Hayai couldn't help but sigh at how insistent the media was. It was 7:40 AM when he arrived at the gates outside U.A. High School and the media reporters were already at the entrance ambushing students for an interview. After the news broke out about the Number one Hero, that All Might became a teacher at U.A. the media have been quite aggressive on the way they were getting their facts and information. Hayai contemplated whether to just activate his quirk just to speed past them, but he eventually decided against it. If he was going to be a hero, he would need to learn how to handle interviews correctly.
"Mr.! Mr.!" Called out a brown-haired woman, who was wearing a dark blue blazer with matching pants, she also had a yellow band wrapped on her left arm with the letters HNA. "How are All Might's classes?" She asked as the entire media swarmed around Hayai, who was expecting this question but actually didn't know how to answer it correctly. "Honestly, we only had one class with All Might so far so I might not be able to answer you to your complete satisfaction." He said while scratching the back of his sheepishly, "But, so far he is quite kinetic with his teachings, having a battle trial on the first time we had class was quite a change of pace."
"I need to go to my class now; I am missing a lot of my reading time." He said as he turned around to continue his walk to the entrance. The media were about to ask some more when they noticed more students walking and decided to ambush them instead, giving Hayai the window of opportunity to escape. When he finally crossed the entrance, under the safety of the U.A. barrier system, Hayai let out a sigh of relief as he looked back at the media crew. He wasn't a sociable person, he actually didn't have a lot of friends back at junior high, opting instead to study and practicing his unique quirk. He wasn't an introvert, but it didn't mean that he was an extrovert either, he was just in the middle. Someone who isn't good with crowds, but not socially awkward also. Hayai just sighed at the thought, if he was going to be a hero he needs to figure out how to handle crowds like the mass media or fans if he was gonna have any.
Deciding that those thoughts were too distracting, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small book with a red cover. 'Mystery at Dover, I don't remember buying this book' He thought as he read the title, 'I don't even remember a book like this.'. Shrugging, he opened the book and held it in his left hand, reading it while walking to the classroom. While some would say it's dangerous to read while walking, Hayai miraculously discovered the art on how to avoid people when distracted. 'Just move forward and let the others adjust.' he thought, as he continued his way to his classroom. True to his thoughts, he didn't have to be too careful when reading while walking, moving only forwards made the others adjust for him, he only raised his head slightly for a corner and climbing the stairs. A simple yet effective way of how to do things while walking, after a few more minutes he finally stopped at the huge door of his classroom. Closing his book he opened the door, revealing the yet to be filled up classroom, "Yo," he said with lazy voice and lazy wave similar to yesterday.
Moving to his seat, he placed the bag down and sat down, only to continue his reading. "For someone so fast you are quite lazy." A voice said, interrupting his reading, Hayai raised his head and turned it to the source of the voice, which was Fumikage looking at him from his seat. "You are not the first to say that." He said with a small laugh, "People always assume that I am really active and outgoing, which I am the complete opposite of." Hearing that Fumikage couldn't help but agree with him, "It's like what they say, 'Don't judge a book by its cover'." He said after which a loud noise was heard from outside, they both stood up to look through the window. Steel barriers blocked the entrance and fortified the walls, indicating that the sensors detected someone trying to get inside the campus without a pass. "Those media crews are quite insistent on getting their answers," Fumikage said making Hayai nod, "Even though I told them that we only had one class with All Might so war they still ambushed people for interviews." He said in reply. Before they could continue their comments and opinions on the mass media, the bell rang signaling the start of homeroom, making them return to their seats.
"Good work on yesterday's combat training, I saw the video and results." Shota Aizawa, their homeroom teacher said on the podium in front of the class, before turning to Katsuki, "Bakugo, you're talented so don't like a kid. And Midoriya, You settled it by breaking your arm again, huh?" he said as he picked up a piece of paper, reading it, "As long as you fix the control issue, there's a lot you'll be able to do." He then turned to Hayai, "Jinsoku," He began, making Hayai look at him, "Good thinking on having a way to make those blades of yours blunt, avoided hurting people in the process." Making Hayai nod at him in appreciation. "Now let's get down to homeroom business. Sorry about the late notice, but today I'll have you..." He began, pausing for a moment, worrying the class about another 'special test'. "...Decide on a class representative." He finished making the class have looks and sighs of relief at an 'Actually normal school activity.'
'And let the chaos begin.' Hayai thought as he watched the entire class descend into chaos with almost everyone shouting about wanting to become class representative and what they want to enact as representative. 'Isn't he gonna do something about this?' Hayai thought while looking at Shota who was paying the chaos no mind and opted to pick up his sleeping bag which made Hayai sigh, 'Looks like I have to take matters into my own hands.' reaching for his pocket, he picked up five small metal balls in the size of a marble, activating the second level of Tetranicus he let the balls fly, rushing to everyone shouting in the class. "Ouch!" "Who did that?" "Kuso!" The ones hit by the balls asked as they rubbed their foreheads or the part of the head that Hayai hit. "Alright, this is not going anywhere," Hayai said, making everyone turn to him, noticing the five balls returning to Hayai floating around his head, realized who just hit them. "Now that everyone is now shutting up, Iida you can proceed to your suggestion." He said as he noticed how Tenya's face said that he wanted to say something. "A-ah thank you Jinsoku-san," Tenya said surprised, making Hayai give him a lazy thumbs up. "To know the one most suited at the job, how about we hold an election. I know that we haven't known each other that much yet, and everyone might just vote for themselves. This makes the one elected the most suitable as they gained the trust of almost strangers." He suggested before turning to Shota, who was already in his sleeping bag, zipping it up. "What do you think Aizawa-sensei?"
"I don't care, as long as you decide before homeroom is over."
"Huh, it looks like I am the class rep," Hayai said, genuinely surprised, he didn't expect to win the election, after all, he looked like someone too lazy and would dodge responsibilities like they were bullets. He observed the election results and was more surprised at the number of votes he had.
Jinsoku Hayai - 5 votes,
Yaoyoruzu Momo - 3 votes,
Midoriya Izuku - 2 votes.
