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I don't know what's wrong with me, *shrug*, whatever.
Anyway como estan damas y caballeros, hopefully muy bien
Sorry for not updating last week, I was on a holiday soo... yeah well.
Tempehero: Thankyou 3
Also last chapter's trivia: Lord Explosion Murder & King Explosion Murder
Yeah I'm going to do the trivia answers on the top now because it's more convenient and logical.
Now onto the story!
Class 1-A made their way out of the changing rooms and into ground Gamma, all ready and pumped up for the opportunity to use their quirks in combat, with Bakugou being extra excited, he had a wild grin on his face, and Izuku knew whoever was going to fight him was in for the fight of their lives.
Izuku himself was wearing a stealth costume that was designed for shadow operations, it consisted of a neoprene polyester black suit with teal-green highlights on the lines, equipped with black iron soles and black boots. He had knee pads that extended to his legs and reached up to his thighs, his gloves were as black as the rest of his outfit and were decorated with green stripes . He also had a respirator, just in case he was ever in a situation the air around him needed to be filtered. His respirator was metal, diamond-shaped, and had eight holes. The costume also included two silver plates on his shoulders, and two straps coming down from his upper body pads with a red button on the left. He looked around at some of his classmates and checked out their costumes.
Ashido stood out like a sore thumb on a regular day due to her pink skin, big hair and horns, but today she was something else. She was wearing a skin-tight bodysuit that stopped partway up her chest, leaving a good amount of cleavage. The cleavage was nice and all, but what caught he eye was the camo pattern on her bodysuit. Instead of being a mixture of brown and green, or perhaps greys and off-blues, this was purple and turquoise. The tones actually complimented her skin rather nicely. On top of the bodysuit she was wearing a short tan jacket with white fur on the collar, and purple boots with tan trim, soles and toes. The ensemble was topped off with a white mask that covered her upper face, contrasting sharply with her yellow-on-black eyes. Her arms and shoulders were notably bare, likely to facilitate the use of her acid. Izuku had only seen her secrete it from her feet the day before, but it stood to reason she could also use her hands. All-in-all she certainly demanded attention with her costume, which fit what Izuku had seen of her personality so far.
Aoyama caught his eye second. His prince-like appearance was taken to its logical extreme as he was decked-out in plate armour. He wore a breastplate that flared out at the hips and also protected his neck, greaves, cauldrons and gauntlets. On his hands, thighs and upper arms, where there was no armour, one could see the black bodysuit that he wore underneath. The armour had golden trim that matched his hair and Izuku could see that, in addition to the thick belt he had seen Aoyama use to fire his laser, he also had similar-looking lenses on his knees and shoulders. The two most eye-catching features of this costume were by far the glittering purple cape and red, wing-shaped visor covering his eyes.
The next thing to catch Izuku's eye was a disembodied pair of gloves and shoes that seemed to be moving through the air of their own accord, mimicking a walk cycle. It took him a couple of seconds to remember that Hagakure was invisible and this made perfect sense given that. Obviously she would want to take full advantage of that with her costume. He wondered what type of material the rest of it was made of. She couldn't be walking around naked, obviously...right?
There was a tall, broad, armoured figure with what looked like engines on his shins. Izuku couldn't make out the face at all, but the perfect posture and radiators coming out of the calves told him it was probably Iida. If Aoyama was armoured like a knight, Iida was armoured like a medieval robot warrior. The whole effect was honestly rather imposing given that the other boy already stood nearly six feet tall.
Then there was Katsuki. He had two massive gauntlets that were shaped like hand grenades with oversized pins that extended outwards and were nearly as long as his arms. Fitting. The rest of his costume wasn't as striking but was clearly meant to give off an intimidating vibe. Black was the predominant colour, with bits of green and orange here and there. Notable were the orange "X" that crossed his chest and the orange and green belt that had spherical grenades attached to it. He also had a metallic neck protector, and metal kneepads. The orange-trimmed black cat mask flared out at the back of his head, making it look like he had explosions coming out of his hair. It had the added effect of drawing attention to his face, which was probably the last thing any prospective opponent needed to be paying attention to when he was trying to blow them up.
