power Loader turned away from the pink haired female student he had been berating. Said student perked up and Izuku instantly said "Not made by you Hatsume!"
Hatsume looked insulted as she asked "Why not?!"
"Because your stuff tends to explode at least once and we don't want you blowing a limb off of either yourself or the person the gear is made for." Power Loader said flatly as he moved to join the Hero Course students.
Kaminari was the easiest of the three to settle. A few micro filament wires in his Hero Costume's shoes had it so that way he wouldn't short circuit himself and a promise to have a cable launcher, baton, and collapsible pole sword ready in a couple of days before his next Heroics class had him squared away.
The DNA doping of the two girls' outfits though would have to be done off site since as tech savvy as UA was, that required specialized machinery they just didn't have on campus. Not to say they didn't have it, they just didn't have it here given how damn expensive it would be to replace if a Support Student tried to do a patch or rush job without supervision and broke it.
Still, Hagakure and Yaoyorozu were happy with the designs of the bodysuits they came up with, including the close fitting doped coats that would be added when it was winter time. A pair of hair samples collected later, everything was settled and the students left the Support Course to head back to their homeroom.
Time Skip: End Of Class
As the final bell rang, Izuku stood up and looked towards Todoroki as he asked "Mind if I invite the others to join us?"
Todoroki shrugged and said "If you wish to buy a meal for the other students then I won't stop you."
Izuku nodded and gave a short whistle that was just loud enough to get everyone's attention as he said "Hey guys, I'm treating Todoroki to soba in exchange for a refill of my heat stores, if anyone wants to join us first bowl's on me."
Uraraka perked up and happily said "I'll take you up on that offer!"
"Yeah, free food is free food!" Mina said with a happy cheer. The majority of Class 1A gave their own agreements. The only two who didn't were Bakugo and Koda.
"Like I'd waste my fucking time eating with you you fucking nerd!" Bakugo barked as he stormed out of the room.
Izuku rolled his eyes but remained silent, instead turning his gaze to Koda who used charades to indicate that he needed to rush in order to catch a train. Izuku nodded and wished him a good rest of the day, a sentiment the others mirrored. As Koda power walked out of the classroom, Izuku turned to where Aizawa was getting a few papers together and said "Offer's available for you as well Sensei."
Aizawa looked up with a tired blink and said "I appreciate the generosity, but I'm going to have to pass. The videos of your battle trials won't watch themselves after all."
Aoyama and Mina both gave small twitches, now dreading what their homeroom teacher would think of them running from a flock of pigeons for the majority of their battle trial.
Once everyone was ready, Izuku lead the students out of the school and to a noodle shop a few blocks away. Once there, Izuku stayed by the counter as the others ordered before giving his own order, paid for everyone then made his way to the table where Todoroki was seated, taking the open chair opposite of the heterochromatic.
Todoroki wordlessly placed his left hand over the table palm up and Izuku held his right hand a few inches over it. Todoroki frowned in minute concentration and a moment later a small but intense fire formed. None of the other students at the table felt any heat though as Stockpile greedily sucked it into itself.
The pair stayed like that for about fifteen minutes, eating one handed when their bowls of Soba were brought to the table. The waitress gave the pair a look when she saw the fire in between their hands but thankfully just shrugged to herself assuming the green headed kid needed the flame for some reason. (Quirk dietary needs could be strange.)
Chatter among the students was really inevitable and Izuku did his best to participate. Todoroki kept any replies he made to short answers but considering he was keeping a flame going nobody seemed to mind. Yaoyorozu wound up offering to cover the second round of bowls if anyone wanted it and several of the students took her up on her offer. All in all it was a good way for the majority of 1A to get to know each other.
Time Skip: The Next Day
Izuku frowned when he saw the large group of reporters at the UA entrance. Listening as he approached, he rolled his eyes when he figured out the reporters wanted to know about All Might as a teacher. He quickly began going through the reporters, gently but insistingly nudging reporters harassing the students away before Storing said harassed students and making his way through the gate, all the while saying 'No Comment' to any Reporter that tried to ask him something.
Once on the other side, he gave the reporters an irritated look before he brought everyone back out. It took a few moments for some of the students to recover but they were soon on their way, a few giving him a nod of thanks. The students passed Present Mic and Aizawa who gave Izuku a thumbs up and nod of approval respectively before walking past him to deal with the reporters, Aizawa calling for Ida to get to class since Izuku hadn't bothered to collect him. (Then again, as a Legacy Hero Trainee Ida seemed perfectly at ease talking with the reporter next to him who was dutifully holding a recorder towards the Somei Academy graduate.)
