The Straw Hats will appear again, but that's not after the Training Camp Arc. Yes, another person with the initial "D" came to the world of Heroes and Villains, and no it was not Luffy, but someone else. Tsumugi is Todoroki's half sister, her back story will be explained soon along with Sister Noemi. Story's that will be updated in order: Journey Through Kanto, Operation, Electro Vector and Gravity Manipulator, Legend of the Blind Ninja, Gray, The Adventures of Fairy Tail, An Adventure to Remember, Energy of Life, Heart of Iron, Sovereign, Road to Peace, The Sky's Wind Guardian, Spiritual Sky, Return of the Sage, Exorcists in Earthland, Celestial Being, Modern Day Dragon and Princess, Fairy Tail Adventures (Rewritten), and SOLAS. These stories will have two chapter as I update them.
It was quiet again.
Something about that put him on edge, making him unable to calm down.
The reason he was feeling like this is because Izuku hadn't gotten a call or text from Ichika-sensei about any of Salomo's creations. Normally they would just show up every night, but now? They've gone strangely quiet. From what he observed, the creatures weren't very smart and were driven by only their desire to see Sacchan, or "Alice" as they call him. Which is why he got up earlier than normal to see Ichika-sensei and talk to her about the strange lack of activity.
"I've noticed it too." Ichika-sensei said, scanning Sacchan's brain waves, "Its strange, but...activity from the creatures just suddenly stopped. I don't know what's causing it either. There's been no change in Salomo's condition so I don't believe that's causing it."
Izuku looked at the brain waves and sure enough, Salomo's brain waves were still showing it was normal. Then what the hell is going on? Are the mindless creations meeting up secretly to try and jump him or something? No way these things are that smart, maybe a more intelligent creation has appeared on the scene and is trying to gather the simple minded ones for some assault? Theories aside, there's nothing he can do until one of those creatures shows up.
"If you see anything abnormal..."
"I'll contact you immediately," Ichika promised him, "For now, just enjoy your first year of high school. Also, try to be a little bit more open with your classmates. You're not in middle school anymore, now's the time to widen your world with your new classmates."
She's right.
He knows she's right.
He's not in middle school anymore. Plus, Sacchan would want him to connect with other people besides just him and not isolate himself like he did in middle school.
Thinking about it, his classmates were interesting. Ochako had a habit of lifting her arms in the air whenever she gets excited, Iida moves his arms stiffly, Mina likes to gossip with a mischievous side, Momo is a little bit naive but is very sharp. All of his classmates have their own unique personalities and traits that make them who they are.
And he really liked that about them.
He smiled, "You're right. My classmates...have a way of making you like them without even doing anything."
She returned the smile, "There you go. Remember to smile and talk more. The isolation you've become used to is no more, besides I doubt your new classmates will let you close yourself off anyway."
She had no idea how right she was.
This...was a dilemma.
Why does he say that? Simple. His sister Eri wants to come to school with him today, instead of going to work with his mother. She went his mom to work before, but now she wants to go to school with him. What brought this on all of a sudden?
"Eri, why do you want to come to school with me today?" Izuku bent down to her eye level and asked.
Eri was clutching 'Izu' in her arms, wearing a white and red dress they bought for her, "I want to be with Izuku-nii today, can't I?"
His will was wavering.
Why in the world did this girl have to be so damn adorable?
With a pat on the head he just decided to give in, having figured out the sudden impulse all of a sudden, "Got lonely without your big brother around, huh?"
She gave him a small nod in confirmation.
So he was right.
Well...he wasn't sure if was allowed to bring her to school with him but she really missed him. And he can't forget that she still has some emotional scars that will take awhile to heal, so this might be the right thing to do.
"Okay, I'll take you with me to school today." He told her.
That bright smile was worth it.
It was always worth it.
His mom was smiling at them too. Guess she didn't mind.
"Sorry mom, but it looks like I'll be stealing Eri for today." He said.
"Its okay, she always with me and not the other children when I bring her to my job. I could tell right away she missed being with her "Izuku-nii!" Inko smiled.
Whatever did he do to get such an amazing mom like her?
Izuku put Eri's hat on her before taking her hand, "We're leaving now!"
Eri waved back at Inko, "Bye...mommy..." she was still getting used to calling mom that.
Inko waved them away, "Take care you two, and be careful!"
"We will!"
Izuku closed the door and left their apartment along with Eri. For some reason he felt today was going to be a real pain, not mention he was starting to get a bad feeling. The same feeling he got when Sacchan was suddenly attacked by Bakugo.
What hell is going to happen today?
Location U.A. Front Entrance
He was right.
Today was already starting off to be a real pain.
Outside in front of the gate were the press. They were practically blocking the entrance way to the entrance of the school. He saw them as soon as he and Eri were close enough to the school and stopped immediately to hide. Luckily they didn't see them hide and were bothering other students instead. Three of them from his own class, they were Ochako, Iida, and of course Bakugo, who was asked if he was the same kid from the "Sludge Incident." His response?
"FUCK OFF!"
As expected.
He looked up at the tall gate and made a decision. Jump over it.
"Eri, ready to jump?" Izuku asked.
She nodded happily. For some reason she really loved it when he carried her and jumped high in the air, so he does it every once in awhile just to make her happy.
He picked her up and jumped over the high gate where he spotted Aizawa telling off the reporters with his usual aloofness. The man didn't see him jump over the gate so he just walked right in the building. But before he goes to class, he should let Granny know Eri's here.
Recovery Girl's Office
"My, hello there little Eri." Recovery Girl smiled.
Eri gave her a shy smile, "Hi, Recovery Girl."
"How are you doing today, dearie?" She asked.
"I'm okay."
"That's good to hear," Recovery Girl then turned her attention to her apprentice, "Shouldn't you be in class?"
Izuku looked away from the window, "I wanted her to see you first before going to class."
Recovery Girl chuckled, "Well I'm glad you did." She gave Eri a pat on the head, making the little girl smile.
Izuku looked back outside, "I'm guessing those reporters outside are here because they heard about All Might teaching here?"
"You guessed it," she sighed, "Someone here must have loose lips."
"Either that or someone from the outside somehow found out and leaked the information to the press. Or another option..." Izuku trailed off.
"Hm, what do you mean?" Recovery Girl wondered.
"No, its nothing." There's a possibility that this school has a spy in here somewhere. It could be a student or faculty member. He had no proof, but that's another option to consider.
"Anyway, we're heading off to class. Don't want to be late." Izuku said, picking Eri up, "See ya, granny."
The elderly woman waved him goodbye, "Have fun on your first day, Eri."
Eri waved her goodbye before putting her head on Izuku's shoulder as the two siblings left the office.
Chiyo chuckled to herself at the reactions the students and Aizawa will make once they see little Eri. It should be entertaining, too bad she wouldn't be there to see their reactions.
Oh, well.
Classroom 1-A
"Deku-kun sure is running late, where is he?" Ochako wondered.
"It is odd for him of all people to be late for he's the usually the first one here out of all of us." Iida shared her worry.
"Do you think he had an emergency and that's why he's running late?" Momo inquired with a worried tone.
"Don't worry, he'll be here soon." Asui assured them.
As if to prove her right the classroom door opened and in came their not early for once classmate.
"Ah, Deku-ku-!" She stopped abruptly seeing her friend was carrying a little girl in his arms.
The little girl was possibly the most cutest thing in the whole world. She was even cuter clutching that adorable stuffed rabbit! Who was this little cutie?!
Izuku saw his classmates, save for a few turn completely white and lightning strikes could be heard in the background as they all stared at him.
He was expecting a reaction, but not one like this.
"D-Deku-kun...?" Ochako was the first one to find her voice.
"Yes?"
"Wh-Who..." Ochako pointed a shaky finger towards Eri, who blinked at the attention before hiding her face a little in her brother's shoulder.
"She's my little sister." He told her.
Silence.
He mentally counted down...3...2...1
"LITTLE SISTER?!" Half the class exclaimed.
"Yep, her names Midoriya Eri," he introduced her, "She's shy so be nice to her."
Eri showed her face a little to his classmates and he instantly saw hearts in the girls eyes, even some of the boys blushed a little.
"So...so...SO CUTE~!" All of the girls said in unison before swarming the two siblings.
"She has the cutest eyes I've ever seen!" Ochako cooed.
"Look at the dress she's wearing!" Momo squealed.
"Horn! She has a horn like me!" Mina said.
"So small and cute." Asui added.
"Can I hold her?!" Hagakure asked.
Jiro simply blushed at the little girl.
Eri, not used to getting so much attention hid her face in her brother's shoulder again out of shyness.
"Ah, she hid her face!" Ochako said.
Izuku sighed and rubbed the back of her head, "She's really shy, please be patient with her. She's not used to be being around so many people."
Kirishima grinned, "Its fine, she's still really cute though."
"Yeah, bet she'll be a looker when she grows up." Kaminari teased.
"A real hot babe! Maybe I'll look her up in ten years." Mineta added.
Izuku was then surrounded in a murderous aura at his words and turned to the little creep, "What was that?"
Mineta, sensing the danger he was in didn't say another word.
'Perverted grape midget.' Izuku thought.
"Midoriya-kun, not that I don't mind some family bonding, but is it really okay for you to bring her here?" Iida questioned.
He shrugged, "It couldn't be helped. My mom has to work and I don't trust anyone to just look after Eri, so I brought her here. Besides, she gets lonely when I'm not with around."
"Awww~" all of the girl cooed.
"Deku-kun, that is so sweet!" Ochako told him.
He blushed a little and looked away, "She's my sister. I'd do anything for her."
"That is so manly!" Kirishima proclaimed.
The classroom door opened again and in came Aizawa, "Shut up and sit down."Everyone sat down in their seats as Aizawa stood before the class, "Took you even longer to sit down and shut up. No common sense."
'He said it again.' Everyone thought.
Aizawa then spotted Eri sitting in Izuku's lap, "Midoriya, what is this?"
Izuku knew he would ask and told him what he told Iida, "This Midoriya Eri, my little sister. My mom has to work and I don't trust babysitters so I brought her here with me."
Aizawa kept his gaze on him a bit longer before letting it go, "For today's lesson."
'He's letting it go just like that?!' Everyone in the class thought.
Once the lesson started no one could focus on what was being taught as they kept looking over at Izuku and Eri. The green haired boy was writing notes with his sister in his lap with ease, while little Eri watched her brother write down notes in notebook.
'So Cute~' they thought in unison.
When Aizawa was done with the lesson the students stood up and practically swarmed Izuku's desk. Bad idea as Eri hid her face in her brother's chest making him sigh.
"Guys, stop crowding us, I told you she's shy." Izuku said, making them back off a little, "Eri, do you wanna say hello to everyone?"
She didn't move for a little while but soon enough the little girl lifted her face to look at his classmates, "Hello..." she greeted shyly.
Ochako smiled, "Hello, my names Uraraka Ochako."
Eri blinked at the girl with a small smile, "Nice to meet you, Uraraka-san."
Ochako felt as though an arrow shot through her heart at the little girl's polite greeting and the way she said her name.
'She's just so adorable!' She thought with a squeal.
Eri eyed the rest of his classmates and stilled when her eyes locked onto Tokoyami and hid her face right back in his chest, shivering a little.
"Eh, what's wrong, Eri-chan?" Ochako asked.
The little girl said nothing as she kept her face hidden but Izuku knew why she was suddenly so scared. He was so stupid, of course he forgot about Tokoyami who has a bird shaped head. The man she was running from had one of those plague masks so of course she'll be afraid of Tokoyami when she sees him.
Gently rubbing the back of her head he spoke in a gentle tone, "Eri, Tokoyami is from a clan that protects children from the bad birds."
Tokoyami looked confused as to why Midoriya was saying such things, but didn't say anything because he knew the boy had a reason.
Eri lifted her head up to look at her brother with small tears in her eyes, "He is...?"
He wiped her eyes with is sleeve, "Yep. Their clan loves children and punishes those who hurt or make children cry."
Eri's eyes widened before turning her attention to Tokoyami with a sparkle in her eyes, "Nice tori-san..." she said, looking at him in awe.
Tokoyami didn't know how to respond but a nod from Izuku allowed him speak, "That's right, the banquet of darkness can't get to you while I'm here."
Eri gave him a kind smile, "Thank you, tori-san."
Tokoyami for the first time he's been in the class smiled back, "You're welcome."
"Ah, Tokoyami smiled!" Mina said.
"You should smile more often," Asui told him, "It makes you more appealing."
"Mm." Tokoyami had a small blush that dusted his cheeks but Izuku noticed he didn't try to say anything back to her.
"Oi, we're still not done yet." Aizawa called out them, getting their attention, "I heard about your Battle Trial results yesterday," he eyed Bakugo, "Bakugo, grow up. Being a sore loser doesn't get you ahead in life."
Bakugo clenched his fists, gritting his teeth before responding, "Yes, sir..."
Izuku knew that even if Aizawa told him all of this it would still go over Balugo's head. Bakugo's pride won't allow him to take that lecture to heart.
"Your grades aside, there's another thing you lot need to do..." the aura within the class became tense. Did Aizawa get a rise out of doing this? If so then that would make him a sadist, "You need to pick a Class-rep and Vice-rep."
"So normal!" Everyone exclaimed.
Well there are in high school. While they're learning how to be heroes, true, this is still a high school. Of course electing a Class-rep and Vice-rep would be considered normal, its what high schoolers do.
"I nominate myself!" Mina raised her hand.
"Vote for me!" Hagakure said.
"I'm in!" Kirishima raised his hand.
Izuku saw his classmates volunteer for the position of class rep and vice rep. Truth be told both positions aren't exactly as good as they think. Both positions require both of the rep's to do a lot of work and go to scheduled meetings, something he can't do. He has the orphans to see and Eri to take care of.
Iida stood up, "That's enough of this shameful behavior! We will settle this by abiding a democracy and take a vote!"
Good suggestion, except for one problem.
"But if we do that then everyone else will just vote for each other, right?" Kirishima said.
"Also, we don't know each other that well either, kero." Asui voiced her thoughts.
"That's right!" Mina said.
Aizawa yawned and went inside his sleeping bag, "I don't care how you do it, just decide already."
Eri blinked at Aizawa in his yellow sleeping bag, "What is he doing, Izu-nii?"
"Sleeping apparently." He said.
Anyway, the class can settle this out for themselves. So long as he wasn't nominated then everything will be fine, right?
Wrong.
Midoriya Izuku: 3
Yaoyorozu Momo: 2
Iida Tenya: 1
Damn.
"Guess it's decided who the Class-rep and Vice-rep are." Kirishima grinned.
"One vote...I got one vote...?" Iida was shaking in place but looked happy that someone voted for him.
"WHO VOTED FOR DEKU?!" Bakugo yelled in rage, making Eri flinch and cover her face again.
Izuku rubbed her back, glaring at Bakugo and promised to cut him for scaring his sister.
"Ah, you scared Eri-chan!" Kaminari accused the explosive user.
"You meanie!" Sero teased with a grin.
"SHUT UP!"
Ochako was one of the people who voted for Izuku, but didn't say anything because she didn't want to deal with Bakugo's attitude.
Izuku wasn't exactly thrilled with the position either and found that Iida was more suited for the position than him, that's why he voted for him in the first place.
Lunch time rolled in quickly and Izuku wasted no time in getting a large bowl of katsudon. Why a large bowl? Simple, so he and Eri could share it together. Izuku watched as his sister picked up her chopsticks and took the first bite, beaming at the taste. After seeing her eat first, he took a bite out of his lunch and hummed at the taste of Lunch Rush's katsudon. Maybe he'll re-think about kidnapping the man and making him their personal chef back home. Someone poked him making him stop eating. Looking down he saw Eri hold out some meat for him for him to eat. His heart clenched at the cuteness and didn't hesitate to take a bite, and fed her too.
Ochako smiled at them surrounded by flowers.
Eri blinked then turned to Izuku, "Ochako-san is surrounded by flowers."
"That she is." Izuku said.
"I can't help it," She cooed, "You two are just so cute~!"
He sweat-dropped, 'Only Ochako.'
"By the Iida-kun, why are you still down?" Ochako asked the stiff boy.
"Ah, I'm not down just surprised that someone in the class voted for me." Iida said.
"Oh, that was me." Izuku revealed.
"What?! You were the one that voted for me, Midoriya-kun?" Iida questioned.
"That's right, when you stop and think about it, you're the only one that can really handle the position of Class-rep. You're responsible, organized, and look like the type that can put people in line." Izuku said honestly, "I'm more curious who voted for me."
"Oh, I voted for you!" Ochako revealed herself to be the first one to vote for him.
"I-I voted for you as well." Iida said, still blushing as the positive compliments Izuku gave him.
"That's two, but whose the mystery voter?" He wondered.
"It must be someone from the class that wanted to remain unknown," Ochako guessed, "By the way, Iida-kun. I notice you talk like a rich boy."
"I do?!" Iida exclaimed.
Izuku chuckled in amusement, "That's because he kinda is."
"Eh?"
"I kinda figured out who he was thanks to that hero costume of his," Izuku said, "Iida's related to Ingenium."
"You are?!" Ochako was taken back by the information.
"Indeed I am, I'm not surprised you know that Midoriya-kun!" Iida said.
Just the a blaring alarm went off that everyone around then jump. What the hell? Why's the alarm going off? All around them students panicked and started getting up from their seats and running towards the exit. He immediately grabbed onto Eri before looking around for any potential threats but sensed nothing.
"What's going on?!" Iida questioned a student near him.
"That's alarm! That means an intruder somehow got in here and we have to evacuate!" The student said, running.
Izuku was looking around, 'Okay, its obvious there's no real threat here but these guys are so freaked out that they can't see that.' Still holding onto Eri, he jumped high in the air and landed safely on the balcony, "Ochako, use your Quirk on Iida!"
"Right!" Ochako used her Zero Gravity Quirk on Iida and watched as he floated up on the exit sign next to Izuku.
Izuku got straight to the point, "Its the press that's causing all this chaos."
"Then we need to get their attention, but how?!" Iida questioned.
Izuku set Eri down, "Cover your ears okay? I'll hold onto 'Izu."
Eri nodded and gave her bunny to her brother as she covered her ears. Izuku took a deep breath before bellowing, "QUIET!" Just like that, everyone that was running towards the exit and panicking suddenly got quiet and looked over at Izuku and Iida. Izuku gestured for Iida to handle it.
Iida got it and coughed into his fist before speaking, "Everyone, there is nothing to panic over for it is just the press that is causing the trouble! Please evacuate in a single file line towards the exit!" Like a single organism all of the students got into a single file line and evacuated towards the exit.
Izuku placed a hand on Iida's shoulder as they both were back on the ground, "Nice work, Class-rep."
"Eh, me? Are you sure about this Midoriya-kun?" Iida asked.
Izuku gave Eri her bunny back and held her hand, "Trust me when I tell you that there's no way I would be able to handle being a Class-rep. You can though, so good luck." He smiled.
Iida beamed and bowed, "I won't let you down, Midoriya-kun!"
"Pfft, you're something else you know that?" Izuku chuckled and only just realized its been awhile since he's had this much fun with someone else other than Sacchan.
Meanwhile outside the school Aizawa and Present Mic had just got done threatening the press, making them run with their tails between their legs. Aizawa went over by the gate and noticed some of it has completely decayed, could it be someone's Quirk? He doubts it was one of the press.
"What do you think?" Present Mic asked, walking over to him.
Aizawa turned to him, "Completely gone, this was done by a Quirk but it wasn't one of the press. Someone must've been pretending to be one then did this when no one was looking."
"Damn, now what?" Present Mic wondered, scratching the back of his head.
"Report our findings to the principal." Aizawa told him as he walked away but still couldn't squash this bad feeling in his gut.
He had a feeling this would turn out to be a bad day.
Classroom 1-A
"Yo, exit sign Iida!" Kirishima and Sero cackled.
"Stop that at once! I am not a robot, nor am I an exit sign!" Iida protested with a small blush.
"Come one Class-rep, we're just messing with you." Jiro snickered.
"That's our Class-rep for you!"
"The other classes will be so jealous of us!"
Izuku chuckled as Iida got teased in good nature by their classmates as Iida announced that he was given the position of Class-rep by him. When was the last time he felt so relaxed just by being near his classmates? Never, now that he thought about it.
