So… it's been several months since my latest update. I would like to explain.
Due to a need to care for my physical and mental health, busy homework schedules, and my habits of procrastination, I had to put the story on hiatus… for months. I apologise for not giving you a reason for it sooner and putting off the work. I hope you can forgive me and continue to enjoy what I have to tell you.
Now, on with the fic!
-Musutafu Airport 3:45-
Izuku and the rest of class 1A were sitting in anticipation as they watched the people file out of the landing plane walkway (or whatever it's called), watching carefully for the American students. Most of them were excited to meet them in person to see what they were like.
Some were less kind in their motives for coming. Kaminari and Mineta just came to see the girls in person, while Bakugou came to bu rude and loud to Jackson.
Izuku's attention peaked when he saw a large, green snake-like head popup above the crowd. Then a puffy head of orange hair appeared as well. Then some more faces from the list stood out, like the teacher's white hair and the brown-haired girl's sparkling eyes. Eventually, the entire group came out and their teacher led them over to 1A.
"Hello. My name is David Elmore, but please simply call me Mr. Elmore," he said to the Japanese students.
"Yes sir," they responded. Aizawa then walked up to the white-haired man.
"Hello, my name is Mr, Aizawa, and I'm quite a big fan of your hero work, Chameleon," he said in a genuinely pleasant tone. Mr. Elmore chuckled to himself.
"I was about to say the same thing to you, Eraserhead," he replied. Izuku looked at the two in thought.
"So that's why he wanted to meet him," he thought to himself, "Chameleon, I've heard of him. He's a pro hero with the power to turn himself into any material he touches." He looked back towards the students. Most of them were looking around, and Midoriya stepped forward to Jackson.
"Hi, I'm Izuku Midoriya. Nice to meet you!" he declared as he held his hand out for a handshake. Jackson smiled and took it.
"Same here, my name is Jackson Kinnor, but you probably already know that from the sheet Mr. Aizawa passed out," he said. Izuku looked confused.
"Did Aizawa tell you that?" he asked confusedly.
"Mr. Elmore told us that you would be given papers informing you of our appearances, names, and quirks, as he gave us the same thing but telling us about you," Jackson replied. Izuku suddenly looked even more confused.
"But, Aizawa never told us about that" All of Class-1A turned their heads and looked at Aizawa, who just shrugged.
"I figured it unnecessary because the Sports Festival is broadcast around the world, so they would have watched it and learned about you anyway," he explained.
Zyther's tail then looked at Mineta.
"Though I didn't know about little chew-toy here!" the tail said hungrily, causing Mineta to jump in fright and shudder.
"AHH! AHH! What the heck is that guy! And why does he want to eat me!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. Zyther turned his head and looked at his tail.
"Tailbone, knock it off," he ordered. The scaly extremity looked down and returned to its place. This caused many other students to look become startled and unsettled by Zyther.
"Uhh… I didn't notice this before, but that guy has multiple heads!" exclaimed Toru.
"Yeah, and they're snake heads!" shouted Kaminari.
"He's like an awful movie monster!" added Mina.
Zyther's expression dropped and he started to turn away when Jackson came to reassure him.
"Don't worry, they were simply joking," he said with a fake chuckle. Iida looked furious.
"I am ashamed of you! How dare you say those things to him!" Iida shouted, "we were supposed to know ahead of time what they looked like! Didn't you read the introduction sheet?" Their faces suddenly looked very guilty.
"Well, I didn't exactly read the whole thing, or at all," Kaminari said.
"Neither did we," Toru and Mina replied.
"I… I read it," Izuku, followed by Uraraka, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Tokoyami, Asui, Shoji, Kirishima, and even Bakugou.
"I only read it so I knew who I was going to crush," Bakugou replied, causing some of the American students to look at him with confused expressions.
"Well, it looks like someone wasn't hugged enough as a kid," Susan said sarcastically. Bakugou just ignored her.
"Speaking of which," he grunted as he approached Jackson. "I've heard you have an impressive quirk and the best skills in the world, but you should know that I'm gonna expose you as just a showpony and take your spot as top student!" he shouted with a sneer. "You and your brother Moon-kid are gonna be begging for mercy once I'm done with you!"
