Hey everyone sorry about taking so long to update, life's been hectic, that being said I think I'm going to try and go to Wednesday updates and weekly updates starting next week. I fleshed out a decent amount of how I want the story to go so I feel good about things now. If anything changes you'll be the first to know 3. Enjoy chapter 2. Love you! -Kami
Chapter 2: Who's that Pro-hero?
"Izuku honey, wake up, it's time for school. Breakfast is ready so help yourself once you're dressed".
"Ugggggggh" let out the tired greenette. After getting back home from Katsuki's, Izuku had stayed up to work on more suit designs for the two, and he was definitely feeling it today. He slowly dragged himself out of bed and tried not to step on any of the tools or scrap metal he had littered across his room. He got dressed and made his way out to the kitchen.
"Oh there you are sweetheart" Inko greeted the boy "How'd you sleep".
"Not nearly long enough, is there coffee"? He replied.
"I just made a fresh pot not too long ago so it should still be warm".
"Perfect" he thought Izuku poured a cup for himself, taking in the pleasant aroma and making his way to the table. "I definitely shouldn't have stayed up so late, I think I only slept for like four hours".
"Why don't you come home after school then and sleep for a little"?
"I can't, the deadline for the UA exam is getting tighter and tighter, I need to go train with Kachan today. I'll just cut it a little short and go to bed early tonight".
"You can't take a small break sweetie"? Inko took her son's hand in hers so he would look at her. "You've been working so hard, I just don't want you to get hurt".
"You don't have to worry, but you know I can't take any breaks, being quirkless puts me at a disadvantage, I need to make sure I have enough inventions ready, and I'm in good enough shape for it". The greenette sighed, "If the Heroics exam was more than just battle training and a test, I'd be fine, but I can't try to fight without any kind of power. I want them to know I deserve to be there".
Inko smiled at her son, "You're going to do that and more, I know it sweetie, you're going to be the best hero this world has ever seen. Just remember no matter what happens, UA or not, I will always, always love you and I will always be proud of you".
"I know mom, I love you too, thanks for always being the best". Izuku smiled warmly at his mom, before they continued with their breakfast. The two were taken out of their morning conversation by three loud raps at their door.
"That's probably Katsuki, you sit here dear". Inko told her son.
Inko made her way to the front entrance, opening the door, and revealing the loud blonde. "Good morning Katsuki, Izuku's just finishing up in the kitchen".
"Thanks Auntie, I'll go hurry him up".
Bakugo made his way through the room, walking into the kitchen, "YOU TRYING TO MAKE US LATE ASSHOLE". He yelled at the greenette.
"How are you literally always so loud, it's like eight in the morning". Izuku shot back.
"You wanna see loud? I can show you loud". Bakugo snapped, lighting small explosions in his hands.
Izuku shot up from the table and started walking towards his friend "try me bitch I'll fucking body you". The greenette shot back at him. The two boys were now practically nose to nose.
"THE FUCK YOU SAY I'LL KILL YO-" but katsuki was cut off as two hands came up and slapped both arguing teens in the back of the head.
"Ow Mom what the heck was that for" Izuku said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah c'mon auntie I got this enough at home" Bakugo raised his hand and was doing the same thing.
An irritated Inko just started tapping her foot with her hands on her hip. "How many times have I told you boys No fighting in the house! And don't use that language here either! Do I need to find the get along shirt from when you were children? I mean seriously who raised you".
"Uh mom?" Izuku said, raising his eyebrow questioningly.
"It's a figure of speech, don't sass me young man".
"Right, sorry mom" "Sorry Auntie". The two boys replied in unison.
"Now both of you get going, you're going to be late" Inko chuckled.
The two boys grabbed their things and made their way to Aldera high, ready to start their day.
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"Alright class, who wants to see the career forms? Just kidding, everyone here wants to be a hero right?" the underpaid teacher asked his class.
The class erupted into loud cheers, as various students used their quirks in celebration. "Calm down, calm down, does anyone know where they're going to college after this? How about you Bakugou?"
"HA where else? I'm going to U.A.! Same with Mizu" the blonde pointed back at his friend.
"Okay I get you but come on, you really think U.A. is going to let in Midoriya?" a boy with a spike hand quirk turned and asked the two.
"You got some problem with that dickhead?" Bakugou shot from his desk to their classmates and slammed an explosive hand down on it. "Go ahead and say it with your chest".
