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Chapter 2: Melody of Youth
"Ugh..." a young boy groaned as he covers his eyes from the sunlight, he then felt something cold on his back, he remembered that he was playing with his friends, "How did I fall asleep?" he thought as he slowly opens his eyes. He saw a ceiling that he is not familiar with, "Why is the ceiling gray, and... so far away?" he thought to himself as he sat up, noticing that he was lying on a concrete floor, "Where am I? And why am I here?" the child did not know that he was in an abandoned warehouse. He wore a ragged and ripped up, white tank top and shorts, indicating he was attacked, he stood up and tried to find his friends who might be nearby, "Hello?"
"Are you guys here?" he shouted again as he continued walking, he then saw an entrance that leads to another part of the warehouse which he went through. The room is dark but not dark enough that he can't see outlines of objects, he ventured deeper as he continues calling for his friends. Once his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he saw to what he thought was red paint, intricately splattered all over the walls and floor. He followed the lines to which he saw one of his friends lying down on one of the corners, "H-hey!" he shouted as he rushes towards his friend, "Wake up!"
Once he was three meters of his friend, his nose caught a whiff of bad smelling odor but he ignored it as he continues on, he then knelt down beside his friend and tried to shook him awake but once he touched his buddy, the boy felt his clothes and when he checked his hand, it was the same red paint he saw on the walls and floor, he then caught a whiff of the red paint as he realized it was blood. In fear, the boy ran away but no more then two seconds of running, he tripped on something and saw one of his friends, looking straight at him with eyes similar to a dead fish.
Chrome woke up in cold sweat, abruptly sitting up while he covered his face, trying to catch his breath, "What was that dream?" he thought as he finally regained his breath, he then looked around and saw that he was in a holding cell, "Oh, right. I'm in here, fan-bloody-tastic!" he said in a sarcastic voice, he swings his legs to the side of the bed and recaps what happens. He remembered that the police came to their front door in the middle of the night and took him and Xander to the nearest police station for questioning he assumed.
"Sup." Chrome greeted as he saw a policeman opening the lock to his cell, "Chief Kenji Tsuragamae, would like to meet you." he added as he opened the cell widely, "Oh dear." he said as he was brought into the interrogation room, once he was there he saw his best friend in a rather uncomfortable state, "C-Chrome?" Xander croaked as he was on the verge of tears, "!" Chrome stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the person interrogating his friend, "Why am I shocked?" he thought as he heard the dog-man, "Ah, Mr. Donovan, I am Kenji Tsuragamae, Chief of the Police Force. Have a seat besides your friend."
Chief Kenji said as he did so albeit farther away, "About last night..." Chief Kenji began, "What about it?" Chrome inquired as Chief Kenji coughed, "Where were you both at last night, specifically eight in the evening?" he questioned, "At Marie's apartment Xander's big sister, I was using my laptop and Xander was helping with her sister cook." he said, "Mr. Donovan, a part your statement contradicts with your friend's because you see, Mr. Crux here said that he was cooking while Ms. Hopstar were watching television."
"Your sister wasn't cooking?!" Chrome was surprised at Xander who was unstable at the moment didn't know how to respond, "You are currently a suspect Mr. Donovan, given both you and your friend's statement contradicts in some area." Chief Kenji stated, "What about him?" Chrome pointed at his best friend who was rather antsy, "Completely innocent, given that we also asked Ms. Hopstar." both of them heard as Xander and him breathe a sigh of relief, "Thank, God!" Xander thought as he was no longer antsy but still unstable, "Take him out of here then."
Chrome said as Chief Kenji also agreed and made a police officer take Xander back safely, "I still have more questions about you." Chief Keni continued once the door closed, "Lay it on me." Chrome calmly said with a bit of a grin, "This boy..." Chief Kenji thought, seeing this little bit of detail, "What were you really doing at that night?" he began asking, "As I said, using my laptop in the shared room with Xander. You already have info about my quirk as well, right?" Chrome asked as Chief Kenji nodded, "Indeed, Warp, a completely strong quirk given the mastery."
"So you also know that if I use it beyond a 100 meter range, I would feel motion sickness scaling on how far I went beyond the limit." Chrome added as Chief Kenji nodded, "If what you said is true, then why did we find the remnants of your friend's quirk, Adaptive Slime?" Chief Kenji continued, "I made him do it." the teenager answered immediately, "For what purpose?" the Chief continued on, "So that he can avoid the body controlling strings." Chrome stated which widened the chiefs eyes in surprise, "Body controlling strings?"
"How do you know that the strings can do that?" he asked as the investigation lead them to conclude it was a Quirk that can control minds instead of the body, the teenager sighed remembering, "I've met the lunatic once, when I was like... I don't remember..." Chrome trailed off as he placed his forehead on the palm of his right hand trying to remember details from his past, "I can't remember at all..." he finished as he sat back upright, "I can't seem to remember when it happened." the chief nodded in empathy, "I can only remember what happened that time." the troubled teenager started, "Can you give me the details?"
"He called himself Maître Marionnettiste or along that line." he began as the chief writes the name of the true suspect of the crime, "I saw one of his 'performances', he was antagonizing a father and his son with this theatrical plays devised from his twisted mind. When he grew bored he simply made the father and son fight to the death, Marionnettiste wasn't surprised that both of them died." the teenager recalled with a look that screams out scarred, the chief summarized all that in his note with two words; Theatrically Insane.
"Did you report this to the police?" the chief asked once more as Chrome exhaled making his entire body go up and he took in breath once he was looking at the ceiling, "I couldn't even if I wanted to, I was so scared!" he exclaimed as he looked backed to Chief Kenji, who notices that the teenager is starting to shed the mischievousness and is now revealing a disturbed soul, "I see, thank you for your time. I will personally finish off the paperwork so that you, Mr. Crux, and Ms. Hopstar will be released. "Will this be in our records?"
"I can assure you it won't appear." the chief said, "Thank you very much." Chrome bowed lightly as he stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Chief Kenji to process the information, "The way he talked about this Marionnettiste, he look and sound like he was one of the victims." he said to himself as he stood back up, "The eyes are the windows to the soul, never been so true." he added as he walked out of the room to fill up the paperwork to release the trio.
(Know your Hero: Chrome Ace L. Donovan is a student of U.A Academy and is an aspiring hero to be despite being dragged along by his friend. He is a tall, slightly toned guy who is not the most enthusiastic person among others but he has a sense of humour and is fairly mischievous at the same time. Though his looks contradict his personality, he is still a kind and caring person in his own rights. His quirk is "Warp" which allows him to teleport to areas he's been to or have a near-perfect image of the area within a 100 meter radius, also thanks to his quirk's 'fickle' nature made his body extremely durable. His hair style is a short, slightly unkempt black hair, dark brown eyes and is tanned brown. He usually wears black framed glasses, dog tags around his neck, any kind of decorated t-shirt, slacks, socks and rubber shoes. His hero suit is a black, long sleeve, hooded coat and slacks with neon green accents, leather bands for the wrist and ankles and a pair of combat boots.)
"That was such a frightening experience." Marie said as she got out of the police station last, she sighed a breath of relief as she placed her left hand above her much ample chest gingerly, "I say. Xander almost cried thanks to that fiasco." Chrome stated, "H-hey! I wasn't! My eyeballs were just sweating!" he answered which made Chrome flinch, "What did this idiot say?" he thought and was about to say something when he heard somebody clapped once, "I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing when you know immediately who clapped when you checked their body parts."
"How about we explore around Tokyo for a bit before heading home?" Marie suggested as Xander was up for it, excited for the suggestion, "Come on, let's go! I wanna go to the arcade!" he stated, "Let's go then!" Marie said as she lead her little brother and his friend through Tokyo. Marie showed the entirety of the large city to the two friends, one was eagerly looking around while the other one has his hands in his pocket and has his sight set forward, "This is much more different then back home, huh, Chrome?"
