Immortālitās

Chapter Five

While U.A. is a school focusing on everything to do with Heroes, it does have touch of regularity in its curriculum.

For instance, we had Present Mic in the morning for English.

It isn't until mid-afternoon when we finally get to have our first Hero Basic Training course.

"I am!" We all looked at the door excitedly as All Might made his entrance, donning his Silver Age costume. "Coming through the door like an average person!"

So he's going to be our teacher for Hero Basic Training.

I'm excited.

"I will be teaching Hero Basic Training!" He posed with his fists on his hips, smiling at us. "It will be a class where you train in the basic skills of being a hero! Let's get right into it! Today you will be doing combat training!"

But that wasn't all!

"And to go with that!" He pointed at the wall as containers protruded from it. "Are the costumes made, based on your Quirk Registrations, and requests you sent in before school started!"

"Wow!" The class cheered.

I was excited as my costume paid respects to both of my parents.

I wore crimson red armor that the traditional Samurai used to wear, though I left out the armored gloves, sleeves, and helmet.

Not to say that I didn't have a helmet. I did.

The helmet I chose to wear is for my mother.

An iron half-helmet that covered the back of the head and half of my face. Two bull-like horns adorn the sides, curling down.

Underneath my armor I wore some fire resistant hakama pants, and a shitagi shirt. The hakama were cut-off right below the knee as they were held down by white medical tape. Also, fire resistant.

I didn't want to have any accidents where my clothes burned off and I were to be left in the nude.

That'd be embarrassing.

My trusty battle axe is strapped to my back.

"Ivan!" I looked towards Ochaco and froze. "You look so cool! You're like a Samurai and Viking wrapped into one!"

I continued to stare at her, admiring her costume.

"I should have been more descriptive with my costume," she said nervously. A slight blush on her cheeks. "I ended up getting a skintight bodysuit. I'm a little embarrassed."

I tried to ignore the way her costume hugged her in all the right ways. "I think you look great!" I cleared my throat. "Though I'm sure you could always ask for readjustments."

"This course is the best," I looked at the small kid who said that. He was openly staring at Ochaco.

I quietly growled at him, and he scattered away.

"Now!" All Might posed. "It's time for combat training!"

"Sensei!" Tenya rose his hand from within his white armor. "This is the same kind of arena from our practical exams, will we be conducting urban battles again?"

"No," All Might smiled, holding up two fingers. "We will be moving ahead by two steps! You will oftentimes take on villains outside, but if you look at the numbers, horrible villains appear indoors at higher rates. Truly intelligent villains hide within the shadows! You will be split into villains and heroes as you fight indoor battles two on two, but because this class has an odd number, one group will be three verses two."

"Without basic training?" Tsuyu asked.

"What better way is there to learn the basics than in real battles?" All Might smiled with his fist balled in front of him. "This time, however, you can't just beat up some robots."

Everyone started asking questions at the same time.

All Might answered them all. Even the silly ones.

"The situation is this," he pulled out a script. "The villains have hidden a nuclear weapon somewhere in their hideout. The heroes need to catch the villains, or get the nuclear weapon back in the allotted timeframe. The villains just need to protect the nuclear weapon the entire time, or catch the heroes."

He then pulled a box out of nowhere. "Teams will be determined by drawing lots!"

We all walked forward and took turns in taking a paper from the box.

I was placed on Team A with Ochaco.

"What are the odds?" I smiled at her. "I'll be counting you, Ochaco!"

"I should be saying the same to you!"

All Might magically procured two more boxes marked with "VILLAIN" and "HERO."

"The first two teams to fight will be," he reached into the boxes dramatically. "These ones! Team C will be the villains, and Team A will be the heroes! Everyone else, please make your way to the monitor room."

As everyone walked away, I looked towards team C. The perverted one, Minoru Mineta, was on it with Momo Yaoyorozu.

Perfect.

"Villain team," All Might instructed. "Go in first to set up! In five minutes, I will send the hero team in, and the battle will start! Do not be afraid to go all out, if things go too far, I will stop it."

"Yes, sir!" We responded.

I already had a plan formulating in my mind as we watched team C enter into the building.

