Minoru's POV:
My sight flickered open as I woke up from my nap, I leaned up in my bed and stretched with a yawn. "Yaaaawn, good nap. Agh." I then rolled my shoulders while cracking my neck.
I felt refreshed and honestly...I felt better than I ever have. Stronger in fact. So much stronger that all I wanted to do was head straight out and test out my new partners powers. Speaking of said partner. "Yo Mania. You awake too?" I call out to the symbiote.
Responding to my call, the purple and red ooze seeped out my hand and formed its face. "We are awake." It replied to me.
"Nice, how ya feeling? My body enough for you?" I asked while scooting to the edge of my bed and hopping off.
"Yes, it is suitable. However, we hunger. We demand chocolate!" It yelled at me.
"Okay, okay chill dude. I'm pretty sure I got some chocolates saved." I say trying to calm Mania down as I go to my desk and open the drawer where I keep sweets. Lucky for me, there were a few chocolate bars in here.
"Alright. Okay Mania, you're in luck." I said unwrapping 3 chocolate bars and setting them on the desk. "Eat up." I smile and then jump as Mania's mouth grew wide and scarfed all three down in one chomp.
"Aye...hehehe, you sure were hungry." I chuckle nervously. Yeah he could easily fit a whole head in his mouth if he wanted...it now a priority to keep stock on chocolate. I watched as Mania munched on the sweets until he finished.
"Okay, satisfied?" I asked Mania in which the symbiote looked at me with a sharp tooth smile.
"Yes, we very much are. Now then. I'm sure you're curious about what abilities we possess aren't you?" Mania asked, looming in closer to my face.
"Hell yeah, I am. Whatcha got? Should I just read those notes?" I asked.
"Why waste time reading when you can simply ask us?" Mania smirked.
"True, true. Fair enough. Okay lay it on me." I say sitting on the chair at my desk.
"Let's start with the basics."
"We can be dense to protect and absorb the impact of blows or bullets before reaching our host. You. We can wrap fully around your body thus protecting you like armor. We can form solid appendages from our body, like axes, spikes, claws, scythes and so on. We are able to fire off these spikes or blades from our body like a spear or throwing knives. However they only last for 10 seconds after separating from us. We also have the ability to convert negative emotions into biomass. We can shape and shift our form at will as well as altering our coloration. This allows us to take on the appearance of normal clothing, to provide highly effective and complex camouflage, and to even disguise your physical features."
"We can also process breathable gases in situations where you would be unable to breath, such as being submerged under water. While bonded with us you are also immune to all forms of diseases. We are also one big eye. While wrapped around you, we can see all around us. Once we've been bonded for 48 hours, we will be able to speak with you through thought and share memories with you. We can also control your body at times and yes even if you are unconscious."
"Being bonded with us also enhances all your physical attributes. Such as strength, speed, stamina and durability. However we are superhumanly strong as well. We can also heal wounds dealt to you such as flesh wounds or broken bones at a fast rate though it will consume energy from us both. Hmmm. That's about all for our basic abilities." Mania explained this all to me….and I was ecstatic.
"Hehehehe...that all sounds GREAT. What else?! Tell me!" My grin stretched ear to ear. I may not like the guy but I was channeling my inner Endeavor at the moment.
"Remember when we said, "Thank you for being our 4th host?" well Minoru...you see we possess an ability to interface with a host's genome and physiology to imprint their unique powers and abilities onto ourselves. Thus granting subsequent hosts access to those powers." Mania told me and my eyes went wide...if that meant what I thought it did then…
"Does that mean quirks?" My smile grew insidiously wide. "Yes we do. You have two quirks at your disposal. Before you say it, the first person. The first host...is the one who we spawned from. So there wasn't really anything to imprint and copy." Mania explained once again.
"Hahahaha! Yes! Tell me what they are! How do I use them!?" I asked frantically, overjoyed I get even more power!
"We will tell you but first must swear to always stay loyal to us and to never reject us. To be our host for life." Mania said to me with a serious expression.