"Sure." Xander's best friend deadpanned, since he was used to it already, he just ignored it and started to look around once again. The two Crux' stomach growled as Marie touched her belly and Xander grabbing Chrome by the shoulder, "We have yet to have breakfast! Let's go get some before heading onward!" Xander said to his friend who didn't resist at all, "Sure." Chrome said once more as he followed the two siblings, "Don't tell me you're gonna have soda in the morning." he thought to himself as he concentrates on stymieing his exhaustion.
They have reached a fairly homely cafe, upon entering the shop the two friends suddenly stopped comically when they saw a couple of huge men were standing beside a table, "Come on, let's go to where I seat often!" Marie said as she walks quickly not phased at all by the burly men as she sat just across where the body guards where stationed, "Well, what are you standing there for? Come on!" Marie ushered both of the boys who just looked at each other like they were telepathically talking, they then turned their heads in a synchronized fashion and walked the same time.
They had their breakfast there except the two boys were rather uncomfortable with the huge body guards but nonetheless managed to eat their meals. A few minutes after they finished eating, they all went out of the cafe, Xander whining the whole way out, "You could have told me it's price!" Xander exclaimed at his big sister, who was being timid at the scolding as she just continuously connects her index fingers together, "And you, Chrome! You should have shared the bill as well!" he said pointing at Chrome who just yawned, after that he looked at his chubby friend.
"What kind of logic is that? Why should I pay more than what I ate?" Chrome stated to which fell on deaf ears as Xander was too busy skulking and Marie who just tilted her head, "Can we even go to the arcade, after what just happened?" Chrome said rather uncomfortable with the mood of his group, "I don't think we can, unless you're feeling generous." Marie stated to Chrome who reacted dismissing the thought with a couple of wave from his hands, "No thank you."
"School didn't even start yet I'm broke already!" Xander cried in agony as he couldn't go to the arcade anymore, "Oh dear." Marie went over to her little brother bending down over him, "Um, ate (ah-teh) Marie, your skirt."" Chrome said as Marie looked shocked and immediately covered it up, Chrome then felt angry glares piercing at him. He couldn't stand the tension anymore as something flicked inside of him, making him rather more, irritable, "I've had enough." he said between his teeth as he looked behind.
Marie reassures her little brother that they can still go to the arcade next time but not now, "Y-yeah, you're right, big sis." Xander said finally regaining his happy self, "Good for you." Chrome walked towards them hands in his pocket, "Um... Why is there a lot of space here?" Xander asked as Marie looked as well to see that they're inside a rather big circle for Japan's sidewalk, "I don't know, I say we go back home and rest, I have yet to feed Zoey." Chrome suggested as they agreed, "Okay then." with that the group walked back home albeit awkwardly considering people around them is making a path for Xander of all people, "I guess telling them about Xander's 'instincts' was a bad idea."
"School's finally here." Xander said waking up extra early, "Chrome! It's time for school!" he poked his head down to see that his best friend is still asleep, "Wake up!" Xander continued to pester Chrome but alas he gets no response, "Wake u-omph!" the Adaptive Slime bearer got interrupted when Chrome decided to throw a pillow at his mouth, "Could you shut up." he demanded as he turned to the side of the bed. "Suit yourself, just don't sleep in too much or we'll leave without you." Xander mentioned as he dropped down and left the room.
"So...it's finally time." Chrome groaned as he sat up groggily, "I guess I should get some food." He muttered and teleported to his seat at the table. To his surprise nothing was on the table. "Um...where's the food?" Chrome asked as he scanned the table for signs of anything edible, "Here!" Xander replied as he threw a cup of ramen at him which he tries to caught mid flight, tossing it from hand to hand like a hot potato, "Help! Cup noodles can't stop bouncing! Situation is out of hand!" This in turned got a laugh from the two siblings who decided to look at the scenario.
"We gotta make do with our food for the meantime because someone forgot to restock her supplies..." Xander said loud enough for a certain sister to hear, "I told you...I'm sorry already, we'll go to the supermarket later okay?" Marie responded rather ashamed of her actions. "Well...beggars can't be choosers, I suppose." Chrome sighed as he finally caught his meal and opened it, "At least it's Japanese ramen..." Xander muttered as he began slurping down his noodles to which Chrome suggested "Chew the noodles, dammit!"
After finishing breakfast the group left the apartment and went straight to U.A Academy. Upon entering the main entrance one can see how lively the place is since students were bustling about everywhere, chatting as they walked towards their dream school. Seeing the sight filled Xander with excitement as he sprinted ahead while his sister watched him happily, on the other hand Chrome had his normal expression on despite the fact that he was rather curious on how things will be from now on.
"Wow! This place is so amazing, right Chrome?" Xander asked his best friend who seemed to be still sleepy, "We've been here a few days ago, nothing's changed." Chrome responded as he yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Honestly! Be a bit more enthusiastic." Xander ordered his friend, "Do you even know what that word means?" Chrome asked which put Xander in the spotlight. "It means what it means." Xander dodged the question, "I thought so!" Chrome declared as he fixed the frame of his glasses.
Despite the lack of enthusiasm, Chrome couldn't help but smile faintly and wonder as to what future lies before him in this prestigious school of heroes that he was dragged into. After a while of walking Xander finally stop talking as he was running out of breath which gave Chrome the peace and quiet he needed. Soon they arrived at the entrance of the main building and took a step into their new school.
"Even though we've been here, it still amazes me on how huge this place is." Xander pointed out as he looked around, "Well... What wouldn't you expect from this school?" Chrome replied to which Xander nodded in agreement. "I can't wait to meet our new classmates!" Xander stated as he threw his arms up in excitement, "I just hope they aren't like the annoying ones we had back in school." Chrome said with a grim look on his face.
"Well well well...if it isn't Hop Star and her new recruits." A flirtatious voice teased them from behind, "Midnight! How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that." Marie demanded as Midnight chuckled in response. "So how does starting your first school day in Japan feel like?" Midnight asked, "Not bad...but I did expect rice for breakfast though." Chrome replied which made Marie fidget with her hands a bit.
"Rice? Wait...did Marie feed you instant noodles?" Midnight gasped jokingly, "The only thing left in her fridge was a carton of milk and empty bags of chips." Xander said in disbelief. "Oh my God! Hop Star, how dare you starve this young men." Midnight went over to Xander and pinched his cheeks, "You okay there Xander?" Chrome asked his friend who didn't seem bothered by the pinching.
"I'm fine...it's just hard to talk with your mouth stretched out." Xander mumbled as his cheeks began to turn blue and stretch even further, "So do you want to come along with me to the faculty? Or would you escort your recruits to their classroom first?" Midnight asked. "You go on ahead, I'll catch up later." Marie replied, "Okay then, see you later Hop Star!" Midnight waved her hands as she walked away.
"Let's go, shall we?" Marie smiled brilliantly, "Sorry but I can't..." Xander mumbled in discomfort. "Why is that? I though you were excited to see your new classmates?" Marie asked Xander who seemed to be falling over to his right, "As you can see ate Marie... Xander here has his cheeks stretched thin." Chrome explained as Marie caught the sight of his brothers cheeks stretching. There were quite a few students who stood there dumbfounded by what they are seeing in front of them.
"Midnight!" Marie announced as she dashed for the flirtatious heroine who was a few meters away, "Seems like I've been discovered." Midnight chuckled and let go of Xander's cheeks which smacked right into him, she then began running away laughing. "Get back here!" Marie shouted as she chased after Midnight who seems to be enjoying her time, "See you again you two!" Midnight's voice echoed through the halls. The students just looked at each other for a second in confirmation to what happened then continued their ways chatting and laughing again.
