Training Go BRRRRRR
Yanagi wanted to help Izuku so badly, but there was nothing she could do. With this situated as "training" the boy just had to take it. Though it appeared that he was actually fighting back now, if the sparks going across his body were telling enough. That made her happy, though she focused back on her own training. After all, she needed to improve as well, as much as she could.
She had gotten a large number of small rocks as was focusing on moving all of them at the same time, it was taking a large mount of concentration to not drop any of them and she could feel a headache coming on. "Maybe- I can ask Izuku for help la-" She paused and the rocks fell to the ground.
"Izuku?" She asked herself, "Where did that come from?"
Tetsu winced as Shishida crashed into him, Kan had decided the two would train together, to strengthen each of their transformed states. The beast teen was definitely strong and Tetsu could feel his metal skin wanting to recede, but he pushed on, "Come on Shishibro!"
"RaAHHHH!" The boy yelled back at him.
The boy crashed into him again but he held his position and flipped the furred teen over his shoulder, "Come on! I thought we were fighting! I barely felt that!" A complete lie but it made Shishida roar in anger. Tetsu smiled, "Plus Ultra!"
Kendo had been wanting to fight Gran Torino, with how fast he was she wanted to see if she'd be able to react in time to his strikes. After all, she seemed like one of the few that actually had combat training unlike most in her class. But here she was, practicing her fighting style and watching Izuku get pounded by the old pro.
She'd be able to land a blow, she knew it. The speed of her strikes increased. "I know I can!" She performed a punch and enlarged her fist halfway through it before pausing.
"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 normally thicker than normal? If so, that'd make your normal fists stronger, as you'd have more muscle density."
Humming to herself, she thought about Izuku's analysis, was she stronger than normal people? She had no idea. Did she have more muscle density? Again, no clue. She shook the thought away before getting in a stance again and striking forward, sweat falling off of her fist. "Plus Ultra."
Tokage smiled as her body parts moved through the air, avoiding glue that Bondo sent her way. She felt her body tiring and she felt the need to reconnect, but she huffed and continued. "Tokage, Bondo, stop!" Kan-sensei yelled. The girl huffed and reconnected as she landed on the ground.
"Sensei! I was just getting into it!" She groaned.
The man sighed, "Tokage, it's good that you're pushing your quirk, but why don't you get a little creative?" He saw her raise a brow. "You don't always have to have your quirk on to fight well. Your quirk isn't a combat quirk like Tetsu's so having it on all the time won't help as much as you think, try mixing it up a little."
She crossed her arms and grumbled a bit. "I mean, think about Monoma, he only uses a quirk when he needs it, not all the time. He has to get creative with what he can do, though he hasn't had the best opportunity to showcase that yet, I'm sure he will at the sports festival" That got a slight reaction from her.
"F-Fine…" She conceded.
"Alright, you and Bondo get back to it!" They resumed as Bondo started firing glue, she wasn't using her quirk though. Kan wondered if she would get the lesson or not. Firing three shots in quick succession, Tokage dodged the first two and the second was about to hit her, when she split in half, making it miss.
She smirked slightly before reconnecting. "Ooh! Missed your shot Bondo-kun! Come on, come at me Plus Ultra Style"
Kan smiled, she'd be fine.
Monoma was not having a fun time. Kan-sensei had him run around and copy as many of his classmate's quirks as he could, and now he was fighting a group of them on his own. Switching between them as fast as he could since he couldn't use two at once. "Over here blond fuck!" He heard Kamakiri yell before turning around and activating Tetsu's hardening.
He smiled as Kamakiri's blade just slipped off his skin like a droplet of water. "I remember from your battle trial!" He turned off still and activated Big Fist, punching Kamakiri away, "That your quirk is useless against Tetsutetsu's quirk." Kamakiri grit his teeth and cursed at Monoma.
The blond simply taunted him again, until. "Horn Cannon!" He felt something impact his back and he yelped before skidding onto the ground. Pony smiled as her quirk had made an impact. "Let's go!" She danced in place.
Monoma grumbled as he got back up and activated Yanagi's quirk, pulling the girl's legs out from under her and making her fall on her butt. He got the desired outcome and dry chuckled. And then he noticed he was stuck halfway in the ground. "HONENUKI!"
Komori was researching mushrooms, trying to come up with the best ones she could. Kuroiro was entering black mushrooms that she was making, trying to move around while in them, trying to make them move as if sentient. Though he was having little luck with that.
Tsuburaba and Shoda were working together. The shorter of the two punching Tsuburaba's air constructs and using his quirk, the taller of them used his quirk as long as he could while trying to make sure the barrier didn't break. It was cracking and wavering, but it was still yet to break and that made him smile. Ibara was soaking in the sunlight and reciting bible prayers as her hair grew in length, she had different groups of strands do different tasks. Trying to improve her control and multitasking at once. "Oh dear heavenly lord.."
Izuku panted as he had fallen on his face for the 50th time in the past couple of hours, he grunted as he tried to lift himself up but his body ached. "Come on! Get back up, we're not done yet!" He heard the old man yell and he got up on shaky legs. He hadn't managed to land a hit yet but he was trying something new.
He was thinking about his friends and their fighting styles and how he could apply attributes of them to his own. His thoughts eventually brought him to Kendo and her quirk. Her fighting style was normal martial arts, and every once and a while she would enlarge her first to throw off her opponents. It was genius really.
