Chapter 13:
Battle Simulator
Summary:
The students of 1-A have hero training with All Might. He chooses Heroes vs. Villains pitting the students against each other. Luffy is in for a surprise.
In the morning the student have normal classes like English and math. Right now, they are in English class. Present Mic is the teacher for this class and not even he can make foreign languages interesting.
"Who can find the mistake in the following English sentence?"
'The relative conjunction is in the wrong place… choice four' Izuku mutters to himself.
'Bored outta my skull' Katsuki thinks as he puts is head on his fist.
'Come on' Another student slumps over his desk.
'Ordinary', 'Dull', 'Boring', 'So Normal' were the collective thoughts throughout the class.
At lunch time they eat top-notch food for dirt cheap in the Cafeteria made for them by the Cook Hero: Lunch Rush. So, the boys grab their lunches and find a spot to eat.
"So, what do you think the Hero Basic Training is going to be today?" one of the students ask.
"Who ever the teacher is probably doesn't have anything to strenuous planned for us since it is only the first day" Ochaco states from the table next to theirs.
"I wouldn't get your hopes up for anything normal" Izuku states quietly. Ace and Katsuki nod, knowing that Shanks or All Might is teaching the Hero Basic Training course.
"Yea, he's probably gonna maim us." Luffy states with a feral grin.
"What do you mean?" Demanded Iida.
"We don't know who is teaching HBT but if it is who we think it is…" Katsuki shivers.
"We won't stand a chance." Izuku states like it is obvious.
"Let's hope it is the other one, at least he's funny" Ace helpfully supplies.
"Either way he is teaching here he said so himself, we should prepare" Luffy informs.
"Shit your right, FUCK… How did we forget." Katsuki look scared. It shocks the rest of the class. A teen with spiky red-hair approaches slowly and clears his throat. "Ummm… who are you talking about?"
"Who the hell are you?" Ace rudely asks. He may have been training for 10 years but that did nothing for his manners.
"Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Eijiro Kirishima." The now identified Kirishima states not paying any mind to the rudeness.
"Hi Kirishima, I'm Luffy"
"Katsuki Bakugo, Shitty Hair"
"Don't mind him, he's a dick. I'm Ace"
Izuku shoots Ace a cold glare. Then looks at Kirishima "I'm Izuku"
"Nice to meet you, but Ummm… Who were you talking about before?"
"We can't tell you" Izuku truthfully states.
"Why not if you know something you have an obligation to the class to tell us." Iida demands.
"Did you not just hear him, Glasses, we can't tell you."
"Kacchan I can deal with this on my own." Izuku looks a Katsuki with a smirk.
"Whatever Nerd."
"Iida we can not tell you because we were told not to. So, drop it and leave it alone. You will find out soon enough." Lacing a tiny amount of conqueror's in his voice.
Iida shivers 'what is this ominous presence I feel, is it coming from Izuku, I felt this before at the entrance exam. If it is him then he shouldn't be here he is a monster' "Fine, I'll Leave it alone" 'For now'
The end of lunch rings through the cafeteria, the students take their trays to the washing station. They head back to the classroom. There is no teacher there yet so they sit and talk quietly to themselves. A few moments later the students here a shout from the other side of the door "I HAVE…!" pause "… COME THROUGH THE DOOR, LIKE NORMAL!" All Might bursts through the door with several times more energy then a normal person would. Immediately the class bursts into excited chatter.
"It's all might…! Incredible. He's really teaching us…!"
"That's his Silver Age costume"
"At least it's not HIM"
"THE CLASS THAT'LL PUT YOU THROUGH ALL SORTS OF SPECIAL TRAINING TO MOLD YOU INTO HEROES" All Might strikes a pose "Hero Basic Training"
The class cheers excitedly.
"NO TIME TO DALLY. TODAY'S ACTIVITY IS THIS!" All Might pulls a tag for somewhere it says "Battle"
The four boys are excited "Battle Training fuck yeah" Katsuki voices while the other nod.
"AND FOR THAT YOU NEED THESE!" The walls start opening and All Might continues "IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE "QUIRK REGISTRY" AND THE SPECIAL REQUEST FORMS YOU FILLED OUT BEFORE BEING ADMITTED…"
The class stands excitedly as realization kicks in "COSTUMES! YEAHHHHH!"
"AFTER YOU CHANGE, COME OUT IN RANKING ORDER TO GROUND BETA!"
"Okay"
The students head to the locker room to change. Izuku, Ace, and Katsuki are changed and ready to go. Ace notices Luffy frozen looking at Kirishima's back. "Oi Luffy, Lets go what are you looking at" Luffy doesn't respond Ace approaches and sees what caught Luffy's eye. Right on Kirishima's back is an identical mountain range with lightening soul mark. "Oh wow, congrats Luffy. Are you going to say anything"?
"Yea, I'll do it after training, that way he can focus on the task."
"Okay, then let's go Izuku and Blasty are waiting for us."
So, the boy's leave the training ground. Izuku's costume is green with black dancing though it and made of his compressed fire, the only things in his case were his gloves, face mask, shoulder pads. His face mask was designed with a wolf in mind. His shoulder pads are green wolves in a protective stance about to leap off his shoulders. The wolves have red eyes Like Katsuki's. around the wolves his green flames dance giving them a green glow. His gloves are shaped like wolf paws and have retractable needle point daggers that look like claws. The compressed flames that make up the body suit function as a shield. He designed it this way because if he has to transform into his wolf form, the clothes would constrict his movement or tear.