(Know your Hero: Xander Arthur A. Crux is a student studying to be a hero in U.A Academy. He is slightly chubby and a rather weird individual who is always excited, curious and emotional about many things, the complete opposite of his friend's characteristics. He is a very caring and protective person who loves to be with others but sometimes prefers to be alone. His quirk is "Adaptive Slime" which allows him to partially or fully turn himself into a flexible, slippery and water absorbent slime. In detail he has short, messy black hair, black eyes and is brown in colour. He usually wears plain coloured shirts, cargo pants, socks, rubber shoes and always has a pendant or necklace worn around his neck. His hero suit is simply a modified divers suit.)
"I guess we'll have to escort ourselves to class then." Xander rubbed his cheeks, "Guess so." Chrome sighed as he began walking, "Hey! Wait up!" Xander caught up to his friend. Not much students were in the halls by then so both of them hurried to class. They soon arrived at the largest classroom door they have ever seen which had a huge letter 'B' on it, indicating that it is Class I-B.
"It's huge!" Xander exclaimed, "That's what she said!" Chrome remarked making Xander do an initial face palm. "Let's just go inside,okay?" Xander sighed as he pushed open the door, "After you, ladies first." Chrome joked which Xander ignored. Upon entering, the classroom was as huge as it's door and was already filled with students who were happily chatting with each other, with a tolerable volume to Chrome's approvable.
"Seems like everyone has warmed up to each other." Xander muttered as he scanned the room for available seats, he found two vacant ones located...in the front row, "Why do we always end up sitting in the front?" He asked his friend who just shrugged at his question, "Stop complaining! You usually like to sit in front so what's the big deal now?" Chrome took a sit and stared at Xander who still standing by the entrance, "I'm not complaining, it's just that...this is different for me." He said as he took a seat beside his friend who decided to take a nap.
"I can't believe you're napping already!" Xander stated which Chrome ignored easily as he was nearly asleep, with his friend napping Xander decided to take a look around the room, "There's quite a lot of drawers here, wonder what they're for?" He muttered as he placed his hand below his chin, "They are our lockers, simply put." A girl with glasses explained to him, "Lockers? Well that's handy!" He said joyfully which made the girl tilt her head in response.
"You seem to be happy to have locker." She said, "Well we didn't have lockers back in our country, so I'm pretty stocked to have one." He touched one of the lockers, "Oh! So you're a foreigner, welcome to Japan." She bowed politely, "Oh! Well...umm...glad to be here, I'm Xander Crux pleased to meet you." Slightly touched he bowed too, "Pleased to meet you, I'm Akasuki, Kuki." She bowed again, "Nice to meet you Akasuki-san!" He bowed once more.
"Hey sis! Whatcha doing?" Another girl approached who seemed to be the other's sister, "There you are Kyū-chan, I was simply talking to a fellow classmate." Kuki explained to her sister, "You seem different...are you a foreigner too?!" She closed in on Xander's face which made him blush, "Hehehe~ I wouldn't call myself a foreigner...I mean we're mostly Asian here, right?" Xander looked away embarrassed, "Kyūshima! What did we talk about personal space again?" Kuki pulled her sister away, "You're no fun!" She pouted and folded her arms.
"No, it's okay..." Xander replied as he scratched his cheeks, "Since she's here, let me introduce to you my twin sister Akasuki, Kyūshima." Kyūshima bowed at her sister introduction, "Nice to meet you! I'm Xander Crux." He bowed again, "So where are you from Crux-san?" Kyūshima closed in again which let her sister pull her back, "Well... I'm from the Philippines same as my friend over there." Xander pointed to where his friend sat, "Oh! The guy who is having an argument with Evangelia-san?" Kyūshima stated as she formed make shift binoculars with her hands, "Exactly! The guy who is... wait what?! He is arguing with whom?" He asked rather worried of his friend.
A few moments ago...
"I guess he has wondered off again." Chrome thought as he peered over his arms, "Guess I'll be able to sleep in peace now." Which was his initial thought until someone stood in front of him, he looked up and saw a familiar face that reeked of pride and elegance.
"You never change do you?!" Luna pointed down at him, "Oh! Your highness, I'm glad to see that your okay." Chrome got up from his seat, knelt and spoke annoyingly, this force of action caught the attention of a few students though the classroom was still noisy, "You really are a jerk are you? And just so you know I'm not here to to thank you!" Luna stated as she folded her arms and looked away, "You really are a Tsundere!" Chrome thought as he smiled at Luna.
"W-what are you smiling at, you weirdo?!" She stepped back a little creeped out, "Nothing... just thought of something funny." He stood up and looked at her straight in the eye, "H-hey! Stop it!" She demanded with flustered look, "Stop what?" Chrome asked bluntly, "Looking! Stop looking, this is sexual harassment!" She declared and looked away, "And slapping someone in public counts as borderline assault." Chrome smiled and leaned forward.
"O-okay fine! I'm sorry already, just stop looking...it's discomforting." She muttered, "And?" Chrome added, "And what?" She asked and looked straight at him, "When someone helps you out in a bind you say?" Chrome said as he stretched his ear towards Luna, "T-thank you..." She muttered, "Wasn't so hard right? Be the better person, am I right?" Chrome patted her on the head and was about to take a sit when Luna tugged on his uniform.
"Yes?" Chrome turned around and met her gaze, "Why? Why did you do that?" Luna asked, "Did what?" Chrome asked cluelessly, "Why did you save me back then?" She muttered, "Hmmm...why did I do that? Can I say 'my body moved on its own' would that be enough?" Chrome said, "No, no you cannot use that phrase...I want an explanation." She said as her expression turned confused, "Well...I guess because I owe you one." Chrome explained which made her even more confused, "Owed me one for what? Even after I..." She was cut off by Chrome.
"You know what! Let's just put that all behind us, I'm fine no need to worry, okay?" Chrome said as he felt the sudden change in atmosphere and didn't want to get in a weird situation, "Luna! There you are, the orientation is about to begin anytime soon, c'mon let's go already!" A cat-like girl pounced on her with a hug, "Huh? Did I miss something here?" She asked, "No you didn't miss anything, let's go Neko-chan!" Luna shift expressions and dragged her friend with her, "H-hey w-wait! I think I missed something." Neko's voice trailed as she was dragged out by Luna.
Everyone then remembered what the Neko has said and immediately decided to head out, even the few who were watching left. Chrome sighed in relief as Xander approached him along with the twin sisters.
"You alright there, buddy?" Xander asked worriedly, "No I'm all left." Chrome jokes which made Xander sigh and Kyūshima laugh, "Thank you very much!" Chrome bowed in front of her which made her laugh even more, "This guy's a comic!" She blurted out as her sister pulled her out of the room, "We'll go on ahead, you two should follow soon." Kuki closed the door and left the guys.
"So what was that? And who was that?" Xander asked his friend, "Nothing much, her name is Luna and she just came to say hello." Chrome replied as he went for the door, "It didn't seem like it..." Xander muttered as he followed Chrome out of the room, "You do you." Chrome said, "Anyways let's go to the orientation." Xander shut their classroom door and walked down the hallway.
They arrived at the orientation at just the right time, Hop Star was just doing the introductory rights on stage. They took a seat next to the Akasuki sisters and listened to what the teachers have to say to all of them. Chrome took another nap on his seat as Xander listened carefully to the orientation. Sometimes Xander would notice that the Luna would look behind as if searching for someone. After all the teachers relayed their messages to the students, Mr. Principal did his closing remarks and dismissed everyone.
"Bye everyone! Enjoy your first day!" Mr. Principal waved to his students as they all exited the room, "So, everyone are you ready?!" He announced to his co-workers energetically, "YEAAAHHH!" They all responded with fist up in the air, "Have fun with your students!" He waved as the faculty left the room too, "I guess it's time we start working too, right Ms. Crux?" He jumped off the podium as Marie followed him out of the room.
