Wow jeez, this turned into a long chapter.
Sorry about that?
I dunno, I suppose you guys like long stuff.
ANYWAYS HERE YOU GOOOOOOOO!
Also, I'm getting close to formulating a story plot fully in my head for the Fantasy AU so stay tuned for that, and follow me as an author if you want an alert for when it comes out!
"Thank god that's all over..." Uraraka sighed out to Izuku as they got breakfast in the kitchen. Izuku looked up at her and let out a small laugh.
"I dunno, you looked like you were having fun stuck to Eijichan." Izuku said with a bright smile as she poured herself some tea for breakfast.
"NOPE." Uraraka said with a nervous smile and her cheeks were burning a bright red. Izuku looked at her worriedly and she let out a sigh. "I mean... maybe...? urgh..." She clapped her hands over her face and Izuku patted her on the shoulder gently. "I don't know..."
"You can talk to me about it, if you want..." Izuku told her friend with a smile as they saw down to eat breakfast.
"Well I..." Uraraka's cheeks were still a bright red. "I've never really thought about it before, we're pretty good friends, and I like it that way... but after being stuck together..." She looked down at her toast and Izuku took a sip of her tea. "... I dunno... He's a pretty good guy..."
"He is!" Izuku said brightly and smiled at her. "But maybe you should sort some things out first?"
"You're right." Uraraka beamed up at Izuku and took a bite of her toast. "By the way, about you and Katsuki..." she said with a finger pointed at Izuku. "I want the details..."
"O-Ochachan...!" Izuku blushed a bright red and shook her head. "No! No no no!"
"What are you both yelling about so early in the morning...?" Katsuki asked with a grumble as he entered the kitchen with Kirishima, and the girls looked at both of them.
"NOTHING!" they shouted at the same time, and Kirishima laughed.
"Wow, everyone is in sync lately!" The red head chuckled out with a bright grin. "Hey, yesterday was fun though, huh?"
"NO IT WASN'T." Katsuki snapped loudly and Izuku laughed nervously.
"I'm going to head to school now," she said as she stood up and walked towards the door. She looked back as Katsuki grabbed her by the arm. "Kacchan...?"
"Why are you going so early...?" He asked her and she scratched her cheek nervously.
"I'm going to go talk to All Might..." She looked back up at him, and smiled a bit. "About the internships... I have a favor to ask him about some one." She looked down at her right hand and clenched it. "I'm going to look hard for an internship... Starting with Sir Nighteye."
"Isn't that... All Might's old sidekick...?" Uraraka asked curiously as Kirishima sat down with her to eat some breakfast.
"Yeah." Izuku beamed at the others happily, before she turned to leave. "I need to get stronger, and my path starts with him." She pulled on her shoes and left the dorm building. She heard foot steps beside her, and turned her head to look up at Katsuki. "... Why are you coming? You should have some breakfast."
"I'll grab something later..." He grumbled out and looked down at her. "... Is this about One for All...?"
"Yeah..." Izuku looked down at the path in front of her. "... After everything that's happened... I realized I'm so far behind everyone else..." She looked up at Katsuki again, and smiled a bit. "I'm the successor of One for All, so I need to act like a proper one. I can't afford to lag behind anyone else..."
"Izu... I think this might be too much..." Katsuki looked down at her, and she saw a bit of worry in his eyes. "You're pushing yourself too hard and too fast with this... You just learned in the last year or so how to use your quirks."
"That's exactly why I have to push myself." Izuku said with a smile up at him. "I haven't had the time that the rest of you had, so I need to work 10 times harder." She looked forwards, and clenched her fist. "I'm aiming to be the top hero, so I have to push myself to the breaking point, and then break myself some more."
"Nice try..." Katsuki reached out and put a hand on her fist. She looked up at him with a frown as he looked back at her with a serious look in his eyes. "But I'm going to be the top hero,"
"Kacchan!" Izuku pouted and pulled her fist from his hand. "I was trying to be cool!" She told him and he grinned at her.
"To bad you're just cute." He told her before he held up his own fist and looked at it. "But I'm serious... I won't just step aside because I love you," He looked down at her and she blinked in surprise. "I'm going to seriously aim for the top, and be the number one hero in the world."
"... I wouldn't expect anything less." Izuku smiled at him, and held up her fist again. "But I won't just let you slide by me either," She told him before the two of them felt a cool breeze and heard the crackle of ice. Izuku looked up to her left and made eye contact with Todoroki as he slid on by them.
"You're both wrong, it's going to be me." He said with a smirk as he blew by. "Besides... Bakugo will never be popular."
"You don't even have your fucking license!" Katsuki shouted back and took off from the ground with a bang of his quirk. Izuku stopped for a second, and laughed. "Get back here so I can knock you out!"
"Boys..." She shook her head before she took off at a run. She gripped the straps of her back pack as she activated One for All in full cowl, and kicked off the ground with her own bang. She soared over their heads as the boys bickered bath and forth, and she stuck her tongue out at them before she dove to the ground and rolled before popping back up to her feet. She looked back to see their stunned expressions once again and she grinned. "I think this is twice now, yeah?!" she shouted back at them, before she took off with her full speed. "You'll never beat me if you're arguing with each other!"
"WHEN DID THIS BECOME A RACE?!" Katsuki shouted as he took off with a bang after her.
"She's right..." Todoroki said with a sigh as he sped off beside Katsuki with his ice quirk. The blonde looked at him with a glare. "So I give up, but..." Todoroki looked over at Katsuki and smirked. "If you ever mess up, I'll take her away."
"I'd never mess up, Frosty." Katsuki said with a grunt, and looked forwards as he took off with another loud bang and went soaring. "So eat my dust!"
"Hah..." Todoroki let out a laugh as he used his ice to continue gliding along the ground, quickly catching up to Izuku.