"Ochaco," she turned towards me when I said her name. "I already have a plan, if you're willing to hear me out."

"Of course!" She smiled at me. "Take the lead, Ivan, I'll gladly back you up."

"Thanks for the confidence boost," I looked at the floorplan. "It'll take a moment to get this memorized, but I don't think we'll need to worry about whether or not they'll be ambushing us."

"Why is that?" Ochaco tilted her head.

"Would you agree that Momo is probably our biggest threat?" She nodded her head. "She'll more than likely take charge of their team, and I don't think she's going to have that much confidence in Minoru. His quirk doesn't seem to offer much offensively, and her quirk allows to create items, but I don't know to what extent. More than likely, she's going to choose to stay in the room with the bomb, and try to set-up as many defenses as possible. Does that make sense?"

"Absolutely!" She agreed, before looking at her floorplan. "It'll be easiest for them to defend the rooms with one main entrance, right? We'll probably want to go straight for those rooms first."

"You're taking the thoughts right out of my brain," I smiled at her. "The building has five floors, but if you look at the floorplan, only the second, fourth, and fifth floors have rooms with single entrances to them. The fifth floor only having one room with a single entrance."

"Do you think they'll be on the top floor?"

"I don't think so," I said shaking my head. "Even though it would make sense, considering it would take us the longest to reach that floor if we were to sweep every room, I think they'll be on the second floor. It's the quickest floor for them to get to, and it'll allow them more time to start setting up defenses."

"I'm glad that I was partnered up with you," she said before blushing. "I'd just hate to have to go against your strategic planning, is all."

"You're giving me confidence and compliments today?" I laughed. "Be careful, Ochaco, you're spoiling me."

She went to say something, but All Might beat her to it.

"Okay!" All Might's voice came in over loudspeakers. "Let the training session between team A and team C, begin!"

"Well, I usually prefer letting the ladies go first," I said as we strolled towards the building. "But I think in this case, I'll jump inside first."

I leapt into the building through an open window and checked my surroundings. "All clear," I said to Ochaco and she jumped in behind me.

"Your quirk allows you to manipulate the gravity on objects you touch, right?" I asked her.

"Yes, it does." She looked at me curiously.

"So, if you were to touch me," I started, walking closer to her. "You could make it so I could move faster, yeah?"

She nodded her head.

"Awesome," I said. I removed my battle axe and adjusted it to hang from my hip. I then turned around and pointed to my back. "Go ahead and hop on! Even though my quirk has regeneration properties, it gives me increased speed, strength, and stamina as well. If you were to make me lighter while carrying you, then we'll be able to move through the building quickly."

"I can't disagree with your logic," she said nervously while climbing onto my back. She then touched my shoulder. "You're good to go."

I adjusted my grip on her legs and then took off to where I knew the stairs were at.

"There are three rooms with single entrances on the second floor," I said while sprinting up the flight of stairs. I couldn't even hear my footsteps. "One down the hall and directly to the left of the stairs, and the other two down another corridor on the opposite side of the floor."

We reached the top of the stairs, and I continued to where the first room was at. I walked up to the door and we both listened for any kind of noises before I reached for the handle and lightly twisted it.

"I can't hear anything," I said turning my head slightly to look at Ochaco. "And the handle isn't giving me any resistance. Want to head for the next rooms, or look inside?"

"I think we should head for the next two rooms." I nodded and then took off once more.

We reached the end of the hall and took a right. This lead us through a large room that would take us to the other side of the floor. Upon reaching the next room, we heard a metal clanking noise.

"No, no, no!" I heard Minoru say just on the other side of the door.

I gave Ochaco a quick thumbs up, and moved to the end of the hallway where a window was located.

She released her quirk as I placed her back onto the floor, and I opened the window to look at the side of the building.

Perfect.

"The room that they're in has two windows," I looked at Ochaco with a sly smile. "Lucky for us! There's a ledge that wraps around the building at this height.

I climbed out onto the ledge first, and then helped Ochaco to do the same.

Chivalry isn't dead you know?

