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Chapter 21: Competitive.

Izuku sighed as he sat in his room, alone. He had redecorated it once again, posters filled up the wall. His old whiteboard was hung up, he also managed to sneak in a few blueprints on his wall. Which he wouldn't lie, looked so dope.

He had elevated his bed a bit, his electric guitar in the far corner of the room. A few drawings his little sister made were hung up as well. His desk was squeaky clean, which was the first time for a while, computer was already installed, the mirror next to his quitar had been dusted. His book shelves were filled with his now old textbooks and encyclopedias about all kinds of different things.

4 months later

Yesterday he had applied for his U.A. 's hero course, normally he'd get a reply with permission if he was allowed to go. It was a bit complicated for his age, being about two years older than the standard age.

And today was the day for that reply, U.A. definitely worked fast.

Dear Izuku Midoriya,

Your application for our schools has been accepted until further testing and a physical exam. I'd like to have a few words with you about your application and past schools.

Show up at U.A. Front Gate at 1045, February 14th for your interview.

Further information will be coming.

Nezu
Principal of U.A.

Izuku grinned once he read the mail and leaned back in his desk chair, taking note of the peaceful atmosphere, it was very cryptic, just how he likes it, he hadn't had a good brain teaser in a while.

His door was slammed open and the green haired boy fell out of his chair, "What did i say about knocking, Bakugo." He narrowed his eyes.

"You said I had to knock." He tsked, "But that was had. So I went back to busting your door open." The blonde grinned manically.

Izuku rolled his eyes, "What do you need, dear otoutosan?"

"I actually don't know, I was bored. So i figured, why not go to the green haired robot engineer with-" He then stopped his act, "I need a ride on the 26th for the exam, i also was bored."

Izuku sighed, the usual then. He stood up and snatched his keys from above his bookshelves, "Don't you have school?"

"School left us an hour earlier, teacher dipped. Are you forgetting that other people have school? Don't act like that since you graduated." The abrasive teen shouted.

"Stop shouting, be happy that Eji isn't here, and at the daycare." Izuku glared, "I'm going to text Mina, and check if she wants to come to the arcade with me." He says while pulling his phone out of his pocket.

'You wanna go to the arcade? Bakugo is coming with.'

'That explosive blondie? Hellyeah! School is done in 20 minutes, can you please pick up some chicken nuggets from McDonalds?' Mine replied with an exaggerated amount of 'pleading?' emojis.

The boy quickly sent an affirming text back, not questioning why she was on her phone during school, and nudged the grumpy teen out of his bed, "C'mon, you're buying me chicken nuggets." He pointed out and walked out of the door.

Once the pair had stepped into the car, Izuku clicked the blue button and the roof retracted itself into the back, his eyes scanned the dashboard, where he usually keeps his sunglasses.

"I forgot my sunglasses." He deadpanned and facepalmed, reaching over to unlock his seatbelt, when suddenly Kacchan stopped it with holding his arm out.

"Here." The blonde said, holding out a pair of round sunglasses. The green haired boy sent him a questioning look. Katsuki sneered, "Todoroki drilled it into my head to keep sunglasses around you."

Izuku let out a confused sound and started the car, driving out of his driveway and onto the main road. Making sure his music was connected to the speakers.

"We'd be such cool main characters." Bakugo said from the passengers seat, sunglasses on, wearing his usual skull t-shirt, letterman jacket, dark green pants and a red snapback. Looking like a total American, which Izuku of course pointed out.

"So do you idiot." He retorted.

Izuku quickly realised he was correct, a red long sleeve baseball shirt was tucked into his black dress pants. Along with of course his usual watch. He hummed, "Maybe i should modify the watch." He whispered under his breath, earning an annoyed look from his surrogate little brother, "Holo Projectile watch? Are those in the market or do I have to buy it? It would be expensive, maybe a few gigs would do." He mused loudly before finally snapping the blonde.

"Oi! Focus on the road, those watches came out a while ago and their so fucking expensive, so a few gigs would do." The aggressive voice called him out.

Izuku laughed and pulled into the drive through, "Hello welcome to McDonalds, what can i help you with today?"