All students were now walking back to their classrooms to start homeroom. "So who do you think will be our homeroom teacher?" Xander asked his friend, "Dunno, don't care." Chrome responded half-heartedly, "You could show at least some excitement..." Xander sighed, "Yaaaaay." Chrome responded 'excitedly' which made Xander shrug his shoulders.
"Hey! You two, wait up." Kyūshima called out and ran towards them, "Kyū-chan! Don't run in the hallway." Her sister warned her and caught up, "I see you're building yourself a Harem already." Chrome teased Xander which made him blush a little, "It's not like that!" Xander exclaimed, "Not like what?" Kyūshima closed in on the two guys which made them step back a little, "Move back a little, you're in their faces." Kuki pulled her sister away, "Such a bore!" Her sister booed.
"I'm sorry for her rudeness, she just wanted to tag along." Kuki bowed apologetically, "Nah! Don't sweat it, she's not even close to rude." Chrome replied, "See you worry too much!" Kyūshima agreed, "Just slightly bit loud...which is a bit annoying." Chrome added, "See? What did I tell you." Kuki scolded which made Kyūshima stuck her tongue out to her sister.
"Honestly...you're such a child." Kuki sighed, "At least I'm not boring and flat." Kyūshima pointed out which annoyed her sister a lot, "Why you!" Kuki clenched her fist as Kyūshima ran way laughing, "GET BACK HERE!" She screamed at her fleeing sister, "The chase is on!" Chrome said in a tone used mostly by race horse announcers, "And it's the second one we've seen today, first was my sis and now them." Xander smiled awkwardly, "So much for tagging along..." Chrome said. They watched the twins dash to class, looked at each other and laughed.
As they laughed, a familiar voice called from behind them as a pair of scaly claws grabbed their shoulders. "Hey! Fun seeing you here." The voice greeted, "Get your ugly nails off me!" Chrome declared as he pushed off the claws from his shoulders, "Harold! I didn't know you were here." Xander exclaimed happily and turned around to see him. With opposite reactions from the two, Harold let out a small laugh as they were still who they are.
"You two never change do you?" Harold said as he returned his hand back to normal, "Could have at least cut your freaking nails, it looks like rusty bent-out-of-shape nails!" Chrome stated, "Funny, and I have told you before that it doesn't work that way plus the nails are hard as steel." Harold explained, "Excuses, excuses, excuses...you're just lazy." Chrome said, "He seems more annoying than he was the last time we were classmates." Harold told Xander, "Maybe but I think you just didn't have enough exposure to him in a while." Xander explained which made Harold sigh.
"By the way...who is she?" Chrome pointed at the girl behind Harold, "Oh! I completely forgot to introduce you...guys this is Hazaki, Sai my..." Harold was cut off, "Girlfriend?" Xander blurted out, "What made you say that?" Harold asked rather surprised, "Never mind...she's your friend, right?" Xander corrected himself, "Uhh...yeah she is but I feel like she's more of an acquaintance, for the meantime." Harold said.
The girl behind them just stood there quietly looking rather gloomy or bored. "So...how did you guys meet?" Xander asked the girl, "Just...interest in drawing." She said bluntly, "So you're birds of a feather." Chrome stated more so than asking to which she just nodded in response, "We were seating next to each other 'till we noticed that both of us were doodling at the same time...and then it started." Harold explained, "The start of a wonderful new relationship." Xander added, "You could say that." Harold sighed.
"Was he always like that?" Harold whispered to Chrome, "Ehhh...he became like that the moment we arrived in Japan." Chrome whispered back, "Guess his otakuness is kicking in..." Harold whispered again, "Is that word? I hope not, I don't want to share a room with someone who has anime figures and way too much manga." Chrome shuddered at his own thought, "What are you guys whispering about?" Xander entered the conversation, "Just discussing on how to save your soul." Chrome said which made Sai snicker.
"Really now? What the heck are you talking about?" Xander asked looking rather worried, "You know...your plans to go to Akihabara and buy some 'research' materials." Chrome responded with a smirk, "Haha~ What do you mean?" Xander acted innocently, "Don't you play games with me, I know you well and all the plans you made the moment you mentioned Akihabara to me back then." Chrome stated which gave Xander a lump in his throat, "Okay...point made, so stop have some restraint man." Xander pleaded.
"Sure." Chrome grinned which made Xander worry even more to the point he gave up the conversation, "Can we just go, please?" Xander pleaded as he walked away, "Sure." Chrome said again as he walked off, "So which class are you in anyways?" Xander went back and asked, "Oh! I forgot to tell you we're in Class I-B." Harold said which was to Xander's surprise, "Wait! Really?!" Xander exclaimed happily, "Even you too Hazaki-san?" Xander asked, "Yeah." Is all she said, "Then let's go then! This is gonna be great!" He exclaimed as he marched in front of the three who reluctantly followed.
Soon they were all seated in there respective tables in class, Chrome, Xander and Kuki sat upfront, Harold and Sai were seating near the corridor, Kyūshima was at the back talking to some girl with bluish hair while Luna and Neko sat behind the two idiots. The room was slightly noisy but suddenly became quiet the moment the classroom door slid opened, even Chrome was startled by the sudden change in noise.
A humanoid block of cement entered the room, it was Cementoss. He walked towards the table and fixed his eyes on everyone and took a deep breath. "Good morning everyone! I'm Cementoss and I will be your homeroom teacher from now on." He greeted everyone with what seemed to be a smile, "Good morning too sir!" Everyone stood up, bowed and took a seat at the same time which impressed Chrome, "Wow...everyone is well-behaved and disciplined here not to mention respectful." Chrome thought delight.
"Now before we do something interesting, let us introduce ourselves first to everyone." Cementoss suggested as he began calling his students one by one. There were 19 students in total with 10 boys and 9 girls, 12 Japanese and 7 Foreigners. "Now that everyone's known each other, grab your track suits and head out afterwards." Cementoss ordered.
(Know your Hero: Ken Ishiyama is also known as Cementoss, he is a Pro Hero that teaches Modern Literature at U.A High School. Cementoss is often a serious, yet pleasant individual. He is also very careful of the well-being of others. His Quirk is "Cement" which allows him to control the cement around him as he pleases. He appears to be a humanoid block of cement with black eyes and grey hair that is tied into a ponytail. His eyes are generally closed and his lips are pulled upwards. His body shape is evenly blocky all around. His hero costume consists of a sleeveless brown suit that includes yellow stripes, shorts, and an elongated collar. He also sports grey shoes with yellow soles.)
Everyone met Cementoss outside who was waiting patiently for their arrival. "Ah, it seems everyone has arrived. Okay now let me start..." He coughed as the students began to listen, "First of all, why are we here?" He asked as a girl raised her hand to answer, "We are here in U.A, a prestigious and well-known school famed for its courses and graduates in order to become a hero. A highly in demand job that is serious, yet rewarding." Luna explained flawlessly, "I think I heard that explanation before already..." Chrome pondered as he looked at Luna who seemed to notice his stare and immediately looked away with a huff, "She's such a tsundere that it's funny." Chrome snickered at the thought.
"Correct! Being a hero is admirable and dangerous at the same time. A hero must always be ready to overcome the obstacles in front of him." He agreed to the answer, "Just like All Might would say, Plus Ultra!" Gomu Yokorobi stated with glee which made the other students laugh in agreement, "Haha~ yes he would say that. But that's exactly the reason you're out here. Today I shall test your limits and hopefully by the end of this school year you will go beyond it." He announced.
