Understandably, they were not happy with his question.
Hagakure, Jirou and Mineta started complaining to him, Momo seemed curious about the whole thing, and Hitoshi, Shoji and Todoroki just seemed apathetic towards him, although he could tell Hitoshi was faking it.
"Now, before you guys get all angry at me and stuff, just let me pull up your designs on the board here, so I can show you all exactly how stupid they are."
Mei started giggling behind him, and he had to focus to not get distracted by his girlfriend's beautiful laughter. He waved his hands at a blank wall and a holographic screen showed up on it.
"Now, you all may be wondering why I singled you seven out when the rest of your class probably didn't do much better than you did. To be entirely honest, Nezu only let us take charge of 8 costumes for 1-A, and I was the one who designed Bakugo's costume either way."
"This means that we weren't allowed to touch your classmate's costumes." He shrugged, looking a bit sad at that fact. "BUT! That just meant that I was able to focus on you seven!"
He waved his hand at the wall again and the drawing that Mineta had sent in appeared up on the screen. Jirou and Hagakure burst out into audible laughter while Mineta whined at him. Momo was laughing too, but she was at least discrete about it. Shoji was quiet but the shaking of his shoulders indicated laughter.
Todoroki and Hitoshi were both still apathetic.
"Dude! The bro code! Why you gotta do me like this in front of the girls!?" Mineta yelled at him, but Izuku just shrugged.
"Never read the bro code, and because your costume is shit." he pointed at the 'waist armour' that Mineta had suggested. "Now, I get your whole, bowl of grapes idea, but realistically, you look like your wearing a diaper."
From what he could see of Hagakure (her clothes), she was on the ground, laughing her head off.
"But! Because me and Mei here are excellent at what we do, I have made a quick redesign of your costume."
He waved his hand, and a new drawing appeared next to the old one.
[Mineta's New Costume]
It was of a purple jumpsuit, with large yellow gauntlets, with tubes going up his arms towards a small backpack. There was a helmet that fully covered his head, orbs included, which had a tube going into the backpack. It had yellow, knee-high combat boots, as well as a utility belt, and a white vest and shoulder pads.
All in all, Mineta had to agree that it looked cooler than his old suit. Izuku continued. "There are sensors in the helmet to determine when you have reached your maximum for your Quirk. Whenever you are able to, the helmet will place the orbs into this pack here, and then you can use the tubes on each hand to fire said orbs."
Mineta raised his finger and looked like he was about to say something, but Izuku turned to him and stopped him, pointing to some of the notes on the side of the drawing.
"And before you worry about the orbs sticking to the inside of the device, your suit absorbs the mucus you excrete that makes you bounce off of the orbs, then directs it into the tubes and pack."
"The suit is fireproof, insulated for protection from electricity, and knife resistant, but the vest, pack and helmet are entirely bulletproof. They also take quite a bit to break."
He closed the two images for Mineta's costumes, and turned to him, grabbing a clipboard with a form he had to get them to sign to approve the changes. "So how about it Mineta? You gotta admit it's much better than what you designed."
Mineta looked conflicted for a moment, so Izuku went for the finishing blow. "You know, I highly doubt you would get any girl to think you were cool if you ran around in something that looked like a diaper. If you just sign here, I'll fix it right up for you after you leave!"
The effect was instantaneous. Mineta grabbed the clipboard, signed his name on the permission form, bowed to Izuku and Mei, and walked out of the design studio, talking to himself about something (probably perverted).
He turned to the rest of the group, who had watched Mineta run off with varying amounts of apathy. It was fairly obvious what kind of person he was, and neither the girls nor the guys wanted to be near him.
"Now with him out of the way, let's move onto lucky customer #2! Momo! Your turn!"
She nodded and stepped closer to the board, and had a look that seemed a mix of apprehension, and curiosity.
Izuku had definitely spent too much time with Nezu because he found great joy in bringing out such a reaction.
[Momo's New Costume]
"So, Momo, did you design your own costume?"
Izuku was pretty sure he already knew the answer to his question. From what he had seen of her already, she was too smart and too prideful to make such a demeaning costume. Also, the curiosity she showed at the beginning made it seem like she was unaware of her costume.