The driver cleared his throat, "Can i have a Big Mac menu, coke please, and two boxes of 20 chicken nuggets."

"I will have a Generous Jack Menu with Sprite, along with a chocolate, vanilla and strawberry milkshake."

"Is that it?"

"Yes that'll be it." Izuku said.

"That'll be 7.000 yen. Please come to the front to pay." The cashier said.

Izuku rolled up to the front and held his card out, "Thanks." He said sheepishly at the cashier, who was staring at him with wide eyes.

She cleared her throat and swiped the card, "Can I please have your signature?" She questioned.

It was clear to say that the boy was surprised, but quickly recomposed himself, accepting and signing the McDonalds notepad she handed him, "Thanks! You can drive to the front, my colleague will hand you your order."

The green haired boy waved and continued to drive, handing Bakugo the orders and continuing to make a path for Mina's middle school.

They leaned against the car, already beginning on their lunch, scanning the front gate as students piled out, most of them gossiping and sending a few glances Izuku's way, he sighed and turned his head to his little brother, popping a fry into his mouth, "What's up with people today?"

Katsuki snorted, "You're literally a model, associated with Midnight, and some other heroes." He took a sip off of his sprite, "Girls really like you. The girls from your old class were always gossiping about how they missed a chance with you."

Izuku laughed, "You're lying, being a model isn't that famous."

"I repeat, you literally can call Midnight up right now."

"You can do what?" A female voice screeched, the two turned to Mina, amused.

"He can call Midnight up right now." Bakugo repeated.

"I actually am allowed to call her Kayama-san." The greenette added, taking a very loud sip off of his milkshake, then pointed to the order that was still warm, on the hood of his car, "Eat your food, put your bag in front and let's go to the arcade!" Izuku said excitedly and cheered with Mina, who was already devouring her chicken nuggets.

They sat in the car, on their way to drop off Mina, "Hey guys, I have an interview at U.A. the 14th. And i can bring you to the exams." He offered.

"No way! You got an interview? You genius." Mina spoke up from the back. "I'd appreciate the ride."

"Thanks Doku."

Izuku just smiled, "Say, Mina, have you met Shoto yet?"

The pink girl looked at the back of his head, confused. "Not yet."

"He doesn't do well in social situations fucker, that's why they haven't met yet." Bakugo snapped.

"Oh right polar opposites, totally forgot." Izuku shrugged sheepishly and stopped in front of her house, waving at the parents, they actually met a few times over dinner, Mina's mother was a good cook, he can't deny it.

She jumped out of the back and popped the hood to grab her backpack," THanks for the nice day today, Izu-kun! See you soon!" She waved vigorously until the boys disappeared from her view.

Izuku decided to park by the hill before it went down, checking his email, water spewed from his mouth, "I have an offer to model with Mt. Lady on the 13th, 13 was an unlucky number rigth?"

That caught the blondes attention, "The one that debuted last month?" The green haired boy nodded, he started to ramble, "I can ask about her quirk then! Do you think it's like Ant Man's or like Giganta's? Or just like-" He was once again, cut off by his best friend.

"You read too many comics, especially pre-quirk ones." He sneered, but with a calm voice. Izuku smiled at him brightly, "They're very nice, I think you'd like Gambit."

Bakugo just said some incoherent words under his breath.

"I was told to come here." He said to the receptionist, who finally adjusted her gaze from her computer up to him.

"Oh, the model. I'll guide you to the shoot." He followed the receptionist into the elevator, taking note of their name. The elevator dinged. "Here you go, they're supposed to be all set for you."

Izuku nodded and bowed in appreciation, "Thank you." he said before slipping out of the metal box and into the room, being greeted by the pro heroine herself.

She quickly waved and bowed, "Hello Tsukauchi-san! Thank you for accepting my offer."

The guy bowed back and smiled at her, "Thank you for having me, Mt. Lady. What are we doing today?"

Izuku felt a tingle of fear once he saw the small black aura surrounding her form, he was in for a ride. "Well, today we'll be doing something a bit more, intimate. I'm known for my charm, or that's what the photographer said." She shrugged.

The boy felt his sweat drop, 'I-Intimate?', he cleared his throat, "How intimate are we speaking?"