I really didn't care as long as I got this sweet deal! "Yes! Jesus yes! I am freaking YOURS man! Body and soul!" I offer myself as if making a deal with the devil.
"Hahahaha! Very good! Now then. The first one you have access to is a quirk called Stealth Dash. Will allows us to move silently at superhuman speeds at about 112 meters in about 3 to 4 seconds. Making it seem like we teleported due to us being unseen. Drawback is if you want to strike we'll have to return to normal speed thus revealing you. 112 meters is the max distance you can travel with this power so once we hit 112 meters you will instantly return to normal speed." Mania told me.
"Effing awesome! And the other one?!" I asked, bouncing up and down in excitement.
"Toxin. You can exhale a toxic miasma from your mouth, however it's limited to your lung capacity. Best used when your prey is up close. Once breathed in, the victim will very slowly become paralyzed. Next is poison drool that you can screed from your mouth. When this is seeped into skin...it will cause an intense burning sensation where it seeped into. Though it only lasts for 3 minutes." Mania giggled as he explained.
"Hahaha...that...is...SO COOL." I don't think my smile could stretch any further. I am BEYOND thrilled right now. I needed to go test these abilities now!
"That is all for now. Now then...what shall we do today?" Mania asked me with a smirk.
"Hehehe, I think you know EXACTLY what.~" My smile then became crooked.
"Hehehe, yes we do.~ Let us be off." Mania then formed around me and took the shape of a jacket. It was purple with red streaks along the shoulders and down the arms and wrist cuffs.
"Oh that is so effing cool." I say admiring the symbiote jacket, it didn't look abnormal at all. It looked like any other jacket.
A sharp toothed mouth then formed on the left sleeve of the jacket and spoke. "It will be easier for us to speak to you like this. It will be 48 hours before we can speak to you within your mind." Mania explained.
"Ahh...48 hours huh? So that's about 2 days. Alright, still enough time before the exam." I thought aloud. "Okay, that's cool." I replied while putting my shoes back on.
"Alright! Ready to go buuut...I should train deep in the forested area. Just in case. I don't want anyone to catch me doing this just yet. I want this to be a REAL shocker when I show it off." I cackle a bit just imaging the looks on the others' faces.
"Ooooh! Deliciously devious! We love it!" The Mania praised me.
"Happy to hear. More to come.~" I wink and left my room.
I walked out back into the living area, this time quite a few of my classmates were out and about. The first ones I caught a glimpse of we're Tsuyu, Denki, Izuku, Ochaco, Iida, Toru and Momo. They all seemed to be enjoying themselves in whatever they were talking about. Which was good, hopefully "( They won't notice me. )" I thought to myself as I tried quietly walking by to leave. However….
"Hey dude! There you are! Finally." Denki called out to me. "( God damnit. )" I gritted my teeth.
"Heeeey." I smile and wave. "Finally done with whatever it was you were busy with? Cause if so, come hang with me and the other man." Denki smiled and ushered me to come over.
"Yeah, relax a bit. Though I'm curious. What exactly were you busy with?" Izuku asked me.
"Yes come to think of it I'm rather curious too. What were you doing Mineta-kun?" Momo asked me with her arms crossed.
"We hope nothing you shouldn't." Iida fixed his glasses.
"It's Mineta guys. The answer should be pretty obvious." Toru said.
"Harsh but not completely untrue. Ribbit." Tsuyu commented.
For some reason...hearing them talk like this about me kinda pissed me off. A lot. They talk about me like this often but It never really bothers me that much, but not this time for some reason.
"Look I'm just going to train okay? Lay off." I snap at them a bit.
This took them by surprise. I could see the look on their faces.
"Ahem. Mineta-san, we meant no disrespect. I do apologize if you took it that way." Iida said earnestly to me but…I didn't really care.
"Yes, I do apologize if we came off as rude. It's just with your shortcomings, it's just common nature to suspect you of being up to no good." Momo said calmly and collectively.
