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With SMKE
The three guys and one girl that made up the team were standing across from a man with his back turned to them looking out the window. This man was rather tall with dark green eyes and blonde hair combed into a deep side-part that covers his left one and he has an unnaturally long and flexible neck.. His entire outfit seems to be made out of denim. He has the waist of jeans shaped into a cylinder to cover his mouth and a jean jacket with sleeves, and finishes his outfit with a pair of jeans and brown boots.
This man's name was Tsunagu Hakamata. He was not only one of the most respected huntsman in Vale, but he was also one of the most respected in the world. Nearly on the same level as Ozpin or All Might. He was known for taking on many students that later became recognized for their well behavior and their work ethic.
When they came here a person they assumed was one of those students had opened the door and led them to his office which led to where they were now.
Kirishima opened his mouth to speak, but before he could get a word out.
"Ejirou Kirishima." The tall man started. "Your kind personality and respect for others is a standard that all men should possess. You pass."
The room was silent. The red haired faunas looked back at his teammates for any confirmation on what to say. Mina shrugged, Bakugo looked on with his usual brooding scowl with eyes expectant of some future fighting, and Shouto face had not changed at all.
"Um, Thank you?" Kirishima said with an unsure voice.
Tsunagu still had not turn around and based on his still body language he wasn't going to as he continued. "Shouto Todoroki. You lead your team with a level head and intelligent disposition. You pass."
The leader simply bowed his head. "Thank you."
"Mina Aishido." The girl of the team had gone ram rod straight when she heard her name called. "Your easy smile and fun loving nature makes you a quick friend with anyone, but is only undermined by your mischievous nature. Your grade is questionable for now."
"Uh, alright." She said before leaning into Kirishima and whispered. "I am so confused."
"And finally Katsuki Bakugo." The man said and for the first time since they arrived he moved, by shaking his head side to side as he sighed loudly. "I won't beat around the bush. I do not like you young man."
"Huh?" Bakugo said confused.
The tall man had finally turned around to look at the four, but his dark green eyes were focused solely on the ash blonde. "I had a conversation with both the headmaster and your last schools headmaster to have a read on why kind of a person you are. I must say I'm disappointed. Your constant need to put others down, your aggressive personality, and your ideology that you already the best of the best. These are not qualities I like to see in any one person."
The explosion user's now had a face full of anger. "Is that what you think?" He said as he took a step toward the huntsman with small explosions crackling in his hands.
"Woah Bakubro just calm down and let him explain." Kirshima said trying to hold him back from doing something stupid.
"Shut up dumb hair. if he jsut called me down here just so he could spout his opinion then I'll give him my own." He shouted brushing off the other man and moving forward again...
Only to suddenly tense up and fall on his side.
"What the hell." The angry blonde shouted trying to get back on his feet, but he felt something tightening all around his arms and legs not letting him have the chance. His teammates looking on in surprise that he just fell randomly.
"Exactly what I mean." They looked up to the man and saw that the sleeves on his jean jacket were up to his elbows and looking torn with several different threads extending to where Bakugo was on the ground.
Shouto's eyes narrowed. "Your weapon?"
"Indeed. I have used Best Jeanist in conjunction with my semblance for many years now to protect the citizens of Vale." The man stated before looking back down at Bakugo and with a turn of his hands the threads from his jacket stood Bakugo back up. "As I said Bakugo, your personality is simply unacceptable in my eyes. One week with me certainly won't be enough time to fix that, but I am hoping it can point you in a right path." With that said, the threads surrounding Bakugo had loosened and returned to Tsunagu, making his jacket look brand new again. "You and Mina will spend the rest of the day with me as I try to fix you both for the better." He then looked at Kirishima and Shouto. "You two on the other hand will spending today with a different huntsman from out of town."
"Really? Who?" Kirishima asked.
His question was answered by the door opening behind them and a very deep voice ringing throughout the room. "Shouto."
The team, with the exception of the mentioned boy who froze when he heard his name, watched in shock at who had entered the room. His very presence had heated up the room, and after looking at him it wasn't to hard to figure out why.
He was a tall man, taller than Tsunagu, with an incredibly muscular physique second only to someone like All Might. He has short and spiky, red hair with turquoise eyes that looked as if he didn't care. His clothes are comprised of a navy blue skintight shirt has large stripes running across his torso with flames flaring out from the lines and large metal shoulder pads. His boots appear to be made of flames as well. He sports white bracers that completely encase his forearms styled in a cage pattern that are both sharp and armor-like with grill styled guards on the back of his hands & his fingers are exposed from the base knuckles. And around the waist of his navy blue pants that look to be made from the same material as his shirt is a belt, which appear to be made of the same material as his bracers. The belt buckle is a stylized Atlesian kanji for the word 'Flame'.