"Sexual tension between enemy to lovers kind of things, or, Gambit and Rogue."

Izuku's mouth dropped, "That kind of level, are we sure we can compare?" He let out a breath, "I already agreed, can't back out now." He shrugged, "Where do I go for the outfits?" He asked.

Yu's grin grew, the boy knew his comics, "I'm sure we'll compare." She purred, he shuddered receiving vicious flashbacks of Midnight, "Outfits are on the right, there. See you in a few." She winked and walked into the other direction.

He had to tell the pinkies about this, if not, he would have written his death if they found out on their own. He followed the smaller (but not really? Technically not?) womens instructed and walked into the room, to be met with his makeup artist and clothing specialist. "Just sit down there, i'll be right with you." The makeup artist said.

He held up his bookbag, "Could i work on something? I promise it won't be a hindrance." He said brightly.

The woman sneered at him, on the inside, cursing the shining boy. "Sure."

He sat down on the stool and unfolded his computer, turning on the hologram and opening his chat box, sending out his message to the pink girls, individually. If they'd ever meet he would have been exposed too much.

'At Mt. Lady's photoshoot, guess the theme.' He texted.

'Tell me. Don't work around it.' June replied, he could already hear her deadpan. 'Superhero theme?' That was Mina.

'Aren't you supposed to be working? It's a Thursday, it's an enemy to lovers' kind of sexual tension theme, or so she said.' He answered June, copy and pasting it to send to Mina, but replacing the working with school.

'I'm on break you fucker, and holy fucking shit. How did you land that deal?' The fresh teacher replied. He felt a brush start on his cheek. 'Holy shit, keep me updated.'

'They contacted me.'

"Your make-up is done." the cosmetologist said and pointed to her colleague. Who just grabbed him by his shoulder, "Firm arm you have young man." She gave his bicep a squeeze and nodded, "I'm sure i have the right measurements for your suit." She said and handed him one of the big clothing bags, "Dress up behind that, i'll finish the rest with some extra stuff." She said. He casually just walked to the back and complied.

A few minutes later, he tightened the tie and walked back out, the woman seeing the state of his tie, "Let me redo that!" She said quickly, "You're using the wrong knot, do you even acknowledge that this is a slim tie?"

Izuku gulped, "Now young man, lean down, you're too tall for your own good." She scolded, the elderly lady reminded him of Settimo, he should really text her again, wishing her luck on her first day at work.

The door opened and the main character of today stepped in, "We're all set up for you 'Kauchi-san." She said, empathising on his newly given nickname.

Izuku raised his eyebrow and turned to her, "How nice of you well Lady-san-" His sentence got cut off short, he did a one over at her dress and quickly averted his eyes, blushing feverously. "N-Nice dress." It was a nice dress, if you could even use nice to describe it, it was a maroon red dress with a deep v-neck, that went down to below, you know.. and a slit that goes from halfway down her tight to the ground, along with matching lipstick finishing it off with a pair of high heels.

A teasing smile appeared on the freshly debuted heroine, "Well what?" She asked, leaning over a bit.

"A-am i ready to go?" He asked his stylist who gave him a 'seriously?' look. He took his conclusion and straightened his back, putting a confident smirk on his face, "Well, Lady-san, I am ready to go, are you?" He teased, he caught onto her game, getting the other flustered enough to brain circuit them, he scoffed inside of his head, 'I'm not losing.' He thought determinedly.

A laugh escaped her red lips, "Let's go then, we have the first photo shoot down in the garage."

Izuku grabbed his little go to bag, he keeps all his necessary stuff in there, who knows when you need it?

They both stepped into the elevator, and Izuku cleared his throat, "So, Gambit and Rogue?"

"What about them?"

"What is your favourite part?" He asked.

"Where he courted her." She said with a wink and stepped out of the elevator, leaving the boy with a raised eyebrow as he followed her.

They approached the loud photography, who turned to them, "Ah! You're both looking good, I'm Toko, we do have a slight problem here." The man said sheepishly, "The car isn't going to make it today."

That got the model interested, "What car?" Izuku questioned.

"Some classic one, I don't know." The man waved away.