Aizawa in walked in the room and everyone went to their seats immediately.
"Today, you will be doing something different than what you did at the Battle Trial," he told them, "This is considered a special case."
Sero raised his hand, "Sensei, what are we going to do?"
"The Trial of Rescue," Aizawa answered, "This lesson will take place in U.S.J also known as the Unforeseen Simulation Joint Facility. Its a practical hero training area that was designed to simulate any kind of accident or disaster. That's what you will be doing, rescue training."
"So its like a study trip?" Hagakure said.
"If you wanna think of it that way." Aizawa shrugged.
Izuku was getting a bad feeling all of a sudden. He looked down at Eri who was sitting in his lap and decided to leave her here with Recovery Girl. There's no way in hell he'll expose her to any kind of danger.
"You can wear your hero costumes for this trial, but make sure they don't hinder you while you're wearing them." Aizawa told them.
Good suggestion because he plans on wearing his.
Location: U.A. Parking Lot
As soon as he dropped by the Support Course to make sure the modifications on his costume were done, he went right to Recovery Girl's office and told Eri she was staying here until he got back. The look she gave him was heartbreaking, but had to do this. Something didn't feel right and he couldn't risk putting her in danger. He won't let her end up like Sacchan. He gave her a hug and promised that he'll come right back and just behave for granny, and if she did he'll give her a candy apple on their way home. She seemed to accept that and gave him another hug, which he returned before leaving granny's office.
Now here he was, standing in the parking lot along with his classmates as they waited to get on the bus.
"I'm excited, this is gonna be a fun trip I just know it!" Ochako the ever positive girl she was said. Only this time, Izuku didn't really share her sentiments.
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Izuku saw Iida blowing a whistle which is so like him. Hadn't even known the boy for long but already knows him well enough that he knew Iida would do something like this.
"To ensure you board the bus smoothly, please form two lines according to student seating arrangement!" Iida said.
Just like Iida.
"Hate to burst your bubble like this Iida, but there's no need for us to do that seeing as how the bus is big enough to hold all of us." Izuku told him.
Iida looked over at the bus before taking a quick look inside and came right back out, "You're absolutely right, Midoriya-kun! Forgive me for my oversight!"
"No, you're good." He sweat-dropped, 'More importantly, why do you feel the need to apologize to me?'
On The Bus
Midoriya watched his classmates converse with each other as he sat in between Asui and Ochako. He thought about taking a nap actually, but no sooner did that thought occur to him Asui decided to strike up a conversation.
"Midoriya-chan."
'Chan?' He blinked, "Yes?"
"I'm usually the person that always says what's on their mind." She told him.
"Right, Asui-san."
"Call me Tsuyu." She insisted.
"Tsuyu-san then." He could call Ochako by her first name because they got to know each other before and after the Entrance Exams.
"I'll take that then," Asui said, "Your Quirk is an odd one. I've never seen it before."
'I'd be surprised if you did.' He thought as the voices on the bus suddenly quieted down, "My Quirk is called "Operation." As you saw yesterday I can create a blue sphere that allows me to control anything that's within that blue sphere. I can cut through flesh and bone just like that, switch myself with objects or people, and other abilities. Lifting up buildings like I did yesterday is no big deal to me. I have other abilities besides the ones I just named but it would take too long to explain."
Asui put a finger on her cheek as if in thought, "Then, is that black armor and the heat in your legs also part of your Quirk?"
Black armor and heat in his legs.
She was talking about his Armament Haki and Diable Jambe. It was best to just tell her that it was part of his Quirk, too. He'll probably explain everything when the time comes for it.
"Yeah, but I rarely use it unless I have to though." He said.
"I see." Asui said.
"So hey, why do you need the swords though? Do you need them?" Kirishima asked.
"I know how to fight with swords thanks to my gramps," Izuku said, "Plus they go well with my Quirk."
"Makes sense, I mean you did take two floors off a building by cutting it twice." Kaminari commented.
Actually he's surprised Aizawa hadn't said anything to him about that. Must not care all that much.
"Man, when you stop and think about it your Quirk is flashy just like Bakugo and Todoroki." Kirishima said.
Comparing him to Bakugo in anything is enough to make him go out and cut something. He doesn't know much about Todoroki though since he's never interacted with him all that much but maybe being compared to him isn't all that bad.
"Your Quirk sounds more useful than my Hardening Quirk," Kirishima kept going, "I bet you'll reach the top of the popularity polls easily!"
"Flashy Quirks aren't all that good as some Pro Heroes make them look," Izuku told him, "Quirks like yours are more useful for offense, defense, and rescue. Sometimes flashy Quirks can lead to collateral damage, but a Quirk like yours is good for protecting others."
Kirishima blushed at the compliment, "Thanks man!"
Asui spoke up again, "If we're talking about popularity then Bakugo-chan will never be popular. He's too temperamental and his Quirk can cause a lot of damage."
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY, FROG-FACE?!"
Asui simply pointed at him as a response, "See?"
She's not wrong.
"We haven't even known you long enough, but we already know your personality is as bout as pleasant as a dog turd." Kaminari snickered.
"YOU'VE GOT SOME KIND OF DEATH WISH, PIKACHU?!"
Why does he have to be so damn loud?
"Quiet you brats, we're here." Aizawa told them.
Location: U.S.J Front Entrance
The front entrance of the building was...impressive to say the least. It was a dome-shaped building on the outside that really big, but the inside was probably just as impressive. Standing in front of the building was the Space Hero Thirteen, who's gender is unknown because people always see Thirteen wearing his hero costume.
"Hello everyone, and welcome! I am the Space Hero Thirteen, and this is the USJ facility where I oversee the progress of young heroes in training as they prepare to face accidents and natural disasters." Thirteen explained.
With the introduction of Thirteen out of the way, everyone walked inside the building, but Izuku wasn't as relaxed as everyone else was. He still had that bad feeling that just wouldn't go away. Whatever is lurking in the shadows he hopes they come because this time...he won't be too late to do anything.
Inside the Building
The inside of the building was huge, too. There was a large red dome, a blue one, destroyed buildings, rocky terrains. Just about anything you can think of that would be considered a natural disaster or accident is here. They really thought this through.
"I've said it once and I'll say it again," Thirteen spoke, "Welcome to the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, also known as...USJ!"
Aizawa walked over to Thirteen, speaking in hushed voices, "That guy isn't here?"
"No, I'm afraid All Might had an emergency to deal with so he couldn't come." Thirteen whispered back.
"Troublesome hero."
Izuku could hear them though. Are heroes that unreliable that they need All Might for every single little thing?
"Its really Thirteen! I can't believe it!" Ochako's eyes were full stars as she stared at her most favorite hero.
"How does it feel to see Thirteen up close and personal?" Izuku asked.
"Amazing!" Ochako grinned.
"Good for you, Uraraka-san!" Iida congratulated.
Thirteen addressed the class, "Now then, Quirks have two sides like the two sides of every coin. It can be used for good purposes and bad. For example, my Quirk is known as "Black Hole." While I use it for rescue purposes it can still be used to kill."
The class seem to go deathly silent at Thirteen's words. Quirks can be cool and all, but when you stop and think about the kind of damage your Quirk can do to the human body or public property, you realize just how dangerous your Quirk is if you just use it to show off. The consequences that come after it...are devastating.
"My Quirk allows me to suck and disintegrate any matter at the atomic level," Thirteen continued, "Its uself for removing debris, but also the potential to kill living beings or cause collateral damage if not regulated properly."
Izuku knew that his abilities could be used to kill, but he refused to stain his hands with the blood of someone else, unless there were no more options.
"Your powers are not meant to inflict harm. I hope that you leave here today with the understanding that you're meant to help people." Thirteen concluded the speech, "Thank you for listening, now shall we-"
Izuku grabbed one of his swords, "Something's coming." The hairs on the back of his neck were standing up as he felt a flood of malicious energy.
Aizawa looked behind him too as he saw a a black portal appear out of nowhere and a pale hand comes out of the portal, revealing a man with blue hair wearing an actual hand on his face. The man walked out and Izuku saw the man had more than one severed hand, and had plenty of them all over him. What the hell kind of weirdo has severed hands all over his body? It wasn't just him though, there were other individuals coming out of the portal right along with him, all of them had smirks or grins on their faces. These guys must be villains, small time villains from what he could tell. Finally the black portal was gone and a man wearing three metal plates around his neck, with a body made completely out of black mist, and glowing yellow eyes.
The other smaller villains aside, the guy with blue hair and the one with the full mist body was the most dangerous along with...whatever the hell that bulky figure next to the blue haired man was.
"Huh, what's going on? Is this part of the exercise?" Kirishima asked, leaning in closer for a better look.
Izuku held him out out so he wouldn't get any closer, "Its not, those are real villains down there." He hissed.
"W-What?" Ochako stuttered.
"Real villains...? You've gotta be kidding..." Kaminari stared.
Aizawa was prepared, "Thirteen, protect the students!"
"Yes!" Thirteen said, "Everyone, huddle together!"
The blue haired guy with the many hands scratched his neck, "Ah? Where's All Might? He's supposed to be here according to the curriculum we got yesterday."
"Hmmm, it is odd that the Symbol of Peace would not be here as the schedule says," the mist villains said, "Could there have been a schedule change?"
Aizawa's eyes narrowed, 'So they're the ones that caused that damage to the gate and infiltrated U.A.'
The blue haired man stopped scratching his neck and looked up at the students, "So he's really not here...I wonder if we kill some children he'll show up."
Izuku's spine tingled, alerting him just how dangerous this guy is.
"Thirteen, evacuate the students now!" Aizawa told the man as he got ready to fight, "Try to contact the school!"
"Understood!" Thirteen said.
"Wait, sensei! You can't fight them all by yourself!" Ochako protested.
Aizawa gave her a side glance, "No hero is a one trick pony."
That's true.
"Sensei," Izuku called out to the man, "Watch your back around the blue haired guy and that monstrosity he's got with him."
The teacher seemed to take his warning to heart as he put his goggles on, his scarf covering his neck as he jumped down handle the villains. Izuku left with his classmates and Thirteen as Aizawa decided to handle them.
Aizawa jumped down and met the villains head on making some of them snicker.
"Huh, what's with this guy?" A female villain sneered.
"Who knows?" a guy next to her shrugged.
"But it he thinks he can come at us from the front by himself..." one of the villains had his fingers pointed at Aizawa to try and use his Quirk on him but found out his couldn't, "Huh? My Quirk..."
Aizawa wasted no time in wrapping all three villains in his path up with his capture weapon and slamming their heads together, knocking them out.
"Idiot, he's Eraser Head! He can erase Quirks just by looking at them!" Someone exclaimed.
Aizawa didn't care that they know he can erase their Quirkls simply by looking at them and proceeded to fight them in hand to hand combat, combining his moves with using his capture weapon.
"Who cares if he's Eraser Head! With this many of us, we can still beat him!"
Aizawa heard that and smirked, "True, with this many of you I would be at a disadvantage," he punched a villain in the face and used his capture weapon to grab one who was in mid air, "But the skills of guys like you..." he ducked backwards as a villain tried to sneak up and punch him from behind, "...are statistically more likely to manifest in close combat..." he kicked the guy who was trying to attack him from behind in the face, making him slam into some villains behind him. Then he pulled the villain he caught in mid air and pulled him towards the ground where the villain landed painfully.
The blue haired man that was watching Aizawa fighting these small time villains with ease had a thought, "When he fights against a group, that makes it harder for them to work together," he thought out loud as Aizawa kicked a female villain in the face and wrapped his capture weapon around the one standing next to her and punched him hard in the face, "I see."
Aizawa was still fighting the large group of villains then noticed something out of the corner of his eye, the blue haired guy and that thing standing next to him haven't moved once, not only that...his eyes widened as he noticed the mist guy was no longer there!
'As soon as I blinked the most troublesome one got away!' He was about to go and help Thirteen with his students but the group before him refused to let him do so, guess he has no choice but to hope Thirteen managed to get the kids to safety.
With Thirteen and Class1-A
"Everyone, stay close to each other!" Thirteen told them as they ran towards the exit.
"This can't be real! Villains appearing trying to kill us!" Mineta yelled, frantically.
"Obviously this isn't a dream but reality, Mineta!" Iida lectured.
'No shit.' Izuku thought as he ran next to Ochako. This was way too organized to be just some random attack. These guys brought a lot of villains with them, and then there's that guy with the blue hair and severed hands, along with that bird faced thing with them. It can't be human, that much he knows. When Aizawa gets done taking those villains out he;ll have to fight those two, not to mention that guy with the Warping Quirk.
"Why didn't the sensors go off?" Momo asked.
"Pretty sure those no longer work now," Izuku told her, "They've probably jammed it using a Quirk."
"Damn!" Kaminari swore.
The exit was about ten meters up ahead from Izuku could see but then he sensed a familiar presence, "Stop!" He yelled, and as one everyone stopped running, even Thirteen when they saw the same portal as earlier and out came the mist villain with yellow eyes.
Izuku put his hands on both blades as he eyed the villain with wariness, 'This guys Quirk is troublesome!'
"Greetings. We are the League of Villains. My name is Kurogiri. Forgive our audacity, but... today, we've come here to U.A. High School—this bastion of heroism...to end the life...of All Might, the Symbol of Peace." The man's polite voice just made the current situation even worse. Its his type that are the most misleading and have a hidden malice inside of them.
"K-Kill All Might...? That's impossible!" Mineta exclaimed, his legs shaking showing his obvious fear.
"He wouldn't be saying that if it were." Izuku pointed out. All Might was powerful sure, but even he had his limits and can be killed. The guy is human after all.
"But I must admit that is quite odd that All Might is not here," Kurogiri went on to say, "Was there a schedule change?"
Thirteen pointed his finger at the man, "All Might is not here!"
"As I see, well...he will more than likely appear if we dispose of the golden eggs of the new generation of heroes." Kurogiri spoke as though he were talking about the weather. Like he said, hidden malice.
Izuku wanted to charge at him with his swords but that wasn't the smart thing to do right now. Hopefully, his classmates wouldn't even think of trying to attack the guy.
But he was wrong.
Of course he was.
Bakugo and Kirishima, like the idiots that are being right now, decided to attack the man head on.
"Don't!" He yelled.
Both Bakugo and Kirishima's attacks had no effect on the man, just like Izuku thought they wouldn't. The man's body is made completely out of mist, physical attack have no effect on him.
"My, my, that was dangerous," Kurogiri said as Bakugo's Explosion Quirk blasted the metal door behind him, "Now then...shall we begin the massacre? Scatter and be killed."
Izuku saw the smoke spread out towards them menacingly, "Don't just stand still! Grab whoever's next to you!"
Ojiro grabbed onto Hagakure. Momo, Jiro, and Kaminari grabbed onto each other, Iida who was in a group with others in the class also grabbed each other. Asui grabbed onto Mineta with her tongue, Bakugo and Kirishima were already engulfed in the smoke as they were the closet ones to Kurogiri.
Dammit! He was so going to punch those idiots later once this whole thing was over! That was his thought as he was engulfed within the smoke.
Landslide Zone
There's one thing Izuku will say though, he's glad he wasn't teleported to the Flood Zone, otherwise he would have been screwed. Thankfully, he landed in the Landslide Zone, but he was still pissed off at those two morons for attacking that villain Kurogiri. The concept of 'Think before you act' really doesn't apply to certain people.
Dammit!
Okay, calm down. He can get angry later, right now he needed to calm down and analyze the situation calmly. Closing his eyes, he tried sensing if he was alone or he got transported here with someone else, and if there were any villains near him. A sound from behind him made him grab his blade, unsheathing it and having it at the persons throat. He stopped suddenly when he saw it was Todoroki who seemed to have made a blade of ice, pointing it at him. They stared at each other before Izuku sighed and put his blade back.
"Just you then." He said, a little relived he stopped his blade when he did.
"Yeah," Todoroki said, getting rid of his ice blade, "I saw you get sent here along with me and came over."
Izuku looked up, "So its just us two that got sent here then."
"So it seems." Todoroki said.
'Well, guess that's fine. Hopefully the rest of the class got sent somewhere that will give their Quirks the advantage.' He thought, walking forward as Todoroki walked right beside him, "Those damn idiots!" He hissed, okay he was still a little angry and Bakugo and Kirishima and needed to take his anger out on something.
"By those, "damn idiots," do you mean Bakugo and Kirishima?" Todoroki inquired.
"Who else? That villain, Kurogiri's Quirk allows him to Warp not just himself but other people, too. Not only that, but his entire body is made out of mist, meaning physical attacks against him are useless." He explained.
"That's true." Todoroki acknowledged, "Thirteen could have handled the villain, but instead those two..."
"Screwed everything up." Izuku finished.
"Exactly."
Izuku stopped walking suddenly, "And wouldn't you know it...that mist villain dropped something else off here right along with us."
Todoroki looked forward and spotted some villains before them, "If he did the same to us then we have to assume he did the same thing to the others."
"That would be my guess, yes." Izuku said, getting ready to fight.
A villain stepped forward, "Heh, just a bunch of kids! Easy pickings!"
Izuku's eyes grew malicious, "You think so, do you?" He pulled his swords out, "Perfect timing actually, I'm pretty angry off right now and need to take my anger out on something. Guess I'll thank that mist villain when we're done with you."
Todoroki gathered his ice, "I agree."
The villains sensed the murderous aura of the two teens and backed away slightly.
Izuku attacked first, "Sanjūroku Pondo Hōō (36 Pound Phoenix/Cannon)!" Izuku used the air itself to slash the villains from a distance, Izuku first holds one of his swords horizontally above the shoulder of his sword arm, and then performs a circular swing that launches the air compressed projectile spiraling towards the villains before him, sending some flying and hitting the ground hard. They didn't get back up, but they did groan in pain while withering on the ground.
"What the hell?!" One of the villains tried to move but found his leg was covered in ice, "W-What?! My leg!"
Todoroki wasted no time in freezing the villains before him without hesitation. He huffed, his breath coming out cold, "Scatter and be killed, huh?" He huffed again, "I hate to say this," he said to the ice covered villains before him, "but you just look like guys with Quirks they didn't know what to do with."
The villain groaning on the floor before Izuku tried to move, but Izuku stomped on his hand. This was out of the ordinary for him, but like he said before he was a little pissed off right now and didn't really mush for the trash lying before him, "Underestimating us because we're high schoolers, bunch of morons."
Todoroki walked over by Izuku casually surrounded by ice.
"Th-These guys...the instant we warped here..." one of frozen villains spoke.
"Are they really kids?" Another one spoke.
"O-Ow..."
Izuku rolled his eyes, "What? Were you expecting us to be scared and freeze up the moment you got here? You really are simple minded idiots."
"Ngh!"
Todoroki stood next to Izuku, thinking about that blue haired man and him wanting to kill All Might. These small fry couldn't do it, but...that thing that was standing next to the blue haired villain. There was something about it that didn't feel human.
"Behind you." Izuku said calmly.
Todoroki casually side stepped out of the way, grabbing the handle of the weapon, freezing the man behind him instantly.
Izuku grinded his foot into the hand of one of villains he took down, "That guy, he said he gathered all of you here to kill All Might, right?"
"Guh!" The villain below him grimaced.
While Izuku was interrogating the villain, Todoroki was thinking about something, 'At first glance, I thought they had gathered all their elite and would overpower him by numbers...but a closer look shows that the pawns they prepared for us were nothing but a ragtag bunch of thugs.' Todoroki thought, yanking the weapon out of the man's hand, watching impassively as he fell to the ground painfully.
Izuku huffed at the downed villain, 'As I thought, out of all of them only three are truly dangerous. That blue haired villain, Kurogiri...and...' he eyed the incapacitated villain below him, "Hey, what's the name of the blue haired guy that's leading all of you?"
"Ngh...as if we'd just tell you...brats..." the man grunted painfully.
Izuku raised a brow. Trying to act brave when its clear you've lost doesn't making you look cool. He applied more pressure on the man's hand making him cry out in pain, "Then how about this? Since you don't feel like talking, I can just dissect you right here and now. After that, I'll take your organs and sell them on the black market. Pretty sure I can get a lot of money if I sell the organs of Quirk users." He threatened. Normally he wouldn't resort to something like this, but he wasn't in the mood to play nice right now.
"Heek! A-Alright, I'll talk! I'll talk!"
"Smart choice."
