No one's POV:
"Dude I am SO hyped for this!" Minoru explained carrying a case that contained his hero outfit.
He along with the other students were currently making their way to the changing rooms to slip into their hero outfits for All Might's hero trails class.
"I am too man! I've been itching for this part!" Kirishima pumped his fist in the air. "Time to show how much of a man I can be!~"
"We get it dude, your manly and stuff." Kaminari smiled rolling his eyes.
"Hehehe, I think his energy is really good. He may invigorate the others who are nervous." Izuku said.
"Wise words Midoriya." Tokoyami complimented.
"It's true." Izuku smiled. "If one person show's confidence in a situation where most others are nervous...their confidence is bound to become contagious."
"Well it's sure rubbing off on me!~" Mina cheered.
"I must say it's raising my moral as well." Momo added chuckling.
"See? What did I tell you?~" Izuku grinned ear to ear.
"Hmm. Yes Midoriya, I do see. I will take these words to heart." Tokoyami nodded.
"Awesome!" Izuku patted his back.
After a brief session of changing the students emerge from the changing rooms in their hero outfits.
( Izuku's looks the same as it does when he gets it redone, only it's red and he has a long black scarf around his neck instead of the mouth mask and he has a green kodashi sword strapped to his lower back near his waist. )
( Mineta's is vastly different. He has no mask on his head, he has on a dark purple leather jacket with small armor pads on the shoulders, elbows, and chest plate underneath the jacket. There's a grape symbol with static around it patched on the back of the jacket. He has a utility belt as well. He has dark purple jeans with small armor pads on the knees. He has purple steel toe combat boots with yellow streaks on the side of them and small grapes symbols on the heels. He has yellow gloves made for combat and shock resistance. They have purple streaks along the wrist of the gloves. Finally he has a small yellow bandanna around his neck with a smile printed across it. )
"Hehehe! This costume feels great! Good thing I rethought my costume at the last minute." Mineta laughed.
"Really? Why? Ribbit." Tsu looked down to him.
"Well, it was kinda. How say it? Lame." He said flatly.
"Judging by your face and voice, that's no understatement." Hanta said.
"It couldn't have been that bad Mineta-kun." Izuku comforted him.
"Yeah, though I wish mine wasn't so tight. Jeez." Ochaco whined stretching around in her costume.
"PLEASE. Don't make me talk about it." Minoru rolled his eyes.
"Oh wow, it REALLY must have been bad.~" Toru laughed.
"What have I been saying?!" Minoru throw his head back in a dramatic manner earning laughs from the others.
"Hold on, Toru-chan?" Minoru looked at Toru's outfit.
"Yeah?"
"Um, are like...the rest of your costume parts invisible too or something?"
"No. These gloves and boots are the only thing I'm wearing." She replied.
"So does that mean your..."
"In the buff? Pretty much." She shrugged.
Minoru was now internally screaming that there was a naked girl right next to him and screaming even more that he can't fucking SEE IT!
"( No, no, no. Minoru. No. Bad. We've been over this. You went through 10 months of mental and psychical training for this. Control yourself! )" He battled with his thoughts.
"( Hmm. Maybe I should switch my invisibility quirk with Toru's. That seems a bit extreme to fight naked. Oh but wait I don't wanna be invisible forever...eh nevermind. )" Izuku thought to himself.
"Um, are you okay Mineta-kun?" Toru waved her hand in front of his face.
"Yeah I think your nose is bleeding." Ochaco said in a concerned voice.
"YEP. Toootally fine." His eyes darted away from her...only to catch sight of Momo's outfit.
"( OH GOD WHY?! )"
Afterwards at the training grounds they were met the same decoy city that was used in the entrance exams. Izuku, Ochaco and Minoru got a faint wave of nostalgia come over them. This was where they first met, all three shared a quick glance at each other with a smile.
Just then All Might swooped down from the sky and landed spectacularly.