Izuku dug through his little fanny bag, "I have a classic car, i think it fits the theme we're going for."

Toko's eyes widened, "Get it right now!" He barked out.

Yu sent Izuku a look, "He can be a bit," She couldn't find the words, so the green haired finished it for her, "-Explosive?" He questioned. The hero nodded.

"I have one like that too." He said before walking away, getting followed by Yu, "Do you think the car will really fit the theme?" She questioned.

He walked down the stairs, and onto the first level of the parking garage, he clicked his key buttons and followed the click, "You can be the judge of that, Lady-san."

They arrived by his car and Izuku stepped in, "Are you going to keep gaping? Or are you coming with? I think Toko-san takes his job, extremely seriously. '' he shuddered at the thought of taking too much time.

The heroine just nodded and sat down in the passenger's seat, "Where did you find this car?" She admired.

"Got it as a gift, only had the needed things for a car." He shrugged, and started it up, feeling the slight hum, driving up to the second for, he looked over to the man, who looked very pleased.

"Park it at an angle."

The boy listened and did that, he got a tooth pick and placed it in his hair, turning to Mt Lady, "Can you change the output of your quirk? Or can't you choose a height?" He started asking questions.

"Lean against him Takeyama! Loosen the tie a bit Midoriya." the photographer growled.

The boy just did that and gulped, not wanting to piss him off even more, he tightened his hold on her waist, turned his head at an angle directed at the camera. They currently stood pressed against each other, Mt. Lady sitting in his car, leaning back on her hands, legs stretched out, Izuku with a leg pressed between her legs and one firmly planted on the ground. They were pressed against one another, he was trying his best not to flush up. She had placed her head on his shoulder, close to his ear.

She leaned down a bit, "Do you like this, Gambit?", that was whispered. He was already trying his best to not faint right on the spot, even having a girl so close against him! You would think he would be used to it, but no, don't get him wrong, June did it plenty enough, throwing in the occasional bruise on his neck.

Mt. Lady 1 - 0 Tsukauchi.

But he still couldn't get that feeling out of his stomach.

Izuku raised one eyebrow, 'Gambit huh?', he let out a small smile, "I don't know if i can answer that, Rogue." He teased.

"Kiss her neck and hold for a few seconds!" Toko shouted out, feeling inspiration hitting him as he viewed their interaction.

He pressed her lips against her neck and she could feel her throat hum suppressing it by clenching herjaw. He heard a few photo flashes go off, along with detaching his lips from her neck. He then leaned up by her ear, "Do you know if you like this?" He whispered hoarsely.

She just stayed quiet.

Mt. Lady 1 - 1 Tsukauchi

He was deciding to either not do it, or just fucking do it. He decided for the latter, confidence boosters are good for both parties in this case.

He grabbed her chin and leaned down to her ear, "You wanna do that again?" He whispered before suddenly stepping away and back in his car, "I'm going to park this real quick Toko! I'll be right back.

Mt. Lady took a few gulps of air and hopped away from the car. Standing next to her photographer, she checked his watch, only halfway through the photoshoot, they'll have to hurry with the rest.

Mt. Lady 1 - 2 Tsukauchi

'That fucking bastard.' She thought.

"Thank you for having me once again," the green haired boy bowed and held his hand out, "It was nice to meet you Lady-san! THank you for answering my questions about your quirk."

Said heroine just laughed and shook his hand, unbeknowingly for him, placing a paper in his hand. She quickly pulled him in a hug, "We should do this more." She purred, "The intimacy part, not the photoshoot."

Izuku gulped and laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck, "I have got to go now, have a great day! Don't die on patrol Lady-san!" He said and walked out.

"Call me Takeyama! We're on a last name basis!" She then closed the elevator and giggled menacly, "For now."

14th of February, 1040

He had been wearing his casual but formal clothes, that concluded out of navy blue dress pants, a white shirt and a black knitted top over it, wearing his usual assortment and of course, he had his leather shoulder bag that his dad gave him slung around his shoulder, filled with the needed documents that the principal wanted to see. He had sent the heroine a text, letting her know that this is his number, she had been sending him random selfies non-stop, whereas he, kept replying with his own, building up a good friendship.