"Did you boys not learn from the sports festival?!" Izuku shouted loudly as she heard them gaining ground on her. She grinned brightly, enjoying the thrill of the race. "I'll come out on top, even if I have to break all the bones in my body!" she shouted as she took off from the ground with a loud boom, and she shot through the air and landed with another boom on the steps in front of the door to the school. She slid to a stop on the pavement and through the open door. She looked back at the boys, and grinned brightly at them as they crashed through the door at the same time. "Hah... that was fun! We should do that more often!" She said with her fists in the air.
"Fuck... Next time I'll win!" Katsuki shouted and looked up at her and grinned back.
"I'd like to see you try, I'm 2 for 2 now." Izuku laughed happily as she walked away from them both.
"Purple," Todoroki called out simply and Izuku looked back at him, her cheeks a fiery red.
"SHOUCHAN!" She shouted loudly and Katsuki went to punch him in the head with a crackling fist.
"What, wear shorts if you're going to do stuff like that." Todoroki said simply as he ducked out of the way of Katsuki's fist.
"Haaah?! Maybe stop looking!" Katsuki shouted back and Izuku let out a sigh, before she walked away from them and headed for the teachers lounge.
"ALL MIIIIIIIGHT!" Izuku threw the door open to the teachers lounge and the man turned to look at her, a surprised look on his face. "good morning!" She chimed out as she walked in and headed towards her mentor with a smile. "Oh, you're wearing proper clothes now..." she said, noticing that the man no longer wore baggy shirts and pants.
"Good morning," He looked up at her with wide eyes still. "I decided that if I can't use my muscles anymore that I should dress properly." He said with a laugh before he adjusted some papers on his desk. "To what do I owe the pleasure of such an early morning greeting?" He looked back up at her as he took a sip from his coffee mug.
"Ah uhm..." Izuku scratched her cheek nervously as the other teachers looked her way curiously. "I uh..." She poked her fingers together now, trying to think of a proper way to bring it up, so she had to be straight forward. "Could you please introduce me to Sir Nighteye?!" She bowed at her hips, and looked at the ground. "I would like to request an internship from him!" She heard a crash and looked to the side to see the coffee mug on the ground, shattered to pieces. She stood up nervously and saw the shocked look on All Might's face.
"... Introduce you... to Sir Nighteye...?" All Might asked nervously, and Izuku clenched her fists.
"Yes! He's one of the very few heroes that have ever worked under you!" Izuku shouted loudly and he held up a finger to quiet her.
"Well uhm..." All Might picked up the pieces of the coffee mug and Izuku bent down to help him. They cleaned up the mess quickly, before All Might sat back down in his chair, looking at her curiously. "This came out of no where... Where did his name come up?"
"Uhm well..." Izuku looked down at the ground again. "I phone Gran Torino in hopes that maybe he could help me with an internship... But he said he couldn't... Then told me to ask you about Sir Nighteye..." Izuku looked up at Izuku and bowed again to him. "Please, All Might! I really need your help with this!"
"I refuse." She was shocked to hear him say that, and she looked at the tiled ground, her eyes wide. "I'm not saying it to be mean, there are a few reasons..." She looked up at her hero as he stared at her seriously. "One... We had a meeting yesterday about the internships. The meeting was about letting you first years go for them or not, and I was apart of the faction that was against it. You should all be conducting them at a later time... Especially considering the incident that happened only a week ago. I personally think you all shouldn't be taking these risks, especially you."
"There have always been risks, from the very beginning. If you ask me, if she wants to go that badly, you should be backing her up." Midnight called out as she headed out of the room.
"Ugh..." All Might pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers. "Number two... I think it would be fine if you just work on strengthening your shoot style."
"I think she's been doing pretty good." Ectoplasm called out from beside Cementoss.
"But there's still plenty of room for development, before she can call it her own." Cementoss said with a shrug.
"NUMBER THREE." All Might said loudly, and looked Izuku in the eyes. "Nighteye and I broke up, so it's kinda awkward."
"LETTING YOUR FEELINGS GET IN THE WAY, HUH ALL MIGHT?!" Present mic shouted from the back of the room. "SENSITIVE MUCH?!"
"Would everyone, please keep their two cents to themselves?" All Might said with a sigh as he looked back at the other teachers.
"... My quirk strongly resembles All Might's..." Izuku looked up at her teacher with a serious look in her eyes and he blinked in confusion. "I've been told that for a while now... I think, if I'm under the guidance of Nighteye, it will serve as a strong comparison point to you." She bowed her head again, and glared at the ground. "I have to become hundreds of times stronger than everyone else... No matter what."
"... Izuku..." All Might sighed out as he looked at her bowed posture. "I by no mean dislike this side of you... but... As I said you won't be getting an introduction... Not from me anyways."
"Huh...?" Izuku lifted her head up to look at him and stood straight. "Th-Then from who...?"
"I believe you had the pleasure of meeting him the other day, Mirio Togata?" All Might beamed at her and Izuku felt her nerves churn in her stomach.
"M-M-Mirio-senpai...?!" she asked in shock, her cheeks turning red while All Might grinned.
"Oh my, did you perhaps fall for him?" The man laughed loudly. "I admit he's a fine young man, but he's far to old for you!"
"N-No! I have Kacchan!" Izuku waved her hands around in front of her face and All Might looked at her.
"Bakugo...?" He asked curiously and Izuku felt her whole face go red. "... What do you mean? I know he was looking after you the other day but..."
"Uh uhm... It was at the camp...?" Izuku scratched her cheek as she looked away from All Might nervously. "We started dating then, I guess..."
"DATING?!" All Might cried out and she looked back at him and cried out as well as blood spurted from his mouth.
"A-ALL MIGHT?!" Izuku asked in a panic as she watched her hero grab a tissue and cover his mouth. He looked back at her with wide eyes.
"Dating?! You both live under the same roof!" He dropped his tissue as more blood poured out of his mouth. "DON'T TELL ME YOU HAVE BOTH DONE THAT?! THIS IS UNNACCEPTABLE! DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW?!"