I would know that voice anywhere. Shouto thought in anger as he had the largest reaction of the four. His face morphed into a 'pissed off as hell' scowl and his eyes carried nothing but resentment as he turned and faced the man behind him with his jaw tightening in anger.
He had many names. Enji Todoroki. The Endeavor huntsman. Second to none but All Might. The Symbol of Victory. But Shouto only knew him as...
Shouto said through gritted teeth. "What are you doing here father?"
With TOTM
Ochako was slammed into the wall back first and upside down so hard that the reinforced concrete bended inward and left cracks grow outward from it. She slid onto her shoulders and her legs dangled over her hanged over her head. That was the seventh time in the last hour she had been thrown across the room which was now ruined with the walls and floors being littered with bullet holes, scorch marks, traces of ice, and the occasional impact crater from either one of there attacks or being impacted into the wall like she was.
The rest of her team fared as well as her.
Tenya sitting with his hand over his stomach, groaning in pain.
Izuku in a position similar to hers.
Tsuyu with her sword tied around her legs and her tongue tied around her torso.
And Gran Torino standing there in the middle of the chaos looking as clean as he was before the fight. "All right I think that's enough for now."
You think? Ochako shouted in her head.
His speed is beyond mine at every turn. Tenya thought in awe.
Izuku grunted as he got up and regained his balance in a battle pose. "I'm still good. Let's go again."
Gran Torino sighed. "You've got a lot of energy running through you kid, but I wasn't lying earlier when I said I could use some food." He started walking toward the kitchen. "Now then, why don't we take some taiyaki and heat it up in the microwave."
Then he stop in shock and horror as he saw a buckshot bullet hole through the door of his microwave. "IT'S RUINED?!" He turned to the team with a heated glare. "Which one of you brats use buckshot."
"Midoriya/Deku/Croak." Izuku looked at his friends in shock for selling him out so fast. Tsuyu could only croak in response because of the state of her tongue, but he was sure she would sell him out rather than incur the wrath of the old man that handed their asses to them.
"Kid, we're going to the store real quick to get a new microwave." He turned and looked at Tenya, Ochako, and Tsuyu at their different points in the room. "The rest of you will clean until we get back."
"Understood." Tenya acknowledged as he shakily got on his feet.
"Hemph e pwese. (Help me please.)" Tsuyu said messed up with her tongue tying up, literally.
"I'm trying, but I don't know how." Ochako said walking around her friend trying to find a way to untie her.
"Oh for pete's sake." The old man shouted before he grabbed a piece off the tongue near it's tied up end...
and yanked it so hard that Tsuyu went spinning in place like a twister. When she finally stopped she fell on her back with her tongue laying on the floor around her, Rainy Season laying next to her in it's chain blade form, and her eyes spinning uncontrollably.
"AAHH. Stay with us Tsu." Ochako shouted, fanning her friends face frantically.
As Tenya got to work on the mess and Ochako attempting to revive her friend, Gran Torino and Izuku left out the door and made their way to the store.
Two hours of walking behind a fuming old man later, Izuku was starting to get worried. "Sir I am very sorry about the microwa-"
"So that is your way of using One for All." The man said with his serious voice returning.
So he does know about One for All. Izuku thought shocked.
"Y-Yes, I call it Full Cowl. I take the percentages of the power I can use and spread it through out my body." Izuku rambled as he explained.
"Hm. Not a bad name. When Toshinori had to come up with a name he simply named it Super Power." Gran Torino said.
Izuku had a thought. "What was it like teaching All Might?"
"Hm? He could pretty much use One for All right off the bat so it was nothing but practical training for him. I remember puking all over the floor after our spars." The old man responded with a sadistic smile on his face that Izuku shudder.
No wonder he is so scared soulless of you. Izuku thought.
"Now back to before, the way you use your power is certainly well thought. You must have blown yourself up a few times to figure it out if the video of your initiation is anything to go by." The old man guessed.
Izuku nodded in response. "A few times with my arms and several times with my fingers."
"What did it feel like? Using One for All for the first time." Gran Torino asked.
Izuku cupped his chin in thought. "Like 'bam'... no more like 'whoosh'... oh" He hit his fist on his open palm in remembrance. "Like an egg in a microwave about to explode."
