First of all, I'm terribly sorry that I kept you waiting this long (or maybe not long? Let me know how you feel about the wait). I recently got a new job and was kinda busy, so... that's that.
Second of all, we almost hit the 20k views mark and I'm happy as hell.
Enjoy reading ;D
His steps echoed in the long corridor that lead to the Support Course workshop. His chit-chat with Dr Richards still on his mind. He stood in front of the massive doors as his thoughts had him elsewhere. His subconscious was nagging him to move aside and he absentmindedly complied. Seconds later, a loud explosion was heard from behind the doors, which were blown out of their hinges in the next moment. Izuku cleared his head in an instant and switched his eyes to thermovision to see through the smoke, that started flowing into the hallway. He spotted a heat signature moving in the air and his body moved without thinking.
He reached out and grabbed the person by their arm. Izuku Midoriya was one smart boy. Second student in 1-A in terms of academics, losing only to resident genius Momo Yaoyorozu. But, after today he was sure, that he had some catching up to do in physics. Why you ask? Well… let's say that his body really moved without thinking. And what happens when a stationary body is attaching itself onto one that is moving with great force? The stationary one gets yoinked.
"Crap", he thought as he felt himself being pulled and stumbling onto the ground.
"Goddamnit Hatsume!", Izuku heard a familiar voice of Power Loader from inside the workshop, but he still couldn't see him because of the smoke. Though he definitely felt some weight on top of him and the cold floor beneath him. "How many times do I have to remind you, that we have a special room for experimenting with potentially unstable projects?! Which is everything you create!", yup, it was definitely Power Loader and he didn't sound happy at all.
The smoke started clearing up and slowly Izuku got some of his vision back. Unfortunately for our young hero in training, he was greeted by a very developed bosom, hidden under a black tank top.
"Muscles!", a smiling and very enthusiastic face of one Mei Hatsume popped into his field of view as more and more smoke vented out.
It was at this moment, that Midoriya knew, he had a very attractive female on top of him. His face turned red in an instant and he could swear that he felt steam coming out of his ears.
"Would you kindly get up from him? He can hardly breathe judging by how red he is!", another shout from Power Loader seemed to catch the pinkette's attention, because she immediately stood up and pulled Izuku from the ground without effort it seemed.
"Am I really such a featherweight?", he asked himself while undergoing a fundamental reboot of his entire mind.
"-so now we can finally get started with our lessons! I was suuuuuuuuuuuuper excited about it all and just couldn't stop myself from tinkering! But, I technically didn't blow anything up for the past 7 days, seeing as it is already past 3 PM, so… You ready?", Izuku only heard the last part of her ramble. Hopefully she was spewing nonsense as he was for 90% of the time.
"Y-yeah, just g-give me a moment to catch my breath", he answered slowly as he took a couple of deep breaths to calm himself. Judging by the heat leaving his face - it worked. "As good as new. Let's get to work my student!", Izuku shouted with a fist bumped into the air.
Mei almost squealed in excitement and took Midoriya by the hand to quickly, and forcefully, guide him to her workbench.
"I'm going to make soooo many babies when I finally get my hands on some drachmium!"
"I really am a featherweight, huh?"
"Where did you find her?", Power Loader looked up from the documents that littered his desk and looked up to see one Izuku Midoriya staring right at him with a mostly emotionless face.
"Is she really that hopeless of a person?", asked the teacher back, preparing for the worse. He was taken aback, when the green haired student raised a brow and thought for a moment before answering.
"Nope. It's quite opposite actually. She, umm, she understood it. In one sitting. We, we created a sample, not very clear one, but a sample nonetheless in under four hours. Four hours!", Izuku shouted the last part with excitement on his face. "It took your four DAYS to understand the process and another two to finally get a sample right!"
"Shhh!", Power Loader hissed and put a finger to his lips. "If she heard that, than I wouldn't hear the end of it for at least a couple of weeks", the teacher explained and Izuku imagined a very smug Hatsume walking after Power Loader and constantly reminding him, that she was a better student than him. The thought alone was scary.
"S-sorry. I get excited easily and can't control myself sometimes", he said as he scratched the back of his head.
"No harm done boy. Besides, I have yet to thank you for getting me a full, explosion free week! For all I care, you costume is a #1 priority in my books!", happiness was very audible in Power Loader's speech and Midoriya couldn't help but smile himself.
"A-actually I have a question to ask", he started shyly.
"Go ahead my boy"
"Would it be a problem if I showed up in the workshop from time to time to help Hatsume with her tinkering?"
Power Loader whistled and put a hand on his chin in a thoughtful manner. "You sure do work fast kid. Never thought that this mad scientist could get someone to be attracted to her. Sure, I have no problem with you two hanging out around the workshop. I can tell you are a quite responsible young man. Hell, maybe you will rub off on her and she will become more responsible!", the teacher ended and laughed loudly. "Responsible Mei Hatsume… Good one… My stomach hurts from laughing too much…"
"I-it's n-not like t-that!", whisper-shouted Midoriya while his face was assaulted by another wave of heat. "Is it even healthy to get embarrassed this often?", he wondered while simultaneously wanting to sink into the ground, like that one upperclassman, that he once saw taking part in the UA Sports Festival last year.
