Coco: Hey, guys, I have another chapter for you! And a quick note! I am shipping Konan off to America and bringing in a exchange student!...Yeah, things just aren't working out with her. I based her too much off of Konan from Naruto and like all my other characters are like based off of X-Men(Marvels)/DC and I honestly can't think of anything to do with her. Like, I was struggling with her in the past, but when writing this chapter where I was supposed to let the other OCs from Class 1-A shine, I couldn't really think of anything to write to make her stand out. And it bugs me, so I'm "letting her go". And the exchange program I'm throwing into the story will allow me to switch out characters without having to completely rewrite the story and replace Konan with someone else...so yeah, it works for me. And she isn't going to be completely done. Like, she isn't going to suddenly be forgotten by her classmates or friends. So, she'll pop up here and there either in a passing comment or maybe she'll even video chat with everyone once they're moved into the dorms. Anyway, I hope you're all not too upset with me moving her out of the class and replacing her.
On a different note, I noticed I lost a few followers due to the many OCs I have. I apologize for the number of them. I'm just trying to keep everything even. Like, in the match ups/team things that go on in the Sports Festival and even out things are paired up in the training camp arc, etc. As least that's why I made all those new students. Four new students for both Class 1-A and Class 1-B. As for the others, I suppose I didn't have to add them...but I have a problem with creating new characters. I will try to reign it in. But all characters have pretty much been added already or you already know they're going to be part of the story. So shouldn't be anymore add-ins.
Anyway, let's move on with the chapter. After this it's time for the Sports Festival and that's when Class 1-B will be thrown into the mix! Who's all excited?!
"Let's start training!" Thirteen said after all the students besides the rescue team hid.
Katsuki frowned just wanting to get this all over with. Rescue training wasn't his thing, but like Ayano said earlier, it was the job of a hero.
"Remember that no situation is strange in this case." Thirteen said. "Okay, now, start!"
Izuku turned towards Ochaco and Minoru while already having a plan on how they should search.
"Alright, let's look nearby!" Izuku suggested.
"There's no need!" Katsuki snapped. "Follow me, losers!"
He then used his quirk to launch him through the air with a powerful explosion. He'd check farther out in town knowing that Ayano probably distanced herself as much as possible. She had flown off when Thirteen told the others to hide, and she had been heading east. However, she probably changed direction once she was out of sight. If he can find her the others will be easy to locate.
Ayano let out a small yawn as she leaned against a wall in what she supposed was an old bouquet. She wasn't sure how long she'd be there, so she might as well get comfortable. However, just before she could close her eyes, she picked up on a familiar wave of thoughts.
'The students will be so surprised when I make my appearance,' All Might was thinking from somewhere below Ayano. 'But first I need to "kidnap" Young Ishida, so she can't let the others know what I am planning.'
Ayano frowned as All Might got closer, which meant she could get a bit more out of his head. When hearing all he had planned from his excited thoughts, Ayano sighed. The others weren't going to like this one bit. She then shifted closer to the wall out of the way as the floor was destroyed with All Might, who was dressed as a villain, broke through the floor. He turned towards her while pointing a finger at her as she remained seated.
"Little hero, you will be coming with me!" All Might said while trying to make himself sound all villainous.
Ayano just gave him a deadpanned expression as she calmly stood up from the floor.
"I heard you coming, All Might-sensei." Ayano pointed. "I thought I told you that you need to control your thoughts."
All Might flinched at her words before slowly bringing up his mask to look at her.
"Uh, yes, you did." All Might said. "I suppose I forgot."
Ayano sighed again while shaking her head as if she was the teacher and he the student. He sweat-dropped while almost feeling as if he was back in class during his time at U.A. as a student.
"Sensei, the enemy we faced here the last time has a psychic you know." Ayano said. "If you can't even control your thoughts around me, you'll never stand a chance against the League of Villains' psychic."