"So what kind of test is this, sir?" Darwin Edison asked, "Well...think of it as a Fitness Test where you are allowed to use your Quirks, so get ready." Cementoss said, "ALRIGHT! Time to get dirty!" Jack Mundy shouted powerfully, "Let's do our best, Luna-chan!" Neko Asurito encouraged her friend, "Of course I will! I would be ashamed if I didn't prove myself." Luna boasted, "It's not a game by the way, this test is just to see our current level." Chrome said as he began stretching, "I know that! It's common knowledge to give your all, right Neko-chan?" Luna said as her friend nodded in agreement.
"You do you pumpkin, I'm taking this easy." Chrome said which annoyed Luna, "So you're saying you're still not taking this seriously?" She asked, "What?! I don't feel like doing it anyways, plus what happened to that look of yours a while ago." Chrome stated which redirected Luna's eyes away from him, "Whatever! Let's go Neko-chan." She declared as her friend followed along, Chrome watching them leave.
"You're putting pressure on the guy." Neko told her friend who seemed slightly annoyed, "I just don't like people who take being a hero for granted." She declared, "C'mon! Don't think like that I'm sure he has his reasons." Neko reassures her, "Plus you two seem to hit it off pretty well, you sure you don't just have a crush on him or something?" She added which made Luna flustered, "What are you talking about?! I would never..." She stopped and looked at Chrome who was doing squats, "Never say never! Now let's finish that test." Neko began pushing Luna towards the first test, "Hey! No pushing!"
"Okay! The test consist of 8 different parts: 50-meter dash, Grip Strength, Standing Long Jump, Repeated side steps, Ball Throw, Sit-ups, Seated toe-touch, and a Long distance run. I will be recording your scores so let us begin." Cementoss announced.
Test 1: 50-meter Dash
"First up! Donovan, Chrome and Mundy, Jack." Cementoss announced as the two approached the track, "Ready, mate?" Jack asked Chrome, "Roight, mate." Chrome replied in a surprisingly accurate Australian accent, this amused the gigantic student, "3,2,1, Go!" Cementoss shouted. Jack immediately curled up into a ball and rolled really fast to the end while Chrome stood there yawning. "Hey why isn't he moving?" Kagami, Seki asked the crowd, "Just wait." Xander smiled. Jack was nearly crossed first when Chrome appeared out of nowhere at the finish line.
"3 seconds." A machine placed at the end announced the time, "5.2 seconds." It announced when Jack rolled passed. "Whoa! That's major quick!" Nejire, Hadō stated excitedly, "Amazing! He didn't even move a muscle." Seki added, "Jack even got a head start." Harold said, "Next is Asurito-san and Hazaki-san, begin!" Cementoss announced. Sai transformed into a werewolf and began running as Neko followed behind her. "5.0 seconds, 5.1 second." It announced respectively.
"So close!" Neko snapped her finger, "But hey you're pretty fast too, aren't you?" She asked, "Same, I'm as fast as a wolf so...Yeah." Sai replied, "That was amazing Neko-chan!" Luna congratulated her, "Hehe~ praise me more!" Neko declared, "You nearly outran a wolf! That was great!" Luna hugged her feline friend, "Nya~" Neko purred.
"Yokorobi-san, Crux-san get ready!" Cementoss announced, "Seems like its our turn now." Gomu smiled making Xander blush, "Y-yeah..." Xander muttered, "Let's have fun! We start at the same time." Gomu suggested as Xander agreed, "Go!" they heard the teacher as Gomu grabbed the ground and pulled her self back with her arms really stretched out, she looks to her side and sees Xander doing the same thing. Both of hem let go and flung at the same time, the two flew through the air and landed at the goal safely. "3.7 seconds." The machine announced.
"You surprised me there!" Gomu stated, "Well...I didn't mean to." Xander said, "We're you copying me or did we think of the same thing?" Gomu asked, "Umm...maybe both?" Xander replied as she laughed at his response, "You're funny, do you know that?" Gomu patted him on the back, "No, not really but I appreciate your compliment." Xander said as she calmed down a bit, "Anyways, fun to know we have quite similar a Quirks cause it makes the competition more fun." Gomu stated, "Guess that's true..." Xander muttered, "Anyways, Nice to meet you Crux-san!" Gomu extended her hand, "Yeah same to you." Xander replied as he shook her hand.
Test 2: Grip strength
"Now...let's see if my hard work has paid off." Jack thought as he gripped the tester tightly, "Alright! Now that's what I'm talking mate, 150.4 kg!" He exclaimed in delight, "Hold on...are you for real?!" Darwin exclaimed as he looked at Kyūshima's results, "Nice! I scored a 175.6 this is great!" Kyūshima announced with skin the colour of metal, "I think...I need more training." Jack thought in disbelief.
Test 3: Standing Long Jump
"Okay...that should do it!" Darwin exclaimed as he dragged Kyūshima at the end of the track, "Hey...Edison-san what exactly am I supposed to do?" Kyūshima asked, "You can turn to metal right?" Darwin asked, "I can do more than metal." Kyūshima said, "Great! Now can you turn to metal, just for a minute please?" Darwin pleaded, "O-okay? Just give me a second." She touched her bracelet and turned to steel, "Woah! That's amazing, you're just the one I need!" Darwin exclaimed as Kyūshima became flustered.
"Hey! No flirting you guys!"Mirio Tōgata teased, "That's not cool, honestly..." Amajiki Tamaki muttered, "Come now! Leave them be guys." Nejire Hado exclaimed as she slapped the two in the back, "Anyways, please continue!" She added, "Okay then...time to start!" Darwin stated as he went to the starting line, "Here I go!" He stated as his body turned metallic and began to float, "Wait are you a magnet?" Kyūshima asked, "Yep! So here I come." He jumped and immediately used his Quirk to pull him towards Kyūshima's metal body.
"Hey! W-Wait! How are you going to stop?" She asked as Darwin got closer, "Oh...I haven't thought about that..." He replied, "WHAT?!" Is all she could say before the crash landing. Upon impact both fell to the ground with a loud 'thud' which caught everyone's attention. Everyone looked towards the origin of the sound and saw Darwin and Kyūshima rather attached to each other, looking real awkward as they were in hugging. Kuki heard the crash and arrived to see what situation her sister was in.
"Hey! Get of me!" Kyūshima demanded as she tried to pull away from Darwin, "I can't, I'm stuck!" Darwin stated, "Then return back to normal!" She exclaimed, "Oh yeah, I forgot..." He laughed as he returned back to normal which allowed the two to separate, "Kyū-chan! Are you alright?" Kuki asked, "I'm fine sis! Don't worry." She reassured her, "Are you sure?" Her sister asked again, "Honestly! You worry too much." She said.
"And you!" Kuki pointed at Darwin, "What were you even thinking?!" She added, "Well...I just thought she could help me, you know?" Darwin scratched the back of his head, "You should be more careful, honestly think before you act." Kuki scolded, "Look, I'm sorry okay." He apologised, " But hey, it was rather fun!" He added, "Some people..." Kuki sighed as her sister got up, "Well I gotta say though, you surprised me there with your Quirk!" She stated with a smile.
"But how did you know my Quirk in the first place?" Kyūshima asked, "Well, I did see you use it today. So I thought maybe you could help me out, we could be a like a team or something." Darwin explained, "Wow, I didn't expect you think of something like that. But your idea seems pretty interesting though, being a team sound great!" She stated, "Right? My Quirk and yours would be a great combo!" He exclaimed, "By the way your name's Edison, Darwin right?" She asked, "Yeah? Why?" He asked, "Well I'm Akasuki, Kyūshima. Let's be friends Edison-san!" She extended her hand, "Sure thing, Akasuki-san." He shook her hand, "And here I thought she was in trouble..." Kuki sighed in disbelief but seemed rather happy for her sister.
Test 4: Repeated Side Steps
"This seems fun!" Nejire exclaimed as she got to her place, "Good luck!" Mirio cheered, "Y-Yeah..." Amajiki muttered in encouragement, "Aww...thanks you guys. Now that I've been cheered on, it's time to get this on!" She exclaimed. From her right hand gust came out pushing her to the right but immediately same happened to the left hand pushing her the other way. This made her move side ways really fast as waves pushed her from side to side. "Done!" She declared after she finished.
