"Alright! Now that we have dealt with the theory, it's time to deal with the practical!" Izumi said, as the six teens, including the uneasy Midoriya, followed her into the large gym. Izuku looked around. The building was about the same size as the one they used for Quirk training, but as usual for the school it was rundown. Someone had also added a large amount of makeshift stands around one of the fields. And they were occupied. About fifty students were watching from the stands as two more ducked it out on the field. "Uh, thought we wouldn't have an audience at this time of day."
"Kirishima and Tetsutetsu asked for a preparatory bout for tomorrow's match." Iida, who had rejoined them half-way to the building, explained, "It was regularly scheduled."
"If they break a bone…"
"They will be rebuked, of course. Do not worry, I trust miss Hana to do a good job as the referee."
"Good. Now, Izuku, once those two are done you are going in there." She pointed to the field and Izuku paled, which made her chuckle, "Don't worry, I will just test you a bit. Try not to go too hard on us."
Shoto scoffed, and both Tsuyu and Ochaco were clearly holding back a laugh. Izuku figured why, since they probably saw him as just a new student with some strength. He turned back to Izumi, who leaned closer to whisper in his hear. "Try to show off a bit. I didn't want the audience, but since they are we might as well make it fun."
"I can use my Quirk?"
"Of course, I want to see if your One for All is like mine. And if it isn't I really want to know what it does."
Izuku raised an eyebrow, then realized what she meant. They already knew Eri had a different power, so it wasn't unthinkable that even powers with the same name were substantially different. Izuku had just seen One for All work more or less the same way so many times that it had slipped his mind, but if it could be a fungus or a sword, who knew what else it could manifest as. 'She seems confident in her combat skill, but thinking about it, she should be strong for her own world. Could she fight at all with All for Deku and Tomura?'
Before he could just ask her what her Deal was, he heard a pair of thuds as both Kirishima and Tetsutetsu collapsed at the same time. "And it's over!" The referee, a girl with black hair Izuku noticed was similar to Anna, the girl that worked for Atura in Izo's universe, called as both contestants were dragged out of the field. "That's a total of sixteen consecutive ties between Kirishima and Tetsutetsu. Thank you for…" Before she could finish, Iida leaned closer and murmured something that Izuku didn't catch. However, the referee student did and she smiled. "Alright folks, we have something special today. The cousin of the Council President, Izuku Midorikawa, is taking the field to prove himself to us! For this reason, prez has decided we are having a free for all! Get in line, and one at a time enter the field. The first that can knock him down or out of the ring wins!"
"I'm sorry what?!" Izuku shouted, but Izumi and Ochaco had already pushed him in the center of the makeshift arena, and several people were lining up. He stared at Izumi, who in response grinned once more, her tongue showing from behind her lips. 'She is having fun, isn't she?'
"Oh she absolutely is. I really like her." Izzzuku replied, still hidden in the teen's mind, "Well, good luck kid. Try not to get hurt."
Izuku sighed.
-x-
Izumi observed the field. There were about ten people in line, excluding Ochaco, Tsuyu and Shoto. Not much, but it would be enough to give her an idea of what One for All meant in Izuku's hands. Her version worked one way, but it was unlikely Izuku's worked the same. After all, a quick question had told her he wasn't even part of the School Council, so definitely not the same.
"If I might ask, miss President," Iida started, sitting next to her, "I believe your cousin might be feeling a bit overwhelmed right now."
Izuku did look a bit confused, she supposed. Then again, she assumed he wasn't really prepared to just get thrown into an arena. However, she could tell he was calming down quickly, and as her first opponent walked in the field, she nodded as he took instantly a more prepared stance and seemed to calm down, his expression becoming resolute. "Eh, he can handle it."
"So he does know how to fight." Kendo commented noticing the same things Izumi had, "But is he really strong enough to measure up to tomorrow?"
Izumi started to answer when Hana gave the go ahead. The student Izuku was fighting was… "Imada Tetsuo, Deal: Wall Poster." She said, "He can stick to walls."
"Not really useful here."
"Well, it can be if…" Before she could say anything else, Izuku dashed forward and kicked. It was a light kick, one that shouldn't have done any overly strong damage.
One second Imada was standing in front of him. The next, he was flung outside the ring, rolling on the ground and panting as he tried to stand back up.
