"I believe I mentioned this yesterday, but for now, Class 1-A of the hero course will be focusing on getting their provisional licenses." Aizawa leaned against the teacher's podium as he spoke.
"Yes, sir!" The class chorused.
"A hero license brings with it the great responsibility of human life. Of course, the exam to receive one is very difficult. Even the provisional license has only a 50% passing rate each year. " Aizawa explained with a hard look, as the class listened in silence.
"Just the provisional license exam is that hard?" Minoru asked, sweating, as he grew nervous.
"That's why today, we will have each of your come up with at least two..." The classroom door slid open, gaining everyone's attention, as Midnight, Cementos, and Ectoplasm stood in the door way.
"...ultimate moves."
"Ultimate moves?!" Mina, Eijiro, Hanta and Denki shouted.
"It's like a real school thing and yet--" Denki and Mina chorused, before both Hanta and Eijiro finished their sentence.
"It's like a super normal hero thing!"
"'Ultimate'! This means that this move will give you a sure win!" Ectoplasm spoke.
"A move so ingrained into your body that others cannot copy it. Battle means seeing how much you can force what you're good at on your opponent." Cementos added, a finger raised in order to prove a point.
"Your move will represent you. These days, pro heroes without ultimate moves are an endangered species." Midnight stood with an arm above her ahead, winking at the class.
"We will tell you more as we go along. We want to proceed logically. Change into your costumes and meet in Gym Gamma." Aizawa ordered.
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"Gym Gamma, also known as the 'Training Dining Land", or TDL." Aizawa informed.
Yuko stood with her hands behind her back whole leaning on her right foot, Night had his head peering through the doors behind her, as the class stood in front of their pro hero teachers.
"I came up with the idea for these faculties." Cementos kneeled, placing his hands on the cement, a small course being made.
"Terrain and other things can be prepared specifically for each student. That's what the "dining" part refers to." The hero informed.
Tenya's hand raised, which was really no surprise, as he yelled, "please allow me to ask a question!" He didn't give them a chance to allow it as he began to yell it out either way.
"Why must we have ultimate moves for our provisional licensing exam? Please tell me your reasoning!"
"I'll tell you everything in order." Aizawa boredly informed, "Calm down."
'Yes please.'
"The job of a hero is to save people from danger, like during crimes, accidents, natural disasters, and man-made disasters. The exam to become one naturally looks at how well you are able to do that. Your ability to gather information, make decisions, move, and fight, in addition to your ability to communicate, draw people to you, and lead. Every year, a different test is used to look at how well you are able to do those things."
"Of those, your ability to fight is especially important to your futures as heroes." Midnight stepped up, "if you are prepared, you won't have to worry. Whether or not you have an ultimate move will greatly affect whether or not you pass."
Cementos was next to speak, "not being influenced by circumstances and being able to act consistently will make you a great asset on the front lines."
"Your ultimate moves do not necessarily need to be of the attacking type." Ectoplasm added, "for example, take Iida's Reciproburst- The temporary burst of speed is enough of a threat to be worth calling an ultimate move."
This seemed to bring Tenya's pride to another level, as he placed his fist on his chest, "so that's good enough to be called an ultimate move?"
"I see... So we need to find something that allows us to feel like "As long as I do this, I have the advantage. I can win."" Rikido spoke, looking at the blue haired male beside him with a sweatdrop.
"Exactly!" Midnight winked, "Kamui Woods, who played a big part in the fight the other day, has a move called Lacquered Chain Prison that is the perfect example for a ultimate move. It restrains his opponents before they can do anything."
"The training camp was cancelled, but the training you did to develop your Quirks was part of the process to create your ultimate moves." Aizawa explained, as Ectoplasm began to make the previous course, but much larger.
"In other words, until the beginning of the next semester, for the ten days or so until the end of summer vacation," Ectoplasm released many of his clones onto the pillars.
"You'll be working out your ultimate moves as you develop your Quirks. You'll be doing intensive training! In addition, you should also think about how you can improve your costumes to work better with your developing Quirks. Get through this with a 'Plus Ultra' mentality. Are you ready?"
"Yes, sir!" Class A grinned.