"T-The guys name is Shigaraki Tomura! He gathered all of us to kill All Might!" The man sang like a canary.
"We already know that, I just wanted the guys name." Izuku said before looking over at Todoroki, "You wanna ask any questions?"
Todoroki blinked before nodded and turning to the frozen villain before him, "Hey, at this rate, your cells will slowly die."
The man's eyes began to shake in fear.
"I want to be a hero," Todoroki said to the man as he approached him, "I would like to avoid something so cruel if possible," he had his hand in front of the man's face, "On what basis do you think you can kill All Might? What's your plan?" He demanded.
"W-Wait, I'll tell you! Its that thing!"
Todoroki raised a brow, "That thing?"
"Y-Yeah! That giant thing...its called "Nomu!" Supposedly its strong enough to kill All Might! That's what that Shigaraki guy said, that's all I know I swear!" The man confessed.
Todoroki's eyes narrowed as he removed his hand from the man's face ignoring his sigh of relief, "Nomu..."
"It doesn't feel human to me." Izuku said.
"T-That's because its an A-Artificial Human that was created to kill All Might! Shigaraki said it can take any hit All Might throws at it, making it invincible!" The villain told them.
"There is nothing in this world that is invincible." Izuku quoted, "Anyway, thanks for your co-operation, have a nice nap." And with that he slammed his foot in the guy's gut, instantly knocking him out, "You could just leave them like that." He told Todoroki.
"No, I'll set them free. They provided us with the information we needed, but they will be in a lot of pain." He said.
"Not our problem." Izuku shrugged.
'These two...they're ruthless!' Some of the conscious villains thought.
The two boys left the villains there, either to search for their classmates or to check up and see how their sensei was fairing.
"Aizawa-sensei is where Shigaraki and that thing, Nomu are," Izuku said, "He can handle those low level thugs, but against Shigaraki and Nomu..."
"He won't last very long." Todoroki stated.
Blunt, but true.
Artificial human or not, that thing still wasn't human no matter how you look at it. It probably was human at some point, but not anymore. Its a just a walking doll with no purpose except the one that was given to it once it was created. How sad. He glanced at Todoroki's face and had a thought. His dual hair color looked really familiar, had they met somewhere before? No, he would have remembered if that were the case. Must be his imagination, but deep down the feeling wouldn't go away. Who cares about that right now, he needed to focus on what's going on right now. From what he gathered by those villains they dealt with facial expressions, they had no idea about their Quirks. And if that was the case...
"Todoroki."
Said boy turned to him as they kept walking.
"Those villains back there, what did you notice when we took them down?" He asked, wanting to see what the boy would say.
Todoroki looked like he was thinking about it, "They seemed surprised about our Quirks, almost as if they..." realization hit him then, "They don't know about our Quirks."
"That's right," Izuku was impressed he noticed that, "Kurogiri warped us to different areas, but its obvious they don't know what our Quirks are. I didn't even use my Quirk, but they were surprised I attacked them anyway with just my swords, and were taken off guard by your ice. Whoever their informant is didn't do a very good job of giving them accurate information."
"That's true," Todoroki agreed, "So you really think U.A. has a spy hidden amongst them somewhere?"
"Its a possibility, but something tells me I'm not wrong."
'Though I really wish I was.' If U.A. has a spy that's infiltrated the school and doesn't know about it, then its obvious things are about to get even more complicated.
"Possibility of a spy aside, the fact that these villains don't know about our Quirk puts me at ease. That means our classmates should be able to handle themselves." These villains were complete idiots and nothing but pawns to that Shigaraki guy. He was still worried for his classmates but knew they would be okay.
"They won't go down to a bunch of who have Quirks that they don't know how to use." Todoroki stated bluntly.
Izuku gave him a look, 'Is he trying to assure me or just state the obvious? Hard to tell with him.' He thought, "Then we should heard over to where Aizawa-sensei is and see if we can provide some back up until the heroes arrive."
"I was planning on suggesting that."
"Guess I saved you the trouble."
They resumed their walk, with Izuku using his senses to make sure there weren't anymore villains skulking around. So far, so good. They hadn't run into any of their classmates yet, either but he knew they were okay.
"You're strong."
Izuku thought he was hearing things when Todoroki just suddenly said that out of the blue.
He blinked as a response, not really sure what to say, "Thanks, I guess...? You're pretty strong yourself with that ice of yours."
Todoroki gave him a serious look, "During the Battle Trial, you displayed your Quirk with fine concentration and didn't look tired afterwards."
'Neither did you.' Izuku countered inwardly.
"And now, with those thugs from earlier," Todoroki continued, "You displayed impressive swordsmanship that it caught me off guard."
Izuku scratched his cheek, looking a little uncomfortable, "Well...its like Aizawa-sensei said, "No hero is a one trick pony." I can't exactly rely on my Quirk all the time, so I would either use my swords or hand-to-hand combat. Relying on your Quirk all the time will only get you into tough situations."
"That's also true, but there's something about your power that feels different from the others." Todoroki continued.
'He's still talking about this?! I'm not used to holding a conversation with stoic types like him, what the hell am I supposed to do?!' Izuku thought inwardly. Todoroki is usually so quiet but now all of a sudden he's so talkative.
Thankfully a loud noise from somewhere got their attention. Question is, which area did it come from? It doesn't matter right now anyway, hopefully that's where Aizawa-sensei is.
"Die...!" Bakugo hollered, using his Explosion Quirk to send some villains flying.
Kirishima used his Hardening Quirk to knock a villain out cold, "That's the last of them. All right. Let's hurry up and go save the others! I feel bad because we're the reason we all got separated. Also, if we're here, then everyone else should be inside USJ, too."
"Screw that!" Bakugo scoffed.
"What are you saying?! Aren't you worried about everyone?" Kirishima questioned.
"Keh, if you want to go, then go by yourself," Bakugo told him, "I'm gonna kill that warp gate."
"What? You're gonna act like childish at a time like this?" Kirishima said in disbelief.
"You're surprised?" A new voice questioned from behind the duo. Turning around quickly, getting ready to use their Quirks they stopped when they realized it was Izuku and Todoroki.
"Midoriya! Todoroki! Man, are we glad to see you guys!" Kirishima sighed in relief.
Bakugo sneered at them, "Why the hell are two here?"
Izuku and Todoroki walked in the room and surveyed the defeated villains on the ground, "Like we thought, that guy Kurogiri did warp villains to every area they sent us to."
"We were right it seems." Todoroki said.
Izuku then turned his attention to Bakugo and Kirishima, "Of course...we wouldn't have been separated if two certain hot-headed idiots hadn't attacked the warp villain in the first place." His tone sounded menacing and a little angry.
"I'm very sorry!" Kirishima immediately apologized then turned to Bakugo, "Come on, you too!"
"HA?! Why the hell do I have to apologize to Deku and fucking Half and Half bastard?!" Bakugo yelled.
"Don't worry, we're not expecting anything from you." Todoroki bluntly said.
"What was that, asshole?!" Bakugo yelled at him.
Izuku sensed movement behind the two. Soon enough, a sword was coming at them.
"Stop your chit-chatting! Since you've left your guard down-" Izuku wasted no time in using one of his blades to cut the villain down without mercy. The man fell to the ground, his eyes completely white.
Kirishima stared at the chameleon featured like villains downed form and gulped, "Did you..."
"No, he's alive," Izuku said, sheathing his sword, "I used the back of the blade to knock him out."
"I-I see...but still that reaction time was amazing." Kirishima complemented.
Bakugo wasn't impressed, "I don't need your help, Deku!"
"From the looks of it you did." Todoroki countered.
A tick mark appeared on Bakugo's head, "SHUT UP, I CAN HANDLE MYSELF!"
Izuku walked past Bakugo, "We need to find the others to make sure they're alright then go and help Aizawa-sensei. The villains that tried to attack us gave us some useful information about the guy with the blue hair, warp villain, and that thing with the bird beak."
"Seriously, they told you just like that?" Kirishima was kind of surprised the villains would tell them anything.
"No, we had to interrogate them first before getting the information." Todoroki said casually.
"You guys did what?! Are they even still alive?!" Kirishima knew how strong these two are and hoped they at least didn't kill them.
"Relax, Kirishima we left them beaten and bruised, but alive." Izuku assured him.
The red head breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good then. You guys can tell us on the way."
"Like hell I'll go with you morons!" Bakugo said.
Kirishima gave him an exasperated look, "Dude, come on...we need to find our classmates and see how they're doing. I'm really worried about them."
"Then go by yourself! I already told you...I'm going to kill that warp gate."
Izuku wasn't in the mood for this.
"If you want to go and get yourself killed then by all means go right ahead." Izuku told him as he left with Todoroki following his lead.
"H-Hey, Midoriya!" Kirishima called out for the green haired teen before looking back at Bakugo, flinching when he saw the murderous look on the blonde's face, "B-Bakugo...?"
Bakugo said nothing as he followed after the two, but on the inside he was furious and vowed to get payback for this.
Kirishima meanwhile wept inwardly as he followed after them, 'I hope we find the others soon or there'll be a bloodbath between these two!'
Meanwhile in Recovery Girl's office, All Might was currently there. Although, when he first arrived he was surprised to find a young girl there, too. She hid under the covers as soon as she saw him and refused to come out. Now while he was used to children having this sort of reaction to him, her's seemed a little too much which had him worried.
He asked Chiyo who the girl was and she told him her name was Midoriya Eri, Young Midoriya's little sister. That was news to him, from what he saw in the personal file, Young Midoriya doesn't have any siblings to speak of. So where did this little girl come from? The child still refused to show herself because he was still in the room. Did he really scare her that much?
"She's not scared of you," Chiyo told him, "Eri-dearie is just a really shy girl. A little lonely, too."
"Lonely?" He inquired.
The old woman huffed, "Of course she's lonely. Her big brother's not here with her so she's all by herself."
Yagi back at the still hiding Eri, 'Lonely...' he walked a little closer to the bed but stopped a few feet so as not to scare her, "Young Eri, my name is Toshinori Yagi. I'm one of your brother's teachers."
There was some movement as Eri peaked from under the covers to stare at Toshinori but still made no attempt to come out of the bed completely.
"Izuku-nii's teacher?" She questioned quietly.
He smiled gently, "That's right. Nice to meet you."
Slowly, Eri moved out from her hiding spot from under the bed, holding Izu in her arms and greeted him shyly, "Nice to meet you..." she mumbled.
Toshinori felt as though an arrow stabbed him in the chest at the girl's cuteness.
'Adorable!'
Chiyo already knew the man becam smitten with the little girl. Eri's cuteness should be her Quirk, seeing as how she can reduce a Pro Hero to his knees like this.
"Don't think talking with Eri-dearie will get you off the hook." She reminded him of the reason why he was here in the first place.
Toshinori flinched, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly as he turned to the older woman, "I-I know..."
She sighed, "You've been going overboard lately. When are you going to hurry up and find a successor already? You can't keep this up forever."
She's right. He knows she's right, and he's aware that time is running out for him but he had a solution.
"I've already found my successor."
Chiyo was surprised. When did he find a suitable candidate?
"Who is it," she asked curiously, "And I pray that you'll at least teach them how to control your Quirk when you start training them."
He coughed into his fist, "He's a student here in the Hero Course. You might know him, his names Midoriya Izuku."
Time seemed to stop as he mentioned her apprentices name. Well now...this was certainly interesting, so his chosen successor just so happens to be her apprentice. While she feels pride her apprentice was chosen to be the new successor of One For All, she still feels she should put her foot down.
"Toshinori, while I feel honored you've chosen my apprentice as your successor," she started telling him, "I still need to lay some ground rules when it comes to you."
"I know that I've become reckless lately, but..." he trailed off as he fully took in what she just said, "Wait, apprentice?!"
If they weren't having a serious conversation she would be laughing at his shocked and surprised expression right now.
"You heard me. Midoriya Izuku is my apprentice and as his mentor I am worried for his health," she narrowed her eyes at him dangerously, "Am I going to have to worry about him breaking bones or being reckless? Don't lie to me."
Toshinori had never felt fear before in his life as he did right now, no that wasn't true. He did feel fear like this before, but it came from another elderly individual with a sadistic streak.
The elderly...are truly terrifying.
"N-No...not really...not if he trains himself and make sure not to go overboard with One For All," Toshinori stuttered, "I-I'll make a sure of it!"
Chiyo stared his squirming, nervous form and decided to stop scaring him.
"As long as you make sure he doesn't necessarily injure himself then I suppose I'll allow you to transfer your Quirk to my apprentice." Chiyo resigned.
"Thank you very much!" Toshinori bowed.
"Speaking of which, shouldn't you contact with Thirteen and Shota?" She questioned, "Make sure the students are okay?"
"Oh, you're right!" Toshinori did just that, or at least tried to anyway, but for some reason the signal wasn't getting through, "What?"
"Hm, what is it?" Chiyo asked.
He suddenly got a very bad feeling, "Its strange, but for some reason I can't seem to get into contact with them."
"What?" Chiyo said.
Behind them Eri blinks, but can tell something is wrong, "What's wrong?" she asks.
Toshinori gives her a reassuring look, "Nothing's wrong, Young Eri! Or at least I don't think there is, but I am going over at USJ just to make sure." He was about to leave when Nezu appeared out of nowhere.
"Wait, Toshinori." Nedzu halted the man from leaving, "I'm sure they're just fine so just relax."
"But principal..." Toshinori tries to argue.
"Its fine." Nedzu assures him.
Toshinori doesn't feel very assured at all.
Eri meanwhile stared at the principal in slight awe and thought he was a talking stuffed animal. Chiyo saw the way Eri was looking at the principal and chuckled inwardly, 'She looks like she wants to hug him, so cute.' But even she was beginning to worry for the students, teachers and her apprentice.
'Be safe out there, Izuku-dearie.'
Jiro, Momo, and Kaminari were fighting off the villains that were warped to their area just like the others. Jiro and Momo were able to hold their own against them, as for Kaminari...not so much.
"Scary! Seriously, what the heck is up with these guys? What's going on?!" Kaminari questioned frantically.
"How about you stop whining and actually help us fight these guys off," Jiro told him, "You're the electric guy, aren't you? Hurry up and take care of them!"
Kaminari turned to her, "You saw during the combat training, didn't you? We were paired up! I can only cover myself with electricity!" He reminded as electric sparks came out from the palm of his hand, "I can discharge electricity, but it's not like I can control it!"
Jiro gave him an annoyed look, "You're a guy, aren't you? Stop whining."
Kaminari didn't have time to say anything back as a villain with a metal mask almost got him, as he nimbly dodged out of the way.
"Then, I'll use you as a human stun gun!" She said, kicking him in the back towards the villains.
"Seriously? Idiot-" As soon as he made contact with the villain right in front of him, he shocked the man, "Oh, it's working." He said dumbly at Jiro.
"Obviously." She deadpanned before sending sound waves towards a villain that was about to throw a large rock at Kaminari. As the sound waves made contact with the rock, it exploded and an outstretched arm was headed right for the still being electrocuted villain, and got that villain, too, "That takes care of two of them. Now for the rest!" She sent her sound wave at some more villains, making them cover their ears and fall to the ground, groaning in pain. She stopped using her Quirk on them when she saw they were passed out.
"Done!" Momo said, getting in front of Jiro.
"Huh?!"
The back of Momo's clothes started glowing as something started to take form, "It takes some time...to create something big." She said, covering the two of them in what appeared to be a sheet.
"A sheet?!"
"Is it supposed to be a shield?"
Kaminari's body then became surrounded in electricity with a grin on his face, "So its just you guys left, huh? In that case, I can show you my trump card!" He declared, shocking them all with a powerful electric attack that left them all on the ground and unconscious. Smoke soon covered them but dissipated, revealing both Momo and Jiro still under the electric proof sheet.
"Now then, I am worried about the others. Let us join them quickly." Momo said from under the sheet.
"Wait, your clothes got super punk!" Jiro said to Momo.
Momo, oblivious to her almost lack of clothing in the front area smiled, "I can make them again!"
Jiro gave her a look as she stared at her boobs, "Violent growth..." she muttered. Then saw Kaminari walking their way, "Kaminari, don't look this way!" She hugged Momo in the front to cover her up. She didn't have to worry though for Kaminari was walking around like a brain dead idiot.
Jiro walked out of the sheet along with Momo, "What? He's acting like an idiot. No need to worry then."
"I think we've defeated all of them," Momo observed the defeated villains, "But, I'm worried about the rest of our classmates."
"Same here, we need to get out of here and go find them." Jiro said before looking around, noticing Kaminari had disappeared, "Huh, where did that idiot go?"
"Now that you mention it..." Momo was wondering the same thing. Just where in the world did he go?
"Is this what you're looking for?"
Both girls turned around sharply and saw it was the very same villain that Kaminari had first electrocuted. The muscle man was holding Kaminari by the back of his shirt as a hostage.
"Kaminari-san!" Momo cried out.
"Damn!" Jiro cursed.
"Hands up." The man demanded, "No Quirk allowed. If you use your Quirks," he held Kaminari up by the back of his shirt, "I'll kill this guy."
"Kaminari-san!" Momo's voice was laced with worry.
Jiro clicked her tongue, "He got us. We let our guard down completely."
"Don't make any sudden movements," the man warned them, "I don't wanna kill someone who's an electric-type, like me," he emphasized this by lifting up his other hand that sparked electricity, "but I guess I have to, huh?"
Seeing he wasn't joking, both girl reluctantly held their hands up.
"An electric-type..." Momo said.
Jiro decided to try something, "Electric-types like you and Kaminari are born winners, right?"
Momo gave her a confused look as the villain who started walking towards them stopped suddenly, "Huh?"
"What are you-" Momo was cut off by Jiro.
"I mean, even if you aren't a hero, there are a tone of jobs you could do." Jiro kept on talking.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm just wondering, why is someone like you a villain? Its fine if you don't wanna answer." She said as one of her earphone jacks crept slowly towards the man foot.
"Give it up." The man told her, his electric hand moving closer to Kaminari, making both girls gasp, "Did you think I wouldn't notice?"
Jiro cursed as she recalled her earphone jack.
"A kid's naive thinking only works on dumb adults. If you two don't put up a fight, I'll let this idiot go." the man told them.
Jiro and Momo were trying to figure out what to do but came uo with nothing. Is this really the end?
"Now. Don't move." He told them as he walked closer to the two girls.
"DIE!"
Bakugo shot down from out of nowhere, slamming both palms into the man's back, forcing him to let Kaminari go as he was slammed into the ground.
"Bakugo?!" Jiro exclaimed.
"You two alright?!" Kirishima came running over to them along with Izuku and Todoroki.
"Kirishima-san, Izuku-san, and even Todoroki-san?!" Momo was both surprised and happy to see them.
Kirishima stopped running when he reached them, "We saw lightning coming from over here and figured it had to be you guys."
"You guys saved our asses." Jiro told them.
Izuku looked over at Kaminari, "He okay?"
"Ignore him." Jiro said.
Momo was happy to see they were okay, "I'm glad none of you are hurt."
Kirishima grinned sheepishly, "It was touch and go for a minute there, but we came out okay."
Bakugo scoffed, "I didn't have trouble taking those canon fodder down."
Todoroki addressed them, "Its just you three that got warped here?"
"Yeah, we don't have a clue where everybody else is." Jiro said.
"They got warped to different areas, me and Todoroki landed in the Landslide Zone, while these two hot heads landed in the Ruins Zone." Izuku told them.
Kirishima visibly deflated at the 'hot head' remark, "Hey, Midoriya, are you still angry?"
"I'm not angry." Izuku denied.
"Liar! You're definitely still angry!" Kirishima didn't believe him for a second.
Izuku gave him a look, "I'm only at 10%"
"That means you're still angry!" Kirishima exclaimed.
Jiro and Momo sweat-dropped, "What?" Jiro had no idea what they were talking about and needed an explanation.
Todoroki decided to elaborate, "Midoriya is upset that the two hot heads decided to attack the villain with the Warp Quirk that caused all of us to get separated."
"Got ya." She said, now understanding why he was angry.
Bakugo yelled at them, "Shut up! I didn't do shit wrong!"
"Sure you didn't." She said dryly.
Momo raised her hand, "Um, shouldn't we be trying to find the others?"