Everyone froze, and only Izuku seemed to react. "Oh gosh I'm so sorry!" He shouted, "I guess that was a bit much!"
"You son of a…" Imada started to say, his nose bleeding and a teeth falling from his mouth, but a glare from Izumi made him calm down.
She turned back to the ring. "Uh. I think I might have miscalculated a bit. Good for Imada he didn't use Wall Poster on the floor. He would have broken both legs." The comment came out calmly, but she felt a bit worried now. That was a single kick and it had been that powerful. She couldn't help but stare at Izuku's face, who seemed more worried than anything.
"You thinking Izuku would have been so easy to beat up?" A voice asked inside her head, and she shot up to her feet, looking around, and getting a laughter in response, "It's me, Izzzuku. You just shared eye contact with him, so I figured I would pay a visit."
'I see. So… That's what his One for All does, uh?"
"It's not the same here?"
'No. It's the other thing he has, where he collects abilities. I don't get physically stronger just by virtue of having it.'
"I see."
'Not going to ask what I can do?'
"I figure I will see it in a bit anyway. Most people are chickening out already."
Izumi turned back to the field and watched as, true to Izzzuku's words, most of the students that had lined up where now running away, back to the sides to watch the few bouts left. She could understand: a lot of them had Deals not useful in combat, or at least not useful in what was essentially a spar. In the end, only Ochaco, Tsuyu and Shoto were left on her side. 'Dammit, there were only small fries, uh?' She hadn't noticed anyone strong, true, but she hoped to see a few more bouts before firing the main shots.
This would have to do. She was about to say so when Kendo spoke first, "Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"He can do it." Izumi replied as Ochaco smiled wildly while entering the ring, "At least, Ochaco is the easy one since she knows when to stop."
Kendo nodded, but it was clear she wasn't convinced. Izumi would have shared her doubts a moment before, but now she was more worried of how Midoriya would handle his side of the fight.
-x-
Izuku stared – realizing only a moment later that it wasn't the best impression to give – at Ochaco as she removed her t-shirt and her long pants, revealing underneath a black outfit he had seen on tv on professional fighters in MMA, a top and short pants. She also put on fingerless gloves, although he noticed they lacked any padding. Whatever her fighting style was, it was vastly different from the Uraraka she knew.
"Ready?" She asked, "If you can't deal with it just call it quits."
Izuku nodded, taking his own stance, as she started to move her weight from one leg to the other. After another moment, Hana gave the go.
He dashed forward using One for All at 5%, green lightning covering his body, and kicked, but Uraraka saw it coming and countered with a quick jab. Izuku bent his head to the said, trying to dodge the blow, but the jab turned into a descending hammer punch, sending him down to the floor, though he managed to turn around and jump back on his feet. 'How did she do that?' He wondered, before rushing forward again with a kick. Uraraka casually dodged it and brought her elbow down on his extended limb. Izuku tried to move the leg out of the way by changing its direction into a roundhouse kick, but Uraraka's elbow, that by all rights should have only hit air, instead turned into a perfect hit, even if made shallow by her sudden change in position.
Izuku winced as the hit, and jumped back immediately, but Ochaco didn't let go, instead responding with a flurry of left jabs. Izuku tried to dodge, but somehow each of them was still hitting him. When he tried to move his head, the jabs became lower, nailing his shoulders, and those aimed at his body kept hitting even when he was sure he had moved out of the way. Only when he unleashed a punch did Uraraka step back, clearly knowing she was going to go down if a single hit managed to land.
Izuku tried to think. It couldn't be a coincidence she was hitting so often.
So often…
But had she ever missed?
-x-
"She can't miss, can she?" Izzzuku asked.
'That was fast.' Izumi replied, 'Most people take longer to realize.'
"There is no way all those hits could land normally. Even with luck and facing an amateur, at least one or two should have missed him entirely, since he isn't just standing still, and Izuku isn't sloppy, so it would be more. How is she doing that."
'Beginner's Hard Luck.' Izumi replied, and she could feel Izzzuku's brow frowning, so she explained, 'The Deal Uraraka made gave her the power called Beginner's Hard Luck. It's the ability to never miss so long as she is fighting unarmed.'
"That sounds incredibly unfair."
'Not really, there are a number of counters. Her hits that should miss but don't are generally shallow, and she has a hard time controlling where each blow lands if they don't hit according to plan. That's how I beat her, back when she was only a lucky brawler.'
