For the next couple of days school went on as normal, an occasional sparring match here, lunch times conversations there. One morning the class of 1-A was given an announcement. "Today kiddos, you are picking your student council. I don't care who or how you pick it, but you have to pick at the end of the day. I will let you bunch take the homeroom time to talk amongst yourselves. If you need me I'll be here." Their teacher deadpanned, still not getting out of his famous yellow sleeping bag. The class agreed to vote on their members, with the conditions you couldn't vote for yourself. The votes ended with Deku getting first, followed by the female recommendation student getting second who by that time was known as Momo Yaoyorozu, then Iida, after that for the most part the votes were really scattered.
"Guys I can't be the class president! I have no qualities for it!" Deku sputtered out.
"Yes, but you will adapt the fastest. You have a quirk that lets you adapt to almost any scenario you are in, given time." Yaoyorozu stated, "I wouldn't have voted for myself even if I could have, you are the most capable out of any of us." Deku blushed as a chunk of the room cheered with her statement. Deku however kept declining.
"My quirk has never helped with paperwork and I only just got a skill that helps with people skills, please don't make me do this. I'm not ready yet. Have Yaoyorozo and Iida do it. I promise that they will do better than I can, at least for this year." Deku made some good points, but it was still unconvincing. The class had pretty much agreed to vote for him as the class president. In fact his skill in trying to dissuade their votes only made them think he was an even better fit.
By the time lunch had rolled around the students had walked by the gate, and noticed a swarm of reporters there trying to interview All Might, who had been there since this morning. In fact Deku had to use Stealth to get by them without being noticed in the morning. He, like Eraeserhead, didn't want to be as public, especially when his Quirk revolved around training and time before he could use a new skill. Deku didn't mind if friends knew, but if the entire world knew how his Quirk worked, there would be trouble.
P.O.V. Change
It was around eleven thirty when a new face had entered the crowd. Although when saying he had entered the crowd, it was more like a body joining the herd. He was wearing a long grey hoodie and sweatpants to match. He looked like a normal citizen trying to get a glimpse at the students of the most prestigious school in Japan. In fact his dry and cracking skin had a large smile underneath his hood. Although no one could see it. He wandered his way to the front of the group of reporters, and then a loud Bang went off behind the crowd. It was just a rather large firecracker, although the only one who knew that was the man in the hoodie. He pressed his fingertips into the dash console of the doors, and it started to disintegrate. At that point the door unlocked, and the reporters flooded inside the school setting off the alarm. The man also snuck in the back.
P.O.V. Return
The students all tried to flee in terror. Ironically, even the hero class students were panicking. There was no clue to the students that there wasn't danger. In fact if something set off the alarms then it was most likely something dangerous right? Well that was the thought process of most students. Deku, while resisting being slammed against the window by his fellow, rampaging students, saw that it was just the reporters. Deku tried to yell but everytime he would just be slapped in the face or pushed around by someone nearby. Eventually he got sick of it. He threw up his Turtle Shell Shield keeping other students away from him. He spoke up as loud as he could muster while using Sound Alike to mimic Bakugou, "LISTEN UP YOU SHIT STAINS, ALL THAT'S HERE IS LOUSY REPORTERS. CALM YOUR DUMB ASSES DOWN!" Everyone froze and glared at him. He turned off Sound Alike, "Sorry about that, I had to use my Quirk to be able to reach everyone." Deku was blushing and back to his timid nature. Everyone except his classmates flooded back to the cafeteria.
Class 1-A however surrounded him clapping. They were saying things along the line of, "Wow even with Bakugou's personality you were able to get everyone to calm down." and "See you are fit to be president!"
The only one not there was Bakugou. He had never even left the cafe, staying to eat his food thinking along the lines of. 'If someone wants to attack me and interrupt my meal, it will be their fucking funeral.'
Deku just moved his way out of the crowd of his classmates, sitting down next to Bakugou and looked at him for a minute. "What do you want shit stain?" Bakugou snarled out.
"Why did you vote for me?" Deku asked, staying calm and looking at him.
"Well that's easy. Your quirk is great for office work. I just wish you had stuck to it, you worthless NPC." Bakugou kept eating, not even looking at Deku.
"Thanks, Jackass. If you couldn't tell, my quirk makes me the main character" Deku got up and mosied his way over to the group he was sitting with before, now with the addition of most of his class.