"What did you expect after handling the class with ease?" Fumikage said, ignoring the fuming Katsuki who was shouting about how Izuku had more votes than him. "Nothing really, the funny thing is I actually didn't vote for myself," Hayai said, rubbing the back of his face sheepishly, this caused to everyone near him to look at him with wide eyes. "W-wait, so who did you vote for?" Ochako asked, finally getting the shock out of her system. "Deputy class rep over there," Hayai answered pointing at thumb at Momo, "Jinsoku, Yaoyoruzu, walk to the front please," Shota said,
"They will be the leaders of this class, so follow them with no hesitation since you voted for them." He continued in a lazy tone, "We will assign other officers after the lunch break."
Hayai was next seen eating lunch at the Lunch Rush Cafeteria, unlike yesterday however he wasn't eating alone. To his left was Fumikage, after their interactions earlier in the classroom, they decided to eat together when they noticed how both of them didn't have anyone to eat with. His bird-headed companion was eating a beef bowl, a bowl of rice with beef on it. In front of him, and across his bowl of pork ramen was Momo, who was eating with them to discuss with Hayai on what he was planning as class representative. They were sidetracked however and were discussing a different topic, which made her the boys' source of curiosity and surprise. "When I was wondering what your quirk's drawback was I didn't expect that," Hayai said after finishing his ramen, to which Momo raised an eyebrow, "Drawback? It's not really that, more like how my quirk actually works." She said as she also finished her meal. "Speaking of drawbacks what's yours Jinsoku-san.?" Fumikage asked, curiosity evident in his tone. "Drawbacks? well, I have several actually since my quirk is a mix of my parents like Todoroki-san." He began, moving to a thinking pose, "For one, continued use of my quirk would strain my body and well my head. If I were to continually lift heavy objects with my ferrokinesis, I would get a headache, and pushing it further would cause me to lose consciousness."
"There's also the fact that my ability to predict movements is instinctual if there too many enemies with too many movements I might need to pause for a moment to actually process the information completely. The last one being my diamonds spinning once, signifying that I predicted of movements." He finished as they both raised an eyebrow on the last drawback. "How would the last one be a drawback?" Fumikage asked, to which Momo nodded in agreement, "They spin too fast for anyone to notice and change their movement in the middle of a fight."
Hayai was expecting the question, so he just smiled, and explained, "As I said it's instinctual if we are too just stand and stare at each other I would still try to predict movement causing my diamonds to spin. So if we were too-" Just as he was about to finish his explanation, an alarm went off causing everyone to stop what they were doing. "There has been a Level 3 security breach, all students please evacuate promptly." a voice from the speaker said, causing everyone in the lunchroom to hurry to the exits. "We need to mov- Wait where's Jinsoku-san?" Momo asked as they stood up from their seats, she turned to Fumikage who just pointed at the direction of the windows where Hayai was looking through.
They approached Hayai, who turned around and saw them, "Yaoyoruzu-san, can you make a megaphone?" he asked when they reached the hearing range, "I can but why?" She asked confused about what Hayai was asking in a situation like this. "Look." He said as he pointed at the window, causing them to look through it and realize the situation. The barrier at the entrance was broken and the press was storming inside the campus like moths to a flame. "We need to stop the panic, they are gonna cause a stampede if they don't realize that it was the press trespassing." He finished as he began to run to the exit while reaching for his pocket. He pulled out the same metal balls that he used to quiet down the class earlier and threw them to the air. Bending the metals to form symbals, he thrust his arm making the symbals fly above the crowd. "Jinsoku-san!" Momo shouted as she threw the newly created megaphone towards Hayai, turning his body to the left, he caught the megaphone with his left hand and clenched his right to fist. Causing the symbals to collide with each other and create a loud noise that stopped the crowd, "Everyone calm down! It's just the media who trespassed look through the windows!" Hayai said through the megaphone which amplified his voice. This made everyone look at him first at surprise then through to windows, confirming what Hayai said to them. "Alright, everyone lets move in an orderly manner. Your panic almost caused a stampede that could've hurt someone." Hayai instructed, making many in the crowd sigh in relief when they realized they were safe before moving in an orderly manner, the complete opposite of what happened moments ago.
"And you still question why were you made class rep?" A voice called out behind him making him turn to see a smirking Fumikage and smiling Momo. Hayai opened his mouth to say something, but stopped and instead smiled at them. The sounds of sirens alerted them of the police's arrival, making many in the hallway cheer as the mass media were escorted outside. The sound of footsteps alerted them of someone approaching them, they turned around to see who it was and was surprised when it was Tenya approaching them. He stopped a considerable distance before them before bowing to Hayai. "Good job Jinsoku-san, your quick thinking and calmness made you able to calm down the crowd before I could, making you more fitting as class representative and superior than me," he said, surprising the trio. "Superior?" Hayai began with a small laugh before smiling, "No Iida-san I am not superior to you."
He grabbed his shoulder and made him stop his bowing, "I want everyone in the class to see and respect each other as equals, I may be the class representative but my task is to lead not be superior. I may have stopped the problem today I might not be able to tomorrow. A mistake today can be corrected for tomorrow, that's my motto." He said before raising an open hand asking for a handshake, "Equals?" he asked to the now astonished Tenya who was looking at him a mouthing gaping. Tenya then quickly recovered himself and grabbed Hayai's hand, "Equals." Tenya confirmed as they shook hands, 'I may not be class representative, but I will follow your lead gladly Jinsoku-san.'
When Shota announced that they were gonna have rescue training with him together with All Might and another person, Hayai couldn't help but wonder how he was gonna use his skills in class. His fighting style was focused on fighting and neutralizing villains, it was always been that ever since he decided to become a hero. While his blades could protect allies that protection was limited to anything that the blades could block. 'Well, its the point of this training I guess.' Hayai thought as he fixed the black fingerless gloves he was wearing, something that he decided to add on his attire. He was sitting on a bench waiting for the others to get ready since they were busy talking about how excited they were for the exercise and how they would be the best. His blades were attached to the holders in his cloak, three on each side making him look like he had wings.
The sounds of an engine alerted Hayai of the bus's arrival, coincidently at the same time that more of his class was going out. Turning to the footsteps he saw his new friend Fumikage approaching him, wearing the same costume he wore during yesterday's battle training. After an exchange of nods, Fumikage sat down next to him on the bench. "Where's your mask?" The bird-headed boy asked as he made himself comfortable on the bench. This made Hayai raised an eyebrow, did the mask fit him so well that his new friend thought it was part of his costume. "It was a one-time thing." He said, answering the question, "It was only to fit in being the villains during the exercise."