Trying to avoid further embarrassment, Midoriya decided to take his leave, as he had already set up a meeting with Hatsume before asking for permission from Power Loader, he still had no idea how she managed to convince him into helping her, but hey! it was some time since he last had the occasion to tinker on his own! And who knew, maybe he could learn something, while working with Mei?
The sun was setting when Izuku reached the big building that had become his home. He walked inside and saw quite a… unsettling sight.
In the center of the common room two boys stood in front of each other. Izuku could instantly make out Kirishima's red hair and the other one looked like his exact copy with different colors, so it had to be Tetsutetsu. What surprised him the most was the two couches positioned behind each of them with their respective classmates occupying them. Both crowds were cheering, though Izuku was not entirely sure what was this all about.
Before he got the chance to ask, Eijiro raised his hardened arm and slapped Tetsutetsu's steel cheek. It was a Quirk slapping contest.
An audible sigh left him and he turned to go upstairs, but was met by another ample bosom. "Me and my luck…", he thought as his face became red and he trailed his gaze upwards to be met by the sight of smiling Momo. "Hi Yaoyorozu"
"Finally someone normal to talk to!", she exclaimed happily and pointed towards commotion. "They've been at it for almost three hours now", the girl explained and let out a sigh of her own. "Even Setsuna and Itsuka got involved in this whole ordeal. Though Itsuka was hesitant to join at first, she was eventually convinced by her classmates"
"Three hours?!", Midoriya exclaimed in shock and whistled. "This whole Hero Course sure is pushing us hard. I remember how he couldn't hold his transformation for longer than an hour"
"Well… they are not using their Quirk all the time. It's more like they are rapidly turning them on and off while they wait for the other to make a move", Momo straightened and turned back to Izuku. "So… Kyouka wanted me to tutor her on some subjects and I was wondering if we could do it for more than one person?"
"Like a class wide study group?"
"W-well I thought about a little smaller one. Besides, I don't think that Bakugo, Todoroki or Iida need or want any help"
"Mina?", he asked knowingly.
"Mina", she answered seriously and they both chuckled. One pink skinned girl sneezed on the couch in the common room. "So… study group… Friday sounds good?", Yaoyorozu asked and smiled, glad that her idea was approved.
"I'm busy this Friday, but starting with next week, I will make sure to be free", he answered and started heading upstairs.
"It's only Monday and you already have plans for the weekend?", Momo questioned as she followed him. She was about to head to her room herself.
"Yeah, I have a business trip"
"Business? What business?"
"A private one", he smiled at her and jogged upstairs, leaving her behind.
Monday ended and Tuesday came around. Izuku woke up first and went for his morning jog. He returned half an hour before the classes were to start and went quickly to his room to change. Quick shower, breakfast on the run and he made it to class with five minutes to spare. The day flew by him and he was on his way to the dorms. His classmates were kinda sorta interested what had the green haired boy in such a rush. They hadn't had the occasion to hold a longer conversation with him for the entire day. And from the looks of it, they won't have one!
Because by the time they got to the dorms, Midoriya was already grabbing an apple from a fruit plate that stood on the coffee table in the common room, before heading out once again.
Numerous students got even more curious as to where the green haired student was heading. This applied to a certain orange haired girl, that decided to ask Momo if she knew anything.
"I honestly have no idea. Though I am a bit curious myself", she answered with a thoughtful look on her face.
"Guys please, it's obvious. How can you not see it?", Mina spoke up after a couple of seconds.
"What's obvious?", multiple students questioned her.
"Well, he constantly looks like he is far, far away with his thoughts, always in a rush and has a cheerful expression on his face. Our little broccoli has got himself a girlfriend!", Ashido exclaimed and raised her fist into the air.
Izuku was walking to the workshop the same route he has taken yesterday, but at one point a morbid feeling overcame him and then vanished like it was never there.
"Woah… I wondered what that was about…", he thought but didn't elaborate on this as he now stood in front of the large steel door. He was about to open it, but then quickly sidestepped and waited.
Three seconds later the door was blown out of its hinges by an explosion. Deja vu much?
"Man… who would've thought that creating an arc reactor will prove to be such a nuisance?", Mei's voice could be heard from inside the room as she got into a coughing fit.
"Everybody!", and then came the booming voice of Power Loader.
"And that is where you are wrong! Because I clearly didn't think that way!", even with smoke obstructing his vision, Izuku bet that Hatsume had a huge grin plastered all over her face and was already salvaging her newest invention.
The green haired student was broken out of his thoughts as he saw Power Loader walking out of the workshop. "Ah, good, you're here. Keep an eye on her. I need a drink and something for my headache"
"Muscles? Is that you?"
"Y-yes", Izuku took two steps into the room when he was tackled by Mei and almost brought to the ground.