And it made Izuku think about how he could apply that to his quirk, because he knew that there was a way to apply the principle to One For All. And it clicked. 'Stay at five percent for the majority and then kick it up when he thinks I'm done for..' He nodded to himself as he crouched down, dodging a hit from the man.
It made Gran Torino grin as he saw green lightning dance off of Izuku's form. "Nice dodge kid! But you still haven't hit me!" The man bounced around the area, other students watched on as they wanted to see the old fart get a taste of his own medicine.
Izuku himself wanted to try out his new thought. So he jumped towards a concrete pillar used for super moves and then jumped off of it, soaring into the air, 'Watch out for everything around you, you're vulnerable in the air, he can change directions when fighting' He steeled himself and took a deep as he heard Gran Torino zip around him.
'Rookie mistake kid!' Gran Torino came crashing down from the sky, ready to hit Izuku on the head. And then the boy pushed his quirk to eight percent, reached up, and grabbed onto Gran Torino's boot. The pro's eyes widened "What!"
Izuku threw his arms forwards and sent Gran Torino into the ground, producing a small dust cloud "SMASH!" He fell but landed on his feet, Full Cowling acting as a cushion by making his durability higher. Izuku looked at where he threw him and saw that Gran Torino was still on his feet. "C-Come on.."
And then he got a boot to his face and was flat on his ass. "Good thinking kid, you adapt better than Toshinori would." The man got off of him and grabbed his cane. He looked at his wrist that didn't have a watch, "Well, time's up." Izuku got up wincing, massaging his face. "Looks like you're using that technique better."
Izuku looked at All Might's mentor in surprise. "Y-Yeah.. .I guess I did." It didn't take as much concentration as before to keep up Full Cowling, it wasn't instantaneous but it was a start. "Thank you, Gran Torino."
The man paused before tilting his head. "Who are you?"
The class gathered as the class period was ending. Izuku was barely standing as he wobbled over the group, his body was aching all over. His ghosty friend came over, a look of worry on her face. "Midoriya, are you alright?" Yanagi was in front of him, with her head tilted, floating off the ground like she often did.
"Y-Yeah, i'm fine…" He'd been through worse, everything would be okay.
She put her feet on the ground, "Do you need help? It seems that you are having trouble staying afoot. I would not mind if you leaned on me for support." The next thing she knew, Izuku collapsed in her arms. She was surprised by how firm he was and she had to use her quirk to make sure she didn't drop him. She smiled to herself, he'd have to go to Recovery Girl again.
Monoma panted as he finally got a break, having to fight all his classmates for so long was very tiring. It made them work together and some of them even came up with combo moves, like Pony bouncing off of Tsuburarba's barrier and crashing into him using her horns. But he was a target, and it was tiring doing it for so long.
"You alright, Neito-kun?" He already knew who it was just based on the giddiness of the voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine Setsuna." He straightened himself out and looked at the girl with shark teeth that annoyed the crap out of him. She was grinning in pride. "Guessing you had an easier time than I did?"
"Looks like it!" He turned away with a grumble and found his eyes on Izuku and Yanagi. "See, I was right! They are cute together!"
Monoma sighed, "Perhaps you are correct, but-"
"No buts, no nuts, not coconuts, shut up! Just look at them!" She was smiling wide and he decided to let her have her fun.
Kan cleared his throat and yelled, making all the students wince, some of them noticed that the old man didn't seem affected at all. "Alright! Those of you who need it, go to Recovery Girl, everyone else make your way to the locker rooms and change into your school uniforms. You have lunch to yourselves and then normal classes, tomorrow and the rest of the time until the Sports Festival will be much of the same. Gran Torino will be here each and every day as well!" The students groaned and the retired pro grinned widely, "You're dismissed!"
The students cleared out soon after.
"Food, my heavenly savio-OW SHIOZAKI I WAS KIDDING!" Kaibara nursed his head which had been wacked by the vein girl.
Kendo followed everyone out, looking at Izuku as Yanagi helped him to Recovery Girl, Monoma going as well as he also wanted to be tended to by the nurse. "He can't even stand anymore…" How hard was he working? What was pushing him to the point of collapse? Why did he try so hard? She looked away and walked with the rest of the class.
"How's Midoriya doing?" Monoma asked as they walked through the halls.
Yanagi was holding onto Midoriya's upper half, while his legs were floating off the ground, sort of like an old balloon. He wasn't touching the ground, but he wasn't gaining height either. "Not well I suppose, he's tired himself out." They arrived and Monoma slid open the door. "Recovery Girl, I have your favorite patient."
"Oh dear god…" They both heard her groan as she hopped off her swivel chair and stared at the limp Midoriya in Yanagi's arm. "That one's on me, I told him to train with the old goon." She sighed and kissed his forehead. The boy's eyes fluttered open before he blushed, yelped, and fell out of Yanagi's arms.
"Welcome back to the land of the living." Yanagi said with a smile.
"T-Thanks…" Izuku said as he got up off the floor. Monoma got his own healing and they walked out, Izuku didn't want to stay any longer than he had to.
Monoma swung a shoulder over Izuku's shoulder, "Midoriya my friend, I must thank you for landing a blow on that sleazy old man for us. He was truly, very infuriating."
He rubbed his neck. "I-It wasn't a full blow though… I don't think it counts."