"Uh… no, I didn't. I told the support company my Quirk and its requirements, as well as my dimensions. I left the designing up to the company I used. Was what they designed not to your liking?"
Izuku shook his head, starting to get angry with the company, or more specifically the designer. He knew the designer that had taken on Momo's costume. He was a veteran in the field and had designed costumes like Midnights and Mt Lady's, and had a hand in the Wild, Wild Pussycats as well.
But his experience in the field didn't make him less of a pervert.
Izuku laughed a little. "Not to my liking is a massive understatement. How about I just show you the current design. Now that Mineta is gone it should be fine."
He waved his hand, and on the screen appeared a skin-tight red leotard with a hole cut down the middle. There was a belt around her waist, with a shelf holding book to her butt. It had red, knee-high boots.
Momo stared at the screen, a little shocked, and a little upset. She was definitely glad that Izuku had done Mineta's first and sent him away. Jirou and Toru were both whispering about the costume, although Izuku noticed Jirou staring at it.
"As you can see, it's fucking terrible."
Mei had burst out into laughter at this point, and grabbed his arm, jumping up and down. "You gotta show her the new one already, cmon Izu!"
Izuku gave a half hug to Mei, quieting her down, and swiper his hand again. A second drawing appeared on the screen.
It was a fully black bodysuit, with knee-high red combat boots, a golden utility belt, and red and gold gloves. The glove on her left hand went all the way up to her elbow and had a computer built into it. There were also a set of goggles on her head with a HUD to show blueprints specifically designed for her.
"Now before you bring up the issue of needing exposed skin to use your Quirk, I'd just like to tell you that there are options. I'm sure your all familiar with UA's Big 3, right?"
When the group nodded their heads, Izuku hummed in approval. He liked the Big 3, they were excellent hero students and excellent people. Amajiki was a bit shy though.
"Well, then you must be aware of Togata Mirio, the #1 of the Big 3." Again, he got nods from the group.
"Mirio's Quirk requires his costume to have the same effect as his body goes through for it to work. I won't tell you what his Quirk does, as he likes making people discover it for themselves" he shuddered, apparently remembering something. "But his entire suit is made out of his own hair."
Momo realised what Izuku wanted to do. The undersuit would be made out of her hair, allowing for her creations to pass-through it, while still covering her up. She smiled at Izuku and nodded.
"From what I have seen, Midoriya, Your design is leagues above the original. I would like to get the second one made if I could." Momo was very happy with the new one. She had prepared herself to have a lot of exposed skin, but Midoriya's costume made it a non-issue.
"Fantastic! Sign here please!" Izuku floated another clipboard over to them and passed it to her. "Oh and don't worry about being bald for a while. I know someone with a hair growing Quirk. Met them while trying to make Mirio's outfit. Come back tomorrow and I can make the suit."
She signed the clipboard and nodded, bowing to Izuku. "Thank you Midoriya, I will return here tomorrow to assist with its creation."
She then left the room, feeling a lot better about her suit. She might have to tell her parents what the design company had tried to give her, it was definitely not appropriate for her.
[Todoroki's New Costume]
"Now then, Mr Todoroki."
Shoto looked at the boy in front of him, who he could already tell was a genius. He got a feeling from this Midoriya that underneath his relaxed exterior laid an intelligent, devious person.
Izuku swiped at the screen again, and Todoroki's original design appeared on the screen. Shoto scowled as it appeared. The costume was just another reminder to him, and everyone else, that he didn't need his fire to succeed.
"Now Todoroki" Shoto attention flicked back to Midoriya. "I won't push the fact that you seem against using your left side."
The rest of the group looked at him in confusion, but Shoto was surprised. He hadn't shown it during the fitness test. Was Midoriya so influential that he could see into student files?
"But I will say that this is a horrible design. I get what you're going for, I really do, the whole 'Ice Only' thing. But there are better ways to do it than covering your whole left side in this transparent foil stuff."
Izuku swiped at the screen again, and a new design showed up. It was a fairly basic, blue jumpsuit. The left side was a thin, breathable material that would serve to keep his left side cool. The right side was a thicker material that apparently used solar power and a small power source to keep his right side at regular body temperature.