Before anyone could comment there was a loud piercing roar like sound that was coming from a different direction. Izuku and Todoroki shared a look with each other. That had to have come from the Nomu.
"W-What the hell was that?" Jiro had never heard that kind of sound before. It didn't even sound human!
Izuku's eyes narrowed, "That must be where Aizawa and the Nomu are."
"Aizawa-sensei...and the Nomu?" Momo questioned.
Izuku went on to explain what the villains told him and Todoroki when they interrogated them ("You two did what?!" Jiro exclaimed, "I know, that's what I said!" Kirishima said, but Izuku ignored their commentary). The man with the blue hair is named Shigaraki Tomura, while the villain with the Warp Quirk is named Kurogiri, and the giant thing that was standing next to Shigaraki was called Nomu. An artificial human that was created for the sole purpose of killing All Might.
"Kill...All Might?" Momo couldn't beleive what she was hearing.
"Yeah, I didn't want to believe it either, but they wouldn't bring the thing here if they were lying." Kirishima said grimly.
"I don't believe it, no, I don't want to believe it." Jiro said.
Izuku looked over at the unconscious villains, "Its not impossible. Remember, All Might is still human, so he's not unkillable. But to think they actually created something like that Nomu, an Artificial Human." Just the thought of it still made him feel sick.
"So now what?" Jiro questioned.
Izuku stared at the villain with the electric Quirks unmoving form, "First thing we need to do is get in contact with U.A. since I'm pretty sure this guy was using his Quirk to jam the signal. Hopefully the school will get our signal and send backup. Another thing we need to do is find our classmates and regroup with them, then check up on Aizawa-sensei."
Jiro was in thought, "We can regroup with the others, but as for trying to contact the school..." she looked over at Kaminari's still dumb look, "That's only possible if this idiot comes back to reality, or if Thirteen manages to contact the school."
Momo agreed with the idea, "Those options sound reasonable."
"Fuck that." Bakugo scoffed.
Kirishima sighed at the boy's behavior. Now was not the time to be acting like a child, especially in their current situation, "Bakugo..."
"Shut up! I'm going after that hand freak, the rest of you can do whatever the hell you want." Bakugo walked away from them in a different direction.
"Is he serious right now?" Jiro stared at his retreating back.
"I don't find his personality very heroic." Momo frowned.
Kirishima gave Izuku a pleading look. The red head was probably the only one that would worry about Bakugo's safety. If their roles were reversed he'd be having the same expression on his face, too.
With an annoyed sigh, he turned to the girls, "We'll go after Bakugo. You two, or three (Kaminari was still out of it), should go find the others and give them some help."
Given the situation it was best to split up. Izuku had no choice but to go after Bakugo, not because he was worried, but because the explosive moron would end up getting himself killed and Aunt Mitsuki would be in tears.
"Are you sure?" Momo didn't like the idea of splitting up.
Izuku couldn't blame her for being uncomfortable, but they had no choice.
Bakugo you self-centered, arrogant son of a bitch.
"Don't worry, I don't sense anyone hostile at the moment, so now would be right time to start finding the others and re-group." Izuku said.
Jiro nodded, "Got it," she then whacked Kaminari on the back of the head, "Come back to reality, idiot."
Kaminari blinked and looked around confused, "Huh? What happened?"
Jiro sighed.
After they survive this she was going to stay in her room and listen to her punk music all day long.
This was not good.
This was not good at all.
Thirteen, along with some students stayed where they were as the rest of their classmates were warped to other zones. All Thirteen could do now was pray that the other students were okay and not harmed in any way. Not only that, but the villain, Kurogiri still had his Warp surrounding them just waiting to strike.
Thirteen couldn't let the students get hurt.
"Class Rep." Thirteen said to Iida.
"Yes?"
"I have a job for you," Thirteen told him, "Run to the school and tell the faculty what's going on here."
Iida was shocked by the request.
"Even though Eraser Head is cancelling people's Quirks left and right, we're still completely sealed off from the outside world." Thirteen explained.
"With all do respect Thirteen-sensei, I can't just leave and abandon my classmates!" He protested.
"You're not abandoning your comrades, but simply using your Quirk to save others, just like a real hero." Thirteen told the boy.
A haunting laugh got their attention, "Interesting speech, but I'm afraid I cannot allow you to call for backup, so its appears you will have to die here."
Thirteen lifted a hand up, pointing a finger at Kurogiri, "I won't let that happen! Burakku Hōru (Black Hole)!" The purple fog that was once surrounding them was now being sucked up by Thirteen.
Kurogiri wasn't worried however, "Black Hole, the Quirk that sucks up matter and turns it to dust, such an astounding power. However, you're a rescue hero Thirteen, skilled in saving people from disasters. Consequently, that means you have little fighting experience or battlefield awareness."
Thirteen knew the villain was right, but refused to give in. No student shall die here on Thirteen's watch.
That's a promise!
Location: Central Plaza
Aizawa was getting sick and tired of this.
These damn pests just keep coming at him no matter how many times he knocks them out. Well, at least their numbers were dwindling down, so he could finally face the leader.
And that's exactly what he was planning on doing...if not for the fact the leader came charging at him, himself.
"23 second." Shigaraki said to no one in particular.
Aizawa stood up from his crouch, "The last boss?" He threw his capture weapon at the man, who caught it easily with one hand.
"24 seconds."
Aizawa also charged at him, "20 seconds."
"17 seconds."
Aizawa grabbed the cloth Shigaraki still had in his hand and elbowed the man in the gut. Shigaraki stilled for a second before leaning his face towards Aizawa, "It's hard to see because you keep moving around, but there's an instant when your hair falls."
Behind his yellows goggles, Aizawa's red eyes widened.
How the hell did he know?
Shigaraki had his hand on Aizawa's elbow, "That's when you've finished an action. I've been watching you very closely, so I know..." Aizawa's elbow started to corrode, alerting him that the blue haired man has just activated his Quirk. The fabric had been disintegrated away, even his skin was slowly corroding away.
"Tch." Aizawa punched the man away with his other arm and jumped away, holding his damaged arm, 'My elbow's crumbling!' He ducked, punching a villain away that tried to sneak up on him. Seeing as how he could only fight with one arm, he decided to end this quickly. He wasted no time taking the rest of the small time villains out before turning his attention back towards Shigaraki.
"You're so cool..." Shigaraki complimented with both arms out, "...but, I'm not the last boss."
Aizawa sensed something behind him and turned around. There stood the same hulking figure that was no longer standing next to Shigaraki, but was now behind him.
Next thing he knew, his goggles were sent flying as blood appeared. Another thing he knew was that he was pinned to the ground with the damn thing above him, along with a broken arm.
Shigaraki's eyes behind the hand mask on his face shone with glee, "I'll tell you, Eraser Head. He's the anti-Symbol of Peace, the bioengineered "Nomu."
Nomu twisted Aizawa's arm, making the man cry out in pain.
"You can erase Quirks. That's wonderful, but it's nothing impressive." Shigaraki said.
Aizawa tried erasing the Nomu's Quirk but that didn't work. Not only that but it used its other arm to break Aizawa's pinned one. The pain was too much as he cried out again.
'It's like he's breaking a twig...' he thought, as the Nomu grabbed his head and lifted up, 'He's as strong as All Might...' the Nomu slammed his down hard on the ground.
Shigaraki watched this in amusement which was replaced with confusion as Aizawa suddenly disappeared.
"What?"
Aizawa was a little disoriented, but was also confused as to how he just teleported away from the damn monster, but soon got his answer as he landed in someone's arms. Forcing his eyes open, he saw it was his designated "Problem child," Midoriya.
"M-Midoriya..." he grunted in pain.
Izuku looked down at his sensei, "Its not just me."
He was right, Aizawa could see Bakugo, Todoroki, and Kirishima were here also.
When did they...?
"Sorry to just cut into your battle, but it looked like you could use some help." Izuku told him, calmly.
The man couldn't even say anything smart to him right now. He was in too much pain.
"Also, didn't I warn you to watch your back? You should listen more, sensei." He added.
Cheeky brat.
Shigaraki scratched his neck in both confusion and anger, "Why are you brats still alive? You should be dead."
Bakugo sneered at him, punching his fist against his palm, "That's what you get for sending useless pieces of shit who can't even fight!"
Todoroki gathered his ice, "They were disappointing, but they gave useful information."
Kirishima got ready to fight, "We're really doing this, right?"
Izuku slowly placed Aizawa down on the ground. He couldn't fight anymore and shouldn't even try. He took out Nala, placing her next to the man just in case he needed her to either guard him or help them.
One thing's for sure though...
This is gonna be one hell of a fight.
Back with Thirteen and Kurogiri, the space hero was trying to suck the villain up but that was easier said than done.
"Such a valiant effort, and yet..." A warp portal appeared behind Thirteen all of a sudden, taking the space hero by surprise but it didn't last long as Thirteen was incapacitated with the hero's own Quirk and fell to the ground, "...all for naught."
The students behind Thirteen were horrified by what happened to their sensei, but now wasn't the time to be scared. They had to get backup.
"Iida, get out of here!" Sato yelled at the Class Rep, getting his attention, "Go, now!
Iida was about to protest but stopped when he remembered Thirteen's words.
"You're not abandoning your comrades, but simply using your Quirk to save others, just like a real hero."
"I...I understand." Iida said reluctantly, using his Quirk to run off towards the exit.
"I think not," Kurogiri said getting in front of the boy, "Doing that will greatly hinder us to put an end to All Might."
Iida tried skidding to a stop as he was almost warped away, but didn't need to worry as Shoji jumps into Kurogiri, allowing Iida to continued towards the exit. Which is exactly what we did.
'There's the exit, looks like I'll be able to make it! But wait, what if its locked?! Will I be able to pry it open in time?!' He thought as he kept running towards the exit.
"I have no time for this!" Kurogiri's voice came looming from behind the running boy, "Play time is over!"
Out of nowhere, Ochako grabbed the metal that was around the villains neck, stopping him, "I don't know what his Quirk is, but he's wearing some kind of weird armor! So he must have a physical body inside here somewhere!" She tossed the villain into the air, as she used her Zero Gravity Quirk to make sure he stayed up there, "Keep going, Iida!"
Iida didn't need to be told twice as he kept running and managed to pry the door open, running out of the building and heading towards U.A.
'I'll come back with help! I promise I will!'
Kurogiri saw the boy leave the building, 'He's going to call for backup.' His eyes narrowed, 'I need to warn Shigaraki.' And with that he warped away.
Ochako and the other students looked around cautiously, wondering if the villain was still around here somewhere, but thankfully he wasn't.
"He's gone..." Ochako finally spoke.
Mina fell to the ground, "W-We're alive..."
"This isn't funny...I think I saw my love flash before my eyes." Sero said, placing a hand on his chest.
"Hey, you guys!" A voice called out to them.
Running towards the students were none other than Momo, Jiro, and Kaminari.
"You're okay!" Ochako was relieved to see them.
The three stopped running and stood before them, "Yes, we somehow came out unharmed."
"We would have been in serious trouble if Midoriya and the others hadn't shown up." Jiro told them.
"Others?"
"Todoroki, Bakugo, and Kirishima." Kaminari listed off who helped them.
Shoji, who was still with them and hadn't teleported anywhere far raised a brow, "Bakugo was with them?"
"Yeah, but it looked like he didn't want to be there willingly." Jiro shrugged.
"Are we missing anyone?" Momo asked.
"Iida went to get help, that Kurogiri villain warped away as soon as he left to go get help." Ochako said.
"Seriously, we just contacted the school not that long ago after the villain with the electricity Quirk got knocked out." Jiro said.
"Eh, then the communications are working now?" Mina questions.
"Yes." Momo confirmed.
Mina and Sero both sighed, "Then we didn't need him to leave if we'd known it was working..." they both said.
"What's done is done," Shoji said, "Right now, we need to find the others."
"Midoriya and those three went to go help Aizawa-sensei." Momo said to them.
"Then we should go find the others quickly, then help Deku-kun and the others." Ochako declared.
"I agree." Momo said.
"Then, let's go!"
The half gathered class of 1-A went off to try and find the rest of their classmates. Hopefully the Pro Heroes would be here soon.
'Be safe, everyone!' Ochako silently prayed.
The Shigaraki guy was silently fuming. Izuku could tell from where they were standing. None of them made a move yet. It would be stupid to do so, and he knew Bakugo and Kirishima wouldn't dare think about it after jumping in like idiots already against Kurogiri. Observe your enemy, and attack when the time is right.
That was one of the rules.
He eyed the thing called "Nomu" that was still in a crouched position. If you look real closely, you could see a small pebble that replaced where Aizawa once was. Good thing he picked some up back at the zone where Kirishima and Bakugo were, otherwise Aizawa would probably be dead right now.
A purple mist soon stood next to Shigaraki, revealing it to be Kurogiri. Why the hell was he here? Did something happen to Thirteen and the rest of his classmates?
Shigaraki turned to the mist man, "Kurogiri, did you kill Thirteen?"
Kill Thirteen, god he hoped the hero was still alive.
"I put Thirteen out of action, but there were students that I was unable to disperse, and one of them was able to run away." Kurogiri reported.
Kirishima's eyes widened in fear, "Thirteen-sensei was taken out, too...?"
Izuku's eyes narrowed, 'I'm not surprised Thirteen didn't last very long against this guy. Thirteen's a rescue specialist, combat isn't really a strong point for the Pro Hero. The only good thing about this is that Thirteen wasn't killed, just incapacitated. And I'm guessing the student that was able to runaway must've been Iida. His Quirk is based on speed so out of all of us, he's the only one able to get to U. A. and tell the Pro Heroes what the hell is going on here.'
Shigaraki started scratching his neck with both hands, a sign of irritation and anger, "Kurogiri, you..." the scratching noises were getting louder, "If you weren't a warp gate, I would've crushed you to pieces."
To say the four students before the two villains were disturbed would be an understatement. Just what the hell is wrong with this weirdo?
"What the hell is with this freak?" Bakugo finally said what they were all thinking.
Who knows?
"Man, it's game over," Shigaraki slumped, "Let's go home."
Silence.
Kirishima blinked a few times, wondering if he'd heard right, "What...?"
Izuku had the urge to stab this hand weirdo somewhere painful.
"Midoriya, I know what you're thinking, but don't act on it." Todoroki said.
If Todoroki could tell what Izuku wanted to do by just his facial expression alone, then that tells you he's annoyed.
"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!" Bakugo roared.
Unfortunately, Izuku understood just how Bakugo feels right now.
And that made him feel even worse.
"Well...a lot of Pro Heroes are going to start showing up," Shigaraki complained, "When they show up, we won't stand a chance against them."
This guy...
"Don't let your guards down." Izuku warned them. Unpredictable individuals like Shigaraki were dangerous and needed to be taken seriously, and this guy's childish nature is extremely dangerous.
Just as Shigaraki turned to leave he stopped, "Oh, yeah. Before we leave," he faced Izuku, Todoroki, Kirishima, and Bakugo, "let's smash some of his pride as the Symbol of Peace!" There was a gust of wind as Kirishima saw an outstretched hand come towards his face. He stood there completely frozen as he didn't have time to react, but Izuku did. A swift kick to the gut was enough to send Shigaraki flying back and away from the red head.
"Kirishima, you alright?" Izuku asked the still frozen stiff boy.
Hearing Izuku's voice snapped him back to reality, "Y-Yeah...I'm good."
"Pay attention, you dumbass!" Bakugo told him.
Todoroki eyed Shigaraki, "As I thought, he is dangerous."
"All three of them are." Izuku said.
Shigaraki got up slowly, "That hurt..." he turned his gaze over to Izuku, "You...who are you?"
'Like hell I'll tell you my name.' Izuku thought, "A hero in training." He said.
Shigaraki's gaze lingered on Izuku even though you could barely see the man's eyes behind that hand face mask of his. It was starting to creep him out.
"Cool..." the man said.
Izuku wondered if this guy was just simply insane, "What?"
"Hey, Kurogiri, I should be angry that he kicked me, but I'm not," Shigaraki said, "Why is that?"
Kurogiri hummed, "Out of all of the students, this young man feels different."
"Is that so?"
Bakugo was getting angry at Shigaraki, "Oi, what the hell are you talking about?!"
For once, Izuku agreed with Bakugo on something for once.
"He's an unknown NPC, but...that makes him interesting," Shigaraki kept on speaking, ignoring the explosive boy, "Nomu, capture him."
Nomu moved just as it was ordered to and came at the four students quickly, but its only target was Izuku. Kirishima and Todoroki stood in front of him, acting as shields, but that wasn't necessary.
"Nala." Izuku called calmly.
Nala, the normal looking cat started running towards Nomu, her body beginning to glow as she kept her pace towards the fighting doll.
"Hey, Midoriya," Kirishima sounded worried for the cat, "You can't really expect Nala-chan to fight that..." he trailed off when Nala's whole body began to grow and a furry fist hit the Nomu right in the face, sending it away from them, "...thing."
Todoroki seemed surprised himself, blinking a few times in astonishment, "A Quirk?"
"You got it." Izuku said.
Nala stood at the same height as Nomu. She stood there growling at the artificial being as it tried to take her master away.
"ROAR!" Nala roared.
Kirishima covered his ears, "Man! Even her roar is manly!"
"She's a girl." Todoroki pointed out.
"You know what I mean!"
Bakugo said nothing as he stared at the giant cat that once used to be small. There is stood as a battle cat ready to start fighting and beating the hell out of the three villains. Deku said that guy Salomo gave the cat to him as a gift, so where the hell did he find this feline rat from?
Shigaraki was amused by the whole transformation of Nala, "So cool...that was so cool...the small cat can transform. He really is an unknown NPC that's different from the rest." He sounded excited to see Nala in one her transformations, not only that but judging by his tone, it sounds like he'd taken a liking to him now, too. Lovely.
Wait a minute.
Where's Kurogiri?
"He's gone." Todoroki stated the obvious.
"Yeah, he must've hidden after Nala transformed and punched Nomu in the face. He's probably still around here, though." Izuku said.
"If he's still around then find out where, dumbass Deku!" Bakugo told him.
Izuku's senses are good, but not good enough to track someone with a Warp Quirk. If he senses a small fragment of the villain using his Quirk then he could sense him.
Wait...
"Three o'clock!"
Bakugo's reflexes were impressive to say the least, as he was able to pin Kurogiri down by the two metal braces around the man's neck. That's one down...for now.
"Kirishima, help Bakugo deal with that guy just in case he tries to escape. Aim for the metal braces around the neck." Izuku told him.
"Got it!" Kirishima wanted to stay and help them deal with Shigaraki, but agreed that keeping watch over Bakugo was more important.
"Make any movements and I'll blow you straight to hell!" Bakugo threatened.
Yeah, better to help watch over both the villain and Bakugo.
Izuku grabbed both blades, "You don't mind fighting with a partner again, do you?"
"If its you, no." Todoroki got ready to use his ice.
"Don't let his guy touch you, his Quirk pretty much almost disintegrated Aizawa-sensei's elbow," Izuku warned him, "He'll probably do the same thing to your Quirk, but its best if you don't engage in hand to hand combat with him."
"You're right, engaging him in hand to hand combat isn't smart. My ice should still be able to do smoke damage to him, what about the Nomu?" Todoroki asked.
"Nala should be able to handle it for a little while, she'll know when she's hit her limit." Izuku explained.
Todoroki merely nodded.
Shigaraki laughed, "I like you! Someone like you is wasted on U.A. Those heroes don't deserve someone as interesting as you."
Okay, seriously he just met this guy, so why is he showing interest in him all of a sudden?
"What the hell, Deku?! You've got his fucking weirdo crushing on you?!" Bakugo yelled.
Izuku's eye twitched, "How about we just use Bakugo as a human shield against the Nomu instead?" He suggested.
Todoroki looked like he was actually considering it, "If you're willing to go that far..."
"DO YOU TWO WANT TO DIE?!" Bakugo yelled.
Kirishima sweat-dropped, "Is now really the time to be fighting?"
No, its not.
"Todoroki, get ready."
"Yeah."
Shigaraki acted first, running towards the two and Todoroki didn't hesitate to send a wall of ice at the man. Like Izuku had predicted, Shigaraki used his Quirk to disintegrate the ice coming at him, but that allowed Izuku to act next.
"Taka Nami (Hawk Wave)!" Izuku created a powerful gust of wind that knocked Shigaraki over.