"WHAAA! ALL MIGHT PLEASE STOP!" Izuku cried out in horror and clapped her hands on her cheeks as her whole body turned red.
"IZUKU." He clapped his large hands on her shoulders and she looked into those dark eyes with fear for a moment. "Tell me, that you have not done such things!"
"WE HAVEN'T!" She shouted, and saw a look of relief on his face. She felt her stomach turn at the thought that she had to lie to All Might, but she didn't think she could handle him knowing like the rest of the class did.
"Izuku... I..." She saw tears in the mans eyes now and she started to panic. "I had no idea you were growing up so fast! You should really slow down or you will loose all of your youth!"
"Wha, It's okay!" Izuku waved her hands around in a panic again. "I'm not loosing my youth!"
"Truly... I have been lacking in the teaching department...!" All Might dabbed more blood off of his face and Izuku sighed out as he saw back in his chair. "But... As I was saying, yes. Come see me in the meeting room at lunch, and we'll discuss more then! Now, hurry off to class, alright? But not to fast! ENJOY YOU'RE YOUTH!"
"YES SIR!" Izuku cried out before she took off at a run out of the teachers office.
"GOOD MORNING!" Izuku cried out as she entered the class and the others turned to look at her in surprise as she hurried to her seat and plopped down in it.
"Izuchan? Are you alright? You left awfully early this morning." Asui called out from her seat.
"How did your talk go with All Might...?" Uraraka asked as she walked up and smiled at her curiously.
"Good, it went uhm..." Izuku blushed a bright red as she remembered the last part of their conversation. "... Some how it went from internships to relationships..." Izuku said with a sigh and Uraraka let out a laugh.
"What...?" Izuku looked up at her friend who was trying to hold in her laugh.
"What do you mean?" Izuku looked to Katsuki nervously now as he spun around in his chair.
"Was he giving you advice?!" Uraraka let out a laugh at the thought. "Whoa, that's great!"
"Uuurgh..." Izuku thunked her forehead onto the desk top. "No he was worried I was using up my youth..."
"Why does everyone fucking want to know about our relationship?" Katsuki snapped in anger and Izuku let out a sigh before Aizawa came into the room to start morning classes. After they were over, the lunch bell went and Izuku got up from her desk to hurry for the door.
"Where are you going?" Uraraka called out as she got up too.
"I have to go meet All Might and Mirio-senpai!" Izuku called out to her friend and took off out of the class room. She felt a nervous sweat tickle down her face as she heard a loud explosion, and decided it was best not to turn back. She kept on running, and turned a corner sharply. Her eyes widened in surprise as she saw her senpai about to enter the meeting room and she slid to a stop on the ground, before she ran into him. "AH! Mirio-senpai! Hello!" She looked up at him with a nervous grin.
"Midoriya, hello there!" He said with a bright grin. "I was called here by All Might, and you're here too? Is this an arranged marriage meeting?" The boy laughed loudly and Izuku paled.
"N-No, it's not...!" She said in a panic before he slid the door open, and the two of them walked in to see All Might taking a sip of tea.
"Ah, there you two are." He said with a sigh. "Take a seat, we've got a lot to talk about." Izuku nodded her head to All Might before she took a seat on the couch nervously. She looked up at Mirio as he sat next to her, still grinning. She started to sweat nervously as All Might looked at them both, and didn't know if she could take how quiet it was in the room.
"YOOOOOU AAAAAARE HERE! Hah, just kidding!" Mirio grinned brightly at All Might and rubbed his head. "Sorry about that, but after being called here by you, I'm just so happy!"
"Uhmm..." Izuku felt her nervous sweat drip down her neck a bit as she looked at Mirio then at All Might. "I'm not sure if I'm grasping the whole situation..."
"Wow, what a coincidence!" Mirio beamed at her brightly. "Truth is, the same goes for me too!"
"I called you both here because, Young Mirio is currently serving as an intern under Nighteye, as it happens." All Might said casually and Izuku's eyes widened.
"REALLY?!" She shouted loudly and looked up at her senpai. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"
"YEP!" Mirio laughed loudly as he punched his fist in the air. "I've been lucky enough to be with him for a whole year now!"
"So that means.." Izuku felt her own fists buzzing with excitement as she looked up at her senpai. "That you're practically a shoo-in to become his sidekick once you graduate, right?! THAT'S SO COOL!"
"Aha! That's as long as Sir doesn't have a change of heart, tat is!" Mirio said with a slight blush on his cheeks and a bright sunny smile.
"Young Mirio..." all Might brought their attention back on him and looked to Mirio with serious eyes. "From your perspective, do you feel that Midoriya is fit to work under Nighteye...?"
"Hmm." Izuku looked at All Might nervously, before looking up at Mirio with wide eyes as he thought that over. "I GET IT NOW!" He said with a big grin as he thunked his fist into his palm. "So this is what you wanted to talk to me about! To have me introduce Midoriya to Sir, am I right?!"
"Wuh...!" Izuku blushed a bright red as her senpai put his arm around her shoulders and hugged her tightly as he looked at All Might.
"But... Why do you feel obligated to use me as the middleman...?" Mirio asked curiously, still looking at All Might as Izuku felt her back crack a bit from the pressure of his hug. "If he were to hear from you directly, he'd be overjoyed! He's always watching your videos after all..."
"To be perfectly honest..." All Might sighed out as he looked over at Mirio who pulled his arm off of Izuku's shoulders. "I just can't bring myself to meet with him... because in the end, I became exactly what he warned me I would, after all... Anyway!" Izuku was snapped away from her thoughts on his last sentence. "What do you think of Midoriya?"
"Hmm... Let's see. First off..." Mirio looked down at Izuku, a serious look in his eyes that didn't match the grin on his face. "What sort of Hero, do you want to become?"
