Izuku Midoriya, current bearer of the One For All, same peculiarity of All Might himself.
Was extremely nervous.
Nothing new, his nervousness was an almost natural behavior for him, a boy who was constantly bullied in his childhood for not having a quirk from his childhood friend, Katsuki Bakugo.
But now he had a peculiarity ..., and his nervousness now came accompanied by a sense and weight of responsibility to have the same peculiarity of the number one hero of Japan.
All Might, his favorite hero, and now sensei.
All that sense of responsibility weighed almost triple on his stomach as he stood in the courtyard of the UA in shock after being informed by his teacher, Aizawa, that anyone who comes to finish last during physical tests where allowed using quirks ..., it will be completely expelled from the UA.
His hands began to sweat, he still did not control One For All well! He was sure that if he used it in this place he would end up completely breaking some part of the body just to pass.
I mean ... it was going to hurt, a lot, but his dream was to be hero, he would accept that pain if it helped him to continue in his dream to be it.
But ... Still, how many tests would he be able to pass before falling unconscious from the extreme pain of having each of his limbs broken?
Crap, if only he'd had more time to figure out a better way to use One For All without the latent risk of exploding himself into an ugly bloodstain.
'What a- ah?', Izuku stopped his brain storm instantly as he felt someone put a hand on his shoulder, 'w-why do I feel so calm all of a sudden? he move his head to see who was touching his shoulder.
It was Dalmatian-san, and his left hand was all black.
He was the terrifying kid who completely dominated the villain test with an astonishing score of 274 villain neutralization points and 101 rescue points.
"...", That boy, right now, was looking at him with a perpetual blank scowl as he held his shoulder with his black hand.
Then, without a word, Dalmata-San just took his black hand back to himself.
Izuku was about to say something regarding the strange behavior, until suddenly his eyes widened in surprise ..., and he realized that he no longer felt nervous at all, and in fact, he felt completely calm and completely in control of himself and his thoughts.
He slowly turned his neck again to look surprised at Dalmatian-san, who only now realized it was about to take his turn to throw the ball at the request of his teacher for having placed first in the practical exams.
But something strange was happening with his skin as he took his place in front of the rest of the classmates, Izuku was the first to notice it, of course, given his very analytical behavior.
It was as if all his skin darkened until it was completely black in different parts of his visible body, as if they were spots that swarmed around his body until they settled in a specific place.
Dalmata-san was silently about to throw the ball, until something very strange happened.
"Stop"
His teacher Aizawa stopped him.
"Huh?", Dalmatian-san stopped instantly and tilted his head curiously in the direction of the teacher on duty.
Izuku and his other classmates were able to observe slightly surprised and curious as their teacher went to himself in the direction of Dalmata-San to remove a strange black necklace that he had around his neck with a strange red key.
"Don't hold back, or you will be expelled," The teacher Aizawa warned in a flat tone with no room for reply in the direction of Dalmatian-San before returning to his place with Dalmatian-san's strange black necklace in hand.
Izuku and his other classmates could observe surprised as Dalmatian-san's eyes darkened behind his withe hair as he silently and meekly nodded to the instructions of the teacher on duty.
Dalmatian-san took position again in his place in front of her classmates, ready to throw the ball.
The balls were in his hands and then it wasn't.
It was completely instantaneous.
No one could detect Dalmata-San making any kind of movement as the Ball just completely disappeared from her hands.
"Infinite", Aizawa suddenly exclaimed calling the attention of Izuku and all the surprised students as he showed the device in charge of measuring the distance in which the ball had been thrown, "well done", he nodded "you can go back to your place"
A peculiarity of teleportation? Izuku automatically began to theorize as he put a hand to his chin and saw something fearful as Dalmatian-San completely ignored the order of Aizawa and remained undeterred in the place where he had "thrown" the ball .
"Dalmatian, go back to your place, it's an o-"Before his master could finish speaking, Dalmatian-San leaned on the ground and in a blur of speed a small dog of the Dalmatian breed appeared, wagging his tail at his feet, holding in his snout the same ball that had previously disappeared from his hands.
Dalmatian-san smiled and nodded as he pet the happy little dog's head, before removing the ball from its snout and then presenting it again to Aizawa with a blank expression.
Aizawa saw the ball full of dog saliva for a few seconds, before saying; "you can have it, go back to your place"
Dalmata-San just silently nodded gratefully in the direction of his very listless teacher before letting the ball slide from his grip to the ground and the little hound perk up and disappear in a blur into the distance presumably along with the ball.
