*Midoriya's P.O.V*
"*Pop, ow..." I muttered as I slowly made my way to class. My body feels as stiff as a wall, it's not as bad as yesterday, and after a long ice bath it helped ease the pain... but still *Pop, ow... this is gonna suck. Once inside I was swarmed by literally everyone.
"Dude, your battle was amazing!" Sero said patting me on the back.
"Ow!" I yelped as he retracted his hand back instantly.
"Oh, right sorry." Sero apologized.
"Don't worry about it." I muttered.
"Still, how did you do it?" Kirishima asked, "I watched the replays but it still boggles my mind how you beat a teacher, beat All Might all by yourself."
"I didn't." I said, "He kicked my a, I got a few good hits in sure, but I didn't win. I got bailed out by a glitch in the system. Which means I didn't deserve to pass, at all."
"Oh bulls*t." Bakugou yelled, walking up to me, "You got lucky, sure. But that doesn't change the fact that you were a second too late from beating All Might, happenstane or not." He said tapping my forehead, "That shows that not only you can take a punch from the Symbol of F*king Peace, but dish out as much punishment."
The whole class was stunned, but I smiled, "Thanks Bakugou."
"Don't thank me, this means that I'll have to go even harder against you, so that I can beat All Might." Bakugou said a smirk.
"Heh... well one of those things is right." I smirked back.
"Oh, that reminds me, Midoriya?" Uraraka asked as I looked at her, "Where did you come up with those move names?"
"O-Oh... uh."
Then Mr. Aizawa barged into class, "Once the bell rings you should be in your seats." He said.
"Well sorry, tell ya later!" I yelled as I rushed to my seat.
"Morning..." Aizawa greeted as he walked to his podium, "Unfortunately there are a few of you who did not pass your final exams." He said as Kirishima, Sato, Ashido, and Chargedolt winced, "So when it comes to the training camp in the woods... Everyone is going!"
"IT'S A LAST MINUTE TWIST!" All four of them cheered in unison.
"We really get to go to camp?!" Kirishima asked.
"Seriously?!" Ashido asked as well, with tears forming in her eyes.
"Yeah, the good news is that no one bombed the written exams, 4 failed the practical, badly. 2 teams failed the practical exam." Mr. Aizawa said.
He then proceeded to explain the fundamentals of the final exams, how the teachers had to leave one way for us to win, or else we would have had no possible way of passing. They were interested in observing how we would do in under certain, grave, circumstances.
"But didn't you promise the teachers wouldn't be holding back?" Ojiro asked.
All Might certainly didn't feel like he was holding back...
"That was just to keep you on edge. Besides the training camp will help you focus on building your strength." Mr. Aizawa said as he looked at the 4 who failed, "Those who failed needed these lessons the most, we were never going to seperate you." He explained with his trademark grin, "That was just a 'Logical Deception' we used."
... Not that bulls*t again.
The 4 who failed were cheering to themselves while Iida balled his hand into a tight fist and started shaking.
"He tricked us all... I should have expected this." He muttered as he shot back up, "Mr. Aizawa this is the second time you lied to us! Aren't you afraid we'll lose faith in you!" Iida asked.
... Not how I would have took it, but sure, we'lll roll with it.
"Uhh... a little blunt there Tenya." Uraraka said.
"That's a good point, I'll consider it..." Mr. Aizawa muttered, "But I wasn't lying to you about everthing." He added as he glared to the 4 who failed, "Failure is failure, we've prepared extra lessons for the 4 of you." He said as the excitement they once had left immediately, being replaced with pure dread," Frankly, they'll be tougher than what you would face during summer school." Aizawa stated.
After that explanation classes went on like normal, once classes were out for the day we all gathered to discuss the training camp.
"This is gonna be great! I'm so glad we all get to go together." Ojiro commented.
Iida opened up the booklet we all have been given, "Seems like we'll be at the camp a whole week."