"What was that about, Izu?" Kaminari asked. Where and why he comes up with nicknames for everyone, no one knows. Hell he already calls Yaoyorozu, Yaomomo. Deku just gave him a small glare.
"Just had to talk to Kacchan about something real quick." Deku flashed a smile at the group and sat back down.
"Is he bugging you again? That guy just isn't manly or even heroic." At this point Deku gave a deep glare at Kirishima, the one who said that.
"Don't look down on his morals, or goals. If anyone here can be in the top ten heroes, it's him. He may be an ass, but he is our Class 1-A's ass." Deku was starting to have the same kinda growl Bakugou would even without Sound Alike. Kirishima just looked at him like he was crazy and walked away.
The group of students slowly went back to their own tables after that. "Why did you defend him?" Tsuyu was one of the students that didn't leave. She seemed to like poking into a person's business.
"Because he's still my friend. Even if he doesn't seem like it. And he definity still wants to be number one, in his own way." Deku said, smiling brightly as he ate his food. You see, Deku had never given up on Bakugou. He knew that deep down he was still the same as they were kids. Tyusu just looked at him while turning her head slightly off to the side. She kept staring at him for a little while.
"You're an interesting person Midoriya. I can feel an aura of happiness and pride, even though he seems like a jerk." She kept looking at him for a bit, which he realized and blushed at.
"Indeed the Aura of a true hero, who's light envelopes the dark." Tokoyami, the boy who looked like a raven, spoke up and ended up spooking the small group of Deku, Tsuyu, Uraraka, Ojiro and Iida. None of them had noticed he was there, at all. That was the first time they had heard him talk outside of necessity. They all just looked at him for a moment before getting on with conversations.
On his way home with Ojiro, Deku comes across a familiar face yet again. The hero from before, they wave as they walk by. They want to make sure to stay out of his way while he's on the job. The two work their way to the dojo. "So what's up with that hero? Why do you like him so much?" Ojiro questions his friend.
"I have a feeling that without his recommendation, I wouldn't have fully made it in. I think he put in a good word that pushed me over the limits. I only stopped the zero pointer and even then it was with everyone's help. I like to think that I owe him at least a little bit." Deku kept working while what would seem like most people's hearts were being poured out. Ojiro just looked at him for a minute and decided to leave it be, trying to figure out some trig homework.
"Man, your quirk is just no fair, not only can you hot like a freight train, as long as you do your work and use your head you get better at it so much after than it." The tailed boy whined, turning in his chair, which was really his tail.
"It's not that cool Mashirao. I mean really, everything takes sooo long." Deku whined right back at his friend.
"But then it's just repetition, to make it a skill. You know how many students would kill for that skill?" Deku shrugged and got up.
"It's getting late and I need to get home before mom. I wanna level my cooking skill." Deku flashed a smile as he left the building. He made his way home, and along the way he saw a quite particular fellow blocking his way. He looked to be dressed as a bartender, with glowing yellow eyes. His body was made of a dark purple mist. He looked like he was trying to carry a few boxes that were stacked up to his head. He was having trouble moving with them, so Deku ran over and asked him "Do you need any help?"
"No thank you young man, thank you for the offer though. Soon I will be on private land and can use my quirk to move it." Deku looks up at the man with sorrowful eyes.
"Please let me help you out. I insist." The man looks back at the boy and caves in.
"Fine, take the top box, and move it to this rundown house. From there I got it." The man seems to motion towards the building with the head made of mist. Deku did as the man asked and brought over the box. "Thank you." The man waved his hand over the boxes making them disappear.
"What an amazing quirk! It seems like the capabi…." Deku started to ramble off till the man of the mist snapped in front of his face.
"You okay kid? You seemed to go off there." Deku snapped out of it and shook his head.
"Yeah I just kinda do that sometimes. I have that habit from years of hero study." The mist's eyes seemed to light up a bit more than they already had.
"You like to study heroes? Why is that?"
"I've always wanted to be a hero. Since I was little even. Although I only really knew the power of my quirk recently."
"What is your quirk exactly my boy? Those boxes were full of scrap metal for a workshop project, and you lifted it quite easily." The man seemed to get closer, but that could be due to how the mist looks.
"I can't really tell you. It's a trade secret. If I told the world then people could tell villains." He smiled at the older man. The man seemed to be taken back that such a young boy would worry about villains.