Todoroki used that chance to attack him again with his ice, but the Nomu appeared out of nowhere and shielded the man.
"Tsk." Todoroki clicked his tongue.
Izuku stood next to him, "Looks like it follows his orders and no one else's."
"Attacking him will just make that thing go on the defense." Todoroki said.
"Let Nala handle it, since Nomu is a powerhouse that acts like his shield then so will Nala." Izuku said as Nala landed right in front of them.
"Can she really handle it?" Todoroki wasn't trying to say the feline was weak but was merely interested in knowing if she can handle her own against an artificial human.
"Don't underestimate Nala, she can a few hits here and there and her punches are nothing to scoff at." Izuku said with a slight smirk.
Todoroki eyed him before looking back at Shigaraki and Nomu, "Then, I'll take your word for it."
The Nomu came at them again, but just like last time, Nala interfered, grabbing its fist, swinging it away from them before going after it again.
Todoroki once again sent another wave of ice at Shigaraki who simply used his Quirk to disintegrate it and charge towards Todoroki. Izuku appeared before him, "Sai Kuru (Rhino Revolve)!" Izuku holds his swords in front of him pointing up, like rhinoceros horns, and spins quickly, nailing Shigaraki.
Nala's punch made contact with Nomu's over and over again. This proved Midoriya was right in Nala being able to hold her own against the artificial human being. There were cases of animals having Quirk, and Nala was no different, but he had to admit that it was impressive she was able to hold her own against the thing.
"Thanks." Todoroki thanked Midoriya.
"Don't mention it." Izuku said.
The sound of flesh being torn off got their attention. Nala had managed to rip the Nomu's arm clean off, by using her mouth. Todoroki was caught off guard, having not expected that at all. For a cat, she was really vicious.
"Vicious as always." Midoriya said with a hint of amusement.
So he knows about the feline's vicious nature.
Shigaraki chuckled, "The cat tore Nomu's arm off with its mouth...so cool...but..."
Izuku and Todoroki's eyes widened when they saw its arm was regenerating.
"A regeneration Quirk?" Izuku questioned.
"That's right," Shigaraki said gleefully, "Nomu has two Quirks...Shokku Kyūshū (Shock Absorption) and Chōsaisei (Super Regeneration). Its the ultimate weapon to kill the Symbol of Peace All Might!"
Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration?
Not to mention the damn thing is already a powerhouse, but with Quirks like the ones Shigaraki just listed off that makes killing it all the more difficult.
Wait, maybe not.
With a pebble in hand he switched places with Nala as he saw Nomu was about to punch the cat in the face.
"Room!" A blue circle surrounded the two of them and Izuku barely managed to move to the side of the Nomu's outstretched arm, "Rajio Naifu (Radio Knife)!" Izuku charges his sword with electricity his sword with electricity, the result was Nomu's outstretched arm being being separated into several pieces, while also suffering from an electric shock. He jumped away from the Nomu back towards Todoroki and Nala.
Todoroki stood there dumbfounded, "Just now...what did you do?"
"Radio Knife, its an advanced version of another special attack of mine," Izuku explains, "I can separate the target into several segments but I only aimed for the arm because I wanted to test something first. It also helps that this special attack shock the opponent, too."
"You counter shocked it?"
Izuku stood up from his crouch, "You heard what Shigaraki said, right? It has a Shock Absorption Quirk that can absorb physical blows, but if I shock it with Radio Knife then it should have some effect."
"I see." Todoroki was taken off guard when Izuku suddenly switched places with Nala all of a sudden then used that special attack of his to cut the Nomu's arm off, as well as shock it.
'Midoriya...just what kind of Quirk do you posses that allows you to do such things?' He wondered.
"That won't work, Nomu can just regenerate its arm back again." Shigaraki reminded.
That was supposed to happen, but it didn't. The arm that Izuku cut off with Room combined with Radio Knife didn't regenerate, much to Shigaraki's confusion.
"What's wrong...? Why aren't you regenerating, Nomu?"
Izuku decided to explain, "My Quirk is special, its arm won't be regenerating back anytime soon." The reason why? Simple, because Izuku didn't actually cut the things arm off. If he had simply cut the things arm off with his sword normally then it would be regenerating right now, but since he used his "Quirk" on its arm that was a different story.
Shigaraki started scratching his neck again, "You...why aren't I angry at you for doing that to Nomu?"
"How should I know?" Izuku countered.
The man cackled, "Cool...you're so cool...why are you so cool? Your Quirk is better than All Might's."
Again with that. He wasn't oblivious to the fact that there were a lot of villains out there that hated All Might's guts, but this guy...his hatred runs deep. So deep in fact that he could never escape from it. Hatred like this doesn't just come out of nowhere, Shigaraki has been festering his hatred for All Might for a long time.
Shigaraki let out a sound that sounded like he was amused instead of angry, "You're amazing...a wild NPC with his own way of doing things. So cool..."
This childlike mindset really is unsettling and dangerous. Just what the hell happened to this guy for him to act like this and have such a strong hatred for All Might? A mind child with a strong Quirk
"You two are fast, but can you say the same thing about them?"
Them? Wait-!
"Shit-!"
Nomu zooms right past them and towards both Bakugo and Kirishima who both froze when they saw the thing come at them. Just as Izuku was about to tell them to move, the dome to the building was broken through and in came none other than All Might.
"I AM..." All Might punched Nomu in the face, sending it far away from Bakugo and Kirishima, "HERE!"
Izuku smirked, "Nice timing."
All Might stood before the four boys, "I'm sorry for being late. I already know the situation thanks to Young Iida!"
"So he was able to make it to U.A. and warn the teachers." Izuku already new the person that escaped was Iida. He owed the boy for this big time.
"Nala, go get Aizawa-sensei." Izuku ordered.
Nala was instantly by the teachers side and picked him up, bringing the man towards him, Todoroki, and All Might. Izuku bent down and inspected the man's injuries. Good thing Nala had him on his back.
"Two broken ribs, a concussion, and two broken arms," Izuku reported, "Its best we don't move him again until the medical team eventually gets here."
All Might grinned, "As expected of Recovery Girl's apprentice."
This took the three boys by surprise.
"Wait, you're seriously Recovery Girl's apprentice?!" Kirishima exclaimed.
Izuku gave him an annoyed look, "Is that really important right now?"
"Uh, no...sorry." The red head said sheepishly.
"By the way, Kurogiri's gone again."
Kirishima and Bakugo looked and indeed the warp villain was gone, "Eh, where did he go?!"
"That bastard...!" Bakugo swore.
"He must've escaped from Bakugo's hold when All Might showed up." Todoroki theorized.
Kirishima heard some noises and saw some villains were headed their way, "What the hell? More villains?"
Bakugo gave the gathered villains a heated glare, "Just perfect. I can kill them all right here and now."
"Do you have to say it like that?!" Kirishima exclaimed.
Izuku didn't mind dealing with the small villains. Now that All Might was here he could handle Nomu...hopefully.
"Nala, keep Aizawa-sensei safe."
Nala nodded, bending over the man's still form protectively.
"All Might, that things an artificial human called "Nomu." It has two Quirks, Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration, but like all Quirks it has its limits. Don't let your guard down." Izuku warned. He'd already warned Aizawa-sensei and look what happened. The last thing they needed was for All Might to end up in the same predicament as their black haired teacher.
All Might just gave him a grin. The same grin that makes others feel a sense of hope, while villains feel a sense of dread. But even so, Izuku knows that grin wasn't very reassuring.
"Everything will be alright. Just stand back and let me protect you." All Might told him.
It didn't show on Izuku's face but he was still worried. But...All Might and Nomu are on the same power level, so its bets to let the man handle it. Nala did well to hold her own, but her transformation Quirk has its limitations.
"Seriously...don't die." Izuku said to him again before turning his attention towards the charging villains, "We'll deal with them. They'll just get in All Might's way."
"Right." Todoroki headed towards the villains along with Izuku while All Might was left to deal with Nomu.
"I've been waiting for you, hero." Shigaraki said eagerly, "You trash of society."
The villains that were running towards them stopped cold turkey when they saw All Might had appeared.
"I-Its him!"
"All Might.
"He looks so intimidating..."
"Idiots, don't hesitate! If we kill that, well..." He was shut up with a kick to the head, courtesy of Bakugo.
"Oi, All Might shouldn't be what you fuckers are looking at!" Bakugo told them.
Kirishima had already taken some of the other villains down, Todoroki froze them in place, and Izuku cut them down without mercy. Let it go down in history that a group of small time villains were taken out easily by a bunch of heroes in training.
And just kids at that.
Just like that it was over.
All Might was impressed with the display before turning his attention towards Aizawa, "Sorry, Aizawa. I was late, but at least your students protected you. You should feel proud."
Shigaraki made a sound as he stared at All Might, "How many more villains we have here that you took out easily? Not good. It's no good...he probably took them out in seconds. He's fast, as expected. I won't be able to follow him with my eyes. But not as fast as I thought he'd be. That means Sensei was right..." behind the face mask was a sinister grin, "that he's getting weaker."
All Might said nothing as he runs towards Shigaraki while keeping his hands in a cross position, "Carolina..."
"Nomu." Shigaraki called out.
Nomu stood before Shigaraki as it took the full brunt of the attack, "...Smash!" The water behind them split in two, but Nomu was comepletely unharmed.
"In that case-" All Might punched Nomu in the face, but it didn't do any damage, so he kept punching it, but nothing seemed to damage it.
"That won't work," Shigaraki told All Might, "it would be most effective to slowly gouge out his flesh."
"If that's true, then it's easier for me." All Might said, grabbing Nomu by the waist, using a suplex move on it that caused smoke to appear due to the sheer power of it.
Kirishima covered his face with his arm so dust doesn't get in his eyes, "Amazing...All Might really is on a whole different level."
Bakugo said nothing to that.
'Something's wrong,' Izuku narrowed his eyes and saw a purple portal beneath both All Might and Nomu, "A warp gate!" what really got his attention was the fact that the Nomu dug its fingers into All Might's side, causing blood to appear.
"You can't defeat Nomu," Shigaraki said, "Because Nomu is as strong as you are."
All Might said nothing as he grit his teeth in pain as Nomu still had its fingers dug in the man's side, 'Ouch! That's my weak spot! Stop it!' He let Nomu go and tried to dig the things fingers out of his side but it wouldn't budge, 'What power!'
"Would you mind not resisting? I do not want blood and guts overflowing within me," Kurogiri said, "but I would be happy to take in someone as great as you. And then, when your body is halfway in, to close the gate..."
"You talk too much, dumbass!" Bakugo yelled, using his explosion Quirk to hit Kurogiri, slamming him down by the metal plates on his neck again. Then, Ice covered Nomu's feet, and All Might found himself switched with Izuku, who jumped away from the thing to stand next to Todoroki.
The boy gave the man an angry look, "You...didn't I tell you not to let your guard down? What, "Everything will be alright?" Its obviously not alright, you stubborn fool."
All Might sweat-dropped, 'It's almost like I'm talking to Recovery Girl. He's definitely her apprentice.' He stood up and held his wound.
Kirishima attacked Shigaraki but the blue haired man jumped out of the way, "Damn, he's fast!"
Bakugo gave Kurogiri a menacing grin, "Stop acting so stuck-up, foggy nobody!"
"Acting like a villain again," Todoroki sounded annoyed with Bakugo's explosive personality, "Why is someone like you trying to become a hero?"
"Fuck off, Half and Half bastard!"
"Idiot." Izuku said, keeping his gaze forward.
Shigaraki stared at them and said nothing.
"The fog gate covered your actual body, right?" Bakugo said to Kurogiri, "If I feel like you're moving suspiciously, then I'll blow you up."
Kirishima gave him a nervous grin, "His behavior isn't very hero-like..."
Shigaraki chuckled, "Kids these days are amazing. They make the League of Villains look bad."
Nomu tore its frozen arm off as it moved, but it soon regenerated, much to All Might's astonishment.
"That's its regeneration ability," Izuku told him, "I mentioned it before, it can regenerate whatever's done to its body."
"I see, but wait. I can clearly see its other arm is no longer there, what happened to it?" All Might was curious about for awhile now, but didn't think to ask until now.
"I cut it off with my Quirk and it hasn't regenerated back, in fact," Izuku motions over to Nala and Aizawa where the severed arm was, "Its still over there."
"It is!" All Might just noticed this.
"Ah...I don't know why it won't heal, but its fine. Hey, All Might, did you know? Nomu has been modified to take you at 100%. He's a super-efficient human sandbag." Shigaraki said as his tone was filled with amusement.
"Nomu, go get our warp gate back." Shigaraki ordered.
Nomu was a blur as it closed in on Bakugo and Kurogiri, 'He's fast!' All Might thought. Just as All Might was about to intervene, Bakugo was no longer there and was now on the ground next to Kirishima, taking the Number #1 hero off guard, 'What? When did he...?'
Izuku sighed, getting their attention and letting them know he was the one that just prevented Bakugo from getting killed, "That was too close a call..." he had his Haki training to thank for allowing to him follow speedy opponents, and damn was this thing fast. Any later and Bakugo really would be dead right now. Actually should he not have made it in time then no doubt All Might would get the blonde out of harm's way himself.
"Bakugo, you okay?!" Kirishima asked.
Bakugo sat there on the ground, eyes still wide open but snapped out of it when he heard Kirishima's voice, "Shut up, scum!" His eyes then narrowed at Izuku, 'I didn't...see anything...' but Deku did.
He didn't see a damn thing...
But Deku did!
Shigaraki cackled gleefully, "That was so cool! You teleported the kid away from Nomu! Your Quirk is amazing!"
Hearing that didn't make Izuku feel flattered at all.
"All Might...you're so greedy...where have you been hiding this hidden character? I want him!" Shigaraki said.
"What the hell? Midoriya's not some thing to posses!" Kirishima's arms hardened.
Todoroki didn't appreciate it either, "Don't you dare you refer to someone as a tool in front of me."
Izuku grabbed both blades, "Treating me like some kind of object, I'll slice you."
Bakugo stood up angrily, "Deku ain't nothing special, you hand freak!"
"All Might, we'll back you up!" Kirishima said.
"No!" All Might held his arm out, "Stand back. Just watch as a pro gives it everything he's got."
"Nomu, Kurogiri. Get him." Shigaraki ordered, "I'll deal with the children, also once All Might has been killed, Kurogiri, grab the green haired kid."
"Understood."
All Might wanted to punch the living daylights out of Shigaraki for targeting the students, and he's even more angry that Young Midoriya has now become a target. He won't let that happen.
'It's true that I barely have a minute left. My power has been declining faster than I expected. But, its fine. Why? Because I am...the Symbol of Peace!' All Might declared as he went full power and charged at Nomu who met his punch, despite having only one arm. There the two of them met blow for blow, sending waves of power that threatened to send everyone flying.
"Since your Quirk is Shock Absorption," All Might spoke, still sending punches, "then there's a limit to it, right? If you can withstand me at 100%," he said, pushing Nomu back as he kept sending punches at it. Finally, he sent it flying away from everyone and All Might went right after it, "A hero...can always break out of a tough spot!" He said, slamming Nomu to the ground before sending it airborne then grabbing its leg and sending it to the ground, creating cracks, "Hey villain, have you ever heard these words? Go beyond!" his arm was steaming as he was preparing to end this with one last punch, "Plus..." he slammed his fist right into the Nomu's gut that made the middle half of its body to heat up, "Ultra...!" With that final punch, he sent the Nomu flying right out of the USJ to god knows where. All around the USJ zones the students saw something fly through the air and just knew it had to be All Might.
The Symbol of Peace.
"His brute strength is crazy." Kirishima said in awe.
"What insane power..." Bakugo sounded almost speechless, "Does this mean he rushed at him so fast he couldn't regenerate?"
Izuku turned his attention to All Might, 'It normally wouldn't take him too long to deal with something of Nomu's caliber. He's getting slower...'
Shigaraki meanwhile looked pissed. Extremely pissed, "No...no...he wouldn't lie to me about All Might getting weaker! Yes, he cheated! The dirty heroes cheated!"
All Might's attention was now on Shigaraki, "Surrender, now! The battle is over!"
"Shigaraki Tomura, calm down now!" Kurogiri hissed at the man child.
Surprisingly, Shigaraki calmed down, "Its not game over yet, we can still drop some unnecessary players, right?"
"Yes, we have to avenge Nomu, and as an added bonus," Kurogiri's yellow eyes narrowed in on Izuku, "We will obtain the hidden treasure."
Gritting his teeth, Izuku prepared to fight and was taken by surprise when Todoroki and Kirishima got in front of him.
"Stay away from Midoriya!" Kirishima warned.
Todoroki gave them a frosty glare.
A warp gate appeared before Izuku as Shigaraki's hand reached out for him.
"Midoriya!"
"Young Midoriya!"
BANG!
A gun shot was heard and Shigaraki's howl of pain could be heard as he pulled his outstretched arm back. Someone had got a good shot at him.
"Are they here?" All Might turned his attention towards the exit and saw Iida there, along with the other Pro Heroes.
Principal Nezu was even there, riding on another Pro Heroes shoulder, "Sorry we're late. Is everyone alright?"
"Is that..." Kirishima said.
"Principal Nezu." Izuku said, "Back up finally came."
Nezu chuckled, "My, my, it looks like you lot gave our students a hard time, but if you think you'll escape here alive then you have another thing coming, you punks! Ha ha ha!"
"That's our principal?! He doesn't sound as friendly as he looks!" Kirishima wasn't expecting their principal to be like...this.
"Shigaraki, we need to retreat, we'll kill All Might next time." Kurogiri saw they were outnumbered and determined now would be the right time to retreat.
Shigaraki was still gripping his injured arm tightly, "That's right...we'll kill him next time."
A portal appeared below the two getting everyone else's attention, "Next time...we'll kill you, All Might," red eyes then turned to Izuku, "I like you, lets meet up again." And with that the two were gone.
Izuku closed his eyes, making sure the two of them were actually gone and not still hanging around somewhere, but it looks like they're really gone.
"They're gone." He said.
Kirishima breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank god..."
Bakugo scoffed.
Todoroki said nothing as he trusted Midoriya's judgement.
Izuku felt tired, both physically and mentally.
This really did turn out to be a bad day.
Elsewhere
Shigaraki and Kurogiri appeared in what appears to be a bar. There were drinks on the shelves and a computer monitor not too far from them.
"Ah...how dull." Shigaraki said, rubbing his arm.
Kurogiri went over by the bottles, "I will get the first aid kit."
The computer screen soon lit up and a voice was heard, "Kurogiri, where is Nomu?"
"My apologies, but I was unable to locate it after All Might send it flying from the USJ." Kurogiri reported.
"Its not a problem. We can always make another. What troubles you Shigaraki?" The voice on the screen asked.
Shigaraki looked at the screen, "Sensei, there was someone interesting there."
"Oh?"
"He was so cool, unlike the rest of those heroes with their lame Quirks his was amazing! He cut Nomu and it couldn't regenerate its arm." He said, sounding like an excited child that just saw a new toy and wanted it badly.
"Its a young boy that's training to become a hero." Kurogiri informed.
"I see, you've seem to have a taken a liking to this boy. What is the name of the one that has you so interested?" The voice inquired.
"I don't know...he wouldn't tell me his name, but I like his green hair and eyes," Shigaraki said, "I like him better than those other heroes. He different."
"Green hair and eyes, I will look into a individual with such features, for now rest." The screen then went black. On the other side of the computer screen there was a man hooked up to some tubes, his face not being shown. He grabbed the files of Class 1-A their spy sent them and found the boy in question. What he saw made his eyes widen and his mouth parted a little at the boy's full name.
Midoriya D. Izuku
D...the boy is related to that man?!
A laugh soon erupted from the man as he never would have guessed he would see someone with the initial "D" in their name ever since his first encounter with one years ago. Before he met Shimura Nana, before he met her apprentice turned Number #1 and The Symbol of Peace, All Might.
His laughter subsided as he kept his gaze on the boy's profile picture, "Midoriya D. Izuku...Shigaraki, you truly are my successor. You've encountered one who holds the name of D, no..."
The Blood of D
Back at USJ
"You guys are okay!" Ochako smiled as their class was gathered together again.
"Yes, is anyone injured?" Momo asked.
"We're okay." Asui assured her.