'W-what just happened?' Izuku thought puzzled as he and his other classmates watched as Dalmatian-San rejoined them.
Dozens of theories were beginning to form in Izuku's active and strangely focused head as he tried to put together a coherent explanation of what his eyes had only just seen.
Dalmatian dogs, he remembers seeing or hearing rumors of something related to them and the multiple peculiarities of Dalmatian-San in the presentation of the practical exam by the presenter Mic.
Are dogs one of their peculiarities? If that's the case, why did I suddenly feel calmer when Dalmata-San took my shoulder?
What kind of multiple peculiarities could someone like Dalmatian-san have?
Izuku nodded to himself, calm and in absolute control over his thoughts, he quickly deduced, the strange touch of Dalmatian-San had been the trigger for his new state of calm.
Izuku had to remember to thank him for that later, but now was not the time to think about Dalmatian-San's strange quirks and his ability to conjure miniature dogs, now was only the time to use the gift of his strange and utter peace of mind, to better focus it on imagining more in control a way to use One For All in a less self-destructive way for his body.
Izuku ... Was calm.
His brain began to collect all kinds of information that was useful for the sole purpose of controlling One For All in a more efficient and safe way at a speed that was impressive to Izuku, this time, his amazing intelligence and creativity did not had the brakes on his insecurity and nervousness to be stopped or misdirected.
This time, Izuku was in his [Zen State]
He began to calmly analyze what he already knew about the peculiarities of other professional heroes that resembled how he theorized the One For All that he had studied and analyzed in the past worked.
Spike man
Endeavor
Electro man
All of these heroes had quirks that could be potentially harmful to their own bearers.
Endeavor, Hero # 2 from Japan once mentioned in an interview that:
the fire produced by a peculiarity could end up burning the own bearer of said peculiarity if he did not have extreme care and control in how much time and heat their flames produced.
Spike Man, hero number 274 in Japan, killed in action during a landslide.
The autopsy collected by the forensics of his body mentions that said professional hero died due to his own peculiarity when in a state of despair, he activated it inside and outside at the same time his quirk.
Electro Man, Hero number 547 in the United States, explains in an interview that the peculiarities of the type of expulsion and absorption of electrical energy or of any other type, are extremely dangerous in some cases in the long term for the interior of the body of some careless bearersor reckless who do not have good control of the intensity at which they expel or absorb energy.
All this very useful information quickly flowed into Izuku's head, hinting that he was not a unique case when it came to being harmed by his own quirk.
Control, intensity, focus, and calm, were four extremely important aspects that Izuku now understood more deeply, he had to master mentally and physically if he wanted to regulate the intensity with which he expelled energy from the One For All within him.
"Izuku Midorya, Katsuki Bakugo, take your place"
Now it was his turn for the 50-meter race.
Izuku for the first time felt like he was prepared for whatever life had to throw at him.
As he moved towards his place, he controlled his breathing by closing his eyes for a moment, and focused only on the powerful feeling of latent energy in his chest that the One For All began to throb whenever he try to activated or recognize in within him.
'Control'
the mental image of an egg exploding inside microwave came fast to his mind.
The message was clear, he needed to distribute the energy of One For All throughout his body in a uniform and controlled way so that his body could resist without exploding.
He had already proven in his painful and total form the consequences of using and expeling 100% of One For All from a single part of his body.
He needed to distribute the energy throughout his body, just enough so that his body didn't explode into an ugly pulp of blood.
[One For All: 0.53%]
The feeling was similar to being mildly and painfully electrocuted.
Izuku calm and focused quickly commanded the energy that pulsed within him to be distributed evenly throughout his body.
legs, arms, chest and head, Izuku felt as if electricity was flowing wild through the inside of his body.
It was painful, he fast felt a few veins exploded inside him, causing ugly bruises under his uniform.
Izuku grimaced as he reopened his determined eyes to look directly at the path ahead of him.
It was painful in a singular way that only Izuku could understand ... but nowhere near painful as having both of his legs and arms exploded from the reckless use of 100% of One For All's raw power.
Izuku took place on the 50 meter track next to his childhood friend, Katsuki Bakugo ... who was looking at him really strange and as upset as only he characteristically could be.
"On your marks ...", rang the camera-shaped machine placed on one of the sides of the track that was in charge of signaling the time it took the students to travel the track.
