Greetings dudes and all of you whomst are not dudes, how are ya'll doing? There was only one review recommending a ship with that ship being me and Jiro, which will be kept in mind and probably be the one I go with unless more people catch on to the story and more people request someone else. I doubt that though. As for the absolute god that made this suggestion I have yet another question for you. Seeing as this is your idea when would you prefer to see things for this ship kick off? I'll go more in depth with this question at the end of the chapter, for right now let's get into it.
"Stand in the circle and use your quirk to throw the ball as far as you can, anything goes so long as you don't leave the circle." Aizawa explains as I catch the ball and make my way over to the aforementioned circle. Once I'm in the circle I charge my Lightning Cloak Version One to seven percent and prepare to throw the ball only to have my quirk erased.
"Uh Eraserhead, how am I supposed to throw the ball with my quirk if my quirk is shut off?" I ask this time genuinely confused.
"The purpose of these tests is to give me an idea of your limits. I saw what you did to the zero pointer in the entrance exam, you're holding back right now. How am I supposed to gauge your limits if you're holding back?" Aizawa responds.
"Well this is how much of my power I can use without back lash, so one could say this is my limit without making myself a liability." I respond hoping to god that it works so I don't have to break my finger. Spoiler alert god is dead so I broke my finger and yote the ball seven hundred and sixty six meters away using my right hand since I want to save my dominant left hand for the grip strength test.
"Damn he threw the ball that far?! That's so manly!" someone who is totally not Kirishima said with excitement.
"We actually get to use our quirks, this is gonna be so fun!" a pink skinned black eyed girl who is totally not Ashido exclaimed inadvertently striking fear into almost all of my classmates due to Mr. Aizawa's threats of expulsion and exposition on how dangerous the job we are trying to obtain is.
Not much changed for the quirk apprehension test honestly. Bakugo still tried to kill me and was still stopped by Aizawa, everyone other than me placed relatively the same other than the fact that I placed third bumping everyone below me down a rank. Speaking of moving down a rank.
"Noooooo! How am I gonna get laid now!" Mineta shouted as he fell to his knees in despair.
"Not my problem, go to Nezu's office and he'll get you transferred into the general education department." Aizawa stated with a respectable lack of compassion shocking Yaoyorozu who thought he was lying.
"Do you guys not do your research on your teachers?" I asked garnering confused looks from my peers. I then proceeded to explain how Aizawa expelled his whole class last year which made the rest of my class fear for their spot in the hero course. On that happy note the first day ended and as I walked to the train station I was coerced into walking with Uraraka and Iida against my will.
"Hey you guys are Tenya Iida and Deku Midoriya right?" Uraraka said cheerfully.
"Names not Deku, its Izuku don't call me that again please." I threatened I mean politely requested, following which I explained the meaning of the name resulting in a painfully unnecessary amount of apologies. I swear on the grave of this universe's dead god I'm going to be so irritated if I get more apologies tomorrow.
Time skip to the next day
Thankfully there were no more apologies so I didn't feel the need to go bald the manual way. What did almost make me rip my hair out strand by strand was how boring the classes were. I get it, school isn't supposed to be fun, but still this is some real boring shit. Before long it's lunch time and wouldn't ya know it Iida and Uraraka attempt to coerce me into joining them for lunch against my will.
"Maybe some other time guys I wanna socialize and interact with our other classmates, after all I'll still see you guys on the way home after school." I say knowing damn well that they aren't gonna let me walk home alone. Damn extroverts.
So I ended up sitting at a table with Jiro, Yaoyorozu, Sero, Kaminari, and Asui- sorry Tsuyu. Honestly I got along with em rather well. Jiro's got some bomb music taste with Sero and Kaminari throwing in some suggestions too. Speaking of Sero the dude is totally a stoner, we know our kind when we see each other. Needless to say we exchanged numbers, which is convenient considering I could use a plug. I actually got Kaminari's number too so I'm gonna have alot of fun with these two in my corner. Then Tsuyu had to jump in the conversation.
"Midoriya I always say what's on my mind. You and Bakugo have a rather volatile relationship to say the least, why is that ribbit?" the princess who is also a frog asks with her finger on her chin.
"Well believe it or not I've only had my quirk for about a month, the reason for that being that my quirk has certain strength requirements that kept me from activating it for a long time. So I was deemed quirkless for most of my life and well Bakugo seemed to take that as an insult and has been a dick ever since." I explain nonchalantly. This got a rather unexpected amount of support with me having to convince Yaoyorozu to not report him to the principal. Why do I not want him expelled you ask simple I say. I want to absolutely flatten him and take his ego down a peg and what better way do that than personally handing his ass to him in hero training.
With that the rest of lunch goes rather normally I got Jiro's number under the pretence that she could send me music recommendations. After all I may be more confident than Izuku, but I'm still trash tier when it comes to dealing with attractive women. So literally every girl in my goddamn class. Now it's time for our heroics class.
"I AM HERE WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON" All Might said while walking in what is quite possibly the most abnormal way I have ever seen. "Today you are all going to be participating in BATTLE TRAINING."