"Well, I'm sure you surprised him nonetheless." Yanagi interrupted. "And I do believe that counts for something. And even if it doesn't, at least you have found out a way to use your quirk without harming yourself. I, for one, am very glad about that." She smiled just a tad.
Izuku felt his eyes water up and he brushed then away with his sleeve, "S-Sorry, just- not used to this much positive encouragement is all." He dry chuckled.
"Well, you better get used to it my friend, because it will not be dying down any time soon!"
"Exactly as Monoma put it."
It was great having friends. It was the most wonderful thing in the world and Izuku was glad that he could count on these two when he needed it. "Ah! Umm Yanagi-chan, about my bracelet?" He loved the bracelet and was honestly missing it.
"It is not quite done yet, I am making some more additions if you don't mind."
"A-Ah, not at all!" He waved his hands. It kind of made him happy how much she was putting effort into it. It showed that she cared.
Izuku sighed as their final classes finished up for the day, he still had his extracurricular and he'd have to figure out what he was going to do to help Pony with her Japanese lessons starting tomorrow. He wrote down basic jots of information that he was going to tell her about, how to better articulate words and thoughts and certain tricky translations between English and Japanese that he had found when he was learning.
"Are you ready, Midoriya?" He turned to Yanagi as he heard her voice, raising a brow.
"R-ready for what?"
She tilted her head, "You have your extracurricular, do you not?" Izuku had to squint his eyes, she was being really cute, 'N-No! Bad thoughts Izuku, you can't think that' He chastised himself before sighing. "Yeah, I do…"
Yanagi used her quirk and floated her bag over to herself. "Then we must get going, time is of the essence Midoriya." Izuku closed his notebook and followed her outside, grabbing his bag and shoving everything inside of it as quickly as he could.
"Wait Yanagi-"
"THE HELL IS THIS?!" Izuku winced as he heard Kamakiri yell. He had been getting better with loud people but Kamakiri was still a lot like Kacchan, too much for his taste. "Who the hell are all of you?!"
"Quiet down, bug for brains, they're scouting the competition." Tokage smiled as she strutted to the front. "Anyways, all y'all, nice to meet ya!" Izuku had no idea how Tokage could be so calm. They could literally not leave the classroom because of the amount of people cooped up at their door.
"Oh yeah, we did the same thing with 1-A during lunch…" Tetsu mumbled.
"Y-YOU WHAT!" Izuku yelled, grabbing the boy by the shoulders, "Tetsu-kun, it is my job as class representative to tell you to never do that again! Honestly, that was such a horrible thing to do, I mean he could have done something to you or worse. I know you have steel skin but still, his explosions are very strong, on top of that you shouldn't anger other students, that just makes us seem like delinquents! Please, Tetsu-kun, promise me to never do anything like that ever aga-" Izuku cut off as he got smacked in the head.
"Calm down Midoriya, I was there with him, nothing bad happened." Kendo chastised.
Izuku rubbed his head, despite being a measly chop it hurt a lot. Maybe she did have enhanced muscles and by proxy enhanced strength after all? "Ok…"
"You guys talk a big game, but I guess you're just the same as 1-A….." Izuku perked up as he heard a monotone voice in the crowd of students , he moved and found himself standing next to Kamakiri. He saw a boy slightly taller than himself with just as unruly hair that was colored purple. He had terrible bags under his eyes and it sort of reminded him of Aizawa.
Politely, he bowed. "S-Sorry, Kamakiri-kun is a little anger prone!" He heard said boy growl in response. He stood up and let out a hand. "I-I'm Izuku Midoriya, Class B's representative, I hope we can get along." Finished off with a nervous smile.
The boy looked at Midoriya's hand before looking back up at his eyes, not even bothering to shake it. Tetsu silently gasped in the background and whispered about it being "totally unmanly.." The boy narrowed his eyes. "You know, all of us tried for the hero course, but we didn't get in. You guys did, an anger filled asshole and a guy who's nerves are higher than his skill. It's so disappointing." The boy shook his head.
Izuku frowned, that wasn't very nice or heroic at all. "But that's where the Sports Festival comes in, depending on how we place, some students can transfer into the hero course, and that means some will have to be transferred out." The boy took a step back. "If you're not careful, your spot will find its way into my hands."
And then he was gone, the rest of the mob was staying but no one was stepping forward to do a display like the lilac haired boy. Izuku found himself being pushed forward by Yanagi. "We haven't time to waste, we must hurry if you wish to make the most of your extracurricular."
Izuku nodded. "R-Right!" Before they had to push their way through the crowd. Eventually they got through and walked through fairly empty halls. Izuku guessed that most of the students were either bothering hero course students or training. Still, he wondered why everyone disliked them so much?
Or if it was just that one boy that stood out from the crowd and everyone else didn't hate them? But there faces held anger and frowns so that probably wasn't the case. He sighed, too much thinking to do, and he had to practice more with his quirk. He wanted to rest, take a break, but he knew that when he got into it he'd still push himself without resting at all.
"Do you know what you'll be doing today?" She floated alongside him as they approached the gym. He shook his head and decided to just focus on her.
Rubbing his neck he responded, "Not really… maybe…" He sucked in a breath as he shut his eyes. "Maybe Gran Torino will be there…?" He muttered.
The girl's brows knitted slightly. "Well, I surely hope he isn't." Yanagi said. She didn't want Izuku to have to spend a second more next to the old man.
