Battle Trials/ Midoriya's Mettle!

Izuku smiled as his mom cried about him making friends. She was awake when he had gotten home, so that was a good thing. She had also mentioned wanting to talk to the person that called him Izuku and constantly asked if he had already gotten a girlfriend on the second day of high school.

"Oh my baby boy's all grown up! Next thing I know he'll be married and have a big house and two- no three kids!"

"M-Mom! I told you it's not like that! Tokage-chan just likes to tease people!" It was something that he had learned about her. She found a lot of fun in teasing people, she liked getting reactions out of people. Which for him meant that he was usually her target.

'Darn my terrible social skills and easy embarrassment..' He thought as he observed his hero costume sketch.

He had already gotten his costume, his mother had made it with everyday materials and lots of love. But it was most likely going to break if he ever wore it in a villain scenario. He had felt the material, it was thin, and skin tight when he wore it. And it didn't leave much to the imagination either, and he knew that it could've just been more full for Tokage to use against him.

A thrown rock would most likely tear the fabric also.

So he was designing an updated version of his decade old original design. He had his pencil in hand as he went over his old design, trying to draw it with his better drawing skills that he now had. From there he would update parts that he didn't like.

But he found himself stuck.

He creased a brow. "Hmmm, what can I change?" He stared at the design before sighing, "I'm not getting anywhere…" He closed his notebook and rolled back in his chair, staring at the ceiling with tired eyes. "I should get some sleep, we do have our first heroics class tomorrow."

He got into bed and smiled as he went to bed, content with the softness of his bed.

Monoma sighed as he still couldn't go to sleep. He had been thinking a lot about the ball of interest that was Izuku Midoriya. He had the power of seemingly a god yet he was as humble as they come. He was a bottle of contradictions…

And then there was what he mentioned during the quirk showcase.

"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."

Suffering, that was something that Monoma knew a lot of. Not having a power to call his own had led to a lot of less than favorable instances for the blond. But at least he had something. Being thought to be quirkless? He couldn't imagine the amount of pain his friend must have gone through.

The blite of the quirkless was something that had long since become the norm, from before he had even been born. He sighed as he sank further into his bed. Then there was the boy's quirk hobby. He had perfectly understood all of their quirks even from just a little showcase and had ideas on how to improve them, was that hobby due to never having one to call his own?

And then there was the bully, Bakugo Katsuki…

He had attacked Izuku out of nowhere for no apparent reason, or no reasonable reason at least, and it seemed like the norm. Izuku was ready to take a beating to defend them as well, as if he had been programmed or brainwashed to do so.

It- it wasn't right…

Monoma sighed as he closed his eyes, he needed to sleep for tomorrow. He had done enough thinking as is.

Yanagi couldn't stop thinking. Thinking about how to help Midoriya. She wanted to help him with his stuttering issue and have him smile more. Help him get used to having friends and perhaps help him with his quirk as well. He did smile a lot, but it was always small, hidden and nervous. She wanted him to be able to let out a wide and bright smile, but she didn't know how to do that.

She stared at her empty hand, she had held him with it, when he was on the floor in pain. She wasn't able to do much, she didn't help him like Komori did. It made her frown as she messed with her wrists, a habit she had formed when she was dissatisfied with something.

She pouted and floated a pillow over to her body and crushed it in a hug to find some comfort. She continued to massage her wrists, trying to think of something that could make him feel a bit better whenever he was sad.

She sighed as nothing came to mind and put the pillow aside as she sat up in her bed, still messing with her hands.

Her gaze drifted to her limbs as she continued to massage them. She rose a brow as a small idea came to mind. "Perhaps a friendship bracelet would help to remind him that he's not alone, that he can come to me or Monoma for help…" She nodded to herself and decided that she'd make one first thing in the morning, hopefully her mother could assist her.

She fell back into her bed, for the first time that night her grey and white pajamas feeling extremely comfortable and soft as she closed her eyes.

Next Day

The trio all felt content as they met at the gate of UA. Though none of them felt like mentioning the things that had happened the past day, it was clear that Monoma and Yanagi weren't going to get much more from Izuku about this Bakugo person. Or as Monoma had taken to calling him, "That blond hooligan."

Despite this, both of them wanted to help their new friend and Yanagi wanted to give him the present she had made.

"So, what do you believe our first heroics exercise will be?" Monoma asked as they entered the class. Unlike yesterday, almost everyone was in the class when they arrived and they were all chatting with each other just like the trio was.

Yanagi placed a finger on her chin as she scrunched her brows. "Perhaps a team exercise? Though I cannot say for certain that's what it will be. What do you think, Midoriya-kun?"

The greanette didn't like being put on the spot, but he did know they were trying to include him, which was nice. "Um, I think a team e-exercise too, just so we can get to know each other m-more.."

The three nodded as they took their seats, ready for anything that would be thrown at them.

Tokage smiled as she saw Izuku nervously sit down, stealing glances at her to see if she was going to say something. She waited until he finally sat down to open her mouth. "Hey greenie, how's your mom doing?" Tokage asked with a smirk as Izuku sat down. The boy sighed and threw a half hearted glare her way.

"She's… doing good." He muttered, pulling out his notebook so he could take notes during their exercise. Tokage pouted at his lack of reaction, he was learning and she didn't like that.

Yanagi watched what the two were doing and tightened her hold on the friendship bracelet she had made.

"Alright!" Vlad King strode into the class with a yell. "Today you'll be having a heroics exercise with Nezu's mystery teacher. For now however, spend homeroom as you all wish." The man crossed his arms at the podium, staying still as conversation broke out between the students.

