The Dragon's Sin of Wrath : Izuku Midoriya!

by Xonology

After the Holy War ended, leaving peace with the Seven Deadly Sins along with Princess Elizabeth. Fast forward to 5,000 years later, the world has changed and 80% of the world's population has supernatural powers. Izuku Midoriya, being quirkless, finds an ancient treasure that grants him the unholy power of Wrath. This is the story of the new Captain of the Seven Deadly Sins!

5. Chapter 5 : Class 1-A

Chapter 5 : Class 1-A

"I'm Izuku Midoriya!" : Speeches

'It's Izuku!'/ "It's Izuku!" : Thoughts/Flashbacks

"..." : Timeskips

"Full Counter!" : Special/Ultimate Moves/Specified Words

"ALL MIGHT!!!" : All Might (Buff Form)/ Izuku (Demon Form)/Yelling

OUTDATED A/N!

Hey y'all! The last chapter was pretty successful, and everything was worth it, every single minute I wrote. Now to first start off before anything else. I AM TERRIBLY SORRY. This chapter took way too long to upload than the time I was supposed to, instead of two days prior to release the new chapter, it turned to freaking 2 weeks, I can explain.

One of the reasons I will say in a simple form of a sentence, the file docx of Chapter 5 got corrupted. The reason for this is probably when I was trying to transfer all the old chapters to my SD Card, I have multiple ones that have categories, one for studies, one for movies and other miscellaneous, and the newest one I bought for the stories I would make (possibly might make this one have more besides stories but that's none of your concern XD). Anyways you can probably guess what happened, during the transfer, somehow Chapter 5 wasn't opening, and this made me panic until I absolutely couldn't do anything about it, and the chapter was already damn complete! Let me just say it wasn't a pretty sight to see me stressed and frustrated because it was freaking 20k words long, yeah, I lost a lot of the story.

Because of this, I had to rewrite the entire thing. I know, I could've transferred the chapter to my documents at Fanfiction so I could work on it there but it didn't cross my mind that time. I actually use Microsoft Word for writing, to keep track of how many words I used, that's how I knew how many words I use, so that's that. I hope you can understand that I had to delay the release for this XD

But luckily, everything's alright now! I actually made some upgrades than in the old Chapter 5 (RIP) so this story has even more words than what I originally made and everything's A OK!

Another one of the reasons is easy, school. Yeah I know it's a reasonable excuse and no this story ain't on a hiatus if you guys think so, gonna clarify that right now. But anyways, school, yeah, truth be told, I'm actually 15 right now (surprised? No? Nevermind then XD), turning 16 this month, and I'm at Grade 10, if you guys understand where I am, it's about 3 years before I head to college but possibly I ain't going to reveal where so XD

Last of the reasons, have you guys heard of CAT? It's like a mini-military program that the Department of Education said to project at ALL schools in my country, and it's a bummer cause it starts when we turn Grade 10, which is where I am. Why is it so early in the school year? No idea whatsoever but besides from that, that's all I have besides me being eternally sorry for not updating as much as before. End of summer vacation sucks XD

Now for some reviews I saw. I noticed one of you pointed out that Katsuki's Combat Class is higher than All Might's and there's a reason. Remember this, Combat Classes are just rough estimates of a person's overall capabilities and are actually just used for nothing more than mainly reference (according to Merlin in Season 1), and it really depends on what situation it is so, in this case, All Might doesn't use OFA when during the chapters, and since All Might is yet to show anything else of his power, so this explains why his Combat Class is lower than Katsuki's. Next is Spirit since in might confuse many people but I changed its function a bit, I still kept its main purpose, it's the measure of one's composure, determination and perseverance, and again, changes according to the situation at that moment of that specific person's, so that explains that.

I probably will correct them so they won't look like I'm just making them more powerful than before XD.

So then, the start of the USJ Arc, and I'm sure you will notice the changes, but let's not waste anymore time, the introduction of U.A to Izuku, Ochako and Katsuki, and the class they will be in together for the rest of their years in U.A, Chapter 5 : Class 1-A! Peace out XD

I do not own My Hero Academia or the Seven Deadly Sins! All characters go to their respective owners and any sort of change in personality or introduction of any OCs is my responsibility!

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A class

Several clashes of steel echoed through the white petal valley, a powerful shockwave passes through the horizon, followed by another, and then another. A storm of blades clashing into a vortex of winds, it receeded with one final clash of metal before two figures repelled each other to either side, one green-haired boy, kneeling down while panting heavily, filled with cuts around his arms, face and body, while one golden-haired boy with a smile on his face was unscathed, until his face changed to a serious demeanor.

"You're getting faster, little Iku. You can deflect some of my attacks now, however not all of it, you can't even put a scratch on me yet." Meliodas said with a straight face as Izuku slowly stood up, still slouched down, clearly exhausted.

"I-I'm not down yet, Meliodas. I-It'll take more than that to make me give up." Izuku said with a smile, gripping Lostvayne in his hand as Meliodas grinned before raising his own blade at Izuku, made with Meliodas' own magic, it was purely white, covered in a glowing faint shining aura, with winds starting to summon around it.

"Then again!" Meliodas yelled and Izuku disappeared, reappearing in front of Meliodas, raising Lostvayne behind his head and swinging right, but Meliodas, in a blur, suddenly had his sword blocking Izuku's attack and he smirked before they swung their blades in a inhuman manner. They were creating wild whirlwinds around them, violently making the petals around them dance to the storm they were making just by exchanging blows, Meliodas was just standing in place as his right arm was even barely seen, blocking and slashing in a blur, Izuku was also doing the same, however he was bending multiple times to dodge Meliodas' quick attacks towards him, Meliodas wasn't even moving his body. Izuku then disappeared, reappearing behind Meliodas and swinging down fast, Meliodas however, blocked it without looking, his arm raised behind him as his blade and Lostvayne made a giant shockwave during contact and Izuku dodged another attack from Meliodas, however three new cuts appeared on his cheeks and he winced in pain, Meliodas slashed him three times with only one swing, then they both disappeared, reappearing in front of each other and resuming a barrage of slashes at each other.

"Come on Izuku! You can't keep blocking forever! You'll only tire yourself out before you even lay a hit on me!" Meliodas yelled as Izuku grit his teeth before smiling.

"I know!" Izuku yelled back, this time, he changed his position and planted himself on the ground, he was attacking this time and Meliodas was blocking. Meliodas smirked and continued to block as Izuku released a swarm of numerous slashes at Meliodas, Meliodas then widened his eyes slightly and blocked an incoming extra attack from Izuku that surprised him, sending him backwards a bit, putting distance between both of them and Meliodas looked at Izuku, who had Lostvayne raised to his back and in a blur, sent sudden wind slashes towards Meliodas, he blocked them all with a blur until Izuku appeared at his side and swung again, Meliodas was still faster than Izuku though, so he blocked it until Izuku reappeared below Meliodas' torso and went in for a straight stab, Meliodas blocked it again, but Izuku suddenly flipped Lostvayne in a spinning manner, his hair covering his eyes in a shadow, causing Meliodas to lose his momentum of blocking the hit when Lostvayne flipped, and Izuku appeared above both blades, grabbed Lostvayne's handle and slashed horizontally, finally giving Meliodas a cut to his right cheek, although it was small and barely visible, Meliodas smiled while Izuku recovered in air and kneeled down, with his own smile placed on his face.

"I-I finally hit you…" Izuku said with heavy breaths and an eye open, he was clearly exhausted. Meliodas grinned at Izuku.

"Ni~shi~shi, barely little Iku. Although you managed to hit me once, and you're already beat up." Meliodas said as he touched the barely visible cut Izuku gave him, he looked at his finger after, it wasn't a deep cut unlike what Meliodas' gave Izuku multiple times but he was proud that Izuku managed to hit him using a surprise attack and smiled.

"And that was a good move, I'll admit. I didn't expect you to suddenly let go of Lostvayne, I'm quite impressed with that. Good job, Izuku." Meliodas said as Izuku looked at Meliodas with a tired smile, before he fell on his back, yeah, the training went on for 6 hours? 7? Izuku lost count, he was really tired to a degree, he almost fell asleep as Meliodas snickered before throwing his magic-made blade in the air, making it disappear in a bunch of wind and he also laid down beside Izuku, hands behind his back and closed his eyes.

"I think that's enough for today, ni~shi~shi. You need to rest, I can't train you if you're not at your best. Even I can't fight when I'm sleepy." Meliodas said as Izuku just sighed, his breathing was returning to normal and his heart rate was decreasing back to average as well.

"Y-Yeah, thanks again Meliodas. I-I'm beat, you went easy on me didn't you?" Izuku said as Meliodas smirked.

"I always go easy on you, little Iku. I never go all out because you'll already lose once the battle begins." Meliodas said with a grin as Izuku sighed again and shook his head in amusement, Meliodas was really something else.

"Alright, I better go back now. It's almost morning anyways, I think." Izuku said and Meliodas nodded with a smile, opening his eyes.

"Then I'll see you on the other side, lzuku." Izuku smiled back.

"Can't wait, Meliodas." Izuku said and Meliodas looked to the sky and closed his eyes again, grinning in reply.

"You won't have to." He said before snapping his fingers.

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Izuku woke up, facing the ceiling as he opened his eyes and he groaned slightly before turning his head to see Eri in one of the most adorable positions he had ever seen her in when she sleeps, she had her arms up and she was drooling in her sleep, her blanket was roughed up during the night, Izuku just chuckled quietly before kissing her forehead, slowly getting a smile from Eri in return before he wiped off the drool on the left side of her mouth and raised the blanket back over her. She then grabbed it and turned to her left, still smiling as she slept in a comfortable position again, Izuku then lifted himself off the bed to head for the bathroom.

It was way too early in the morning when Izuku awoke, maybe it's one of the effects after Meliodas snaps his fingers to bring Izuku back to his world, he really doesn't know. He came back a minute later and laid down on the bed again, pulling the leftover side of the blanket he was sharing with Eri and he sighed while closing his eyes, trying to fall back asleep, until he heard a little groan beside him. He looked to see Eri, rubbing her eyes and still half asleep, half awake and he smiled a tired smile at her.

"Eri, it's still too early, go back to sleep." Izuku said and she replied by humming a little "mhm" and fell back asleep, Izuku chuckled a little before slowly combing her hair with his fingers. When he felt that Eri was fully sleeping, he yawned and put his right arm over Eri and hugged her close, she also hugged Izuku and he smiled, before finally falling asleep as well.

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Eri woke up first, she yawned as she slowly opened her eyes, still laying down as she looked at Izuku, who was sleeping peacefully and she smiled. She gently bumped her forehead with his, him slightly moving a bit closer before carefully removing his arm over her, then she jumped off the bed quietly and looked to the alarm clock.

'5:34, Papa won't wake up until later. I'll just grab a tiny snack before I go back to sleep.' Eri thought and headed to the door, she turned the knob while tiptoeing to reach it before looking back to Izuku, who was still sleeping and she smiled, closing the door gently.

It was early morning, the sun wasn't up yet so the house was slightly dim, but not dark enough for Eri to not see anything. She walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge, the light inside blinding her a little before her red eyes adjusted to it, she then saw a basket of apples and she drooled a bit, before grabbing one and closing the fridge door.

She then sat down at the couch, eating her apple with enjoyment and hummed deeply in satisfaction as the taste of the cold apple melted into her mouth, then proceeding to take another bite. She went at it for a while until fully finishing it, then she closed her eyes, her horn glowing as she did, meaning that she was activating her quirk and the apple slowly grew back to a full apple again, smiling as she opened her eyes and saw the now newly, fresh apple and bit at it again.

After finally finishing it, she used her quirk again, giving her another full apple before walking back to the fridge and placing it back on the basket. She then walked back towards hers and Izuku's room, tiptoeing to reach the handle and turned it, entering the room as she did and closed the door quietly. Walking back to the bed, she hopped over, climbing up and crawling beside Izuku again before she yawned again, the aftereffects of her quirk finally reaching her and she smiled, snuggling closer into Izuku's chest and closed her eyes, going back to sleep.

Unbeknownst to her, someone was closely watching her the whole time.

'I knew I wasn't imagining it. You just keep on surprising me, Eri.'

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Izuku woke up to see a brightly lit up room, he slowly lifted himself up and rubbed his eyes, yawning as he did. He slowly stretched his arm up before looking back to Eri, seeing her sleep soundly and he smiled, lifting his hand to slowly brush her hair back before putting his feet down the floor, as he went to sitting on the bed now, he heard an all too familiar voice.

"Slept well, little Iku? Ni~shi~shi." Izuku widened his eyes a bit before looking to see Meliodas with a grin on his face sitting...floating on the air? Izuku just smiled seeing his mentor.

"Hey, Meliodas. Yeah, I did but what are you doing here? It's strange seeing you here early in the morning, let alone in my room no less." Izuku said as Meliodas smiled before his face turned into a serious expression, Izuku only sees that look when Meliodas is either training him or it's something important.

"Yeah about that, this is something that's been on my mind for quite a while. It's about Eri." Izuku flinched when he said that and looked at Meliodas, still having that same look, and Izuku hardened his face to one that compliments Meliodas'.

"What about her?" Izuku said with a bit of protectiveness and worry in it and Meliodas flew down to the ground, standing up and putting his hands on his pocket, leaning back towards Izuku's closet without phasing through it.

"Did you notice she's been emitting magic at certain times?" Meliodas said with a stern voice and Izuku widened his eyes at him. Wait, does that mean he wasn't dreaming about it?!

"Y-Yeah I did, but I thought it was a dream when I sort of felt it activate around her. Don't tell me-" Izuku was interrupted with a chop to the head, he grasped his head in pain as he looked to Meliodas, who had a comical expression on.