He also had a face mask that would heat up the air going into his lungs to avoid his breathing becoming difficult. It also served as a gas mask, and a communicator. It had a snowflake emblazoned on it. On his chest was a black vest, labelled as bullet-proof.
Shoto had to admit, it was good. Although Midoriya seemed to think that one day he would use his fire, which was wrong. "Midoriya."
Izuku responded cheerfully. "What's up Todoroki? Something wrong with the suit? Don't like blue?"
Shoto shook his head. "No, blue is fine. It is your apparent assumption that I will one day use my fire that bothers me. My fire will never be used in a combat scenario."
Izuku smiled at him and held a finger up. "Ah, but by your own oath's wording, that means you will one day use your fire. Your resistance to cold would allow you to assist greatly in say, a blizzard, or an avalanche."
Shoto nodded. He had thought of those possibilities before (AKA: had the ideas forced onto him), but wanted to know what Midoriya was getting at.
"Let's say you come across someone who is suffering from hypothermia. Obviously, you wouldn't shoot the fire at them, that would cause them harm, the opposite of your job. But, if you used your left side, you could warm them up while you carry them to safety."
Izuku continued. "Or even, you could ignite your left side and act as a heat source for multiple victims. Those are all outside of combat scenarios, and it would save lives. Would you ignore your fire when the lives of the innocent depend on it?"
The group looked a bit shocked by the last bit, none more so than Shoto. Izuku's argument was flawless, it was obvious he had practised with this sort of debate.
In that sort of situation, would Shoto be able to make himself use his fire, he definitely would. Right? His thought was interrupted by Izuku talking.
"Either way, the suit is designed to lessen the discomfort you gain from using both your sides. Will you sign off for the new design?" Izuku held out a clipboard towards Shoto, and he grabbed it slowly.
The old costume was a symbol of his rebellion against his father's Quirk, but this new costume was much better. Midoriya, while obviously trying to get Shoto to use his fire eventually, had even taken into consideration his "Ice Only" design with the snowflake and the heating coils.
Shoto sighed. The old design was made in a state of pure spite, right after one of his sperm donors 'training sessions' and Shoto knew that he would be better off with Midoriya's design. He signed the paper and was nearly blinded by the smile sent his way by Midoriya and Hatsume.
"Fantastic! Alright, I'll have this done by the time you do your first class with your costume on!" Izuku floated the clipboard behind him and onto the pile of signed ones.
Shoto nodded to him, before leaving as well. This left Hagakure, Jirou, Shoji and Hitoshi left in the group.
"Moving on!"
[Hagakure's New Costume]
"Ok, seeing as there isn't really a costume here, to begin with, this should be a quick and easy upgrade."
He turned to Hagakure. "Can't blame you for not knowing about the hair suit thing, its a hero only thing, no other profession does something like it."
He swiped the screen and Hagakure's original design came up, shocking the group. It was literally just boots and gloves.
"Really Hagakure? You were just gonna be naked on the field?" Jirou spoke up, looking over at the invisible girl.
Hagakure just shrugged. "Yea, it was the only thing I could think of that would work with my Quirk. But this hair suit thing might just fix the whole problem!"
"Exactly! Honestly, I'm not sure why it isn't utilised as much as it is. Hagakure, I've designed a lightweight and flexible suit that will be made from your hair. There are thicker gloves, also made out of hair, as well as footwear, with a thick layer of hair to act as soles."
"The entire thing will be invisible, and the hood on the back of the top will allow for some slight head protection. Unfortunately, that's the best I can do without giving you a massively bulky headpiece."
Hagakure's sleeve shook, so she was probably waving at him. "Oh no don't worry about that! This is even better than what I had before! The fact that I can be fully clothed AND fully invisible is awesome!"
Hagakure then walked over to the clipboard pile. And signed her name on her sheet. She started skipping towards the door of the design studio. "Same this as Yaoyorozu right? Come back here tomorrow for the hair cut of a lifetime?"
"Yep! See you then Hagakure!" He waved to her as she left the studio, leaving only Hitoshi, Jirou, and Shoji left.
"Right, onto Jirou's!"