"So who do you believe the mystery teacher is?" Shishida asked the boy who sat behind him, a boy called Shoda.

"I don't really know.. but it can't be anyone we've already seen.."

More conversations sprouted like this as more of the hero course students tried to think of who the possible mystery teacher was.

And Izuku was sweating.

He hadn't seen All Might for the past two days. Now that didn't necessarily mean anything, but he hadn't seen him at orientation either. You'd think they'd want the number one hero and symbol of peace to be there, it'd be a humongous announcement that the Number One Hero was teaching at the Number One Hero school, but he wasn't there... there was no announcement of it either, like it was purposefully being kept a secret...

"That couldn't be random, could it?"

"What couldn't be random, Midoriya?" Izuku blinked as he heard Yanagi's voice, he wanted to bonk himself on the head as he realized he had been muttering, Monoma was right about what he said about his muttering. He turned around and rubbed the back of his head.

"N-Nothing Yanagi-chan, I was just thinking again…"

The girl tilted her head as she had a finger on her chin, "If you are absolutely certain Midoriya-kun.."

Izuku nodded as Kendo and Komori came to talk with the group. "So Midoriya, how a.. how are you feeling after…" Kendo trailed off as they all realized what she was referring to. The group sent worried glances at Izuku but he smiled instead.

"I'm feeling really good actually! Recovery Girl's quirk is amazing, she patched me up perfectly, I didn't even feel a thing, well actually I did feel a little tired, but that's just because her quirks takes a person's energy to instantly heal them!" He pulled out his book and was going to count off as much information as he could, but it was snatched by a dismembered floating hand.

"What's even up with this book anyway, Greenie?" The arm came back to Tokage.

Izuku's eyes dilated as he closed and opened his hands, not feeling his book in them, looking up very slowly he saw it in Tokage's hands. "Give it back." He said in a low voice. Monoma flinched at how Izuku sounded silently pissed and Yanagi's eyes widened as well. They both also noticed that he didn't stutter at all.

"Ah come on Greenie, I just wanna know., plus we're green buddies aren't we?" Tokage smiled as she began to flip through pages, not noticing Izuku's instant mood change.

What is that? His diary? Man, what a loser.

The boy blinked as he heard voices, "I'm kind of curious too Midoriya, Tokage let me see." Kendo said as she looked over her friend's shoulder, trying to peak at Midoriya's notes. Perhaps he had written more about her quirk.

Have you heard of his book? Seriously, what a stalker.

"T-Tokage, give Midoriya back his book." Komori muttered as she saw Midoriya clench his hands, clearly wanting his book back. Monoma and Yanagi stared as they heard Izuku start breathing rather raggedly, clenching and opening his mouth as air was pushed in and out of him. He heard more voices, they wouldn't stop!

NO DAMN BOOK IS GONNA HELP YOU DEKU! YOU'RE USELESS! THAT'S ALL YOU WILL EVER BE!

Useless….

Worthless…

Quirkless…

IF YOU WANT A QUIRK SO BAD, TAKE A SWAN DIVE OFF THE ROOF AND PRAY FOR ONE IN YOUR NEXT LIFE!

Izuku grit his teeth as he remembered the day he met All Might, more importantly Kacchan's words to him when school ended. His book being burned to a crisp and being thrown away like trash.

He never let anyone take his notebook away now.

No one.

"GIVE IT BACK!" The class quieted as Izuku yelled.

Yanagi and Monoma stared with wide eyes as Izuku stood and yanked his notebook back from a gapping Tokage. He seemed stiff, and partially regretting his yelling, as he went back to his seat.

The class was quiet and even Vlad King was a little wide eyed at his spot at the front of the class.

"Oh shit, Midoriya's the quiet kid… you don't get the quiet kid mad…" A boy with brown hair named Kosei Tsuburaba muttered, though everyone was so quiet everyone heard it. Eliciting a chuckle and snort from a couple of the students.

Tetsutetsu activated his quirk and folded in on himself to not burst out laughing.

Before anyone could ask questions they heard a powerful voice from behind the closed door. "I AM COMING THROUGH THE DOOR-" The doorway slammed open, revealing All Might with his cape fluttering into the class, "LIKE A HERO!"

The class stared dumbfounded as the Number One Hero stroded to the podium, Vlad scooting out of the way with a sigh. 'You have impeccable timing All Might…'

The giant pro smiled as he put his hands on his hips. "This is Hero Foundations 101! And I'll be your teacher!" He yelled elegantly, though he was confused by the lack of reaction from the students. It was just silence. The man began to sweat when the class didn't say anything, staying as quiet as dead- well really anything that was dead.

"HooooollY FUCK, IT'S ALL MIGHT!" The class all heard Awase's yell and soon everyone else was gushing over the fact that the number one hero would be teaching them.

"It's his silver age costume!"

"Is he bigger than he is on TV?"

"His hand is probably the size of my head!"

Izuku found himself smiling and sighing in delight. All Might's abrupt entrance had gotten him out of an embarrassing situation. But also, how could you not be at least a little bit happy when you were in the same room as the Symbol of Peace!

He glanced down at his notebook and held it to his chest before looking back up and smiling at his hero.

All Might found himself mentally laughing at how excited Izuku looked at his entrance, 'I've known the kid for a year now and he still gets excited every time he sees me like it's his first time doing so, truly a fanboy.' His smile stretched as he pulled a card and smacked it on top of the podium. "TODAY WE'LL BE HAVING-"

"Battle." Kamakiri smiled widely as he read the word in bright crimson letters on the blank white card. "Training!" Tetsutetsu smiled as he activated his quirk and pumped an arm into the air.