"First of all, if you find out something that's even related to magic, come to me. You aren't an expert in magic, I myself am as smart as you think, actually, even more when it comes to these things. Overall it's obvious I know more than you." Meliodas said as Izuku looked down in guilt.

"S-Sorry, Meliodas. I just thought it was a dream and well-" Again with the chop to the head, Izuku winced in pain again as Meliodas still had that comical look on his face.

"Dream or not, real or fake. Come. To. Me. Am I clear?" Meliodas said as he bopped Izuku's head three times after saying those specific words and Izuku just slightly got annoyed.

"Meliodas stop! It actually hurts now…" Izuku said in a whisper, trying to keep his voice down to not wake up Eri.

"Alright, alright. Just remember what I told you so it won't happen again, ni~shi~shi." Meliodas chuckled as Izuku rolled his eyes and nodded, before Meliodas sighed and turned back to that serious look.

"All that aside, yes, I felt it as well, but not from that day you did. I sensed it early morning, when Eri woke up first." Meliodas said and Izuku looked at him with a shocked face.

"Y-You did? And Eri woke up early in the morning?" Izuku asked and Meliodas nodded once before continuing.

"Yes, she did. She just ate a quick snack before going back to sleep, what really caught my eye was when I sensed magic coming from her. It was a faint activation, so I came out. It seems Eri only emits it when her horn glows, because I feel no magic from her at all now." Meliodas said before crossing his arms, looking at the sleeping white-haired girl, while Izuku just stared in disbelief, he knew he also felt it as well, but to think it actually happened than it being a dream, of course Izuku couldn't believe it. He put a hand on his forehead.

"G-Gosh, I noticed that as well. Does her quirk use magic then if that's the case?" Izuku asked softly as to not wake up the peaceful little lady but Meliodas shook his head sideways.

"It doesn't happen all the time. Even on some occasions, Eri activates her quirk but no magic comes out of her despite her horn glowing, it confuses me to say the least. Like you said, quirks are physical abilities, not magical." Meliodas explained and Izuku bent down slightly, starting a mumbling spree before Meliodas smirked at his antics, catching Izuku's attention again.

"S-So what does that mean for Eri?" Izuku said and Meliodas just sighed before putting on a blank look.

"I don't know, she's still too young to use magic, I know that. But to think she has magic, well, had magic, it's really complicated that I can't feel it in her right now. I can sense magic far more powerful than you, since you're still a beginner, but I should still be able to sense magic flowing inside someone, it's just somehow I can't feel Eri's, so it just makes me curious, is all. Ni~shi~shi." Meliodas went back to his positive atmosphere and his signature grin, while Izuku just sweat dropped and sighed deeply in relief.

"Please don't worry me like that, Meliodas. It's not funny when it comes to Eri." Izuku said and Meliodas just smiled.

"Sorry little Iku. But this just proves you care for the little girl, and Eri's lucky to have you. I just needed to discuss this with you so you'll be aware of it, however I'm keeping my eye on her just in case, if that's alright with you." Meliodas said and Izuku just thought about it. This was just…serious in a way for Izuku, Eri having magic isn't the most surprising thing in the world, but it still shocked him to a degree, he was just worried for Eri's safety, whether it's his protectiveness of Eri kicking in or not, he didn't care. He promised he was going to take care of Eri and make sure nothing else bad happens to her, and he will do everything he can to keep it.

"Y-Yeah…it's alright by me. I don't want anything bad to happen to Eri." Izuku said with a frown and Meliodas just smiled.

"Nothing will as long as it's you who's protecting her. You were trained by the best guy in all of the world after all! So I wouldn't worry about anything, ni~shi~shi." Meliodas grinned and Izuku smiled at him before chuckling.

"Alright, that's fair. I can't complain with that." Izuku said as he looked to the clock and it was almost 7 am, he sighed and rubbed the back of his head, looking back his golden-haired mentor, who was smiling that All Might-surpassing smile of his and Izuku smiled as well.

"Eri's going to wake up soon. I'll see you on the other side, Meliodas." Izuku said as Meliodas then grinned.

"Can't wait, little Iku." Izuku then chuckled.

"You won't have to." Izuku said as Meliodas snickered before snapping his fingers, disappearing as quickly as he appeared. Izuku looked back to Eri, who was now shifting in her sleep before finally yawning and waking up, she rubbed her eyes and looked at Izuku with a sleepy smile, her eyelids halfway closed.

"Good morning, Papa…" Izuku smiled at her and leaned forward to kiss her forehead, which she hummed in reply.

"Good morning, Eri." Izuku said as he then stood up and stretched once more, finally smelling the food that his mom made and sighed, looking back at Eri with the same smile.

"Shall we eat, Eri?" Izuku said, sitting down and facing his back towards Eri and she smiled sleepily, knowing what Izuku was doing.

"Mhm…" She said, albeit still drowsy, then she slowly fell towards his back, wrapping her arms around Izuku's neck and locking her legs around just a little over his waist as Izuku stood up, holding her legs and carrying Eri in her back, walking out the room as she continued to half-sleep on his shoulder.

Izuku knew that whatever happens next in the future, he was going to protect her all the way. He was still worried about what Meliodas said, and what this could mean for Eri, but he knew, that if he wanted to fulfill his role of being Eri's "papa", then he damn knows he will always be there for her, to make sure she keeps that smile on her face, to make sure he will become her hero every single day of their lives.

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Today was the day. Izuku, Eri and Inko finished their breakfast as Izuku prepared himself to leave, proudly wearing the U.A uniform, with his signature red sneakers as the exception. Eri smiled at him, clearly happy that Izuku was finally going to the best school, the school that he always dreamed of attending ever since he was young, and today was finally the day he would attend it, officially.

Izuku hugged Eri, telling her he would be home later, to which she replied to him with a kiss on his cheek and a smile, Izuku smiled his own and kissed her on the forehead. He stood up and hugged his mom, who was crying and sniffling greatly that his baby boy was finally going to the school he always wanted to go to. She was still guilty for giving up on him before, so she will do everything she can to support him so she can make up for it.

Izuku then opened the door to find a familiar brown-haired girl with an equally large smile, and he smiled even bigger than before.

"Uraraka!" Izuku said and Eri ran past him to hug her legs.

"Chako!" Eri said with a smile as Ochako carried her and hugged her tightly.

"Hi Eri! Deku, are you ready to go?" Ochako said and he didn't know if he would smile even wider than before.

"Yeah! Alright Eri, time to get inside. We'll see you later alright?" Izuku said as Eri pouted a bit, it was adorable, before smiling again.

"Alright, bye Papa! Bye, Chako!" Eri said as she hugged Izuku first, then Ochako, then ran inside with Inko, who was still crying and waving goodbye, her other arm behind Eri as she also was waving goodbye.

Izuku and Ochako smiled.

"We're off!"

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Izuku and Ochako were a bit farther away from the house, the sun was shining a cool but bright light as the clouds were in a cumulus formation, seeing birds fly in a flock to the horizon and Ochako sighed with a smile, clearly enjoying the good morning before speaking up.

"So Deku, will we head to the terminal now?" Ochako asked as Izuku looked at her and shook his head with his own smile.

"No, not yet. We're going to pick up Kacchan before we go, we'll head together because I fear he's going to have my head if he thinks I ditched him." Izuku said as Ochako then shivered, she can actually imagine Katsuki doing that, just without the beheading process.

"O-Ok, well, I'm ready when you are Deku!" Ochako said with a fist in the air and a huge smile on her face, making Izuku relax and smile as well, he really liked her smile, it was really contagious.

"Alright then, hang on!" Izuku said before blushing slightly and grabbing her hand, intertwining his fingers as she blushed a little as well before closing four of her fingers and they vanished.

They reappeared in front of the Bakugo Household, Ochako was used to that now so she didn't mind it as much as before, although she still yelped a bit before giggling, she enjoyed it as much as Izuku, it was refreshing to say the least and Izuku also slightly chuckled.

"Well, that was fun wasn't it Deku? Now fucking explain what all this is." Izuku and Ochako flinched before looking to find Katsuki leaning back against the wall and with an amused eyebrow raised. Izuku looked at Katsuki for a bit before widening his eyes and blushing full on red in realization, apparently Ochako also did too, only her blush was much more darker than Izuku's and they released their locked hands. They stared at each other before looking away and Katsuki smirked.

"You know, you could just tell me straight out that the date went well." Katsuki said and if you can blush even more to the peak of almost fainting, followed by a hurricane of emotions filling your head, Izuku and Ochako were just that, albeit with Ochako covering her face with her hands, pinkies raised and Izuku had his jaw dropped and was honestly almost brain dead, before panicking.

"K-K-KACCHAN! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT, A-AND WHAT D-DATE?! B-BESIDES WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" Izuku said as his head almost exploded from being heated up too much as Ochako was nodding wildly in agreement as well.

"Y-YEAH! DEKU'S RIGHT, WE BOTH DID JUST T-THAT BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO BRING US HERE!" Ochako yelled a bit too loudly and Izuku also nodded the same way she did earlier in reply, then Katsuki grinned evilly, clearly enjoying this.

"Yeah, alright. You can keep up the lie but nothing gets past me, you even call Deku a nickname already, isn't that enough proof?" Katsuki smiled innocently with a massive hint of mischief as Izuku and Ochako almost fainted.

"WE'RE NOT LYING!!!" Izuku and Ochako said at the same time, clearly shouting as Katsuki kept on laughing his guts out and clenching his stomach, almost unable to breathe from full on laughing and gagging so much, he definitely was enjoying this, he then couldn't lean back on the wall anymore and fell on the ground, almost crying from laughing too much.

"OH, HOLY SHIT THIS IS HILARIOUS! YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR FACES, THEY LOOK SO DAMN RED IT'S OBVIOUS YOU-" Katsuki never finished as he saw both of them, he felt a cyclone of rage and hostility coming from the atmosphere Izuku and Ochako were emitting. Even if their faces were still beet red, Ochako was smiling an innocent smile with eyes closed, but there was a shadow over them and Izuku's hair was covering his eyes, also smiling innocently, but Katsuki knew, these weren't regular smiles, no, these were smiles filled with undeniable killing intent, and he knew that feeling all too well.

'Ahh shit, I fucked up didn't I?' Katsuki said with a sweat drop as they were still standing in place with the same faces on, his answer was given when Izuku put his right hand on Ochako's left shoulder and disappeared, then he felt someone touch his back and started floating on the sky.

"W-What the hell-?!" He didn't finish. Izuku bent his middle finger down.

"7% Full Cowl : Delaware Smash." He heard Izuku say with one of the most ominous voices he could make and Katsuki was blasted farther into the sky and he screamed as he launched towards the clouds, he never touched them.

"Release…" Ochako said with a similar tone of voice and put both her five fingers together, and Katsuki started falling from a distance.

"MOTHERFUCkerrrrrr!!!!!" Katsuki yelled as he fell down to the back of another building, a cat could be heard screeching from afar. Izuku and Ochako looked at each other, their blush finally subsiding as they both smiled, this time they were genuine ones, like the murderous atmosphere and what they just did to Katsuki didn't happen at all.

"Well, that went well." Izuku said as he rubbed the back of his head and Ochako giggled a little bit, Izuku just smiled as he felt his heart clench, he really thought it was a cute giggle.

"Mhm! We showed him, come on Deku. Let's get going, we don't want to be late!" Ochako said as she twirled around, her skirt spinning to respond and Izuku chuckled a little, Ochako's heart fluttered.

"Yeah, Kacchan deserves to walk to U.A on his own for that." Izuku said before blushing again a tiny bit and holding her hand again, she looked down to see their hands intertwined again and blushed as well before looking at Izuku, who was looking straight into her eyes and her heart did flips as he smiled.

"Ready to go?" Izuku said and Ochako also smiled before nodding, closing her four fingers in reply.

"Yup!" And they both disappeared from sight.

Meanwhile in an alleyway…

"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL THOSE TWO DAMN LOVEBIRDS!!!" Ahh, good ol' Katsuki Bakugo.

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Izuku, Ochako and Katsuki (who was breathing heavily from running all the way from before) were standing in front of a large rectangular door with the letter an number 1 and A labelled from top to bottom.

'Possibly for easier access?' Izuku thought as Katsuki just scoffed, still pissed from earlier and slid open the door in a slamming manner, going inside the classroom. Ochako looked at Izuku.

"Let's get in Deku?" Ochako could see that he was still in awe and thinking deep before shaking his head and putting himself back to reality.

"W-Wha? Oh, yeah! L-Let's go Uraraka." He said with a back head rub and Ochako just smiled before chuckling a little and walking in too, Izuku following beside her.

The classroom was decked with 4 sets of desks, each four on one row strewn across the room, and a teacher's desk in front of the desks, elevated off the floor and a blackboard behind it. A bunch of students were talking amongst themselves in their own groups. Izuku then saw Katsuki being yelled at by…damn it.

"PUT YOUR LEGS OFF THE TABLE, YOU'RE DISRESPECTING OUR UPPERCLASSMEN WHO HAVE SAT HERE THE PREVIOUS YEARS!" It was the blue-haired guy again, why do they have to be in the same class. Izuku managed to keep his composure but that didn't go unnoticed by Ochako.

"Are you ok, Deku?" Ochako asked with concern and Izuku snapped out of it before looking at her with a reassuring smile.

"Y-Yeah, of course. S-Sorry, just kind of remembered that guy from the exam. He wasn't…nice to say the least." Izuku said while rubbing the back of his head, Ochako frowned before nodding and smiling back, that seemed to lighten Izuku's mood back and smiled, giving her a quiet thank you in reply before hearing Katsuki yell.