We crept our way over until we reached the first window, and I stealthily peered inside

"Momo and Minoru are on the opposite side of the room by the door," I relayed to Ochaco. "The noise we heard by the door was from Momo. It appears that she created a metal frame, and is now blocking the door off. Minoru is just standing there watching."

I growled as I saw exactly what he was doing while standing there.

"What's wrong?" Ochaco asked, concerned.

"It's nothing," I sighed. "I just need to teach Minoru some manners, is all. You ready to win?"

She quickly nodded her head, a determined look in her eyes.

"I'm going to smash through the window and make a mad dash towards Momo and Minoru in order to distract them," I climbed onto the window hanging and gave Ochaco a thumbs up. "I want you to be hot on my heels when we break-in, that way you can make your own mad dash towards the weapon."

"But you're faster than I am," she questioned me. "Shouldn't you run for the weapon?"

"Ah," I rubbed the back of my helmet with a sheepish smile. "I'm being kind of selfish. I really want to teach Minoru some manners. I hope you don't mind, Ochaco?"

She giggled before shaking her head. "Your plan is fine, Ivan."

"Then let's get this show on the road!"

I kicked off the building and used my arms to swing me towards the window. The glass gave way, as it shattered upon impact, and I used the energy from the swing to roll back onto my feet to run at our two enemies. I smiled to myself as I felt Ochaco's presence leave me. She didn't even hesitate to follow me through the broken window, and was on her way towards the weapon.

I was upon Minoru and Momo in seconds, and neither of them seemed to be caught up after our entrance.

Minoru just started reaching for his head when I got to him.

I punched him in the face. Hard.

"That's what you get, you little pervert!"

He was out like a light.

I ducked as Momo swung a black staff at me, but I grabbed the staff just as it passed my right shoulder and pulled her towards me. Her eyes widened, not expecting my quick reflexes or sudden burst of strength. She had no time to react as the quick shift in energy tripped up her footing, and she stumbled towards me.

I grabbed her by the throat and slammed her into the ground just as Ochaco reached the weapon.

"Hero team wins!"

"Both Ochaco and young Ivan are the MVPs for this round!" All Might exclaimed in the round's review period. "Can anyone tell me how they made it look so easy?"

"Yes, Sensei!" Tenya raised his hand. "From the very beginning of the match, both Ivan and Ochaco displayed great teamwork! They were able to deduce where the villains would be hiding, and acted very quickly after discovering them. Whereas Momo and Minoru displayed no teamwork at all. Momo took over leadership at the beginning, but then put no trust in her teammate's abilities. Though Minoru did her no favors by just standing around the entire time."

"You are correct!" All Might placed his fists on his hips and smiled. "Young Ivan and Ochaco displayed the most beautiful teamwork I have ever witnessed by trainee heroes! You should all strive to have that kind of chemistry with your partner! In doing so, you will all be one step closer to being true heroes!"

I threw my arm around Ochaco's shoulders and smiled as everyone looked at us. She gave everyone a peace sign while I opted for a simple thumbs up.

"All right everyone!" All Might gathered everyone's attention again. "Let's change locations and start the second match! I expect you all to think hard on what we just talked about as we go into the net rounds!"

"Yes, sir!"

I looked down at Ochaco before we followed after All Might. "You did great! I'm glad we got to team up!"

"It's like All Might said," she looked up at me. "We have great chemistry! I-I-I mean teamwork!"

I laughed as she turned red.

"I suppose we do," I took a moment to lift her pink blinder before poking her in the forehead. "You'll be a great pro her someday."

"I-Ivan."

We both stared at each other for a moment, and it felt like our faces were slowly getting closer before All Might called for us to catch up and broke the spell.

Ochaco's face instantly turned bright red. "I-I suppose we should catch up to them!"

"Yeah," I felt a little sad. "I guess we should."

Though I definitely wasn't prepared for when Ochaco reached up and quickly kissed me on the cheek.

She ran forward as I reached up to touch my face, I think I was the one blushing this time.

"Thank you for believing in me, Ivan." She stopped to say, looking at me before she took off again.

I smiled before running to catch up.

I will always believe in you.

Hello, friends! Look at this blossoming relationship. Ah, young love. But thank you for reading this chapter! I hope you enjoyed it and I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

TTFN.