Hey everyone and welcome back to chapter 4! Thank you for the feedback on my question about Ochaco. Right now it's decided that she will be in the harem, but I think I'll cut it off there unless I honestly fall in love with another character. HOWEVER! The main ship is still Izu/Mina/Mei. Eventually, I'll dedicate a real fluffy chapter to all of my ships, but don't worry I won't pair everyone off just for the hell of it. Only the ships I honestly like will get put in. (Sidenote: Asui crying was so fucking adorable) I'm really enjoying writing this and the reviews just make me write faster! I really appreciate all of you guys and your support so thank you! Without further ado...enjoy!

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"Welcome to hero training with yours truly...ALL MIGHT! Before we get started I'm sure you're all getting used to U.A.? However, now it is time to really begin your training to be a hero with...A 2v2 battle simulation! Today we are going to have 10 teams of 2 that will be comprised of randomly generated heroes in training! You will fight on this new terrain simulator that will mimic real life battles by creating a virtual, yet physical, terrain for you to fight on!" All Might explained as he looked over the students.

'Young Midoriya where are you?!' All Might thought to himself beginning to get worried.

"Now before we begin I'm sure you all gave your costume designs for costumes correct? Go and change in the locker rooms and meet in the terrain simulator in 20!"

"Yes All Might!" The students echoed back as he flashed a thumbs up. Class 1-A scurried off to find their costumes and put them on, however, one boy was somehow lost on his way to class.

"WHERE THE HECK IS IT!?" Izuku was practically sweating from running at this point. He had been all over the school so far and had yet to find his class. He went back to homeroom and nobody was there. Well, Aizawa was there and Izuku went in to ask, but his teacher just grunted at him and fell back asleep.

'Gonna be honest partner...for someone with your intellect you can make pretty bad decisions when you get flustered…'

"Sadly, I can agree with that!" Izuku said.

'Especially when it comes to one specific girl…' Ddraig said with a whistle at the end.

"W-w-w-what?! What do you mean?!" Izuku said as he slowed his run to catch his breath.

'C'mon partner, you've spent so much time together with her it's obvious you have feelings for-'

"ALL MIGHT!" Izuku telled cutting off Ddraig.

'Exactly way to be hones- WAIT WHAT!?' It finally hit what Izuku just said.

"NO NOT LIKE THAT DDRAIG!" Izuku cried. "THERE'S ALL MIGHT!"

'Oh. OH. Thank god kid…'

"Ddraig we're jumping out the window!"

'Right!

Izuku opened up the window and channeled Ddraigs power through his legs.

"Let's see if Hatsume's device works!" Izuku yelled as he clamped the bracelet on his bicep. It was a silver circle with red and black stripes all over it. Izuku assumed it was some sort of metal that was fused with some sort of stone or gem that could absorb or limit energy. However, when he put it on he felt...awkward. It felt like he was wearing weights all over his body. He shrugged it off and focused on landing.

"Ddraig switch all defensive power to my legs!" As soon as Izuku said this he felt his legs burst with energy, but not nearly with as much as before.

'I don't know how she made this partner, but this bracelet will come in handy. It's regulating our power by limiting it to what you're body can take. If I had to guess to give yourself more power just take some of the red and black stones off of the bracelet. Though I'd leave that to your new girlfriend.'

"Ddraig not helping!" Izuku shot back. He could just imagine his dragon with a grin on right now. Or whatever the equivalent to a grin is for a dragon. However, he shut it out of his mind and focused on his landing.

"Oh crap I'm not changed!" Izuku finally realized as he hit the ground. Dust surrounded him and a large thump shook the ground below him.

"That was a lot louder than I expected…" Izuku muttered to himself with a look of embarassment.

'Well, you did just jump from the third floor.'

Izuku shrugged and began to run towards the locker rooms to change.

"Young Midoriya! Why are you this late to class! A heroes best ally is being punctual!"

"All Might!" Izuku said as he changed course and ran to him. "I was in the basement with the support class. Hatsume and Power Loader gave me this arm band that limits my power."

"Oh! That's great my boy. You should be honored that material is what they use in anti quirk devices for the police and it's pretty hard to get without government connections!"

'Who the hell is Hatsume then!?' Izuku thought to himself.

"Young Midoriya that is an excellent costume!"

"What? I never got dressed in my outfit though?" Izuku said like he was questioning himself.

'I changed your clothes for you.'

"Wha!? When did that happen?!" Izuku said with a startle.

Once he got a good look at himself he had to admit...he looked badass.