Mineta was just relieved to be alive, "We're alive...we're really alive..."
"If All Might and the Pro Heroes hadn't shown up when they did we'd be in real trouble right now," Kaminari said, "Thanks, Class Rep."
Iida couldn't bask in the praise as him being able to leave the USJ facility to get help came at a price, "Even so...Thirteen-sensei..."
"Will be just fine, dearie." Recovery Girl assured, walking over to them.
"Recovery Girl!"
"Thirteen will be just fine, and so will Aizawa. Me and my apprentice will make sure of it." She said.
"Apprentice?" Ochako questioned.
"Oh, she's talking about Midoriya." Kirishima revealed.
Silence.
"HE'S RECOVERY GIRL'S APPRENTICE?!" they all yelled.
Recovery Girl chuckled in amusement, "That he is, he just got done tending to Aizawa and Thirteen, and is now spending time with his sister."
"Eri-chan's here, too?" Hagakure said.
"Indeed she is, in fact they're right over there." She pointed towards the boy who was walking over to them with Eri in his arms.
"You look tired." She observed.
He didn't even bother to try and deny it, "A little. After getting Aizawa and Thirteen stabilized those annoying police guys kept asking question after question. I'm just glad its over and done with so now I can take Eri and go home and take a nice long nap."
"You lazy teenager." Recovery Girl chided jokingly.
"Welcome to the world to teenagers who enjoy doing the simplest things in life, granny." Izuku told her with less bit, showing just how tired he is.
"Midoriya Izuku?" Naomasa called out to him.
He was starting to get irritated, "What, now?"
Kirishima sweat-dropped, "He's so tired that he's getting angry at a cop."
"Do you have a ride home?" Naomasa asked.
"I was thinking about taking the train, but I don't think that's a good idea." he said.
"I agree, which is why I was asked by a friend to escort you home." The man smiled.
"Friend? Who?"
Naomasa rubbed the back of his head nervously, "He just left actually, so I'm sorry he couldn't stay long enough to introduce himself properly."
"Its fine, lets just go...I'm tired and so is Eri." He gestured towards the girl who was now fast alseep.
"Right."
"Wait, Deku-kun! You'll text later to let us know how you are, right?" Ochako asked.
"I will."
He bid one last farewell to his classmates before leaving in Naomasa's police car. This...has been one hell of a day. Getting attacked by villains at the USJ wasn't on his list today, he made the right call keeping Eri with Recovery Girl and not bringing her along with the rest of his classmates. Nala was knocked out, sleeping in his hair. Needed to remember she was in there so she doesn't stay asleep in there. Leaning his head back against the back seat he eyes slowly closed.
'God, I'm tired...'
Unknown to Izuku, the police car he was in was being watched closely by a pair of eyes that were perched on top of a roof. This individual had long blonde-silver hair, that were tied in two long pigtails that were tied in two blue ribbons, piercing blue-red eyes. This individual was wearing what appeared to be a uniform with hearts on it, as well as wearing a hat with a heart symbol on it. The girl was also sporting black boots and gloves.
She smirked, "As expected, of the Knight of Alice."
A mysterious girl knows of Izuku's activities, but what does she plan on doing?
Back at the school Naomasa appeared in the infirmary where Shota, Thirteen, and All Might were. The detective came out of the infirmary with Toshinori who was in his normal form.
"They'll be just fine," Naomasa assured him, "Recovery Girl and her apprentice worked on them before they were brought here."
"Thank goodness." Toshinori breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what he'd do if something were to happen to both Aizawa and Thirteen.
"Those children are lucky, if you and the other Pro Heroes hadn't shown up then those kids would have been in trouble." Naomasa said.
Toshinori chuckled, "No, on the contrary, the students fought bravely and made the villains look like fools. If anything, I owe them for saving me."
"Those four boys, Todoroki Shoto, Bakugo Katsuki, Kirishima Eijiro, and Midoriya Izuku." Naomasa listed off.
"All of them will become great heroes, and those four managed to work together despite their different personalities." Toshinori said.
"Speaking of which, one of them, Midoriya Izuku fights with two swords, doesn't he?" Naomasa asked.
He knew this was coming. Nothing escapes Naomasa's trained and observant eyes. First Aizawa, now his old friend? Looks like he'll have to speak to Young Midoriya at some point.
"He does, Aizawa believes that Young Midoriya is the very same boy that has been killing those strange creatures that we've been seeing around lately." Toshinori said to the man.
"What a coincidence, I feel the same as Aizawa-san does." Naomasa said.
Toshinori figured as much, "When I first fought one of those creatures, my punches had no effect, but then that mysterious boy came out of nowhere and able to kill it with no problems. Do you think that if it is Young Midoriya, he knows whose causing these creatures to appear?"
"If it is him and if he does know, then why take them on by himself? Its almost as though he feels like he has an obligation to kill those creatures." Naomasa guessed.
"I have a feeling you're right, my friend."
"What will you do now? I know you've already made your decision to make him your successor, but I think you need to sit him down and talk to him about this." Naomasa told him seriously.
"I know. I plan on doing just that."
Something big was about to happen, and for some reason he could sense it had something to do with Young Midoriya.
Like he was the center of it, or at least close to it.
He didn't know.
Classes were back in session the next day, and Izuku felt well rested than he did yesterday. It was to be expected really, with the villains appearing out of nowhere, having to keep themselves from getting killed, and then the aftermath when it was over is enough to make anyone tired. Once he woke up from his nap yesterday he texted Ochako as soon as he woke up. She gave him Iida's cellphone number so he could text him, too.
He, like everybody else was back in class, and he once again brought Eri with him. The reason he brought her here is because she was really worried about everyone and wanted to see how they were feeling today. The girls thought it was cute and gave her a hug for her consideration, as did some of the boys. Not Mineta though. He threatened to castrate the little grape if he so much as tried to touch his sister.
"Man, as soon as I woke up they were talking about what happened at the USJ on the news this morning." Kaminari said.
"They were talking about it last night, too." Jiro added.
"My mom was really worried about me," Ochako said, "So worried that she asked if I wanted to sleep in the same bed as her."
'I know my mom was a mess when the police told her about what happened. She looked like she wanted to bite someone's head off.' Izuku thought with Eri in his lap.
"I'm surprised they're even letting us have class today." Mina said.
"Yes, you would think they would let the students have time to rest after what happened yesterday." Momo agreed.
"Guess that's the Hero Course for ya." Kirishima said.
Bakugo scoffed, "Only weaklings need a day off."
Not surprising those words would come out of your mouth.
"But still, we heard you guys kicked some serious butt yesterday with that Nomu guy." Kaminari changed the subject suddenly.
"Huh?" Kirishima said dumbly.
"We heard you guys were the ones that helped All Might deal with those three strong villains and forced two of them to retreat." Kaminari elaborated.
"I heard about that, too." Sero said.
Kirishima rubbed the back of his head as he remembered almost getting killed a few times, "It wasn't as cool as you guys might think, though."
"He's right, I'm just glad the whole mess is over and done with." Izuku said, playing with Eri's hair.
"I agree." Asui said.
The door to the classroom opened and in came Iida, "Everyone! Please take your seats immediately!"
"You're the only one standing, Iida." Tokoyami stated.
Iida stiffened in place, "That's right! I'm sorry for my misconduct!" He bowed before taking is seat.
"You don't have to do all that, Iida." Sero grinned.
The classroom door opened again and everyone took their seats when they saw their sensei walk through the door, looking like a mummy.
"Good morning." Aizawa's muffled voice greeted them.
"Sensei, are you okay? Should you really be here?" Ochako asked, expressing her worry.
"Recovery Girl's Quirk did the best it could, I need to recover on my own from here," Aizawa explained, "Just because I'm in this state doesn't mean I still can't teach."
"As expected of Aizawa-sensei!" Iida said.
"And on that note," Aizawa's tone became serious and the atmosphere in the class changed, "The battle hasn't ended for you yet."
"Battle? You mean more villains?" Mineta shivered in his seat.
"No, The Sports Festival."
"Sports Festival?" Ochako questioned.
Izuku decided to explain, "Its an annual event held by the school where the students, that's us, from grades and courses have the opportunity to showcase their abilities to Pro Heroes who will be watching. Its basically replaced the Olympic Games, so we'll probably be watched by the entire world."
"Seriously?!" Kaminari and Sero exclaimed.
"It sounds exciting!" Mina grinned.
"Yosh! I'm gonna show just how manly I am!" Kirishima declared.
Eri looked up at her brother, "Are you going to participate, Izuku-nii?"
"Looks like it, cheer me on?" He smiled.
She nodded eagerly.
Looks like he'll have to do his best for Eri's sake, as well as everyone else who has supported him that allowed him to get this far. He could care less about being popular, fame, or recognition. That doesn't interest him at all.
"Wait, what if the villains attack again like they did at the USJ?" Someone in class said.
"You're students training to be heroes," Aizawa reminded, "Worrying about the possibility of a villain attack at the Sports Festival when you'll have them hanging over your heads your whole life is unsightly. You're heroes in training, you should prepared for that."
The class was silent, processing his words carefully and could find no fault in them.
"That being said, there will heavy security both in and out of the stadium, so there won't be any problems." He added.
"There will be a lot of Pro Heroes who will want to scout us." Momo said.
Being scouted by heroes is a good thing, and the Sports Festival is just the thing to help with getting recognized. It puts you on the map and allows offers for you to come in droves. Truth be told, when the Sports Festival was over he was planning on getting an internship with granny anyway. Besides, its not like someone will interfere with that, right?
Elsewhere in the school, a faculty meeting was taking place about the events that happened at the USJ, and the two villains, Shigaraki Tomura and Kurogiri.
"I'm glad to see everyone is here for the faculty meeting," Nezu said seriously, "The reason for this meeting is for us to discuss the events of what happened at the USJ."
They nodded their heads, remaining silent.
"Now then, I would like to give the floor to Detective Naomasa." Nezu said.
Naomasa stood up, "Thank you, sir. First off, when I did a background check on the two villains the first thing that striked me as odd, was that I was unable to find any information on the two."
"You couldn't find out any information? Not even about their Quirks?" Midnight questioned.
"No, nothing. That in itself leads me to believe that they are unregistered in the system. We only know their Quirks now thanks to the students who went up against them." Naomasa explained, "Another thing I would like to add is that yesterday we were able to find another suspect by the name of Nomu, I believe around 400 miles away from the USJ. Which by the way, you couldn't have sent it flying a bit closer?" He directed that towards Toshinori.
The man in question gave him a sheepish smile, "Sorry, but I didn't really have a choice at the time. Also, I would like to add that the team leader Shigaraki Tomura displayed a childlike mindset."
"A childlike mindset?" Vlad King said.
"Yes, the whole time he displayed the mindset of a child and referred to everything as a game." Toshinori explained.
Present Mic leaned back against the wall, "First time I've heard of a villain behaving like a child."
"From the other testimonies of the villains we've arrested, they all swore allegiance to the man because they were attracted to that childlike mindset he displayed, mostly because of the rising heroes." Naomasa's report collaborated with Toshinori's.
"Talk about a dangerous guy." Present Mic muttered.
Detective Naomasa gave everyone in the room a determined look, "I swear that I will assist the police force in order to continue capturing more criminals."
Toshinori smiled at his friend, "Good luck."
Naomasa smiled back.
Nezu went back to his cheerful self, "And on that note, this meeting is adjourned! All Might and Naomasa, stay back please, there's something I would like to discuss with you."
The two men stayed while the other teachers left the room. It was quiet for a few minutes before Nezu spoke in a serious tone again.
"In the report, two students said that Shigaraki Tomura became interested in one of our students." Nezu said.
"Midoriya Izuku." Naomasa said.
"Precisely."
Toshinori didn't understand why Shigaraki was so interested in Young Midoriya and didn't want to know. Him showing interest in the young boy was enough to make the hair's on the back of his skin crawl.
"I understand why the man has a sudden interest in our young student, and its not good." Nezu told them, passing them the boy's file.
Toshinori grabbed the file and looked at it, "Why are you passing us his file, Principle Nezu?"
"Read the boy's full name out loud."
Toshinori was still confused but did so, "Midoriya D. Izuku..." his eyes widened and blood went cold. Naomasa stood as still as a statue.
It couldn't be...
"Understand why this is so serious now?"
Toshinori felt like he couldn't breath, "His middle name...its the same as..."
"The same man that appeared out of nowhere and fought your archenemy All For One first and actually managed to send the man packing before he reappeared again and fought both your mentor and you." Naomasa only knows this because Toshinori and Gran Torino told him.
"Are you saying...that Young Midoriya could possibly be related to..." Toshinori trailed off.
"I'm not sure myself," Nezu says to him seriously, "If you are still planning on giving him One For All then I give you my full support. I fully believe Midoriya is capable of handling your Quirk at full power, but not because of his blood connection to this name, but because I know he can."
"I have to agree with the principle on this one." Naomasa said as he sat down, "I never would have thought I'd see someone with this initial in their name ever again. Right when I joined the police I was told the first person to carry the initial D in their name gave them quite a lot of trouble, but still helped them out anyway. He was an odd one, always grinning."
Toshinori believed it. He had never met the man before, but heard from both his mentor and teacher that had the pleasure of meeting him only once, and it left such a big impact on them both.
"I plan on talking to Young Midoriya about this today." Toshinori promised.
Nezu smiled, "I have a feeling the boy will be confused at first, but he'll understand and accept it anyway."
Somehow, Toshinori did, too.
If Young Midoriya is somehow a descendant of that man then he knows what impact he'll have on the world of heroes and villains. Who would have guessed, that someone else with the same initial as the man with a constant grin on his face would appear once again.
"Looks like everyone's getting excited for the Sports Festival." Izuku observed his classmates get pumped up for it.
"Are you not excited yourself, Midoriya-kun?" Iida asked with his weird arm movements.
"Not as much as everyone else, but I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't getting a little bit excited." He confessed, putting Eri's hair up in two pigtails.
"Deku-kun...Iida-kun..."
Both boys heard Ochako's voice and turn their heads in her direction and flinched slightly at her dark expression with menacing grin on her face, "Let's do our best!" She declared.
"Y-Yeah..." they both said.
Eri's innocent red eyes looked confused but she did the same pose as Ochako did.
Ochako turned to the others, "I'm gonna do my best!"
Everyone else in the room did the same thing, but you could tell by their facial expressions that they were confused by her sudden action. It was rare for Ochako to act like this and really wasn't like her at all. When fourth period ended and it was time for lunch, she decided to explain herself.
"Hey, Deku-kun, Iida-kun, why do you two want to become heroes?" Ochako asked.
Well, that was a surprise. This must have something to do with the Sports Festival.
She blushed a little before speaking again, "You see, the reason I want to be a hero is so that I can earn money."
"Money?" Iida said.
Ochako quickly defended herself, "Ah, its not for me, but for my parents! But, then again, it does sound selfish when I say it out loud, though."
"Not at all! I think your reasoning for becoming a hero is quite admirable!" Iida assured her.
"Iida's right, it doesn't sound as bad as you may think it does." Izuku said, holding Eri's hand.
She gave them a shy smile, "Thanks you guys. I've been thinking about it for a long time now, that's why I'm here. See, my parents work for a construction company, but since there hasn't been much work, we're poor." she remembered how she begged her dad to let her help with earning money, but he shot her down telling her that she should follow her dreams, "That's why...I really want to be a hero. So that I can earn money for my parents and make their lives easier."
"Truly admirable!" Iida declares.
Izuku smiled in agreement. He wants the same thing for his mom, but not just for her. The orphans, Eri, all those he cares about.
"What about you two?"
Iida went next, "I wish to become a hero because of my brother! He's an admirable hero, strong, and determined! Since I was a child my dream was to become a hero just like him."
"That sounds just like you, Iida." Ochako smiled.
It really did.
"What about you, Deku-kun?"
"Me?" He thought about Salomo, his aunts and uncles, his mom, the sister, the kids at the orphanage, and Eri. What was his reason? That's easy...
"I-"
"Young Midoriya!"
Izuku reacted on instinct, grabbing Eri and pointing his sword at the person who called out his name. Let it be known that you should never...never...sneak up on Midoriya Izuku.
Some people had learned that the hard way.
All Might, Ochako, and Iida blinked a few times at the reaction.
"D-Deku-kun?" Ochako called out slowly.
"Please remain calm, Midoriya-kun!" Iida said.
All Might tried to calm the boy down himself, "I apologize for startling you Young Midoriya, but I assure you I have the best intentions."
Izuku knew that, but the man still shouldn't have popped out of nowhere like that and scare the hell out of him. Putting Eri down first, he put his sword away.
"You shouldn't sneak up on people like that." Izuku chided.
"My apologies," All Might apologized before holding up a lunchbox with bunnies on it, "Will you join me for lunch?"
'What are you, a school girl?!' Izuku couldn't believe the Number #1hero was inviting him out to lunch like some school girl, and looking all shy. Kinda creepy.
"He's like a school girl inviting his secret crush out to lunch." Ochako muttered in the background.
Yeah, definitely creepy.
"Sure...Eri, be good and stay with Ochako and Iida, okay?" He smiled.
"Okay." Eri said.
Izuku and All Might left the cafeteria unaware that a pair of eyes were on their retreating backs.
Awkward.
It describes what's going around the room they were in perfectly. Izuku wasn't expecting All Might of all people to call him out like this, but his was just plain awkward. What the hell was he supposed to say? He used to be such a fanboy of the guy but now? To him, All Might was just a teacher and Pro Hero. So why was he feeling nervous all of a sudden?
Trying to calm his nerves he started eating some katsudon, which was already in the room when he got here. How did All Might know he likes katsudon? Yeah, that's not creepy, not creepy at all.
All Might coughed into his fist, "Young Midoriya, the real reason I asked you to eat with me was so that I could discuss something very important with you."
Swallowing some food in his mouth he gave All Might his full attention, "What is it?"
The air in the room shifted to a more serious atmosphere. Whatever the man was about to tell had to be serious.
"The reason I called you here is because there are some concerns about you that your home room sensei and I wanted to discuss with you in person." All Might started.
Concerns?
He hasn't done anything, not that he knows of. So why would they have concerns?
"Its about your Quirk."
His Quirk?
Why would that be...
Oh...
That's right. He told granny that he didn't care if she decided to register his Quirk or not. They must've looked into it and thought it was suspicious that Quirkless boy was suddenly registered as having a Quirk when he was in Middle School.
"Young Midoriya?"
"I'm a late bloomer," He finally said, "When I told granny that the doctor deemed me Quirkless she went livid and called him a quack who didn't know what he was talking about."
All Might nearly choked on his food, "R-recovery Girl said that?!"
Izuku actually smirked, "Granny's vicious. Part of why I like her the most."
The blonde man sweat-dropped, "I-I see...well that covers that up."
"You should have just asked her directly, she does keep all of the students medical records as well as other personal information." Izuku told him.
All Might flinched, "T-That's true, too..."
Izuku went back to eating his katsudon, but nearly spit it out when All Might asked another question.
"Another thing I wanted to address is this...its your relationship with Young Bakugo-" All Might was cut off.
"I have no relationship with that sociopath." The pure venom in the boys voice sent shivers down All Might's spine. Never before had he'd heard a child speak with such hatred and loathing while at the same time having such a terrifying expression.
Just what happened between these two that garnered such pure loathing?
Izuku stood up, having finished his lunch, "If that's all then I should be going now. I'm a little worried about Eri." He went towards the door.
"Wait, Young Midoriya!" All Might called out, making Izuku halt his steps, "Remember this, whatever problems you and Young Bakugo have with each other can be repaired, even if you don't think so. I say this not just for Young Bakugo's sake, but for your own as well."
Izuku's back was still facing All Might, but the man could swear he could feel the boy's facial expression from just his back.
"Repair our relationship, huh? Its too far gone to be repaired." And with those parting words, he left the room.
All Might had a feeling something bad happened between the two in the past that resulted in the current relationship between the two of them now. It was just as Aizawa had feared.
Given the chance...these two will try to kill each other if left alone.
Hopefully the Sports Festival will prevent such hostility.
He hoped.
Izuku had finally calmed down when he was back in the classroom with the others with Eri asleep in his lap. Ochako told him that she was very well behaved and started smiling a lot more, which made him feel much better. Now here she was, knocked out sleep, holding her stuffed bunny tightly. Ochako said she looked tired but refused to sleep. He knew the reason why, its because Eri likes to fall asleep on him, even when they share the same bed together.