This made Fumikage chuckle slightly, "The mask did add to the intimidation when I and Asui-san first encountered you. It also didn't help that we couldn't see your face making it harder for us to see what you were planning." This made Hayai put his hand to his chin again, moving to a thinking pose. The points that Fumikage said were true, when he collapsed the first hallway, he saw how Tsuyu and Fumikage froze for a moment giving him time to finish what he was doing. "It's useful in combat, but might backfire as a hero." Hayai concluded, "The important thing is to make the people feel safe while you are saving them. If I were to wear the mask it might scare the people also."
"You know, you seem really passionate about being a hero, you always have something to say about what hero should be." Fumikage said, looking at Hayai, "What's the reason for you to become a hero?" This surprised Hayai, he didn't expect to be questioned his reasons, and his isn't really a strong reason to be one in his opinion. "I don't know really." Hayai began as he looked to the sky, "I wanted to become a hero to honor my parents... But with them being dead I don't know my goal anymore. I only know what a hero should be by observing real ones, and by reading books and stories." This made Fumikage nod in understanding, many people don't really have a set goal in their lives. Some do jobs to find out that goal, going on to adventures to see the world and to find their calling in life. " I think everyone is here." He said making Hayai check on the others, counting everyone to be sure.
He moved his head from left to right, looking for a person before he found him. "Iida! Can you come here for a minute?" He called out to the suited Tenya near the bus, making him move quickly to the class representative. "What is it do you need Jinsoku-san?" He asked once he reached the dark-haired duo. "Have everyone form lines to the bus, make it so that the ones with costumes that take up space like mine and yours be at the area where there's the most space," Hayai instructed as he stood up from the bench stretching his body a little. Tenya nodded and moved to the bus to do what he was instructed to do. "Why did you have Iida-san call everyone?" Fumikage asked as he also stood from the bench. "I can't make my voice too loud, most of the time it makes my throat hurts," Hayai answered as he began to walk towards the bus, "Come on, let's get to the bus before the good seats are taken."
When Tsuyu mentioned how Izuku's quirk was similar to All Might's, Hayai couldn't help but agree. They were seated on the bus, many were seated with some friends while the ones with space-consuming costumes like his due to his blades and Tenya with his suit. While Eijiro had a point about how Izuku's quirk harms him while All Might's doesn't he couldn't help but get curious. "Midoriya-san, how does your quirk actually work? When you activate it your hand seems to glow with power, is it a power boost of some sort?" he asked to a now seemingly relieved Izuku, "A-actually I am not sure how does my quirk work... When I first used it, I damaged my body... Which prompted me to not show it during junior high.." Izuku answered Hayai noticed the difficulty that he had in his explanation. It was like he wasn't sure about what he was saying, but Hayai took it as his lack of understanding in his quirk.
"Power boost or not, it's nice to have a simple augmenting type quirk. You could do some flashy stuff." Eijiro said, raising his arm and activating his quirk. "My Hardening is strong against others but it, unfortunately, doesn't look like much." Hayai nodded at that, flashy moves were what gave heroes their popularity. Something that could be used to attract agencies to work with and be someone that people could recognize as someone strong and able to protect them. "Well if you are talking about flashy and strong, it's gonna be the class rep, Todoroki and Bakugo huh?" Eijoro said surprising Hayai, but paid it little mind, opting to look at the window to see were going, ignoring the argument that was occurring.
"We are here. Stop messing around." Shota said, standing from the front seat of the bus holding on to a pole.
"Everyone, I have been waiting for you." The Space Hero Thirteen greeted Class 1-A as they stepped outside the bus, getting murmurs of surprise from them with Izuku explaining who the hero was all the while fanboying with Ochacho. She was wearing a bulky white spacesuit with white eyes on the black helmet with a pair of yellow boots. 'Huh, it seems like Thirteen is the other person that Aizawa-sensei mentioned.' Hayai thought with his arms crossed while giving a nod when the class greeted her, 'Don't know who I was expecting when sensei announced that we were having rescue training.' Shrugging, he walked with the class as they followed the pro hero inside the massive dome-like building, all the while wondering what they were doing there. Once they arrived, they were greeted by an amazing sight.
A large central plaza that was connected to several two massive blue and red domes and three areas with ruins, mountains, and earth on it. If Hayai was correct the entrance, where they were right now, was to the north, with the first zone being to the northeast. It was massive, full of ruins and destroyed buildings and skyscrapers. The ruins made it that moving was difficult, making anyone that relied on mobility have a disadvantage in the area. Located ahead of it, in the east, was a massive pile of earth that resembled a landslide. With the massive pile blocking his view, he turned to the zone directly in front of them, in the south. A pair of massive mountains with one taller than the other, the rough terrain and its height made it difficult to climb. To their right were two massive domes, with the one farther from them being red and the one to their immediate right being blue. The red one had patterns that resembled flames in a lighter shade of red while the blue one had rain clouds in a dark blue with the occasional streak of light blue that reminded Hayai of lightning. There was also a large body of water in between the domes, it had something that resembled a massive water slide and a cruise boat in the middle of the water. All in all, it looked li-
"Wow! It looks like Universal Studios Japan!" Eijiro said, saying what the entire class was thinking. "A shipwreck, a landslide, a fire, a windstorm, et cetera," Thirteen began, raising both of her arms to the side, "It is a training ground I made with different types of accidents and disasters. It is called the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, or "USJ" for short!" She finished proudly getting blank looks from the entire class as they said "It really is USJ..." in unison.
"Thirteen, where's All Might?" Shota said walking towards Thirteen, at this point, Hayai ignored their conversation and opted to instead look around the now named "USJ,". With his position in the middle of the class and his tall stature, he was able to see all the zones, all the while thinking about what he can do in each one. He continued this until he heard Thirteen about to give a speech to the class. "Everyone, I am sure you know about my quirk, Black Hole. I can suck up anything and turn it into dust." She began, as Ochacho was nodding her head up and down enthusiastically. "You have been able to use that Quirk to save people from disasters, right?" Izuku asked,
"Yes, but it is a power that can kill easily." Thirteen answered, causing many to look at her at surprise, "Some of you have quirks like that, right? In a superhero society, personal quirks have been certified and stringently regulated, so that doesn't seem to be a problem at first glance. However, please don't forget that there are many quirks that can kill easily with one wrong step." She continued as she began to list out all the tests they did with Shota and All Might and how they helped develop their quirks. "This class is a fresh start, you shall learn how to use your quirks to save people's lives. You do not have powers so you can harm others. I hope you can leave here with the understanding that you have powers in order to help others. That is all, thank you for listening." She finished with a bow, receiving cheers from the class.