"Yes, I—uh—see your point." All Might said then cleared his throat. "But we will worry about that another day, Young Ishida! I need your help to give your classmates' a surprise."
Ayano tilted her head not sure how she felt about All Might's "surprise" considering what happened the last time they were all here. Yes, she understood his intentions, but it all seemed like too much to handle right after their first encounter with the villains. However, if they can't move on from that and keep pushing forward despite whatever is thrown their way, they'll never be able to become heroes.
"This is a bad idea," She still said. "The others won't forgive you for this—not for a while."
"I know," All Might said. "But I will take the risk. I want to help you all get over what happened in the past and move forward as strong heroes."
Ayano sighed as she crossed her arms over her chest. She supposed it wouldn't hurt to do as he wanted.
"I understand your plan." Ayano said. "I'm not sure if I agree with the methods, but…I will play along."
"Excellent!" All Might said. "With you taken out the others will fear me. They will wonder how I managed to get the best of you as one of the top students and as the one who can hear her opponents coming."
Ayano nodded since that all made since. She supposed her teacher could think rationally.
"So, all I must do is play damsel in distress." Ayano said.
She was sure Katsuki wouldn't let her hear the end of it after all is said and done, but it can't be helped. She just hoped all the others forgave her after this little farce.
"But before this happens, All Might-sensei, I'm telling you now that I will not save you once the others get their hands on you." Ayano said rather bluntly. "You'll be completely on your own. I won't even try to speak on your behalf."
All Might shuddered at how cold that was while seeing Ayano definitely had her father in her.
"Uh, yes, I understand." All Might said.
"Found you, Spider!" Katsuki said as he jerked Hachiro out from a damaged bus.
Despite the rough treatment, Hachiro chuckled while scratching the back of his head.
"I suppose you did, eh, Bakugo?" Hachiro commented. "Here I thought I picked a good spot."
Katsuki just released Hachiro while looking around curiously as if he was looking for someone specifically.
"Are you looking for Ishida?" Hachiro guessed.
When Katsuki turned to send a glare at the taller male, Hachiro guessed he hit the nail on the head. It was kind of funny—the relationship between Katsuki and Ayano. Almost the entire class was even taking bets on when the confessions of love would happen.
"She flew by here when we were still looking for places to hide." Hachiro said helpfully. "Though I suppose I shouldn't have told you that."
He shrugged supposing as long as Aizawa and Thirteen didn't find out that it was fine.
"I don't care where that idiot is." Katsuki denied.
Hachiro didn't really believe him, but didn't make a comment about it. He didn't want to set off the guy with the temper.
"You're lying~" Someone said in a singsong voice.
The two boys turned seeing Ayumi sitting on top a half-destroyed car while munching on some snacks.
"Who you calling a liar, Silver-Streak?!" Katsuki demanded.
Ayumi just smirked silently before throwing some more snacks into her mouth. Katsuki growled while wondering what the speedster was even doing.
"Jinsoku, shouldn't you be hiding?" Hachiro questioned while thinking the same as Katsuki.
"Oh? Ochaco found me." Ayumi explained. "I'm just taking my time in getting back to Aizawa-sensei and Thirteen-sensei. Sometimes you've just got take it easy."
She popped more food into her mouth as Hachiro chuckled. He's never seen the speedster "take it easy" before. She always seemed to be rushing around for even the smallest of things. He supposes even she gets tired of rushing from time to time. The ground suddenly shook from underneath them, which had all three stiffening. It shook again with Ayumi rolling off the car towards the ground, but she caught herself easily while saving her snacks.
"What's up with the little earthquakes?" Hachiro asked. "I thought this was a rescue after the disaster happened?"
"I don't know." Ayumi said as she put away her chips. "I'll check it out really quick."
She disappeared in an instant as Katsuki frowned. He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
'Aya, can you tell what is happening?' He reached his thoughts out to her.
His frowned deepened when he didn't get a reply. While he wasn't telepathic himself, if he directed his thoughts at Ayano, she tended to pick them up and reply in an instant.