"I take she worked on that."
'In a manner of speech…'
Izuku meanwhile had probably figured out what her Deal did as well, because he had moved from dodging to blocking. Good plan, but it had a disadvantage. "Here it comes." Kendo said.
Uraraka grabbed Izuku's arm, despite Izuku trying to dodge the obvious grab. She grinned, and then Izuku was flying. "Uraraka's No-Gravity Throw." She commented out loud, as Izuku's back crashed on the floor of the ring, before continuing mentally. 'Most people that figure out her power think all they have to do is weather the blows and wait for an opening. But Uraraka isn't just a hitter anymore. She can grapple and throw…'
"And you can't avoid either. What were you saying about not broken?"
'She can still grab you wrong and not land a solid throw. In fact, it's a dangerous bet for her. She got her wrists broken a few times early on, because she grabbed someone in the wrong way and they turned it against her.' Izumi's response was prepared. After all, she did think about dealing with her power all the time. Uraraka had been, before joining Yuuei, the Demon of Rozaryu, the most feared middle schooler in the Mie Prefecture. Friends or not, Izumi was the boss of an entire school, she had to know how to keep her underlings in check.
Meanwhile, however, Izuku had turned around, back on his feet, and kicked again, this time with a roundhouse landing a hit on Uraraka's side. That was enough and, despite an excellent block with her right arm, the girl was sent flying again, landing out of the ring. She made to walk back in but Izumi had seen enough. She called for the brown-haired teen and when the girl looked at her crossed her arms. With a snort of annoyance Ochaco sighed, bowing out. "You are stopping it already, Izumi?" Kendo asked, "She could have continued longer."
"It's a spar. I don't want either of them to get hurt. If Uraraka gets serious, she will try to go for a grapple, and I don't need her to pop Izuku's shoulder out of its socket." She murmured, her eyes fixed on the last two opponents. Asui was fine, even if she was probably going to go all out. But Todoroki… She had to wonder if she wasn't making a mistake.
-x-
Asui, in contrast with Uraraka, had only turned her long hair into a bun before walking on the field. She moved quickly, and stepped forward, kicking high with her leg. Izuku moved under it and punched lightly, but Asui blocked the punch with both hands, managing to stand on a single leg despite her position, before bringing down the leg still in the air on Izuku's right shoulder in an axe kick, and then using the hit to jump forward, rolling in the air by using the extended arm as a pivot before landing elegantly besides him.
Izuku turned around, his eyes wide. Asui was agile, but this was the style of a gymnast, and one with more than just some training. How did an high schooler from a delinquent school learn such a choreographed fighting style?
The teen rushed forward, moving back to kicks, and Asui answered in kind, kicking numerous time. She wasn't strong enough to overpower him, and Izuku beat her in reach, but the girl wasn't giving up, dodging expertly each kick while trying to land her own. 'She is trying to keep me at range. In that case…'
He pushed forward, turned around and kicked with a roundhouse kick, but Asui smiled, and suddenly she started to change. Her skin grew smoother and took a greener color, before starting to shine like it was covered in sweat. Her eyes were larger, her tongue suddenly emerging from her mouth, and she grew slightly taller.
-x-
"She has moved from the human to the Frog Stage already?" Kendo asked, "That's surprising."
"She might even have to go Toad for this one." Izumi replied, "Frankly Izuku is a real powerhouse."
"Think you are up to fight him?"
'I think I'd win if he keeps using kicks like that.' Izumi replied.
"Really?"
'It depends on me tanking the blow. If I can do that, I can easily return it with interest, but if not, I'm going to lose. Of course, there is also an unknown factor…' She paused as the transformed Asui and Izuku exchanged blows. She could see Izuku's kicks were almost connecting, but that was harder to do than he probably expected. In her mid-form, the Frog Stage, Asui's skin was slippery, hard to connect a punch on if she dodged correctly. She also grew faster and more agile, which was a lot to say considering she was already basically a gymnast.
Her tongue darted out to grab Izuku, but the appendix was stopped by a shadowy rope that emerged from Izuku's arm, swatting the hit away at the last second. Izzzuku chuckled and she grimaced. "That one?"
'Yes, that one.' She admitted, 'I don't know what other powers, or Quirks as he calls them, he has. I can't tell you if I can win. But I can tell you I can put my all into it.'