Izuku smiled to himself as All Might's signature smile widened. This was it.

Their first heroics exercise!

"We'll be meeting at Ground Beta for the exercise! But before that, you'll need to look the part!" The pro gestured to the side of the room where cupboards opened up, displaying suitcases with their suit numbers on them, though one was missing.

"Midoriya, where's your case?" Monoma asked as he noticed number 19 was missing,

Izuku smiled, "Don't worry Monoma-kun… I have a costume…"

The blond stared at him for a second before nodding, "If you say so."

Vlad stepped up to the podium as All Might moved aside, then cleared his throat before yelling, "HEAD TO THE CHANGING ROOMS WITH YOUR COSTUMES AND MEET All MIGHT AT GROUND BETA IN 10 MINUTES, DO NOT BE LATE!" His yell vibrated through the students as Tetsutetsu and Kamakiri jumped out of their seats and grabbed their cases before racing out of the class.

"Let go!" Pony cheered in broken Japanese as she ran out of the class with her own case.

Izuku watched as more and more of his classmates followed, "Alright…" It was time, and he couldn't be more nervous and excited.

Ground Beta

"Haha! They say the suit makes the man! And you all look absolutely wonderful!" They all heard All Might's signature laugh as they exited the tunnel into Ground Beta. Vlad wasn't around, having business to attend to, but he would be back for the end of the exercise. 'It's just me today… I can handle this..' The new teacher sweated as he knew he was alone.

The class all cheered as they got into the light, looking over each other's costumes.

"You look dazzling, Yanagi!" Monoma yelled as he looked at Yanagi's costume, a knee length kimono that was a pale shade of purple that had sleeves that covered her hands. (since it isn't winter and I only know what her winter costume looks like I'm having small changes)

"I must say Monoma-kun, your choice of attire is.. strange." She replied.

The boy smiled and played with his hair, posing in his suit. He wore a black suit with long sleeves with a white undershirt and two belts, one brown and one white, a teal tie and long coat tails. "It is quite magnificent, is it not?"

"Just straight weird dude, how's a suit going to help in the field?" Tokage asked as she approached, wearing a skin tight blue costume with black boots and black gloves with gold forearm bands, the suit seeming to have scales on it.

Yanagi tilted her head, "Your outfit is a little.. revealing, is it not?"

The green haired girl smiled, "Yeah, but I can use that against villains! They get embarrassed and flushed, next thing they know they get punched by a floating hand to the face!" She grinned.

"Whatever you say Tokage.." Kendo muttered as she and Komori came up, Komori wearing a cute red and white mushroom themed dress and Kendo wearing a turquoise sleeveless qipao with a black corset with a domino mask. "But, where's Midoriya?"

"S-SORRY EVERYONE!" All the students heard the cry from the tunnel and out came running Izuku Midoriya.

"Oh man first it was his scars then his quirk, now he's doing the late entrance thing that main characters do! I WANNA SEE HOW COOL HIS COSTUME IS?!" Tetsutetsu found himself involuntarily activating his quirk again as he cheered.

All Might himself was waiting in anticipation as the food steps became louder and louder until the boy finally emerged from the tunnel.

It was lackluster to say the least.

But it was skintight which showed off his impressive frame, Tokage even licked her lips.

"The hell is that abomination!" Kamakiri yelled and the class sweatdropped.

"Now Kamakiri, someone at a company put a lot of work into making Izuku's costume, to dismiss their hard work is rude as a hero in training." Shishida interned.

"A-Ah, actually…" They all heard Izuku start talking and turned to him, "…my mom made it…"

And the laughing started, it wasn't the worst honestly, he'd been through more humiliating things before. Awase held his sides as he laughed and Sen was already on the floor. Izuku winced but it really wasn't that bad, it was moderate compared to what he was used to.

All Might frowned as he watched the display. He knew that he shouldn't be playing favorites, but Midori- Izuku was like… like a… 'I have no idea but something special, that's for damn sure…' The boy had found a way into his heart and seeing him laughed at.

It hurt.

Yanagi frowned as the laughs of more people got louder, Kosei finding himself joining in as well as Kamakiri, Shishida remarking at how rude they were being. She walked past all the boys and found herself in front of Midoriya. "I believe accepting a costume from your mother is very honorable, she must have been very proud when she heard you made it in and gave it to you as a gift, no?"

The masked face of Izuku blushed at Yanagi's outfit, it wasn't anything near the levels of whatever Tokage was wearing. 'SERIOUSLY, WHY'S IT SKIN TIGHT' But Izuku found it cute. He rubbed the back of his neck at her words. "Y-Yeah, she was really proud of me… and I couldn't just throw this away, but it'll probably get messed up today.."

The girl tilted her head and prodded at his costume, she didn't know he was so... buff, Izuku blushing as he wasn't wearing anything underneath and it was skintight. She stopped and looked at him before grabbing his hand and placing something in it.

Izuku rose a brow as she let go of his hand, allowing him to see a bracelet. It was a black leather band with a green gem held in a silver container, specks of gold dotting the band. "W-What's this Yanagi-chan?"

The girl looked at him, "It's.. a token of our friendship Midoriya, I want you to know that whenever you are in a dire situation you can always come to me and Monoma…"

Izuku gaped at the ghost girl and found himself tearing up, he instantly put the bracelet on and held the decorated arm to his chest, "T-This is the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me… t-thank you…"

Yanagi found herself smiling underneath her mask, "There is no need to thank me, it is what friends are for, is it not?"