"Yeah no offence, you're just kind of a mega creepazoid." Toru said.
"Not trying to make fun of you or anything, it's just who you are is all. Ribbit." Tsu added.
"Yeesh guys, don't gotta bust his chops like that." Denki tried to defend me.
"I agree, that was a bit much…" Ochaco spoke up not being the one to like bashing.
"Yeah we're all friends he-" Izuku was then cut off by me.
"Aghhh, you guys are always going on about me not taking training seriously. So guess what? I'm going to train more. Now can you quit wasting my time?" I scowl at them making them shut up.
"Wow, Mineta dude calm down. I know it was a little harsh but they don-" I didn't let Denki finish his sentence.
"I don't give a damn. All they're doing is fucking looking down on me and it pisses me off. Look, you do your shit and I'll do my mine." I say flatly.
Now this really throws them for a loop. Even Tsuyu looked surprised slightly.
"Bye." I say as I turn to leave.
"Mineta-chan, is something wrong? You can talk to me. I can help you." Tsu said to me but I finally decided to show how much I did not want to have this conversation.
"Agh...Noooot interested. See ya." I say and walk off quickly to get away from them. As I made it away I felt my left arm move up on it's own and Mania's mouth formed on the sleeve.
"Well that was something." I hear him say.
"Yeah...Normally I just roll with the punches. I guess Kishi wasn't kidding about being bonded with you may affect my personality...jeez I was on complete unfiltered autopilot there." I say rubbing the back of my head.
"Try to watch yourself and act normal Minoru. We don't want to draw unnecessary attention to ourselves." Mania told me.
"Yeah, yeah. Forget it for now. Let's focus on us getting in sync with each other and me getting the hang of these SWEET new powers. Nothing is getting in the way. C'mon let's do this!" I say picking up my pace into a full blown sprint and I quickly notice I'm running a Hell of a lot faster than ever before.
He wasn't kidding about my physical attributes being amped up! I'm ready having an effing blast! Before I knew it I was already outside the dorm building.
"Oh! Ah, hehehe. Okay, okay. Into the forest!" I say and quickly make my way to the forested area. Deep into it to lower the risk of someone finding me. Once I was good and deep into the forest I found a good open clearing and looked around.
"Okay! We're good! Okay show me what you can do for me!" I say looking at my hands excitedly.
Just then the red and purple ooze formed around my hands and formed sharp long claws.
"OOOH! What else?!" I asked, wanting more. The claws then formed into axes, then scythes, spiked maces, hammers, whips, scissors, tridents, knives, drills, shields, swords, and lastly gauntlets.
"OH MA GOD. You're an effing omni tool! Show me more!" I encourage Mania on.
After I say thus, I feel something form from my back. I look back to see cool looking demon-like wings made out of the symbiotes mass form on my back.
"Wings?! Can we fly?!" As I asked this, the wings begin flapping and I take off into the air quickly.
"THIS IS AWESOOOME!" I shout in awe looking around as we hovered in the air. Mania then lowered us back down to the grounds and the biomass wings retracted back into me.
"Watch this." Mania said as he made my arm move up and winded it back. Some spikes made from it's biomass formed out from my arm and Mania swung my arm and the spikes flew off my arm and embedded into a tree.
"Holy SHIT! Ninja throw!" Just then I felt my hand reach up and pluck a hairball off my head.
"You'll like this." Mania said as his bio mass seeped off my hand and onto the hairball. Coating it in it's organic matter...when it was done the hairball formed a glowing sharp tooth mouth and it began giggling manically.
"WOAH! What is this?!" Mania then formed on my shoulder to speak to me as my excitement spiked.
"We simply infused your hairballs with our biomass. Behold. Mania balls. We've already imprinted traits of your quirk onto us. Now our biomass has the potential to be sticky like your hair. They go quite well." I smirk and chuck the laughing fanged ball at a tree and I shiver with glee as it bites into the tree, latching onto it.