Katsuki is wearing a black tank top with an orange X over the chest. Baggy black cargo pants with green straps and a green pistol belt with customized grenades attached. Around his eyes is a black face mask with explosion looking spikes coming out behind his ears. He is sporting silver kneepads that have spikes on them and black combat boots. On his hands are his gloves and Grenade Gauntlets that Izuku had made with heal packs already installed.
Ace walks out in a costume made of a material that reforms itself when he goes tangible. The design is simple Shorts, combat boots and a tank top similar to Katsuki's on his belt he has a red collapsible bo staff, and 2 daggers.
Luffy arrives wearing black cargo shorts, Flipflops, and a red open tee shirt a yellow sash as a belt. He has his straw-hat planted firmly on his head and a black cloak fastened around his shoulders.
"LOOKING GOOD IS VERY IMPORTANT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! LOOK ALIVE NOW! BECAUSE FROM TODAY ON… YOU'RE ALL HEROES! SHALL WE BEGIN MY WARDS?! IT'S TIME FOR BATTLE TRAINING"
"Sensei! This appears to be the same training ground we used for the entrance exam will we once again be doing city maneuvers!?" Iida Interrupts
"NOPE! YOU'LL BE MOVING ON TO STEP TWO! INDOOR ANTI-PERSONNEL TRAINING!" All Might gets the attention of the class back. "VILLAIN BATTLES ARE MOST COMMONLY SEEN OUTDOORS BUT… STATISTICALLY THE MOST HEINOUS VILLAINS… ARE MORE LIKELY TO APPEAR INDOORS. BETWEEN CONFINEMENT, HOUSE ARREST, AND BLACK-MARKET DEALS … IN THIS HERO SOCIETY OF OUR THE CLEVEREST VILLAINS OUT THERE… LURK INDOORS."
"YOU'LL BE SPLIT INTO VILLAIN TEAMS AND HERO TEAMS… AND FACE OFF IN TWO-ON-TWO INDOOR BATTLES!"
"So, no basic training, ribbit?" A frog like girl asks.
"PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TEACHES YOU THE BASICS! THE DISTINCTION HERE IS THAT YOU WON'T BE FIGHTING DISPOSABLE ROBOTS."
"What determines victory?" Ponytail asks.
"Can I just blast everyone away?" Katsuki asks.
"Are you threatening to expel someone like Aizawa sensei did?" Ochaco asked.
"How do we proceed to divide ourselves into teams?" Iida questions.
"How fabulous is my cape" A blond asks.
"ONE AT A TIME! MY QUIRK ISN'T SUPER HEARING!" that shuts up the class, All Might explains the lesson. "LISTEN UP! HERE'S THE DEAL. THE VILLIANS WILL BE HIDING A NUCLEAR WEAPON IN THE HIDEOUT. THE HEROES HAVE TO GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF IT! YOUR BATTLE PARTNERS WILL BE DECIDED BY DRAWING LOTS."
"IS THAT REALLY THE BEST WAY?!" Iida shouts.
"Makes sense because pros often have to team up with heroes from other agencies on the spot during emergencies. Iida you will not always be able to choose who you work with. You may have to work with someone you do not get along with." Izuku states knowingly.
"What would you know you barely tolerate anyone other than Katsuki, Ace, and Luffy. You expect me to work with someone I think should be a villain instead?"
All Might's eyes go dark, Katsuki growls Luffy and Ace are holding each other back.
"You have spent these last couple of days accusing me of being a villain, what is your problem?"
"There is so much around you that points to an unhinged monster, you only socialize with a couple of classmates and when someone else approaches you, you give off an ominous presence. Those are traits of a villain. I feel you are hiding something from everyone, and I will not stop trying to uncover the truth! How did you get here to this class I watched you during the exam, how did you get so many rescue points when it seemed like you were taking fellow examinees out for the count? What do your feather do when you shoot them or stab them into people? Present Mic said it was not permitted to attack each other.
"NOW BOYS, THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE ARGUING" All Might tries to regain order of the class.
"I have done nothing, even before the exam you have singled me out twice. I was not hurting the other examinees. I WAS SAVING THEM!" Izuku is starting to get angry. He doesn't appreciate people like Iida who judge people based on what they think.
"Oh, you were, were you then why can't you tell us what you were doing?" Iida taunts.
"Because I shouldn't have to delve the secrets of my quirk to satisfy you. Let me ask you this Iida, would you tell me every one of the abilities your quirk gives you."
"No! that insane!"
"Then why are you asking me to do the same?!"
"Because I don't trust you."
"I don't trust you either does that give me the right to single you out and demand you to tell me everything you know."
"No, it doesn't, but you're a monster" Iida condescendingly states.
Izuku has now retreated into his mind. All Might and Ace crowd him, they both know how that word affects him. Izuku is thrown into flashbacks from when his students tried to fix him but cutting his ears and tails off. He remembers people calling him freak, monster, animal saying his soul mate wouldn't want a monster as a life partner. He starts whimpering and quietly repeatedly saying "I'm sorry, I'm not a monster. Please stop".
"Shut the fuck up, you don't know anything about us." Katsuki fed up with Iida putting Izuku on the spot.
"KATSUKI CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND HELP HIM" Ace yells over the chattering. The other students are confused one moment Iida and Izuku were yelling back and forth then Izuku starts whimpering and looks so small, and scared. The smarter students realized that it must have been something Iida said. Katsuki's face immediately softens and he heads to Izuku's panicked form.
"Nerd, can you hear me?" Katsuki whispers in his ear softly.
"Kacchan?" Izuku whines.
"Yes Nerd, its Kacchan."
"Kacchan doesn't think I'm a monster, right?"