[Jirou's New Costume]
"What's wrong with what I designed?"
Izuku swiped at the screen and her costume appeared. Izuku brought up the notes he made on it beside the design.
"Honestly, the design isn't terrible. If you look at it from a musicians point of view. The only thing in the outfit that is aimed towards improving your combat capabilities is the boots."
Jirou pouted, crossing her arms. She thought that the design she made was cool, as well as something she would be comfortable in. 'But to be honest, he is going 4 for 4 with the costume improvements, so I might as well see what he's done.'
"Alright then Costume Guru's, hit me with the redesign," Jirou said, shrugging and looking at the board.
Izuku waved at the screen and the new costume came up. Jirou was expecting massive changes to her design, like the previous 4. She was not expecting a very similar suit.
"Uh, Midoriya, you realise didn't change much, right?" She looked over to Izuku, who was smiling and had the urge to put sunglasses on.
"Like I said! From a design standpoint it's excellent, really goes with your theme of sound and music. You look like a punk rock star!" Jirou smiled at that, that was exactly what she was going for.
"BUT! If you look at the notes, you'll spot some differences!" He zoomed in on the notes section.
"See! Instead of the pink shirt that you requested, there is a black, long-sleeved undershirt, with a pink vest. This keeps the look you wanted but gives you some protection from guns, knives, and minor blunt force."
"The vest is also equipped with a speaker on the front and back, which you can connect to from your shoulders. Left for the front, Right for the back."
"I kept the boots, but gave them a slight upgrade, a better speaker, and the possibility of Sono-kinetic flight."
That confused Jirou, so she raised her hand. Something about Midoriya when he was speaking gave him a teacher-like vibe. "So uh, what does Sono-kinetic mean?"
Izuku paused as if realising that it wasn't common knowledge. "Well, it means that if your Quirk is strong enough, the boots have the capability of letting you fly through intense sound waves."
Jirou was shocked. Mouth agape, frozen, as she processed that. Using Midoriya's upgraded boots, she could FLY?! She didn't care about the rest of the suit at this point, that was enough for her to sign off on the redesign.
"And that's not all! There are also some speakers on your gloves that work the same as the boots and chest! You just plug your Jack's into the port and you can shoot sound from the gloves."
Jirou nodded and sighed. "Just give me the damn clipboard Guru, I get it. This costume is better." Izuku just laughed and floated the clipboard over to her. She signed it and handed it to him. "And, thanks, I guess. I'll suggest you to the others, your pretty good, Costume Guru."
Izuku beamed at her as he took the clipboard off of her. "Don't worry about it! I love doing this, its super fun analyzing Quirks and thinking of good support items!"
Jirou smiled at him and nodded in thanks, waving behind her as she walked out of the design studio. Izuku turned to the remaining 2 people.
Hitoshi seemed to be conflicted about the whole thing, and Shoji, well, It was difficult to read him, as he had a mask on.
"Alrighty then! Shoji! It's your turn!"
[Shoji's New Costume]
"Honestly, I can't really do anything for your arms, sorry." Izuku bowed to Shoji, who just looked confused.
"I would try some of your hair for gloves or sleeves or something like that, but your hair is probably unaffected by your Quirk, meaning it would have little to no use."
Shoji just shrugged and formed a mouth on one of his arms. "That's not an issue, I already knew that they'd be uncovered when I put in my design. How have you improved other areas of my suit?"
Izuku nodded. He liked when a customer was straightforward. "I just did some basic improvements. Honestly, your costume is one of the best out of the 7 we were assigned."
He pulled up the pictures for the new and old designs. "Your old design is fine, but is lacking a few things."
"I've added a small rebreather into your mask. It will act like a gas mask now. Instead of just a cloth chest piece, it will have a vest over the top for protection. Bullet-proof, Knife-proof, you name it."
"The pants are similar. Your body is naturally stronger to allow you to hold up 6 arms in one joint, meaning I could add a little extra protection to the legs without having to worry about mobility."
He pointed to the boots on the picture. "They are sturdier than the ones you described and have a small spring in them to increase jump height and shock absorption. That should help you get a bit higher for when you glide around."