"... What sort...?" Izuku looked up at him, and thought that over. She always wanted to be cool like All Might... But she didn't want to worry anyone anymore. She looked down at the scars on her arms, and clenched her right fist. She wanted to be the strongest one out there... She wanted to surpass not only Todoroki but Katsuki as well... "... I want to be the ort that, no matter what happens... No one will worry in the slightest..." She looked up at Mirio and All Might, with a serious look in her eyes. "No matter how much trouble someone is in, and wearing a smile the whole time... I'll definitely win, and definitely save them... I want to become the best hero of them all!"
"Your goal is pretty all over the place, but..." Mirio looked down at her, before giving her a thumbs up and a grin. "I've got no reason to refuse, so sure!"
"So it's okay..?!" Izuku panicked a bit as she looked up at her senpai. " Thank you so much!"
"It's not a problem! I thought Sir would like you from the outset anyways," Mirio laughed loudly as he put her in a head lock.
"WOW, REALLY?!" Izuku laughed loudly as he ruffled her hair before letting go of her. She grinned up at him brightly. "Thank you so much! This is so great, I can't wait to meet him!"
"Waahaha! You've got spunk!" Mirio laughed loudly and ruffled her hair again. "I'll take you to his place on the weekend, alright?"
"Yes! THANK YOU!" Izuku cried out happily and threw her arms around Mirio in a tight hug.
"Iz-M-Midoriya!" All Mgiht cried out and Izuku looked at him curiously, before looking up at Mirio who was laughing in a strained way. "Your quirk!"
"Wuh?" she looked at her arms which were glowing and she quickly let go. "I'M SO SORRY! That's never happened before! I-I might have been too happy!" She said in a panic as she watched Mirio catch a breath.
"It's alright!" Mirio gave her a thumbs up again. "It just means you've got the drive to do your best!"
"haa..." All Might let out a sigh. "Well lunch is almost over, so hurry and go eat before afternoon classes."
"Yes! THANK YOU!" Izuku stood up and bowed to Mirio before she bowed to All Might next. She felt her whole being buzz with excitement. Mirio stood up with her and bowed to All Might before they left the office. "Oh man, I can't wait to meet him, Mirio-senpai you're so cool!" She looked up at him and he laughed.
"I dunno about that! But it is pretty neat!" He said with a laugh as they walked down the halls. "I think you're pretty cool yourself, getting all excited about Sir! I'm sure he'll like you, with out a doubt!"
"Thanks again," Izuku smiled up at him warmly. "This really means a lot," she bowed to Mirio, before she turned to run off down the hallway. "I gotta tell Kacchan about this! THANKS AGAIN!" She called out as she ran.
"HAAAAAH?!" Izuku bent back nervously as Katsuki bared down at her with glaring eyes. "What do you mean that nerd is going to introduce you?! Why does it have to be him?!"
"B-Because Mirio-senpai has been working with him for a year...!" Izuku said nervously as she straightened up. They were back in the class room and she walked towards her desk.
"Wow, that's pretty impressive." Iida said as he walked up. "I hear Sir Night eye only has one sidekick, and then one intern. He's very particular about who he works with."
"Whoa, doesn't that mean you'll be working pretty closely with Mirio-senpai then?" Ashido asked as she sat on Jirous desk near Izuku's.
"Yeah!" Izuku beamed happily at the two girls. "It's my chance to learn from two very strong heroes, so I won't let this chance go!" She shouted proudly.
"TSK." She turned around to look at Kasuki who had an angry look on his face. "What did I say about talking about that damn nerd all the time?!"
"S-Sorry..." Izuku said with a nervous laugh before Katsuki growled, and put a hand on her head and pulled her to him. She let out a nervous laugh as the girls giggled.
"We have a special guest today." Aizawa said as he stepped into the class room and everyone took their seats quickly. "I think you all remember her..." He looked to the door and Mandelei from the Pussycats walked in with a bright grin on her face.
"MANDELEI!" Izuku and a few others cried out, and she waved at them all.
"Hey hey everyone!" She beamed at them all. "I'm here today to help out with your Hero foundations class!" Mandelei was wearing her red Pussycat outfit and Izuku looked at it, frowning at the memories from the camp. "We're going to do some rescue and survival training at Playground Delta!" She shouted with a wave of her paws. "So get get suited up and let's get to it!"
The whole class changed into their hero costumes and Izuku got on the bus with everyone else. She looked to Mandelei nervously as they took off to the training ground. "Uhm..." Izuku scratched her cheek and the woman looked at her with a bright smile. "How is everyone on the Pussycat's...?"
"We're... helping Ragdoll get over it." Mandalei said with a sad smile, referring to her teammate who had retired after loosing her quirk. "But you know... I think we have a potential new member. You'll get to meet them when we get to the training ground!" She said happily and Izuku smiled a bit.
The class got off the bus with the rest of her class and stood in front of the the vast forested area behind giant concrete walls.
"WELCOME EVERYONE, TO PLAYGROUND DELTA!" Mandalei shouted excitedly from the front. "We have a special training exercise for you all today! We're going to go out into this vast wilderness, and have a fun team race!"
"Just a race?" Kirishima asked curiously as he looked at the woods.
"NOT JUST ANY RACE!" Pixibob popped out from behind the gate and beamed at them all. "In this race, you will be searching for some one who is lost! But be careful... Because my magical beasts are roaming about inside!" She laughed happily and the whole class paled, remembering their time at the summer camp.
"Who are we saving...?" Jirou asked curiously and Mandalei smiled brightly before her and Pixibob struck a pose to reveal the person standing behind them.
"Kouta...?!" Izuku called out and saw the small boy glaring at the class from under his hat. Izuku grinned brightly as she waved at him but he looked away from her. "Uh...?"
"That little brat..." Katsuki growled as he saw what happened. "You save his punk ass and he doesn't even look you in the eye?"
"Ehm..." Izuku looked up at Katsuki with a nervous sweat on her cheek, remembering the few times she saved him.
"Kouta will be some where in the woods! We will divide you into groups of four, and you will look for him, but be careful because you will come across all sorts of my beasts, so tread with caution!" Pixibob said with a grin.