-x-
Izuku finally managed to land a solid kick on her opponent and watched her fly off out of the stage. It seemed that five percent wasn't enough to knock her down, or even just cause any damage worth of note, so he had already upped it to ten percent, and that was making him realize something he was thankful for.
They were tough. Uraraka and that other delinquent had managed to stand back up after his five percent hit, and that was without any ability to resist the blow. At the very least, they were as strong as Todoroki was at the sport festival, since that had been the first time, he consciously hit someone without breaking his limbs. Well, technically the first was the Noumu at USJ, but that was hardly a good benchmark to measure anyone up against.
Still, this meant they weren't dangerously fragile, but hardly made it clear if Izumi and the others could stand up to All for One like he did. Which, thinking about it, was 'barely'. He shuddered at the thought of what facing All for One, Shigaraki, All for Deku and Alien King at the same time could be like. Even if All for One remained in Tartarus, which he hated to admit he doubted now that he had two more to help him get out, it didn't change the fact he would have to face the last three.
He glanced at Izumi. She didn't seem fazed, but he couldn't know whether she understood he was only using a portion of his power or not.
And then a punch hit him in the stomach. He gasped and moved back, gasping for air while staring at Asui.
He hadn't kept an eye on the girl, and that had been a mistake, since he had missed the point where she turned into an almost two meters tall human toad. Her skin had gone from green and smooth to brown with a leather-like texture, covered in bumps, including two larger around her neck, similar to what a toad's skin looked like. Her tongue was still the same, though it looked thicker and more muscular, and her eyes had horizontal pupils. She had gained incredible muscle weight, her arms and legs now large. She rushed forward and punched. Izuku gasped once again as he was hit. It wasn't a Muscular-level of hit, but she was powerful enough he had to recoil at the blow again. He amped up all they way to 20 percent and tried to hit her. She blocked with both arms crossed, and Izuku marveled at how well she held on. He noticed her feet had turned into large, frog like feet, with claws planted in the ground. 'Do toads even have claws?' He wondered.
She rushed forward for a tackle, with none of her previous grace, and he dodged to the side, before kicking. The wind pressure burst forced several people in the crowd to close their eyes, but Izuku focused on Tsuyu, who had been hit in the face by dust risen by the kick. Izuku didn't waste his chance and kicked her in the stomach, launching her back. She started to stand back up and Izuku noticed some weird liquid emerging from the two larger wart-like protrusions on her neck.
"Alright, enough!" Izumi shouted, jumping down from the stands and next to Tsuyu. Izuku took a second to realize she had done a five meter jump like it was nothing. "Tsuyu, the bufotoxin, really?"
"I would have kept the dosage low…" The giant toad mumbled, but the liquid seemed to retract, like it was being reabsorbed. Once it was gone, the girl herself begun to shrink again, until she was back to her usual size. Deku, however, noticed her eyes were now maintaining the horizontal pupil she had in her transformed form.
"Three hours, right?" Izumi asked, and Tsuyu nodded, at which the Council President smiled, "Alright. Go take a shower. What did you think, Izuku? Are we holding up?"
"She was really strong!"
"Ah! You bet she is! Heard that folks?! He sounds surprised!" She shouted, and a lot of the watching students started to laugh, "We are Yuuei High School Izuku. Of course we are strong. But now, I think I should show you…"
"Miss President, if I could." A new voice said from behind. Izumi and Izuku both looked behind her, were Todoroki was slowly walking forward, cracking his knuckles, "I'd like permission to go outside so I can go all out."
Izumi hesitated. For the first time since Izuku had seen her, the grin on her face didn't look genuine. "Todoroki, this is a spar, I need him alive tomorrow, you know?"
"I will not do anything permanent." He assured, as both of his eyes closed on Izuku. Izumi bit her lip, before sighing.
"Fine. But I will step in if I need to."
"Of course." Izuku stared at him as Todoroki just stalked forward and then past him, his hands in his pocket and his eyes slits focused on him. "But if I win, you tell me who he really is." He murmured, low enough only the Wanderer heard him.
-x-
Izzzuku was not a ghost. He was not a spirit, or anything of the sort. Believe it or not, he was a living dream, and that meant he was more than capable of empathizing with those around him. It was particularly easy to do so with the people whose mind he was inhabiting, and that meant Izumi right now. Her worry was seeping through her mind, her thoughts expressing only that sentiment. It was enough to stir not just Izzzuku, but also the others-that-were-him. "Izumi, why are you so worried?" He managed to ask in a casual tone, while Izumi, like most of the others, walked outside.