"All right then, first-" Shota began but stopped as sparks of electricity were heard and the lights suddenly turned off. The water fountain in the plaza was turning on and off before suddenly a spiral formed before turning into a dark fog. It was black in color with a purple outline, it then expanded at a speed like an explosion into something that resembled the upper part of a human body with yellow eyes. A deathly pale hand then emerged from the fog, grabbing a part of it, to reveal someone with messy grayish-blue hair and red eyes, a zombie-like grayish-blue colored embalmed hand, holding on to his face like a mask.
When the homeroom teacher of the class of young heroes realized the situation, his eyes narrowed as he looked to his class. "Gather together and don't move!" Shota ordered causing them to look at him in confusion, he turned to Thirteen and raised a protective hand to the students, "Thirteen, protect the students." Further confusing the class, frowning, Hayai activated the third level of Tetranicus and looked to the plaza. His eyes widened in surprise as the diamonds in his eyes spun once, signifying a set of movement predicted. "Movement in the plaza, coming from the fog!" Hayai exclaimed, surprise evident in his voice. "Don't move!" Shota said as he wore his yellow goggles, and more people emerged from the fog along with a massive humanoid black-skinned monster with multiple scars, its brain was visible only having eyes that gave of a maniacal face. "Those are villains." This shocked the class, their third day in training to become a hero and already contact with villains?
While the class was talking about how the villains were able to get inside the facility, Hayai was appeared to be spacing out. His eyes were shifting from left to right, looking at the horde of villains down the stairs. The diamonds spun, as he finished gathering information, coincidently at the same time that Shota ordered the evacuation of students. "Sensei, if you are planning what I feel like you are going to do, I want you to know that there are at least twenty villains down there," Hayai said as he deactivated level three to level two. "Sensei you are fighting by yourself?" Izuku asked surprised, "But with Eraser Head's fighting style, a frontal battle is..."
"You can't be a hero with just one trick." Shota answered surprising Izuku, "I'm leaving it to you Thirteen." With this, he leaped from his position up the stairs down it, rushing to the crowd of villains with his capture weapon on hand. While their homeroom teacher was buying time the rest of the class were evacuating the area, "Midoriya! Move, it is not a time for analysis." Hayai called out to an observing Izuku who only had part of his body turned while his head was looking at the impressive display of their teacher. Hearing Hayai, he turned around to catch up with the rest of the class, all rushing to get to the exit with Thirteen in front. Midway across the bridge to the exit, another dark cloud formed on the floor before it rose with fast speed and formed a small wall, with a small head and yellow eyes. "I won't let you." the villain said as he finished forming, "Nice to meet you. We are the League of Villains. It may be presumptuous of us but we have invited ourselves into the home of heroes, U.A. High School..."
'Nice to know that we are fighting someone polite,' Hayai thought, as he shifted into a battle stance and activating level three. "...In order to have All Might, the Symbol of Peace, take his last breath." The villain continued making Hayai frown, 'Nevermind...'. "I believe All Might should have been here, has there been some kind of change? Well, that is neither here or there. This is the part I am to play." Thirteen opened a cap in her right glove as she raised it to use her quirk, but stopped as Eijiro and Katsuki leaped and attacked the villain, causing a massive explosion and a cloud of dust. "Did you consider that you'd get beaten by us before you did it?" Eijiro said as he and Katsuki waited for the results of their attack. "Oh dear, that's dangerous." The cloud of smoke cleared to reveal the villain, appearing to not be affected by the impressive attack. "That's right. Even if you are students, you are excellent golden eggs."
"No, move away you two!" Thirteen ordered to the two students in front of their formation. "My job is to scatter you all and torture you to death!" as he said that, dark tendrils erupted from his body and surrounded the students, as the wind caused the students to struggle to keep their footing. The number of tendrils that emerged caused Hayai to pause for a moment to process the information, causing him to lose his footing and be blown away.
"Quite convenient that the two people with cloaks were sent to this zone," Hayai said as he cracked his knuckles, with his blades floating from their holders to float behind him. "You are quite calm given our situation," Fumikage said as they stood back to back in a middle of an intersection in the Squal Zone, surrounded by villains. "You are no different either." Hayai replied as his eyes shifted from left to right, "We need to regroup with the others, with the amount of darkness in this zone you quirk would be strong enough to plow our way to the exit." Fumikage nodded to this, after their talk during lunchtime, they had better grasp with each other's quirk making working together easier. "You kids sure are cocky!" One of the villains said, holding his fist. "Not cocky, just confident," Hayai stated calmly as he moved into a stance, his body facing to the right, his knees bent a little with his right leg behind the other. His left hand was clenched to a fist raised to a position to protect his face while his right was open with his fingers folded to the bottom knuckle positioned on his waist.
The stance for one of his fighting styles, the "Interceptor" a style that was designed for responding to enemy attacks and intercepting them, while his blades protected his unguarded flanks. The style took advantage of his ability to predict movement, making it a strong defense. Seeing his friend's readiness, Fumikage decided to start the fight, activating his quirk, Dark Shadow emerged from his cloak, with a shout of "Got it!" the shadowy monster crashed one of the villains into a nearby wall, effectively knocking him out. This made the other villains take a moment to pause in shock at how one of them was knocked out by a kid, taking advantage of their hesitation, Fumikage commanded Dark Shadow once more. "Knock them out!" He commanded, making dark shadow move from the villain it knocked out to the other ones, grabbing one and crashing her to another.
The villains on Hayai's side, not wanting to see defeat charged at him, with the one in the middle coming at him with a left hook. With his diamonds spinning once he raised his left index finger, Hayai's blades became blunt before rushing against the ones to the sides, knocking them out. With the one in the middle in striking range, Hayai intercepted his attack, grabbing the left hook with his palmed hand with blur making speed, making the villain widen his eyes. After grabbing the hand, he punched the villain in his stomach with his left, knocking the air out of him. He then spun around and hit him with the side of his right arm, knocking him to the ground.