"The hell do you want?! Are you some kind of damn elite or something?!" Katsuki said with a glare and the blue-haired guy recoiled back before coughing and exhaling a bit.

"Such vulgar words…I believe we got off the wrong start. My name is Tenya Iida from Somei-"

"So I was right huh? You are an elite, that makes it all the more enjoyable to rip you apart!" Katsuki interrupted and the guy known as Iida was slightly offended with a bewildered expression.

"R-Rip me apart?! Are you sure you're here to become a hero?" Iida said until he looked to the doorway to find Izuku and Ochako watching the scene that unfolded.

"I-It's you." Iida said sternly and Izuku flinched as Iida walked towards them in what seemed to be an aggressive approach? It was hard to assume, since he did it in an almost robotic manner, until Ochako tried to step in.

"Don't you dare-!" She didn't finish her sentence, as Izuku and her were shocked by what Iida did next. He was bowing to Izuku in apology.

"I humbly apologize! I have mistreated, offended and disrespected you during the exams. You proved to me that you are the truly superior one among both of us! I congratulate you that you were able to figure out the second secret factor of the practical exam where as I haven't." Iida yelled as both Izuku and Ochako just continued to stare at him with wide eyes, albeit Izuku being way more evident than Ochako. Izuku just rubbed the back of his head again at the large praise while waving his hand.

"I-It's not such a big deal. B-Besides, I didn't even know there was a secret factor to the exam. I just did what any hero would've done, and what I thought was the right thing to do. I have no regrets." Izuku said before looking at Ochako and smiling at her, Ochako's stomach churned and her heart rate increased as she smiled back, Izuku was really too sweet for his own good. Iida was bewildered at what Izuku just said.

"A-Amazing, that just proves you're even better than me." Iida said and Izuku just waved his hand in reassurance at him before looking back to Ochako, telling her they should sit down and she nodded with a bright smile as they walked towards their seats, which were conveniently behind and in front of each other (Izuku was at the front, Ochako was at the back and Katsuki was in front of Izuku). Izuku dropped his backpack to the side of his desk as he sat down, then he looked behind him towards Ochako, who was fixing something in her bag until something, well someone caught his eye.

There was one more student behind her, who was silently reading a book with a smile, he had sepia yellow colored hair and he wore a small version of what seemed like a times new roman glasses, his eye color was a shiny arise pink, and it reflected light from the classroom ceiling. Apparently the person in question raised his head up to make eye contact with Izuku and he just waved a friendly hand in greeting before returning his attention back to the book he was reading, while Izuku just shrugged his curiosity off, he can know his name later after everyone introduces themselves.

His thoughts were temporarily stopped by the door to the classroom opening, and there was a…man caterpillar? Oh wait, he just zipped off the middle, it's just a sleeping bag. The man looked…worn out, to say the least, he had a black suit on and his face…geez, the guy looked liked he hadn't slept over months on end (if that makes any sense), he had a gray scarf wrapped around his neck, holdup!

'Scarf? If I remember correctly, all teachers here are pro heroes, but he looks familiar, could he be?!' Izuku muttered as the man came up to the front of the class, dragging the sleeping bag with his right hand then he spoke up.

"Well, this class knows how to behave. Every single minute must be used to the fullest in the most rational and productive way possible." The man said as the students stared at him, wondering who this man was.

"I'll keep introductions short. I'm Shouta Aizawa, your homeroom teacher." Half the class widened their eyes at that, Izuku and Ochako being that said half while Katsuki just minded his own business, still paying attention though, just no eye contact involved. The teacher then lifted the sleeping bag he held earlier and pulled out from the inside what seemed to be a uniform of sorts? It was blue with white stripes, it was hard to tell what the design was since Aizawa just threw it on the teacher's desk.

"Put these on and proceed outside, do not take longer than it needs to be." He said simply before leaving the classroom. That was, intriguing? Izuku just had nothing to say at the matter and walked up front to grab a uniform of his own, Ochako following behind him doing the same, Izuku grabbed another pair and threw it to Katsuki, who just grinned before grabbing it, saying a "thanks" and walking out the door, hanging it behind his back while holding its edge with his right hand.

"What do you think will we be doing, Deku?" Ochako asked as she walked with Izuku, leaving the classroom together.

"I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see." Izuku said and Ochako nodded as they walked down the hallway to the changing rooms.

'I wonder what you have in store for us, Eraserhead...'

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They both got their answer shortly after they all arrived at the practice field, wearing the U.A gym uniform, which had a white-stripped forming a U on the upper torso, connecting to their shoulders and trailing down to the chest, and a same colored stripe A going from their waists first before falling down to their legs, spelling U.A, explains that thought.

"A quirk assessment test?!" Most of the class yelled in unison, before Ochako spoke up.

"What about the orientation?" She asked and Aizawa just sighed.

"Heroes have no such time for such leisurely gatherings. U.A prides itself in how it teaches its students, also known for the teacher's freedom to teach their class as they see fit, and you're my class." He said with a creepy smile and some of the students shivered at it, then Aizawa changed back to his bored look.

"Back during your middle school years, you all took tests that determine your physical aptitude. However, they decided to cut out quirk use for "equal" results among students, it's unnecessary and completely irrational, the government still have a ways to go if they don't realize that it's crucial to use quirks for early development and better improvement." Aizawa explained before looking at Izuku, who flinched as he did.

"Midoriya is it? What was your highest score in the softball throw?" He asked in a blank tone and Izuku just decided to not let his anxiety get to him and answered properly.

"42 meters." Is all Izuku said, it wasn't a good score to be proud of, but this time was different. Courtesy of Meliodas, Izuku changed over the years. Aizawa then threw the ball to Izuku, he caught it with his right hand.

"Now use your quirk this time. You can do anything you wish as long as you stay in the circle." Aizawa said as Izuku nodded before walking over and stepping onto said circle. He looked at the ball before looking back at Ochako, who had a smile and lifted both hands to form fists with a determined look at him, he smiled and then looked at Katsuki, who just grinned, giving him a simple nod as Izuku did so in reply before looking back to the field. He took in a deep breath, gripped the ball in his hand tighter before his face turned to a serious one.

"15% Full Cowling." Izuku said quietly while standing still, until a large vortex of multiple winds summoned around him, then blasting towards different directions as some of the students were suddenly pushed back from the shockwave and the sheer force of the wild whirlwinds, they all had their jaws drop in shock, except Ochako, who was covering her face with her arm, Katsuki, who just smiled as he tried to fight the wind, the boy Izuku saw earlier, who had a curious and awestruck face on himself, also trying to stand his ground and one who had a blank expression on his face, he had a mixed-colored hair of red on the left and white on the right, separating from in between his head, who was being pushed back as well. Even Aizawa was struggling to keep his ground, the winds were really powerful.

'I knew he was strong from what he showed at the practical exam, but to think this is what he is capable of at a small percentage rate. I had my doubts, but it's even more powerful seeing it in person.' Aizawa thought as he covered his face to avoid his eyes from taking a direct hit from a passing gust of wind. With the exception of who was mentioned, the rest of the class was shocked so much at the power Izuku was displaying, but that increased more when he positioned himself to a pitching form, before throwing his arm back and he exhaled deeply, then he launched his arm forward and released the ball from his hand.

To Izuku, he only threw the ball in a normal manner, albeit with everything in slow motion or was just not moving in general. To the others, in a blur, he suddenly had his arm down in front of him, body bent forward and a massive shockwave pushed everyone back to fall, everyone, even Aizawa, and many of the others exclaimed with either gasps or screams. The ball was launched towards the sky in a powerful sonic boom, breaking the sound barrier for a slight moment, Izuku was still surrounded with winds and it kept going, keeping people crouched on their knees and trying to stay put, but found it hard to do so. Finally the winds subsided, and everyone sighed in relief but were all staring at Izuku with shock, awe, and disbelief.

"W-What the heck was that?!" A red spiky-haired guy said that had shiny sharp teeth but was in shock.

"T-This dude just freaking blasted the ball that made us all fall down, w-what kind of quirk is that?!" A yellow-haired boy with a black streak on the side of his hair said with a similar expression.

"T-That was so powerful…" A pink-skinned girl with black eyes and yellow irises said in disbelief.

"Damn it Deku, you freaking nailed us." Katsuki said with a smirk, that joke disturbed a few of students while others shivered, this green-haired boy was no joke.

Ochako knew Izuku was capable of something like this, after all, she saw what he could do in the exam when he saved her, but it still leaves her in awe, until she noticed a blink of light in the sky and widened her eyes.

"The ball! It's coming back!" She wasn't kidding and everyone looked to where she pointed and they too widened their eyes, Aizawa even was genuinely surprised but didn't let it show.

'He curved the ball? That has to be so much force applied to allow it to even change direction, let alone come back here, what the hell kid?' Aizawa thought in surprise until everyone looked at Izuku, because the ball was coming back directly at him in a blinding speed. Ochako widened her eyes when she saw it.

"Deku, look out!" Ochako said with a voice full of worry and Katsuki also widened his eyes, but not only because Izuku managed to curve the damn ball back, but he saw Izuku's face, his hair creating a shadow over his eyes and raised his right arm to his side in a straight line, Katsuki knew what Izuku was about to do, well, what he was about to summon. Apparently, Ochako also had the same thought and looked at Izuku before hearing him speak up after being silent for a while, she was near enough to be the only one to hear him.

"Sacred Treasure : Lostvayne." Izuku chanted softly and his right arm was covered in a gust of winds before revealing Lostvayne in his hands, everyone's eyes widened even more, clearly shocked that Izuku was able to summon a blade out of thin air, exception being Ochako and Katsuki since they already saw Lostvayne. The ball was coming directly at Izuku, he held Lostvayne tightly before pulling his right arm back over his left shoulder, knees bent slightly, and since everything was in slow motion to Izuku at this moment, when the ball was at least at a few inches away from him, he smiled.

"Full Counter!" Izuku yelled and swung his right arm sideways, Lostvayne did not touch the ball, but a loud clash of steel echoed to everyone and the ball froze in place. Everyone was confused as to why the ball was frozen in air, and got their answer when an even more powerful, massive shockwave blew around the area, everyone was pushed back full force by the sudden outburst and the ball launched even faster in a large vortex of whirlwinds that broke the sound barrier a little longer than before, and the ball was barely seen for 3 seconds before fully disappearing from sight. Izuku was slightly crouching, with his right arm back and his left arm forward before standing up straight, putting Lostvayne on the back of his neck, before he looked back at everyone who was on the ground, staring at him dumbfounded and just grinned widely at them. They all had the same thought.

'W-W-WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!'

Izuku looked at Aizawa, who was the first one to stand up from falling before speaking up.

"Aizawa-sensei, that's going to take a while. I kind of put a little too much on that throw...Hehe." Izuku laughed nervously while rubbing the back of his head with his left hand as he brought his right arm down, everyone's jaws dropped, Izuku was really something else. He then threw Lostvayne in the air, before it disappeared in a little gust of wind and then walking to Ochako, who was still stunned to a degree at what just happened, Izuku then extending a hand to help her up, she took a moment before fully snapping out of her daze, albeit still with aftereffects of being shocked too much, accepted it and got pulled up by Izuku, he pulled her a little too hard and she slightly yelped before falling down to Izuku's chest, Izuku blushed in realization of what he just did but didn't say a word, Ochako also doing the same, she was so close to his body she could practically hear his heart beat, it was soothing, wait what?! They then separated at the same time and were still blushing a mess while they stared at each other before looking away. Lucky for them though, nobody saw their little moment, everyone was still trying to recover from what Izuku just showcased, and when they all did, Izuku was hit with a barrage of questions and exclamations.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" The pink girl from earlier shouted.

"Yeah! How do you have so much power?!" The yellow hair guy said.

"And where did that sword come from?! Is it your quirk?!" The red-haired boy yelled.

Izuku was just too overwhelmed with questions and slowly tried to reassure them and answer their questions until they all heard a beeping sound.

"Holy…" Was the simple thing Aizawa said as everyone turned their heads to see him. He was…to say shocked and bewildered is a huge understatement, although hiding the second feeling, he didn't try to conceal his shocked face, mouth slightly open and eyes slightly widened. He was speechless so he just turned the phone to everyone, they all looked and widened their eyes in shock and disbelief once again, exception of Izuku but was still surprised at the overall distance, although not as much since he knew it would be high anyways. The whole class just yelled in unison at the distance.

"50, 603 METERS?!!" That was actually really far away, everyone, especially Ochako and Katsuki, had their jaws dropped to the ground.

"T-That's amazing, Deku…" Ochako said with a really shocked face, I mean can you blame her? Izuku just covered 31 miles of distance with a single throw, supported by, whatever Izuku just did earlier with Lostvayne, she would ask about it later. Ochako saw Izuku just rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment, but Ochako could see he was still surprised of his score, before Izuku made eye contact with her, mouthing a "thank you" for what she said earlier and she smiled in a wobbly way, still affected by shock fatigue to an extent, and she was still recovering.

A certain sepia yellow-haired boy looked at Izuku with a curious expression, albeit also shocked by the power Izuku just displayed, he looked at him for a bit, he seemed to be…examining him?

'So he's the one who got the first place rank in the practical exam, Midoriya right? Looks like his power is no joke, this guy's interesting.' The boy said with a smile, he was amused? It was strange, Izuku also noticed him a bit earlier and was quite frankly the same as well.

'It's the boy from a while ago. I don't know why, but he gives off such a strange vibe, it's confusing.' Izuku thought as everyone started barraging him with several questions, so he tried to ease them.