Izuku next saw a small purple and yellow blob in his peripheral vision and found that this was actually the boy that had come in last in yesterday's Quirk Assessment: Mineta. The boy's costume was equal parts simplistic and bizarre. He had over-sized yellow gloves and boots, a yellow muffler cape, a purple bodysuit that left only his nose and mouth uncovered, and a... diaper? It had purple studs along the waist, so maybe it served some kind of purpose, but it still looked like this three-and-a-half-foot tall kid was wearing a diaper.
The boy with the black lightning bolt streak in his hair...Kaminari. His costume was actually pretty cool-looking. He wore an open black collared jacket with white stripes that ended in lightning bolts, matching pants, and a white T-shirt underneath. He also wore a headset with an antenna sticking up on his right ear. If Izuku remembered correctly, his Quirk involved electricity. He hadn't seen it in action, since it wasn't very helpful in the Quirk Assessment.
Oh, there was the frog girl, Asui. Her costume made her look more frog-like than ever. She sported a skin-tight green suit that had black and yellow stripes mimicking the markings on a frog's skin. Her boots even had green, froglike toes on them. White gloves over her large hands and a pair of large goggles on her forehead that looked rather like the eyes of a frog completed the image. In spite of her hunched posture and froglike attributes, Izuku still thought she looked rather cute with her long hair and large eyes. She would probably be popular with children, he thought.
A toothy grin and canister-shaped elbows heralded the arrival of Sero. He had a short-sleeved black bodysuit that revealed his surprisingly toned physique for one so lean. There was a large white design that wrapped around his abdomen and he wore orange-trimmed white boots. He also had orange-coloured shoulder guards and orange trim on his sleeves. He was carrying what looked like a modified motorcycle helmet under his arm that had a nasty-looking set of sharp spikes jutting upward from the jaw. It reminded Izuku quite a bit of the teeth on a roll of tape. Fitting, considering that Sero's Quirk was Tape. All-in-all, slick design that looked very functional. Izuku could appreciate that.
Kirishima's red hair was always eye-catching, but his costume took that and cranked it up to eleven. He wore a slightly demonic-looking metallic mask that traced his jaw and the outline of his face, covering the bridge of his nose but leaving his mouth and eyes uncovered. Around each shoulder was a red, gear-shaped pad and that was all for his upper body. His arms and torso were bare, revealing a chiselled physique which, appropriately enough given his Quirk, looked rock-hard. He had a belt at his waist adorned with a large letter "R" in a brighter red than the rest of the costume and coming off of the belt was a man-skirt with a torn pattern, open in the front. Underneath this was a pair of baggy, black pants and rugged-looking brown boots.
Next was the girl who had gotten the top score in the Quirk Assessment, Yaoyoruzu. He had known that the tall girl had a curvaceous figure, but her costume left absolutely nothing to the imagination. A red garment that resembled a cross between a leotard and a jacket with white trim and a high collar where someone had seemingly forgotten to fill in the centre third of the fabric, leaving everything from her navel up to her collarbone exposed. It kept her modest, thanks to the yellow belt across her upper chest holding it closed, but just barely. Two larger yellow belts put together formed a utility belt around her hips. There was actually a small shelf of sorts attached to the belt by her rear that had what appeared to be an encyclopaedia on it. The outfit seemed designed to leave as much skin exposed as humanly possible and while Izuku knew this was to facilitate use of her Quirk, it didn't negate the fact that he was a hormonal fifteen year-old and being around her would take some getting used to.
The next person he saw was Uraraka, the only exposed skin was on her hands, shoulders, and face, but there didn't need to be more. Her costume was a bodysuit that looked like a second skin, the primary colours being blue-black and a white ever-so-slightly tinted with pink. Her sleeves were detached, starting just below her shoulders, and had a darker pink trim. There was a strange, thin device of this same pink around her neck. A futuristic vibe was added to the costume by the large, robot-like, knee-high pink-white boots with pink soles and enough heel that she stood an inch or two taller than normal, a belt with the same colour scheme and round devices on her wrists that had darker pink handle-like things coming off of the back. Like Sero, she was carrying a helmet under one arm that had a a see-through visor in the front and had the same colour scheme as the rest of her accessories.
With the layered nature of the school uniforms, what with the shirt, jacket and skirt, combined with her innocent personality, Izuku had never suspected that Uraraka .ould have such a nice body. She wasn't ridiculously curvaceous like Yaoyorozu or anything but again, she didn't need to be.