At the same time a strange and thin green electrical energy began to dance throughout Izuku Midoriya's body as he further strengthened the existing connection with the One For All within him.
"Tchh," Bakugo exclaimed irritably as he looked away from the idiot and good-for-nothing Deku, and started preparing for the 50-meter race.
"... Go"
Fast Bakugo from the start took off quickly from his place with repeated and controlled explosions that propelled him forward.
That would surely disorient Deku.
"!"
But something surprising happened that caught Bakugo's attention as he propelled himself forward with his explosions.
That surprising that managed to successfully capture his attention ... was none other than Deku, who began to run without showing any disturbance from the constant expansive waves of his explosions.
Was that useless Deku keeping up with him?
"4.13 seconds," the machine sounded as Bakugo's figure shot past the goal.
"4.41 seconds," the machine sounded a little later as Izuku Midoriya's figure ran past her.
'What the fuck!?'
Bakugo roared in a state of complete and utter fury mentally as he came slightly ahead of Deku to the finish line of the 50 meter track and turned to see him furious.
What received his withering gaze of pure fury ... was only Izuku Midoriya's eyes framed in utter determination and utter calm.
"What the fuck?" He whispered.
What's the hell with that shitty look, Deku ?, Bakugo wondered, really surprised as Izuku just passed him to get back in his place next to all the other extras without even blinking or acknowledging his absolute anger.
"Bakugo, go back to your place," Aizawa exclaimed bored in the direction of the always furious and now confuse, Bakugo Katsuki.
"Tchh", Bakugo angrily snapped his teeth as he obeyed his teacher and quietly walked back to his place with the pile of extras.
Something really strange had happened with the typical nervous and insecure Deku, and only Katsuki Bakugo had noticed it in his full form.
"Todd Dalmatian, Lida tenya, take your place," exclaimed Aizawa in the direction of his students.
"Same rule Dalmatian, don't hold back, or you will be expelled"
Dalmatian sighed in resignation and only silently nodded to his teacher warning as he took his place beside the blue-haired boy with glasses.
"On your marks ... Go!"
Siwft*
"ERROR- seconds", the machine almost instantly rang again as Todd Dalmatian, simply reappeared sitting cross-legged at the end of the 50-meter runway ... wearing a strange brown poncho over his uniform and a large Mexican hat, in his hands, he was holding two plates with hot and steaming tacos ...
"" EHHHHH! "" Exclamation in unison in white and with the jaws very close to falling to the ground most of the students who witnessed Todd moving from one place to another.
"3.04, seconds" The Machine rang as Tenya walked briskly past the quietly seated Dalmatian-San who was enjoying his tacos, blowing his big Mexican sombrero at him in the process.
"Dalmatian" exclaimed the unperturbed Aizawa in the direction of Dalmatian-san, "it is strictly forbidden to eat during class hours", it attracted attention.
"Aw", Dalmatian-San just sighed in defeat, and the next thing the students knew was that he reappeared again with no tacos and Sombrero in sight to be found in his hands or head.
"Go back to your place"
Dalmatian-San nodded reluctantly as he and Lida Tenya returned to their place.
Lida Tenya seemed surprised at the speed Todd Dalmatian apparently must have reached to simply appear from one place to another.
Ida Tenya was one of the few who acted justly cautious and with slight mistrust around Dalmatian-san, being one of the few, along with Shoto Todoroki and Momo Yoyorozu, who quickly detected the peculiarity suppressor that he had around his neck when they met him in the classroom.
What was the point of having one if his Master was going to take it away from him anyway?
He now only understood it better, perhaps that peculiarity suppression necklace had another less murky purpose, if his Master had the key in his possession all the time to take it away at any moment
He shook his head, now was not the time to be distracted by those things, Dalmatian-San did not seem at the moment to have any attitude worthy of a common criminal when he called his attention in the past for playing with his pets and distracting everyone in the auditorium where they were receivinginstructions from presenter Mic.
He needed more information regarding said subject before deciding to exercise a fair trial on Dalmatian-San's antisocial attitude and the possible probability that he is a criminal in some way.
[Next test]
[Gripping force]
"Same rule Dalmata-san, don't Hold back, or you will be expelled", Aizawa exclaimed tiredly after yawning in the direction of where Dalmatian-san was holding the device in charge of measuring grip strength.
