Hey it's been while. I didn't have the time to write this story as I busy studying for my final, I was in my third years of high school, but I have a bit more free time now before I start university. I don't know how much more I can write before I'm busy again, but I'll try to write whenever I get some free time.
Well anyway, enjoy the third chapter.
The next morning, Madara woke up at 5 AM sharp. He changed into his workout clothes and left his room. Madara looked at Nemuri's door and noticed soft breathing inside indicating that she was still sleeping.
Madara started his morning workout. Although he didn't have much to do in this world as there's no big war going on, Madara was still keeping his body in shape and continuing to strengthen his young body.
"Huff…Huff…Huff." After about an hour, Madara took out an iron stick so he could practice his armed combat skills.
Usually this amount of a workout wouldn't make Madara break a sweat but as he is physically younger, his current body needs a bit more work to perform as well as his peak back at the Elemental Nations.
Soon he heard noises coming from the kitchen. Madara went to see that it was Nemuri, who had woken not long ago, in an apron.
"Go take a shower, breakfast is almost ready." Nemuri said casually while cooking breakfast.
"Hmm." Madara grunted and kept his iron stick back inside of his closet.
After taking a shower and putting on his uniform, Madara went to sit at the dining table, waiting for breakfast.
Shortly, Nemuri placed a plate of food in front of Madara, it consisted of 2 friends eggs, beacons and some rice. After breakfast, Madara put on his shoes and left the apartment.
"Goodluck, Madara." Nemuri said just as Madara closed the front door.
"How peaceful." Madara grumbled before making his way to school.
On his way to school he saw that there were many people out and rushing to get to their destinations.
"The people here walked with such carefree expression." Madara knew that the reason they aren't living in fear is because of the pillar of their society protecting them day and night.
"Heroes, what an overused title." Madara didn't like how they used the word 'Heroes' and 'Villains' so loosely in this world.
Although Madara knew that this world isn't completely at peace, it's still many times more peaceful than the Elemental Nations.
After a short while, Madara arrived at the gate of U.A. and walked in. Madara opened the classroom door and he felt many pairs of eyes being drawn to him. He scanned the classroom and its occupants before he casually went to his seat.
"How peaceful, they're not being pressured into a war at their age." Madara thought while he observed the students.
The class was being filled slowly and the bell rang shortly, class started normally. They went through all the normal required subjects in highschool education.
This also posed no difficulty for Madara as a shinobi of his caliber, he had already mastered all the subjects required in high school during the time he started his research on this world.
Time passed by quickly and the noon bell rang, prompting the students that it was launch time.
'So normal…' the class thought simultaneously. They certainly didn't expect such a normal learning experience.
Madara got up and went to the Lunch Rush Cafeteria, the main dining hall of U.A. He got their pretty early so there weren't that many students,
After getting his food, a bowl of Tonkatsu and a plate of Inarizushi, He found a relatively empty table and went to sit down.
As he was eating, the cafeteria was getting filled quickly and it started to get noisy. Madara calmly ate his food but noticed a presence was walking towards him.
"Can I sit here?" He turned to see Itsuka who was holding a tray of food.
But before he could answer, a shout took his attention.
"Hey Madara! Can we sit here too?" Iida, Midoriya and Uraraka with their trays in hands.
"Yes, you can." Madara went back to eating his lunch.
"Hey there, I'm from class B, Itsuka Kendo." Itsuka greeted them with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Ochako Uraraka, I'm from class A." Uraraka cheerfully said.
"The name's Tenya Iida, I'm also from class A." Tenya said in a strict tone.
"Hello, I'm also from class A, Izuku Midoriya." Midoriya said meekly.
"Madara's the quiet type, I didn't expect him to have a friend outside of our class." Uraraka teased.
"We met during the entrance exam, he saved me and destroyed the zero pointer." Itsuka closed her eyes as if reminiscing. This made the trio widen their eyes,
"Really? Wow, that's so cool!" Uraraka paused eating as she was surprised that someone had the same experience as her during the entrance exam.
Midoriya looked shocked and his view of Madara changed, as Madara's image became more heroic in Midoriya's heart.
They were really impressed by Madara's strength. To be able to destroy the zero pointer is a feat that requires tremendous power.
"How heroic! I didn't expect such a heroic action to happen multiple times in the entrance exam."
Tenya said righteously while moving his arm up and down like a robot,
"Madara and Midoriya performed such heroic actions during such intense moments, truly fit your heroic duty."
Madara and Itsuka looked at Midoriya after hearing Tenya say that. Making Midoriya's face go red from the sudden attention being directed at him.
"W-well, It's what anyone would do." Midoriya shyly said while scratching his face,
"But,Madara, how did you defeat the zero pointer?" Midoriya questioned Madara in an excited tone as the zero pointer wasn't something someone can take down easily, he had to sacrifice an arm to destroy that behemoth of steel.
Madara looked at the expectant faces, "I burned it."
The trio was shocked that Madara could burn something so big and was about to ask more but the bell suddenly rang signaling the end of their lunch.
Finally, after launch they gathered back in class and are about to start their first hero class. Madara could see the excitement of the whole class rising.
"Hell yeah! It's about time!" Kirishima hardened up as he shouted.
"I hope it's nothing dangerous." Mineta said nonchalantly although you could see the clear nervousness in his eyes.
These students are about to take their first step to becoming a hero, they were all eager and you could see it on their faces.
But for Madara, he was more composed and instead, looking forward to how they will raise their young seeds.
'But from what I could see from the attitude of the pros and the law enforcers here, I assume it will just be normal light-hearted practices, for now.' Madara thought, a bit bored.
Madara suddenly felt a presence fast approaching the class and recognised who it was right away.
'Finally, it's about time.' Just as he finished this thought, a hulking figure burst into the classroom.
"I Am Here!... Through the door like a normal person!" All Might towering figures stood in front of the class imposingly.
"It's All Might!" "He's here!" "I can't believe All Might is teaching us!"
The class broke into a commotion with All Might appearance. They really couldn't believe that the number one hero is here to teach them himself.
"Foundational Hero studies! For this class, we'll be building up your hero foundation through various battle trials!" All Might explained while doing a pose, "You'll get tons of credit for it! So, let's jump right into it!"
"The trial of battle!" All Might held out a card that said 'BATTLE' on it toward the class. Madara's attention was caught at the word.
"The trial… of battle!" The class instantly got heated up again.
"And to go with your first battle…" The wall of the classroom opened up to show multiple suitcases with numbers on them, "We've prepared the gear we had you send in requests for to match your quirks!"
"Our battle gear!"
"Awesome!"
'I wonder when I will have the chance to fight the teachers.' The thought of having a fight against All Might made Madara a bit excited.