The old man stopped in place for a good moment. Then he gripped his knees bending over because of how hard he started laughing. "Hohahaha that's so boring, unique, but boring. Nyahahahahaha."
All Might did the same exact thing when I told him. This guy really is his mentor. Izuku said in his head.
"Oh that was a good one." The old man admitted when he finally managed to breath as they walked. When they stopped again it was in front of a appliance store. "I'll go get a microwave, you stay out here and do one handed vertical pushups until I get back." He instructed as he went inside.
Izuku wondered why that particular exercise but he didn't complain. He jumped and flipped over onto his right hand and started. It was more an obstacle of balance rather than strength. He was on his one hundred and sixty ninth when the elderly man came back out of the store with a big box behind him.
"Alright, now pick this up and let's head back." He said.
Izuku sprung back to his feet, but as he did one of his axes slipped from it's holster and hit the ground.
"Careful kid. That weapon is too good to just fall on the ground." The old man shouted hitting him on the head with his cane.
"Sorry sir." Izuku responded. He holstered his axe then picked up the box and began walking behind the short man with the box in his hands.
While they were walking back Izuku remembered something from earlier that Gran Torino said. "Earlier when we first met, you said I wasn't using Devotion to it's full potential. What did you mean by that?"
The old man sighed. "I'm not going to give you a straight answer on that, but I will tell you this. You have the right idea with how to use your power on your whole body, but your not really using it on you whole body." He finished and walked away.
Izuku just stood there with the most confused look on his face. "What?"
Gran Torino's place - Two hours later
The two of them showed up at his place to find the place still full of bullet holes and impact craters, but the floor's were clean and the furniture was neatly put back in place.
"We're back." Izuku said.
"This place is full of holes and craters but it still looks a hundred times cleaner than it was this morning." Gran Torino complimented.
"I always wish to make things as pristine as I can when I clean." Tenya said proudly with a cleaning mask around his face and latex gloves on his hands.
"Hahaha. What a grinder." Gran Torino said as he walked into the kitchen with Izuku behind him with the microwave.
After a few minutes of unpacking, Izuku had the microwave out and set it up on the counter. Gran Torino gave a bunch of Taiyaki to heat up before he left the room.
During all of this Izuku was sitting at the table with his hand on his chin in concentration on his current mentors words. How am I not using everything? Does One for All power up my insides as well somehow? What could he possibly mean?
Meanwhile, Ochako was in the seat next to him with a screwdriver twisting in a bolt on Broken Moon. "Sheesh. He really hit hard. Some of the gears on my weapon locked up. Deku did you check Devo-" She looked up from her work for a second and saw her friend next to her with a face of determination that was scary. "AH. Deku, what's wrong with your face. It's very scary right now."
This broke Izuku from his inner musings. "Ah. Nothing. Just trying to figure out what Gran Torino meant earlier. What were you asking?"
"I was asking if you checked over your weapon after the fight. Each of us did and we each saw at least on problem with it." Ochako said.
"The only problem I had with it was that it and my tongue were used to tie me up." Tsuyu said on the opposite side of the table from her female friend.
"He hit one the valves on Ingenium and it made me turn all weird when I went to use the engine function on them." Tenya confessed.
"Well, now that you mention it I should. After all, 'The weapon of a huntsman is one of the very few constants in the life of a huntsman." Izuku quoted.
"Ah, a line spoken from the great Higari Maijima." Tenya said. "My favorite quote from his is 'Carry yourselves with honor in what you carry in your hands." He smiled before raising an eyebrow. "Although mine I carry on my feet."
Ochako stifiled a laugh at that. "That had to be an on purpose joke."
"I am not joking." Tenya said chopping his hand rapidly.
"His words actually apply to a lot of people." Tsuyu said grabbing their attention. "When I had to make my weapon I wanted something I'd be comfortable with and have knowledge on." She let her longue tongue slip out a little. "When I was little I would use my tongue to fight. So when I thought about it, I knew I wanted a weapon like it." She pulled up Rainy Season from her waist. "And that's how I came to make it. To quote another of his great lines. 'A weapon should not be seen a separate piece of you that you wield, it should be like another piece of your body."
At those words a bell rung on the microwave and Izuku's eyes widened as inside his head he finally put all the pieces together. "That's it!"
They all turned to Izuku who was standing with the greatest revelation in his head. "That quote that Tsuyu just said right now... it's me!"
Everyone looked at him as if he had just grown a second head. Iida just raised his hand. "Midoriya, a little context would be helpful at the moment."
