Mini AN: shout out to Greed720 for permitting me to use elements from his The Asura fic, I'm pretty sure it's discontinued now, and it ends right before the USJ arc, but it's worth a read, now then, onto the story.
Ps: sorry I haven't updated in a while, I got sick for a time, and then had to catch up on all of the work that had piled up while I was ill, hopefully, I'll be able to post a lot more than before soon, now then, let's begin.
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Chapter 5: Yeah, just do your best Momo!
Monitor room; a few minutes after the fight between teams F and G
"Now then, while that was certainly a magnificent match for both teams, could someone tell me why team G lost despite their sound strategy?" All Might asked his class, not at all surprised when Momo's hand shot up.
"It was because the hero team failed to hide their plan," the black-haired girl stated "while it is true that both teams had 5 minutes to prepare a strategy there was no rule against spying on the other team"
"Huh?" Jiro questioned "but there was no way that they could have heard us while also carrying the bomb to wherever they decided to hide it, and build all of those barricades"
Momo nodded her head in agreement to the other teen before explaining exactly why they were wrong "normally that would be the case, but thanks to Koda-san's quirk allowing him to delegate the task to nearby animals, he was able to spy on you while still helping Naruto-san set up"
"Yeah, it was a bit underhanded, but we were supposed to be a villain anyways dattebayo," the blond said before chuckling and scratching his head sheepishly "it was all thanks to Koda's quirk in the first place tough, so it's not like I can take any of the credit"
"That's correct Yaoyarozu-shoujou, and that is why, despite what many might believe, this particular battle had no MVP as everyone did their utmost in fulfilling whatever role they were given" All Might said with a teacher's pride.
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Ground Beta; a few minutes after the end of the last battle analysis
"Good work everyone!" All Might told the class "We didn't have any major injuries apart from Midoriya-shounen, and Kaminari-shounen, either!"
"Yeah I'm gonna need to apologize to him later 'ttebayo" Naruto thought while scratching the back of his head in a bit of shame.
"You guys took this seriously!" The hero continued unaware of his student's train of thought "You all did a good job on your first training!"
"To have such a proper class after Aizawa-sensei's class is kind of anticlimactic, gero" Tsu said, while most of the class nodded in agreement.
"We're free to have proper classes as well!" The teacher responded optimistically "Well then, I must go and make sure that Midoriya-shounen and Kaminari-shounen are alright!" The man said before preparing to dash away.
"For now change and return to the classroom!" The man ordered while leaving a trail of dust in his wake, shocking the students with his speed.
"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed as his hair was ruffled by the wind "All Might is incredible!"
"Why was he in such a hurry?" A large-tailed teen wondered aloud.
"Who cares," the shortest student of the class responded "he was probably just worried about the other two's injuries"
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Class 1-A; 15 minutes after the end of the school day
At the moment everyone that was still in the classroom was going over the training exercise together.
"Oh yeah, Naruto, what did you mean that there's someone you've been competing with for ten years?" asked Kaminari, the teen having returned midway through their Geometry class.
"Oh that, well there's this guy named Sasuke who goes to Shiketsu, his quirk lets him manipulate the plasma in his blood," Naruto told his fellow blond "we've both been rivals since we met in elementary school, always trying to one-up each other"
"Sugena (Wow), he got into Shiketsu?" Jiro said "I've heard that their entrance exam is almost as difficult as U.A.'s"
"Yeah I've heard so too, but the bastard got in through recommendation so I can't really ask him what it was like to compare the two" Naruto responded before smiling and punching the palm of his right hand "still tough, recommendation or otherwise I'm definitely gonna kick his ass next time we spar"
Then right as the spiky-haired blond stopped talking the door opened to reveal Midoriya, who had a cast around one of his arms.
"Oh, Midoriya's here!" Class 1-A's spiky red-head exclaimed "Good work! Man, I don't know what you were saying during your match, but you sure were fired up!"
"I can't believe you fought evenly with Bakugo for such a long time!" Sero exclaimed
"You did a good job dodging!" Mina said excitedly.
"You were far from elegant, bu-" the laser-shooting blond that sat by the door said before he was Interrupted by Mina repeating herself.
"H-huh?" Midoriya said, surprised at the sudden surge of attention.
"I'm Kirishima Eijiro," the redhead introduced himself "We're all going over the training together right now."