Madara went to take his suitcase, He didn't have that much expectation on the quality of the gear he'll be getting as he knew that he was still a hero in training, so expecting high quality gears from them is a bit unrealistic.
"Get changed and we'll be ready to go! Everyone gathers at ground beta!" All Might left quickly in a dash,
Madara went to the changing room, on the way the students were chattering excitedly with each other. Madara noticed that he was getting multiple glances but the one that stood out was from Midoriya. The kid was openly staring at him since lunchtime.
"You need something?" Madara asked suddenly, making the green haired boy a bit flustered.
"A-ah, I just wanted to ask what exactly is your quirk." Midoriya quickly gathered himself and asked Madara excitedly.
"Why do you want to know about my quirk?" Madara could see the excited and expectant gaze the boy had, completely different from the usually meek expression he gave out.
"I-I, I'm somewhat of a quirk nerd." Midoriya shyly scratched his face.
"... It's Energy Manipulation, I can manipulate the energy inside my body to get the desired effect."
Madara explained after a bit of thinking. Although telling someone what your power is a stupid decision, hiding it is more suspicious and Madara didn't tell Midoriya the truth nor did he lie, he simply told a half truth.
"Woah, what a versatile quirk, to what extent can you do with your quirk? What kind of effect are you talking about?..." Midoriya began to mutter uncontrollably although Madara could hear him clearly, he decided to ignore his mutters.
"Ahh!" Midoriya finally snapped back to reality, "I'm so-sorry about that!"
"Hmm." Madara grunted while walking, and soon they reached the changing room.
While he was changing, the male students started complimenting each other's muscles.
"Nice body you have there Madara." A kid with spiky red hair, Kirishima, said to him while changing, "It must have been hard training to get this manly body of yours."
"Not a bit of unnecessary muscles, allowing for power as well as agility." Ojiro, a kid with a tail, give him a thumbs up, "It isn't the kind that one can have by blindly working out."
"Hmm." Madara took out his gears. Madara inspected his gear, and what he saw surprised him.
'They aren't that bad, better than I had expected.' Madara put them on and they fitted perfectly.
His gear consists of a slim red tactical metal vest with multiple pockets over a black slim fitted black shirt. Black pants with a belt that had multiple small bags attached to it and blue sandals. It looked similar to the standard Uchiha's outfit, with just a bit of modern touch to it.
"The materials used are of good qualities, the metal in the tactical vest is light." Madara was satisfied with the gears that he got.
Unfortunately, he couldn't have any weapons that aren't quirk related which means that he can't have kunais or shurikens. But he has a way around it, the chakra rod. They could be used as a weapon plus they were still within the power of his 'quirk' if he were to be questioned on their origin.
In the times Madara was in this world he tried finding shops that sell weapons but to his misfortune, he didn't find any. But he was able to acquire some from the black market, but since they were obtained from illegal means, he can't openly use them so he just hid them inside his room.
'As I thought…This world really is softer than the shinobi world. Back there children that are old enough to walk are old enough to wield a weapon.' Madara found this world much softer than his previous world and a bit more naive. 'But this is also the result of them being at peace for so long.'
After he was done gearing up, he went to ground beta. He began to survey the surroundings and noticed that they were in a mock city similar to the one from the entrance exam.
The reason that he called it a mock city was because he sensed no life forces from the city that belonged to human beings, only some small animals and insects.
Soon, more students gradually began to show up and everyone was gathered at ground beta. The once quiet square gradually became noisy with nervous and excited chatters.
"What do you think the battle trail is going to be like?"
"We could use our quirk without restriction!"
As they weren't talking about noticeable things Madara just tuned most of it out and shifted most of his focus toward their body.
"How flashy." Madara scanned their gear.
He found that all of them offered little to no protection and some offered little to no increase to their fighting or survival capabilities. But he wasn't surprised as he already knew about the custom of combat gear of this world shortly after he was settled into staying at Narumi's house.
While strange, it was understandable as they weren't hunting down villains in the shadows and had no reason to remain unseen from the public eyes most of the time, if anything standing out is their concern.
There are heroes that prefer to stay hidden from the public eyes and hunt villains down stealthily, such as Eraser Head; his homeroom teacher.
Although Madara knew that standing out is beneficial to their career, he still finds it strange that someone who fights for a living would want to stand out instead of remaining hiding in the shadows.
If he were to say something about their gear or 'hero custom' as they called it, it would be…bizarre. They were all different from each other and some were as if they were trying to imitate some animals.
'That green haired kid, is he trying to imitate a…rabbit?' Madara wondered as his eyes wandered to the huge mass of muscle they called the number one hero, 'No, is he trying to imitate All Might looks?'
During the short time he observed the class, Madara noticed how much the green haired kid idolized the number one hero. As Madara thought of this, he noticed All Might's huge frame shaking slightly trying to not laugh as he too had noticed the similarity between the two of them.
"What a fanboy." Madara commented in his mind.
The lively chatters were interrupted by a raised hand and a voice filled with enthusiasm and vigor,
"Sensei! Regarding the performance ground we'll be using, is it the mock city from the entrance exam?!" He stepped forward showing his armored figure, it wasTenya Iida.
All Might flashed his ever existing trademarked smile, "You'll see-in fact, take two steps and you'll be there! This will be an indoor battle trial!"
All Might continued in a thinking pose, "Villain cleanup is usually seen out in the open but statistically, the better part of it is an indoor job as most acts of villainy are committed indoors." All Might continued,
"Imprisonment, house arrest, the black market…in this hero saturated society." All Might gave a chuckle, "Why, any villain with intelligence is lurking in the shadows!"
Madara chuckled darkly in his head, 'How deep in the shadow they are, you'll never know until they strike you."
Madara thought of his experiences in his previous world, how he manipulated Obito into manipulating Pain to make the world believe that Pain was the only enemy's mastermind that they are facing. Only to have himself manipulated unknowingly by Zetsu until the last moment.
"For this test, you'll separate into 'Villain' and 'Hero' groups. For a 2 on 2 team battle!" All Might said shocking the class,
"?!"
"What about the foundational training?" A girl with huge goggles on her head,Tsuyu Asui, questioned.
"This foundational training!" All Might raised his fist, "Only this time, there won't be any robots it'd be okay to destroy!"
The class immediately went into an uproar and bombarded All Might with questions,
"So how do we determine who wins and loses?"
"Is it okay if we just blow them away?"
"If we're separating into different groups, what will be the best way to do so?"
"Doesn't this cape look killer on me…?"
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"HNN~~, I CAN'T HEAR YOU IF YOU SPEAK ALL AT ONCE!" All Might shouted to silent the class.