"I've been waiting for you soooo long!", she exclaimed enthusiastically. "I have a bunch of cool babies that I need your help with!", at this point she was already dragging him to her workbench, holding his hand.
"I'm holding hands with a girl!", all sorts of alarms went off in his head, as temperature levels all over the vessel, known as Izuku Midoriya, started rising at a quick pace.
"Huh?", the green haired student was spaced out enough to not notice, that Mei was currently examining his hands.
"W-what?", he asked with a blush as he turned his face away from her.
"Why do you have so many bruises on your knuckles and hands in general?", she questioned not taking her eyes off of his hands.
"Oh, w-well I'm mostly a melee fighter, so it's normal for me to get bruised up?", his explanation came off as a question rather than an answer.
"But, doesn't your Quirk help you with that? Wait, what IS your Quirk actually?"
"Oh, um, how do I-", he cut himself off, took a deep breath and spoke up. "I'm Quirkless"
Seeing the confused and somewhat interested look in her eyes as she looked at him he started to explain. Starting with the history of him and Dr Richards and ending with the list of current augments. Seconds passed as he finished his monologue and Mei had yet to react. Izuku started sweating.
"What if she doesn't want to be my friend after all that? I really like working with her so… Is she smiling?", his thoughts almost started to speed up and throw him into a rambling fit, but all progress in that department was halted as soon as he felt Hatsume pull him into a tight hug.
"You're essentially like a walking baby!", the excitement in her voice and the look she gave him were enough to blow all of his insecurities about their friendship away. "You have to tell me more!"
"W-well, there's not much more to tell", he started while nervously scratching the back of his head. She was still standing very much in his face.
"Wait here, I'll be right back!", she exclaimed out of the blue and run through another door that was labeled 'storeroom'. He heard a clung of metal, some rummaging even a cat before silence settled in.
"H-Hatsume, a-are you alright?", he asked walking up to the door.
"Yup!", the pink haired student answered as she walked up to him holding what looked to be a rubber band that you would wear on your wrist.
"What's this?", Midoriya questioned eyeing the object.
"This is a cool baby that I've developed some time ago, but had no use for it! I call it Full Gauntlet! It's basically a metal glove that forms itself into a rubber band when not in use!"
"I thought that gauntlets were supposed to cover forearms too. Wouldn't it be better to just call it Full Glove?"
"Nah, Full Gauntlet has a nice ring to it, don't you think?!"
"Y-yes, but, why are you showing me this?", he asked as his small dose of excitement gave way to logic.
"I want you to have it! Besides, you won't be able to help me with my babies if you hurt yourself all the time"
"Yeah… Mister Aizawa already calls me a problem child with how much I get hurt during combat trainings", Izuku trailed off as he recalled his homeroom teacher's words. Well, more like phrase. He just recalled being called problem child time and time again.
"So you agree?!"
"Yes, I would be honoured if you allow me to use your support item"
Mei almost squealed and hugged him again as he felt his consciousness leaving him.
"Goodbye world… Will see you in a minute"
In the blink of an eye, Thursday came around and class 1-A was sitting in their class, waiting for Eraserhead. Everyone was excited as to what they'll be discussing today, as Aizawa ordered them all to be on time today, much to the dismay of Ashido, Sero and Kaminari.
"Alright class, settle down", the aforementioned Pro Hero said as he walked into the room. "You're probably wondering why I gathered you here today", he made a long pause and scanned the room to confirm that everyone was present. "Today you have a special assignment. You'll be-", he was cut off as doors to the room opened and in stepped one R-rated heroine, Midnight.
"Choosing your hero names!"
"-choosing your hero names", Aizawa and Midnight said at the same time. "Since you are here, I can take a nap", the sleep deprived Pro said and stepped into his sleeping bag.
"Where did it even come from?"
"Alright everyone! Hero names are as important, if not more, as your hero costumes. Even though you can change your names after graduation, most of the students make themselves known before then and decide to stick with their original choice! So I advise everyone of you to take this assignment seriously! Now get to work!", she cracked her whip and all students got to work. Well, all except Mineta who had yet to stop drooling.
"What to do… what to do…", wondered Midoriya while focusing himself on the task at hand. He didn't have a Quirk to work with as his classmates so he was at a disadvantage. "Wait, am I? My augs are like my Quirk… I know!", he gasped and started quickly writing on his board.
Some of his friends had already stated their names and when it was his turn he proudly stood up and with a smile on his face walked to the front of the room. He then held up the board with his hero name on it and introduced himself for the first time.
"Augmented Hero: Cybrex"
I wonder if anyone knows where I got that name from?
Anyway, after the last chapter I left you with a big choice to make.
It was decided that Izuku will follow a strength based fighting style and I already have a plan on how to put it to work so... that's that.
Also, I'll give him another augment from the last chapter as well as a little twist. Let's say that an old precursor is going to make an appearence in a way that you wouldn't expect.
Thanks for the support and see you next time!
