The Man of Steel
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Slightly OOC Izuku. Superman Izuku. OP Izuku.
(A/N: Unlike last chapter, I actually do have something to say. Thank you all who supported towards getting this story over 100 favorites and follows each. Especially a big thanks to reviewers, encouraging me and also pointing out my errors. I hope you continue to do so for the rest of the story. Now, let us move on with reviews!)
Freakofnature65: Yeah, Bakugou is a villain now. Never really seen a Villain Katsuki AU yet, and decided to make this story one. However, he is not Lex Luthor. He may be a good tactician, but I don't see him going around running a multi-billion dollar empire anytime soon. Katsuki is more a Joker-esque character now, driven to win, like how the Joker wants to let people in on a sick joke.
MODdenial: If you didn't, then I would be surprised.
bestwritereverlolz: yeh mang, Bakugou killen his ma, lol.
Harcasekara: Yeah. I couldn't really make Katsuki a Lex Luthor kind of character. He lacks the suave, elegance, and intellect to be one. So, I took inspiration from the Joker instead. It explains the maniacal behavior.
Guest: Heck yeah. I love over the top stuff. Also, yes. Did I not say he was going to be super buff after that pep-talk? Wait, I didn't? Ah schiesse. Nevermind. He's going to be super buff from now on, guaranteed. Only Bakugou can harm him from that PTSD he suffers, but now he'll take more hits, and not be a cocky son-of-a-bitch.
Arthr1tis: A total coincidence (or a koinkeydink, I say) on my part. I haven't even thought about how similar Katsuki sounded to Leon when writing the scenes. Now tell me, is that a bad thing?
Ruberformfree: Izuku will kill if he has to. If it's to keep humanity safe, he'll do it. (This mentality doesn't apply to everything, but does apply when it comes to murder, but don't worry, most villains get the death penalty anyway, so Izuku's possible kills are simply just executions with extreme resistance from the executionee. He will attempt incapacitation first, too.)
Well, that seems to be everything, and I took y'alls time for long enough. Onto the story!
Chapter VI: The Unforeseen Not-Simulation Joint (Part I)
7:51 AM, April 8th, 2350, Yuuei Academy's Wall, Musutafu, Japan
"That's quite odd. I don't remember a wall being here." Izuku thought, confused, as a gigantic solid steel wall encompassing the entire perimeter of Yuuei just appeared out of thin air for some reason. "Maybe it was because of all those recent villain attacks spiking in the area... who knows? I sure don't." Izuku shrugged, and walked up to the gate in the wall, which promptly closed, flashing red. "Access denied. Insert Yuuei Staff or Student Identification to proceed." An automated voice responded to Izuku's movements. "Oh, ok." Izuku dug in his pocket for his card, as he absent-mindedly walked up to a card scanner. He quickly flipped the card over to the back after finding it, and scanned a barcode he predicted would be there on the back. The gate light flashed green, as the gate opened again. "Greetings, Izuku Midoriya. Welcome to Yuuei High. You have 10 seconds to move through this access point before it closes. Have a nice day." A timer went down, as Izuku was already past the gate. He pushed onward to Yuuei, relatively unperturbed.
The green-haired Kryptonian reached the front door, as he moved inside to a rather loud clapping noise, as he saw his entire class (especially Kendo clapping with her massive hands) and the staff looking right at him. Tsuyu hopped through the crowd, and gave a small wave. "Hello Izuku, kero. We saw what you did on the first of April, and we wanted to congratulate you on it, kero. We just wasn't sure if you appreciated the applause, but someone convinced us to do it, kero." She pointed back to a blushing Momo, giving a small wave towards Izuku. The green-haired Kryptonian beamed at the simple gesture. "Thanks, everyone. But let's focus on our education more than what I did to save people." The staff nodded, admiring the young boy's wisdom, while Iida praised Izuku for his tidbit of wisdom. Izuku laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his head with his hand. The rest of the class pulled a robotically-moving Iida away, hoping to spare Izuku from the praise.
The entire class filed into their classroom, bothering a sleeping Aizawa behind the podium. He snorted rapidly, as his blood shot eyes shot open, and he stood erect. He looked around, surprised only to find his students staring at him rather confused. Aizawa quickly mellowed out into an annoyed stare. "Oh. Well, now that we are all here, we need to do something idiotic, but important. We must pick a class president and vice president." The entire class gasped, as Izuku faced forward, waiting for the Pro Hero to finish his statements.