Once he gained the class attention he spoke, "For this training, we'll have some 'Villain' guard a nuclear weapon they intend on deploying! The heroes must stop them and their nefarious scheme before it's too late!"
'Nuclear weapons…' Madara thought of the devastating weapon with fascination, 'The people of this world were able to create a weapon of science to be on par if not more destructive than a Tailed Beast Ball of the Ten Tails without any chakra usage at all.'
"If the heroes capture the villains or reach the nuclear core before the time runs out, they win." Madara thought was interrupted when All Might pulled out a lottery box. "Your teammates and opponent will be chosen by lottery!"
"Is that really how we'll do it?!" Tenya was shocked as he wasn't expecting his teammate and opponents to be on chance.
The All Might look-alike immediately went up to explain to the armored teen, "Well, pros are often forced to make impromptu team-ups with other heroes they might not know well, so this is probably to test that."
"I see…! Always with our eyes on the future, are we…I apologies!" Tenya said loudly immediately making the green clad teen flustered.
"Anyways! Let's start this!" All Might, not wanting to waste anymore time, began making the students pick from the lottery box.
When it's Madara's turn to pick from the lottery box, he reached out to grab a piece of paper and pulled his arm back out.
Madara took a quick glance and showed his paper to All Might, "Letter I, you'll be pairing up with young Toru!"
Madara turned to look at the floating glove and boots that were making their way toward him.
"Heya! I believe that this is the first time we've ever spoken to each other!" Madara looked at his invisible teammate but not to Madara as he could faintly see her silhouette of the lifeforce.
"Hmm." Madara replied with the iconic typical Uchiha grunt which made Toru sweatdropped.
"So let's formally introduce ourselves and explain a bit about our quirk, okay?" Toru not waiting for Madara answer immediately introduced herself,
"I'm Toru Hagakure and my quirk is Invisibility, I'm, as you can see, completely invisible! I'm good at sneaking around so you can rely on me to do the sneaky parts!" She said excitedly.
"My name is Madara Uchiha and my quirk is Energy Manipulation. I can manipulate a special energy inside my body to create various effects."
Toru's invisible eyes went wide at the explanation of his quirk. "Holy moly! Your quirk sounds so awesome!"
"Quick! Quick! Show me your quirk!" Madara could tell that her eyes were sparkling even though he couldn't see it. But Madara remained unmoved and bluntly said,
"No."
You could feel her sparkling eyes dropped down in disappointment at the rejection but she recovered quickly. But before she could say anything else All Might's voice rang out.
"And the first two pairs to do combat will be the following!" All Might brought out two more lottery boxes, one labeled 'VILLAIN' and the other 'HERO'.
All Might reached each of his hands inside two lottery boxes and pulled his hands out to two to reveal 2 balls, one labeled 'A' and the other 'D'.
After announcing the teams that will face each other, All Might began to explain about the condition of the Battle Trial.
"This scenario has the villains inside the building first! Then, after 5 minutes, the heroes will be let in as well! Everyone else will be able to watch what unfolds through the surveillance cameras!"
As All Might was explaining the 2 teams that will be facing each other readied themselves for the Battle Trial.
"This will allow young Bakugou and young Ida to get inside the heads of villain-kind!"
Tenya was conflicted on being told to be a villain and Bakugou couldn't care more.
"This is a practical training exercise! So go all out without fear of injury! Though naturally we'll cut it short if things get out of hand."
After that the 2 teams moved to their test ground and the rest followed All Might toward the observation room.
When suddenly Madara spoke,
"Why does your clothes become invisible but not your gloves and boots?"
Toru was stunned at the question he suddenly asked. But that quickly fade to a slight embarrassment as she answered him,
"W-well, as my quirk made me permanently invisible and I can't make other objects around me invisible…I'm currently not wearing anything else other than the boots and gloves…"
Madara turned to her and stared at her unseen form, to which Toru felt like eternity and began to feel embarrassed even though she knew that he couldn't see her.
Just as she was about to say something, Madara suddenly spoke,
"I see…What an intriguing quirk."
Madara was intrigued by this quirk, as complete invisibility would give her an edge over others in being stealth, no matter how ones trained to hide and remain unseen it does not beat being literally invisible, she could become a lethal weapon if trained correctly.
"I wonder if that's is her only ability." Madara was thinking of how to make her stronger and how to make her into a useful pawn for him to use.
After five minutes of walking, they reached the observation room. The room was dark with no window and the only source of light came from the monitors on the wall that was showing various places throughout the testing area.
All Might took out a clipboard and said toward the students in the room, "Now watch and hatch strategies of your own!"
As the training started, the screen moved to show both teams on the screen. The heroes team was beginning to enter the building. As they walked down the hallway, a 'villain' suddenly jumped out to attack them causing the green haired kid to jump back grabbing his teammates down with him.
'The green haired kid, Izuku Midoriya. He has good reflexes and reaction time. But he lacked in everything else including the basics.' Madara stared at the screen and analyzed the encounter,
'For the girl, Ochako Uraraka. Honestly, I'm disappointed. She has no basics and her reaction toward the ambush was to freeze up which should have gotten her killed first in an ambush.' Madara criticizes her in his head.
'As for the explosion kid, Katsuki Bakugou, he should have gone for the girl at the back to have an easy take out and lessen the enemy force, instead he went for Midoriya.' Madara was beginning to feel bored.
"Wow! That ambush came out of nowhere!" A loud voice rang out beside him and he turned toward Toru. "What do you think about do you think about their fight?""
"Boring and very lacking." Madara said in a nonchalant voice.
"Really?" Toru was sounding unsure.
The two turned their attention back to the screen. Midoriya, instead of retreating, went toward Bakugou, surprising the explosion kid. This opening caused Midoriya to successfully grab onto him and throw him on the ground.
But Bakugou just shook it off and got back up. The villains talked to each other but the observants in the room couldn't hear any of it.
"What's he saying? There's no sound through surveillance footage." Kirishima Eijiro asked All Might. To which he replied,
"Teammates can communicate through wireless transceivers! And there's this capture tape!"
All Might held up a roll of tape, "The second someone's wrapped this around their opponent, that's the sign they're 'captured'!"
"The time limit is 15 minutes, and the heroes don't know exactly where the core is being held right?" Someone asked.
"Yes!" to which answered in a loud voice.
"The hero side is at a pretty heavy disadvantage in these scenarios." A purple skinned girl, Mina Ashido, said worriedly.
"Didn't Aizawa teach your kids our motto? Say it with me now!" All Might raised his hands in the air and shouted along with the students, except the quiet and reserved ones.
"PLUS ULTRA!"
Madara ignored them and focused on the screen, the two kids were fighting with Midoriya in the defensive. Uraraka took this chance to retreat and find where the core is hidden.