"Well too bad kiddies."
"JESUS!" Izuku leaped into the air before landing on his feet. "Y-You can't just do that!" He yelled, grabbing his heart. "Coming out of nowhere like that is terrifying…" He muttered to himself though both of his guests still heard it.
"Can't be a hero with that wussy attitude now git on in, we're not done with your training just yet." Izuku was smacked with a cane and ushered inside. Internally he hoped that old people smacking him with their walking devices wasn't going to become a trend in his life because so far he had not liked it one bit.
Yanagi walked into the gym as Izuku went to get changed. "This is going to take a while.." Yanagi muttered to herself.
The boy dodged under a kick from the more experienced of them and rolled to the side, he tried looking with his eyes but saw nothing as a force hit his back sending him tumbling forward. He quickly got up and jumped away, Full Cowling was still active, and dodged a second strike as Gran Torino crashed into the ground.
"He's trying to murder me.." Izuku whispered quietly to himself as the old man shot off again and started bouncing around the gym. It'd be even worse if the area was smaller. It would've given Izuku less time to think about how he could fight back.
WHOOSH!
'Behind!' He screamed to himself as he turned around, "Smash!" He launched his fist but missed his target by just an inch. It made Izuku wonder if he was really getting that close or if the old man was taunting him by letting him get so close only to get away. Receiving an uppercut to his chin, he winced and fell on his butt.
"Good hustle kid." Gran Torino sighed as Izuku moved to get back up, "You know if you constantly push yourself you won't see any growth."
Yanagi and Kan were off to the side and it made them remember Izuku's first time training with Kan. He had pushed himself, and got back up every single time.
"I don't just want to catch up, I want to excel!" Yanagi smiled slightly at the memory.
Izuku got himself to his feet and summoned One For All, the quirk spreading across his body as his skin seemed to glow. Red veins pulsed before fading away and green lightning took its place as it danced across his boy rubbed his chin, he had bitten his tongue and blood came out of his mouth, "N-Not yet… just a bit more…"
Gran Torino smirked slightly, seeing a young Toshinori in Izuku's place. "I'm not done yet Sensei! I can keep on going, I promise!" The old pro sighed, "Just one more, and that's it. You really are a knucklehead just like Toshinori though." He blasted off, making Izuku's hair rustle in the wind that kicked up.
Kan sighed as he crossed his arms. "Kid's pushing himself too far…"
"Well, would you prefer to have him get his extra round here while in the supervision of adults, or have him try to improve on his own and risk endangering himself?" Yanagi asked as she kept her eyes on the "fight."
Kan glanced at his student, where the heck had that come from, before smirking slightly. "Yeah, guess you're right. The kid's a little energy monster though, it's like he never runs out."
Yanagi would have agreed if she hadn't remembered the USJ. Izuku was completely gassed out at the end, he passed out on the spot. While it was probably from a majority of pain, he had also been doing a lot. That was on top of the Battle Trial where the same thing happened. So far, Izuku hadn't managed to get through a battle without passing out, it made her worry about what would happen at the upcoming Sports Festival.
Izuku sucked in a breath as he closed his eyes, they were useless when fighting Gran Torino. So he focused his hearing, the sound of wind rushing past his ears, Gran Torino's boots hitting the walls, floor, and ceiling, the sound of an attack coming from right above him! 'Five percent leap!' He crouched down with his legs and felt them like a spring before releasing and going up.
Gran Torino smirked before moving his legs, having his jet redirect him somewhere else, sending him to a wall, jumping off the wall, and redirecting towards the boy's back.
But Izuku's leap didn't stop where he knew Gran Torino had been seconds prior. He kept on going upwards and he went up until he hit the ceiling, crouching down on it he pushed his quirk, "Full Cowling: 8%!" There was an increase in lightning as he shot off the roof and Gran Torino's eyes widened as a missile shot down towards him. "SMASH!"
A dust cloud settled down on the ground as both combatants landed, Gran Torino and Izuku both jumped away from each other. The latter panting heavily and the former smirking as he rubbed his cheek with his hand. "Well kid, you did it." The blood now on his glove was a testament to that. Inwardly he was smiling like a madman, 'That kid copied my technique and used it against me!'
Kan smiled, "LET'S GO MIDORIYA, THAT'S MY STUDENT!" Yanagi opted for a simple small smile instead.
One For All died off as Izuku fell onto the floor, sweat pulling from under him. "I- I did it- I actually did it." He said between gasps for air. He had actually managed to land a blow against All Might's teacher, how cool was that! Sitting up took some effort but he did it and smiled at Gran Torino.
The old man picked up his cane and walked over. "You're a nitwit like Toshi, that's for sure." He said making Izuku's face fall a little. But then he tapped the boy's forehead with the end of his cane, "But you got a good head on your shoulders. You're able to think smart, at least when you want to."
Yanagi definitely agreed, Midoriya could do very stupid things when he felt like it.
Izuku felt water pull in his eyes before wiping them away, "Thanks Sensei!"
Smiling widely, Izuku opened up the door to his home before ditching his shoes nad leaving them at the entrance. He walked further in and looked around for his mom, but he didn't find her. "Maybe she turned in early…" His face fell as bit and he walked into the dining room, seeing dinner on the table. A note was alongside it,
Heat it up when you get home, love you.
