1-B's Thoughts
The class watched as the dust cleared, Midoriya was seen standing with his hand held, his index finger a morbid purple color. Monoma cackled wildly as the rest of the students gasped, Yanagi let a small smile come to her face, Izuku truly was interesting.
"Kan-sensei…" They all heard Izuku's cracking voice, a sign that he was in pain. "I limited the pain, just like you said!" The boy cheered with a smile on his face, loud enough so the class could hear. Vlad nodded at the boy, a slight smile on his face.
"Alright! Midoriya! 705.3 meters!" He yelled out as the boy went to stand on the sidelines, Yanagi moving to take up the ball throw next.
Vlad talked to him for a second, handing him a note to go to Recovery Girl after class and telling him where he could get replacement pants as his were torn during the 50 meter dash.
"Midoriya my friend! Wonderful, that was absolutely wonderful!" Monoma clapped him on his left shoulder with a smile. Izuku smiled a little at the praise. "Though you didn't go all out, did you?" Monoma asked with a smirk.
The class gasped at the statement and Izuku rubbed the back of his neck with his non-broken hand. "W-Well.. Kan-sensei wanted me to minimize the damage, so I only used my finger to throw the ball, a-and that cost me distance on my throw.." He trailed off.
Monoma laughed again as he clapped Izuku's shoulder once more, "Very well Midoriya!" He laughed.
The nearby students stared at Izuku with wide eyes, he didn't go all out!
The ginger stared at the greanette with wide eyes, she wasn't sure who between them was stronger. He couldn't go all out without hurting himself, it seemed, but if he did he could end any fight in one blow. She wanted to ask, yeah it was rude but he didn't give a real good explanation earlier. "What's your quirk?" She asked the boy, cutting off the murmuring of the group of students as Yanagi finished her throw.
The ghost looking girl wasn't mad about the attention Midoriya was getting, even if no one had noticed her ball throw distance which was decent because of her quirk. Midoriya was interesting, he wasn't cocky and had a quirk that seemed amazing.
Though it broke him, his quirk was a form of super strength. It was almost as if his body wasn't used to his quirk, his strength was too much for his body. It was strange, but interesting, she decided.
Izuku turned to the ginger girl and began to sweat nervously, "M-My quirk is super power and it gives me-"
"Yeah yeah greenie, we heard ya in class. But how?!" The green haired girl with shark teeth interrupted him before he could finish.
Izuku squirmed under the combined gazes of both girls. And that was because he didn't have a better explanation, but he would do his best to come up with one. 'One For All is a crystallization of energy, right? That's what All Might described it as… so the strength would be me using that energy in my limbs so power up.. it's better than anything else I've got!' Izuku let out a shuddered breath, he could do this.
He could lie. He lied to his mom when she asked about his injuries all the time anyway.
Izuku sucked in a breath, "W-Well, I don't exactly know.. b-but my quirk is like a giant battery of stored energy… whenever I get my super strength I'm just using that energy…" He explained.
Monoma took the information and stored it away in his head with a smile.
The girls and most of the class were enlightened but still rather confused. It was rather weird for a simple enhancer quirk. But quirks were rather confusing in and of themselves, each one was unique and different so it made sense.
"DISTANCE RUN, WE'RE NOT DONE YET!" Vlad King yelled, the class halted what they were doing and all lined up for the distance test.
Izuku did decently, he would have done better but he had to nurse his broken hand for much of the event. He crossed the finish line with a huff for air, he looked across to see that Shishida, the girl with horns, and a couple of other kids had already finished.
Everyone else trickled in and finished. They lined up and waited for Vlad King to say what he needed to.
"Alright, we're all done here so you can go home after you get your stuff from the classroom." He announced for the first time not yelling, "Be mindful of your scores, be mindful of the way you used your quirks, be mindful of the things your quirks cannot help you with, and be mindful of your weaknesses and work on increasing your strengths." He nodded, dismissing his class.
Izuku sighed, he finally had time to rest. His body was screaming at him because of overuse. He finally had time to gauge his percentage output too, having a more accurate feel of 100% because of the ball throw, he estimated he had used 2-3% for most of the events, pushing it to four for the standing long jump and the grip strength test.
It was a little annoying at how little he could use, but he could use it. He focused on that part, he could actually use the quirk now. The thought made him smile just a bit. It took a year after his initial meeting with All Might, but his dream of being a hero seemed actually attainable now.