Turning his head to Fumikage to see how he was doing, he gave a nod as he vanished in a blur after his blades returned to their holders in the back of his cloak. Hayai then 'reappeared' further down the street to the exit of the zone to punch another villain on the cheek, knocking him out. The diamonds spun again, making Hayai look to the left to see a volley of snowballs aimed at him, he prepared to block it with his blades before stopping when he saw another set of movement.
Dark Shadow crash into the volley to stop it before crushing into the villain, knocking her out. The shadowy bird returned to the side of Fumikage when he arrived at the area, to be greeted by a Hayai that was staring blankly at the villain. "Seriously? Snowballs? These guys are like cannon fodder." Hayai said as he made a pushing motion to his right, making the blades on that side to crash into a building where some villains were preparing to attack from. "They might be people that are lost but were given light in the darkness," Fumikage said as he ordered dark shadow to knock another villain out, "Perhaps," Hayai agreed as he looked to the massive door that signified the exit, "Come on we are almost there." Moving his floating blades to their holders again, he turned to his friend, "I'll clear our path, take out any stranglers that I leave." Receiving a nod in agreement from him, he then vanished to clear their path.
Like a blur, Hayai moved in a zigzag, knocking villains along the way. With his cloak, he looked like a streak of cerulean blue moving from left to right. Seeing his opportunity to move, Fumikage ran the now littered street, commanding dark shadow to knock out anyone that Hayai missed. The streets were littered of knocked out villains and some debris from destroyed buildings. Seeing that they were finally on the clear, Fumikage deactivated his quirk, retracting Dark Shadow to his body. When he arrived at the entrance he was greeted by a panting Hayai that was holding on to the wall.
"Looks like you overdid it," Fumikage remarked as he watched Hayai catch his breath. "Overdid... is an understatement,..." Hayai replied before finally catching his breath, "Use Dark Shadow to open the door, we need to get out of here." He continued as he pointed to the massive door that served as both the entrance and exit.
"Kuso, you really are cool... Eraser Head." The villain identified as Shigaraki Tomura said as he turned around to look at Shota, who was being pinned down to the ground by a massive monster called Nomu. After Shota took down most of the villains in the plaza, he faced off against what he presumed to be their leader. To only be pushed back after his elbow started to crumble. After being corrected by Tomura on who the 'Final Boss' was, he was quickly taken down by Nomu, after which Tamura took the time to explain who the massive monster was. A bioengineered beast, designed to be the counter to the Symbol of Peace, The Anti-Symbol of Peace Nomu.
Afterwhich the dark fog like villain now identified as Kurogiri arrived to inform Tomura how one of the students managed to escape his hold. Causing Tomura to act maniacally for a moment before deciding to smash All Might's pride as the Symbol of Peace, by killing all of Class 1-A. Which lead to their situation right now. An Eraser Head that was effectively knocked out of the fight, what appeared to be the leader holding on to Tsuyu's face, and an Izuku and Minoru unable to move from their shock.
"Dark Shadow!" "Got it!"
Fumikage's partner smashed into Tomura, pushing him off of Tsuyu and into the middle part of the plaza. The sound of blades soaring through the air accompanied by the roars of Nomu sounded the arrival of Hayai, as he pushed removed the monstrous villain's hold on Shota. "Asui, Mineta, get Aizawa-sensei out of here now!" Hayai called out as he ordered his blades to return to his back, "Tokoyami, Midoriya, we will cover their retreat," He continued as he went to his stance, "We don't need to beat them, just buy enough time." Hearing his orders, Tsuyu and Minoru grabbed Shota, only to pause when they heard Nomu rising up again.
"For a kid, you are quite level headed." Tomura commented as he brushed the dirt off him, "But how can you beat something designed to destroy the Symbol of Peace!" Their only response was to move in front of Tsuyu and Minoru, forming a defensive wall with Fumikage and Dark Shadow to the right, Izuku on the left and Hayai and his blades in the middle. 'I may be looking level headed right now, but we might not make it out of this.' Hayai thought as he grimaced, 'That Nomu guy sure is heavy, I feel a headache forming from forcing my blades to push him.'
'What we need now is a mira-' His thoughts were cut off when the entrance USJ exploded open, creating a cloud of dust and smoke that alerted everyone in the area. When Hayai turned to look at the area, he activated Tetranicus level three and tried to see who was coming. When the diamonds spun and Hayai processed the information, he smiled, 'Looks like we got our miracle.'
The cloud of smoke and dust slowly disappeared and revealed a familiar tall and muscular man. Much to the joy of the proud heroes in training and to the ire of the villains present and recognized the figure. "All Might!" the students at the entrance exclaimed, joy and relief evident in their voice. The Number one Hero, the Symbol of Peace, All Might, slowly walked through the cloud, each step screaming confidence and safety for anyone around to witness. " I had a bad feeling, so I tore myself away from my chat with the principal and came." All Might said as he observed the situation with every step he took, " I passed Young Iida on my way and got a rough idea on what happened."
The hero then grimaced as he finally reached the edge of the stairway, "But that is why I must proudly say-" He stomped the ground as he ripped the blue tie of his attire, "It's fine now, I am here!"
"I've been waiting, hero, you trash of society," Tomura said, as he watched All Might's entrance. In a burst of speed, the Number one Hero knocked out the remaining villains in the plaza, before arriving at their location. Once he arrived, he noticed an unconscious Shota laying on the ground, his injuries, sticking out like a sore thumb. "Everyone, go to the entrance. I'm leaving Aizawa-kun to you." All Might ordered as he prepared to fight the villains, this was received by an "Hai" from Minoru and a "Ribbit" from Tsuyu as they moved to pick up Shota, "All Might, they said that that thing was designed to destroy you." Hayai said as he pointed at Nomu, "I may be a student I would like to advise caution against it."
"It's fine Young Jinsoku, if it may ease your worries you can stay within supporting distance if you wish." All Might said with a victory sign and his iconic smile. Hearing this made Hayai turn to Fumikage as they exchange nods, "Tokoyami and I will stay behind, the rest of you get Aizawa-sensei out of here." He ordered as he turned to look at them, hearing this made Izuku hesitate a little as he looked at All Might, but after a nod of agreement from the Pro-Hero, he proceeded to evacuate their fallen Homeroom teacher.