"W-Woah! S-Slow down! I-I can't answer all your questions at once!" Izuku said with overwhelmed anxiety before Katsuki stepped in.

"Don't fucking crowd him dammit!" Katsuki said with a glare at them, but he would be lying if he wasn't curious what the damn hell Izuku just pulled there with Lostvayne, he had never seen Izuku do anything like that before, was it a new skill? Katsuki didn't know but he had to find out later on.

"Alright enough, you all aren't being very productive. We're wasting time, all of you witnessed what quirks are capable of to dramatically change the situation. Now let's move on to the next test." Aizawa finally recovered from his shock as all the students paid their attention to their teacher, they all still had a bit of shock in them but they decided to let it go and concentrate.

"After what Midoriya just showed, I'm pumped up!" The red-haired guy said with a fist bump to himself, activating what seemed like a hardening quirk to his arms.

"Yeah! This looks fun!" The pink girl said with an enthusiastic face but Aizawa was ticked off.

"It looks fun huh? Then how about we raise the stakes? The one who places last will be branded as having no potential and will be expelled on the spot." Aizawa said with a glare and all the students yelled.

"WHAT?!" They were all shocked, some were in outrage, some were in deep fear, especially Ochako. She was actually in absolute fear, they just arrived here after getting enrolled! And what do they propose in the first day of school? Expulsion?! It was unfair! She was finally on the path to become a hero, Izuku encouraged her to keep on trying, her parents were counting on her for crying out loud! She was really afraid, it was evident on her face, Izuku noticed this and he was genuinely worried, so he put a hand on Ochako and she flinched before looking at him, Izuku smiled and there was a spark in his eyes, they looked like they were actually glowing a bright emerald shine and she was mesmerized again, staring off into those eyes that always seemed to reassure her.

"Hey Uraraka? It's alright, I know you can do it. You worked harder than anyone to get here." He said with another smile and felt Ochako relax a little, she smiled. Izuku always knew what to say to make her feel better, that's one of the things she liked-WAIT WHAT?! She blushed a deep red, and looked to him while staring before looking away.

"T-Thank you, Deku." She wasn't making eye contact with him, she brushed a stray hair to the back of her ear but she was smiling a bit widely, her heart was beating way too fast, she could practically hear it beat in her ears.

'What is this feeling? It feels elevating and my heart feels like it will explode, why does Deku make me feel this way whenever I look into his eyes?' Ochako thought and looked at Izuku, who was still smiling at her and she was caught in his eyes again before she smiled at him. Then suddenly someone exclaimed.

"Isn't that unfair?! We just got here!" The yellow-haired guy said but Aizawa glared at him.

"Natural disasters, villain attacks, hazardous accidents, did you really believe that being a hero is for fun? That you can just lay back and let nature take over? That this would be all fun and games? News flash, it isn't, this world is filled with unfairness. It's our job as heroes to overcome them no matter how hard. Surpass your limits starting now, that's what it means to go beyond, Plus Ultra style." Aizawa said before doing another creepy smile as the students shivered.

"Welcome to the Hero Course." He said and all the students resolved themselves for the inevitable punishment. Ochako steeled herself and nodded at Izuku, who nodded back and the tests began.

The 50-meter dash was up first. Izuku and Katsuki lined up towards the starting line, Katsuki with a crazed smile and Izuku with a grin, they fist bumped each other, knowing this would be one heck of a competition, well, it wasn't a competition for Izuku though, since he was way faster than Katsuki, but Katsuki wasn't weak either.

"Are you ready to lose, Deku?" Katsuki asked with a murderous smile as Izuku snorted

"I'm more worried about you, are you ready to lose, Kacchan?" Izuku countered with a smirk and Katsuki sparked an explosion in his right hand, clearly ready to sweep the floor off Izuku

"Never look down on me, Deku." Katsuki said with a grin and Izuku chuckled.

"I never do." Izuku said before fixing his sleeves and spinning his right arm around until he heard a popping sound and he smiled.

Ochako watched them and she was confident in Izuku, she didn't really know Katsuki that much, but judging by their faces, something amazing was going to happen. Izuku crouched, readying himself to launch forward and Katsuki raised his right arm back, ready to shoot out an explosion. The whole class were at the edge of their feet, they felt the competitive atmosphere they were giving off as the two long time rivals grinned before a gunshot fired.

Izuku simply vanished, creating a single gust of wind in his leave while Katsuki fired off an explosion that propelled him forward, he used his other hand and launched another simultaneously, the explosions were so powerful that he only released two before he crossed the end line, but Izuku was already there and he smirked.

"0.87 seconds, 1.47 seconds." A robot that was measuring their speed said, Katsuki just scoffed before Izuku smirked.

"Damn you, Deku." He said with a grin and Izuku just laughed before they fist bumped a second time.

"That's another win for me, Kacchan." Izuku said as Katsuki smirked this time before waving his hand off.

"Whatever, enjoy your victory while it lasts." Katsuki said as he walked back, Izuku following suite. The rest of the class, minus Ochako who was just smiling at Izuku and Katsuki's sportsmanship, were all slack-jawed, one, because Izuku just went simply from point A to point B, he just disappeared and then reappeared at the finish line in a blink of an eye, and two because Katsuki was able to almost catch up, even if it wasn't close, it was still pretty amazing.

'These two are insane.' Was the single thought most of the class had and Aizawa looked at them with an unamused expression, though he was impressed by both of them.

'A friendly rivalry, these two have been through a lot together. It's good to push each other to break their limits, both of them have potential, especially Midoriya.' Aizawa noted as the rest of the class regained their senses and the next pair came. Iida and a girl who had a face that looked frog-like were preparing to run forward, Iida pulled up his pants just over his calves and Izuku saw engines on them, must be his quirk. The gunshot fired and Iida blasted off, scoring 3.47 seconds while the frog girl (could be her quirk) just simply hopped her way to the finish line, scoring 5.43 seconds. Next was Ochako and a blonde hair guy that had a tail, Izuku was analyzing back and forth on his classmates' quirks, taking down air notes as Katsuki just looked at him before rolling his eyes, he was used to Izuku just being himself and just brought his attention somewhere else, uninterested with anyone else or whatever they were doing.

Izuku then looked at Ochako, who turned her head back to see him and he nodded, confident with her and she smiled, Izuku did say he would always support her and she was thankful and happy that he did. She then looked back with a serious game face on, lifting her feet to touch the bottom of her shoes, placing all five fingers on both shoes, activating her quirk.

'I'll make my shoes light, this can make me go faster.' She thought and then touched her clothes to avoid the weight disadvantage, before she prepared to run. The gunshot rang and Ochako ran. The tail guy was much faster, Ochako knew that, she wasn't the greatest in sports, but that wasn't going to stop her either. Izuku just gave her encouragement that he believed in her, she wasn't stopping here! Her literal life at U.A was at stake, she will do this for her parents, and because Izuku told her she could do it!

"4.43 seconds, 6.03 seconds." Ochako panted as she put both her fingers together and smiled.

'That was way faster than back in middle school!' Ochako cheered internally as she looked at Izuku, who was smiling and nodded, Ochako was happy, Izuku was really going to support her all the way, like he said he would, she would just have to do the same.

The other test came, which was the grip strength test, a boy named Lips-he meant Rikido Sato, Izuku internally cursed (well, Izuku doesn't really curse but you get the point) at Katsuki's daily nickname basis, but Izuku knew the real reason Katsuki doesn't say people's real names, actually there are two reasons. One is the main reason why, because until they can prove their strength to him, is when Katsuki will actually use their names, otherwise they will be called that for life, and be put on Katsuki's "Extras List" as he calls it, the second however is just unnecessary, he just can't bother to remember their names at all so he proceeds to call them that, depending on the distinct features they had. Izuku just chuckled a little, but Sato got the highest score thanks to a quirk that makes his physical abilities boost to a strong amount by consuming sugar or probably anything sweet? Possibly has a drawback but that's yet to be seen.

Izuku smiled and decided to kick it up a notch, his body was surrounded by wind, which caught everyone's attention because this meant Izuku would do something unthinkable, and it would, definitely. Izuku then closed his eyes.

"13% Full Cowl!" Izuku yelled and closed his fist at the strength measuring device, which broke it completely, into multiple pieces. Everyone had their jaws dropped, except Ochako and Katsuki, who already expected this, the double colored haired guy that just remained his stoic expression and the strange boy from a while ago, who just had a curious expression on his face.

"Y-You've got to be kidding me, how powerful can this guy get?!" Said a guy Izuku noted a while ago that used tape maybe? It came out from the bottom of his elbow, the limit must be how much tape he could let out or produce.

"Enough and continue on, I hate using up time." Aizawa said with that same bored expression, which also could be said for his tone. And everyone minded their business, albeit still in slight disbelief and Izuku sighed.

Once everyone was done, next was a standing long jump test, which Katsuki flew past, literally. Including a guy who was, sparkling? His quirk was what seemed to be a laser shot out of his belly button, kind of weird for Izuku but knew not to judge that. Izuku just walked towards the line and crouched, ready to jump.

'Best to get the highest time as much as possible.' Izuku said as his body charged to a 6% boost, and he smiled before he jumped. To others, they only saw a glimpse of him leap off the ground before he completely disappeared, and he reappeared at the end and like before, everyone was shocked, only slightly though, since they can already expect it now, but it was still astonishing to say the least. Izuku sighed and walked back to the others.

"Wow Deku, you're breezing through these tests!" Ochako said with her bright demeanor and Izuku smiled while rubbing the back to his head, albeit blushing a little, it was Ochako for crying out loud.

"T-Thanks Uraraka." He stuttered as Ochako smiled and he smiled, genuinely this time.

"You're also doing well! Your quirk may have some drawbacks, but isn't that what this test gives? To show what your quirk can and cannot do? So I can say you're really doing good!" Izuku said with a brighter smile, Ochako's heart flipped again and blushed before looking away.

"T-Thanks Deku..." She said while trying to turn the heat down on her face.

'Come on Ochako! Calm yourself! It's just a nice compliment from Deku. A simple, nice compliment that could mean the whole world to you, actually anything he says to encourage me already means the world to me-WHAT AM I SAYING?!' Ochako thought and her blush did nothing to subside, it just got even worse than before. Izuku just tilted his head at Ochako, a bit too close to her face.

"Uraraka, you alright?" Izuku asked and Ochako flinched before looking at Izuku and their faces were inches close to each other, noses almost touching and they both blushed at the near proximity, before jumping away from each other, Ochako was fighting the very unnerving urge to fan herself and Izuku was trying to bring down his own blush. They made eye contact for a brief moment before looking away again.

"Y-Yeah, I-I am." Ochako somehow found the ability to talk again, but it was way too wobbly and Izuku just nodded, which she saw and also nodded in reply.

"W-Well, we should continue the test, right?" Izuku said, blush finally descending a bit and Ochako nodded again, only a bit slower this time.

"Y-Yeah, let's go." Ochako said as she smiled at him, her blush also slowly going away and he smiled back, before walking back to the group that was walking to the next test. There was no way in the world Katsuki didn't see that little moment of Izuku and Ochako and just smirked.

'Oh, I'm so going to fucking enjoy this.' Katsuki thought with a shit-eating grin as Izuku and Ochako came back to join him. Izuku noticed the grin he was making and sweat dropped.

'At least Kacchan's enjoying this test. I'm surprised he hasn't killed anybody yet.' Izuku thought and sighed.

The next test was a sidestep contest, which Izuku again brought everyone's jaws down when he was sidestepping so fast, they only saw his body in a blur, but the footprints left as he did where increasing to the point they were digging their own holes, they don't even see Izuku's feet hit the floor, the time ran out and he stopped in place, now having dug up holes on the sides and he didn't even break a sweat, much to the awestruck faces most of the students made, Izuku was acing the tests one by one.

The sit-up test was next, and let's just say Izuku and Katsuki were in a stamina competition. Izuku said that he wouldn't use his quirk for this and fight Katsuki without Lostvayne's abilities, which Katsuki smirked and said he wouldn't use his either, I mean, what would explosions do to help Katsuki in sit-ups?

The timer started and they began. They were at it for a while, about 30 sit-ups and it increased to 40. Everyone was watching the two fight it out, Katsuki and Izuku grinning as they went to 50, then 60. Ochako just watched in awe of how much endurance the two best friends had, she was the one keeping Izuku's legs in place by pressing his feet down with her palms. They kept at it until they reached 80, where Katsuki was starting to slow down and he was sweating profusely, while Izuku kept going without even sweating as much, just a few drops here and there, but that was from his hair only, everyone else was watching after they gave up around the 30's, that's until Katsuki yelled a battle cry and put all his remaining strength on a last stand and he ended with 89 sit-ups, while Izuku kept going until he reached 100, and everyone's jaws dropped as he kept going, he freaking continued to do it and reached 110 without stopping. Aizawa stopped him, saying he already broke a record for most sit-ups than any first year could do, he was also slightly impressed at his endurance and Izuku showed no signs of fatigue, just short breathes.

Ochako let go of her hold and was still in awe, Izuku wasn't even using his quirk! Izuku then put his hands over him, pressed the floor and launched himself off, landing on his feet, much to everyone's astonishment and he brought a hand forward to Katsuki, who was breathing heavily and panting a lot before he accepted it with a grin of his own, Izuku responded the same.

"D-Damn you…Deku. How in the fucking hell do you keep that up without even getting tired?!" Katsuki said with a smirk and Izuku just laughed a little as he pulled him up.

"Training Kacchan, lots of it." Izuku said simply and Katsuki slapped the back of Izuku a little too much and he coughed.

"Training my ass." Katsuki said with another smirk and then laughed while Izuku smiled, albeit with a little pain with it.