"I'm Sero Hanta" the kid with blocky elbows said.
"I'm Aoyama Yu-" the only seated person that was taking part in the conversation said, before once again being Interrupted.
"I'm Ashido Mina!" The alien-looking girl said excitedly "you really did a good job at dodging!"
"I'm Asui Tsuyu," the frog-like girl said while poking her head out from behind Mina "Call me Tsu-chan"
"Um… Er…" Izuku said while trying to remember everyone's name.
"I'm Mineta!" The shortest boy in class said while jumping.
"You're too loud" A bird-headed boy Saud while sitting on the desk.
"Eh, what's the problem, it's not like they're bursting your eardrums or anything" Naruto responded with a carefree smile that immediately vanished as Iida approached them.
"Tokoyami-kun!" Said bespectacled boy called out while chopping at the air "That chair is not a desk! Get off immediately!"
"It's not that big a deal, is it?" Jiro questioned.
"Wh–?" Iida tried to retort but was stopped by how shocked he was.
"What's with those hands anyways?" Kaminari asked.
"You people…" Iida said with disappointment "I cannot condone actions that disrespect the desks that great men and women who are our upperclassmen once used!"
"Oi four eyes," Naruto said "U.A. buys new desks every year cause the last ones usually end up getting destroyed by quirks activating in class"
"Eh?" Was all that Iida could say as part of his worldview ended up being shattered causing him to go somewhat catatonic.
Naruto meanwhile was shaking before bursting out laughing at the blue-haired boy's reaction "I can't believe you fell for that!" He said while wiping away a tear just as Uraraka, and Ojiro got back with some spare notebooks their teacher's asked them to bring.
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U.A. entrance gate; 25 minutes after class ended
"Kacchan!" Izuku called out to his friend as he ran up to him.
"What?" Valugo coldly replied.
"There's one thing I feel I have to tell you." The green-haired boy said while not being able to look the blind in the eye "My quirk is something I received from someone else."
"Huh?" The spiky-haired blond asked.
"I can't say who I got it from, though!" Midoriya replied with seriousness "I won't say… But it's like a story out of a comic book, except it's true.
"On top of that, I can't control it properly." He continued to explain, "it's just borrowed power that I haven't made my own yet."
He then finally looked at Bakugo "that's why… I tried to beat you without it. But in the end, I couldn't win and had to rely on it."
"I've still got a long way to go," he continued to monolog, not noticing that his childhood friend was getting more and more pissed off by the second "That's why… That's why," he took a deep breath.''One day I'll make this quirk my own, and beat you with my own power!"
"What the hell is that?" The blond responded while turning around to better confront the green-haired boy ""Borrowed power?" You're talking nonsense."
"What are you trying to do, make me out to be more of a fool than you already have?" Bakugo asked his classmate "Huh? What are you trying to say?"
"Today, I lost to you…" he said while shaking a bit at the anger he felt towards himself "That's all it was… That's all… Asi watched the ice guy, I thought "I can't beat him"!"
"Dammit! I ended up agreeing with what the ponytail girl said!" He yelled, "and worst of all, that Naruto guy made me do both of those things!"
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" He raged "Hey, you too, Deku! I'm just… I'm just getting started!"
"You hear?" The boy said as tears fell from his red eyes "Here I will become number one!"
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Class 1-A hallway; 25 minutes after class ended
"What was that?" Ashido asked as she and a couple of other people watched the conversation at the entrance gate.
"The fated battle between men." Uraraka responded with certainty.
"No, sorry to say it Uraraka but that was a confession of love" Naruto said with utmost seriousness, which caused everyone to look at him in shock only to notice the large fox-like grin on his face which showed that he was kidding.
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Class 1-A; the day after the battle training: start of class
"Right so to begin, I suppose I should start off by saying congratulations, most of you did a just about acceptable job on yesterday's battle training," Aizawa then continued, looking to the class at large, some of whom, Naruto included, couldn't help but blink in surprise as they heard the otherwise bored and depressed looking teacher complimenting them, sort of. "I looked over the grades and evaluations All Might gave you. It wasn't bad, there were a couple of people who need to grow up a little and mature, but for the most part, you weren't terrible"
Again, the gathered students looked at one another in surprise. Since when was Shota Aizawa, the guy that often threatened to expel them, ever nice and supportive?, Bakugo however looked displeased as he was remembered of his failure.