Izuku chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck, "R-Right, I keep on forgetting."

They all heard a throat clear as All Might drew the attention back to himself, "If I may! We have a class to get to!" The students scrambled up and prepared themselves mentally for their first assignment. The man smiled as all the students had looks of determination.

"Alright! Now-" All Might pulled a script out.

"Is he serious?"

"-We will be conducting urban battle demonstrations, a duo of villains have hidden a bomb in a five story building, it is the hero's job to reclaim the weapon before 10 minutes have expired or capture the villains in the allotted time!" He smiled as he put the script away, and saw his disappointed students. "I-Is something the matter?"

Shishida exchanged glances with his fellow students who were shaking their heads in disappointment, "N-No sir, not at all."

The pro held a thumbs up, "I'm glad! Now, any questions?"

Shoda threw a hand up and All Might told him to ask, "How will teams be picked?"

All Might's smile stretched as he pulled out two boxes. One labeled teams and the other labeled as designations. "We'll decide by drawing straws! That will determine your team and if you're playing a hero or a villain!"

"To be forced to act in villainy, such a sinful act…" Shiozaki muttered.

Shishida raised a hand, "Sir, is it really wise to decide in such a haphazard manner?" The beast boy asked.

"A-Actually Shishida-kun, during incidents heroes don't tend to know who they're working with, they just have to work with whoever's on the scene…" Izuku remembered the sludge incident.

Those heroes weren't used to working with whoever was on the scene, rather working by themselves, their teamwork was terrible and thus someone almost died. He shook the thought away and brought himself back to what was happening.

"Ah, I see! Thank you Midoriya, my apologies All Might-sensei."

The giant man waved a hand, "Worry not, Young Shishida. Now, any other questions?"

Kendo through a hand up, "I have one sensei!"

"Give it a shot, Young Kendo!" The man laughed.

It was weird seeing All Might so casually that she still almost couldn't believe it, "Um, are we going to rate our performances and will we see each other's performances too?" She asked.

The man nodded, that was a great question! "Yes Young Kendo! We will be picking a MVP for each match after they conclude through peer evaluation! Anything else young heroes?"

No one spoke up, so the man nodded to himself and let everyone pick their lots. Izuku gulped when it was his turn, seeing a smiling All Might hold the box towards him eased his worries a little and he clenched his eyes closed and grabbed a lot.

He got letter A, he looked around, "Ah um.. does a-anyone else have an A-?"

"I DO!" The loud and excited form of Tetsutetsu was standing in front of Izuku in less than a second, making the boy gulp. Tetsutetsu was a little too… hardcore for his taste. "Alright! I'm on a team with Midoriya!" But he didn't seem to be a mean guy so that was a plus.

Everyone else grouped up, Monoma and Tokage were on a team, Komori was partnered up with someone called Kuroiro, Kendo was paired with Shishida, and Yanagi was with Bondo.

Izuku thought about how their groups could work together. Monoma and Tokage could use Tokage's quirk to confuse the enemy or maybe Monoma could use his opponents' quirks against them in conjunction with Tokage's quirk? 'How many can he copy at a given time?' Questions for later.

If Komori could make black or dark mushrooms then they could have Kuroiro hide in them in a labyrinth of the fungi. Kendo and Shishida were a full brawl pairing, they'd need to go all out and win that way.

With Yanagi and Bondo, that was interesting. Bondo could make traps of glue and Yanagi could use her quirk to tug their opponents into them, or she could have Bondo produce glue and she could use it as projectiles. Or, if they were villains, they could just cover the bomb in glue so the heroes weren't able to touch it.

"..that's actually a really good idea…"

"Yo, earth to Midoriya!" The boy squirmed at the loud yell and turned to his partner. "We got our match dude!"

Izuku turned to All Might, seeing him display two balls, one black and the other white with letters on them.

On the white ball a letter A was displayed.

On the black one a letter E was displayed.

"Who's team E?" Tetsutetsu looked around, trying to find their opponents.

Izuku was sweating, he had been paying attention to team formations, not matchups, so he knew who team E was. "Kamakiri-kun…" He wasn't excited about this. His partner was Tsunotori, which they could use to their advantage. "They might have communication problems…"

But they both had really strong quirks. Tetsutetsu could counter Kamakiri's quirk, and maybe Tsunutori's, but he doubted there would be an occasion for Tetsutetsu to take both out.

Not if they worked well together, but Kamakiri showed little signs of cooperativeness.

Izuku took a chance to glance at the bug looking boy to see his grin, one that reminded him too much of Kacchan. He gulped.

"So, you got a plan, Midoriya?" Tetsutetsu asked as they arrived outside of the building, they had a five minute planning phase and ten minutes to capture the bomb.

The building was 5 stories tall, the greanette presumed that they'd probably place it on the top floor. Tsunotori seemed normal but excited, and Kamakiri seemed battle hungry. "Kamakiri-kun will probably leave the bomb to come for us, Tsunotori-san may or may not follow." He spoke aloud, Tetsutetsu nodding along.

"Sooo….. what does that mean?" The boy smiled.

Izuku adopted a thinking look, pulling out his notebook, "W-We… should stay together. That way if Tsunotori-san goes with Kamakiri-kun then we have a chance to counter. If Kamakiri comes alone then I'm going to rely on you, your quirk counters his…" He wrote down their plan and tore out the pages and handed them to Tetsutetsu who stuffed them into his shorts.