"I don't give a single care in the world as to how you pick them. A lottery? Sure. A battle 'till the death? Why the heck not? But make it short." Iida immediately ran up to the front of the classroom, a small trail of dust kicking up behind his legs. "Everyone! We must vote democratically! All of our modern election systems are based off of the democratic vote, and this is no different! Ms. Yaoyorozu, make a small cardboard box with a hole in the top!" Iida yelled to a half-annoyed Momo. She sighed, and created a cardboard box in one hand, and a stack of index cards in the other. Iida gave a small nod as to thank her, and began to hand everyone a card. "It's simple! Just vote for whoever you feel is the most responsible candidate for the office! Remember, two votes per person! One for the president, one for the vice-president!"
After a few minutes of writing and counting results...
The chalkboard displayed the number of votes each person got on the y-axis, and a bar was drawn for each candidate. The candidates initials were written in on the bottom of each bar, to signify who's votes are who. For president, the winner won in a landslide victory, as they had a rather high box with approximately ten votes was attributed to them. The initials read 'I.M.' standing for 'Izuku Midoriya'.
For vice president, a closer tie was there. Winning by approximately four votes (with the runner up having three), a person with the initials 'M.Y.' won, standing for 'Momo Yaoyorozu'. Iida got up, and presented the presidential vote.
"Winning in a near landslide victory, our president of 1-A shall be... IZUKU MIDORIYA!" The glass-wearing boy extended an arm at the Kryptonian, earning him a look of honest confusion. "Wait, I won? You serious?" Izuku was beckoned to the front, where he read the second election result. Iida promptly sat back down, giving Izuku the stage. He gulped rather loudly, as he was a bit awkward on stage when he wasn't in the right mood. "Ah... in the vice president election, there was... uh... a rather close win. My vice-president for 1-A will be... uh... Momo Yaoyorozu." The classed looked backwards to the beaming onyx-eyed girl, who rushed up the front. Izuku decided to say some last words before he left the podium.
"As your president, and Ms. Yaoyorozu as your vice president, we will be sure to keep you well informed in events going on, dead lines for work, dates for a test or study sessions, and we will protect you from harm. Even if I get sent to the hospital for it." Momo nodded, as the class clapped rather loudly at Izuku's mini-speech. Aizawa then wiped his face with his hand, muttering "Finally..."
"Now that's all settled with, it's time to move on to other things. To help utilize the full power of your quirks, you will all be taken to somewhere where you can learn the rescuing potential of your special abilities. You will be taken to the USJ!" Aizawa half-yelled, somewhat excited to be somewhere else. Izuku nodded, and the rest of the class gasped.
8:09 AM, April 8th, 2350, Musutafu, Japan
A bruised Mt. Lady fell backwards, tumbling at the punch she just received. "This guy is extremely annoying!" Mt. Lady mentally screamed in anger. She tried growing again, but she couldn't get much larger than seven feet. She was too tired. Kamui Woods wasn't fairing too much better either. His wood is being broken through quite effortlessly by the villain.
"Stay back heroes! This family is gonna get it!" yelled the villain, putting more pressure onto the family he holds in his right arm, the small girl crying louder, only making Mt. Lady grit her teeth in frustration. But then, a miracle happened.
"MISSOURIIII SMAAASHH!" yelled All Might, smashing his entire weight into the back of this villain, knocking him out cold. He rushed to save the family, succeeding in his efforts, and quickly put them down, earning him a quick 'thank you' as they ran away from the area. Mt. Lady and Kamui Woods sighed relieved at the same time. "Hey Mt. Lady?" asked Kamui Woods, as she shrank back to her original size. "Yes, Kamui?"
"Want to get some coffee?" asked the wood-based hero. She simply nodded, and they headed in the direction of the nearest coffee shop. All Might stood there, snickering at the two who were walking away.
"Hah. That kid always did like Mt. Lady. Now, back to business." He prepared to jump, but felt his heart burning. He gritted in pain, and forced himself to stay up. "Goddamnit. At this rate, I'll lose the quirk within the next year! I have to talk to Midoriya!" All Might jumped away, the burning in his chest growing more powerful with every second.