Izuku left soon after, deciding that he needed to go see Recovery Girl because of his broken finger and the stabbing pain his entire body was experiencing. Well it was mostly his legs and arm but that was neither here nor there.
The class had gathered after changing in the locker room, though Izuku was still with Recovery Girl. They were just talking with each other, the bell hadn't rung yet so they still had to be on campus.
It was mostly quiet, some people were trying to talk with other but none of them knew each other and they all were kind of tired. "So what's up with that Midoriya guy?" A boy, Sen Kaibara, asked a loud to the rest of the class as they all went to get their stuff before going home.
It finally stirred up a conversation for the drained students to grab onto.
"I don't know, he's kinda weird but he's stupid strong." The headband boy, Yosetsu Awase, said, "Had him in my practical during the entrance exam and ooh boy, he's fucking strong, but also has some serious anxiety."
The ginger, Itsuka Kendo, walked over, "What do you mean?"
"I mean besides that lame ass stutter." The bug boy, Togaru Kamakiri, not so subtly coughed out.
Monoma sneered a little, this bug guy was really starting to get on his nerves. Yanagi frowned a bit, "It is unbecoming of a hero to be so rude, or perhaps it just shows how narrow your mind is. While Midoriya-kun has a stutter it should not dissuade anyone from befriending in, nor should it be used as a reason to bully him, Kamakiri-kun."
Midoriya seemed nice, he hadn't called her weird or anything of the sort that most people at her old school did. And this boy decided he was weird or lame just because he had a stutter.
"I didn't ask for your pale ass' opinion!" The boy yelled back.
Monoma found himself frowning alongside Yanagi.
"Now, why don't we all calm down. We're classmates, so we're going to have to put up with each other the whole year. Let's not make any enemies of each other." Shishida tried to placate his classmates.
Kamakiri scoffed and left the class. "Well, that coulda gone a bit better." The green haired girl with shark teeth, Setsuna Tokage, commented with a smile. "But that ain't important-" She whipped her hand around and pointed it at Awase, "YOU! Band, tell us about Greenie!"
Awase put his hands up, "Fine fine, calm your tits!" He huffed. The boy crossed his arms as he recounted the entrance exam, "I didn't really notice the guy at all, he was really plain looking, but then the zero pointer came out and started wrecking shit."
"Zero pointer?" Tokage asked. "What's that?"
"My green haired pal, you must have gotten in through recommendation." Monoma laughed a little, Tokage made a face, Monoma was weird. "The zero pointer was a colossal sized robot about the size of a 6 or 7 story building, it was advised we turn away from it during the test, as it was worth no points."
"Yeah, but Midoriya went to fight it anyway."
"HE WHAT!" Kendo slammed her arms down on Awase's desk. "Why?! Why would he do something so stupid!"
The headband teen rested his head on his arms. "Some girl was trapped under some rocks, the thing was gonna go right over her." He let out a sigh, "He took the thing out with one punch"
The class shivered at the thought. Most of them had seen the zero pointer and the thing was ginormous, the fact that Izuku beat it with one punch. It was scary…
"Completely wrecked his arm though. The entire thing was purple all over, saw some bone sticking out too.." Awase added as he remembered the guy after the exam. He was completely broken.
The class shivered at the thought. They had seen how Midoriya's finger was, and imagined his whole body like that.
Tetsutetsu clenched his fist as he closed his eyes. "Man…that's….so….. HARDCORE!" He yelled and activated his quirk, "MAN MIDORIYA'S SO COOL!"
"Not if it breaks him!" Kendo yelled back. He was sacrificing his body for points, that wasn't good. And no one even knew about the rescue points, so he just threw away his body for nothing.
"Not if what breaks who?" The entire class froze as they turned to the doorway, seeing Izuku now in his school uniform instead of the gym clothes and a bandage around his finger, a brow raised.
The ginger straightened, looking for an excuse. "I- uh nothing Midoriya.." Kendo rambled.
Izuku kept his eyebrow up in confusion, but did feel a bit happy that someone had remembered his name despite his horrible introduction. Monoma walked up and clasped his hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Midoriya! You truly are magnificent, absolutely wonderful!"
Izuku smiled a bit, "Ah t-thanks Monoma-kun..!" He rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment at the out of nowhere compliment. "Um.. c-can I get my stuff?"
"Ah yes of course Midoriya!" Monoma cackled as he let Izuku go.