"Of course not, you're my Nerd, your can't be a monster."
All Might resumes the class when the two boys go to the side. He trusts Katsuki to get Izuku to calm down. He worries because the last meltdown Izuku came out of, he was colder and more analytical than before. "Alright now let's draw lots"
Group A: Izuku Midoriya, Fumikage Tokoyami
Group B: Eijiro Kirishima, Luffy
Group c: Momo Yaoyorozu, Yuga Aoyama
Group D: Katsuki Bakugo, Denki Kaminari
Group E: Tenya Iida, Mezo Shoji
Group F: Shoto Todoroki, Kyoka Jiro
Group G: Koji Koda, Rikido Sato
Group H: Mashirao Ojiro, Ace
Group I: Mina Ashido, Hanta Sero
Group J: Tsuyu Asui, Ochaco Uraraka
"MOVING ON, FIRST UP ARE …." He jams his hands into two boxes one labeled villain and the other labeled hero and pulls out two cards. "THESE!"
From the villain box he pulled out group A and from the hero box he pulled out group E.
"Izuku are you ready to go."
"Yea who is my partner and are we hero or villain?"
"Fumikage Tokoyami, we are villains." A teen with a bird like face states.
"Pleasure to meet you, who was group E?"
"Tenya Iida and Mezo Shoji. Will you be alright I saw what happened earlier?"
"I'm fine" Izuku states head already working out a plan.
All might calls the groups over. "Midoriya, Tokoyami you boys need to adopt a villain mind-set."
"Won't be too hard for a beast" Iida mutters under his breath. No one but Izuku heard. All Might continues "this is a practical experience so go all out don't hold back! Though I will stop you if you take things too far."
"THE VILLAIN TEAM GOES IN FIRST! THE TIMER STARTS IN FIVE MINUTES, WHEN THE HERO TEAM SNEAKS IN. THE REST OF US WILL WATCH VIA CCTV!"
Izuku and Tokoyami enter the building. Izuku turns to Tokoyami, "I have a plan, but I need to go full wolf." 'Iida wants me to be a monster, so be it' getting a nod from Tokoyami, Izuku continues. "Iida uses super speed, so he is probably going to charge straight to the top floor. We keep the missile here and I will guard, and deal with Iida. From what I can tell Shoji's quirk allows him to change the tips of his arms to different body parts, eyes, ears, mouth this enhances his senses and allows him to look in multiple directions. From the quirk test I can assume he has enhanced strength and durability. My plan is to hit him with this; if it does not completely paralyze him it will slow him down enough for you to capture him. Try to keep him occupied as long as you can as soon as I deal with Iida ill notify you by comms." He plucks a feather and hands it to Tokoyami. "Do not hit yourself with it, though I can make the antidote if that happens. Use Dark Shadow to sneak up on him and try to stick it in the back of his neck. It is more effective that way."
"Got it, I'll find a good ambush location on the second floor."
Izuku nods and starts his transformation. Instead of the green flame covered wolf he is now mostly covered in Black flames. His wings are spread out and he controls several feathers to float near the entry point. His tail wave menacingly behind him, swaying with slight irritation. He is mostly in control, but his wolf wants to come out. He waits for Iida to approach, his ears twitching a locked on to the subtle sounds of an engine followed by the heavy footfalls leading up to his domain. Izuku smirks he is going to enjoy this.
Iida burst into the room screaming "I DEMAND YOU TO CEASE THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY" all he gets is a growl in return. He looks up and sees the massive wolf "I was right you are a beast" he mindlessly states. Izuku growls louder and controls his fire to hit Iida. He has practiced a lot to get the intensity down to a singe instead of vaporizing. He will heal him when this is over. Iida tries to use his speed to get around Izuku to the weapon, to no avail. Izuku is faster in this form, his observation Haki allows his to sense the direction Iida will go and counter with his tails. He uses his tails to bat Iida across the room. Iida struggles to get up for a moment and when he is finally on his feet, he notices the wolf has not moved.
Since Izuku is mostly in control he can talk though it sounds much more vicious. "You shouldn't have left your partner alone Hero, what makes you think you can take me on your own. That was very stupid of you." Izuku taunts.
"I am a hero I will defeat you, you monster."
"DON'T CALL ME A MONSTER" Izuku roars.
"You are a villain, a monster. The heroes will always win against those who have no morals." He states and comes back in to try to capture the weapon. Izuku bats him away again. "You are wrong Hero, the stronger one will always win. I am the stronger one. So, give up." Izuku controls some of the paralyzing feather behind Iida and launches them one at a time. One of the feathers pierces Iida behind his neck. Izuku calmly states "Good Night Hero, Maybe next time." Iida looks confused, he can still move there is still a few minutes left he can distract him and go for the missile again. Then he feels it his limbs get heavy; they won't respond to his commands. He crumbles to the ground face morphed in rage and utter defeat.
Izuku turns his attention to the comms set in his ear. "Tokoyami, Target is down, what the situation."
"I'm fine, he is too strong I am retreating ill lead him up to you."
"Got it, Hurry" Izuku can tell from the heavy breathing and hitch in Tokoyami's voice that he is injured. He compresses the black fire of his coat and releases his green flames. Tokoyami sprints into the room and stops for a second at the massive wolf. He will ask about it later. Izuku launches a few feathers at Tokoyami. Iida thinking Izuku is attacking Tokoyami yells "What the hell are you doing attacking your own teammate, I was right you are the worst kind of monster there is." Tokoyami looks around and gets hit with two bright green feathers, his eyes widen expecting pain or numbness. He nods his head to Izuku when he feels his strength returning and the bruises, he must have from his fight with Shoji healing. He gets it now Izuku wasn't attacking people at the exam he was healing them. "Thank you, Izuku"
"Don't mention it."