"Oh wow, Midoriya-kun! I like your costume! She said as she bounced over to him. It almost seemed like the soles of her boots were spring-loaded. Izuku speculated it helped her with both jumping and landing.
Ojiro, was wearing a simple martial arts gi with a tuft of light yellow fur that matched the colour of his hair and the tuft on his tail as his costume.
Next was the quiet boy, Koda. He was wearing a tight yellow suit, that only reached to his knees and elbows, with a large red marking over his torso and at the ends of his sleeves. On his chest, there was a symbol resembling an open mouth, with it he wore yellow shoes with red lining.
The boy was talking to Sato, the sugar eating muscleman. His hero costume consisted of a yellow full-body suit, covering the entirety of his body, the only exceptions being the holes around his mouth, each of his eyes, and his hair. He wore white gloves and boots, and a utility belt around his waist, which Izuku assumed was filled with sugar.
He was next to the octo-pus...giant, Mezo, who was wearing a tight blue tank top, with six white markings resembling eyes, connected at the top to a darker, more indigo-coloured mask, its design the same as the one he usually wore. He had a belt with another, larger eye shape embedded into its centre, this time yellow, below which he wore slightly baggy trousers to match his shirt, two darker lines running down the sides of his legs, and indigo boots.
The girl who had made music puns a few times was what Izuku's eyes landed on next. Her costume was simple and reminded him a little bit of Kaminari's. She too wore a black jacket with matching pants and an undershirt, only her shirt was peach-coloured and had some intentional-looking tears in it, giving it a very Punk feel. Her boots looked unusual, almost as if they had speakers built into them along the front. Completing her ensemble were a pair of white fingerless gloves, a simple black choker, and two small, red, triangular facial markings beneath her eyes.
The student that was a little bit away from the other student, standing by himself was the unusual-looking Tokoyami. He was actually one of the shorter boys in the class, standing at five-two as opposed to Izuku's five-five. His costume was, at first glance, rather nondescript as it consisted of a dark cloak that covered his entire body from the neck down, leaving only his booted feet visible.
Next was Todoroki and his costume consisted of a white collared shirt with matching pants and boots and the entire left side of his body covered in ice. Izuku was puzzled by this, as from what he understood Todoroki's Quirk was the ability to create ice from his right side and fire from his left.
"Well then, shall we begin, my wards? It's time for Battle Training!" he took in the students arrayed in front of him for a moment before giving a thumbs-up, "Looks like everyone's here and looking good! Excellent!"
"Sensei!" the guy in the armour was indeed Iida, "This appears to be the same field used for the entrance exam. Will we be performing cityscape manoeuvres again?" All Might shook his head.
"Later perhaps, but not today! Today you will be moving on to step two: Indoor Anti-Personnel Battle Training!" seeing that his students were looking for something more, he continued, "It is true that battles against Villains are most commonly seen outdoors but, statistically, the most heinous Villains are more likely to appear indoors. In today's modern world with worldwide computer networks, black market deals, and Villains driven into seclusion by our Hero-filled society, the cleverest Villains out there will tend to lurk indoors!" the students seemed to accept this, so All Might decided it was time to get to the meat of the matter, "You will all be split up into Villain teams and Hero teams and you will face off in two-on-two indoor battles!"
"Ribbit." Tsuyu raised a hand, "So does that mean we're not doing basic training?" All Might pumped a clenched fist in front of himself for emphasis.
"Practical experience will teach you the basics as a matter of course! Each of you is unique, so find out what works and doesn't work for yourselves. I'll be here to guide you, of course, but at its core Basic Training is all about finding what works best for you. The main difference between here and the entrance exam though is you won't be fighting disposable robots; you'll be facing off against living, breathing, thinking opponents!"
Immediately he was inundated with questions.
"What determines victory?"
"Can I just blow everyone up?"
"Are you threatening to expel someone like Aizawa-sensei did?"
"How shall we proceed to divide ourselves up into teams?"
"One at a time, please. My Quirk isn't super-hearing you know!" he took a moment to process the barrage of inquiries before pointing at each student who had asked something in turn, "We'll get to that! No! Absolutely not! We'll also get to that!" he clapped his large hands together, took out a small piece of paper, and consulted it while he spoke, "Here's the deal for this exercise: the Villains will be hiding a nuclear weapon in their hideout. It is the Heroes' job to go in and take care of that! The Heroes will have a limited amount of time to either capture the villains or secure the weapon. The Villains must either capture the heroes or protect the weapon until time is up. As for who you'll be teaming up with..." he produced two boxes with a hole in the top seemingly from nowhere, "...we'll draw lots!"