'Because Shoto is strong. Probably the third strongest in the school. Fourth if Mirio is having a good day.'
"Really? Even if he has multiples like I would think that wouldn't be that dangerous."
'Then you'd be wrong.'
Hana gave a slow warning, and Izzzuku noticed the referee was very quick at moving out of the way after she gave the go. "So, first question, how does he have multiple powers?"
'He has a Contract and a Deal. Or well, he has a Deal and was forced in a Contract.'
"I see. So, what's a Contract?"
'A special Deal you make that doesn't tie the ability to you but to an object. It's the only kind that exists where you can pass down a power instead of it either disappearing or dying with the user and going back to She Who Bears Gift.' She tapped her armband, 'That's what One for All is.'
"Let me guess, Fire is the contract, Ice a Deal."
'Half right and half wrong.' She replied, as Kendo walked next to her.
"Izumi, are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Worst case scenario I can step in." She replied, "Don't worry, my cousin won't go down so easily." She added after a moment, with a grin.
Izzzuku was probably the only one that could know that grin was fake.
He was really curious about why.
-x-
Izuku charged forward, as Shoto in response took a single step back and then was enveloped by fire. The fire took the shape of a hundred birds, about the size of a crow, and shot toward him at full speed. Izuku dodged the few that actually tried to hit him, but as he did he noticed Todoroki was gone, before the birds started to fly around him, forming sort of a tornado of flames from where, from time to time, an attack would shoot towards him in the form of a bird of fire.
"Where is he…" He wondered, Danger Sense calling wildly in his head. He had figured what the ringing sound he had heard during his fights in the Multiverse was, but even if hearing it was a thing, reacting was another, especially in that inferno of fire birds that was already making it going all out. He turned in time to see Todoroki charge towards him and react by kicking him in the stomach, but even as he did and the teen stumbled back, he didn't manage to stop Todoroki from hitting the leg with an open palm strike.
Surprisingly, there was almost no pain, where Izuku would have expected the hit to at least do something, and Deku turned around to hit back, but Todoroki was already gone, the fire birds reforming in a wall of fire around him. Izuku looked all around, but noticed he was now completely surrounded by a ring of red flames, the heat making him sweat.
His heart started to pound slightly faster, he noticed.
Deku raised his One for All output and kicked once more with thirty percent. The shoes he was wearing, already on the verge of falling apart, crumbled, and he wished he had his metal ones on, but the wall of fire was extinguished.
Todoroki stood behind the fire, a smile on his face. Izuku couldn't help but picture that same smile of contempt on the face of his worst enemies. All for Deku, Shigaraki, All for One.
His stomach closed, and he felt his breath grow shorter.
"What is this…" He mumbled, as he rushed forward, his chest feeling like it was stuck in an iron grip. Todoroki didn't answer of course, but he raised his right hand and a new beast of fire appeared, a gorilla that punched toward Izuku. He dodged, knowing there was no point in trying to block a construct of fire, and Shoto just smirked as the arm and the whole gorilla changed shape, turning into a gigantic boa constrictor. The snake immediately tried to envelope Izuku, who saw the spires of fire coil around him.
He blinked and the red flames now seemed blue, taking him back to the terror of the summer camp and the loss of Bakugo.
Izuku gasped for air as his heart started hammering loudly, tears in his eyes.
-x-
"Shit, already?!" Izumi exclaimed.
"What is it?"
'It's Todoroki's Deal. He went and started the fight with it. And it seems Izuku has enough trauma to make it kick in fast.'
"What?!"
"Alright, I think that's enough. Everyone, get lost! Shoto, stop it!" She shouted, and most people took it as an order and started to flee. Hana quickly rushed to Iida, who clearly told her something else since she simply nodded and started to run back toward the Gym.
"He isn't down yet!" The teen protested, noticing everyone leave, and Izumi gritted her teeth and pushed him.
"You idiot! You were not supposed to go all out from the start! I won't forgive you if something happens!"
Shoto stopped and took a deep breath. "You are no fun." He raised his arm, and the fire dissipated. Izuku suddenly gasped for air, and Izumi knew perfectly what he was going through. The relief he was feeling as the pounding in his chest slowed and the knot in his stomach loosened. He just sat on the grass, taking a deep, deep breath as Todoroki walked up to him and touched him on the shoulder with his left hand, before murmuring something and walking away.