8:11 AM, April 8th, 2350, Yuuei Highschool, Musutafu, Japan
The mass of 1-A students moved outside, to find a bus. Izuku clapped his hands to gain the class's attention. "Ok, we are going to onload to the bus. Please organize yourselves into a single file line. There is no order you have to be in." The class immediately stood parallel to the bus, forming a line moving towards the back. Izuku quickly moved to the back of the line, while Momo got behind him. "At least you're competent, Superman." Aizawa said, before he pushed himself onto the bus first, while the rest moved in after him, like it was queue at an attraction, one by one. Someone then tapped his shoulder from behind. "The only person behind me is Momo, so it must be her." Izuku deduced, quickly turning his head Momo. "Hey, Izuku. When is the last time we've had a decent conversation about something?" She asked.
Izuku shrugged. "Not sure. Probably a while ago. Or, if you define 'decent conversation' as talking about a topic that is not related to someone or something emotionally, then I'd say the last time is right now, as this is a decent conversation." Momo nodded.
"What I mean by decent conversation is a conversation not hindered by sadness or anger or some other emotion. Just two friends talking about something, Izuku." He nodded. The last time they had one of those were too long ago. Time to make good on their friendship.
"Uh.. president? Are you coming?" asked a pink-skinned girl with horns. "Oh yeah. Right. I'll be right behind you. Momo, go on ahead. I'll see you at the USJ. I just want to fly for a bit." Momo nodded, and boarded the bus, saving a seat for the boy for the ride back.
Izuku levitated, as pebbles began to do so as well, he quickly caught up with the bus, doing a quick wave before moving faster and breaking the sound barrier, leaving a trail behind the boy as he rocketed away.
Izuku casually flew over the city, hoping to clear his mind. The entire school year so far has been jarring. Bakugou gets expelled, and we get no notice back from him as to what his condition is. Even Bakugou's mother didn't call his anymore. "Something's up. Ms. Bakugou is always so nice and willing to talk to my mother. What happened to her?" Izuku shrugged it off. She may just be having a bad week. Izuku paused mid-air, and felt a presence approaching from below him. It looked like a blur to most human eyes, but Izuku was no normal human. He saw All Might, going right at him. "MIDORIYA! CATCH ME!" All Might yelled. Izuku blinked, and immediately caught the man who decided to do that.
"Toshinori? Why did you do that for? I get you're almost invincible, falling is like a pinprick to you, but why did you-" All Might shushed him. "Midoriya. Get me to a rooftop before I time out, why don't you? Falling when I'm in my true form is more than fatal from this height." he asked, nicely as possible before blood started pouring out of his mouth. Izuku complied, and glided to a skyscraper. All Might let himself go, and in a puff of smoke, showed a scrawny, boney Toshinori. He sighed in relief and looked at Izuku, his eyes pleading for him not to leave. "Toshinori. What is it that you need me for? I promised to be at the USJ, and at this time, they're probably more than half-way there." Toshinori stood up, his hair blowing in the breeze. "Midoriya. I need to talk to you about my quirk, the history behind it, and why I chose you to be my successor." Izuku's eyes widened. When he was growing up, he was the biggest All Might fan, but now... hearing him say that made him relapse. He needed to find that debut video later.
"You see Midoriya, my quirk is One for All. It has two main features. I can store chemical energy, and release it as kinetic energy, allowing me to fuel my punches, and my speed. The second trait is the ability to pass this quirk on to another human being. It all started long ago, with a villain named All for One. His quirk was the ability to take other people's quirks, and to gift his own quirks to other people. His younger brother was quirkless, so All for One gave him an energy-stockpiling quirk. But unbeknownst to All for One, his brother did have a quirk. The quirk to pass on other quirks. That energy-stockpiling quirk mixed together with that transfer quirk, and One for All was born. His goal was to destroy All for One, and it is my goal too. Only I failed like the last seven users. That's why I needed you. You have the heart of a hero, Midoriya. You're worthy of this power. Do you accept it?"
Izuku took all this data in, and nodded through it all. But internally, he was squealing in joy, confusion and excitement. "OH MY GOD! ALL MIGHT CHOSE ME TO BE HIS SUCCESSOR! I'M GOING TO BE A SYMBOL OF PEACE AND..." Midoriya stopped himself. He was the Symbol of Hope, not of Peace. He couldn't take this power. It would muddle his life goal. Bring hope to the world.
Midoriya stared Toshinori in the eyes, and said one word. "No." Toshinori was confused as all hell. "Midoriya! You don't accept this power? I get that you are already powerful enough to stop that beast when I couldn't, but you still could use this to your advent-" Izuku shushed All Might, ignoring all rules when it came to respect at this point. "Toshinori. I became a hero not to become the Symbol of Peace, to follow in someone's footsteps. I became a hero to forge my own destiny, as the Symbol of Hope. You saw that symbol I wore on my costume? That's the Symbol of Hope that my family stands for. We bring hope. So, please. Do not beg me to reconsider. But I do know someone who'd make a worthy successor."