The announcement of battle training caused some to get excited like Kirishima and Bakugo. Others were more nervous like Shinso, Mineta's replacement, and Uraraka. The group of people who ate lunch with me turned around to see me wearing an absolutely shit eating grin as I think about all the different ways I can inflict bodily harm upon Bakugo. Nothing crippling, but enough to send a message to his ego.
After the announcement we grab our suitcases and head to the changing room to suit up for the first time. My costume was rather simple so I was one of the first ones outside. My costume consists of black cargo pants tucked into black combat boots with steel toes and steel soles, with rubber covering the steel to give insulation against any electrical hazards. I also had a utility belt with various first aid and disaster relief supplies and a survival knife should the need for it arise. on the upper half of my body I wore a black skin tight tank top with a green lighting bolt cutting diagonally across my chest, on top of that I had a vest that had two green stripes going down the middle separated by the zipper and a green lightning bolt on the back. I also had gloves that went up to my mid forearm and had mechanisms that allow me to store the bio electricity generated by my work to use either to jump start someone's heart or just to straight up zap someone.
I got a decent amount of compliments on my costume. Sero and especially Kaminari thought it was really cool and voiced those thoughts. Tsuyu thought it had the right blend of aesthetic appeal and practicality, as did Jiro. Then Yaoyorozu came over and paid her compliments, until she noticed something.
"Midoriya its impolite to look away from someone when you're talking to them." The young rich girl stated with a small frown.
"I am trying to be respectful. I know you need open skin to use your quirk, but your costume is VERY revealing and I don't want to stare." I state nonchalantly as I take glances at my various classmates that don't make me feel perverted just by looking at them. This got me some brownie points with Kirishima who thought my dedication to respecting women was manly. All Might then proceeded to announce the nature of the excercise and once he got to the part about the partners being random I saw another opportunity to tear into Iida.
"Surely there is a more efficient way to pick partners. Ignoring compatibility between partners seems foolish for such a prestigious school." Iida states while chopping his arm.
"Uh dude heroes have to partner up at random all the time. Besides how are we gonna have compatibility when we literally met each other yesterday. I know you're supposed to be the super earnest character, but uh no offense buddy it comes off as a little pretentious. I'm pretty sure the school knows what its doing." I point out with Kaminari and Sero nodding along and Jiro saying that what I said makes sense. This caused poor little Iida to look down in shame. From here on out you know how things go I get paired with Uraraka and Iida gets paired with Bakugo. As Uraraka and I are walking out to our destination we have a small conversation.
"Hey Midoriya, do you not like Iida." Infinity girl asked in a worried tone.
"While he's not the kinda guy I would have normally associated with I don't actively dislike the dude, why?" I ask knowing damn well why she's asking.
"Well I just thought you tore into him rather bad when talking about the assignment." Uraraka pointed out.
"Ah that, ya see I do have a reason for that. I phrased it the way I did is because that those kinds of assumptions can cost you your life in the field. Maybe not his exact assumption, but assuming that someone more experienced then yourself isn't giving the best instruction makes people less likely to want to work with you and also like I said comes off as pretentious. Granted you shouldn't just blindly follow orders, but when talking to someone more experienced rather than calling them out you should offer your own insight in a polite manner if that makes sense." I said to which she nodded and we started our planning.
I made it abundantly clear to my partner that Bakugo was gonna come right for me. I also explained why and what we were gonna do about it. Granted no plan survives contact with the enemy and all of that. The rough idea is that while I tango with Bakugo, Uraraka is gonna book it and look for the bomb. Once she finds the bomb she's going to double back and help me take out Bakugo on the off chance that I haven't taken him out on my own yet. I also stressed that when she doubles back she should try and go for a sneak attack since the element of surprise will be her greatest weapon at that stage.
"HERO VS VILLAIN INDOOR BATTLE... START!"
And with that it's time to put our plan into motion. Rather than trying to go in from a higher floor we go in through the front door, that way as Bakugo is blasting down the various floors we're more likely to hear him coming. Granted this was completely unnecessary seeing as we turned the corner into the same hallway at the same time.
"THERE YOU ARE DEKU, YOU'RE DEAD!" The blonde bomber bellows as he blasts towards me. Unfortunately for him I was prepared and threw him over my shoulder as Uraraka made her way towards the other floors to look for the bomb.
"Ah man have I been waiting for this. Ever since I realized I had a quirk I've been waiting for a chance to knock your ego down a peg. God knows you need it." I say as I push my Lightning Cloak Version One to seven percent.
"Damn Deku, you've been looking down on me haven't you. All this time pretending you were quirkless, fighting back quirkless, this has all been just a game hasn't it!" Bakugo accuses.
"Listen man, I know you're not going to believe a word I say. After all you hate me more than All Might loves justice. However at the very least believe this, I never looked down on you or at least not intentionally. I just wanted respect that's it not like you'll ever give it to me. So I'm gonna use this excercise to show you right here, right now that I deserve your respect and that if I do everyone else does too." I say as I slip into a fighting stance and beckon for him to come at me.