"Hahahahahaha! Students! Happy to see you all in your hero outfits!" All Might cheered. "You all look like great heroes in the making!"
"Thanks sir!" Izuku saluted.
"Yeah thanks All Dude." Minoru smiled.
"Haha! Now then. Without further a do. Welcome to foundational hero studies! I shall be instructing you fine students today! Today I have a battle trial planned for you all!"
"Heh, finally some REAL action. I won't go easy on any of you extras. You give me a challenge, wanna show my skills." Bakuguo smirked.
Izuku, Minoru and Ochaco rolled their eyes.
"( Need some ice? Your heads swollen. )" Ochaco thought to herself.
"Now young Bakuguo, that is no way to talk to your fellow classmates." All Might scolded.
"Tch, whatever." The blonde scoffed.
"Ahem. That aside. Allow me to explain this battle trial!"
All Might then explained the battle trial. This would be an indoor battle trial. There would be two pairs of students together, on two teams. Heroes vs Villains. The battle trial replicates a situation where the villains are hiding a super weapon inside the building and the heroes must secure it or defeat the villains within a time limit. The villains are granted the victory if they successful protect the payload or capture the heroes.
"Now that, that's all explained. Everyone choose your partners!"
"( Hmmm. Maybe I'll choose Mineta, we we're a pretty good team in the entrance exams. )" Izuku thought as he turned, only to see Ochaco right in front of him smiling.
"( EEEP! So close! )" He blushed.
"Hey Midoriya, would you be my partner? I wanna return the favor for you saving me. I'll repay Mineta-kun somehow too." She smiled so innocently.
"( How can I turn that down? ) Sure thing Uraraka-chan. Let's do our best." Izuku smiled nervously.
"Yay!~" Ochaco cheered.
"( Damn. There goes Midoriya, crap I was counting on him being my partner. )" Minoru groaned inside his head.
"( Now what? Come on. Who would be a good match for me? Iida? No too high strong. Baku-why am I even considering him an option? Toru?...NO. That's a disaster waiting to happen. Mezo? Maybe. Kaminari? That can be a definite maybe. Momo? Eh, probably not and for reas-)" His thoughts were cut off by...
"Mineta-kun?" Momo came up to him.
"( Speak of the devil and the devil shall come. You can do this Minoru, keep your eyes on her eyes and no where else! ) Heya Momo-chan. Wassup?" He strained a smile while trying to keep his eyes from scrolling down.
"Well if it is okay. May I ask that you be my partner please? I believe we would make an excellent team."
"( Okay, wow. The one time I actually WANTED a girl to avoid me and this happens. Huh, this is a new feeling. Not sure I like it. Either way I'd feel like a dick to just turn her down so. ) Um, sure! Hehehe, why not?" He smiled.
"Excellent! Thank you for accepting me." She bowed.
"Hehehe, yeah no problem Momo-chan.( Just play it cool dude. )"
"Just shut up and pair me four eyes!" Bakuguo roared.
"Sigh, Very well but may I ask you not be so vulgar?" Iida sighed.
"Oh yeah that'll happen." The blonde rolled his eyes.
"( Stay Iida. Stay strong. )" Izuku wished his blue haired friend luck.
It didn't take long for the rest of the students to pair up, after that was said and done, the students drew lots to be either villains or heroes. Izuku & Ochaco were heroes as team A and Minoru & Momo were villains as team C.
"Now the teams that will be duking it out first aaaaaaare!" All Migh drew from the hero and villain boxes
"These guys!" He pulled a ball with an A on it from the hero box and a ball with a D on it from the villain box. Which so happened to be Bakuguo's and Iida's team.
"( Perfect. Finally. My chance to show Bakuguo that I'm not scared of him anymore and that I've grown past him. )" Izuku's heart burned with determination.
"( Good, finally time to put this shitty nerd back in his place! )" He scowled at Izuku.
"Good luck in there you two." Minoru wished the two luck.
"Thank you Mineta-kun." Izuku smiled.
"Yeah thanks!" Ochaco beamed.