Izuku realized his friends hadn't gotten it yet. "When Gran Torino first touched my weapon he said I wasn't using it right. When I told him about my semblance he said I wasn't using it on my whole body. And now Tsuyu just gift wrapped the answer I've been looking for."
"I did? Ribbit." Tsuyu said confused.
"I have always been spreading my power throughout my body equally and using a low percentage to do it so I don't blow my self up. Using that strength I fought and swung with my weapon, but I never thought of using my semblance through my weapon like Ochako and Todoroki does. If I did that I could possibly use more without hurting myself." Izuku explained.
He got out of his chair and stood away from his friends. He grabbed Devotion and held in front of him in it's double bladed ax form. The familiar red lines of power shined under his skin before he was shrouded in arcs of green electricity. Hetried pushing more of that power toward his hands.
At first nothing happened...
Nothing...
Nothing...
Nothing...
Then suddenly the same green motes danced across the weapon. The green blades and other details glowed while everything black seemed to darken in comparison to the glowing light.
Izuku could feel everything. The green electricity danced through his weapon and he could feel everything.
And everything was somehow changing.
The inner gears he had worked on time and time again, he felt them become sturdier.
The blades he had spent hours on with a rhinestone, he felt them become sharper.
The metal he had hammered for days to make, he felt it become stronger.
The weapon could handle a lot more power than he thought it would. He decided to lower the percentage as it was the first time he had used it. He dropped the power down until twelve percent of One for All running through the ax.
Combine that with the eight percent that he was spreading throughout his body and it brought him to a total of 20%.
He had used this amount plenty of times before, but he always had to stop because his body couldn't handle the strain for too long.
Now it didn't feel draining on his stamina. And even if his weapon had more power than he did he still somehow felt as strong as he was when he had used the same amount before.
In his head he yelled the first thing that came to his mind.
Full Cowling 20% - Assault Mode
His friends looked at him with shock and awe at their teammates newfound ability.
A slow clapping made it's way to their ears over all the excitement and they turned to find Gran Torino standing in the doorway with a smile on his face.
"That didn't take long at all. They were not kidding when they said you had quite the insightful mind." The old man commented.
"I couldn't have figured it out this soon without my teammates." Izuku said through gritted teeth, clearly taking a lot of focus to keep up what he was doing.
The old man smiled more. "Can you move like that kid?"
"I think I can." Izuku said before raising himself into a combat stance.
The old man threw his cane and weapon to the counter where it stood. "Then why don't we try it out?"
The green haired faunas made an effort to make a smile. "Yes. Let's do it."
They stood there across from each other. The others watching with intense focus for what would happen next.
Gran Torino disappeared. Several different gusts flew throughout the room as the old man flew around from all kinds of angles, analyzing his would be opponent to judge what he would do.
He finally appeared in the other's eyesight when he appeared on the wall behind Izuku and sped forward with a kick aimed at his back. He was less than a foot away when Izuku himself disappeared. Gran Torino looked up to see Izuku with his back flat against the roof and his weapon in his right hand.
He blasted off the cieling, leaving a dent in the roofing, and swung his ax where the old man was.
"SLASH!" He shouted.
Gran Torino realigned himself and flew out of the way and the ax kept going and when it had hit the ground.
The flooring had completely folded under the force and slammed two large pieces of it together around the business end of the weapon.
A cloud of dust blasted through the room and out the windows.
Nobody could see a thing through all the dust that permeated the air. Izuku frantically looked around trying to find any sign of anyone. And he did. Just not the way he would have preferred.
A foot made it's way into his chest and he looked up to find Gran Torino taking in a deep gulp of air before a large amount of air and force made it's way into his chest and sent him flying into yet another wall.
The blast not only did that, it completely cleared the house from it's earlier dust cloud. So now the other three members of Team TOTM could see the aftermath of the fight. And needless to say they were shocked.
"Deku/Midoriya!" They exclaimed before running toward their beaten comrade.
"Are you alright?" Ochako asked being the most worried.
"How many fingers am I holding up?" Tenya asked holding up his left hand with all of his fingers extended.
"We should get you out of here before the building collapses." Tsuyu said looking around at the interior around her and wondering how it hadn't all come crushing down on them.
"Cool your jets Froggy." The old man said grabbing their attention. "I had this place built with stronger materials because I was pretty sure something like this would happen. It may look like crap, but it's tough." He looked around at the damage. "Although I feel like that toughness is being tested right now."
"Deku that was so cool. He was like whoosh whoosh and you were like Slash. It was like fighting that robot all over again." Ochako shouted excitedly while jumping up and down and reenacting the fight.