"Anything else?" Tetsutetsu asked, honestly, Midoriya was super smart. That was obvious to see, and it was really cool too. He wanted Midoriya to see if there was anything he could learn about his quirk too.

Izuku scrunched his brow as he nodded, "If we can't resolve it quickly then in just a few blows… I'll deal with Kamakiri and you can go get the bomb. You might be able to run through Tsunotori's horns so go straight for the bomb."

"Might? I don't like how that sounds man!" Tetsutetsu yelled

"W-Well I don't know how strong her horns are, or how strong your metal skin is! Is it actually steel like the name of your quirk? Or is it something else entirely? What's it's melting point? Does it rust? How much force can it take? T-That's the type of questions I need answers to…" Izuku sighed as he pulled his hood up, throwing his mask over it, the smile glimmering as he stared into the dark entrance of the building, "…I don't have any answers right now… s-so.. this is the best we have."

Tetsutetsu shook with excitement, "I'll totally tell you then! It's melting point is- huh? I don't know…"

Izuku sighed, "I-It's fine Tetsutetsu-kun-"

"You can just call me Tetsu, my name's kinda a mouthful." The steel teen interrupted.

Izuku blushed but nodded, he had never called anyone by a nickname before. That's something friends did, right? Were he and Tetsutet- just Tetsu friends? He didn't know, "O-Ok, but it's fine, r-really. We can figure that out after if you want…"

"Totally! Mind giving me some pointers for my quirk too, sorry but you're super smart and I wanna be as manly as you Midoriya!" The boy exclaimed.

Izuku turned to him and his blush was visible under the mask, "I-I'm not manly at all! Y-You got it all wrong, Tetsute- Tetsu-kun."

The boy waved a hand, "Nah man! Your quirk is totally metal! It breaks you but you still use it like it's nothing! And your scars are awesome!" The boy exclaimed, invading Izuku's space just a bit with his excitement.

Izuku gulped and nodded, "O-Ok.. I can help…"

"Thanks man!" Tetsutetsu got situated afterwards, waiting for the countdown alongside Izuku.

Izuku closed his eyes and activated One For All, putting 2% of the quirk into his legs, he opened them and they glowed a radioactive green.

Tetsu activated his quirk and pumped an arm into the air! "DO OR DIE TIME!"

"STRATEGIZING TIME IS UP! HEROES, MOVE IN!"

Kamakiri smirked as he ran out of the room where they had set the bomb in. "Defend the bomb horny!" He yelled as he made his dash around the halls.

Tsunotori huffed, she had understood half of what the boy had meant, but she didn't like being left behind. She crossed her arms and pouted, "Well that's just mean, leaving me behind like that…." She'd show him!

The American smiled as she dashed out of the room, she'd capture both of the heroes and then laugh in Kama- "Ka…ma…ki..li-ri….Kamakiri…." Kamakiri's face!

Izuku and Tetsu ran through the halls as they continued through the halls.

Kamakiri cackled as he went straight to the first floor.

Tsunotori grumbled while she searched the top floor, seeing if the heroes had found a way up quickly, "Four floor next." She muttered in broken Japanese before heading down to the next floor.

Tetsu and Izuku ran up to the next floor, not bothering to check. Izuku knew for a fact that Kamakiri would be loud and make a lot of noise. He was like Bakugo but he hadn't displayed the battle instincts the boy had.

Izuku had watched the blonde for years, he knew what he was capable of, Kamakiri showed none of those abilities. besides the same level of rage. So the fact that they didn't hear his footsteps meant that he was on a higher floor.

They entered the third floor and were approaching the stairwell when Izuku saw a glint of silver in the darkness of a passing hallway. The form jumped out and he saw a smiling Kamakiri.

"Get down!" Tetsu grabbed Izuku and threw him to the floor, Kamakiri slashing him across the chest.

And doing nothing…

Tetsu grinned as the bug looking boy recoiled and backed up, a grimace on his face. Izuku looked back as he stood up, seeing Tetsu standing like a guardian. 'One For All: 2%' Izuku charged up All Might's power into his fist and charged at Kamakiri.

"SMAASSSHH!" Izuku's yell cut through the building as he launched his fist at Kamakiri, the boy blocking using his forearm blade as a shield, the force launching him into a wall. He smiled, they could go get Tsunotori now.

"I'M NOT DONE!" They both heard him yell.

Izuku gulped, having Kamakiri tailing them would alert Tsunotori to their location, which wasn't good, he nodded to himself, "Tetsu-kun, go for the bomb!" Izuku yelled.

"Are you sure-"

"Yes!" Izuku nodded as he massaged his wrist, he powered it up too fast, didn't get a good feel for the amount, 'It may have been 3 or 4, it hurts…'

"A-Alright! Good luck bro!" He heard Tetsu yell before the boy ran off.

Izuku nodded as Kamakiri stood back up, a scowl on his face. 'Ok… he doesn't like me… wonder what I did?' Izuku dodged under a horizontal slash that was sent his way, before taking a jump back to gain distance.

Kamakiri closed the gap with a leap and sent another slash Izuku's way, the boy dodged. '2% SMASH'. He quickly retaliated, sending Kamakiri skittering back again. 'I can't get in good hits and I can barely dodge… I'm fighting a losing battle…' He needed strategies, an idea, more ideas than just punch and evade.

"I can't cut through concrete or brick, I've tried, it makes my blades dull."

Izuku's eyes lit up as he ran down the hall.

"DON'T RUN STUTTER!" Izuku heard a yell as he ducked around a corner, quickly turning around, 'ONE FOR ALL: 4%!' He charged up his power and saw Kamakiri come around the corner.