"C'mon shitty four eyes." Bakuguo stomped off.
"Sigh..." Iida shook his head following.
"I feel bad for him." Minoru said.
"Same." Izuku walked off as well.
"I'll do something nice for him after this." Ochaco smiled following Izuku.
All Might and the other students headed off to the monitoring room to watch the battle.
Izuku and Ochaco took their places outside the building and slipped their ear piece com links into their ears.
"This will be exciting!" Ochaco said happily.
"I wish I could say the same for myself, but this is gonna be kinda personal for me." He rubbed his arm.
"Why? Wait. Is it because of Bakuguo?" She looked concerned.
"Yes, it is." He sighed running a hand through his hair.
"Honestly, what is his problem with you? The way he acts to you really is appalling."
"He's a stuck up jerk with a superiority complex. He thinks he's better then everyone, sees everyone else as extras, and is flat out rude for reason. He's under this dumb impression I look down on him because I checked on him when he feel into a shallow river when we were kids."
"He thinks I looked at him like he was a weakling. No. I looked concerned cause he could have hit his head, drowned and DIED." Izuku spat.
"That is. Very, very dumb." Ochaco admitted.
"I know it is. He's bullied me my whole life for no reason and even told me to go kill myself." He scuffed.
"Oh my." Ochaco clasped his hands in hers and looked him deep in the eyes.
"Do NOT pay him any mind. He's just jealous of you, don't let him drag you down to his level. You are AMAZING and nice!"
Izuku's face blushed four shades of red.
"Hehehe, thanks Ura-chan. Your so kind." He looked away smiling.
"Don't mention it!~" She then released his hands.
"Ahem! Now we should think of a plan." Izuku dawns a serious face.
"Oh um, I'm not so good at that..." Ochaco said.
"Ah, I see. Well allow me."
Ochaco nodded and showed she was listening.
"Okay well Bakuguo will more then likely come after me. So you can slip away while he's focused on me. Iida will more then likely stay behind and defend the weapon, since Bakuguo will be so blinded trying to hurt me he won't even pay you much mind. So when we encounters us I'll draw his attention and you slip by."
"Also I'll spawn a decoy to go with you." Izuku says.
"Decoy?" Ochaco tilts her head.
"Oh one of my quirks. I can make decoys of myself. I can make up to three. However they're not very durable. If I make one, that one can take three hits before vanishing. If I make two then they both have two hits, if I make three, they go in one hit." Izuku explained.
"However they are very useful. They can use all the quirks I can and they can go how ever far they want."
"Wow! That's really cool! So how are we gonna use them?!" Ochaco asked excitedly.
"Well like I said, I'm gonna spawn a decoy to follow you to Iida. Once there stay out of sight and have the decoy go invisible. Then show yourself and keep Iida distracted then the decoy will sneak over unseen and touch the weapon." Izuku smiled.
"Sounds like a plan to me!~ This will be a cake walk!"
"Don't get cocky and never underestimate your foes." Izuku said to her in a stern tone.
"Eep, sorry. Hehehe." She laughed nervously.
"Good!~ Let's go!" The boy cheered heading off into the building and Ochaco quickly followed.
As they traversed through the building the others watched them all from the monitoring room.
"(Okay Minoru. Watch and observe all you can. Watch what you see and use it as inspiration. )" Minoru watches focused.
"( Okay Young Midoriya. Show me how different you are from your father. )" All Might thought as he watched Izuku closely.
Bakuguo stomped angrily through the halls of the building after leaving Iida to defend the weapon. Iida of course didn't like the plan but didn't want to spend 5 minutes arguing with him.
"( Doesn't matter how many quirks he has. I'll crush him until there's nothing left. )"
"( That's all he is. A bug. A bug for me to crush. He's nothing! A spineless weakling! )" Explosions crackled from his hands.
"Hmmm..." Izuku using his werewolf ears...they perk up.
"Ochaco. Get ready. He's closing in." He readied himself.