'Aya,' He tried again. 'Hey, stupid!'
Again, there was no reply. He highly doubted she was sticking to character of an unconscious civilian this much. Not if something was going wrong in the training. Ayumi then returned and when seeing the bothered look on her face, the boys stiffened.
"It's a villain." Ayumi said. "The others say he came out of nowhere. And he has Ayano."
Katsuki and Hachiro both stiffened as their eyes widened. That shouldn't have been possible. If a villain attacked Ayano, she should have been able to pick up his thoughts in time to stop him or at least defend herself. And she would have gotten out world to everyone else.
"She's unconscious right now." Ayumi said. "I tried to make a grab for her, but the villain managed to knock me out of the way. We need to hurry though. Thirteen-sensei and Aizawa-sensei can't fight back. They told us to evacuate."
"Like hell, I'm doing that." Katsuki said as he ran in the direction all the noise was coming from. "I'll kick this guy's ass while you weaklings make a run for it."
He took off running with his two classmates watching him go. They then exchanged a glance.
"He isn't as good as he thinks about hiding his feelings." Hachiro commented.
"Not really," Ayumi agreed. "And if he had let me finish, I would have told him none of us would be leaving without our classmate. Geez."
Hachiro chuckled while supposing they better hurry to where the others were. They needed to get Ayano back safe and sound after all.
After the villain leveled the area—trapping everyone—Izuku stood up with his eyes landing on Ayano. As the others tried to figure out what to do, Izuku knew they had to get Ayano away from that guy. She's his friend. To see her like that…he couldn't bare it.
"Alright," The villain began gaining all their attention. "Now the terrain is clear. Not one of you will escape!"
Thirteen called from above for them to run, but before any of them could blink, Katsuki, who was flying forward with his quirk, appeared. He attacked the villain with a powerful explosion without delay then jumped back. He landed on his feet while seeing the villain didn't even seem fazed.
"You losers, can go ahead and run!" Katsuki said. "I'll defeat this guy."
"You have guts to decide something like that in such a moment." The villain complimented.
Katsuki just gave a shout as he jumped forward again to attack the villain head on.
"What an idiot!" Minoru said. "Why doesn't he try to think?! It's so obvious that the villain is stronger!"
Izuku didn't comment as he watched Katsuki send a flurry of explosive punches at the villain who blocked them all in one hand while keeping hold of Ayano in the other.
'That's wrong,' Izuku thought. 'Kacchan isn't the kind of person who does things without thinking. He is doing what he must, just as he would!'
Katsuki, who continued fighting, glanced over at Ayano as she remained limp in the villain's hold.
'Stupid, Aya, just how did you wind up like this?!' Katsuki wondered. 'I thought you were going to catch up to me!'
Katsuki then stiffened when the villain went off defense while trying to make a grab for Katsuki.
"It's over!" The villain said as Tenya shouted, "Be careful!"
Katsuki used an explosion from his hand to vault him over the villain to avoid the attack. He then used another explosion to send him back towards the villain from behind. He connected his hand to the villain's back while letting loose a powerful explosion. It sent him flying back as well, but he caught himself on his feet while skidding backwards.
"Hey!" Katsuki called out to Tenya. "Don't worry about the others! Don't just stand there! Get those weak idiots out of here!"
Tenya frowned at Katsuki as the ash blonde kept his eyes solely focused on the villain.
"Why do you have to insult others?!" Tenya demanded.
He walked forward about to give Katsuki a piece of his mind, but Konan landed beside him while reaching forward to grab his arm. He turned towards the girl.
"Now isn't the time for bickering amongst ourselves." Konan said. "We have a classmate in danger and a threat in front of us. We all need to work together. As for you, Bakugo, you shouldn't underestimate your allies."
Katsuki frowned at the girl while not having time to deal with her or Tenya. He had a villain to fight.
"She's right, Bakugo!" Eijiro called from above.