The greanette smiled a bit, Monoma was weird but he was nice, at least nicer than 99% of the people he had met throughout his life. He grabbed his bag, smiling at Yanagi as he saw her and turning back around and heading for the door. "Midoriya, mind if I accompany you?" Monoma asked without the crazy for a second, Izuku of course nodded, "Wonderful! Yanagi, will you be accompanying us?" The blonde as the girl from across the room.
Yanagi nodded after a second, floating her bag which was on her chair to her hands and joining the group.
They all turned towards the class, "Farewell for now." "Goodbye!" "U-Um..bye!" The three each said as they left. The class looked at the empty doorway, Kendo scrunching a brow wanting to run off after them.
"Izuku Midoriya… he's so strange.." She muttered under her breath. The class filed out as the bell rang, the sound going out through the school and the halls coming to life soon after.
Izuku smiled to himself as he, Monoma, and Yanagi chatted on their way off campus. "It's quite surreal, is it not?" Monoma asked a loud to the both of them.
"W-What is Monoma-kun?"
"I believe he is referring to the fact that we are at UA." Yanagi told Izuku to which Monoma nodded. "And I will agree, it still does feel like a dream." She added.
Izuku nodded at that, "Y-Yeah, I understand that… sometimes I feel like I'm g-going to wake up, and it all would've been for n-nothing…" He trailed off, getting quieter the more he went on. Meeting All Might, learning the pro's secret, being saved by him twice, being offered a quirk, and then being personally trained by him? It was a scenario that he could only imagine in his wildest dreams.
Both of his friends looked at him with wonder and confusion. His voice sounded so sincere and a tiny bit broken as well. "Well unless we're all dreaming at the same time and sharing said dream, I do believe it is unlikely that it is so. So you do not have to fret about waking up Midoriya." Yanagi said to make her new friend feel better.
Izuku smiled a little, "Thanks.." He said without a stutter.
"There is no need to thank me, Midoriya, it's simply what friends are for, no?" She asked with a head tilt.
"Yanagi is correct Midoriya, it's simply what friends are for." Monoma laid his hand on Izuku's shouder with a smile.
"I- yeah.. thanks.."
"There is no need for that Midoriya." Yanagi reminded him.
"R-Right sorry!" He smiled and let out a small chuckle.
UA was everything it was chalked up to be and more. For once, Izuku felt like he actually had friends. And that was because he did have friends. 'Everything is different now…' It was surreal, but not unwelcome.
"If I may inquire, how is your finger?" Monoma asked as they passed the gate.
Izuku showed him the bandaged digit, "It hurts, but it's not broken. I'll have to go in for healing tomorrow though, I was too low on energy for Recovery Girl to fix it all." He explained, getting nods from both of his friends.
"Well don't forget to do that then, you won't be able to do much in class with a broken finger."
"Monoma is right Midoriya."
"T-Thanks.. I won't forget, promise." Izuku had a lot of fun talking with these two, they were a lot of fun and they actually wanted his input as well. Just being able to talk with people was so nice for him.
They all arrived at the train station and they went their separate ways. Izuku smiled to himself as he arrived at home, his mom wasn't home yet, clearly still at work but he couldn't wait to tell her about his new friends.
Friends… that was nice.
Next Day
Izuku smiled as he met his friends at the gate, the three of them walking in together. "S-So what do you guys think we'll be doing today?" He asked the two of them as they went through the halls.
They hadn't run into Kacchan yet, which he was thankful for. But he knew that it'd eventually happen. Either during a school event like the Sports Festival or just randomly while wandering the school. Of course he was incredibly nervous for when that would happen, but he felt confident in his ability to fight back.
Plus, UA had been different from his other schools so far, so the teachers would surely do something if Kacchan got out of hand, right? "I hope…"
"What exactly are you hoping for Midoriya, if you don't mind my inquisition?" Yanagi knocked Izuku out of his mumbling.
"Oh- uh n-nothing, I was just t-thinking is all…" He rubbed the back of his neck as he had a blush. Being caught in his mumbling was always so embarrassing.
"You know Midoriya, my friend, I do believe you have to break that habit. What if villains heard you and were able to get information?" Monoma rhetorically asked him as he flipped his bangs away dramatically.
"R-Right, I'll try my best Monoma-kun!" He'd never thought about it like that, but Monoma was right. If someone was able to get information because he had a big mouth then that'd be bad. He'd need to learn how to keep his mouth shut and information to himself.