"Won't Kouta get hurt?!" Izuku shouted out in concern.
"Not if you save him!" Pixibob said excitedly and the whole class paled. "So lets get you all divided up into groups!" Izuku looked around as the teachers announced the groups and paled a bit as she looked up at Todoroki, Katsuki and Kirishima.
"Isn't that group a little over powered...?" Kaminari asked from his team with Ashido, Uraraka and Tokoyami.
"we're not saving them in groups..." Izuku said with a realization. If the teachers wanted to keep this fair, they would have divided up the power more evenly.
"RIGHT!" Pixibob shouted happily and grinned at Izuku, "Each group will go into the forest at different times, and start from different points in the grounds! In this race, you have to worry, not only about the beasts, but your other opponents! We would like you to treat the others a villains, trying to capture your target!"
"THAT'S TOO MUCH!" Sero cried out and Izuku clenched her fists before looking back at her competition.
"Some times you are up against multiple threats in a terrain that is unfamiliar, and some times..." Mandalei looked at Izuku who blinked in confusion. "You are the only one around, so you can only rely on yourself. After you find Kouta in the forest, we would like you to bring him back here," She looked at the rest of the class. "Just because some one reaches him first doesn't mean they can't take him away, so the race does not end when you find him. The race ends when you cross the line with him!" She pointed to the line behind her on the ground and beamed happily at the class. "We are giving each of you a map to the forest, and we are going to let Kouta choose where to hide, you must find him an bring him home safely Heroes!" She beamed at the class happily. "You will all have a time limit of 30 min! If you have not crossed the line by then, who ever has Kouta will win the race!"
"Well, I'm pretty amped up for this race." Kirishima said with a grin to the others, and Izuku looked to him and smiled back. "I feel kinda honoured to be put into this group,"
"This will be fun." Izuku said with a bright smile to her friend before looking over at Katsuki and Todoroki. She paled a bit to see them giving each other challenging glares. "Uhm..."
"Try not to burn down the whole forest." Todoroki said bluntly to Katsuki who glared back at him.
"Try not to get frost bite while you try to catch up to me," Katsuki said with a snap back to the boy and Izuku let out a sigh before looking at Kirishima.
"I don't think they're to worried about us," The red head said with a laugh. "But man oh man, they should be."
"I wonder if Kouta is all right with this.." Izuku said thoughtfully as she looked up at the group that went first. Kouda, Sato, Yaoyorozu and Hagakure.
"Why do you ask that?" Kirishima asked her curiously as he turned away from the heated staring contest.
"Well... back at the camp he wasn't too fond of Hero's... or the idea of them... so I'm just wondering if everything will go alright..." She scratched her cheek nervously as she looked at the timer that started.
"But, you saved him." Kirishima looked at her and she looked back at him with a dumbfounded expression. "Sensei brought him back to the lodge where we were, he was crying the whole time about how wounded you were after helping him." The boy frowned and scratched his own cheek nervously. "I guess he did call you stupid and a moron a bunch of times..."
"Haha," Izuku laughed and looked back at the timer as they waited for their turn. "Well I guess what happened would probably be traumatizing. I don't blame him, I'm just happy he's doing all right! He sent me a letter about seeing me in person, but I figured he might have gone back to hating heroes after that again."
She looked to the timer, noticing it was getting close to the end of the time limit, yet no one had crossed the line. She frowned a bit, and headed towards the front of the class to see a screen they had set up.
"No one's found him yet." Uraraka said with a concerned look on her face. Izuku paled a bit as she saw her classmates still searching everywhere for the boy. "We don't know where he is either, only Mandelei does."
"This forest is pretty big, but that's a little concerning..." Izuku said as she watched Yaoyorozu blow a rock beast away. She looked up as she heard the timer blare loudly over their heads to signal the end of the first groups time. "Whoa..."
She watched as Kaminari left with Ashido, Tokoyami and Uraraka next, and looked to the screens. She was starting to get a little worried, no one had found him in the first round at all.
"It's like a game of hide and seek, but this is pretty intense..." She said thoughtfully as she watched her classmates battle it out through the forest.
"Well he's used to forest terrain." Asui said with a Kero beside her. Izuku looked down at her curiously. "He probably knows the best places to hide, and in a situation like this, I would hide too so that I couldn't be found by those beasts or villains."
"I see..." Izuku tapped her chin in thought. "In most rescue missions, it's better if the victim stays in one spot, but if there's danger around every corner, of course they're going to move about. It'd be hard to track them down as well because of the beats covering his tracks..." She watched as this groups time quickly ran out and they came back after the horn blaring.
"Where the heck is he?!" Kaminari shouted and Izuku looked over at them. Uraraka let out a sigh as she brushed off some dirt on her costume.
"That was really hard!" She cried out and Izuku frowned a bit. "I had no idea where he was at all, and those beasts are making it too hard!"
"It's our turn next!" Kirishima shouted happily and Izuku looked at the map. She scanned it over with her eyes, memorizing it quickly, before they headed off into the forest for their starting points.
"I'm going to win this," Katsuki said with a wide grin a wide grin as he walked. "You're all going down."
"No ones even found him yet, and you don't seem like the tracking type, so that's highly doubtful." Todoroki said with a look at him.
"TRY ME!" Katsuki snapped and Izuku laughed nervously. They broke off to head to their tarting points and Izuku stood at her spot, thinking carefully about the map.
"... He's in here some where, but just blindly looking isn't going to help..." She said to herself, as she thought the terrain over. She heard the blaring starting horn, and took off from the ground with a bang as she ran along the outer edge of the training grounds. "Where could he be... He'd choose a safe place, that's for sure..." She thought the map over again and remembered there was a cliff on it. "Ah..." She came to a realization, and turned sharply to head straight for the back of the training grounds. It was the furthest point from the starting area, and from what she saw most of the beasts kept to the middle of the playground. "He's definitely there... It's safe from harm, and he can see everything..." She said with a grin as she heard explosions in the far distance. "Sorry everyone, but I'm gunna win this..." She laughed as she broke into a small clearing. She looked up to the side and her eyes widened in horror as she saw a large bear like rock beast. She slid to a stop on the ground and charged her power into her legs before she leaped high into the air.