William slightly backed away and looked nervous about Bakugou's declaration of war. Jackson took notice. Bakugou continued sneering until he felt Jackson's hand grab his shoulder and suddenly get warm.
"Listen," he said, "Katsuki Bakugou, winner of the Sports Festival, wielder of the incredible quirk Explosion and skilled fighter, you may think that you are the best, but before you go insulting and mocking other people, you prove that you are stronger. And one more thing…"
His hand suddenly got blazingly hot as his face turned dead serious.
"You lay a finger on my brother, and you'll be literal toast."
He then removed his hand and backed away, turning to look at the bewildered faces of Class-1A with a wide, jolly grin.
"Man, that guy's scary!" Ojiro said with a nervous chuckle.
"I did not expect that he could do that," Iida responded, "but I have to say, Bakugou was being quite rude to him and his brother, so it was only natural that he would step in."
Izuku was amazed at Jackson's title, yet he was quite surprised, and somewhat startled, that he could go from a friendly and gentle person to as threatening as Todoroki almost instantly.
"Did you know he could do that?" asked Sero, dumbfoundedly. Andrew grinned widely.
"I always like seeing the reactions of people when they see what happens when someone threatens Jackson's brother," he said as he pointed to Bakugou, "they're always priceless." His face was frozen in a mix of confusion and shock. He couldn't even yell at him or make more snarky comments.
"A word of advice," Mr. Elmore said as he put his hand on Bakugou's shoulder, "don't threaten William, it never ends well." The entire class made a note of that. Except for Bakugou, who recoiled away from the American teacher and hissed.
"Well, I think we should change the subject to something more positive," Jackson perked, "perhaps a tour of UA Academy?" Everyone seemed to agree.
"That was actually part of the schedule, so we got a bus to take us there," added Aizawa.
As they started walking off, Jackson noticed a shady figure in a purple hoodie that looked somewhat familiar out of the corner of his eye, but shrugged it off.
Unbeknownst to him, the young figure grinned with glee.
"So that annoying trip was worth it," he said "I can finally have my satisfaction." He reached into his pocket and took out his phone and dialed a number. "Phase One is complete. The Kinnors are here. Now to contact that 'League of Villains' and begin phase two."
-UA Academy 4:00-
"Wow, this place is awesome!" Elise exclaimed as they approached the front gate. It truly was a wonder to behold as they passed through the giant gates and entered the campus ground. The giant H-shaped building shone brightly, reflecting the afternoon sun.
"Yeah, we go here every day," Sero smoothly stated.
"No school that shines as bright as ours exists in the whole worl-" Aoyama added before being cut off by Zyther.
"Still not as good as the Academy of Justice." That statement caused every 1A student to stop and stare at him.
"What do you mean? UA is incredible!" exclaimed Uraraka.
"How would you say that? Just look at it! Super impressive," Sato added. Shoji agreed. Aizawa seemed to understand Zyther, though.
"It is true that the United States Academy of Justice does have a larger campus and has more advanced technology," he explained. The UA students' minds were blown.
"Is that even possible? Where do they even get their resources?" asked Kirishima.
"Do they have teams of scientific researchers at the school?" Jiro questioned.
"This must be why it is the most prestigious hero school in the world," commented Iida. Bakugou scoffed.
"Probably just a bunch of show-offs," he remarked. Susan had determined that she didn't like the explosion wielder and glared at him.
"You know, you probably shouldn't go around insulting others before you've done your research or gotten to know them," she said, "although I wouldn't expect much from a wild savage, who had to be chained up at the Sports Festival." This caught Bakugou's attention and sent him into a frenzy.
"SHUT UP, WEATHER GIRL! OR ELSE YOU WANT TO BE TURNED INTO DUST!" he yelled as he jumped at her with rage in his eyes and explosions in his hand.
"WEATHER GIRL!? Oh, it's on, you big thug!" She screamed back as she formed a fist. Then, Elmore pulled out an osmium marble and transformed. He then grabbed Bakugou while he was in midair and his weight stopped the flying blonde dead in his tracks and he fell like a rock.