"Carolina Smash!" With a loud shout, All Might dived towards Tomura, with his arms crossed into an "X". Only to be intercepted by Nomu who moved in front of Tomura after his command. The attack was unable to do any damage, as all the momentum and force in the attack was absorbed, Nomu then moved to grab All Might, who quickly dodged it by bending his back. "It seriously has no effect at all, huh?!" All Might said as he pulled back his right arm before punching the monstrous villain on the stomach, still not able to do any damage. "In that case-" Another punch, now aimed to the face was thrown against Nomu before being quickly followed up by another punch with his right. Nomu opened his mouth and squawked like a bird, before moving to attack All Might who dodged again, "It doesn't work on his face either, huh?!"
On the sidelines, watching the battle Hayai couldn't help but frown. While All Might's attack was powerful, it didn't seem to affect Nomu that much. Like the one that All Might launched after Tomura explained how to defeat Nomu that created a cloud of dust and smoke. He had Shock Absorbtion as his quirk, rendering all attacks from All Might to be useless as it absorbs the shocks produced by physical attacks. Hayai also noticed how Nomu didn't seem to talk, and how unhuman the way that all of his brains was spewing out of his head. 'They said that Nomu was designed to beat All Might...' Hayai thought, 'If we based on logic then... Nomu must be an experiment.' Hayai knew he was maybe going overboard with his ideas, after all, he didn't even have proof that Nomu was an experiment, only basing on logic and his observations on Nomu's behavior. How Tomura seemed to be commanding what Nomu when he ordered him to intercept the Carolina Smash from All Might.
Deciding to focus on their situation right now, he opted to close off those thoughts and activated his quirk, the pupil in his eye shifting then morphing into the three diamonds of the third level of his quirk. The diamonds spun as he predicted movement coming from the smoke, Hayai turned to Fumikage who was also observing the fight. "Tokoyami, let's go!" Commanding his blades off their holders on his cloak, he made them dive against the cloud of dust and smoke, hoping to help All Might if what he predicted was correct. The cloud of dust slowly disappeared to reveal Nomu restraining All Might with the help of Kurogiri. All Might was bleeding, with Nomu digging into his body. "Is... that how it is?" The Symbol of Peace slowly said as he struggled against the combined suppression of the two villains.
The sound of blades soaring through the air alerted them of intervention from the others, turning to it they saw Hayai's blades diving on to them, hoping to help the Pro-Hero that desperately needed it. This attack was however intercepted by Kurogiri as he created another warp gate to take the blade's in and change their location. Hayai barely managed to stop his blades before the villain could take it somewhere too far from him to command. "Dark Shadow!" Fumikage's commanded Dark Shadow to move again, taking advantage of how the villain was seemingly occupied by the attack from Hayai. Yet again, intercepted by another warp gate from Kurogiri, which forced Fumikage to halt his attack in fear of being transported to another location.
"All Might!" Izuku's shout made them turn to the direction he was coming from, the part that wasn't protected by a warp gate. He lunged towards the group in hopes of saving the number hero. "How foolish," Kurogiri moved the part where his eyes and a metal part was located in, to intercept the rushing Midoriya. Opening another warp gate, from which Izuku's hand was slowly approaching. Before he could be taken somewhere, Kurogiri was stopped by Katsuki who launched an explosion on to his face. "Move! You're in the way Deku!" Katsuki said, which surprised Izuku, "Take that!" with a shout the ash-blonde grabbed the metal part of Kurogiri and pinned him to the ground.
Ice then started to form and quickly reached the lower part of Nomu before freezing it and the entirety of Nomu. "All that I heard was that you all are here to kill All Might," Shoto said as he looked to the frozen form of Nomu and an All Might that was amazed by the Number Two hero's son's control on his quirk. Freezing only Nomu and controlling it that it stopped before it reached him. Taking Advantage of the frozen state of the villain, All Might broke free and leaped out of Nomu's grip into the side of Shoto, after which he held to his bleeding side in pain. Eijiro then jumped on Tomura, attacking him and forcing him into a corner with the water behind him. Seeing that he was almost completely surrounded, Hayai moved his blades Eijiro side and blocked the path of exit there with Fumikage going to the opposite of him with Dark Shadow.
"Kurogiri, our entrance, and exit have been overcome." Tomura said as he looked to the pinned down foggy villain, "Were in a pinch." Katsuki explaining to him what his quirk could do, all the while looking like he was interrogating him in a manner not fitting of a hero. 'Is he trying to be a hero or a villain?' Hayai thought in agreement with Eijiro's comment on Katsuki's behavior. "In addition to capturing them, they're almost all uninjured. Kids these days are amazing, They make the League of Villains look bad." Tomura said before he turned to the frozen Nomu. "Nomu." With a simple word, Nomu began to move with a sound that was considered horrific from Hayai and stood from his position in the warp gate. This broke Nomu's frozen arm and leg before limping to the shock of everyone on the scene. 'The hell is this thing!' Hayai thought frantically as tried to make sense of how strong this villain was. "Get back everyone!" All Might ordered with a hand as he also watched the scene that was unfolding before them. The ice began to break and his arm began to regenerate. "What? His quirk was not Shock Absorption?" All Might asked, bewildered on what was happening. "I didn't say that was all he had." Tomura said with a giddy voice, "This is his Super Regeneration. Nomu has been modified to take you at 100%. He's a super-efficient human sandbag."
"He's an experiment isn't he?" Hayai said with a frown as he readied himself for combat, "You mentioned the words modified and designed when you explained Nomu. Add also the fact that he can't talk, I assume that you did something to his body that affected his ability to talk or think for himself." This caused Tomura to look at Hayai, a slight movement in his body gave him the signs of either surprise or praise. "You are quite sharp for a kid." Tomura said with a laugh, "But it doesn't matter if Nomu is whatever you think he is, we will destroy the Symbol of Peace. But first, we need to get our gate back. Go Nomu."