"What did you do?! I demand to know!" Iida shouts not understanding what is going on, but he is sure that Tokoyami got injured by Izuku's feathers.
"If you're not smart enough to figure it out, I'm not going to tell you." Izuku state coldly.
Shoji enters a few moments later hearing Iida screaming on the floor. He takes a second to observe his surroundings; first thing he notices is a massive green wolf quickly changing colors to black. Second thing he notices is his partner on the floor yelling at Izuku to tell him something. 'his mouth is moving, but the rest of him isn't' must be a paralyzer, I should stay away from the wolf then.' The third thing he notices is Tokoyami doesn't seem to have any of the damage he inflicted on the other. Shoji can not possible fight the two on his own. He was handling Tokoyami pretty well, but the wolf was able to take out Iida without taking damage. His only option to win is to go for the missile. He charges straight for it, Izuku bats him away with his tail. "Your partner already tried that" Shoji gets up if this was a real scenario, he would have to give his all to make sure the villains can not win. As he is thinking of a plan one of Izuku's feathers pierces the back of his neck. Due to muscular form the paralytic takes a little longer to kick in. He starts feeling a little heavy, he decides he's going to go in again for the missile. He is halfway there when his legs give out, and he falls to the ground. He tries to get back up, but his arms will not listen him.
All Might's voice is heard "BOTH HEROS ARE UNABLE TO MOVE AND THEREFORE CAPTURED. THE VILLIANS WIN"
Izuku shifts back into his human form and plucks two feathers with the paralytic antidote. He jabs one in Shoji's neck and the other in Iida's neck. As soon as Iida can move, he uses a reciproburst kick to the back of Izuku's head while he is administering the antidote to Shoji. Izuku goes flying and crashes into the wall. Green fire surrounds him and he stands up. "What the hell was that for?" Izuku shouts.
"You injected me and shoji with something I was defending myself." Iida states like he was right to kick Izuku.
"I was administering the antidote you idiot. If I dodged that you would have seriously hurt Shoji. Fucking think before you do something." Izuku is furious, he can tolerate people demeaning him, not trusting him; but he cannot tolerate being attacked while trying to heal someone that can defend themselves.
"THAT IS ENOUGH BOYS, IIDA I AM DISAPPOINTED THE YOU WOULD ATTACK A FELLOW CLASSMATE OUTSIDE OF TRAINING."
"But he…" Iida begins getting cut-off by All Might
"THAT IS ENOUGH IIDA, IZUKU HAS DONE NOTHING TO YOU, HE REVERSED THE PARALYSIS FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, I WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYMORE OF THIS NONSENSE. IF IZUKU DODGED THAT KICK AND YOU HIT SHOJI YOU WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY KILLED HIM. YOUR BEHAVIOUR IS UNBECOMING OF A HERO, ONE MORE OUTBURST LIKE THAT AND I WILL NOT HESITATE TO EXPELL YOU."
"THAT'S NOT FAIR, IZUKU IS THE ONE ENDANGERING US ALL, HE SHOULDN'T BE HERE HE IS A MONSTER WHAT DID HE DO TO TOKOYAMI. I SAW HIM HIT HIS PARTNER WITH A FEATHER. I DEMAND TO KNOW"
"Just because you demand something does not mean you are entitled to know, but if this will get you to stop accusing me of being a villain, I'll tell you what I did to you, shoji, and Tokoyami. I can change the properties of my feathers for medicinal purposes basically for you and Shoji I injected you with a very strong muscle relaxant. With Tokoyami I injected him with healing feathers, Anti-inflammatory, and a stimulant to restore his energy functions. When the match was over, I injected you with a feather that reverses the effects of the paralytic agent I used. Are you satisfied now, because I won't tell you anymore? Just because you don't like me, I will not divulge my capabilities to someone who will use them against me."
Iida looks down but does not appear to continue this conversation. Izuku looks over to Shoji and Tokoyami "Do you have any injuries that need to be looked at." Tokoyami states "I think Shoji cracked one of my ribs, the feather you gave me took away the pain, but I don't think it was enough to heal the damage." Izuku nods and lights his fingertips in green fire, he places his hand over Tokoyami's side and immediately Tokoyami can feel the bones mending together and healing. "Thank you again Izuku."
"Not a problem" He flashes Tokoyami a genuine smile. He turns to Shoji "Do you need any healing?"
"Just some muscle aches and pains. Nothing I need to get healed right away." Izuku plucks a feather and hands him the green feather. "Here jab this in your arm or leg and that will relieve some if not all the tension in your muscles. Stretch afterwards to get the muscles to loosen up." Shoji nods and does as told jabbing the feather into his leg. He does a few warm-up stretches and immediately feels his muscles loosening and loosing the tension.
"Iida, do you need healing I was rough with you." Izuku tries to extend an olive branch to the other teen. His hand gets slapped away, and he receives a cold response "I'll get my healing done by Recovery Girl, I trust her." Izuku shrugs "Fine suit yourself"
The boys all leave together, and head to the rest of the class. All Might is concerned about Iida's lack of trust in his fellow classmate. He understands Izuku's point of not telling someone who you don't trust your abilities, but he feels that this is not going to be solved without it.
Izuku steps into the room that everyone is watching from. Some of the students back away from him, a couple don't register his presence. There are a few that are running up to him to congratulate him on his win and to compliment how cool his wolf form looks.