"Guess I need a bigger suitcase." I muttered.
"Guys! Since we're off tomorrow and we finished exams I have the best idea! Why doesn't Class 1-A go shopping together?!" Hagakure asked sounding waaaay too excited about this.
"Hey yeah! We've never hung out as a class before." Chargedolt commented, as Uraraka nodded in agreement.
"Bakugou, see you there right?" Kirishima asked.
"I can't think of anything more annoying..." Bakugou muttered.
"What about you Midoriya?" Uraraka asked.
"Hmm? Well... sure, I need some stuff anyway." I said as she cheered.
"Sweet!"
Soon we all left the classroom, Iida and Uraraka said we should together, but I told them I needed to get a check up for my arms.
"Oh, well that's fine, we'll wait for you." Uraraka said.
"You don't have to you know." I said.
"Oh don't worry about it, see you in a bit k?" She asked.
I nodded and headed off to the Support Room, I knocked on the metal door and it swung open revealing both Power Loader and Hatsume.
"Oh Midoriya, you're here for the check up?" Hatsume asked.
"Yeah, this would be the last day before summer and the training camp, so might as well." I said.
"Yes, so here sit on the table." Hatsume said before pausing, "Oh that reminds me... here." She said handing me my instructions for my costume, they appeared to be updated. "Your changes have been approved, including these." She said as she pointed to my gloves... they have holes on the palms, "I did that on my own, assuming you wanted to use them while flying." She explained.
"You beat me to it then." I said with a nod, "Thanks for looking out."
"Welcome, now sit down and I'll run some checks on the arms." She said removing my arms, as she and Power Loader started to inspect them.
"Hmm... did All Might hit or grab then in anyway during your battle?" Power Loader asked.
"He grabbed the wrist, and I used them to block a punch." I explained.
"Hmm... I see, well they don't appear to be damages, the paint is a little scuffed, but that's easily fixed." Hatsume said with a proud tone. "Lets see... joints, normal. The palm opening opens fluidly... dadada... yeah everything seems to be in working order." She said handing them back, "If they can take blows from All Might, then there shouldn't be much problem out on the field." She said as she picked up a tub of black paint and reapplied the pain to the scuffed area, "There, good as new pretty much." She said as she reattached the arms. "Alright, you are clear to go."
"Alright, thanks Hatsume, Mr. Power Loader." I said.
"Don't mention it." Power Loader said.
"Tell your friends!" Hatsume yelled.
I headed back down the steps to the front door, as promised both Uraraka and Iida were waiting for me.
"So, how did it go?" Uraraka asked as we were walking towards the station.
"Oh, everything is fine, even with the battle with All Might." I explained.
"Those must be durable arms if they took blows from All Might and are still functioning like nothing happened." Iida commented.
"Yeah, and it feels like a normal arm, and it fits my costume so that's a bonus." I said.
"I see... oh and that reminds me." She said as she looked at me with a smirk, "You're not getting out of it this time, how did you come up with those names for your moves?" Uraraka asked.
... S*t she remembered... well there's no turning back now.
"I got them from anime, and video games." I said as I turned away.
"I KNEW IT!" Uraraka exclaimed, "I recognized those names fron anywhere!"
As we were walking Uraraka started naming the references of my moves, from the obvious ones like Hurricane Kick and Fire Dragon's Breath, to the more obscure ones like Soaring Tempest and Star Punch.
"You know where Soaring Tempest is from?" I asked, now that one shocked me.
"Of course, it's from the best RPG out there!" She exclaimed... then Iida stepped in.
"What's 'Soaring Tempest'...?" He asked.
... No way.
"Have you never played that game Iida?" I asked.
"...No, I haven't." He said.
"That cannot stand!" Uraraka exclaimed as we reached the train station, "Fine... you're off the hook for now, but don't you think we aren't going to fix the fact that you haven't played the work of art that i- And he's gone..." Uraraka muttered with a huff, "Can you believe him?" She asked.