With this, Nomu moved at speeds that could rival All Might. Charging at Katsuki who was still pining down Kurogiri while looking at them. 'He's fast' Hayai and All Might thought, being the only ones who could react to the speed that Nomu was running, with Hayai only being able to catch him due to faster processing power of the father's side of his quirk. The diamonds spun, seeing where Nomu would go next he moved his blades only to be pushed back when an explosion of force happened and the wind knocked back all of the students with Hayai's blades in tow. This also created a cloud of dust and smoke that blocked any view from the students on what was the result of the attack.
"That guy is fast," Hayai said as he commanded his blades to float to his back again while deactivating the third part of his quirk. "Agreed, I was unable to even see him move," Fumikage replied as he managed to regain his bearings. "Ka-Kacchan!" Izuku shouted as they realized that Nomu was standing on where Katsuki was supposed to be. A small gasp of surprise made them turn to see a perfectly fine Katsuki, "Kacchan?" Izuku said in surprise, "You dodged? That's amazing." "No, shut up you scum!" This made everyone confused about how Katsuki managed to get out perfectly fine before they realized the one missing in their group. Turning to the cloud of smoke and collapsed wall they saw All Might coughing while having his arms crossed in a defensive manner. "All Might!"
"Do you not know how to hold back?" All Might asked with a grimace, "It was to rescue my companions. I had no choi-" Tomura was interrupted by the sound of something soaring into the air that forced him to dodge. One of Hayai's blade landed on his previous position with a large thud, it was sticking out of the ground like a spike, digging into it. "It's rude to interrupt people you know?" Tomura said as he looked at Hayai, who had his right hand clenched into a fist. "I know, but that is irrelevant," Hayai said before thrusting his fist and opening it into a palm. The rest of his blades, all five of them were launched into the villain's position, their edges looked sharper, indicating that Hayai turned them into their more lethal mode. "Nomu." With another command, Nomu moved to intercept the blades, parrying each while slicing part of his arms, causing some wounds. The parried blades, similar to the first one sunk into the ground with a thud. "Tokoyami! Todoroki!" Hearing his call, ice began to spread on the floor towards the villains with Dark Shadow soaring through the air above it.
Nomu responded by punching the ground with his right arm, smashing all the ice into pieces. He turned to the air and deflected Dark Shadow's attack, forcing it back to Fumikage's side. "Violence for the sake of others sure is admirable." Tomura said as he watched Hayai's blade rise from the ground and return to Hayai, "Isn't that right hero?" This made All Might make a sound of annoyance before turning to the group of students. "Get away from here, while I commend Young Jinsoku for his initiative, I need all of you to run away from here now."
"You know what All Might? I'm angry." Tomura said catching their attention, "I'm angry at this world that categorizes the same violent acts as heroic or villainous, deciding what's good and what's bad. Symbol of Peace? Ha. You're just a device to repress violence. Violence only breeds violence. The world will know this once we kill you!"
"That's preposterous. The eyes of white-collar criminals like you burn silently. You just want to enjoy this yourself, don't you, you liar?" All Might said in response, his voice not having the same proud and calming tone it had. In its place, his dislike and hate for villains and criminals like the one they were facing were being shown with his tone. All Might moved to the front of the students and raised a halting arm before them. "Repeating what I said earlier, I want you to run away from here." All Might said as he faced the three villains before them, "I am grateful for your help earlier but that was a different story.-" All Might pumped his left arm back into a fist, "-But it's fine! Just was as a pro gives it everything he's got."
"All Might, you're bleeding..." Izuku said worriedly as he looked at the pro hero, "Besides time-" he suddenly stopped which made Hayai raise an eyebrow. All Might gave a thumbs up to the Young Midoriya before turning to face the three villains that were threatening the safety of young hero hopefuls. "Nomu, Kurogiri, get him." Tomura said as Nomu rose from the ground, "I'll deal with the children."
The ensuing fight was what Hayai could describe as breathtaking. Every punch, hit, and attack was moving at speeds that he could only fully catch due to the faster processing power of his quirk. He could feel all the power and energy thrown with every punch. Especially the one that All Might threw to knock Nomu out of the dome with a shout of "Plus Ultra!". Creating a massive hole on the dome and causing the entire building to vibrate from the sheer force and power in the punch. 'His brute strength is amazing..." Hayai thought as he tried to comprehend what he just witnessed, 'He completely nullified Shock Absportion by pushing it to the limit.'
" I really have gotten weaker... In my prime, five hits would've been enough." All Might said as the smoke from the previous attack slowly disappeared to reveal his wound and his torn up shirt. "But it took more than three hundred hits." He finished with a big smile, 'This guy just took on someone made to defeat him and is still smiling...' Hayai thought. All Might then turned towards Tomura and looked at the remaining villains, "Now, villains... I'm sure we'd all like to end this as soon as possible" He said to a shaking Tomura, obviously irritated on their defeat. He began to scratch his neck, something that everyone noticed as his habit when annoyed.
Tomura began to mumble things that were hard to hear, before being interrupted by All Might, "What's wrong? You're not coming? You said you'd 'clear' this or something, right?." All Might said as he narrowed his eyes, "Come and get me if you can." The tone of voice caused Tomura to step back, probably in fear. It wasn't the cheerful and bright All Might, nor the All Might that was completely focused in battle. Rather, it was a tone that showed his hate for villains and challenging them to attack once more.
"As expected, it looks like there is no need for us to fight," Shoto said causing Hayai to nod, "Let's get out here, we need to regroup with the others," Hayai said as they began to turn around, but stopped when they noticed Izuku still not moving, opting to continue watching All Might, "Midoriya, we need to move, we will only be in the way if we stay here." The class representative repeated, but frowned when he still didn't get a response, he was about to speak again but was stopped by an arm by Fumikage, "Midoriya, All Might will be-" Fumikage was interrupted by the sounds of the previously knocked out villains rising back to their feet. "All Might will do something about the main bad guys," Eijiro said as he activated his quirk, "Agreed, Kirishima, clear a path wit-"
The sound of something propelling from the ground made them turn around to see that the place where Izuku was empty, a circle of wind and some dust replacing him. Looking up they saw Izuku who was driving towards the villains stopping a charging Tomura who on his way to All Might. "Midoriya!" Eijiro said in surprise at the speed the green-haired boy was going. Izuku pumped back his right arm, clenching it into a fist to prepare for a punch aiming at the metal part of Kurogiri. "Get away from All Might!" Tomura immediately put his arm through one of Kurogiri's warp gates, his hand now ready to intercept Izuku. "I won't fall for that again!" Kurogiri said as Tomura was laughing hysterically.