Kirishima comes up to Izuku "That was so manly bro, I mean this in the most unoffensive way possible but you're a beast. Your wolf is so cool."
"Uhhh… Thanks" Izuku says embarrassed blushed dusting his cheeks.
"Hi, I'm Kaminari, I think it was so cool how you healed the others when the round was finished. I heard what Iida said I want you to know I disagree with him. I saw your match during the Entrance exam, to heal people and take out villains was amazing."
"Thanks, Kaminari, nice to meet you."
Katsuki comes to his rescue "Alright everyone back off the nerd" He shouts to the crowd. The group listens they saw his reaction when Izuku went full panic mode. He approaches Izuku and drapes his arm over the shorter boy's shoulders brushing over the top of the soul mark as he does so. Izuku shudders and instantly relaxes in Katsuki's hold. "You good Nerd?" Izuku takes a shaky breath, the worry in Katsuki's voice make his voice crack and sound just a little hoarse. It does things to Izuku, he shakes it off and nods "Kacchan, I'm ok… Just a bit overwhelmed. Trying to hold back Fuji for so long is draining."
"Do you want to come over to where Ace and Luffy are. They can help when I have to go to my match."
"Yea. That sounds good." Katsuki leads him over to the others.
"Izuku no matter how many times I see your wolf form It is always impressive." Ace comments.
"The black one is very intimidating." Luffy supplies.
"The Nerd is always badass in wolf form." Katsuki Smirks.
"OK CLASS LISTEN UP, NOW WE DISCUSS THE MATCH, WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON. WHY DID THE HEROES LOSE?"
"The V.I.P. in this battle was Midoriya."
"CAN YOU EXPLAIN? MOMO YAOYOROZU."
"Yes sensei, I say Midoriya because he had a clear plan and communicated with his partner. He predicted that Iida would charge into battle and planned accordingly without causing his classmate to much damage. He protected the target efficiently and when the opportunity arose to take Iida out, he went for it. When he checked in with Tokoyami he was precise and to the point and figured that Shoji's strength was too much for Tokoyami to handle on his own. I am not sure what the colors of his flames mean but I can assume that green healed or at least repaired some of the damage Tokoyami suffered. Shoji did an amazing job with the resources he had. He was have trouble capturing Tokoyami and when lead to the weapons room he took time to observe his surroundings. Even though he knew he could not defeat the other team he still tried to complete the objective."
"YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD SOMETHING."
"Sensei, Iida should not have tried to attack Izuku on his own, and after the fight was over, he attacked him, even after Izuku reversed the paralytic agent. He was also using the information that caused Izuku to go into a panic attack before the fight to try and win. He deliberately kept calling him a monster instead of a villain."
Katsuki is outraged. "Do you know how much damage you could have caused, because of your stupidity. He could have lost control." He looks visibly freaked out at Iida.
"Lost control how? What do you mean Bakugo?"
"Izuku is a wolf, he has been through a lot, when we were younger the older kids try to fix him, they CUT OFF HIS EARS AND TAILS WITH SCISSORS. They grew back because they are made of his fire so thank god there is no lasting damage, but he can still feel them they are extremely sensitive. Every time they grew back, he would be called a monster a freak, be told his soul mate would want him because of it. The last time it happened he completely shut down for weeks. I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO PICK UP THE PIECES AND TELL HIM HE IS NOT A MONSTER. I'm warning you now the next person who calls him a monster or a freak I WILL KILL YOU."
Ace and Luffy both flank Katsuki with unmoving postures, they know Izuku can handle himself, but he should have to deal with this. He is strong physically stronger than the other three boys but his heart damages easily. The class shivers, feeling the unyielding desire to protect.
"When in wolf form it is hard for me to keep the wolf at bay, I have lost control once in my life to save a young boy from death, I am a wolf, I have the instincts of a wolf, the increased senses of a wolf. In human form the instincts are easier to control, when I transform, it takes a lot to hold him back. He is very protective of me, having Iida repeatedly call me a monster caused me to have to strain to hold him back. I takes a lot of my energy to do that. When he takes over there is only three people that can pull me back out. None of them were in that room, that is why I ended the fight the way I did instead of running out the clock, I couldn't hold him back much longer. If I hurt you Iida, Shoji I am truly sorry." Izuku says quietly almost like a whisper.
Shoji waves off the apologies "you did what you had to do"
Iida huffs and looks away. He is not satisfied that to him Izuku looks to be acting sweet and innocent like well he is not going to fall for it.
All Might pulls the next two teams out of the boxes. "OK THE NEXT HEROES ARE GROUP B" Kirishima and Luffy nod to each other. "THE VILLIANS ARE GROUP I" Ashido and Sero nod to each other and start walking to the other building.
"Kirishima what is your Quirk?"
"Hardening, you?"
"Rubber" Luffy starts thinking of a plan "Ashido uses acid so we have to watch out for that, I have defenses that will protect me to some extent, And I think I saw Sero swinging from tape during Aizawa's test." At Kirishima's nod Luffy continues "I will Launch us the roof, use hardening to land to decrease your chance of injury. We probably shouldn't do too much damage to the building unless they moved the bomb it should be around the same area as Izuku's match so we will work our way down. Chances are they will be expecting us to come in through the bottom floor since they don't know I stretch. If the did move the bomb it would be closer to the top floor. That way we wait our time searching the other floors on the way up. We stick together and we win as a team." Luffy learned a lot about battle plans training with Izuku. "Do you want to add anything."
"Nah not really, but umm… should we have a code word incase we get spit up?"
"Yea Straw-Hat"
"Ok, sounds good. You ready bro?"