They got into each other's personal space, Kamakiri bringing his right arm up to strike Izuku, his left arm moving as well. Izuku dodged the first but got nicked by the second in his side, though he persevered and punched the boy's right arm, redirecting it and sending it crashing into the wall. The blade scratching against the wall roughly, sparks being seen.

Kamakiri winced as he felt the familiar feeling of his blade dulling.

Izuku ignored his own familiar feeling of blood escaping his body from the cut in his side as he stepped forward, using his left hand as his right hand throbbed in pain, '2% SMASH!' He punched the boy in the stomach and the boy rolled away.

"DAMN IT!" Kamakiri got up and glared at Izuku. "I'LL KICK YOUR ASS STUTTER"

"-Hey uhhh Midoriya, I got a problem.." Izuku heard Tetsu's voice through a comm link they were given.

He pressed the comm link, "W-What is it, Tetsu-kun?"

"SHE'S NOT AT THE BOMB, SHE'S ON LEVEL FOUR AND SHE'S STRONG-OOF!" The line went dead and Izuku waited a couple of seconds, he didn't hear any announcement on Tetsu being eliminated so he concluded the boy was still up and kicking.

And Kamakiri was the same.

He slashed Izuku across the chest, the boy's costume easily tearing at the blade, even if it was dull. He winced. 'I knew it'd be too thin!' He yelled at himself as he dodged a vertical slice from Kamakiri.

He dodged a barrage of slashes from Kamakiri, gritting his teeth and ignoring the pain that he was feeling.

"GIVE UP STUTTER!" Kamakiri yelled as he sent a strike to Izuku's face, the successor ducking and wrapping his capture tape around the boy's arm, pulling the tape and forcing Kamakiri to stumble.

"…I-I… WON'T!" He yelled, angry that he had stuttered. He let go of his capture tape and punched the boy again, this time in the cheek and making him wince. This was plus ultra! "GIVE UP!"

Viewing Room

All Might flinched as Izuku took strikes from his classmate. He wanted to stop the match, to protect his successor, but he couldn't play favorites! "Damn it…" He clenched a fist to stop himself from doing too much. But he did loath this feeling of helplessness.

Yanagi frowned, Midoriya was taking a lot of damage, it was superficial cuts but they would eventually add up. "He's acting so rash…" She spoke aloud.

Tokage, who was standing next to her, smiled. "You worried about Greenie, huh?" Tokage asked coyly to the ghost girl as she leaned towards her.

The girl squinted her eyes, trying to get as much detail from the screens as she could, "Yes…" Yanagi kept her eyes focused on the screen, it was.. strange. He was always so nervous, so scared. But he looked so ferocious right now. He was cunning and calculating, he led Kamakiri to around a corner and used that second where he wasn't seen to charge up for an attack. Not only that but he was trying to dull the boy's blades. "But.. I also trust him to be ok."

Tokage pouted, that wasn't was she was looking for! "Alright, what about you blondie?"

Monoma huffed, he had a name. "I believe Midoriya can handle himself, though I would be lying if I said I wasn't worried." He fixed his sleeve cuff as he stared at the screen, Izuku punching the boy away after ducking. Monoma wanted to kick Kamakiri's ass real bad right now.

Komori quivered, seeing Midoriya get injured, it made her scared.

"Komori, are you alright?" Her partner, Kuroiro, asked.

She squeaked, not used to being talkative with her new classmates yet. "A-Ah! I-I'm fine.. just- nervous is all!" She lowered her head to hide her eyes behind her bangs.

Kuroiro smiled, his smile was kind of strange to her. It wasn't like Izuku's, Kuroiro's was kinda creepy but it was still nice in its own way. She found it reassuring, "It'll be fine, just rely on me and no darkness will take you, alright?"

She was confused by his speech but nodded, "O-Ok shroom.." Kamakiri squinted his eyes, as if he was staring at something brighter than the sun before turning away. Komori blinked at his strange behavior.

Kendo felt agitated as she watched Izuku redirect more of Kamakiri's slices into the surrounding walls, trying to dull his blades. She wanted to give the bug looking boy a piece of her mind. She switched her gaze to another one of the cameras, seeing Tetsutetsu hiding behind a pillar as horns rained down on him. She sighed. "Tetsutetsu-kun…"

The boy squirmed as he tried to look out from his pillar, a flying horn zooming and hitting the rock he was hiding behind and almost his face as well, making him hide behind the pillar again. "MIDORIYA! HER HORNS FLY HARD AND FAST DUDE!" He yelled into his comm.

His comm turned on and he heard the sound of something hitting the ground, "T-Try to get into her personal space and grab her horns, I think that might stop her from using her quirk, I-I'll try to finish as soon as I- I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS STUTTE-" the comm died and Tetsu gritted his teeth.

Her horn had hit him fast, cracking his metal, though her horn had also taken extreme damage, almost breaking on impact. Which was good for him, it almost made him celebrate, but she regrew new horns almost instantly..

Her power was replenishable, his was finite to the amount of iron he ate. "Alright, grab her horns! Plain and simple!" He psyched himself up as he bounced in place.

He yelled out a battle cry and started his assault.

Izuku cried out as he got assaulted by a barrage of blades.

He backed into a corner and ducked, Kamakiri's blades striking the concrete wall behind Izuku, dulling even more as sparks flew off and lit up the dark hall. The greanette charged and punched the boy away with a punch to the stomach. He didn't use his quirk; not having nearly enough time to charge it up.