"You want to be let in on a secret boy?" This time the man definitely got closer to Deku. "Not all villains are evil. The world isn't black and white, it never is. Look at history and who wrote it. I mean think about it. Is a man who steals to feed his family a villain? Is someone who fights for what they think is right a villain? Is someone who disagrees with a single law, and tries to protest to change it a villain? Is someone who suffers from multi personality disorder a villain? We are all humans boy. Let's look at events from before quirks! Party A has a weapon of mass destruction, and needs Party B to surrender. In order to do so, Party A uses one of those weapons on civilians in Party B's home country. Who is the villain?" The man rambled on, almost akin to Deku, although each of his words were solid. They each hit with impact. Almost as if they were breaking open windows to his soul.
"Well if it's to end a war, hmmm…." Deku sat there for a second. "I think both parties are a fault. Neither is the hero or villain, Right?" The man behind the mist seemed to cheer up.
"You're right boy. That's what the world is truly like. My name is Kurogiri. Feel free to come by and talk. If you walk inside I will know and come over right away. Good day my boy." The man or rather mist vanished. Leaving Deku to realize the time and make a mad dash to get home in time. He really did want to raise his cooking skill. He ended up making the food for his mom, finishing right as she got home.
"Look at my boy growing up! I can't believe that you made dinner for me while I was at work!" She ran over and hugged Deku, picking him up slightly and cracking him back.
"Mom, I, can't. Breathe." He struggled to get out of her grip and got her a plate of food. They ate in mostly silence, except the occasional small talk. "How was your day?" Coming out every now and then. Until the awkwardness left when Deku said, "I got voted class president today." Tears welled up in Inko's eyes as she basically leapt across the table to hug her son again. Her grip even tighter than before.
"I'm so proud of you! You have done so well for yourself this year!" She held him close and didn't let go. Her grip got tighter and at this point, Deku lost ten points of health.
"Mom let go! You're lowering my health points at this point!" She drops him back into his seat, tears still in her eyes. They finished their meal and went off to bed, Deku tired from homework and helping out, and Inko tired from work.
The next two weeks went by as normal, the lunch bunch sitting together. Ah the name thought of by Tsuyu for the group of Deku, Tsuyu, Uraraka, Ojiro and Iida. Oh and no one can forget Tokoyami either. He sits there too. Although he never really says much except a kinda cryptic or occult phrase every now and then. Every now and then Deku would look at the old house, thinking if he should go inside, and decides against it. The man seemed good natured, but his ideals were off. Almost like he himself was a villain.
One Friday afternoon, the amazing teacher that he is, Eraserhead walks in while mumbling, "I forgot to mention this, but today you all will be going to the USJ, also known as Unforeseen Simulation Joint. Get your hero outfits on if you want. Gym clothes work too. We have to get on the bus in fifteen minutes. MOVE." The class started to run in a hustle, making their way to the nearest changing rooms. Inside the rooms, the grape headed boy found a hole in the wall that happened to be in the direction of the girls' rooms. He started to peek when Iida started yelling at him, at which point Deku used Sound Alike, "Young Mineta! That is very unheroic of you! I can not believe that a hero would try to do something so perverted! You are expelled!" All of this came out in a near perfect All Might impression. The grape boy froze, and started crying.
"I CAN'T BE EXPELLED ALREADY! IT WAS SO HARD JUST TO GET HERE PLEASE NO!" As he turns around, Deku is holding up his phone towards the menace and All Might is nowhere to be seen. He starts bursting out laughing. "That's not funny Midoriya!"
"It is, also it's evidence. If you do something again, I will bring this to a teacher." Deku had a smile on his face, but it wasn't a kind one. It was malicious or almost sadistic. The Grapist just nodded. The group changed, giving Deku his pop up, Hero outfit Equipped, gaining a 10% increase in stats as well as 15% increased damage. Also gain 1 hidden skill, which will be shown after use.
The class gets into the bus on time, and starts to make their way to the USJ. As everyone is grouped up on the seats, Tsuyu turns to the seat behind her and talks to Midoriya. "Izuku, I'm sure you've noticed that I say what's on my mind often. I got to ask you, why did you try magic out with your quirk?" He blushed lightly, his face turning slightly pink.
"Actually, it was Kahchan's idea. He called me out and asked me why I hadn't used magic yet. Or at least tried it." Deku motioned towards his childhood friend, who was now grinning.
"Yes that's right losers. Praise me!" At which point Tsuyu turns back to Deku and looks at him.