"No, I can't believe him... saying you haven't play it... is like saying you've never eaten Katsudon!"
"Exactly! Well... almost like that, yeah!" She said as she stared at me, "When we go to the shopping trip, we are going to find... every game store to find a copy, I won't rest, until that injustice has been... justiced!" She exclaimed.
I gave her a round of applause for that speech, "Truer words have never been spoken." I said, "Alright, well we shall execute Plan: 'Alpha Niner Delta!'"
"Yeah... but we gotta work on the name." Uraraka said.
"... Fine, anyway my train in here, see ya tomorrow." I said.
"See ya!" She said with a chipper smile.
As I was riding the train, something felt... weird? Like a tingling sensation formed in my chest, and my heart's racing... was that fight with All Might still impacting me? I don't remember getting punched in the chest... I would have remembered getting punched in the chest. It's probably nothing, just a passing feeling. Still... it'll probably be a bad idea to just ignore this feeling? Who knows if it's some deadly disease or something? I should ask All Might when I get home... assuming he'll actually know what it is.
I made it home, and on the door was a sticky note, 'Young Midoriya, I will be out on a teachers meeting up till late at night, not my decision, it's just how it is, I left all the facilities open, just don't destory the house while I'm gone, -All Might.' Well so much for asking him... haah, at least I could get some training in.
After a few hours of training and honing my attacks I took a quick shower and went to my room. Hmm, school is out for a while... but maybe I should study? I would like to defend my #1 test taker status from Iida and Yaoyorozu... nah, I should be fine to take it wasy for a while.
As I was laying in bed, I couldn't help but wonder, wonder about how my life would be like if I didn't get brought into U.A. by All Might. Well lets see; I would be in Quirk Jail, I wouldn't have gotten One for All from All Might, I probably would have broken out eventually and probably stayed as a villain, then All Might would have probably came after me, how ironic would that have been, but worst of all I wouldn't have met everyone, Iida, Todoroki, Aizawa, Uraraka-
Wait... there's that feeling again. All I did was mention Uraraka's name, and why's my face warm? Do I have a fever? No... a fever would be more miserable, this... feels kinda nice. Gah! What is this feeling? Well... it shouldn't matter, I'll ask Iida or Uraraka tomorrow. I'm sure they'll have the answer.
*The Next Day*
We all met at the Kiyashi Mall Complex, and everyone wanted different things. However I was here for mainly one thing.
"Hey Iida." I said as he looked at me.
"Yes? What is it Midoriya?" He asked.
"I need advice." I said as he nodded, urging me to continue, "Well... when ever I say Uraraka's name, and more so yesterday when we were walking to the train together talking about games and anime, I feel... weird? Like my chest tingles, the world feels like it disappeared, and my heart beats faster. I don't remember getting hit in the chest during my match with All Might... and the same feeling happened last night as well. I have no idea what this is." I explained.
He placed his hand on his chin in thought, "Well, Midoriya, you just described what many people will call, a Crush." He said.
"You have a crush?!" Ashido and Hagakure exclaimed which got everyone and I mean everyone's attention.
"Woah, Midoriya! You actually have feelings?!" Sero asked in a joking manner.
"Yeah, who would have guess, ribbit." Asui commented.
But I stared at them blankly, "A... Crush?" I asked.
Everyone stared at me and laughed, "Hahah, good one Midoriya." Kirishima said... but I was still confused.
"Oh my god, he's deadly serious." Ashido said.
"How do you not know what a crush is?!" Hagakure asked.
"I don't know? I just don't." I said.
Everyone started talking amongst themselves... ignoring the fact that I still have no f*king idea what a 'Crush' is. Wait... I have an idea, Uraraka. She'll tell me right? I walked over to her.
"Hey Uraraka."
"Yeah Midoriya?" She asked sounding a tad bit nervous.