Monoma nodded a bit, "Alright, well as I was saying, the principal mentioned that our first heroics class with the mystery teacher would be Wednesday morning and 1-A's would be that afternoon. So today we'll probably do something with Kan-sensei." The thing is, the blonde didn't know what they'd do. He'd spent a lot of time thinking but he couldn't come up with anything. "What do you think he'll have us do if it's an exercise?" He asked them both.
Yanagi placed a finger on her chin as she thought, but she couldn't come up with anything besides basic introductions. They did that yesterday, but they were kind of rushed as they had orientation. "I'm not entirely sure either, what are your thoughts Midoriya?"
"A quirk showcase." He answered quickly.
Monoma rose a brow with a smile, "And how did you come to that conclusion, my friend?"
Izuku had a hand on his chin, his brows scrunched, with his eyes looking ahead in thought. "Just think about it, if we're going to be having an exercise tomorrow in class then it'll be with each other. We know a little about each other's quirks but not a whole lot. We need to find out what each other can do, limitations, abilities, then we'll be able to have teamwork in our course exercises."
Izuku felt an arm wrap around his shoulder and he was dragged into Monoma, "That was absolutely wonderful Midoriya! You truly are magnificent !"
"E-Eh?! M-Monoma-kun I think y-you're o-overreacting!" He blushed at the praise. "R-Right, Yanagi-chan?"
The Silverstein tilted her head at him, "The thoughts you had hadn't crossed my mind at all Midoriya, so it is impressive to me as well."
Izuku deflated as Monoma laughed, the three of them walking to class. They entered, the class wasn't full but it wasn't empty either. The three of them sat in their corner of the class, to Izuku's right Kendo was talking with Tokage at the green haired girl's table.
"Yeah, it was some spiky blonde asshole. He called me a pebble! A pebble! Jeez the nerve of some of these guys.." Tokage huffed as she looked out the window, Izuku in the way of her vision. Though she noticed he was incredibly stiff, almost like a statue. "Hey greenie, what's up?"
Izuku squirmed as her attention went to him. "N-Nothing, just was listening to your c-conversation…"
Tokage smiled a bit as she observed Izuku. He looked deep in thought, it was kind of cute. "You know something about the spiky blonde asshole?" By the way Izuku locked up, she was guessing that he did know something.
Monoma turned around in his chair, "Midoriya, is this the same hooligan that we saw in the hallway the other day?" He asked. The four surrounding waiting for Izuku to answer.
He sighed, "Yeah... Bakugo Katsuki, quirk: explosion, he wants to be the number one hero, but he doesn't know what a hero is supposed to be…" Izuku muttered quietly and sadly.
Tokage raised a brow, Izuku was acting different. He had so much emotion in his voice yesterday with his stutters, with his smiling and crying during the test. He sounded so lifeless right now.
"What does he think a hero should be?" Kendo propped herself on Tokage's desk as she asked her question.
Yanagi watched as his back hunched, he was nervous, that much was obvious. She wanted to make him feel better. It was obvious that this Bakugo person was the cause of inner demons for Izuku. But she didn't know anything about Izuku's situation, there was nothing that she could do.
It made her frown.
Izuku kneaded his hands together, thinking about his answer to Kendo's question. It was obvious, the same thing it had always been. 'Heroes save people with a smile..' But..
Wasn't it more than that?
He'd been thinking about it for a while, All Might had saved him twice a year ago, and he did save Izuku with a smile. But he also made Izuku feel safe with just his presence. All Might was a hero, he protected people, he made them feel safe, he saved people with a smile.
He opened his mouth before he knew what to say, "A hero… should be a protector, he thinks heroes just beat up villains, but that's not it. They don't look for trouble, they just protect people in trouble. T-They should make people feel safe. At least…that's what I think.." He looked at Kendo with determined eyes, it was the first time he had stared at anyone like that.
The ginger felt shred of respect grow for him as she nodded, "A-Alright, I think that's a good answer Midoriya." She felt a smile come to her lips, she didn't even mean to smile.
"That is wonderful Midoriya!"
"Sure is greenie!" Tokage cheered.
"G-Greenie?" Izuku asked about the nickname.
"Your hair's green, dum dum."
"B-But so is yours." Izuku pointed at, staring at her hair.
Tokage smiled, standing up and ruffling Izuku's head. The boy blushed but didn't shove her away, it was kind of nice actually. "I guess we're green buddies then, alright?"
"O-Ok.."
"Alright, that's enough! Homeroom will now begin!" Vlad King yelled as he strode into the room. Tokage huffed and went to her seat, Kendo leaving to take hers. "Alright today we will be having normal classes for you all later in the afternoon, but for now we will be having an exercise. Put on the gym uniforms and meet me at training Gym Alpha!" By how much the man yelled Izuku would've expected him to have lost his voice, but he hadn't.