"No really, tell me the truth, no way an ass like that would help anyone." The group laughs at her blatant lack of trust in Bakugo.
"WHAT WAS THAT YOU SHITTY FROG?!" Bakugo stood up and glared her down.
"We're here kids." Eraserhead stood up as the bus stopped. He guided the children down and into the building.
"WHAT! Are you sure we aren't at Universal Studios? This place is HUGE." Kaminari bursts out.
As the group walks in, they are met with a woman in a suit resembling a space suit. "Welcome kids! I am the rescue hero Thirteen! I am here to teach you something important. Your quirks can be dangerous. In fact mine is extremely so! Anything that gets sucked into my fingers, is turned to dust. Even light. With something like this I could easily kill, even by accident. Your powers are not meant to inflict harm. I hope you leave here today with the understanding that you're meant to help people." As she finishes her speech, Eraserhead comes up and starts talking to her, in a low whisper.
"Where's All Might? He should be here." Eraser sounds almost angry. As Thirteen holds up three fingers, a black mist appears in the center of USJ. Deku notices and yells,
"VILLAINS, GROUP UP AND DON'T FEAR!" As he yelled, he summoned a Turtle Shell Shield and checked it at the first sign of someone walking through.
Deku's Stats:
Level:6
Hp:300
Focus:420
Strength: 20
Agility: 15
Vigor: 15
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 15 (+3 from Turtle's Mind)
Unspent Points: 5
Skills:
Tear Off Lv 7:This Skill uses focus to increase your strength when ripping or tearing at something, allowing the user to pull with great force. Increases strength 45% when using and costs 5 focus.
Basic Focus Control Lv 5 : This skill allows someone to move the focus they use in their body and move it in the air around them, some famous magic users from history would call this mana, or chi. Upon reaching this level of control, you can move the Focus around your body freely and manipulate it within 5 inches of your body without costing focus. Every additional inch beyond that takes 10 Focus per second in use.
Dish Cleaning Lv 10: This skill allows the user to get some serious stains out of any dishware while cleaning. Cleaning rate increased 100%
Cooking Lv 1: This skill allows the user to cook. While it may not be the best, it will restore 5% hp or focus.
Useless Assault Lv 6: When attacking someone with a higher Strength, Itelligence, or agility, you can make an attack you know won't work almost like a feint. If they counter you can chain this into a dodge. Costs 4 focus.
Basic Martial Arts Lv 4: Martial arts are a deadly form of hand to hand fighting that has been passed down for centuries. The basics include how to punch, kick and block. Passively increases your unarmed damage by 35% as well as giving you knowledge on how to fight.
Focused Puncture Lv 3: By channeling the Focus from your fist into your target you create what feels like a puncturing attack. This deals damage based on your Strength and Wisdom. Dealing 25% of both, and ignoring 30% of armors. It costs 25 Focus to use.
Power Throw Lv 3: With this skill you channel Focus into something you are about to throw, increasing its rotation speed and its aerodynamics. This allows it to fly farther and hit harder. This adds you Wisdom to the damage it would normally do. It costs 7 focus to use this skill.
Turtle Shell Shield Lv 2: This skill embodies what the turtle's body is all about. Protection of yourself and others. The shield takes damage and drains focus in a replacement. You can manifest it up to as large as your body and as small as the palm of your hand. The conversion ratio is for every 7 hp the attack would drain it drains 1 focus.
Turtle's Mind Lv MAX: This skill represents the mind of a turtle. Old and wise. It is a passive boost to wisdom, and an increase of 25%.
Stealth Lv 2: A ninja's second best tool. This stat uses your agility to hide your presence. It takes 5 focus a second to use this skill. You can now hide in the shadow of your opponent, making it seem like you are not there at all.
Assassination Lv 3: When unseen from your foe you can strike the most deadly of spots. When unseen or unknown of you can start using both your agility and strength. You can combine this skill with other attacks. This skill now also boosts your damage by 15%. It takes 15 focus to use this skill.
Sound Alike Lv2: This is more or less just being able to use your Wisdom to copy someone's personality. It works great, and you can even gain the skills of others by copying them, nothing Physical but mental. This only works if you know the person well enough. Each level increases the copy and the chance of gaining a skill.
Hero's Courage Lv1: This skill uses your Wisdom to boost the stats of those you target, increasing in effectiveness based on what you say to who. Max increase is 10% and costs 30 Focus.