"Sorry about the outburst from Bakugou, he has a short temper," said Aizawa. Elmore shook his head and shrugged.
"It's fine. I've dealt with many more irritable students before, and Ms. Wellfred doesn't take rudeness from anyone," Elmore added. Bakugou began picking himself off the ground while holding his head.
"Ow, what the heck was that for!" he exclaimed at Elmore. He kept his basic glare.
"Well, now, I can't have you attacking one of my students, can I?" Bakugou scowled at him. Aizawa picked him back up and moved him to the other side of the group.
"Behave, Bakugou. These people are guests, and I won't tolerate your behavior," he ordered. Bakugou simply muttered and grumbled to himself. Izuku moved over toward Susan to talk with her.
"Sorry about Kacchan, he's a bit angry," he said. Susan suddenly grew confused.
"Kacchan? I thought his name was Katsuki Bakugou," she asked.
"Oh, it is," Izuku responded, "but Kacchan was the name I've been calling him by since we were little kids. He calls me Deku." Susan understood and had a moment of realization.
"Okay, I understand," the cloud-walker replied. The group continued to walk towards the school and found All Might and Principal Nezu standing at the front door. A few of the American students were confused.
"Why is there a mouse-thing at the door?" asked Andrew.
"Yeah, and why is All Might so small? He should be much bigger," Luke pondered. Todoroki looked at him.
"Didn't you hear about it? All Might lost his powers in his fight against the villain All For One a few months ago," he said. Luke nodded in understanding. Andrew still looked confused, though.
"That still doesn't explain the mouse," the speed demon commented. Jackson leaned forward to speak.
"He's UA's principal, Nezu," he explained, but it only caused Andrew to be even more confused.
"Nezu's got a super-high intelligence quirk, but no one knows why," William added. Andrew looked like he was thinking for a second and then it clicked. Nezu cleared his throat and gathered everyone's attention.
"Hello, students of UA and the Academy of Justice alike. It is good to see you, some for the first time!" he said with dignity, "now, if my students were to be so kind as to step to the sides so that the American students and their teacher can come forth?" he asked. As he ordered class 1A and Aizawa stepped aside and the eight American students and Elmore walked through and stopped at the front.
"Ahh, hello to you, and thank you for taking the time to visit our fine school today, Jackson and William Kinnor, Xavier Xollo, Zyther Willow, Susan Wellfred, Andrew Lilito, Elise Jolan, and David Elmore. I hope your journey here was pleasant." Elmore stepped forward.
"It was enjoyable, however, we are here to visit this fine school, so would you please explain to the students where they will be staying for the rest of our trip?" he politely asked.
"Ah yes, you students will be staying in our on-campus guest dormitory building, while Mr. Elmore will be staying in the teachers' quarters guest room," Nezu responded, "your suitcases and other belongings have already been moved there." Jackson stepped forward and respectfully bowed.
"Thank you for your hospitality," he said. His classmates and teacher followed suit.
"You are welcome," Nezu replied, "now, I recommend heading to where you'll be staying and getting settled in, so you can set up your belongings."
"I hope you will enjoy your time here," added All Might. The students thanked them and Elmore walked them to the guest dormitories. After they had left, Nezu and All Might turned to face 1A.
"Now, you all know that the American students came here to experience Japanese hero culture and study abroad, right?" asked All Might, to which the students confirmed.
"Well, there is another reason for their arrival," Nezu added, causing the students to become excited, "but I will wait to share that with you until I announce it tomorrow." That caused many of them to immediately deflate.
"Aww, now I gotta wait until tomorrow to hear about it!" said Sero, "I really wanted to know what it is."
""They'll probably tell us at the assembly tomorrow after they introduce the students to the school," Yaoyorozu commented.
"I guess that's fair," said Uraraka. All Might stepped forward.
"Now, don't be disappointed, your patience will be paid off," he reassured, "for now, though, you will return to your dorms and you can spend the rest of the day as you want or you can visit the students once they're comfortable."