"Deku-kun, ready to go home?" Ochako asked.
"Yeah." He got up from his seat, still holding Eri.
Ochako chuckled, "She's sleeping peacefully."
"Past her nap time, but she hung in their though." He smiled at Eri's peaceful sleeping face.
"She did."
As they made it to the door they found it blocked by a crowd of other students.
"W-What?!" Ochako stuttered.
Izuku felt the urge to rub his temples, he was not in the mood for this today, "Iida, you're the clas rep, handle this."
Iida nodded and stepped forward, "Greetings, everyone! I am Iida Tenya, First Year of Class 1-A and Class Rep! My apologies for not knowing any of you, but I hope to very soon while at the Sports Festival, its a pleasure to meet all of you!" He bowed after he finished his introduction. This seemed to take the crowded students by surprise as they were not expecting it and even gave their own introductions.
"Huh, you guys aren't what I expected."
Izuku turned to the voice in the crowd and saw it was a young man with messy indigo hair which sticks out, and somewhat triangular purple eyes. His eyes have very dark bags underneath them, and he appears to lack visible eyelashes.
Wait a minute, he'd seen this boy before.
He was on granny's list of troublesome youngsters, but with potential to become a hero.
"You there, are you Shinsō Hitoshi?" Izuku asked out of curiosity.
The boy in question looked surprised and stared right at Izuku, "You actually know my name?"
"Yeah, granny mentioned you once," Izuku replied, "Even compared you Aizawa-sensei. And I'm starting to see why." Those dark circles under his eyes looked even worse than Aizawa's
Shinsō raised a brow, "Granny?"
"Oh, he means Recovery Girl! He's her apprentice, oh, my names Uraraka Ochako by the way." Ochako introduced herself.
"You are?" This took not only Shinsō by surprise, but the crowd, too.
"Indeed he is! Midoriya-kun is our classes personal combat medic!" Iida praised.
Izuku snapped his head in his direction, "Personal combat medic? Who decided that?"
"We did!" Ochako beamed.
"When?"
"Yesterday, you went home so you weren't there!" She smiled.
His eyebrow twitched, "Is that so? And who pray tell suggested this in the first place?"
"Kaminari and Mineta." Ochako said.
Izuku looked back in the classroom, "You two! If you get injured I'm not taking care of you, go see granny!"
"That's mean!" Kaminari and Mineta cried.
"I don't care." Izuku deadpanned.
"So cold!" They cried again.
The class and crowd outside the classroom chuckled at the display, easing some more of the tension that was felt earlier. Iida broke the ice while Izuku eased the tension, and broke some illusions the crowd had about Class 1-A and the hero course.
Shinsō even let a smirk show, "Yeah, you guys are definitely not what I imagined you'd be," he looks at Izuku, "What's your name?"
"Midoriya Izuku." Izuku responded.
"See you at the Sports Festival?"
Izuku smirked, "Sounds like too much fun to miss."
Both boys kept their stare down, but it was ruined by Bakugo's loud booming voice, "Enough of this sappy crap! Stop blocking the way already you cannon fodder!"
"Bakugo!" Iida snapped at him, "Don't show such disrespect towards our fellow students!"
Izuku glared at him, "And keep your voice down, my sister's sleeping."
The crowd looked back at Izuku, 'He brought his sister to school?! Is that even allowed?!'
"Like I care!" Bakugo snapped back, "And I'll yell as loud as I want, fuc-" a kick to his side shut him up.
Izuku gave him a menacing glare, "If you so much as swear in front of my sister I'll cut out your organs and put them out on display." He threatened.
"D-Deku-kun, I don't think you can do that..." Ochako grabbed his arm, trying to calm him down.
Shinsō turned his tried eyes at Bakugo, "So you're the arrogant type that believes he's above all the others, huh? I wonder what expression you'll make when you fall off that pedestal of yours."
Bakugo sneered at him, "Like some cannon fodder like you could even reach me. I'm going to be at the top no matter what!"
Right, because that's all you care about in the end.
"Oh, haven't you heard? They say that depending on the results of the Sports Festival they'll switch some students out of the Hero Course and place them in the General Course." Shinsō gave a faint smile, "Consider this a declaration of war against you." He was referring to Bakugo.
Izuku thought about that, now that he thought about it they did mention something like that.
Bakugo scoffed and pushed some students out of the way, "Like I give a fuck about those who are beneath me."
Iida helped the student up, "I sincerely apologize for Bakugo's conduct just now!"
"You shouldn't have to apologize period, Iida," Izuku's tone was cold, "If we wants to isolate himself, then let him."
Bakugo will never change. And even if he did, there was no telling if there would be anyone around to stay by his side during that change. He saw Kirishima leave after Bakugo, following Mina, Sero, and Kaminari.
But maybe...there are some exceptions to that.
"Hey!" He saw a boy with silver hair and eyebrows with sharp teeth like Kirishima call out to them, "My names Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu from Class 1-B! We heard you guys fought some villains and wanted to find out more about you, but that arrogant asshole's attitude pissed me off! Don't look down on us!" He yelled at Bakugo's retreating form.
Izuku sighed. With all of his noise its a wonder Eri hadn't woken up, but that was fine with him though.
Another tiring day has gone and passed.
During the two weeks the class was given by Aizawa-sensei they all began training their Quirks in various ways. Izuku was one such person. Back then, Zoro-sensei put him through rigorous training that he still did to this day. He would get up early in the morning for a long run, trained in the afternoon, and spent time with Eri at night. He made sure to visit the orphans and Sacchan at the hospital and even talked with Sacchan's parents on the phone.
He trained with his Devil Fruit, too, as well as brush up on his sword skills and kicks. There was also something else was training, something Luffy-sensei taught him that he took to heart. He'd never used it once though, but he might have to in the Sports Festival. This was important and he couldn't back out of it now, not after coming this far for not just him but for Sacchan.
As he stared out into the open water at the same beach he'd cleaned up all by himself he remembered the vow he made.
"Watch me...Sacchan."
Location: U. A. High School Sports Festival Stadium
Today was the day.
The day of the Sports Festival.
For the location of the Sports Festival was a stadium. The stadium is an oval-shaped, open building that features a stand with three floors and several screens for the festival. The arena of the stadium itself consists of a circular space with a flat square of concrete in the center, surrounded by grass. It also has many gates that lead in and out of the field.
Class 1-A were in the changing rooms trying to calm their nerves for they will be. Izuku's mom was in the crowd somewhere while Eri was with Recovery Girl, but his sister gave him a good luck kiss on the cheek before leaving with the elderly healer. Nala was with the little girl, so as to keep her company.
He watched as Ochako did some breathing exercises he told her about and it seemed to be working. Iida was as stiff as always, while everyone else seemed to be chatting, except for Bakugo and Todoroki.
Mina was pouting, "Aw man, its not fair! How come we can't wear our hero costumes?"
"It can't be helped," Ojiro told her, "Besides, its for the sake of being fair to the other courses, so we'll have to settle for our P.E. Uniforms."
"Fine..." Mina accepted, but still didn't like it.
Izuku placed a hand on Ochako's shoulder, "Feeling good?"
"Yeah, those breathing exercises you taught me are working!" She grinned.
"They are helpful." He said.
Iida clapped his hands, "Everyone, form a single file line in an orderly fashion!"
"Sure thing, Class Rep." Kirishima grinned.
As they all lined up in a single file line. Todoroki confronted Midoriya, much to the surprise of everyone, including himself.
"Midoriya."
And he was the first to initiate a conversation.
That's a first.
"What's up?"
"Objectively speaking, you are far above me in terms of strength, control, and speed." Todoroki started to say.
Okay...now this was something he had no experience in. Was Todoroki really calling him out?
"But, I still want to fight you." He finished, "And...I will defeat you."
"A DECLARATION OF CHALLENGE?!" The class erupted.
"Todoroki going up against Midoriya?"
"I can't even imagine the damage the two of them will cause if they go at it."
Bakugo growled at Todoroki, "Oi, Half-n-Half bastard! Don't go challenging Deku because I'll be the one to take you both down!"
"Calm down, Bakugo." Kirishima told him.
Izuku was bewildered but snapped out of it, "Where it this coming from all of a sudden?" He wondered.
Just as Todoroki was about to explain, Izuku held up his hand, "I didn't mean actually explain it, but anyway, since you've gone out of your way to to challenge me like this...I accept."
"Just like that?!" Kirishima and Kaminari exclaimed.
"But, you better now hold back on me." He smirked.
"I don't intend to." Todoroki promised.
"O-Oi, you two are friends, right? Don't just spring this up on him out of nowhere." Kirishima said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Todoroki swatted it away, "I'm not here to play nice or look for friends."
Izuku looked into the boy's eyes, the eyes that showed a layer of ice that needed to be melted. It almost reminded him of her before he broke those ice walls of hers.
What a troublesome family.
He sighed, "Troublesome, Todoroki's..." he muttered.
"HEEEY, WHAT'S UP EVERYONE! THIS IS YOUR COMMENTATOR PRESENT MIC AND WELCOME TO U.A. SPORTS FESTIVAL!" Present Mic announced.
Everyone in the stadium cheered loudly as they couldn't wait to see what this years Sports Festival had to offer.
"SITTING NEXT TO ME IS MY CO-COMMENTATOR, AIZAWA SHOTA OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ERASER HEAD!" Present Mic introduced.
"Shut up...you're too loud." Aizawa voiced through the microphone.
"LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED BY INTRODUCING THE FRESHMAN COURSES THIS YEAR! COMING OUT TO THE STAGE FIRST IS THE CLASS THAT SURVIVED A VILLAIN ATTACK...CLASS 1-A!" Present Mic said.
The whole class came walking out to the stadium, looking determined and ready to show the world just who they are.
"WHOA! LOOK AT THOSE FACES! I CAN ALREADY TELL THIS WILL BE ONE HELL OF A SPORTS FESTIVAL THIS YEAR!" Present Mic said.
"Don't swear, there are kids watching." Aizawa reminded.
Izuku somehow managed to tune out Present Mic's loud voice as he searched the stands for his mother, and sure enough there she was sitting next to...wait a minute. That skinny blonde guy looks familiar, but more importantly, why the hell is he sitting next to his mother?
"Now that we have all of the players here, its time for player's pledge!" Midnight announced. Also, just what the hell is she wearing?
"Is it really okay for Midnight, the R-rated hero to be here amongst high schoolers?" Tokoyami questioned.
She's already here so might as well put up with it.
"Come up to the stage, first year representative, Midoriya Izuku!"
Izuku walked up to the stage as his classmates behind him weren't surprised he was asked to make the pledge and shuddered when they thought about it being Bakugo. Of course he wouldn't be asked, but it was still bad to think about.
"During the USJ exercise, me and my classmates encountered villains for the very first time," Izuku's tone sounded serious, "It was the first taste of the real world we had been exposed to. When we were all separated and attacked, there was a layer of fear inside of us, but we refused to just lie down and die. Mistakes were made, but here we stand alive. Our teacher protected us and almost died, as well as Thirteen. All of us...felt vulnerable."
His classmates behind him said nothing as they listened to their classmate explain what happened at USJ and what they felt while they were there. Bakugo looked livid and looked like he wanted to make a scene, but Kirishima and Sero were on each side of him making sure he didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to.
"That's why as the next generation of heroes, every student from different courses stand here ready to prove ourselves and surpass the previous generation of heroes!"
"Does he mean us?" Someone from the General Course whispered.
"Yeah, I knew these guys were cool."
"Its just that one stuck up guy who called us cannon fodder."
"I feel bad for Class 1-A, they were attacked out of nowhere and did what had to so they could come back alive."
"Just a case of bad luck."
"Here we stand ready to push ourselves beyond our limits! I pledge..." He took a deep breath, "GO BEYOND! PLUS ULTRA!"
There was a loud applause as everyone cheered and the other courses applauded the speech of someone from the Hero Course. Their rep just went up even more.
Kirishima had tears in his eyes, "That speech was seriously man~!"
Mina patted him on the back, "Yes, yes."
Izuku came down from the stage and was immediately surrounded by Ochako and Iida.
"Such an inspirational speech, Midoriya-kun!" Iida complimented.
"Yeah, you sounded like professional out there!" Ochako smiled.
Izuku's cheeks were dusted pink, "I'm never doing a speech ever again, you hear me? Never."
Ochako and Iida laughed.
"What a lovely speech, but now its time to get things rolling children! Let's hope you can do it~!" Midnight smiled.
The students sweat-dropped.
"Here's the first game of the Sports Festival!" A giant holographic screen appeared behind her.
"OBSTACLE RACE!"
"An obstacle race?"
"That doesn't seem so bad, right?"
"I don't know, this is U.A."
"As the chief referee for the entire festival I'll explain about this preliminary round! This is a 4 km course around our very own U. A. Stadium, and as long as you stay on course anything you do is fine! U.A. is all about freedom!"
"Freedom, huh? That means we're free to do whatever we want during the obstacle race." Izuku said.
"I wonder what they'll put in during the obstacle race? This is U. A. after all." Iida said.
"Now I'm nervous again." Ochako sighed.
"Before I forget, participants are allowed to use their Quirks freely to try and win, so long as you don't leave the race course! The first forty-two competitors that finish will advance to the second event!"
He figure they would be allowed to use their Quirks freely to try and win the obstacle race. Like they've said before many times, U.A. is all about freedom and this is just one of those freedoms that they were allowed to use. Of course he knew Bakugo couldn't wait to use his Quirk on others, including him, but he better not try it.
And as stated before...
He was more than welcomed to try.
"Now, you poor unfortunate little children! You may weep when you fail, but for now, let's get this started!"
Midnight had absolutely no mercy on them and didn't care about them either. Whatever, that's just how Midnight is.
The students gathered, getting ready to start the obstacle course and were itching to try and get a head start. Here's the real question though, once they get the all clear to go these guys will be scrambling to get through first. An idea then popped into his head.
Sky Walk.
And luckily, the only person who knows of his secret technique is his little sister, Eri.
This...is gonna be fun.
"Ready...START!" Midnight announced.
Izuku wasted no time.
"Sky Walk!" Izuku took to the air as everyone else was scrambling to get through, practically trampling each other. There he was running in the air, much to the astonishment of the rest of the participants below him.
"AM I SEEING THINGS, OR IS MIDORIYA IZUKU OF CLASS 1-A REALLY RUNNING IN THE FREAKING AIR?!" Present Mic's jaw was literally on the floor.
"Hm, looks like he was saving that as a trump card." Even if Aizawa sounds like he doesn't care, even he looks taken back by the display. There really was more to the kid than they originally thought.
Izuku was running in the air and could sense all eyes were on him as he continued to run. The urge to laugh at their dumbfounded faces was tempting, but he decided not to. From the looks of it Todoroki was dumbfound for a second before using his ice to help him get ahead of everyone else, and Bakugo of course was cursing because of the move Izuku pulled. His classmates were also dumbfounded but decided to focus on the obstacle race, but he was sure they would have questions for him later though.
Oh, well.
At least he could enjoy running on air until something weird gets thrown their way. Probably some giant robots for example.
"I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THIS KID IS ACTUALLY RUNNING IN THE AIR!"
"Its a way to avoid the others below."
"OH, COME ON! EVEN YOU CAN'T DENY THAT THIS TOOK YOU BY SURPRISE CAN YOU?!"
"I won't even comment on that."
With the other competitors though, even they were still processing that someone was actually running on air. Actually running! Not flying. Running!
"He can run in the air, too?!" Mineta yelled.
"Dude, I'm like so jealous right now!" Kaminari said.
"DEKU! GET BACK DOWN HERE, YOU BASTARD!" Bakugo yelled.
"And there he goes." Sero said dryly.
Todoroki wasn't expecting Midoriya to suddenly take to the air and actually stay up there. His Quirk was even more confusion now than ever. From what he saw his Quirk involved a blue sphere that allowed to move a giant building off the ground and cut things cleanly off, so how was it that he was running on air? Is that also part of his Quirk? Even if he were to send his ice towards him he would just jump higher to get away.
"THE FIRST OBSTACLE IS COMING UP FOLKS! WE'LL STARTING THINGS OFF WITH..."
"ROBO INFERNO!"
In true U.A. fashion the same robots from the Entrance Exams appeared along with a freaking Zero Pointer. At this point, nothing the school does will be enough to surprise them anymore.
"What the? These are the same robots from the Entrance Exams!" Sero exclaimed.
"You've gotta be kidding me, why bring these things to an obstacle race?!" Mineta cried.
Momo was a lot calmer than her classmates, "But still, bringing them here makes things more challenging."
"That's not what you should be worried about right now!" Jiro told her.
Todoroki was impassive at the appearance of the robots. If this was supposed to be the first obstacle then it very disappointing, "Even if they have to go this far, I wish they'd prepare something better," he said to himself, "Since that damn old man is watching." he reached down, placing a hand on the ground and freezing the giant robot before running in between them.
"AND CLASS 1-A TODOROKI SHOTO FREEZES HIS WAY THROUGH THE FIRST OBSTACLE!" Present Mic grins.
Bakugo sneered at Todoroki, "Damn, Half-n-Half bastard! Don't get cocky!" He used his Explosion Quirk to take some robots out without hesitation.
"BAKUGO KATSUKI BLASTS HIS WAY THROUGH! TALK ABOUT MERCILESS!"
Another giant Zero Pointer appeared but this time it was Izuku who took it out in a way that no one was expecting.
His legs were lit on fire, "Diaburu Janbu: Ekusutora Asshi (Diable Jambe: Extra Hachis)!" Izuku launches a fierce barrage of flaming kicks, the light from the attack and the speed at which it is delivered made it look like one big fire blast. When he was done with the Zero Pointer it exploded, creating a giant mushroom cloud and the aftershock of the attack threatened to push everyone back. Izuku was back in the lead again, even if it was in the air.
"Did he just..."
"Kicked it?! Even made it explode!"
"Wait a minute, I remember him! He's the one that kicked some of the robots back at the Entrance Exams and made them explode!"
"That's him?!"
"HOLY COW! MIDORIYA IZUKU KICKS IT UP A NOTCH! LITERALLY! HE'S ALSO BACK IN THE LEAD AND AHEAD OF BOTH TODOROKI SHOTO AND BAKUGO KATSUKI!"
Todoroki's eyes widened at the sheer display of power behind Midoriya's kick as it caused the Zero Pointer to literally explode. Just how powerful is he?
Bakugo was in absolute rage as he witnessed the display. How long...? How long has Deku been able to do things like running on air and kicking a Zero Pointer so hard it explodes?!
"THE SECOND OBSTACLE IS COMING RIGHT UP! AND ITS..."
"THE FALL!"
Izuku looked down and saw what looks like a canyon of some sort, and some tightropes, but he wasn't worried. He knew his classmates will be able to handle themselves, so with that in mind...
Kicking his speed up a notch he passed by, probably the third obstacle course and before he knew it, he was at the finish line. Descending towards the ground, he merely walked towards the finish line.
"MIDORIYA IZUKU SECURES FIRST PLACE OF THE OBSTACLE RACE!" Present mic announced.
The crowd cheered as the green haired boy sighed and sat down on the ground, deciding to wait for whoever comes in second. Actually, Todoroki getting second place in the obstacle race was a no brainer. And on that note, he laid down on his back and promptly fell asleep.
"EH?! HE'S SLEEPING?! WAIT A MINUTE MIDORIYA, DON'T FALL ASLEEP!" Present Mic yelled comically.
SNORE
A snot bubble was actually coming out of his nose, signaling he was really sleeping.
"HE'S ACTUALLY ASLEEP?!" The crowd exclaimed.
The Pro Heroes all sweat-dropped at the display.
"He's really sleeping..." Sniper commented.
"First time a freshman's done that." Vlad King said.
Toshinori didn't know what to say himself but somehow found himself smiling, "Quite unpredictable, isn't he?"
"Oi, Aizawa why are you teaching your students to be just like you?" Present Mic accused.
"Don't look at me. The Problem Child's a wild card." Aizawa stated with a smirk.
"I can feel you smirking!"
"You're imagining it."
"Liar!"
Izuku wasn't actually asleep for he could everything all around him. He had learned this from Luffy-sensei of all people. It comes in handy when he doesn't want to be bothered.