"That said, Midoriya, I heard you destroyed your body," Aizawa continued, his words causing the perpetually awkward green-haired kid to redden and then stare down at his desk. "It's good that you're putting in so much effort, but if you get that kind of injury in a real situation, you'll be the one who needs to be saved. Grow up, learn some self-restraint and be more careful!"
"Y-Yes sir," Midoriya mumbled, his words barely audible as the short teen sank down lower in his chair and avoid looking at anyone.
"Now, onto other homeroom business," Aizawa sighed, taking his gaze off the now mumbling green-haired teen, as he instead looked to the rest of the class and sighed. "Alright, so today we have something important to get out of the way..."
The entire class all tensed up as they heard their form room teacher's words, all of them looking at one another nervously.
"… You'll be picking a class representative." Aizawa continued, finishing his statement and catching the entire class by surprise as he did so.
"That's such a normal school thing!" Several people started muttering, in response, before after a few moments, the class fully digested what he had just said.
Moments after the class realized what he had actually said, noise exploded from every corner, with people raising their hands and shouting that they'd like to be the one picked.
Even Bakugo raised his hand, a look of fury on his face as if he was angry that the others were even daring to challenge his right to be class rep.
Naruto was of course no different, though he had a bit of an advantage due to his naturally loud voice.
In a normal high school, the position of class rep held no real purpose, other than for a student to be lumbered with some mundane tasks the form teacher didn't want to do.
For that reason, very few people ever wanted to do it. Things like class rep, student body president, and all of that nonsense, it was more trouble than it was worth, and held very little in the way of benefits, both in the school and even less in life outside of school.
But, in a hero course, things were slightly different. Being a class rep signified that that person was the leader of the class. It showed that that person was respected by their peers, and was capable of leadership and responsibility. It was an attractive commendation for any wanna-be hero to have on their curriculum.
As the classroom descended into chaos, Iida, not Aizawa, was the one to create order, as the tall bespectacled boy suddenly stood up and called out loudly, and stridently, to the class, "Quiet down all of you! The position of Class rep is one of great importance and responsibility. It will take more than just willingness to succeed in this task! Willingness doesn't equate directly to ability! No! This position requires the trust and support of the rest of the class! If this is to be democratic, then I put forward the motion that we choose the class rep by-election!"
"Your hands the one that's raised the highest!" Naruto said calling the boy out.
"Besides, everyone will just vote for themselves!" Kaminari chipped in.
"That's precisely why!" Iida shot back resolutely. "Anyone with multiple votes is best suited for the position! Sensei, will you allow this?!"
"Wait, wait, wait!" Naruto called out, speaking over everyone else now, his naturally loud voice useful for once as he drew the rest of the class's attention to him. "Why don't we just say that no one is allowed to vote for themselves and that those that do, and we'll know who if we have everyone sign their names at the bottom of their vote, will not be allowed to be a rep?"
The class was silent as they heard this, some of them digesting his words and then nodding appreciatively. Others however didn't look too sure.
"Think of it this way, do we really want a selfish class rep; someone who would vote for themselves? We're supposed to be heroes right, and heroes are supposed to be humble at times." Naruto forged on, talking over Iida when the bespectacled boy looked like he was going to protest.
"Makes sense to me." Jiro shrugged, her tone dull, even if she did smile a little bit when Naruto glanced over at her, an appreciative smile on his own face at her support.
"It might even be fairer if those that are nominated for the position by their classmates don't vote, and only those that aren't running for the position, vote, like in a real election." Momo tagged on, nodding her head resolutely, even as she sent Naruto a smile.
"Sounds like a great idea to me!" Naruto nodded, before with a grin he called out. "And to start with I nominate Yaoyarozu for the position!"
"Hey wait, we haven't agreed on this yet! Mr. Aizawa!" Iida called out, a look of consternation on his face as most of the class seemed to agree with Momo and Naruto's suggestion.
"I don't care, as long as you do it quickly and quietly," Aizawa sighed in response, the dark haired man already getting back into his yellow sleeping bag as he spoke. "Go with Yaoyorozu's suggestion."
"Then we're agreed, you can only run if someone nominates you, and if you've been nominated then you can't vote," Jiro concluded, looking around as she did so at all of the other students, all of whom nodded, or agreed in some way, even Bakugo.