The class moved to the dorms and many congregated in the living areas to chat. Izuku went to his room to look at the sheet one last time and gather a special notebook before he moved back downstairs.
The notebook was special in the fact that it was filled with ideas and different applications for the visiting students' quirks. He had gotten so many ideas after looking at the sheet that he simply needed to put his pen to paper and analyze the heck out of their quirks. He also wanted to show his ideas to the students and discuss what they've already done. He entered the first floor and saw a large group of his classmates talking and walked over to join them.
"Midoriya! We were just talking about what we thought of the American students," Asui said.
"The girl named Wellfred looks like we would get along well," Mina said, but Todoroki corrected her.
"We're supposed to refer to them by their first names, so you would call her Susan," he said, "though I'm more curious about Xavier Xallo." That caused Jiro to perk up.
"Xavier Xollo? He's the guy with glasses and brown hair, right?" she asked, "I think he can make radio waves or some other signals, right?" Iida nodded in response.
"Correct. It is an interesting quirk, and I wonder how he uses it in combat," he commented, "perhaps he has some specialty gear to use or is fluent in martial arts, or maybe both." Kaminari spoke up.
"That Luke Alucard kid looks like he would get along well with Tokoyami," he said, "I mean, they both do worse in sunlight and better in darkness." Tokoyami nodded.
"He does look like an interesting person, and our quirks do have similar properties, but the two most fascinating students would be Jackson Kinnor and Zyther Willow," he added, "one is the best student in the world and the other has an incredibly rare, unique, and powerful quirk." That statement caused three students to look downwards.
"Speaking of him, we probably should apologise," Toru said. Kaminari and Mina agreed. Izuku broke the silence.
"But, back on the topic of his quirk, it really is quite strange, isn't it?" he said, "there really hasn't been anything like it."
"Yeah, there are many different kinds of Mutant type quirks, but I haven't heard of anything like that," Sero added thoughtfully.
"Do you think people were afraid or made fun of him for that?" questioned Uraraka, "you guys all seemed unsettled by him, so what do you think others might have done to him in the past?" Ojiro looked slightly saddened by this idea.
"It's quite possible, and so that would be why he reacted like that," he stated. The group was now in a slightly saddened mood until the speakers flared to life.
"Class 1-A, the American students have settled in, so now you can visit the guest dormitory building and talk with them," Aizawa said over the speaker. This lightened the mood for the students.
"Alright, enough sadness, we need to lighten the mood!" Iida exclaimed as he stood up, "why don't we head over to where they're staying and chat?" They seemed to agree, and gathered up the rest of the students, (except Bakugou, who refused to talk to "Hothead" and "Moon Kid"), and walked over to the guest dormitories, where they found most of the students in the living area. Elise welcomingly stepped forward.
"Hi, there! Since some of you didn't read the sheet, let me introduce myself. My name is Elise Jolan, and this is-"
"We can introduce ourselves, Elise," Xavier said, cutting her off, "plus, Principal Nezu will introduce us to the school tomorrow."
"If you wish to know our names, you can ask us!" Luke said eagerly. The 1A group dispersed, and students quickly began chatting.
Izuku saw Iida complimenting Xavier's glasses, Andrew drinking soda with Sato, Asui talking with Susan, Aoyama attempting to impress Elise, (to no effect), Toru, Mina, and Kaminari apologising to Zyther, and Tokoyami shaking hands with Luke. He was specifically looking for Jackson when he spotted him having a conversation with Todoroki. As he was heading to talk with him, however, he spotted William sitting by himself on a sofa at the other end of the building. Izuku thought he looked lonely, so he walked over to sit with him.
"Hey there, William, right?" he said, "it's very nice to meet you." William's response was simple and quiet.
"Nice to meet you too," he responded, though he sounded a bit somber and restrained, as if he were sad about something. Izuku knew something was up.
"Are you okay?" he asked, to get a slight nod from William, but he knew he wasn't. "It's okay, you can talk to me. Talking always helps with things." William didn't answer.
"Did you lose something?" Still no response.