Test 5: Ball throw
"Haruko, Yosoru it's your turn." Cementoss called out, "I'm ready sir!" Yosoru stated happily as she went to her post, "Hey, Jack don't you think she's rather cute?" Darwin whispered, "What does that have to do with Ball throwing?" Jack replied, "Come on man!" He groaned, "I'm more curious on how she will throw to get a high score when she looks so frail." Jack muttered.
"Okay here I go." She threw the ball weakly, "Well there it is..." Jack muttered, "Time for a boost!" She stated as the wind picked up and hurled the ball higher, "2500.0 meters." Cementoss said, "Woah! But she threw like super weak." Darwin exclaimed, "Never underestimate the weather!" She giggled and skipped away, "I knew, girls these days are formidable beings." Jack shuddered, "Honestly man, What is going on with you?" Darwin asked Jack who seemed a bit determined.
Test 6: Sit-ups
"Hehehe!" Xander laughed, Finally! I will beat my terrible score in this exercise. No longer will my score be below average, I will receive redemption." Xander declared, "Hey Chrome...is he okay?" Kuki asked who seemed rather worried, "He's fine...just a little overjoyed that he be able to get a better score in sit-ups now that he can use his Quirk." Chrome explained, "Why? Was he that bad at sit-ups?" She asked, "Well is getting only 10 out of 50 in physical activities bad to you?" He said, "Wait! He's that terrible in physical exercises?!" Kuki blurted out, "Yep, now if you'll excuse me I better start myself." Chrome said.
Test 7: Seated toe-touch
"I guess this test doesn't need the use of a Quirk." Chrome thought as he saw everyone doing it normally, "Longer! Longer! Longer!" Nejire cheered louder which caught Chrome's attention, "What the?!" Chrome blurted out as he saw his friend stretching out to reach his leg that is pretty stretched out as well, "Umm...Mr. Cementoss is this alright with you?" Chrome approached his teacher for reassurance, "Well...he did ask for permission to do this..." Cementoss muttered, "Plus he's not the only one doing it!" Gomu declared as she was doing the same thing as Xander, "Even you too Yokorobi-san?" Chrome sighed as he saw what Japan has done to his friend.
"Go Further Beyond! Plus Ultra!" Xander declared as he reached his limit, "You done screaming?" Chrome asked his exhausted friend who nodded, "You really got the will power, mate!" Jack stated, "Thanks for the compliment." Xander muttered, "Honestly man, both you and Yokorobi-san over there surprised me with all that stretching." Darwin exclaimed, "Well we do rather have the same Quirks, so it's a competition." Gomu declared, "Seems like Xander now likes to attract attention." Chrome thought.
"Hey Chrome, help me up would you?" Xander asked his friend, "What if I don't?" Chrome replied, "Then I'll do it myself." Xander sighed as he tried to get up, "C'mon let's go, we have one more test." Chrome pulled Xander up, "I think you're a bit of a tsun yourself." the chubby one of the two said making the thinner one laugh, "I can never beat her at that."
"Okay is everyone done?" Cementoss asked, "Yes Sir!" Everyone replied, "We are going out for the final test, everyone!" Cementoss announced as he headed out followed by his students.
Test 8: Long-distance Run
"Everyone this is the final stretch." Cementoss announced as some students laughed upon hearing the word stretch, "Get ready to run a long distance, so go to your places and we'll get this started." Cementoss ordered his students to go to their respective places. When everyone was ready Cementoss gave the signal and they all began running as fast and steady as they can.
And after everyone crossed the line, they took the time to rest as Cementoss checked all of their results, "Whoo!... I'm so... Out of... Shape!" Chrome exclaimed as he placed his palms on on each of his bent knee panting, Xander's condition was even worse as he looked like he was about to throw up, "Not so great now, huh?" Luna said as she was slightly winded but not that much, "Oh keep your ego to yourself, princess." But before Luna could even say anything they heard Cementoss calling out to them, presenting how well they did on a screen, Some not liking the results while others seem satisfied and might be even proud.
The rest of the morning were just introductions done by the U.A teachers in order to get to know their students better and also declare their requirement for the semester. Time passed by and it was already lunch, the bell soon rung and every student were headed for the Lunch-Rush's Cafeteria for some affordable gourmet food.
Lunch time currently is very peaceful, everybody eating lunch together with their buddies, however when Neko lead Luna to a table near Chrome's... Well, all hell broke loose once both of them locked eyes with one another, "Tsun-tsun hime-sama!" Chrome exclaimed in a tone that magically annoyed Luna but sounded normal to everybody else, "Who are you calling tsun-tsun?!"
The face-off did not escalate any further than that to the relief of some of the students, the rest just find it amusing. The rest of the day continued with nothing major happening but on the second day, their homeroom teacher; Cementoss sent his students to the changing room to wear their hero costumes to which after doing so would meet up at Ground Gamma, where the Entrance exam was held. Once they were there, they saw their teacher waiting for them at the entrance/exit of Ground Gamma, "Good you're all here, let's begin."
"Heroes must be flexible at all situations. Do not take the word seriously." the Cement Quirk user stated looking at the Elastic Quirk user, "They must be able to work together with other heroes who are in the immediate vicinity. Not all heroes nearby will have Quirks beneficial to yours and not all of the villain's Quirk will be ineffective against yours."
"With that, the only rules you all need to know is that you will be teamed up or not into pairs of two either as heroes or as villains and defeat the opposing pair, the heroes shall do everything they can to stop the villain and the latter shall do the same, also the villains will be given two minutes of prep time. And no lethal attacks, if I sense any I will immediately stop the fight. Aside from that, anything goes." to which received a few chorus of their own affirmation. A few not liking the risk of teaming up with somebody they dislike. Cementoss then showed two ballot boxes to them, one was colored white and the other black.
"First fight shall be, Porter-san and Crux-san as the heroes and..." Cementoss trailed off as he picked up two more pieces of paper to reveal, "Evangelia-san and Akasuki, Kuki-san as the villains." a jovial laughter can be heard accompanied by clapping, "Good luck, Xander you're gonna need it!" it belonged to none other than the Warp Quirk user, "What?!" Luna exclaimed as she bit a part of her handkerchief and pulled down with her hands, "Are you alright Lulu-chan?" Neko, her cat-like friend asks, worry in her tone, "Don't call me that in public!"
"Hey, Xander where are you?" Chrome asked as he looked around for his chubby friend, "I need to talk to you about something."
"I'm here." Chrome looked to where that echoey voice came from, "What." is the only thing that came out of his mouth as he saw a very rustic diving suit, the one that looks so heavy, "Um... I'm not gonna judge." he finished, "I don't want to hear that from you. Where'd you even get that design from?" Xander replied back looking at the Warp Quirk user's outfit, "Oh this? I took inspiration from one of the games I played. Assassin's Pact. I think it perfectly suits me with the type of hero I'm gonna be." he said as he dusts off the black piece of clothing highlighting the neon green accents, he then adjusted the leather armbands and ankle bands to see if it was fitted perfectly or not, "You're gonna be a killer?!"
By instincts Chrome's left hand shot towards the back of his best friends head and smacked it hard to which a loud gonging sounded around, "Ow! Pssssshhhh!" the Warp Quirk user exclaimed as he held his left hand, who was red from all the blood rushing through it, Xander on the other hand looks like he's still experiencing the ringing. Nejire, finding this 'slap-stick' like scenario amusing by evident of her giggling, "Okay, villain team, you have a minute to prepare. Go!" Cementoss said as he took a whistle from his pocket and blows on it sharply, "What was I about to say about him again? Oh well~."