That made him smile. "Thanks mom.." He muttered to himself as he took the food the the microwave to reheat it.
Getting in bed after eating and showering he looked over at his notebook that contained his notes for a costume upgrade, he grabbed it and put it in his bag, deciding that he'd have to take it to the support course tomorrow so that his new costume would be the way he wanted. He smiled as he thought about it.
Everything was going great, he couldn't wait for the sports festival!
"The Sports Festival is going to be ten times more grueling, come on!" Kan yelled at Izuku and Tetsu as the two were in a spar. The unstoppable force versus the immovable object. Both of the combatants hadn't seemed to damage the other in any meaningful way. Izuku's blows didn't do much against Tetsu's metal skin and Izuku kept on dodging Tetsu's strikes with his higher speed and agility.
They couldn't do too much against each other though.
And that made the fight fairly boring to watch for the class. Tokage was fighting herself in a thumb war, her arms disconnected from her body with her tongue sticking out in concentration. Kamakiri was getting antsy, he wanted to fight too! He thought about trying to get a round in with the old man but… he looked off to the side of the gym, seeing him eating fish sticks at a prop up table. "The fuck!"
Monoma was thinking about who would come out victorious, who's quirk was better handled for combat? But he couldn't draw any decisive conclusions. Yanagi was hoping for Izuku to pull through and win, perhaps with a grapple or throw? But that had still yet to happen.
And Kendo was wondering, who was the better fighter between her and the rep? In the end, who would triumph, her skill or his raw power? She wanted to know, she needed to know. Badly.
"Alright, that's enough!" Kan yelled. Both boys panted, Izuku's lightning died off as Tetsu's metal skin receded. "Good job, now everyone get into sparring sessions, find partners!" The man glanced at Gran Torino who had gotten dipping sauce spilled on his shirt and was now wiping it off with his scarf. "Dear god…"
Izuku got up and began to look for a partner, he didn't have to try long though before Kendo was standing in front of him. "Come on, we're doing this."
"Oh um ok..?" Izuku tilted his head and Kendo pondered reconsidering, after all she didn't want to hurt Izuku, but she shook the thought away. This was training, they were being told to spar with each other, this was fine.
They made some space between them and Kendo took a deep breath as she closed her eyes, assuming a fighting stance she opened up her eyes and let out her breath. "Ready…" Izuku gulped as he did the same, but with less tact, he summoned his quirk and green lightning danced off of him. "R-Ready.." Mentally, they both counted down, 'three, two, one…'
"GO!" "G-go!"
Leaping at Izuku, Kendo enlarged her fist to try and grab him, Izuku jumped back before running around. She shrunk her fist back down. Izuku leaped at her and attempted to land a couple blows but she dodged and redirected his blows using her martial arts skills. She knew she couldn't block them.
The boy winced as a fist slammed into his chest, and he felt like gasping. He grabbed onto her and threw her away. When he had breathing room he grabbed his chest, "T-That…. Hurts…."
Before he could situate himself, Kendo was upon him again. He used his superior speed to dodge her strikes and tried to retaliate but his blows didn't land. 'I can't match up to her technique, I'll use it!' He tried to catch one of her fists only for it to enlarge, he skitted back as she sent him flying.
The boy landed on his feet and crouched down. Gran Torino glanced at the fight out of the corner of his eye and saw the look of determination on the boy's face, it was the same one as when he landed that singular blow. He knew the idiot was going to try to use his new strategy. 'No! It's best to keep those techniques secret! At least until the Sports Festival you buffoon!' Though his wisdom wasn't heard by Izuku.
The boy leaped, and then got kicked in the face by Gran Torino. "Alright, gather up, we're going to see if you can land a blow!" He yelled and then coughed. His old man lungs were catching up with him.
Kendo puffed her cheeks up, Izuku was about to do something interesting, she could tell! It was in her fighting instincts, she just knew the boy was going to do something! And the old man interrupted! Come on!
Izuku locked up as the entirety of Class 1-B grinned. Tetsu pounded his fists together as he hardened. Tokage wiggled her fingers like some sort of demented forutne teller, Kamakiri grew his blades as far as he could as he grinned manically, Kaibara readied his arms for his quirk, Awase for some reason had a bat on him. "Go for the legs…." He chanted to himself, Kodai pulled something out of her pocket and enlarged it, twas another bat and Izuku realized that was where Awase had gotten his from. Fukidashi did an angry manga bubble and the rest of the class cheered.
However, now, they were flat on their asses.
Gran Torino had gone for every single one of them this time instead of a fourth of the class like he did last time. And not a single one of them landed a blow. Izuku had been targeted first and the boy quickly realized that the old pro had turned it up a notch, but there was also the fact that they were in a group.
Still, they were crowded, bunching up, afraid of standing on their own, and that was a detriment! It didn't allow Izuku to concentrate on his opponent as if it was a one on one match, and Kendo was much of the same.
No one landed a strike, even Shiozaki and her luxurious hair hadn't managed to catch Gran Torino. Nor Yanagi and her poltergeist.
The boy grunted as he sat up with some effort, noticing Tetsu sprawled out, rubbing tears off of his face. "Even if he's not the manliest with his personality, he more than makes up for it with how manly he is when he fights."
"Is- is he having a manliness overload?" Tokage asked as her upper half floated over.