Izuku was dressed in the jumpsuit his mom had bought him after seeing his costume design. However, it had changed colors completely and had a few extra designs on it. Izuku was wearing his regular red shoes, but instead of his uniform he now had on black and green pants with a dragon symbol on it that was a shade of dark red. There was a holster on his utility belt along with multiple red grenades. There was also a flask of something, but Izuku didn't know what it was. The top part of his jumpsuit was now black and green and hand a similar pattern to his bottoms. However, instead of being long sleeved it was now short sleeved on Izuku's right arm while long sleeved, but rolled up on his left. He was wearing black and green fighter's gloves.

"T-this is definitely...new." Izuku said looking slightly flustered. The clothes definitely showed off his form which he still wasn't 100% about. (Even though half the population of men in the world would kill to have that body.)

"Woah Deku you look amazing!" A voice popped up from behind him.

"I must agree Midoriya! You look truly fit to be a hero!" Another stern and proper voice followed suit.

"You look hot Midori...it makes me want to see what's under those clothes~" Another more cheerful and flirty voice came also came from behind.

"W-w-w-what do you mean Ashido?" Izuku said as his face almost went dark red. Mina ran up and put her arm around him.

"Relax a little Midori!" Mina said as she ruffled his hair.

"Ashido! This behavior is prohibited during school hours!" Iida reprimanded her as Uraraka just grinned at her three friends. Out of the three she definitely felt like she had the best connection with Izuku. However, it seemed like Mina and Iida also had the same thoughts as well. When Uraraka saw Izuku in his hero costume though, she couldn't lie...her heart skipped a beat. He just looked so...manly and not "Deku" like. She thought that sounded a little mean, but it was the truth. Seeing him look determined and badass was appealing to her just as much as his regular personality.

However, on the opposite side our hero was having trouble containing his blush. Uraraka and Ashido, well, they looked amazing. Izuku thought he was used to it by watching Midnight and Mt. Lady, but right now they looked amazing and Iida looked really cool.

Iida was dressed in all white armor that reminded Izuku of a pro hero, but he couldn't remember at the time. However, Uraraka was in a skin tight suit that showed her curves well. It was black with a giant pink stripe down the middle with giant pink boots as well. She also had a pink helmet on to complete the look. Ashido on the other hand was wearing a white mask that contrasted wonderfully with her beautiful eyes and pink complexion. Her hero costume was blue with purple scattered around it on the torso. Of course it was skin tight and she was wearing boots to match. They both looked amazing. His best friend looked like a badass. And to top it all off his costume was apparently badass as well. Izuku was beginning to calm down until he looked towards Iida, Uraraka, and Ashido who both looked awe struck.

"Uh...guys?" Izuku asked confused until he noticed the light blush on Ashido's face and Uraraka began floating in the air with a bright red face and steam could almost be seen coming off of it.

Iida immediately bowed and Izuku could swear he saw a single tear in his eye.

"Thank you Midoriya! I consider you my best friend as well and I promise to live up to your expectations as a hero in training!" Iida said practically causing a shockwave with his bow.

"I-Izuku your such a charmer!" Mina said as he tried to hide her blush as he punched Izuku in the arm.

Uraraka however, couldn't form words.

"I-I-I-TH-W-H-I-A" Uraraka was stuttering worse than Izuku. That is until it hit Izuku. He had just said that all out loud.

'Damn partner. That was impressive.' Ddraig said with a chuckle.

"I...UH-I-" Izuku tried to stutter out with a straight face.

"ALL RIGHT STUDENTS GATHER UP!"

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All of the students were now in a circle around All Might as he explained again.

"So now...let the drawing commence!"

All Might pulled the curtain off of a giant monitor with a computer attached to it. He typed in a few things and suddenly a list of teams popped up:

Team A: Izuku and Tenya

Team B: Mina and Ochaco

Team C: Kaminari and Jirou

Team D: Bakugou and Kirishima

Team E: Tooru and Ojiro

Team F: Asui and Koda

Team G: Mineta and Shoji

Team H: Momo and Shoto

Team I: Tokoyami and Sato

Team J: Aoyama and Sero

Izuku was looked over to Iida and he flashed a smile while Iida returned a thumbs up. Uraraka and Mina jumped for joy by each other. The rest of the class was happy to see their own pairings, except for a few.

"Alright Bakugou let's knock em dead!" Kirishima yelled.

"We can agree on one thing Hair for Brains!" The pair fist bumped and looked towards the screen.

Bakugou and Izuku noticed the same thing at the same time.

"The first round will be: Team A vs Team D!" All Might bellowed out.

The world seemed to stop around Izuku as he clenched his fists and his heart picked up pace. He turned around to his right as he felt killing intent around him. There was his opponent grinning at him with his fist in his hand. Bakugou mouthed something and then dragged Kirishima off. Izuku didn't have to hear it to know what he said.

'You're dead twerp.'

Izuku was scared. How could he not be? This was his life's antagonist. He had to face his past one way or another. Luckily, his friends picked up on this immediately. Iida didn't know the story, but he placed a hand on Izuku's shoulder.