"TORNADO CRUSH!" She shouted out as she spun in the air, winding up her power before she brought her heel down hard on the bear beasts head and smashed it to bits. She smiled proudly, before kicking off the rock she immobilized, and she took off towards the cliff area. She looked around at the ground as she ran, seeing less beast tracks in the area. "Ha..." Her eyes glanced back up as she sat the rocky cliff and she slid to a stop, before kicking off the ground. He feet landed on the cliff side, and she ran up it with all her strength. She could see the top, and she smiled as she reached a hand out and grabbed the edge of the cliff, before she pulled herself up with all her strength and landed on solid ground.
"WHA!" She looked to her right as she heard a cry of surprise and grinned happily as she saw Kouta sitting casually on the ground, leaning up against a boulder. "Can't you come up a cliff normally?!"
"I dunno, I've never tried." She laughed happily as she saw him get up an she ran over to him with a grin. "I found you!"
"Those other idiots couldn't find me at all, all scrambling around like ants." Kouta said with a huff as she knelt in front of him. "Why the fuck would I be down there among those stupid rock animals?"
"Well," Izuku looked up thoughtfully. "Not many people would chance climbing a cliff in a scary situation like that... but I remembered your secret base back at the camp and saw this on the map." she smiled brightly at Kouta, "So I guess I had a bit of an unfair advantage? But it's pretty smart to climb up here, you can see everything." She looked out at the forest play ground.
"Idiot..." Kouta muttered out and Izuku looked back at him, seeing his cheeks were a bit red and he was avoiding looking at her. "Well I guess you found me, so I'll let you take me to the finish line."
"Great!" Izuku laughed happily and she pushed her hood back off her head. "Climb on my back, I'll take you there." She crouched down and felt his arms wrap around her neck. She grabbed his legs and stood up. "Whoa, have you grown?"
"What...?" She could hear surprise in his voice and she smiled as she ran towards a slope on the cliff, before she jumped down onto it and slid across the rock. "Yeah I have..." He said with a grumble in his voice.
"I thought so, you're a bit heavier than last time!" She smiled back at him over her shoulder. "I think you got bit taller too!"
"I better have," He said with a grunt now as Izuku took off through the forest, circling away from the middle where she saw the most beast activity. "... I plan on becoming a hero now..."
"Really?!" Izuku asked in surprise as she ran through the forest, using One for All to power her speed. "What made you change your mind?"
"IZU!" She heard a bang from her left, and looked up with worry as Katsuki came hurdling at her with his quirk. "You may have found him first, but I'm taking him over the line!" He shouted and she kicked off the ground with a bang to get away from him. "HEY!"
"SORRY! I'M NOT GUNNA LET THAT HAPPEN!" She shouted back, as she kept running. "Hold on tight, Kouta. I'm not giving you up to anyone else!"
"You haven't changed." The boy said with a huff and she laughed a bit, before she slid to a stop, seeing a wall of ice in front of her. She looked to her right, hearing the crackle and she crouched down and took off from the ground with a bang as more ice came crackling her way from the trees.
"Shouchan!" she shouted in surprise as she saw him come sliding into view, before she landed on a branch. "Geez, were you all waiting for me or something?!"
"Not particularly," Todoroki said as he shot up into the air towards her and she kicked off the tree to get away. "I saw you heading for the cliff, but a boar stopped me. Now hand him over."
"NOT A CHANCE!" She shouted as she landed on the ground before taking off with a boom towards the gate. "Sorry Kouta, but we gotta go through the middle... Hold on tight!" She shouted as she kicked off the ground and began bouncing off the trees to gain speed. She could hear the explosions and ice crackling behind her as the other two tried to catch up. "Right now they're villains to us, Kirishima is still out here too..." she said thoughtfully. "I think they forgot about him, but..." Her eyes widened as she broke out into the clearing in the middle of the forest, and saw Kirishima burst through a rock bear.
"WHAAAAAHAHA! Look at you Deku-chan!" Kirishima shouted with a grin as he saw her holding Kouta. "Leave it to you, to find him! But I'm not gunna let you win!" He shouted before he leaped her way. Izuku slid to a stop on the ground, and saw more rock beasts running their way causing the ground to rumble.
"I have a plan... Don't be scared." Izuku told Kouta over her shoulder and she took off towards the horde of rock beasts.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU REALLY ARE CRAZY!" Kouta shouted as she ran and she looked back over her shoulder. Katsuki and Todoroki were behind her with Kirishima as they watched her run to the beasts, before they took off after her.
"It's a distraction..." She said with a huff, as she looked up at the incoming mountainous monsters. "With my speed I can get around them, and then they'll have to deal with the beasts before chasing me..."
"Wh-what if we get stepped on?!" Kouta asked her as he hugged her tightly.
"We won't, don't worry." Izuku grinned brightly back at him. "I won't let you get hurt, you should know that."
She focused her eyes on the incoming threats and she ground her teeth together as she bumped up her power output of One for All. She could feel her legs burning with the extra power and she looked between the legs of the monsters. The bear had the widest opening for her...
"HOLD ON!" She shouted as she picked up her pace, "Tsunami... RUSH!" She shouted as she kicked off the ground with a loud sonic boom, and shot forwards like a bullet from a gun. She dove through the legs of the monsters, and looked up at them with a glare of her glowing eyes, before she focused back on her objective. She could see the top of the gate over the tree's.
"We're through!" She shouted loudly as she slid across the ground when her feet touched it again, and she looked back to see Ice crackling over the beasts. She heard booms and cracks of rock, and laughed as she turned her head away to keep running towards the gate.
"They're coming!" Kouta shouted as he looked back at the monsters.
"It's okay!" She shouted back as she ran for the edge of the clearing. "we've got thi-"
"IZU!"