The groups went to their own changing rooms, quickly getting into their gym uniforms before and heading out for gym Alpha. It was decently hard to find, after all UA was like a maze, but Shishida had pulled out a map of the school and had led the boy to the gym.
Except Kamakiri, he went off on his own, and was now probably wandering the halls looking for the gym.
The boys entered, finding that the girls were already there, and apparently they had been waiting. Going by Tokage's impatient tap at her foot.
"It's about time! What took you guys so long!" Tokage huffed as she crossed her arms.
"My apologies, we got lost and Kamakiri's protest held us back some time." Shishida apologized with a bow.
Vlad strode into the gym, a nettled Kamakiri on his shoulder, and a bag in his other arm "Alright! We're going to be conducting a quirk showcase so your classmates can get a firm understanding of your abilities! We'll be going in alphabetical order, Awase you're up!" The teacher called out. Kamakiri flinched a little from how loud the man was, being right next to his mouth didn't help.
Both of Izuku's friends stared at him with wonder as he smiled and pulled out a notebook to write down notes. The pro put the boy down as the class gathered, Awase stepping out of the group. "Uh sensei I need items for my quirk." Awase was handed a bag.
"If anyone needs items for their quirk, collect something from this bag." The class nodded.
Awase reached in and grabbed a coin and a baseball bat. "My quirk is called weld, I can bind any two items together but I need to be touching both items for it to work." He put the coin in his palm and placed his hand on the bat, the class heard a noise and then he retracted his hand to show the coin stuck on the part, a part of it now.
Izuku's eyes lit up as he wrote down the quirk in his notebook, Monoma and Yanagi questioning where he even got it from but not asking as they were interested in what Izuku was saying.
"Does he need to use five points or can it be any point of his hand? Does he just use one hand or can he touch different items with each hand and then will they be magnetized to each other then connect? Is there a weight limit? Or a time limit? Does the binding wear off or is it indefinite? Can it be used on living organisms? Does it take up energy from him, if so how much, and how many times can he do it?" Izuku listed off as he scribbled in his notebook. It was kind of impressive how fast he could go without oxygen.
He kept his questions to himself, he knew it'd waste time if he asked every question he had, so he decided not to voice them. He could find out more during the year, he just had to wait.
The class moved on, Kaibara going on and showing his quirk "Gyrate" which allowed him to rotate his limbs at high speeds.
Next, was Kamakiri.
The bug looking boy laughed as he stepped up. "So are you dumb-asses ready to see my quirk!" He said it stated more like a statement than a question, he raised his forearm and from it a blade came out.
Izuku shivered, 'He's too much like Kacchan…' He clenched his pencil, making it crack. He shook the thought away. He didn't want to think of one of his new classmates that way, it was rude. He grumbled before raising his hand, "Kamakiri-kun, I have a question!"
The boy looked at him for a second before sighing, "What is it, stutter?!"
The class went wide eyed, the nerve that Kamakiri had was amazing. Kendo was going to slap him in all honesty. And she wasn't the only one either, Monoma also wanted to as well, hell he'd copy Midoriya's super strength and then do it. And Yanagi was messing with her hands to keep her emotions in check.
But Izuku smiled instead, after all it was nowhere near the worst he'd ever been dealt.
"Can you only grow blades from your arms or can you do it from any part of your body? Also, how long can you make your blades?" He had to restrict himself to two questions, lest he want to get into a mutter storm.
Kamakiri was surprised at the questions, but a little mad, "I can do it anywhere, and only about a foot and a half right now…" He seemed pissed at how short his blades currently were.
"And how strong are they?" Izuku wrote down the information in his book as he looked up after asking the next question.
Kamakiri felt like he was being broken down, observed and analyzed like a lab rat. He grit his teeth and answered, "I can't cut through concrete or brick, I've tried, it makes my blades dull."
Kendo had the nerve to laugh at his face, Izuku's quirk seemed more useful now that Kamakiri's was broken down.
Izuku nodded to himself. "Well… you need to focus on forcing your blades out even if it hurts, the more you do it the more natural it will be, you can develop a fighting style of focusing on your forearm blades and throw in blades from other parts of your body to throw off your opponents. And if you keep on cutting things like rocks or concrete I believe your blades will go stronger, most likely they'll adapt to the stone, and you'll eventually be able to cut through it." The sentence finished in sync with Izuku's writing stopping, a small bit of smoke coming from his pencil lead.