'Although Bakugou has raw battle instinct, Midoriya is holding up with him pretty well but a straight forward brawl isn't the best choice for him.' As if Midoriya heard Madara's thoughts, he turned around and retreated.
Meanwhile Uraraka already found the nuclear warhead. She hid behind one of the pillars waiting for a chance.
Madara commented approvingly, "Right, Now all she has to do is remain hidden and wait for the perfect chance-"
"Pfft-" laugh interrupted him.
"So you've come, Uraraka!"
"..." Madara just stared blankly at the screen.
"Well, that was disappointing." Toru shook her invisible head as she thought that it was a very stupid mistake.
Back with Bakugou and Midoriya, Midoriya was finally run into a deadend with Bakugou right behind him.
"Why won't you use it? Are you looking down on me Deku?" Bakugou's voice rang out of the speaker.
"I'm not afraid of you anymore!" Midoriya shouted, not backing down.
"I already know about all of your stalking, you know." Bakugou confronted.
"..."
"My explosions are sparked by the sweat on my palms, which is like secreting nitroglycerin that then detonates."
"...?" Midoriya didn't know where Bakugo was going with this but he felt that something wasn't right.
"Now, if the specs are as I asked then I can store that nitro-sweat into this bracer and…" Bakugou raised his gauntlet and grabbed the pin on the side of his gauntlet.
Midoriya's eyes glinted as he knew what was going to happen after the pin was pulled. But it looked like All Might also noticed this as he quickly grabbed the mic and shouted,
"Bakugou, my boy, stop this! You'll kill him!"
But Bakugou disregarded his warning,
"If it doesn't hit him he won't die!" and pulled the pin.
An explosion followed immediately after and the ground shook as if a mini earthquake hit them, the screen was filled with fire and smoke.
The class immediately fell into chaos after thing settled down a bit,
"W-what was that attack?!"
"Are they okay?!"
"Shouldn't we stop the training?!"
"..."
While the class was in chaos Madara was focused on the screen and busy contemplating.
Finally the smoke on the screen finally cleared and showed the destruction left behind by Bakugo's attack.
A large chunk of the building was blown off the surrounding charred with cracks appearing from the missing chunk all over the building.
'That attack… its destructive power is equal to that of a B-Rank jutsu.' Madara's eyes flashed with interest, 'I would say that his quirk is even more powerful and destructive than the Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai.'
'Although his application of the quirk is quite limited and unversatile.' While Madara was busy in his head, the screen showed two silhouettes revealing to be an unharmed Bakugo and a tattered Midoriya.
Fortunately, Midoriya was able to leap out of the way in time to dodge the explosion by a hair, leaving him with only some bruises and ruined costume.
"Haha, isn't this fantastic?" Bakugo crackled in a very unhero-like way, "What's wrong, Deku?"
"Come at me bro! You can still fight, can't ya?!" Bakugou tried provoking a reaction from Midoriya but the green haired kid ignored him and called onto the mic instead,
"What's the situation, Uraraka?!"
"..." but the other side answered in total silence.
"...Damn." Midoriya clicked his tongue worriedly.
Bakugo saw this and narrowed his eyes, "You've got some nerve ignoring me!"
The class saw that they were about to fight each other again and some started to show worried expressions on their faces.
"Sensei, please put a stop to this!" Kirishima went to All Might, "That Bakugou kid's gone mental, at this rate, he'll kill him!"
All Might went quiet and stared at the screens, finally after what felt like an hour he finally spoke determinedly with his ever existing smile.
"No…"
Shocking the whole class, they questioned his decision but a voice brought silent to the class,
"If they can't handle this much, how can they become a qualified hero that faces dangers on a daily basis?"
They simultaneously turned to see the one who spoke just now. Some were about to refute but Madara didn't gave them a chance to,
"This could stimulate the real intensity of a real battle which is beneficial for Midoriya." Madara added,
"Plus we could use this as a reason to teach Bakugo some lessons about self control later."
Some of the class agreed with Madara but some were still thinking that the fight is going too far now.
Madara has already noticed the subtle signs and closeness between All Might and Midoriya, he also guessed that Midoriya and Bakugou also have some kind of history between them.
All Might grabbed the mic again and warned Bakugou, "Bakugou, my boy, if you shoot another blast like that, I'll end this exercise forcibly and you will lose."
Although he allowed the exercise to continue he knew that another attack like that again won't be just leaving a tattered costume.
Bakugou suddenly pointed his palms toward the ground and blasted a small explosion launching himself toward the stunned Midoriya.
'Hmm, creative usage of his quirk to increase his mobility.' Madara was a bit surprised that the hot-headed kid did not rush in angrily like a mad dog.
Midoriya tried to intercept the airborne boy that was heading toward him but at the last moment before they made contact, Bakugou suddenly blasted himself over Midoriya and let loose an explosion point blank at Midoriya's back, almost knocking the green haired boy over.
'He tricked Midoriya into intercepting him while he was in the air and used an explosion to blind his opponent while also redirectioning to his opponent back… clever.' Madara nodded in approval at the explosion boy as he just displayed the talent and skill to pull this trick off.
Immediately after Madara finished his analysis, a boy with half of his body covered in ice explained his analysis of Bakugou's feat, much like his own.
Back at the fight, after knocking his opponent off balance, Bakugou immediately gave a swing to further stunned the boy.
"Ahh!" Midoriya roared in pain at the attack.
"Deku, You. Are. Beneath. Me!" But Bakugou wasn't finished as he grabbed onto Midoriya's arm and began to spin with his quirk providing more momentum, and slammed Midoriya to the ground.
The class saw this brutal display and roared in protest at Bakugou on the screens.
"This is nothing more than naked bullying! If you rewind the tape it's beyond clear that he'd already been captured!"
"This is not the behavior of a hero in the making!"
"I thought Midoriya actually hit above his weight, but… there's no denying it. When it comes to 'Battle Sense', Bakugou's a beast!"
"While Bakugou's action is a bit 'unhero-like', it's definitely normal in the real world when facing villains as it's a necessary brutality but," Madara said coldly, "Bakugo action does need to be addressed later."
The class was shocked at the word coming out of Madara's mouth. While All Might does somewhat agree to what Madara said, he was still a bit worried that it came out of his own student.
After the class recovered from Madara's words, the screens suddenly shifted to show Midoriya retreating.
"He's running away!" Mina pointed toward the screen, gaining the class's attention.
"Not incredibly manly, but I'd do the same… but something's a bit off, though…" Kirishima voiced his doubt.
Looking at the different screens, Madara noticed Midoriya's plan, 'Reckless, but that'll work too.'
Madara noticed the screens showing Uraraka trying to get past Tenya to the nuclear core and noticed where Midoriya was heading to.