He raised his hand to stop the incoming question. "Yes, I know you can glide around. I was watching the entrance exam and your Quirk interested me."
He then floated over a clipboard. "And there you go, that's all I really changed. Good job on your design." Shoji bowed, singed the sheet, and then with a 6 handed wave, left the studio.
Izuku turned to the last person remaining. Hitoshi Shinsou.
"Now then. Let's have a chat Hitoshi."
[Hitoshi's New Costume]
Hitoshi had mixed feelings about Midoriya.
He should like him. He had seen him in the exam and used his precious Veto-point to get Hitoshi into the hero course. But he couldn't shake the feeling that it was a pity point.
He is grateful to Midoirya for this opportunity, he had already prepared himself to be going to General Studies and having to fight his way into the Hero Course at the sports festival.
But ever since All Might showed up on his acceptance letter and told him that he failed, but was still going to be in the Hero course? He couldn't help but feel a little bit of anger towards Midoriya.
He looked at Midoriya and nodded slowly. "Sure, why not." Izuku floated 3 chairs over for everyone before he noticed that Mei had already gone back to building her babies.
Moving one chair back and placing 2 in front of him, he sat down in it and motioned for Hitoshi to do the same.
"Now I'm fairly certain I told All Might to tell you why you were placed in the Hero Course. Did he?" Izuku floated another clipboard over and held it.
Hitoshi sighed and nodded. "Yea he did. Guess I should be thanking you, right?" Hitoshi really didn't want Izuku to rub the veto point thing in his face.
Luckily, that wasn't Izuku's plan. "Fantastic! Now, you didn't send in a costume design. I'm assuming that was because you didn't think you would make it in?"
Hitoshi was a little surprised at the sudden topic change but rolled with it. "Yea, after the entrance exam, I didn't really think I would have to for a while."
Izuku nodded, writing something down on the clipboard. "Cool. Now, we get to design one in its entirety for you! Got any ideas on what you want?"
And that's how they spent the next 40 minutes. They talked and tested, seeing what worked with his Quirk, and what he could do. Izuku noted a severe lack of physical ability, as well as combat experience, but wasn't worried about that.
Being in Eraserhead's class would change that pretty quickly, especially as the man had taken an interest in Hitoshi, not that he showed it.
After a while, they came up with a final draft for the design. It was a sleek black jumpsuit, with deep purple gloves and boots, and a bullet-proof vest in the same colour.
It also had a pure black capture weapon, similar to Eraserheads, although because Hitoshi's Quirk didn't make his hair float, like Eraserheads, they would have to make the capture weapon float artificially.
It also had a mask that would allow Hitoshi to adjust the pitch of his voice, allowing for mimicry of other peoples voices. Mei had come back over and taken a liking to that device and had scurried off to build it.
Izuku and Hitoshi both signed off on the design. Hitoshi was feeling a bit better about Midoriya after their conversation. He knew now that Midoriya hadn't taken pity on him, he had seen potential.
As Hitoshi left the design studio that day, he vowed to live up to, and surpass, that potential that Midoriya saw in him, and prove everyone who had called him a villain wrong.
After all, spite is one hell of a motivator.
Izuku sighed as Hitoshi left the design studio.
That whole process had taken longer than he would have liked. While a necessary meeting, it had eaten up a lot of Inventing Time, and Izuku was inspired. Talking about Quirks and Costumes had gotten his brain warmed up and had given him plenty of ideas of his [Iron Man] suit.
But first, Mei had asked for his help. He worked with her for a while, calibrating her baby so that it didn't explode, before she had to call it quits for the day, due to exhaustion.
The old Mei might have been able to push through her exhaustion through sheer willpower, but the sleep schedule Izuku had forced her to follow made it impossible. Especially since Izuku could see her getting more and more tired.
Eventually, he just picked her up with his Telekinesis and floated her back to their dorms. He floated up to their rooms and opened her door, placing her down on her bed.
She smiled as she was placed down, mumbling thanks to him, and motioning for a hug. Izuku gladly gave her one but was shocked when she pulled him onto the bed with her.
He stayed like that for a while, cuddling with Mei, before she fell deep enough into sleep that he could get out of the bed without waking her.
He had costumes to make, after all.