When the hand was just about to grasp Izuku's head, a gunshot went off with a loud bang. The bullet hitting Tomura's hand, knocking it away from Izuku, who fell to the ground. Everyone turned to the source and saw one of the school's faculty, the pro hero Snipe shooting his signature gun. He was accompanied by the rest of the teachers in U.A. Ectoplasm, Present Mic, Midnight, and the principal Nezu to name a few. When the villains saw them, they immediately charged, using to quirks to launch attacks but were easily denied by Present Mic, who blasted them with his quirk. Ectoplasm then created clones that then rushed towards the villains who weren't knocked out by the attack by Present Mic.
"Aw man, they're here," Tomura said as he moved back while holding his wounded hand. "It's game over now." He turned towards Kurogiri, "Shall we go home and try again later Kurogir-" He was interrupted when more bullets hit him, two hitting his legs and one in his other arm. Kurogiri then moved to protect Tomura, blocking the remaining bullets that were coming at them. He then began to cover the wounded villain with his fog, trying to evacuate him from the location but was halted when Thirteen used her quirk to suck Kurogiri in. " I may have failed this time, but I will kill you next time..." Tomura said as he looked at All Might, with only his head in view. "...Symbol of Peace, All Might!" With that he then disappeared when the warp gate closed, signaling the villain's escape.
"If this many heroes are gathered here, then it looks like they did not attack the whole school." Shoto said as he looked at the pro heroes working, "They did say that killing All Might was their objective." Fumikage commented as he also observed the situation they were in, "Midoriya sure was reckless there," Hayai said as he watched Eijiro running towards the downed Izuku, "He has the eyes of a hero but that will would be useless if you keep hurting yourself. Coincidently this happens when All Might is around, makes you wonder if they have any connection." This caused Shoto to look at Hayai, who raised an eyebrow on his sudden interest but just shrugged it off as curiosity.
"Hey, he said to gather in front of the gate!" Eijiro said, running back towards them when a wall from Cementos blocked his path and instructed him to gather with everyone
The entirety of Class 1-A sans Izuku were gathered outside the gate of the U.S.J. a police officer in front of them, counting them with a piece of paper in his hands. "Other than the boy with both legs seriously injured, everyone else seems unharmed." After counting, they all had small conversations with each other. Sharing their experiences and thoughts while fighting the villains. Hayai was standing cross-armed with Fumikage, conversing with Denki and Eijiro. "I see, so the people you fought were also just hooligans?" Fumikage asked, "We also had the same situation, they weren't that much of a hassle to take care of but their numbers were quite large."
"Yeah, I was hurting really bad from using my quirk too much when we fought our way to the exit," Hayai said as he made one of the blades float from his back, inspecting it for any damage. "All of this fighting can really mess up your head." He moved the blade back to his bach, as he pulled out a book from one of the hidden pockets in his pants due to the color. "Let's have the students return to their classroom for now. We won't be questioning them right away, right?" Hayai then tuned out of the conversation, opening his book to read it.
While on the bus back to school, Hayai appeared to be just reading his book. But if someone were to pay attention, he hadn't turned a page for a few minutes. His mind was filled with thoughts as he reflected on his performance in the fight against the villains. He knew he looked level headed throughout the entirety of the incursion, hell the enemy even commented on his level-headedness when he arrived on the scene of a pinned down Shota with Fumikage. But keeping facades and bluffing was part of combat. Hayai knew that they got lucky that the villains underestimated them, his decision to get out of the Squall Zone was risky, they didn't have complete information on the enemy numbers and positions. His plan was actually spurred by a little panic of Hayai's part, when he became the class representative, he knew that all of his classmates became his responsibility. When he realized that everyone was separated from each other, the only thing that came out of his mind was to regroup.
This all went against Hayai's style, precision and grace were the things he valued most. His father, Jinsoku Yaiba, was able to take down villains in a matter of seconds with his twin blades, his precision made the risk of killing enemies low as he was able to wound them like the hero Snipe did when he shot Tomura and other villains in the U.S.J. His textbook style screamed at him to play defensively to gauge the enemy numbers and analyze the situation they were in. But his responsibilities as a class representative got in his head. He was thankful that Fumikage was able to cover his back when they made a clear and exposed path to the exit, ignoring all of the training that he did with strategy.
The fear of his losing his responsibility, clouded by his aura of calmness and being level headed. Hayai knew that he did the right thing, being calm in the situation in which they were in and not showing any fear to the enemy. He wasn't disappointed in his combat, his moves had the precision and grace that he valued, knocking out villains left and right with ease. Rather, he was disappointed in his decision making, they got lucky on how most of the villains were just cannon fodder, lucky on how most of them underestimated them for being kids. But in the face of all of this... Hayai felt right.
All of his decisions were made to protect his classmates. Even though it went against what he always thought. So instead of skulking in a possible failure, Hayai smiled. What happened in the past can't be changed, the only thing he could do was to enjoy the fact that they made it out safe and sound... 'Except for Midoriya, he broke his bones again.' Hayai winced at the thought, all of that potential wasted in poor quirk control. But he still smiled, blaming his small panic as a result of inexperience. 'Mistakes today can be corrected for tomorrow.' Hayai thought as he looked at his class. They were now at U.A., walking through the hallways of the massive building towards their classroom.
'Maybe.. this is what it means to be a hero.'
Authors Note:
Well, that took a while to write lol. I had a hard time writing this due to school and the abrupt end of classes due to the Coronavirus (Let's pray for our safety) which made projects and some school requirements rushed. I also had a hard time trying to write Hayai here, I already have plans and ideas made for this story until the end of the Forest Camp Training Arc. I will try to fix some things about Hayai's character in the next chapter.
Also gonna change the story description, realized how lazy I was with it.
I am also open to any criticism or advice, being a first-time author is really hard, being a school journalist I am really a sucker on details, thus the 10k words in this chapter excluding the author's note. I will also stop completely copying dialogue from the anime, I am gonna try change something in reaction to Hayai's inclusion in this universe
So, see you next time when I am ready with the next chapter, "Sports Festival: Preparations."