Once Aizawa joined his students in their classroom, he said "Alright, I've gone over the videotapes of yesterday's Battle Trials and there are a few things to bring up. First off Todoroki, keep in mind that ice can be heavy next time you decide to freeze an entire building over. Leave it in place long enough and you can jeopardize structural stability." Todoroki nodded and Aizawa looked towards Bakugo as he continued "Bakugo, don't let the prospect of a fight tempt you away from your primary objective, especially when you know your opponent wants what your guarding."
Bakugo grit his teeth at yet another person saying he did the wrong thing but remained silent.
Aizawa shifted his gaze to Kirishima and Sero who both straightened as he said "It would have been better if you had moved the bomb out of that room given how open it was and all of the windows and made a choke point out of the hallway the new room was connected to."
"Yes Sensei." The pair acknowledged.
Aizawa turned his attention to Aoyama and Mina who both gained nervous sweats as he stated flatly "Ashido, keep a lid on your acid, next time you might damage something more important than a cape. Consider how you would feel if you had damaged a piece of support gear that could have saved a Hero's life if it was undamaged." Mina gave a hard flinch at that, a few other students wincing as well. A few moments later Aizawa finished with "As for the pair of you fleeing from the flock, as understandable as your fear was, next time try to keep a calm mind. It wouldn't have been too hard to double back at some point rather than running all over the training ground."
"Yes Sensei." The pair said with heads down.
Aizawa gave a small yawn then said "Right then, with that taken care of, it's time to move on. I know that this is sudden but you need to pick your Class President."
Pretty much all of the students perked up and began saying how they wanted the job. Even Izuku rose his hand a little while doing his best to ignore Mineta shouting that if he was President the girls' skirts would be shortened by no less than two inches. (Tsuyu showed impressive memory of the placements of the desks as her tongue shot over the students heads between her and his desk to smack him into the wall without once looking his way)
Iida quickly calmed the class and suggested a vote. Somehow that led to Izuku standing at the front of the class next to Yaoyorozu having obtained six votes while she had five.
Aizawa handed them a couple sets of paper as he said "Here's everything expected of you two, make sure you go through it all."
"Yes Sensei." The pair said as they took the papers then went back to their desks.
Time Skip: Lunchtime
"Still can't believe I got six votes." Izuku said softly to Yaoyorozu and Uraraka as they sat down together, the pair or of representatives pulling out the papers Aizawa had given them to look over properly now that they had a break from classes.
"I'm not, you've already taken the lead on things yesterday, not to mention you two both offering to buy food for the whole class after school earned you both major brownie points." Uraraka said happily.
Yaoyorozu gained a slight blush and said "It was not my intention to bribe my classmates into liking me."
Izuku huffed and said "I don't think anyone thought you were trying to bribe them."
"I didn't at least, kero." Asui said as she took an empty seat across from them, having heard some of the conversation as she came to their table. Other members of 1A soon joined them at their table or the tables around theirs and Izuku kept an ear out as he looked over the papers while eating his bowl of katsudon. (Which was great but couldn't beat his mom's, made by Lunch Rush or not.)
However lunch was interrupted a few moments later by a loud whistling sound and a voice came over the PA reporting a level three security breach which an older student stated meant someone had managed to get onto campus. The students were instructed by the voice on the PA to evacuate and a mob formed as the students panicked trying to get out of the hallway all at once.
After the third time Izuku was shoved he gained an annoyed look and started slapping his hand against students, Storing them. Needless to say this further alarmed the other students who saw people suddenly disappearing but Izuku rather quickly Stored them as well until only Class 1A students were left in the hall.
Looking them over, Izuku asked "Everyone alright? Any injuries?"
"Just a sore back for me." Mina stated, similar answers coming from the rest of his classmates.
"Good thinking Class Rep." Uraraka said with a grin and a thumbs up.
"Indeed, while normally I would not condone such actions, I must admit it was the best way to prevent the panicking students from hurting each other or us." Ida said with a nod before he glanced out the nearby windows and frowned as he said "It appears the press triggered the alarm."
"Figures." Izuku said, rolling his eyes before he said "Alright, everyone to the evacuation point. I'll let everyone else out once we're there."
There was a round of affirmatives (everyone yet again ignoring Bakugo's irritated response) and the students made their way to the evacuation point in a quick but orderly manner. Hound Dog and Cementoss were waiting and Izuku quickly explained to them why only 1A had been part of their group. Cementoss nodded his approval of his crowd control actions and soon the Stored students were being released in groups of five, quickly calmed by the teachers then sent to where their class should gather.
"Heh, and he wondered why he got elected. Prez is definitely a natural lead singer." An amused Jiro said to Hagakure who giggled.
Time Skip: The Next Day 12:50
"Alright class, today's Heroics lesson will be covering Rescue Operations." Aizawa stated. Most of the class became excited at this but quickly grew quiet when he continued "Guys, I'm not finished." Once everyone had settled down, he continued "This training will be taking place on another part of the school grounds so we'll be taking a bus there. All Might and another teacher will be joining us there. Also, I know everyone is excited about costumes-" he clicked the remote that slid out the panels before he finished "It's up to you if you wear them or not, just remember that you aren't used to them yet and they might interfere with your work. Hagakure, while your costume isn't quite ready yet, we did manage to dope the outside layer of a set of Sports Underwear so make sure you put it on when you get your gear."