¡Trzz! *
"Ah ..., it's broken," Dalmatian-San exclaimed as he presented the broken and electrically-circuited device to his teacher.
"Take a more resistant one and try again," exclaimed the teacher pointing to one of the boxes that were on the other side of the place.
Dalmatian-San just nodded and went to the box where the small devices for measuring grip strength were stored.
He checked for a few moments before pulling out one that was thicker and felt a bit heavier than the others.
"Is this?", Dalmatian-San asked in the direction of his teacher lifting the thick device over his head.
Aizawa only nod in confirmation.
"Dalmatian-san", someone caught Dalmatian's attention.
It was a boy with green hair.
"I just wanted to come over to you to say thank you," he exclaimed as he bowed his head.
Todd just tilted his head in surprise, and asked, "nn ... why?"
"F-for using one of your quirks on me before running on the 50-meter track," Izuku whispered, "I-I don't know exactly what you did when you touched my shoulder, but it re-really helped me focus better"
"Ooohh, you talk about that?" Todd exclaimed then dismissed Izuku with a wave of his hand, "don't worry, I just did it because I thought you needed to calm down a bit, you seemed really scared of being last place"
Izuku scratched the back of his head as he looked away, "Heh he, I think most of us were to some degree"
"Hmm, you're right about that," Todd nodded in agreement, "but not everyone besides you looked like it was going to have a panic attack at any moment." He shrugged, "I just did what seemed right to me, and help you a little."
Izuku sweated a bit, did he really look as nervous as Dalmatian-san said?
"Hey Dalmatian-Kun", a pink horned girl suddenly approached Izuku and Todd excitedly, "Tell me, tell me, was what you did on the 50 meter track a teleportation or speed quirk?"
"Speed," Todd only responded instantly, "I just ran from point A to point B with everything I had as the teacher asked me to," he shrugged.
"Ha! I knew it! ", She cheered before turning in the direction of a boy with red hair who was near the place," I told you Kirishima! I was right, Dalmatian-Kun already told me it was pure speed! "
"What!? no way, not even All Migth can move that fast", Kirishima exclaimed in disbelief.
"Jijiji, hey Dalmatian-kun, where did you get the cool poncho and the ta- huh?", The pink girl stopped and blinked as she turned back to Dalmatian's direction.
There was only Izuku.
"Eh, where did Dalmatian-Kun go?" The pinkish girl with antennae asked Izuku as she looked from left to right for the pale gray haired boy.
Izuku jumped a bit surprised when he turned in the direction of where Dalmatian-san had been standing a few seconds ago.
"Whoa, Dalmatian-kun disappeared", the girl exclaimed a little amused, then shrugged, "I guess he's just really shy"
Only after the pink girl had withdrawn did izuku detect Dalmatian-San standing in front of Professor Aizawa with the device in charge of measuring grip strength.
[ERROR, Kg, Todd with his eyes rolled, bored and totally separated from his classmates read the screen of the device.
Then he looked up and presented to Aizawa, "Is that enough?" Todd exclaimed, "can I have my necklace back now? I kinda feel naked without it"
"No", Aizawa denied as he took the heavy device from Todd's hands, "there is still more, you can't get it back until after each one of them, understood?"
Todd just sighed and nodded as he pulled away.
[Next Test]
[Long jump]
Todd repeated his disappearing and reappearing act from point A to point B. Only this time he reappeared at point B just sitting on the floor, bored and crossed legs reading a colorful comic in the company of three noisy talking dogs that looked like they had collars around their necks with numbers from 1 to 3.
Professor Aizawa, much annoying to Todd and the canine triplets, ended up quickly confiscating said colorful comic from Todd's hands.
[Next Test]
[Side Jumps]
Todd became completely blurry for the eyes of anyone who will look closely at him just leaping from left to right at blinding speed.
[Next Test]
[Ball throw]
Todd had already done this from the beginning of the tests, so that in silence he simply distracted himself counting up to a thousand while he saw the many clouds of different shapes above his head.
'Agh, this is so boring', a female voice moaned inside Todd, 'I really thought U.A would be more fun than this'
Todd found himself noding silently and in complete agreement with the proclamation of the female and childish voice within him.
Using his puppy quirk like this in silly physical tests was boring and made him look like a total smug in front of his other classmates.
If he had his necklace back in place, he would feel a lot less naked and this would be far more fun and challenging for him.
Besides ... it wouldn't make him look like a complete idiot and conceited in front of all the onlookers his own age.