The bug boy stared at the boy in wonder. He thought Izuku was kind of worthless, super lame. But he figured out recommendations and then smiled an almost eerie smile, "I- alright." Kamakiri went back to the group, staring at the smiling Izuku, it was official. Midoriya was weird, but not the bad kind.. just creepy..
Kuroiro was next, and his quirk was cool, if situational. Black allowed him to any dark colored object, be it shadows or black pants. Though right now he couldn't move the things he entered.
Next Kendo moved up and showed off Big Fist. She could grow the size of her fist and had incorporated it into a martial arts fighting style. It was genius really, she'd fight normally and enlarge her fists mid punch or post punch to throw off opponents.
Izuku's hand shot up, "Kendo-chan, how strong are you? Are your bones and muscles enhanced as well?"
The ginger tilted her head and was also a little thrown off at being called chan. She was always referred to as a tomboy, it was strange. "Uh, I don't know exactly how strong I am, and I don't know if my bones and muscles are enhanced either."
Izuku wrote that down as he creased his brows.
"Uh why do you ask?"
He looked up and tapped his chin with his pencil, "Well, how do your fists enlarge? Are new muscles created or do you have enhanced muscles that expand when you grow your fists? If so, then are your muscles when your hands are normal thicker than normal? If so that'd make your normal fists stronger, as you'd have more muscle density." He explained.
Kendo gaped as she thought about it. "I'll get back to you on that."
"Ok, thank you Kendo-chan!" Izuku smiled and Kendo winced at how bright he was.
Kodai, Komori and Shiozaki went next. Their quirks were interesting. Kodai could grow her size and the size of things she could touch. Komori could create and modify the properties of the mushroom, though she needed a good environment to create them. The more humid, the better. Shiozaki could control and manipulate her hair, which were vines.
Izuku wrote down his questions for all three of them. But he would wait to ask them. Though he noticed that Komori was more nervous and shy than he was. And he wanted to make her feel better. But she was really shy, so approaching her out of the blue probably wasn't the best.
Next was Shishida, who's quirk "Beast" was really interesting. He had two forms, his normal and beast form. In his beast form he had increased strength but lowered intelligence. Izuku had some hypothesis that he'd wait to find answers to.
Then there was Shoda, who Izuku hadn't seen much of so far. But his quirk, twin impact, was amazing in Izuku's eyes. He could make a second impact of any hit he caused, which was usually stronger than the first.
Then there was the foreign exchange student of the class, Pony Tsunotori, who's quirk was amazing, but her Japanese wasn't good. Which could cause problems for her, Izuku surmised. 'Maybe someone could give her tutoring lessons to help her? Communication is vital on the field during big events.. like the sludge incident.'
Then there was Kosei Tsuburaba who could create wind structures with his breath. "Breathing exercises to increase lung capacity, doing cardio exercises as well as swimming would help to do that." He wrote down, deciding to tell his classmate later.
Then there was the overexcited Tetsutetsu… Tetsutetsu….
"His first name and last name are the same…" Izuku dumbly wrote down, slightly imaging being called Midoriya Midoriya.
He wrote down the information for his quirk "Steel." He could transform the entirety of his body into a metal like substance, though Izuku wasn't sure of the properties. Honestly the name was misleading.
And then it was Izuku's green buddy, whose confusing quirk "Lizard Tail Splitter" was both amazing and confusing.
"Tokage-chan, I have a question!" Izuku had his hand raised.
The girl pointed at him and winked, "Shoot!"
"After you disconnect your limbs from your body they float, so can you float?" He was shaking with anticipation.
"Ah no, can't." Izuku wanted to ask why, but he would wait and see if there was a better explanation for why not.
He lowered his hand with a sigh "Ok…" He sounded a little disappointed actually.
The class had all realized that when it came to quirks, Midoriya was the guy. He had broken down Kamakiri's and had spoken about the theoretical science behind Kendo's. They all wanted him to analyze their quirks to see if there was anything interesting about them, but he hadn't opened his mouth since.
Fukidashi, Honenuki, and Bondo came up next. There quirks were all interesting, Fukidashi had his quirk Manga which allowed him to make manga like speech bubbles come from his head. Honenuki, one of the two recommendation students for the class, Softening, allowed him to soften and sink into things. And Bondo's quirk Cemedine acted as basically a very strong glue.