"Did Kaccha-er, Kasuki hurt your feelings?" He still didn't say anything. Izuku sighed and began to get up when William responded.
"No," he said, causing Izuku to turn his head.
"Then, what is wrong?" William took a deep breath.
"It's… It's personal," he added.
"We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to," Izuku responded.
"No, no. I think talking could help," William answered, "it's about my brother. He pushes himself way too hard." William sighed.
"Even though we were told that there would be no assignments during our trip and me asking him to take it easy for once, he brought extra work to do while we are here. He literally does everything he physically can and he's way too hard on himself," he sniffled. He was getting emotional now. Izuku was becoming concerned.
"He's stayed up all night several times, doing work he didn't have to do. He spends entire weekends on patrols or doing community service hours and never takes a break!" he said in between sniffles, "there was even a point when he was attacked by a villain and got poisoned. He almost died. But as soon as he was able to write during his recovery, he completed as much work as he physically could until Mr. Elmore ordered him to rest until he had fully recovered!" he cried, "he works himself too hard, and it's because of me!" That got Izuku confused.
"How is it because of you?" he asked dumbfoundedly. William continued crying.
"Because, he's working extra hard to make up for me! I've been falling behind so he has to do more to make up for my failure!" he replied, "it's my fault!" Now Izuku was very concerned and tried to calm him down.
"It's okay, it's not your fault. We can help him. You aren't the problem here," he said, attempting to reassure him. It appeared to be working a William became more quiet and calm. He was taking deep breaths.
"Did, did I ask for too much?" William shook his head.
"No, actually. I think I feel better now that I've talked to someone," he replied.
"Do you want me to say anything?" Izuku asked kindly. William shook his head again.
"No, not for now, I think. We won't be staying here forever, so I'll probably wait until we return home. Until then I think I'm fine, though I wouldn't mind talking to you once in a while, okay?" Izuku nodded.
"Okay."
"AAAAAAAAAH! YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT!" Susan yelled at the top of her lungs. The two looked over to see what was going on but there were too many people blocking the view. Not that Izuku needed to see what was going on, he knew what was happening.
Mineta was being a pervert again.
-Later That Evening-
Class 1A was walking back to their dormitories in varying condition. While most of the students were completely fine, Mintea was holding a cold, wet wash-cloth to cool down his face as he made a mental note: never perv on Jackson's girlfriend. It's flying too close to the Sun both metaphorically and literally.
Most of the students were either laughing about the "Overcast Incident" or talking about other things that had happened during the meet-up, but mostly still laughing about what Mineta did. Izuku, however, had something much heavier on his mind: what to do about the Kinnor brothers?
After his conversation with William, Izuku didn't exactly know what to do. Obviously one or both of them needed help, but William had asked for him to stay silent, at least until he thought about what to do. On one hand, if he told someone, they would get help soon. On the other, he wanted to uphold the promise he made to William.
I should probably just keep quiet now and worry about it later, he thought. They had been hanging out for a while, so it was close to when they should go to sleep.
"That was fun, I hope we get to hang out with them some more sometime," Asui commented.
"I can't wait to find out what that secret reason they are here is," Izuku added. Yaoyorozu waved her hand as everyone started splitting up.
"Goodnight everyone!" she said cheerfully.
"See you in the morning!" replied Kirishima.
Izuku went up to his floor and walked up to his dorm room. As he walked in, he suddenly felt the effects of the day and his bed called to him. He changed into pajamas, climbed into the bed and fell asleep instantly.
-Meanwhile-
Jackson sat at his dormitory desk with his pencil in hand, looking at the worksheets. He was conflicted. He felt like he needed to do all of this, but he also wanted to listen to his brother. He couldn't decide.
He tapped his pencil against the desk. He wrote his name down and started answering the first question when he stopped.
I… I can always do this some other time, he thought, plus, I probably need the sleep. He got out of the seat and hopped into bed. He was already wearing pajamas so he didn't need to change. He went to bed repeating the same phrase in his head.
You can always do them later.
-U.A. Academy 12:00-
The school had been called to the assembly to introduce the American and announce the secret reason for their visit. Nezu stepped up to the microphone.