"Right!" Ocahco also readied herself as well.
Just then Bakuguo rounded a corner and lunched himself at Izuku with an explosion. He then cocked his right hand for a his signature right hook. Izuku quickly dodged and grabs a hold of his arm. Ochaco too this opportunity to dart passed the both of them.
With one fluent motion Izuku over the shoulder slams Bakuguo to the ground. Bakuguo grunted as his back slammed on the ground. Izuku followed up slamming Bakuguo with an frost explosion sending him flying back the way they had came.
Izuku then spawned a decoy that joined Ochaco in fleeing the fight.
"Heya, Decoy Izuku at your service!" The decoy spoke.
"Oh you talk too?" Ochaco asked.
"That and more. Don't worry, I already know the plan. I got your back." The decoy smiled.
"Right on! Let's do this!" Ochaco and the Decoy pressed on to the upper parts of the building.
"Very impressive." Momo complimented.
"He timed that perfectly. He spawned the decoy to follow Uraraka after landing a large attack that not only sent his foe flying but obscured his vision, thus Bakuguo didn't see Midoriya spawn the decoy." Tokoyami pitched in.
"Dude's a clever fox." Minoru smirked.
"( Good luck Ura-chan. )" Izuku wished his partner good luck as Baukuo quickly recovered and shot back up.
"Tch, lucky shot." He snarled as smoke seeped from his hands.
"Here we are again Bakuguo." Izuku said as frost mist seeped from his hands.
"Finally stopped calling me Kacchan? Good. It was fucking annoying." He got into a stance.
"Yes, because I figured..." He gripped the handle of his kodachi.
"What's the point? We're not friends and quite frankly. We never were." Izuku's eyes focused sharply on Bakuguo.
bakuguo was a little off put by this, just like how he was at the entrance exams. This new Izuku was not something he was used too, but he quickly shrugged it off. Him growing a back bone meant nothing. Deku was still Deku.
"But I can play along." Izuku unsheaved his blade half way.
Right as Bakuguo was about launch an attack him, Izuku activated his Icarus quirk and he went full power on them. Though Bakuguo's reaction time was normally incredible, Izuku's top speed completely caught him off guard. Like a dash of lightning Izuku zipped passed Bakuguo and slashed his right arm, leaving an open gash on it.
"GAAH!" Bakuguo yelped and held his arm and looked back as Izuku came to a halt just a few meters away.
The Icarus quirk shut off as Izuku turned to face Bakuguo with a rather stoic expression and it enraged Bakuguo. There wasn't a single trace of fear or doubt in his eyes.
"( What the fuck?! He moved so fast I couldn't even react! )"
"Wow...did anyone else follow that?" Kirishima spoke out.
"Nope. Total blur." Kaminari said.
"Wooo! Go get em Midoriya!" Minoru cheered.
Izuku's blade was now stained with Bakuguo's blood, he looked down at the bloodied blade then to Bakuguo.
"Though I've always admired the color green. I've gained a new respect for red." Izuku's tone become ominously dark as he dragged his tongue along the blade, licking up the blood.
Bakuguo winched seeing him do that, what kinda change or training did he go through?
"Oh that is badass!" Mina shouted.
"That made my skin crawl." Jirou cringed.
Just then red glowing streaks appeared down Izuku's eyes and reached from the top of his head and down to his jaw. The same thing for Bakuguo but however though he wasn't able to see the marks he did feel an odd chill come over him.
"Agh. What the hell was that you shitty nerd?!"
"Why would I explain my abilities to my foe? ( Damage reduction activated. )" Izuku's eyes narrowed at Bakuguo as he sheaved his sword.
"Screw it! I'll still pound you to pieces!" Bakuguo rocketed himself at Izuku with explosions from his hands.
Izuku took a stance ready and activated his kinetic energy manipulation quirk.