"Do you know what a crush is?" I asked.
Now she looked completely shocked, "Y-You can't be serious right?" She asked.
"... Should I not be serious?"
"N-No... um, well. A crush i-is when you have romantic feelings towards someone. U-Um... wh-whenever you see them, it feels as if the entire world disappears leaving the two of you. Y-Your chest is constantly pounding, t-they're always on your mind, and y-you want to be with them forever." She stuttered, "S-So that's a crush."
So it's true... I do have a 'Crush' on Uraraka.
"Oh, well then I do have a 'Crush." I said as she stared at me wide eyed.
"H-Huh?"
"Thanks for the explanation it helped a lot." I said... but she was still shocked, "Uraraka?" I asked waving a hand in front of her eyes... and nothing, "Was it something I said?"
*Uraraka's P.O.V*
Midoriya has a crush. Midoriya has a crush. Midoriya has a crush.
My mind was going into manual overdrive, as I remembered that phrase Aoyama muttered.
"Do you... like him?"
The sentence alone shocked me enough to let go of the bar. No. No no, why am I worrying, I don't like him, no not at all. Just because he's here for his mother, and he's super inspirational, and he's kinda funny, and he's brave, and used the name I made for him without even listening to everyone else's ideas, and... yeah, of course not, I don't have a crush on him, he's my friend who also has a crush on someone else, I should be happy, supportive!
"Uraraka snap out of it!" A voice yelled as I felt my whole body violently shake.
"H-Huh?"
"Oh thank god... I thought you fainted standing up." He said with a relieved smile... my god that smile.
"O-Oh... yeah I'm fine." I muttered.
"Great, so ready to go? We still need to accomplish Plan: Alpha Niner Delta." He said extending his arm.
"U-Uh, sorry Midoriya, I-I need to do something! I'll see you later!" I stuttered speeding away.
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"Gah! Idiot!" I yelled at myself, garnering looks from the other patrons... but I couldn't care less, "You ran away from him, what were you thinking?!" I yelled, then shook my head roughly, "Alright, you can do this, all you have to do is find Midoriya and apologize, say that there was... a flash sale. Yeah, yeah! That's believeable enough... but wouldn't lying be a bad thing in this situation...?" I asked as I looked around, there was a flash sale on duffle bags, "Alright, I'll buy one then go find Midoriya and apologize, that way I won't be lying! The perfectly cunning plan!" I exclaimed as I headed into the store.
Flash sale was right, I not only bought a duffle bag, but a flashlight, a thermose, and even a sleeping bag, and it only costed 2,500 Yen... there is no way they're making money off of this... not that I will complain. Anyway phase 2 is underway, find Midoriya and apologize for running off and abandoning him to wander the mall alone. Shouldn't be too hard to find him, I mean come on, who else has green hair that messy in this world?
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Okay this was way harder than I thought, where is h- Oh there he is. Wait... who is that? A man with a hoodie was sitting with Midoriya with his hand around his neck... and Midoriya looks uncomfortable.
"Midoriya?" I asked as both the man and Midoriya looked at me.
The conversation fell silent and the atmosphere tensed to a grave degree.
"Is... that a friend? No, no that can't be right." I muttered as the hooded man looked towards me with malice and insanity in his eyes, "H-Hey, l-let go of him." I stuttered scared of this man's gaze.
"T-This is nothing everything is fine! Stay back! No closer!" Midoriya yelled until the hooded man let go and raised his arms.
"Oh are you a friend? I didn't know." He said as Midoriya was violently coughing, "Sorry about that..."
The man then stood up and began to walk away, once he was a few feet away I rushed towards Midoriya, "Are you alright?"
"Hey... Shigaraki." Midoriya growled, wait... that's the guy from USJ? "What is your sensei, All for One after?" He asked.
Wait... All for One? Who is that?