"I should be asking you that instead, people don't usually like when I launch them places. When we get up to the roof Imma go into gear second." The buzzer rings for them to head into the building. Luffy stretches one arm up to the roof and wraps the other arm multiple times around Kirishima. He retracts his arm and shouts rocket. Kirishima silently screams eye light with joy, like that feeling going down a rollercoaster. They land on the roof lightly. Luffy puts his fist on the ground and pumps the muscles in his legs. "This move takes a minute to use and I don't want to put you in a position of distracting the enemy while I get ready if we need it." Luffy states while his body turns pink. "Ready, Lets go"
They make there way down to the top floor and do a full sweep, there is nothing. They make there way down to the next floor. This is the room Izuku had the bomb in they probably figured it was strategically sound since it only had one-way in. With observation Haki Luffy can sense the others on the other side of the door, off to the side. Good they are probably in front of the bomb so Luffy can use a surprise attack to shock them and give them a little smoke screen when the door breaks. He motions for Kirishima to step to the side and throws his arm all the way back. He retracts his arm and hits the door with a Jet Pistol. Just as planned the dust and debris on the door provide a smokescreen cover that the boys use to move away from the door.
Ashido spits acid at where the door was, not too sure if she hit anyone. Luffy tackles Kirishima to the ground taking the hit in the back, it burns his rubber skin quite a bit, he lets out a pained hiss. Kirishima hears the hiss and worriedly asks "You good Bro" Luffy leaps off Kirishima back toward him in a protective fighting stance "Fine"
Kirishima looks at Luffy's back as the smoke clears and stares in shock, "Luffy are we…, really."
Luffy just now realizing that the back of his shirt is ruined so Kirishima can clearly see they match, drops his head low. "You don't exactly hide yours and I saw it the moment I saw you in your costume I didn't say anything because I didn't want you to be distracted. We can talk about this later. Let's finish this."
"Yea" Kirishima takes a breath "you're right we can talk later, right now there is a bomb we need to take out."
Luffy smirks "Can your hardening distract the acid girl?"
"Don't know have never tried, it depends if her acid can melt stone."
"Ok, then can you distract tape boy, this form gives me super speed I will evade her attacks and capture the weapon."
"Yea that sounds good, Let's do this"
Luffy leaps over to Ashido and flicks her in the forehead. In Gear second, he has too much strength to try to hit her with a full powered jet pistol. He also needs the speed boost it gives him to capture the weapon when there is an opening. With his Observation Haki he can avoid all of Ashido's attacks while making sure he doesn't put Kirishima in danger by dodging the wrong way. He had to take a couple of hits because if he dodged, they would hit Kirishima. He can see that Kirishima has tape boy very distracted so the next time he dodges he lands on the weapon. He shouts, "Target acquired".
All Might calls the battle to a close announcing the heroes the winner of this round. The group make it back to the room where the other students are. "Sorry about the Acid, your name is Luffy right? I'm Ashido."
"Yea I'm Luffy, it's fine no lasting damage. It was all part of the training exercise." Luffy grins widely.
"WELL DONE HEROES, LETS DISCUSS THE BATTLE, WHAT COULD HAVE CHANGED? WHAT ARE SOME STRENGTHS, WHAT COULD THEY IMPROVE ON?"
"Well, the villain team did not know anything about the other teams quirks or abilities, they barely had a plan, they didn't fortify their area or make traps using Ashido's acid. Luffy seemed to know some of what the heroes would do and make a solid plan. Going up to the roof was well though out and saved a lot of time. Predicting that they would not have moved the bomb closer to the front door the heroes decided to work their way down from the roof. Luffy had great battlefield observation skills, always knowing where his partner was. He could have dodged some of the acid blows, but he knew Kirishima would get hit if he did so he took them. Waiting until Sero was distracted enough to not notice the split-second move was well thought out." A boy half covered in ice states monotonously.
"VERY GOOD BREAKDOWN AND OBSERVATION" All might commends. "ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE THE NEXT MATCH?"
"Izuku can you check me out, the acid started melting my skin." Luffy calls out cheerfully.
Izuku frantically calls up his flames, and lighting his hand, "where are the worst?" Izuku demands.
Luffy walks up to Izuku "My back and my Arms, can you fix it?"
"Let me see" Izuku inspects the damage "Luffy your mark I won't be able to touch it so I can heal it."
"Kirishima come here" Luffy calls out. Kirishima trots over "What's up?" he asks.
"Izuku can he touch it, then you heal through him?"
"I can try. In theory it could work. Ok Kirishima put your hand on his back, then I will feed my fire through your hand to his back. I have never done this so it might be uncomfortable, let me know if it starts to hurt." Izuku states getting into healing mode.
Kirishima nods and places his hand on Luffy's back, immediately Kirishima feels Luffy's back muscles loosening, and his shoulders don't look so tense anymore. "You good?" Kirishima whispers softly. Luffy hums "Yea, better now" Izuku places his hand over Kirishima's and starts funneling his flames through Kirishima's hand, he controls the flames through the other boys hand and onto Luffy's back. Kirishima is watching as a soothing heal travels from the back of his hand to his palm and fingertips. He can feel the blisters under his hand shrinking. "This is incredible Izuku. I have never felt something so calming before."
"How are you feeling Luffy?"
"I think the back is done healing there is no pain. Can you heal my arms now?"
Izuku removes his flames from Kirishima's hand and draws his hand away for the other boy. "Ok show me your arms." Izuku demands. Luffy lifts his arms. Kirishima gasps "was this from the blows you didn't dodge because they could have hit me?" he looks at Luffy his face is pale, and guilt ridden.