A hero he had admired since a young age stepped out of the closed gate, "HEY there listener, sir said you were early, catch!" He threw a card at the only 'listener' outside of the gate.

The boy used his reflexes and caught it, 'Guest Pass.' It said, he quickly clipped it on his top and looked at the hero, "You're the Voice hero: Present Mic!" He blurted out. He quickly recomposed himself and bowed, "Nice to meet you sir."

Yamada laughed, "Nice to meet you too, little listener, what's your name? Also follow me, you can talk and walk at the same time right?" Izuku nodded and stepped in pace next to the hero, he noticed he had a few inches on the man.

He didn't even know where to start and question the man, he took a look around and decided to start with that, "Why isn't anybody here?"

"Exams start next week, you're a special case little listener, in the times i have teached here, Nezu has never invited a model here."

Izuku blushed at the mention of the model side job, "It's a little side job," he said sheepishly, "Makes enough money to keep my hobbies going."

The man let out a laugh, "You better get used to it, you're quite the eye catcher, last year most gossip was about you and our dear Nemuri."

That took his interest, "Gossips? About me? and Midnight-chan? Do tell."

"Something about relations, or maybe sidekick. There was a rumor about her corrupting you too."

Izuku hummed, "She did offer me a job as one of her midnight boys. I'm afraid I have to pass, since I don't have a hero license."

"Did she argue with, pretty face, pretty cover?" Hizashi deadpanned.

"Yes."

The man came to an abrupt halt, "Here we are little listener! Good luck with Sir! See you around!" The blonde then stalked away down the hall.

The door was already open and he gave it a slight knock before stepping in, the desk chair turned around and an animal stepped up from the chair.

"It's me, Nezu, the one who could be a dog or a mouse or a bear, but more importantly… I'm the principal!" The chimera said, the greenette grinned, he had heard rumors from this particular principal. "Come closer, I don't bite, now! Would you like some tea before we start the interview?"

Izuku nodded and gladly accepted the tea.

"I loved the robots!" The chimera exclaimed, "You made them about two years ago for me! Colour me impressed young man."

Izuku blushed, "Thank you for the great input sir."

"Since you and your team made those robots, I couldn't let you participate in the usual exam. Although, I do have a few questions I'd like to ask before giving you my offer." Izuku was very intrigued, the animal was very cryptic. That enjoyed his brain endlessly.

"What do you think of our current society?" Nezu asked, holding up a pen and paper.

"Very flawed, now and pre-quirks, people were placed into stereotypes, rebellious or rule followers. Now we have that with 'villainous quirks' and 'hero quirks', which whereas I see it, is that the user is villainous, not the quirk itself. It throws young children into a mindset that they'll be a villain later, where the loop begins and never ends.

Along with All Might being the current symbol of hope, the civilians rely on him too much to a degree where they won't even do anything to support the hero, same goes for pro heroes too, just standing on the sidelines. Thinking that the symbol of hope can do it by himself? People can eventually crack under pressure and expectations. I've met a bunch of people, who won't even bother defending themselves and just call for a pro hero.

They're being ignorant." Izuku rambled, hoping that the principal understood him.

After a few milliseconds the principal replied with a cheery voice, "One of the first humans with a solid reason! I might just start liking you Tsukauchi. All Might sure choose a good successor, is that how you really feel about your Uncle?"

Izuku was in shock, registering what the genius level chimera just said, he regained his structure, his uncle hadn't been replying to his texts in the last 2 days, could this be why? He gave Nezu a nod, "I think that if someone was next to him, to help, his injuries would be way less."

"But what if they died?"

"You must always be prepared to sacrifice. What if All Might died then?"

Nezu smiled at the question he fired back, "The current Japan as we would know would turn to anarchy and purgatory." He then dusted his hands, "I heard enough, your uncle had always updated me on you as his successor."

Izuku grinned a bit, nervous about the man. "What does this mean?"

"This means i'm going to make you an offer." The rat, dog, bear? spoke. "Work for me." The man looked through the documents given by the Tsukauchi.

Izuku blinked a few times, "I think there had been a misunderstanding, I applied for the heroes course, not the staff. Sir." He asked lost.