Everyone had the same thought.

'These two are really something else.'

The last test was the softball throw. Since Izuku already had his turn, he was told by Aizawa he didn't need to do it anymore. Katsuki came second and took a glance at Izuku, who was grinning then nodded his head, Katsuki got the silent message and smirked before he smiled a murderous smile, making everyone but Izuku, the bi-colored haired boy, and the sepia yellow-haired boy with glasses shiver at the sight of Katsuki's evil smile. He caught the ball from Aizawa and he stepped in the circle, he stretched his arms sideways, then he smirked before going into a pitching stance.

'I blow this away with an explosion, maybe add a few more power to be sure.' Katsuki thought then he threw his right arm forward.

"DIE!!!" Katsuki yelled out loud and before the ball was released, he launched a bigger explosion from his hand and created a small shockwave, it didn't push anyone back but everyone felt the wind come from it and the ball was sent flying away.

'Die…' Was the only thing Izuku thought and he fought the urge to face palm, this was just Katsuki being Katsuki. Everyone turned their attention to Aizawa, who was just being the bored and uninterested teacher he was, just stared at the phone in his hand until he showed it to the class and they widened their eyes a bit, it wasn't as mind blowing as Izuku's but it was really far from average.

"1,678 meters?!" Everyone shouted and Izuku just grinned as Katsuki smirked before walking back to Izuku, they exchanged a high five and grinned at each other, Katsuki's was just a shit-eating one though. A few more came by, the bi-colored guy sent the ball up with an iceberg, Izuku was fascinated by his quirk but was a little curious to what his left side was, did he have two quirks? Izuku took internal notes during this. The one that caught his interest the most was the sepia yellow-haired boy from earlier, he was a little tall, taller than Ochako, but about the same as Izuku. Since he was taller than Ochako, who was 5'3", and about the same height as Izuku, who was 5'7", he'd say the guy was 5'6" at best, Katsuki was around 5'8" or 5'9", so he was slightly taller than Izuku. Izuku had never seen this guy use his quirk, he was actually wondering why he hadn't noticed this guy earlier, maybe he was too concentrated on analyzing others' quirks, he never noticed him so now was his chance.

The sepia yellow-colored boy just fixed his glasses, well, he was wiping their lenses with a cloth, then he put it on. The boy looked up to the sky for a little while and Izuku was really curious of what he was trying to do, maybe his quirk was a slow activation? He really didn't know, then suddenly, he raised his arm up in the air, and Izuku saw the boy smile, he looked like he was saying something before Izuku felt weird, he was getting dizzy all of a sudden.

'What's happening?' Izuku said looked around and saw he wasn't the only one, everyone else also had the same reaction, including Aizawa. Izuku looked at the boy again, who was still looking forward, ball in hand, then Izuku blinked, actually everyone did and Izuku was the first to notice that the ball in his hand was gone and he was standing still, he noticed as well that his headache subsided and he widened his eyes.

'Wait, was that done by him?! Was that his quirk? Did he cause the headaches? The ball isn't in his hand anymore, so that probably means-' Izuku's muttering was suddenly stopped by the sound of a beep, they all looked to the source and saw Aizawa's eyes widen slightly. Aizawa looked to the sepia yellow-haired boy who was smiling innocently at him before walking back to the group, Aizawa then showed the phone he was holding to everyone and they all also widened their eyes, just way bigger.

"34,732 meters?!" They all shouted and Izuku gaped, beyond astonished, not just by the distance this boy made, but by what happened earlier. Somehow, this boy's quirk not only affected Izuku, but everyone else, but they seemed like they aren't minding it, which Izuku found strange before he saw the same boy and walked up to him.

"Hey, I was just wondering but…" Izuku trailed off a bit and the boy in question just smiled at him.

"Izuku Midoriya correct? If you're wondering about what my quirk is, and if I was the one that caused everyone to have headaches, then I'll gladly only answer one. Yes, I was the one who caused that." The boy said as he kept up the smile and Izuku widened his eyes, his question was answered there, but he was still astonished once again, this guy was smart, Izuku could feel it for some reason. He looked at the boy, who was still smiling then he tilted his head sideways in a questionable manner.

"Is there another question you want to ask? I can't answer what my quirk is however, that is of no concern to you. I will tell you when the need rises." The boy said and Izuku slightly opened his eyes wide before waving his hands at him in reassurance.

"N-No, of course not! Well, I won't deny that I am curious to what it is, it's really an interesting quirk." Izuku said and the boy looked at him for a bit before slightly chuckling.

"It's normal to be curious, I don't blame you. After all, I was curious about yours too." The boy said and Izuku just calmed down before smiling back at him.

"I guess you already know my name, but what's yours?" Izuku said and the boy smiled at him.

"Hiro, Hiro Kanata." The boy named Hiro said and Izuku nodded before he turned to see another student who created a…cannon?! Was that her quirk? If so, then can she create anything? Or just a cannon? That doesn't seem too likely. Izuku was taking air notes and Hiro just chuckled at witnessing Izuku's analysis.

"You really are curious, Midoriya." Hiro said and Izuku stopped before rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.

"I-It's just a hobby, well, a habit I always did when I was younger." Izuku said and Hiro smiled before shrugging.

"Everyone has one." Hiro said simply and Izuku saw Ochako breathe in and out, it was almost her turn and Izuku turned to Hiro.

"Hey Kanata, do you want to join us? It seems like you weren't talking to the others and you aren't familiar with anyone." Izuku asked and Hiro tilted his head again in question.

"Join you? Are you implying we become friends?" Hiro asked and Izuku slightly rubbed behind his head and smiled a little.

"W-Well I mean, if you want to of course, I won't force you." Izuku thought the question was a little weird to ask, but he just let it go and put on a full smile, Hiro seemed to get the message and chuckled.

"Sorry if the question was a little weird of me to ask. I just needed to be sure." Hiro said and Izuku again widened his eyes at him, this guy was good at reading people, somehow that was what Izuku thought before he smiled and gestured Hiro to follow him, which Hiro did but stopped midway of a step forward, Izuku raised an eyebrow before seeing Hiro stare at him for a little while, then his eyes suddenly widened and Izuku was curious as to why he did.

"Kanata, are you alright?" Izuku asked, it took a moment before Hiro came back to this world and he just smiled back.

"Yeah, just remembered something I had to do today." Hiro said and Izuku just looked at him for a bit before nodding and they walked to Ochako and Katsuki.

Izuku then walked to Ochako and put a hand on her right shoulder. She almost yelped and looked to her side to see Izuku smiling at her. Ochako immediately relaxed and smiled back at Izuku, getting the silent encouragement he gave her and then steeled her face with one of determination, before walking to the circle. She caught the ball, albeit with four fingers and looked at it for a bit.

'Let's do this' She thought with a smile and put her fifth finger on it and threw the ball as hard as she could and the ball launched all the way up to the clouds. Aizawa just smirked a bit as he looked to his phone and Ochako looked at Aizawa before he showed everyone the score. It was an infinity sign.

"INFINITY?!" Everyone yelled and Izuku grinned at that, who's to say Izuku wasn't proud, because he was. Ochako got a win at one of the tests! And she was the highest one to score in the softball test! Izuku looked at Ochako and he gave her a smile, even wider than before and Ochako beamed, knowing she did well, it was evident on Izuku's face and walked to him as everyone else was still staring at the score.

"I did it, Deku!" She said filled with enthusiasm and glee, Izuku just smiled at her bright one, it really was contagious.

"I knew you could do it! You got the highest score out of all of us! You're really amazing!" Izuku said with a proud smile and Ochako blushed at the compliments he gave, especially the last one, then she brushed a little of her hair to the back of her ear with her right hand.

"Thanks, Deku." Ochako smiled at him softly and Izuku felt that same fluttering feeling in his stomach as he looked at her, in this moment, Ochako looked really, really cute.

'What's happening? This is way different than what I felt before, and my heart's about to blow, she's really beautiful, is this what I think it is?' Izuku thought but was still unsure, they stared at each other, his emerald glowing eyes meeting her swirling brown ones, they were instantly lost in each of theirs.

'His eyes are doing it again, this is becoming harder for me to contain…I just can't stop looking at his eyes, am I really…?' Ochako thought and they both stared a little more. They finally came back and full on blushed at each other in realization of their own thoughts, plus the fact that they were staring at each other for another while and looked away as quickly as possible. They glanced at the corners of their eyes every now and then, before looking away whenever they made eye contact again. Hiro then walked beside Izuku and tilted his head at them in question.

"You both are making eye contact way longer than one is supposed to in silence. Are you both perhaps-?" He never finished.

"WHAT?!" They both blushed at Hiro and he looked at them confused with his glasses slightly falling down.

"I'm just saying you both look at each other with affection and-" Hiro said with no shame and Izuku and Ochako blushed twice as much as before.

"K-K-KANATA, W-W-WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!" Izuku said, trying to relax but found himself incapable of doing so and Ochako was no better.

"Y-YEAH!" Ochako simply said, she really had a hard time with talking properly and Hiro looked at them with one more confused expression before shrugging and looking at another student who threw the ball with her long tongue, launching it like a catapult.

Izuku and Ochako both looked at each other before averting their eyes away, still madly blushing no doubt. They really were lucky that no one paid attention to them, but they were too busy to care about that, Izuku who was just breathing in and out, and Ochako who was calming herself down the same way, both of their hearts beating faster than before and they both had the same thought.

'What is this?'

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"Alright so, since it's too much work and time to explain how each individual score is made, I'll just show it all to you right away." Aizawa said then he pulled out a remote from his pocket, pressing a button and a hologram scoreboard appeared suddenly in the air. Everyone was on edge, two reasons, one because they want to see if they ever got last place, and two, who got last place. The scoreboard showed the scores and the names of each student, from first to last.

1.Izuku Midoriya

2.Momo Yaoyorozu

3.Hiro Kanata

4.Shoto Todoroki

5.Katsuki Bakugo

6.Tenya Iida

7.Fumikage Tokoyami

8.Mezo Shoji

9.Mashirao Ojiro

10.Ejiro Kirishima

11.Mina Ashido

12.Ochako Uraraka

13.Koji Koda

14.Rikido Sato

15.Tsuyu Asui

16.Yuga Aoyoma

17.Hanta Sero

18.Denki Kaminari

19.Kyoka Jiro

20.Tooru Hagakure

Most of them sighed in relief but one of them gasped in shock and disbelief, Izuku looked and saw floating clothes? He couldn't see her face but from the looks of it, she was scared and afraid, well maybe? Judging by her reaction to being last place, the girl named Tooru Hagakure was panicking, he felt kind of bad though until Aizawa spoke up.

"By the way, I was lying about the expulsion punishment." Aizawa said and a dead silence followed afterwards, literally almost everyone had their eyes as wide as dinner plates in disbelief.

"It was a rational way to push you to use your quirks at their utmost best and break their limits." Aizawa said with a creepy, but troll-looking smile and everyone sighed in relief but most exclaimed in protest and complaint. Then someone spoke up.

"Of course it was a ruse, it was actually quite obvious." A girl said, possibly if Izuku remembered right, was named Momo Yaoyorozu, and judging by her demeanor and her quirk, Izuku broke down a hypothesis that she was possibly admitted through recommendations. Most of them thought with a sweat drop.

'I didn't know…'

Izuku then looked to his side, seeing Ochako sigh in relief, before looking at Izuku, who then smiled at her, and she smiled back. He went close to her ear, which she blushed a bit when he did.

"I told you, you can do it. I never doubted you for a second." Izuku whispered as Ochako felt her heart melt at his words before looking at him, who had a deeper blush from what he just did and Ochako blushed deeper, but never stopped looking at him and smiled, like really widely.

"Thanks Deku. That means a lot to me." Ochako said and Izuku smiled back at her, before looking at the board. He was impressed to say the least, he got first place, he was kind of confident he would but was still astonished nevertheless. He looked down to third place and saw Hiro's name there and he widened his eyes, he really didn't expect that.

"I must've made a miscalculation at that. Probably from the sit-up test." Hiro said out of nowhere and Izuku yelped in surprise before noticing it was Hiro and sighed.

"I didn't expect you to get third place, Kanata." Izuku said and Hiro looked at him before doing that tilted head gesture again.

"What do you mean? I added up all the scores I made, divided it by how many tests we all did, then we get the average of our total score, thus putting everyone on their specific ranks. It is expected." Hiro said with a confused expression and Izuku, plus Ochako who heard everything, sweat dropped at Hiro.

"I-I guess so. Never really crossed my mind though." Izuku said and Ochako looked at Hiro before looking at Izuku with a face of curiosity.

"Deku, who is this?" Ochako asked and Izuku was about to say who before Hiro interrupted.

"Ochako Uraraka ; Quirk : Zero Gravity, pleasure to meet you. I'm Hiro Kanata, Midoriya's friend." Hiro said as Izuku and Ochako widened their eyes, looking at each other before looking back at Hiro. This guy seriously knew what quirk she uses? And the name as well! Ochako was just beyond bewildered that this strange boy, who she now knew as Hiro Kanata, just guessed her quirk and what its name was, let's just say she didn't know whether to be impressed, or shocked, possibly both.

"N-Nice to meet you too, Kanata." Ochako said, still with some shock left and Izuku just stared off into space until he came back to the world when he heard Hiro talk again.

"Uraraka, if I may ask. Why do you call Midoriya "Deku"? Isn't his name Izuku? Or is it a given nickname to him?" Hiro asked with curiosity and Ochako blushed a little as he said the word "nickname".