"Midoriya...I don't know the story between you and Bakugou, but remember we're friends right? So feel free to lean on me if needed!" Iida finished with hand signals as his trademark.

"No Iida…" For a second Iida looked shocked and a little downcast, but then Izuku finished. "We're best friends!"

Iida wiped the surprise off his face and returned Izuku's smile with a grin of his own.

"Well then...let's go win this Midoriya!"

"Right!"

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All Might and the rest of the students moved into a room farther away from the simulation cube.

Both teams stood across from each other each with their own emotion. Anger. Excitement. Anxiety. Determination.

For the first match All Might spun the wheel to find the terrain. The rest of the class was watching from an observatory room through cameras all around the building.

"What will be the first stage?! Let's spin to find out!" All Might said with a laugh.

"To start off we have the….ABANDONED BUILDING!"

"TEAM A AND D ARE YOU READY!? BEGIN!"

Izuku and Iida heard that over the loudspeaker.

"Iida I won't lie. I'm terrified right now. However, this is the first step I have to take in order to get stronger! So let's win this...together!" Izuku said with a fire in his eyes.

"Kacchan will immediately come for me so will you take on Kirishima? I have a plan that will make us win for sure." Izuku looked at Iida with a renewed vigor. "However, you're going to have to hold out for awhile, but don't worry about taking any damage as long as you don't get caught by the capture tape we can win. Of course this goes for me too. However, I think Kacchan is going to go for the knockout rather than the capture. Kirishima will probably follow whatever Bakugou says as well." Izuku explained.

"Alright let's hear the plan!" Iida said with a hand signal.

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"Oi Explodey! How do we want to do this?" Kirishima asked he stretched.

"Hair for Brains...you said Deku has a quirk right?" Bakugou asked his partner.

"Yeah man you've seen it for yourself. It's crazy powerful." Kirishima said emoting while doing so. "But nothing the dream team can't handle."

"I'm going for Deku. Don't come near the fight. I'll show him who to look down upon. Take care of four eyes will ya?"

"You got it boss!" Kirishima said with a fist pump.

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"Got it Iida?" Izuku had just finished explaining.

"Midoriya...it's a good plan, but it's revolving a lot around luck. As well as your personal skill. While I don't doubt you didn't you just recently received your quirk?"

"Don't worry speedy. I'll make sure this plan works. Besides my partner is the strongest person in this class!" Ddraig spoke with confidence.

"Well then...let's find out if that's tr-" Just before Iida was able to finish the wall in front of them broke open and Kirishima popped out of the dust.

"GOT YA!" He yelled and he slammed the ground where Iida was. However, Izuku pushed im out of the way and countered Kirishima's attack using his boosted gear.

"BOOST!"

"Go Iida! NOW!" Izuku screamed as he flung Kirishima back with a left hook.

"Nice punch Midoriya! That was manly! You shouldn't be worried about me though!" Kirishima said as he got out of the way.

"DEKU!" Bakugou yelled as he flew in from behind the hole Kirishima made.

Izuku was expecting this though and he anticipated the right hook.

"You've bullied me for years! Don't think I haven't learned your moves!" Izuku yelled back. Bakugou's eyes went wide as Izuku grabbed his arm and flipped him over his back.

"Look at Midori go!" Mina said as she jumped next to Uraraka.

"I didn't think he had it in him, but the little guy is kicking ass!" Kaminari followed up the pink girls statement.

Uraraka however, looked more concerned. She didn't know the details, but she knew Deku and Bakugou had a negative history. What was more concerning though was the small amount of darkness that was pinned to the orb on Izuku's gauntlet.

"Kacchan! My Deku won't always just mean worthless! My Deku will mean "YOU CAN DO IT!" Izuku screamed back at Bakugou with fire in his eyes. He rushed back at Bakugou, but this time Bakugou dodged it and got around him.

"YOU'RE JUST A SHITTY PEBBLE UNDER ME!"

Bakugou grabbed Izuku by his shirt collar and slammed him into the wall causing Izuku to become winded. When Bakugou went for a second attack though, Izuku countered with his own by dodging another right hook and headbutting Bakugou in the gut. Bakugou stumbled backwards and got even angrier.

"You know what you worthless scum?! If you want to see true power watch this you stalker!" Bakugou aimed his grenade gauntlet towards Izuku. Threw the small hallway Izuku wouldn't have had time to relax. As soon as Bakugou noticed this he took his chance.

"DIE DEKU!" As he said this a huge explosion released. The windows around were completely destroyed and the area around them was shattered.

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"You're pretty damn manly Iida!" Kirishima said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead. He and Iida had been trading blows this entire time. "But for my old pal McSplody I gotta wrap this up soon."