This confused the class, Iida in particular.
"Is that really the best way?!" Izuku understood the point through. And was quick to point out to the stuck up boy what the actual purpose was.
"Actually, it makes sense. Pros often have to team up with Heroes from other agencies on the spot during emergencies. There's no guarantee you'll be familiar with who you end up having to work with, so it's important to be able to work those kinds of things out on-the-fly."
"Ah! I see! I apologize for getting ahead of myself. My mistake, Sensei!"
"No worries, Iida my boy! Let's get to it! Everybody line up by seating order and draw lots!"
Everyone walked up one by one to the two boxes to determine their teams and if they were heroes or villains. Izuku walked towards the box and put his hand in there, shuffling around before he grabbed one and pulled it out, he was in Team A and a hero, he didn't know who his teammate was but he hoped it wasn't Katsuki, or Iida.
Izuku quickly went through the teams.
Team A: Yaoyorozu & Izuku (V)
Team B: Todoroki & Denki (V)
Team C: Mineta & Tsuyu (V)
Team D: Iida & Bakugou (H)
Team E: Tokoyami & Aoyama (V)
Team F: Koda & Sero (H)
Team G: Sato & Uraraka(H)
Team H: Jiro & Mezo(H)
Team I: Ashido & Hagakure (H)
Team J: Kirishima & Mashirao (V)
And the matches were:
Match 1: Team F vs Team C
Match 2: Team D vs Team A
Match 3: Team I vs Team J
Match 4: Team G vs Team B
Match 5: Team H vs Team E
"Now everything is All Might and sorted out, all teams except from C and F follow me, we will be going to the spectating area to watch match 1! Team F please make your way to the bomb and move it wherever you want within the building! Team C, please wait here! Both teams will have 5 minutes to prepare!"
The observation room was sizeable, but relatively nondescript apart from the many hologram projectors that lined the walls and ceiling. Each one of these was currently active and displaying a part of the building. The entire place was wired with cameras, ensuring that the audience wouldn't miss a thing. All Might had worked with such facilities before, but he was always impressed by them nevertheless.
He had his clipboard at the ready, pen poised over paper. He only needed to observe.
Of course, the students were all jabbering away, discussing the upcoming match. The general consensus seemed to be that the Villains had an unfair advantage, what with having time to prepare and only needing to stall for time, while the Heroes had no idea where the bomb was in the first place. A good observation, however…
"Of course the Villains have the advantage. That's always how it is, you know. In a story, the antagonist is the one who sets events into motion and the protagonist is the one who reacts. Heroes are licensed to use their Quirks in public, but they only do so when there is a reason. Villains, on the other hand, will do whatever they want, whenever they want, no matter who it may harm. In short: Villains always have the initiative because they always act first. I believe Aizawa told you something similar? The world is full of unfair things, and Heroes are here to correct that unfairness."
He saw the looks on their faces as they drank in his words. He saw their eyes light up and their mouths form firm lines as they understood what he had told them and learned from it.
Being a teacher might not have been his first choice in career, but maybe it wouldn't be so bad. It made him feel really good knowing that he was helping, in more ways then one, to produce the next generation of Heroes that would carry on when his generation was no more.
…And his time in particular was growing shorter by the day.
"Right then…" he said to himself as the timer he had set for five minutes went off. He pressed a button to activate the building-wide intercom and bellowed into it, "Begin!"
Sero was more nervous than he was willing to admit. He knew his Quirk was strong, super strong even, but he couldn't help it. He always got butterflies in his stomach when things got real. It was one of the things he hoped being at U.A. could cure him of. If only he could get his shit together, then he could be the cool guy he kept acting like. Though he didn't know if his partner was going to be any help, he hadn't heard the muscular boy speak even once, even during their introductions the boy just wrote on the board. Sero didn't know if the boy was mute, and didn't know his quirk all he knew was its name, 'Ani-voice', Sero could figure out it had something to do with the boy's voice and animals.
"Say, Koda-san, I've got an idea if you're interested." Sero's voice was slightly distorted by his helmet, but still easy enough to understand.
The mute boy just nodded in response.