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Yuko stood with Night, --after the teachers showed her a large door in the very back which allowed Night to enter-- in front of Ectoplasm's clone, as she listened to his advice.
"Your Quirk is much different like everyone elses. You can summon a dragon, and a sword based off of him, correct?" Yuko nodded in confirmation with a 'yes, sir'.
"That's why you have all those weapons I suppose. Do you have a clue what your ultimate move would be?" He asked her, to which she nodded, taking out one of her throwing knives.
"I was thinking maybe if I could find a way, I could combine Night's fire with my weapons." Ectoplasm nodded as he thought over her words.
"I see. Well if you're going to do something like that, you need to work on making your weapons fire proof." Yuko nodded, as she listened, Night tilting his head from behind her as he tried to understand most of what was going on.
"I was also thinking, if I can get Night to control the heat of his flames, we wouldn't risk hurting anyone with them, and it'd be much easier to apply them to my weapons." Ectoplasm nodded.
"Well until you can get your weapons fire proofed, I suggest working on developing your Quirk." Yuko nodded, as she looked back at Night, their matching eyes connecting, before turning back to the clone.
"During the training camp I was working on telepathy between Night and I, and summoning my katana. Night and I have pretty much gotten the telepathy between us down, we also make sure to train it anytime we can. It's mostly summoning the katana I haven't actually gotten down. Though we have come close to fully summoning it." Yuko explained, as Night stood straighter from behind her.
Ectoplasm nodded, looking behind ber at the beast, "I see, then I suggest working on that then."
"Yes, sir!" Yuko nodded.
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Yuko groaned as the flames once again went out, Night sensing her disappointment, nuzzled into her stomach. Ectoplasm examining from a few feet away.
"I don't get it, what am I doing wrong?" She mumbled to herself, the Ectoplasm clone made his way over, having heard.
"You're too tense." He bluntly stated.
"Huh?"
"You're muscles are tense and you're straining your brain while focusing on one thing. Try relaxing and focus on Night." Yuko thought his words over, before nodding, the cloned hero returning to his previous spot to watch.
'Okay Night, let's do this.'
'Understood.' Yuko smiled at the dragon in front of her, as his deep voice echoed through her head.
She stared into his ruby eyes with her own crimson eyes, taking a deep breath as she relaxed. Her mind trailed to her best friend in front of her, from the day they first met, to the that very moment.
Bright blue flames began to circle the female, in a tornado of heat. Her tattoo began to glow under her sleeve, but it didn't seem to burn her, like many other times.
The flames seemed to catch the attention of her classmates and teachers.
"She's strong." Midnight spoke from beside Aizawa, he nodding.
"It's no surprise. She wasn't only requested by a hero, but also by one of The Big Three members. It would only be logical that she met the expectation." Aizawa shrugged, as he looked towards the back, where Yuko could be seen working.
"She's bound to get stronger."
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Yuko jumped at the sudden explosion, her reflexes kicking in as she was quick to block her face.
"You know, you really shouldn't just put everything you think of together!" Power Loader stressed, as he looked down at the smoke, Yuko standing behind him.
"'Failure is the mother of invention," Mr. Power Loader, as Thomas Edison once said. Even if what I made doesn't work the way I planned, that doesn't mean it was a waste of time." A voice came from the cloud of black smoke as it began to slowly clear.
"This isn't the time for that! Will you listen to me for once, Hatsume?" Power Loader scolded.
The smoke slowly cleared, Yuko having to cover her mouth to keep from laughing. Izuku lay on his back, with Mei Hatsume on top of him. Mei was a girl with shoulder length pink hair, wearing baggy pants and a tank top, with a pair of goggles on her head.
"Oh? When did you get here?" Mei asked as she smiled down at the male, Yuko turning around to hold in her laugh, as the male's eyes widened at the predicament he was in.
Yuko quietly laughed, calming down as the embarrassing situation was taken care of.
"Sorry about the sudden explosion!" Mei apologized, "it's been a while, huh? Hero course students, um..." She trailed.
"I've forgotten all of your names." She stated.