The group on the ground looked up seeing all of Class 1-A was gathering even Hachiro and Ayumi as they stood with Shoto on top of what was left of a building.
"What do you mean by "weak idiots"?" Eijiro asked him.
"We are the 24 students of Class 1-A." Momo added as she came to stand by Eijiro.
"We will all be heroes!" Ochaco said in determination.
Izuku looked at all the others while feeling more at ease knowing their entire class as there to back them up. However, the villain didn't give them long to feel relieved.
"Oh…how brave." He said mockingly. "However,"
He threw up his fist with the backlash of air being enough to rip up the ground to send rubble flying at the students. Yuga looked up at the rubble calmly while putting his arms behind his head.
"I'll take care of it!" He said using his navel laser to destroy most of the rubble.
What got passed him was destroyed by Rikido and Eijiro as Kyoka got into place. She plugged her earphone jack into the amps in her boots to send a blast of sound at the villain. It barely seemed to phase him, but at least it had his attention. As he was distracted, Hanta used his tape and Hachiro used his webs to tie up the villain. Shoto put a layering of ice over the villain as well while being careful not to freeze Ayano in the process. Momo added to the restraints as she fired a net at the villain using the small cannon she had created.
"Everyone, now!" Momo ordered.
The others moved in to attack the villain and recover Ayano. Ayumi was just an inch away from grasping Ayano's arm when the villain broke free while sending such a wave of backlash out that it sent everyone flying backwards. They were caught by bundles of paper produced by Konan, so the lessen the force of their impacts.
"I didn't think you all would come and attack me." The villain said. "It was expected, but with something so simple, I—!"
The villain never got to finish his sentence as Katsuki came at him from behind while aiming an explosion right for his head. The villain managed to dodge. Katsuki didn't give up as he flipped in the air while firing off another explosion. The villain took a swipe at Katsuki, but the blonde used an explosion to push him back out of the way then another to balance himself out.
He put both his hands behind him to use explosions to send himself flying forward, so his kick had more force behind it. However, the villain blocked with ease—still only using one hand. Katsuki tried going for his torso next, but the villain dodged backwards. As he continued fighting, Izuku watched Katsuki continue to push forward. He wasn't giving up even for a second.
"Kacchan," Izuku said then gasped as an idea came to mind.
He looked towards the classmates that had fallen around him during the blast.
"Iida," Izuku said. "Mineta. Uraraka. Asu—I mean Tsuyu. Jinsoku. Kurafutoshi! Nida!"
The group looked towards Izuku as he stood up on his feet while looking towards Katsuki's fight.
"I have an idea." Izuku said.
As they listened to his plan, Katsuki was forced back. He huffed as he was knelt on one knee. He glared forward at the villain before his eyes landed on Ayano. He felt anger bubble up in his chest as he continued to look at her.
'Aya!' He thought. 'Once I'm done saving you, I'm going to push you ten times harder in training!'
"It seems like you're tired," The villain commented as Katsuki looked back towards him. "Time to end this."
Despite the situation Katsuki chuckled as he got himself back on his feet to continue.
"Don't make me laugh." Katsuki said. "I'm barely getting started!"
He ran forward, which was what Izuku was waiting for to start his plan. The others were in position as well as Izuku ran forward towards Ochaco.
"Now!" Izuku said.
"Here I go!" Ochaco said as she touched her finger tips to Izuku's hand
He was immediately floated up into the air, and not a second later Tsuyu had her tongue around him. She sent him flying towards the villain as Katsuki contacted the villain to another explosion. As the villain was distracted, Izuku moved in.
"Release!" Ochaco shouted as the villain finally noticed Izuku.
However, it was too late after that as Izuku used one of Minoru's popoffs to grab Ayano. Using the momentum made by him flying forward he ripped Ayano right out of that villain's grasps. As they flew past the villain, he tried to make a grab for them. However, he was hit by a zipping, silver blur who knocked him into place for Izuku as he and Ayano were caught by Konan's paper.