And come at me he does, he blasts towards me just like the last time. Unfortunately for him I'm faster than he is. However movement speed and reaction speed are two different things, and Bakugo proves this my dodging my Lightning Straight. Fortunately for me I have pretty damn good reaction speeds too.
"Lightning Horizontal!" I shout as I deliver a horizontal chop straight to the arm he was about to blast me with. He then proceeded to blast himself backwards to avoid my follow up Lightning Straight. I bounce off the walls towards him to keep my trajectory some what confusing before exchanging several blows with the human pomeranian.
"Hah, you might actually be a good stepping stone for my ascension to the number one spot." Bakugo I think compliments me.
"Dude I stopped caring about the number one spot a long time ago. Before I got awakened my quirk I was just gonna go underground. I do appreciate the compliment though. That was a compliment right?" I state before he rushes at me again while yelling at me to figure it out. After another exchange of blows he starts monologueing about his gauntlets. Yea not happening.
"You know what that means because of your shitty little notebooks rig-"
"LARIAT!" I shout while cutting him off and hitting him dead in the center of his chest.
"WHAT THE FUCK DEKU!" Bakugo shouts as he comes out from the rubble of what was once a wall.
"What? Don't monologue and you won't give your enemy a free hit. Makes sense to me. By the way how was that attack, I havent used it on a normal person yet?" I ramble.
"IT HURT LIKE HELL NOW DIE!" Bakugo screamed as he went to pull the pin on his gauntlet. Now how do I deal with this you ask. Simple I push my speed to the max that my version one cloak can go to and barely manage to get past him before the blast is unleashed. It's here that Uraraka comes down the stairs and using the springs in her boots she's able to use her quirk on him, which gives me the opportunity I've been waiting for.
"Hey Bakugo! No hard feelings!" I shout as I make my way behind him once more.
"No hard feelings for wha-" the explosive egotist starts before...
"LIGER BOMB!" I shout as I grab him by the waist, flip him so that his head is facing down, and slam him downwards as hard as I could. This sequence of events sent him through the floor. After wrapping him in the capture tape and sharing a fist bump with Uraraka we make our way to where the bomb is. This is how I learned of Iida's method acting and how I joined in.
"So heroes I see you have defeated my compatriot, but you will not get past me!" Iida declares causing Uraraka to chuckle.
"Is that so villain? Well if you're so sure then you'll have no problem outspeeding my Lightning Cloak Version One now will you?" I challenge as Uraraka looks at me in shock since she likely didn't assume I would have fun with this. And so Iida and I ran around the room until I tackled him into a wall allowing Uraraka to touch the bomb.
"Oh man, good shit Iida that was fun as hell." I pant out like a dog.
"While I do not approve of the language, I agree this was fun." Iida replies also panting like a dog.
Uraraka then proceeds to congratulate the two of us and we go down only for me to see a fuming Bakugo.
"So much for not looking down on me huh Deku?" Bakugo says with a real violent glare.
"I'm confused I tried pretty damn hard in our fight." I say back.
"Then why did you call your powered up state version one. Let me answer that, you have a stronger form don't you?" Bakugo accuses.
"Stronger yea, more effective not at the moment." I say whilst getting confused looks from everyone as we walk back.
"See I do have a Lightning Cloak Version Two, but it's still incomplete at the moment. If I had to put a success rate on its use I'd say sixty six to sixty seven percent of the time that I try using it does it actually work. I'm still in the process of perfecting it. I thought it would be insulting if I tried using it and it didn't work honestly." I explain to my peers. Bakugo just clicks his tongue and sits down as we watched the rest of the teams go at it. The day comes to an end and as I'm walking home texting Sero about how we're totally going to get Kaminari stoned off of his as over the weekend, someone calls out to me.
"Hey Deku!" Bakugo shouts at me.
"What did I do now dude?" I ask as I turn around after ushering Uraraka and Iida to keep going on without me.
"Nothing shit head, I'm just letting you know that you're the only one I consider a reasonable rival. That Half and Half Prick is powerful, but he looks down on everyone including me and I don't like that. So keep yourself up to par you shitty nerd!" he says before starting to walk away.
"Sure, sure, I just have one condition. Quit calling me Deku, it got old a long time ago. you don't even need to call me Izuku just call me Midoriya if that's easier for you. Deal?" I say as I hold my fist out waiting to see if he'll fist bump me or not.
"Tch, fine keep yourself up to par Izuku." he says as he bumps his fist against mine and starts walking home. Who knows, I might make a decent human being out of this Bakugo yet.
And that is the end of chapter three ladies, gents, and everyone in between. I hoped ya'll liked it. Now to address my question from before the chapter started Oghenevwogaga, you absolute god, when would you like the development of shipping myself with Jiro to begin, you want it to start after the USJ, after the Sports Festival, after Finals etc. I want you to decide how it all starts, after all it's your idea. Granted if you feel like this I shouldn't have given you this much power let me know and I'll figure out something. The pressure of choosing when it starts is only on you should you desire the pressure of choosing when it starts. Anyway that aside I am throwing in some minor headcanon, but hey I think it's pretty obvious I'm not taking this too seriously. I'm just having fun with it and I hope you guys are too enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for reading.