"Uh w-what I meant w-was uh…" their classmate was now stuttering over his words. People still tried to throw shots at Izuku when they could and for the most part he ignored it, the fact that word got out about some of his inventions and people were a little afraid of him helped too, but the real issue was the beast that was Bakugou. Since they were kids Katsuki always made sure to stand up for his green haired friend. Even if it meant ending up with their asses kicked they were in it together. As they got older however, people knew not to mess with the mad scientist or his mad dog.
"Bakugou, sit back down, and you" the teacher pointed at the spiked quirk student "don't say anything if you can't say something nice, you should apologize to Izuku. But are you really applying to U.A. Midoriya?" The teacher asked his student.
"Yes sir. I know it seems like a long shot, but I've made some incredible strides with my inventions, I'm pretty confident they'll get me in".
"Well I wish you the best of luck". The teacher smiled "Now on to today's lesson".
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The rest of the day went on with a blur as the two friends were making their way out of the school.
"Finally let's get to that shithole of a beach" Bakugo let out with a sigh. "Seriously I was so bored all day I want to go train already".
"Hey it might be a shithole but it's our shithole". Izuku laughed out "I feel you though, it felt like the day was dragging on".
Katsuki just hummed in response, the two finding a steady pace, after a short while, Izuku nudged the blonde.
"What do you want?"
"I think I have an idea for some weapons I can make for myself".
"Alright let me hear 'em." Bakugo perked up at this, he could never doubt that Izuku could make up some absolutely wild shit.
"Alright so I have an idea for a grapple gun, these throwing knives that can explode either on impact or on a timer, smoke bombs, a few different capture devices, and I think the last thing is really going to throw you off".
"What is it?" the blonde asked.
"What if I used a Bow?"
"Do you even know how to fucking use one?"
"Hey buddy I'll have you know I got my archery badge in the boyscouts, so i'm not exactly starting from scratch here". The greenette replied.
"...you're a fucking idiot you know that right?"
"Look I know it'll be hard, but I'm thinking about what I could be capable of now, I can't make something like a power suit, or anything crazy like that, I mean I could but I don't have that kind of money. I was thinking last night though, if I use a bow and arrows, I can add my inventions to the arrow tips. Instead of worrying about relying solely on my utility belt, I could use a quiver for that, and I could just keep essential or larger items on my belt."
"Okay that's actually not a terrible idea. Where are you planning on getting a bow?" Bakugo asked him.
"There's actually a sporting goods store not too far from the beach, I was hoping we could stop there on our way and I could pick one up and some targets or something."
"Well come one then hurry up we're burning daylight". Bakugou started to run ahead of Izuku who was now chasing after him, the two couldn't wait to be heroes and they wanted to seize every second of training that they could. After getting to the store and picking out a bow, quiver, and arrows, and filling out all of the proper paperwork, the two had finally made their way back to their destination.
Izuku couldn't stop looking over the new weapon in his hands. "This thing is so cool dude holy shit". The greenette beamed. Izuku went with a recurve bow with a 60 lb draw weight. It was matte black with a peep sight, and shoulder stabilizer, Izuku added a silencer to the strings in order to help stabilize his shots and dampen the vibrations. He went with a matching matte black quiver that sat behind his shoulder.
"I gotta admit it's not bad looking" Katsuki replied " but you can stare at that later we need to fucking train shit head".
"Right," Izuku replied. The two made their way onto the beach and Izuku started to set targets up for himself using the thick walls of garbage to help cushion any shots he missed, while Bakugo got to focusing on his explosions, he was trying to make the actual fire aspect hotter, while making the explosions smaller and more focused. Izuku wasn't doing too badly, he was missing most of his shots, but with the light practice drawing the bow he got at the store, combined with the explanation he received from the employee, he was at least getting the hang of it.
"Dammit" the greenette let out, it was his fourth miss in a row "How the hell am I supposed to get this down in time for the exam?"
"Maybe you should try looking for a teacher." an unexpected voice said.
"Yeah maybe…wait who the fuck was that"?
Izuku shot around but didn't see anyone "Kachann did you say something a second ago"?
"Huh? No I've been blowing shit up, why?" the blonde replied wiping sweat from his brow.
"I swear to god someone just said something to me". Izuku worriedly replied.
"Maybe you're finally going crazy, and you'll become an actual mad scientist".
"Very funny asshole, I'm being serious" the greenette said with a tired tone.
"So am I" Katsuki replied, teasing his friend.