"That's going to be one HELL of a surprise." I snicker.
"Yes but remember. Biomass separated from us completely dissolves in 10 seconds." Mania reminded me.
"Right, thanks. Noted. Now how do I use the other two quirks?! Let's try the Stealth Dash!" I bounce up and down.
"It's not that complicated. Simply arch forward and imagine yourself moving at extreme speeds. Don't run too hard either. Just be calm, like a jog." Mania explained the quirk.
"Ah, I see. Okay, okay. Here we go." I take a deep breath and arch my body forward...I imagine myself moving with great speed and take a gentle step forward to break into a jog. Before I knew it, I was moving wicked fast! The trees and ground were just flying past me! Almost like a blur.
Just as quickly as I started I stopped and nearly tripped as I did as the sudden stop kinda threw me off balance. "W-Wow! Ah, okay. Need to work on stopping…" I quickly regain my balance.
"Yes, it's very easy to fall or lose balance when stopping for it is a rather sudden stop." Mania said.
"Yeah, I could guess. All that momentum just suddenly coming to a halt...hmm. Maybe I could use that somehow. Ah, whatever next! The poison stuff!" I say.
"Ahhh, yes the miasma. Just take a deep breath and imagine the miasma forming. Same with the toxic drool." Said the symbiote.
"Got it. Here we go. WAIT. Does this stuff affect me?" I ask curiously not wanting to poison myself.
"It has the potential to but the host of this quirk had a resistance to it, however bonded to us you are immune to poisons. So don't worry." Manina reassured me.
"Okay phew, didn't want to poison myself." After that, I took a deep breath and spewed out a small green smog and then I repeated this but only this time a thick batch of green drool oozes from my mouth.
"Ahhh, gross but cool." I laugh while wiping my mouth.
"Now then allow us to warn you of weaknesses for us. We are vulnerable to fire and ultra high sounds. Although we've gained a bit of a resistance to sound. Though it's still a weakness. So be mindful of these things." Mania spoke seriously.
"Yeah, yeah. Don't worry. I'll be careful. Now just one more thing." I smirk while walking up to a try and punching it so hard that my fist caved in the bark and my hand sunk a bit into the tree.
"OOH!~ Me likey a lot. I have SO much to experiment with now!" I yanked my fist out of the tree and wiggled my fingers. That didn't even hurt.
"Indeed. Use these powers however you'd like. O bearer ours." Mania said with a creeping smirk. Before I knew it, Mania's biomass then began to completely cover and envelope me.
Then together we stood at about the height of my classmates, a bulky red and purple creature of living mass. "Okay, me like. In fact. You could be my new hero outfit! Truth be told mines kinda sucks." I admit, seriously I dunno what happened when they made my costume. The one thing I hate the most about it is the dipper. They were supposed to be pants damnit.
"Siiiigh...Well whatever. That's enough for now. I'm pretty hungry all of a sudden…" I can hear my stomach growl like a cave bear as Mania dissolved back into my body. Mania once again formed into the jacket around me.
"Yes you will feel more hungry than normal now. So eat more from here on." Mania told me.
"I see. Huh. Can do. Can do. Alright, back to the dorms. Man my stomach is pissed off right now." I rub my stomach. I decided to use my new power to make the trip shorter. Stealth Dash right?
"Hmmm. I'll call it Phantom Foot instead. Sounds cooler.~ Okay there we go and remember to work on the stopping." I then arch forward and activated Phantom Foot and dashed a great distance back in the direction of the dorm. I stop after reaching 112 meters, this time I use my enhanced strength to slam and dig my feet into the ground to dampen the momentum recoil. It worked pretty well.
"Nice! Okay here we go again." I perform this about 4 more times before reaching back to the dorm building area.
"Made it back in no time.~" I yawn and walk up the stairs of the dorm building . Right as I was about to open the door, someone walked out. Itsuka Kendo. The class rep of 1-B. What was she doing here in the 1-A dorm?