"Bet you didn't see that coming!" Ayumi shouted over her shoulder.
The villain tried to pursue his hostage, but Ayumi hit him again while not giving him time to react as she circled him like a little tornado. As she distracted the villain, Hachiro shot some of his webs forward, which were sucked in by the vortex Ayumi created. The webs tied up the villain as Izuku got up while pulling his hand from his glove, which was stuck to the popoff. Izuku held out his hand while pressing his middle finger down with his thumb as he collected All for One in his finger.
"Here it goes." He said then released the attack. "Smash!"
As the attack went forward, Ayumi got out of the way, which left the villain wide open. The attack hit, but the villain—even if restrained—barely moved an inch, which had Izuku's eyes widening.
"It…it didn't work!" Izuku said.
"Get out of my way, Deku!" Katsuki roared from behind.
Izuku looked up in surprise as Katsuki flew overhead to get in front of the villain. Katsuki brought his hands close together as he aimed his attack close to the enemy's torso.
"I'm going to kill this bastard!" Katsuki said then gave a shout.
He hit the villain with a much more powerful explosion from behind, which sent him flying exactly where Izuku wanted him. The villain gasped seeing the young heroes had set a trap with Minoru's popoffs. He couldn't do anything about it, however, as he hit the wall and the popoffs hard—thus trapping him.
"He did it!" Minoru cheered. "The planned worked perfectly! Now he can't move!"
He said this to Tenya and Hachiro as he turned to look at the two taller students.
"Yes, he flew straight towards the spheres." Tenya said then looked to Izuku. "Just as you planned, Midoriya!"
"And Bakugo helped out in the end too." Hachiro said grinning. "Looks like he knows how to read his friend pretty well."
"Shut-up, Spider!" Katsuki snapped towards Hachiro.
Hachiro just laughed as Izuku let out a sigh of relief. He then looked towards Ayano while glad she was okay. Katsuki looked towards Ayano as well with an unreadable look on his face. He then scoffed as he turned towards the villain. He wasn't quite finished with him yet. Katsuki moved towards the villain as the others were just glad it was over.
"Now it's time for the final touch." Katsuki said as he glared at the villain.
"W—wait!" The villain pleaded as he struggled. "I—I—I am here!"
Everyone gasped as the mask came off the villain to reveal it was All Might underneath it.
"All Might!" Katsuki and Izuku shouted.
All Might laughed at their surprise as the teens stared in complete and utter disbelief.
"I just wanted to surprise you all with a villain attack at the end of your lesson!" All Might said as the students gathered around. "Well, the other day did happen, but you did a great job! I wouldn't expect any less from the Hero Course…"
All Might trailed off when seeing all the dark glares he was getting from his students. He sweat-dropped while thinking he was in danger.
"Uh, what I mean is…I'm sorry." He apologized.
His students didn't seem to be in forgiving moods as they continued to glare at their teacher.
"You went overboard, All Might!" They shouted.
He then cried out when his students proceeded to attack him without any mercy. Even when he begged for them to stop, they did not. All he could do was keep apologizing.
"I told you this was a bad idea, All Might-sensei."
Everyone gasped while turning around to Ayano who was back on her feet. She sighed as she placed a hand on her hip.
"Ayano!" Izuku said happily as he moved to hug his friend. "You're okay! I'm glad!"
As Ayano apologized to Izuku for worrying him, Katsuki, who had been shouting at All Might, turned to face Ayano.
"I can't believe you went along with this stupid façade, Aya!" Katsuki snapped at her. "I outta ring your neck!"
"Now, now, Kacchan, calm down." Izuku said as he hugged Ayano closer. "It was all just a surprise, right?"
Katsuki just growled while ready to remove Izuku out of the way, so he could get to Ayano. Said girl gently pushed Izuku out of the way.
"I apologize for worrying you." Ayano said to Katsuki. "Kacchan, Everyone, I hope you can forgive me."