"( Can only use 3 quirks at a time for now. So keep up the damage reduction quirk, Kinetic energy quirk and just switch up the third here and there but I'll stick with ice explosions for now. )" Throw his arm up to block a left round house kick from Bakuguo. Izuku quickly absorbed the kinetic energy from Bakuguo's kick. The blonde followed up by pointing his hand at Izuku ready to let off an explosion.
Izuku quickly braced himself and covered his face with his arms, his foe then unleashed an explosion at point blank range. The explosion send Bakuguo flying back, however Izuku remained rooted in place. The force of the explosion, as well as the damage was reduced due to the damage reduction quirk. Also he had absorbed the kinetic force of the explosion as well.
The smoke obscured the vision of both Bakuguo and the monitors from seeing Izuku.
"Ouch...he ate that one good." Hanta winched a bit.
"Is he okay?" Rikido looked a bit concerned.
"Oh trust me. He's more then okay." Minoru smirked.
When the smoke cleared Izuku was still standing. A bit scoffed but not very harmed.
"Nice move Villain." Izuku lowered his arms to show he wasn't that damaged.
"( The Hell?! That was a point blank blast! )" Bakugou snarled.
"Try this on for size." Izuku turned his left arm into the missile launcher mode and fires about 5 at the blonde, while gripping his kodachi with his other free hand.
Bakuguo swiftly responded by sending big explosion at the missiles, destroying them before they reached him. As Bakuguo did this Izuku hastily charged his katana with kinetic energy along with his arm and swung his arm forward. A razor sharp slash wave of force erupted from the blade and flew through the smoke from his missiles and Bakuguo's explosion created.
Bakuguo was surprised and managed to dodge it but his right shoulder was sliced a bit by the attack. Izuku dashed ahead sheaving his sword, he jumped ahead at Bakuguo threw a spinning kick. Bakuguo ducked it but didn't see Izuku's other leg coming around, Izuku's other leg smacked Bakuguo across the face making his stagger a bit. The blonde growled and responded with a forward thrust along with an explosion, Izuku spun around his arm right before the explosion. Izuku then elbowed his foe in the jaw, Bakuguo retaliated with a jab to the Izuku's side. He grunted a small bit and amp up his fist with kinetic force and slammed his palm into Bakuguo's chest.
"AGH!" He then went sliding back a few meters.
"BASTARD..." Bakuguo growled at Izuku.
"Oh what? Are you angry because your losing to someone who you deemed weaker then you?" Izuku tilted his head in a mocking manner trying to rile up Bakuguo.
"Or are you angry because it's being made painfully clear you're not as strong as you think you are?" He smiled.
Bakuguo's hands crackled with explosions, his eyes burned with hate.
"I see what Midoriya is doing. He's trying to mess with Bakuguo's emotions to make him slip up. Trying to anger him and make him unfocused." Tokoyami explained.
"A cunning strategy. Using your foes own mental unsuitability or immaturity to your advantage." Momo analyzed.
"( Dang, Midoriyas got some pretty sick moves. I really don't have a solid fighting style myself. Just bits and pieces of moves from characters in fighting games mashed together. I need to work on that. )"
Izuku was about to make another move until a loud ringing sound could be heard and Bakuguo's left gauntlet flashed red. Izuku raised an eyebrow while Bakuguo smirked.
"I'm all loaded up. Wanna see something really special Deku?"
Izuku didn't answer nor did his stoic expression falter.
"I screed nitroglycerin like sweat from my hands and make it blow up." He pointed his arm toward Izuku and pulled back piece of his gauntlet for a pin to stick out.
"These bracers have been storing up my sweat inside them for one monster blast!" Bakuguo smiled manically as he placed his finger around the pin.
"( Good to know. Hmm. Full power ice explosion with both hands, plus a kinetic amp up should be able match his blast. )" Izuku put his arms forward with both palms wide open and aimed forward. His palms glowed a bright blue.
"LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT DEKU!" Bakuguo smiled as he pulled the pin fully out and a massive explosion erupted from his gauntlet and barreled toward Izuku.