"Oh i know! You'll still be our student, just a part time teacher, or even assistant teacher, if that floats your boat more.. You already graduated high school, there would be no need about leaving you in classes you already had." Nezu then looked through the documents once again, "Is your hero analysis book between this? Toshinori mentioned you had one, but never showed anyone."

Izuku stifled at the mention of his notebook, he then relaxed once he realised it's for his future education and career. He grabbed the most recent one out of his shoulder bag, 'Hero Analysis for the Future No. 24'.

Nezu browsed through the pages, eyes scanning every part of every page, "These are quite impressive." He remarked, "You'll get private lessons with me about analysis," his aura turned a rich dark purple, "Trust le, i will push you to your limit to teach you how to do it better, and in a deeper understanding." It disappeared once he turned to his usual self. "And, what do you think of my offer?"

"I would like to know what it includes, sir."

"Nezu is good, you would be assigned to the support course, given your diploma from the I-Island academy, some extra assistant in a class, whenever someone is needed. Along with accomodation next to the campus, due to your age and working here. You would also have a workshop, for after hour students, Power Loader likes to keep his closed after school hours, but we have an excassentric one this year, I don't think we can really stop her. Salary will be included. The basic classes everyone gets will be scrapped and you'll only participate in class activities, such as heroics classes and homeroom. "

Izuku thought about it for a few minutes, he's 100% sure that his parents agree whether he accepts or doesn't accept. He is responsible enough to make big decisions. He took a sip of his tea and hummed, "I accept, but you can't tell anyone except my future homeroom teacher, I want to mess with Midnight for a bit."

The chimera brightened up, "Great! We have a staff meeting right now, I can introduce you."

Izuku let out a small laugh, "I'd like that Nezu." He said, the principal walked on his desk and onto Izuku's shoulders, the greenette was quite surprised, but didn't question it. "Where to?"

"Down the hall." The principal stated, and then Izuku felt something touch his hair, well, rather someone. "What do you use for your hair? My fur isn't quite at it's potential."

He stood outside the door, "I could send you the brand later, it's a keratin treatment, I think you'd like it sir."

The principal merely hummed, "They're expecting us, walk on in."

Izuku just grinned and twisted the door knob, his first priority? Mess with Midnight.

The room was quiet, the chimera on his shoulder decided to break the quiet, "Dear staff! Welcome our newest part time staff member, Tsukauchi Izuku! He was the potential teacher assistant i spoke off, and your class' supervisor, Power Loader, feel free to ask him about the entrance exam robots."

That really got the Support Course teacher going, he was enthusiastic, he had multiple questions about the robots and their programs.

Izuku bowed, "Nice to meet you all, Tsukauchi Izuku, I am an I-Island graduate, majored in Engineering, mechanics and support items and I have minored in biology and chemistry, high enough of a diploma to teach all of these majors. Can't wait to work with you!" He decided that it was new to see heroes in their casual clothes, well, formal enough? You know?

"You sure would want to work with me, Izu-chan." Midnight purred. "Modern Hero Art History is so hard sometimes." She complained jokingly.

Izuku grinned and rolled his eyes, "I only graduated High School, I'm not sure I was even taught the subject on I-Island, any other questions?"

He had been answering Power Loaders questions about his robot, in the meanwhile Hizashi leaned over to Nemuri, "Do you think Shota would like this one?" He whispered.

Nemuri shook her head, "I don't even think he knows off of him." she whispered back, "Much less, even laugh at him, he looks too young to be a teacher. When even is his mission done?"

"His mission is done at the end of the week! Enough to prepare for the entrance exams. How old is Tsukauchi even?"

"No clue." Midnight whispered back, feeling quite, confused? How could he never have mentioned his age, he rolled up on a motorcycle a few times, that'd make him older than 18, right?

Hizashi's turn for a question, "Should we expect another modeling page coming out of you soon?"

Izuku turned red, "U-Uh yes, although that one is more, mature, for a hero collaboration."

Midnight pouted, "You never wanted to collaborate with me."

"I don't want to do porn, Kayama-chan." He deadpanned, already had been asked about 5 times in 2 years, but porn still is a heavy thing to work with, and definitely not something he desires.