Toshinori listened to Izuku reason, and it clicked in his mind. "That boy is wiser than I thought. To be a hero is to forge your own path in the dirt, not follow the traditional paths people take for ease." Toshinori smiled, and decided to go with Izuku's plan. "So tell me... who besides you is worthy of my power, Midoriya?"
8:17 AM, April 8th, 2350, The USJ, Musutafu, Japan
The bus slowed down to a halt, in front of the massive domed building. Looked like if you cut a disco ball in half, hollowed it out, and grew it to a thousand times it's original size. Mina smushed her face against the window just to get a good look. Hagakure pulled on Mina, hoping she didn't fog up the glass. Unfortunately, she did. Hagakure sighed, as they filed off the bus.
The class, minus Izuku, entered the building and were greeted by a smorgasbord of areas to go through. They currently were in the Central Plaza, connecting to each zone. There was the Ruins Zone, located in the northeast. It simulates a destroyed urban environment, with buildings found in various positions and conditions. The Landslide Zone was located to the east. It simulates sloped terrain with building remains. The Mountain Zone can be found to the south. It simulates a rocky, mountainous area, filled with cliffs. The Conflagration Zone, found to the southwest, simulates a urban environment that is constantly on fire. The Flood Zone was located to the west. This zone simulates a maritime environment. It contains a ship as well as a waterslide. The Downpour Zone was last. Located to the northwest, this zone simulates an urban environment that is constantly hit by heavy rainfall and strong winds.
The class admired all the work that went into building this place, and the probably massive cost used to maintain it. The class was then greeted by the sound of footsteps, as the Space Hero, Thirteen, came to greet them. "Greetings, Class 1-A. Some of you may know me, but for those who don't, I am Thirteen. But the real question is, who are you? A person who uses their quirk to fight, or uses their quirk to save lives? My philosophy is this, children. Your powers are not meant to inflict harm. They are meant to save lives. That's a hero's first and foremost goal. And today, we will help you on said goal."
At that moment, Aizawa stopped. "Something is off. A dark presence is here." Aizawa looked around, only for his suspicions to be correct. A purple mist appeared, with two yellow slits, almost like eyes. Through the middle of this mist, came out a slim man with fourteen hands, and grey-blue hair. Behind him were a swarm of villains, with murderous intent. But what scared him the most was what was left of that slim man. The spiky blond hair, the deranged grin, the costume...
"Katsuki Bakugou..." Aizawa said, knowing he full well strayed from the light and took the dark path. Katsuki grinned madly at hearing his name, and shuffled lowly, hunched like he was in pain. That slim man stopped after everyone was out of the portal. The class was mortified, and Thirteen was assuming a fighting position. "Hello, Yuuei High. I want to find someone. Someone by the name of Superman. He destroyed my Nomu. He needs to pay." said the slim man, rather loudly. The class thought back to that beast Izuku tossed into the sun. "That's HIS?!" The class mentally shrieked. That slim man smiled. "Until Superman shows up, I'll just kill you all instead. LEAUGE! ATTACK THE HEROES AND CHILDREN! I WANT THEM TO BLEED!" Aizawa immediately buckled in for action, as he sprinted towards the villains, while Thirteen ordered the children to move out the way.
A mist soon appeared, revealing a humanoid figure with a suit, and a metal casing. "Don't think you're going anywhere, Thirteen." Thirteen fired off one of their vortices, sucking in the tiling on the ground, and pulling on all the students. The mist simply laughed, and teleported the vortex right in front of Thirteen by sending it through one of his gates. Thirteen was torn in half, and the vortex was immediately canceled. They collapsed onto the ground, incapacitated.
"Now now, children. Let's have a little fun in the different zones? You need to learn a lesson here, anyway. And since you're instructor is wounded, I'll be your new teacher. Call me Kurogiri-sensei." The purple mist enveloped all of the class, as the students were split into each zone, now being swarmed by the League's villain grunts.
"This is going to be a good day," Kurogiri said, disappearing back into his mist.
(A/N: That's Part One done! Next time on Man of Steel, we'll see a re-match between The Time Bomb that is Katsuki Bakugou, and the green-haired Kryptonian that is Izuku Midoriya... Superman.)