Midoriya finally stopped running away after reaching a deadend and successfully reaching his destination and the two were ready to duke it out again.
Kirishima shouted for All Might to stop the match, "Sensei! Enough's enough already!"
"Sensei!"
As the two neared each other and was ready to threw out their attacks,
All Might finally couldn't take it anymore and roared into the mic,
"Attention both teams! The match is suspen-"
Midoriya suddenly punched upward and dodged Bakugou explosion by a hair. His punch blasted through the ceiling creating a giant hole and knocking debris and Uraraka into the air.
Uraraka quickly catches onto this chance to use a pillar that broke off to launch pieces of debris toward Tenya, distracting Tenya for a brief moment. But this was enough as she leaped over him toward the core and hugged it.
All Might saw this and immediately called into the mic,
"The heroes… the hero team, WIN!"
After the winner was announced Midoriya collapsed onto the ground and Bakugou's face grew pale.
"The losing team is fairly uninjured, while the winning team is collapsing." A boy with the head of a bird, Fumikage Tokoyami, said what was on everyone else's mind, "In other words, they lost the scuffles but won the match."
"This was only ever just training though." Asui said bluntly.
All Might rushed out of the room toward the building just in time to place his hand on Bakugou, who was getting paler by the second.
'He has impressive raw speed…' Madara thought excitedly at the reveal of what All Might could do.
Of course he had seen videos of the hero's feats but seeing him up close with his own eyes is better than a shaky and low quality video of him online. All those who knew Madara enough or fought in the Fourth Great Ninja War would know of Madara's thirst for battle.
After Midoriya was escorted toward the infirmity, All Might, Bakugou and Uraraka made their way back to the observation room. Uraraka was only tired so she didn't need to go to the infirmary with Midoriya.
"Hmm, I'd say the best in this match was young Iida!" All Might announced the MVP shocking most of the class.
"HUH?!"
"But weren't the winners Ochako and Midoriya?" Asui questioned with a poker face.
"I wonder why I could possibly think so~~?" Instead of answering her, All Might turned to the whole class and asked, "Who knows why?!"
"Yes, All Might sensei." A hand was raised, belonging to a black haired girl in a revealing hero costume.
'Momo Yaoyorozu, one of the two students who got in by recommendation.' Madara recognized her as he had already taken note of the notable students in the class.
"Having watched the fight , Bakugou's behavior was clearly driven by some personal grudge, and thus totally arbitrary. Furthermore, just as you told us earlier, a large range attack in an indoor arena is just idiotic. That goes for Midoriya as well. Uraraka's game got loose halfway through and her final attack was too reckless. We were treating that papier mache thing as an actual nuclear weapon, so that kind of attack wouldn't have flown. Iida devised a counter-strategy against an opponent because he correctly supposed the match would revolve around the core. While he was too slow in reacting to that last attack, I believe the hero team's so-called 'Victory' is being too nice in calling this 'Just Training' and that gets dangerously close to skirting the spirit of the rules."
The whole class was dead silent after she finished her explanation. Their eyes were the size of saucers and their gaping mouth could fit a whole orange.
"W..well.. Young Iida might also have been a bit too stiff…" All Might was only able to say after a short while,
"But… correct answer! Hehe…" he gave a weak thump up at her.
Momo huffed, "We should alway start our studies with what's familiar! And if we don't cheer each other on wholeheartedly, then we'll never become top heroes!"
Madara stared at her then turned to look at the quiet kid with half of his body encased in ice.
'And he's the other student who got in by recommendation, Shoto Todoroki.'
After staring for a bit, he lost interest and looked away. After Madara looked away, Todoroki also turned to stare at him quietly.
After All Might get his bearing together, he announced the next teams to compete and reached his hand into the two lottery boxes again.
"Team B as the hero and team I as the villain!" All Might pulled out two the two labeled balls and called out.
All Might handed out the wireless transceiver to the four of them and wished them good luck.
"Madara! It's finally our turn, I'm getting pumped up, so I'm going to take off my gloves and shoes too!" Toru excitedly gets naked beside Madara, which he just ignored.
Even though he knew that there was an entirely naked-fully-developed-girl next to him, Madara remained unaffected both physically and mentally as he was a veteran shinobi.
Plus Madara had little interest in mingling in the pleasure of the flesh before in his previous world as he had better things to do. And that remained unchanged here in this world too.
"Let's go, we need to prepare." Madara began making his ways toward the building that they were going to be using.
"Let's say what we know about our opponents." Toru paused, "Todoroki can generate ice and freeze the area around him but the exact range of his quirk is unknown. Shoji can create extra appendages on his tentacles."
Madara said in an uninterested tone, "I have a plan, you are going to cause as much noise as possible in the nuclear warhead room while I will take them out in a quick ambush."
"Okay, I can do that. But can you really take both of them on by yourself?" Toru asked worriedly.
"That won't be a problem." Madara gave a dark smirk which made Toru slightly uncomfortable.
After a few minutes they arrived at the building and Madara stopped to scan the building from the outside.
'It's similar to the last one… so the plan is still usable here.' Madara concluded his analysis and began to walk inside, "Come on, Get inside."
After climbing multiple floors they reached the nuclear weapon located on the fourth floor.
"You'll stay here, while I'll stay below and ambush them." Madara reminds Toru of the plan. It was a simple plan, really simple. But he didn't need any fancy plan to deal with a bunch of brats. But even if she didn't follow it Madara was confident he could still pass the test easily by himself.
"Got it! It was simple and easy to remember." Toru was a bit excited.
Madara went to take his position on the hallway ceiling that leads to the entrance of the building.
After the five minutes was up, the heroes began making their way into the building. The hero duo Todoroki and Shoji walked into the building not knowing that Madara was directly on top of their head.
"I'll try to locate them."
Shouji Mezou, the multi-limbed one, replicated the ears on the tips of his extra appendages and lifted them into the air.
After a bit he frowned and you could see the extra ears all started to strain. Todoroki noticed his frown,
"What's wrong?"
One of the tentacles replicated a mouth and answered, "One of them is on the fourth floor… barefoot."
He paused, "...As for the other one I can't hear anything about him at all."
Todoroki frowned at this piece of news, 'Is this part of his quirk?'
"Is it part of his quirk? Well," Todoroki made his way to a wall and placed his palm against the cold concrete surface and muttered, "...it doesn't matter to me."
Ice quickly spread from Todoroki's palm quickly, in that instance Madara knew what Todoroki wanted to accomplish. Madara quickly leaped off the ceiling in a blur, Madara silently left the building through the entrance and ran vertically up the building very quickly toward the window of the fourth floor at an incredible speed.