"I-It's just a nickname, I'm allowed to call him that. Hehe." She laughed nervously but she was spinning both her index fingers in circles as Izuku blushed at the same time and Hiro stared at her for a while before he nodded in understanding, then Izuku felt a hand on his shoulder, a short pat before he looked and saw Katsuki there, grinning.

"You just keep winning, don't you, Deku?" Katsuki said and he smirked as Izuku rolled his eyes though was genuinely surprised, Katsuki was taking his loss well, although he always did in the past when they had competitions with themselves, it always usually ended with Izuku winning or Katsuki somehow finding a creative way to pin him down.

"I told you so, Kacchan." Izuku said with a smile and Katsuki clicked his tongue but had a genuine smile on his face, one of the rarest things Katsuki ever showed in a daily basis.

"Don't let it get to your damn head." Katsuki grinned and Izuku just smiled as they all looked towards Aizawa's voice.

"Everyone go back to class, take a syllabus and you're all dismissed. Make sure you take this as a reminder of what's to come in the future, as many other tests won't be as merciful as this. Am I clear?." Aizawa said with a dominating tone and the whole class tensed up before standing straight.

"Yes, Aizawa-sensei!" They all said and Aizawa, with his bored expression, just nodded at them before walking away, letting them go about their business.

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Izuku, Ochako, Katsuki and the newest addition that is Hiro, were walking down the hallway back to their classroom until Katsuki stopped midway and Izuku looked over with a confused face.

"Kacchan? What's the matter?" Izuku asked but Katsuki just stood there, looking like he was debating whether or not he should ask about something, he then decided and looked at Izuku with a face of one so serious.

"What the hell did you do earlier, Deku?" Katsuki asked and Izuku raised an eyebrow at that.

"What do you mean?" Izuku asked but suddenly flinched at what Katsuki said next.

"You know damn hell what I'm talking about. Did you acquire a new skill?" Katsuki asked, making Izuku finally realized what he was talking about and rubbed the back of his head.

"O-Oh that? Yeah it was, I recently learned about it a couple days ago." He lied, of course he would. As much as he wanted to tell him, why would Izuku just straight out say he learned it way back before, when he was training with a very ancient being that happened to be the savior of the entire world, that ended a holy war that could've potentially ended with catastrophic results and the entire destruction of the earth to the point of humans becoming extinct, that he trained in a weird magic dimensional plain inside Lostvayne, which was the one of the ways to communicate with said savior from that said plane. Would Izuku tell him all that and expect Katsuki to take it all in and allow it? Of course not.

"Ok, but I was asking what it was." Katsuki said, his face with a serious look and arms crossed, and Izuku just sighed, knowing he wouldn't be able to get away from this.

"Yeah Deku, what was that you did during the softball test?" Ochako asked, she was going to ask Izuku about it later on but hey? Katsuki just asked so might as well take advantage of it. Izuku looked at Ochako this time, her eyes filled with questions and curiosity, he immediately got lost in them before turning away to look at Katsuki, who was still looking for an answer and Hiro who was just the same as Ochako and he sighed again.

"Looks like I'm not getting out of this, aren't I?" Izuku asked and the three of them nodded, with Katsuki rolling his eyes at how obvious his question was.

"Alright well, let's get our syllabuses first before I tell you three, sounds fair?" Izuku asked and they took a moment of thought before they nodded in agreement, Izuku responded with one of his own and they continued walking back to the Class 1-A Homeroom.

It was a really hard day to go by, Izuku was bombarded with questions of what he did, what his quirk was and was easily overwhelmed, they just went in the classroom and this happens? Well he couldn't blame them, like Hiro said, it was normal to be curious, but the only problem is that it was about his quirk, which was actually a touchy subject for him because he was technically still quirkless, being that Lostvayne isn't a quirk and that his power was magic, which was lost and completely extinct to this world, well, not really according to Meliodas, it's just that people cannot access it anymore even if they tried.

Luckily though, Katsuki somehow became his temporary bodyguard for a while, which made the whole group disperse and Izuku couldn't blame him, they were bullied, discriminated and abused as outcasts and it was mostly Katsuki who protected Izuku through all of that turmoil and pain, but Izuku still got in the crossfire. Izuku was thankful however, this was actually a force of habit on Katsuki's part, and he always did this when people tried to crowd Izuku, still trying to recover from the scars of others hurting him in the past, so Katsuki becomes protective right away, considering that Izuku was still a little shy and such, after all.

Habits are hard to get rid of.

The four finally were able to get their syllabuses, coincidentally, all their chairs were in one row (not!), and they left the school grounds. Izuku found a good place to have a bite to eat and they agreed as they went in, getting a table of four (Katsuki and Hiro sitting beside each other while Izuku and Ochako were doing the same), after ordering what they all wanted to eat, Katsuki finally spoke up after entering.

"So Deku, explain first who the hell is this extra beside me." Katsuki said nonchalantly and Izuku sweat dropped before Hiro interrupted.

"Katsuki Bakugo ; Quirk : Explosion, pleasure to meet you. I'm Midoriya's friend, Hiro Kanata." Hiro said with a smile, Izuku's eyes widened again at how Hiro was able to figure out Katsuki's quirk, well, it was kind of obvious what it was though, but Izuku widened more because Hiro knew his name. Katsuki was a bit surprised and raised an eyebrow at him before smirking.

"You know me and my quirk? I'm surprised you haven't called me a villain." Katsuki said with a grin and Izuku glared at him, Izuku hated it when Katsuki always tried to bring himself down, to make people say he was a villain, but deep down Izuku knew that Katsuki always was afraid of repeating history, it was expected, they were in a new school with new people, so making a new impression and name would even their odds out. Ochako just frowned a bit, thinking about why Katsuki said that. Thanks to the talk Izuku and Ochako had, which was one of Ochako's happiest and most recent memories, she knew people called Katsuki a villain because of the dangerous potential his quirk could give, and that brought an impression to others that he could become what they called "A villain in the making", according to Izuku, so she looked over to Izuku to see him glaring at him, understanding what Izuku was trying to imply. Hiro tilted his head again to the side in a confused way and spoke up.

"Villain? Why would I call you a villain? Your quirk is one of the most interesting quirks I have ever seen, it even carries with it a lot of potential that could be used in many ways." Hiro said with a smile afterwards and Katsuki widened his eyes, same could be said for Izuku and Ochako just smiled. Katsuki was shocked would be an understatement, no, this was a revelation for the guy. Asides from Izuku and Ochako (who hasn't judged Katsuki because of his quirk), Hiro was the third person (student) that told Katsuki his quirk wasn't a villain's, and that it was an interesting quirk no less, all his life, Katsuki was stressed out to a degree but hid his feelings away to not show weakness to it, and always went to Izuku if he had a problem or anything however, Izuku was mostly the drama king before. Katsuki just leaned back and crossed his arms, smiling, that rare smile Izuku always swore was a weird thing for Katsuki to do.

"Hmph, why the hell should I tell you? You're lucky you are still here and alive, be grateful that you're at my mercy right now." Katsuki said, back to his murderous smile as Izuku smiled, knowing Katsuki was happy again, although in his own way. If he declared that he wouldn't "kill" somebody, then they were officially off his "Extras List" as he called it. Ochako just sweat dropped at what Katsuki said but when she saw that rare smile, she just smiled, knowing another person was accepting Katsuki regardless of his quirk.

"So Deku, explain." Katsuki said, back to his serious demeanor and Izuku nodded. Izuku looked at all of them, seeing that they were ready to listen, he closed his eyes while he breathed in and out, then opened them to speak.

"That technique you all saw is called Full Counter. It's one of the many abilities Lostvayne offers me besides from enhanced strength and speed. Asides from the two, I currently have and can use this, with the ability being really powerful as well." Izuku explained while Ochako looked at him, clearly listening quietly, Hiro who was curious in an amusing way and Katsuki raised an eyebrow after nodding.

"What do you mean powerful?" Katsuki said, still with the same expression and Izuku's face suddenly turned serious, everyone in the table noticed this.

"It repels quirks back at their user with three times more power than before." Izuku flatly said and everyone's eyes widened, they were all in disbelief that Izuku had such a powerful ability at his disposal, a quirk that allows you to deflect other quirks thrown at you? It's unheard of, Katsuki suddenly smirked and they all looked at him.

"Damn it, what the hell kind of quirk do you have, Deku?" Katsuki said with a grin and Izuku knew Katsuki wanted to see how powerful it was and he smiled, knowing Katsuki was a battle maniac, this was how he usually acted.

"T-That's amazing, Deku. So you can repel any quirk back at their users?" Ochako asked with such astonishment at the idea and Izuku nodded.

"Depends with the quirk used against me, but yes, with three times more power than before." Izuku said and Ochako slowly put a hand on her forehead, clearly she saw Izuku do it, but still found it hard to believe. Izuku then sighed, knowing they would have these reactions, although saw Hiro staring off into space for some reason.

"Hey Kanata? Are you ok?" Izuku knew it wasn't that hard to process what he just said, but he would understand that they were shocked, after all, he was the same when Meliodas introduced it to him. Hiro seemed to snap out of his trance and he looked at Izuku with wide eyes for a bit before smiling a little at him.

"O-Oh yeah, I am. Just trying to take this new information in, is all." Hiro said and Izuku was a little confused till he just shrugged it and nodded at him.

"I don't blame you all, it was the same for me when I found out at first." Ok, Izuku told the truth there. He was actually surprised when he tried it the first time, but he didn't have…good memories when learning it, Meliodas, despite his cheerful atmosphere, hid a lot of mischief behind his All Might- surpassing grin, and it wasn't an easy training session, nothing with Meliodas is easy, ever. Izuku shivered at the memories until Katsuki spoke up.

"How did you find out, who did you use it on?" Katsuki said with a serious look again and Izuku flinched but didn't show it, crap! How was he going to explain this?! Katsuki was kind of right, if it would repel quirks, how would he figure it out the first time he found out he had Full Counter? Which was actually a lie, so he would say a lie within a lie, this was getting harder as it goes.

"Oh how? Well, when I was practicing by myself very early in the morning, one of my attacks went wrong." Izuku somehow kept hid composure without stuttering and rubbed the back of his head, Ochako frowned, clearly worried, Katsuki raised an eyebrow and snickered.

"Don't tell me I fucking missed something good." Katsuki smirked as Izuku rolled his eyes and sighed, before nodding to confirm it. He technically was telling the truth, one of his early morning trainings were done wrong when he tried a new technique, an even stronger version of one of his special moves, Delaware Smash.

He tried it, at first, he would only use one finger with double the power of the original technique, from 7% to 14%. It worked well, since he sent a giant vortex of whirlwinds that was concentrated, it was less than wide unlike the 7% one, which was as big as an average human's thigh, the 14% one however, being at least estimated to be as big as a normal person's arm width, but even more destructive, which can rival, no, even surpass All Might's Detroit Smash, to the ocean to avoid as much causalities as possible but what went wrong was when he decided to use more fingers. The first time he'd done it with two was alright, doubling the already doubled power was a good move and since Delaware Smash was reinforced, it was much more concentrated, therefore more devastating in return. The bad part was when he decided to use 3 fingers, that caused the backfire to happen, since the blasts could only be so close to each other (being only 2 fingers, so two blasts), any more than 2 will cause said backfire and Izuku was affected by it. Izuku just chuckled at the memory as everyone looked at him.

"That's how I found out, I launched an attack at first, but then it came back to me. So out of panic, I summoned Lostvayne and swung, suddenly the attack stopped in midair and then went to the opposite direction." Izuku said with a nervous laugh and Katsuki just smirked, clearly now aware Izuku has a new ability and wanted to test it, Ochako was just slightly worried before Izuku gave her a smile and she calmed down, Hiro just eyed Izuku with a curious expression. Their orders came a few minutes later and started to eat, not before saying thanks of course. They all talked and got to know each other to pass time, mainly it was Hiro since he was the new one here so he gladly talked.

Apparently Hiro happened to come here after her mother died shortly a few years ago, which made the mood drop a bit before he reassured them that he was alright. He was sent here since his dream was to be a hero, a hero that can save others so they won't experience what his mother had, though he wouldn't explain what happened to her, they didn't force him to talk about it and respected his privacy, Hiro was glad for that. The four friends (with Katsuki only calling Ochako and Hiro "acquaintances" though) talked a few more after finishing each of their individual meals, this time Izuku telling his and Katsuki's life, which Katsuki scoffed at the memories and letting Izuku do the talking.

Hiro found it saddening and actually told them that he understood how hard it was to live a life like that, a life of troubles and constant pain, whether it was sympathy or empathy that Hiro was implying, Izuku didn't care and thanked him for understanding it nevertheless, same could be said for Ochako, reassuring Izuku that she was there if he needed her or someone to talk to and Izuku smiled before blushing a bit, he really feels like he could relax if Ochako was by his side, he felt his heart rate increase when he looked at her smile, that smile that seems to always warm his heart, that seems to always give him a smile of his own, the feeling was really confusing to Izuku but somehow, he felt it was right.

They left their lunch stop a little later (not after Izuku's multiple questions of what Hiro's quirk is) and came to the terminal. Sadly, Hiro had to separate from the group, of course, after getting their numbers first and promising to stay in touch. When he left, Izuku looked at Ochako and Katsuki, who also nodded their approval at him, like they knew what he was thinking and he smiled before holding Katsuki's right shoulder with his left hand and at first, hesitating a bit after, before blushing and holding Ochako's left hand and she almost yelped and blushed deeper than Izuku's, before intertwining their fingers together (Ochako's being only four) and Izuku looked at Ochako a little, her doing the same before he smiled nervously at Ochako, she also smiling at him, still with a heating face, then they all disappeared.