He wrote down everything, finding nothing important to note, though Fukidashi's had an amazing amount of potential.
"Alright… now Monoma-"
"IT'S MY TIME!" The blonde yelled as he strode to the front of the class, though he didn't touch anyone. The boy took an elegant bow, something an old time European noble would do not a traditional Japanese one, as he smiled at his class. "As many of you saw yesterday, my quirk is Copy, allowing me to copy anyone's quirks who I touch, though I cannot copy mutations."
He explained simply, rising from his bow and reaching a hand out to the crowd, "Do I have a volunteer?"
None of the class moved up, the majority not comfortable with their quirks being copied and others being mutant type quirk bearers. "I see, what about you Midoriya?" He turned to his green haired friend.
The boy choked up, the class turning to him, "I-I don't know Monoma-kun, my quirk b-breaks my body I don't think it's such a g-good idea…" He trailed off, looking at Monoma with eyes of contemplation.
"Well we do have Recovery Girl for a reason, don't we?" Monoma smirked slightly, "Right, Kan-sensei?"
The giant pro sighed, "Monoma-kun, I would not recommend going out of your way to break yourself. It's not a good idea, it's not beneficial, and all you'll do is gain the old lady's ire."
"But perhaps it could help Midoriya with his own quirk, isn't that something we should take into account?" He spread his arms wide, as if making a grand presentation.
Vlad bit his lip. He wanted Midoriya to succeed a lot, to stick it to Aizawa. He wanted that to happen so bad. Any insight into the boy's quirk would be wonderful, but this wasn't the way. "Monoma-kun, pick someone else-"
"A-Actually Kan-sensei, I don't think it'd do anything." Izuku stated as he went to a page in his notebook. A page on his quirk, though it was named "Superpower" instead of "One For All" and it didn't cover anything on the transferring aspect of the quirk.
Vlad rose a brow as well as the rest of the class. Yanagi tilted her head, "Would you mind if we seek your knowledge in this instance Midoriya." She asked. It was interesting to see how his mind worked, she wanted to know more. More about him, about what he liked, how he thought. Just more.
Izuku nodded, skimming through his notes. "W-Well, like I said yesterday..m-my quirk uses a form of energy. And.. that energy is what enhances my body. T-Though…" Ok, he'd need to explain how the energy stockpiled without it seeming like he just magically gained a quirk from someone else.
Thankfully, he'd been working on it.
"I believe that this energy has had to s-stockpile overtime, building up until it actually became useful. It took so long that for the first fifteen years of my life, I was thought to be quirkless." He closed his notebook and waited for any sort of reaction from his class.
Though he didn't get any from his most of his classmates, it just seemed like a passing statement, Monoma's eyes widened. And Vlad King didn't seem to be doing much better.
Izuku continued, "So I believe if you copy my quirk, you won't have any of the energy I use to power up, thus rendering it useless to you." He explained, getting a stiff nod from his blonde friend. Monoma felt a little bad. Izuku didn't know that his quirk copied the target's at an equal level of power, just without the knowledge to use it effectively, so he most likely would gain the energy his friend was talking about.
"Alright, Monoma go back to the group, since Midoriya already explained his and his quirk has a glass cannon like nature, Yanagi you're up." The ghost girl nodded and explained her Poltergeist, Izuku took notes like usual.
Though there was the blonde, his teacher, and a couple other students sending Izuku worried stares.
Quirkless, the ire the quirkless gained simply for existing was astronomical. So they had to ask, how much pain had Midoriya endured?
Vlad cleared his throat, gaining their attention once again. "Alright, class dismissed, go change back and then go to lunch, after that you'll have your normal class then you can go home. Eat a good meal for dinner, you'll have your first heroics exercise tomorrow!" Vlad yelled as he strode out of the gym, the class leaving soon after.
Sekijiro Kan was walking with a purpose as he strode into the teacher's lounge, practically slamming the door open. "AIZAWA!" He yelled in anger.
The teachers that were there shook in fear at the random jump scare, Midnight spilling her tea. "Kan! What the heck!"
The teacher growled as he stared at the caterpillar sleeping on the floor. He went over and forcefully opened it up and brought the hobo looking man out of it.
"Hey partner, why don't we calm down eh? No reason to get all cranky with each other." Snipe stood up and tried to placate Vlad, the man growled in response. The cowboy hero backed off as he put his hands up, showing he wasn't a threat to anybody.
Finally, the hobo looking man decided to wake up. "Vlad, what are you doing?" He asked in a dead voice.