"Well, I certainly didn't expect him to do that." Madara thought amusedly. Madara crashed through the window, freaking Toru out,
"What-" But before she could make out what happened Madara appeared behind the clueless Toru and grabbed her like a sack and jump out of the window making Toru screamed at the sudden height,
"Ahhh?!" But to Toru relief, she didn't become a red paste on the street as Madara softly landed safely with Toru on his shoulder.
"What happened?!" Toru demanded an answer from Madara but Madara just looked behind her,
"Look at that."
Toru turned around and was shocked silly, "Ah-ahh.."
The whole building was encased in a layer of ice. She realized if not for Madara, she would have become an ice statue by now.
"Well, the plan failed. Now for plan B." Madara began to walk toward the entrance.
"Wa-wait! How are you going to beat them?!" Toru was still shocked at Todoroki's display of power and was even more shocked that Madara was going to fight them alone. Madara turned to Toru and smirked darkly making Madara face appeared very sinister, sending a shiver down Turo spine,
"I just have to beat them with overwhelming power first."
Madara went into the building planning to fight them head on. Toru watch Madara retreating back until he disappeared into the building,
"He said that his quirk was Energy Manipulation…How does he use it?"
In the frozen building, Todoroki huffed a misty breath as he took his palm off the frozen wall. He walked in the frozen building followed by a shell shocked Shouji.
Shouji recovered from the shock of Todoroki's display of power and his face morphed back to his normal dull face, "Well, that was easy."
The hero duo was walking down the hallways and was about to the stairs when they heard a cold voice coming from behind them,
"Nice quirk you have there."
"!" The duo immediately went on full alert and turned toward the voice.
"How did he sneak up on us?" Shoji was taken aback as he was still actively listening to the sound inside the building, despite that he still didn't hear Madara sneaking up on them from behind.
"Uchiha Madara…" Todoroki was confused as to why Madara wasn't frozen with the building.
"Well, what're you waiting for?" Madara uncrossed his arms and made a sinister expression, "let's dance!"
Madara decided to make the first move and made a hand seal, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique"
Madara spit out a ball of fire that was big enough covered the whole hallway toward the hero duo,
"Shit!" Todoroki quickly made a wall of ice to stop the fireball.
*Crack* *Crack*
Todoroki's eyes widened, the wall of ice was melting causing cracks to appear. Todoroki quickly put in more effort to strengthen the ice wall from being completely melted by Madara's Fireball.
After a few moments, the fireball fizzled out leaving only an almost melted pillar of ice left.
"I'll try to locate him." Shoji popped his ears to find out Madara's Location but,
"Hey, I'm right here." Madara's voice came from behind Shoji, making him reflectively throw out a punch but Madara dodged it effortlessly.
Madara returned a punch back, The attack came out so fast that Shoji didn't have time to dodge or block it, hitting Shoji square in the jaw knocking him out.
"Shoji! Damn it!" Todoroki quickly freezes the floor intending to trap Madara. But Madara quickly jumped to the wall and began to run parallel to the ground. Making Todoroki stunned at the unexpected ability that Madara had.
"How are you moving like that?!" Todoroki tried to make a wall to slow down Madara but Madara just destroyed it with a punch without losing momentum.
"Because I simply can." Madara continued running as Todoroki was trying to run down the hall to gain distance.
"Fuee.." Todoroki breathed out a mist of cold air before sending multiple ice pillars at Madara, which Madara dodge and broke with little effort.
"Time to come up with a new trick, this game of cat and mouse is getting a bit boring." Madara said in an uninterested tone, making Todoroki a bit frustrated.
Todoroki created a dome of ice intending to trap Madara inside, which was successful as Madara was soon trapped inside of the dome.
"Got you!" Todoroki finally heaved a sigh of relief, but it didn't last long as he heard a voice behind him.
"Try better." Madara appeared really close behind Todoroki and kicked him,
"How- Arg!" Todoroki clearly saw Madara was trapped inside of the ice but how Madara appeared behind him.
Eventually, it came to close combat which ended in an instant with Madara's victory. After taking out both of the hero a voice rang out of a speaker,
"The Villain team wins!"
"That was a bit… Fast." Madara sounded a bit disappointed.
Medical bots came out to carry Todoroki and Shoji out and Madara made his way out of the building. Meeting Toru at the entrance, who was excited about their victory.
"Yay! We won!" Toru paused, a bit embarrassed, "But you did all the work."
"Yes, I did do most of the work," Madara said bluntly, making Toru sighed, "But that's because the original plan failed, which was not your fault."
Toru invisible lit up a bit at that. But Madara's word of comfort was not out of the kindness of his heart, but with a different goal in mind, a not so kind one.
"Hey, Toru." Madara suddenly called her, "Yeah? What is it, Madara?"
"Do you want to train with me sometimes?" Madara's sudden request really surprised Toru, "Ah, what's this about?"
"Your quirk is one that has a lot of potential." Madara smiled warmly at Toru. Which would be really sinister if someone from the Elemental Nations saw Madara do it.
"I think that you would become really powerful one day with your quirk." Madara looked her in the eyes, well where her eyes would have been, "I just wanted us to train together and we could become stronger together."
"O-of course! B-better heroes, huh…" Toru was feeling a bit down because of her powerlessness against great power.
After a bit of thinking, Toru decided that she also wanted to become stronger and use her quirk to help people, "Alright, sure! Let's do it!"
Toru's floating glove gave Madara a thumbs up. She was willing to put all of her heart into this as she didn't think that Madara was a bad person or had any sinister goal in mind.
Madara didn't invite her to train with the goodness of his heart, he just thought the quirk of full invisibility was too well suited to be a shinobi and wanted to secretly mold her into a qualified shinobi.
A shinobi that he could use, Toru didn't need to know about this though. The two began to make their way to the observation room.
At the observation room, All Might and the rest of the class were shocked at Madara's display of reaction speed and agility.
"Holy Shit! Did he just jump from the fourth floor?" Mineta said with wide eyes.
"How can he run up the building? It's insane, he's insane!" Kaminari was having trouble processing it.
"He managed to get Toru out of there safely too, how manly!" Kirishima grinned, showing rows of sharp teeths.
"How was he so fast, really how?!" Mineta exclaimed, "I thought his quirk was to manipulate some kind of energy inside of his body!"
'His first reaction was to retreat and secure his and his teammate's safety.' All Might nodded proudly but there was still a trace of doubt on his face, 'But it's said here that his quirk is Energy Manipulation… and from what I saw at the entrance exam he could change the energy inside his body into fire.'
'Does his quirk increase his physical abilities too?' All Might feels like there was something amiss but shrugged it off as a creative use of his quirk, for now.