The voice spoke again. "Two minutes since you heard an unknown voice, and instead of searching for it you two start to bicker. Maybe I shouldn't waste my time."
The two shot their gaze up to the top of the trash mound, standing above them at the top, was a very tired looking man in an all black suit, and with a white scarf around his neck.
"Uhm can we help you sir?" Izuku asked.
The man slid down the trash mound and was staring at the two teens "You know you're really not supposed to be using your quirks in public". The man said.
"W-we're training for the U.A. hero exam, we figured it would be fine since no one ever comes here anymore". Izuku replied. Bakugou was just staring the stranger down, he didn't really give a shit who he was or what he had to say, but he wasn't going to let some random loser get the jump on them.
"Look buddy I don't know who you are or why you're being such a nosey asshole but why don't you get the fu-" Bakugo was trying to threaten the man away but was instead wrapped tightly in his scarf. The tired man had activated his quirk, his eyes glowing a bright red and his hair standing up.
"I would watch your next choice of words very carefully". He barked at Bakugou.
"Wait, why do you look so familiar?" the greenette thought . Izuku was looking the man up and down trying to place him, after a moment it finally clicked.
"HOLY SHIT KACHANN DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS!" Izuku had jumped on Bakugou and was shaking him "THAT'S ERASERHEAD DUDE HE'S AN UNDERGROUND PRO, WITH A QUIRK THAT CAN ERASE PEOPLE'S QUIRKS! HE'S A PROFESSOR AT U.A." Izuku was beaming as he rattled off the information. "CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH ERASER?" he quickly asked the pro
"I GET IT QUIT SHAKING ME DUMBASS" Bakugouo shouted at him
"Oh right s-sorry Kachann" Izuku jumped off of his friend and bowed to the hero. "Sorry for causing a disturbance sir, we're just very excited about the exam and want to make sure we're fully prepared."
"Yeah what he said now if you wouldn't mind letting me the fuck go please" The blonde said.
Releasing his scarf from Bakugou, Eraserhead started walking towards the two. "There's no need to apologize, I get it, it was smart to come to a secluded non populated area. So you two think you have what it takes to get into U.A.?"
"Yes sir!" Izuku replied.
"We don't think we know". Replied Katsuki.
"Hm, I like your confidence but that can only get you so far. What are your quirks and abilities? Why do you want to be heroes"? He dryly asked them.
Katsuki started first "My quirk is called explosion, I can use my nitroglycerin like sweat to ignite explosions in the palm of my hands, I've pretty much mastered my quirk, and am now focusing on fine tuning its abilities. I'm trained in hand to hand combat, self defense, and first aid. I want to be a hero because it's the only thing that matters. Kicking ass, saving lives, and being the number one ."
Eraser hummed in response. "And what about you?"
"Well I don't have a quirk, but I use my inventions to make up for it. I've made a variety of different capture weapons in the past, and self defense items, there are more that I intend on adding to my arsenal as well to make me more effective. I also have the same training. And I don't care about the rankings or anything like that, I just want to be a hero to help people. I want to double major in Heroics and Support so I can help other heroes out too". Izuku said confidently.
"So that explains the bow" The man thought.
"A quirkless hero huh? Now that's very interesting you know what kind of disadvantage you face right"?
"Yeah but every quirk has a weakness and everyone faces disadvantages in a fight, I'm going to make sure I'm strong enough so that doesn't happen. I mean you can't use your quirk on mutant types and you pull it off".
Eraser smirked at that "Good answers now this is what's going to happen. I have a test for both of you, if you pass then I'm going to mentor you until the exam. I can teach you how to fight effectively, how to be stealthy, and how to capture villains".
"Are you serious?" the two yelled simultaneously.
"Only if you take this seriously, hero work isn't something you can half ass, if you pass the test, the training I intend to use is going to put you both through hell, if you think you can handle it then I'll do it, but if not don't waste my time".
The two boys looked at each other before turning back to the pro.
"We're in!" they both yelled. Aizawa nodded and started walking towards some of the trash.
"First I want to test your abilities, I want you to show me your quirk control, and if you have any inventions on you let me see them. Oh and what are your names?"
"Katsuki Bakugou" The blonde pointed his thumb at himself
"And I'm Izuku Midoriya'. The greenette replied
"I'm Shota Aizawa or as one of you already knows the pro hero Eraserhead, now let me see what you've got".