"Yeah, we didn't know if her acid would have melted you worse then me, I'm sorry I took such a risk." Luffy looks down hating the look of guilt being aimed at him. He hasn't known Kirishima for more then a couple of days but every time he has seen him, he is always bright and smiling. Luffy doesn't like the guilty sad looks that took away Kirishima's smile. "It's ok Izuku can heal me."
Kirishima nods still not over it but he decided this is a talk for later in private. "Okay"
"Come over tonight, we have to talk." Luffy asks looking a little shy.
"Sure, yea that sounds good." Kirishima flashes a small smile.
Izuku finishes healing Luffy's arms "There your all set" then he hits him over the head "STOP BEING SO DANM RECKLESS"
Luffy rubs the top of his head and pouts. The hit didn't hurt him but still it satisfied Izuku; and from the looks of it satisfied Ace and Katsuki.
"ALL RIGHT LETS GET READY FOR THE NEXT MATCH" All Might calls. The next match is about to begin while the other boys were busy groups F and J were called to battle. The heroes were Todoroki and Jiro; while the villains were Asui and Ochaco.
It was a very quick match Todoroki froze the entire building including the girls feet and missile. He just strolled through and touched the bomb claiming their victory.
The next fight was called "THE HEROES WILL BE GROUP C AND THE VILLAINS WILL BE GROUP H."
Ace and Ojiro head to the bomb location "here is what I noticed, The boy has a laser type quirk that he shoots from his belly button, I believe I saw the girl Momo I think her name is create roller blades and other things during the quirk test. She is also very smart and already has a plan. My quirk turns me into fire so she will not be able to hit me, unless she creates a shitload of water. My plan is we stay here, and guard try to run out the clock, there is too much about Momo we do not know. I will surround the area with fire, and I can place the target behind my blazing net, it won't allow anyone to enter or leave the area except me of course, I will also put up a flame wall to block all attacks against the bomb."
"Sounds good I will stay outside the net then so I can push them back if they get too close."
"I'll call out some of my ranged attacks, I don't want to burn you so if you can stay off center that would be good."
"Okay, set up your fire moves before they get here."
Ace quickly sets up his two defensive moves and uses Firefly light and spreads the little greenish-yellow fireballs throughout the room. They only have to wait a few moments before they can here the other two talking on their floor. "Look alive we are about to have company." Ace confirms getting into his fighting stance.
Looks like laser boy took a page out of Luffy's handbook He blasted the door and caused a smoke screen, With Observation Haki Ace can still sense them he sends his fireflies into the smoke screen and detonates them close enough to singe and slightly burn his targets. Making it look like he doesn't know exactly where they are. Momo jumps out first with a fire extinguisher in her hands. That's smart but that wont work on Ace. She aims the fire extinguisher at the flame wall that doesn't work. She jumps back and tells the laser boy not to use his navel laser toward where the bomb is, not being able to know exactly where it is, she doesn't want to rick blowing it up. She tries to create water but after a few buckets she decides it is hopeless. She just doesn't have enough mass to create the amount of water needed to suppress the flames. She also doesn't know how hot the flames are and doesn't want to risk serious injury, but not making a flaming suit strong enough to withstand the heat. She also doesn't know how far back is goes either. Even if she had this information, she doesn't think she has enough energy to make a full body flame suit. Her only hope is to take out Ojiro and lure out Ace to capture them.
She goes to attack Ojiro's left flank when a blast of fire cuts her off. She tries again this time going over the flames, like before she is cut off. She is so focused on not being burned she trapped herself in the corner. This is it; it is over they have lost.
"VILLAIN TEAMS WINS" as soon as that sounded though out the building Ace retracted his fire. Not a scorch mark in sight and the bomb perfectly unharmed. "Your ideas were well thought out and would have worked against a different type of fire."
"I see, thank you." Momo stated
The group heads backs to the rest of the class. "OK THAT WAS A PRETTY AWESOME BATTLE THE VILLIANS KEPT THE HEROES BUSY LONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETE THEIR OBJECTIVE. MOMO YOUR PLAN WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT BUT YOU WERE MISSING VITAL INFORMATION. SOMETIMES YOU GO INTO A BATTLE NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR OPPONENT, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE RISKS TO SAVE THE PEOPLE."
"I understand"
"OK THE LAST FIGHT THE HEROES WILL BE GROUP D AND THE VILLIANS WILL BE GROUP G"
Katsuki and his partner head to the building and form a plan. "So, what's the plan Kacchan?"
"Don't call me Kacchan. Sparky!" Katsuki shouts he doesn't like other people calling him Kacchan only his Nerd can call him that.
"Awww why not you let Izuku call you that?" The other boy asks.
Katsuki huffs and turns his head to the side "That's different, he gave that name to me. He is the only one I will let call me that. Say it again and I'll Destroy you." Emphasizing his point with a few small explosions.
"Ok, I surrender, so what's the plan"
"We go in there and blast them."
"Ok sounds easy enough." Katsuki drops in front of the other boy and quickly tells him to get on they are going up. The other boy listens a little embarrassed at getting a piggyback ride.
The two head into the building being blasted up to the third floor by Katsuki's quirk. Katsuki hops through the window breaking it, when he touches down, he drops the other boy like a sack of potatoes. "Ouch," the other boy whines landing straight on his ass.
"Get over it and let's go" Katsuki grunts.