"No, I think it's whiplash." Awase commented as he still laid down. "He thought the old bastard was "unmanly" then the asshole kicked all of our asses showing he is "manly" or whatever. Tetsu didn't expect it, and now he's coming to terms with it.." He cursed the old man under his breath.
Shoda stood up and rubbed his middle back. "Man, he packs a nasty punch…"
"You have no idea…." Izuku sighed.
"Hey beansprout! Get up, I can tell you still have energy in you, can't have that!" They all heard Gran Torino yell.
Izuku folded in on himself. "B-Beansprout could be anyone, it doesn't have to be-"
"We all know it's you Midoriya, now go kick his ass for us!" Awase cheered as he raised a fist into the air. "Go all out and blow that sorry old man back to the stone age where he belongs! I"
"You know, I don't condone his language, but I agree." Shishida sighed as he put his glasses on, noticing a crack. "After all, it is going to take a bit of money to acquire a new lens."
Izuku blushed as he stood back up and rolled his shoulder. He saw Gran Torino's cane fall onto the ground and his eyes went radioactive green. "Full Cowling 5%!" The power came easily to him now.
"Woo! Let's go greenie!" Tokage's upper body cheered. "You seem to have energy left in ya too! Have to fix that!" And then it was promptly on the ground. "Ow…."
Monoma resisted the urge to laugh as he bathed in his own sweat, still laid out on the ground. He hadn't been able to do much and that did anger him, but he knew that this was how it was going to be with his quirk. "Just, hold out until the festival and then show your skills, show what you can do…"
Kamakiri sprang back up and summoned his blades, "NOT YET! NOT DONE YET OLD MAN!" Izuku turned to him and thought of an idea.
"Kamakiri-kun, get back to back with me!" Izuku yelled as he saw the entrails of Gran Torino move through the air.
The bug looking boy looked at him like he was crazy, "Huh, why?!"
Izuku gulped, seeing Gran Torino bouncing around, "We can cover each other blind spots! It'll be harder for him to hit us!"
"Hell no-" "And it'll make it easier to land a blow against him!" "-Fuck yes!"
The two boys stood back to back, Kamakiri temporarily forgetting about his slight disdain for the green haired class rep as his one and only goal right now was to hit Gran Torino. Kan chuckled to himself, "The only thing that can make them work together was Kamakiri's hate for Torino being greater than his dislike for Midoriya…"
"I'M NOT DONE EITHER, THAT'D BE TOTALLY NOT MANLY!" Tetsu forced himself to stand again and found his way into the small duo, now a trio, with all their backs facing each other. The boy activated his own quirk and his skin turned to metal as he grinned. "ALRIGHT!"
Izuku winced at how loud he was. "YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BEAT UP THIS OLD FART!" Kamakiri wasn't much better.
Gran Torino bounced around the room, the sound of his air jets scaring the students that still had the gall to stand. "Metal skin, eh?" He chuckled. The runt certainly had a lot of energy, and a strong quirk, but he'd show him pure pain and terror. The other one's quirk was dangerous also, but he didn't hvae the skills to properly use it.
So….
"Sorry Small Might but I've gotta take you out first.."
Izuku heard a boom and saw Tetsu wince out of the corner of his eye. "Tetsu-ku-" And Gran Torino capitalized on it. Izuku slumped over as he held his stomach, he almost felt like throwing up his breakfast. 'Note to self… getting hit in the stomach is horrible…' Kendo winced off to the side, knowing what it was like.
Soon enough, Tetsu and Kamakiri were both taken care of and the class did not get their revenge.
Izuku lifted himself off the ground and held in the contents of food, silently releasing a prayer that he had not thrown up in front of the class. For some reason he felt like someone was praising him for doing that.
"So… bad idea…." Tetsu grunted as he was totally wiped out on the ground.
"Sometimes it's okay to be unmanly if it means you're gonna get your ass kicked…" Awase sighed, "Really wanted that old man knocked the fuck out.." He sighed as a single tear came out of his eye. "We'll get him one day, I swear…!"
"While you three didn't manage much." Kan stepped in as the class period was about to end, "That was a good idea, you all need to know you can rely on each other, you're going to be stuck with each other for the next three years, and you'll work together as pros, might as well get used to it now."
Izuku smiled at the roundabout compliment. But he knew that there was no way that Kamakiri would ever want to willingly work with him again, since the plan failed…
"Alright, off to lunch!" Kan yelled, and the students slowly but surely got up. All of them groaned as their bodies felt like hell incarnate.
Though Awase smiled. "The blessings of the go-SHIOZAKI IT WAS A JOKE, CALM THE HELL DO-OW GOD DA-SHIT FUCKING CHRIST-" The boy folded in on himself as he was repeatedly wacked by the class' religious fanatic.
"Poor Awase-kun…" Izuku dry chuckled as Yanagi helped him up, using her quirk, "Thanks, Yanagi-chan."
"Do not mention it.. now I am quite famished." She touched her stomach and felt it growl
Then Tokage wrapped her arm around her shoulder, "Yeah, let's hurry ghosty, let's make it a race, boys against girls, me and you against greenie and blondie, go go go!" Without being able to get a word in, Yanagi was dragged off by Tokage, leaving behind Monoma and Izuku.
"Well, I'd say she seems quite excited about eating." Monoma patted his back, "Well, why don't we go and join them?"
"Y-Yeah…" Izuku sighed, he was pooped.