"Ah, sorry. Um...Mineta right?" The ginger headed girl asked me.
"Yep, that's me. The grape slinger, the stick dealer, the roob, the boob, the noob. All that." I said with a smirk.
"And the infamous pervert. Forgot that." She gave a teasing smile.
"Har, har but fair enough Ginger-chan. Go ahead make fun of me and get going." I roll my eyes.
"Hmm. That's a name. Never been called that before. However I'm not going to make fun of you. That's not me." Kendo said, shrugging.
"Huh. Well thanks. That's a first for someone to NOT get on my case about it when I'm just chilling." I sigh as I shove my hands into my pockets.
"Well I'm not afraid to call someone out on their flaws but you're not really doing anything right now, so no reason to get on you about anything." The ginger said earnestly.
"Heh, if only my classmates could be like you." I chuckle.
"Hm? Aren't you all friends?" Kendo asked with her head tilted.
"Nooooot exactly. The only people I have close to friends are Midoriya, Denki, and Hanta. Midroiya and Hanta don't really hang out with me that much. It's really only Denki. The rest of the class pretty much avoids me." I admit to her while looking off, as I look back to her. I could see she looked...sorry for me.
"That kinda sucks. I mean I can understand why they do it but hey. They could at least try and help you with your problem." Kendo said scratching the back of her head.
"Eh, it's whatever. I'm used to it. Doesn't really bother me anymore. I know what I am but I'm gonna to keep trucking." I pump my fist.
"Well if your antics get to be too much, you might be trucking for long. I'm just saying." The girl said, hinting toward me, expelled.
"Agh, yeah, yeah. I'm working on it." I groan annoyedly, knowing she's right.
"Hmm. How about this? How about I help you?" She said to me with a smile.
"Come again?" I raise an eyebrow.
"Let me help you with your problem. It's kinda sad that your own classmates kinda leave you high and dry. Soooo, let me help you. Besides it sounds like you get lonely too, so I'll even be your friend too. We can hang out while I help you out." She smiled genuinely at me. I didn't really feel anything off about it. I didn't feel any ulterior motives or pity at all in her eyes. She was actually serious.
"You're actually serious. Huh. I'm stunned. Hmm. Okay, because yes we are lonely and plus you're super hot. So sure." I smirk checking her out up and down.
"I am serious BUT. I will cut this off if you get too fresh with me and keep your hands to yourself." Kend placed her hands on her hips and spoke sternly with a sharp stare.
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. I'll try my best to behave." I hold my hands up.
"Good and in return. I'll do my best to help you control yourself and who knows? We might become good friends." Kendo's smile returned.
"I'd like that buuuut one condition, Kendo-chan." I say to her suddenly.
"And what's that?" Kendo raised an eyebrow.
"Let's do this in secret. Because let's be honest. If our classmates found out about this, they would not stop hounding us about it." I roll my eyes while crossing my arms.
"Hmmm. Yeah you're probably right. I know how many classmates can be. Very well. Let's meet in secret. Let's trade contact info so I can let you know when I'm free." The ginger said, taking out her phone. I nod in agreement and took out my phone and we quickly traded numbers.
"There we go. Heh, finally got a girl's number. Today really is coming up Minoru." I smirk and run my thumb across my nose.
"Heh, well happy to hear I guess. Welp, I should get back to my friends. I just came here to talk to Momo-chan for a bit." Kendo said, putting her phone away.
"( Oh yeah, totally forgot those two were good friends. )" I thought to myself.
"See ya soon Mineta-kun." With that said, Kendo smiled at me and waved goodbye and walked off without another word or glance.
I then hear Mania speak from the jacket sleeve. "Well she's interesting." Said the Symbiote.
"And hot and curvy. Heh! Let's see where this goes. God...We are so hungry. ( We? )" I shake my head as I make my way inside the dorm to get something to eat. Today sure was one Hell of a day.
To Be Continued.