The three friends appeared in front of the Bakugo household, Katsuki also saying his goodbye at them before walking towards his front door, being welcomed by a loud scolding by Mitsuki and Izuku just sweat dropped before sighing greatly. Ochako looked at the front door of the Bakugo's, before looking at Izuku, conflicted.

"I-Is he going to be alright?" Ochako said with uncertainty and Izuku just gave her a smile.

"You'd be surprised that's how Katsuki's family acts every single day." Izuku said and laughed a little at the several memories he remembered about Katsuki and Mitsuki. Ochako just found it a little weird at first before joining him in the laughter, she could actually see that, Katsuki was a bit…vile and intimidating, in her opinion at least, his mother being no less than that, from what she's just seen.

"Well, I guess we should go back. Eri's probably waiting at the door for us." She said while wiping a tear of her right eye and Izuku just chuckled.

"I still don't believe her saying that she actually stayed by the doorway for 2 hours straight." Izuku said and Ochako giggled a little, Eri really was a cute bundle of joy.

"Is it strange that I think she is the most adorable and cutest girl I've ever seen in my life?" Ochako playfully said with a hint of rhetorical questioning in it and Izuku chuckled at that, before smiling.

"No, no it isn't." Izuku said and started to walk down the pavement, Ochako slowly catching up to his side before looking at him once she made eye contact with Izuku again.

"We're not going to flash there?" It was actually a genuine question, she really liked the convenience of supposedly "teleporting" anywhere with no time gap, and the fact that she is well used to it already by now. Izuku just smiled before looking up to the sky, seeing the sun hiding behind a cumulus body of condensed water vapor.

"Surprisingly, the weather is actually cool and refreshing. I just wanted to enjoy walking on it with you, unless you don't want to?" Izuku said with a grin and Ochako quickly shook her head, actually wanting to do this with him and walk the peaceful retreat to Izuku's home. She blushed a tiny tint of a pinkish color after shortly realizing they were alone, again.

"O-Of course not! I would actually enjoy this, now that you mention it." Ochako said admittedly, the blush fading away before she smiled at him and he nodded with approval and continued walking, Ochako following suite.

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The two arrived at the Midoriya household, after the wonderful walk they just made earlier, although quiet in a sense, they clearly enjoyed the cool breeze constantly blowing through their skin and hair before, still feeling it as of now. Izuku reached out and turned the knob, opening the door and promptly bowing slightly to Ochako, gesturing her with a grin to come in first and she giggled at his gentlemanly actions and stretched her skirt on both opposite sides with her hands, playing along and walked inside, Izuku walking in after her and closing the door.

"We're home!" He shouted, announcing their presence as they both removed their footwear and placed it to the side. Upon walking a bit forward, they heard small but clearly excited footsteps violently running towards their direction and they both smiled, Eri running towards Izuku first with a huge smile on her face as she hugged Izuku, almost knocking him over when he opened his arms out before, even if he was stronger than maybe most his age (Mentally thanking Meliodas), Eri was no exception to his strength, because maybe to Izuku only, he knows Eri can hug hard.

"Papa! Welcome back!" Eri said full of enthusiasm which brought a certain warmth throughout Izuku's body, it really made Izuku happy that Eri acted like this, always waiting for him to come home with a smile on her face once he does, it made him feel like he was the most important person to Eri, which he was of course.

"Hi Eri! Glad to see you again!" And glad he was, Eri was one of the only people in the world to always put a smile on his face as she did, Ochako also being one of those people, speaking of her.

"Hey Eri! Good to see you happy as always!" Ochako said with equal enthusiasm that could possibly rival Eri's and Eri smiled even wider before letting go of Izuku momentarily and rushing to Ochako's body and hugging her with even more strength than she did with Izuku, Ochako fell down in response to Eri's playful hug that weighed a car (Exaggeration evident).

"Agh!" She yelped as she bumped her bottom on the ground, with her arms around Eri as she giggled violently in joy and excitement, with Izuku laughing a little, clearly enjoying that Eri was happy to see Ochako too. A lot changed between both of them, Eri mentioned to Izuku that Ochako was someone she put all her trust on after Izuku, which he is thankful for, that in itself is a hard feat to achieve from the white-haired girl.

"Chako!" Eri said with a big smile, Ochako winced a little at the pain before ignoring it because of her obvious happiness at the clearly happy Eri and she smiled widely the same way.

"Alright Eri, me and Deku have something for you that you will definitely love!" Ochako said and Eri looked at her with wide eyes filled between half-shocked and half-hopeful that it was something new, she turned her head at Izuku's direction quickly for confirmation and he nodded, she smiled an even bigger smile.

"Really?! Yay! Show me, show me!" Eri asked with childlike excitement and Izuku picked her up from her waist, Ochako standing up with a tiny bit of struggle thanks to the supposedly monstrous hug that Eri gave her earlier.

"Yep! Let's go to the couch first before we show you alright?" Izuku said with a soft smile but he was internally hoping Eri would love it, which she would but he didn't want to jump to conclusions just yet. Eri pouted with impatience and he chuckled at Eri's cute face before walking to the living room, with Ochako following them.

The three sat down on the couch, Izuku at the right side of it, Ochako on the left and Eri on the middle of both of them. Izuku placed a paper bag on the coffee table in front of them and Eri eyed it with intense anticipation, Ochako giggling in amusement at how serious Eri looked, well, as serious as she tried to be, and it was adorable mind you.

"Can I?" Eri asked as she looked at Ochako, who was smiling at her.

"Of course. It's for you anyways, Eri." Ochako said as she was wondering what her reaction would be to the obviously genius idea Izuku thought of as a gift for Eri, at least, genius in Ochako's opinion.

{Flashback}

"Hold on Uraraka! I just thought of something we could get for Eri!" Izuku exclaimed as he abruptly stopped walking, making Ochako stop a little ways ahead of him and look at him curiously.

"Oh? What is it?" Eager to also find out, she eyed him with interest. He wasn't looking at her but smiled widely at her question, however instead of saying what it is, he just raised a finger towards the direction where he was looking and Ochako followed the invisible line till her eyes landed on what he was pointing at and she beamed before she smiled as well, albeit a little wider than Izuku's.

"That's actually a good idea! Let's get some for her then!" Ochako now understood Izuku's intentions of a gift and she no doubt thought it would be a great gift for Eri once she sees it.

"Then what's the holdup? Let's go!" Izuku yelled a little loudly with such enthusiasm before running off to the stall he saw, momentarily grabbing Ochako's hand as he did while she blushed a little at his blunt choice of action before she giggled at him. Izuku would do anything for Eri.

{End Flashback}

Ochako smiled at the recent memory, with a little pink flush on her already marked cheeks as she did before she shook her head when she saw Eri reach for the paper bag, curious sparks could be seen on her eyes as she grabbed it. Eri then took a few more seconds of looking at the bag before she reached in the bag with her right hand. Feeling a strange, uneven, round object in her palm, she grasped the gift she got and brought it out for her to see and she tilted her head in confusion.

In her hand was a white paper wrapped up in a crumpled yet neat form, with a few wet stains threatening to come out from some spots around the foreign object to Eri. She turned it in different angles, eyeing it with seemingly unlimited curiosity, truth in those words, a child's mind can only comprehend so little yet have boundless amounts of ideas in the form of imagination. She looked at Izuku's green eyes, obviously confused and tilted her head to the right while looking at him, then she looked at Ochako's brown eyes, who, like Izuku earlier, just smiled at her, clearly holding in bottled emotions of excitement, and failing miserably.

With a nod of approval from Ochako, Eri gulped a little and started to slowly open it from a stray paper corner that was sticking out. She kept peeling it until she saw half of it and…let's just say Eri's red eyes would've popped out from utter shock and disbelief, with a full on gasp. There's no way right? The holy embodiment of pure deliciousness in front of her, on her palm, isn't real…right?

"I-I-Is this…?" Eri was barely keeping it together, staring intently at the top of all gifts combined, while Izuku and Ochako mentally thanked the heavens that Eri loved it, it was obvious.

"Surprise! It's a candy apple! I knew you had a really persistent sweet tooth and a never-ending eye for apples, so what happens when you mix both? You get this!" Izuku was beaming so bright, his emerald eyes started to blink a small glint of light before fully disappearing, the eye-to-eye smile was even proof of it. Ochako just cheered inside her head that they were able to get a good gift for Eri, she really knew it couldn't be helped, Eri was a sucker for apples, a fan, heck, even a full-blown lover for the healthy snack, this only proved that Izuku's genius mind prevailed again.

Eri just stared at Izuku with the same expression, she was silent the whole time, speechless to a large degree that you would've thought her brain stopped working. She looked at him, then at the heavenly snack in front of her and she did the one thing she knew she should do.

She cried.

Izuku became a bit dumbfounded and panicked so much, he thought he did something that hurt Eri. Didn't she really like apples? That much is true! No doubt about it! And the sweet tooth she has is an even more obvious fact if you've been with Eri for almost a year, if you didn't notice that, then you don't know Eri as well as Izuku does. His thoughtful struggles ended abruptly when Eri placed the candy apple down so quick on the coffee table and lunged at Izuku so hard he fell down this time, clearly not expecting it.

"T-T-THANK YOU P-PAPA! I-I-I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! T-T-THIS IS THE BEST GIFT YOU'VE EVER GIVEN ME!" Eri yelled in tears and hicks, Izuku just staring off to space as the words registered in his mind. Ochako was shocked at first as well when Eri started crying and got worried that something went wrong, however all that went down the drain as Eri hugged Izuku fiercely and her eyes softened while she smiled at what Eri said, Izuku really did know how to make this little girl so happy. Izuku just smiled and wrapped his arms around Eri and stroked her hair.

"Hehe, you're welcome Eri. You know I'd do anything for you, right?" He felt her nod wildly and chuckled while the rewind quirked girl kept on bringing her internal happiness out in the form of tears and saying thank you multiple times.

"Although, you should also thank Uraraka as well. I'm not the only one who gave you this gift after all." Izuku said softly but loud enough for everyone to hear. Eri hugged tighter in response and muttered a "mhm" and "thank you" before letting go and looking at the smiling brunette, then she again lunged herself at her with open arms, which Ochako accepted wholeheartedly, good thing she was on the couch as well with Izuku, or she would've fell on her bottom again. Eri hugged Ochako tightly while Ochako hugged her equally with much love that she could muster at the moment.

Eri calmed down a little while later before looking up from Ochako to Izuku and she smiled with teary eyes, which Izuku smiled back with a happy face before he knelt down to the side of the coffee table and grabbed something from the same bag filled with 5 more candy apples, which was a stick with a sharp tip at one end. He then poked the sharp, possibly bigger toothpick on top of the candy apple and flipped it over to look like a lollipop and gestured Eri to take it.

"Go ahead, try it Eri. You'll love this." Izuku smiled gently while Eri nodded and smiled brightly this time. Now that she was able to recover, with some leftover evidence of tears on her cheeks, she eyed the golden brown-looking apple that glistened in a spark of reflective light from the ceiling as she turned it clockwise, then the opposite. She stared in awe and possibly much more drool than she ever produced but wasn't obvious to the naked eye for some reason. She gulped all her shock and put on a face of courage and bit a part of the apple and…well, Eri was in cloud nine.

'T-T-This…t-this! I-Is this h-h-heaven?.' Eri thought with a face filled with pure satisfaction and glee, relishing the undeniably, sweet taste of the red fruit mixed with some syrup she couldn't make out of, she made a hum of delight as she swallowed the now crushed remains of what was left in her mouth, and that was just the first bite.

Izuku looked on with a smile, clearly amused and overall, happy that Eri loved the gift, oh, he can tell alright, if Eri's face wasn't evidence of that, then he wouldn't know what is. Ochako was in a similar spot of her own glee, Eri's face was so adorable that she just wanted to pinch her cheeks so hard and Ochako felt the undying urge to coo Eri mercilessly, then decided against it. After a full two minutes of Eri enjoying the lingering taste of the delicious fruit on her hand, she suddenly started biting multiple times, slowly at first, till she sped up a little but not enough to make Eri choke, surprisingly.

Izuku, worried and being the "papa", flashed to the kitchen and prepared a glass of water for all three of them, then put each glass on a tray he pulled out and flashed back to the living room after picking up said tray and placed it on top of the coffee table, handing one glass in front of Eri, then one to Ochako, who replied with a "thank you" before nodding and drinking his.

When Eri finished her dessert, she plumped down on the couch, clearly seen to be satisfied beyond comprehension and sighed in delight, Ochako almost losing it to the cuteness overload, and Izuku chuckling at Eri's own antics.

"Papa, Chako…that was so delicious…thank you again." Eri said, albeit still a little too tiredly, her eyes half-lidded and sighed again, while both teenagers smiled at her, Izuku suddenly said.

"Want another Eri?" As if almost instantaneous, Eri shot up with stars in her eyes and nodded vigorously at his words and started to giddy in her seat, Izuku laughed a little and proceeded to get another, this time, batch of candy apples and gave one to Eri and Ochako, then one for himself and they all started to dig in. Ochako widened her eyes slightly at how good the dessert actually was and bit into it a little more, understanding why Eri loved this and Izuku just stayed neutral, although not showing what he felt about the apple, on the outside, his face was seen loving the sweet brown fruit on his stick but kept his bewilderment into his inner self and just enjoyed how good it tasted, while humming a tune.

'This is actually good! It says a lot considering we bought this from a stall, I can see why Eri loves this.' Izuku thought with a smile as he looked over to Eri, who was happily eating her second candy apple and sitting on Ochako lap, while Ochako held her own apple on her stick to one hand, while the other was combing Eri's hair, however, Ochako's mind thought differently in a sense, way off and not related to candy apples whatsoever.