The white haired pro turned to Aizawa with a glare, "Arrogant! You called him arrogant, Aizawa! He's the exact opposite of that crap!" He shook Aizawa as he had him by the collar.
"Who are you talking about.." Aizawa narrowed his eyes, having a small idea of who was being mentioned, he was starting to get annoyed. Being so emotional when being a pro hero, it was illogical. Letting your emotions get the better of you when you were in such a profession. It was something only a fool would do.
"Midoriya damn it! You called him arrogant for not training his quirk! He thought he was quirkless for fifteen years damn it!" Vlad grit his teeth, Aizawa could clearly see how much anger was held in his eyes "You judge anyone you deem unworthy of being a hero! But you didn't know anything about Midoriya! How many other hero hopefuls have you deemed unworthy, and how many of them have become villains!"
The pros which were resting were now invested in what was happening. Yamada was quietly sipping his coffee, staring at the two.
And Nezu was in his office, watching the whole display with a smile, "Though Sekijiro is being a little more violent than I expected, I do believe this will be a humbling experience for Shouta.." He quietly sipped at his tea, a content smile on his face.
His eyes glinted happily as his smile stretched just a bit, seeing Aizawa start to get a little annoyed was a joyful experience.
The white haired man bit back a growl, "His quirk requires an energy that his body generates over time, he was treated as a quirkless for fifteen years, do you have any idea what kind of torment he could possibly have received!" He brought the man closer till they were centimeters apart.
Aizawa narrowed his eyes, "And how is that my fault?"
"You're a teacher at UA, you're supposed to do background checks. You said you would take care of the top 10 examinees! Nezu gave you those because you said doing the rest with us was too much of a hassle, and you couldn't even handle that!" He shook the man a little, his anger was overtaking him, even he knew that.
Aizawa clenched his fist, "Well I'm sorry that I'm busy when I'm not in school, unlike the rest of you I take my patrols seriously." He stated monotonically.
"IT WAS TEN PEOPLE, DOCTOR REPORTS, PAST SCHOOLS, GRADES, BEHAVIOR REPORTS, AND RECORDS! THAT'S ALL YOU NEEDED TO DO, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!" He felt his hands clenching harder at the man's collar.
"What if it is? I don't need to waste my time with someone who can't even use their quirk right." Aizawa said through clenched teeth.
Vlad was about to punch him in the face.
"Excuse me, Aizawa-kun?" The tension was broken when they all heard the high pitched voice over the intercom. Vlad clenched his teeth, there was more to do, more to say, but he dropped Aizawa.
The man brushed his clothes. "What is it?" The man looked up towards the intercom in the corner of the room
"Can we talk for a moment in my office? You don't have afternoon classes so I believe you'll be free." They all could hear the smile in the rat's voice.
The messy man sighed as he stepped past Kan, sending him a glare and briefly activating his quirk, before leaving.
The remaining teachers all looked at Kan.
"Ayo, so what was that abou-"
"CODE VIOLET IN THE CAFETERIA, CAN WE GET ONE TEACHER TO THE CAFETERIA PLEASE." A robotic voice came over the intercom, it was distinctly monotone compared to Nezu's overly joyful tone.
The pros on break all sighed. "Of course.. that one annoyin' kid every goddamned year. I swear partner…" Snipe leaned back in his chair. Many of the rest copying him. "Not it."
"Not i-"
"I'll handle it." Midnight stood up and sighed. She loved kids, she really did, but they could be so annoying sometimes.
"I'll go with you, Nem." Yamada took a drink of his water, getting his throat ready if he had to yell.
The two left the teacher's lounge and Vlad fell onto the couch with a sigh. "You good partner?" Snipe sipped his drink, how he did that through his mask I have no idea.
Vlad stared at the sharpshooting hero before sighing, "No."
END
Ok, so that's the end of chapter 2, real quick I wanted to ask what pairs people wanted for the Battle Trials? I think I want to pair Izuku with Tetsutetsu, because I want him to have a bro, not that Monoma ain't cool but he ain't exactly a bro. He's like Iida and Tetsu's like... well Kirishima, they're both cool but different kinds of cool.
As for who I'd have him up against, right now I think I wanna try having him fight Monoma and Kamakiri, I definitely wanna have Kamakiri on the enemy team but I'm not sure on Monoma, any suggestions would help a ton!
Anyways, I'm probably not gonna get to the Battle Trials next chapter... sorry, we have character stuff to go through!