The boys hurried to the changing room and began sorting out, getting back into their uniforms and trying to make themselves smell not as bad as they were. Izuku winced as he pulled off his gym uniform, he dried himself off with a towel, getting all of his sweat off before using deodorant. He put on his normal uniform and sighed.
"Kaibara, dude is that axe! Wait, I think I have a lighter in my bag somewhere." Awase began scavenging through his bag. Izuku looked to see Kaibara holding his axe can away from Awase.
"Oh no brochacho! You are not getting that anywhere near my precious- YOINK- can of- AY WHERE'D IT GO!"
Monoma sighed and pinched his brow, "Midoriya, I think it's best if we leave now."
"B-But don't I have to deal with this? I'm the rep…" Monom sighed and nodded, that was something that Izuku had to do.
The boy politely defused the situation, "Awase-kun, I-if you don't stop… then…. I'll have Kan-sensei make you spar against Gran Torino all day tomorrow for our hero course class." Awase immediately stopped and gave it back. Everyone was afraid of the old man.
"Thanks Midoriya!" Kaibara smiled and Izuku waved a hand.
"I-It's my job as class rep, no need to thank me…" Izuku joined Monoma and the duo walked to the cafeteria.
"You know…" Kaibara started as he watched the two leave, "Midoriya's kinda weird, like he can't take compliments at all, ever notice that?"
"Now that you mention it…" Tetsu thought about it, "Can't really remember, I'm dumb as bricks."
"Gah! You're so useless, man!"
"Hey! I offer manliness and fun! Not brains!"
Izuku and Monoma arrived, seeing that Tokage and Yanagi had shown up before them with Kendo with them as well, something the girl was no doubt going to shove into their faces. "You know, just don't care about it, that's the best way to handle it, Monoma-kun."
"Well, yes, but Setsuna always makes me care about it somehow…"
Izuku noticed how he had called her Setsuna, he had been doing that for a while actually, ever since the USJ. "I-If you don't mind me asking Monoma-kun, why'd you start calling her Setsuna, and why'd she start calling you Neito?"
The boy coughed into his hand. "Nothing, no reason, nothing at all."
"So.. you just decided to do it?"
"Yes…."
"Well alright.." Izuku wasn't going to press into the situation but he was very curious. But, was he allowed to be curious. Friends gossiped, right? Well Izuku didn't really like to gossip, something about it just always seemed off to him. So he was more interested in being allowed to gossip for once with his friends.
The two sat down and began eating. After losing all of your energy getting beat up by an old man, food tasted ten times more amazing than usual. Just like how water tasted good after a nice workout. Izuku ate happily, honestly Lunch Rush's cooking was delicious. He understood why Awase called it the blessing of the gods now.
"Midoriya." Hearing Kendo whisper to him, Izuku paused in his eating and tilted his head at her. The girl jerked her head to his right and it made Izuku turn.
It was Pony, she was trying to make her way to their table, since she probably didn't have anyone else to hang out with, but she was stopped by two boys from another course. "Oh no…"
"So, you're the transfer student, woo wee! Aren't you quite a looker.." Pony looked very uncomfortable, despite not being able to tell what they were saying perfectly, just from their expressions he could get enough.
"I-I-"
"Don't you wanna hang out with us?"
"We're from Business, we could help boost your rating when you go pro.."
Both the Big Sister and Cinnamon Roll got out of their seats, Kendo cracked her knuckles and Izuku's body sparked with electricity as he used Full Cowling at a measly two percent.
Tokage cheered, "Give 'em a good one for me!" Monoma and Yanagi sighed, clearly Izuku didn't have a good experience with bullies and now as the class rep he had the job of protecting his classmates from them. Kendo was into martial arts, she was a fighter, a warrior. She was about honor and pride. So bullies weren't really her thing either.
"Tsunotori, are these guys bothering you?" Hearing his voice, the girl looked past the bullies to see the rep and vice of her class. She nodded.
"What is this? You guys are shrimp!" Izuku and Kendo were the same height, standing at five foot five and a fourth. These two were at least five eight.
Still though, they didn't really care.
"You're messing with another girl in my class, can't really look past that…" Kendo's fists grew.
Izuku sucked in a breath and closed his eyes. He needed to be threatening, he needed to be scary. He could be scary, he knew he could do it. They made Pony uncomfortable, a friend of his. They were bothering her, tried to make her hang out with them when she didn't want to, they ogled at her. She wasn't something to be ogled at! 'Just… act like Kacchan would….'
One For All pushed to seven percent, hurting a bit like knives stabbing at his body. The lightning grew rapid and untamed as he opened his eyes, showing off a dead green. No shine, nothing of the sort. He smiled. "I suggest you two leave." He took a step forward and placed a hand on both of their shoulders, flexing his hands. They felt just a tad bit of his strength, "Or are we going to have a problem?"
They both shivered as their shoulders began to keel in pain. "NOT AT ALL!" They both yelled and left.
Kendo gaped because, "How can you be so threatening, you are the least threatening person I know!"
Izuku looked back at her and shivered, "I can't believe I just did that! That felt horrible! I feel like a delinquent, Kendo-chan am I a delinquent?! I don't want to be a delinquent, it feels wrong!" Izuku had to take a shower, he had to clean himself, he felt dirty.
Pony giggled, Midoriya flip flopped so easily between almost cool and a total mess. It was funny. "Thanks Midoriya."