'O-Oh my gosh, Izuku's voice is so…' Ochako was thinking about other things and she blushed a lot at the thought, clearly admiring Izuku's baritone tune that was slightly higher in a tenor-based level. She literally was blushing madly as she thought one thing.

'C-Can he sing…wait, WHY AM I SUDDENLY ATTRACTED TO HIS VOICE?! W-WHAT THE HECK OCHAKO! SLOW DOWN!' Ochako was barely keeping it together, she hid her blush through another bite and took calm breaths to ease the heat on her face. Eri just continued living in her own world, maybe enjoying her apple a bit too much as she sighed in eternal bliss, well, as cute as possible in an Eri fashion, Izuku downed a glass of water and gently patted his stomach, showing he was satisfied as well and laid his back on the couch, Eri laughing as Izuku poked her stomach, twice. Ochako finally relaxed and looked towards Izuku, who made eye contact with her for a brief moment before sending a quick, silent message to Izuku as he got the idea and then grinned brightly, before nodding back at the unsaid plan. Eri looked at Izuku and Ochako with confusion on her face as she wondered why it became so silent.

"What's wrong? Papa? Chako?" Eri just looked at them both respectively with a head tilt, which they just stared at her and Eri became even more confused at Izuku and Ochako's grins, then she suddenly felt a slight twinge of fear through her spine.

"What's going-?"

Izuku and Ochako both suddenly poked Eri sides with their index fingers, at the same time.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! W-Wait! Stop Papa! Chako-HAHAHAHAHA!! T-That tickles!!!" Eri gasped and giggled wildly before full on laughing as Izuku and Ochako poked her multiple times on several different spots in her stomach, her most ticklish spot, she tried to stop them but her child-like strength couldn't get past them both and just continued to laugh, Izuku and Ochako laughing all the while they continued an onslaught of endless poking.

A few minutes later, Eri panted and ceased her laughing, with a few tears of happiness in her eyes and slight giggles every few seconds, while Izuku and Ochako hugged her in their arms, all catching a breath at laughing a lot today. They all fell into a comfortable silence as Eri smiled, clearly and already happy as if it wasn't obvious, Izuku and Ochako the same way.

"I love you, Papa and Chako…" Eri said as she slowly drifted away to sleep with that same cute smile she always seemed to produce, Ochako slightly almost teared up on the spot but had a massive smile on her face, Izuku replied with kissing Eri's forehead while stroking her hair.

"I love you too, Eri." He said as he leaned his head on top of Eri's head, but just also above Ochako's shoulder, where they both bumped their heads on their sides and both blushed in unison but decided to not move, lest they awaken an adorable little sliver-haired girl.

A few moments of complete silence filled the air, with Eri breathing a constant pace and a smile on her face while the U.A-official students blushed their own shades of red, their heads tilted on each other, just with Eri's below theirs. Ochako decided to break the silence a little.

"Deku?" Ochako said as her heart picked up the pace even more than before while Izuku almost flinched in surprise but didn't turn around to look at her, his own eyes closed as he tried to push down the invading blush

"Y-Yes?" Izuku wanted to slap himself right there, why would he stutter now of all times?!

Ochako almost hesitated but bit her lower lip instead, then she found a little resolve to continue and took a deep breath.

"Thank you…"

"H-Huh?"

"I said thank you." Ochako whispered but her heart rate increased dramatically after releasing the words.

"No, I mean I heard you, just why say that?" Izuku was generally confused like Eri was earlier, why would she say thank you? Did he do anything today that caused her to do so? There are a few he could point out, but thought otherwise or he just can't recall.

"I-It's just…thanks for being there for me and supporting me at the field. I really never said thank you properly so I-I thought now is a good time as any to say it." Ochako said as her heart skipped a beat, why is it so hard to say "thank you" to Izuku? Call it nervousness or whatever, but it shouldn't be that hard!

"O-Oh…"

Izuku may be a smart and intuitive person, heck, he actually is higher than average of most his age in terms of wisdom and knowledge, but that right there was a dumb reply! Way to "stick the landing" Izuku! Oh yeah! The stutter's there too!

'Calm it Izuku, just relax. Do what you do best and think smartly, just without muttering it out loud. Yeah…I can do this!'

"Uraraka, you remember what I promised you, right?" Izuku said, miraculously did not stutter. He mentally cheered, the wonders of your heart racing a million miles a minute, what can't it do?

"Y-You mean that conversation back then a week ago?" Ochako questioned with a now condensed blush, but still there, recalling the messages they sent to each other. She smiled at the memory though.

"Yeah, I said that from now on, I'd help you out anyway I can right? I'd help you get stronger, to support you as a friend, and to help you become a hero for your dream. So I intend to keep it." Izuku said with a smile as he looked down on his shoes, barely trying to suppress a rushing blush though.

Ochako literally tried everything in her will to not cry right away. Sure, she did expect Izuku to help her out occasionally, a few times here and there, maybe even slightly more, but what she didn't expect was Izuku to actually keep that promise, let alone do everything he could to help her out. That alone made her smile even wider, albeit a deeper shade of red on her pink-stained cheeks but she could care less at the moment, she was extremely happy she could practically faint with bliss, Izuku really did want to help her, and the feeling's mutual as well, all the more better.

"T-Thank you, again." Ochako giggled a little while Izuku chuckled, just at low levels of noise to not stir Eri in her slumber.

"I'm always happy to help." Izuku said with a smile before he yawned softly, Ochako doing the same after and also sporting a similar smile before they both fell asleep, not after Izuku folded the paper bag and placing it in the refrigerator for future consumption of course, and going back to the couch in the same position as before, only then did sleep take over.

A little later, Inko was smiling widely and almost squealed like a schoolgirl seeing the adorable position, and took a picture.

'They DEFINITELY look like a family.' Inko mused internally and sighed, before walking over to the kitchen, in a really good mood.

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A little earlier after Izuku and Ochako came to the Midoriya Household, a familiar boy with sepia yellow hair was walking down an unfamiliar sidewalk. Cars of different colors were normally driving across separate directions, the sun halfway down till sunset as Hiro sighed in relaxation, lifting his head, he looked up to the clouds and smiled.

'Midoriya, Uraraka and Bakugo huh? This will be an interesting year for me.' He mused to himself as he then turned left suddenly and came across a building complex, clearly showing he knew his way around. He stopped in front of a door dyed in azure blue and turned the knob, entering the dimly lit entrance to what appeared to be his home.

"I'm home." There you go.

"Hiro? You're quite late from what we agreed upon." A voice coming what appeared to be down the hall as Hiro took off his shoes and lazily placed them to the side.

"Sorry Ji, I was hanging out with some friends of mine." Hiro replied as he walked into his living room. It looked nothing out of the ordinary, you have the humble couch, the all-present coffee table and what's a home without the TV? Several pictures could be seen across a multitude of shelves upon different walls surrounding the house, and a number of books laid in-between each shelf of choice, some were new at first glance while some were already claimed by time, dust being present on the covers. Hiro simply sat down on the couch while placing his bag down gently.

"Friends huh? Although not far off from what you had before, you hung out with them for quite a time." The same voice came from Hiro's right as he looked towards its origin and found another person joining him.

He looked quite young, his voice sounded young, in fact he looked about in his 20's but with a slightly youthful expression edged across his face. The resemblance between the two was the person's hair color and his own glasses, eye color being the only different factor favoring a green color similar to Izuku's, just trailing to a much darker shade to it, over Hiro's arise pink ones. He wore a questionable choice of clothing, well, the shirt is the reason for it, a gray t-shirt two sizes bigger than himself, the right shoulder sleeve slightly bent down, showing his quite pale white skin that is his shoulder, on the more normal side, a pair of dark blue trousers with slight cuts on the fabric, on both of where the knees are, oh, and barefooted as well. Hiro sighed, but with a barely noticeable smile on his face.

"I have a good feeling they'll be good ones this time, Ji." Hiro said with an almost pained but hopeful expression, the man named Ji frowned a bit, knowing exactly that look Hiro was showing, Ji sighed as well, being somewhat eerily similar to Hiro's own but hey, the guys look almost the same so do tell. Ji walked over and sat next to the other blonde in the room and placed a hand on Hiro's right shoulder with a smile.

"No need to worry about that right now, Hiro. Just allow it for now and see how it goes on from there." Ji said with almost a sage-like tone, Hiro only nodding slowly in reply before he raised an eyebrow at Ji.

"What's with the oversized shirt?" Hiro said as Ji stared at him owlishly before rubbing his head with a nervous chuckle.

"Well you see…I kind of messed up in the laundry and the machine just stopped working. So…I wasn't able to wash the clothes like intended, besides it's quite cold." Hiro could only sweatdrop at that, before he shook his head in amusement.

"Only you, Ji." Hiro said with a smile while Ji waved it off.

"Anyways, who are these friends you highly speak of?" Ji asked with curiosity obvious in his eyes and Hiro smiled at the thought of his new friends.

"Izuku Midoriya, Ochako Uraraka and Katsuki Bakugo. They all have their perks and uniqueness in them, Bakugo's more of the "deranged at first glance" type, Uraraka being the cheery girl of their group and Midoriya is…well…" Hiro first started off with a positive attitude before he went to an unsure state. Having noticed this, Ji looked on with a concerned look.

"He is what? The same as others before them? But he was the first one you spoke of." Ji said with a gentle tone but Hiro shook his head.

"No, nothing like that. It's more of…his quirk." Hiro said in an almost serious manner and Ji looked on with curiosity all the same.

"How so?" Ji asked with a thinking face on.

"He called it Lostvayne, a quirk that granted him a myriad of different abilities that resides in a blade he can summon out of thin air, at least, that's what he said. While it's common knowledge that dual quirk users are rare yet is plausible to likely happen, his is almost unheard of." Hiro replied with a grim but posed a similar thinking expression on his face. Ji widened his eyes when he started but it quickly went away as Hiro continued explaining, Hiro turned to him with a questionable look.

"You know of something, do you?" Hiro stated in a matter-of-factly tone, Ji took his time to think before he shook his head and smiled at Hiro.

"Why don't you go take a shower? You reek of dirt." Hiro raised an eyebrow at the very obvious dodge, while Ji stood up and walked over to the TV and turned it off, wait…when had that turned on? Whatever the case, Hiro seemed to know that he wasn't going to get anything from him any time soon, he already knew Ji would tell him soon when it was the right time so he followed and went to the bathroom.

Ji however, unlike the smile he gave Hiro, had a grim and distant look on his face, looking at the multiple pictures of what seemed to be him and Hiro but when he was at a younger age. Then his expression turned to a smile, a genuine one, before grabbing one of the picture frames and caressing it with his thumb, clearly reminiscing something from the past.

'I can't almost believe it, but all evidence points to it. Hiro isn't one to lie either so there's no denying it.' Ji said but one very noticeable tear fell down his right eye, before another fell on the opposite one.

'It's good to see you up and about again, Meliodas.'

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WELP! I'M JUST NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING (Just kidding xD)

But seriously guys, I'm terribly sorry for what might've been assumed as a hiatus, and on one point I could've said it was but I couldn't comment anymore due to "maximum number of reviews for each chapter" (Seriously they should just make it infinite reviews for CRYING OUT LOUD! Yeah logically speaking, I could've posted announcements on my profile to tell you guys…wait…F$#!

Anyways, I am totally at fault here and nothing else can be said. There was just so much going on in my life right now, and no I don't mean bad things, just education. I'm already Grade 10, I have lots of requirements to pass and since it's a private school I'm in (Yeah….don't ask why), DEADLINES ARE FREAKING ANNOYING! What's even worse is that wifi is apparently even a problem for me, cause I don't have any, I only post these chapters either in two places, school (Yessss I'm evil HAHAHAHAHA), or at other places that have wifi besides from my home! XD

ON TO MORE IMPORTANT STUFF! To make up for the almost 2 month gap of no update, I made this whole thing 23k words in just 3 days (New record xD), but why didn't I post it if so? Why wait almost two months before I do so? Investigatory fucking project, I'm sure you've heard of that, and that's only one of the reasons. Two is because of the fact again, no wifi is bad guy . It became especially hard for me and I often forgot to post on occasions I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND I FORGET (FREAK ME!), mostly because of the numerous deadlines, I died on the line of thinking straight, and my whole brain was devoted to finishing everything, and I couldn't think about anything else.

All in all, I'm disappointed in myself. When it comes down to multitasking, I take pride in that, although I'm not an expert at it, I'm no stranger to it. And when I even said I promised to post the next chapter in 2 days (prior to last June 26), and I suddenly disappeared? Yeah, that took a harsh blow for me. But honestly? More people kept reading the story regardless, sure it was slow but I learn to always take the small things with equal stride to that of the big ones, so thank you guys for not giving up on this story (I hope xC) By the way, the A/N in the beginning are outdated sooooo… XD

So anyways, the next chapter won't come anytime soon I'm afraid. Exams start next week and I promised my mom I would review wholeheartedly, so that's what I'll do. When do you guys expect the next chapter? If I would assume, maybe after the exams, or maybe a week after it because I got to rest my brain xD Can't have that author's touch without your brain!

SO, HOPE YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER! It's honestly a bit "meh-ish", however not a failure either! I spent this chapter to introduce the OC I created, who is he? Won't tell! XD Hopefully you guys will enjoy the next one to come! I can't wait to freaking write the battle between Izuku and Katsuki! So wait for that y'all! So with all that out of the way, and the deepest of apologies I can muster in my very being, I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!!! Peace out! XD

Next Chapter : *Coming Soon *

Chapter 6 : A Rivalry Unparalleled