"So, my Quirk is actually really good for scaling buildings and whatnot. I could get up to the roof pretty easily and use the top entrance to take the Villains by surprise. In order for this to work though, I need you to be a distraction. See if you can get one or both of them to abandon their post and come for you. If you can take them out, great. If not, then just run."
The mute boy nodded, though this time, Sero saw the determination in his face. Sero gave him a thumbs up and a wide smile.
Koda himself was thinking, 'All I need to do is look around, I can hear some birds and mice, they'll be enough to distract hopefully'
"The five minutes is up! Let the first match begin!"
Just like he said, Sero immediately pointed his elbow at the side of the building and ejected a stream of tape that stuck to the wall. He then began retracting it and shot up the wall without apparent effort.
Koda started singing and whispering, calling upon the birds in the trees, and the mice and rats underneath his feet. Suddenly a flock of pygmy woodpeckers landed on his head and shoulders, and a hole opened up next to him, from which a couple dozen mice poured out. Koda started chittering something to the rats, after he was finished he started making his way up the stairs, slowing down a little at each floor to let a woodpecker fly off with some mice to scout out the building.
Tsuyu was definitely not impressed with her partner, she tried to talk to him about a plan, but he was too busy ogling her. Even after she slapped him with her tongue... five times! In the end though he did finally decide to listen to her and made a wall out of his purple spheres in the door way to stop any attacks, with only some holes for them to see out of in case the enemy team came through the hallway. They were waiting patiently, well Tsuyu was and Mineta was again ogling her.
After another slap and giggle, Tsuyu heard a noise, a little chitter, but before she could get any clue as to what it was, dozens of mice started pouring through holes in the walls, a whole flock of pygmy woodpeckers just behind them. Tsuyu did not expect this sort of attack as she didn't know her opponent's quirks properly. The dozens of mice were directed through more chittering from outside the room, to the nearest target, which was Mineta. And rather than being heroic...or villainous he shrieked like a little bitc-girl and started running around, but the flock of woodpeckers was on him, pecking him everywhere, and the mice jumped on top of him in waves like a swarm. Tsuyu didn't know what to do so she started using her tongue to take out some of the birds flying around her, while she kept jumping over and around the mice trying to bite her ankles.
Suddenly there was a loud crash, the sound of broken glass resounded within the small hollow room. It was Sero and he had just touched the bomb
"The hero team wins! Please make your way back to the spectating rooms!"
Tsuyu was very disappointed in herself, although she had a very difficult teammate, she should've showcased more of her ability, she was very quickly and efficiently defeated.
"I want to congratulate the hero team! You both showed excellent teamwork, which is just the type of mindset a hero should have! Young Koda, you showed a fine control of your quirk and used the animals you had at hand very efficiently, by distracting the villains perfectly, you gave your teammate enough time to surprise them! Hahahahhaha! Young Sero you also showcased a good ability to make plans on the go, you used your quirk intelligently, that is also a quality a Hero needs, you need to know your abilities and weaknesses! Though the villain team do not let yourself feel bad! Young Tsuyu you didn't have any chance to showcase your abilities, but I know you have a lot of potential! Don't let yourself get down, this is what you are here for, to improve your abilities! Young Mineta, I am very disappointed in you, you need to take this seriously, you treated it like a game and in the real world that could've easily gotten you killed, also harassing other classmates is disgraceful and will not be tolerated! Understood?"
Mineta looked down and nodded slowly, this was the second time the boy had been berated by a teacher.
"Please could Team's A and G make their way to the building!"
Comment or you will lose the ability to enjoy chocolate, trust me, I know, I am a man with clairvoyance!
I know the fight was horrible, I didn't know what to do to be honest, it was very short and unclimactic, leave me alone.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed the chapter, it wasn't much, mostly just the description of the outfits, which you know anyway but, I changed Izuku's outfit so he looked more like a ninja. I think I'll cover the next four fights in the next chapter or two just because I want to pay attention to (almost)everyone in 1-A
This chapter's trivia: What is Bakugou's favourite activity?.
This is what Izuku's hero costume roughly looks like, it's not the exact outfit but you can see where I was taking the idea, I didn't draw it, I found it on Pinterest, the artist's name is Hattori.
This and Izuku's World Heroes Mission are what you can imagine Izuku's outfit is like
I'm sorry if you're on but there's no way to put pictures on here so...
Well, Bye! Trinx out!