They clear the third floor no sign of the bomb, they head up to the fourth floor. The come to the last door and Katsuki inspects it. There are handprints on the door and Katsuki smirks they didn't do a very good job covering their tracks. Katsuki uses his Observation Haki and sense the other teams presences on the other side. He blasts the door open with a feral grin he understands that he can not use his full power he has to hold back. He starts off with a stun grenade targeting the one with the big lips. He pops a few smaller explosions in a rapid-fire move, his opponent stumbles. Katsuki launches himself behind his target one arm behind him exploding propelling him toward his target to increase the impact. His opponent is out cold. He grabs his capture tape and secures the target. He watches his partner go toe to toe with the other boy. He should step in to help, call him soft but his partner is handling his own and if his classmates are going to get stronger, they need to fight for themselves. Katsuki could also touch the bomb but he is doing to wait and see if Sparks can take out the other guy. Katsuki watches as Kaminari spark lightening around his body and straight body slams the other boy electrocuting his and causing paralysis. Katsuki smirks and throws him the capture tape.
"Good job, Pikachu." Katsuki grins at him.
"You too, Blasty" Kaminari grins right back at him.
"THE HEROES WIN CONGRATULATIONS,"
Katsuki picks up the paralyzed boy and carries him to the classroom. The boy that Katsuki K.O. ED regained consciousness during Kaminari's fight. Kaminari untied the other boy and helped him to his feet. "Let's go get the burns looked at." Kaminari suggests. The other boy nods.
"Nerd!"
"Ahhh Kacchan, what did you do?"
"It wasn't me Nerd, blame Pikachu over here!" Katsuki shouts while pointing at Kaminari.
"Ok set him down, What about the rest of you."
"I'm fine Nerd, not a scratch on me." Katsuki grins.
"That's because Kacchan is amazing." Izuku agrees.
"I'm fine" Kaminari states with a smile on his face.
"I have a few burns that could be healed." The other boy states
Izuku shoots Katsuki a look, Katsuki looks down almost guiltily, pouting slightly huffs out "not my fault Stun Grenade didn't work long enough to tie him up."
Izuku smiles at him and gets to healing the other two boys. Once they are finished All Might addresses the class. "GOOD WORK TODAY, NO SERIOUS INJURIES THAT COULDN'T BE HEALED BY MIDORIYA! GREAT TEAMWORK THOUGH! YOU ALL DID SPLENDINGLY, CONSIDERING THIS WAS YOUR FIRST TRAINING EXERCISE. CLASS DISMISSED. GO CHANGE INTO YOUR GYM CLOTHES AND HEAD BACK TO YOUR CLASSROOM YOUR NEXT INSTRUCTOR IS ALREADY WAITING"
Izuku, Ace, Katsuki, and Luffy shudder and gulp the same thoughts running though their heads 'Fuck we are so dead' they head to the locker rooms to change whispering to each other. "What do you think he has planned?" Izuku asks.
"I don't know but whatever it is, it is going to be tough"
"Fuck… Nerd! Why does he have to be here?"
"To kick our asses most likely." Izuku is only partly joking.
The other boys nods their heads. Izuku is usually always right. The boys quickly make their way to their classroom not daring to be late, approaching the door Katsuki hesitates, slowly pushing the door open.
"I thought I told you boy's never to hesitate. Hesitation is the difference between life and death" Shanks states grinning manically while throwing a chalkboard eraser covered in Armament Haki right at Katsuki's face. It smacks him right in the forehead with a dull 'thunk' sound it slides down his face leaving a bright pink spot and white dust on Katsuki's face.
"Sorry sensei"
"Looks like you will need an extra lesson in not hesitating to make sure it doesn't happen again" Shanks said with a smirk.
The boy's simultaneously respond "Yes sensei"
"Take your seats, the others will be here shortly"
The boys bow and head to their seats. Aizawa Sensei did not separate the boys, so they are in a group together. They are silently waiting for the rest of the class. The gaggle of students enter the classroom chatting amongst themselves not noticing the red- haired man at the front of the class. As the students walk in and find their seats Shanks turns around. He laces a bit of Conqueror's Haki in his voice and calls the class to attention.
"Now that I have got your attention my name is Shanks, I am the instructor for the hand to hand combat training, you will each be learning how to fight on equal footing without relying on your quirk. How many of you have offensive type quirks?"
About half the class raises their hands. "So, the rest of you do not have combat type quirks, how many of you with defensive type quirks know at least one fighting style?"
Ojiro raises his hand
"What fighting style do you know"
"I am proficient in Karate Sensei."
"That is good to know, I will be teaching you multiple styles of fighting to find one that works for you all, then we will break off into groups and spar. If you were to lose your quirk or could not use it for whatever reason you need a way to be able to defend yourselves and the people who depend on you. Too many pro heroes fall due to over relying on their quirks. What if a villain had a quirk similar to Erasurehead and can temporarily suppress or shut off your quirk? I will give you the tools you need to survive out there. Having an unpredictable fighting style is great and the smart utilization of your quirk in combat can save energy and lives. I am not here to coddle you. I will push you to your limits and the beyond these limits. I will not accept half-assed attempts. This training will be brutal, it will be hard. It will feel like most days you can't continue or move. But I promise you when you are out there saving lives in your hero career you will look back on this time and be glad you fought through the pain, conquered you limits and weaknesses, and earned your place among the best. The only way to fail is to give up. If you can not accept this… Then you are free to go" Shanks finishes his speech with Conqueror's Haki.
'This is the same feeling Izuku gives off when he is serious, just way more powerful. What is this pressure?' Iida thinks.
The rest of the kids are shaking, well except 4 boys, they are used to this having been training with Shanks for 10 years they are used to his brutality. But still they shiver violently, this is Shanks being nice. The class will find out it gets a lot worse.