"For my best friend I can't let you win Kirishima!" Iida responded readying his engines.

"Best friend?" Kirishima asked.

"I mean Midoriya! I've never truly had a "friend" let alone a best friend! I won't forsake the trust I have in him!"

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"Man Iida and Midoriya's bromance is so strong!" Sero said leaning onto Kaminari's shoulder with tears in his eyes.

"I know man I know!" Kaminari reciprocated this, but to Jirou this time.

"Get off me you idiot!" Jirou replied with a faint blush on her as she tried to push Kaminari off.

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"There is one thing that you lack with Bakugou Kirishima…" Iida said as he heard a huge explosion sound off from below them. It shook the entire floor and they both were caught off guard, however, Iida capitalized on the situation.

"YOU LACK TRUST!" Iida hit Kirishima with his left leg, but Kirishima managed to harden just in time. He blocked the attack and returned with a kick of his own.

The pair were at a stalemate, but Iida was becoming more and more winded.

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"Woah All Might is that even allowed!?" Mina cried out when she saw Bakugou use the huge explosion.

'As a teacher I should stop this, but as his mentor…'

"WOAH LOOK AT MIDORIYA!" Tooru the invisible girl cried out in shock.

"Wha?!" All Might looked up in shock. Ashido and Uraraka were holding each others hands in shock, but now they were jumping in joy as they saw the result of explosion.

"WELSH DRAGON SECOND LIBERATION!"

Through the fire and the flames came out a figure. With his shirt torn into two now and blood pouring down from his head our young hero stood back up again. However, this time his gauntlet was a different shape altogether. It took on the form of the one he used back during the practical.

"I won't be pushed around! Not anymore! Let's do this Ddraig!" Izuku roared to life as his eyes became even greener and his body seemed to become larger.

"BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!BOOST!"

Bakugou was shocked. Izuku took massive damage from that blast. Hell even his body had burn marks all over it and he was bleeding from his head and multiple other places. Izuku rushed at his enemy with blinding speed.

"Dragon...FIST!" Izuku muttered into a yell as he plunged his attack into Bakugou's gut, but felt the repercussions to his attack. Bakugou spit as the wind was taken out of him.

"D..EKU!" Bakugou managed to yell out to his opponent.

However, Izuku's punch continued upward and he shot Bakugou up through multiple floors with a roar.

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Iida was on his knees now. His armor was in shambles and he was losing stamina fast. He wouldn't even have enough energy for his "super move"...

That is until he heard a loud cracking sound and a terrifying roar.

"It's over Iida! Wait what the?!" Kirishima said as he jumped out of the way.

Izuku came flying up from the ground with Bakugou on the receiving end of his fist.

"Bakugou?!"

"Midoriya?!"

Kirishima and Iida yelled respectively.

"IIDA!" Izuku flung Bakugou off towards the side and bounced off the wall towards Iida. Izuku tapped Iida's shoulder and when he landed he snapped the fingers on his gauntlet hand.

"TRANSFER! RELEASE POWER!"

A red circle with an insignia of a dragon on it appeared where Izuku tapped Iida. Iida felt a surge of power flow through him as he gained his stamina and strength back.

"NOW IIDA GO!" Izuku screamed through the pain.

Iida's engines flared to life as a green aura surrounded him. Kirishima tried to harden in time, but Iida was far too fast now. He was at 200% of his normal strength.

"ARGH!?" Kirishima yelled as a leg connected with his gut knocking him out completely.

Bakugou got up and began to charge Izuku again.

"DEKU!"

"KACCHAN!"

The two opponents charged at each other, but Izuku's arm was still behind him. When he pulled it out Bakugou immediately noticed what was on it. Izuku had tied Iida's capture tape and his together in order to make a longer version of the tape. Bakugou tried to make the first move and when he did it connected. He let off a 100% charged blast right at Izuku at point blank range in his face.

Izuku felt the pain, burning, and broken body all at once. He had held up his left arm to block while his right arm did something else entirely. Right before Izuku came into contact he thought one thing.

'Just like Aizawa sensei!'

"TRANSFER!"

Izuku transferred his remaining energy to the rope and imagined it surging forward and wrapping itself around Bakugou. For a second Bakugou thought he had managed to destroy what was left of Izuku and he grinned. However, three words ruined his thoughts.

"TEAM A…..WINS!"

In front of Bakugou, Izuku had passed out and was now on the ground. His gauntlet gone and replaced by a broken right arm while his left was nearly black from from the flames. Tears were streaming down his face, but he held a small smile. Bakugou looked at his body. He was completely wrapped in the capture tape. Not a inch of him was free except for his head. Izuku had beaten him.

And with that Izuku Midoriya, the next Red Dragon Emperor, took the first step to becoming the next Symbol of Peace!