"You got it Sensei." Hagakure said, uniform arm lifting up showing she probably gave a thumbs up.
"Alright, either change into your costumes or your gym uniforms then meet out at the bus." Aizawa instructed.
Time Skip: Arrival Training Building
After Aizawa exited the vehicle Izuku was the first student off the bus, having sat up front as the class representative. Yaoyorozu (or rather Yaomomo as dubbed by Mina during the ride) was the last student off. They were met by a Hero wearing what looked like a bulky space suit with a black tinted helmet, though they had sturdy looking boots on their feet.
"Oh my gosh it's Thirteen!" Uraraka squealed in excitement.
The Rescue Hero lifted her right hand in welcome and said "Welcome students, I'm exited to have you all here for your first Rescue Lesson! Let's head inside so that you can see what you'll be working with today."
With that, she turned and led the way inside. The class walked along a large walkway until they reached a pair of pillars holding a thin archway near stairs allowing the students to see several different areas designed to emulate disaster areas. Needless to say, they were impressed.
"Wow! It looks like an amusement park!" Kirishima said in wonder.
"A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a wind storm, etcetera. I created these training areas to prepare you for dealing with different kinds of disasters. I call it the Unforeseen Simulation Joint! But you can call it, USJ!"
'Just like Universal Studios Japan.' All of the students thought.
Aizawa walked over towards Thirteen and asked "Hey, shouldn't All Might be here already? Let me guess, he booked an interview instead."
Thirteen spoke too quietly for the students to hear but Izuku saw her hold up three fingers causing him to frown in confusion. Did that mean All Might was three minutes out? He supposed he could have been held up helping other Heroes on the way to the school but something about that thought just seemed off.
Aizawa grunted and said "That man is the height of irrationality." A few moments later, he continued "Alright, the clock's ticking, so we should get started."
"Excellent!" Thirteen stated before she continued "Before we get started, let me just say one thing! Well, maybe two things, possibly three, four…or five…"
"Get on with it!" The students called out.
"Right!" Thirteen said, straightening up before she continued "Listen carefully, as I'm sure you're aware, I have a powerful quirk. It's called Black Hole. It can suck in and tear apart anything."
"Yeah, and you've used it to save people in all sorts of disasters." Izuku said with a nod, Uraraka nodding a lot more and vibrating like a chihuahua given an expresso.
"Indeed," Thirteen agreed before continuing "However, my power could easily kill."
That got Uraraka to stop cold as she said "I'm sure there are some among you with similar abilities. In our super powered society, the use of Quirks is heavily restricted and monitored. It may seem that this system is a stable one. But we must never forget that it only takes one wrong move with an uncontrollable quirk for people to DIE.
During Aizawa's physical fitness test you came to learn of your own hidden potential. Through All Might's battle training you experienced the danger that your respective quirks can pose to others. This class will show you a new perspective! You will learn how to utilize your quirks to save lives.
Your powers are not meant to harm. I hope you leave here today with the understanding that you're meant to help people. That is all! I thank you for listening."
Thirteen gave a bow and the majority of the students clapped at the end of her speech, Uraraka clapping the loudest.
"Right, now that that's over." Aizawa said as he pointed down the stairs. Not even a second later though a trail of electricity went along the row of lights overhead causing them to cut off and the three bars icon in the corner of Izuku's mask (it had more than just infrared capability built in) were replaced with three dots as he lost service. As several of the students looked up at the lights in surprise, Izuku instinctively tapped at his mask a couple of times.
A moment later, the fountain that was in the middle of the plaza began sputtering and the air shimmered before swirling inwards before reversing, now as a purply black hole in space. Aizawa turned his head, stiffening as he saw the portal, fully turning around as it grew into a rather wide pane. Looking back at his students he said "Stay together and don't move. Thirteen, protect the students."
The students looked confused until Kirishima looked down and said "Whoa, what is that thing?"
It was at that point several people began walking through, none of them looking friendly. Kirishima put a hand over his eyes and asked "Wait has the training started already? I thought we were rescuing people?"
Izuku frowned and started to take a step forward, hand instinctively beginning to curl into a finger gun only to flinch when Aizawa barked "Stay Back!"
As the students looked towards him they saw him slipping on a pair of yellow sunglass like goggles over his eyes. His statement of "This is real, those are Villains." Had several students flinch back in surprise.
'Not good.' Izuku thought as he saw a massive monster of a man with black skin, a beak for a mouth and an exposed brain step out and stop by a man with hands all over him. It looked like the students might be the ones needing rescuing now.
END