Izuku then fired a full power ice explosion powered up with kinetic energy resulting in a much bigger and more powerful blast then Bakuguo's. As both attacks collided, Izuku's overpowered Bakuguo's and tore through his attack. Bakuguo didn't even have time or space to avoid the attack as it engulfed him.
Iida felt and heard a large crash come from below him, he quickly turned on his com to get an answer from Bakuguo.
"Bakuguo! Come in! What was that explosion?! Hello!?" He tried desperately to reach his partner but to no avail.
"Sigh. Come on Iida. Focus. You are a villain. Mwahaha! I am the personification of evil!" Iida put on his best villainous act.
Ochaco was about to laugh but the Decoy Izuku quickly silenced her.
"Sorry." She whispered. The Decoy gave a silent nod.
"Okay are you ready?" She asked quietly.
The Decoy gave a thumbs up.
"Good. Go." Ochaco then revealed herself and the clone went invisible and sneaked off.
"Uraraka! How brave of you to come out and face me!"
"Well of course! What kind of heroine would I be?" She smirked.
"Hahaha! Well it was a fool errand! I've removed all the objects within this room, so you have nothing to float!" He laughed.
"Oh no, this could be an issue..." She pretend to feel out played.
"Hehehe, is that fear I see?! Truly you see the gravity of your situation!" He placed both his hands on his hips.
"Was that...a low key pun?" Uraraka giggled a bit.
"W-What?! No! I just um...oh dear." Iida stammered to explain while the Decoy drew ever closer to the weapon.
While Uraraka's diversion was taking place, back down below with Izuku, the hall before him was damaged and covered with ice and frost mist.
"Argh.( Looks like I overestimated his attack. I guess just a full power blast was enough. I hope he's okay. Though given Bakuguo, he probably is. )" Izuku's arms shook a little from the pain due to the strain of his own attack. He also felt the damage reduction quirk wear off.
As the the mist cleared, it revealed Bakuguo lying on his back up against a wall. The surrounding wall behind him was cracked slightly thus indicated the impact of him slamming against it. He didn't appear to be moving. Upon adjusting his eyes, Izuku saw that Bakuguo was slowly coming too.
"( This ends now. )" Izuku activated his icarus quick and dashed at great speed toward Bakuguo.
Bakuguo eye's opened just in time to see Izuku's blade at his throat.
"This fight is over." Izuku spoke in a cold tone.
Bakuguo growled with explosion's coming off his hands, Izuku quickly pressed the blade against his throat.
"You fucking piece of SHIT! No one beats me! Especially not you!" The blonde boy roared.
"Game over! The Heroes WIN!" All Might's voice boomed over the coms.
"WHAT?!" Both Bakuguo and Iida shouted in unison.
"H-How?! She didn't get to the weapon?!" Iida asked frantically looking behind him...only to see the Decoy Izuku there leaning against it.
"Hehehe, sorry. Hope you didn't mind." The decoy chuckled.
"AH! The weapon! How did you get there?!" Iida was beyond confused.
"Just snuck by."
"Hahaha! Yes alright! We won!" Uraraka bounced up and down cheering.
"Oh man that was sick! I thought Bakuguo was gonna blow Izuku away with that big blast!" Kirishima said.
"Yeah, but Izuku was all like. BITCH. PLEASE!~ Epic!" Kaminari laughed.
"Midoriya is truly a formidable foe." Toko spoke quietly.
"Yes, what with so many powers at his disposal, his skill and cunning, it makes him a very difficult combatant."
"Got that right. ( Holy Hell, Midoriya's a beast! Man I got a lot of catching up to do. )" Mineta sweat dropped.
"As I said. It's over." Izuku stood up and sheaved his sword with a little spin.
"Thanks for the fight. I had fun." Izuku bowed and walked off.