"Exactly what I would expect of you Midoriya. Only the first day and your already leaving us in the dust." He said proudly before coughing out a plum of the earlier dust cloud. "Literally."
"You still remind me of All Might a little. Ribbit." Tsuyu said with her finger under mouth.
Izuku blushed at all the recognition his friends were giving him. "It was nothing really." He looked at the ground in front of him. "I did all that and I still couldn't hit him."
"It wasn't bad for your first try." They turned to look at Gran Torino. "And before you say you didn't land a hit on me." He gestured to his left cheek where a small cut was being healed by his aura. "It's the first time in a while that I've had to seriously dodge an attack. You did good."
Izuku felt a sense of pride fill him up. He found a new way to use his power. He landed a very small hit on the man who taught his mentor. His aura somehow kept itself up at that attack Gran Torino threw.
"But at the same time, you caused a lot of destruction around you. When working in the city you have to be able to minimize property damage." The old man smirked. "And to teach you guys that I'll do what I do. Time to throw you guys straight into Phase Two."
That caught their attention. If everything up to that point had been Phase One…
Ochako shakily raised her hand and asked the question they were all thinking. "What's Phase Two?"
"Going out and beating up bad guys!" Gran Torino was on the steps to his building pointing his cane up to the sky. The sun was just starting to set.
Everyone had question marks over their heads.
Seeing this the elderly man went further into detail. "The residential district is always crawling with low lives at night. Huntsmen may fight Grimm, but we fight rule breakers just as much as we do those monsters. And tonight, you will be the ones fighting."
"I did all that and I still couldn't hit him."
"It wasn't bad for your first try." They turned to look at Gran Torino. "And before you say you didn't land a hit on me." He gestured to his left cheek where a small cut was being healed by his aura. "It's the first time in a while that I've had to seriously dodge an attack. You did good."
Izuku felt a sense of pride fill him up. He found a new way to use his power. He landed a very small hit on the man who taught his mentor. His aura somehow kept itself up at that attack Gran Torino threw.
"But at the same time, you caused a lot of destruction around you. When working in the city you have to be able to minimize property damage." The old man smirked. "And to teach you guys that I'll do what I do. Time to throw you guys straight into Phase Two."
That caught their attention. If everything up to that point had been Phase One…
Ochako shakily raised her hand and asked the question they were all thinking. "What's Phase Two?"
Outside
"Going out and beating up bad guys!" Gran Torino was on the steps to his building pointing his cane up to the sky. The sun was just starting to set.
Everyone had question marks over their heads.
Seeing this the elderly man went further into detail. "The residential district is always crawling with low lives at night. Huntsmen may fight Grimm, but we fight rule breakers just as much as we do those monsters. And tonight, you will be the ones fighting."
Tenya raised his hand. "Sir, this seems a little random for our first night of work."
"You've been fighting me all day. If you keep that up you'll get to used to fighting one kind of fighter." Gran Torino explained.
"I see. My apologies." Tenya bowed.
"How are we doing this?" Tsuyu asked bluntly.
"You'll be going out in two groups with your partners." GT said. "Greenbean is with Chipmunk cheeks and Glasses is with Froggy."
"Chipmunk cheeks?!" Why did people make Ochako so self conscious on her round cheeks.
"What about you?" Izuku asked.
"I'll be walking around doing my own thing." The old man replied simply. "But while your out there, I want you all to think long and hard about this question." He then gave them his most serious face. "Why do you truly want to be a huntsman?" He then changed into a looney smile. "Have fun." He said before flying away.
That left the four of them alone.
Tenya as the leader took charge. "We should have each team take a certain amount of area and come back here by midnight as the latest."
The others agreed and the two sets of partners made their way into the soon to be moonlit city.
In hindsight, they would have been a lot more prepared if they had known the chaos that would ensue that night.
And that's all folks. Just in time for my one month limit. And I'm so excited that Volume 6 of RWBY is coming in literally a matter of days.
T
Name: Tsunagu Hakamata
Race: Human
B-day: April 23
Age: 35
Handedness: Right
Hair: Blonde
Eye Color: Dark Green
Blood type: AB
Height: 6' 3"
Gender: M
Semblance: Fiber Master: The man has absolute control over the fibers of his clothes and makes full of it using his weapon.
Weapon: Best Jeanist: His jacket that he has made with specially made fibers intertwined with metal wire.
Symbol: Patchwork Jeans
I hope ye enjoyed.