"I-I'm Izu-Izuku M-Midoriya..." The greenette mumbled, obviously still flustered. Yuko tilted her head at Ochaco, who was staring at Izuku with a weird look.
"I'm Tenya Iida!" The blue haired male yelled, waving his arm around, "I'm the man you used as an advertising tower during the sports festival tournament!"
"I see!" She smiled, before turning, "well, I'm busy developing my babies, so...!" She walked back into the studio.
"Um, wait," Izuku called, "I wanted to ask Mr. Power Loader about improving my costume..." This brought the female to a stop, as her head turned in a hurry.
"Improving your costume? Sounds interesting!" She appeared in his face, a grin on her own.
"Hatsume." Was called, as Power Loader stood in the doorway, "it's fine for you to come in and out of the studio now that the dorm system is in place, but if you go wild in here any more, I'm going to have to banish you!"
Mei stared back at him, as his words seemed to process, while Izuku stared dumbfounded, as he stuttered.
"I've already head from Eraser Head." Power Loader interrupted, "you're here about changing your costumes as you develop your ultimate moves, right? Come in."
Yuko rocked on her feet, having arrived before her three classmates, so she had already talked to Power Loader, she was explaining, as the explosion occured, so she didn't get to hear if he agreed to her request or not.
"It's like a secret hideout." Izuku grinned.
"Now, show me the instructions for your hero costume." Power Loader ordered, holding his hand out, "they're in the case with your costume, right?" The three dug into their pockets or bags, handing their papers over.
"I have a license to make costumes , so I'll tinker with what I can using those. For small changes and repairs, I can just report what I changed to the design company, and they'll do the paperwork for it, but for major changes, we'll have to fill out an application and ask the design company to do it. Then, the government will check the new costume, and once it's approved, it'll come back here. Anyway, the agencies we work with are the best, so we usually get them back in about three days." Power Loader explained.
"Um, I was thinking about how I could lessen the strain on the ligaments in my arms..." Izuku spoke up, "is something like that possible?"
"Um, Midoriya, you...fight with your fists and fingers, right? If that's the case, then it'd be possible to do it pretty fast with just a little tinkering." This relieved the male, as he and Ochaco smiled.
"Isn't that great, Deku?"
"Yeah!"
Yuko blinked as she did a double take, staring in confusion as Mei began to feel around his body.
"Yes, yes, I see."
"H-Hatsume, what are you...?" Ochaco stuttered, as Izuku stood there frozen and flustered.
"I'm touching his body." She answered bluntly.
"Yes, yes, much more solid than he looks. Very well, you can use..." Yuko once again did a double take as Izuku stood in a bulky white suit.
"My baby that I'd been saving, a powered suit!"
"Um..."
"This high-tech baby can read the contractions of your muscles and support your movements! It's baby number 49!" The peppy female explained.
"I'm fine with just support for my arms..." Izuku tried, only to go ignored.
"Start!" The suit began to move, turning.
"Wow, it's amazing! It's moving on it's own!" It's excitement was short lived, as the suit continued to turn, causing concern to rise in Yuko. Yuko gasped as Izuku began to yell in pain.
"Stop!" Mei clicked a button in her hand, "it looks like I made a mistake in it's operational limits program. I'm sorry!" Yuko and Ochaco stood over a kneeling Izuku, as he held his back in pain.
"Are you okay?"
"All I asked for was a brace for my arms, but my torso ended up almost getting twisted off..." Izuku groaned, as Yuko cringed.
Yuko looked up, finding Tenya with a inventions on his arms, as he tried to argue with Mei. The three slowly backed away, sweatdropping. The black haired female gasped as Tenya was sent flying up, his back hitting the ceiling, as Ochaco and Izuku yelled up to him.
Once the male was back on the floor, Yuko walked up to Power Loader, as Ochaco and Izuku checked on Tenya.
"Um, sir. About my requests?" She asked, looking back at the four teenagers in the room.
"Oh yes." Power Loader replied, "I can definitely do what you asked for, it won't be that hard."
Yuko nodded with a smile, bowing her head, "thank you." She turned to the door, making her way over, before she turned to her three classmates.
"I'll see you guys at the dorm. Good luck."
"Bye..."