"This is bullshit, someone had better nominate me!" Bakugo shouted, slamming his fists on the desk.
"So to start with I again nominate, Momo Yaoyorozu." Naruto called out, his arms folded and a smirk on his face.
"I nominate her too." Jiro nodded, not standing up or making a scene, as she instead just sent the taller, dark-haired girl a smile.
"Yeah me too!" Mina chipped in happily.
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"She would do an admirable job." Tokoyami nodded, his tone oddly formal. "I too give nominate her."
"Well, I nominate Deku!" Ochako Uraraka called out.
Midoriya in response went pride red and tried to hide under his desk.
"I nominate Naruto!" Kaminari called out.
"Yeah, I nominate him too!" Kirishima grinned. "That guy's hella manly!"
"I nominate Naruto too!" Sero Hanta grinned.
"Thanks" Naruto said while rubbing his head sheepishly, he wasn't really used to getting complimented afterall.
Following on from that, everyone voted, all of those who were not nominated, writing who they were voting for on a slip of paper and then handing that over to Naruto, for some reason, to read out the results.
"Uhhh," Naruto said while scanning the room for someone who had yet to either be nominated or nominate someone, his eyes finally landing on Ojiro "here you go, it wouldn't be fair if I counted them since I was nominated"
The tailed teen merely nodded, and began to count the votes at the end, when the results were tallied, Momo, winning with ten votes, Naruto coming in second with five, and then finally Izuku, with just two.
"You all finished then," Aizawa said, standing up out of his sleeping bag. "Alright fine, your rep is Yaoyorozu, and the vice rep is Naruto. Now all of you shut up, the rest of class is study hall." He then continued, even as he curled back up and went to sleep on his desk as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"Welp, nice to be working with ya Yaoyarozu" Naruto told Yaoyarozu with a grin.
Said girl just nodded "it's good to be working with you as well Naruto-san"
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U.A. high school cafeteria; lunchtime
Later on, that day after the morning lessons had finished, Naruto, along with the rest of his class, filed into the school's cafeteria. The blonde grabbed a tray and helped himself to an excessive amount of food, most of which was ramen. Then after a cursory scan of the large busy hall, he grabbed a free table for himself, and those who were eating with him.
Then all of them dominated the small table as; Naruto, Mina, Jiro, Tokoyami, Momo, Sero, Tsu, and Kaminari all sat down together and started eating and chatting, the rest of their classmates spreading out into their own groups and cliques and filling up other tables. The school's cafeteria rapidly filled up as the students from the other courses, general education, and support, all started filtering into the room too.
"So class rep, eh," Mina grinned, starting off the conversation as her gold and black eyes focused in on, Momo, the taller, well-developed girl going a little pink at the attention that was suddenly on her, even as the rest of the students at the table looked at her.
"Yes, well, honestly, I didn't think so many people would vote for me," Momo replied modestly, a genuine smile on her pink face as she looked around at the rest of the table, most of whom had voted for her. "I hope I don't let anyone down. I mean I will definitely do the best I can, and prove to everyone that they weren't wrong in supporting me!"
"You'll do fine!" Naruto waved her off, a grin on his face as he started getting stuck into his meal. "You already proved yourself smart and competent during the Quirk Assessment Test and Battle Training. Besides, you were the best choice for the job 'ttebayo."
Momo's cheeks went a darker red at his support, even as the rest of the table weighed in with their own enthusiastic support and cajoling.
"Well you scored top in the Quirk Assessment Test, Naruto-san, and you performed admirably in the Battle Training too," Momo replied, her face still a little red as her dark eyes locked onto the blonde. "I'm sure that's why you became the vice president."
"Yeah I'm pretty great aren't I?" The blond retorted in a clearly joking manner.
Then, before anyone else could continue the conversation a loud blaring began sounding out through the entire school.
"SECURITY LEVEL 3 HAS BEEN BREACHED. PLEASE EVACUATE IN A CALM AND ORDERLY FASHION."
In response, most of the students in the hall; general education, support, and hero course students, began to stand up as panic began to spread like wildfire. With some of them immediately stood fleeing the cafeteria; dashing for the exit. The sheer number of students heading for the doors and the corridor outside creating a large scrum in the doorway.
"Hey, what's going on?" Kaminari called out, the other blonde looking around nervously as even the older students were panicking. "What does the alarm mean?"