The boy remembered Pony and turned to her, nervously smiling a little. "Y-You're welcome, but you shouldn't be thanking me, I just threatened someone! No, I threatened two people, that makes me two times as bad!" Ok, a long cold shower then.
For the rest of lunch, Izuku rambled about being a bad boy. Tokage thought about Izuku being an actual delinquent and broke down laughing, "Just imagine, metal poll or no! A baseball bat, yeah! Spiky gelled hair, leather jacket! I can't see it at all!"
Monoma creased his brows, "How about slicked back hair? Actually, have you ever tried styling your hair Midoriya?" He found himself asking.
Izuku rubbed his neck. "N-Not really… my hair is kind of a mess… I've never really been able to style it at all, so my hair style's never really changed.." He had also done something wrong when trying to style it, so he just didn't try anymore.
"Ohmygod! We should totally have a sleepover, you could let me do your hair! After the sports festival is done, since we're all busy with training, we are having a sleepover, no ifs and or buts about it!" Tokage smiled ear to ear as she thought about doing Izuku's hair. "You could even let us cut it, we could try to make you look like a badass!"
"T-Try…?"
She shrugged, "Hey, there's no guarantees that it'll look good, but I guarantee we'll have fun!"
Izuku thought about it, he never really had a sleepover before, because that happened at friend's houses. And he didn't have friends, but now he did. And if he was being honest with himself, he wanted to try it. So he nodded, "I'm alright with that…"
"OKAY!" She cheered, "Kendo, Ghosty, Blondie! Answers now please!" Izuku asked Pony in english if she wanted to go and the American instantly answered yes.
Monoma was going to decline but Tokage hit him with puppy dog eyes and Midoriya seemed really excited. 'God damn it…' He sighed, "I.. suppose… I could find time in my schedule for an event such as a sleepover…"
Tokage giggled, "Look at that, he's being all tsundere…" She whispered not so subtly.
"I am not!"
"You totally are!"
Yanaig nodded herself, "A sleepover could be a very enjoyable event, especially after the stress that the sports festival will no doubt cause us. So I guess "I am in" so to say." Kendo nodded, saying much the same but without the level of class that Yanagi spoke in.
Izuku stumbled out of the locker room for the second time today. "Ok, tutoring time…" He sighed as he threw his bag over his shoulder and walked to the cafeteria, that's where they had agreed to meet. Izuku found his way there and saw Pony at a table, flipping through a book, he smiled and sat down next to her. "Watcha reading?"
Pony flinched and closed the book with a blush. "N-Nothing!"
Izuku pouted, "Come on.. Please..?"
She relented and showed him her book. "It's Larry Botter…" She muttered as she showed him the cover. It was the second book. Larry Botter and the Cave of Wonders."I really like the series and my sister gave me her copy of this one since I lost mine before I left so I read it a lot…" She hugged the book to her chest.
Izuku smiled before pulling a laptop out of his bag. "I tend to use my laptop a lot for hero research so I bring it with me to places." He said as he opened it up. Clicking onto his browser he went to a library website before pulling up the same book, but in Japanese. "Maybe this could help? You could translate phrases between the two to get a better understanding of certain sentences and proper grammar."
Before he knew it he was being glomped again, "Thanks Midroiya!"
'Don't pass out, don't pass out, don't pass out!' He repeated his montra before letting out a breath and patting her back. "N-No problem, now let's start."
She let go and smiled, pumping a fist into the air. "OKAY!"
Two weeks later
Izuku sighed as his heart was stuck in his chest. He threw his bag over his shoulder and tried to calm himself but to no avail. "Come on, you've trained all you could, just go. This is it, you can do this…"
"This is where you tell the world you are here, Young Midoriya." He had a talk with All Might, and the talk put so much weight on his shoulders. But, he knew he could do it, he just had to push himself to his limit and go beyond it. He sucked in another breath and pushed the door open.
"Mom! I'm off!"
"Wait, Izuku!" The boy turned to his mom in the hall, she walked over and smoothed out his clothes, "I-I'm scared… that you're going to get hurt, and I know that's not going to help you but…" Her eyes watered a bit as she smiled, "Good luck, I know you can do it Izuku…"
Izuku choked his mom in a hug, 'That's… what I wanted you to say…' He sighed as he stepped back and wiped his mom's tears away. "Thanks… mom… I'll do my best, I won't let you down."
"Oh Izuku… you could never let me down. Now, g-go kick some butt! And break a leg! Actually d-don't, don't do that, don't break anything, please don't break anything, I don't think my little heart can take it!"
The boy smiled and hugged his mom one more time before heading out the door. 'I can't make that promise… I'm sorry mom'
END
Alright, Sports Festival is going to be the next chapter, sorry this took so long to come out but we're here.
Also, this will probably be the last update for a while for two reasons. One, Sports Festival is always a hassle for me and takes a lot of planning, usually I can just write and whatever comes to mind is usually good enough but for the festival I have to remember who's doing good in standing, tournament bracket, everyone's arcs and how they're developing, it's just a hassle. Two, school started back up and I have not had time to write. I'll try to get more writing in when I can but It won't be consistent uploads anymore, maybe even once a month, I'm sorry about that but i can't do anything about it.
As for the question of the day, is Izuku going to befriend people in 1-A, is he going to befriend Shinso?