"IZUKU!"
"DEKU-CHAAAAAN!"
She looked back in surprise as she saw them coming in hot behind her, and laughed nervously.
"Kouta... I'm going to throw you, alright...?" She said with a smile at the boy. "Don't worry, I'll catch you."
"What...?" Kouta looked at her in surprise, before she pulled him over her shoulder off her back. She saw a look of surprise in his eyes, before she swung him around with all her strength, before throwing him straight up into the air. She could hear him crying out in horror, before she looked at her opponents who looked up in surprise at the boy.
"ARE YOU NUTS?!" She heard Kirishima yell, but she took their shock as an opportunity and shot at them with a bang. She brought her foot up as they looked back at her.
"THANKS FOR LINING UP!" She shouted with a grin, as she swung her leg at their heads. "GALE CRASH!" She shouted as she used a burst of her power, and they were all blown back by the force of her kick. She spun on her left leg, before kicking off the ground into the air. She reached out her arms to Kouta, and caught him in a hug. "SEE?! I told you I'd catch you!" she shouted as she landed on the ground and hugged him close to her chest. He clung to her with shaking arms and she laughed nervously. "Sorry, I shouldn't have done that, you were probably scared!"
"No I wasn't!" He shouted and She looked down at him as she ran through the trees. "... That was fucking stupid... But I guess it was pretty cool..."
"Thanks." Izuku smiled at him as she ran, before she broke through the tree line. She saw the gate, and grinned as the class cried out in surprise. She quickly ran across the line, the other three not far behind her. She laughed happily as Uraraka came running over with Iida and Yaoyorozu.
"THAT WAS CRAZY!" Uraraka shouted in excitement.
"How did you know here he was?!" Yaoyorozu asked curiously as Izuku set Kouta down.
"I see, some victims might be smart enough to take higher ground to see their surroundings, that makes sense!" Iida said with a shout.
"No no, I-" Izuku started as she caught her breath but Kouta interrupted her.
"Do I look like a fucking idiot, to you people?" The boy asked, shocking everyone. "What idiot would hide in an area rampaging with monsters?"
"This little snot..." Kaminari said with a snap as Kirishima walked up with a grin.
"Deku-chan totally outsmarted us!" He said with a laugh, and Izuku blushed a bit as she looked back at her three opponents. "Mind you, these guys were fighting with each other a bit back there." He jerked his thumb at Todoroki and Katsuki.
"I can't believe I lost again..." Todoroki said with a sigh as he shook off some frost.
"What the fuck were those moves?!" Katsuki snapped and Izuku paled a bit.
"W-Well... I was thinking about moves for a while now... and I dunno." Izuku blushed now as the whole class looked at her and she shrugged her shoulders. "I thought I'd try them out...? I think Gale Crash needs a bit of work..." She sighed out as she sat down on the ground with a thunk. "My legs are kinda sore though!" She laughed up at her classmates and Uraraka smiled down at her.
"They were pretty impressive!" Mandelei said wit a grin. "And you're the first one to find Kouta! That's pretty impressive! I hope the rest of you will find that race helpful!"
The rest of the groups took their turns, and Izuku kept her seat on the ground as she rubbed her legs.
"You alright...?" Katsuki asked her as he looked down at her with concern in her eyes as the last group went.
"Yeah, I feel great actually." Izuku smiled back up at him and pulled her gloves off. "My arm is a bit stiff though," She flexed her right arm and let out a sigh. "Sorry about that kick back there... But I really wanted to win!"
"tsk." He clicked his tongue as he crouched down beside her. "... I'll let you have this win for now..." He grumbled out and Izuku blushed a bit and smiled at him.
"thanks," she said happily and he looked over at her with a scowl, before he leaned in and kissed her cheek. "Wha... Kacchan not in class..!" She cried out as she turned red all over. Some of the others snickered at the scene and he glared back at them as the last group came back.
"Wasn't that fun, everybody?!" Pixibob shouted out to the class, and some who had received injuries groaned out at her question. "It looks like Midoriya-chan was the only one to cross the finish line and officially win! But the rest of the groups did rather well!" Izuku looked over at Iid who had managed to win by finding Kouta, and then at Asui who had also managed the same thing. "Let's all head back to campus!"
When the group arrived back at the school, it was particularly late in the evening. They changed back into their uniforms before meeting Mandelei and Pixibob out front of the building with Kouta beside them.
"It's pretty late, you should stick around for the night." Aizawa told the ladies and Pixibob grinned at him.
"That's probably a good idea!" She said happily, "We'll stay in the teachers quarters then!"
"tsk, how fucking boring." Kouta grumbled out and Izuku looked at the boy and smiled.
"Do you wanna say in the dorms with us?" She asked him curiously and the boy looked at her with a pink color to his cheeks.
"Yeah! Come hang out with us for the night!" Ashido said brightly to the boy. "We'll play games and stuff!"
"Is that alright, Eraser?" Mandalei asked Aizawa and the teacher let out a sigh.
"I don't care, what ever the kid wants." The teacher said before walking off. Mandelei knelt in front of Kouta and smiled at him.
"You be nice to them, alright?" She asked Kouta who grumbled out. "Call me if you need to," She patted his head before walking off with Pixibob.
"This will be fun!" Ashido shouted happily as the class walked back to their dorms. Kouta followed along side Izuku, and she looked down at him with a bright smile.
"What do kids even like these days..?" Kaminari asked as they walked. They all changed into their casual clothes, and Izuku stepped into the common room wearing a tank top and shorts. She looked over at the couches as Ashido and Jirou set up a board game Yaoyorozu made.
"This will be fun! Villain trap is great!" Ashido shouted happily and looked at Kouta who was sitting on the couch with his arms crossed.
"Can I play...?" Izuku asked as she walked up and knelt in front of the coffee table.
"Yeah, but Kouta said he didn't want to play." Jirou said with a sigh and Izuku looked over at him.