Bakuguo was silent though his anger boiled inside him, he wanted to lash out at him. How dare he! How dare that weakling look down on him! Again! However, his pride had shattered significantly. He was hardly able to keep up with Izuku, this hand to be the first time since the sludge villain that...he had felt so helpless. Izuku of all people, had him at his mercy just a few seconds ago. Had this fight been real, Izuku could have ended him there and then.
"( No. NO. I won't accept this! He may have won this time! But I won't lose to him again! I'll get stronger! Stronger to a point to where his quirks won't mean anything! )" The blonde grunted as he stood back up. Eyes burning onto Izuku as he walked off.
"( Enjoy this win while you can Deku. It'll be the last one you ever get over me! )" His heart stung as the bitter feeling of defeat washed over him. His eyes didn't lie, the tears poking at his eyes were real. He gripped his fist tightly as they slowly fell.
Izuku made it out the building and was shortly greeted by Uraraka and the decoy walking out as well.
"We did it Midoriya!" She ran over and hugged him tightly.
"AHHHH...Y-Yeah! W-We did!~( Too close, too close, TOO CLOSE! )" He blushed violently.
"Mission accomplished sir!" The decoy saluted before vanishing.
"Your planned worked great! You're amazing!" Ochaco looked into his eyes still holding onto him.
"T-Thanks, hehe. Y-You too. Now um...w-we should get back!" He stuttered.
"Oh right, sorry!~ Hehe." She nervously laughed letting go of him.
"Well let's go partner!~" She grabbed his hand and dragged him off. Izuku blushed more, he wanted to protest but just let it be.
"( Well that was quite the lose. At least I tried though. )" Iida consoled himself making his way out the building. However he came across Bakuguo with his head down. His shoulders were trembling and he was wiping his eyes.
Iida instantly came up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Bakuguo. Are you okay?" Iida asked concernedly.
Bakuguo only smacked his hand away.
"Shitty four eyes, I don't want your pity! Fuck off!" The blonde then huffed and stomped off.
Iida stood there in silence for a few moments and sighed.
"Sigh. UA's entrance exams were not rational enough. How does someone of his demeanor get accepted into a proper prestige school like this?" Iida crossed his arms and continued to make his way out of the building.
"( He's strong, clever and humble. Young Midoriya. Please stay on the path of right. )" All Might said a quick prayer.
"Okay then! Time for the next round! Denki Kaminari & Kyoka Jirou Vs Momo Yaoyorozu & Minoru Mineta!" All Might announced.
"Gulp. Here we go." Minoru said quietly.
"Mineta-kun. Let us do our best. I'm counting on you." Momo said to him with a smile.
"R-Right Momo-chan. You got it." He said with a strained smile.
"( Do NOT lose it here Minoru. All Might as well as everyone else will be watching. Be cool. Be cool. )"
"Alright! Ready for this Jirou?" Kaminari smirked to her.
"Yeah, I'm ready. Let's do this. We won't hold back you two." She said to her opposing team.
"It would be an insult if you did." Momo replied.
"Yeah! Go big or go home!" Minoru added.
"Well then, I guess you should head home shorty.~" Kaminari joked.
"OH, okay you just earned yourself a kick in the grapes!" Minoru's eye twitched.
"Oof man. Take a joke." Kaminari smikred.
"I will take any joke but short jokes." Minoru huffeded.
"AHEM. Let us be off." Momo quickly got everyone focused again and made her way out the monitoring room.
"Wait for me!" Minoru ran after her and both Kaminari and Jirou followed as well.
"( Good luck young Mineta. Let's see how much you've matured. )" All Might smiled.
Minoru was nervous of course but, oddly excited. Why though? He couldn't really figure it out but he would see these new feelings through in this battle. Izuku felt lighter as he and Ocacho walked to the monitoring room where the others were. He felt like he finally got some weight off of his shoulders. He finally faced his bully and proved not only did he not fear him anymore, he also proved he was a better person. He smiled warmly to himself, he felt like he had taken another step in his journey.
However, there was much more to come and he would enthusiastically await them all. He would certainly tell his master all about today when school was over.
To be continued.