Normally you would get only one quirk and rarely there are dual-quirk types like Todoroki, his quirk could generate both ice and fire.
So Madara being able to manipulate the energy inside his body to increase his physical stats and generate fire isn't all that strange toward All Might, plus he had seen all kinds of strange quirks in his entire career as a hero.
The class was in an uproar because of Madara. The only one who was silent was Bakugo who was still staring wide-eyed at the screen.
"What the hell…" Bakugo muttered quietly unlike his usual loud voice. He couldn't understand how Madara was so powerful despite being the same age as them.
The sound of the door sliding open made the whole class look over, seeing Madara and Toru entering.
They immediately swarmed around the duo asking all sorts of questions,
"How are you so strong?!"
"How can you run up a wall like that?!"
"Hey, teach me some cool combat moves!"
"..."
But Madara ignored them and went to stand at a corner quietly. After they figured out that they can't get Madara to talk, they went to pester Toru instead.
"All Right! All Right! Calm down!" All Might calmed the class down,
"Time's tight, so you can save your questions for each other at the end of class!"
After that the test continued on and a short while later the Battle Trial was concluded. The class left the observation room,
"Good Work, Everyone!" All might exclaimed proudly to the class.
"Apart from young Midoriya, there were no big injuries." He paused, "Nonetheless, For your first full training exercise, you all did wonderfully!"
"Such an honest lesson right on the heels of Aizawa sensei…" Kirishima was uncertain, "Kinda anticlimactic if you ask me."
Some heaved sighs of relief that it was a normal exercise, they certainly did not want to experience another test like the one that Aizawa gave them on the first day.
"Honest lessons also fall in line with our Freedom here on campus!" All Might laughed, "Now then, I'm going to share that critique from earlier with young Midoriya!"
"Change back to your normal clothes and head back to your classroom!" With that he disappeared, leaving only a cloud of dust where he stood previously.
The class went to get changed and went to their other classes. Soon later, the bell rang signaling that the end of the last class of the day and everyone began to tidy up.
Madara got up from his desk and made his way to the door but he was stopped, "Hey Madara."
He turned to see Todoroki walking up to him with a look in his eyes.
"Does he want revenge?" Madara thought with a glint in his dark eyes.
Todoroki stood in front of Madara and stared at him silently, he looked like he was contemplating on what to say to him. So to help him made his mind, Madara asked first,
"What is it? Do you want revenge?"
Todoroki looked shocked at the question. He shook his head,
"No, I just wanted to ask…" He paused, "How are you able to beat me?"
Madara was taken aback at the question, he was expecting Todoroki to demand a rematch against him. Madara thought for a bit and said in an indifferent tone, "I was simply stronger."
Madara walked away after giving his answer, leaving a bewildered Todoroki behind. Some of the class that hadn't left were spectating the conversation between the two, and were stunned by Madara's words.
"Sheesh, that wasn't how I expected the confrontation would go." Kamanari was disappointed. He was expecting something more dramatic would happen.
"What a manly answer!" Kirishima was excited by the manly answer that Madara gave, "Indeed, in a battle the one who is stronger is the winner!"
"I gotta train even harder to not get left behind in the dust!" Kirishima was completely fired up.
"But strength isn't everything in battle." Lida said in a strict tone, "Experience, Tactics, Skills, etc. are the deciding factors in a battle!"
Todoroki was oblivious to their conversation, he was focused on Madara's retreating back that seemed to become a gigantic mountain to him.
"He was simply stronger, huh." Todoroki contemplated Madara's words for a while.
Walking down the hallway, Madara met a familiar figure who also noticed him.
"Madara, I was waiting for you." Itsuka went to walk beside him.
"Hmm." Madara gave the usual Uchiha grunt.
"How was the Battle Trial?" Itsuka asked with a smile. Even though she already knew the answer to that question. Given his abilities, she knew that he could've aced the test easily.
"It was a walk in the park." Madara said in a straight face, "How about yours?"
"It went pretty well."
The two walked and soon they reached the school gate. Madara was planning to go their separate ways home but Itsuka had another idea.
"You're gonna head home right?" Itsuka asked, her face would make you think that she had something in mind.
"...That's right." Madara felt that she was going to ask something strange.
"How about we go get something to eat before heading home?" Itsuka smiled. Madara raised an eyebrow,
"Why?"
Madara stared at Itsuka with his dark eyes, thinking about what her goal could be by proposing such an invitation.
"Is there supposed to be a reason for a bunch of friends hanging out after school?" Itsuka gave him an innocent smile.
"..." Madara thought of many possibilities of this being a trap, Madara raised his guard up a few levels so he could be ready to respond to any situation in an instant.
Of course, this could also just be a genuine invitation for an after school hangout between friends. But one could never be too careful, as even a single mistake could spell his own downfall no matter how powerful he was. Plus, Nemuri probably isn't home yet due to her hero activities and Madara could use this chance to find out more about a regular teenager's activities.
Madara never had many opportunities to go out and relax since he was an Uchiha's shinobi that was forced into war at a very young age. Even in this new world he never had many opportunities to come out of Nemuri's apartment as he was busy researching information about his current world. Law, politics, science, he had gained a lot of understanding of how this world functioned.
Madara also had to keep most of his power hidden since he was still ignorant about this world, so he was limited to staying inside of his room browsing his computer by his own hands since using a clone would reveal one of his cards to unknown threats.
But it's different now, as it had been eight months and he was confident in dealing with most threats. He is starting to reveal his power little by little, but that doesn't mean that he's starting to use his power brazenly in public.
"Alright then, lead the way." Madara nodded, making Itsuka's face lit up.
"Great, I know a great ramen shop." Itsuka chirped happily and began to lead the way.
The duo hero-in-training was walking down the street when Itsuka finally couldn't bear the silence anymore.
"That looked cute." Itsuka looked at cutely designed keychains hanging in the street vendor.
The owner noticed Itsuka's interest in his merchandise and happily rushed over.
"Hello there young students, is there anything that catches your eyes?"
"Hey Madara, isn't this one cute, it's a little bear."
While Itsuka was busy admiring the cute animal keychains, Madara was busy scanning the street and its occupants. There were many people walking to and fro on the street as it was peak hour at the moment.
While he was scanning he noticed several people that he was sure to be villains walking among the crowds. But he ignored them and continued on with his business as he wasn't interested in confronting them or tipping them away to the authorities.
But one person caught Madara's attention. He was wearing a black hoodie with the hood on, covering his face but Madara was able to see his face clearly. He had a pale face with wrinkles around his eyes and upon a closer look the person had pale silver hair, this person seems to be in his early twenties.
But what had Madara's attention wasn't the person's shady appearance, it was his aura.
Different from the various villains that he noticed, this one had a certain aura around him that made him different from normal small fry villains.