God, that Katsuki-something boy was very close to ripping a hole in his head with just the sheer gaze.
He was taking this as seriously as he could! It's not his fault that he doesn't seem like it, it's just that Delgado's peculiarity makes these kinds of tests very easy for him when he doesn't have any kind of restriction.
in any other setting, he would hold back and use the puppies' other quirks in creative and fun ways.
For example:
Throw the Ball: He would use one of Dawkins' inventions to shoot it as far as he could.
50M track: He would quickly dig his way to the finish line.
Long Jump: He would blow himself up into the air creating a pair of solid light springs from under his feet.
Neither option would guarantee the highest score, but at least it would be more fun and offer Todd a chance to creatively experience the different quirks of puppies before they have to nap.
But his teacher Aizawa seemed completely reluctant and determined that he would not obtain anything during the entire course of the physical tests.
"They seem quite funny to me, Dolly," exclaimed another voice in Todd's inner world, more animated than the last.
'Of course you would find them funny Delgado, you are the only one who has actually had the opportunity to do something around here'
'Hey, that's not true ... Deepack also had a chance to do his thing'
'Oh yeah Delgado, like, how everyone here could forget the epic moment when he reassured the bush head for there and told Todd to touch his shoulder'
'You two, stop arguing!' Another voice joined the fray in Todd's inner world, 'we have to take this as seriously as we can if we don't want Todd to be expelled from U.A.'
'You worry about nothing Dylan. I mean, just think about it, who'd be such an idiot to kick someone like Todd out of a pro hero course, who literally has a whole arsenal of quirks inside of him ... Huh, just imagine for a second what would happen if Todd It will end as some kind of super crazy villain with a lot of quirks'
'Well ... I admit you have a good point, Dolly ... but still, Todd's teacher always sounds really serious and creepy whenever he warns him about expulsion. I think we should be wary of him anyway even if he doesn't really intend at the end to keep his word and expel Todd. '
'Agh, fine! whatever ... I'm out '
Suddenly Todd flinched and his eyes widened when he felt Dolly suddenly, and without warning, come out from inside his uniform through his neck.
"Fresh air," Dolly exclaimed in relief as she pulled her hairy, spotted head out of Todd's uniform, then jumped out of it toward the ground.
"Call me if the bad imitation of Batman over there", she pointed in the direction of Aizawa, "plan a game of dodge the ball, until then, I'm going to distract myself exploring this place"
"Okay, just remember to be very careful," Todd nodded and said goodbye to Dolly who started running away from him in the direction of the U.A.
'Are you sure it's a good idea to just let her go like that, Todd? What if Dolly gets in trouble?'
'Don't worry Dylan, I'm sure Dolly is knowledgeable enough not to intentionally seek to get into trouble.'
'Todd ..., this is Dolly we're talking about, when she doesn't get in trouble?'
'hey, you can go after her at any time and make sure she doesn't get into trouble, I'm pretty sure Delgado and I can defend the fort while you're gone'
'I mean, uh, I don't want to just leave you on something like this, what if you need my quirk for something and I'm not there?'
'meh, don't worry about that Dylan. Dolly was right, physical tests are pretty boring for someone like me when I'm allowed to use you guys without any restrictions. You can go after her, I'll call you right away if I see that I need your help for anything, okay? '
'... well, I guess you and Dolly have a good point in not really caring about this ... I'm going to go after her, and make sure she doesn't get into trouble. '
Todd this time stretched the collar of his uniform to allow Dylan to get out easier from the inside of his sports uniform and head towards where Dolly had taken off.
'Well Delgado, now that Dylan and Dolly are gone, it's just you, me, and your many, many other 96 brothers and sisters who are sleeping inside me'
'¡Yes! The Alpha Team Good Wonder Wave Squad Wolf! Is back in business!', Delgado cheer.
'I really think we should think of a shorter name for our team, mate.'
"Dalmatian-san!" Izuku yelled into the distance, drawing the attention of the distracted Todd.
"Huh?", Todd turned his neck in Izuku's direction.
"The next part of the tests is about to start! ¡Hurry!"
(To be continue)
Au:I'm really sorry if I made you wait for this chapters, but I'm still trying to bring some quality work that can be enjoy without so many grammatical errors, English is not my mother tongue.
Please let me know if you find any gramma mistakes, and I will correct it as soon as possible, reviews and coments are welcome too, hasta la proxima.