"Hey you," Naruto called out, grabbing a fleeing older student by the back of his collar and dragging him back with his natural strength. "What's going on 'ttebayo?!"
The brown-haired, bland-looking older boy's eyes widened at Naruto's approach, but his confusion and nervousness didn't stop him from responding. "Someone's invaded the school! This hasn't happened in years! We all need to evacuate now, it could be villains!"
"Fuck," Naruto muttered, releasing the other teen and letting him run off, even as he turned to the others in his group.
"Don't panic, we don't know what exactly is happening yet!" Momo cut in, her expression nervous, even though her voice was firm.
Naruto nodded curtly at that, even as he and the rest of his group got caught up in the mass of students that were being forced out of the room.
Grunting as his face was slammed against the window, he widened his eyes and saw a gaping hole in the large wall that surrounded U.A. and a swarm of reporters scrambling through it, even as a number of teachers began to arrive on the scene.
"Dammit," Naruto grunted, forcing himself off of the wall and over to the others, all of whom, like him, were being jostled and shoved about by the crowd. "It's not villains, it's just the reporters that got here this morning!"
"Yaoyarozu, can you make one of those loudspeakers? We need to get everyone to calm down!" Naruto muttered to Momo, even as he was suddenly shoved close to her by the jostling of the crowd, the two of them literally face to face now, mere inches apart, as more than three hundred students tried to shove and force themselves down the corridor and through the two-meter wide doorway at the other end.
"I-I can do that, can you make me some room?" Momo replied, her face going a little pink at his proximity, but her mind stayed on the matter at hand.
Looking around, Naruto could only think of one thing to do.
"Climb up on my shoulders." He said, beginning to kneel down and lower himself so she could climb on.
"What?" Momo gasped out, her face going very red now as she both saw and felt his actions.
"You need to make yourself seen and heard, and with the amount of people around us I can't create enough space without potentially hurting people, this is the only way I can think of 'ttebayo!" Naruto shot back impatiently.
"O-Ok fine, but don't l-look up!" Momo choked out, her face redder than ever as Naruto shifted lower, and she used his bent knee as a platform to climb up and onto his broad shoulders, a megaphone already forming in her cupped hands as she stood on his broad shoulders, with him standing up and bracing her ankles with his hands for extra support.
"Woah!" Mina cried, looking up as Momo now stood 5 feet higher than most of the other students around them.
"Everyone, calm down! It's just the press!" Momo shouted into her megaphone, her boosted voice sounding out over the sound of the panicking students. "Everyone! The breach was caused by the press only, and not villains! It is nothing worth panicking over!"
Almost at once, the crowd of milling students began to calm down, the sound of shouting decreasing as, Momo, once again repeated her message and called for calm, her elevated position, loud voice, and calming words, easing the tension and unease in the packed corridor, even as the alarm was suddenly switched off.
"And there I was hoping for a relaxing lunch," Naruto muttered to Jiro, as he continued to allow Momo to stand on his shoulders and shout out to the crowd of calming and slowly dispersing students.
"Eyes closed, Naruto." Jiro shot back, her eyes narrowed as she saw him looking over at her.
"What, it's not like I am looking up Yaoyarozu's skirt," Naruto grumbled, his words still audible, both to those around him, including the heartbroken Mineta a couple of feet away and to Momo herself, who in return went a brighter red than before, even as she continued to talk down the crowd.
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AN: Hello everyone, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, like I already mentioned at the start of it, I've been unable to post due to sickness, thankfully I am a-okay now, and have actually started working on not only the next chapter of this fic, but also the next chapters of Adopted Fox, and Screw being Hokage, in any case, let's go ahead and answer questions/reviews, but until then ill see yall next time.
Guest: yeah I feel you, I re-read my chapters, and tried toning it down a bit, tell me if it's better or not ok.
Dantzler: well yes but also no, it starts to become corrosive at 4 tails since that's when the energy becomes a lot more concentrated
Advocatus: I'm glad that you're enjoying the story so far, but what's a beta? I'm pretty new to writing in general so I've never really heard the term, also where can I get one?
Royal Huffle: yup! I won't reveal how or why just yet, just know that it had to do with the fact as to why he's so famous in Konoha
PS: As always thank you all so much for your continued support, please leave a review, any and all criticism is accepted (so long as it is constructive criticism, please don't just insult my existence) and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have during the AN of the next chapter