"Alright, I'll bite. What the hell?!" Izzzuku's voice in her head asked back, "The kid is tough as a nail, he souldn't have been taken down that easily by some fire."
'That's the problem, the fire is not what took him down. Todoroki has a Deal and a Contract.' She explained quickly, while rushing to Izuku's side, 'The Contract is simple, something an ancestor passed down through his family. It's called Exhibition Match, and it's the ability of using fire magic. But the problem is the Deal.'
She sat down next to Izuku, patting him on the back slowly and gently, murmuring words of encouragement as he focused once more. "What… What was that…"
"Heart Lung." She replied, "Todoroki's Deal. If he touches a person with his left hand, that person starts experimenting anxiety. The more that person gets agitated, the more anxiety they experiment, the more they get agitated, and so on. It turns into a vicious cycle that can cause heart attacks if he isn't careful." She stared at Izuku with a worried look, "It's actually worse the more someone has experienced dangerous situations, because they have already experienced more stress than the average person." Her hand reached his shoulder, "Hey, don't get too upset. It's a tricky thing, and it was wrong to use it in a spar. It was wrong of me to allow him to go all out. I'm sorry, I didn't think he would use it from the beginning. I should have..."
"It's not your fault." He shuddered, she could tell, but before she could ask if there was anything she could do to help he sighed. "It's not your fault, but this is bad." He slumped back on the grass, and Izumi looked around. Iida, Kendo, Ochaco and Tsuyu were the only ones left, awkwardly trying to decide if they should move closer or not. Izuku did the same, and once he was sure they were far enough to not listen he sighed once more. "Since I've entered the Multiverse, this is the third time I can't win a spar. How can I beat All for One, Shigaraki, All for Deku and Alien King if I can't even beat a random teen…"
Izumi shook her head, "A teen that went seriously out of his bounds in a spar, while you didn't, with a move that is far too effective against you. You do realize that if you went all out you would have probably won by kicking his lights out the moment he touched you, right?"
Izuku grumbled, "Yes, but ifs are useless in an actual fight."
"Which is why we spar. People put too much importance in who wins or loses a fight like this. You didn't go all out, and while he did with Heart Lung, he didn't with Exhibition Match. Don't beat yourself up for just that. Next time you can dodge his hand and then force him to push further with Exhibition Match. And then he will push you further, and you will do the same to him, and that's how you will get stronger."
"That's very wise, Miss President!" Tenya shouted, and to Izumi's relief Izuku couldn't hold back a laugh noticing the others glaring at him for intruding in a personal conversation.
Then he froze. "Wait…"
Izumi leaned down, her head to his head's side, "I told them those guys you might mention are from schools near your home. I figured letting you name drop freely your enemies was worth making up another lie." She whispered in his hear, then she grinned once more, and stood up. "Very well. Now, by my experience, since Shoto's power leaves shitty feelings, want to use my way of blowing some steam?" She put it as a question, but Izuku could tell she was telling him to get up.
"You mean fighting?"
"No I mean hugging. Yes, of course I mean fighting. One little match between you and me, to conclude the day. Tenya, Hana left so I'm leaving the refereeing to you, alright?"
"Of course!" Tenya immediately.
"Oh, and one more thing." She added, talking once more to Izuku, "You better not underestimate me, even if you are physically stronger."
Izuku nodded, and at Tenya's signal she opened her arms. "Now, allow me to explain what I can do. First of all, my Deal is called Overzealous Databook. So long as I speak out loud, I can learn the effects of any power used on me, although in exchange I also have to talk out loud about any power I use. And then, comes my Contract, Burden of the Ruler – One for All."
She bit her lip to stop talking, even if she knew it was going to come out the moment she used One for All either way. Overzealous Databook was a power granted to her by She Who Bears Gifts and she adored it, but in a fight was really annoying. "Come on, let's start."
Izuku shot forward. She knew he would, because he was still agitated for Shoto's power aftereffects. 'Sorry, but I really want to know what your power is.'