"I didn't say that!" He shouted as he got off the couch and sat next to Izuku with a grumble. "I said this game was stupid!"
"I like it, it's fun!" Izuku said brightly as she picked the green player piece.
"Oho." Uraraka was watching from behind a couch with Kirishima beside her. "I think I get it now..." She said with a grin.
"Whats that?" Kirishima looked at her and Uraraka smiled at him.
"A budding crush... To bad Izuku's already taken though." Uraraka said in a whisper, before the elevator dinged. "Speaking of the devil..."
"The fuck is going on?" Katsuki asked as he walked into the common room.
"We're playing Villain trap!" Izuku said brightly up at him.
"That sounds fucking stupid." Katsuki snapped and looked at Kouta who was sitting next to her. The others swore they heard something snap as the two boys made eye contact and glared at each other.
"Hey hey, whose room do you want to sleep in?" Ashido asked as the board game started. She looked at Kouta with a bright smile.
"I don't care," Kouta grumbled out.
"Maybe you should stay with Izuchan?" Uraraka asked as she sat on the couch. The boy looked up at her with bright pink cheeks. "You know her best right? Wouldn't you be more comfortable?"
"NO WAY!" Katsuki snapped from his chair in anger.
"I'm okay with that." Izuku smiled brightly down at Kouta. "I'm pretty small so there's lots of room on my bed!"
"And there's lots of All Might stuff in there!" Ashido said happily and the boy grumbled out in annoyance as he took his turn on the board game.
"I don't give a crap about All Might..." He said as he moved his piece.
"Then whose your favourite hero?" Uraraka asked with a grin, and looked over at Katsuki who looked like he was about to blow everything up.
"... They're not a hero yet." Kouta said with a grumble, "But when they are, I'm gunna cheer for them..."
"Oho?!" Uraraka laughed a bit as Izuku went next with her turn and she saw the small boy blushing still.
"That's right, you never liked heroes." Izuku said with a smile and looked down at the boy. "But you said you were going to aim for being a hero now, what changed your mind?"
"... The person I like..." he said with a huff and kept his gaze away from her as she smiled brightly down at him. The rest of the group all looked at him with warm smiles as he kept his eyes averted while Katsuki got up with a grunt and headed for the kitchen.
When it got late, Izuku took Kouta up to her room for the night, and smiled as pulled another pillow out from her closet.
"You really have a lot of All Might crap." The boy said as he analyzed the room.
"He's my favourite hero." Izuku said with a smile to him as she put the pillow on her bed. "He's the reason I want to be the greatest hero... He's taught me a lot." She looked over at Kouta as he got up on the bed in a huff. "So what school do you want to go to for hero training...?" She asked as she sat on the bed and took her arm band off. She had taken to wearing one to help support her elbow, and she stretched it out a bit.
"Yuuei..." The boy grumbled and looked over at her. "... Those scars... Are they from the camp..?"
Izuku looked back over at Kouta, and saw he was staring at her arms. She saw him frowning and she looked down at her arms. "Yeah," She said with a smile, before looking back at him as he looked up at her. "But, don't worry. My arm is my own fault." she told him as she turned off the light and puled the blankets up over them as they lay down. "Being a hero has it's dangers... But these scars are worth it, because you're still alive." She turned her head to look at the small boy, smiling warmly still. "I got your letter when I was in the hospital," She looked up at the ceiling now, "It made me really happy to know you were okay,"
"You're an idiot..." The boy grumbled out and she felt him roll over. She looked over to see he was facing away from her and she let out a small laugh.
"Yeah, I am." She closed her eyes and let out a sigh. "Well, good night." She said with a yawn, before falling asleep.
The next morning, she woke up early and put on her uniform. She headed down stairs with Kouta to eat breakfast, before the whole class left for class, and to see him off at the gates.
"Kouta! Did you have fun?!" Mandelei asked happily as he walked next to Izuku.
"Tsk, who would have fun with these morons?" He asked in anger.
"I'll take that as a yes!" Mandelei said with a grin and the whole class looked at her like she was crazy. "Now say thank you to everyone, and let's head home!"
"Tsk..." The boy clicked his tongue again and looked at the class. "Thanks... I guess." He said in a grumble, before looking up at Izuku. "Hey..." He waved a hand at her and she blinked in confusion before she crouched down to his level. "I never got to say thank you properly for saving me that day at the camp..."
"Oh," Izuku was surprised by that, and smiled at him warmly.
"... So..." He looked away from her, his eyes glaring over at Katsuki who was standing behind her. "I guess I'll say thanks.." He looked back at her as she looked at him with confusion, before he grabbed her by her neck tie and yanked on it. Her eyes widened as the boy leaned in and kissed her on the lips, before letting go and walking away. She fell back on her bottom in surprise.
"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! YOU THINK YOU'RE AN ADULT?!" Katsuki snapped in anger, about to attack the boy but Kirishima and Iida held him back.
"No, but I will be soon." The boy looked back at the class, a serious look on his face. "And I'll top each one of your morons as a hero." He looked at Izuku who was red all over, and in a bit of shock. "Thanks for saving me, but one day I'll return the favor!"
"Wha... K-Kouta what the...?!" Mandelei was shocked as Pixibob looked on, fighting back fits of laughter.
"And when I'm a strong hero, I'll find you." Kouta pointed his finger at Izuku as she regained her senses a bit and looked at him in surprise. "And I'll make you my wife." the boy turned away from the class and walked off out of the gates.
"WHAAAAAAAAT?! GET BACK HERE AND SAY THAT!" Katsuki shouted in anger, his palms exploding.
"... Izuku," Todoroki stepped up next to the green haired girl as they watched the Pussycats leave. "... You seem to be charming people left right and center."
"Wha..." Izuku looked up at Todoroki in shock.
"What a straightforward challenge... HOW MANLY!" Kirishima shouted with a laugh.
"FUCKING BRAAAAAAAT!" Katsuki shouted in anger, and the class burst out laughing, before heading off to class.