"You seem disappointed, Evangelia-chan." Kuki stated as she held a capsule the same size as her palm and filled it with gas of unknown purpose, "What made you say that?" Luna said as she looks around the building they were in. Kuki's hero suit consists of a lab coat designed to be more protective and durable and underneath it seems to be a bandoleer containing capsules of varying size, and underneath the bandoleer is a close fit t-shirt and jeans, "Well, you're frowning and seems irritable when you talk."
"Is it about Donovan-san?" she looked towards the taller girl, Luna was wearing a white-hooded archer outfit with gold accents and combat boots of similar color scheme who looked even more irritated about hearing the name, "I just want to vent my anger on him!" Luna replied as the shorter girl tilted her head in confusion, "I find it weird that he seems aggressive when you're the topic. I talked to him and seems to be more carefree and reserved. Are there any history between you two?" Kuki asked as Luna pondered on it then grew a tick-mark remembering what happened, "Aside from appearing in front of me out of nowhere, no, we don't."
"Ah well, that's good and all but we need to discuss about our Quirks. Get a better idea on what we can do." the lab coat wearing girl said, "That's a great idea, I'll start. My quirk is called Celestial Light and it allows me to absorb sunlight and fire it in a material form." Luna explained as Kuki thought about it, "So you're quirk allows you to turn sunlight into a weapon?" she then said trying to clarify, "Basically, yes."
"Okay, my quirk is Gas, it allows me to form any type of gas as long as I know the chemical composition, temperature it needs to be in gaseous form, and pressure." the shorter girl finished explaining as Luna nodded, "So you're filling those containers with knock out gas, I presume?" Luna said as Kuki nodded, "Indeed, let's hurry up and place more of this around." Kuki continued as they try their best to lay more of the capsules all around in a span of a minute while discussing of their plans."
"One minute has ended, hero team, deploy at once!" Cementoss announced through speakers as Xander and his teammate began running as fast as they could, "We've already introduced each other but we haven't discussed about our Quirks." his partner said as the Adaptive Slime Quirk user looked in acknowledgement, "I forgot, Paulo-san." he replied, "Well my Quirk is Roulette, where I have six Sub-Quirks which get's randomly chosen through a medium-sized roulette wheel that appears behind my head."
"Wow, that's cool! Well anyways, my Quirk allows me to turn myself into a slime-like substance but requires me to keep myself hydrated." the retro-diving suit wearing student explained to the combat-oriented gambler suit wearing student. They then saw a flash of light and an arrow made of solid light struck against Xander's torso just below the rib, a blow with the intent to incapacitate, "Oh this is bad, here I go!" Paulo said as a he activated his quirk, the roulette wheel started spinning for a few seconds until it stops.
"Fire! Oh, yeah, man!" his hands lit on fire and then shot it towards where the shooter came from, "I didn't expect them to have long range attacks." Luna said to herself dodging the attack, and with a bit of a frown as she didn't expect this at all, the frown then turned upside-down, "But this makes the plan even more viable." she said as she retreated from the rooftop she was on, "Are you alright, Xander?" Paulo went towards his partner who got his bearings back, "Y-yeah... That hurts so badly... So that's what happens when I hit Chrome there..."
"Anyways, let's form a plan before chasing after Luna." Xander stated as the Roulette Quirk user nodded, "With you there, man."
"Which team do you think is gonna win, hm?" Yosoru said, who was wearing white and green tights and, adorned on her head were goggles and keeping her feet away from the ground were all-terrain oriented boots, "Yeah, I wonder that as well, you two! Since you two are close to one of them respectively, who do you think is gonna win?" Hado said who got right up in front of Chrome and Neko who looked rather alarm at how invasive she was, "Can you move back a bit before I bite you?" Neko politely asked as her cat ears moved from forward position to a backward posture and hair tail lowered and curved upwards at the end.
"I better do what she says, I've seen street cats in my home country before and I'm fairly certain she's gonna attack." Chrome added as Hado did so but kept her curious face on, "Anyways, I have full confidence Luna-chan is gonna win!" And with a complete 180, Neko reverted back to her cheery and cheeky self, "What about you, Donovan-san?" Hado asked as she let her gaze linger on the Warp Quirk user who pondered a bit, "I really don't have to be serious in answering her."
"I don't know, I know for a fact I'll win against Luna though. Hehehe!" he chuckled as he readies something in his pocket, "What do you mean by that?" Hado asked as the Warp Quirk user realized his mistake, "Oh noh."
"Why did you even design your costume to be that heavy?" Paulo asked as he looked slightly at the back, seeing the Adaptive Slime Quirk user struggling to keep up, "I-it... Looks, cool! And... Helps with my... Dehydration problem." he answered to which got a nod from the Jamaican teenager, "So you decided to increase your strength instead of your lack-luster speed? That's very smart of you!" he said to which caught off-guard Xander, "Uh... Yeah, that's what I was thinking."
"Anyways, do you know of Akasuki-san's Quirk?" Xander decided to change the topic, "No, not really." came the quick reply, "We should slow down then, wait... There they are!" the chase then began as the hero team ran after the villain team. Though with Paulo and mostly Xander's mediocre speed found this quite a challenge, "They went into that building!" Paulo said as he was caught up in the moment, "Paulo, wait! It might be a trap!" the chubby student called out to his teammate but were to no avail fell on deaf ears, "I got a bad feeling about this..."
Xander said as he followed suit, once he arrived he heard the sound of fighting and saw his teammate doing his utmost best to dodge the projectiles made of physical light, "I need some help, Xander!" he called out as he returns the 'friendly' gestures of objects with one of his own, which was now an element of air sending gusts of wind to the opposing side, "We're winning this, you're trapped in this building!" Paulo announced which made Luna smirk, she then took out a gas mask and put it on her face, "Boys are such idiots."
She then looked at Xander who just stood still, confusing the girl but nonetheless shot at the walking tin-can. The light arrow hit it's mark but no reaction from the teenager, the 'window' of the helmet then opened slowly, when it was fully open something cyan shot out of it and headed straight towards the Celestial Light Quirk user, "You said you were slow!" Paulo exclaimed as his teammate was moving fairly fast in his slime form, "E-ew!" Luna saw the cyan slime and shuddered remembering something and began firing as fast as possible at Xander.
The arrows would have hit its mark where it not for it to just phase through it, "What the?! It acts like flowing water! καθαρότητα μου!" Luna exclaimed, using her native language at the end out of sheer habit, "Help me out, Akasuki,san!" she request as the girl appeared from one of the columns and threw a breakable capsule at Xander, the container phased through but the contents were left hanging in the air as the Adaptive Slime Quirk user rushed towards Luna.
He finally reached his target and immobilized her with his slimey body, "H-help!" Luna was about to burst into tears as she was helpless, "Don't struggle, I've already captured you." she heard as a derpy looking face appeared on the slime, "Gah!" the teenage girl could only squirm even further, "W-w-wait! What's with the sizzling?" she asked as she tried to look down and to her horror her clothes were dissolving, "Y-y-you pervert!" Luna trashed about even further and Xander decided to look, only for his derpy looking eyes to widen as he saw what was happening to her.
"That is so terrible of Crux-san." Akasuki, Kyushima said as the girls nodded as well, the guys however were indifferent, "Stop looking!" the girl all said as they scolded the boys, even Cementoss was at a lost of words, "I'll have to reprimand Crux-san for such distasteful actions." he managed to say, "Bwahahahaha!" Chrome started laughing as he started slapping his knee, "I knew one day Xander would develop acidity from his Quirk! Bwahahahahaha!" he continued laughing as the entire class even the teacher's interest were piqued.