"One for All is the ability to accumulate Deals. Anyone that has worn this armband has put a part of themselves in it." She explained as she dodged the first kick. "But let me show you what I mean." She activated her power and felt the change through her body, like a spark of electricity, "Twenty fifth President of Yuuei Student Council, a user of Damage Harness, the ability of deliberately taking damage. Plus, Fifth President of Yuuei Student Council, a user of Wall Poster, the ability to stick to walls. Plus, Third President of Yuuei Student Council, a user of Bent But Unbroken, the ability to have bones capable of bending in any way without breaking."
Izuku's kick hit her square in the chest just like she wanted, and she realized something new about her ability. With that hit, Izuku had proven her theory that Overzealous Databook didn't work on the so called Quirks. Normally, that would have been her defeat, since it turned out getting hit was useless, but she had prepared for that. With Bent But Unbroken her ribs didn't so much as budge, and instead she fell back. She would have flown, but it was Wall Poster that prevented that, even as her legs bent like gum in a way that would have normally broken both with an exposed femur sticking out of her shin. Instead, she continued to speak, fuled by Overzealous Databook. "Plus, Fifteenth President of Yuuei Student Council, a user of Triple Necrotic, the ability to take extra damage and then return three times that."
Three at once was her current limit. More, and the first ability she had used would deactivate. Once she did, she could not use it again until the next day. However, she had made sure to activate Damage Harness first. She said all that as she watched her fist cover itself in green thunder, and then grinned even wider, "Plus, Sixth President of Yuuei Student Council, a user of Beginner's Hard Luck, the ability to always hit the target." She felt Wall Poster disappear, but it didn't matter.
Izuku gasped and shouted something, then her fist connected with his body. No, it first connected with a whip of darkness, but that only slowed it down, the impact still sending Izuku one way… and her arm ricocheting the other. She felt the pain throughout, and saw the skin turn purple as the pure pressure of the attack popped her blood vessles. She also felt her bones bend against each other and realized that if she hadn't used Bent But Unbroken for last during her initial combination, her bones would have been destroyed.
Izuku stood back up too. If she had guessed right, that was about sixty or seventy-five percent of his power. He looked at her, dazed but still standing, and she nodded. Of course he could handle an impact of that kind, especially after blocking with that shadow stuff of his. 'You are pretty good Izuku.' She thought, and then blinked.
"Yep, he is." Izzzuku answered, making her gasp.
"You… Where were you?"
"I visited Deku's mind for a bit. That Heart Lung thing did a number on his mind, but I did my best to help him calm down. That's why he got back on his feet faster than you would expect."
Izumi nodded, even if hearing that made her feel more guilty for not telling Shoto no. She had noticed his antagonism and had decided to push it, all so she could get a better read of Izuku, ignoring the risks she was exposing him to. Granted, he had never told her how much stress and anxiousness he had accumulated, but that was hardly an excuse, and it had taken a dream entity helping with his mind to get Izuku back in focus. She sighed and raised her hand. "Alright, that's enough."
"I can continue…"
"I can't." She pointed at her arm, "I will need to go ask someone a favor to get this repaired, and you should rest. Even if you got external help, you still need to get yourself acclimatized to the place." Izuku hesitated a moment, so she grumbled and turned back, "Tenya, take him to do a detailed tour of the school."
Whatever protest Izuku might have had was drowned by Tenya's cheerful expression as he dragged the Hero student away, and Izumi sighed, staring at her arm. Seventy-five percent and her arm was in that condition, and would have been worse off without Bent but Unbroken. 'What did I sign up to where this isn't enough?' She wondered, and she could swear she could feel Izzzuku smirk. Maybe it was an actual part of his power. "Well whatever it is, I will manage. I'm the Council President."
And with that, she joined back with Kendo and the others. Tomorrow was a big day. She was going to be ready.
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Alright, two out of four say my notes, so I hope you guys enjoyed the action packed chapter. Granted, given it was mostly sparring it wasn't exactly the most entertaining action, but it was still fun. I hope.
Probably not gonna result in much Multiverse analysis this time, but this is mostly to establish how Izumi's powers work while also showing some of the powers that exist around her universe. As a fun fact, most names of the powers come from the Medaka Box manga, but I worked on the principle of first deciding the power and then looking it up instead of the other way out, to not limit my ideas and plans for this fight.
Izumi is kind of designed as the jack-of-all-trades Izuku. She has a lot of powers, but a lot of them are borderline useless by themselves.
You might also notice some of her powers also had another user introduced in this chapter. Wonder what's up with that.