She gave them a truly apologetic look, and soon she was surrounded by all the girls in class.
"We're just glad you're okay." Momo said as she took Ayano's hands in her own.
"Yeah, we were worried." Kyoka added.
Katsuki's brow twitched when all the girls were in the way of him throttling Ayano. But she couldn't hide behind all of them forever. They'd have to leave school eventually.
"I'm sorry," Ayano said to her female classmates again. "I hope none of you were too hurt."
"Nah, we're fine." Eijiro said as he moved into the group.
He pat Ayano on top the head while glad she was okay. He had been worried what that "villain" had done to her to knock her out without her contacting all of them.
Ayano smiled at all her friends while glad to see she hadn't upset them too much. She then looked to All Might as some of the others continued to beat the crap out of him. She was also glad she wasn't in the same boat as him.
Ayano walked a few feet behind Katsuki on the way home. He hasn't really spoken to her since training at the USJ. She knows he's mad at her, but he's usually trying to throttle her or yell at her. This silent boiling, he was doing didn't set well with her. She frowned wondering if she should try speaking with him. She was sure it might set him off, but it'd be better to get it over with now than let him continue to boil, right? With that in mind, Ayano lengthened her strides to catch up to Katsuki.
"Katsuki," She began. "I know you're mad at me, but—!"
She never finished her sentence as Katsuki turned to give her the darkest glare she's ever seen—and that means a lot when concerning him who always seems to be glaring.
"Stupid Aya." He hissed. "You ever pull a stunt like that again whether it be an act or real life, I'll beat you so black and blue no one will recognize you. Do you understand me?!"
Ayano actually flinched when he shouted at her since this anger was a bit new to her. She didn't understand what was exactly fueling it. She thought it might be because she helped All Might trick them, but it didn't seem the case. And Katsuki was keeping his inner thoughts on such a tight lockdown, she had no idea what he was thinking.
She then gasped when Katsuki grasped the front of her uniform to jerk her closer, so she was forced to look him in the eye. Their faces were so close their noses touched and their breaths mixed together. Ayano felt her heart kick start into a more rapid pace as her face warmed. However, she couldn't get her body to move to push him away as she stared into his red orbs, which were burning with such intensity.
"I said do you understand?" Katsuki growled.
His voice was more controlled and lower, which actually worried Ayano more than when he was shouting. She opened her mouth to speak though found the words piling up in her throat. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves before meeting Katsuki's gaze.
"I understand, Katsuki." Ayano said. "It won't happen again."
Katsuki stared into her eyes a bit longer as if to make sure she meant what she said. He finally let her go while moving away from her. She placed her hand over her heart as it started to return to a normal beat. As Katsuki continued to walk forward, Ayano tried to understand her reaction.
Usually if Katsuki had ever gotten even partially that close to her in the past, she would have used her quirk to keep him at bay. She would have retaliated somehow, but at that moment…all she could do was freeze up. And it wasn't out of fear per se, which was the most confusing thing of all.
'Was it shock?' She wondered. 'Partially, but I'm used to Katsuki getting all handsy and in my face when he's mad. So…why? Why did my body react that way? And why did my mind seem to go blank?'
She stood there trying to understand it all, but the reason for her confused thoughts spoke up.
"Hurry up, Aya!" Katsuki called over his shoulder. "Or I'll leave your ass here."
Ayano looked up to stare at Katuski's back as the male continued their trek home. He has basically been living with her since they started training, and said he'd continue staying at her place until the Festival was over. Ayano sighed supposing she'd just have to push her thoughts to the side for now. She hurried to catch up to Katsuki as the boy paused at the crosswalk for her. She walked alongside him while looking up at him with that look of confusion on her face. She then sighed as she looked away.
"You're such a pain," She said out of the blue.
"That's my line!" Katsuki snapped in retort.
As the two bickered on the way home, they had no idea they were being watched by man with white hair and dark eyes.
"Those two...have changed." Giichi said.