The villain walked closer and closer, they eventually passed by each other and the man seemed to not have noticed Madara.
"He's still just a weak small fry, not that different from the rest of them." Madara lost his interest after they passed each other.
"You should get one too Madara!" Itsuka picked up a keychain, "Mine's a cute hawk!"
Madara's attention was turned back to the street vendor. Itsuka showed him a keychain with a cute little hawk spreading its wings.
"No, I don't need it." Madara refused flatly.
"Why not?! Come on, he said that he would give up a discount if we buy two!" Itsuka's words made Madara look at the owner who gave Madara a wink.
"You should buy yourself two then. I don't need a keychain." Madara crossed his arms.
But after having to face Itsuka's constant nagging, in the end Madara ended up buying a keychain of his own.
"Let's go!" Itsuka satisfiedly walked in trumpet as Madara looked at the little fox keychain in his hand.
"A nine tails fox…how amusing." Madara put away the keychain into his pocket.
They walked and ate at various snack stands along the street when Itsuka suddenly stopped,
"It's here!" Itsuka exclaimed excitedly.
"Kind of small." Madara examined the ramen shop in front of him. It was small with only a row of tables at the front for the customer to eat and only had a few stools for you to sit on.
"It may not look like much but I can reassure you about the taste!" Itsuka gave him a confident smile and the two of them walked inside.
"Welcome to Ichiraku Ramen!" The owner, who was a man in his late forties with squinted eyes, greeted them, "Oh! Itsuka, glad to see you here again."
"Hey there, Mr. Teuchi. The usual please." Itsuka sat down on one of the stools and ordered without looking at the menu.
"Okay, what about the boy?" Teuchi turned to Madara who was browsing through the menu very quickly. Madara finally decided on what he wanted to eat, "I would like a Miso Ramen."
"Got it, one Tonkotsu and Miso ramen coming right up!." Teuchi began working on their orders.
While waiting for their orders to finish, Itsuka turned to Madara who looked like he was lost in thought again.
"He looks so serious and cold, you never know what's going on inside of his head." Itsuka's eyes had a glint.
"What is it?" Madara noticed that she was looking at him for a while.
"Ahh-I wanted to ask, why did you enroll at U.A.?" Itsuka was flustered that she was caught red handed and quickly came up with a question.
"Because it's a prestigious hero academy." Madara said flatly with a straight face, he already thought of an answer to that question a long time ago.
Madara's goal was to enroll in the U.A. and did well so that when he graduated he could eliminate most of the suspicion of his origins by becoming a hero.
Because Madara suddenly appeared in this world one day without any warning, making him seen as a suspicious target for observation. That's why he was only allowed to live with Nemuri as she was capable of observing him while also subduing him with her quirk in case he turned out to be a dangerous individual.
Well, that was what they thought. Madara could escape her apartment any time he wanted and if they were to fight, well you can imagine what would happen.
Itsuka seemed unsatisfied by Madara's answer but she didn't want to pry into it anymore so she just talked about various subjects instead.
Soon, a delicious aroma floated over their noses. The two turned to see Teuchi coming with 2 steaming bowls.
"Alright, enjoy yourselves." With that Teuchi retreated back into the kitchen.
Madara looked at the steaming bowl of miso ramen before reaching for the chopsticks.
"Looks good, right?" Itsuka said as she ate.
Madara took his first bites and an intense combination of flavor hit his tongue.
"... Not bad." He said as he took another bite.
They finished their meals at a moderate pace before paying for their food.
"Come again." Teuchi said as they stood up.
"We will!" Ituska waved the owner goodbye.
They left the ramen shop and walked aimlessly, eventually it got a little late and they had to bid each other goodbye.
"See ya Madara! It was fun." Itsuka said cheerfully.
"Hmm." Madara grunted, making Itsuka smile faltered a bit. They went their separate ways and Itsuka got on the train. But Madara chose not to take the train home as he will get home faster by his own two feet.
As Madara was making his way home, his body appeared to have become a blur that flashes across the roofs. His movement was so fast that even most pro heroes would not be able to track him. Unless one has a quirk specialize in speed, even then they would have a hard time tracking Madara.
Shortly after, Madara landed softly in front of Nemuri's apartment. He walked to the front door and noticed some of the lights were on, indicating that Nemuri had already got home.
Madara unlocked the door and walked in, Nemuri noticed the sound of the door opening and poked her head out of the kitchen.
"Hey, you're pretty late." Nerumi raised an eyebrow.
"I was with a friend." Madara said nonchalantly as he took off his shoes and put them into the shoe cabinet.
As Madara walked in, he was about to say that he already ate but noticed that she was already cooking two portions of food, so he chose not to say anything as he walked inside.
"Was it a girl?" Nemuri made a teasing smile as he passed by the kitchen.
"Yes." Madara said flatly before going inside his room. Nemuri was caught off by Madara's answer.
"... You're no fun." Nemuri made a small pout before going back to cooking. Madara took a shower and changed into his sleepwear,
"Come out and eat, dinner's ready." just in time for Narumi's voice to sound outside his room.
Madara sat at the dining table and ate the food normally with no indication of him having just eaten.
"How was today?" Nemuri asked, as she picked up the remote to turn on the TV.
"It was normal," He paused before adding, "The test was easy."
"Really? Then how was your hero costume?" Nemuri was interested in his opinion as she already knew about what his costume looked like.
Nemuri offered to help him design his costume but he refused. Nemuri thought that it looked too simple, too lame but Madara said that it worked and it had what it needed and it was enough.
"It fits well and the quality was not bad."
Nemuri nodded and they ate the rest of their food while talking about various things. Soon they finished and Madara started cleaning up.
After he was done, Madara went to the living room and sat down on the couch. He turned on the TV and watched various news channels.
"The news here travels really fast, for information or news to broadcast in realtime to millions of people is incredible." Madara was fascinated by this world technology, But this also means that confusion and misinformation also has a higher chance of success.
Madara continued to watch the tv until it was late at night and went to his room. He laid on his bed thinking about various things when his phone rang a notification.
"Hey, Madara." It was a text from Itsuka, Madara raised an eyebrow wondering what she wanted this late.
"Yes."
"I wanted to tell you that it was fun hanging out with you."
Madara sent an OKAY sticker.
"Well, let's hang out again next time!"
Itsuka sent a PROMISE sticker.
"Okay."
They both sent goodnight stickers and Madara turned off his phone.
"...How peaceful." Madara muttered before he closed his eyes and darkness consumed his consciousness.
Thank you for reading and leave a comment, if you want. You could also tell me what I have to improve on as this is my first time writing, I'll appreciate it. (But don't be too mean tho, haha)