'I can't risk staying in his personal space too long.' Izuku thought. Kamakiri could create blades anywhere, it'd be too risky to stay close for prolonged periods of time. But he couldn't just keep playing cat and mouse either. 'I have to take him out of the match…' The problem was his capture tape had long since been torn to shreds by the bug boy after Izuku had discarded it.

So he'd have to use brute force.

He'd have to push One For All to a percentage he couldn't handle, even if it would break him it was the best bet he had. But he'd have to gauge it, so as to not hurt Kamakiri too badly as well. He winced, getting caught up in his thoughts gave his opponent a chance to strike his side, a deep cut now residing there.

"YOU'RE SLOWING DOWN!" Kamakiri yelled.

Too many cuts, too much damage, he needed to end this!

He ducked under another slice from Kamakiri and ran under the boy's arm, getting partially behind him, he tripped the boy's foot, his opponent now falling forwards into the ground.

He turned around and charged his fist, 'One For All: 15%!' He felt his bones crack from the force as the power tore his glove to shreds, thankfully this hand didn't have his friendship bracelet. He ignored the pain, he'd be paying Recovery Girl a visit later and she would not be happy about it. "SMASH!" He yelled, caving in Kamakiri's back with his fist, the other boy coughing out spit as the force met him.

Izuku huffed out a breath as he backed away, Kamakiri didn't make any movements of getting back up.

He wanted to cheer but the pain of his arm snapped him back to reality. His arm throbbed, his bones were most likely broken but they weren't pulverized! Still though, he held it as he wanted to cry. He took deep breaths, he was getting slightly dizzy from the pain.

The class in the viewing deck watched with worry.

"A-All Might-sensei, you should pull him out!" Kendo yelled. She, and most of her classmates, realized Izuku had gone straight past his limits and was most likely needing medical attention right now.

They had seen a spark of green lightning come from his bare arm when he pushed his quirk. Now seeing him grip it in obvious discomfort. He needed to stop.

All Might nodded, grabbing his microphone, Izuku's comm coming to life in the room so everyone could hear what he would say, "Young Midoriya, you have been eliminate-"

"TETSU-KUN, WHAT FLOOR ARE YOU ON?!" His yell came into the room. All Might gripped his microphone, losing his voice in his throat. He wanted Izuku to win, to keep on going until he succeeded, but he knew that the boy was in a major amount of pain now. But the boy's voice held conviction, and yet it held pain as well..

They weren't able to hear what Tetsutetsu said but they saw him on the camera, yelling into his comm as he tried to get Tsunotori's horns, the girl dodging out of the way pretty easily however.

"Y-You're increased weight when you use your metal form makes you slower, it makes it easier for her to dodge! I think she has increased leg strength because of an added bonus of her quirk!" They heard him yell as he ran up the stairs, All Might still having trouble opening his mouth.

Monoma was tapping his foot, he wanted his friend to succeed and Midoriya was showing much resilience and aptitude in on-the-go planning, but there would be a point where he would crash and burn, "Midoriya…"

"S-Sensei, please, stop the exercise and administer Midoriya to Recovery Girl's office." Shishida spoke his mind, All Might turning to him and eventually nodding.

He gulped, 'I'm sorry Young Midoriya…' He thought regretfully. "YOUNG MIDORIYA, YOU HAVE BEEN- "

"STOP RUNNING STUTTER!" The yell came through Midoriya's comm and the class watched as he was being chased by Kamakiri through the halls.

"Are you serious?! That guy's resilient!" Sen yelled in surprise. The class had to agree.

"Dude, how hard is his hate boner for Midoriya?" Awase asked aloud. All Might heard snorts and he had to sigh, he had to remember that these heroes in training were still kids.

He turned off the microphone.

"All Might-sensei, you're going to let Midoriya keep on going?!" Kendo was nettled, the green haired boy had to stop at some point!

The pro nodded, "Yes, Young Kendo."

"W-Why? He has to sto-"

Monoma laid a hand on the redhead's shoulder, the girl turning to him with a glare. He had to hide his shiver. "Kendo, even if All Might were to tell Midoriya to stop, do you believe he would?"

The question threw her for a loop, she didn't know Midoriya that well, none of them knew him too well. So far the boy was kind of a mystery, the only thing being known is that he had a stutter and was good at breaking down quirks. But, if she had to guess, "No…"

Monoma nodded, "You see, Midoriya's quirk damages him, and I believe that the first time he used it without breaking himself was during our quirk test. He was going to take a beating from that Bakugo fellow for us, he told us to not get involved, despite us going out of our way to help. He follows his own rules, Kendo, even if All Might-sensei were to tell him to stop, he wouldn't." Monoma smiled a bit as he saw Kendo deflate, and hearing most of the class go silent.

Midoriya was… strange to most of them.

His quirk had a glass cannon nature, and he could barely use it. He had a stutter and showed signs of anxiety. That guy in the cafeteria attacked him for no reason.

But right now, he looked to be in the zone.

"Tetsu-kun, switch with me!" He yelled into his comm as he arrived on the fourth floor.

"Alright, tell me when you get up!" Was what he got as a reply.

Kamakiri was still hot on his trail, the screams of profanities alerting him to so. He ran around a corner and saw both Tsunotori and Tetsu. "SWITCH!" He yelled.

Tetsu turned to him and nodded, activating his quirk and running to Izuku. Passing him the silver haired boy grinned. Izuku activated One For All in his legs at 2%, giving him more mobility while Tetsu activated his own quirk, metal skin bursting to life.