"Hello, students. I know you are all very excited today to meet the visiting students," he stated. The crowd cheered in agreement. Nezu continued.
"Well then, I'll get right to the point with the first students, Jackson and William Kinnor!" he shouted as Jackson blasted onto the stage and William appeared out of nowhere. They were both in their hero costumes.
Jackson's was an orange mask, boots, gloves and cape with a yellow hero suit and image of a Sun, and the outfit was finished with white accents.
William's was the same except orange was replaced with blue, yellow was replaced with grey, and there was an image of the Moon.
"Xavier Xollo!" Nezu said, as Xavier was lifted up onto the stage by a pillar of small, black objects. His outfit was a black armored mask with an upside-down glowing blue triangle that covered his whole face with a hooded black cloak covering advanced-looking body armor.
"Elise Jolan!" he said as a portal opened up and Elise popped out and landed on the podium. She was wearing a swirling purple mask and a skin-tight suit with a vortex emblem on it, purple gloves and boots, and a cape that looks like space.
"Luke Alucard!" the principal said as a bat flew onto the stage before transforming into Luke, who was dressed in a typical vampire garb.
"Susan Wellfred!" he exclaimed as a shadow formed overhead and Susan jumped down from cloud to cloud. Her outfit was a white helmet and sky-blue visor, sky-blue skin-tight suit with gauntlets and boots that look like clouds.
"Andrew Lilito!" he said as a blue blur zipped by and stopped on the stage. Andrew's costume was a tinted visor with a dark blue jacket covered in white lightning bolts with athletic pants, a black undershirt, gloves and boots. All this time the crowd was cheering. Nezu announced the final name.
"Zyther Willow!" he said as the hydra leaped onto the stage from far behind. He was wearing jagged steel armor and a sharp leather tunic, like a savage knight, complete with shiny, yet chipped pauldrons, gauntlets, and leg guards. As he landed on stage, the crowd's cheer dimmed a bit. However, Nezu refused to let the excited mood die out.
"And now, I present to you: The Star-Spangled Heroes!" That got the crowd booming again.
"Finally, I will explain the big event that brought these fine heroes to our school," he said, which brought oohs and ahhs from the audience.
"UA Academy will be hosting… The Heroes' Tournament!"
-Elsewhere-
Shigaraki and the other members of the League of Villains were sitting in their hideout, waiting for Twice to return from his mission. Things had been going their way after the heroes had captured Kai Chisaki and they had ran off with the quirk-destroying bullets, and they had gained recognition.
There were still important things to do, so that was why they had sent Twice. All they had to do now was wait, but they wouldn't have to wait long. Shigaraki heard two sets of footsteps, meaning Twice had returned with a new recruit.
Although it was a strange recruit.
The new person wore a mask similar to a drama mask, but half of it was black and the other half was white. He wore a black top hat and a cloak that was patterned with yellow and purple stripes, like a circus. He also carried a cane but appeared to be around the same age as the students at UA, but Twice decided to bring him here, so he had to be good.
"Who are you?" asked Shigaraki. The figure chuckled and stepped forward.
"You may call me Jestival, and I am here to forge an alliance," the figure said. Twice stepped out from behind him and spoke.
"He had some goons that went out to find me and said their leader wanted to speak with you," he said. Interesting, Shigaraki thought.
"Where is your crew and what do you want with us?" he asked. Jestival chuckled some more.
"To answer your first question, I wanted to build a layer of trust between us by coming here without guards," he replied, "to answer your second…" He pulled out two photos from his pocket.
"Two people I very much don't like and constantly mess up my fun are visiting here, and I would like to team up. I'll help you if you help me." Shigaraki narrowed his eyes.
"Who do we help you kill?" Jestival laughed and held up a picture of Jackson and a picture of William.
"The Brothers Kinnor."
So, if you're reading this, thank you for sticking with me. Once again, I'm sorry it took this long to update. One quick thing, please leave a comment so I can receive feedback and implement it into my story. Thank you.
-This is Boyborg, signing out!