Bakugou had spent the last half hour showing off the different explosions he had, from his flash grenade, to his largest and most destructive explosion, to how he can basically fly with his timed explosions, to say the least Aizawa was impressed with his ability to control his power. He was equally impressed with Izuku, he had shown him a few different capture weapons including a baseball sized clear orb, that when on contact erupts and expands, quickly hardening and keeping its target in place.
"I call that one the cement bomb! It's a super thick glue-like substance that's super durable, it dissolves after three hours, but you really can't break out of it unless you have an enhancement quirk".
"Huh not bad, what does this one do?"
"Oh! That's an advanced EMP grenade, it doesn't just shut down the system, but has the ability to recycle the system so if it's used on something like a server, the information can still be recovered while taking it out of service".
"You both are decently advanced, how long have you two been working on becoming heroes?"
"Since we were four," Izuku replied.
"Hell even before that, all we've ever wanted to be were heroes". Bakugo said.
"Well so far you've both managed to impress me, I only have one last test for you".
"What's that?" the greenette asked.
A cheshire smile spread across the man's face, "We're going to fight".
"W-what?" / "FUCK YES" the two boys said.
"That's right, you said you both took combat classes so let me see how they paid off". Aizawa readied himself in a defensive stance and looked at the duo. "You both can come at me at the same time, and Bakugou go ahead and use your quirk. I'm not too worried," he smirked.
"Oh we're so gonna kick your ass old man" Katsuki was readying himself as well, the blonde was beaming, he couldn't wait to go against a pro and actually test himself. Izuku on the other hand was a shaking mess, he was a pretty confident guy, but he's seen Eraserhead in action, and he wasn't to be trifled with.
"A-are you sure we should do this Kachann?"
"If you wanna fall behind go ahead, I fully intend on beating his ass. I'm not letting an opportunity like this pass up". The blonde replied.
"You're right, it would be dumb not to do this". Izuku steadied himself and got into a stance as well. "Alright let's do this!" the greenette shouted.
ten minutes had passed and the two students were sprawled out on the ground groaning.
"Ugggggggggh I can't believe he just kicked our asses in like that". Izuku grumbled out.
"W-why did he kick me in the dick like that? Who does that?" Bakugou groaned out.
"He's an underground hero anything goes, did you not see him rub sand in my eyes?" Izuku replied
"I was too busy making sure I still had a dick when that happened".
"You two lasted way longer than I thought you would," Aizawa said with a small smirk.
"Fuck off old man". Bakugou barked.
"Calm down Kachann it's not like you were using it anyways".
"FUCK YOU TOO". He shouted at Izuku
"You both have potential, take what you learned today and move forward. Take tomorrow off, and meet me back here in two days".
"Wait, we passed?" Izuku shot up
"We fucking better have" Bakugou slowly rose from the sand.
"You did, it would be illogical for me not to mold two promising heroes".
Izuku was beaming and quickly bowed "Thank you so much Eraserhead! I promise we won't let you down!"
"Just don't kick me in the dick again" said the blonde.
"No promises. Now you two get home, I need to take off for patrol soon. You both did well today, keep it up. And here". Aizawa pulled his phone out and handed it to Katsuki. "Both of you give me your phone numbers, it'll make training easier if we can stay in contact". The boys complied, and with that Aizawa took his leave.
"Did that really just happen?" Izuku asked his friend.
"Yeah we actually just got our asses kicked by a pro who said he would teach us".
The two stood there for a moment taking in everything that just happened that afternoon.
"C'mon let's get going I need to tell my mom all of this". Izuku said.
"Yeah lets get the fuck out of here".
The two made their way home, they both excited for the next thing the future holds.
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And that's chapter 2! I really hope you enjoyed it and if not please let me know why, the constructive criticism I've been getting was super helpful so please keep it coming! For anyone wondering about the choice of a bow, I originally wanted to give Izuku a bo staff, and a bunch of throwable gadgets, but the more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea of a bow and trick arrows, as well as giving him throwables still. As for how OFA will mix with that you'll see ;). Also if anyone's confused I moved up the classroom conversation to now, even though the sludge villain takes place on the same day, it's going to take place a little later on. I know that's a little spoilery, but I didn't want anyone to be confused. The next chapter will have more training from Aizawa, some cool new gadgets to display, and Bakugou makes a new advancement on his quirk!
P.s. I know it's moving a little slowly right now, but the second we get into U.A. things will immediately start ramping up. Expect longer chapters with the new upload schedule btw!
3 Kami