Tsunotori turned to him and he saw her smirk as her horns launched off of her head, coming straight towards him. He strafed to the right, barely dodging. He smiled as he was getting closer, but then he saw her smirk grow wider.

"GOTCHA!" She yelled in English and Izuku felt something impact his back.

'CRAP, THINK THINK THINK…' He was flying towards the blonde American, she had redirected her horn and was using it to bring Izuku towards her. He could use that to his advantage…

He readied a leg, his fists took too much damage from earlier and he knew he couldn't use them, he charged 3% into each of his legs before hitting Tsunotori with them. The girl let out a gasp as he collided with her stomach.

He rolled onto the ground afterwards. 'She can telekinetically control her horns after firing them..' He noted that as he got up, Tsunotori was still getting up and Tetsu was dealing with Kamakiri, so he could go for the bomb!

Tetsu turned to him and realized it as well, "GO FOR IT BRO!" He yelled, before taking a blade to his side. It slid off his skin as it couldn't pierce and Tetsu sucker punched Kamakiri in the stomach.

Izuku nodded, turning around and making it for the next floor.

He heard the sound of Tsunotori huffing and charged One For All into his legs, they were in pain though so he kept it at 2%.

Two horns flew past him before turning around and coming for him, he ducked. He found the staircase and jumped up them, wincing as he upped the percentage to three. 'K-Keep on going!' He yelled at himself as he arrived at the fifth floor.

"No run!" He heard Tsunotori yell but he ignored it, bouncing around the halls as he looked for the bomb. He blasted into a room and smiled as he saw the paper mache structure.

And then he felt objects cup around his armpits and he was floating towards the far wall. 'How much weight can her horns hold!' He thought as he realized Tsunotori was using her horns to pin him against a wall.

He smashed against the structure with a thud, wincing as the horns locked him in place high up on it. He opened his eyes and saw Tsunotori a couple feet below him smiling, his vision was going dark as well.

He coughed, his breath clouding his smiling mask, 'Maybe a combination of blood and oxygen loss' He thought passively as he charged One For All into his legs again and placed them against the wall. He pushed off and quickly came down on her, grabbing her horns, his hands throbbing in pain. She yelled and tried to shake him off but he held on.

"t-…t-TETSU-KUN, I need you in here!" He yelled with as much strength as he could, which wasn't much. He heard scrambling and yelling before Tetsu came in from the doorway, "G-Go get the bomb!"

He smiled, "ALL RIGHT!" He yelled as he activated his quirk. Kamakiri came into the room but Tetsu quickly turned around and decked him, Kamakiri's quirk doing nothing to protect him from the force of the punch as he fell to the floor.

The metal boy ran for the bomb and Tsunotori could only struggle in vain to get out of Izuku's grip as Tetsu reached the device.

And touched it.

"HERO TEAM WINS!" A robotic voice was heard and the students collapsed.

Tetsu fell against the fake bomb and sighed in relief and victory, turning around he was going to congratulate Midoriya to find him passed out, being held by Tsunotori. "Bro!" He ran over.

Tsunotori looked distressed as she held the passed out boy, they could clearly see blood covering some of him, many tears in his costume. His hood was gone as well, torn to shreds (most likely) by Kamakiri's blades. His hand looked wrecked, though nothing near as bad as what Awase described the other day.

"Fuckfuckfuckfuck" He heard her mutter in English, he didn't know what it was but he knew it must've been bad.

"Fuckfuckfuckfuck!" He yelled as he took Midoriya from her arms, holding him over his shoulder as he ran through the halls to get him to someplace that could help. And then he ran into a pair of robots.

"Hand him over." And he felt like he was being mugged. He gave the bots the unconscious boy, they placed him on a stretcher, and they left, the whirring of their wheels getting quieter as they got away.

"S-Students, please make your way back here." They heard All Might over their comm links.

Tetsu had gone and woken up Kamakiri, the boy had passed out after he took a sucker punch to the face before Tetsu had to go get the bomb. He did not seem happy in the slightest.

He was a pure conglomerate of anger and rage, screaming purely profanities as the three of them walked back to the viewing deck.

Tetsu sighed, "I hope Midoriya's alright.."

Recovery Girl's Office

Recovery Girl had been having a good day so far. No students had come in at all, which was always a really good thing. But she had also been on edge throughout the entire day. "It's never this good.." She muttered.

She kept on whipping her head around to the door, to see if it would thrust open and she would have to deal with a disaster.

Nothing had happened..

She sighed as she pulled out her phone. Maybe she could call Gran and tell her that Toshinori had picked someone? Maybe he could help train the boy, because she did not want to deal with him breaking himself anymo-

"He had a situation."

She sighed as she heard the familiar robotic voice of her med bots say behind her. She had forgotten today were the first heroic exercises for the first years. Of course there would be a couple of students that were ruffled up.

She sighed as she turned around, grabbing some gummies to give the student afterwards. And her eyes landed on a familiar tuft of green hair.

"FOR CHRIST SA-"

END

Alright, that's the end of today's chapter. How'd you guy's like it? Honestly, I liked it quite a bit but I know it's not perfect. With my other story I realized I hadn't had much interaction with people outside of Izuku's little group, even in the Battle Trials. So today I decided we'd bring in Pony and Tetsu. And I liked that choice a lot.

The question I'll leave you guys with today is, would you be alright if I reworked the USJ? I'd find it pretty boring if they didn't get to experience it, or Izuku didn't at least, and I want to do it. But I always get annoyed when Izuku gets into the USJ in 1-B stories, so I thought I'd ask you guys. Tell me what you think.