"Who knows...? But more importantly you should be more careful." Shigaraki said but still facing away from us, "The next time we meet will likely be when I have decided to kill you." He muttered before walking away.
We reported Shigaraki's appearance to the police. The mall got closed early so the police can investigate without any interruption. We were told to wait here until the police finished investigating the area for questioning. We were standing there for a few minutes.
"It's... taking a while right Mi-" I said... but he's gone. Where did he- Oh there he is, he was sitting with a kid.
I headed over to Midoriya, "... Yeah, they're really nice peopl- Oh here's one now." Midoriya said pointing towards me, "This is Connor, he lost his mom and felt all alone." He said.
"Hi, my name is-"
"You're Ochako Uraraka, you were so cool during the sports festival!" He exclaimed brimming with excitement.
"Well... I-"
"I know right? Did you see the moment where she tossed the tape guy out of bounds using his own tape?" Midoriya asked.
"Yeah! That was soo cool!" He exclaimed as lasers shot out of his eyes, thankfully they missed, "O-Oh... sorry." He muttered.
"His Quirk is Lasers, if he widens his eyes all the way he fires off a laser, he says it's dangerous." He said before giving him a thumbs up, "But I think it's cool, you just gotta learn to control it." He said, then he got an idea, "Do you know where you want to go to High School?" Midoriya asked.
"I wanna go to U.A... but, my mom thinks it's dangerous with all the villain stuff." Connor muttered.
"Well, she's not wrong."
"Midoriya!"
"But that's because, U.A. does a great job at training students to become awesome heroes." He said with a smile, "There are dangers out there, that's the world we live in. However, there are people who are willing to do whatever it takes to make it a better world for the next generation, like Me, and Uraraka, and those guys over there." Midoriya pointed towards our classmates, "Sure, U.A. is be dangerous, but the world won't be less dangerous if you don't do anything about it. And besides I'm sure you'd be an awesome super hero." Midoriya said, "Not as cool as me, but cool."
"What?!" Connor asked, "I will be cooler than you!"
"Then go to U.A. and become cooler than me, I'll be waiting for that day to come." He said as he looked around, "In the mean time, want to hang out with us? We can keep you company until your mom comes." Midoriya said extending his gloved hand.
"Yeah!" He yelled as he took his hands out of his pocket... wait, is that?
"You have prosthetics?" Midoriya asked.
"Y-Yeah... I had an accident with my Quirk... I couldn't control it and it... yeah." He muttered.
Midoriya looked at him, then took off both his gloves, "You and me both kid."
Connor was silent, "I got these in a fight while protecting my friends." He said patting Connor's head, "Look, there are something you can control, and there are somethings that are accidents." Midoriya said as he balled his hand into a fist, "There are accidents and choices I wish I could take back... but we can't, so sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches and move forward." He said taking Connor's hand, "Now come on, I'm sure the others would love to talk to you." Midoriya said as he and Connor headed towards the group.
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Okay... I admit it now, I like Midoriya.
Soon the police brought Connor's mother to him, and they left after saying a few goodbyes. A few minutes after we were all questioned by the police, and soon all of us were allowed to go home... except Midoriya, he was asked to go to the police station for further questioning. Makes sense considering that Midoriya was the one who talked with Shigaraki before he walked away.
But still... who was All for One? Was he the true mastermind behind the League of Villains? It has to be, Midoriya said All for One was Shigaraki's Sensei. Still... I can't ask him about it now, and even if I did I'm sure it's classified information that I was not supposed to hear, so even if I did ask I'm sure he wouldn't tell me for my safety.
Anyway... at least no one got hurt, so that's great! I'm sure that whatever Midoriya says will help the police find him... I hope. Ugh, anyway worrying about this isn't going to help me pack my stuff for the trip. Besides I was invited to go to swim with the girls tomorrow. So I need to find my U.A. swimsuit.
We have a week to recupirate before the Training Camp in the Woods. I should rest up for then.
End of Chapter