"What do you mean by that, Donovan-san?" Cementoss asked as the Warp Quirk user continued laughing, after a few more moments he calmed down and wiped a tear out of his eye, "Well, Xander's Quirk correlates to his body and it's homeostasis, if he's acidic and I am fairly ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN!" he shouted the last four words, "That he is, would cause his slime to be acidic." he finished explaining as everyone in the class was deep in thought. Taking this chance he took a quick photo of the battle and kept his cellphone hidden away just as fast."Hehehe~ for blackmailing purposes." Chrome smirked, looking at all the images he could use.
"Unhand me at once you pervert!" Luna demanded, struggling to break free from the slime user, "I'm sorry but I can't, I have to do this in order to restrain you." Xander replied, disturbed about the situation. "Akasuki-san, run and proceed to Plan B." Luna shouted, receiving a nod of agreement from her teammate. Kuki immediately grabbed something from her coat and threw it down, in an instant smoke came out and covered the hero teams vision which allowed her to escape. Xander signaled Paulo to follow her and told him he'll catch up.
As Paulo left, Xander took hold of the villain catching tape Cementoss had given them in order to restrain Luna and consider her captured. "Sorry Luna, don't hate me for this." Xander apologized, tied her up and went to catch up with Paulo. It was the rule of the exercise to capture the villain with the tape but with the given circumstance, it seemed rather indecent. Xander went and got into his hero suit and made and dash for it, not much impressive with his speed though. "You are so dead when this exercise is over!" Luna shouted loud enough for Xander to hear, her voice echoing throughout the corridor.
"I'm really sorry!" Xander thought as he caught up with Paulo, "Hey! Did you get her?" He asked his partner who suddenly dropped. "Paulo, you okay? What happened?" He asked, looking around the area, "Be careful…of the bombs." Paulo manage to mutter before he passed out. "Hey! Stay with me, dude. Don't pass out on me yet we still got a mission to do." Xander held him closely like some kind of comrade who had died in a war movie. He then laid him down gently on the floor and as if on cue Kuki appeared from a corner. "I see that your partner is knocked out, all according to plan." Kuki smiled as she pushed her glasses upwards.
"What did you do to him?" he asked, "Nothing much, I just incapacitated him." Kuki explained. "Give it up! Your offense is gone and your projectiles phase through me, surrender now before you are to receive the same fate as your partner." He declared confidently, though his last remark made Kuki shudder at the thought of her clothes dissolving, "W-well, I guess I'll just have to avoid the predicament and take you out immediately." She said sternly with a calm expression. She reached in for something in her coat but was delayed when Xander sent a punch towards her. "Be careful…of the bombs." Xander remembered his partner's last words which is why he tried to prevent his enemy from grabbing a bomb.
"Hmph! I won't let you." He said as he retracted his punch back again, "Get ready for a flurry, I'm not giving you time to grab your bombs." He said as he readied himself for his attack, "He's good at close and medium range combat, better retreat and bring him to the designated area." She thought and ran away quickly, "Hey! Where are you going?! Get back here!" Xander demanded as he chased after her, doing his best to keep up. "I'll have to tire him out a bit, with his suit on he's quite defensive and my gas can't get through him but it takes quite a lot of energy for him to move in that heavy duty armor of his. Once he decides to get out of his suit is when I will attack." She thought carefully as she watched Xander running after her.
"Man, this is hard. But I need to get closer before actually attacking her." He muttered, gasping for his breath, "What's wrong, Xander? Having trouble catching up?" She asked, smiling in his direction. "Damn, she's taking advantage of my weakness in stamina." He thought, "Let's make this interesting." She announced which made Xander worried. While running she pulled out some kind of device that looked like a joystick from her coat and pressed the center button. Soon after she had clicked the button, everything around Xander detonated as if he we're in a mine field. The blast sent him flying through the hall and then he crashed landed on the floor, just a few meters away from his target.
"What the heck was that?!" He called out, rather terrified, "Just some bombs Luna and I planted." She replied. "Did you plan to kill both of us?!" Xander exclaimed as he stood up, shakily, "Well…it was supposed to be a last resort but I guess plans don't go the way they should all the time." She sighed. "Got anymore plans?" he asked, "Does a surprise attack count?" she smiled, holding the detonator. "Uh-oh…" he muttered as the ground below him blew, covering the area in black smoke and a crater in the floor.
"That was a dangerous move! I'll have to reprimand her later." Cementoss exclaimed as he watched the screen, "That was one heck of a blast, don't you think Jack?" Darwin stated to the Australian who stood there quietly, "Women are terrifying." He thought. "Sis, wasn't that a bit of overkill?" Kyushima asked her sister through the screen, as if she could hear her, "Is Crux-san, okay?" Gomu pondered as she watched the screen almost covered in smoke, "What do you think, Chrome?" she asked the Warp user who didn't seem a bit bothered (or does he not care).
"He's fine. I'm more worried of Akasuki-san over there." Chrome replied as the screen began to clear up revealing a huge crater in the ground, "WHOAAA!" Hado exclaimed excitedly at the sight of the damage, "That's one huge hole she created." Mirio stated. "Ah, that's what she said~!" Chrome responded to Mirio's unintentional innuendo, "Pfft! Hahahaha!" Darwin laughed in amusement to Chrome's reply, "Honestly! Some boys…" Neko sighed in disbelief. After that everyone soon focused on the screen again as some action began to occur once more.
"Did I do it?" Kuki asked herself out loud, looking at the crater, "I think you may have over done it a little." A familiar voice said from behind her. "What the?!" Was all she could muster to say before her mouth was muffled, "Mmph!" She exclaimed, struggling break free. "It's pointless. Now I'll just wrap this tape around you to ensure the capture." Xander said as his slime body coiled around Kuki with the tape, "I guess we have practically won." He sighed as he was about to fasten it properly when Kuki made a last resort.
Kuki began struggling so fast that Xander couldn't fasten it properly therefore he stopped and looked at his 'pitiful' enemy. This was when gas gushed out of her mask and hit Xander in the face quite accurately. "Hey! What did you do?" Xander said as he began to lose consciousness, "I blew some strong sleeping gas into your face, you'll be asleep soon enough." She explained as Xander's grip on her weakened. "Nice effort but I wouldn't to lose on our first combat exercise." Kuki stated as Xander slipped of her with the tape still intact, "I guess I'll take this off then…" She sighed but before she could free herself, an arm reached behind her. Xander was fighting the gas's effects and managed to fasten the tape enough for her to be considered captured. "No way!" Kuki exclaimed in shock as Xander fell into a deep slumber. "Draw." Xander muttered in his sleep.
"Both teams have been incapacitated in the match, therefore the result is a draw." Cementoss spoke through the microphone. "Did you see that?" Hado exclaimed, bouncing up and down, "Yeah! That was quite the turn of events, right Tamaki?" Mirio said, pumped up from the match, "They're…amazing, I guess." Tamaki muttered. "Who knew sis had that kind of thing on her face." Kyushima stated, "Xander was quite surprising, pulling his last string when we thought the enemy won." Jack said delightfully. Cementoss watched as his students began even more excited as usual due to an excellent first match, "Seems like I'll have quite an interesting class this time." He muttered with a smile.
Author's Notes:
DC Chroma: Hello, hello guys and gals! It's been a long time truly though it's my fault mostly from procrastination... Well it's rather difficult considering recently that I prefer to be more... Active per se, to which I mean is that I need to be overly stimulated, such as the fighting games or even the type of game like Osu. As such I take responsibility for any problems you may have about the story, until I become more inclined to stopping from procrastinating that is. Anyways to those that read this, thank you very and if you want to tell us of what you think just leave a review or PM us, either through this account or the other ones. Also have you noticed the different writing styles? Well it's up to you on who you think does which one.
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DC Chroma: and Christ Almighty, the ending point is such a disaster, you can see four line breaks in just one screen... It hurts my eyes! The irony is that I'm the only one out of the two of us knows how to add this line breaks.