"IN SECOND PLACE, TODOROKI SHOTO, FOLLOWED BY BAKUGO KATSUKI IN THIRD!"
Just like he thought, Todoroki got second place and Bakugo got third. Now all he had to do was wait for the rest of his class to pass, but until then he would just lie here and pretend to be asleep. Someone's footsteps were coming close to him, listening carefully he sensed they were Todoroki's. Had it been Bakugo he wouldn't pretend to be asleep and would attack the explosive blonde. He could sense Todoroki staring at his sleeping form and honestly it was starting to creep him out.
"Deku, get your ass up!" Bakugo yelled as Izuku felt him walk over to them.
Todoroki stood before his sleeping form, "Don't attack him while he's asleep."
"Piss off!"
Okay, now they were both starting to get on his nerves. Feeling annoyed his snot bubble popped and he sat up from the ground with a fake yawn.
"Finally awake, you son of a-" Bakugo started to say.
WHACK
Izuku promptly whacked him upside the head with one of his swords then hit a bewildered Todoroki.
"Assh-"
WHACK
"De-"
WHACK
"STOP HITTING ME!"
"Then stop swearing," Izuku told him, annoyed, "There are kids watching. Furthermore, shut up. I was sleeping but now thanks to you two I'm now awake."
Todoroki still looked bewildered about being whacked upside the head with a sword of all things. It was a first for him.
"Go fu—"
Izuku raised his sword up in a threatening manner, making Bakugo stiffen, "That's what I thought."
If words don't get through, then whacking someone upside the head will.
That's his firm belief.
"AND THAT'S THE END! LET'S SEE THE FINAL RESULTS!" Present Mic's voice suddenly sounded and got everyone's attention as a holographic screen showed who placed what in the obstacle race.
OBSTACLE RACE RESULTS
1st—Midoriya Izuku
2nd—Todoroki Shoto
3rd—Bakugo Katsuki
4th—Vasiliev Esfir
4th—Shiozaki Ibara
5th–Honenuki Juzo
6th—Iida Tenya
7th—Fumikage Tokoyami
8th—Hanna Sero
9th—Kirishima Eijiro
10th—Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
11th—Ojiro Mashirao
12th—Awase Yosetsu
13th—Asui Tsuyu
14th—Shoji Mezo
15th—Sato Rikido
16th—Uraraka Ochako
17th—Yaoyorozu Momo
18th—Mineta Minoru
19th—Ashdod Mina
20th—Koda Koji
21st—Jiro Kyouka
22nd—Kaibara Sen
23rd—Tsuburaba Kosei
24th—Kaminari Denki
25th—Bondo Kojiro
26th—Yanagi Reiko
27th—Shinsō Hitoshi
28th—Kendo Itsuka
29th—Shishida Jurota
30th—Kuroiro Shihai
31st—Kodai Yui
32nd—Rin Hiryu
33rd—Shoda Nirengeki
34th—Komori Kinoko
35th—Kamakiri Togaru
36th—Monoma Neito
37th—Tsunotori Pony
38th—Hagakure Toru
39th—Tokage Setsuna
40th—Fukidashi Manga
41st—Hatsume Mei
42nd—Aoyama Yūga
"And those are the results of the Obstacle Race, as you can see there are two people with the ranking of fourth! This year, those who reach the finish line at the same time will get the same ranking!" Midnight explained.
Izuku stared at the name of the one who got fourth right along with Shiozaki Ibara.
Vasiliev Esfir.
An exchange student?
His gaze turned to the girl who gave him a smile in return.
His heart froze for a second.
This girl...
She looked just like...Sacchan, only a female version of him!
Another difference is their hair color. This girl's hair was a mixture of blonde-silver hair, that was tied in a high ponytail with a blue ribbon and two strands in the front. But what really got his attention were her piercing blue-red eyes.
"Kuh, to think I would place 6th in an event that should be my specialty!" Iida said, sounding frustrated.
Izuku reluctantly tore his gaze away from the girl and addressed Iida, "Would you rather be in 42nd place like Aoyama?"
"Absolutely not!" Iida said.
He snorted.
Ochako sighed, "Kind of bummed I didn't place higher, but oh, well."
"At least you made it through." Izuku said.
"Yep!"
"We're not done yet, kiddos! We still have another event to get through so you can't relax just yet! The obstacle race was just a warm up, but now we're about to get really into it!" Midnight told them.
This got their attention. Just what was the next event? They were a little cautious.
"The next event is..."
"Cavalry Battle!"
Huh, that was...actually normal.
"Awww, I'm no good at those." Mina complained.
"Me neither." Kaminari rubbed the back of his head.
"For this event, participants will form a team of 4, which you should already know since its a Cavalry Battle and then get in a horse configuration! The objective for this event is to earn points by swiping other team's headbands while protecting your own! The value of a team's headband would be the sum of the points each person on the team received based on their performance in the previous competition! The person who ranked last will be worth only 5 points, and each rank above that will be worth 5 more points than the previous one, with the exception of 1st place, which was worth..." Midnight paused for dramatic effect.
"10 million points!"
Silence.
Every person looked over at Izuku, who simply yawned, not at all bothered about being made a target. He should be worried, but he's not because of depending who will team up with him he'll be able to avoid some teams for awhile before going on the offense.
"10 million..."
"Whoever gets that will get a get first place for sure..."
"Yeah, but the guy who has it is the very same that made a freaking Zero Pointer explode!"
Izuku felt the urge to roll his eyes at their obvious uncertainty, but made no comment.
Ochako spoke to him, "Are you okay, Deku-kun? You're awfully quiet."
"Hm? Oh, I was thinking about the teams that are gonna try to take the headband from me," His smirk sent chills down some students spines, "I can just use my Quirk to take off some limbs and re-arrange them into an art piece. You think if I give it to Eri she'll like it?"
Ochako sweat-dropped, "Deku-kun, I advise against that, even if you are joking."
He blinked, "Joking?"
Everyone then proceeded to step back seeing he was actually serious.
'There's no way in hell I'm going after this guy!' They all thought.
Midnight herself sweat-dropped but kept explaining the rules, "Also don't forget, the one to wear the headband must be the rider, and they are not allowed to wear it below their neck! If a team loses their headband or crumble as a horse configuration, they will not be eliminated! Participants are allowed to use their Quirks, but, should you attack with the malicious intention of harming another participant, you will be forced out of the game!" she licked her lips at the last part, causing some spines to shiver, "And on that note! Go find your teammates and we'll begin!"
Ochako went to Izuku instantly, "Ready for this, Deku-kun?"
"I'm all set." He said, "We just need two more people."
"Should we ask Iida-kun?"
He shook his head, "Nah, he'll want to join another team to break out of a shadow and come out on his own."
Ochako looked like she didn't get it but understood, "Then—"
"Hey, my names Hatsume Mei and I'd like to join your team!" Mei asked with a grin, appearing out of nowhere.
Izuku gave her a smile, "Hey, Hatsume, thanks for my hero gear. It felt nice and easy to move in."
"My babies are a work of art! I'm so glad you like it!" She grinned.
"Welcome to the team, if you have anymore babies you want show off then we'll be happy to oblige." He said honestly.
"I like you! And I would be glad to join your team!" Mei said.
'That's two, now...' he spotted someone else that would work well with them and went over.
Iida had decided to join Todoroki's team instead of Midoriya's.
"Huh, you didn't wanna join Midoriya's team?" Kaminari questioned.
Iida shook his head, "No, this festival is the right time for me to step out the shadows and make myself known. Also, remember this is a competition where we are all competing against each other."
"Yeah, I get it." Kaminari said.
Todoroki silently agreed with Iida's mindset. This is a competition, they were not here to make friends. His eyes traveled over towards Midoriya and his team. They already had their team set and ready to go. Going after Midoriya is risky, especially since Midoriya is considered a wild card, meaning there's no telling wha else he could have up his sleeve.
"Does everyone have their teams ready? You do? Good!"
"Let the second event, Cavalry Battle...Begin!"
Izuku's team was smack dap in the middle. His team consisted of himself at the very top, Ochako, Mei, and Tokoyami. He was about to use something he hadn't used in years since that fateful day he met Sacchan. Just as everyone swarmed towards them he got ready.
"Here they come, Deku-kun!" Ochako said.
Izuku closed his eyes before snapping them back open, "Haōshoku no Haki (Conqueror's Haki)." Just like what happened back then everyone that was charging towards them like bulls were sent flying backwards, their eyes completely white. The teams fell to the ground. He had managed to take out quite a few teams with the exception of Todoroki and Bakugo's team, along with whoever else decided not to attack them yet. But after this little display it should keep them away for a little while.
He was aware the stadium was dead silent at his little display and the teams that were about to attack them or stayed away were just as shocked at what just happened. Even his own teammates were quiet. Maybe he overdid it a little, but this is a competition, anything is fair game.
"Tokoyami, get their headbands they won't wake up for a while." Izuku told them, and by the time they do time will probably be up, he left unsaid.
Tokoyami was shaken by what Izuku just did but somehow managed to nod and use Dark Shadow to grab the unconscious teams headbands. Seven headbands in their possession already.
'Knocking out this many teams all while just glaring at them, I've never felt something so...so..terrifying!' Tokoyami was just glad Midoriya was on their side.
The rest of the teams that saw what happened backed away quickly in fear.
"W-What...?"
"What did he just do...?!"
"Are they...okay?"
"I think so...they look knocked out to me."
Todoroki's team was just as shocked.
"What the hell...?" Kaminari forced out.
"All of these teams...just like that?" Momo's voice quivered.
"Just what part of his Quirk allows him to do this..?" Iida stared at the unconscious teams.
Todoroki felt his heart beating his chest quickly. Never had he felt such an immense sheer will of power! He thought only Endeavor displayed such a thing, and yet...what Midoriya just did was enough to make him cease movement entirely. He grabbed his wrist and saw his hand was shaking. What is this...feeling?
Bakugo's team was also freaking out. Bakugo, who thought he was used to Deku doing that, froze in place along with his team. It was just like what happened back then when they were kids. He knocked everyone out just like that.
"Holy..." Sero said, sweat falling from the side of his face.
"Scary..." Mina said.
"I didn't think Midoriya could do something like this..." Kirishima said.
The audience and Pro Heroes were just as quiet and wondered just what the hell happened? Did that boy do this? Knocking the teams out just like that?
Present Mic was for once silent until he managed to find his voice, "Okay, seriously...what the actual hell are you teaching your class...?"
Aizawa's eyes widened behind his mummified face, "This is..." Just like what happened all those years ago. He remembered Bakugo was there when this first happened but they didn't know who did it.
Until now...
Toshinori's eye widened, too, 'Just like back then! Then...it was Young Midoriya?!'
Midnight looked at the downed students and had to urge to go over and check on them.
"They're fine, Midnight-sensei." Midoriya told her calmly, "I just put them to sleep, that's all."
"I-I see..." She still couldn't believe this kid was capable of doing something like this. Truly terrifying.
Izuku sighed as he noticed some of the other teams just standing there and not moving, "If you guys won't make a move, then I will," he told them, "Room," a blue circle surrounded not just him, but some teams that were close enough to the circle.
"W-What now?!"
"What's he about to do?!"
Izuku grabbed his sword, "Anpyutēto (Amputate)." With a swing of his sword, Izuku cleanly cut some teams without actually harming them. He hacked some teams in half, breaking their formation.
"He killed me!" A student yelled then realized something as his upper half floated in the air, "Wait, I'm alive!"
Izuku put his sword away, "Obviously, I don't actually have to make contact to cut you while you're in here so relax," he moved his hands and the floating body parts of the other students moved around the circle with a wave of his hands. He was moving them like they were puppets and he was the puppet master. He re-arranged the body parts of each student, giving one two chests, replacing arms with legs and legs with arms, well...you get the idea. When he was done the students found themselves looking like deformed humans, "See? Now aren't you guys more relaxed?" He smirked.
"Do we look relaxed to you?!" A student with two legs for arms yelled.
Izuku ignored him, "Tokoyami."
"Right." Tokoyami used Dark Shadow to grab their headbands, so now they four more.
Ochako was impressed, "Deku-kun...I didn't know you could do all of this..."
"Amazing!" Mei grinned.
Izuku wasn't done yet as he eyed three other teams making them flinch, bringing his sword out again they froze, "Scan," using his sword like an x-ray he scanned them and swapped away their headbands, "And that's three more."
"He took our headbands!"
"Just what kind of Quirk is that?!"
Present Mic's jaw dropped again, "TEAM MIDORIYA IS JUST TAKING OUT TEAMS LEFT AND RIGHT! AND NO OTHER TEAM HAS TRIED TO STOP THEM!"
"Ochako, Hatsume, its your turn now." Izuku told them.
"Right!" Both girls said. Ochako used her Quirk to make them airborne with the help of Hatsume. This seemed to snap some teams out of it, including Todoroki and Bakugo.
"We're going after them." Todoroki finally found his voice.
"We're what?! Did you not just see what Midoriya did?!" Kaminari exclaimed.
"I have to agree with Kaminari-san, are you sure you wish to pursue them?" Momo was unsure they should after what Midoriya just did with his Quirk.
Iida swallowed hard, "We should go after them."
"Seriously?!" Kaminari couldn't believe Iida was considering this.
"I believe we should. I admit that I was unaware Midoriya-kun's Quirk was capable to doing such things but I still wish to try and pursue them." Iida said firmly.
Momo nodded in agreement, "Very well."
"Seriously?" Kaminari sighed.
Todoroki kept his eyes firmly on Team Midoriya.
Bakugo didn't even hesitate, "We're going after Deku...!"
Kirishima sighed with a smile, "I knew you would say that..."
Sero grinned, "Let's do it then."
"Alright!"
Bakugo's heated glare remained firmly on Team Midoriya.
Tokoyami saw movement, "Midoriya, its Todoroki's team!" He saw giant ice coming right at them.
"I got it!" Izuku assured him, "Room," he summoned the giant circle again and actually cut the the ice spike headed right for them and sent the cut off part back at Team Todoroki, forcing them to scramble and get away.
"Damn!" Todoroki cursed, 'So he can cut my ice and sent it back?!'
"LOOKS LIKE THE OTHER TEAMS HAVE SNAPPED OUT OF IT AND HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE, BUT OUT OF ALL OF THEM ONLY TEAM TODOROKI AND TEAM BAKUGO ARE GOING AFTER TEAM MIDORIYA! NOT THAT I BLAME THEM THOUGH!"
"Yeah..." Aizawa commented.
"DEKU!"
"Here comes Bakugo!" Ochako warned.
"I see him!" Izuku said, "Room!"
"No you don't!" Before Bakugo could grab his headband he found Izuku switched his team out with Team Todoroki, "What the—!" Both teams managed to get away from each other, but were confused as to what happened.
"What the heck?!" Kaminari said.
"How did we switch places with Team Midoriya?" Momo wondered.
"I'm not...sure." Iida was just as confused as the rest.
Todoroki knew how, "Midoriya switched us himself using some form of teleportation."
"He can teleport, too?!" Kaminari and Iida exclaimed.
"Yeah." Todoroki was looking around for them but hasn't spotted them yet.
"GET BACK HERE, ASSHOLE!"
Team Todoroki saw Bakugo going after Team Monoma instead.
"Maybe we should go after some other teams ourselves..." Iida said.
That's how it went the whole time. The three teams were either avoiding each other or trying to taking each other's headbands. Team Midoriya was still in first place it seems, no matter how close another team got, they would either switch places with another team or just plain run away. The teams that Midoriya knocked out finally woke up and realized their headbands were gone and tried to get it back, but it was all for naught.
They were doing well, Izuku observed. No head had been able to get them so far, but he knew it was only a matter of time before either Team Bakugo or Team Todoroki tried getting at them again.
"We're doing good so far." Ochako grinned.
"Its not good to jinx us just yet." Tokoyami told her.
Izuku was looking around and sensed something was coming, but what?
"What's wrong, Deku-kun?" Ochako asked.
He closed his eyes then felt someone coming at them at high speeds and saw it was Iida. And he's coming in fast.
"Reshipuro Bāsuto (Recipro Burst)!" Iida was coming at them at high speeds but Izuku could still see he was coming at them in slow motion for some reason. This is just like what happened back at USJ.
"Room!" Izuku made a giant blue circle and just as Todoroki was about to grab his headband, Izuku made the first move, "Emājenshī (Emergency)!" He teleported his whole team behind them at the right time.
They had barely made it though.
"Damn!" Iida cursed for the very first time.
"Times up!" Midnight announced.
Izuku sighed, "Its over, finally..."
"Yeah..." Ochako ceased using her Quirk and Hatsume turned the boosters off. As they landed on the ground, Ochako looked like she was about to puke, but Izuku rubbed her back.
"You okay?" He asked.
She gave him a shaky thumbs up.
"That was a banquet of darkness." Tokoyami said as Dark Shadow came out, "Aye!"
"Thanks for letting me showcase my babies!" Hatsume grinned.
Ochako was starting to feel better and saw both Bakugo and Todoroki looked mad, "They look mad..."
"They'll get over it." Izuku told her, "I'm more impressed with Iida's secret move."
"Yeah, me too!" She said.
"Hope you all enjoyed that, oh, and Midoriya-kun, could you please put some students back to normal." Midnight asked.
Izuku looked over at the still deformed students, "Oh, I forgot."
"THAT'S COLD!" They all shouted
Midnight giggled, "And here are the results for this event!"
CALVARY BATTLE RESULTS
1st—Team Midoriya
2nd—Team Todoroki
3rd—Team Bakugo
4th—Team Shinso
Tetsutetsu looked pissed, "Hey, how did we not get 4th place?!"
"I don't know! That Midoriya guy didn't get us like he did the others!"
In the background Shinso was smiling silently to himself.
"And now we will get to the final event of the festival..."
"The One on One Fighting Tournament!"
The students looked pumped for this last event.
"As you can already guess the final event is a one on one fighting tournament where you will all fight in single battles! The match-ups will be decided by lottery! And on that note, hm, what's wrong, Ojiro-kun?" Midnight saw the boy raise his hand.
"I would like resign."
"You what?!" Mina exclaimed.
"Why?!" Kirishima questioned.
Ojiro clenched his fists, "Because...I don't feel like I deserve it. I'll try again next year."
"Um, I would like to resign, too." Shoda raised his hand also.
"As would I." Kodai said.
"Same here." Hagakure also resigned.
Midnight nodded her head, "Very well! I like your spirits so I'll let you resign! In your places will be Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Shiozaki Ibara, Vasiliev Esfir, and Monoma Neito!"
Izuku found it suspicious they were all just dropping out, especially Ojiro whose team got fourth, but it was their decision to make.
"The shuffles have been decided! Here's who will fight who!"
First Round
Round One—Midoriya Izuku vs. Monoma Neito
Round Two—Todoroki Shoto vs. Sero Hanta
Round Three—Shiozaki Ibara vs Kaminari Denki
Round Four—Hatsume Mei vs Iida Tenya
Round Five—Ashido Mina vs. Aoyama Yuga
Round Six—Tokoyami Fumikage vs. Yaoyorozu Momo
Round Seven—Vasiliev Esfir vs. Shinso Hitoshi
Round Eight—Kirishima Eijiro vs. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Round Nine—Uraraka Ochako vs. Bakugo Katsuki
"Here is who you will be up against! We will now take a lunch break!" Midnight said.
Ochako shivered, "I'm up against Bakugo of all people?"
Iida put a hand on her shoulder, "You'll be fine!"
"I hope so, what do you think, Deku-kun? Eh, he's gone?"
Speaking of Izuku, after he put the students back to normal he left the stadium to go somewhere else. That girl...Vasiliev Esfir. He's seen her somewhere before like in a picture or a drawing from a long time ago.
But where?
He leaned his head back against the wall he was leaning against, "Do you need something from me, Todoroki?"
Todoroki had walked close but not close enough to invade his personal space. There was something Todoroki wanted to ask judging by the look in his eyes.
"Midoriya...there's something I want to ask you."
"I figured."
There was silence between them now but it was broken by Todoroki.
"In the break room, you mentioned something about "Troublesome Todoroki's." Todoroki heard him mutter it quietly but he still heard it.
Izuku didn't show a reaction outwardly but inwardly he was cursing himself for the slip up. He met Todoroki's gaze.
"What did you mean by that?"
Sports Festival Battle Rounds
